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New year, new perspectives... better organization.
i hope you had some nice holidays and maybe, by now you´ll have the eager to go back to work to craft and make all the artistic things you have in mind (or your favorite thing to do).
some are already listed and some will be added on the side bar menu.
"online community where people share hip, off-beat, crafty diy (do it yourself) projects. The term "Craftster" means "crafty hipster" and is also meant to be an homage to the pioneer peer-to-peer sites Napster and Friendster."
this community has everything! here you can find people making all kind of projects with all kind of materials; fabric, glass, ceramics and even recycled ones. They make contests, swaps and share free patterns and "how to" tutorials, loads of inspiration inside!.
"ThreadBanger is the home of DIY fashion how-tos, home décor tips, and more!"
A really nice place where you´ll find lots of tutorials for home decor and fashion, and they have videos!
I usually give color to my artwork with digital media, i kind of dislike when they loo flat or too digital. sometimes adding some texture to them will help a lot, and gives a really nice feeling, if you add more than a couple of textures wisely in the same image you can achieve a more rich result, and really grate effects.
Adding color to your works just cannot be a random thing, or at least not always, you need to think about composition, contrasts, the concept and mood you want to reflect in your works and what not. sometimes choosing the right colors can be tricky, with this site you can eventually build your own color pallet.
In this Community you´ll find specific colors with their HEX and RGB codes, palettes, patterns and few more things that will be really helpfull.
"is an organization dedicated to the appreciation and promotion of video game music as an art form. Its primary focus is www.ocremix.org, a website featuring thousands of free fan arrangements, information on game music and composers"
Crafting and painting is better with music! do you like video games? ,with some video game music with something more like Jazz, Classic, Punk, Rock, Electronic arrangements and even more, your going to have a really nice creative time :).
Talking about video games music... and if you like anime, this place can be the best you can find to get both! you can download almost every single album of almost every anime or videogame, really! even Yoko Kanno is there and with music from NES, SNES, N64, PS, GB, GBA, X BOX and more!
you can find some gems hiding there.
If you would like to try something more with music, but not videogame or anime related then this is the place, they have a huge collection of music of all styles from all arround the world... impressive. I found Madelaine Peyroux there and im sure youll find something of your taste :).


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Snowbowl’s scenic chairlift to the top of an extinct volcano at 11,500 feet (3,500 m). From the top, enjoy glimpses of the Grand Canyon, panoramic scenery of the Red Rocks in Sedona, and the impressive volcanic field around Flagstaff. The chairlift ride is 25 minutes each way, offering great opportunities for photography, wildlife observation, or just enjoying the peaceful atmosphere of the San Francisco Peaks.
Snowbowl’s new summer activities allow you to choose your own alpine adventure! Our summer offerings are guaranteed to make your vacation full of fun, lasting memories and a whole lot of laughter. Add our summer activities to your scenic chairlift rides at a discounted $10 rate.
When lunchtime rolls around, make your way back to the base area for a delicious homestyle meal! A free disc golf course and many hiking trails are available at the base of the chairlift and around the peaks, as well.
And as summer changes into fall, there is no better place to see the golden aspens. Snowbowl remains open through fall colors in mid-October.

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Whether it's a light bite or a casual evening meal, our chefs are dedicated to creating fresh and delicious dishes for you to enjoy. Choose from a range of pub classics, or graze on tempting sharing boards while you discover the latest ventures in craft beer brewing in the Beer Vaults.
If you're having an easy Sunday, why don't you let us do all the hard work for your Sunday Roast? Take a day off in the kitchen and book your table to sit down for roast lunch with all the trimmings with friends or family. With plenty of choice for children, The Wine Vaults is suitable for a whole host of occasions.
In our Fuller’s Kitchen, we take taste personally. That means our talented chef team have seasonal, local produce delivered every day. It also means they have the freedom to put their stamp on every dish, and it is why you will see Head Chef, Phillippa Brown's signature on every menu.

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The Aussie Roo T-Shirt by GrindeROO is an ode to the Aussie herb enthusiast. It features our rugged 'Roo adorned with a fresh pouch of sticky flowers and a trusty GrindeROO 4-Piece Herb Grinder in hand.
With its 'Play School' inspired lettering and comfy fit, we at GrindeROO hope that we've come up with a shirt that's going to resin-ate with the Aussie herb enthusiast.
The material is thick enough to be somewhat ash resistant, but don't go dozing off with a doink hanging out of your mouth. If you're a messy toker like me that's prone to ashing all over yourself (me) scooping up the black Tee may be a good idea.
Designed by the artistic wunderkind Wil Guise, who is known for his work with Aussie legend 420Australia, rap god Tyler, The Creator, and top producer KAYTRANADA, this Aussie Roo Tee has been designed with love and we hope you love it as much as we do!
All of our GrindeROO Apparel is printed on genuine AsColour clothing so you can be sure that the product you're getting is quality.
Support your Aussie herb grinding specialists by picking up The Aussie Roo Tee by GrindeROO so that we can continue to bring you guys the best crushing accessories on the market!
As quantities are subject to constant change we ask you to please NOT select 'Express Shipping' as we CANNOT guarantee the 1-3 day delivery expectation. We will prioritise express orders but CANNOT always honour the delivery time.

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text: At Quick Mobile Fix we sell a large range of mobile deviceaccessories, including OnePlus accessories. Our huge selection of OnePlus deviceaccessories include such things as chargers, screen protectors, headphones, docking stations, speakers plus much more which can be easily filtered by using our drop down tools below. We also offer our UK customers free postage and sell a wide range of OnePlusdevice cases&refurbished mobile phone devices in our shop. You can see all our cheap affordable OnePlus accessories below. All mobile device accessories sold by Quick Mobile Fix are fully quality checked before being dispatched.

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Bongs and Glass Water Pipes :	Roor Bongs, Ceramic Bongs, Glass Bongs and Water Pipes they're all here. We stock cannabis seeds, rolling papers, blunts, roor, easyleaf grinders, herb grinders, magazines and Books. Our Glass Pipes, Glass Bongs and Glass Bubblers are second to none.
PLEASE NOTE : Under the Mis-Use of Drugs Act 1971 it is an offence to supply anyone with any article which may be used for ILLEGAL drug use. Every product on sale at www.weedcity.com is intended solely for the consumption of tobacco or LEGAL herbal smoking preparations. www.weedcity.com IN NO WAY condone the consumption of Cannabis and IN NO WAY advocate the use of Cannabis with any of their products on display in this website. Any description of the products on display here should be taken as having entertainment value only and should not in ANY CIRCUMSTANCES be seen as advocating the use of ANY ILLEGAL substance. Cannabis Seeds are sold as souvenirs only and should not be germinated as that is an offence under UK Law. www.weedcity.com HIGHLY RECOMMENDS that you obey and follow the LAW. DO NOT BREAK THE LAW. YOU MUST BE OVER 18 TO VISIT AND PURCHASE PRODUCTS FROM THIS WEBSITE.
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New footage. Sign the petition. Please share. Stop the horror.
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - An activist has succeeded in filming the barbaric slaughter using ‘spinal spikes’ – and the footage is now set to ignite international outrage.

