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Little comes to press about the pre- 1900 martin parlour guitar, and for fairly good reason: you never see them and you never get to play them. they are often mistakenly dismissed as inconsequential guitars with little musical value, but they are sophisticated instruments with much to offer if you care to listen.
So I’ve decided this month to feature a real gem of a martin and a very rare model: the C.F. martin 2-20.
Made in 1888, the style 20 lies between a style 21 and a style 18, the only difference being it’s a size smaller than the style 21 and a bit more decorative than the style 18. it sold for $20 in 1888 and appears to have only been offered in the martin catalogue between 1896 and 1898 as a stock model.
It has a modified V radius cedar neck with a solid Brazilian back and rims. The top is of solid adirondack red spruce and the back is adorned with a red, white and green herringbone back strip, known only to be offered on the earlier examples of the model.
rosewood pearl dot inlaid bridge pins. The saddle is drop in.
is absolutely gorgeous and beautifully proportioned with the Brazilian headstock veneer being cut at an angle to reveal the cedar back of the headstock in the string cutouts. The slots are crisp and angular, while the tuner plates are of solid brass and are beautifully engraved with flowers and scrollwork. to the back of the headstock we have the C.F. Martin incised logo, addressed New York, and a volute at the nut that looks to be chiseled from granite.
was used between 1867 and 1898. Interestingly, this guitar is an example where the logo to the back of the headstock is the one used pre-1867. the combination of the old and new logos on the same guitar is a known quirk of the martin shop at this time.
the Brazilian tonewoods on this guitar are of the finest available, with gorgeous, straight but characterful graining and a clear, warm brown patination that is untouched.
Overall, this example shows little to no playwear and is totally crack- and repair-free. It is strung with silk and steel strings and the top is perfectly flat.
Inside this little gem, we have beautifully scalloped red spruce fan bracing with a single scalloped tone bar. All the bracing is whisper thin and surrounds a shallow but wide rectangular maple bridgeplate.
To the treble underside of the top is written in pencil: 1888. the neck block is stamped with the martin logo as well. this guitar is made with the precision and crispness that we have come to expect from the martin workshops. it is truly a work of art.
We are also lucky to have the original wooden coffin case for this guitar and the original label attached to the green felt inside the lid, which states that this is a 2-20 and was made in 1888. The brass latch work is typically Pennsylvania German and the case itself if made of poplar.
From a sound perspective, these little gems are sublime and responsive. the separation of notes is crystal clear and the sustain is lovely. Obviously they are not as loud as a dreadnought or any other later martin, but they are loud enough, and they give off a sound that, regardless of their delicate build, is very much that of Brazilian rosewood and adirondack spruce.
The 1 13/16” nut is perfect to fingerpick and offers a very tactile and approachable attitude. in a world where everyone seems to want loud and powerful, this guitar is a breath of fresh air. It makes you slow down and take in the nuances that are on offer – and that can never be a bad thing.


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Grab this case of 500 rounds of Wolf 9mm Luger ammo to get the range time you want at a price that won't spoil your fun or annoy your wife. These rounds use a light 115 grain bimetal jacketed bullet, non-corrosive Berdan primers, and polymer coated steel cases for enhanced feeding and ejection. Although quite reliable and economical, the steel casings cannot be reloaded.
Wolf ammo is made in Russia, where ammo factories have been churning out steel-cased ammo since the 1920s. Recent advances in polymer coatings have led to the Wolf Polyformance line, which boasts enhanced performance at the same great prices.
This standard pressure load will work in virtually all 9mm Parabellum pistols from the pocket-sized XDS and P938 to the full-size P226 and Hi Power. Get this case, or any other items totaling $99 or more, to take advantage of AmmoMan.com's free shipping rule for bulk orders.
Great ammo I have fired 400 rounds so far and have not had any issues in my Glock 17. My only complaint is it has lots of residue, but worth the money for range time or stocking up.
My Sig p938 went thru 50 rounds today without any issues! Good value!
Very happy, ammo fire great.
Very quick delivery. Quality packaging and shoots great. Only gone through about 200 rds so far, but all working fine.
5 fail to ignite in first 100. Junk, too bad, a few years ago I had no problem using Wolf in local matches.
Although there were no dead rounds and the ammo is priced right. I would never purchase metal cased ammo again. This is only my opinion. Also I would not ammo any place else, but from the Ammoman.
This is the only place to buy your bulg ammo.
Shot 500+ rounds for a class in one day. No bad rounds. No issues. I would definitely recommend theses and you just can't beat the service and speedy shipping you get from these folks.
I ordered two 500 round quantities of this ammo. So far I have shot around 400 rounds out of the 1000 out of a Glock 23 with a 40-9 Lonewolf barrel. The first 50 or so ran well with minor issues with having a 5 to 6 o'clock ejection pattern. After that my Glock was jammed shut. I had to disassemble the gun, hammer the barrel out of the gun, and push the round out with a cleaning rod. The primer had been struck, but the round did not fire. The next day I went out and shot another 100 or so rounds only for this to happen to me about five more times all of which happened the exact same way. For me to have to hammer the barrel out makes this not worth the trouble for me. It would be different if I could just tap, rack, and shoot again, but the slide jams up every time this happens. You get what you pay for I guess.
Just got my first 500 box today and already gone through half of it. Shoots nice seems to be decent ammo and pretty good price. Actually cheaper for me than going to the local store.
So i'll be buying myself another case of this stuff.
No FTF or FTE while using ammo to break in a new S&W MP Shield. Just doesn't make sense to buy shinny brass ammo for more money and no true visible benefit. Just like some people pay more to get high test premium gas, I won't and I will continue to buy this ammo for sport shooting and I will order from Ammoman again. Good value!
I've shot about 1000 rounds of these out of my Smith and Wesson sd9 and I haven't had one single issue with these rounds great for plinking and for stock piling.

