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Go Northeast on Airport Way toward Macarthur Blvd. Turn left onto Macarthur Blvd. Merge onto 55N toward Riverside, Merge to 5N towards Los Angeles, Merge to 57N towards Pomona. Exit Nutwood Blvd and turn right. Hotel located on right hand side.
Go north on Vineyard onto 10W merge onto 57S. Exit Nutwood Ave., make a left, Hotel located on right hand side.
Sepulveda Blvd to 105E to 605S to 91E to 57N. Exit Nuwood Blvd and turn right. Hotel located on right hand side.
105E to 605S to 91E to 57N. Exit Nuwood Blvd and turn right. Hotel located on right hand side.


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Construction Daily Reports is a user-friendly, fastest, and professional way to get your construction site reports done and save an hour each day.
The client asked us to create a robust, scalable app which can be used by every construction professional on the job site easily and should not have steep learning curve.
The Construction Daily Reports needed to be easy to use on phones, tablets, and computers. It was required to be built as per compliance, accuracy, data security and also had automated reports to create a seamless experience for every user.
TechAhead built apps for Apple, Android and Desktop. Developers can easily manage their turnkey project sites and bring all stakeholder on a common platform - Superintendents, project managers, foreman, and other construction professionals who report on the job site.
Simple and intuitive structure makes CDR app easy to learn and a breeze to master, and user can send reports from anywhere with mobile device.
Many construction professionals reported saving of more than an hour every single day! The CDR app automated many mundane reporting tasks and made reporting faster.
Every company has different reporting and compliance needs, and CDR addressed that. Companies can customize and brand app screens and daily reports.
CDR keeps all data secured for 10 years so that you can use signed reports to protect yourself against potential litigation.
Really easy to use and price was much better than other options. Saved a lot of time and cost by switching over to CDR.
CDR helps construction professionals improve and simplify their daily reporting process and saves an hr every day using Construction Daily Reports. The simple software includes customized reports, automatic weather, cloud storage integration, automated emails, and much more!

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When I started this blog and published my first post about the Aberdeen Gin Festival, a lovely lady called Karin McGivern got in touch to say she loved the post and wanted to send me her very first gin guide to read; This is Gin – the first publication in the ‘This is Guides’ series.
Published this year, the guide includes around 40 of Scotland’s own gin distillers. From Gordon’s to Gordon Castle, it’s a delight turning each page to read a little about another different gin. It is beautifully presented, packed with photographs and illustrations, not to mention guest sections (I enjoyed the bit about Summerhouse Drinks and the Walter Gregor tonics!) and an overview of the history of gin. And, I have to say, what’s nice about it is that it’s not pretentious or overly informative (sometimes I think you can read too much about a gin), this guide gives you a little insight into where it’s made and some high level tasting notes. Just enough to give you an indication of what to expect.
I don’t know about you, but I am a bit of a garnish geek. I don’t have a natural ‘talent’ at pairing perfectly suited garnishes to individual gins, no no. But I do love being told what goes best and I usually try to re-create perfect serves to try and get the best out of the gins. Karin & Scott have done the leg work for you and have dedicated a page to suggesting some of the best gins for the best garnishes – this will now be my go to trusted source! As a side note, I would also pair Gordon’s Castle with rosemary – I tried this at the Inverurie Gin Club a few months ago and it was deeeeelicious.
And what’s even more wonderful, is that this is just the first guide. I recently saw on the Instagram page (@thisisguides) that the deadline has recently passed for different gins to request to be involved with the next edition – I cannot wait to see what’s been included for the next one. The Scottish gin market is growing at an impressive rate and the quality of those new gins hitting the market is equally as impressive.
If you’d like to purchase the book, visit the This Is Guides Facebook or Instagram pages to shop the collection! At £14.99, it’s a neat little addition to your gin collection and I would totally recommend it*.
*Karin kindly sent me this guide for free in exchange for a review. I was delighted to accept and all views are 100% honest and are all my own.
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text: Featuring accommodations with a balcony, Ferienwohnung Ostseerauschen 2 is located in Scharbeutz. The property is a 17-minute walk from the Bay of Lübeck. The apartment includes a kitchenette with a dishwasher and a microwave, as well as a coffee machine. Ostsee Therme Scharbeutz is 1.2 miles from the apartment. Hamburg Airport is 52 miles away.

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Oklahoma Watch-Out Forum Jan. 26 – Is Budget Crisis a Threat to Public Health?
Oklahoma Watch will hold a public discussion with state health leaders on the risks that state budget cuts and the downturn in the oil and gas industry could pose for Oklahomans’ physical and mental health.
“Oklahoma Watch-Out: Budget Crisis – A Threat to Oklahomans’ Health?” will feature Nico Gomez, Health Care Authority CEO, and Terri White, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services commissioner. Oklahoma Watch Executive Editor David Fritze will moderate the event.
The forum will be presented from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, at Kamp’s 1910 Café, located at 10 N.E. 10th Street in Oklahoma City. Those interested in attending are encouraged to register online and come with questions.
As the Legislature prepares to assemble in February, the state’s two principal agencies that deal with health care for the impoverished and for the mentally ill are bracing for cuts to services. At the same time, losses of jobs and income threaten to strain physical and emotional health for families at all income levels. Questions arising include: What health care services and programs might be curtailed? Who would be affected most of all? What will cutbacks mean for clinics, doctors and other providers? What other options besides trimming services does the state have in the coming year?
Gomez was appointed chief executive officer of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA), Oklahoma’s Medicaid agency, in February 2013. He began his career in public service as a spokesman for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation in 1995. In 2000, he joined OHCA as a public information officer and was appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives to serve on a state Medicaid reform task force in 2005. He was named as a deputy CEO for the agency in July 2008.
During his tenure as deputy CEO, Gomez was responsible for communication with state legislative and congressional officials as well as leading several OHCA business units, including government relations, public information, reporting and statistics, tribal relations and child health.
As mental health commissioner, White leads a department that assists Oklahomans who suffer from mental illness and addiction, with services ranging from treatment to housing to prevention and early intervention. She was appointed commissioner in May 2007, becoming the first woman appointed Oklahoma Secretary of Health, serving in that capacity under Gov. Brad Henry from 2009 to 2011.
Under White, the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services has become nationally known for its children’s behavioral health services, community-based treatment programs, technological innovations such as “telepsychiatry” and the integration of behavioral health care into primary health-care settings.
Oklahoma Watch forums are enabled this year by a special grant from the Kirkpatrick Foundation, based in Oklahoma City, and continuing support from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation of Oklahoma City and the George Kaiser Family Foundation of Tulsa.

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09 | October | 2015 | Scanned Retina – A Resource for the People!
West Virginia: URGENT NOTICE—CONSTITUTIONAL EMERGENCY! Impostors posing as the lawful government of the people of West Virginia—Obstructing justice! and suppressing due process!

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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Great pictures. It is nice to see we did something besides killing and getting killed.
Thank you Rob., and Chris for the photos. Maybe someone will get up with us with some info.. We flew everyday, but I do not remember ever seeing these. Great photos. Frank.
Please don’t tell the CO!
Great photos of the Song Be River bridge project, which was built by C Company, 31st Engineer BN. Note that the Bailey bridge replaced a pontoon bridge, which can be seen in the aerial photo.
This wasn’t the Song Be bridge just out of Phouc Vinh was it ?
no I never got any comment about the bridge leading into phuc vinh. I am like you I would love to see pictures. I was hit at that bridge and I am thinking about going back there.
Well, I have prints of 2-36 exposure rolls of plusX. shot at the bridge site- these were just a small sample. If anyone is interested I can scan the whole batch.
Chris, your photos are much appreciated, and seem to have sparked some interest.
I was there too. The whole company was flown up for the assembly of the Bailey Bridge. The choppers did not want to fly back in to pick us up so we set up a night position in a clearing on the other side and sat back-to-back all night long. Then in the morning we finished the bridge and were flown out.
name gary porter. i spent many a days and night on the song be bridge just outside of phouc vinh guarding it. i watched a 16 yr old viet colonels daughter almost cut a another lady in half with a ak who was driving a moped and wanted to blow the bridge up. i got my 3rd wound guarding that bridge on 4-12-68.
I see several messages about the Song Be Bridge and it’s proximity to Phouc Vinh. I was at this location in 1969 w/ the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, L Troop of the 3rd Squadron. I am writing about Vietnam, and I’m trying to identify the highway/road, by number or name, which crossed the Song Be at this bridge in 1969. Can anyone help?
I don’t think it is the same bridge/location, the Phouc Vinh bridge was all metal in 68/69 as i remember it. I was with the 1st Cav, 8th Engineers, we only went to the bridge to swim and/or trade with the bridge people, the 31st was in charge of the bridge.
My link to my Camp Evans/Phouc Vinh pictures, the bridge looks mostly all steel and not concrete. I probably went over it 100 times..
This youtube video of the Song Be bridge at Phouc Vinh is the one i remember. Concrete at both ends with the metal center sections.
I was at that bridge with the 31st Eng. B.C0 1970 that picture of the guy alone with a pry bar over his head is me. I would love to see the rest of the pictures if you could scan them and send them to me.
It seems that was the Nha Bich bridge – linked Chon Thanh (Binh Duong province) to Dong Xoai (Phuoc Long) on road 14 (now National Road 14).


