text: Lorrie Ann Leilani Mason Servito, 49, of Honolulu died in Honolulu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Romeo; sons Thomas and Michael K. Mason, and Nathan Ramos; mother Agnes Mason; brothers Michael K. Jr., Wayne and George M. Mason; sisters Malani Mason and Sonia Terlep; and three grandchildren. Visitation: 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Services: 6:30 p.m. Aloha attire.


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It would be funny if we all get a view behind the curtain of the rehersal from saxon while they work on new album. It will be a feeling like pre evening before christmas. We know all saxon makes us happy with every things they do. I am sure everyone of us will be more happy if we can have a quick look or listening from the new works in rehersal!
I'm starting to believe you really are Mystic Meg!!

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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SINCE 1884 it has been an integral part of golf on Hayling Island – but its story has gone untold until now.
A new 92-page book, From Then Until Now, is set to illustrate the history of Hayling Ladies’ Golf Club.
The collective was established by Maud Sandeman, subsequently its first captain, a year after the men’s club found its feet in 1883.
Some 134 years later, it has welcomed scores of notable members, seen numerous changes in leadership, played host to countless rounds of competitive golf and enabled hundreds of friendships to blossom.
Now, alongside friends Viv Fitch and Bill John, club member Helen Rees has released a semi-hardback book documenting more than a century of history.
‘I have been very conscious that new members know nothing about the ladies’ club’s long history,’ said Helen, who is 83.
‘But there should be some sort of record to tell them all about it – so about a year ago, after a conversation with my son, I decided to get the ball rolling.
Compiled over a period of nine months, the book – which is free to all members of the ladies’ club – features scores of dated photographs and club records.
Helen, who has been a member of the club in different capacities for the past 60 years – having enjoyed stints as vice-captain, captain and president – is one of many names to appear in the tome.
‘I got involved with the club alongside my husband Graham soon after we married,’ she said.
But Ms Rees insists she had the ‘easy part’ of compiling the book – with much of the brunt of writing it taken on by club member Viv Fitch.
The 71-year-old, who has been involved with Hayling Ladies’ Golf Club for more than 20 years, paid multiple visits to the British Library in London to collect clippings.
She also visited the Hampshire Archives and Local Studies office in Winchester.
‘When Helen asked me to get involved I was only too happy and I am pleased with the way the book has turned out,’ the Hayling Island resident said.
Particularly interesting as she trawled the history books, said Viv – the archivist for the entire Hayling Golf Club – was seeing how times have changed.
‘It is difficult to quantify exactly what has changed since then, but certainly in terms of the Equality Act things are very different,’ she said.
From Then Until Now: a History of Hayling Ladies’ Golf Club is available for £25 by contacting the secretary of the Hayling Ladies’ Golf Club by calling (023) 9246 4446.
Helen and Viv praised the publishing expertise of their co-author, Bill John, in getting the book to print.

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MMC was named overall North American Agency of the Year at the SABRE Awards dinner at Cipriani last night.
MMC is a creatively led, digitally driven agency focused on the power of influence. We craft stories, content and conversations that get noticed and shared because they are inherently interesting and relevant to what people care about. We have over 30 years of experience earning people’s attention through PR and communications, but we are a full-service agency unlimited by our own creativity. In other words, if we can think it, we can do it.
We are Artfully Persuasive. Our mission is to be the engine behind the world’s most engaged brands. We craft the stories and experiences that influence the way people think, feel and behave.

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How to change the layout direction for stairs? – Measure Square Corp.
In this article, we're going to show you how to change the layout direction for your stairs.
Step 2: Click Layout direction > Left click on the horizontal wall if you want to estimate your product with horizontal layout or the vertical wall if you want vertical layout.

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Established in 1983, KNF&T Staffing Resources is one of the leading women-owned staffing businesses in Boston. But, we’re more than your average staffing firm. We go the extra mile. Our mission is to provide best-in-class customer service, acting as a natural extension of our clients and candidates to find the right fit.
We are passionate about helping businesses grow and about helping talent find a rewarding career. We specialize in placing talent in Direct Hire, Contract, and Contract-to-Hire roles. Plus, we have a Diversity Search division.
Adding to this, philanthropy is a big part of who we are. KNF&T’s philanthropic goal is assisting women and children in transition. To that end, we encourage employee volunteer days, hold food drives and toy drives, and partner with local nonprofit organizations.
It’s really rewarding to help people. Before I became the sole CEO of KNF&T, I worked as a recruiter assisting people to find jobs. Years later, I’m amazed to see the positive residual effects that’s had. Recently at an event, I was approached by a woman who reminded me that I placed her in her first job and then coached her for a promotion. She’s now a high ranking human resources executive and said she often thinks of the advice I gave her. I was touched by her story and grateful to have played a part in her career path.
Providing a better service each day and working on developing a company culture that supports those goals.
My team inspires me every day. When I see someone go above and beyond to help a client or stay late to meet a contract worker to give them their paycheck, it really inspires me to continue to empower them. Seeing employees grow and improve their skills is rewarding.
One of our core values is to have fun – it’s important to us because we all work hard and you need to balance that out with fun to stay sane and happy. We incorporate team activities like birthday parties, summer outings, volunteer opportunities, and have monthly events like our hot chocolate bar for Valentine’s Day, our doughnut eating contest, or our pie bake-off around Thanksgiving.
Technology is a cornerstone in our business operations – from job boards to systems that we use for finding talent, to our database, and more. Technology, of course, is always changing. We’re a small company but we run like a big business, so it’s essential – but challenging – for us to stay on top of the latest updates to remain efficient and competitive.
Trust, but verify. What I mean by this is that if there is a conflict at work, trust what people are telling you but collect more information from both sides before taking action. Being in a leadership position means you have to act like a judge – weigh both sides rationally before concluding. If someone complains to you about an issue, don’t react emotionally. Take some time to collect facts, see the other perspective, and account any other elements that may have been a factor. Ask for specific examples. People will respect you for this approach.
If you’re entering the recruiting world, my most significant piece of advice is to listen to your candidates actively. Too often, people are reduced to commodities in the staffing business – recruiters try to push them to a certain job that fits their goals rather than something that the candidate wants. Don’t be that person. Instead, listen to what your candidates want and wait for the right opportunity. You’ll build better and longer lasting relationships, gain an excellent reputation, and likely have more referrals.