industry_corpus2: Sports


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If you’re considering whether to go into some kind of opiate treatment center for help with heroin or pain pill addiction, then you should give yourself a pat on the back. It takes a lot of guts and gumption to face your demons and admit that you need help. But the risks of dying from opiate addiction are too great. You can get tired and give up if you just keep using. The good news is that treatment is easily accessible, and the counselors at your local opiate treatment center will help you develop a recovery plan.
Treatment counselors are required by the agencies that regulate them to create treatment plans for their clients. The counselor can’t create the treatment plan without input from one very important person: You. The development of your treatment plan relies on your strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences, which substance abuse treatment professionals refer to as “SNAP.” So what is your SNAP and how can you use it to make recovery easier?
Before we even get to that part, let’s step back a minute to that word, easier. There are very few things about opiate treatment that are easy. The day that you phone your local methadone treatment program to ask about help is not an easy day. It’s not an easy decision! It would be so much easier to go on doing what you’ve been doing. There is some level of enjoyment from drugs that you have been using, at least in the past, or you wouldn’t have become addicted. For many people, the enjoyment of doing drugs is a long-ago memory. Today their addiction is just a horrible chase for a drug that does nothing but make the day bearable.
So don’t dwell on that word, easier. Even though there will be times when you hate yourself and everybody at the methadone treatment program, including the counselor that you will get to know so well, everyone there recognizes the effort it takes to stay clean. Your efforts are always respected.
Substance abuse treatment professionals throw so many words and documents at you, and many of them contain phrases that you just don’t understand. You read that a treatment center provides person-centered care, and that treatment professionals utilize evidence-based practices, but what does all that mean?
It boils down to the fact that treatment planning depends upon what your individual needs are—person-centered care—and what kinds of treatment have worked for people in the past—evidence-based practices. Your individual needs plus the counselor’s knowledge of treatment are combined for a plan of treatment that is specific to your strengths, your needs, your abilities, and your preferences. Opiate treatment professionals have to consider all aspects of your personality combined with your lifestyle and life experiences in order to come up with your SNAP.
What are your principles? There are lines of behavior that you would not cross, codes that you live by, that form your principles, and whatever your principles are, even if they seem abstract, they are your strengths.
Another intangible strength can be your religion or your spirituality. You don’t have to be a church-goer, but your belief in a higher power that keeps the universe running gives you strength to draw from.
Many people have supportive families, and many do not. If you are lucky enough to have family who have your back, then your family is a strength. If your family’s needs seem to drag you down—if you have a spouse who also uses, for example, or if you live with someone who wreaks some kind of abuse on you—then they become an issue that you can hopefully learn to deal with at some point down the road.
If you have the ability to work or go to school, then that is a strength. If you have good health, consider it as a strength. If you have children and you are able to feed and dress them every day, then you are doing that by drawing on your inner strengths.
Needs: What do you need to do in order to succeed as an individual, beyond stopping your use of drugs? Maybe you need to finish school. Maybe you need to get away from an abusive spouse. Maybe you need a lawyer to help you fight some legal problems. If you are simply lonely and you need companionship, your counselor wants to know that also. All of your needs become important in the formulation of your treatment plan.
Abilities: Consider yourself lucky or blessed if you can read, write, and add up numbers, because many people cannot. Whatever skills you have—typing, construction skills—they fall under your Abilities. If you learn from your errors, and you know how to ask for help, those are important abilities that you possess.
Preferences: These are the things that your counselor should consider when putting together your Plan of Treatment. Do you have some reason to prefer a male counselor over a female counselor? Truly, both male and female counselors acquire the ability to work with clients of all types, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, age, and so forth. However, if your lifestyle experiences mean that you will work better with a specific type of counselor, those preferences must be considered. Other preferences could be attending evening sessions versus morning sessions. Again, preferences should be based on your daily schedule or your responsibilities with your family and not just because you like to sleep in. But once you’ve identified your preferences, every effort will be made to meet them.
Once your strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences are identified, the opiate treatment counselor helps you to determine your goals. You may think as you go into treatment that you have no idea what your goals are—but consider this one question: What drove you into treatment? If you called the methadone treatment program because a judge ordered you to do so, then your goal is to stay out of jail. If you called for help because your best friend just overdosed and died from heroin, then your goal is to stay alive. And those are both pretty important goals.
Think about what your life would be like if you didn’t have an addiction to opiates. What kind of house would you have? Would you work or go to school? Do you wish you had better relationships with your family members? All of these questions plus many others can help you to use your SNAP to reach your goals. Your life can become what you always dreamed about.
But none of that will come true for you unless you take that first important step and call for help. Nobody at the treatment center will scoff at the things that got you into trouble or the drugs you’ve been using. They understand the compulsions of addiction and they are there to help you. But your life cannot change until you take the one, important, first step: Pick up the phone today, make the call, and ask when you can come in and talk to someone.

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Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems by Ross Anderson is one of, if not the best information security book ever written.
With a list price of $80, it's worth every penny.
With that, thanks to Robert Slade for pointing out today in Risks Digest 27.16 that Ross Anderson has made all chapters from the second edition now available free online. You can get it here.
The hardcopy version on Amazon is available here.
Bruce Schneier said of Security Engineering “it's beautiful. This is the best book on the topic there is”. Enough said.
This document was retrieved from http://www.rsaconference.com/blogs/security-engineering-a-guide-to-building-dependable-distributed-systems	on Sat, 20 Apr 2019 04:21:03 -0400.

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The revolutionary no-noise, low-pulsations helical rotor pump is ideal where noise pollution abatement is of critical importance such as in presses applications. Presses need to operate at very high pressures and possibly high flows, often without noise barriers. It is therefore of the utmost importance to have pumps that not only provide adequate performances, but also that reduce noise emissions to a minimum, to ensure a safer, quieter and more comfortable workplace, thus magnifying efficiency and productivity.
Continuum® pumps can be combined in multiple setups, whereby the drive shaft of the first pump is extended to a second and even a third Continuum® pump.

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Integrating Brightpearl with UPS is easy. No more typing UPS shipping labels.
Common UPS Brightpearl answers to get you started.
A: You need a UPS account. You can create a UPS account on www.ups.com if you do not already have an account.
Q: Can I print UPS labels from multiple computers?
A: Shiptheory is entirely online. You can access Shiptheory and print UPS labels from as many computers as you need.
Q: Does Shiptheory work with UPS WorldShip?
A: WorldShip is UPS's standalone shipping program that runs on your computer. Shiptheory replaces the need to use WorldShip, making your shipping more mobile.
Q: Do I need a UPS label printer?
A: Shiptheory can print labels on thermal label printers or regular desktop printers.

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Companies providing communications services are required by law to comply with the Communications Act 2003. It is also a legal requirement under the General Conditions of Entitlement for providers of fixed-line telephone services to have an Ofcom approved Consumer Code of Conduct and a Code of Practice for their sales and marketing activities.
Please note that calls to the Net Primates Office may be monitored or recorded.
These requirements also apply to any service providers, resellers or agents we may work with.
A vital date for the diary!
Is your business using Microsoft Office 365?

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text: Celebrate Recovery® is a Christ-centered, 12 step recovery program for anyone struggling with hurt, pain or addiction of any kind. Celebrate Recovery is a safe place to find community and freedom from the issues that are controlling our life. It is based on the actual words of Jesus rather than psychological theory. It was designed as a program to help those who are struggling by showing them the loving power of Jesus Christ through a recovery process. Twenty five years ago, Saddleback Church launched Celebrate Recovery with 43 people; it is now in over 29,000 churches worldwide!


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A new program, offered by The NorthCap University, Gurgaon’s newly established School of Leadership has been launched from this academic year. The programme delivers at two levels – a cutting edge, hands-on training in the art of management, and a specialist focus on strategy and leadership in the fast moving, unpredictable world of digital business.
Located in the business, technology and start-up hub of Gurgaon, NCU’s full-time residential program has been designed to suit the needs of the new economy, consisting of intensive professional mentorship delivered 1 on 1 by senior business leaders, certified course content from top global institutions like Wharton and Harvard, mix of academic and practitioner faculty with wide experience, and industry connect via CXO/CHRO panels.
The program proposes to combine classroom teaching from industry experts, exposure to thought leaders in the business-world, team-based experiential learning modules and 24*7 peer learning to create an impactful management education that will create dynamic leaders for rapidly changing business environments. A small cohort size shall further ensurea focus on imparting sophisticated soft and transferable skills to each learner.
First-round admissions for the PG Diploma in Management and Leadership, which begins in August 2016 are open till 30 May, 2016. The program is targeted at professionals and requires applicants to have a minimum of 2 years full-time work experience. Aptitude Test scores (GMAT, MAT, CAT, GRE etc.) are optional.
Fees: Tuition fee: INR 7,00,000 | Residence fee: INR 1,50,000. Need-based scholarships will be provided to deserving candidates. Loans will be available through our tie-up with banks.
Campus: HUDA Sector 23-A Gurgaon- 122017.
In addition to distinguished academic and practitioner faculty members, NCU has also constituted a CXO advisory board that serves as a real-time link between to industry. Some of the members include Mr Dhruv Shringi, Co-Founder & CEO Yatra Online Pvt. Ltd;Mr Pankaj Sahni, Chief Operating Officer at Medanta – The Medicity;Mr Saurabh Srivastava, Chairman of the Indian operations of CA Technologies Inc.;Mr Raman Roy, one the pioneers of the BPO industry in India and Mr Mohit Thukral, Senior Vice President and Business Leader, Genpact.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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The 86205A is a Bridge from HP. Bridges are used in linear and nonlinear applications including instrumentation, precise measuments, filtering and power conversions.
The HP 86205A is ideal for accurate reflection measurements and signal leveling applications.