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Comment As the iPad goes on sale in the UK (and eight other countries), I've had my own "magical and revolutionary" Apple tablet for exactly 56 days. And I'm using it less and less each day.
My fading relationship with my iPad reminds me of a long-ago college fling with a young lovely. High anticipation, fervent consummation, growing familiarization, decreasing fascination, and the inevitable: "No, hon, it's not you. It's me."
Which is the line you use even when you're pretty damn sure that it is indeed her.
Full disclosure: I write this as a fervent fanboi who has used Macs since literally the first day that the original Macintosh 128k became available in 1984. I've partnered with and enjoyed PowerBooks, Quadras, Performas, iMacs, Power Macs, MacBooks, Mac Pros, and iPhones — even a Newton.
But of all of those Apple products, it's my whirlwind affair with the Newton that most reminds me of my first 56 days with my iPad.
With the Newton, as with the iPad, I eagerly anticipated its release, and bagged one as soon as I could. I took it on business trips for note-taking and email, had no problems with its much-maligned handwriting recognition, and even played the occasional game on it.
But after the first blush of novelty wore off, the Newton's flaws asserted themselves: small display, unpocketable bulk, non-standard file system, and so on. I found myself spending less and less time with it, and soon returned to my previous partner, my trusty PowerBook 170.
So it has been with the iPad. I've taken it on business trips for note-taking and email, have had no problems with its much-maligned keyboard, and even play the occasional game. But I'm spending less and less time with it. As a fanboi, I'd like to say that the jury is still out, but I'm afraid that the most important evidence — that I'm less frequently using the li'l guy for either business or pleasure — is in. My iPad is clearly moving into Newtonian territory.
Not that the iPad is a steaming turd, as many rabid Apple-bashers like to fulminate. Nor is it a useless toy. For example, it's been a helpful business partner in meetings and interviews due to its abilities as an unobtrusive, silent note-taker with no display to get between me and my interview subject. What's more, Apple's well-engineered $39 iPad Case holds the iPad at the perfect typing angle.
The iPad's instant-on capability makes it more of an impulse-satisfier than a laptop could ever be. I can, for example, quickly check MLB.com's At Bat 2010 for iPad at any time to find out how badly the San Francisco Giants are losing.
Apple may have left out a good deal of functionality in iPad 1.0, but there are apps available to provide some of its missing capabilities. Air Sharing HD ($9.99), for example, provides a usable file system and enables printing by way of wireless printer-sharing (Mac OS X or Linux only).
The iPad's battery life is truly impressive, although charging it is a bit of a pain. Since it requires more power than an iPhone or iPod, not all Macs, PCs, and USB hubs can charge it when it's awake. However, nearly all can charge it — slowly — when it's asleep. When it's hooked up to a low-power port you'll see a Not Charging notification when it's awake, but you obviously can't see any notification when it's asleep — a mild annoyance that Macworld refers to as the modern-day equivalent of "Does the refrigerator light stay on when I close the door?"
Then there's the matter of web access, supposedly way up the list in the iPad's raisons d'être. Surfing with your iPad while comfortably ensconced on your couch is all well and good, but the lack of tabs in the iPad's Safari browser makes doing so a less-useful experience than it could be. And although the iPad's 9.7-inch display is a vast improvement over the iPhone's minuscule window on the web, browsing on a full-fledged Mac or PC display is still a better experience.
Maybe I'm just spoiled — I have a 20-inch display hooked up to both of my Macs, one at home, one at work. Or maybe computer-based browsing is simply better.


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AccuWeather app was release August 22, 2018, on play store and also has updates on it is made for Android and iOS users. The app is a weather forecast app but it is even more interesting as it provides various widget features and an informative home screen features with weather notifications. It displays current and two-day forecasts from your saved home locations and it displays some cool verities of home screen clocks. The app also contains the weather reports of over 2.7 million locations also contains some weather alerts for U.S locations.
1. AccuWeather app also includes a weather forecast of some inclement worldwide. AccuWeather app has a forecast of next 15 upcoming days and it gets updated every 2 hours with weather videos, lifestyle forecasts, and weather radar for all of North America and worldwide satellite with overlaying of google maps.
2. Users have also shown their love towards AccuWeather app by downloading it and leaving behind positive feedbacks with good ratings many of users have commented positively for AccuWeather app.
3. The core aim of the AccuWeather app is to build up upon their abilities. And create the app which will be easy to operate, available quite comfortably offering them widgets and many other features. and making it convenient for the users and trying to improve their quality as much as possible.
4. AccuWeather app is available for Android on most of the android devices including latest devices like Nexus 7.
5. The app also offers a version which does not contain any ads in it and the name of that version is AccuWeather platinum which has a one time fee of $2.99.
6. On the AccuWeather app, nearly billion of people rely on it and it really provides good service to them.
7. If any sudden change in weather occurs, AccuWeather app can detect it. It notifies you so you can remain updated with the latest weather and can make your plans for rest of the day.
8. With the help of AccuWeather app, you can plan your next plans and AccuWeather app also contains a feature will help you to notify weather of a particular day of a weak or of the month.
9. AccuWeather app also has the special feature that it gives you latest weather reports of the area which you visit so that you can make plans according to the conditions of the particular area where you visit.
10. AccuWeather app also provides you with the latest weather forecast news, videos and much more interesting features that too on your smartphones or tablets.
11. The app gives you customized contains and graphical representation of climate and presentations videos. The AccuWeather app provides all the latest updates not only on your smartphones and tablets but also on various radio stations and newspaper.
12. AccuWeather is a very reliable app and provides accurate weather forecast to over more than 40000 third-party applications.
AccuWeather app is the worlds most fast grossing accurate weather forecasting app and it also contains detailed information about weather reports. The app is continuously upgrading itself. Get to know more about the updates and new features of the Accuweather via our articles.


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If you are prepared to throw yourself into the Teachable Payouts world, it has one of the best affiliate programs on the market. I will be talking about that too later on.
In case you’ve never created a sales funnel before then Teachable Payouts has you covered.
While Teachable Payouts gives you a wonderful starting point with its funnel and page templates, the Teachable Payouts editor is the place you can truly make each page in your funnel your own.
Elements (or widgets) are all vital for providing you the flexibility to design the specific pages you woud like and Teachable Payouts gives you a large variety of them to use.
The Teachable Payouts affiliate program pays out 40% recurring commissions for each referral you make and you can win cool prizes like $500 towards your own dream car as soon as you hit 100 active referrals.
Teachable Payouts also has another excellent feature for affiliates called share funnels.
Teachable Payouts limits you to 20 funnels, 100 pages, and 20,000 visitors on their cheapest plan. I’m really not a fan of software products that limit you in this way.
That is why Teachable Payouts put so much work into the onboarding process to help ease you into the software. The Teachable interface is fairely well designed for the most part and when you’ve assembled a couple funnels yourself, the entire process does get easier over time.
Teachable Payouts support is fairly good in my experience, although they can be a little slow in responding. They use Intercom, so you may immediately ask questions in the live chat box. Support requests are usually answered in a couple of hours and I found the staff to pretty helpful to all my questions.
Even though Teachable Payouts has its own email service provider via Actionetics, it also integrates directly with all the best email marketing software on the market.
I believe Teachable Payouts gets some negative buzz around it due to all of the affiliates who are making an effort to market it.
There are a few Teachable Payouts alternatives out there which share a number of the same capabilities as Teachable Payouts. Two that I use myself are LeadPages and Teachable.
However, if you are selling a service or product, then Teachable Payouts is the better choice. While it comes with a higher learning curve than Leadpages, once you master the tool, you can really explode your sales as soon as you begin creating sales funnels for each of your products.
Teachable is a product that lets users build amazing, high converting checkout pages. Which gives it a lot in common with Teachable Payouts.
Teachable does permit you to add order bumps, upsells and downsells such as Teachable Payouts does. You can also quickly create coupons for your products which is just another terrific way to increase conversions.
However, where Teachable is missing, is the capability to capture leads and build complete sales funnels. The products come in at the same $97 a month price point, and I find Teachable Payouts to be quite a bit more flexible and powerful than Teachable.
Otherwise, Teachable Payouts could be overkill for you. You can collect leads or sell your front end product more cheaply using alternative services.