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This is an Old Blog, but I don’t want to delete all the old memories.
Class of 2011 It’s not too late to get your Senior Pictures taken!
I am sure you have noticed I am rarely posting on my blog. I have been keeping up my facebook page but this blog hasn’t seen much attention. That will change! I am going to catch up on it soon.
Until then, here is one of my favorite senior pictures. It makes me think of spring with all the great colors.
Couldn’t get away without doing something humorous.
First let me start off by saying that this was a special wedding for me to photograph. I not only photographed Julia’s sister’s wedding, but I also have photographed their family pictures, and both Justin and Julia’s senior pictures. I think it is safe to say that I am officially their family photographer. Big thanks for trusting me with these special moments in your lives.
This first shot was a flash back to Sarah’s wedding day. Julia’s mom gave her something special that made her think of her grandpa.
This post should be all about Justin and Julia but there is a certain someone that kind stole the show at times. Meet the ring bearer, isn’t he cute. This was before the wedding.
He was excited about being the ring bearer, but when he realized everyone was staring at him he got alittle scared.
And then he started to cry, don’t worry there is more about him later.
Julia loves snow, she wanted a winter wedding, but after her sister’s wedding was during a snow storm and the temperature was -5 or so Justin said no way. So he made up for it by having fake snow when they exited the church.
Notice someone sleeping on the right.
Being a ring bearer is hard work and requires a nap.
After his nap he felt like dancing!
Vanessa caught the bouquet, and she had the cutest reaction!
And now for my favorite part of the night. DJ Kyle Hinds pulled out his box of props. It was so much fun, I had a hard time taking pictures because I was laughing so hard.
And one last time, here he is again…..
And here are my mom and dad. They were out on the dance floor dancing the “anniversary dance”. I love when Kyle does this. He asks that all the married couples get out on the dance floor and then he asks that the newlyweds leave and then the couples married for less then 5 years, less then 10 years, etc.. until the couple that is married the longest is left. Well….
that couple ended up being my mom and dad. (they are so not old enough to be the “old married couple”) Kyle had them give some marriage advise to the new couple.
They had a photo booth, it rocked! The guests loved it, I even got in there.
Late in the evening they brought out trays of McDonald’s cheeseburgers for everyone!
I so should have asked to wear the burger hat! Dang it, why didn’t I think of it.
Kate and Adam are the ones that had a foggy setting when we shot their engagement session. If you have time check it out here.
Thanks Kate and Adam for trusting me with your special day. You both have wonderful friends and family that were so good to us!
Here is Ben’s first session, he is coming back soon for his snow session!! I can’t ait, I he is lots of fun to hang out with.
Posting here on my blog so I can show my mom. I live in Brems. this happened about 9:20ish central time. Taken from my house looking NE. Not sure if it was a funnel cloud but that storm did produce funnel clouds.


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Don’t Memorise brings learning to life through its captivating free educational videos. To date we have an online library of around 1300 videos that are regularly accessed by individuals in North America, Australia and Asia. Don’t Memorise can be used by students to review concepts, parents to refresh their knowledge and even teachers who ‘flip’ their classrooms.
We’ve loved being a part of your math learning journey, now join us and delve into the core of all science subjects – Physics!
Did you know physics is second only to mathematics in the purity of its principles? In fact, it is used to describe how the natural world works through the use of applied mathematical formula. The study of physics explores the fundamental forces of the universe and how they react with each other. It looks at everything from ants to antennae, galaxies and planets, atoms and quasars and literally everything in between!
We’re excited to kick off our new subject with the topic of Motion! As with all our math courses there is a strong focus on concepts, relating all your learning to real life. We guarantee our physics videos will keep you curious to Know More!
Watch this space for upcoming topics like Force and Pressure, Gravitation, Magnetic effects of electric current and much more.
Exactly four years ago when Don’t Memorise was no more than a pipe dream, Akash, the son of the cook who works for my family, approached me asking if I had a job for him. At this point I was just creating math videos for middle school students I was teaching. Given his humble background I asked him whether he knew how to use a computer as my vision was to create high quality animated math videos. He didn’t, but his words “I want to work hard and earn money, sir” struck a chord.
Having read everywhere that the key to a successful venture was dependent on hiring the best talent I was uncertain if Akash was the right fit. Aside from not being computer literate, he was also a student. Given the academic pressure in India I doubted whether he would be able to balance working and studying. All the same, I decided to interview him.
During our 20 minute interview his sincerity, determination to work hard and eagerness to learn gave me a positive vibe. “Give me a chance and I will learn everything you want me to” and so I took a chance and hired Akash!
I recall spending a few days training him how to use 2 different types of animation software and then work began. I was apprehensive about how Akash would respond to the new challenge he had been given. In the end, Akash surpassed my expectations and more. Within a couple of months Akash was not only proficient in these but was also discovering and using a multitude of other software on his own initiative. I was also pleasantly surprised by his work ethic, not taking a single day off in spite of still being a full-time student!
Having worked with Akash over the past 4 years I have come to understand that what makes the ‘best talent’ is not necessarily experience — its passion, dedication, continuous learning and a positive approach! These are all qualities Akash has displayed and made him an integral part of the 4 million plus free lessons Don’t Memorise has delivered to date. Even though I may have taught him how to use software and acted as a mentor, he has taught me the most important lesson of them all: a never-ending desire to learn!
Now, as I look forward to welcoming him as a full-time team member after his graduation, I find this perfect opportunity to thank Akash for his commitment and dedication. Akash, it has been one incredible journey supporting you grow from the 18 year old who couldn’t use a computer to the highly talented animator you are today.
I didn’t hire the best talent, I hired the best attitude!
With my love of math and fascination for simplifying complex problems I made my first educational video whilst tutoring online. It was here that I experienced first-hand how edtech can revitalise the learning process.
So what did I learn? There are two key elements for digital learning to be effective. Firstly, and most importantly content must be relevant in order to have the maximum impact. Not only curricula aligned but also with a strong conceptual element to bridge the gap between theory and application. Secondly, a User Interface that gives learners a personalised and diverse learning environment. This includes courses comprising of a series of bite-sized videos to give learner flexibility, playlists to keep track of learning and quizzes to test understanding.
At Don’t Memorise it’s our mission to ensure the perfect combination of these two elements to give you, our learners, the ultimate digital learning experience.
Wishing you a successful and enjoyable ‘Digital Learning Day’ today and always!

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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Flyboard - fact or fiction?
A friend just sent me this wonderful, inspiring video. I knew it had to go on my website. Is this real? Does a Flyboard really exist?
For those of us who rely on the weather to make a living, we could not be having a better summer. Who would have thought this could possibly have gone on so long. It's at least two months now with no end in sight.
You might easily think that our boats would be running full all day, every day but unfortunately, it's not the case, It's often too hot for people to move off the beach even though there is a cooling breeze out to sea.
The three hour Lyme Regis deep sea fishing trips are going really well running from 8 30 am until 11.30 am. for £25 per person with rod and bait included and we always catch fish! Please phone to ask for details, 07974753287.
One hour Lyme Regis mackerel fishing trips are also avaialble for £10 per adult, £8 per child all tackle included.

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HERE IS WHAT WE GOT TO HEAR FROM THIS WEEK’S CALL WITH JOSEPHINE KIMBERLING . . .
We l earned of her exciting and unique journey into art licensing, and her thoughts on her in-house positions at both Nordstrom and Hallmark.
How do you balance trend research and personal style?
Where to you go to find upcoming design and color trends, so that your work hits the market before trend becomes commonplace and tired?
How do you stay relevant to today’s consumer?
In regard to targeting specific industries, how do you find partners and what is the most important thing you can do when presenting your artwork?
Can you describe your art creation process?
Where do you recommend someone start when entering into the world of art licensing?
What trade shows do you attend or exhibit?
Do you copyright your designs regularly, including all variations and color ways?
Is it common to ask for an Advance when entering into a License Agreement? Can you negotiate royalty rates?
What is the single best learning lesson you can share with everyone?
If you were signed up for the call, you should have received an email with the playbacks. If not, please register for the replay here.
Caroline Simas is a licensed artist, wife and mother of four in Charlotte, North Carolina, whose designs and patterns appear on a variety of products for the home décor and gift industries. Her faith-based brand, Multiple Blessings, has taken the industry by storm as Caroline’s art and messages of inspiration resonate with many, bringing joy and faith into homes worldwide. She has developed varied and distinctive styles in watercolor, gouache, mixed media, abstract, pen & ink and more.
Create Art. Create a Strategy. Create Income.