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NEW RESEARCH FROM the University of Adelaide in Australia has shown for the first time that the growth of brain tumours can be halted by a drug currently being used to help patients recovering from the side effects of chemotherapy.
The discovery has been made during a study looking at the relationship between brain tumors and a peptide associated with inflammation in the brain, called “substance P”.
Commenting on the research today, Dr Elizabeth Harford-Wright of the university’s Centre for Neuroscience Research said researchers have known for some time that levels of the substance are also greatly increased in different tumours around the body.
Substance P binds to a receptor called NK1 and Harford-Wright used an anti-nausea drug called Emend® to stop this from happening, thus reducing the growth. Blocking the substance from binding to the receptor also caused cell death in the tumour cells.
“This is a very exciting result, and it offers further opportunities to study possible brain tumor treatments over the coming years,” Harford-Wright added.
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I am nightshade sensitive. What can I sub for the tomatoes and ketchup?
Hi Theresa! You can substitute non-GMO “Beet Ketchup” for the 8 oz of tomato sauce. Beet ketchup is dryer than standard ketchup so you will need to add some water. Try 4oz beet ketchup and two ounces of water. The beet ketchup might make your meatloaf slightly sweeter.
You also could use 8 oz of apple sauce instead. Enjoy!
Don’t go by the temp and time on this recipe or you will be eating tar tar. Go higher on the temp 375 @ 1 hour. Although the recipe above said until done. But give me a break. It needs way longer. Ingredients smelt divine. Can’t wait to try in in another half an hour.
Ann – Honey or maple will be just fine. I will be updating the recipe to nix the agave (not a fan of it!).
I’m definitely trying this recipe. I like the last tip on the difference between grass fed & grain fed beef regarding cooking time.  Has anyone tried maple syrup or honey instead of agave? I’ve been hearing so much negative about agave. Just curious!
I’ve been reading everyone’s comments and it seems that this recipes turns out a crumbly meatloaf. If you’ve not worked with grass-fed beef before it’s important to know/remember that grass-fed meats have less fat than grain-fed meats therefore requiring less cooking time. Generally grass-fed meats cook to a safe temperature in about 1/3 of the time as the same grain-fed meat does. As always it’s best to use a meat thermometer to check the temperature to ensure proper cooked temperature but grass-fed meat can be checked for doneness much sooner than grain-fed meats. Just a friendly tip.
In the comments people keep mentioning agave nectar but I don’t see it in the recipe.  Am I missing something?  Also I would love to see the nutritional values on all recipes because I am eating low-carb and this seems fairly low-carb since there are no grains in the recipe.
LOVE this recipe!!! Even my daughter who is a picky eater really liked it!! Instead of celery I added fresh spinach. I’m going to double the recipe so we can have leftovers!
I was surprised at how moist and flavorful this was! I subbed finely chopped green peppers for the celery/carrot and added a bit more tomato sauce. It is a bit crumbly but in a moist way, it’s not like a brick! Thanks very much for the recipe.
This tastes awesome! Granted it was a bit crumbly, but I did add more tomato sauce and some rolled oats. I love the chopped up carrots since it adds a new texture and taste that I have not had in meatloaf before, plus, it gets my 2 yr old to eat SOME kind of vegetable without him knowing it. Next time, I will even add some spinach and no one will notice. I have to say, that the creative alternative to ketchup, which was by manually making your own in this recipe (vinegar, agave nectar, etc) gave this recipe so much of a more vibrant flavor than had I used regular store-bought ketchup!!
Well, I’m not the "author" but I did try this recipe out.
The meatloaf was very tender and moist, you could taste the herbs and the coconut water vinegar and agave nectar give it a nice flavor, slightly sweet, and savory. The carrots and celery need to be cut into very small pieces or shredded, but they too add a nice crunch.
The only con in this recipe as far as I’m concerned is that it was a bit crumbly, but that’s just the way it is since it is a gluten free recipe and does not have bread crumbs like the traditional meatloaf recipes. You probably could try adding an extra egg, but I’m not sure how that would turn out. Overall, I think this is a great recipe for those who want gluten free and like vegetables in their meatloaf.
I would be interested in the "author’s" comments on what was so special about this recipe.  Example:  "This recipe has a nice balance of flavors ……".  I need a little extra "inspiration" before I would try to make it based on the ingredients alone.

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Heliocare – essential everyday care for your skin. Protect your skin from UV and ageing damage with the clinically proven Heliocare. It has high or very high level UVA and UVB protection with great skin-loving-gel formulations. It offers clinically and scientifically proven skin-specific anti-oxidant activity and dermal protection.
An ultra-smooth, easy to apply SPF 50 spray that is water resistant and suitable for all skin types.
Designed to provide high level UVA protection for the day-to-day urban lower risk situations and is also suitable for spot prone skin where its added anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory ingredient can provide additional help.


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Welcome to all our new patients and established patients!
Thank you for choosing Northwoods Ear, Nose & Throat! Where we provide the quality and compassionate care you deserve!
In order to make your first visit with us as worthwhile as possible, we ask that you prepare ahead of time by filling out our patient forms and arriving at least 20 minutes prior to your appointment time. Please bring your photo ID and all insurance cards to every appointment so we can ensure that your policy is active and will cover your visit.
All copays, co-insurances and deductibles are due at when you check in for your appointment. Patients without insurance are required to pay in full at the time of service.
Insurance is a contract between a patient and their insurance company, not our medical practice. At all times, patients are responsible for understanding their own insurance. We will bill your insurance for services provided and accept payment from them on your behalf. Any balances due are your responsibility.
Please complete the forms below if you do not want to use online patient registration. Print out and bring these forms with you to your appointment.


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Is ESI right for you?
Thank you so much for your interest in Emergent Studies Institute!
We are so excited that you have decided to fill out our online registration form. This is a great way to get started letting us know about your interests in the institute and what expectations that you have for your future. You can pay your registration fee using a link below or when you speak with an academic adviser and begin the entire registration process. Please also read our page on Becoming a Student to understand next steps, the Fee Schedule for an idea about costs or our FAQ page for additional information. You may also want to refer to the current Course Catalog in order to fill out any specific questions about any courses you would like to take.
This link will take you to a secure PayPal site to pay your registration fee.
(You will notice the payment is made to Haven International.
Welcome to our Emergent Studies Institute Community!
So excited about the courses you will be offering on February 11,2016 to February 15,2016.
Thank you so much! We are so excited to welcome you into our community. We are actually starting on Monday 8th, 2016. However, I will reminded everyone that all our classes use our weekly paced learning platform OpenClass and video chats so you can always fit our courses into a busy schedule. Have a Happy New Year from ESI!