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However, " to flipp" a class is much more than the publication and distribution of a video. This is a comprehensive approach that combines direct instruction with constructivist methods, increasing commitment and involvement of students with the course content and improve their conceptual understanding. This is a comprehensive approach that, when successfully implemented, will support all phases of a learning cycle.
When teachers design and publish a "online" class time is released so that it canfacilitate student participation in active through questions, discussions and applied activities that encourage exploration learning, articulation and implementation of ideas.
Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams, two chemistry teachers in Woodland Park High School in Woodland Park Colorado, coined the term "Flipped Classroom". Bergmann and Sams realized that students often lost some classes for certain reasons (illness, for example). In an effort to help these students, they boosted recording and video distribution, but also realized that this same model allows the teacher to focus more attention on individual learning needs of each student.
When we use the term "Flipped Classroom" we must bear in mind that many similar instructional models have been developed under other names. Peer Instruction (PI) was developed by Harvard professor Eric Mazur, and incorporates a technique called "teaching just-in-time" as a complementary element to the model FC. "Teaching Just-in-time" allows the teacher to receive feedback from students the day before class so that he can prepare strategies and activities to focus on deficiencies that may exist in students in understanding the content. Mazur model focuses largely on conceptual understanding, and although this element is not a necessary component of FC, has a clear and close connotations.


text: Exclusively designed and manufactured specifically for quilters. These pins are nickel plated in the open position in order to obtain the sharpest point. Perfect for basting quilts with any thickness of quilt batting.

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text: More, more, more! That’s how we like it here at Ten Towers – and who better to give it to us than Kim Jones himself. His new chapter in the menswear vision for Dior is happening today, 5pm GMT in Paris. Watch it live here.


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Don’t quite have quite enough carrots? Don’t worry about it, as long as you have at least half the amount above you should be fine. I tend to use whatever amount I have lying around and my muffins always turn out nice and moist.
Preheat your oven to 375°F / 190°C.
Grease your muffin or cake molds.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices.
In a separate bowl, combine the eggs, oil, vanilla and sugar until smooth.
Add the carrots to the oil mixture.
Combine your wet and dry ingredients and stir until well combined. Don’t over-mix it though, a lumpy batter is good.
Bake for 15-20 minutes for muffins or 30-40 minutes for cake (check here for a better idea based on the size of your molds) or until an inserted toothpick comes out with no more than a few crumbs on it.
These are great on their own or with some cream cheese frosting. If you want to keep these for more than a week, make sure to refrigerate them.


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Our electronic devices produce and accumulate a certain amount of data every day which we do not always manage to control. Where do all this information go? How to deal with it? Nature Electrique seeks to reveal the invisible flow – Big Data – through a touch and sound installation that allows to experience the circulation and disorientation of the electronic media understood as a new type of sensitive nature.
Nature Electrique is an interactive labyrinth where the visitor is invited to circulate and get lost through a topography built of wood and electric paint. Producing sound and visual stimulation, the material reacts to touch by transforming the wood into a real “sensitive surface”. Interactions act as landmarks or obstacles that the visitor must overcome to find his way.


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RALEIGH - Gov. Mike Easley announced today that he would not include funding for the Technological Development Authority (TDA) in his 2002-2003 budget proposal.
Easley suspended funding to the private, non-profit group in December after learning that the authority mishandled its use of public dollars. Easley also ordered the authority to make its financial records public.
Description RALEIGH - Gov. Mike Easley announced today that he would not include funding for the Technological Development Authority (TDA) in his 2002-2003 budget proposal.

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This is the second part of Lindaâ€™s video journal of her 120-hour TEFL course with ITTT. In this TEFL review video Linda has just finished unit 2 of the course. This unit covers parts of speech and is the first grammar related unit in the course. While unit 2 is a little longer than unit 1 she found that it was not too much work for her to cope with. In the next video we will find out how Linda coped with unit 3 of ITTTâ€™s 120-hour TEFL course.
1.Teaches us how to allow student express themselves especially i groupings. 2.How to get everyone involve in a discussion. 3.How to apply the school conducts to maintain each ones behaviour. 4. Making a good sitting arrangement in other to let everyone participate in assignments. 5. How to establish rapport 6.How to present and checking of activity.This unit introduces the subject of evaluating and testing studentsâ€™ language skills. Within it we look at the wide variety of tests that can be used before, during and at the end of an English language course. This unit is useful for teacher to have an overview of the testing system and what kind of test should be used in each period of a course.


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It’s cold and flu season! There are lots of practical ways to improve how your immune system copes with infections. Join our naturopathic doctor Leslie Solomonian to develop a personal plan to prevent, manage and overcome acute illness naturally.
Apply evidence-informed lifestyle strategies to reduce the risk of infectious illness.
Select and incorporate foods that are necessary for optimal immune system function.
Learn about natural health products that have been shown to protect against infections.
Create a personal plan for managing infections when they occur.

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This plugin gives the a player the ability to heal another living creature or player with a bandage if damaged. It will remove the bandage item from the player and apply to the player/creature a certain amount of health. I am adding new functionality and more server administration control with permissions and configuration files. This is my first open-source project and I am very open to ideas/comments to help improve this project. As of version 0.46 I am looking to put this into a release as I catch up on the last few 1.1 revisions and developing some more in depth functions with 1.2 release for craftbukkit.
Ability to heal another living creature/player using a bandage.
Check a player/creatures health with a command.
Adding permissions compatibility for users/groups.
Configurable delay between bandage usages.
/bandageme : Description of plugin's features.
/bandageme <player> : Check the player's health and warns the player you are checking.
Have at least 4 string in your hand.
Stand near the creature/player that you want to bandage.
Sneak and Right-Click on creature/player with string in hand.
The string will be removed if the bandage is applied to the creature/player.
1. Remove the msg crap Begining healing (name) 2. Add a line in the config.yml so we can config how many hearts it should regen ! 3. Remove the chance fucktion this will clean up hella lines of code. 4. make it so that is simply regens there are too many issuse with it only healing half a heart.
Way too many messages keep coming up saying "You want to heal self?"
I would like it if you would make it so we can configure how much someone is healed per bandage item. I would like to make 1 paper = a bandage and heal 2 hearts.
Definately bookmarking this, sounds promising. One thing that would be nice if you could see health of another player in the ui.. i think i saw a plugin for spout that could do this, but don't think it's updated..
Could it be possible to add something like sneak + left click for text annoucen of players hp? not sure what can be done this way..
Can't wait for perms so that I can finish my medic guy!
Thanks man, really digging the feedback. The delay between bandage use will definitely be added soon.
This plugin interests me because the old Bandages plugin is no longer compatible with WorldEdit. One thing I liked about that plugin was the delay to use bandages, making them like Minecraft's current potions and making it less easy just to spam bandages and stay alive.
If that could be implemented, if would be awesome. Otherwise it's sounding quite good.

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Znaleziona cena jest o 32% niższa od średniej ceny za noc w tym hotelu (195 USD).
Moja żona i ja zatrzymaliśmy się tu niedawno. Udało nam się dokonać rezerwacji szybko (nasz dom straciło moc i potrzebowaliśmy miejsca). Jest to większy hotel, który oczywiście przeznaczony jest dla wesela i grup. Wielu ludzi w hol i bar w piątek wieczorem. Pokój był w porządku.
Bardzo dobre, ale nie idealne!
The correct information is.....Check in is 4pm, check out is 11am.
Hi. How much are the incidentals at the property?
Good morning, We offer many amenities as this is a full service property. We have a full service restaurant and bar, a grab and go breakfast bar in the mornings, a lobby shop that sells beverages, snacks and sundry items. Prices do vary, but if there are specific items you are inquiring about, please feel free to let me know.
I stayed on the Concierge Floor, which did include both Breakfast & a light Dinner in the Concierge Lounge.
is there a bar that is open late during the week?
Is it there any shuttle services to the city? Or closest train station / metro?
Thank you for your question. Unfortunately we do not have a shuttle service at the hotel, however the nearest Long Island Railroad station is a bout a 10 minute taxi ride, and then approximately a 40 minute ride on the railroad to Penn Station in midtown Manhattan.


