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DPN-124G provides an optical line connection to a GPON OLT device. The key advantage of GPON technology is extraordinary bandwidth of the channel. This helps to deliver the next generation of high-speed Internet services to home and office users. DPN-124G helps to provide a reliable, long-reaching last-mile connection by extending the high-bandwidth public network to people living and working in remote multi-unit buildings.
Using the DPN-124G device, you are able to quickly create a high-speed wireless network at home or in your office, which lets computers and mobile devices access the Internet virtually anywhere (within the operational range of your wireless network). The gateway can operate as a base station for connecting wireless devices of the standards 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n (at the wireless connection rate up to 300Mbps).
DPN-124G supports multiple functions for the wireless interface: several security standards (WEP, WPA/WPA2), MAC address filtering, WPS, WMM.
The VoIP gateway DPN-124G includes a built-in firewall. The advanced security functions minimize threats of hacker attacks, prevent unwanted intrusions to your network, and block access to unwanted websites for users of your LAN.
You can configure the settings of DPN-124G via the user-friendly web-based interface (the interface is available in two languages – in Russian and in English).
DPN-124G itself checks the D-Link update server. If a new approved firmware is available, a notification will appear in the web-based interface of the device.


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Taught 28 (1965-1993) years at UL-Lafayette. Retired in 1993 and started teaching creative writing part-time at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. I might consider cutting back in a year (at 78), but have no plans to retire completely. I love the interaction with students. The old cliche about the young helping the older feel young is often true.
I've had stories and poems published in various literary magazines/journals. Four stories have appeared in Hudson Review (one, "Ramblers and Spinners," republished in the anthology, "Writes of Passage:Stories and Memoirs from the Best in Twenty-Five Years of the Hudson Review." Other stories have appeared in Beloit Fiction Journal, The Literary Review, Forum, and others.
I grew up moving around, thus the family name, Rambler, of characters in several of my stories. I passed through 11 schools in 7 states, K through 12. Most of the time was spent in the midwest, but I eventually ended up in the South. I loved living through winters that did not require me to own a snow shovel. And I've come to love the mildness of the climate of the central coast of California. And I love, also, the southwest corner of France.
Creative fuel?--Reading, memory (mostly the bad ones). I write fiction to impose some order on an absurd universe. The act of writing a story can give shape to more or less formless memories and lead to discoveries of things I didn't know I knew.
A poem can give shape to the coming together of a small experience and precise emotion.
William Faulkner--"The Sound and the Fury," "Absalom! Absalom!" "Go Down, Moses"
Pat Conroy--"The Prince of Tides"; Flannery O'Connor, James Lee Burke, Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens; Milan Kundera--"The Unbearable Lightness of Being"; Remarque--"All Quiet on the Western Front"
The Sound and the Fury had a profound effect on me. The only other book I can think of that touched me so deeply is Portrait of the Artist.
Thanks for the kind words awhile back. Hope you are well!
Thank you for your nice comment on my story. I just joined Fictionaut a few days ago, and I'm trying to find my way around. . . how the different areas work. I enjoyed your most recent story and look forward to reading the others. I used to teach for UC Berkeley Extension -- for about 10 years. Then I moved to Europe, where I've been freelancing, mainly writing about public health. I miss teaching and hope to teach a class online later this year. Nice "meeting" you!
thanks for commenting on my story a while back. I'm looking forward to reading more Rambler stories.
"The Unbearable Lightness of Being" is an almost perfect book. Here's a quote from Milan Kindera a friend told me recently that you might enjoy.
"Ah, what naivete, he reflected, to believe in the existence of a song that never ends! As if everything here in this world, from the very beginning, has been anything other than betrayal! Fortified by this thought, he took a look at the blond girls eyes and knew that he must not take part in the rigged game in wich the ephemeral passes for the eternal and the small for the big, that he must not take part in the rigged game called love. So he turned on his heels and went back into the little washroom. When he was alone, he leaned with satisfaction against the wall, abandoning himself to sweet reflections on the pettiness of love..."
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In today's Hit and Run, Jay Jaffe wonders why the Marlins are holding back Jose Fernandez's season debut, breaks down Albert Pujols's hot streak and celebrates a career night for Kris Bryant.
1. Say hey to Jose?
Jose Fernandez has already circled the date: Last week, he told reporters that July 2 is when he'll make his return, facing the Giants at Marlins Park in his first major league start since undergoing Tommy John surgery last May. However, the Marlins' 22-year-old ace looks more than ready now.
Fernandez has made four starts for Miami’s Class A affiliate in Jupiter this month, climbing from 54 pitches over three innings on June 6 to 90 over seven innings on Monday night. He reached 98 miles per hour several times, threw 69 of his 90 pitches for strikes and whiffed nine while walking just one, leading MLB.com’s Joe Frisaro to wonder aloud, “So why not bring him back this weekend to face the Dodgers at Marlins Park?” Fernandez would presumably be able to throw a more or less full complement of 100–105 pitches in that start.
Frisaro doesn’t have a definitive answer beyond the fact that Miami is being particularly careful and wants him to make his next start for the team’s Double A Jacksonville affiliate. The Marlins had originally planned for Fernandez to move up to Triple A New Orleans for his third, fourth and fifth starts, but bad weather forced the change, and so Fernandez has been able to stick to carving up less-experienced hitters. After allowing five runs and striking out two in his first outing, he’s allowed just two runs in 16 2/3 innings since, with a 23/4 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
Beyond sticking to the revised script, the Marlins don’t appear to have great reasons not to bring him up yet. At 30–41, they’re not in contention for a playoff spot, and both this weekend’s start (wherever it would slot in) and July 2 are home dates. Perhaps it’s because Miami wants to boost ticket sales for the latter date, though it would hardly be beneath Jeffrey Loria’s team to bait and switch to goose last-minute ticket sales for the earlier date.
More likely, it’s because Jarred Cosart is ahead of Fernandez in terms of returning to the rotation. Cosart, who hasn’t pitched for the Marlins since May 13 due to vertigo, has made two rehab starts for New Orleans, throwing 103 and 104 pitches, respectively—figures that would appear to be in line with what the team has in mind for Fernandez. While Cosart was scheduled to rejoin the big club after the first one, his lackluster showing led them to order a second. On Sunday, he walked and struck out six batters apiece over five innings, but allowed just one run.
How the Marlins will fit the two pitchers into the rotation remains to be seen. Both Dan Haren and Tom Koehler have ERAs below 4.00 but unflattering peripherals that have boosted their FIPs above 4.40, though they appear to be safe. David Phelps (4.25 ERA, 3.83 FIP) has extensive bullpen experience from his days with the Yankees. Mat Latos has been largely ineffective this year, but he’s allowed just four runs in 12 2/3 innings since returning from a three-week DL stint due to left knee inflammation, lowering his ERA to 5.37, and his 3.22 FIP is the best among the current starting five. Rookie Jose Urena, who has a 4.18 ERA but is striking out just 3.6 per nine, is likely to go to the bullpen or the minors, but manager Dan Jennings—under whom the team is 14–19 despite losing their first five games since he took over from Mike Redmond—will have to figure out how else to shuffle his deck.
Another day, another impressive show of power by Albert Pujols. On Monday night against the Astros in Anaheim, the 35-year-old slugger continued his recent tear by belting two home runs, furthering his league-leading total to 23. Remarkably, 15 of those homers have come in his last 24 games.
Via ESPN Home Run Tracker, the first homer was estimated at 418 feet, the second at 438. The latter is Pujols's longest in almost exactly two years; he hit one an estimated 448 feet off the Pirates' Gerrit Cole on June 21, 2013. With 23 homers, he's now four ahead of Nelson Cruz for the AL lead, which is rather remarkable given that he hasn't led a league in homers since 2010. What's even more remarkable is that Cruz had 18 through May 27 but has just one in 23 games and 92 plate appearances since, while Pujols has the aforementioned 15 during a binge across which he's hit .352/.430/.898 with 30 RBIs, 11 walks (four intentional) and just four strikeouts in 100 PA. He has 12 homers in June with seven games to go, putting him within sight of his single-month high of 14, set in April 2006 and matched in June 2009.
That incredible outburst has rocketed Pujols up the all-time home run list. Already this season, he has surpassed Willie McCovey, Frank Thomas and Ted Williams (all at 521), Jimmie Foxx (534), and Mickey Mantle (536). At 543 homers, he's five short of Mike Schmidt, and in the unlikely event he continues this 54-homer pace, he could also leave Manny Ramirez (555), Reggie Jackson (563), Rafael Palmeiro (569) and Harmon Killebrew (573) in the rearview mirror. For what it's worth, his career high is 49, set in 2006. He hasn't hit more than 30 since joining the Angels, and that total came back in '12.
Overall, Pujols is hitting .275/.336/.581 for a 156 OPS+; the slugging percentage and overall production are within range of his career marks (.588 and 162 OPS+, respectively), while the average and on-base percentage are almost right on the money with what he put up across his first three seasons in Anaheim (.273 and .332). So what's changed? For the moment at least, he's free of the various leg and foot injuries that have hampered him since leaving the Cardinals, though as recently as early May, he was out of the lineup for a couple of days due to a hamstring injury. Via Brooks Baseball, his batted ball speed against fastballs and breaking balls has increased by month along with his productivity, but without earlier data to compare it to, that's not particularly revelatory.
Via FanGraphs, Pujols's PITCHf/x data indicates that he's making contact more often when he swings at pitches outside the strike zone than in recent years (75.7%, up from 69.2 last year and 67.7 in 2013), which helps to explain why his walk rate is just 7.4%, up from last year’s career low of 6.9 and well below his career mark of 11.9 . Beyond that, it does appear that Pujols has been tinkering with his mechanics. Via FanGraphs’ Craig Edwards, his hands are lower and his left elbow is closer to his body, and he's using a leg kick as a timing mechanism, albeit not on every swing.
Alas, Pujols's hot streak has done little more than help keep the Angels afloat. Los Angeles is 13–11 during Pujols's throwback stretch, lifting the team's season record to 36–35, but among other Angels hitters, only Mike Trout (.307/.380/.636), Johnny Giavotella (.280/.337/.439) and David Freese (.260/.349/.411) have produced an OPS above .700 over the course of those 24 games. Trout (170 OPS+) and Pujols (156) are the only Angels regulars who are producing at an above-average clip for the season, though Giavotella, Freese and Kole Calhoun are right at 99. That imbalance helps to explain why the team is just 12th in the league in scoring at 3.99 runs per game and 11th in OPS+ at 96. Pujols is either going to have to keep up this unlikely streak or get some additional help from his friends if the Angels are to contend.
"Just be a little more patient and wait for the lights. That was my argument," Maddon said. "That's it. Nothing more complicated than that. I just thought it was inappropriate."
…"We felt that we would be able to continue playing, that it was sufficient lighting," crew chief Jerry Meals said. "Out of the six banks, none were out. There was scattered lights out."
The delay appeared to frustrate Kershaw at least somewhat. He told MLB.com, "I just wanted to say, 'Get off the field and keep the game going,' … But standing around for 10 minutes, my legs were getting heavy. I wanted an answer. I don't know if Joe was trying to do it on purpose or what? It didn't affect me, but it was a good idea."