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Are you ready to work more closely with your breath, to help improve your performance? Last month I discussed some of the reasons why athletes should spend time focusing on and training their breath, including that more efficient breathing can lead to measurable improvements in performance.
This month I’m sharing some simple breathing exercises that can help you tune in to and connect with your breath, and control it more.
These are some basic yoga breathing exercises that you may find in a yoga class.
You can do them sitting up or lying down, so long as you are comfortable and relaxed. If it’s not comfortable for you to sit on the floor, try sitting up on a bolster or cushion, or in a chair.
Breathe in and out through your nose as you do these exercises.
In a comfortable seated or lying position, bring your focus to your breath. The idea of this exercise is to objectively observe your breath. Don’t worry about doing something ‘the right way’ – simply make observations.
As you inhale see if you can get a sense of where the breath moves in your body. Where is the origin of your inhalation? Can you get a sense of the air entering through your nostrils, travelling down your windpipe and into your lungs? What movements does this create? See what you can feel through your collarbones, shoulders, all around your ribcage, your back and your belly. Does it feel like you are breathing fully into your whole lungs, or is the breath primarily in the upper region?
How evenly do you draw your breath in? What sound does it make? Can you feel the coolness of the air coming in through your nose? When does your inhalation begin and then end?
That’s a lot of questions about simply breathing in!
Then look at your breath out. How do you exhale?
See if you can notice when the inhale finishes and begins to transition to the exhale. What is the movement of the breath in your body as you exhale? Go through those same areas of the body again and observe.
Where does the breath empty from first? How complete does the exhalation feel? Does the air coming out feel warmer? Then notice what happens at the end of the exhalation, before you breathe in again.
Observe the length of your breath in and breath out. Are they even, or is one longer than the other? Which part takes more effort?
As you go through this exercise you may notice yourself changing how you are breathing. That’s fine. Notice what is changing. Perhaps your breath is becoming softer, fuller or more relaxed simply by paying closer attention to it. You may be surprised at just how much there is to observe in an action that you usually give little or no attention to.
This awareness of the breath is the first step to finding a more efficient breath that can help develop more efficient form in your sport.
A longer, fuller breath encourages relaxation in the body and the nervous system. This can help you maintain a greater sense of equanimity when under mental or physical pressure. This exercise looks at the timing of your breath.
As you breathe in, count silently to yourself 1, 2, 3, 4,…. Do the same as you breathe out. See if you can make the inhalation and exhalation even with each other. As you continue, try to lengthen out the breath – without labouring it too much. You are looking to deepen the breath, to breathe more fully – adding an extra count to each part.
Next, see if you can add a further one or two counts to the exhalation, so the breath out is longer than the breath in. Creating a deliberately long exhalation encourages the relaxation response in your nervous system.
Finally, look for the natural pauses at the top of your inhalation and the end of your exhalation, before the change begins. Give these one count, without ‘holding’ the breath.
You will begin to observe your breath lengthening out. With practice you should be able to maintain a longer, relaxed breath with more ease.
This exercise is about ‘directing’ your breath to different areas, increasing your control over your breath, developing a fuller breath, and growing greater awareness.
Place one hand softly on your upper chest and your other hand on your belly. As you breathe in and out fully, you should observe each hand moving to reflect the movement of the breath.
On the breath in, try to fill the lungs from the bottom to the top – looking for your lower hand to move first as your belly moves out, then the top hand lifts you fill the upper chest. As you exhale, breathe out from the top to the bottom – feeling your top hand lower, then your lower hand move in as the diaphragm contracts in and up to help empty the lungs.
Give yourself some time to learn this exercise, it may not come very naturally at first.
Once you feel you have the hang of this, you can change the breath pattern around. Try reversing the above – filling the lungs from the top to the bottom, then emptying from the bottom to the top.
– Filling from top to bottom, then emptying from top to bottom.
Start working with these exercises in a place where you can really focus on them without distraction. Once you are familiar with them, you can perform them just about anywhere, and even begin to incorporate them into your active sports where appropriate.

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We rise and shine around 7:00am to start a full day of cool stuff. Half of the group goes shotgun shooting while the other climbs. At lunch the groups switch.
Kevin, who helped me run the climbing wall, and Wayne, the shotgun instructor, are shown here discussing the weather.
Everyone learns how to tie a "Swiss seat" from a single piece of 30' tubular webbing. It is more comfortable than it looks.
Safety is key on the wall!
Here is a climber attempting the first and easiest wall on the tower.
Notice the belay man, but belay man, ladder guy, and slack man. Everyone pitches in to make the climbing environment a safe one!
Here's someone on the second wall. Only about half of everyone can make this wall.
Here's someone on the third wall. This one is the most difficult because the holds are very small, hard to grasp, and far apart. There is also an overhang at the top that is difficult to get over.
Only about a dozen people have finished this wall since it has been open. Thirteen years and hundreds of attempts.
Here I am demonstrating how to rappel of a wall.
Here I am clipping in our first rappeler of the day.
About 3:00 on the second day everyone canoes back to their camp. We have the task of towing the canoes back to Discovery in "Rusty," our trusty utility boat.
That's Wayne Ickes at the controls.

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


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Founded in 2002, Gateway School of English GSE has become one of Malta’s best English language schools, preferring quality to quantity, combining academic excellence, the best possible facilities and equipment with an extraordinary commitment to individual attention. This is our cutting edge. This is our competitive advantage.
A family enterprise, owned and managed by a dedicated family!
Gateway School of English (Licence no. 241/MB 08), fully licensed by the Ministry of Education and fully compliant with the regulations of the Ministry’s ELT English Language Teaching Council (the recognised authority regulating the English language teaching industry in Malta), and the Gateway School Residence are owned and managed by Netz Educational Services Ltd., a company registered (Registration no. C26605) under Maltese law on the 27th of June, 2000.
The founders of the company are Mrs. Maria Sammut and Mr. Charles Sammut. The family work hands-on at the School and the Residence. They bring to their work the attention to detail and the dedication typical of the best traditions of European Mittelstand enterprise, to borrow the German term.
The company owns the School and its adjacent residential complex. In the best traditions of European Mittelstand, we prefer to own all our assets. The buildings are constructed on our own land and are wholly owned by us.
The family supervised the whole construction process from design and the laying of foundations to decoration, the acquisition of furniture, the recruitment of teachers, the development of courses and marketing. Today, they manage the day-to-day operations themselves. They dedicate themselves 24/7 to the School, the whole year round.
The Director of Studies, Mr. Roman Azzopardi, together with the assistant Director of Studies, Ms Rebekka Mamo, co-ordinates his work closely with the family, thus ensuring the highest standards of pedagogic professionalism with first-hand attention by the owners and the dedication typical of a family enterprise.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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And bled for Adam's helpless race?
For, O, my God, it found out me.
And clothed with righteousness divine.
And claim the crown, thro' Christ my own!


text: Performs the UNIX ioctl that tells the terminal driver not to strip off the 8th bit from data input. This is equivalent to executing stty -istrip to the shell. Note that this function has a side effect on the terminal driver which remains in effect after the Lisp process has exited. To re-enable 8th bit stripping after the Lisp is exited, one can execute stty istrip at the shell.

