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Here’s a first look at the various beautiful formats and bonus items for Pictureplane’s amazing Anticon debut, Technomancer, out next Friday, October 30.
First and foremost, the gorgeous vinyl in two-tone black and translucent green, available alone or as a Bonus Edition with extras exclusively from the Anticon webshop. The super-limited Bonus Edition vinyl option comes bundled with both the Chaos Star and Negative Slave symbol lapel pins, plus a copy of the Technomancer Manifesto Newsprint Poster. The pins are also available for purchase together or individually in our webshop, while supplies last.
A special gift for all the early birds: those who’ve already preordered Technomancer on vinyl (prior to today’s bundle announcement!) will be receiving both pins and the newsprint, free of charge. CD and cassette versions of the record also look mighty fine, and are also available for preorder now.
Unfortunately, we recently received the news that vinyl copies of the LP will be delayed for a few weeks (see product page for more info). Customers purchasing the vinyl will be sent a download code upon October 30 release date.
Jump over to our webshop for more photos and info!


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Florihana has offered since its beginning organic products that meet the specific standards recognized by the international community.
In Europe the organic farming certification follow the EC Regulations 834/2007, 889/2008 and 1235/2008 relative to organic farming in the European Union.
For the USA (USDA) there is reciprocity between the European regulation with the American NOP (National Organic Program).

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Blower motor fix How to diagnose and fix blower motor problems. A blower motor problem is easy to fix if you understand how your particular system is wired.
This is the tutorial on how to replace and test your Blower Motor WITHOUT removing your accumulator or removing any refrigerant (if' you're gentle handed).

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At some point in our lives, all of us are likely to face a medical or physical challenge that requires the purchase of home medical equipment. Early in their medical services careers, Karen Taylor and Teri Jones recognized this while also observing the stress families and individuals undergo when faced with home medical equipment purchasing decisions. They also recognized that not all home medical equipment service providers are concerned with the overall wellness of the patients whom they serve. With that in mind, they launched At Home Medical, a compassionate provider of home medical equipment and mastectomy products to patients in western Kentucky.
Since opening their doors in November 2008, Karen and Teri have encouraged their staff to get to know their patients personally and to make customer service a high priority. The At Home Medical staff is highly reliant upon technology to deliver the responsive, quality care patients have come to expect from the company.
When At Home Medical began to experience a decline in their productivity stemming from unpredictable IT performance, they sought help from Kalleo to reclaim their time and lost productivity.
“A computer or network outage cripples our company instantly due to all of our medical software and records being stored in our cloud-based system,” explains Jacob Puckett, Office Administrator of At Home Medical.
occur. Help Desk support is provided by phone, online chat, or email for issues that cannot be prevented.
“Kalleo monitors our systems and corrects issues before they ever have a chance to adversely affect our work flow. It’s hard to quantify the positive return this has on our business because we are blissfully unware we ever had a problem”.

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Fabio Monesi will provide Creme Organization‘s latest release on July 17 with the Riot EP.
Riot will be Monesi’s debut on Creme Organization, following on from a 2016 run that included outings on his own Wilson and Hardmoon labels, and an EP on Russian Torrent Versions. The EP features four gritty club cuts in Monesi’s analog-driven style, providing a lesson in raw dancefloor dynamics.

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However, there is a far more pervasive example of "software" accessibility -- the Internet. A little history to set the scene will certainly help.
Now I'm not saying we need to go back to the old days with bland text only pages but with a little forethought the non-visual experience can be improved dramatically.
I have to say our site has some examples of exactly what not to do. Navigation buttons for example are scripted as "Button1" and "Button2" -- not a whole lot of information conveyed to the blind. We are currently creating a whole new site to remedy these and other issues.
Instead of rabbiting on about the problems a visually impaired person may encounter, it would perhaps be easier just to take a look at an example I found on IBM's web site that quite clearly illustrates several of the problems and their solutions -- http://www-306.ibm.com/able/solution_offerings/opera.html.
There are tools available on the Web to check Web page accessibility but I must say one of the best I have seen is IBM's aDesigner which is available for download at the following link -- www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/adesigner.

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While in Karachi we do as directed by indulging for heavy crave for golgappas , so we have hunt down the best places where you must visit for those enticed taste buds.
Salman Pani Puri: Located at DHA Phase 7, they sell the best pani puri and is a must to try.
Chatkharay Stadium: Located at Khadda market, sells spicy gol gappay and is followed by people like crazy.
Liaquatabad’s Famous Gol Gappay: Situated at Liaquatabad , the place is famous with its specialty and sells best gol gappay.
Sherry Chaat House: Situated at Phase 4 , the gol gappay is filled with mithi chutney and cream , gathers a divine taste that one would not stop from having another plate.
Mirchi: Located at Phase 5 sells the spicier go gappays , good food and quality , so must visit is due.

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Jay-Z announced Monday that his 4:44 tour will stop in San Diego in December, one of 29 American and Canadian cities where he will perform over about two months.
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Jay-Z announced Monday that his 4:44 tour will stop in San Diego in December, one of 29 American and Canadian cities where he will perform over about two months.
The tour will begin at Honda Center in Anaheim on Oct. 27, and stop at San Diego State University's Viejas Arena Dec. 19 before concluding at the Forum in Inglewood two days later.
Members of the celebrity-owned TIDAL streaming service with Citi cards will have access to a pre-sale ticket-buying opportunity between noon Monday and 10 p.m. Thursday. Details are spelled out at TIDAL.com.
For the general public, tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at livenation.com. VIP Packages are available at VIPNation.com.


text: Silicon transistor makes thick, powerful and deep fuzz sound, like 70s' Fuzz Face. You can control amp sound and effect sound with Volume knobs on your guitar. FB-2R is designed to reduce signal loss, so it is useful for bassists as well.


text: In recent years, many have wondered what DNA studies might contribute to understanding Book of Mormon origins. Some argue DNA disproves the historicity of the Book of Mormon while others say it offers supporting evidence. In 2014, the LDS Church released an essay addressing this issue. As concluded in that essay, genetic studies on past populations involve many complicated factors, making it impossible to either prove or disprove the Book of Mormon using DNA analysis.


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I’ve read excerpts and quotations from it before, but now I am reading the whole thing. At least I am reading a particular translation of it. An old one. I picked up my copy at a used book sale last year sometime; it was published 60 or so years ago. I don’t know where scholarship stands on this translation. Perhaps I should have done research into that aspect before I started reading it, I don’t know. Maybe I messed up in that regard. But this is the version I have, by an esteemed publisher I might add. Though decades old, I’m going with the assumption that it’s probably still a respectable translation, unless and until I learn otherwise.
As I said, I’ve had it about a year. I’ve not been putting off reading it. I just wanted to make sure I had a consistent block of time on a regular basis to read it, as opposed to skimming through it every few days. Thanks to a morning routine I established about a year ago, I have the time, and I’ve made my way through a cue of books that have been waiting.
I am not a Muslim, nor do I intend to become one. But I have over the years read the religious texts of other religions, and I plan to do so in the future. A time would have come for me to read the Quran, regardless.
The timing isn’t purely circumstantial, though. With both fake and legitimate Muslims in the news so much in recent years, fear and misinformation have spread around the globe, especially here in the United States. I am proud to say I already have a basic working understanding of Islam’s mechanics which I use to deflect some of the ignorance as needed. Yet until I read the sacred book of the religion, I can’t claim familiarity with the heart of Islam. Only perhaps with its mind in some ways. In these difficult times I think all literate people owe it to themselves and to Islam to rely on more than pundits and speeches and movies and news reels to establish an understanding of this religion. If we can’t do that, we are obligated to shut up about it, in the very least.
This isn’t about parsing Islamic theology, or arming myself with quotations. I won’t be offering public thoughts on the literature of the book or in this case its translation. And I will be light years away from being a Quran scholar by the time I finish reading it. At that time I will in fact just be a somewhat better informed non-Muslim.
In another lifetime, years ago, I ran for the United States House of Representatives. Obviously, i was not elected, nor even nominated by my party of the time. Yet from the moment I came in last in that primary election, I could stamp one of my cards, so to speak. “If you don’t like what’s going on, why don’t you do something about it,” is a question I can answer with pride by saying. “I have.” I have a similar feeling about reading the entire Koran. In these times when Islam plays such a critical role in world affairs, and when lunatics corrupt it as many lunatics have corrupted Christianity over the years, I want to at least be able to say, “I’ve read it,” when I observe something. I don’t want to bloviate on something with which I have no direct experience.
I also refuse to fear something I know little about just because much of the world assures me I should. I fear ignorance far more than most things, anyway.

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The homes in Allied Gardens were built by Walter Bollenbacher and Louis Kelton, two of the Nation’s foremost builders in developing Allied Gardens into a complete community of distinctive charming homes built in 1954-1957.
Built on raised foundations these homes can be modified to fit your family needs or left to the charm of the past.
We have copies of the original floor plans. Email us at either ann@2ann.com or ken@2kna.com for a copy.
(Spanish for “of the hill”) is a wealthy hilly residential neighborhood of approximately 2,300 residents in the eastern part of San Diego, California. Del Cerro borders the communities of San Carlos, Allied Gardens, College Area, Grantville, and the city of La Mesa, and is adjacent to Lake Murray and San Diego State University. For planning purposes the city includes it in the Navajo community planning area.

