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Russia has announced the start of work on the creation of a sixth-generation fighter jet. The body is to be made of composite materials and it should attain high speeds and have the latest electronic warfare equipment, avionics, and a propulsion system. However, the kind of combat missions the new vehicle will be expected to fulfill are unclear.
Russian designers have already started work on the creation of a sixth-generation fighter jet, according to director general of the Foundation for Advanced Research Andrei Grigoryev, who informed journalists of the development at the Open Innovations Forum in Moscow last week.
“Our task is to lay the groundwork for the creation of asixth-generation fighter jet. Such projects are also now being considered. They are primarily associated with materials and engines,” he said. According to Grigoryev, the new plane will be manufactured from composite materials.
Although comments made by a number of specialists from the aircraft industry or the Russian Air Force indicate that while work on the project has already begun, a common vision for the aircraft is yet to be worked out, the general approaches to the project are well-known.
The aircraft's body will be made of a highly durable and lightweight composite material. The fighter jet must possess not only supersonic speed but must be able to attain hypersonic – over Mach 6-7 – speeds at certain stages of flight. Not every metal is capable of withstanding the heating of the fuselage at such a speed, meaning that the creation of a new composite capable of meeting all of these requirements is necessary.
“Number Six” needs a new and powerful engine able to function not only in the atmosphere, but also in airless space. It cannot be excluded that one of the tasks of the new craft will involve exiting into open space and flying in an orbital trajectory.
Also needed are a new antenna system and avionics system capable of functioning effectively and stably in all flight modes and all circumstances and of maintaining constant communication with ground and air command centers and spacecraft, as well as an onboard electronic warfare system designed not only to suppress the communication and control systems of a potential opponent but also to neutralize air-to-air or surface-to-air missiles.
If everything regarding the ‘filling’ of the aircraft and its lining materials is clear, then the main question is whether a sixth-generation craft should be manned or unmanned. The advantage of an unmanned craft is that there are no risks to the life of a pilot, the preparation and training of whom costs immense sums of money and takes a rather long time.
Additionally, a drone does not require a human life-support system onboard and its flight time is not tied to the physical capabilities of a pilot. However, a robotic drone, no matter how highly intelligent its electronic computing system, must be controlled from the ground by operator commands. And these, for various reasons, can fail to transmit or be delayed. This fact alone speaks to the advantage of a fighter jet operated by a combat pilot.
Who will jet be fighting against?
Some things remain unclear regarding combat tasks. Who will the sixth-generation fighter jet be battling against? There are only three or four countries today capable of creating a fifth-generation fighter jet. One of these is the U.S., which already has F-22s and F-35s in the air – one of them even participated in bombing Islamic State terrorists in Syria. Another is China, which has disseminated photographs of its fifth-generation fighter jet on the web, as well as India, which is creating such an aircraft in cooperation with the Russian company Sukhoi.
However, it is very difficult to imagine any of these states, which incidentally have nuclear missile arsenals along with fighter jets, going to war against each other. The risk of receiving a nuclear missile strike in response to aggression is simply too great.
Then against whom will the fifth- and sixth-generation fighter jet be directed? As of yet, there are no definitive answers. For now, the work on the creation of the “fighter jet of the future” is still on the drawing board and its designers, along with the military men ordering its production, need to come to a common understanding regarding the shape the future combat vehicle will take, and the missions and targets that it, its weaponry, and its pilot will face in the future.


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Blackheart is the son of Mephisto. He is a demonic creation, born of man's hate and fear. His father groomed him to become his second-in-command, and Blackheart toiled to gather souls for Mephisto. In his travels, he gained a sense of independence, and began to think that he should be ruling in his father's place. He staged an unsuccessful coup, and was banished from Mephisto's domain for his treason. As further punishment, his sanity was taken away. Now, banished on Earth with his powers intact but his mind shattered, Blackheart looks to gather enough souls to overpower Mephisto and take control of his realm.
Born of man's hate and fear? Sounds like religion to me... a hidden message from Marvel? Maybe. Either way, I love me some Blackheart... this badass evil demon just puts a smile on my face every time I see him. So what would this world be without evil? I'll tell you... BORING!

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Coyote Music: You've lived in Boston, so you know what life is like in the U.S. Talk about growing up in Croatia, and how living there helped shape you musically.
Luka Veselinovic: Well, I was under music influence basically all my life. My father was a guitar player in a commercial band back in 1970-80. So he had a lot of cassettes and vinyl. So I listened all that pop, rock, funk, and other music while growing up. My grandmother was also a piano teacher and we had a grand concert piano in our apartment. I studied piano for couple of years when I was six years old but stopped to pursue volleyball (for 9 years). An acoustic guitar was always around, so I played and sang for fun all the time, but just as a hobby, nothing serious.
CM: Did you have much opportunity to see live music, growing up? Do many musicians get to Croatia on their tours of Europe?
LV: As I said, my father was a professional guitarist so I watched many of his concerts and gigs. But when I was younger I was not so impressed by music like today. I was more interested in paintings, sculptures and more visual arts . Still, yes, I went to see some of the really beautiful concerts in Croatia, like Sting, Jamiroquai, Dave Holland, Richard Bona, Pat Metheny and many others.
CM:You began in the punk world. What was your experience like, playing electric bass in punk bands?
LV: The first band I played in was kind of alternative punk-rock band called Ventil Inc. This was my first band and it was first time I played bass guitar. It was more alternative rock than punk—just my two good friends and me. This lasted for about a year, and we played on some rock festivals in Croatia. Very soon I realized I had some ideas of my own, and that rock style is not in my blood.
My parents got a satellite TV one day and, by accident, I watched a live concert of a jazz-rock-fusion group called Weather Report. I was completely shocked with the energy and expression. Soon after that I managed to find a legendary interview of Jaco Pastorius. At that moment, I started to get more serious about music than before.
CM:The transition from rock to jazz is a big one, especially moving from electric to stand-up bass. Was that a natural transition for you?
LV: This transition from a punk-rock band was very natural for me. I was always searching of way to express myself (actually, I still am). So if you are searching for something, you go step by step until you find it . On this road, I found upright bass. It requires a lot of dedication and practicing, but it's also quite rewarding.
CM:How does performing in a city like Zagreb differ from gigging in Boston?
LV: I went to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music, so my time there was a “studying time.” There were many things about music I just did not know how to learn by myself, so I went to school. I Boston, I was really focused on learning all these things I felt I was missing out as a professional musician, especially with technique on upright bass, reading notes, ear training, learning how to write composition, and, of course, playing with many different musicians. I earned a good scholarship, and with my own savings and help from my parents I went to Boston.
Zagreb is different, because it is a different situation for me. I work as a self-employed freelance musician and play with different people on different projects. It is working for me so far... Right now I am working on my own project and hope to make something of it. This was actually always my dream, to make my own music.
CM:You handled the production on your debut album, Magnetic Whale. Do you prefer playing music more, or working on the production side of recording?
LV: I prefer to play music and compose, but when it comes to other related things like production and visual part of the project, I like to do them also. I have a specific sound and idea how everything should be and I prefer to do it myself. I like to have control over everything, not because I am a control freak, but because it is less stressful for me.
CM:The artwork on Magnetic Whale is also your own original work. Talk about your interest in art.
LV: Art has been my passion ever since I was a child. I have literally thousands of drawings, comic books, and sketches from that time. I wanted to be a painter, like Robert Rauschenberg, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Caravaggio, Netherlands renaissance painters, Greek sculpture, graffiti, comic books...so I went o a college for that. I sold some paintings and had a chance to do that as a profession, but then toward the end of college I started to play music. I fell in love with music and quit college.
Many people will say this was stupid idea, but for me it was completely normal. I just felt I had to do it. I don’t know why. The only “problem” was I made that decision when i was 21, an age when many musicians are already developed. So I had to start from scratch a little later than them, my Croatian friends who were already professional musicians. I have to admit that it was little difficult for me to fit in the music scene. I am really lucky to have parents and a girlfriend who believe in me and support me.
CM:Have you continued to keep up with your visual art interest?
LV: Yes, I still paint and draw and I love to work in Photoshop. I have an Art Gallery section in my website where you can see what is all about. Also, I did the cover art for my new CD, as well as the cover art for my former band, Labyrinth, in 2008.
CM:At Berklee, you brought together a number of your peers for recording. Can you talk about who played on the album?
LV: During my time at Berklee I had a chance to play with many great and talented young musicians. Some of them became my good friends. I was really lucky to have those people around me who were willing to help me record my album, especially because it was made with no budget at all. So all these musicians decided to help me and support me, without taking any money. They were so dedicated and professional and I have no words to describe how much I thank them: Raphaell Pannier - drums, Ken Ychicawa - drums, Eitan Gofman - tenor and soprano sax, Daniel Rotem - tenor sax, Khyion Hursey - alto sax, Santiago Bosch - piano, Meari Nam - piano, Zvjezdan Ruzic - piano, Erick Del Aguila - guitar. Thank you guys and girls for bringing your talent and passion for music into these recording sessions! I hope there will be more chances for us to meet and to work together.
CM:How has the response been since releasing Magnetic Whale?
LV: It was released on July 18, 2013 and is available for digital download on iTunes, Amazon and CD Baby . I also have physical CDs which I will use for promotion of my live gigs. It is my first album and I recorded it in hopes of getting some attention from listeners, and hopefully some jazz promoters who might connect with with some gigs at jazz festivals.
CM:Is there anything else you'd like to share with readers of this interview?
LV: Yes, please check out my new album Magnetic Whale and Like it, Share it, or Tweet about it! Then I'll try to make some more interesting music in the future. And thank You for your support of my music.