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HTC U12 Release Date, Price, Specs, Features, Concept, Design, Fast Looks, News, Rumors. More and more brands present better high-end smartphone. HTC’s current flagship is triumphing among users. That does not prevent us from speculating on its next device the HTC U12. The media has leaked a conceptual design of the device that looks very good. If the screen is smaller than its predecessor looks just as great.
For the moment, no device has been launched with this technology. Everything seems to indicate that the flagships will begin to integrate it the following 2018. According to some technical analysis, HTC U12 will come on the market in April or May 2018. Therefore, the Pre-orders of HTC U12 most likely start in the ending of May 2018. An Official release date will be declared very soon.
The HTC U12 will come with a Qualcomm 845 Snapdragon processor accompanied by 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage. However, it is still too early to talk about this device. It is possible that the specifications and design changes before launch, so stay tuned. We currently have known that about HTC U12.
We will be very attentive to all the news that is emerging about it. What do you think the phone sketch? One of the main novelties in the design of the next high range of HTC U12 is that they would climb to the car of a frontal occupied almost by the screen. This presumably will be 5.7 inches with 4K resolution and the use of HDR technology.
There will be 4 cameras in total in this device in photographic part. That will find, two forward, may be two different angles, and two rears. You can make it a portrait mode or a hybrid zoom. In the section of the camera, the HTC℗ U12 would bring a double sensor back. It would improve remarkably the quality of our photographs and selfie. It would hardly have bevels, depending on the rendered filter.
We can see a 16 megapixel front camera located in the supreme left corner and, in the lower frame, the HTC logo. The HTC U12 will design in metal rather than glass. In this phone will be a dual vertical camera with LED flashes. The camera of the next flagship of the Taiwanese company is made of metal and not reflective glass. We noticed two sensors located vertically right in the middle of the phone.
A double LED Flash © is on the right. In this phone will include the implementation of wireless charging and IP68 water resistance. The absence of the fingerprint reader would be an indicator of the sensor inside the screen, but it is only a proposal.
HTC U12 may come with 3200 mAh Li-Ion battery. The mobile also supports the Quick charge 4+ feature. The battery can be charged up to 80% in 40-50mins by its quick charge feature. Quick Charge 4+ also has higher safety features, which observe connector temperature.
The fingerprint sensor comes integrated on the screen. Where does not appear anywhere the fingerprint scanner. Something that still not achieve but companies like are working very hard to achieve. The HTC U12 has a five-inch screen and a sketch with very thin bezels in both the upper and lower parts. The side frames are almost imperceptible. As for the bottom picture, its only function is to host the HTC logo.
The HTC U12 mobile phone price may be in the range about of $650 – $700. Officially, the price list will be published within announce date. All the companies begin to elaborate the plans of the models. That they are going to throw with a year of anticipation like minimum time. Sometimes the leaks give an idea of what can be the following model. As in this case, where U12 is seen with desirable features for the 2018 HTC High End.
Although surely they could have enough sense since the company has already regained the spirit to get better. We need to wait a few more months until we have more concrete rumors what to expect from HTC’s next top-line. Either way, one thing is certain: the infinite screen has come to dominate the smartphone market.


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Our world today is all about competitiveness in a weakened job market, the third industrial revolution in a digital and fast-changing era and an increased interest and scrutiny towards social issues.
As AIESECers we understand that and we believe these are the perfect times to live in! We step-up to the challenges and shape our future by looking at the world as our playground.
We become career ready by learning relevant skills in a practical environment, by leading our organisation forward and by shaping our experiences. We grow into global minded leaders who use their passion for positive impact. We differentiate ourselves by challenging the status-quo and pushing for lasting societal change.
To increase youth impact in the world, we see that society needs leaders who are entrepreneurial, culturally sensitive, socially responsible and take an active part in their own learning.
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Guess I should have posted here first instead of that game but oh well! Guess I should list off a few things about myself. Obviously I love Pokemon because otherwise I likely wouldn't be here. :P Started with Gold and Silver and kept loving it to this day. I'm quite excited for the new Sword and Shield games coming out as well! They look amazing so far! Best Pokemon is Cinccino don't @ me.
Also if one hadn't already guessed (at least those familiar with it), I love the Fate series as well. Nero is best girl. If you follow it as well, we'll likely be friends.
Best Pokemon is Cinccino don't @ me.
Hey Umuchan! Welcome to Marriland! It's always a fun time when our empress shows up, lol.
What's the thing that's made you most excited for Sword and Shield so far? Have you played any of the spin-off Pokemon games, and if so, do you have a favorite? I also noticed in your profile that you're a Zelda fan. What's your favorite Zelda game?
Anyways, hopefully you'll enjoy it here and have a blast!
Hello! Nice to meet you! What kinds of things do you like outside of Pokemon?
Thank you for the warm welcome! Your Empress very much appreciates it!
To start with, I do very much like the setting of Galar, which is based around the United Kingdom. It was one of the few countries I hoped would be adapted into a Pokemon region aside from Australia, Brazil, and Africa. I also love all the memes it has so far, especially with the female trainer (who has a great design btw)! I'm on Team Scorbunny, though that's subject to change of course.
I have only played a couple of spin-offs being Hey You Pikachu, Pokemon Colosseum, Pokemon XD, and Pokemon Go. Out of all of them, I'd have to say Pokemon Colosseum was the most interesting, though my inner 6 year old self has a soft, nostalgic spot for Hey You Pikachu.
My favorite Zelda game? It would have to be Spirit Tracks, though I'm well aware I'm probably alone in that opinion. Breath of the Wild, Ocarina of Time, and Wind Waker are also personal favorites of mine.
In terms of games, I like playing Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, Ace Attorney, Persona, and Xenoblade as well as the occasional Smash Bros. Non-gaming related activities would be watching anime, personal favorites being Death Note, Konosuba, and One Punch Man. I also like swimming and cooking related activities too.
Plus, how could I forget anything Fate related? I'll be careful not to dive too deeply considering how foreign it be, but I watched all of the movies and anime for it (even the subpar 2006 one lol). Fate: Grand Order is my life.
I apparently love Pokemon too, what a coincidence any favourites?
Greetings, Umuchan. Always nice to see a fellow Fate fan. Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus is a rather interesting emperor. Not much is known about his life and what is known comes from secondary tertiary sources that contradict each other. A little historical background on your favorite Saber. I prefer Mordred, personally although Nero and Artoria are close seconds (yes, they tie imo).
Praise be to the Empress!
Which Final Fantasies do you like?
Favorite Pokemon? I feel that goes without saying. Cinccino is the best! I suppose some honorable mentions would be Roserade, Primarina, Florges, Ho-oh, and Gardevoir.
Ah yes. I do love Kazuma very much as a character, quite the breath of fresh air compared to other mild mannered male protagonists. I'm afraid the original Fate Stay Night anime hasn't aged too well, though it does hold a soft place in my heart. Zero is truly phenomenal, and Unlimited Blade Works is about on par. I'd recommend the latter two to anyone!
A fellow Fate follower? I quite like you already! Judging by your username and avatar, I assume you also like Ace Attorney. Two in one, how quaint.
I can respect your preference for Mordred, as I did find her to be one of the better parts of Fate Apocrypha (which I'm fairly conflicted with).
Another cordial follower? I'm much too blessed!
I'd say Final Fantasy VI is the one I'm closest to, while I also enjoyed XV and IV are also ones I enjoyed a good deal. Conversely I don't hold VII as closely as others do, though I still had a good time with it!
And yes, everyone deserves some headpats!
There's a fair few I haven't played yet. A friend of mine bought me IV for my birthday one year, and I've been slooowly working through that. Actually been playing a decent amount of XI lately. Yes, the first online one. It's pretty charming, surprised that the dev team are still actively working on it, despite XIV being the one everyone is playing right now.