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This 1967 Chevrolet Camaro is one of those cool cars that takes all that's great about the Camaro and adds a few custom touches. With a great-running 350 under the hood that churns a 5-speed manual transmission, this bright blue Camaro is the one we all wished for when we were kids. Finished in a color that's pretty close to Marina Blue with a pair of white stripes, it perfectly captures the blend of elegance and performance that identified the Camaro from the very start. Adding a chin spoiler and a factory-style ducktail spoiler emphasizes the Camaro's aggressive look, and it was finished to a good standard several years ago. The paint is two-stage urethane that shows a depth and shine suggesting many hours were spent prepping and sanding the surface, and an equal amount of time was invested buffing the paint once it had been applied. It shows some signs of use today, of course, but you can't beat the look of this car when everyone else's is red or orange. A cowl-induction hood is always a great choice and it carries an SS gas cap, a good indicator that there's something potent under the hood, and the trim appears to be in good original condition. Looking at this one in person, it's hard to beat a first-generation F-body for the perfect blend of aggression and style. The black interior boasts a set of reproduction seat covers front and back, as well as replacement door panels and correct carpets on the floor. Everything was optional on the early Camaros, so there aren't a lot of options, but it does have a manual shifter with a Hurst cue ball shifter and anything that wasn't included has been added along the way. You'll find auxiliary gauges under the dash, a late-model steering wheel with a fat, grippy rim, and a decent-sounding digital AM/FM/iPod stereo head unit in the dash. The seats could use some extra foam inside to fluff them up a bit, but there really isn't much else to complain about here. Factory gauges have bright markings and the lenses are clear, shaking off the idea that this car is more than 50 years old. Open the trunk and you'll find a clean floor and no signs of trouble, so no worries about taking this one home. The badges on the fenders say '327,' but this is actually a 350 cubic inch crate motor living under the hood today. With a nice combination of upgrades, including an Edelbrock intake manifold, Demon carburetor, and a Mallory Unilite ignition system, it's a fantastic runner with lots of power. The engine bay shows well with chrome valve covers and a matching air cleaner, Chevy Orange paint on the block, and bright blue plug wires that match the bodywork. A new water pump and aluminum radiator keep it cool without a fuss. Long-tube headers feed a dual exhaust system with glasspack-style mufflers, and believe me, this sucker snarls. And as long as you're under there, have a look at the Tremec 5-speed manual transmission, the 10-bolt rear end, tubular front suspension with QA1 coil-over shocks, and 4-wheel disc brakes, all of which make this car feel far younger than it is. Keeping the car planted are those gorgeous 17-inch wheels, which wear 225/45/17 front and 245/45/17 rear performance radials. This cool Camaro hardtop is one of those once-in-a-lifetime cars: a nicely built, tastefully modified early Camaro with all the right gear, ready to rock or the foundation for something amazing. What else do you need? Call today!
Streetside Classics is accepting offers for this 1967 Chevrolet Camaro Restomod. Send them your offer below!

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Going back to 1929, it is important to look at what happened to one particular gentleman and what impact it had on the whole society. Benjamin Graham was a young and upcoming investment manager and a professor. He had built good reputation as a portfolio manager and was managing a sizeable sum of clients’ money.
While he seemed to have seen the danger, he continued with his investment portfolio. At one point of time in 1929, while discussing with the legendary Bernard Baruch, young Ben Graham mentioned, “… someday, the reverse should happen.” When he reflected on events some years later, Ben found it strange that though he sensed danger, he did not completely sell out of the market. (Ref: “Benjamin Graham on Value Investing – Lessons from the Dean of Wall Street” by Janet Lowe; Published by Penguin Books).

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This is my take on the original stepper motor spacers on the UMO+.
Printed in 75-100% infill with ninjaflex it reduces noise. Not mouch but noticable.
What are de real measures? thanks.