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The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a civil injunctive action against hedge fund adviser Deephaven Capital Management, LLC and its former portfolio manager Bruce Lieberman, charging them with insider trading from August 2001 to March 2004 on the information that 19 private investment in public equity (PIPE) stock offerings were about to be publicly announced. In each case, the company's stock price fell on the announcement of its PIPE offering. The defendants learned confidential material nonpublic details about the upcoming PIPE offerings from placement agents for the companies and sold short the company shares on behalf of the Deephaven Small Cap Growth Fund, LLC, profiting from the price decline when the PIPE offerings were publicly announced. Short selling includes the practice of selling borrowed shares in the expectation that the price will fall, enabling the seller to then buy and deliver the shares at a lower price.
In two of the PIPE offerings, Lieberman falsely signed a written security purchase agreement expressly warranting that the Small Cap Growth Fund had not shorted the company's stock; he transferred short positions the fund had in fact taken to another Deephaven fund he controlled, in an attempt to hide the short sales in violation of the warranties.
Deephaven and Lieberman have each consented, without admitting or denying the allegations in the complaint, to final judgments permanently enjoining them from violating Securities Act Section 17(a) and Exchange Act Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5. Deephaven also agreed to disgorge $2,683,270 in unlawful profits, plus $343,418 prejudgment interest, and to pay a $2,683,270 civil penalty. Lieberman agreed to pay a $110,000 civil penalty and to a Commission order barring him from associating with any investment adviser, with the right to reapply after three years, in an administrative proceeding to be instituted based on entry of the anticipated final judgment.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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Meet the lovable bot who dances, plays music, shoots lasers, and makes programming fun! Codeybot teaches computational thinking and coding through play. I just pledged 2 Codeybots (with lasers) on Kickstarter. I am excited to build, break, and combine code in new and exciting ways with my children, students, and friends. You can use your smart phone or iPad to write commands for the smart Codeybot to follow in the real world.
“Don’t just play on your phone, program it” President Obama.
Andrew Feenberg tells that most of our ideas about technology are wrong!
He questions the counter-intuitive nature of what we know about technology and points out that paradox may very well be intrinsic to technology. He distinguishes ten technological paradoxes, in the hopes they will cease being paradoxical and become the new common sense. Paradoxically, however, when we come to the crossroads of ‘true and false’ understandings of technology, we have to ‘go both ways’ so we are better equipped to control the consequences of our actions as human powers increase through technology.
We fail to realize the dependence of the parts upon the complex whole to which they belong. To put it another way, technology does not have meaning without relationships, environment, and context. To put it yet another way, consider Heidegger’s puzzling question whether birds fly because they have wings or have wings because they fly? Humans can no more abandon technological development than birds can abandon flight.
What is most obvious about technology is also what is most hidden. For example, fish do not know they are wet as they are so perfectly adapted for the niche environment they exist in; neither do humans think much about the air we breathe; neither do we think very carefully about the technologies we take for granted. When we watch a movie, we lose sight of the screen as a screen, just as we have many experiences of technology in which the obvious withdraws from view.
Behind everything technological there is a forgotten history. Technologies seem to be disconnected from their past as they appear self-sufficient in their everyday functioning. We have little idea where technologies come from, how they developed, what decisions were made to determine unique features, etc. Consider the lighted exit signs in a theatre: we see the glowing letters, but we are blind to the story behind their origin.
Efficiency does not explain success; success explains efficiency. While all technologies must be more or less efficient, what explains why specific technologies are present in our milieu technique (e.g., chosen from among many possible alternatives)?
Feenberg applies the Newtonian reciprocity of action and reaction to human/ technology behaviour to find that: in acting, we become the object of action. This is the illusion of technique that blinds us to three paradoxes of technical action: 1) causal side effects of technology; 2) changes in the meaning of our worlds; and 3) transformation of our identities.
The means are already the end. Obviously means and ends are related, but Feenberg’s point is that they are ‘one and the same’ over a wide range of technologies. Possession of the means is an end in itself because identity is at stake in human relations to technology: the technologies we own symbolize the kind of people we are and social status is in part determined by the technologies we use.
Simplification complicates! As technology is already decontextualized (separate from its natural connections and conditions), recontextualization is not always successful. Awareness of context is a matter of concern as there are all-too-many examples where the decontextualizing and recontextualizing processes of technical objects result in unexpected problems. Technologies suitably adapted to one world may consequentially disrupt another world.
While it may appear that technical knowledge (fact, truth) and everyday experience (values, desires) interact separately, Feenberg finds them to be complimentary. Values are not opposite of fact: values are the facts of the future. This overall dynamic of technological value and fact completes the paradox of action: what goes around comes around.
Society and technology are co-constituted in an entangled hierarchy. Society and technology cannot be understood in isolation from each other because neither has a stable identity nor separate form. Consider Escher’s self-drawing hands (where each hand is drawing the other).
Feenberg’s paradox of conquest can be succinctly stated by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “the victor belongs to the spoils”. Technologies enable society to conquer, exploit and oppress nature (and other beings), but paradoxically, these actions often come back to haunt a society despoiled by its own violent assault (e.g., toxic waste production, natural resource exploitation, and environmental pollution).
Now is the time for radical change in our understanding of technology!

industry_corpus2: Artificial Intelligence


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Spacious, Luxury Home walk to lift and Beaver Creek Village!
Featuring a spacious townhome with exceptional views of the mountain, this Royal Elk Villa is perfectfor those looking for mountain adventure and off-slope excitement. A short walk through the nearby Borders complex provides easy access to the ski lift at Chair 14 and other conveniences such as hot tubs, heated pools and exercise rooms. Floor-to-ceiling windows offer wonderful views of Beaver Creek Village and the slopes. Guests will also enjoy plenty of apré-ski shopping, dining and activities at Beaver Creek Village — which is steps away from your door at Royal Elk Villas!