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T. Rowe Price also offers a separate, lower-cost mutual fund series, the Retirement I Funds - I Class to certain investors. Please call 877-495-1138 for more information. Download Retirement I Funds - I Class Prospectus.
Our flagship Retirement Funds are designed to provide you with an age-appropriate diversified portfolio that you can carry to and through retirement—making them a one-stop approach to retirement investing. The Retirement Funds offer higher potential long-term growth and volatility by maintaining an emphasis on stocks before and after the target retirement date.
Long-term performance. Over 95% of our Retirement Funds with a 10-year track record beat their 10-year Lipper average as of 3/31/19.* Results will vary for other periods. Past performance cannot guarantee future results.
No additional management fees. We don't charge additional management or "wrap" fees. The Retirement Funds bear the weighted average cost of the underlying funds' expense ratios.
Ongoing active management. The underlying investments are actively managed by a professional and well-tenured investment staff, so you can rely on our expertise.
Each T. Rowe Price Retirement Fund offers a diversified asset allocation designed for investors who will turn 65 and retire in or near the stated year.
For a diversified portfolio that maintains a static allocation, consider the Retirement Balanced Fund. Diversification cannot assure a profit or protect against loss in a declining market.
The principal value of the Retirement Funds is not guaranteed at any time, including at or after the target date, which is the approximate year an investor plans to retire (assumed to be age 65) and likely stop making new investments in the fund. If an investor plans to retire significantly earlier or later than age 65, the funds may not be an appropriate investment even if the investor is retiring on or near the target date. The funds' allocations among a broad range of underlying T. Rowe Price stock and bond funds will (with the exception of the Retirement Balanced Fund) change over time. The funds (other than the Retirement Balanced Fund) emphasize potential capital appreciation during the early phases of retirement asset accumulation, balance the need for appreciation with the need for income as retirement approaches, and focus on supporting an income stream over a long-term postretirement withdrawal horizon. The funds are not designed for a lump-sum redemption at the target date and do not guarantee a particular level of income. The funds maintain a substantial allocation to equities both prior to and after the target date, which can result in greater volatility over shorter time horizons.
1The "neutral" allocations shown in the above glide path are strategic and do not reflect any tactical decisions made by T. Rowe Price to overweight or underweight a particular asset class or sector based on its market outlook. The target allocations assigned to the broad asset classes (stocks and bonds), which reflect these tactical decisions resulting from market outlook, are not expected to vary from the neutral allocations set forth in the glide path by more than plus (+) or minus (-) five percentage points (5%).

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Learn more about TV and internet service providers in Kinsale, VA then call Allconnect to sign up today!
Internet service in Kinsale, VA is offered by 2 internet providers, including Verizon and HughesNet. You can choose DSL from Verizon or satellite from HughesNet.


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Designs by Helly: .::Last Chance...Mscraps Bday Sale::.
This is your very last chance to take advantage of Mscraps AWESOME birthday sale(on top of my already 50% off sale..crazy low prices if you use the coupons)!!! Hurry, hurry!!


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The Japanese site Egami spotted an XF FUJINON 16mm F1.8 lens Patent.
Acquaintance had envious a Fujinon. One of the image quality evaluation is high reason of Fujinon, relatively huge optical system it is because has given to the APS-C. 35mm 1.5 times and do it at full size it will be size. Because does not change human use also changed the format size, small format is the easy to adopt a relatively large optical system.
35mm full-size mirror-less has been increasing. 35mm full size amount of blurring and high sensitivity and the number of pixels might be advantageous, but to but not less ponderous of AF, will be required bloated optical system and an attempt is resolved to the periphery. It might be a good even APS-C mirrorless has been reviewed.
Patent applications of Fujifilm is an optical system of 16mm F1.8. XF 16mm F1.4 R WR because of the design, which was involved in image quality to correct the aberration optically, or would AF can be said to be somewhat sluggish. 16mm F1.8 of the patent application does not undertake any optical correction of easy distortion and chromatic aberration of magnification and digital correction, it is an excellent lens in harmony with the digital.
XF90mmF2 R LM WR and XF35mmF2 R WR F1.8 / F2 series that was started in starting is, 14Mm F1.8 and 16mm F1.8 is to be lineup I do not maybe.


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Tamraght is a charming village located on a hill overlooking the ocean, it is situated 14 km from Agadir and just 3 km from the famous Taghazout. Its welcoming inhabitants and growing surf culture make it the perfect place to spend an unforgettable holiday. Tamraght is facing eight surf spots and our Surf House is just a few minutes walk to Banana Beach, Spider and Devil´s Rock.
It has some of the most consistent surfing conditions in the region, ranging from waves for those just starting out to large waves for experienced surfers. The region has a microclimate which includes an average of 330 days of sunshine per year.
We offer many options for accomodation, for all tastes: double rooms with twin beds or with a double bed, modular rooms and the new concept of shared room in our special room “Waveland” a unique experience, just check the options and choose yours. There is also an amazing chill-out area where you can wind down, watching the sunset over the waves, drinking a cup of tea or taking part in a BBQ.

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You work as a jeweler and wedding planner in Anna’s Wedding Ring Design of Friv.land. Anna princess is getting married next month. She and her groom are busy with the ceremony. They make everything themselves. The wedding ring is a necessary stuff. Anna’s Wedding Ring Design game gladdens you in frivvvv.
Anna’s Wedding Ring Design free game is a girl game. Anna and Kristoff are going to get married. They have to prepare for the wedding. They are worried about costumes and wedding hall. Besides the dress and vest, they want to wear wonderful wedding rings. You help them create striking rings at frivvvv games. Get started right now.
The first step is to choose a shape. There are two shapes. A design is inspired by daisy petals. The other design has curves. Two shapes are stately. You will design a gold bar and turn it into a ring. Use a screw and hammer to create the ring. Next, you put gemstones on the ring. There are six stones including a heart-shaped ruby, a square blue diamond, a flower-shaped blue diamond, a round blue diamond, a rectangle ruby, and a round white diamond on frivvvv online games.
Stick smaller gems on the ring. There are six couples of gems. They are two white round diamonds, two heart-shaped rubies, two yellow round diamonds, two blue oval diamonds, two heart-shaped green diamonds, and lozenge pink diamonds. Carve some meaningful words on the ring.
Comment, rate and share this game with friends. Look for other games like Rapunzel Wedding Dress Designer 2 and Princesses Different Style Wedding at http://www.friv.land/.

industry_corpus2: Gaming


text: The Piscataway center is located in a class-A office complex that is close to a nationally important hub of research and advanced education, as well as being just a short commute from New York City. Situated on the second floor of one of four interconnected buildings, the center benefits from a beautifully landscaped corporate setting in central New Jersey. Conveniently adjacent to exit 8 of Interstate 287, the development boasts bright and contemporary entrances, lobby and common areas, plus an on-site cafeteria. Expanding Piscataway is home to medical and technology firms and this is largely because of nearby Rutgers University, which is renowned throughout the US for education and research in many fields. The region's many commuter communities require a strong service economy that serves residents who commute to work in New York City or Philadelphia. The Piscataway center is 30 minutes to Newark international airport and 40 minutes to New York City.

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text: Inuit Wood, 8 ½” Height, c.1880-1900 This full-face mask shows no evidence of decoration or pigment, but it is likely to have been fully painted and ornamented when first designed. Drill-holes trace across the eyebrows and upper lip, where human hair might have been inserted, a technique common to masks and dolls alike. Its eyeholes and mouth opening indicate they were functionally utilized, and the carved expression is naturalistic and undramatic. While its use is unknown, it is possible that this mask would have been a shaman’s communication mask, rather than a dance mask, which are more specific in their design and purpose. Shaman’s masks often were used to perform incantations during healing practices, thus the mouth opening is large and in the correct position. This mask was probably modeled on the face of the particular user, perhaps even carved by the shaman himself.


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Call today, 801-742-8738, Whirlpool Cabrio repair to schedule a same day or next day appointment for a small diagnostic fee, cheaper than the industry average (Appliance Blue Book pricing) which goes toward the repair price. Have an experienced Whirlpool Cabrio technician service your appliance today 801-742-8738. All Whirlpool Cabrio appliance technicians have extensive experience servicing all types of appliances including Whirlpool Cabrio Refrigerator, Whirlpool Cabrio Oven, Whirlpool Cabrio Stove, Whirlpool Cabrio Washer, Whirlpool Cabrio Dryer, Whirlpool Cabrio Dishwasher, Whirlpool Cabrio Microwave, Whirlpool Cabrio Cooktop, Whirlpool Cabrio Freezer and Whirlpool Cabrio Ice Maker. Whirlpool Cabrio commercial appliance repair service as well. Same day appliance repair, Whirlpool Cabrio appliance installation, ac repair, offering best pricing, affordable pricing, emergency appliance repair and weekend repair. Call now 801-742-8738.
Call today, 801-742-8738, Whirlpool Cabrio repair to schedule a same day or next day appointment for a small diagnostic fee.