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Centennial Aquatic Club is a comprehensive swimming and diving program. Our athletes compete in the Suburban Aquatic League, USA Swimming, USA Diving, and AAU diving invitationals. Offering programs that run seasonally to year-round, our programs are designed for those athletes who wish to participate in a quality program focusing on individual achievement while placing a strong emphasis on teamwork.
One of the charter founders of the Suburban Aquatic League, the Centennial Aquatic Club was established in 1968. It has served the local swimming and diving community at the SAL level for over 50 years. Starting in 1996, we established ourselves as a USA Swimming program and have continued to grow in numbers over the years. Our USA Swimmers have competed at the JO, Zone, Sectional, and National level. In 2005, Centennial started it's first USA Diving program, Centennial Diving which has consistently had competitors at the at the Regional, Zone, and Jr and Sr National level.
As a coaching staff we are proud to offer programs to meet the needs of every level of athlete. It is always exciting to see our young people grow as athletes and as individuals, building strong character in and out of the pool.

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Could you pull a big truck filled with Northfield area leaders? Probably not, by yourself. But if we pull together with a clear goal in mind, Northfield Area United Way believes we can move just about anything – or anyone – forward.
Northfield Area United Way invites the public to help celebrate the power of pulling together with a community Truck Pull. The event will take place at Northfield’s Bridge Square starting at 5 p.m. on Thursday, October 12. KYMN radio’s Jeff Johnson will emcee.
Teams will try to pull a giant Dokmo Ford truck filled with Northfield-area leaders over the Fourth Street bridge. The team pulling the fastest will win. The United Way Truck Pull is sponsored by Dokmo Ford-Chrysler, which is providing the truck.
Leaders already confirmed to appear include Northfield Mayor Rhonda Pownell, City Administrator Ben Martig, and Northfield’s Director of Library and IT Services, Teresa Jensen. Leaders from all areas served by the Northfield Area United Way have been invited to participate, including officials from Dundas, Dennison, Lonsdale, Kilkenny, Montgomery and Webster.
Teams that want to compete to pull the truck are forming now. If you would like to field a 6-to-8-person team, contact the Northfield Area United Way, 507-664-3510 or connect@northfieldunitedway.org. The number of teams is limited, so register your team as soon as possible.
The public is invited to cheer on teams and enjoy free cookies, apples and cider. Just Food Co-op is donating the apples – thank you, Just Food!
Other downtown businesses will support the event with some special deals, which will be posted during the Truck Pull and are listed below.
AND we are very excited to announce that Imminent Brewing will donate 10% of their sales that evening to Northfield Area United Way!
Get rewards when you give!
Content Books, 15% off – open until 8 p.m.
The Hideaway, 10% off your order – open until 10 p.m.
Hogan Brothers, $1 off a sandwich – open until 9 p.m.
Mainstream Boutique, 10% off – open until 7 p.m.
The Rare Pair, 20% off (excludes Birkenstocks & special orders) – open until 7 p.m.
So bring your friends, get some great deals, and contribute to a wonderful cause by having a fabulous evening.

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Mon., April 3, 2017, 10:42 p.m.
NEW YORK – Noah Syndergaard struck out seven over six sharp innings in his first opening day start for New York before leaving with a blister and the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 6-0 on Monday.
Asdrubal Cabrera snapped a seventh-inning tie with a single and the Mets broke through following a pivotal replay reversal at the plate in which Wilmer Flores initially was called out.
New York took advantage of five walks by a shaky Braves bullpen in a six-run bottom of the seventh that lasted 35 minutes. Curtis Granderson had a sacrifice fly and Lucas Duda busted the game open with a three-run double off Eric O’Flaherty.
Hansel Robles (1-0) worked a perfect inning for the win. Ian Krol (0-1) was the loser.
WASHINGTON – Adam Lind’s first swing as a member of the Nationals resulted in a pinch-hit, go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning, and Bryce Harper went deep on opening day for the fifth time in his young career, leading Washington past Miami.
Stephen Strasburg (1-0) earned the win, allowing two runs and six hits in seven innings, pitching out of the stretch the whole way. It was his return to action after missing last September and the playoffs with a right elbow injury.
Matt Wieters singled ahead of Lind’s drive off David Phelps (0-1) that made it 3-2.
BALTIMORE – Mark Trumbo homered off Jason Grilli (0-1) with two outs in the 11th inning in a rematch of last year’s A.L. wild card playoff, won by Toronto 5-2 on an 11th-inning home run by Edwin Encarnacion.
Tyler Wilson (1-0), the fourth Baltimore reliever, pitched one shutout inning in the 25th Camden Yards opener.
BOSTON – Rookie Andrew Benintendi hit a three-run homer off Gerrit Cole (0-1) that capped a five-run fifth inning as Boston began its post-David Ortiz era.
Rick Porcello (1-0) gave up three runs and six hits in 6 1/3 innings while striking out five. Craig Kimbrel retired Starling Marte on a game-ending popup with two on for the save.
MILWAUKEE – Bud Black won his debut as Colorado manager, and Greg Holland got a save in his first game with the Rockies.
Mark Reynolds homered, had three RBIs and scored the tying run in a two-run seventh following two defensive lapses by Milwaukee.
Milwaukee’s Junior Guerra left his first opening-day start in the big leagues after three innings with a strained right calf, grimacing as he broke out of the batter’s box after laying down a bunt. The right-hander will go on the disabled list.
Carlos Estevez (1-0) pitched a hitless sixth. Holland, who missed last season while recovering from Tommy John surgery, walked Jonathan Villar leading off the ninth, then retired Eric Thames one a lineout to center and Ryan Braun on a game-ending, double-play grounder started by third baseman Nolan Arenado, who dove to his left.
MINNEAPOLIS – Miguel Sano homered and drew the third bases-loaded walk during a dreadful seventh inning for Kansas City’s bullpen, and the Twins won an opener for the first time in nine years.
Ervin Santana (1-0) gave up two hits and two walks while striking out three over seven innings, aided by two diving catches of sinking line drives by center fielder Byron Buxton.
Matt Strahm (0-1) and Travis Wood allowed four runners while recording only one out.
CINCINNATI – Cesar Hernandez opened the Phillies’ season with a homer on Cincinnati’s eighth pitch, and Jeremy Hellickson drove in a run with his first career triple.
Hellickson (1-0) pitched into the sixth, allowing a run and six hits, and he also contributed his RBI triple in the sixth. Right fielder Scott Schebler failed to make a diving catch of his two-out liner, letting the ball get by him as Hellickson chugged across an infield turned muddy by several innings of rain.
Jeanmar Gomez gave up Scooter Gennett’s two-out, two-run homer in the ninth before retiring Billy Hamilton on a routine fly for the save.
Scott Feldman (0-1) allowed three runs and seven hits over 4 2/3 innings in his third opening day start.
LOS ANGELES – Joc Pederson launched a grand slam and the Dodgers backed Clayton Kershaw with a franchise-record four home runs on opening day.
Pederson drove in five runs, Yasmani Grandal homered twice and Corey Seager added a three-run shot.
Kershaw (1-0) allowed two runs – one earned – and two hits in seven innings, struck out eight and walked none in his seventh consecutive opening day start.
Jhoulys Chacin (0-1) gave up nine runs and eight hits in 3 1/3 innings in his Padres debut.
ARLINGTON, Texas – Abraham Almonte singled in the go-ahead run in a three-run ninth as Cleveland won the opener of its AL title defense.
Making his first opening-day start for Texas, Yu Darvish had a 5-1 lead behind Rougned Odor, who homered twice and drove in four runs.
Edwin Encarnacion tied the score 5-5 with an eighth-inning homer off Matt Bush, and the Indians went ahead against Sam Dyson. Carlos Santana added an RBI double and scored on Michael Brantley’s single.
Andrew Miller (1-0) struck out two in a perfect eighth, and Cody Allen got the save by striking out the side around Elvis Andrus’ triple.
HOUSTON – Dallas Keuchel (1-0) allowed two hits over seven innings, Luke Gregerson and Ken Giles completed the three-hitter and Houston won its fifth straight opener.
George Springer became Houston’s first player since Terry Puhl in 1980 to lead off the first game with a home run. Carlos Correa homered and drove in two runs.
Felix Hernandez (0-1), making his 10th opening day start, allowed two runs and five hits while striking out six in five innings before leaving with tightness in a groin.
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6/28 celebrating "Stylistically Influenced By Orlando"
english\\\\NarziB celebrated the arrival of June with a night dramatically entitled "Flaming June And Her Mortal Coil". In 1834 Frederic Leighton painted what in the course of time was meant to be rescued from oblivion and acclaimed his magnum opus, Flaming June, a damsel profoundly asleep against the distant horizon. The flaming yellow of her classical dress, the perfect fragility of her youth and the heavenly luminosity of the painting cover the piece with an unequalled ephemerality, reminding us the fugaciousness of beauty and of happiness, and the tragic destinies of the greco-roman mythologies by contrast. Somehow, We believe that June, by sleeping, is evading her mortal coil, or the tragedy that fate has in store for her. For Us, June is the most beautiful sleeping victim, and with this We don't want to put ourselves as fatalists, but, in any case, our attempt is to make NarziB a moment of dream, the relief of June, the exit from reality, the escapade of Hamlet's mortal coil, and well, in addition - we must say-, a flaming and dramatic Tokyoite cultural palaestra. Among the guests were our flyer model of the month Pierre Klein and our all time fantastic libertines, including the host Gallermic exhibiting his present mortal coil: the damn visas!!!!!