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The awards were presented to Shaikh Nasser at a closing ceremony as the curtain came down on 56th ICHPER.
The conference was organised by the BOC in partnership with ICHPER.
This represents a true challenge to bring it all together -- ICHPER professionals, institutions and organisations throughout the world, for re-examining and sharing our current dimensions of beliefs, knowledge and wisdom to build a new direction for the future through the process of this world congress," said Dr Yang.
I have been to 15 different conferences before and have been telling people how important it is for a person to be able to walk as much as 10,000 steps a day in order to sustain good health and fitness," said Dr Hatana, who is now hea ding a ICHPER.
This came as Askar headed the regular meeting of the Executive Committee, that includes Media Committee, Marketing Committee, the Committee of the Associated Events, Public Relations Committee, the Committee of Information Technology, Transportation Committee, Finance Committee, the Committee of Coordination and Follow-up, in the presence of ICHPER SD's President Dr.
2003) Level of knowledge regarding AIDS among secondary school students in Enugu State, Nigeria, ICHPER.
Significant scientific research papers linked to health, sports, physical education and recreation are set to be presented with leading speakers, including Korean-born American ICHPER.


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MIT graduate student Michael G. Christiansen with a magnetometry coil used to confirm heat output from magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles.
Customized arrays of iron oxide nanoparticles are possible based on their differing responses to alternating magnetic fields, MIT researchers report.
Magnetic nanoparticles don’t have to be "one size fits all." Instead, individual magnetic nanoparticles can be tailored in an array of differing sizes and compositions to allow for heating them separately by varying the frequency and amplitude of an external alternating magnetic field, MIT graduate student Michael G. Christiansen and colleagues show in a recent Applied Physics Letters paper.
The new strategy, which they call magnetothermal multiplexing, has potential to be used for stimulating nerve and brain cells and targeted drug delivery.
"The novelty of our approach is to recognize that particles with sufficiently distinct magnetic properties heat up best in quite different alternating magnetic field conditions. So different, in fact, that it allows us to imagine a situation in which we can selectively heat up one type of particle without heating another type, even though they are both being exposed to the same field," Christiansen explains.
"The frequency and amplitude of the alternating magnetic field can be changed so that the roles of the different particle types being selectively heated are reversed. This is powerful because it offers a noninvasive way to independently trigger separate processes initiated by particle heating, whether it is neuromodulation, drug release, or some other desired therapeutic action," he says.
The results of Christiansen's simulation and experimental work are published in the May 26, 2014, APL paper, "Magnetically multiplexed heating of single domain nanoparticles." Christiansen's co-authors are Alex Senko, who helped collect AC magnetometry data; Ritchie Chen, who synthesized the nanoparticles; Gabriela Romero, who took transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images of nanoparticles; and senior author Polina Anikeeva, AMAX Assistant Professor in Materials Science and Engineering.
"We're trying to interface with neurons completely noninvasively by using a nanomagnetic material that can act as a transducer for neural stimulation," Anikeeva says.
Ferrites, or iron oxides, which are the materials Christiansen studies, favor magnetic orientation in particular directions with respect to their crystal structure, a condition referred to as anisotropy. Their preferred magnetic directions are called "easy axes." Magnetic orientation can be influenced by applying an external magnetic field, much like a magnet can be used to deflect a compass needle, but in this case the field has to be big enough to push the orientation from one easy axis to another. If such a field is applied cyclically, pushing the orientation back and forth, the phenomenon can be illustrated graphically by a hysteresis loop, which shows the strength of the applied magnetic field required to go through a cycle from one preferred orientation to another.
In the process of this magnetic reorientation, the nanoparticles heat up and release that heat into their environment. Christiansen measured this heat output with calorimetry, which measures the change in temperature over time. He then converted that data to energy dissipation per gram of magnetic material.
By alternating the external magnetic field, researchers cycle through the hysteresis loop for the magnetic material, producing heat. "If you have a very anisotropic particle set and you run it at a high field and low frequency, it will heat up more than another particle set with low anisotropy because the individual area of those hysteresis loops is much larger," he says. "Then if you switch to a high-frequency, low-field mode, the less anisotropic particles that didn't heat up before are going to heat up the best, because they can respond to the field with hysteresis loop areas roughly the same size as before. They cycle through these loops more rapidly at the higher frequency, so they heat up. And the other particles, which have high anisotropy, they are going to not heat up as much at high frequency and low field because their magnetization won't respond readily to a low field amplitude."
Christiansen likens the heat produced by agitation of the magnetic field to a block being rubbed on a table. A large block with a lot of friction from its weight and roughness will produce heat with a large cyclic force applied at a low frequency, but a smaller, smoother block will require less force and higher frequency to heat up. Applying a small force to a big block won't produce heat. "The magnetic field is like the force and the anisotropy is like the friction," he explains.
One potential use of the multiplexing technique is trying to get neurons to fire by stimulating action potentials. "There are inherent biological amplification mechanisms at work," Christiansen says. "When you depolarize one tiny part of a neuronal membrane, the entire cell undergoes an action potential, because there are voltage-gated channels that are naturally present in neurons."
Magnetothermal multiplexing could be used to target different neuron types or different parts of the brain with the ability to drive them independently. "Just by changing the driving conditions of the field — that is to say, the frequency and amplitude of the alternating magnetic field — one would be able to selectively stimulate these different regions or cell types," Christiansen says.
Christiansen, 24, is entering the third year of his doctoral program in materials science and engineering this fall. As an undergraduate, Christiansen studied physics at Arizona State University, and he participated in the Summer Scholars program at MIT co-sponsored by the Materials Processing Center and the Center for Materials Science and Engineering.
Changing the chemical composition of the iron oxides, or ferrites, by adding a metal such as cobalt or manganese, also changes their response to the external magnetic field, he says: "With the addition of cobalt, ferrite becomes more anisotropic, and certain directions are very strongly preferred; manganese tends to have the opposite effect."
Before the paper was published, Christiansen needed to confirm the calorimetry results through an alternative set of AC magnetometry measurements, which look at the dissipated energy through the out-of-phase component of the samples' magnetization. "The big obstacle for us was that the journal reviewer wanted an additional line of evidence other than the calorimetry. So we got our review back, and we had roughly a month and a half to construct and troubleshoot this AC magnetometer," he says. Fellow graduate student Alexander Senko was brought in to help.
The AC magnetometry results confirmed his findings: "The type of multiplexing that we demonstrate in the paper is with two iron-oxide particle sets of differing diameter. One is manganese-doped. Our data shows a crossover point in the hundreds of kilohertz, so that the 25-nanometer iron oxide no longer heats up as well as the 15-nanometer iron oxide or the 15-nanometer manganese-doped iron oxide after that crossover point. The fact that they cross over is what makes multiplexing work," Christiansen explains. The MIT team has a provisional patent for the magnetothermal multiplexing.
Christiansen made a presentation on the work at the MRS Fall Meeting in Boston in December 2013. The work was funded partially by a Sanofi Biomedical Innovation Award and a Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award.
Christiansen and colleagues are working to demonstrate the findings in a more concrete way, such as demonstrating multiplexing with drug release and other applications.
Article: "Stimulating Nerves With Light"

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H1Z1 makes big changes with the "Big Damn Patch"
The zombie survival sandbox H1Z1 has been updated with a big damn patch, and I mean that in the most literal sense possible: The "Big Damn Patch" went live this morning, incorporating changes and additions including a "major overhaul" to the Dam area, a new male character model, various bug fixes, changes to zombie spawns, findable/craftable workbenches, and gun dismantling.
The biggest changes, at least in terms of not having your face eaten by hordes of slavering undead, relate to the zombie spawns. A server's total zombie population, separate from current wandering hordes, is now based on player population, to keep underpopulated servers from being overrun. Zombie spawns will now occur more frequently near areas "with more player heat," meaning that cities, camps, and large firefights will have a higher rate of spawns than wilderness areas, and spawns in player spawn areas will be biased toward low-speed shamblers, increasing the odds that unarmed newbies will be able to escape.
The one bit of bad news, which you'll already be aware of if you've played since the patch went live (or have been paying attention to pre-release announcements): The update also required a server and player wipe. Sorry, folks.
New Male character model is available.
Added a new equip slot for the face.
Fixed a lot of erroneous terrain bugs that have caused objects to float including cars, campsites and other smaller objects.
Server optimizations made to the body sim.
R380 pistol added to game, it is a high fire rate, low caliber pocket pistol.
The R380 can be found in BR and around the world in the core game.

industry_corpus2: Gaming


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Traded by the Grand Forks Winter Wheats to the Long Beach Slammers for David Hernandez.
Traded by the Long Beach Slammers to the Moose Pond Bull Moose for Darren O'Day.
Signed a one year contract extension with the Moose Pond Bull Moose through the 2019 season.
Traded by the Moose Pond Bull Moose to the Baldwin Bombers for Kevin Plawecki.
Traded by the Baldwin Bombers with Ryne Stanek to the West End Wallabies for cash considerations.


text: The Spicy Basil Noodles is made with soft fresh noodles. You can pick what type of meat you want in it. I like beef. I'm drooling just thinking about this this!!