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Professional Washer Repair Orange, CA 92857 wever, it is highly recommended to call a repair service company or insert washer brand here customer service whether it is within the warranty year or not.
Factory Trained Washer Technicians in Orange, CA 92857 r the ends of hoses and rubber caps. Another preservation tip is to make sure your washing machine remains parallel and as close to the floor as possible. Unleveled machines have a tendency to vibrate strongly and rubble back and forth. Abnormal movements can diminish the life span of your appliance and may cause damage to the floor and surrounding areas. It is also recommended to keep the inside and outside of washing machines clean. Cleaning the outside of a machine requires a wet rag and non-abrasive cleaning solution. Over time, spilled detergent and fabric softener can accumulate on the outside of a machine and turn into a sticky residue. Some people go a step further and polish the outside of their appliance. Cleaning the inside of a machine is typically done with an all-purpose cleaner and wet rag. Cleaning the inside of a machine is important to prevent buildup of odor-causing residue. Washer Appliance Repair, however, are at some point, inevitable washer repair in la wet rag and non-abrasive cleaning solution. Over time, spilled detergent and fabric softener can accumulate on the outside of a machine and turn into a sticky residue. Some people go a step further and polish the outside of their appliance. Cleaning the inside of a machine is typically done with an all-purpose cleaner and wet rag. Cleaning the inside of a machine is important to prevent buildup of odor-causing residue. Washer Appliance Repair, however, are at some point, inevitable.
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Events4singles was one of the pioneers providing effective advertising solutions with this method of online advertising to the singles industry, launched in 2001.
Our philosophy is to apply relationship management techniques, a special personal touch by the team at events4singles. Our goal as an advertising medium is to connect you, the advertiser, with your target consumer.
Events4singles has built an advertising program that allows advertisers to specifically target the audience that best fits their marketing goal.
Why should you use our singles directory site as an advertising platform?
Events4singles incorporates the most advanced advertising serving technology available today. ME!
Last year has proved to be an incredible year for Events4singles and our advertisers. We successfully released a number of new websites to support the many diverse aspects related to the singles industry, and to protect our incredibly good name, we aquired the Trade Mark "Events4singles"
As we grow in the years to come, we will continue to service YOU at Events4singles, our client or future client, in the best possible way and help you develop unique advertising opportunities. We hope you recognize the power of our site and take advantage of it's genuine offerings for years to come.
As for our team, we believe it's all about passion, enthusiasm and a never give up culture.
We work differently. We think differently. We treat our customers and trade partners as though our world revolves around them. Because it does.
After all, at the end of the day, Events4singles isn't just where we work. We own it. And that's our edge.
We take this opportunity to thank you for visiting our website and please feel free to contact one of our staff to discuss any advertising requirements.


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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year my Friends!
For all Brothers AOA Russia.
Regards to my Russian brothers, it was great to see you and party with you in Vilnius(LT) special greetings to Satan 1%er and Dlinniy 1%er CU back soon.
Мои поздравления и добро пожаловать East Gate Prospective chapter!!!
Was great to meet my Russian brothers in Lithuania , one way AOA.
Welcome to the Greatest Brotherhood in the World PC Southside Moscow!!!!


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Posted on July 24, 2018 at 9:07 am.
The only way to spend a peaceful summer season is to spend time enjoying an efficient cooling system. An efficient cooling system ensures comfortable indoor temperature. Needless to say, what else could be more comfortable than getting a comfortable room temperature without the hassle of frequent temperature adjustments!
On the other hand, improper or uncomfortable indoor temperature is nothing but a complete nuisance – as the professionals of heating and air conditioning service in Cleveland, TN suggest.
A cooling system is not only expensive but it is also a long-terminvestment. That is why it is imperative to make the right choice by considering all the features of an air conditioner system. If you are facing higher energy bills, the poor performance of your cooling system, then it’s time to replace the old and worn out air conditioner system.
To put in simple words, dealing with a poor performing air conditioner is hard especially if you don’t consider the regular repair and maintenance of your cooling system. Thus, your best option is to start the search for the latest cooling systems.
Speaking of air conditioner systems, ductless air conditioners are one of the most popular cooling systems now. They are designed to meet the temperature requirements with optimum efficiency. But professionals of heating and air conditioning service in Cleveland, TN suggest going through all the features of a cooling system before making a final decision.
So what makes a ductless air conditioner best choice to meet the cooling requirements of your house?
To help you make the right choice, we will discuss some of the great benefits of installing a ductless air conditioner as the professionals of a heating and air conditioning service in Cleveland, TN suggests.
We know running an air conditioner throughout the summer season, especially an inefficient one, simply puts a hole in your pocket. As per the experts of heating and air conditioning service in Cleveland, TN, the amount of money you are giving out to cover the inefficiencies of your old AC, can easily be utilized somewhere else. This is also including the amount of money that you pay for the higher energy bills.
Thus when you switch to an efficient ductless system, you end up saving up to 25% of the energy consumption in terms of cooling. Just like your old AC unit that works inefficiently and produces the inconsistentamount of cooling, a ductless air conditioner system providesjust the right amount of cooling to meet your house requirements.
When you install a ductless AC system, you install an efficient cooling system; this means that these AC systems will consume a lot less energy than other AC systems. As per the professionals of heating and air conditioning service in Cleveland, TN, when your cooling system consumes less energy, it helps you reduce your energy bills. It also reduces the environmental damage that is caused to the environment during electricity production.
These units of AC can be placed separately in each room. This allows you to turn on or off the unit in the room that you are occupying. Conversely, when you have a traditional cooling system, there is no other option than to cool the entire house unnecessarily.
We must not neglect the fact that the harm we cause to our surroundings, will also affect us one day. Thus, regardless of the fact that you can pay the higher energy bills, you must consider the environmental factor and avoid harming your surrounding by using as much less energy as possible.
Ductless air conditioner systems provide you the complete control in terms of placement inside your house. You can have as many units as you like. There is no constraint and you can easily install these units anywhere and later on relocate them without even worrying about any kind of demolitions or even alterations to the house.
As per the electricians of heating and air conditioning service in Cleveland, TN, different areas in your house have different temperatures. Maybe your bedroom is cooler than the other areas of your house. This happens because different areas of your house receive a differentlevel of sunlight. As a result, you need to have an air conditioner that meets these cooling requirements rather than a one size fits all air conditioners. A ductless system letsyou maintain the temperature in all these scenarios quite effectively.
All of the family members usually have different preferences for temperature. Some like it warm other prefers to keep it cold inside the house. As per the experts of heating and air conditioning service in Cleveland, TN, a ductless system helpsyou fulfill the temperature requirements of every person in your house. This means suitable temperature for every member of your family. You can easily customize a ductless air conditioner as per your own preferences.
A ductless AC easily letsyou set the temperature of every room individually and this keeps everyone in your house happy as well as comfortable.
There are several cooling options that are much louder, annoying and produces a lot more strange noises but a ductless AC is relatively quiet and make little to no noise. As per the electricians of a heating and air conditioning service in Cleveland, TN when a ductless system run you barely notice it functioning by hearing. This means that in addition to the comfortable environment you also get a comfortable sleep. But a traditional AC system may continue to trip and produce noises while turning on and off.
When you will visit the market to search for a cooling system, you will come across countless options. However, your best bet is to go with the option that best meets your family’s cooling requirements. And a ductless air conditioner system seems to be the best option in this case.
Also,hire only the professional and reputed professional to perform the repair or installation job. For this, head over to Metro Plumbing, Heating and Air. Their team of electricians is well known for their best services.

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Commerzbank determines foreign exchange rates in Germany once on every bank business day, from 13:00 CET onwards, based on Commerzbank's own current foreign exchange market quotations. Commerzbank uses these determined exchange rates for the purpose of settling its clients' foreign exchange transactions, at the prevailing bid or offered rate (the bank's purchasing or selling price), unless an individual foreign exchange trade has been entered into. These exchange rates will not be updated during the course of the day.
Following bid or offered rates are only principally applied in payment transactions for cheque or credit card payments.
Settlement rates for FX cross-border payments are published under "Realtime FX market rates".
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This year, Southern Nazarene University is launching the Dr. Larry Mills Endowed Chair in recognition of Dr. Mills 48 years of exemplary and selfless service to Southern Nazarene University and the School of Business. The endowment will forever imprint his character and dedication on the School of Business as it guides, inspires, and directs the future of the School of Business and the faculty and staff who lead it.
Dr. Mills believed his students could achieve anything with a strong faith in God and a determination to work hard. He modeled this Christ-like attitude without wavering. His humble, wise, and compassionate character often drew students to him for counsel. He always made the time for those who needed leadership, guidance, or just a listening ear. While we can never duplicate Dr. Mills, we want to continue the high quality of leadership he embodied as we move toward the future.
We are asking you, in honor of Dr. Mills' 48 years of contributions to higher education and in honor of future leaders who are embarking on their journey towards a degree in the School of Business, to consider contributing to the Dr. Larry Mills Endowed Chair campaign. The endowment goal is $2 million which will provide funding to hire and retain professors who embody the values he modeled. Your generosity will help us meet this ambitious goal.