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The site has been online since January 2005, with over 4 million visitors.
Please visit our sister site for World War 2 which includes Cemeteries and Memorials in the United Kingdom.
We would like to gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in granting us permission to occasionally use their text and images.
Unlike many similar websites, we do not receive Lottery funding and we are sometimes approached by visitors to our site who wish to support our work. If you wish to make a contribution, you can use our safe and secure PayPal account below. Thank you for your support.
A collection of the regimental badges carved on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's headstones.


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This Tuesday, our PV team had to say “Goodbye, for now” to our cat-loving Art Director, Lisa, who is leaving on maternity leave!
As exciting as it is, we’re sad to see her go, and so we wanted to do something to show her how much we care. So what better way to show it, than to give her a group shot of us all dressed up as cats?
We have cool cats, cats with uncomfortably long tails, cats that hang from poles and cats with anger issues. It’s a nice little cat-salad of sorts.
On this Meowmania site, you can create your very own. I wonder how many cat lovers are online at this very moment, having a kitten-induced-glee-fit over this thing.
So I’ve decided to compile a few examples of the cat pictures and videos you can find on the web, to showcase the strangeness of their owners’ fanaticism. I’ve noticed there tend to be a few categories of “cat pics” that can be found.
1.) There are way more pictures of cats being evil than doing anything else.
So to end this- Lisa we will miss you a lot, and we can’t wait to meet your little person! No amount of cats will ever replace you in our hearts.
I cat believe it. It turned out purrfectly.
We will miss you Lisa!!! Omg look at Nicole and her cat babies! You’re the cutest kitties PV!


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Absolutely stunning downtown view Paradise Valley estate on 2.25 acres. This high-style home offers walls of glass and dramatic style. Carved right into the mountain, this home is perched mountainside with picturesque views and privacy.
The greatroom offers a wood fireplace, soaring ceilings and unique wood beamed design over the spacious entertaining bar, open to the dining room and all outdoor entertaining spaces. The breakfast room is open to the gourmet kitchen, which features a center island, granite countertops and high-end appliances.
Also on the main level is a lovely powder room and a generous laundry and guest room with an en suite bath. The second level offers 3 additional bedrooms all with en suite baths, including a spacious master with his and her separate baths and an equally spacious gentleman’s office.
A view balcony from this Paradise Valley estate expands the full length of the second level, offering a panoramic spot to capture the 360-degree views. The outdoor entertaining areas are terraced to offer many areas and options, including a large pool, firepit, and even a waterfall that flows down the mountainside. This property is truly a special find!

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Is forming or joining an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) part of your homecare business objectives for 2014? If so, today is your last day to take advantage of incentive payments under Medicares Shared Savings Program.
Each ACO must submit a short Notice of Intent to Apply (NOI) through the Web form. CMS must receive your completed NOI no later than 5 p.m. EST May 31, 2013.
To submit your application, you need a CMS User ID to access the Health Plan Management System (HPMS.) Submit Form CMS-20037 Application for Access to CMS Computer Systems by using the link and instructions provided in your NOI acknowledgement Email, via tracked mail (Federal Express, United Parcel Service, etc.) and; no later than June 6, 2013. Do not wait until the deadline.
Use the Toolkit to complete your Application (updated: 7/25/2012) [PDF, 260KB].
Form CMS-588 Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Authorization Agreement See here for FAQs.
ACO Participant List Template (updated 7/30/12) [ZIP, 4KB] .
Governing Body Template [ZIP, 10KB] . See here for FAQs.
ACO Participation Agreement Template [ZIP, 282KB] .
Executed Agreement Template [ZIP, 11KB] .


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Sri Lanka car rentals can be challenging especially for one new to the country - so we have given a few options here that are from among the best.
Transportation in Sri Lanka can be solved by the various modes like railways, airlines, busses and many more. One can select which suites him a best and also according to his budget. So in order to have appropriate and budgeted mode car on rent or sri lanka car rental is the best option to be selected.
Malkey rent a car - this is the company with about 30 year of experience in the field they promise to offer the best quality of service to their customers, they are the one who provide the varied as well as the modern fleets in whole country, they are governed by their central body at Colombo however there branches are available in almost every place in Sri Lanka. they are available to you 24 hrs a day and 7 days a week, so there is no chance to miss out the service guarantee which they promise to their customers.
They have regular maintenance, servicing as well as safety inspection of all the vehicles, moreover their vehicles, 3rd party as well as their drivers is fully insured as they are using it for the rental purpose, they offer you the attractive prices as well as the wide range of variety of cars available for the renting. It is the only ISO certified company in Sri Lanka.
Kapruka rental services - kapruka rental service offer you the most premier rent a car booking in all over the Sri Lanka. this is the company which can remove all your headache of booking a car from a reliable car rentals in the country. They offer you a real time reservation of cars of your desired category and choice. They will provide you all the necessary details regarding the pickup of the car once you have submitted or booked the car online.
They offer pickups from the international airport at Colombo if you have made your online reservation. They will charge you 48 more us dollars for this service.
You must have your passport or national identity card as well as online receipt of the Kapruka car rentals when you came for pickup of the car.
Casons rent a car - They are the leading car rental companies in the Colombo city they claim fleets of about four hundred vehicles actively working , the data include vans, cars, double cabs(4*4), luxury vehicles, coaches, SUV’s, as well as some motorbikes also, these all may be available without or with the company drivers they assure the best of best as well as the hassle free deals at quite effective prices.
They offer the zero maintenance car rental and fleet management. They have regular safety checkup and maintenance of the vehicles every week so as to provide you the high standard service.
They offer the super packages also which include the tourist tour guide, car rental, hotel bookings, excursions and many more facilities as per your selected packages.
They also provide the bike hiring facility to their customers at quite reasonable rates.

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Just 20% of brands use advocates in their online communities, according to [download page] a ComBlu study released in November. Data from the “State of Online Communities” indicates this to be virtually unchanged from 2010, trailing other online community engagement practices that have grown to demonstrate far wider penetration: for example, content aggregation jumped from 44% adoption in 2010 to 92% this year, while the use of personal dashboards also jumped, growing from 38% to 63% of the brands studied. However, only 48% of brands used a community manager, down from 51% in 2010, while the adoption rate of user reviews and content halved from 54% to 27%. According to ComBlu insight, while social marketers are getting more focused and sophisticated in how they are integrating community into their owned digital assets, this trend is tempered by an overall lack of growth in the adoption of community best practices since 2010.
“Social Experimentation” remains the most common type of community marketing category, growing from 45% of brands last year to slightly more than 50% this year. The study defines Social Experimentation as a brand experimenting with 1 or more communities, as well as social media, but lacking evidence of a cohesive strategy tying them all together. Meanwhile, the proportion of brands exhibiting a “Cohesive Strategy,” meaning that the brand has a solid community foundation with multiple activities rolling into a single online experience, also rose from 33% in 2010 to 41% this year.
While the telecommunications industry demonstrated high levels of activity across all of the communities the study scored in the sector, the health insurance sector was also found to have high engagement levels, giving it the #3 ranking among the various industries studied. According to the study, brands in this sector often use community to support policies and deliver wellness education. Meanwhile, entertainment (#2), travel and hospitality (#4), and gaming (#5) all showed high activity levels, while banking, OTC drugs and pharmaceutical showed the lowest levels of community activity among the 15 industries studied.
4 in 5 brands integrated their branded communities with their social media assets this year, up almost 10% from 73% in 2010. According to the report, though, most brands are still simply streaming their Twitter feeds and latest Facebook posts on their community sites, and few are integrating engagement across assets, staying instead with channel-specific campaigns. The study also notes while other social channels such as YouTube, Foursquare, LinkedIn or SlideShare were not highly integrated, 16% of the communities measured offered a mobile experience. The most integrated verticals were retail, technology, telecommunications, gaming, and enterprise resource planning, which all demonstrated full integration of their communities with their social media assets.
About the Data: For its study, ComBlu analyzed the community and social engagement programs of 251 communities deriving from 92 brands in 15 industries during the summer of 2011. The selection criteria were: large enterprise; industry leader; and diversity in its marketing approach.