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Self-esteem means awareness of how much value is given to yourself. The value of a person’s dignity can be determined by a variety of sizes, according to one’s philosophy of life. Some are assessing themselves with material or wealth. Some are assessing themselves with education. Some are assessing themselves with the rank. Some are assessing themselves with the “ego” (I’m me, I’m honored, I must be rewarded, I have to be respected). People like this will easily get hurt if underestimated by anyone. They usually demand for respects of other people. Just like merchandise having been marked by its prices.
The above mentioned people require other people to pay the price that has been determined. He becomes not free. He is very susceptible to stimulus. Self-esteem is related to feeling because when the value given to the person himself is not as expected then he will feel offended or hurt because he feels humiliated. Self-esteem is what makes someone requires people to treat him in such a manner in accordance with his wishes. He cannot become a thermostat (a device that regulates the temperature), on the contrary he’ll become a thermometer (a tool regulated by the temperature surrounding it).
This is the reality of many people’s life, they put up the rate of self-esteem in a family environment, socializing and religious services. In principle, this attitude is a “vanity”. Because they do not want to be undervalued, then they behave rejecting or opposing a “frontal” when they are treated not as anticipated. It is understandable that people like this have many enemies. He could easily be hurt and so easily be hurting others as well. Actually, they are similar to a mentally-ill person, but since many people behave like that, it is considered acceptable.


text: The amber you’ve always wanted. Crisp and clean, but full of flavor: milk caramel, toasted biscuit, and sweet wheat. A medium-bodied brew that has character yet remains an all-game drinker that always satisfies, never disappoints, and plays well with many types of food.


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Gauri Khan, Gauri Khan films, Gauri Khan biography and Gauri Khan award winning movies.
Gauri Khan (born Gauri Chhibber on 8 October 1970 in Punjab, India) is an Indian movie producer and the wife of Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan, with whom she co-founded Red Chillies Entertainment, their film production and distribution company in 2002. Gauri Khan is a Hindu, born into a Punjabi joint family in New Delhi, India and the youngest among the 15 members of the family. She grew up in New Rajinder Nagar area of New Delhi. She did her first 10 years of schooling in Loreto Convent Delhi. She graduated from Modern School, New Delhi and has a degree in History from Lady Shri Ram College (University of Delhi).
She met Shahrukh Khan in 1984 and married him in 1991 before any of his films were released, in a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony on 25 October 1991. They have two children, Aryan (born 12 Nov 1997) and Suhana (born 23 May 2000). Together with Shahrukh Khan, Gauri is part-owner and main producer of their production company, Red Chillies Entertainment (RCE). They started the company for friend, director-choreographer Farah Khan. With the backing of RCE, Farah launched her directorial career with the movie Main Hoon Na which also starred Khan and was produced by Gauri. She has produced some of the movies in which her husband is the main actor, including Paheli, Main Hoon Na, and Om Shanti Om. She also made a short guest appearance in Om Shanti Om.

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How do we choose what we pick up and get influenced by in this huge flow of information and impressions? In my watercolour paintings during the first half of 2018 I see a flavour of national romanticism. Is it a response to the current political mood in Sweden of rising nationalism and callousness? It has not been possible to ignore when who is a proper swede and who is not is debated in a language reminiscent of the 1930’s.
But why has that given me a taste for classic nostalgia instead of something moving forward towards a bright future? It might be a lack of faith in that bright future and perhaps that is what national romanticism really conveys. We all know everything changes so just let us cling to what we know for just a moment longer.
My inspiration comes from Anders Zorn but also contemporary Swedish painters like Nick Alm and Benjamin Björklund which I think have a sinister mood very much in tune with mine.
With new flavours comes new recepies. I used to struggle a lot with watercolours but now I am enjoying this medium more and more. Three very different painters made me question the way I paint. I stumbled upon a video on how to use white gouache as a base which makes it easier to lift off mistakes. Here George Pratt in action.
Then I watched this video of Sienkiewicz which really took away all my preconceptions I had that a watercolour needed to be meticulously planned and perfectly executed not allowing any spontaneity.
After this I took another look at Zorn. I do not know of any other artist who can paint so many hues of white. His watercolours seem to have a broader range of hues and tones than his oils.
After all that inspiration I have dared applying paint then adding water again and lifting of paint with a sponge. Repeatedly. Good watercolour paper can take a lot of beating. One has to get to know which pigments stain more than the others . Being scared of making mistakes is a terrible inhibitor of creative flow.
This entry was posted in Paintings, Watercolour and tagged akvarell, children, portrait, watercolour on July 30, 2018 by MaTo.

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Ross is in his 20’s and shares his experience.
When and how did you first get diagnosed? Signs where there when I was in Primary School at the age of about 6 or 7, and they found 2 lumps and unusual symptoms. This was around 15 years ago and I was young at the time, but from what I remember it took serval years before being diagnosed and several trips to hospitals to speak to other people such as a hospital in London, because at that time they didn’t know what they were dealing with. It was just by chance and luck the hospital I went to hired a US Medical Professional who specialised in similar areas to my condition and they formed a genetics department. This allowed them to work out a course of treatment. Thankfully there’s more people out there that can help. As the medical world has moved on massively in 15 years.
What symptoms prompted the PHTS/Cowdens/BRRS diagnosis? It took until my first operation had been done to get a diagnosis because they took a lump they removed away and did lots of test on it. It was later discovered to be Cowden’s and I was lead to believe at the time I was the only person or one of the very view in Scotland to have this condition.
What impact did the diagnosis have on you? I was young and didn’t understand what was going on. It had more of an impact as I got older. It effects my self-esteem from time to time but I treat my appointments like an MOT. I get myself checked out and try to make it my goal to ensure everything is fine and I can go home. It’s also about getting the balance right, prioritising and managing things properly.
Have you explained PHTS/Cowdens/BRRS to family members? My family know all about it, it’s just hard to explain to friends and other people. Sometimes things are better left unsaid as the song goes.
What implications do you think it has had on your family? It’s brought us closer as a family and its led my Dad to find out he’s the gene carrier and also be diagnosed with a milder version of the same condition, and he has had his thyroid removed. My Mum was given the all clear but my brother hasn’t been tested but has no symptoms so there has been no urgency for him to do so.
Where did you go for more information on PHTS/Cowdens/BRRS syndrome? My Mum reads up on it more than I do and I try to avoid reading these things as I struggle normally to find anything positive.
Do you have advice for people who are looking for a diagnosis? Speak to your Doctor and get as much advice as possible. Things are better than when I was diagnosed! Also join Facebook groups for people with your condition. It’s a chance to see you’re not alone and you can get advice from people going through the same thing.
Do you have tips and advice for caregivers? Be understanding and not look at me like I’m an alien from mars LOL. I don’t see it as a life limiting/debilitating diagnosis.
What are your current symptoms? Skin Tags, Lumps and Bumps etc.. Thankfully I have had nothing on my face so nobody would know about it by looking at me. Apart from my large head.
What treatment are you having, and have you had? No treatment currently. Treatment I have had has been operations and laser treatment.
How did you find a doctor? Lived near Dundee in Scotland and went to a hospital in Dundee. After months of finding help and various visits to other hospitals. A genetics department was created. When I moved to near Glasgow 7 years ago I was referred to a Doctor Mackay. He’s very laid back compared to consultants in Dundee but is a busy man and sometimes I have to speak to his registrars. Some are more helpful than others.
What has been your experience of the healthcare system and healthcare professionals? It has its highs and low points. I think it’s mainly down to a lack of understanding of my condition.
What are your thoughts for the future? I hope I can find a girlfriend that understands what I have going on and I have learnt as a whole to take each day as it comes. Of course, there are concerns with regards to repeating treatments and what the long-term effects will be but I have been lucky that nothing I have had so far has been life threatening so long may that continue!
What advice would you give to someone who has just been diagnosed with PHTS/Cowdens/BRRS? Know that you’re not alone and make sure you have family and friends who can help get you through it. Its also good to have a hobby to keep your mind of things.


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The road to zero traffic deaths starts with you. Target Zero Heroes are people or organizations that have made a positive impact towards highway safety in helping South Carolina achieve its goal of zero traffic deaths.