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San Francisco, CA Home Insurance Agency | Biddle-Shaw Insurance Services, Inc.
San Francisco, CA residents have so many things to enjoy. No matter where you live in this area of California, there are always astounding things to do and see. As a homeowner, it’s so much easier to enjoy the natural beauty and culture of your region when you know that your home is protected.
Biddle-Shaw Insurance Services, Inc. provides top-quality home insurance policies for residents of this area of the Golden State. We can help you find a home insurance policy that meets all of your needs and protects you no matter what.
Picking a home insurance policy can be difficult because there are so many options to choose. When you reach out to one of our agents to help you look at your options and pick what’s best for your home and budget, this can put your mind at ease when it comes to your home’s protection.
No one wants to think about a disaster or accident occurring near their home, but accidents and disasters do happen, and it’s better to be prepared. The high-quality policy options that we carry can give you financial security in the event of a natural disaster like a mudslide, fire, or hail. The plans that we carry will certainly protect your home’s physical structure, but If you’re looking for protection that goes beyond the basics, we can help you there as well. We have policies that can protect your home’s structure as well as your family and your belongings.
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The Atlantic Coast Conference is hardly recognizable at the mid point of college football season.
Miami, Duke and Maryland stand as the final three teams with out league losses, though the Terrapins have played just one ACC game.
Florida State and Clemson have little margin for error in an ACC Atlantic Division race that could also include N.C. State if the Wolfpack can find some level of consistency after its stirring 17-16 upset of the third-ranked Seminoles on Saturday. The Seminoles have the upper hand on the Tigers for now by virtue of their 49-37 win over Clemson on Sept. 22 in Tallahassee, Fla.
Virginia Tech�s home contest with Duke this week all of a sudden looks dangerous, with the Blue Devils at 5-1 overall and 2-0 in the ACC after a 42-17 thrashing of Virginia. Miami leads an ACC Coastal Division lacking a clear-cut favorite.
With all these happenings in mind, let�s take a look at what to expect leading up to the Dec. 1 ACC championship game at Charlotte�s Bank of America Stadium.
The favorite: Florida State, by already having beaten Clemson, is still in a strong position, particularly with future opponent Virginia Tech struggling. But it won�t be easy for the Seminoles, who have to regain their early-season momentum if they want to excel down the stretch.
The dark horse: Only Duke can be 5-1 coming off a 25-point conference win and still be installed as a 10-point underdog against a divisional favorite (Hokies) that has a pair of non-conference losses and lost 48-34 in its first league road game (at UNC). But the Blue Devils have the confidence and the results to stick around in the Coastal Division.
The would-be contender: If Clemson can find a way to stop people, there�s no reason it can�t win out and keep the pressure on Florida State. That�s saying a lot, though, for a group yielding 33 points and more than 500 yards per ACC game. The Tigers would still need a Seminole loss, too, to reach Charlotte and defend their ACC title.
The enigma: N.C. State followed up its frustrating 44-37 loss at Miami with the win against Florida State, complete with a trio of fourth-down conversions � the final one a 2-yard TD pass from Mike Glennon to Bryan Underwood � on its winning drive. Will the Pack build on the momentum and make a late-season run or revert to its trend of winning spotlight games and losing the ones in between?
Coastal up for grabs: Miami has the lead in the ACC Coastal with a 3-0 league mark, but Virginia Tech still lurks if it can recover from a 3-3 start (1-1 in ACC). North Carolina showed its strength in a 48-34 win against the Hokies and could win the division if it keeps up that pace. Of the teams eligible for Charlotte, Georgia Tech and Virginia have almost played themselves out of the race already. That leaves Miami and Duke in the lead with Virginia Tech only a contender if it can regain its defensive prowess.
Game to watch: Florida State at Miami, Oct. 20, 8 p.m.
This could be the most likely precursor of an ACC title game rematch. Unlike many of the over-analyzed early-season battles of recent years that confirmed these programs were �back,� this matchup should be the most meaningful in the series since before Miami joined the ACC � when the teams played in both the regular season and the Orange Bowl during the 2003 season.


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Its starting to get chilly out and before we know it the snow is going to start falling.. YAY.. I know many of you hate the snow but I for one love it! With that love of the snow comes the love of ice, and that means there are Penticton Vee’s games!!!
The Penticton Vee’s are an awesome local hockey team, obviously from the name they are from Penticton.
As you can tell the cost of a ticket is pretty inexpensive, which makes for a great night out when you are on a budget.
So if you’re looking for something fun to do with a bunch of friends, your family or coworkers why not check out the home game tomorrow night. Eat some popcorn, chips, pop or beer and go have a great time!
They had a awesome winning streak last year, pretty amazing! Why not be apart of it this year!


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>>>> sense in the face of the ridiculous decisions you keep making.
>>> (2)  that its existence isn't related to "a much better license".
>> I don't think either of those conclusions follow from what Ian wrote.
You seem to be making a lot of assumptions based on very little data.
I'm not sure Ian is empowered to make the W3C copy cease to exist.

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A pressure cooker is a one-pot cooking phenomenon. It cooks all your ingredients at the same time - and seals in the goodness for an extra nutritional boost. This has to be one of the most economical cooking methods. A pressure cooker is quick, efficient, and up to 60 per cent faster than a pan on the hob. It locks in steam so food keeps more of its flavour and vitamins, giving you and the family succulent, tasty and very healthy meals in no time. With a pressure cooker meat goes from tough to tender in a fraction of the time it takes to cook beef, lamb, pork and chicken conventionally. Not just for meat, pressure cookers are great for desserts - especially steamed caramel custards and Christmas puddings.
Pressure cooking is no longer restricted to the hob. Microwave cookware has come on leaps and bounds in recent years resulting in microwave pressure cookers that cook food even faster than a standard pressure cooker (whilst retaining the nutrients) and take up less room in your cupboards.
If you want to learn how pressure cookers work and why they retain nutrients then read our article Pressure Cookers Explained or alternatively view our electric multi-cookers here.


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It’s hard to believe the holidays are just around the corner, but, SURPRISE, here they are! So, we’re kicking off the season with some of our favorite modern holiday decor. We’ve rounded up over 20 objects to deck your walls.
Go for the gold, er, bold, I mean. These Pantone Xmas Balls from Seletti will bring a colorful splash to any dull tree. You can get them individually here.
The Avvento ceramic candlesticks by Kähler Design come in varying shades of green and red so you can create your own little mini forest.
A playful little set of wood pieces that turn into three completely adorable snowmen. The Stackable Snowmen from fruitsuper design are made of 12 bits that you can mix and match to create a different snowman every time.
We love this DIY that Erin Loechner and her husband Ken did and shared on HGTV. They made non-traditional plywood stockings with magnetic boxes that can hold treats or greenery that go perfectly with their Scandinavian decor.
…and we can’t forget about the tree. Besides the amazing Pantone ornaments featured above, this Mitsuko Wheel Tree Decoration from John Lewis will add a hit of copper to your tree.
We love Treetopia for their awesome artificial trees and we’re happy to see that they have ornaments too! Keep your tree sparkling with these Chromatic Icefall Ornaments.
Finnish designer Anne Paso designed the Lovi Baubles for Lovi as a flat-packed postcard that you assemble into 7 adorable wood spheres that are perfect for a tree. Available in five colors.
A fun project for the family, the DIY Fragments, by Fundamental Berlin, let you make 3 different geometric ornaments to add to your tree.
With swirls of blue and light grey, the Winters Day Bauble, from Reiko Kaneko, is made of fine bone china and due to the nature of the glazes, each ornament is unique.
Me and She Studios makes cool himmeli ornaments, which are traditional Finnish ornaments made of straw. These are made from your choice of brass, silver, or matte black aluminum but you still get the geometric and modern feel of the original designs.
Another standout design from Livingly, but this time for the tree. The Ice Crystals are a Danish Christmas classic made from intricately cut paper and hung from string.
Tree stands are usually, well, ugly, but not this Christmas Tree Holder from Born In Sweden. The star-shaped stand doesn’t require a skirt to cover it up because it looks good on it’s own.
How lovely would all your presents be laid out over this Christmas Tree Blanket from ferm LIVING? The black/white triangular pattern will pop under your tree and will keep the needles off your floor.
Welcome your guests with a wreath on your front door or above your fireplace to show you’re in a festive mood. If the pre-made wreaths aren’t for you, you can always go about the DIY root. CB2 shows instructions on how to make this easy Bubble Wreath out of their clear glass bubble balls and it would look great on any wall. Originally seen on Curbly.
And last but not least, Home Depot shared their Hide-and-Seek Wreath which takes PVC pipe and turns it into this wreath full of circles to house your ornaments and keepsakes in.
What are your favorite modern holiday decorations? Share them with us in the comments.
Love them all! Thanks for putting me in the Holiday Spirit!
Calico Wallpaper unveils Aura, its latest collection of wallpaper that was inspired by energy fields that surround us but are not seen.
Veer pulls double-duty as a series of sculptures that act as reversible serving bowls and vases.