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January 2016 Pacific Standard Is the Stock Market Sexist?
January 2014 Narratively What Is a Library?
April 2015 Responsible Investor Report From the Impact Capitalism Summit: Can the Two Coexist?

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We talk a lot about the RV Lifestyle? But what is it? This week, we hear from a whole bunch of different RVers, from all across North America. I bet the answers we got when we posed this question to a group of RVers we met up near Glacier National Park in Montana will resonate with you, too.
Also in this episode, listener questions and feedback, RV News of the Week, Tips and a great pff the beaten path report.
Mike and Jennifer share their travels over recent weeks to Glacier National Park in Montana, Waterton National Park across the border in Canada, Banff National Park and Lake Louise in Alberta and Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
One of the nice things about the RV Lifestyle is meeting other RVers, hearing their stories, getting to know them and learning from their experience. One such RVer we recently met gives us some RF basic training on an issue involving awnings.
Bottom line: Put it away at night!
While there are a lot of restrictions that greatly limit where you can take your dog in the US National Parks, Canada welcomes dogs and only requires that they be on a six-foot leash. On our recent trip to Banff National Park in Alberta, we saw all sorts of people and their dogs enjoying all parts of the park and its many trails. Banff even had a fenced in off-leash area for you to let your dog run free !
We even saw one couple who were kayaking in Lake Louise…. With their poodle, no less! Mike took a photo of that kayaking pooch and will post it with the shownotes for this episode at Roadtreking-dot-com-slash-146.
We noticed the same dog-friendliness last year at the Bruce Peninsula National Park near Tobermore, Ontario. Lots of people and lots of dogs. Everyone is happy.
This year is a particularly good time to visit a Canadian National Park. As Canada celebrates its 150th anniversary, entry into al of the national parks there is free – for everyone.
So head on up north. You and your dog will enjoy Canada’s beautiful National Parks just as much as Mike and I – and Bo.
To make the most of it though you need the right tools…and this year that means being armed with the right apps.
First up…Gas Buddy. Fuel prices are at their cheapest summer point in a decade, but we’re all still looking for good deals. With Gas Buddy you’ll see not only where the upcoming gas stations are, but you’ll also see the latest prices.
Next…if you’re planning to stay home and make use of the grill, you’ll want to be packing the Weber app. This app is full of all sorts of recipes to ensure your Fourth is flavor packed. And it’s built in timer will make sure your food is grilled to perfection.
While you’re waiting for the fireworks to begin, make the night an educational one by using a free app called Sky Map. Simply point your phone at the sky and you’ll see the names of planets, constellations and even stars appear.
And if the mosquitos or traffic prevent you from making it to a public display, you can enjoy a virtual display at home! Simply pick up the Philips Hue Light Kit and replace your current lights with these bulbs. Then download the Hue Fireworks app from your respective app store. The app will control your lights and make them burst into life with color…even matching them to the firework sounds coming from your phone!
Here’s to a safe, colorful and fun Fourth of July!
New England towns have plenty of vestigial British references. One of these is the suffix minster, as in Westminster, which designates a town with a monastic center or a cathedral. Leominster Massachusetts cedes that distinction to its namesake in the old country, but does have an interesting history. It's the only town in the central part of the state that sits on land legally purchased from its former Native American residents. For many years it was an agricultural center, but quickly transitioned to manufacturing during the industrial revolution.
The tolerance that made the town a center of activity on the Underground Railroad also attracted large numbers of Irish, Italian, and French immigrants. These old world craftspeople were skilled at making combs from animal hoof and horn, earning Leominster the nickname of the comb city. As the raw materials for this work became scarce, entrepreneurs took up a new substance called celluloid, and Leominster emerged as a center in the nascent plastics industry.
Among the early pioneers of this technology were Foster Grant, who made his fortune selling plastic sunglasses and Earl Tupper whose burping kitchen bowls were a staple of home parties in the 50s and 60s. As if that weren't enough, in 1956 local sculptor Don Featherstone created a mold based on a photo he saw in National Geographic and the pink lawn flamingo began to migrate across the globe.
It's hard to find physical traces of this former glory around town. The much-praised plastics museum has closed, and a fascinating display at the Fitchburg museum only makes occasional appearances. Don't despair, though, this town has several more surprises in store.
One of them is a historical marker and a model of the birthplace home of John Chapman. Chapman was an explorer in the early days of the westward expansion. He purchased land and planted orchards in advance of settlements. By the time the settlers arrived, the orchards were producing, and Chapman sold them for a handsome price. Apples were important on the frontier because they provided Something safe to drink as well as alcoholic beverages.
You may think of him as a barefoot eccentric who married an Indian maiden, but Johnny Appleseed was a canny entrepreneur.
And everyone will find something to enjoy at the Top Fun aviation toy museum. The two septuagenarian operators of this storefront wonder, one a pilot, the other a historian, will take you through the development of aviation toys from rubber spaceships of the 1930s to the most modern Star Wars fighters. You'll see extravagant rare Polly Pocket and My Little Pony jetliners, and have the opportunity to compete in a paper airplane flying contest. Operating on what appears to be less than a shoestring, here is a testament to the passion of eccentric collectors.
History is layers deep in the industrial milltowns of New England. Take time to do a little digging, and you can unearth a handful of gems wherever you look. And while you're looking, watch out for my parents, Patti and Tom Burkett, somewhere off the beaten path.