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Bathing isn't just about getting in the tub with some hot water. No, bathing can be an experience of healing for your body that can relax you and melt daily stress away. It's about letting go of all your worries, taking a time out and letting yourself be still in the craziness of the world. If you ever thought baths to be useless, think again! A good bath can relax muscles, boost brain power, soothe dry skin, and improve sleep.
Shower. Rinse off before you get into the shower. Remember bathing isn't about getting clean. It's about relaxing and healing the body. Unless you want to bath in filth showering is recommend!
Clean your tub. Make sure you tub is clean and free of anything that might irritate your skin.
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If you only add ONE thing to your bathing routine, Epsom salt should be it. Epsom salt is not really a salt at all! It’s actually magnesium sulfate, a mineral that helps your body produce energy. Not only does do that, it soothes sore muscles and has many anti-inflammatory benefits too. It also helps cleans, smooth and detoxify your body. So whether its after a hard day at the gym or all the stress you seem to be carrying on your shoulders, Epsom salt baths can help really reset your body for a better day! Epsom salt can be find in any drugstore in the beauty and bath sections. I like to use anywhere from 2-3 full cups in my baths under running water so it dissolves quickly.
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text: Abstract: This article presents what types of urban landscape identities are recognisable in Sakai city. There are many possible approaches. The Principal Component Analysis Method was used in this study. As a first step, 25 variables were converted from 34 basic data. Then, correlation between components and variables and the proportion and cumulative proportion of total varience were calculated by the Principal Component Analysis Method. Finally, component No.1, No.2 and No.3 were selected for discussion. The result of the analysis for each component was overlayed and Sakai was categorized into 8 urban landscape identity types.


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After recording the biggest turn-around season in program history, the Eastern Michigan University volleyball team was looking to build on past success. And that it did.
The Eagles finish the season with a 21-11 record (9-7 in the Mid-American Conference) after being knocked out of the MAC Tournament. The Eagles lost 3-1 to Ball State in the first round of the tournament.
Coming into the season the Eagles were faced with the challenge of replacing senior middle block Jenn Schwartz, who graduated in 2011. In the opening matches, freshmen Megan Crawshaw and Katherine Krasowski fought for the spot, and in the end Crawshaw proved herself worthy.
Crawshaw, along with three other Eagles, earned recognition from the MAC at the end of the season. Seniors Haley Stein and Ashley Mason, along with junior Rachel Iaquaniello, were named to the All-MAC First Team. Meanwhile, Crawshaw was named to the All-Freshmen team – her first conference award.
Stein was also named the conference’s Defensive Player of the Year after recording 623 digs (5.37 per set), good for 11th nationally.
The Eagles opened the season with a loss to Notre Dame. However, they were able to bounce back and win 12 of their next 13 matches before opening MAC play with a loss to Western Michigan.
The beginning of MAC play was a bumpy road for the Eagles, who were contending with illness and had seemingly lost their energy and dominant form of play. They took an early 1-4 record in the MAC before they were able to climb out of the slump.
After a near-loss in the first set of a face off with Toledo, Kristen Baker and Cassie Sowers were able to put the Eagles on a run to take the second set. The momentum stayed with the Eagles as they took a 3-0 victory over Toledo and five additional MAC wins, four of which were sweeps.
The road got rocky once again for the Eagles, who finished their last seven matches of the season with just two wins.
The Eagles were led this season by hitting powerhouse Iaquaniello, who finished the season with 468 kills along with 25 assists, 323 digs and 30 blocks. Mason generated a team-high 1,243 assists and 326 digs this season, while sophomore Erin Short chipped in with 96 assists, 83 blocks and 225 digs. Defensively, Stein and Baker led the way for the Eagles; Stein recorded 645 digs while Baker blocked 108 hits on the season.
Looking ahead, the Eagles will have three pairs of shoes to fill for the 2012 season as they will lose Mason, Stein and Sowers due to graduation. Freshman Natalie Folk has already shown signs of a player who could step in to fill the void Stein and Sowers will leave.
On the subject of setter, head coach Kim Berrington has expressed a desire to recruit a freshman and allow her the opportunity to start all four years. Having a freshman setter presents a number of obvious problems: chemistry, freshman mistakes, lack of experience and control and much more. However, with hitters like Iaquaniello, Short, Baker, Paige Roback and Crawshaw, who would not be comfortable and confident as the starting setter for the Eagles?

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The Sports Series model won the 2017 Best Sports Car more than £100,000 award.
Alex Goy spent some time with the 570GT for Roadshow.
Auto Express took the Sports Series model for a ride in Tenerife.
Top Gear give their verdict on the 675LT Spider.
Jake Lingeman took the 675LT Spider for a test for Autoweek.
The 570S has been awarded Best Sports Car more than £100,000 at the What Car? Car of the Year 2016.
McLaren vs Ferrari vs Porsche: The highly anticipated triple test by Chris Harris.
Dan Prosser drives the new McLaren 570S and speaks with Darren Goddard, Head of Vehicle Engineering.
Chris Harris gets behind the wheel of the first Super Series model - the 570S.
Steve Sutcliffe gets behind the wheel of the 570S Coupé for Auto Express.
Supercar Driver put the 'holy trinity' of hypercars to the test at Silverstone.
Shmee150 joined us at Silverstone for his first drive in the latest Super Series model.
Chris Harris pitches the 650S against some stiff competition, on road and on track.
Drew Stearne road tests the 570S, the first Sports Series model, for XCAR.
Dan Neil takes a 750-mile dash across southern Spain in the 570S for the Wall Street Journal.
Máté Petrány spends some time with the 570S in Portugal for Jalopnik.
Matt Prior gets his first impressions of McLaren's new sports car for Autocar.

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If I add the Workflow Management right to this user's group, the error goes away, but the user now has the Administration tab and access to the Workflow Management area which is undesirable.
The resolution in the other article was hotfix CME_2013.1.1.88509 - is this still an issue in SDL Web 8.5 requiring a hotfix?
The error also goes away once the workflow activity is assigned to my users group. Previously the activity was assigned to a different user - so I guess the error makes sense in one way, user A reading a component user B has under workflow - but it seems like a bug as user A has rights to read the component, it should just show as locked out to the other user's workflow, not error?
I'd agree with you Neil; whilst you usually can't open an Activity Instance if it's claimed by another user; you should be able to open the Component from there - showing the last full version. I guess, in 8.5, if you've switched on Workflow as Collaboration you should be able to open the minor version of the Component in the current version last saved irrespective of who has claimed ownership of it.
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Jesus or Squirrel?: Are You a Pastor?
You may be humble and secure, but I WANT ONE.
LOL! Anonymous Pastor, you deserve one!
what's that bit of scripture about "double honour" for a pastor? maybe this is what the writer meant all the time?