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


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How well are businesses using mobile phone technology? A new report from Forrester says things aren't great yet -- but they're improving.
The report, "The State of Mobile Technology Adoption," found that building mobile services for eBusiness professionals continues to be challenging, even though there is now more expertise available to do so. One key reason is that the mobile platform environment is fragmented, with iOS, BlackBerry, various flavors of Android and some Windows phones across the U.S. mobile phone landscape.
That fragmentation, the report said, translates “directly into higher development and maintenance costs for eBusiness professionals.” While an industry has evolved to simplify the development and distribution of mobile services -- including nearly 100 middleware platform vendors -- the report noted that eBusiness professionals must be prepared to operate in the current environment.
But even if the fragmentation is reduced, the report said, there’s the issue of development budgets. It found that most eBusiness professionals only have enough funding to support the basics, with less than US$ 500,000 to spend annually for 56 percent of those surveyed. Only 39 percent felt their mobile efforts were being funded at an adequate level.
On the positive side, the report said that eBusiness professionals have “nailed the mobile basics” with limited resources. While only 56 percent of respondents say they currently have a mobile-optimized website (including about half of those with an HTML5 website), 91 percent expect to have one by the end of 2012.
The report also noted that 97 percent plan to have native applications before 2013. “For those eBusiness professionals seeking a high-quality user interface, the ability to tap into device features, and/or an offline experience, native applications are a must,” the study said.
Although the report encouraged businesses to budget adequately to deliver native mobile services on a range of platforms, it suggested that hybrid apps “offer an inexpensive alternative to native apps,” and are appropriate for marketing-focused scenarios in which extensive content is frequently revised, such as short-lived marketing apps, catalogs or content-heavy travel apps.
While native apps are written to a specific platform in order to optimize performance and the ability to access device capabilities such as a camera, hybrid apps use web technologies like HTML5 and run inside a native container, with a web-to-native layer that enables access to the device resources.
Editor's note: For a discussion on hybrid apps, read "Mobile Apps or Mobile Web? Siteworx's Tim McLaughlin Speaks Out." For a how-to on optimizing your mobile site, check out "How to Optimize Your Mobile Website."


text: Michael William Grady was born December 23, 1869 in Kennett Square, and was one of the first players from Chester County to play Major League Baseball. Before signing with the Philadelphia Phillies, he played in the Brandywine AA League of West Chester. He played for the Phillies from 1894-1897, the Cardinals in 1897, the New York Giants from 1898-1900, the Washington Senators in 1901, and the Cardinals again from 1904-1906. Grady was an exceptional hitter, compiling a .294 career average over his 11 major league seasons.


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When the Polynesian trickster god Maui steals the golden apples of the Hesperides and the mighty Olympian demigod known as Hercules is sent to get them back, there's only one way to figure out who would win in a fight. And when you're doing a Smash Fiction match between Disney characters, there's only one guest host to call in: Kris Newton of Gameable and MegaDumbCast! Unfortunately, Kris' attempts at thinking are immediately lost in a sea of yelling, as arguments over animated films about the power of love and friendship become possibly more heated than they ever have before!
Also, Claire dives deep into the realm of cartoon physics (which is to be expected), MeganBob joins in on the raised voices and name-calling (which is most assuredly not to be expected) and Dan unwitting unleashes horrors the human mind was not meant to consider in the Lightning Round!


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We provide government-grade technology for countries according to their latest directives to equip their police and migration authorities with the best document recognition and verification solutions, guaranteeing total protection of collected data.
We provide the banking industry the latest technology to speed up their business processes with compliance procedure (KYC) when performing customer onboarding avoiding data entry errors and reducing in the meantime their resources with administration.
Integrators solicit us on behalf of their customers who want to remain at the vanguard of the best computer vision technologies in scope of their digital transition.
We provide technologies to the hospitality industry for booking and check-in procedures. Hotels can therefore improve their customers experience by reducing the time with registration process.
Smart Engines Optical Character Recognition technologies are used in some international airports to simplify the procedure of VAT refund for tourists avoiding them to queue for hours.
Airlines companies add Smart Engines recognition modules to their iOS and Android apps to make the purchasing of tickets significantly faster and to raise the quality of service provided.

industry_corpus2: Technology & Research


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(Im·manʹu·el) [With Us Is God].
“Listen, please, O house of David. . . . Jehovah himself will give you men a sign: Look! The maiden herself will actually become pregnant, and she is giving birth to a son, and she will certainly call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey he will eat by the time that he knows how to reject the bad and choose the good. For before the boy will know how to reject the bad and choose the good, the ground of whose two kings you are feeling a sickening dread will be left entirely.”—Isa 7:13-16.
Then, after telling about the birth of Isaiah’s second son, Maher-shalal-hash-baz, the prophecy next describes how the threat to Judah would be removed. As an irresistible flood, the Assyrians would completely inundate Syria and the northern kingdom of Israel, not stopping until they had dangerously spread over the land of Judah, even “to fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel!” Then, in poetic grandeur, the prophet Isaiah warns all those in opposition to Jehovah: If you gird yourselves for war, if you plan out a scheme, if you speak a word against Jehovah—“it will not stand, for God is with us [Immanuel]!”—Isa 8:5-10.
Some have suggested that in the type back there “Immanuel” was a third son of Isaiah, perhaps by a Jewish maiden who may have become a second wife of the prophet. Certain Jewish commentators endeavored to apply the prophecy to the birth of Ahaz’ son Hezekiah. This, however, is ruled out, since the prophecy was uttered during Ahaz’ reign (Isa 7:1), making Hezekiah at least nine years old at the time.—2Ki 16:2; 18:1, 2.
Another possible candidate was Isaiah’s second son, mentioned in the next chapter, Maher-shalal-hash-baz, concerning whom it was said: “Before the boy will know how to call out, ‘My father!’ and ‘My mother!’ one will carry away the resources of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria before the king of Assyria.” (Isa 8:1-4) Certainly this echoes what was said about Immanuel: “Before the boy will know how to reject the bad and choose the good, the ground of whose two kings [of Damascus and Samaria] you are feeling a sickening dread will be left entirely.” (Isa 7:16) Also, the birth of Isaiah’s second son is presented in close connection with the further prophecy involving Immanuel and, as Immanuel was to be a “sign,” so also Isaiah said: “I and the children whom Jehovah has given me are as signs.”—Isa 7:14; 8:18.
The principal objection to this identification of Isaiah’s second son as the Immanuel of Ahaz’ day is on the grounds that Isaiah’s wife is spoken of as “the prophetess,” not as “the maiden,” as well as the fact that she was already the mother of Isaiah’s firstborn, Shear-jashub, hence no “maiden.” (Isa 7:3; 8:3) It may be noted, however, that the Hebrew word here translated “maiden” is not bethu·lahʹ, meaning, specifically, “virgin,” but is ʽal·mahʹ, having a broader reference to a young woman, who could be either a virgin maiden or a recently married woman. ʽAl·mahʹ as a common noun also occurs in six other texts, more than one of which specifically involves virgin maidens.—Ge 24:43 (compare vs 16); Ex 2:8; Ps 68:25; Pr 30:19; Ca 1:3; 6:8.
The full and complete identity of Immanuel, of course, is found in the office and personage of the Lord Jesus Christ. The use, therefore, of the Hebrew word ʽal·mahʹ in the prophecy would accommodate both the type (if such was a young wife of Ahaz or of Isaiah) and the antitype (the betrothed and yet virgin Mary). In the case of Mary there was no question about her being a virgin when she became “pregnant by holy spirit,” both Matthew and Luke recording this historical fact. (Mt 1:18-25; Lu 1:30-35) “All this actually came about for that to be fulfilled which was spoken by Jehovah through his prophet,” Matthew observed. It was a sign that identified the long-awaited Messiah. So in keeping with these facts, Matthew’s Gospel (quoting Isa 7:14) uses the Greek word par·theʹnos, meaning “virgin,” to translate ʽal·mahʹ, saying: “Look! The virgin [par·theʹnos] will become pregnant and will give birth to a son, and they will call his name Immanuel.” (Mt 1:22, 23) In no way was this taking liberties or distorting the text. Over a century earlier, the Jewish translators of the Greek Septuagint had also used par·theʹnos in rendering Isaiah 7:14.