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Restoring a heritage log cabin isn’t something I set out to do. It was never a grand life goal, or something I thought I might like to do ‘someday’. It just happened, and now, 12 years later, I’m so glad it did.
I bought our little house in the forest somewhere around 1999. Actually, let me rephrase that – I bought the ‘pieces’ of our little house. Then the real work started.
Sometime in the late 1990s, my father was traipsing around in the woods outside our family’s property and came across an old, original homesteader’s log cabin sitting on what at one time must have been a sunny knoll. Now surrounded by fully grown trees and covered with moss, the building was probably a year away from the roof collapsing and the whole thing rotting into the ground.
It was remarkable it was still intact, as most of the old homesteading cabins in our neck of the woods fell to the ground decades ago. But for some reason, this one, built in the early 1930s (according to local records) and left abandoned for 40 years, was still standing. Incredible. And, I thought, a sign.
My dad told me about the building, and being a bit of a heritage buff, asked him to show it to me on one of my weekend visits. Well, one look and I was hooked. You know those moments when you seem get a ‘download’ from above, when you just know that there is something you simply have to do? This was one of those moments.
Once the incredulous vibe subsided, we talked about it and discussed the possibility of approaching the owner of the 45 acre property the old cabin sat on to see if he might be willing to sell the entire piece. I located the owner, asked if he might be interested in selling the property, and got an ‘absolutely not’ in response. But not one to be foiled, I thought I’d try another approach.
The ‘yes’ didn’t come right away, but after a bit of time, I met with Mr. D at a coffee shop and signed some very informal paperwork selling me the building. $150 cash, and I was the proud owner of a mossy, falling down, hand hewn log cabin.
Before I bought the old building, my parents and I had long discussions about how we could get it from where it sat down to our family property. Basically, it came down to numbering each hand-hewn log with a coding system, taking it apart piece by piece (which turned out to be the simplest part – it basically just fell over with a push), and moving the pieces a few hundred feet north to the new building site. Sounded simple enough – until the property owner mentioned he didn’t want any trees removed or trails widened. More challenging? A tad.
After a bit of brainstorming, we decided the simplest solution would be to pull the cabin out of the bush via a cable attached to an ATV. One… piece… at… a… time. Not terribly efficient, but it got the job done over a weekend.
Once all the logs were moved to the new building site, they were piled and covered for an entire year to let them ‘dry out’ a bit. As wood tends to swell and shrink depending on moisture content, and this building had been abandoned for 40 years with a decomposing roof, the logs were pretty much wet through. And HEAVY, which would make reassembly more cumbersome.
Before reassembling the logs, any areas of rot were removed with a chainsaw, using the rounded end of the blade to ‘carve’ out any punkiness. Remarkably, there were few of these spots to remove – a testament to the amazing resiliency of our native western red cedar. We only had to replace the very bottom logs that essentially had been sitting on the dirt in the original building – the rest of the logs were almost entirely sound.
Finally, each log was cleaned using a home model pressure washer to remove the years of algae and dirt that had affixed to the wood surface. As you can see in the photos, the difference is amazing!
to allow us to do most of the work ourselves (rather than hiring cement layers, etc.).
I think there are certain critters who take refuge there… but maybe that’s OK, so long as they’re not invading or causing structural damage.
Once the logs were cleaned and prepared, the job of reassembly kicked into high gear. As you can imagine (and see in the photos), this was a bit of a chore. And as is always the case when you think everything is going swimmingly, we found that some of the inventory numbers had rubbed off some of the logs on their way from one site to the other. Needless to say, there was much reviewing of photographs and trying logs this way and that. Kind of like a giant jigsaw. A really heavy jigsaw puzzle!
The logs were reassembled using a winching system, lots of muscle, and a tonne of building experience on the part of my dad. It truly was a labour of love.
Finally, to make the cabin more ‘modern’ to accommodate a kitchen and a bathroom, we added a shed-roof addition on one side, and increased the pitch of the roof from the original in order to fit in a sleeping loft. The original building was two rooms and a storage loft – we thought we’d need a bit more space than that.
Once the building was complete, we installed some antique wood windows (single pane, unfortunately), added the back sitting porch, nailed in the window and interior trim, and had a chinking party to do the exterior chinking using a traditional ‘recipe’ of cedar sawdust, cement and water. Over a decade later, the exterior chinking is still solid. The interior chinking, however, has dried out from the continuous heating, cooling and dampness of winters here and is falling out in chunks. I know what I’ll be doing this spring!
The doors came from a used building supply store, and we managed to repurpose the original cabin’s front door, complete with the owner’s initials, as our bathroom door. I love the additional sense of history it brings – the whole building is a conversation piece, but that door is in a whole other category. I simply adore it.
Over the years, the cabin has been a rental, a home for my brother in his younger years, and a family gathering place. Friends have stayed here on retreat, we’ve had a wedding and multiple birthday parties. When we moved in in 2009, it had gone through a major renovation, which only served to add to its charm.
It’s been an incredible gift for our entire family, our friends, and everyone who sees it. There’s just something about this building that exudes ‘cozy’ and a whole lotta love. Maybe it’s all the handwork that went into it, both originally and in the rebuild. Maybe it’s the location. I don’t know. All I know is that it’s a blessing, and I absolutely love living here.
If you can find an old cabin and have the team available to help you restore it, my recommendation would be ‘go for it’! You’ll be very, very happy you did.
Victoria, I’ve been avidly following your homesteading adventures and the reconstruction of this old cabin into the lovely home you’ve made it really inspires me. One day I hope to be able to do the same! You’ve triggered something inside me that’s been latent since childhood that wants to turn a small piece of land into a piece of self-sustaining artwork…. chickens, goats, horses and all! Keep up the great work!
Thank you, Susan – that means so much coming from someone with such a wealth of rural living experience as you do. :o) And I love your visual of a ‘self-sustaining artwork’ – I can most definitely see you designing just that, like a gorgeous quilt. Living in a house you helped build is definitely something special. And if it’s got the heritage component as well? A double whammy of goodness!!
Victoria, I love your posts. They are very interesting reads too. We have a place part of Habitat for Humanity that has home improvement items–some new, some old, but never a shortage of finding things to recycle here at great prices. This city girl here has lots to learn even thought a transplant to the country from the big city.
What an amazing adventure you have been on…but look at the result! Wow! Wonderful article that demonstrates the realization of a dream! Never say never!
This was one of those posts that had me hanging on every word, Victoria. I didn’t realize you guys had to take it apart and build it back. I’m sending the link to my dad right now – he’ll love this story!
It was a job, that’s for sure, but so rewarding!
I also love my 1835 2 story log house here in Ohio. It was indeed a labor of love and today 2016 I’m still in love with it! I’m also thinking about putting up another one this summer and making it into an antique shop. Thanks for your story .


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On January 8th 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, rock and roll royalty was born, Elvis Aaron Presley. Due to the fact that his father Vernon needed work, in 1948 Elvis relocated to Memphis, Tennessee with his family. Elvis graduated from L. C. Humes High School in 1953, and soon after, needing a birthday present to give to his mother, went to Memphis Recording Service to record two songs. He recorded “My Happiness” and “That’s When Your Heartaches Begin.” Later he returned to record “Casual Love Affair” and I’ll Never Stand In Your Way” and met Sam Philips who was the owner of Sun Records. Philips was impressed by Elvis’s voice, and after a few recording sessions that were less than stellar, paired him with guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black with the hopes that playing with others would help Elvis “find his voice.” Philips was right, and in July of 1954, with the accompaniment of Morore and Black, “Blue Moon of Kentucky” and “That’s All Right” became Elvis’ first singles.
The very next day Elvis performed for the first time publicly. Appropriately enough, seeing as he had been working as a truck driver previously, Elvis sang on the back of a flatbed truck. About a month later “Colonel” Tom Parker became Elvis’ manager, which was a relationship that would continue for the rest of Elvis’ life. Although Elvis’ was becoming more popular by the day, on November 20th 1955, Sam Phillips sold Presley’s recording contract, along with all his previously recorded material, to RCA for a mere $35,000. Despite the fact that his first 5 singles didn’t break into the charts, “I Forgot to Remember to Forget” becomes #1 on the country charts. Ironically, this is Presley’s first single for RCA, and his last for Sun. His next single, “Heartbreak Hotel,” becomes universally popular and holds down the #1 spot on the charts for 8 straight weeks. Four months later Presley releases a double-sided single, which includes the songs “Don’t Be Cruel” and “Hound Dog.” It is immensely popular and sits in the #1 spot for 11 weeks. At this point it’s safe to say that Elvis is a superstar.
Now about as famous as anyone can possibly hope to become in the world of music, Presley lands his first movie role in “Love Me Tender.” Earlier in the year Presley had performed the song “Love Me Tender” on the Ed Sullivan Show and attracted and estimated TV audience of a mind-blowing 54 million viewers. Given the fact that televisions weren’t nearly as common as they are today this is an almost unfathomable number. Not surprisingly over the next year Elvis releases some of his most famous songs including “Jailhouse Rock,” “Hound Dog,” and “All Shook Up,” and continues his acting career which will include 30 more movie roles. Presley’s success seems unstoppable, and virtually was, but on December 19th 1957 Presley is drafted into the US Army where he serves 2 years in Germany. During his tour Elvis meets his future wife Priscilla, whom he marries 8 and a half years later. The couple has a daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, who is born on February 1st 1968.
After being out of the music scene for sometime, due to his service in the military and acting career, Presley needs a way to get back into the public’s eye. On December 8th 1968, NBC airs a hour-long special simply titled “Elvis.” It is a huge success and Presley reclaims his throne as the King of Rock and Roll. On July 31st 1969 with guitarist and bandleader James Burton, Elvis returns to performing. He performs in Las Vegas for capacity crowds and on the road. Unfortunately his personal life isn’t going as well as his professional one and in 1973 he and wife Priscilla divorce. The divorce takes a very big toll on Presley, and an unhealthy diet along with increasing drug problems cause his health and physical appearance to quickly deteriorate. On June 26th 1977 Presley’s performance at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana, would be his final one. On August 16th 1977 Presley dies of cardiac arrest.
Elvis Presley is the biggest thing to happen to music in modern history. He is the poster boy for Rock and Roll, and is the scale on which every other performer to proceed him can be measured. Between October 2005 and October 2006 Elvis’ estate earned 42 million dollars, which makes him second only to Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain on Forbes’ top earning dead celebrities list. His popularity as a musician and pop culture icon does not seem to fade with time and it’s hard to see a way that a performer in this day and age could rise to the level of his stardom. At this point the memory of Elvis has almost become larger and more fantastic than the man himself. He is an intricate part of music history and a part of Americana itself. He is the King of Rock.