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Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh addressing "Hindi Karyashala", a workshop of "Rajbhasha Samiti" organized by Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), at New Delhi on Wednesday.
NEW DELHI, Dec 21: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said here today that the government accords high priority to promote the use of Hindi language in day-to-day office working, but at the same time, it should not be, by any means, construed as an attempt to forcibly impose anything on anybody, “we believe in promoting Hindi through ”motivation” and by inspiration, not imposition”.
Addressing “Hindi Karyashala”, a workshop of Rajbhasha Samiti organized by the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) here today, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the use of Hindi as a medium of communication in office work in government circles, has certainly increased in recent years. But, what is the most important change in the last two or three years, he said, is that earlier many of us were writing documents in Hindi, but still “thinking” in English and now, most of us who write in Hindi also “think” in Hindi.
Welcoming the nominated members to the Committee, Dr Jitendra Singh said, it is these members who, in their capacity as experts, should plan the format and content for the working of the Rajbhasha Samiti, whereas the DoPT can perform facilitatory role by helping them in arranging and organizing the programmes or events decided by them.
Dr Jitendra Singh also announced that hereafter Rajbhasha Samiti will organize a Hindi related programme on quarterly basis regardless of whether the Minister is available or not, so that the continuity is not lost. The format of each activity can vary from workshop to symposium to other facets of Hindi language and linguistics, he said.
Speaking on the occasion, one of the nominated members of the Committee, R.P. Singh pointed out that, according to his information, the Rajbhasha Samiti meeting had not been convened for almost a decade before the present government took over under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Another member Naveen Kumar lauded the enthusiasm and interest with which Dr Jitendra Singh has tried to push forward the aims and objectives of the Committee. Members Abhishek Gupta, Prem Singh and others also spoke on the occasion. The meeting was attended by entire staff including officers of DoPT and the related departments.

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Hawkeye freshman is coming off his worst shooting night in a loss to Maryland. But this is where he's been at his best. The Hoosiers have been warned.
IOWA CITY, Ia. — Joe Wieskamp is coming off the worst shooting night of his young basketball career.
Is the Hawkeye freshman eager to atone for an 0-for-5 showing?
Alas, Wieskamp and the No. 19 Hawkeyes (20-6, 9-6 Big Ten Conference) will have to wait until 8:15 p.m. Friday to play their penultimate home game of the season. Indiana (13-13, 4-11) is the opponent. Tickets were nearly sold out as of Thursday afternoon. The telecast will be on FS1.
Two weeks ago, Iowa hung a 77-72 loss on the Hoosiers in Bloomington. It’s part of a stretch of play that has seen the once-ranked team lose 11 of 12 games.
Wieskamp had 13 points in that one, 12 coming in the first half. He was often matched up with Hoosiers star freshman Romeo Langford, who scored 15 of his 22 points in the second half.
Wieskamp’s back soreness has subsided considerably, he said. He was calm and confident when talking with reporters, showing no signs that his two-point outing in Tuesday’s 66-65 loss to Maryland was still bothering him.
That may be a bad sign for the beleaguered Hoosiers. Wieskamp averages 11.4 points per game on 50.5 percent shooting. He’s been held without a field goal only two times previously this season. Each time, he made six in his next outing.
On Tuesday, Wieskamp’s problems started with two early fouls that found him saddled to the bench for the final 14 minutes of the first half. Fouls have not been an issue for him often this season. He’s never been whistled for more than three in a game. He admitted he did not respond well against Maryland.
Wieskamp’s presence on the wing has been one of the most positive differences between last year’s 14-19 Iowa team and this year’s NCAA Tournament-bound outfit. Another has been Connor McCaffery at backup point guard.
McCaffery’s pinpoint inbounds passes to Jordan Bohannon helped seal the Feb. 7 victory at Indiana. Bohannon kept getting fouled. He scored the Hawkeyes’ final 11 points.
McCaffery had three points and three steals against the Hoosiers. He had five assists in the next game, a win over Northwestern. Against Maryland, McCaffery contributed six points and four assists, but also a season-high four turnovers.
The redshirt freshman said he’s learning something every game in his first go-around in the Big Ten. McCaffery is often in the lineup late in close games.
The Hawkeyes are coming off their worst shooting game of the season, 19-for-58 (32.8 percent). Wieskamp certainly wasn’t the only culprit.
“I think it was good shooters missing shots,” McCaffery said, dismissing the notion that there was a lingering problem.
The Hawkeyes have been resilient this season, with the same cast of characters from a year ago, plus the two additions. Now, the challenge is to protect their home court against a team with little to play for at this stage of the season.


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Washington-based consulting firm WikiStrat is polling its a network of 2,000 experts for war game simulations.
One Washington-based consulting firm, whose clients include the Pentagon, is betting on the wisdom of the crowd.
For the past few years, Wikistrat has drawn upon a network of about 2,000 analysts, posing questions about potential international trends and crises. For instance, what are the geopolitical implications of outcomes in the Turkish elections? The result of an interoceanic canal in Nicaragua? In addition to the Pentagon, its customers -- the ones posing the questions -- include the Royal Air Force, the French Air Force and NATO.
Last week, the company announced it was starting a few new services -- letting customers poll teams of analysts about outcomes in simulated war games and using the simulations to test-drive their own crisis management skills, among other new features. About a year and a half ago, Wikistrat started a subscription service that gives customers access to an information dashboard, constantly re-populated with new insights from analysts.
Shay Herkshkovitz, who oversees what Wikistrat calls its "analytic community," talked with Nextgov about why the company is putting so much stock in the crowd. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
NG: How do you choose the "crowd"?
SH: Each one of them is a subject matter expert in various fields -- that varies from regional expertise to topical ones. People who are experts on the Middle East, people who are experts in naval forces, grand strategy and so on. We do leverage the wisdom of the crowd, but this is a crowd of experts.
Either we initiate contact with people who we know, who we found through research. Alternatively, we have people asking to join our community from which we carefully select those who meet our professional criteria. The third way we bring people on board is word of mouth. People who are members in our community refer their peers to Wikistrat.
NG: What incentives do you give these analysts, who are weighing in on issues of global importance?
SH: The first is professional in nature. People want to exchange ideas, they want their voices to be heard. The second is their desire to actually influence. Those who perform well in our internal activities are invited to a client project. Since our community knows that most of our clients are government clients, they want to make a difference.
When people are participating in client simulations or engagements, they get paid. We pre-determine the amount of money we pay them.
We are working under the assumption that neither the identity nor the research questions of our clients will be disclosed.[Participants] will know what the research question is, [but] will not know who they are working for.
NG: What kinds of questions do your clients ask?
SH: What we are normally asked is to provide is trend analysis, and some kind of forecasting service and sometimes early warning mechanisms.
[An example could be], "What will be the key drivers that will influence security issues?" If someone wants know how will the conditions in Libya -- some kind of a black hole that attracts all kinds of extremists -- "How it will affect the entire Mediterranean Basin?"
In the case of a university and academia, they can actually experience what it means to manage a crisis. We also offer these services to government entities who'd like to train their people in real-time decision-making.
NG: Where do you host your simulations?
SH: Our platforms enable us to conduct roleplaying games, simultaneously involving numerous potential participants.
Let's say we wish to play [out], for example, threats to the U.S. Navy in South East Asia -- not a topic we deal with. We can assign a group to play the Chinese, another group of experts to play the U.S. Navy. We're not asking random people to play these actors; we actually use experts on these fields.
If you would like to play the Indian fleet, then we have a former senior executive with the Indian military, for example, on the strategic level.
We did an internal simulation -- there isn't any end user for this, the simulation was basically for product development. The basic scenario was a drone strike of the U.S. government in Chad that went bad, and, according to the story, they hit a civilian facility. Obviously, a tragedy, but also a crisis.
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Srinagar: Unknown gunmen looted Rs 65,000 from a bank in Kader village of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Tuesday, reports said.
Two masked gunmen stormed an Ellaquai Dehati Bank in Kader Yaripora area and looted Rs 65,000, the reports added.
Initial reports suggested that the gunmen managed to escape from the spot.