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500 million hours of video are watched each day across all social media platforms (lilachbulock). Thats a lot of videos being watched! People love watching social media videos so much that by 2019, internet video traffic will account for 80% of all consumer internet traffic (Cisco). Videos are increasingly having more impact in our daily lives and it’s more important than ever before to incorporate creating videos into your content marketing strategy.
83% of consumers would consider sharing video content with their friends (Hubspot). Because people love to share video it’s possible to get a significant amount of reach. The ease of watching, commenting, and sharing all on one platform means more engagement.
Social Media marketers know that by incorporating video marketing into a small businesses social media strategy, their clients will get great results.
Include a call to action in one or both your video and post copy.
Consider live streaming on one of your social media accounts such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube. Live streaming gets the best organic (free) engagement.
Keep your video short and sweet. Keeping your short videos on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram to no more than 1 minute is ideal. It’s also less work for you to create one video that can be shared on all your social networks.
Create square videos rather than the standard 16:9 ratio videos. Square videos can be used on every social media platform except when uploading a YouTube video. There are several ways to create square videos. You can either do it through several video editing apps such as Videoshop, Clips or Animoto. You can also create them with standard video editing software such as Camtasia (by TechSmith).
Considering 85% of those who view video on social media actually turn the sound on, you want to make sure your videos are watchable without sound. Use closed captions when possible and don’t just be a talking head. Consider the environment you are filming your video in. Make it look interesting enough to encourage them to turn the sound on.
Bottom line, there is an incredible amount of noise on social media and there are so many other competing brands vying for your ideal clients attention. Finding ways to build authenticity and authority are key to winning potential clients and sets your brand apart from theirs. Creating content that is informative and educational such as a social media video could really help to build your brands authority through an authentic approach. Potential customers can visually see you and experience you through your video.
Adding video to your content strategy enables you to quickly and easily explain anything and everything. Verbally explaining something makes it easier for people to understand what it is you’re talking about.
To build authority you have to communicate that you know your industry and know what you’re talking about. By using videos you can share your industry knowledge and establish yourself as the expert.
Behind the Scenes – If you have something cool to highlight, show it off.
New Product or Service Teaser – This is a perfect way to drum up excitement.
Businesses have only a few seconds to get users attention and their engagement. One of the easiest and most effective ways to hook people in is with a video.
Videos are preferred by search engines, and are showed at the top of a search engine results page. When you use videos you rank higher in Google and you draw in more organic traffic. In fact, videos bring in the most organic traffic with a 157% increase from search engines (Storyme). This means a lot of conversions and clicks for your business.
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Make your video short and immediately entertaining. Viewers will lose interest if it’s too long and boring. Ideally keep your video to no more than 90 seconds.
Find a way to be authentic and instill trust in your viewer. Stay away from creating videos that are overly salesy.
Try video ads. They are a perfect way to get more eyeballs on your content, target your ideal customer and refer business to your website.
When recording your video be sure you have good lighting, sound quality and incorporate your branding throughout the video.
Wondering how you can connect with your ideal customer? Video is a perfect way to do this.
Using video in your social media content strategy allows your brands personality to show, thus allowing customers to see your more authentic side. Customers can connect more easily with your brand, and only the interested ones will continue to watch and engage.
Brands that really know themselves do this well and do their potential customers a favor by offering up content that connects with them. The company Patagonia is a perfect example of a company who connects with their ideal customer through their mission statement, “We’re in business to save our home planet.” Their mission of being environmentally conscious connects with consumers who feel the same way.
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Puerto Rico: Ciudadanos en Peligro (2017, 8 min) un Film4Change y Wolfquest Films representación por Rich Heinrich y Daniel Seymour | Discusión con alumno de GW y editor Alex Rubenstein y Productor/Director, Rich Henrich.
Sierra Club has been working on environmental justice issues in Puerto Rico for the last 13 years and among their victories include the designation of the Northeast Ecological Corridor, the fight to stop the Arecibo incinerator, and making Puerto Rico a zero waste zone. After Hurricanes Irma and Maria, we partnered with several civic and community organizations in the recovery effort, and now we are actively organizing with them to promote energy democracy and for a clean and resilient electrical grid.
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Professor Goldman will discuss the current study to estimate the excess mortality tied to Hurricane Maria. The research team is also evaluating the CDC's guidelines for identifying mortality during such a disaster.
In over ten years of academic experience, she has focused her efforts on leading students in local and global development through design activism. Professor Volchansky's international initiatives included work in Haiti, South Africa, and currently, Puerto Rico. She also works with local organizations in the Washington, D.C. area, including the D.C. Central Kitchen, Bethesda Cares, The Closet, New Hope Housing, Inc., and others, helping clients with infrastructure, facility, and other challenges.
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In this article we will present what is Pytheas and how you can access it.
Pytheas is a simple web interface used to download data from Youtube. The intended goal for this project is to let user to easily gather data from youtube and empowering their usage on it. Exported data is in a JSON file with a format similar to Google Youtube API v3. You can then import data to CorText in order to go further in text analysis.
There is no doubt that analyzing video content is full of information, but the resources needed could be quickly huge. So we assume in this project that YouTube Data could be both a starting point to understand video content, but also discovering information on the use of this social media only permitted and complementary to a metadata approach and analysis on various datasets.
In front of this we have an API provided by Youtube and supported by Google ecosystem named « Youtube Data API v3 » (v3 because there is a previous history from those data by API-style). This API is free and let you access data on YouTube structured by logic from their engineers and concepts.
It’s important to note that : this approach is not perfect mainly because we are depending of a technical structure and his supporting organizations, themselves related to a lot power issues and social askings. But a good starting point could be to use and decrypt this resource purposed by Google.
Next time we will present a use case of this interface with description of data from Youtube and what you can observe with it. On top of that you could always come to ask us about particular context.


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Jennifer Babcock reviews Typography for Lawyers by Matthew Butterick (2d ed., O'Connor's 2015), 240 pages.
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Our infinitely Intelligent Designer created two particles, the proton and electron. These two particles are millions of times more complex than the greatest computer ever made. What is an atom? An atom is very simple in structure as compared to the Rutherford-Niels Bohr model of the atom yet unimaginably complex. All matter and all life in the universe is made of two particles, the proton and electron. Intelligent Design theory shows that the creation of the electron and proton is not only infinitely complex, but results in mental telepathy in ants, bees, humans, dogs, cats, penguins, fish and animals.
Quarks are unproven speculation, are unscientific, and do not exist until proven by the scientific method of observation, measurable and repeatable experiment. The same goes for all the many other imaginary particles that scientists claim, simply because they smashed protons and electrons in accelerators, and scientists gave names to disintegrated fragments.
When an electron vibrates, it sends out electromagnetic waves throughout the universe. The transmission of heat, light and radio waves is the result of vibrations of electrons on one atom causing other electrons throughout the universe to vibrate at the same frequency.
Telepathy is the transfer of radio waves from one brain to another. This differs from intuition, which is more a thought process of an individual, giving what Christians may call the gift of knowledge.When a brain has a thought, electrons in the brain vibrate. When these electrons vibrate, they cause electrons in other brains to vibrate at the same frequencies. The brains of twins are quite similar, so if one twin is in danger, the other twin a thousand miles away knows. Two twins a thousand miles away pick out the same color dress or the same tie, suit or shoes. Twins sometimes say the same things at the same time. Some people called psychics have better ability to sense the brain waves of others than most people.
My wife and I have twin daughters; one knows when the other is in trouble, even though they lived twelve hundred miles apart. They and many other twins shown on television have picked out the same clothing a thousand miles apart. Our twins twelve hundred miles apart sent me the same identical birthday cards and when they lived at home, they both said the same thing at the same time. Coincidence? Once or twice may be coincidental, But how many coincidences does it take to constitute a pattern?
God made humans all look different, but most species of animals look exactly alike. Even so, a baby animal like a penguin, elephant or whale, though surrounded by hundreds of other animals that look exactly alike, knows its mother, and its mother knows it. A male and female penguin or goose or other animal select each other and identify each other for life, even though all the other animals look exactly the same. Because of electromagnetic waves, a dog or a cat knows when a person is dying. A dog dropped off a thousand miles from its owners can find its way home. Catch a squirrel in your yard, paint its tail and take it twenty miles from your house. You will soon find it in your backyard again with its parents, brothers and sisters.
The tiny brains of ants, bees and fish sense the brain waves of the other ants, bees or fish in the community. Disturb a bees' nest, and all the bees attack at the same time. Every bee and ant knows its place in its community. Disturb the back end of a school of fish and the entire school of fish dart away together. Without mental telepathy, life would be much more risky and complex to the extent that all life would soon be extinct. Thank our Intelligent Designer for creating two unimaginably complex particles, the proton and electron. As a result, cats, dogs, humans, penguins, dolphins and most all animals have mental telepathy.