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Bradley Benbrook, who practices in Sacramento, argued for the plaintiffs and contended that if the state's automated firearms system shows that a firearm purchaser already has a firearm and passes a background check, "delay for delay's sake is not a reasonable fit."
"It's a simple theory and simple works in this case," Benbrook said.
Chief Circuit Judge Sidney Thomas asked Benbrook whether a background check would be sufficient to vet second-time purchasers if there were new information to indicate that they should not be allowed to buy another firearm.
"For subsequent purchasers, we're saying apply the full monty," Benbrook replied, adding that his clients have "no quarrel" with the 10-day waiting period for first-time purchasers.
Circuit Judge Jacqueline Nguyen asked why the plaintiffs take issue with the treatment of all gun seekers as first-time purchasers, especially given "the deficiencies in the system."
Benbrook conceded that the state's system is not perfect but added that "perfection is not the standard in any constitutional litigation."
This led Nguyen to counter, "But the state is saying this is a reasonable way to plug those holes," and Benbrook answered that even the law assumes the system is accurate.
"The entire regulatory regime is constructed on the idea that the information in the system is accurate," Benbrook said. "What's the point of having these systems if you say that for some purchases we trust them and for some purchases we don't?"
Thomas asked Benbrook to "spell out" how he would view his requested injunction playing out in practice if implemented. He pointed out that the primary burden on the plaintiffs, as argued, seemed to be the requirement of a second visit to the gun store.
"But that would be true under the injunction, wouldn't it?" Thomas said.
Benbrook argued that the substantial burden is the wait itself, since "the delay of taking possession is a burden on the exercise of the right." He added that it would be "substantially overbroad" to apply the waiting period to people who, for example, walk into the store with a gun already in their pocket.

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Analyzing the behavior of humans in continuous video recordings is still a very difficult task. In the fully supervised setting, temporal models like RNNs are trained on videos that are annotated at a frame-level. Acquiring such annotations, however, is very time consuming and strong temporal models require large amounts of annotated training data. Weaker forms of supervision like transcripts are therefore investigated to learn temporal models. In this talk, I will describe some of our recent works on weakly supervised learning of actions and I will give an overview of the research activities that are conducted within the DFG research unit "Anticipating Human Behavior" at the University of Bonn.
Prof. Dr. Juergen Gall is professor and head of the Computer Vision Group at the University of Bonn since June 2013. After his Ph.D. in computer science from the Saarland University and the Max Planck Institut für Informatik, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Computer Vision Laboratory, ETH Zurich, from 2009 until 2012 and senior research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Tübingen from 2012 until 2013. He received a grant for an independent Emmy Noether research group from the German Research Foundation (DFG) in 2013, the German Pattern Recognition Award of the German Association for Pattern Recognition (DAGM) in 2014, and an ERC Starting Grant in 2016. He is further spokesperson of the DFG funded research unit "Anticipating Human Behavior" at the University of Bonn since 2017.


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In other places, localities are experimenting with linking the village committee election to the Party branch election. In these cases, the same person may be both Party secretary and village head. 6 Another reason that many localities encourage villages to have at least some 5 6 Chinese Communist Party issued February 13, 1999, members of the village Party branch should be elected by an assembly of Party members in the village. However, according to Article 30 of Chapter 5 of the revised version of the Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party, approved on November 14, 2002, the Party secretary and deputy Party secretary of the village Party branch are subject to approval by higher-level Party organizations.
13 In Shanxi province, retired government ofﬁcials in an old revolutionary district have formed an association to raise funds for rural development (lao gemin qu jianshe chu jinhui). In some villages, these informal arrangements have worked out well, but in others these arrangements do not produce any useful outcomes and are merely for show. Higher-level ofﬁcials can coopt these arrangements for their own beneﬁt. In Fujian province, one village ofﬁcial noted of the adoption system by higher-level bureaus: “The tuanwei, supervision bureau, planning committee, or the general ofﬁce of the county Party committee, however, has no money and no power.

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Access to the island is restricted to a wonderful swing bridge located 30 minutes from the reserve in Little Current. If travelling from Sudbury or southern Ontario follow highway 17 west bound to the junction of highway 6 near Espanola. From Sault Ste. Marie follow highway 17 east bound to Espanola. Drive south through the LaCloche Mountains to Little Current. Continue south to Manitowaning and then follow the signs.
In the late spring, summer and early autumn, the Chi-Cheemaun passenger ferry manoeuvres its way through the waters of Georgian Bay from Tobermory to South Bay Mouth on Manitoulin. The ferry runs several times each day and a one-way journey takes 1 hr 45 min. Once on the Island head north to Manitowaning and again, follow the signs.

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The dish it quite simple to make and will be done in no more than 30 minutes.
Wash and peal the mushrooms and then cut them in fine strips.
Cut the avocado in two, take out the seed and then with a soup take out the core and cut it in little cubs.
Put the mushrooms strips and the avocado cubs into a bowl and sprinkle the juice from one lemon over them.
Cut the red onion very finely, using a processor mixer.
In a wok, put some olive oil and then cook the onions for about 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, add the avocado and the mushrooms and cook them for about 2-3 minutes. Now is time to add the wine or the vegetable soup, the salt, pepper, nutmeg and the chopped parsley. All these ingredients needs to be cooked for about 5 minutes at low heat. After you stopped the cooker, leave the wok for more 10 minutes, cover with a lid.
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The incidence of cannula-related venous thrombosis after venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is high” Fisser et al (2019).
Patients: We analyzed consecutive patients with severe respiratory failure (PaO2/FIO2 < 85 mm Hg and/or respiratory acidosis with pH < 7.25) who were successfully treated with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a medical ICU between 2010 and 2017. Intervention: None. Measurements and Main Results: After extracorporeal membrane oxygenation weaning, duplex sonography or CT was conducted to detect cannula-related thrombosis. Thrombosis was classified as a large thrombosis by vein occlusion of greater than 50%. The incidence of thrombosis was correlated with risk factors such as coagulation variables (mean activated partial thromboplastin time ≤ 50 s, international normalized ratio antithrombin III, fibrinogen, plasma-free hemoglobin, platelets, and decline in D-dimer ≤ 50% the day after decannulation), cannula size, time on venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, renal failure, and underlying malignant disease. Data cut-off points were identified by receiver operating characteristic analysis. One-hundred seventy-two of 197 patients (87%) were screened. One-hundred six patients (62%) showed thrombosis that was considered large in 48 of 172 (28%). The incidence of thrombosis was higher in patients with a mean aPTT of less than or equal to 50 seconds (odds ratio, 1.02; p = 0.013) and in patients with a decline in D-dimer less than or equal to 50% (odds ratio, 2.76; p = 0.041) the day after decannulation following adjustment for risk factors. Conclusions: The incidence of cannula-related venous thrombosis after venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is high. Reduced systemic anticoagulation may enhance the risk of thrombosis. Sustained elevation of D-dimer after decannulation may indicate thrombosis. Patients should undergo routine duplex sonography after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to detect thrombosis formation in the cannulated vessel.
Fisser, C., Reichenbächer, C.,Müller, T., Schneckenpointner, R., Malfertheiner, M.V., Philipp, A., Foltan, M., Lunz, D., Zeman, F. and Lubnow, M. (2019) Incidence and Risk Factors for Cannula-Related Venous Thrombosis After Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Adult Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure. Critical Care Medicine. 47(4), p.e332–e339.