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Will the new Streamlined forms work with Bluebeam and other PDF products?
FAQ Will the new Streamlined forms work with Bluebeam and other PDF products?
These new forms are published by the CEC, and the CEC has chosen an implementation that is only compatible with Adobe Acrobat products (including the free Reader). You must configure Adobe as your primary PDF client in Windows. You may wish to contact your PDF provider for product updates that may give you the ability to read these forms as it is unlikely the CEC will be changing the implementation of these forms in the near future.
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KanPak U.S. recently held a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony of its new warehouse in Arkansas City, KS. The 202,800-square-foot facility will store an array of finished and raw goods, including ingredients and packaging materials. KanPak is a leading supplier of beverages and desserts using aseptic processing technology, and a subsidiary of Golden State Foods (GSF).
The 202,800-square-foot facility in Arkansas City, Kansas will store an array of finished and raw goods for customers like Chick-fil-A and Whataburger.
KanPak offers unique processing of dairy products, allowing all product to be kept at ambient temperature. The heat treatment and packaging kills enough bacteria so that milk, or similar products like soft serve ice cream mix, won’t spoil for extended periods of time (months or even years).
This innovation allows warehousing to keep two ambient temperature zones, 70°F (for raw goods) and 80°F (for finished goods), which is a more sustainable process than a cold chain that uses additional energy in each step. In addition to providing significant savings, the facility was built to enhance customer service efforts by allowing KanPak to have constant oversight of environment, handling and more.
KanPak U.S. services the quick service restaurant (QSR), convenience store and retail food industry. Headquartered in Wichita, KS, the company’s state-of-the-art facilities include manufacturing plants in Arkansas City, KS; Penn Yan, NY; Xiantao, Hubei Province, China, an equipment dispensing plant in Southbury, CT and offices in Toronto, Canada. The company produces a variety of dairy and coffee-based products, such as iced and cold brew coffee, ice cream, yogurt and frozen dessert products, milk shake bases, packaged milk and creamers and specialty beverages.

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


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Closest to home, the annual Lighting of the Quads will take place on December 4 at 9 PM. To get a flavor of this Hopkins tradition, check out last year’s ceremony. There will be gingerbread houses and prizes galore. Don’t miss this year’s bigger-and-better ceremony.
Baltimore City also has an annual lighting event – the lighting of the Washington Monument in Mount Vernon. This year the event takes place on December 6, and includes music and fireworks!
And do NOT miss one of Baltimore’s weirdest traditions: Miracle on 34th Street. Walk, bike, or drive over to the Hampden neighborhood. Now in its 65th year, this block-long display of lights, moving figures and sculpture is definitely a one-of-a-kind holiday experience. Some call it “gaudy, ugly,” and some call it “awesome, beautiful.” Either way, go see it and decide for yourself.
If you just want to stay inside and find enlightenment, check out some holiday DVD’s from the library, or books on winter, or even read books online.
Study Break in Mount Vernon! Woo Hoo!


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Video-Trailer and Medley-Cut of a concert named "varieties of truth" featuring various artists in Berlin Church "Passionskirche" showing the total context of the electroacoustical situation. In use CROMAcord Rumba Microphones and CROMAcord PODIUM MXVT with extension cabinet placed on the stage center's floor beside the marshall amp. Discretely small yet powerfull it is serving as acoustic-instruments monitor and sound source for the PA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp_yi1Cufkw (more informations at the artist's website www.potschpotschka.com).
Thomas Kümper plays various popular songs using CROMAcord PODIUM MXVS210 on a speaker stand. Watch here 3 live recorded examples of the authentic amplified sound captured (only!) with microphone/cam in the area of the audience: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_eDLVsCt2E, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vCRMMyDlhc, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0HW73FU0Xg, (more informations at the artist's website www.thomaskuemper.de/).

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The Total Education Network is the only educational network that airs shows seven days a week. The Total Education Network is heard in over 180 countries and has over 500,000 listeners a week. The Total Education Network is syndicated on 80 plus stations.
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text: For my gameweek 35 fantasy Premier League tips post I’m asking the question “Is Fabregas finished?” Cesc Fabregas has been one of the lynchpins of Chelsea’s dominance this season providing a league high 17 assists so far this season. For most of the year he has been a player providing consistent point for FPL managers. Now that the season is winding down and Chelsea have all but sealed the title, it is quite possible that Fabregas’ season will tail off.