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Grow with God to be the best you can be!
WE TRULY BELIEVE IN A POSITIVE, CARING, CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT WHICH PROMOTES RESPECT FOR SELF AND OTHERS IN ORDER THAT EACH OF US MAY DEVELOP OUR GOD GIVEN GIFTS TO THE FULLEST AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE QUALITY AND SUCCESS OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. WE ARE LEARNING FOR THE FUTURE, INSPIRED BY JESUS CHRIST AND GUIDED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Your teachers at St. Augustine School are excited to offer the opportunity to purchase your school supplies through School Start for the 2018/2019 school year. This process will save you both time and money.
This order form has a Starter Package (base package) as well as Additional Items Required. The additional items are mandatory by each teacher; they include items such as pencil cases, sharpeners, and calculators. These products do not need to be purchased on a year to year basis if you already have them.
You can place your order online at schoolstart.ca . Visa & MasterCard are accepted.
entered for a chance to win a $1000 cash draw!
Late orders will be accepted online until October 1, 2018 (a $5 late fee will be applied after August 1, 2018).
Option #2: The supplies will be packaged and delivered directly to the school in August before your child arrives, labeled with his/her name on the School Start Package.
On Sunday, September 9th, St. Augustine School celebrated 10 years of Catholic education in Wilcox. Following student lead mass at St. Augustine Parish, the staff, students, their families and community members enjoyed brunch at St. Augustine school followed by an afternoon of fellowship and fun.
Thank you to Shane and Lindsay Roysum for the donation of the rock and to James Fonstad for the Plaque to commemorate this occasion.
Thank you also to our SCC members who cooked sausages and pancakes and prepared fruit.
All parents are asked to discuss this with their children.
Student bells will ring once at 8:50, 8:55, 10:25, 10:40, 12:45, 12:50, 2:00, 2:15 and 3:25. Students will respond promptly, get drinks, visit washrooms and proceed quietly to classrooms.
All muddy footwear must be removed in the porch and stored in locker Indoor shoes will be required in the classroom. Fire regulations require students to wear shoes in school.
To maintain a clean environment, students are asked to dispose of garbage in allotted container Please recycle paper, cans and bottles.
9:00 a.m. or during the noon hour unless supervised. Students in the school from 8:45 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., and 12:30 p.m. to 12:50 p.m., must conduct themselves in a quiet and orderly manner.
Only rural students will eat at school daily. Permission may be granted for town students to stay on special occasions provided the parents notifies a teacher.
Proper non-slip, non-marking soled gym shoes are to be worn in the gym.
Unacceptable use of the Internet and/or computer will result in the loss of computer privileg Students are not to post any pictures online. All electronic devices are to be used for educational purposes only.
students are free to pursue their education with as few as possible interruptions or distractions.
As a school we have been delegated the responsibility of giving some guidance in helping students to become responsible citizens. Some of our rules are intended to help in this guidance function.
Am I doing anything which will disturb or distract others who are attempting to learn?
Am I breaking any ordinary accepted rules of common courtesy towards my classmates, the school staff, or the school property?
If you can answer no to both of these questions, your behaviour is most likely to be acceptable to the school.
Every student is accountable to the school staff for his/her conduct on the school premises during school hours and during such hours as the staff member is in charge of a student as a member of a class or as an individual while engaged in authorized school activities conducted in or out of school hours.
Provide themselves with the supplies and materials not furnished by the school and which are considered necessary to their courses of study.
Conform to the rules of the school and submit to such discipline as would be exercised by a kind, firm and judicious parent.
Teachers shall fulfill all duties as outlined in the Education Act to provide students with the life skills, community values and the development of responsible citizenship.
A staff member will be on supervision from 8:35 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.
Teachers should be notified by parents of students absences. Notes, phone calls, texts or e-mails by the parents are requir If the student has not arrived by attendance time the school will contact the parents.
Parents should feel free to discuss their children’s progress at an arranged time with the teacher or staff at the school.
Who should you talk to if your child appears to have a problem?
We suggest that the first person to whom you need to talk to is the classroom teacher. Find out what the problem is and if there are any solutions that can be worked out between yourself and the classroom teacher.
If a solution still does not seem possible, the next person in line for you to see is the Principal.
If there is still no resolve, the Director of Education will hear your case.
Should the problem still exist to your dissatisfaction, you may set up an appointment to meet with the Holy Family Board of Education. Your final route of appeal lies with a letter to the Minister of Education.
This all sounds very complicated, but we want you to be aware of the right of your child to an appropriate education. We intend to help you solve the problem here before you ever have to leave the building.
When should we send our child back to school?
The child may feel better after presenting an illness but still can spread germs. It is very difficult to predict if a child is clear or not. The guideline suggested by medical professionals is a 24 to 48 hour window after an episode.
In the event a child becomes ill or complains about not feeling well and needs to be picked up, the parent(s) will be called and are expected to come pick the child up as soon as possible. We recognize that this may be an inconvenience for some, but we are responsible for the well-being of all of our students. We truly appreciate your cooperation in our efforts to keep our students safe and healthy.
Please notify the school when your child will be absent by calling the school at 306 732 -2077.


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When moving into a new home or re-decorating a current one, it’s hard not to be overwhelmed by the vast amounts of design possibilities. Whether you are choosing new paint colors or selecting new window blinds, it can be tricky creating your ideal living environment.
Budget Blinds understands both the joy and pain of starting a home improvement project. To make the process easier for you, we decided to take window coverings to a whole new place – your home! Shopping for window coverings is fun when you can see what the actual products will look like in your home with your existing furnishings and lighting.
Budget Blinds makes this “shopping at home” experience possible by offering free swatch samples of the different window blinds you are considering. You can get free swatch samples of roller shades, cellular shades, woven wood shades and more in two simple ways; either by filling out the online form to receive them by mail, or you can get your samples during a free in-home consultation with your local Budget Blinds Style Consultant.
If you’re just looking to explore your options first, then we suggest ordering free swatches from the online order form for convenience. You can order up to 10 free swatch samples of our popular Signature Series® window treatments online. Roller shades are ideal for home makeovers, as they can be enhanced with finishing touches such as scalloped edges, bead trim, and tassels for a finished look. There are 50 roller shade swatch options to choose from including, light blocking, room darkening, blackout shades, and sheer fabric shades.
Within two weeks of placing your swatch order, a package will arrive, and you’ll be finalizing design ideas in no time at all. When you decide you’re ready to put those plans into action––or if you would like a second opinion or more options––schedule a complimentary in-home consultation with your local Budget Blinds Style Consultant who can bring hundreds of more samples right to your home.
Either way, you will feel more comfortable purchasing new window blinds once you’ve explored the fabric, color, wood and texture options personally by hand.