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ABU’L-FARAJ EṢFAHĀNĪ, ʿALĪ B. AL-ḤOSAYN B. MOḤAMMAD B. AḤMAD, author of the Ketāb al-aḡānī. He was a Quraishite and the descendant of the Omayyad house, and received his konya, Eṣfahānī, from his birthplace. He was brought up and educated in Baghdad, traveled in various regions in search of knowledge and livelihood, and returned to Baghdad, where he died.
It is generally agreed that Eṣfahānī was born in 284/897; for his death date, the year 356/966 has been widely accepted. Yāqūt (Odabāʾ V, p. 150) was the first to question the accuracy of this date, basing his doubts on statements in Eṣfahānī’s own Adab al-ḡorabāʾ. In his introduction to his recent edition of this work (Beirut, 1972), Ṣalāḥ-al-dīn al-Monaǰǰed argues convincingly in favor of a date after 362/972. Ebn al-Nadīm, a contemporary of Eṣfahānī, states that he died after 360/970 (Fehrest, p. 115). The question remains unresolved.
Eṣfahānī’s learning and fame secured for him the special favor of two of the most prominent viziers of the day, Ṣāḥeb b. ʿAbbād (who is reported to have considered Aḡānī more valuable than his entire library of some 200,000 volumes) and Mohallabī, who seems to have put up with Eṣfahānī’s crude table manners and personal appearance out of reverence for his learning. But toward the end of his life, Eṣfahānī’s fortunes appear to have changed: Adab al-ḡorabāʾ embodies his sense of estrangement and misery at this time, and in it we read his bitter complaint of the agony caused by “falling from high position to low, from affluence to hardship” (Ḡorabāʾ, p. 21).
While many scholars revere Eṣfahānī’s work, some have criticized him vehemently, labeling him unworthy of belief and accusing him of debauchery (fesq; Ebn al-Jawzī, al-Montaẓam fī taʾrīḵ al-molūk wa’l-omam, Hyderabad, 1358/1939, VII, p. 40). Such criticism, however, is clearly motivated by a conservative reaction to Eṣfahānī’s libertinism and to his Shiʿite leanings. The latter have been a point of contention among scholars. While Shiʿite writers (e.g., Kāẓem Moẓaffar, editor of Eṣfahānī’s Maqātel al-ṭālebīyīn, 2nd ed., Naǰaf, 1965, p. 14) emphasize his Shiʿism, some, especially Sunnite, writers deny it or play it down, arguing that it has been “very highly exaggerated” (Mamdūḥ Ḥaqqī, Ketāb al-aḡānī, Beirut, 1970, p. 30). It is striking that a descendant of the house of Omayya, as Eṣfahānī was, should have such Shiʿite sympathies and so concern himself with the fate of the descendants of ʿAlī as to devote a lengthy book (Maqātel) to the subject. Yet, while he is critical of a number of his Omayyad forebears, he is able to praise certain of their qualities. At the same time, he does not attempt to portray as perfect martyrs each of the Talibites whose fate he describes. Two centuries after the tragic battle between the ruling Omayyads and the Shiʿites, Eṣfahānī is able to display in his works a remarkable degree of intellectual freedom and openness of mind.
Eṣfahānī’s scholarly achievements embody some of the finest Arabic scholarship of the 4th/10th century. His encyclopedic knowledge is matched by his care for detail on all levels. Hi vividly portrays the physical, moral, and psychological traits of some figures; he devotes untiring efforts to authenticating his aḵbār and weighs the credibility of a reported event (ḵabar). In the case of poetry and songs, he relates an individual piece to the style of the composer to whom it is attributed. Moderation distinguishes his writings, as is well reflected in his chapter on the controversial poet Abū Tammām (Aḡānī XVI, Cairo, 1961, p. 383); he attacks the pretensions of commentators who delight in being critical, seeing in their attitude a desire to give an impression of being highly qualified so as to attain status and other benefits. At times he relates an established story reported to him by some authority, but dissociates himself from it, expressing doubts about its credibility (e.g., his chapter on Maǰnūn and Laylā, Aḡānī II, Cairo, 1970, pp. 1-92); faced with contradictory evidence, he declines to choose between different versions of a reported ḵabar. He precisely identifies his sources for aḵbār; he recorded some as they were reported; some he remembered from oral reports and wrote down later; others he copied from written texts.
Eṣfahānī was one of the finest writers of Arabic prose in his time, with a remarkable ability to relate widely different types of aḵbār in a rich, lucid, rhythmic, and precise style, only occasionally exploiting such formal effects as saǰʿ (rhyming prose). He was also a fine poet with an opulent imagination. His poetry displays preoccupations similar to those of other urban poets of his time.
Eṣfahānī is widely reported to have been a homosexual, and he himself testifies to the truth of these reports. His piety was suspect, as he drank to excess, attending drinking and singing parties (maǰāles), and recorded in his books material of an obviously immoral nature. Aḡānī itself bears witness to the validity of these accusations.
Of his works, only Aḡānī and two other books have survived: Adab al-ḡorabāʾ (also called Ādāb al-ḡorabāʾ and Odabāʾ al-ḡorabāʾ; see Monaǰǰed, Ḡorabāʾ, p. 17) and Maqātel al-ṭālebīyīn. Ḡorabāʾ is distinguished by its originality of theme; it was written in old age, when its author had experienced changing fortunes, fallen “low after being so high,” and suffered misfortunes which “split the heart and tightened the chest.” In this state he felt affinity with those exiles and homeless ones who composed poetry of estrangement and anguish, often writing it on walls or rocks, or singing it in taverns and gardens in drinking parties. In tracing their aḵbār and recording their poetry, Eṣfahānī found consolation “like somebody clinging to a straw while sinking deep into the water.” The book is devoted to individual experience, personal feelings of anguish, longing, and suffering, sentiments not commonly found in the courts of Baghdad, where most of the major poets worked. It contains some of the finest short poems in Arabic. Maqātel al-ṭālebīyīn is a collection of short biographies of descendants of ʿAlī martyred up to 313/925.
Eṣfahānī has been criticized for dirty appearance and bad habits, drunkenness and homosexuality, and Shiʿism. These criticisms have not prevented him from becoming one of the most widely quoted authorities on Arab history, singing, music, poetry, and Arab culture in general. His work has been lavishly praised throughout the centuries, and interest in him and his writings has always been great, as evidenced in the numerous articles and books devoted to him by Arab and non-Arab scholars. See al-Aḡānī.
For a select bibliography of works of Eṣfahānī, see Ṣ. al-Monaǰǰed, intro. to Adab al-ḡorabāʾ, Beirut, 1972, pp. 5-8.
See also the bibliography s.v. Aḡānī. J. Jabbūr, “Abu’l-Faraǰ al-Eṣbahānī,” in Dāʾerat maʿāref al-Bostānī V, Beirut, 1964, pp. 34-40.
M. Ḵalafallāh, Ṣāḥeb al-aḡānī: Abu’l-Faraǰ al-Eṣfahānī al-rāwīa, 3rd ed., Cairo, 1968.
D. Sallūm, Manhaǰ Abi’l-Faraǰ al-Eṣfahānī fī ketāb al-aḡānī fī derāsat al-naṣṣ wa’l-sīra, Baghdad, 1969.
K. Abū Deeb, “ABU’L-FARAJ EṢFAHĀNĪ,” Encyclopædia Iranica, I/3, 3, pp. 282-283; an updated version is available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abul-faraj-esfahani-ali-b (accessed on 31 January 2014).