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text: Advantages of Java Sockets:Sockets are flexible and sufficient. Efficient socket based programming can be easily implemented for general communications.Sockets cause low network traffic. Unlike HTML forms and CGI scripts that generate and transfer whole web pages for each new request, Java applets can send only necessary updated information.Disadvantages of Java Sockets:Security restrictions are sometimes overbearing because a Java applet running in a Web browser is only able to establish connections to the machine where it came from, and to nowhere else on the networkDespite all of the useful and helpful Java features, Socket based communications allows only to send packets of raw data between applications. Both the client-side and server-side have to provide mechanisms to make the data useful in any way.Since the data formats and protocols remain application specific, the re-use of socket based implementations is limited.


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The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is the latest outing for Studio Ghibli and another feather in their cap. Helmed by co-founder Isao Takahata, this feels very much like a swan song for the elderly creator and like the best of his work is a brilliant and bittersweet story.
Kaguya is a retelling of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, a Japanese folk story first committed to the page in the 10th century. Using an arresting visual style, the film is about the eponymous princess, a mysterious girl born from a bamboo stalk and subsequently brought up by the bamboo cutter and his wife until a sequence of magically appearing gifts bestow them with the opportunity to raise themselves to the level of urban nobility. It is a bizarre mix of fairy tale and social drama, where most of the action centres around Kaguya’s resistance to the cultural constraints of life as an aristocrat compared to her idyllic rural childhood, but the fantastical forces that brought her to this world always tease their way into the story.
The first thing to note about Kaguya though is the phenomenal visual style. This does not fall within the conventions of the ‘Ghibli style’ and the film is gorgeous to watch. The film is rendered in soft water colours and evokes tradition Japanese brushwork. Environments on their own are gorgeous but often taper into whiteness at the borders of the screen or leave featureless sections blank. These omissions lend a story book quality which makes Kaguya all the more mesmeric.
It is not simply that film is beautifully drawn but its uses its atypical style very effectively. The birth of the princess from the bamboo stalk cleverly uses line-work to shift its tone. As the cutter works, his lines shift even when he is motionless, but when upon finding the princess his lines halt their motion completely to display reverence. The only movement here are the precise dots of ink emanating from the princess to communicate an otherworldly radiance. Another specular scene is the flight from the city where the art becomes harsh, sharp and deformed. Takahata’s visual direction allows the emotions of the characters to be writ large on the screen.
Typically for Takahata and Ghibli, the visuals are matched by all levels of production. Although the visual style is the most distinctive aspect of the film at a glance, I wonder if the film is really more centred on music. The rural scenes at the start at established in sound, with the buzzing and bustling of animals, the songs of meandering children, and the rhythms of a country village. This contrasts with the city, a much more silent place where scenes infrequently have musical accompaniment unless they carry the pomp of official aristocratic functions.
In some ways the film is a study on economic and social comparison, with the rural folk living together amongst the means of production and sustenance (much attention is laid on everyone’s tasks as either bamboo cutter, carpenter, farmer, charcoal burner, etc.) and the nobles living in mansions that close them off from everyone on the other side of their high walls. All this is reinforced by the music. The countryside has jubilant folk songs whilst the most frequent music in the capital are the koto sessions enforced on Kaguya by her tutor – an example of social expectation and constraint wedded to music.
Even the fantastical element is the rooted in music. Kaguya, comes to earth a new born babe but already knows one song which she has no recollection of learning. Whilst the countryside is full of rich earthly sounds and the city has proscriptive circumstances for music, this mysterious song crops up every now and again before the supernatural comes barrelling into prominence at the very end, invading with all manner of elaborate song and spectacle.
The use of art evoking traditional Japanese drawings and the fact that Kaguya is based on a 1000 year old Japanese fairy tale may deter some who think this will be culturally impenetrable but the film was amazingly accessible. Though it is indeed steeped in Japanese culture, these are just the surface elements of the piece. At its heart this story is about a girl struggling to deal with the expectations society puts on her which is a very pervasive theme globally. Even the fairy tale aspect seems universal, with its structure fitting neatly with the tropes of European folk tales too. When five eminent suitors come to see Kaguya, the audience knows that we will see the tasks they are set played out in turn and expect Kaguya to shrewdly circumnavigate their ruses.
Perhaps the only nugget of reticence I may have about recommending the film is that I wonder how appealing children will find it. Many still see animation as a children-only medium, and there is nothing inappropriate here for kids but I wonder if the lengthy sessions about decorum and wrangling for status in the capital will appeal as much as the larking about in the country or the weird and wonderful folklore. Life in the city is depicted as still and infuriating, with many scenes unaccompanied by music to contrast to the bouncy rhythms of the bamboo cutter’s village. Older viewers may ultimately find this more rewarding than kids but perhaps I underestimate the attention spans of youngsters.
Verdict: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is beautiful, sophisticated and engaging. If this is Takahata’s last piece, it is a great one to go out on.
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is currently on general release in the UK.


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This is a walkthrough for Rhyzik's Stronghold. You'll find tips for completing quests and the Gastromancer Note Locations in this zone.
Rhyzik's Stronghold is Siltbreaker Act 1's final area, and is home to the campaign's final boss Rhyzik. Rhyzik is the game's final challenge, so be sure to spend all of your gold and activate the last checkpoint before entering the boss arena. When you are ready to challenge Rhyzik, step on the pressure plates in front of the boss door and enter the arena.
Rhyzik is the final boss of Siltbreaker: Act 1 and inarguably the most difficult enemy in the entire campaign. He is quick, strong, tanky, and has a ton of different abilities to mix up the battle. A single misstep can lead to instant death, so you will need to be on your toes for the entire duration of the battle. Magic damage and patience will be your most important tools in this long encounter, so be sure not to rush yourself and use your cooldowns effectively.
If you manage to defeat him, congratulations! You have completed Siltbreaker: Act 1. Claim your rewards, or try again to improve your score!
There is one Gastromancer Note in this area.
This entry is located inside Rhyzik's arena, but can be read it before starting the fight. Once you enter the arena, head directly north, then west into the small space on the opposite side of the checkpoint. The note is tucked away between the pillars.
Make sure you grab this note before you awaken Rhyzik!
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Under Illinois law 625 ILCS 5/12-610.2, it is illegal to use a cell phone while driving. Not only is the use of hand-held cell phone prohibited, but also “electronic communication devices” which includes anything from personal digital assistants (PDAs) to portable or mobile computers (such as an iPad).
However, it is important to note that global positioning systems (GPS), navigation systems, and devices that are physically integrated into the vehicle are not considered “electronic communication devices.” We have seen officers make this mistake quite a few times so it is important to know exactly what devices the law includes.
None of these are valid legal excuses. In fact, they can be seen as admissions of guilt. Talking on the phone is illegal if it is in your hand. Texting while driving is also illegal under the law.
A driver using a cell phone which has a single button to start or stop a call.
This ticket has a maximum fine of $75 for a first offense, $100 for a second offense, $125 for a third offense, and $150 for a fourth or subsequent offense. However, this does not include court costs. In Cook County, for example, court costs of $179 to $214 will be added on to the fine. This makes the minimum actually about $300 for a first offense. In DuPage and Lake counties, the total cost is about $350.
While a violation of the Illinois cell phone law is usually a petty offense, the use of a cell phone that results in an accident resulting in personal injury or death may be upgraded to a misdemeanor or felony offense.
Prior to July 1, 2019, the first offense for driving while using an electronic communication device was not a moving violation. Subsequent offenses were considered a moving violation.
However, a new law goes into effect on July 1, 2019, that makes illegally using a handheld device a moving violation on the first offense.
If you are a driver with a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) or you want to make every effort to keep this off your driving record, it is advised that you hire an experienced traffic lawyer to represent you. If you are cited while driving a commercial vehicle, it will count as a moving violation even prior to the new law taking effect.
Our lawyers have had great success fighting these tickets. It is possible that we may be able to get the ticket dismissed, get a “not guilty” verdict at trial, or otherwise keep this off your record. Please contact us to discuss your specific situation.
Should I Just Mail In The Ticket With A Payment?
This is a difficult question to answer because it depends on your circumstances. Mailing in your ticket with a payment requires you to plead guilty. The first question you should ask yourself is, “Do I want to plead guilty?” For many people, the answer is no.
Also, you must read your options carefully. Sometimes, you can request court supervision. This is a good thing for most people and it might be the right option for you. However, the court must offer it and you must be eligible for it. And it often requires you to complete online traffic safety school.
If you have a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) then you should never just mail in your ticket. CDL drivers do not benefit from supervision.
Mailing in your ticket with a payment might be the easiest and least expensive way to handle your cell phone ticket. But maybe not. We are happy to discuss your particular situation for free and give you an honest, fair assessment.