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Alisa Bates knows a little something about education. Before taking on the Interim Dean position in Concordia University’s College of Education, she served as a Professor, Associate Dean, and Associate Director of MEd Programs, all here on campus. Prior to coming to Concordia, she was on the faculty at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, and she also spent two years at the University of Utah as an Assistant Professor. These days, Alisa adds “book author” to her long list of titles, having just co-authored “Agency in Teacher Supervision and Mentoring, Reinvigorating the Practice.” Now that you know more Alisa herself, let’s learn about her book through a Q&A session with this newly published author.
What brought you to Concordia, Alisa?
For seven years I was as an Associate Professor and Director of the Online MAT program at Willamette University. When Willamette University elected to close their Graduate School of Education, I found my way to Concordia because I really wanted to stay engaged in higher education.
The book focuses on the agency of university supervisors – how they use their position and power to support educators, particularly novice teachers and student teachers, to effect change in the schools. Change often happens from within, and often most powerfully at the classroom level. Teachers need to learn to act on the behalf of others – to be change agents. To learn to do that while also learning the complex practice of teaching means that mentoring and support is critical to the success of the educator.
However, when you look closely at the supports available to novice teachers that encourage them to act as change agents, there aren’t a lot of supports naturally built in. We (my co-author Mary Burbank and I) wanted to look closely at the experiences of university supervisors and early career mentors and recognized that they needed to possess their own sense of agency to model for and advocate with teachers to create continued growth and change in schools and classrooms.
How did you pick the topic?
Mary and I are both passionate about quality university supervision and believe it is key to the success of student teachers and teacher preparation more generally.
Why did you write it – and why at this point in time?
Supervisors are not a very well-researched population. They’re typically looked at as those who process evaluation paperwork and ensure university compliance, more than supporting meaningful professional growth for novices. This is not representative of the complexity, importance, or power of the practice, and Mary and I wanted to contribute to the others who are working to change this narrative. The work of supervisors is hard, it’s often messy, and it can have a lasting impact on a teacher’s career and sense of identity as an educator. It’s equally important to understand who supervisors are, what they bring to their practice, and how they are empowered to fully engage in their role while advocating for others.
How in the world did you find the time to write it?
I’m not entirely sure! We spent two years working on this and are deeply involved and invested in the research in this field so it was a labor of love to bring so many of the ideas we think about all the time together in one place.
Is this your first book? What about your co-author Mary?
This is my first book! Mary has contributed to several others over her career.
Let’s dig in to the co-authoring process. How did you find Mary, given that she’s at another university?
Mary was my colleague at my first job at the University of Utah – I am forever grateful for the two years I spent there because it led me to Mary, my chief research collaborator.
We have done a number of other articles together as well as national presentations that developed from our shared research agenda.
How did the co-writing process work: did you work on the same sections or chapters together or divide them up? Were you working from separate cities?
We went through the topics we wanted to cover and decided which of us was better equipped in the nuances of each to write that chapter. It worked out to be pretty evenly divided! I received several research grants from Concordia to make writing trips to Salt Lake City so that we could work together at key stages in the development of the supervisor agency concept and hash out the more complex aspects in person. The rest was done through virtual channels and periodic phone calls.
What inspired you both to write this book?
It’s truly our love for supervision as a practice – we both enjoy working with novice educators in this role – and our belief that it can have a profound impact on teachers.
Others invested in teacher preparation and early career teacher development – other teacher educators who build programs to support student teachers, district leaders responsible for new teacher mentoring, and those who find themselves in supervisor roles.
What do you want the reader to get out of your book?
An understanding of the complexity of supervisory practice as well as appreciation for the work that supervisors do – it’s not easy and yet it’s incredibly worth it!
That it can inspire other supervisors to believe in their own agency and see ways to use it to positively impact the futures of the novice educators they mentor.
Did any lessons/learnings from Concordia carry over into the writing of this book?
Mary and I had started noodling around with this idea before I came here, but my time here has reinforced the importance of this work and reaffirmed my belief that it matters.
For more information on the College of Education at Concordia University, click here.


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Slip this gel seat cover on and settle in for long endurance rides.
An extra layer of reactive gel and soft, open-cell padding provide a smooth and comfortable ride.
Fits all Spinner® home bikes.
10" L x 9 ½ W x 1 ½"
Outstanding. Comfortable. I just started and this really help make the original seat feel better to my bottom. I really recommend to those struggling with the harder seat.

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You’ve already made the decision to be a responsible handgun owner, identified the intended purpose for the handgun and selected accordingly. You’ve also decided a brand of defensive ammunition. However, it seems that all too often, the same level of thought doesn’t go into choosing a gun belt. Speaking as a certified NRA instructor, there’s nothing more frustrating than seeing someone carry a $700 pistol in a cheap nylon holster on a sagging, thin, leather gun belt.
Gun belt and holster selection should get at least as much consideration as the brand and model of gun one chooses to carry. A quality gun belt not only helps support the weight of the gun on your body, but when combined with a quality holster, it also helps secure the gun as close to the body as possible to provide proper retention and prevent undue “printing” while carrying concealed.
There are so many different specifically designed belts on the market that the conscious choice not to use one is inexcusable. Decision-making criteria, such as travel frequency and typical daily attire will drive some of the choices. However, most will make the decision to have multiple options depending on the day, or events they attend.
For those who prefer leather, there are numerous options available from major manufacturers to small independent leather smiths who make custom belts for the gun market. As each gun has its own purpose, most owners have more than one gun. It stands to reason that you would have a variety of holsters for your associated models, but also a variety of belts to accommodate various situations or events. Web belts are an excellent choice for a variety of reasons, and may be used for training days where they’re worn in addition to your other belt to accommodate your holster and mag pouches. Other times, you need a single solution.
Web belts are great for most day-to-day and range activities, but there are also situations where leather gun belts are more appropriate. Companies like Galco and numerous others offer literally hundreds of choices. Options include a range of products from black, 1.25-inch-wide dress belts that can be worn with a suit and tan, 1.5-inch-wide, contour-fit belts that can be worn in nearly any casual situation. Of course, personal preference is the key factor. Some prefer double-layer, multiple-stitched leather belts over those that have Kydex stiffeners sewn in between the front and rear leather layers.
Those who prefer leather and have distinguished tastes tend to look beyond the names of Galco and DeSantis to brands such as Tucker Gunleather and Beltman. These brands usually offer custom options in a variety of leathers and exotic materials with multiple size, shape, buckle and finish options. Prices can run into several hundreds of dollars, but the quality represents the dedication to producing a product that will last.
Manufacturers like Wilderness Tactical offer options like the Original Instructor Belt that are excellent quality at a reasonable price. Offered in a variety of colors and buckle styles to accommodate just about everyone, these belts are designed and manufactured to last. Much like your firearms and their associated holsters, it’s most likely you’ll own more than one.
The belt is designed with a load-bearing buckle with an integral “V” ring. This enables the wearer to get near edges with a belay line secured to an anchor, restraining them in the event of a fall. Considering the thousands of belts sold, the popularity of this belt’s features and design speaks for itself.
Some nylon belt designs can also be had with a Kydex or another plastic stiffener. However, these lesser belts need the stiffener to meet the same results that Wildness Tactical gets from its high-quality webbing.
“About 20 years ago, we had several meetings with webbing manufacturers and developed nylon and weaving specifications for our belt webbing. These specs gave us the rigidity we needed without using resin impregnation, which is commonly used by the industry to make webbing stiffer. The problem with resin is that over time and flexion, the resin powders and the webbing becomes limp. Ours will not,” said Holzhaus.
The Instructor Belt buckles are of a military design and are rated to a 2,500-pound proof load. This means the buckle begins to deform at that load, but it won’t fail at that weight.
“The 1.5-inch buckle is made in our buckle die at the foundry—the same with our 1.5-inch titanium buckle. The 1.75-inch buckles are made for us by the foundry, but in their die with our part number,” Holzhaus said.
The complete Instructor Belts all test from over 4,000 to 8,000 pounds before breakage. The Titanium Instructor Belts test at 3,500 pounds.
Wilderness Tactical’s “Frequent Flyer” model features a plastic buckle so it can be worn through a metal detector. Frequent Flyers use Delrin rings as buckles and are not rated for any type of life support. However, they are lighter and excellent for carrying weapons and accessories. Frequent Flyer belts are available in all of the company’s other width options, but this line also has an exclusive 1.25-inch width. Wilderness Tactical also offers three-stitch, five-stitch and polymer-lined Combat Shooter’s Model (CSM) belts, as well as those with interior pockets for valuable items.
Guys that like nylon belts but prefer a different buckle system can look at various designs that use the Cobra buckle. The High Speed Gear Cobra Rigger belt is one example, but there are models available to suit everyone’s needs.
Companies like Nexbelt are also introducing some new and interesting alternatives. Nexbelt’s Tactical series belts feature a hole-less, ratchet-style adjustment system. But the company also offers a variety of buckle options and materials that are more suitable when the occasion demands a dress code that’s more than just casual.
Finally, it’s important to provide the manufacturer with exact measured waist sizes when ordering. Because of this, Holzhaus advises consumers to visit the company’s site for directions.
With more and more women embracing shooting sports, there’s also an opportunity for many manufacturers to fill and expand the selection of female-specific options in belts and EDC gear. However, it seems like most tactical belts are not practical, too big or too bulky for a well-dressed woman. The key is finding a balance of a smaller overall belt to fit women’s clothing without sacrificing reliable durability and functionality. An ideal belt solution would be no more than 1-inch nylon wrapped over Kydex, with a small Cobra buckle. This is similar to the current offerings from companies like High Speed Gear, just smaller in width to fit the smaller belt loops in women’s clothing. The goal is reliability and functionality in a size that is discreet.
In the end, make sure that your entire carry rig has been given as much attention and forethought as possible. A proper gun belt provides better weight distribution and draw speeds when fractions of a second matter. Those who carry full-sized 1911-style guns will attest to the importance of weight distribution for EDC.
This article was originally published in Concealed Carry Handguns, 2018. To order a copy, please visit outdoorgroupstore.com.
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This group selects individual topics of interest from past or present media or personal experience for discussion. One member handles the presentation followed by group discussion each week. The topic is not intended to be a lecture. World migration, stem cells, and the economy of Wisconsin were some of the topics discussed recent years.
To enroll, contact Bill Molis at 608-249-7713 or email wmolis2@yahoo.com.