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This is my favorite microwave dessert. Honestly, it's way better than Single-Serving Coffee Cake, although that was satisfying enough.
Before microwaving: delicious egg-free batter.
After microwaving: an addictive pumpkin muffin!
Start with Vegan Pumpkin Cookies. Add milk chocolate and white chocolate chips, making this no longer vegan. (If you are vegan, substitute or go chip-free.) Ghiradelli makes great versions of both chips. Microwave about 1/3 cup for a minute or so, until fluffy. This will expand a lot, so leave room in the cup or bowl.
Here's a scaled-down version of the cookie recipe so you can make a small batch and microwave single servings as you like until it's all gone. Warning: that won't take long.
1. Blend all ingredients except chips. Then fold in chips.
2. Microwave about 1/3 cup batter for approximately one minute.
3. Let sit about a minute and eat. It will be steaming hot!
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ET Now: Take the case of Maruti, buffeted by yen volatility as well as failing to take off in the SUV segment. How will they increase their market share? The stock is richly valued. What is your call on Maruti and what do you think the company will deliver by way of earnings today?
Mahesh Patil: If you look at the auto stocks in general, especially the four-wheeler space, there are early signs of some volume pick-up but it is still not too great. Most of the auto companies have been benefitting because of the fall in commodity prices. In case of Maruti also, it had the the yen benefit last year and as a result operating profit margin has improved significantly compared to their historical average level. So the margins are at kind of peak level and while volume growth could increase next year, margins can be at risk. So that is where one needs to watch out in some of the names next year whether the margins are able to sustain at these levels and apart from that, as consumer discretionary spend goes into next year, we should see some revival even in rural demand assuming that monsoons are normal. So broadly, in auto, going forward you should see earnings if not too strong but at least better than most of the other sectors.
ET Now: Banks are where the carnage is and this time it is universal carnage. It is not just restricted to PSU banks. It is private banks also which are getting smashed. So what explains the underlying pain in the entire private banking space? Numbers were not that bad. We heard from IndusInd Bank, we got it from HDFC Bank, Axis Bank numbers were not that bad but markets are just punishing these stocks.
Mahesh Patil: The banking sector is a top-down macro call. So with the economy really not picking up to the extent one was expecting, the recovery in asset quality is going to be slow and that is probably weighing down some of the banking stocks especially those with a very large corporate exposure. The metal sector is one where things still are not really bottomed out on the global front. So that pain is what is dragging down the valuations in some of these stocks because it is not clear if we have seen the bottom in terms of asset quality. Though our view is that most of it should come out in the December and March quarters and especially with RBI now requesting banks to recognise some of these assets which were currently not being restructured and where there is genuine stress. So, once these things get highlighted and the company starts to acknowledge its problems, the market would then probably give them benefit of doubt and make adjustments to the book value and then you should see the kind of pain we are seeing currently, easing off. But banks with retail focus have shown good numbers and couple of them have reported numbers showing pretty decent growth. That trend should continue.
ET Now: Just an extension of the point that you were making, come next week and we will have the RBI policy as well to deal with. What is the expectation from the policy? Do you think it is going to be a status quo policy and the commentary would be a little bit more tilted towards the global economic scenario?
Mahesh Patil: There are a couple of factors on the inflation side. We have seen a marginal rise but again it is because of the base effect and the RBI Governor probably will wait for more data points before really taking a decision. The other point of interest would be to see how we have the Budget Session coming in later in February. There are talks about how the government would really manage the fiscal consolidation roadmap. Will they stick to that or would they go in for a more pro-growth oriented policy in this environment where the growth is slow? These are the factors which the RBI governor will look at before he would want to make any policy changes given that in this you should see a status quo.
ET Now: One sector which has been facing a lot of headwinds on listed pricing, is consumer goods. If you leave out a Britannia or a Godrej Consumer, others are trading at fresh lows and if Colgate numbers were an indication, there is problem on the volume growth front as well. What do you do about classic defensives that have corrected a bit?
Mahesh Patil: If you look at the defensives, the consumer staples as a sector has been trading at pretty high valuations compared to historical averages and it has been holding on. Only in the last few quarters have we seen some slowdown there in terms of volume growth. So normally in this sector, 14-15 per cent kind of a growth is given because they have lots of levers in terms of managing their EBITDA, a lot of discretionary spend which you can correct but the volume growth has really been weak. On the rural side, we have seen a slowdown which has impacted growth. There is also some competition coming in from some other players which is probably impacting some new players. Given all these factors, the stocks are good long-term plays if one would want to really buy these quality stocks when we are seeing a correction and valuations are starting to correct. This is the time for long-term investors to start looking at these stocks if there is some correction.
ET Now: 2780 is a very large number for Punj Lloyd but I am just driving home that point. For all the pressure that it has faced this calendar year, Larsen & Toubro has bagged a number of orders. Almost every second day, I hear news about them bagging an order northwards of Rs 1000 crore minimum, at times it has been bigger than that as well. There is a sizeable order for Punj Lloyd as well. Could the pain points be coming close for capital goods or is it too early to call right now?
Mahesh Patil: There are two parts to it; one is the infrastructure sector where ordering has improved this year. But again, these are in specific areas not across the board. So larger players like L&T for example would require orders to come in from the oil and gas sector as well as the power sector to fill in the order book because annually they would require more than a lakh crores of order inflows. So while they have been getting orders, this year, the order guidance would probably be lower and actual inflows will be lower than the guidance. This is making the market nervous. So there are pockets, smaller companies probably are getting better because their size is much smaller and some of these orders in the road sector or some of the infrastructure sectors are meaningful for their size. However, for capital good, on the capital expenditure side things are still not that great and one cannot see meaningful pickup over the next one year. So a lot of companies are still highly leveraged and deleveraging needs to take place. In many cases, capacity utilization levels are still pretty low. While we are not so optimistic about the pure industrial capex, I think it will remain pretty weak even into the next fiscal year.
ET Now: What is happening to domestic liquidity? So far, domestic institutional investors have been saviours of the market. Is money still coming in, is money getting challenged? Have outflows started or are inflows reducing? What is the update?
ET Now: Are your fund houses getting outflows in the midcap funds now?
Mahesh Patil: I would not know that but we have not seen any outflows.
ET Now: But you are not seeing a tactical shift from the smallcap funds to largecap funds?
Mahesh Patil: Yes. we are seeing inflows, especially in small and midcap categories, where the the risk factor is much larger, have dried up. On the largecap and multi cap and balance categories, we are still seeing inflows. So I would say that the inflows probably are lower by around 30-40 per cent than what we used to see around the run rate around three, four months back but I think that is a run rate which I think should continue because that is coming in more from steady inflows because of SIP. That number currently is close to Rs 3,000 crore on a monthly basis run rate. So I think that number should continue if the markets remain at these levels. We do not see any further downside from these levels.
ET Now: So who is going to counter-balance the FIIs who are selling? Let us be real. There is a problem in the world and FII selling is acute it is large right now, so far DIIs have been buyers but they only have limited cash, so if FII sells more who will be the buyer?
ET Now: This is counter intuitive. Lower inflation means more price, more money with the consumer. They should be buying more. But the minute inflation has come down, volume growth has also come down.
ET Now: So in this market adjustment, I am not using the word carnage because I still feel it is adjustment, has your portfolio strategy changed? Are you buying into stocks which you always wanted to buy but you did not because of valuation comfort?
Mahesh Patil: Whenever there is volatility and some kind of risk off kind of environment, one needs to create some kind of liquidity in the portfolio because you get opportunities. Lots of stocks which were out of your buy target zone because of higher valuations are correcting because there are some redemptions coming in. A fund probably will force to sell and you would get stocks at a price you are comfortable in. So getting into good quality names which were actually pricey last year becomes possible. We are trying to create some liquidity flexibility in the portfolio to buy into dips where there are sharp corrections and we have seen that a couple of times.
ET Now: But the anchor theme is still private banks?
Mahesh Patil: There are two anchor themes which we are running in the portfolio. On the defensive side, where the valuations are reasonable and thus are slightly more predictabile vis-a-vis earnings, something like IT would fit that bill where growth is not very good but decent. Steady rupee depreciation would also help pharma. Utilities also are looking pretty decent because they offer a pretty decent earnings yield at this point in time and the other theme is consumer discretionary though currently we have not seen any kind of pick-up but going into next year we think there are some drivers which should see marginal pick up in the consumer discretionary side.


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Yesterday, we continued a family tradition that started in June 2005. What is it, you ask? Taking our kids to a very special place for lunch to celebrate their 13th birthday: The Signature Room on the 95th Floor of the John Hancock Building, in downtown Chicago. Truth be told, we not only continued the tradition yesterday but also did it for the last time, since we only have two kids and will not give birth to any others, but let’s not get that technical!
Eating at the Signature Room is a real fine dining experience. Also, as you can imagine, it’s very upscale (read: pricey). The service is fabulous; they are very attentive as you would expect. The restaurant itself, besides having normally gorgeous views of Chicago, is decorated in an Art Deco style, which I love. Of course the food is spectacular as well. We celebrated our anniversary there in December 2001 (a slightly unnerving experiencs, as 9/11 was still fresh: we were a little freaked out about being at the top of that building!) and had a lovely dinner. Even with the gift certificate Julie bought for us though (thanks Julie!), it was super, super expensive for our budget. But we still wanted to go back. What to do, what to do?
Enter the Lunch Option*! Yay! Here’s an insider tip for you Chi-town people. Lunch is, though not as reasonable as, say, TGIFridays, pretty reasonable for the experience! They offer children’s options for $10 and other things (like burgers and other sandwiches) for $12 and up. A word to the wise, from the wise: don’t make the same mistake I did when taking the kids for the first time and not asking if they offered free refills on soda. We spent about $25 on soda that day…Ooops!
*Other options include: going to the Signature Lounge on the 96th Floor for drinks as well as snacky “bar food”, or going to the Hancock Observatory on the 94th Floor if you just want to have the View minus the Food, but honestly: it’s $12 per adult and $8 per child aged 5-12. Why not pay a bit more to have some good food??
The last time we went, it was a gorgeous summer day and the views were plentiful. Yesterday, not so much. There was a little blizzard going on up there, though not on ground level. The clouds kept moving in and out of there and it was very gray outside. But…we didn’t go there JUST for the view. Lunch was delightful! Of course I have pictures, and I also pulled up some from our last visit.
Here’s the little logo for the restaurant. Isn’t it cute?
Here are a couple of photos of the decor. Love it!
You know those crossbar looking things on the outside of the building? Yes, they’re structural, and they are part of the restaurant.
The fifteen-year-old actually bumped his head on the building. He hurt his noggin a couple of times, but of course we all laughed.
I had vanilla bean creme brulee. I can’t stop thinking about it and am considering buying a kitchen torch so I can make it at home.
Then it was time to go home! We walked back to the car and I finally got to take a photo of this statue that has creeped me out for several years. See that “man”, hailing a cab? That’s no man, that’s a statue, baby, and it’s in front of the Four Seasons Hotel.
In a Chicago winter, you have to be careful on the days when things start to thaw just a bit: people have been killed by ice falling off the buildings!
We also stopped at Tails in the City, a luxury dog boutique, where I had a major shopping spree for Roxie, in my own mind. (I never could have gotten away with buying any of the stuff) They had toys like a “Chewy Vuitton” squeaky purse and such. Lots of designer dog clothing, and of course, swarovski crystal initial tags. I wanted to take photos inside, but figured I’d get in trouble. The place was so small, there was no way I could even use my stealthiness.
The view was amazing (three years ago, and slightly less this year!) and the boys have certainly grown up alot since the last photos!
Happy Birthday to the 13 year old!
As for TGI’s here – a burger is $30 ish!
I totally recommend the Signature Lounge if you’re just looking to have some apps and good, dirty martinis. I’ve done that more than once and it’s always fun. The high class dinner option is good, but comes along less often in my life than the need for a filthy, dirty martini. You can always blame the staggering on the fact that you’re so high up in the air and that the building slightly moves with the wind. At least that’s what we do.
Hmm, maybe when Joe is off next month we’ll head down to the city with Hope.
Also, I just looked at a currency calculator to see how your dollar compares, and WOW–that is a high price to pay for a burger from Fridays!
What a great time you must have had. The restaurant looks very cool and the view, well even with all the clouds, is just breathtaking. Happy Birthday to your son.
Your boys have grown up so much!! Isn’t that scary…how fast they go to looking up at us to us looking up at them. They are darn good looking boys and you buy them chastity belts, if you find any I need one for Ry. Kee’s a lost cause at 19.
I would never ride that elevator…I be phobic about heights and slightly phobic about elevators that one can see out of.
Glad it went well.!!! Hugs to moms of teens!!!!!!!!
Kat: Yep, the view is (normally) something to behold. We didn’t let the clouds and snow ruin our fun.
i love chicago!! growing up, my parents used to take my sister and i there a couple of times a year! we had good family friends and a cousin or two that lived there!
i love giordanos and eduardos pizza…and i’m quite sure i spelled the names wrong but…what.ever!
anyway…looks like an amazing and wonderful time, and…yummy desserts.
i love creme brulee…and now, my mouth is watering!!!
Love the Signature Room….so deliciously pricey!
Happy Birthday to your teen!
Spazzgirl: Isn’t it though? Thanks for the b-day wishes. He actually turns 13 this Sunday, but since they only serve a deliciously pricey Sunday Brunch (no lunch menu) on Sundays, we had to go on Saturday.
I love love love the 3 years ago and yesterday pictures! So cute!!
Also, I highly suggest you buy a creme brulee kit. They’re fantastic.
I love those kinds of days out with the family!
OMG! I love this post! Our daughter turned eight a year ago last October and we took she and her cousin to the American Girl Store in Chicago. The John Hancock building is across the street and we were some of the poor saps who paid to just go to the top and look around. If we would have known about this restaurant, we would have done that instead in a heartbeat! That is just the kind of experience I LOVE! That is such a neat tradition your boys will always remember!
Andie: I know! Me too! Memories last forever…or something like that!
Sniz: Oooh, well, at least you’ll know about it the next time. And for the record, although I have boys and I haven’t been there since going with a friend several years ago, I LOVE the American Girl Place. So much fun!