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Did you know "The flamingo tongues function just like ... penises!"?
There is a black puma type cat roaming the South Downs near me at Eastbourne. Do you have any strange animals at wild near you?
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There is a clock that has a special way of telling the time. It does not have any hands or numbers on it, but it has a chimer. If the time is 1 o'clock, it chimes once. If the time is 2 o'clock, it chimes twice, and so forth. The time gap between any two chimes is 3 seconds. How many seconds would it take you to know the time, after the first chime is heard, if it is 5 o'clock?
Birds’ testes/ovaries enlarge during the breeding season and then shrink back down to a 10th of their previous size prior to migration?
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The FDA website has valuable information for women about heart disease.
Today is National Wear Red Day, which is an awareness campaign for heart disease in women — the number one killer of women in the U.S. So wear red today and share some handy tips and info with your gal pals!
To get started, check out this great resource from the FDA Office of Women’s Health — a Free Heart Health Kit. It goes over how to reduce your risk of heart disease and recognize the signs and symptoms, some of which are quite surprising. For example, it notes “the most important sign is feeling really tired—even after enough sleep.” A few other signs include, but aren’t limited to, difficulty breathing, trouble sleeping, and feeling sick to the stomach.
One of the important things to take away from the guide is to talk to your doctor if you suspect anything. Remember that many of the signs and symptoms could be associated with other illnesses or other problems, so it’s important to not self diagnose!
Another great resource of information is the FDA’s web page featuring topics relevant to women’s health. They have great information on other things that affect the health of your ticker, such as cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking and diabetes.
Remember to spread the word about heart health to your colleagues, friends, family, and community!
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Overwatch has acted pretty fast to get people into trying out Baptiste and have included him in the game’s official PTR starting today. You can see photos, a preview view of his powers, and a description of everything he can do below. But after checking him out briefly, this looks like an amazing media character who we’re pretty confident the developers will nerf into oblivion before he reaches the main game. His Biotic Launcher is basically a grenade launcher that can do damage or healing. He also has a burst that acts like a healing EMP, a field that allows shots to pass through but do zero damage, Exo Boots that allow you to essentially double-jump, and an ultimate that allows double damage or healing when he shoots through a specific window field. We’re curious if that doubles damage and healing for other characters, but the only way for us to know is to go test him out. We’ll see you in the Overwatch PTR!
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Baptiste’s three-round-burst Biotic Launcher rewards accuracy and recoil control with significant damage output. It also doubles as a healing device, lobbing projectiles that heal allies near the point of impact.
Baptiste activates an intense regenerative burst that heals himself and nearby allies over time.
Baptiste uses a device to create a field that prevents allies from dying. The generator can be destroyed.
Baptiste creates a matrix that doubles the damage and healing effects of friendly projectiles that pass through it.
By first crouching, Baptiste can jump higher.
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An Assembly panel on Monday approved legislation Assembly Democrats Troy Singleton, Gabriela Mosquera and Valerie Vainieri Huttle sponsored to strengthen legal protections for domestic violence victims.
The bill (A-4034), dubbed "Monica's Law," is named for 31-year old Monica Paul, who was shot to death in June of 2008 in the presence of her 11-year-old daughter at a Montclair YMCA. Convicted in the killing was her estranged husband Kenneth Duckett, against whom she had obtained a restraining order.
"We've come a long way since the Domestic Violence Prevention Act was passed in the early '90s, but as we continue to examine this issue more closely, we find many new ways in which our legal and law enforcement system can work to better protect victims and their families," said Singleton (D-Burlington). "The tragic death of Monica Paul is just one example of how we can create an additional safety net within our judicial system to prevent warning signs from being overlooked."
The bill would require the Administrative Office of the Courts, in consultation with the Supreme Court Statewide Domestic Violence Working Group, to develop a parenting time questionnaire to be completed in any proceeding to determine custody or parenting time by a parent asserting a concern for the safety or well-being of a child where ordered by the court. The questionnaire would collect information for use with an evidence-based guide of risk considerations to assist the court in determining custody and parenting time alternatives where there is a potential risk to the safety or well-being of a child from a parent who is entitled to parenting time. The questionnaire shall include, but is not limited to, information regarding: the parents and children; the parent's recommendations for parenting time alternatives; the availability of transportation; the history of domestic violence, child abuse, or other violent or threatening behavior of a parent; the exposure of children to domestic violence or other violent or threatening behavior of a parent; the other parent's history of substance abuse; the other parent's criminal history; the other parent's history of mental illness; the results of prior parenting time efforts; the other parent's capacity to care for the child; and any other information deemed relevant by the court.
"Children can often be used as a pawn by domestic violence perpetrators to continue inserting themselves in their victim's life. I know this first hand," said Mosquera (D-Camden/Gloucester). "An active restraining order should be a clear warning to the court to consider how child visitation may impact the victim and the children."
The bill also stipulates that, in any court proceeding to establish custody or parenting time of a child, if one parent asserts a concern for the safety of the child due to past violent or threatening behavior from the other parent, the court shall temporarily suspend or restrict parenting time and order the parent asserting safety concerns to complete a parenting time questionnaire, unless the court finds that the statements made by the parent seeking parenting time restrictions are arbitrary and capricious.
Upon request, court professional staff shall assist the parent in completing the questionnaire, or a parent may seek the assistance of an attorney, a domestic violence advocate, or a licensed social worker, family therapist, psychologist or psychiatrist to complete the questionnaire. A parent shall not be required to complete the parenting time questionnaire, in part or in its entirety, if they believe that it would create any possibility of further risk of harm from the other parent.
"It shouldn't take a tragedy to spur action, but hopefully Monica Paul's life will serve as the impetus for greater protections for other victims of domestic violence," said Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen). "With this legislation, we can create an additional layer of protection for victims of domestic violence and their children."
Additionally, the court may order continued suspension of parenting time only when a parent is provided with procedural due process and the court finds on the record no other alternative would protect the safety and well-being of the child. If there is any allegation during the court proceedings that a parent has physically or emotionally abused a child, the court shall refer the matter to the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families for investigation.


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The Smiths would prove themselves as a singles act, releasing an onslaught of infectious tunes that mostly escaped inclusion on their studio albums. The unusually funky (by Smiths standards) and hauntingly tremolo-ed “How Soon is Now?” was appended to the American release of the British quartet’s second album and it’s a welcomed addition, as much of Meat is Murder is ruled by some odd obsessive turns. The title track is a heavy-handed pronouncement for vegetarianism, while the brilliantly sad “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore” and the futile pleas of “I Want the One I Can’t Have” expose the strengths and weaknesses of Morrissey’s fearless, unrelenting attack against societal norms. He’s a sad, passionate man beautifully backed by a rhythm section that never attempts to move beyond its carefully constructed grooves — all while providing the ideal template for the melodic wanderings of guitarist Johnny Marr and, of course, Morrissey, who uses these backings to deliver witty, conflicted observations and feelings until it’s all Morrissey’s world and we just listen to it.
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Loss of memory from Alzheimer’s is a big fear for a lot of people â€“ but it’s not the only cause of memory loss. Some memory loss can be combated by methods used to protect ourselves from other diseases, such as hypertension and diabetes.
Get mental stimulation. Brainy activities stimulate new connections between nerve cells and may even help the brain generate new cells. Draw, read, learn and explore new hobbies.
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Improve your diet. Reduced-calorie diets have been linked to a lower risk of mental decline. Also remember your Bs: folic acid and vitamins B6 and B12 can help lower homocysteine levels, and high homocysteine has been linked to an increase in dementia.
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Manyullyn (man-yoo-lin) is an alloy of Cobalt and Ardite. It can be made in a Smeltery The Tool Station is used to combine your tool components together into usable tools. This allows. Mending Moss is a Modifier for both tools and weapons.
This item can be placed in the additional tinkers construct inventory for 2 extra health points (1 heart).The extra hearts display similar to the effect from golden. "Blood" is obtained by putting mobs or players down in your Smeltery while there is a molten.


text: Veggimins is a hemp oil derived from specially-bred industrial hemp plants with a high CBD content. The hemp we use is grown organically, and is CO2 cold extracted. The resultant oil is then added to an easy-to-use dropper bottle, containing 3000 mg of CBD (cannabidiol). It is a wholesome extract, not synthetic and not an isolate. It contains all the synergistic cannabinoids, terpenoids, essentials oils and other compounds of the original plant.

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text: Sam sat in on his first college art class at Kendall College of Art and Design with his mother before he was born, so it could be said that his compulsion to create art is an unavoidable part of who he is. Sam studied fine art at Ball State University and learned the art of wood sculpture while apprenticing with master sculptor Leslie Scruggs. Sam works primarily in subtractive wood sculpture using gouges, rasps, chainsaws, grinders, sandpaper, and other woodworking tools. His work is heavily inspired by the lines, forms, and movements of nature.


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1 After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree. 2 I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea, 3 saying, "Don't harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!" 4 I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel: 5 of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand, of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand, 6 of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand, 7 of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand, 8 of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. 10 They cried with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!"
11 All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God, 12 saying, "Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen."
14 I told him, "My lord, you know."
He said to me, "These are those who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb's blood. 15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them. 16 They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat; 17 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."


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text: National Geographic commissioned us to create a series of educational interactive modules for their website, including this interactive map that explores the effects of climate change globally. We worked with a climatologist from the University of Washington to research the topic and translated what we learned to an interactive Flash module. This interactive experience is accessible and interesting to National Geographic�s very broad audience.


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Right off the bat I want to say every one else was great. I went with my mother today, she's had very painful swelling around her knee. Her Dr at the clinic sent her over to have an ultrasound to rule out a blood clot. The ER Dr on call, a thirty something balding man, was EXTREMELY unprofessional and actually laughed at my mother telling her he would not have done the test except that she insisted. Her PCP sent her there and they called over to order the test. What a jerk.
Came for my sons dental surgery.
We were instructed to be here by 8:15. They REFUSED to tell us when his surgery would be or even an ESTIMATE of what time it would be.
We checked in, went smooth. Taken to our room to wait in tell the procedure.
I said why do you have us show up so early, refuse to tell us what time will be. He said “because if people knew they had to wait 3 hours before a surgery they would not show up”. I replied they could give a general idea. Then he replied with “we have people not show all the time and it’s frustrating as a medical team.” He said it was hospital policy and that’s the way it is. He was VERY rude and “matter of fact”. If you don’t like it, go somewhere else.
Well, as a parent of a special needs child, keeping a child happy and NO FOOD OR DRINK tell 11:15... It’s NOT ok to withhold information because it’s not convenient for the HOSPITAL!?!
What happened to caring about the patient!?
MAYBE, the reason people don’t show up is because you REFUSE to tell them the truth.
Oh by the way you are required to show up 3 HOURS before your surgery. Give people an option.
You lie to them, they don’t show up.
Best hospital in NWA, quick care, no endless hours of waiting. Pulmonary care is outstanding. Saved my sons life and and forever grateful for the amazing staff here at this hospital.
Had a solid experience here. Came in with typical tale of kidney stones. Doctor Tribbey was fantastic! He apologized multiple times for him taking awhile to come in and see me but I think all together (from entering the doors until being discharged) I was there from around 8:15 pm until 10:20 pm which I think is an amazing but quick visit to the ER. My only complaint is the lady who takes your vitals - she wouldn't hardly speak and was a little rough honestly with the blood pressure cup and the temp stick. There were a few times that I would speak to her and she'd just simply stand there and say nothing so after about the 2nd time of her just coming in and grabbing my arm for vitals but not speaking, I just decided not to waste my breath either and be silent as well which wasn't pleasant. The male nurse (mind you I have no ones names other than the doctor simply because it's my prescription because everyone failed to introduce them) was nice enough but was kind of hard to understand. He was definitely nicer than the female I mentioned but still didn't seem to enjoy his job in the slightest. Walked in while the lab lady was trying to get an IV and basically shoved a pill and a cup of water in my face without telling me what the tablet was. He came back in after the lab tech left to give me a shot and that's when I asked what pill I had just taken. He acted annoyed that I was asking (as if I should've known I was getting something for the pain bc it wasn't mentioned let alone receiving it orally instead of though an IV) and said it in a snappy tone of voice and then rushed out. Overall the experience was pleasant because I found out what's been bothering me and doctor Tribbery made a solid plan for us to kill the intense bladder infection and to hopefully prevent anymore stones and made me feel as if the choice was mine on if I wanted to take any meds and even which I kind I wanted to take. I didn't want as strong of a pain reliever as he was offering so we settled for something not quite so strong and having that opportunity to be open with the doctor and expressing my concerns with a strong narcotic and being honest about the med I wanted felt great and made me feel very confident in the care I was receiving. Got me hooked up with a shot for the pain, zofran for the nausea, my first round of antibodies and a pain pill all before leaving which i have never had happen before so that really stood out to me. Taking the extra few minutes to go here instead of Mercy was a great decision as I was seen, taken care of and had my pain under control and managed probably in the amount of time that it would have to even get back into a room at Mercy. Will be using this facility in the future if the need ever arises again and will definitely be spreading a good word about it and about Dr. Tribbey himself.