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This company was built on the endless kindness of others.
First, it was family and friends. Then...the entrepreneurs who shared their unabashed been-there-done-that experiential advice before Kimberly even opened her doors. Finally, it was her business-savvy, guidance-giving husband any budding #bosslady would be grateful to lie her head beside each night.
And since Middy N’ Me adores putting smiles on faces, we’ve established the Love Middy Project (LMP) to satisfy our philanthropic sweet tooth while doing extraordinary good for extraordinary horses.
LMP protects horses from suffering the same fate our very own Middy did, before she made her way to Kimberly’s heart.
“From day one, I always envisioned giving back, and my dream is that the LMP will become the Susan G. Komen Foundation of the equestrian world. It’s all about education: We want to do our part to help fight the plight of what’s happening to these horses. And the more we educate folks, the more money we can send to these well-deserving rescues. We’re the perfect vessel for this message. I know it’s going to be beautiful!” — Kimberly Barratt.
These bracelets? They're made possible by the organization Ubuntu Made and the Ubuntu Foundation, a wholehearted company that empowers women in Kenya by hiring them, and providing them with fair wages and health insurance—things we all deserve—so they may support their families, and maybe one day go on to be female entrepreneurs just like Kim.
STEP 2) Your Ubuntu Made LOVE bracelet arrives, so you prepare yourself to be noticed as you start changing lives for horses in need. Friends and family around you will see your bracelet and ask, “WHAT GIVES?” Your answer? “Well, I do!” and you share the story of LMP.
Annnnnd, it’s that simple: You buy something special for yourself or someone you love, and then you feel filled up knowing that your LOVE bracelet is made by women in Kenya who are building up their lives and the lives of their families...all while you save horses from a horrific fate. Genius! Because everywhere you look, your love will stretch in the direction where needed…right down to that tagline: "Peace, Love and Happiness for Horses In Need."
Thanks to our customers across the globe, LMP currently supports The Horse Fund (USA), which fights on behalf of pregnant mare urine (PMU) horses like Middy once was...horses that are used to make the hormone replacement drugs and then abandoned to slaughterhouses.

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Can we keep tabs on stockpiles of nuclear fuel?
Such tales helped persuade 47 world leaders meeting in Washington DC last week to pledge to lock up the world’s weapons-grade material by 2014. By current estimates, that’s 1600 tonnes of HEU and 500 tonnes of separated plutonium.

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The recently completed Ballarat Health Services features Joinery and Wall Cladding with MAXI Edge FINELINE Veneer panels which creates a very warm and welcoming atmosphere to the entry of this impressive new building.
3 METER LONG HOOP PINE VENEER PLYWOOD - HERE NOW!
MAXI Plywood now has the long-awaited 3m long Hoop Pine ply available and in stock.


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Discussion in 'Spammers Hall of Shame' started by zoyaforex, Mar 12, 2012.
The FPA goes to great efforts to allow commerical postings inside the Commerce Zone. This spam message was placed in General Forex Talk.
The FPA wonders why any company would feel the need to advertise in this way.
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This piece of SPAM was smeared in the Forex Articles folder. That area is clearly marked as not being for commercial articles. There are several folders inside the Commerce Zone where this post would have been acceptable. Spammers think that rules are for everyone else.
This is a pathetic way for a new broker to be introduced to the FPA.

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text: Hemangiopericytomas are rare mesenchymal lesions arising from pericytes within the walls of capillaries. They often have an unpredictable course. We present a case of a large retroperitoneal hemangiopericytoma in a 65-year-old woman who initially presented with upper gastrointestinal discomfort. Following exptirpative surgery, pathology was consistent with hemangiopericytoma of low malignant potential. Widespread metastasis was discovered on follow up imaging, 17 months following surgery. To our knowledge, this is the first case report demonstrating a primary retroperitoneal hemangioperictoma with confirmed metastases.


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We all know that companies use these tactics to try to get us to act on a sale, and we do! We all know that 99¢ is really $1.00, but it works! Our brain tells us we need to act before it’s too late. Marketers are using our own instincts against us, and there is nothing we can do about it!
It all has to do with the Reptilian brain, millions of years of evolution, and a time when not getting that meal when the opportunity arose could mean death. It’s not that dire anymore, but we still have the faculties that cause us to make decisions based on urgency and abundance. I could talk about this for hours, but instead I’ll refer you to influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini and Neuromarketing by Patrick Renvoise, two great books that teach you how to use those faculties to your advantage.
One way Strathcom has incorporated this into our new website platform is a tool we call Silent Salesman.
When a user goes to the VDP (Vehicle Detail Page) of a vehicle they are interested in, they will still be met with the standard photos, description, pricing etc., but now they will also see how many people have viewed that vehicle and how many inquiries have been made on that vehicle. The more interest that is shown in that car, the more the user is going to want it. The more inquires the user sees for that car, the more it will trigger the reptilian brain to act in fear of missing out. It seems like a small feature, but it has tons of power.
This is just one tool that Strathcom can add to your toolbox to sell more cars. If you’d like to know how you can enable the Silent Salesman tool on your website, drop us a line at info@strathcom.com. Sell more cars before the customer ever walks into your dealership!

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In an increasingly hectic and perhaps even manic world, it is easy to feel yourself losing control and that life is somehow slipping you by. That, along with the massive overload of information bombarding our nervous system today as our ancestors never experienced, the art of meditation has perhaps never more needed. Here are just a few of the ways meditation can benefit you.
By practising meditation you have the chance to rediscover who you actually are. When you were much younger, perhaps you had a good idea of who you are. You knew what interested you and you knew what didn’t. As time goes by, most of us lose that sense of self-knowledge as we increasingly seek to please and appease others around us for a host of reasons, which aren’t always bad of course. Meditation enables us to reconnect with ourselves.
Particularly as we get older we worry about things such as health, running out of money and care related worries. These worries go round and round and we frankly ruminate. Dark and unpleasant thoughts become like the proverbial broken record. Meditation enables you to break the anxiety cycle and releases your mind to focus on the pleasant things of the here and now of which there are many. Many people who practise meditation find they also tap into creative solutions to problems they would likely never have otherwise.
Others have discovered they become more sensitive and kinder people through meditation. It grounds them more fully in the world of the spirit, and we are not being particularly religious in saying that, but rather stating that slowing things down as you do in meditation enables you to begin to see things and people in a wider dimension. You are more apt to make allowances, with others and yourself, because you will connect with people at a deeper level.

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A rural setting is where you will find this over a century old farmhouse waiting for a new owner to love and restore it. Pretty half acre lot overlooks woods and has sunny areas for flower and vegetable gardens. A two-car detached garage has some workspaces and overhead storage. A separate shed will need to be demolished. House has a large living room and eat-in kitchen on the first floor, though unfortunately also the only bathroom. The upstairs has three bedrooms and built-in cabinet. The stone basement has a bi-fold door access to side yard. There is a concrete patio on the back of the house with sliding door access to the kitchen, and the laundry is in a porch at the back of the house. Needs a lot of TLC, but could be a great house. Well and public sewer.
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Instead of inserting one large picture on a wall, use just a few smaller ones. You can also make a photo collage on a wall. Use your own photographs in reasonably priced frames and you will have an artistic and personalised wall that everyone will discover. You could additionally use one giant picture lower into smaller ones in small frames. Remember that consistency within an area is essential to the overall look. For example, do not place a modern couch in a room with an outdated, antique fire. Settling on a single, cohesive theme ensures that the completed product achieves the specified feel and look.
Everyone is at all times trying to make changes to their home, however the problem is they never know the place to begin or what to do. Most of the time a couple of easy options are out there that does not require much talent, and in the article below you’ll examine some simple and inventive interior design tips. Repainting a room and moving round some furnishings can go a great distance in the case of interior design. You may create a completely totally different perspective should you use some creativeness and try to plan before you begin purchases. Keep in mind the ideas in this article to have a home you’re proud of!
If you find yourself decorating your living room, you will want to create a focal point in the room and prepare furniture from there. Your point of interest is usually a giant window or maybe a fire. In the event you work to have your furnishings compliment this focus, you will have a room you may be happy with. Attempt putting mirrors on partitions reverse windows to make rooms look greater. A good size mirror will mirror the sunshine from the window onto the room, creating a two window effect. You’ll create the appearance of a brighter and larger space.
A good way to get extra natural gentle into your own home is to use reflective flooring. Surfaces comparable to tile or well shined hardwood flooring do an important job of reflecting gentle in your room giving off extra natural mild. It is a great approach to brighten up your room. Have you ever all the time wanted to have a chandelier in your dining room or entry method? If that’s the case you have to hold it the appropriate means and get the proper dimension to your room. If you do not pay attention to this element you could be very unhappy with the look of the factor you might have at all times wished.
Many individuals make the error of attempting to match every little thing in their room. Be different and throw in some unexpected components that don’t match completely. Something easy may very well be to make use of striped pillows on a patterned chair. You also might discover that the lounge comes alive when you place a funky-colored blanket upon a very colourful couch. Attempting completely different colour combinations oftentimes creates some very attention-grabbing new and daring appears to be like!
Have a theme in mind. Is there a selected color scheme you reasonably take pleasure in? Do you’ve gotten a passion for retro furniture? Deciding on a theme before you even begin your planning section can save you lots of effort and time. Be sure you know what you are going for earlier than you start planning for it. Are you searching for ways to improve your home by inside design? There are many various things one can do to assist your space, whether giant or small a complete new and thrilling look. The article below offers many nice ideas that can present you what can be accomplished in any area to give it a fresh new look.
Previous to starting your own home renovation project, you have to determine the length of time you intend on living in your present home. In the event you solely plan on staying 5 years or less, a neutral design will swimsuit you better. What you might consider superior may turn off a possible purchaser in a while. An excellent inside-design tip is to not get too carried away with coloration. There have been many research made on coloration and the way they’ll have an effect on you. Even if you happen to love robust colours, and they fit together with your persona, the subsequent family or couple that moves in could be put off by them.
There are tons of different techniques for making patterns in your wall that can make the room look even higher than it could with just a regular paint job.