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Futuroscope is the second most visited theme park in France, Euro-Disney being the first. This most innovative project was established in 1984. It was paid for by the French Ministry of Education. Its purpose as was to excite the youth of France to take more interest in entering science and technology professions.
The initial phase of the project, costing some $30 million U.S., had produced a number of remarkable architectural structures for which there was no obvious prescribed use. As the Government was about to expend an additional $60 million U.S. on Phase Two, the Doultons were retained to quietly assemble a team of U.S. theme park experts to assess the overall engineering viability of the ensuing phase. The Doultons were to also to provide what was termed, a mid course correction as to how the park might best evolve over time as an attraction, without losing its original intent, to stimulate the mind.
While the team of U.S. theme park experts felt that the engineering was sound, they seriously questioned the cost-to-benefit ratio so the Doultons recommendation was not to proceed. The Ministry of Education accepted this recommendation.
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By remaining faithful to its original theme, exploring the potential of the future, Futuroscope is Europe’s most mind expanding and thought-proving themed attraction. It has grown from its original six theatres to contain 22 major attractions covering all wide assortments of topics. Growing in popularity each year, adults, as well as children, find its message of interest. Entry for Adults is 57 Euros and 30 Euros for Children.


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This page contains extra information on the MA courses I teach. It is intended to help students to decide what courses to choose and to let them know about preparatory reading. The official description of modules is found on OCASYS. I may change or update the information given below. Once teaching begins, the information on these pages becomes obsolete since the full details will appear on Nestor.
For general advice on MA dissertations.
inter-religious conflict, dealing with the relationship between Christianity to Judaism and Islam (The Jew of Malta).
The course will be taught in seven weeks in three-hour seminars. It will be assessed by a written discussion paper that will be delivered in one of the seminars and a final essay written in the examination period after the seminars are over.
William Shakespeare, Richard III. Ed. Richard Cartelli. Norton Critical Editions. (W.W. Norton & Co., 2008) 978-0-393-92959-1.
William Shakespeare, Macbeth. 2nd ed. Ed. Robert S. Miola. Norton Critical Editions. (W.W. Norton & Co., 2013) 9780393923261.
The plays of Christopher Marlowe in any academic edition, e.g. in The Complete Plays. Ed. R. Lindsey and T. Romey. Penguin Classics. (Penguin, 2003) 978-0140436334. If you are happy to read a play on-screen, this is available through the university’s subscription to Literature Online (LION).
It is important that you buy the Norton Critical Editions of the Shakespeare plays as we will be using some of the essays/background information that comes in them.
The bones of Richard III were found under a car-park in Leicester in 2013. This event prompted a lot of media discussion of whether Richard was really a wicked king or whether he was the victim of bad PR (including Shakespeare’s play).
Read the plays listed above. If you haven’t read Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice before, it would be a good idea to do so.
Richard Loncraine (dir.), Richard (1995). Set in a fascist England and starring Sir Ian McKellen.
Roman Polanski (dir.), Macbeth (1971). Thought to have been influenced by the murder of Polanski’s wife.
Derek Jarman (dir.), Edward II (1991).
Dominic Dromgoole (dir.) The Duchess of Malfi (Shakespeare’s Globe, 2014).
I am teaching the first seven weeks. Weeks 8-10 are reading and assessment weeks. After this, another staff member teaches the second part of the course. This section only deals with weeks 1-7.
The complete course (14 weeks) is a 10 ECTS one. This course can be taken by students on the MA in English Literature or the WEM MA.
When people think of literature they often focus on the author’s decision to write sometimes acknowledging the importance of there being a market of readers. The first part of the course deals with ‘book history’, a fairly new field in literary study that examines the sociology of the book. This approach doesn’t marginalise authors and readers, but it also looks at other factors that influence book production such as technological change, format (book, periodical, website), copyright and censorship.
At key moments in human history new technologies fundamentally affected the circulation of literature. The transmission from oral to written texts is an example of this; however, this course focuses on the impact of print and the parallels that this had with the rise of electronic texts in our time.
Once censorship is mentioned it seems obvious how this affects the production of books. However, the history of censorship embraces everything from book burning to library acquisitions (a particularly vexed question in the US). The internet seemed to offer possibilities to circumvent censorship laws but it may well have replaced active repression with de facto suppression of texts by search engines and commercial interests.
People have strong feelings about copyright. For some it is a bridle on freedom while for others it gives authors the freedom to write. Any form of regulation influences literary output, for example, novelists have rewritten parts of their works to bring them under the protection of copyright laws. The internet may make all of this redundant and various suggestions have been advanced regarding the future of copyright in a digital world.
Note that the history of the book usually incorporates questions about bibliography and textual editions. However, these will not be dealt with here as they appear in WEM3.
You should purchase David Finkelstein and Alasdair McCreely eds, The Book History Reader. 2nd ed. (London: Routledge, 2006). The course will also employ readings that are available to RUG students in library databases.
There will be a written assignment during the taught weeks and a 2,500 word essay in the assessment weeks. Together these will be worth 50% of the total assessment for the whole course.