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I regularly read the articles published by Lt.Col.Oliver North, the Marine officer who “fell on his sword” for his country, and was used as a scapegoat in the Iran-Contra affair of the late 80’s.
In his latest article he has concerns over the military being used to render aid to the victims of hurricane Katrina and other such natural disasters declared national emergencies. Quite frankly so do I. The armed forces are stretched thin enough across the globe without those on rotational leave from the Global War on Terror to be gallivanting around the south repairing infrastructure and searching for survivors who should have known better then to stay around for the impending hurricane in the first place.
It could be that congress may amend the constitution so that the military could be used to restore order such as in situations that got a little out of hand in the Superdome and such. While I think that would be good to have “live-target practice” on US soil, it would only take one little mistake for the wrong person to be shot and then more time and money for a public inquiry. So instead of giving the military disaster relief and policing training- I think they should give the police, military training, and some military grade weapons and let them cull the unruly population instead. Leave the military and especially the Marines, do what they do best- kill foreigners. Eagle-eyed readers who can read "fruit salad" will notice the absence of the Humanitarian Service Medal from my chest!
Now, Now Colonel, while I applaud your attitude to hippie scum as being worthy of Tarkin himself, you must remember that the US is still a Republic, You'll have to wait until "freedom dies to thunderous applaus" and the EMPIRE is officaly declared before you can engage in such naked diplays of autocratic supression. You'll have to ask Sith Apologist for the timetable. The Problem with your argument is that, Law Enforcements agencies are like water, they take the path of least resistance. If you give a Police Force powers to legally carry out military style/scale operations, then even with the proper supervision established there will be abuses of such Power. Basically you're just Colonel Skywalker waiting for a dirty old Man in a Hood to offer you some darkside candies to change into Colonel Vader and indulge your viscous tendencies. Admit it.
I'm looking forard to the moment when Colonel Vader caps all the trainee marines with his silenced pistol/magnificent weapon.
Even as we speak, the Timetable For Action™ is prgressing, and I'll be in touch with the 'good' Colonel in due course, shortly after the "I love democracy" speech is given.
I absolutely refute the suggestion that I'm in any way associated with dirty old men in hoods!
Ah, Sithy, I would expect no less then a complete denial of Dirty Old Men in Hoods involvement from such a fine Apologist as yourself, anything less would be a betrayal of your "nomde plume". However the intended purpose of my suggestion was to indicate that the "Good" Colonel is pimping himself out to the darkside in order to indulge his subconscious desire to oppress(insert religous/ethnic group name here). I think we need to make a clear distinction here on the Colonel's character, he does not care about such flimsy ideals as Good and Evil. No, the Colonel follows a far higher creed, that of the U.S. Marine Corp, If his mission objective is to destroy a village to save it for demoracy and freedom then come hell or high water he will, no matter what the cost.
I havn't shot liberty yet Mr. Anonymous- only if she gets in my way!!
Civilian Overseer: A man can but dream!
Sith Apologist: You're making light of an incident where I accidently shot Air Force, Special Operations officer Captain Vaughan several times. If the weapon had been silenced however- I would have heard him screaming in agony. Sorry again John. (We never did play much Multiplayer Rainbow Six after that).
Unit, Corps, God, Country! Sir, the village will be destroyed Sir! All civilians have been passiified, Sir!
Sir, your hand gun truly is magnificent, Sir!
There's a difference between pacifiying civilians who are law-abiding good people who do what they're told and eliminating those who would thwart efforts to bring law & order, freedom and democracy to the world. Naturally I would never "intentionally" harm the former group, but the latter group's number is up!
There's also a difference between screaming with glee as you descimate one of your own dying/dead men with a shotgun, and reluctantly double-tapping them to the head, vowing to avenge them.
Yes Colonel, I quite agree that there is a difference between pacifiying civilians who are law-abiding good people who do what they're told and eliminating those who would thwart efforts to bring law & order, freedom and democracy to the world. its called "Competence" and the lack of which is called "Friendly Fire", In fact I propose the Colonel be renamed Colonel "Friendly Fire" Creedon as a mark of respect for his "untentional" victims.
Interesting image, that - Colonel Ciaran "friendly fire whopper" Creedon, showering the innocent populance with his 'seed'.
I'm not strictly sure I prefer it to just "Whopper"
Christ lads! Make up your minds before I have my stationery printed!
Well, much as I find the whole friendly fire notion amusing and possessing of smutty connotations, I think for the sake of our future sanity that "Colonel Ciaran 'Whopper' Creedon" will have to suffice. From the sound of the Podcast, I don't think the colonel will mind that.
My vote is for that ... can we vote on this thing yet?

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There is just something about updating your device to the latest firmware version – as long as the update is not gimped, of course. Well, the Asus Eee Pad Transformer has been given an upgrade in the form of Android 3.2.1 Honeycomb, where apart from the standard improvements in different areas alongside security fixes, this update differs from the rest by offering a new feature.
Known as build number 8.6.5.13, those who cannot wait and want to get the update up and running on their device will need to navigate to Menu -> Settings -> About tablet -> Software update, where making a backup prior to the updating process is definitely recommended. If you speak Farsi, then the inclusion of Farsi IME support is definitely welcome, while additional language translation has been thrown into the ASUS App.
Not only that browser performance with Adobe Flash has been improved in addition to browser force-close moments, while your Wi-Fi connection should be all the more stable now. Those who deal with writing messages in Chinese will be pleased to know that Chinese handwriting prediction has been improved to help it better recognize character from each stroke. Anyone given this update a go already?
Filed in Tablets. Read more about Android, Android 3.2, Asus, Gingerbread (Android) and Transformer.


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More than 58 thousand spectators visited stadiums in the eleventh matchday of the Uzbekistan Super League on May 10-12.
The most spectators (14,240) came to the Namangan Central Stadium to witness FC Navnahor vs FC Kizilkum match as the hosts earned a stunning 3-0 victory in front of the home crowd.
Only 6,050 spectators visited the Lokomotiv Stadium to watch Super League match between FC Lokomotiv and FC Bukhara.
Here, we count Uzbekistan Super League Matchday Eleven Attendance.

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The summer is usually peak vacation season. With the kids out of school, most families are looking to hit the road in search of an adventure. Some families want to see more of the world when going on vacation, which is why they will go on a European Getaway. While these getaways can be a lot of fun, they will have to be planned properly to avoid stressful situations. Finding a professional that is experienced with this part of the world is a great way for a person to get the guidance they need. Below are some things a person will need to consider when planning a European vacation.
The biggest mistake that most people will make when planning a trip like this is getting their itinerary too full. Booking too much stuff can make a family feel overwhelmed and will make them rush through this experience. The best thing to do when trying to have fun on one of these adventures is to stay loose. Leaving a bit of wiggle room in the schedule is important because it will allow a family to explore more and not be held down by the attractions they have booked.
Another issue that most people have when going on a trip like this is waiting until the last minute to book their accommodations. The longer a person waits to do this, the harder it will be for them to get a good deal. Using a travel agent is a great way for a person to find out about the deals available to them. For most travelers, finding great deals on their hotels and flights is important, which is why getting some professional guidance is important. Before hiring a travel agent, a person will need to do their homework.
In order to have a great time on a European Getaway, a lot of research will need to be done. At www.travelworm.com, a person will have no problem getting the guidance they need regarding their travel accommodations. Visit their Facebook page to see what they can provide.