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The following weekend all U8 to U16 Football teams will be scheduled a game.
A CCC1 County Delegates meeting will take place tonight in Parnell Park at 8pm to confirm Hurling U8 to U12 gradings as issued last Friday.
CCC1 will take feedback in advance of this meeting up to 3pm today Monday.CCC2 will issue proposed U13 to U16 Hurling gradings on Wednesday of this week and they will be confirmed at a County Delegates meeting on Wednesday February 13th in Parnell Park at 8pm.
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Hydroelectric dams contribute more to global warming in the short term than previously estimated, according to a study, published in BioScience.
The current and planned boom of hydroelectric projects would double the current cover of dams in the world and will aggravate the problem.
The research states that dams emit about a billion tons of greenhouse gas, which is responsible for 1.3 percent of total annual global emissions.
Within a 100-year timescale, dams produce more methane than rice plantations and biomass burning.
“We estimate that dams emit around 25 percent more methane by unit of surface than previously estimated”, Bridget Deemer, from the School of Environment of the Washington State University in Vancouver, and lead author of the study, told SciDev.Net.
“Methane stays in the atmosphere for only around a decade, while CO2 stays several centuries, but over the course of 20 years methane contributes almost three times more to global warming than CO2, a relevant period for policymakers”, she adds.
Methane is produced at the bottom of the reservoirs, where oxygen is low and bacteria decompose organic material, like trees and grasses, which is already present or carried by watercourse. Part of the methane becomes CO2; the rest is carried to the surface as bubbles.
Analyzing more than 250 dams (a quarter of the total global occupied area) and including bubble-based emissions, the researchers found that dams also emit more methane than lakes and wetlands.
Emily Stanley, a professor in liminology and marine science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said that the study is “very relevant” because it delivers the best available information about greenhouse gas emissions from dams. It shows that high methane emissions are not linked to the location or antiquity of the reservoirs, as other researchers suggest, but to the quantity of organic material.
According to the study, algae that proliferates in downstream dams may receive more nutrients such as nitrogen or phosphate, and therefore produce more methane.
Deemer is enthusiastic about the possibilities that this research presents for designing, situating and operating dams that emit fewer gases.
The researchers have suggested that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change consider these methane emissions in future budgets.
This article was produced on the Latin America and Carribean edition.

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Just read a blog post that really was encouraging...and thought I would pass it along. Catch up with Megan Miller as she discusses, Loving Well in Moments of Crisis. It is hard to love well when life is hard, isn't it? Especially with the ones closest to us! The challenges seem to bring out the best and worst in us, and honestly, it is so much easier for me to think of myself and my needs when life turns unkind. We have a major life transition coming up next month (make that transition number....??) *smile* But needless to say, there's been lots of change these past few months-year, and there is more to come. Florida is waiting for us, and we are getting excited (some days) and anxious most other days. The questions plague us: Will we find the job, church, doctor, grocery store, you name it...that will make it feel like home? And then I have to remind myself: Ruth, this is not your home! Your home is in heaven, and you are simply traveling through this world, to the true life that awaits us in heaven. Maybe if I could keep that perspective foremost in my mind more often, this transition would be a little easier.
What do you do when you are dwelling on your circumstances, and not your Savior? How do you draw your mind closer to heaven? Please share!


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A neighbor of mine, her hand extended to take the tape measure from me, says, “I can climb up there!” She clips the tape measure to her belt and begins her climb, up the tier poles to the barn’s rafter tops 20 feet above the dusty hayloft floor.
She is a retired Washington DC professional, resettled in Madison County, NC, where her family has been since the 1790s. We are in another neighbor’s barn; a 120-year-old log crib barn that she has wanted to explore since she was a child. Now, she’s at the dizzying top tier of the loft, measuring the height of the ridge beam. That measurement and dozens more will be added to 110 photographs, oral histories from family and historic research to document this venerable barn and how it came to be.
Such is a day in the work of the Appalachian Barn Alliance, a non-profit membership organization committed to preserving the heritage of Madison County and surrounding areas. The elements of that heritage most at risk are the barns and farmsteads that once defined mountain lifestyles and landscapes. These iconic symbols of mountain farming are disappearing with every season.
It was this sense of loss, and opportunity, which motivated Young to find a remedy. An associate in a neighboring county once described a photo contest with old barns as the subject, including a photo documentation component to capture images of surviving barns. Young began to explore what it would take to create a similar program for Madison County. He turned to the director of the county’s Visitor’s Center, Sandy Stevenson, a known ‘get ‘er done’ kind of leader to whom he had spoken several times about agritourism projects. A heritage barn documentation project was a natural parallel: not only could it support economic development, but it could also provide an invaluable historical archive of disappearing Appalachian material culture.
It was this sense of loss, and opportunity, which motivated Young to find a remedy.
Stevenson wasted no time in creating an advisory board of passionate people who knew and revered the county’s barns and farmsteads. Within months, the Appalachian Barn Alliance was operational, hiring a part-time documentary researcher, and setting about to implement its first phase of work: to identify and document historically significant and at-risk barns across Madison County. As its name implies, the Appalachian Barn Alliance also envisioned a regional geographic scope for its work, ultimately documenting barns and farmsteads in neighboring counties, including those of east Tennessee.
As you look around on any drive along rural mountain roads, you become aware that barns are everywhere. Ross Young once estimated there were at least 11,000 barns in Madison County, a figure that seemed impossibly high. Another windshield survey was completed and an average of five barns per mile was recorded which, from just driving the roads, seemed to fit. Then you multiply that by 3,800 miles of county roads. You redo the math, because you can hardly believe the number: 19,000 barns!
Most are burley tobacco barns, the big boxy barns with a low-sloped roof line. Looking closer, you begin to notice older weathered barns with a steep A-roof line. That steep roof tells you the barn was built during the era of split-oak wood roof shingles, and likely prior to 1920, when metal roofing became available. If you are fortunate, you may find an ancient flue-cured tobacco barn: a tall, square log barn used to cure the first major cash crop in the mountains from 1870 to 1920.
The Appalachian Barn Alliance provides many ways for you to learn about the barn heritage of the mountains, including driving tours and educational events and workshops, especially in May, which is Madison County Barn Month. May 21 is the 3rd Annual Barn Day with a tour of historic barns, an auction, dinner and live music in a modern-day party barn. The Madison County Arts Council will host an exhibit of barn art paintings and photography May 6. New members are always welcome!
Learn more about activities and educational materials at appalachianbarns.org.
Nice article Taylor. There’s just something about barns that tell stories and resonate with people. Well done. Thanks!


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Mathura is famous as the birth place of Lord Krishna and the fervor of Krishna worship is there for all to see. The Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple Complex merges the historical with the mythical providing something for both the devotee and the historian. Legend has it that the great grandson of Lord Krishna, Vajranbha, commissioned the building of this temple. Over time the original temple underwent several renovations and reconstructions commissioned by kings ranging from Raja Vir Singh Bundela to Chandragupta Vikramaditya. The temple houses the Garbhagriha, literally meaning ‘birthing house’, the place where according to legend, Devaki gave birth to her eight children, the last being Krishna. This prison cell also depicts the legend of the cruelty inflicted on Devaki and her husband and the death of her seven children at the hands of Kans, her brother and ruler of Mathura.
The temple is highly revered by the followers of Lord Krishna and witnesses a sea of humanity during Holi, the festival celebrated with colors and Janamashtami, the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna. Devotees, followers and others throng to the temple at this time to pray and celebrate the birth of the compassionate savior Lord Krishna. A visit to the temple any time of the year is a spiritual journey that brings calm and peace to your heart. This place of high religious significance ranks high on the list of tourists and tour operators alike.
Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple Complex is well connected to all major foremost places in Uttar Pradesh or neighboring states via road network.
The closest airport to Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple Complex is Agra Airport.
The closest junction to Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple Complex is Sri Krishna Janam Sthan Railway Station.