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Your physical health is one of the greatest weapon you have to deal with all things you need to accomplish in your life. It should be pointed out that maintain your peak health is extremely difficult with all things that could affect it in your daily life and no matter how careful you are, you’ll surely find yourself with a disease at some point in your life wherein you may need superb medical attention. For this, you would need the expertise of a skilled doctor but finding the right one is not as easy as you might think.
To ensure that you’ll be able to get a doctor who could help you with your current dilemma, you should bear in mind what you are suffering from. You need to identify the nature of the disease you’re currently dealing with or get a preliminary check-up to find out if you need a specialized doctor to do the job for you. You’ll surely find it hard to find the best doctor for your disease but by knowing where to start or what expert to look for, there’s no doubt that you’ll surely be able to improve your chances of success in this search.
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Vector science is also basic building theory because forces are vectors (have magnitude & direction.
We have an intuitive understanding of how forces act on a body if we have lots of physical experience with building. But if we don't (& to improve on our intuition) knowing some basic vector science can help us avoid many common (& some potentially disastrous) mistakes in building.
Vectors are useful in figuring out how to build structures with the maximum strength & minimum materials.
there's a whole lot of spaghetti structure videos in YouTube!


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No matter where you stand on Bill O’Reilly—he’s a serial abuser who deserved his canning or he's the subject of “a brutal campaign of character assassination that is unprecedented in post-McCarthyist America,” as his lawyer just put it—the underplayed story of the week is the easy ride being given to his bosses at Fox News Channel.
The network has known since at least 2002 of O’Reilly's—what shall we call them?—appalling ways around the newsroom. According to the New York Times, which threw a saddle on O’Reilly in January and rode him down hard to his demise, Fox paid a small settlement to a junior producer whom he verbally berated at high volume. (She signed a confidentiality agreement and left the channel.) In 2004, an O’Reilly producer sued him and Fox for sexual harassment. He countersued and promised to fight the suit but settled, paying $9 million out of his own pocket. In 2011, he likewise settled with a Fox Business Network host who accused him of sexual harassment. In 2016, Fox News settled sexual harassment claims directed at O'Reilly by two additional former Fox News employees. Later that year, another Fox personality filed sexual harassment charges against the network, naming O’Reilly as one of her harassers.
That’s a lot of money, and a lot of allegations. Yet the network waited until the Times assembled the full docket against O'Reilly before it finally took any measures against its popular prime-time host. Surely somebody at Fox, which was O’Reilly's employer for 20 years, bears some culpability for his alleged conduct. The first somebody, of course, would be Roger Ailes, founder of the Murdoch-owned network, and the man who hired O’Reilly. But he’s not around anymore. Ailes was part of the executive suite that approved sexual harassment settlements in cases filed against him and O’Reilly, and last summer the network dumped him against a similar backdrop of harassment charges and settlements.
If Ailes and O'Reilly had to walk the plank, why not current Fox co-presidents Bill Shine and Jack Abernethy? Shine figures in a sexual harassment suit filed against Ailes by current on-air personality Julie Roginsky, who claims the executive did not investigate her harassment complaint and then retaliated against her. Last year, Fox settled a sexual harassment complaint leveled against Abernethy and O’Reilly, Law Newz reported in January. Even if you assume their innocence—and I do—they had to know about the years-long pattern of accusations against O’Reilly and the settlements paid. And given the amount of money paid to protect O’Reilly against the charges, some drawn from the Fox treasury, surely uber-boss Rupert Murdoch knew what was going on. What’s his responsibility for waiting so long to take action? Moreover, what did Rupert’s son James Murdoch know? As Michael Wolff writes today, the network belongs to him now.
Double-speaking for itself Wednesday, Fox News parent company 21st Century Fox issued this brief statement: “After a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the company and Bill O’Reilly have agreed that Bill O’Reilly will not be returning to the Fox News Channel.” As my Politico colleagues wrote this morning, shouldn’t the thorough and careful review of the allegations have taken place long ago? The network, it’s worth mentioning, renewed O’Reilly's contract in the same time frame that it was considering the allegations against him, according to the Wall Street Journal. That’s neither thorough nor careful. That's malarkey.
The corporate culture orchestrated by maestro Murdoch over the decades has traditionally shied away from doing the right thing—until he doesn't have a choice. In 2011, Murdoch endured the charges of phone-hacking and bribery charges against his News of the World tabloid as long as he could and then stanched the damage by dramatically closing the entire paper. The sacking of O’Reilly follows that template: Resist, resist, resist, resist some more, and then fold to protect the core and live to transgress again. Also, take excellent care of the alleged transgressors. Ailes got $40 million from Murdoch on his way out. O’Reilly is said to be getting up to $25 million. Remember Murdoch executive Rebekah Brooks, who resigned over the phone-hacking scandal? Rupert hired her back.
If sexual harassment happened at Fox, it happened because Fox countenanced it, countenanced it some more, and then again. If the network is guilty, it denied women their rightful position in the workplace and by extension denied Fox viewers their best work. By paying settlements and winking about the settlements O’Reilly paid, did Fox put profits ahead of decency? Were settlements just another cost of doing business—like a capital expense?
One important thing to consider is that O’Reilly is a massively valuable national brand—his show reaped $446 million in ad revenue from 2014 through 2016. His loutishness, which he telegraphs with his leering and eye-rolling, is on-brand in a way that it wouldn’t be for other big TV names. If he did harass fellow employees—and I leave it to you how far the evidence and the settlement tilt toward that judgment—such workplace conduct would be consistent with his on-air persona: Blustering, insulting, domineering, duplicitous, bullying, egomaniacal and mendacious.
Down to the charges of sexual harassment, O’Reilly resembles our current president, a point made at length by Justin Peters in Slate. And like our president, he’s too stubborn and obstinate ever to surrender to his accusers. That’s not a chip you detect on his shoulder: It’s a boulder. O’Reilly’s infinite sense of aggrievement also helps him connect his brand with his viewers, whose median age is 67. For many networks, the O’Reilly settlements would have been seen as a potential PR nightmare from the start. But Fox draws only fuel from attacks by the mainstream media, feminists and Slate writers–and it can afford a different calculus.
This week’s O’Reilly coverage has read like a giant Irish wake, but he’s not dead yet. Where he might have been content to retire in a couple of years, his sacking will only embolden him. The calls for an advertiser boycott of his show, which were successful, was only partly about the sexual harassment charges, as I recently wrote. His most ardent foes would oppose him with the same vigor if he became a saint. And for his most ardent fans? The sexual harassment charges, the scathing New York Times investigations, and the liberal boycotts will only Super Glue their relationship together. In their accounting, those attacks are a badge of honor.
So if the boycotters who drove off O’Reilly’s advertisers and scuppered his show want to gloat, they should get it out of their systems this week. Like Trump, O’Reilly connects on a visceral level with enough Americans to have produced a loyal audience. Like the Trump faithful, true O’Reilly devotees don’t care about sexual harassment charges. Hell, many don’t care about sexual harassment, period. They love him because he has captured and channeled their voice, and knocking him off Fox News won’t silence him. They’ll follow him. Without missing a beat, O’Reilly could regain his audience by taking his act to the 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. time slot at the Trump-friendly Sinclair Broadcasting chain, which owns more than 150 stations. In Sinclair-less markets, O’Reilly could syndicate the new show—call it O’Reilly Refactored.
I promise you. You’ll have Bill O’Reilly to kick around for a long time.
Is O’Reilly educable? In 2003, I wrote of his habit of telling people to “shut up” on his show. He stopped doing it, but also denied that he had such a habit! Tell me to shut up via email: Shafer.Politico@gmail.com. My email alerts make jokes about sexually harassing my Twitter feed, which has denounced my RSS feed for using hate speech.