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Holiday Giveaway Week continues! Macy’s has been linked to the holidays for my entire life—and likely yours, too. My Christmas season kicks off with the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and I always end up at the department store to finish my holiday shopping. I’ve had a blast teaming up with Macy’s South County this year to showcase the addition of Macy’s Backstage and its newly expanded activewear departments, so I was thrilled to find out the store wanted to partner this season for a special holiday gift guide and, you guessed it, giveaway.
Macy’s South County gave me a $200 gift card to find my favorite gift-ready items from the store. Scroll down to shop my favorites and to enter to win your own gift card!
Festive salad or dessert plates make a fantastic hostess gift, and the low price on this Merry & Bright set is unbeatable. Shopping for yourself? If you’re like me, the idea of a full set of Christmas dishes sounds like a dinner party dream, but the investment (and storage requirement) is daunting. Try adding themed salad plates to your existing set instead! I paired these with red and green pieces from our Fiesta collection—as well as my DIY Christmas place card holders and last year’s designer-dupe silverware stockings—and love how it turned out.
Give the gift of Christmas decorations with a fun nutcracker or themed ornament. I like to add mine, like these ugly sweater ones, to the top of wrapped presents. Recipients who show their holiday spirit on their sleeve may also love items from the Charter Club holiday accessories collection, which is currently on sale. Aren’t those bow earrings fun?
It gets dark at 4 p.m., which means this is the most important time of the year for coffee. Give the caffeine addict in your life a set of mugs, like these Lenox Naughty and Nice mugs. You can even go bigger and upgrade their coffee corner with a stainless percolator. I found this one from Bella even cheaper in store!
The sweater of the season is the cozy chenille pullover, and thanks to its thick fabric and loose shape it is easy to gift. All hail the ever-flattering relaxed fit! I have been dying to find one, and the seam down the front secured this Style & Co. mustard option as my must have. It makes a great gift for the same reasons I love it, and can be easily paired with some comfy socks for a toasty way to stay on trend.
It’s the perfect gift for your favorite techie that requires no technical knowledge! Why try to remember if they use Android or iPhone when you can grab a present that works regardless of brand AND requires no cords? The hipster of speakers, this phone amplifier acts like a speaker for your phone without any power.
Ready to start shopping? Enter the giveaway below for your chance to win one of two $50 Macy’s gift cards from Macy’s South County.
Good luck, and stay tuned for more giveaways this week!
Macy’s! The quintessential store for the holiday spirit. Excited to win this one!
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Those are words from my childhood that still stick with me to this day. Simple, effective, thought-provoking. Those are words of the great Hal David.
David — the outrageously talented lyricist, who partnered with music great Burt Bacharach to create some of the most iconic songs of the 1960s and 1970s — died just a few days ago at the age of 91. Partnered with the vocally-agile Miss Dionne Warwick, they took pop music to incredible heights and created tunes that are beautiful, unique and timeless.
When I was starting to write my own music, I looked to Bacharach and David for inspiration constantly. From an early age, their music resonated within me, and when I began developing my own style I wanted to know why. Bacharach’s tunes were catchy and unusual, taking twists and turns you would never suspect, almost as if they were a hybrid of pop and classical. David’s words were earthy and heartfelt; simple, yet sophisticated. Whilst the tunes of Bacharach took you all over the stratosphere, the words of David kept things grounded and accessible. (Look at Burt Bacharach’s work post Hal David and you will see that things never really worked so well without him.) They were the perfect balance of innovation, sentimentality and tradition.
Warwick said of David in his book What the World Needs Now and Other Love Lyrics, “Hal doesn’t just write songs. He writes himself. There’s nothing contrived in what he does. He doesn’t use a formula. He goes by feeling.” It is a basic approach, yet one that very few are willing to take. And it is that willingness to express himself so freely and revealingly that made the words of Hal David so effective.
Though he may always have to play second fiddle in the big scheme of things, Hal David was a superstar in his own right, and those who care to know will always appreciate the love and wonder he brought to the world.
I would wager that memorials and tributes for both Mr. David and Mr. Bastien which appear in newspapers and other mass publications aren’t half as personal, heartfelt, and meaningful as these.
We are lucky to know you, Kurt.


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Foresite Sports is a premier supplier of hole-in-one and golf contest insurance and is located in Bryn Mawr, PA if you ever decide to visit us. We’ve made a lot of customers happy and we intend to keep doing so. This wouldn’t be possible if we didn’t have a passion for what we do, as well as for the game of golf. This time around we are going to share some tips that should help you play your best golf ever. Hopefully that round will include a hole-in-one, but maybe that a bit too much to hope for.
Well, our first tip is to honestly assess your strengths and weaknesses. The key is to play to your strengths. If you don’t hit the ball far it might not be a good idea to try and carry a ball 265 yards over a lake. Instead, lay up! If you have a favorite yardage, be it 150 yards or 100 yards, try to leave that yardage into greens as many times as you can. If you really want to be a complete player, then we encourage you to try and turn your weaknesses into your future strengths. This sounds simple and you can call us “captain obvious” but this is a lot harder than you may think.
Next, make sure that you spice up your short game. There’s no point in hitting it great off of the tee, unless you can finish it off. “Drive for show and putt for a lot of dough.” This is one of golf’s most abused clichés, but no matter how annoying it gets, it is true!
The last tip is the hardest to do. Control your emotions! Don’t get too down or even too up. Overexcitement can be as defeating as anger or frustration. This allows you to make solid decisions in the 4 or so hours that you spend on the course.
So that’s it for this time. Lastly, Foresite Sports is the best when it comes to hole-in-one insurance. Call us at 888-882-5440 to find out why.


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Chef Paul W8JN cooking our Saturday supper. YUM ... hot dogs and hamburgers.
Roger WD8ITD and Gary K8BE (the Mighty Gorn) working through the night. Although we were plagued with radio and antenna problems at first, we did manage to get on the air with both voice and PSK31 modes starting late Saturday and running all night and into Sunday afternoon.
Jerry KB8PVY unloading his truck Saturday morning in front of the shelter. You can also see the 2 meter J-pole antenns, and the generator we used to power everything. The generator was moved to the woods behind the shelter before we started it up.
Paul W8JN calling "CQ Field Day". That's Barb KC8SXM logging behind the computer.
During the weekend we also give demonstrations of various modes of communication used in amateur radio. One of the demos we gave was the use of solar power. You can see the solar panel on the left side of this photo. This solar panel powered our 2 meter radio all Saturday afternoon.
To let the public know more about us we had lots of freebies on our information table ... info about Amateur Radio, the USS JURASSIC, Starfleet, the USS OHIO, and the Grant Amateur Radio Club's hamfest coming up in Nov. 2002.
Even though Georgetown, Ohio was a little far for Garry VE7ACM to come, he operated Field Day from near his home in Port Albernia, CANADA. Garry is seen here logging during the Field Day weekend. Garry is wearing his USS JURASSIC hat and shirt, so we knew he was thinking about us even though he couldn't be with us.

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text: Bat for Lashes’ Natasha Khan has teamed up with film composer Dominik Scherrer to soundtrack a new BBC show. “Requiem,” which airs tonight on BBC 1 and will arrive internationally on Netflix, is the story of a rising cello star who becomes entangled in a case involving the disappearance of a toddler. Listen to Khan and Scherrer’s theme song, titled “Aigra,” below. The soundtrack is out February 9 via Dubois. Khan’s last Bat for Lashes album was 2016’s The Bride.