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Countless people suffered toothache, mild to severe toothaches, but hard to find a home cure that worked to relieve the pain. Most would just medicate with prescription pain killers for an immediate relief or numb the toothache pain.
There are remote tribes across the globe that defy the odds and still have their teeth well in their old age 70 and beyond. These tribes never went to a Doctor, who enjoy excellent tooth health without using the dental technology of the modern day world.
When a severe toothache strikes, normal activities like chewing and drinking become intolerable and this is how your teeth could be warning you of something more serious.
Toothache pain may be caused by a variety of reasons such as gum diseases; infected dental cavities, exposed tooth rot, and need to be treated for bad toothache pain immediately.
Swelling of the gums, jaws pain with chewing, bleeding, increased sensitivity to heat and cold, and redness around the gum line of a tooth.
Toothache is one ailment that can make your life miserable until you get a pain relieving treatment. The intense and unbearable pain won’t let you sleep, eat, drink or even cannot talk! Generally, severe toothache is caused when tooth decay invades and infects the pulp chamber and then the nerve tissues in the area. Since the most common cause of a toothache is a cavity, the frequent followed treatment is a filling.
Clove oil treatment is found to be most commonly followed, as home remedy for bad toothache pain, if put directly onto the affected tooth or dabbed with ball of cotton on the decayed tooth, relieves toothache pain. You can buy clove oil at any local store and it will reduce or even eliminate the pain for a while. Alternatively, rubbing an ice cube gently in the affected area for several minutes is an effective remedy for toothache pain.
Sometimes, a toothache remedy may be unlikely to cure the problem but the relief it offers can help greatly. A toothache can be debilitating, but you don’t have to surrender to the throbbing pain for ever! With these simple tips given in the guide you will be on your way to fast relief.


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Mat Ryan's clean sheet and a Pascal Gross' first goal in seven games were enough for Brighton and Hove Albion to edge past Watford 1-0 and make a welcome return to winning ways.
Chris Hughton's side last tasted victory against Swansea on November 4 and have endured a difficult spell since then.
Gross' fourth goal of the campaign - and his first since the 2-2 draw with Stoke City last month - put an end to that run, however, in what was a game that the Seagulls dominated for long periods.
The German had come closest to breaking the deadlock earlier with a fizzing effort, but he eventually got his name on the scoresheet with a low drive from the edge of the penalty area, which was helped on its way by an insipid attempted save by Heurelho Gomes.
Watford - missing the spark of suspended duo Abdoulaye Doucoure and Troy Deeney - struggled badly and scarcely threatened a Brighton backline, which included Premier League debutant Connor Goldson.
They will need to pick themselves up for the visit of Leicester City on Tuesday as they attempt to halt a run of four straight Premier League defeats. Brighton, meanwhile, will travel to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea on the same day with a spring in their step.
Brighton started in positive fashion and carved open the Hornets' defence inside the opening five minutes.
Tomer Hemed dragged his initial effort wide before Anthony Knockaert latched onto the loose ball and drilled a low cross back across the face of the goal, which was well parried away by Gomes.
Watford weathered the early storm and Hughton's side had to wait until just after the half-hour mark for their first effort on target, Goldson meeting Gross' deep corner at the back post with a downwards header that was well tipped behind by Gomes.
Knockaert then saw a shot from distance well held by Watford's Brazilian goalkeeper as the Seagulls continued to dominate in the closing stages of the half.
The hosts picked up where they left off after the break, but their lack of firepower continued to be painfully evident.
Hemed surged forward with the ball before an exchange of passes ends with him unceremoniously lashing over when well placed on the edge of the area.
Inexplicably, Watford's first attempt on goal did not come until the 56th minute when Richarlison's effort from a tight angle was pawed away by Mat Ryan.
This appeared to spark the game into life, Gross first firing a long-range effort agonisingly wide before breaking the deadlock in the 64th minute with a low drive past Gomes, who will be disappointed that he was unable to repel it.
Lewis Dunk then headed narrowly wide from a corner as Brighton looked to kill the game off.
Richarlison flashed a late header wide for Watford, while the effervescent Knockaert should have scored a second for Brighton - instead hooking wide with the goal at his mercy.
Marco Silva's side then almost secured the most undeserved of points with one of the last touches of the game as Mat Ryan dropped a looping cross, but Stefano Okaka failed to make him pay as he sent an effort wide off his thigh.