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ASML is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chip-making equipment and a key supplier to the chip industry. The company designs, develops, integrates and services advanced systems to produce semiconductors. In short, it makes the machines that print the chips. ASML provides chipmakers with everything they need - hardware, software and services - to mass produce patterns on silicon, helping to increase the value and lower the cost of a chip. Key technology is the lithography system, which brings together high-tech hardware and advanced software to control the chip manufacturing process down to the nanometer. Tthe world’s top chipmakers like Samsung, Intel and TSMC use ASML technology.
ASML is global company founded in 1984 and headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. The company has 19,000 employees worldwide.
ASML Holding N.V. will announce its 2019 First Quarter Financial Results on Wednesday, April 17, 2019.

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this is an authentic metallica james hetfield guitar pick. the pick is a ultex pick, is black with color printing, and is double-sided. the front of the pick has the classic metallica logo and the orion constellation. the back of the pick has the orion "music more" logo and "2012". this guitar pick is from metallica's appearance at the 2012 orion music more festival.
this guitar pick was obtained at the orion music more festival on june 23-24, 2012 at bader field in atlantic city, nj.


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Know more information on SSD drives and ascertain what SSD caching is. What are the advantages of using an SSD drive-powered web hosting server?
A solid-state drive (SSD) is a media that uses flash modules to store info. The solid-state drives are still fairly new and more pricey than the standard hard disk drives (HDD), however they are considerably faster, so they are quite often used for Operating Systems and applications on both home PCs and web servers. An SSD is preferred because it doesn't have spinning disks that restrict its speed and may even cause overheating like it may happen with an HDD. Lots of companies employ SSDs for caching purposes, so all website content that is accessed more frequently will be stored on such drives, while all the other content will be held on standard HDDs. The reason to use this type of a setup is to balance the cost and performance of their website hosting platform and to minimize the load on the HDDs caused by countless reading and writing processes.
In case you host your sites in a shared web hosting account with us, you will notice their exceptional performance. The reason is that our cloud platform uses only SSD drives for all files, email addresses and databases and we don't use HDDs for any part of the website hosting service. In addition to the amazing ZFS file system, this setup will raise the speed of your Internet sites considerably. For load-balancing, we also use multiple SSDs for caching purposes only. All the content that generates increased traffic or creates a lot of reading/writing processes is duplicated on them promptly, so the load on the primary drives will be lower, thus the overall performance of all websites hosted on our end will be better. This subsequently prolongs the life of the main drives and decreases the potential for a disk failure, which is another warranty for the integrity of any content which you upload to your account.


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Social Justice Scholar & Author of "Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools"
Monique W. Morris, Ed.D. is an award-winning author and social justice scholar with three decades of experience in the areas of education, civil rights, juvenile and social justice. Dr. Morris is the author of the forthcoming book, Sing A Rhythm, Dance A Blues (The New Press, 2019), which explores a pedagogy to counter the criminalization of Black and Brown girls in schools. She is also the author of Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools (The New Press, 2016), Black Stats: African Americans by the Numbers in the Twenty-First Century (The New Press, 2014), Too Beautiful for Words (MWM Books, 2012) and worked with Kemba Smith on her book, Poster Child: The Kemba Smith Story (IBJ Book Publishing, 2011).
Dr. Morris has written dozens of articles, book chapters, and other publications on social justice issues and lectured widely on research, policies, and practices associated with improving juvenile justice, educational, and socioeconomic conditions for Black girls, women, and their families. Dr. Morris was a 2018 TED Women speaker and is an executive producer and writer for a documentary film exploring how exclusionary discipline impacts Black girls in the United States.
Dr. Morris is the Founder and President of the National Black Women’s Justice Institute (NBWJI), an organization that works to interrupt school-to-confinement pathways for girls, reduce the barriers to employment for formerly incarcerated women, and increase the capacity of organizations working to reduce sexual assault and domestic violence in African American communities. She served as an adjunct associate professor for Saint Mary’s College of California between 2013-2018 and has taught at the University of San Francisco and California State University, Sacramento. Dr. Morris is a 2012 Soros Justice Fellow, the former Vice President for Economic Programs, Advocacy and Research at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the former Director of Research for the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice at the UC Berkeley Law School. She has also worked in partnership with and served as a consultant for federal, state and county agencies, national academic and research institutions, and communities throughout the nation to develop comprehensive approaches and training curricula to eliminate racial/ethnic and gender disparities in justice and educational systems. Her work in this area has informed the development and implementation of improved culturally competent and gender-responsive continua of services for youth.
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MoAD hosted November 17th, 2016 conservation with author Monique W. Morris, "PUSHOUT" The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools.
Monique W Morris is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Monique W Morris for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Monique W Morris generally travels from San Francisco, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Charlene Carruthers, Cornell William Brooks, Dorothy Roberts, Danielle Moss Lee and Austin Channing Brown. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Monique W Morris for an upcoming event.
Founder, President & CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation, Inc.
Professor of American History and Africana Studies at Tufts University, Award Winning Author, Frequent National Commentator on C-SPAN's Book TV, NPR and PBS.


text: Garmin made a press announcement confirming its Nuvi 700 for the European market, while quietly posting pages about the Nuvi 750, 760 and 770 to its US site with pricing. The premium devices feature 4.3" widescreen displays and will range from $642 to $1071, with FM transmitters and Nuvi travel kits. The gunmetal gray 760 and 770 add Bluetooth and traffic alerts to the equation. The 770's coup de grace is a transatlantic map set, for major roaming.


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Finally made it to Asheville for a long weekend get-away from flat Chicago. What a terrific combination of natural beauty, amazing food and serious art. Having grown up in driving range of the Canadian Rockies, I am admittedly a mountain snob; but driving into Asheville through the Cherokee National forest gave us our first look at these lush, misty mountains.
We spent a day driving the Blue Ridge Parkway, the blues and greens were amazing in the bright sunshine. At times we could count as many as 9 ridges of blue receding into the distance. We hiked at Craggy Dome and then got down to a lovely waterfall farther along the Parkway at Linville Falls. The radically different vegetation made it feel like a jungle hike with roots and vines and giant rhododendrons threatening to overtake the trail.
And Asheville itself was much larger than I expected and has a very impressive arts and gallery scene. Blue Spiral and Haen (represents Evanston painter and friend Byron Gin) were inspiring. I had a great visit with Chuck Barnett at Gallery Asheville where I found a fresh, edgy art vibe that I liked. My favorite public art piece was Growth of the New Gods (Mel Chin, 2012), which features a giant basketball vine growing across the facade of the of Asheville Art Museum. So much more to explore next time.