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*gunnar: all day every day shooting hoops.
*sawyer: catching up on some reading before bedtime.
*greta: and Aaron are currently reading Anne of Green Gables together. be still my heart.


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I go through the contents of the Black Sabbath 10 Year War Boxset and let you know what I think.
Top 10 coloured records in my collection.
I am going to be sharing with you 10 of my favourite coloured records from my personal collection.
Will HMV be leaving our highstreets, I look at the reactions of fans, critics and competitors.
Mixtapes sent straight to your door?
Vinyl Moon are a US based Vinyl Subscription service that sends you a 10 track mixtape every month.
Vinyl, everything you need to know about the magnificent musical format.
Everything you need to know about vinyl from where to buy it to my top turntable picks.
Flying Vinyl December 2017 Review!
Flying vinyl had some real goodies in their December edition, also news on their upcoming project.


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Jonathan Chait has dashed off a piece in New York Magazine that’s a perfect example of how uninterested most MOOC boosters are in actually improving the quality of higher education. His post is a response to an article by Jonathan Rees (two Jonathans will enter, but only one will survive!) in Slate about how MOOCs are a bad deal for both students and professors. Predictably, Chait mostly focuses on the part where Rees bemoans what MOOCs threaten to do to the the employment prospects of faculty members. Most people are unsympathetic to the idea that we should preserve the current structure of higher education to keep a bunch of eggheads in their houses. Hell, I’m not even very sympathetic to that argument, and I have a vested economic interest in supporting it!
While MOOCs may serve a purpose as nerdy edu-tainment for people who are so inclined, a workforce trained without close contact with professors of any kind might as well not attend college at all. Going to the library and reading a bunch of books would be equally effective, and probably a whole lot cheaper.
The goal of the system ought to be making higher education effective and affordable for students. Rees waxes poetic about the joys of in-person liberal education, and I greatly enjoyed my classic college experience, with the gorgeous campus green and intramural basketball and watching campus protestors say interestingly crazy stuff at rallies. But insisting that’s the only way a student ought to be able to get a degree, in an economy where a college degree is necessary for a middle-class life, is to doom the children of non-affluent families to crushing college debt, or to lock them out of upward mobility altogether.
Chait’s equation of MOOCs, which are supposed to replace entire courses, with lectures is instructive; it reveals something that few of the MOOC boosters like to discuss: lectures and the information they transmit are only one small component of any college class worth its salt. The careful, personal evaluation by trained professionals of the material produced by students is why college is useful as anything more than a simple credentialing process. Even Rees referring to this as “grading” misses the point. The development of rhetorical, quantitative, and creative skills requires that someone who knows what s/he’s talking about explains to the student not just that they have done something incorrectly, but how and why they have done so, and how they can fix this going forward. Doing this well takes a lot of time per pupil, and this is why small class sizes are essential is some disciplines (any course that has a significant writing component, higher math, advanced science courses, art). Why do you think people send their kids to small, insanely expensive liberal arts colleges?
But the quality of the education received by students doesn’t really matter to Chait and other MOOC maniacs. He never defines “effective” because it’s only important that people get credentialed. Whether they can write or reason their way out of a paper bag is immaterial, so long as they have a BA. If Chait (and President Obama, for that matter) actually cared about improving the quality of higher education, they would understand that the solution to colleges offering too many large impersonal lectures for credit is not to make courses even larger and more impersonal. Information has never been more accessible than it is today. This is great, and everyone should take advantage of the internet to become more informed people. But information does not an education make. If we want education to have any real value we must invest in it, not in techno-fads masquerading as education.
Great post. You know, this conversation about “effective” education is at the crux of so many debates in higher ed right now. I think the Fox News interview with Reza Aslan (the one that has now gone viral–http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/07/28/video_fox_news_lauren_green_asks_reza_aslan_why_muslim_would_be_interested.html?fb_ref=sm_fb_share_blogpost) sums up the disconnect. The interviewer is maddening in her inability to see her own bigotry or the irony of a Fox News representative making this kind of religious argument, and Aslan’s responses are gratifying because he so sharply defends the value of essentially academia. But as I watch the video, I can’t help but cringe when Aslan slows down as though he is explaining himself to a four-year-old. I worry that he comes across as an elite academic snob, and that no matter how gratifying that tone may be to listen to, at the end of the day the Fox viewership does not view his form of knowledge as valuable, and would likely not think his classes “effective.” The debate over what makes an education “effective” goes beyond the issue of credentialing. It has to do with the kind of knowledge that is valued in our culture. And I worry that in our culture, subtle, precise, and careful knowledge loses to noise and empty rhetoric–and that people not only prefer the latter because it is easier to achieve, they fail to value the difference.
That whole interview made me queasy. It’s interesting to see this as another form vs. content discussion. Aslan’s classes likely have very little to do with his latest book, especially since he teaches in the Creative Writing program at UCR. In that capacity, he is there to teach students how to write whatever it is they write better than they did before. The content of his research is largely irrelevant to his work as a teacher, but most people watching this interview wouldn’t get that. And Aslan adds to the confusion by talking about himself as a scholar of religions. He is that, but that isn’t all he does, and it’s certainly not the most important thing he does in relation to undergraduate education.
Sadly, both FOX News types and many professors are totally hung up on content when what is actually being threatened by MOOCs and defunding is formal rigor. When I was an undergrad I had no idea what most of my professors researched, but I knew if they were good or bad teachers based on how much they challenged me to improve as a writer and thinker. This is what ultimately matters, in my estimation.


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Tragic new details have today emerged about the passing of Lindt Café siege victim Katrina Dawson, who perished during the infamous 2014 Sydney attack.
An inquest has heard that mum of three Katrina – one of 18 hostages taken by Islamic State-inspired gunman Man Haron Monis – perished after being struck by multiple police bullet fragments. Eager to save the hostages, armed officers had stormed the building to get Monis after the terrorist murdered café manager Tori Johnson (pictured above with Katrina in a memorial display).
The inquest has heard that Katrina - who died aged just 38 - was found under tables and chairs, and had a pulse when rescue workers got to her. However she later died after sustaining at least seven gunshot wounds – which included entries in her right shoulder, right upper back, left shoulder, left upper back and neck area, upper back and neck area, and two wounds to her neck.
Ballistics expert Lucas van der Walt told the inquest a police bullet fragmented as it passed through a chair, causing her numerous injuries.
At her emotional funeral in December 2014, Katrina’s husband Paul Smith, described the popular barrister as “my perfect partner". Speaking of speculation surrounding her tragic final moments, he said: "Her focus was 100 per cent on getting home for [children] Chloe, Oliver and Sasha, and to me that makes her even more of a hero."

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Develop understanding of fractions as numbers.
2. Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram.
a. Represent a fraction 1/b on a number line diagram by defining the interval from 0 to 1 as the whole and partitioning it into b equal parts. Recognize that each part has size 1/b and that the endpoint of the part based at 0 locates the number 1/b on the number line.
This 60-page pdf document demonstrates the connections between the CCSS content standards and the mathematical practice standards. It is a compilation of research, standards from several states, instructional strategies, common misconceptions, and examples for each standard at the grade 3 level. It is intended to help teachers understand what each standard means in terms of what students must know and be able to do. Additional flip books are cataloged separately for grades K-2 and 4-5.
In this Flash game students estimate the location of fractions, whole numbers, and decimals on a number line. The game requires students to place a target on the estimated position of the ship from the value given. Students choose fractions, whole numbers, decimals, or a mixture and after passing the first level are prompted to choose their next level of play.
This four-part E-Example from Principles and Standards for School Mathematics of the NCTM standards highlights how mathematical games can foster mathematical communication as students explain and justify their moves to one another in a fraction game. In addition, a video is included that demonstrates students engaged in thinking about and applying their mathematical concepts and skills. The game "Playing Fraction Tracks" is cataloged separately.
In this game students must create a fraction from a set of digits and then estimate its location on a number line. Students play against the computer or, with free registration, against an opponent. The object is to indicate where an excavator digs for gems and thus earn points. Additional information for educators and parents and instructions for the game are included.
This interactive Flash applet, suitable for whiteboard display, provides fraction, decimal, and percent labels to be placed correctly on 3 parallel and scaled (0-2) number lines. The applet gives an indication when the placement is incorrect.
In this interactive activity a user identifies two pairs of equivalent fractions for a given random fraction or one of the player's own and the user creates their representations by dividing and shading either a square or circular region. The fractions are shown as locations on the number line and their equivalency is demonstrated when they are at the same point. The user has the ability to construct a table of equivalent fractions. Instructions and exploration questions are given.
In this NCTM iOS app a user identifies equivalent fractions for a given random fraction or one of the player's own. The user creates their representations by dividing and shading either a square or circular region. The fractions are shown as locations on the number line and their equivalency is demonstrated when they are at the same point. The user has the ability to construct a table of equivalent fractions. This app is related to an Illuminations activity and an Android app that are cataloged separately.