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Here are a few general truckstop tips for your visit to truck stops across the country. Add your truck stop tips to the bottom of the page if you have some.
You will discover that choosing a truck stop will often depend on your reason for stopping or what you want to do when you stop. The objective is to be efficient. If you need to stop to use the bathroom or take a break, what else do you need to do at a truck stop? It could be cash a check, use the fax machine or take a shower.
Stop somewhere that you can get as much done as possible. If you're stopping for your required break, plan to stop where you can take care of other business while on your break.
Parking - Park beside a curb if possible. At least that side of the truck will be protected from getting snagged by someone pulling out. You'll usually find these spaces at the back of the parking lot or furthest away from the building because drivers don't want to walk. But they are still the first to go so good luck. lol. And finding a parking space in the truck stop parking lot is the second parking tip for truck stops.
Also, practice your backing if you are a new driver. Find that curb or empty space and back in several times. Drivers often ask me for backing tips. The best tip I can give is to practice AND don't be embarrassed to stop and get out as many times as necessary to see where you are and understand how you are doing (placement of trailer as a result of adjustments) oh, and make sure you are not hitting anything of course.
Shopping - Don't do your regular shopping at the truck stops if you are trying to save money. The truckstop is basically a convenient store. The prices are higher than average for most items. Which is not abnormal, you always pay for convenience.
Good truck stops provide a valuable service to the truck driver, most of it for no fee. (In the form of parking) It's not their fault if we don't plan ahead and bring what we need. Plus there is probably a discount store near, if you need to buy a lot of stuff.
Whatever you do, don't pay the higher price and then stand in line complaining or talking junk to the truck stop cashiers. Never made sense to me, makes you look silly. Pay the price or just buy supplies and tools for the road somewhere else. Ideally before you leave home.
Eating - If you go to the buffet, get your food from the back of the pan. If the buffet is accessible from both sides get your food from the middle of the pan and cross your fingers. (just saying). People are always going up there without washing their hands. Just real talk. Watch for yourself when you are in the bathroom.
You don't have to be a trucker to witness this.
Also, consider this, we have become accustom to using the buffet in order to pig out. Been there, done that. It's natural to want to get your money's worth. Here is the deal, we stretch our stomach when we stuff ourselves and so it takes more and more to feel full. Which of course means you are able to hold much more food than you are willing to exercise and get rid of. Then you end up with extra belly fat.
Meanwhile the older you get and the more you sit the slower your metabolism and higher the digits on the scale. It's best to regulate by having a strategy now. I learned the best strategy is to NOT STUFF YOUR FACE.
Studies show that smaller amounts of food consumed at different times is much healthier for our bodies than a large amount at once.
Some truckstops are better to stop at for different things. You'll probably find yourself leaning towards a particular type depending on what's important to you. Or actually, it could just depend on what your mood is at the time. Here are some things that determined which truckstop I stopped at. First I will list the intended purpose of stopping then I will list the order of choices from 1st choice to last.
The first 3 truck stops on average all have game rooms and tv. Petro may have a little more of each. Still my first choice usually is determined by how much it costs. (update: they all cost the same now!) Make sure you have your laundry detergent with you from home. It's more expensive at truck stops and sometimes they may have some off brand that you don't use.
Many truck stops allow you to pay for laundry with credit/debit card now.
Of course there are other truck stops that I wash at when I need to these are just the common ones.
Something so simple but it tells a lot about the mindset of the people in charge of the truckstop and the franchise I suppose. You notice easily that some truck stops pay more attention to the drivers needs in some areas. My top choice is Flying J because they have they usually have the long windshield washer handles on the brushes and actual washer fluid in the water.
In the truckstops defense, they may do more about keeping us with good brushes and fluid if clowns stop trying to wash the whole truck with them.
Petro - Close behind the flying J with long handle sometime has fluid in the water.
Pilot and Loves almost always have the brushes and wash buckets but not so much fluid in the water and very few have the long handles on the washer brushes.
Other truckstops may have wash buckets and brushes and they may not.
To me the food at the truckstops is real close among Flying J, T/A, and the Petro. I guess it kind depends on what you like to eat, so you will have to check them out and decide for your self.
Its a lot of variations to compare. Different foods in different regions. Drivers complain at each one. To me the food is decent in all of them, then again, I am not all that picky.
For Salad I usually go to the Petro they have more stuff to put in the salad. They have more stuff to put in the baked potatoes too.
To me and apparently many other truckers the Pilot is the best stop for Coffee. (Saw the result of vote yesterday the picked the pilot for the bet coffee.) One of the main reasons I like the Pilot is because they have those extra caffeine shots that you can add. These work well for me cause if I do stop to get some coffee most of the time I get the frozen coffee and add that shot of caffeine to it.
This is not for all drivers cause it can be habit forming.
For your down time it depends on what entertains you the most. If I want to play Area 51 a little bit (hey it's a good shoulder workout and hand eye co-ordination exercise) I do the Petro. Some Flying J's have them too but Petro is a safer bet if you want to play video games or watch movies on tv.
I will have other truckstop tips when think of them.
Have A Great Truckstop Tip?
Do you have Truck Stop Tips? If you see truck stops that are trying to make healthy food available to drivers or provide some other benefit to serve drivers let us know.
If you have any other truck stop tips feel free to let us know too.
dont mess with the working girls also know as commercial company.
actually we are planning on building a small truck stop and would like to get opinions on what would make it the best.
Flying J exit 188 i-70 Warrenton Mo Lemon lime low calorie Gatorade G2 is on sale for .50 it's in the clearance bin.


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The 1997 Milwaukee Irish Fest was the first year we published and advertised bands for the Grand Gathering. Unfortunately, the weekend also had almost three days of rain.
The Quirk clan celebrated a reuinion and other activities included the Celtic Canines, Top o’ the Mornin’ Run/Walk, Baking contest, Tug-of-War, Freckle Contest, Treasure Hunt, Gaeltacht, and Parades.
The Cultural Village had exhibits celebrating our Celtic Roots and the later Celtic Revival, walk through Irish stone sites such as Newgrange and Loughcrew, and information about Celtic artistry and design.
Entertainers included Solas, Cherish the Ladies, Tommy Makem, Hal Roach, Nomos, The Whole Shabang, The Irish Rovers; Rock, Salt And Nails; Moving Cloud, Storm, More Power to Your Elbow, The Makem Brothers, and Joe Derrane with Zan McLeod. A special reunion show was held with the Black Family.
Dancers included were the Trinity Irish Dancers, Caledonian Scottish Dancers, Cashel Dennehy Irish Dancers, Mullane Irish Dance Academy, and Milwaukee School of Highland Dance.
Tickets: $8 Adults, $6 Seniors, kids 12 and under free; Grand Gathering on Thursday, August 14 is $3.

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Research Indicates that Bicycles Accidents Increased by 28 Percent Between 1998 and 2013 | Fountain Law Firm, P.C.
According to U.S. census data, riding a bicycle was the fastest-growing way of getting to work between 2000 and 2008-2012. While riding a bike is unquestionably a fuel-efficient, healthy, and often fun way to get from place to place, it also exposes riders to a significant risk of serious injury. In fact, according to a research letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), bike-related injuries increased by 28 percent in the period from 1998 to 2013.
While bicycling has become significantly more popular in recent years, federal funding for bicycle-related infrastructure has stayed relatively stagnant. Even in bicycle-friendly cities that have invested in dedicated bike lanes and other improvements, it is not uncommon for older roads to be in a condition that makes them unsafe for bicyclists. As a result, a substantial number of bicycle accidents are attributable to unsafe roads every year, and victims are often able to recover compensation for their injuries.
When a bicyclist is injured by dangerous road conditions, he or she may be able to file a claim against the person or party responsible for the maintenance of the road. If the road on which the accident occurred is private property, the case can proceed as any other personal injury claim would. If the accident occurred on public property, the case will be subject to a specific set of rules that are outlined in IC 34-13-3. Those rules impose strict time limits on when a claim may be brought as well as limits to the amount victims can recover.
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The Outstanding Chapter Award (OCA) recognizes excellence in IEEE-HKN chapters for their activities. The award is based on the content and description of chapter activities that are contained in the Annual Chapter Report (which summarizes the chapter’s activities from the previous academic year of 1 July to 30 June).
Note: Though chapters are under no obligation to contend for this award, all chapters are required to submit at least the short-form Annual Chapter Report summarizing their officers and activities. Chapters wishing to contend for the award are encouraged to submit a more comprehensive report covering their activities.
This award is presented during the Annual Meeting of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association (ECEDHA), held in March each year. Each recipient chapter receives an engraved plaque.
For the purposes of this award, emphasis is placed on service activities to the department, school, community, and chapter. Equally important is promoting the goals of IEEE-HKN by inducting as many eligible undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty in the IEEE designated technical fields of interest as possible, and by participating in IEEE-HKN student chapter projects.
Given the standard of scholarship and the qualities of leadership that characterize its members, each chapter holds great potential. Because of the excellence of the chapters that have earned an OCA in the past, the award is traditionally a mark of distinction.
All chapters are required to submit an Annual Chapter Report by 30 June.
If your chapter wishes to be considered for the Outstanding Chapter Award, your chapter must submit an annual chapter report ideally submitted at the end of the academic year details important chapter programs and activities during the previous academic year. This report is also used as the basis for determining the recipients of the OCA.
Though chapters are under no obligation to contend for the award, IEEE-HKN requires all chapters to prepare and submit the annual chapter report to IEEE-HKN headquarters to document their activities. Chapters should also keep a copy for their own files so that future chapter officers have a reference to previous chapter activities.
Chapters wishing to be considered for the OCA should submit a detailed chapter report that includes complete activity descriptions and photographs in a well-formatted report.
Annual chapter reports are due by 30 June for the previous academic year. The OCA Committee reviews the reports and announces the winners the first week of January. Annual chapter reports should be completed electronically.
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DANVILLE, Va. - A local state of emergency will remain in effect through next week in Danville.
At Tuesday night's Danville City Council meeting, council members approved the request from the city manager.
A state of emergency has been in effect since last Thursday because of the damage caused by Tropical Storm Michael.
Declaring a state of emergency allows the city to get help faster.
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The Boss leans into Dilbert's cubicle and says, "We have a problem." The Boss holds up a cutout arrow and says, "I ordered these direction signs for our conference tomorrow." The Boss holds the arrow in front of him and says, "But they all point to the right. I need left arrows." The Boss asks, "Is it too late to change the site of the conference to match the arrows?" Dilbert thinks and says, "Well, that would put us in the middle of a lake." Dilbert continues, "I guess we could get a helicopter to built a deep- water platform hotel...by tomorrow." The Boss holds the arrow and says, "Okay, but get to bids." He turns the arrow, and it now points to the left. He looks down and says, "What?" The Boss walks out of the cubicle carrying the arrow and staring at it. He says, "Spooky."