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Ryan Moss’s insurance career began early - right after graduating with a business administration and management degree from The University of Texas at Arlington in 1996, he established an independent insurance agency in the Houston metro area. For the next 13 years, his agency served a niche group of businesses in the energy, marine and construction sectors while providing home and auto coverage in the Friendswood suburb of Houston.
In 2010, Moss took the opportunity to merge his agency with Higginbotham Insurance. He now serves as a managing partner for the South Texas Region, providing assistance to middle-market and large commercial clients.
In this interview with Insurance Business, Moss speaks on the efforts of his team to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. He also tackles how Higginbotham is ensuring the continuous turnover of knowledge from industry veterans to young talents.
I started in the insurance business in 1997 after working as a stock broker with a national firm. I always liked the insurance world and knew that it was a very stable environment in which to establish a career.
IB: What do you love the most about your current organization?
Higginbotham is a great firm. I love my teammates; it makes my job very rewarding to know the talent that I work with delivers an exceptional product to our customers each and every day. What differentiates Higginbotham from other firms in the same space is its culture, which is driven by our employee ownership. It puts our employees on the same side of the fence as management and gets everyone rowing in the same direction. Our employees appreciate the added value that comes with ownership.
As a managing partner, I’m responsible for the operations in our south Houston office, and I lead our premium finance department companywide. I also service a block of middle/large market accounts and drive new opportunities on the M&A front.
IB: What has been the biggest obstacle you had to overcome so far as an insurance professional and what did you do to conquer it?
When Hurricane Harvey hit south Texas, not only did it impact our clients, it touched our employees too. Fortunately, we have a 24/7 claims department that was able to form a command center outside the damaged areas to support our clients with their losses. And, our family culture really came through by employees raising $182,200 via a Higg Helps Fund that went directly to our more than 50 teammates who suffered losses of their own. That’s on top of the $75,000 that the Higginbotham Community Fund granted to hurricane relief efforts.
The most challenging issues I foresee deal with perpetuating our industry with younger talent. Many young professionals haven’t given the career of insurance any thought or aren’t educated on the opportunities within the field.
At Higginbotham, we have a hands-on New Producer Mentor Program that trains young professionals to become successful producers as well as HIG U that provides continuing education.
IB: If you had the power to change one thing about the insurance industry, what would you change?
Transparency; the insurance world is behind the curve when it comes to data transparency.
IB: What is your philosophy in life? How do you apply that in your career as an insurance professional?
Treat people fairly, and do the right thing in every situation because your reputation is what carries you in this business.
IB: If you were not working in the insurance space, what would you be doing now?
Trying to make it as a professional golfer.
I enjoy the outdoors, especially fishing and golfing.


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Didn't exactly feel like cooking for dinner. Had a slice of lunch's leftover vegetarian pizza from deMatteo's so I warmed it up. Then I felt the need for something green. Fresh broccoli, steamed in the microwave! Then I had a small bowl of Breyer's Decadent Indulgences chocolate caramel gelato. This is what you can eat when you live alone and your canine companions have their own dietary regimen.
I watched this morning's recording of CBS Sunday Morning. Loved the story about bubbles and all their intricacies. Enjoyed the feature on 89 year old Marilyn May whose singing career has been reborn. Fast forwarded through the stories of Elton John and Neil Diamond retiring from touring. Neil will be right away, Elton at the end of a world tour he is just starting. Also fast-forwarded through the re-visiting of the Tet Offensive of 1968. Career wind-ups and old wars were not something I wanted to think about tonight.
The above was followed by episodes three and four of season four of Frankie and Grace. Netflix and no-chill as they say, sort of. Another evening, this one happened to be Sunday, in the life of a single man resisting the senior citizen label while embracing all its circumstance. Who me? Old? Well, if the orthopedic shoe fits, wear it.
Not sure how I went from a rather eclectic dining experience that could really happen to any bachelor on any given evening to "yipes, I'm slipping into that long good-night" thing. I don't feel old. Not even sure how that's supposed to feel. But age is indeed relative. And to it, I am not relating right now. (Laugh here.) The nice thing of living alone while aged is you can ruminate on all this to your heart's content. And you can eat choose to eat leftover pizza anytime of day, hot or cold, without anyone knowing...or caring. And that's a good thing, isn't it?
Like everything in this life, there's an upside and a downside. And the funny thing is I'm not unhappy. I'm actually pretty content. And contentment is okay. But I'm thinking I mustn't be lulled into complacency by it. I still have a lot of life to experience and things to do. So it's almost ten. Time to get to bed so I can rise and do just that bright and early...however early I choose that to be.
Lots of life to experience! Are you going to be writing regularly about it?

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


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Torfaen (/tɔːrˈvaɪn/; Welsh: Tor-faen [tɔrˈvaɪn]) is a county borough in Wales within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It was originally formed in 1974 as a district of the county of Gwent and in 1996 it was reconstituted as a principal area.
Torfaen (meaning "break-stone") is an old name for the river – today called Afon Lwyd ("grey river") – which flows through the county borough from its source north of Blaenavon southward through Abersychan, Pontypool, and Cwmbran.
Torfaen is bordered by the county of Monmouthshire to the east, the city of Newport to the south, and the county boroughs of Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent to, respectively, the south-west and north-west.
The area has a population of around 91,000. Much of the southern part of the county borough around the Cwmbran new town conurbation is now urbanised. The north of the county borough is greener and retains extensive areas of countryside, especially on the route to Blaenavon.
The administrative centre is Pontypool in the centre of the county borough. Most of the administration of Torfaen County Borough Council is conducted from the Civic Centre here.
Cwmbran Centre is advertised as the second largest under-cover shopping centre in Wales. The centre includes many familiar high-street stores.
The former mining town of Blaenavon in the northern part of the county borough is now a recognised UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Torfaen is historically a safe Labour Party seat. At present the MP is Nick Thomas-Symonds. Constituents in Croesyceiliog North, Croesyceiliog South, Llanyrafon North and Llanyrafon South wards are served by the Monmouth MP, Conservative David Davies. Torfaen is also a Welsh Assembly constituency, presided over by Labour AM, Lynne Neagle.
Torfaen Council has historically been a Labour-controlled authority, however the 2008 Local Elections saw Labour fail to win enough seats to hold a majority, resulting in a coalition with Plaid Cymru and Independent Councillors.
In the 2012 Local Elections, Labour regained majority control of Torfaen County Borough Council, winning 30 out of a possible 44 seats.
Further education, vocational training and some higher education is provided at the Ponytpool Campus of Coleg Gwent, formerly Pontypool College.
In 2012 Torfaen County Borough Council was criticised for keeping 2,400 laptop computers, originally intended to be used by secondary school pupils and teachers, unused for at least a year "because it couldn't figure out what to do" with the equipment, which originally cost over a million pounds.
Torfaen resident and trainee teacher Rachel Rice came to national attention in 2008 when she won Big Brother 2008 in the UK. Similarly, hairdresser Helen Adams from Cwmbran came second in Big Brother 2001.
Big Brother aside, the county is also famous for producing celebrities such as Sean Moore, and international rugby union player Mark Taylor.
Traversed by the Welsh Marches Line with stations at Pontypool & New Inn and Cwmbran run by Arriva Trains Wales. There is also the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway in Blaenavon.
All information for Torfaen's wiki comes from the below links. Any source is valid, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Pictures, videos, biodata, and files relating to Torfaen are also acceptable encyclopedic sources.
"Torfaen man's bid to make map of trees"
Other wiki pages related to Torfaen.

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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The Lead Ammunition Group (LAG) was formed following a request by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in 2010 to investigate the potential impact of lead ammunition on the health of humans, livestock and wildlife. The group was made up of various stakeholders, including the Countryside Alliance to represent the shooting interests, and was tasked with compiling the evidence and making recommendations.
The LAG organised a Primary Evidence Subgroup to collate all the available evidence, ranking it importance to the discussion, and produce three risk assessments on the use of lead ammunition to human health, livestock and wildlife. In the end four risk assessments were submitted, as a result of two wildlife reports being submitted. Whilst the risk assessment on livestock was agreed on by the full group, none of the three other reports were. Following an impasse, stakeholders from the CLA, National Game Dealers Association, Gun Trade Association and Countryside Alliance resigned from the group, stating that the risks attributed to lead ammunition were being exaggerated by certain members of the group and that their voices were not being heard.
Firstly, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your hard work over the last five years. Please also pass on my thanks to all those that have played a part in bringing together the report and the information on which it is based.
It was disappointing that a number of Group members resigned and that a whole group consensus could not therefore be reached on this important issue. However I fully appreciate the challenges the divergence of opinions with the Group presented you with.
With regard to the impact of lead ammunition on wildlife, we note that the report does not provide evidence of causation linking possible impacts of lead ammunition with sizes of bird populations in England.
In both instances – human health and wildlife – the report did not show that the impacts of lead ammunition were significant enough to justify changing current policy; we therefore so not accept your recommendation to ban the use of lead ammunition.
The use of lead ammunition is already banned on all foreshores, certain SSSIs and for the shooting of all ducks, geese, coot and moorhen. I do, however, recognise that there appears to be an issue with poor compliance with the Lead Shot Regulations and I can confirm that Defra will look at how the existing Regulations on wildfowling can be better implemented. We also understand that the FSA will be considering if action is required to raise awareness of their advice amongst the at-risk population.
As you know the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has been asked by the European Commission to gather information on the potential risks presented by metallic lead, to establish if there is a case for regulating its use within eh European Union; we will keep the evidence presented by the ECHA under review.
As agreed when the Group was initiated your report will be published in LAG’s website. I appreciate that you are keen to publish your report and invite you to do so following receipt of this letter.
Although this marks the end of the Group which the Government established in 2010, I have no doubt that the evidence you have gathered together will form a useful input to the exercise the ECHA is taking forward. I would like to thank you again for your efforts.
From the Countryside Alliance’s perspective, we believe Defra made the correct decision. The LAG was a useful asset for collating the scientific evidence, it is paramount that lead ammunition and lead alternatives are continued to be studied to ensure that no net negative impacts are seen. If or when lead ammunition is found to be causing a net negative impact then we as responsible shooters should look positively at alternative ammunition.
The Agreed Findings and Recommendations Report can be read here.