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> actual implementation and decided not to take the Irix approach.
> So it is not Linux specific.
> The implementation of it is a kernel specific.
> So far Linux and IRIX were implemented.
> oplock and not to develop a generic leasing management on files.
> place that better fit our system architecture.
> > > fully implementing the functionality needed by simply using kqueue.
> > > works out of the box if Ephi is willing to work with him a little.


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As a copy intern, I worked directly under Susan Reynolds, a fellow English major. My two main jobs involved fact-checking articles for historical accuracy and reviewing articles for grammatical correctness. This internship was my first experience in the publishing industry. Thus, these tasks opened my eyes to the various types of work assigned to employees in the copy departments of both small and large publications. On that note, my work at Alabama Heritage provided me with skills that I will certainly be able to use if I decide to pursue a career in publishing. Furthermore, my work greatly enhanced my personal knowledge of the history of Alabama. A native Mississippian, I was born and raised in the town of Natchez, the oldest settlement on the Mississippi River. Antebellum homes, Indian mounds, and sweet magnolias served as the backdrop of my childhood. Therefore, I automatically took great interest in the historical nature of the articles that passed through my hands. From articles on the lost towns of Alabama to pieces on the Civil War to tales from the days of the civil rights movement, the texts I encountered as an intern at Alabama Heritage were extremely interesting, making my work both fun and informative.
Though the skills and knowledge I obtained while serving as an intern will surely be of great use to me as I continue my education and ultimately step into the world of work, I cannot say enough about the interpersonal connections I formed as a member of the Alabama Heritage team. It was the spirit of enthusiasm displayed by all the employees of Alabama Heritage that made coming to work each week an enjoyable experience; one that I would not hesitate to repeat myself or recommend to others.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Jheri is now enrolled at the University of Alabama's Graduate School program.


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City council considering daytime curfew to cut down on cutting class.
UPDATE: Concord city council approved daytime curfew plan Tuesday night. It could go into effect as soon as August 23.
Concord's city council will vote Tuesday night on a daytime curfew proposal that would cost parents hundreds of dollars if their kids are caught cutting class according to the San Jose Mercury News.
The proposed curfew would apply during regular school hours.
If a student is caught in a public place when they are supposed to be in class, they could be fined. Multiple infractions could lead to a fine as much as $500. Their parents could also be fined the same amount.
The curfew obviously does not apply if the kid is with a parent, running an errand for a parent, dealing with an emergency or participating in a school activity.
The plan was proposed by Councilman Tim Grayson, who saw a large group of kids hanging out at Todos Santos Plaza when they should have been in school.
Concord police do conduct truancy sweeps, but at this time they cannot punish the child. Instead, they must drive the student back to school so the school can discipline him or her.
Mayor Laura Hoffmeister told the Merc she tried to instate a curfew a decade ago, but did not have the support of the Mt. Diablo School District or parents.
Both now support the proposal.


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Synopsis: Pablo Yoder tells the story of four years that he and his family lived in an old house in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
Pablo Yoder has been a favorite author of our family for a few years now. We have read several of his books for adults, about his life in Costa Rica when he was a boy and, later, his family’s life in Nicaragua after he was married. Pablo’s life has been anything but tame—and Home on the Rock Pile narrates his earliest memories for children.
Sanford and Martha Yoder wanted to spread God’s love among the people living in the hills of Virginia. In the early 1960s, they moved their family into Shifflet’s Hollow, along the Blue Ridge. Their house was old, shabby and small, but Daddy and Mama loved their growing family and the four oldest, all boys had many adventures on the Rock Pile, as they called their home for four years. From skunks to bears, the wildlife was fascinating for these nature-loving boys, although sometimes the local wildlife caused almost too much excitement.
We thoroughly enjoyed this well-told story of a family who loved God and shared that love with each other and with the people around them. The boys are so real, and the scrapes they get themselves into quite believable. As the youngest of the four boys (although several sisters followed), Paul, now known as Pablo, did his best to keep up with the older boys, and they lovingly helped him to participate in their fun. If you’re looking for a good clean book to enjoy with your family, take a look at Home on the Rock Pile. You’ll enjoy it!


text: Overture is a folio-style wallet case for Samsung Galaxy S8 to carry your cards, cash, and phone in one sleek form factor. This elegant wallet case is carefully crafted by combining a weather-proof and durable exterior with our soft Terahedron microfiber lining, all reinforced with a shatter-proof polycarbonate frame. There's no need to remove your phone to take photos or videos: all buttons and cameras remain fully accessible. With a simple flip, Overture turns into a convenient stand for watching videos and browsing the web. Also included is a washable Neato screen cleaner specifically designed to keep your touchscreen free from fingerprints and smudges.


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I just came across a series from the folks at IBM on search engine optimization. So far, it’s a nice introduction to the topic, and worth looking at. The first two parts of the series have been published, and I’m guessing that part three will probably come out very soon.
I’ll disclose here that I was proud to see a link to Cre8asite Forums, where I’m an administrator, in the list of forums cited in the resource section.
Some excellent advice on links and infrastructure.
Part three of these series will be about getting sites into search indices, and part four will concentrate on SEO issues involving larger web sites. Should be worth keeping an eye open for.
Hopefully they’ll cover more SEM related subjects.
The author deserves credit for creating an excellent article. I did search around to see if she had any other articles published there, but didn’t find any. She has been responsible for SEO for the IBM site for a while.
Maybe a few emails to IBM might sway them to let her cover some more search topics.
Yeah, the site is well optimized indeed. I’m sure we have a lot of good SEOs like her who remain discreet.
Yes, I do believe that there are a number of them out there.
Nice to see such a positive article from IBM on the subject, though.


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BOSTON People who have a parent or sibling with colon cancer can markedly reduce their own chances of developing the disease by taking a daily multivitamin that includes folic acid and limiting their intake of alcohol, according to a new study by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Womens Hospital and Harvard School of Public Health.
The findings, published in the March issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, join a small but growing body of evidence that dietary and behavioral changes can reduce the risk of some cancers in people who may have an inherited tendency to develop them.
Previous research has demonstrated that peoples risk of developing colon cancer is two times greater if they have a parent or sibling who has been diagnosed with the disease, says study leader Charles Fuchs, MD, of Dana-Farber. Our study points to steps that such individuals can take to substantially lower those odds.
With approximately 135,000 new cases reported each year, colon cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States, and it is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths. Studies have shown that a variety of diet and behavioral modifications such as stopping smoking, eating a diet high in fruits and vegetables, avoiding heavy red meat consumption, and having regular colon exams after age 50 can reduce colon cancer risk in the general population. In the new study, Fuchs and his colleagues asked whether any of these measures are especially effective in people with a family history of the disease.


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The price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has fallen down significantly over the past few weeks due to several factors, one of them being rumors about South Korea placing a blanket ban on cryptocurrency trading. That, coupled with news of increasing regulation and government oversight, hammed cryptocurrency prices. However, they’ve staged a brief rally today amid reports that South Korea might not ban cryptocurrency trading at all.
Bloomberg reports that South Korean regulators have signaled that they will actively back “normal” cryptocurrency trading. This is a slight change from previous statements which suggested that they were considering a complete ban on all cryptocurrency exchanges in the country.
South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service governor Choe Heungsik has said that he would like to see normalized trading of digital assets and that the FSS is taking steps to make that a reality. The efforts to normalize cryptocurrency trading will include making it mandatory for people to create a real-name account and for exchanges to follow strict anti-money laundering guidelines.
The news has been well received by the cryptocurrency community with bitcoin surging almost 4 percent in value earlier today. It’s well on its way to post a one-month high after what has been a dramatic fall to under $10,000 after touching a peak of $20,000 last year.
Cryptocurrency traders in South Korea can now rejoice because it pretty much sounds like the country doesn’t really want to ban trading in digital assets entirely.


text: When you need the most advanced walking experience, reach for Skechers GOwalk 4™ - Select. This walking shoe features innovative 5GEN® midsole design and an advanced mesh fabric upper with new Skechers Goga Max™ insole. The mesh upper is breathable and comfortable as it expands with your foot as you walk.