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I have been avoiding my craft blog because of this unfortunate mess.
Yes, that would be my bird. I knew I should have either sanded it, or put on a final layer of smooth paper strips before painting it, but I got impatient and thought, "How bad can it look." Obviously, pretty bad. So I abandoned my bird for the time being and started a new project.
I had bought some unfortunate looking 1980's teddy bear prints at a garage sale a while back because I liked the square frames and triple matting. I painted over the bear print and the blue matting to end up with a totally blank canvass.
I found some pretty scrapbook paper and cut it to fit over the top piece of mat board.
I cut a piece of coordinating solid colored paper to glue over the center of the board, where the teddy bear had been.
I went online and found a font I liked for the letter, "K."
I then pulled out my massive button collection, and using glue dots to adhere the buttons, I made this for my granddaughter Kate.
Today I may go and try to salvage my bird.
Wow! I can just imagine what the bears looked like. Your transformation is STUNNING!!!
And massive button collection is right! Where did you get those all?!?
Oooh I love those and have HUGE button envy. What a collection!
Love it !! So pretty !!
I love this craft! You have such great ideas, Tricia!
Love the frame. It is just gorgeous!
So cute! I just threw a mat away, but I'm sure I have another stashed somewhere.
See you just never know what you'll do when you find these good treasures but we always knoe we'll do something with our finds. These are neat.
Dollar Store Crafts is featuring decoupaged dollar store bird figurines - go check it out! I bet you'll get the same effect!
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i love love love buttons!!! i wish my collection was as extensive! I am SO going to have to snitch that fabulous idea, btw, for my daughter's room. IT IS GENIUS!
I just found this googling for paper mache birds. Your fail is the exact look I was seeking! I may end up linking to your project and hope you don't mind!
Thanks for sharing - your bird has a sweet rustic look and it does look like the Twitter bird.


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Feeling myself disgraced, my first sensation was utter contempt for myself, an inward despair which was akin to rage; the second was disdainful indignation against the nun, upon whom I passed the severe judgment which I thought she deserved, and which was the only way I had to soothe my grief. Such behaviour proclaimed her to be the most impudent of women, and entirely wanting in good sense; for the two letters she had written to me were quite enough to ruin her character if I had wished to revenge myself, and she evidently could not expect anything else from me. She must have been mad to set at defiance my revengeful feelings, and I should certainly have thought that she was insane if I had not heard her converse with the countess.
Time, they say, brings good counsel; it certainly brings calm, and cool reflection gives lucidity to the mind. At last I persuaded myself that what had occurred was after all in no way extraordinary, and that I would certainly have considered it at first a very common occurrence if I had not been dazzled by the wonderful beauty of the nun, and blinded by my own vanity. As a very natural result I felt that I was at liberty to laugh at my mishap, and that nobody could possibly guess whether my mirth was genuine or only counterfeit. Sophism is so officious!
But, in spite of all my fine arguments, I still cherished the thought of revenge; no debasing element, however, was to form part of it, and being determined not to leave the person who had been guilty of such a bad practical joke the slightest cause of triumph, I had the courage not to shew any vexation. She had sent word to me that she was engaged; nothing more natural; the part I had to play was to appear indifferent. "Most likely she will not be engaged another time," I said to myself, "but I defy her to catch me in the snare again. I mean to shew her that I only laugh at her uncivil behaviour." Of course I intended to send back her letters, but not without the accompaniment of a billet-doux, the gallantry of which was not likely to please her.
The worse part of the affair for me was to be compelled to go to her church; because, supposing her not to be aware of my going there for C---- C----, she might imagine that the only object of my visits was to give her the opportunity of apologizing for her conduct and of appointing a new meeting. I wanted her to entertain no doubt of my utter contempt for her person, and I felt certain that she had proposed the other meetings in Venice and at the casino of Muran only to deceive me more easily.
I went to bed with a great thirst for revenge, I fell asleep thinking of it, and I awoke with the resolution of quenching it. I began to write, but, as I wished particularly that my letter should not show the pique of the disappointed lover, I left it on my table with the intention of reading it again the next day. It proved a useful precaution, for when I read it over, twenty-four hours afterwards, I found it unworthy of me, and tore it to pieces. It contained some sentences which savoured too much of my weakness, my love, and my spite, and which, far from humiliating her, would only have given her occasion to laugh at me.
On the Wednesday after I had written to C---- C---- that very serious reasons compelled me to give up my visits to the church of her convent, I wrote another letter to the nun, but on Thursday it had the same fate as the first, because upon a second perusal I found the same deficiencies. It seemed to me that I had lost the faculty of writing. Ten days afterwards I found out that I was too deeply in love to have the power of expressing myself in any other way than through the feelings of my heart.
The face of M---- M---- had made too deep an impression on me; nothing could possibly obliterate it except the all-powerful influence of time.
"I can assure you, madam, that it was owing only to forgetfulness that I did not return your two letters which you will find enclosed. I have never thought of belying my own nature by taking a cowardly revenge upon you, and I forgive you most willingly the two giddy acts of which you have been guilty, whether they were committed thoughtlessly or because you wanted to enjoy a joke at my expense. Nevertheless, you will allow me to advise you not to treat any other man in the same way, for you might meet with one endowed with less delicacy. I know your name, I know who you are, but you need not be anxious; it is exactly as if I did not know it. You may, perhaps, care but little for my discretion, but if it should be so I should greatly pity you.