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Update , they have been in contact with police, and the OP of the thread is going to push the police to lay charges of theft.
That is because the police didn't show any interest in doing so. They evidently didn't even want to watch the video footage taken by the OPs security camera!
Christchurch police have form with this stuff.
Another guy had video of a burglar in his driveway, and the police refused to act.
The area commander later apologised, but looks like they are up to the same game. Perhaps they have been training with EQC?
Apparently so! It's pretty appalling. Especially considering that the one that was burgled has made it so easy for them, yet there's still a reluctance to act.

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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I still don’t know if yesterday was a good day or a bad. The day started off mostly good. It was beautiful out and I had received news that one of my Youth Leaders had taken her daughter to Labor and Delivery to have her baby the night before. I was sick but not too bad, just a head cold. We got word that the daughter (I should point out that the daughter is nearly my age and is married) had not progressed even though her water had broken over 12 hour prior but that they were doing well.
Then we heard, after arriving at church, that the grandmother of one of my Youth had passed that morning. She had been sick with cancer for quite a long time and the family was told last week she would probably pass before the weekend was over. For once, it seems, the doctors were right, but not so much in a good way. I got to see the young lady who lost her grandmother but it was still to fresh for her to have really processed it. She has been going through grief for knowing but this was a new and stronger loss and so she was very raw with hurt when I got to see her. I figure I did a good job though. I didn’t ask how she was. I knew the answer and I know I hate when people ask that when they know it isn’t good. Actually I don’t remember saying much at all. I said hi and gave her a side hug. I don’t give many of those out unless someone initiates and almost never to a female but this seemed like a good time to break one of my rules.
Anyways, we had a board meeting, which I hate going to, after church and then I took two of the Youth to go see the family in delivery. The soon to be uncle and his girl friend. I was kind of hoping for screaming rage level of labor (since it was coming up on 24 hours) but she really wasn’t in that. Why did I hope for that? Hey can you think of a better way to sell abstinence to a teen girl?
As they got closer to the 24 hour mark the Dr. decided they needed to do a c-section. Mother and baby came out fine and the baby boy was about the 5th most beautiful baby I’ve seen shortly after birth.
So the day basically started with a death and ended with a birth. I think overall it was a good day but I really wish we could have skipped the death and made it a knock out awesome day.
I have to tell the new grandma about the death soon because she has a good relationship with the teen that lost her grandma, but I don’t want to break her new happy grandma bubble just yet. It was great seeing her when they brought the baby back into the room. She busted out into tears of joy like you couldn’t imagine. I wonder if that is how it is in heaven when people get saved?
So what do you think? good day or bad day?


text: Come on out to SSA's coffeehouse in MRN basement on Monday November 26th from 6-9 pm. It'll be a great time with performances, food, and raffle prizes! Tickets are on sale now in the SSA office for $5, or $7 at the door. All proceeds from this event support Movember! Hope to see you there!


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I'm going to Bangkok in January,my first visit and I'm unsure about the best area to stay.I'd like a quiet area but within a reasonable distance to the sights and shopping.
At the moment I'm looking at the Shangri-la, Oriental or Royal Orchid in the river area and the Conrad in the business area.
If anybody has any other options, feel free to spill the beans.
First, I would definitely stay on the River. I have stayed at the Oriental 18 times in the last 20 years and have had only had perfect and fabulous and wonderful and warm experiences. I would never stay anywhere else. There are several staff members who have been there since my first trip and I feel like I'm coming home when I get there.
That said, many on this forum prefer the Peninsula, Shangrila or Royal Orchid. They are all deluxe and I am sure you would not go wrong at any of them. Personally, I find the Shangrila too large and impersonal. If you're not at the Oriental I would try the Peninsula or Tower of the Royal Orchid.
But if you want a very special treat, go for the Oriental. I think the warmth of the staff and the intimate nature of the hotel (they don't take large tour groups) make it a wonderful home away from home.
I absolutely agree with Gloria, stay on the river. It will make all the difference in your experience of Bangkok. Everyone has their favorite hotel on the River. I've been staying in the Towers at the Royal Orchid for some 20 years. I like having the extra amenities (full breakfast, cocktails and canapes each evening and six pieces of free laundry per day per person) included in the room price.
The Krungthep wing at the Shangri La hotel gets my vote. There are only about 180 rooms it is in a totally separate wing from the main hotel (which is excellent to) and effectively operates as a separate hotel (seperate lobby, check in, own pool, lounge etc) - One big plus - all the rooms have balcony's overlooking the river. It is also next to the metro station. People have said in the past that it can be noisier because of its proximity to the main road bridge - but i've never found it a problem.
I have stayed at the Peninsula on the opposite side of the river, that is excellent to - the rooms are fantastic -just find the service a bit stiffer and less friendly than at the Shangri La.
Stayed at the Sheraton (but not in the towers)about 10 years ago - it was okay - the bedrooms were nothing special and the hotel was a bit mobbed with passengers awaiting a cruise.
In your post, you asked about area. Without a doubt, stay on the river. The ability to hop on the river ferry is very freeing. (The Peninsula and Marriott require a ferry to the ferry). Also, looking out from your room to see the river come alive in the morning is one of the treats of BKK. You can also access the skytrain easily. RIVER,RIVER, RIVER.
"big up" too my in town hotels.
I think the Towers, Royal Orchid Sheraton has the best location on the river. Not stayed in the Oriental but food there is very good. Very nice pool in the Sheriton in the Portugese garden.
Bob, I think Pat is referring to the loaction of the Royal Orchid being right next door to River City. I have to admit I consider that to be an advantage!
i view the 3 as having similar locations..
are you wearing long pants today?
I certainly am. It's raining and cool here in Seattle.
By the way, the long somewhat acrimonious thread about what to wear in Bangkok doen't even show a reply option right now. I wonder if Fodors has turned it off.
Bob, I'm a little miffed that no one got my joke - the OP asked if he only wore shorts and sandals would he stick out like a sore thumb. I even repeated his words and no one got it - I think he should at least wear a shirt! I have this image of a six foot farang wearing only shorts and sandals, bewildered about why they won't let him into the Grand Palace or seat him at a fancy restaurant. I thought the OP and others could laugh, but apparently we hit a sore spot.


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Until 2006, every time the tide rose in the Brazilian shanty town of Brasilia Teimosa, it brought destruction. Poor families forced to live in wooden shacks on stilts overlooking the waterfront lived in fear that the water might take everything they owned, including their homes.
In his first domestic trip as president in 2003 Luiz InÃ¡cio Lula da Silva stood on a makeshift stage in the slum and promised things would change.
Within three years, the waterfront had been transformed into a promenade attracting tourists from around the state. Ever since, Brasilia Teimosa has been considered a bastion of support for Mr da Silva and his centre-Left Workersâ Party (PT).


text: This is a design project of senior industrial engineering students sponsored by the General & Age Related Disabilities Engineering (GARDE) Program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) focusing on adults with disabilities. The design and construction of a removable respirator and oxygen tank adapter for a scooter wheelchair is going to help a young adult woman that suffers from bilateral hip dysplasia and obliterating bronchiolitis. These are degenerative conditions that are not commonly found together. Hip dysplasia forces the subject to require a scooter wheelchair for daily transport and obliterating bronchiolitis requires the subject to use a Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) respirator and oxygen tank all the time. This project has the purpose to help the subject to achieve independence from her care takers by being able to move without the help of others or with minimum help. Achieving independence from an assistant and improving the overall life quality of the user, will be obtained by developing the right cost-effective design for an automated wheelchair adapter to hold an oxygen tank and its corresponding respirator. The use of the adapter for the CPAP respirator will enable the subject to move to further places without assistance, thus increasing her independence from other subjects and engaging on a more active lifestyle. The created device would be evaluated by the identified user and by health professionals prepared to work with people with the above-mentioned conditions. It is the intention of the students design team to deliver the developed device by the end of the Spring semester after being evaluated and tested as needed.