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Library for common Amazon AWS integration.
Library for file system operations (using java.nio.file).
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Library for structured AWS-S3-based archives.
Library for XProc (calabash) API to allow integration without subprocessing.
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Anna Razumovskaya is inspired by the graceful elegance of the female form, at turns, classically alluring, demure and provocative. Her art has a pervasive sense of ‘romanticism’, and the passionate and dynamic application of paint on the canvas and the artist’s signature use of expressive colour, combine to create her uniquely recognizable style.
Anna is a graduate of the Russian State University For Arts and subsequently studied art in Germany, Belgium and Holland. With solo exhibitions in New York, Paris, Toronto, Amsterdam, Antwerp and Berlin and numerous works in private collections across the globe, she has become one of the most exciting and collectible artists on the contemporary scene.


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You aren’t going to find it here, sorry . Our world is about instant gratification, when we want something we get it, even if it’s not good for us. How can we slow down and adopt the pace of Nature?
Beautiful things happen when we put patience into practice in every aspect of our life. The opposite of patience is frustration, worry, and stress. Let’s say our kids ask us for something and they nag, complain, talk to all of their friends about how miserable they are, would you still want to help them? Think about that before you give anything to God! When you give something to God and you still stress, and worry are you really trusting Him?
When you put your trust in God – not yourself, not people around you – you will NEVER be disappointed! You will begin to enjoy your life while God is solving your problems. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5,6 . God always comes through and not always in the way we want but always better than we could ever imagine! “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.” Ephesians 3:20 Isn’t that amazing, we can’t even imagine what He can do with our lives when we really TRUST HIM! Even when we don’t get our way, right away…..patience!
Change takes time and nothing great comes over night but learn to appreciate the journey. Celebrate one small victory at a time, and learn from each defeat but never forget that each one of us is just a rock but with God we will surely shine brighter than the most beautiful diamond and all it requires is patience!
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Have you traveled extensively and are looking for something new? Then these Top Ten "New on the Travel Scene" Backroads trips are for you! Each has something for everyone—history, natural beauty, culinary specialties and unforgettable memories to be made. While some countries on this list may be no stranger to travelers, Backroads has crafted an "off the beaten path" journey that will allow you to discover these regions in new, fresh and authentic ways. So come experience the magic and be at the forefront of the travel world.
Poland may not be on your travel radar yet, but the undiscovered beauty of this surprisingly scenic, mountainous and culturally rich corner of Eastern Europe is more than enough reason to get here now. The mountainous terrain of Poland is dominated by twenty-five peaks measuring over 8,000 feet, towering above the picturesque lakes and rivers, dense forests and broad valleys of the countryside below. Plan to discover beautiful national parks, grand lakeside hotels, charming European cities and a whole lot more.
There's truly no place on Earth like Iceland. Majestic Northern Lights dancing across the evening skies, hundreds of awe inspiring glaciers and volcanoes dotting the landscape, and the occasional puffin, whale, bird, or elf sighting. Yes, elves. Iceland only recently appointed their first Minister of Tourism, which is a sign that the secret is out, but this magical place still feels refreshingly genuine and original. Now is the time!
Have you ever dreamed of a storybook vacation? One of castles and rolling lush greenery filled with wildflowers? How about making it a modern day fairytale that includes beer gardens and Michelin star restaurants? Look no further, you've found your "Once upon a time." Germany and Austria were once regarded as places for festivals and lederhosen, but that perception has rightfully changed as there is so much to see in regards to history and jaw-dropping natural beauty.
With former Yugoslavia history and new Game of Thrones claim to fame, Croatia is finally getting noticed for the gem it is. With plenty of Mediterranean sunshine, the brilliantly blue and inviting water, eight national parks and numerous UNESCO World Heritage sites, it's a hard place to resist! Backroads will have you island hopping by private boat—biking, hiking, swimming and kayaking—enjoying the freshest seafood and sipping nightly glasses of wine, which has a history in Croatia from 2200 BCE! Sound like paradise? It sure does to us.
It was wine that put the Douro Valley on the map over 2000 years ago, but viticulture is only part of the reason this beautiful region is on so many travel bucket lists these days. The Douro is a must for those who want to enliven all their senses in a truly rich and beautiful landscape, from the fragrances of the eucalyptus and rosemary to the tastes of the oranges and apples straight from the trees. Flowing through both Spain and Portugal, the Douro has somehow remained one of the lesser-known of the great European Rivers. But that's quickly changing, so now is the time!
Retro cars, the 1,2,3 rhythm of salsa, centuries old tobacco fields, white-sand beaches, engaging conversations with locals... these, as well as the fact that Backroads is the only active travel company offering biking tours in Cuba, are all reasons to come experience Cuba—Backroads style! Budding new local businesses are making Cuba ever more enjoyable for travelers, offering products made by local artisans and easier accessibility to take part in this fascinating history and Caribbean way of life that will bring you back to the 1950's.
Sri Lanka, a beautiful island country in the Indian Ocean, has managed to fly under the travel radar for years while quietly gaining a reputation as delightful less-traveled warm escape when winter invades the northern hemisphere. Home to the highest biodiversity density in all of Asia, Sri Lanka is an alluring blend of cultures, languages and ethnicities. Biking through its gentle landscape of tea plantations, ancient temples, lush highlands and golden-sand beaches is a journey through one of the best-kept-secrets of the travel world.
With world famous trams, culinary delights, a Willy Wonka-esque elevator, and stunning hilltop views, one could spend weeks just exploring Lisbon, Europe's sunniest capital. But Portugal's countrysides and mountains are too enticing to miss! Exploring Portugal is like traveling through a taste of the Mediterranean- olive groves, wineries, Moorish castles, and colorful mosaic villages, accentuated with soul-moving music, hip new foodie scene, and ancient history... What more could one want?
Norway has long been a draw for travelers but a budding startup and tech scene has put this picturesque country even more in the public eye in recent years. And it doesn't hurt that Norway's natural beauty leaves visitors truly breathless when immersed among the lush greenery, majestic glaciers and breathtaking fjords. To experience Norway with Backroads means seeing this beautiful country in completely new and original ways, from Viking burial grounds to ice climbing to exploring the narrowest fjord in all of Europe.
"We always know which is the best road to follow, but we follow only the road that we have become accustomed to." Paulo Coelho writes this in The Pilgrimage, his recollection on the Camino de Santiago. Although the earliest record of this pilgrimage is in the 9th century, it has resurfaced in a big way to the modern travel scene. Why? Because travelers experience alluring and beautiful areas of both Portugal and Spain, engage with other "pilgrims" traversing this ancient route, connect to a rich cultural history and get lost in the gold-sand beaches, charming hidden villages, memorable vistas and one's own deep thoughts. Ready to come follow ‘the best road'?

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