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Available at Killington and Boreal, the Woodward Peace Park will debut mid-February.
In 2014, professional snowboarder Danny Davis started hosting an annual video series known as Peace Park where he and his friends would design and ride an imaginatively innovative terrain park (that only they would have access to).
Well, it’s back again this year, and for the first time ever, Peace Park terrain will be open to the public at Boreal Mountain Resort in Tahoe and Killington Resort in Vermont.
The fun doesn’t end there – By uploading an Instagram video of yourself shredding either of the two Peace Parks that are open to the public, you’ll be entered to qualify for The Woodward Peace Park Championship which will be held at Boreal May 1-5.
Winning that will give you an all-inclusive ticket to ride the exclusive Peace Park with Davis and his friends.
It will also be the first Peace Park competition to include a women’s category.


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Terrorism is an intentional, dangerous act designed to create fear. With accurate information and basic emergency preparedness, you can fight back.
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Make an emergency plan, and include who to contact and where to meet your family.
Remember your neighbors and others in need, and keep your pets in mind.
Terrorist attacks could take many forms in New York City. An attack could affect you even if it happens in another borough or a distant neighborhood.
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New Yorkers should always remain alert and be prepared for the unexpected. In the event that a terrorist attack takes place, it is important to take the following steps to protect yourself.
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For more information, visit NYC.gov/plannow.
The NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau is the city's primary local resource to guard against the threat of international and domestic terrorism in New York City. The latest addition to the bureau is a team of dedicated, highly trained counterterrorism officers, called the Critical Response Command, which is equipped and ready to respond to terrorist and active-shooter attacks.
The NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau reviews possible terrorist targets and develops innovative, forward-thinking policies and procedures to guard against attacks, training first responders and specialized units and developing intelligence capabilities for detecting and preventing terrorist attacks. The bureau coordinates with federal, state, and other law enforcement agencies in intelligence gathering and sharing, and plays an integral role in the FBI's Joint Terrorist Task Force.


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Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Park Board Commissioners Ian Robertson and Stuart Mackinnon are demanding that the Park Board take immediate action to remove the wharf at Jericho Beach. Information provided to the Park Board from Fisheries and Oceans Canada outlines that fish habitat and other marine life is being severely compromised due to toxic contaminants leeching into the water from old creosote pilings.
“This is another example of the Vision Vancouver Park Board caucus waffling on a decision by the previous park board to return the beach to a natural foreshore. Not only is taxpayer money being wasted but now we have a significant environmental problem”, says Park Board Commissioner Ian Robertson.
The Jericho Marginal Wharf, built in the 1930s, was once used by the Royal Canadian Air Force as a float plane base. It has been closed to the public since the summer of 2009 as it has been deemed a hazard due to age related structural problems.
“Vancouver, being a coastal city, is blessed with a beautiful foreshore, but unfortunately much of it is not accessible to the public. Returning this area to its natural habitat will enhance the area, and create a haven for both people and nature” says Commissioner Stuart Mackinnon. “It’s time the Park Board moved on this”.
The previous Park Board voted in July 2008 to remove a significant portion of the wharf and return the beach to a natural state. Despite three previous public meetings and strong public support for returning the beach to a natural state, the Vision Vancouver Park Board caucus voted unanimously in March 2009 to rescind the previous Board’s decision.

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The Boise Hawks begin their Fifth Annual "Give Your Gloves" drive benefitting The Salvation Army. Donate gloves and take home baseball tickets for opening night.
The holidays can be a stressful time for families. We don't always have the funds we'd like to have to gift our friends and families the way we want to.
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UPDATE: 25,000 Diapers Donated For Idaho Diaper Bank!!
WOW. The way the Treasure Valley community came out to support this diaper drive truly impresses me.
Today is the final chance to donate in person to Idaho Diaper Bank as we try to raise 50,000 for families in the Treasure Valley!
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According to the news report by Bloomberg, Amazon.com Inc. is looking at taking Alexa, its digital assistant, mobile. It is creating wireless earphones that copy the popular Apple Inc. AirPods.
According to people who know about Amazon’s plans, the company is planning to launch these new ear phones, which will have in-built access to Alexa, by the second half of this year. The product will look as well as operate just like AirPods, with the ear buds being designed to be placed inside the ears without any clips. However, according to the sources, the company is looking at providing better audio quality.
The headphones will let people order products, access weather, music and other information with voice commands. Alexa will be able to be summoned just by using the digital assistant’s name.
Besides voice commands, the sources also stated that physical gestures can be used to control certain functions of the device. For example, the buds can be tapped to answer and end calls, as well as switch between songs.
The product will come in a case that will double up as an earphone charger that users can plug in with a standard USB charger. According to the sources, the earphones have been tested in two colors – grey and black.
In terms of price, Amazon usually has a tendency to charge less than its competitors. Apple’s AirPods are sold in a price range of $159 to $199, so Amazon’s earbuds are expected to cost less than that.
Earphones are one of the fastest growing wearables in the market today, with 12.5 million pairs sold in the previous quarter worldwide. According to Counterpoint Research, Apple owns 60% of the market share with its AirPods. In fact, after people made fun of the new bud design of the AirPods when it was launched in 2016, this product has become the company’s major selling accessory, and it has been helping offset slower iPhone sales.
This is one of the most critical projects that the company’s Lab126’s hardware division has worked on. It is also the first major move away from consumer hardware home products for Amazon. The company had tried to launch a smartphone in 2015, however, that product had been a failure.
The Echo smart speakers, on the other hand, had surprised everyone with its success, and it brought Alexa into millions of homes across the globe. The company also tried to introduce a battery-powered Echo speaker, but it didn’t do as well, as so was discontinued.
Another model of the Echo speaker is the plug-in version for cars, but it has limited availability.
Another step that Amazon had taken to increase Alexa’s reach was to open it up to third party manufacturers such as music hardware major, Bose Corp.
The biggest obstacle to Alexa’s growth remains the smartphone industry. The company still does not have a smartphone or a mobile operating system. This is where Google and Apple have trumped Amazon. Both companies’ digital assistants have ready-made audiences thanks to their technology being inbuilt into millions of smartphones and other mobiles devices.
The new Amazon earphones will not have built-in mobile connectivity and will need to be paired with a smartphone. This will mean that the company will need to work through other manufacturers such as Apple, Samsung and Google, which is what Amazon is already doing with its apps run on Alexa.
This is a strategic obstacle for Amazon, which is using its voice assistant to get a lead in the voice-based computing space as well as to get its main online retail business to a wider customer base.
When contacted for further information, Amazon declined to comment on this news.

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China is a big country in eastern Asia, bordering Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Mongolia and North Korea. Its capital is Beijing. China has the world’s largest population. It consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and two special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau).
Its history starts with one of the world’s earliest civilizations, and can be explored all around the country, with lots of monuments and artefacts, such as the Great Wall, its many old towns, or its Buddhist cave statues.
The country is very diverse, geographically as well as culturally, from the marvellous scenery of Jiuzhaigou to the breath taking Forbidden City in Beijing. China has the world’s third largest number of Unesco World Heritage Sites, after Italy and Spain. It is the third most visited country in the world.


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The Wood County Preschool, operated in collaboration with the Wood County Educational Service Center, is pre-registering for the 2018-19 school year. The preschool programs are developmentally appropriate, play-based preschools supporting the Ohio Department of Education’s model curriculum.
Please contact Naomi at nstickles@wcesc.org or 419-354-9010, ext. 133 to get on the 2018-19 mailing list. Parents who have questions regarding children who may have special needs can also contact Naomi.


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God knows you. He engraved your name on His hands and keeps your tears in a bottle (Isa 49:16; Psalm 56:8).
God knows you. And He is near you! How far is the shepherd from the sheep? (John 10:14) The branch from the vine? (John 15:5) That’s how far God is from you. He is near.
His Kingdom needs you. The poor need you; the lonely need you; the church needs you...the cause of God needs you. You are part of “the overall purpose He is working out in everything and everyone” (Eph. 1:11 MSG).
The Kingdom needs you to discover and deploy your unique skill. Use it to make much out of God.
God is with us; we are not alone!

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