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Ted Cruz uses machine gun to cook bacon, become president - Combat!
:01-:12: Ted Cruz explains that people do things differently in Texas. For example, they make breakfast by wrapping food around the barrel of a gun. They open a carton of milk by shooting a hole in the top. They sow the fields by shooting them with guns and dropping seeds into the holes. They stick their contact lenses to the ends of guns and gently press them against their eyes. They read by pointing a gun at the TV. Fortunately, no one in Texas has ever conducted a bris.
:13-:16: Cruz buys bacon. He already has a machine gun.
:14-:20: The image of Cruz wrapping bacon around the barrel of a gun briefly makes the music sound pornographic.
:33-:43: Cruz shoots a gun. Presumably he is just drilling hell out of his human-silhouette target, but we don’t get to see it afterward, because that’s not the point. Remember, guns don’t kill people. Guns cook bacon.
:50-Fin: Cruz eats bacon with a fork and makes the sound humans call laughter.
It’s a little soon to tell, but I’m going to say it goes Lincoln’s second inaugural, this video, FDR’s “fear itself” speech. It’s got everything today’s voters love: bacon, guns, and the presumption that they are stupid. “Making Machine-Gun Bacon”1 is a production of Independent Journal Review, a website that bills itself as “a news, politics & culture forum for everyday Americans who need to know what is fun and important now.” What is fun or important? I don’t know. I am ready to vote for Ted Cruz.
The independent journalists at IJ Review also produced “How To Destroy Your Cell Phone With Lindsay Graham,” a video that does not, I report with mixed emotions, depict a giant smashing his phone over and over with the lifeless body of Lindsay Graham. That video, which increasingly looks like the major event of Graham’s campaign, was a response to Donald Trump publicly revealing the senator’s phone number. IJ Review appears to occupy a niche, and that niche is responses to Trump’s bad behavior that are just as undignified but not as effective.
In the unlikely event that Cruz becomes president, European late-night television is going to show that bacon video again and again. Any other year, it would instantly make him the most risible candidate in the field. It does not suggest that Cruz is an idiot who loves guns, exactly, but it strongly implies that the people who might vote for him are.
Unlike Trump’s un-presidential remarks, however, it does not deliver a frisson of transgression. Bacon and, weirdly, assault weapons are two very safe things for Cruz to be audacious with. Cooking bacon by shooting a gun may express his conservative bona fides, but it does not meet the Trump test of watching a candidate for president do the things we wish we could, e.g. slander Mexicans.
The crowded field of increasingly desperate Republican candidates have seen exactly one strategy work in the last six weeks, and that strategy is acting crazy. Granted, Jeb Bush and Scott Walker are holding steady in second and third place, and they haven’t done anything crazy at all. But they are playing a longer game than Cruz or Graham, whose best hopes for the 2016 campaign do not realistically extend into 2016. The single-digit candidates need to impress voters and Fox News programming executives this fall, and that apparently means demanding attention with crazy behavior.
The problem with this video and Graham’s cell phone snuff film is that they show how a sane person acts crazy—whimsically, perhaps even humorously, but not with that sublimated, ineffable logic that makes Trump fascinating. I don’t think Cruz has ever cooked bacon with a machine gun before, whereas if I saw Trump shoot the top off a beer at one of his golf courses, I might believe he did it every weekend.
Trump has seized on the one quality that separates him from the other 15 GOP candidates—the fact that he has incredibly poor judgment and no political experience—and leveraged it. Weirdly, Cruz and Graham have opted to engage him on that field. It’s like a shark heaved itself onto the beach to bite their ankles, so they tackled it back into the ocean. Now the frenzy begins.
So much hilariousness in one post!
For $100, I will rewrite that title to express the same idea in 33% fewer words.

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Manufacturers Fraser Hydraulic Power (FHP) have hailed a game changing move into new premises earlier this year.
Celebrating the move to their purpose-built Neptune Energy Park facility in June, the firm recently invited workers’ families and customers to see the 28,000 sq ft unit first hand.
The new facilities are positioned to give FHP access to Neptune’s load out quay, for equipment that is too large for road transportation.
Mr Fraser noted the firm are now surrounded by major oil and gas industries firms, and expressed his hopes for more to locate on the north bank of the Tyne.

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Parallel Universe marks the eighth studio album release from the alternative rock/power pop band, The Plain White T’s. The band recently re-signed to Fearless Records in April of this year (they were previously alumni of Fearless, with Stop and All That We Needed being released through the label). Their most recent studio album, American Nights, was released in 2015 through Megaforce Records. This record is an important point in the band’s career as they return to the spotlight and continue to define their place in a constantly growing and changing music industry.
This record is a step away from The Plain White T’s previous sound on American Nights; however, it is not too drastic and appears to be a natural progression for the band.
Parallel Universe contains a pop-rock centered sound with dance and electronic influences blended in throughout the record. It distinguishes The Plain White T’s from other bands within the genre, while remaining appealing to a mainstream audience. For instance, fans can expect to hear the band’s unique sound shine through on “Bonnie I Want You” (which is one of the most sonically interesting tracks on the album, with an electronic-esque beat and dynamic vocals), “Lips” (this can be observed through how the piano, guitar, and strings are combined to give the song an anthemic vibe), and “Top Of The World” (which incorporates the guitar riffs and rock-oriented tempo that I have grown to expect from the band with a sound that compels the listener to dance along) while tracks such as “Light Up The Room” and “Call Me” could easily be heard on the radio as they have a tendency to get stuck in your head.
Lyrically, Parallel Universe illustrates an image of an individual that is longing for love but is frustrated with the pitfalls and trials that often come along with it, which effects their emotional and mental health. “Bury Me” introduces this theme to the record, with lyrics such as “Dig a hole for me in your soul / pull me in and don’t let me go”. This continues into “No Imitations”, which is an upbeat declaration of how the individual only desires this one, irreplaceable person that they will “not accept no imitations” for. Once the listener reaches “Low”, however, it becomes apparent that this is beginning to have a harsh effect on them. On the opposite end of the spectrum from a track like “Top Of The World”, lyrics such as “used to love livin’ life / now I’m just so sick of it” and “been such a long time since I could smile” show the progression that has taken place. This carries on into “I Should Be Dead”, which is a blunt statement that (depending on how the listener chooses to interpret it) could be interpreted as a statement about how alcoholism can interact with mental health (just take a glance at lyrics such as “this life’s got no escape” and “running out of time / running out of love”). Regardless, it is one of the most raw tracks on Parallel Universe.
After the turmoil that exists throughout the record, “End Of The World” pulls everything into perspective as it lyrically comes to terms with past relationships, gives a conclusion to messages portrayed in other songs, and signifies moving on in life (“if I don’t go out tonight, how will I fall in love?”). Complete with a dance-oriented beat and positive, carefree lyrics, it leaves listeners with a positive message.
The Plain White T’s are going out on tour with Armors, SayWeCanFly, and A Summer High this October and November in the west coast of United States, with one select Canada date.
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Are You Goal Setting For 2017? I am! Most years I can’t cram all my goals into just one word, but this year I can: WELLTH.
A new and more valuable life currency: a life exemplified by abundance, happiness, purpose, health and joy.
Teach my daughter to sew. ALSO . . . learn to sew.
Remember to stop spelling things in front of my kids . . . they can spell too, now.
Visit at least one of the 100 places to take your kids before they grow up with the potami.
Continue balancing my hormones – I’ll be writing a lot on that subject soon!
If you’re goal setting for the new year, chances are you’re looking for a little inspiration, too. If health and wellness are on your list, you might want to check out the Ultimate Healthy Living Bundle– a $2,400.54 collection of online courses and ebooks for just $29.97.
There’s no way that every e-book and e-course is relevant to where you are right now, and that’s okay! Even if you only use a handful of the resources right now, chances are very good that you’ll pay a lot less than you would for them separately.
Maybe that’s the $97 class on healing hormones from Dr. Shiroko Sokitch, an M.D who also practices Chinese Medicine – GREAT.
. . . or the $67 class on home canning with Melissa K. Norris.
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Take what works for you and save the rest for another time. It’s still going to be hard not to save a ton of money.
Just a couple of the bonuses – which are valued at $242.97 – more than cover the cost of the entire package. For example, the eyeshadow trio alone is worth $18, so if you pair that with just one other bonus – the $15 credit with Perfect Supplements for example – you’ve already more than covered the cost of everything else!
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So glad you mentioned using an Instant Pot as one of your goals. I’m a newbie to an electric pressure cooker–have done pressure canning for years; but, would really appreciate any recipes you can share or info on successful, healthy, delicious power cooking dishes.
Thanks! I have that one (and love it!). Now I still need to get the other two. ? Your DIY recipes are my favorite!
Can you one post your makeup routine- thanks.


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