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Summary libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support.
description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2010:0890 : Updated pidgin packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. Multiple NULL pointer dereference flaws were found in the way Pidgin handled Base64 decoding. A remote attacker could use these flaws to crash Pidgin if the target Pidgin user was using the Yahoo! Messenger Protocol, MSN, MySpace, or Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) protocol plug-ins, or using the Microsoft NT LAN Manager (NTLM) protocol for authentication. (CVE-2010-3711) Red Hat would like to thank the Pidgin project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Daniel Atallah as the original reporter. All Pidgin users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve these issues. Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect.
description Multiple NULL pointer dereference flaws were found in the way Pidgin handled Base64 decoding. A remote attacker could use these flaws to crash Pidgin if the target Pidgin user was using the Yahoo! Messenger Protocol, MSN, MySpace, or Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) protocol plug-ins, or using the Microsoft NT LAN Manager (NTLM) protocol for authentication. (CVE-2010-3711) A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Pidgin MSN protocol plug-in processed custom emoticon messages. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Pidgin by sending specially crafted emoticon messages during mutual communication. (CVE-2010-1624) Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect.
description Updated pidgin packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. Multiple NULL pointer dereference flaws were found in the way Pidgin handled Base64 decoding. A remote attacker could use these flaws to crash Pidgin if the target Pidgin user was using the Yahoo! Messenger Protocol, MSN, MySpace, or Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) protocol plug-ins, or using the Microsoft NT LAN Manager (NTLM) protocol for authentication. (CVE-2010-3711) A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Pidgin MSN protocol plug-in processed custom emoticon messages. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Pidgin by sending specially crafted emoticon messages during mutual communication. (CVE-2010-1624) Red Hat would like to thank the Pidgin project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Daniel Atallah as the original reporter of CVE-2010-3711, and Pierre Nogues of Meta Security as the original reporter of CVE-2010-1624. All Pidgin users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect.
description New release 2.7.4 Full Upstream ChangeLog : http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
description A security vulnerability has been identified and fixed in pidgin : It has been discovered that eight denial of service conditions exist in libpurple all due to insufficient validation of the return value from purple_base64_decode(). Invalid or malformed data received in place of a valid base64-encoded value in portions of the Yahoo!, MSN, MySpaceIM, and XMPP protocol plugins and the NTLM authentication support trigger a crash. These vulnerabilities can be leveraged by a remote user for denial of service (CVE-2010-3711). Packages for 2009.0 are provided as of the Extended Maintenance Program. Please visit this link to learn more: http://store.mandriva.com/product_info.php?cPath=149&products_id=4 90 This update provides pidgin 2.7.4, which is not vulnerable to this issue.
description Pierre Nogues discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled malformed SLP messages in the MSN protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message and cause Pidgin to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, 9.10 and 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-1624) Daniel Atallah discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled the return code of the Base64 decoding function. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message and cause Pidgin to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2010-3711). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2010:0788 : Updated pidgin packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. Multiple NULL pointer dereference flaws were found in the way Pidgin handled Base64 decoding. A remote attacker could use these flaws to crash Pidgin if the target Pidgin user was using the Yahoo! Messenger Protocol, MSN, MySpace, or Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) protocol plug-ins, or using the Microsoft NT LAN Manager (NTLM) protocol for authentication. (CVE-2010-3711) A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Pidgin MSN protocol plug-in processed custom emoticon messages. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Pidgin by sending specially crafted emoticon messages during mutual communication. (CVE-2010-1624) Red Hat would like to thank the Pidgin project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Daniel Atallah as the original reporter of CVE-2010-3711, and Pierre Nogues of Meta Security as the original reporter of CVE-2010-1624. All Pidgin users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect.
description New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue.
description Updated pidgin packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. Multiple NULL pointer dereference flaws were found in the way Pidgin handled Base64 decoding. A remote attacker could use these flaws to crash Pidgin if the target Pidgin user was using the Yahoo! Messenger Protocol, MSN, MySpace, or Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) protocol plug-ins, or using the Microsoft NT LAN Manager (NTLM) protocol for authentication. (CVE-2010-3711) Red Hat would like to thank the Pidgin project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Daniel Atallah as the original reporter. All Pidgin users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve these issues. Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect.
description Multiple NULL pointer dereference flaws were found in the way Pidgin handled Base64 decoding. A remote attacker could use these flaws to crash Pidgin if the target Pidgin user was using the Yahoo! Messenger Protocol, MSN, MySpace, or Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) protocol plug-ins, or using the Microsoft NT LAN Manager (NTLM) protocol for authentication. (CVE-2010-3711) Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect.
description libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support.


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Julian Rhind Tutt's height is 5 feet and 12 inches. That's 72 inches tall.
Or in metric units, Julian Rhind Tutt is 183 centimetres. That's 1 metre and 83 centimetres.
Julian Rhind Tutt is 12 centimetres (4.75 inches) taller than the average celebrity (the average is 171 centimetres, 5 feet 7 inches or 67 inches tall).
Did you know that the name Julian was the 47th most popular boy's name in 2013 and that around 38 in every 10,000 baby boys were named Julian at their birth.
How tall is Julian Rhind Tutt compared to the average person?

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Joseph Berg Esenwein (1867-1946) was an American editor, lecturer and writer. He was noted for contributions to the Library of the World's Best Literature.
Esenwein was born in Philadelphia, and educated at Albright College, Millersville Normal School, Lafayette College, Richmond College and the University of Omaha. He was president of Albright Collegiate Institute in 1895-96, and in the following year held the position of educational director of the Y. M. C. A. at Washington Heights, New York City.
After a year of foreign travel, he became professor of English in the Pennsylvania Military College at Chester, subsequently giving up teaching (1903) to become manager of the Booklovers' Magazine. Two years later he was made editor and manager of Lippincott's Magazine, a position which he held until 1914. In 1915 he became editor of The Writer's Monthly, Springfield, Mass. He is known both as a lecturer and writer.


text: Local Lafayette, Indiana metal fabrication company seeking a brake press operator. Must be willing to work first shift and overtime as needed. Must have steel toed boots and be able to pass a background check and drug screen.


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Bottom-up collaboration experiment between local social welfare offices (OCMW?s: Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn) and the Flemish Public Employment Service (VDAB: Vlaamse Dienst voor Arbeidsbemiddeling en Beroepsopleiding).
The overall idea behind this experiment was to create a ?rule-free? context to explore new forms of collaboration between the sub-regional job centers of the Flemish public employment service and the local social welfare offices. In Belgium, the latter are run by the municipality and they are responsible for the administration of social benefits and and offer a number of activation measures (employment and guidance in the employment path) and other services (for example debt settlement and budget guidance). The job centers in turn are managed at a regional level, and while their staff has to document non-compliance with the conditions linked to the reception of unemployment benefits, the public employment service (PES) is not in charge of taking a final decision about the administration of these benefits. This decision is taken by a separate federal entity, the National Employment Office (NEO). Both the municipalities and the PES function rather independently from each other, and they are both offering a number of activation measures and services. / / Currently, the operations of both organizations are largely tailored to their specific target groups of respectively the clients on social assistance and those receiving unemployment benefits, with limited structural interactions and exchange of information between both organizations. The basic idea behind the initiative is that, regardless of the benefit system clients find themselves in, they may benefit more from the services offered by one or the other organization, or even from receiving services from both organizations at the same time (integrated work-welfare services). Accordingly, if the type of service provided departs from the clients? needs instead of the benefit system they are in, the chances on outflow of the benefit system back into work can be expected to improve. It is also possible that over time, clients get transferred from one benefit system to another (this is possible in both directions). Also here, a need for coordination and harmonization of the services provided arises.
The experiment takes place on five locations: Leuven, Mortsel, Dendermonde, Tielt en Kortrijk-Waregem. Participation is voluntarily. The PES job center and the public social welfare services of the corresponding areas each agreed on a number of general topics they may work on, for example: defining the common criteria to identify clients who may benefit from collaboration, discussing the services these clients are assigned to, establishing communication procedures and foster information exchange etc. The different locations are also expected to include actual clients in the experiment to ensure the practical relevance of the proposed solutions. / Note that all locations are free to decide on which of the above aspects they will work and how many clients will be involved. The content of the experiment is thus defined bottom-up by the counselors of both organizations, although some general principles were established at the start. There was no specific budget foreseen.
long-term perspective (programmatic/radical change): Based on the experiements Flemish policy-makers hope to learn about the possibilities and conditions for mainstreaming the experiment in order to obtain a better collaboration between PES and municipalities in general. This is of importance because due to the 6th State Reform (should be fully implemented by 2015) the regions will have more competences regarding ALMP a.o. the labour market guidance of social benefit recipients will become a regional responsibility and controlling and sanctioning of active jobsearch behavior will go to the regions (the normative framework will stay federal).
The above approach lead to different solutions at different locations, both in terms of content and size/scope. Generally, the proposed solutions were of a very practical/operational nature, with counselors finding themselves confronted with organizational barriers that need to be addressed at a higher level within their organizations (different work procedures and organizational cultures, different registration systems, pressure to first fill in the available places in the own organization or services already commissioned, privacy requirements, the current division of responsibilities to follow-up the compliance of clients with the conditions related to the reception of social or unemployment benefits etc.). Because of such barriers, the overall number of clients included in the experiment was limited.
Clients on unemployment assistance with welfare-related barriers to work, clients on social assistance who would benefit from support of the PES (under the form of a specific training or participation in another activity), former social benefit clients who have built up sufficient work experience to qualify for unemployment benefits.
The experiment took place on a very small scale, but it allowed learning a number of more general lessons about the collaboration between both organizations. Those lessons can be integrated into future policies. When the underlying idea of collaboration would be realized, this will have a strong impact on the resilience of the target groups such as the long-term unemployed, because the expertise of both the PES and the public social services can be fully leveraged to their benefit. Clients would in this case receive tailored services with attention for both work and welfare, departing from their personal needs.