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It's been Shorena' life-long dream to have a family of her own. Becoming an SOS mother fulfilled her dream, but it also brought new fears and uncertainties. "Will I manage well? Will the children like me? Will they accept me as their mother?" Well, she got the answer to the last question, all right.
"It was my first day at the village," remembers Shorena. "Late October of 1996. I was told the very first two children of SOS Children's Villages Georgia, two brothers called Simoni and Giorgi, will come to my house. I was overwhelmed with emotions which were unknown to me until that moment. I was happy and scared at the same time."
"The first thing I did the morning before they came was go to the market and buy sweets. I bought loads of candies, chocolate bars, lollipops, sugar sticks, whatever I could find," she remembers.
"Simoni and Giorgi came in the afternoon. We spent some time getting to know each other. They chose a room, we had dinner and then they 'attacked' the candy," smiles Shorena. "We really had fun, but I could feel it would take time for them to get used to me. Clearly, the sweets helped them loosen up."
"I was thinking about my actions that night. I lay in bed awake doubting whether I had done the right thing, whether they liked me at least one little bit, when all of a sudden I heard Simoni calling for me. I was startled at first because he yelled 'mum!' At his second cry I rushed to his room.
He was sick from all the candies. I looked after him, got him back to bed and went to sleep the happiest person on Earth. My boy called me mum on the first day! I was in seventh heaven," says Shorena.
"It was about three or four years later," she continues. "Our 'SOS family' had grown by five more members. We were a noisy bunch always ready for a good laugh. One day we were sitting in the village yard remembering old events, when Simoni brought up the first day. It was then that I first heard what really happened."
Simoni needed help but he had forgotten Shorena's name. He asked Giorgi, who couldn't remember, either. Then Giorgi told him to try calling her mum because someone mentioned that day that this woman would be their mother. "And that's why Simoni called me mum," laughs Shorena.
Simoni and Girogi still call Shorena mum. Only now they call her mum with all their heart.


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A simple non-profit DApp & ERC20 token running on the Ethereum blockchain.
Eth Hodler is for hodlers – a simple contract that helps holders to lock up their ether.
This contract has no owner and cannot be modified by anyone.
are then used to make a withdrawal and burned once the withdrawal is processed.
A normal withdrawal would take ~30 days to process, costing only the gas fee.
a chunk from the fee-pot, see the rules to find out how.


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Common Names – Kentucky bass, Kentucky spotted bass, northern spotted bass, Alabama spotted bass, Wichita spotted bass, black bass, smallmouth bass and spot.
Description – Is similar in appearance to the largemouth bass. Has green to olive-green hue; white, mottled belly; and a broad stripe of broken blotches, usually diamond-shaped, along the midline of the body. Unlike the largemouth, the spotted bass has scales on the base portion of the second dorsal fin; its first and second dorsal fin are clearly connected, and its upper jaw does not extend past the eye. Above the lateral line there are dark markings, and below the lateral line the scales have dark bases that give rise to the linear rows of small spots which are responsible for the common name.
Subspecies – Three are recognized: the northern spotted bass (M. p. punctulatus) has 60 to 68 scales along the lateral line, the Alabama spotted bass (M. p. henshalli) has 68 to 75 scales along the lateral line. Spotted bass can be found from Texas to the Florida panhandle including Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky. The Wichita spotted bass (thought by some to be extinct) is limited to the West Cache Creek, Oklahoma. The Alabama spotted bass has been introduced into California.
Range – While widely distributed outside Florida, the spotted bass is restricted to streams of the panhandle from the Perdido River to the Apalachicola River. Abundance is limited in this area, but the fish primarily occurs in and west of the Choctawhatchee River.
Habitat – Prefers small to medium streams and rivers with clear, slow-moving water, gravel or rock bottoms. Spotted bass may occupy reservoirs, but are seldom found in natural lakes. They do not enter brackish water.
Spawning Habits – Spawns very much like the largemouth. Spawning occurs in the spring when water temperatures reach 60 to 65 degrees. Sexually mature mates build saucer-shaped nests on a soft, clay bottom or on gravel bars generally near brush, logs or other heavy cover. The eggs hatch in four or five days, yielding up to 3,000 fry per nest.
Feeding Habits – The principal food items are crayfish, fish and aquatic insects. The species is less piscivorous than other black basses and seems to be more selective in its feeding habits.
Age and Growth – Tends to grow slower than largemouth bass and does not attain as large a size as other species. The young grow to 1-1/2 to 4 inches the first summer. Maturity is reached at about seven inches. Average lengths for fish aged 1 to 8 years are 4, 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 inches.
Sporting Qualities – Strong fighters when caught on light tackle. Popular lures and baits include jigs, crankbaits, spinners, small plastic worms and crayfish. As a sport fish, specific bag and size limit regulations apply, and you can register a qualifying catch as part of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s “Big Catch” program.
Eating Quality – White, flaky meat with good flavor. Generally considered better eating than largemouth.
World Record – 9 pounds, 4 ounces, caught in Lake Perris, California in 1987.State Record – 3 pounds, 12 ounces, caught in Apalachicola River in 1985.


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It is known for Christmas to be a global event for several individuals. People are known to celebrate the event on 25th December every year according to the Gregorian calendar. The aim why people celebrate this event is to remember the birth of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ has great significance to the life of Christians. There are many other events that are celebrated in the world such as Valentine and mother’s day. Humans engage themselves in several things during festivals. One of the things that are done during festivals is holding ceremonies. People are known to gather in various avenues to celebrate a given event. The various examples of avenues men assemble are in halls and churches. People also consider drinks and foods during festive seasons. Some people experience the essence of certain festivals through the presence if drinks and foods. It is known for delicious meals and sweet drinks to be prepared in global festivals for participants to celebrate. Men also value presents during festivals.
It is realized for individuals to gift each other in festivals. Mothers for example in mother’s day are given various gifts to feel loved by their children. It is known for presents to be different according to social events. Flowers are for an instance presented to one another on Valentine’s day. Christmas is known to carry unique gifting items. People are required to prepare thoroughly when it comes to celebrating Christmas. It is realized for many people to enjoy Christmas in their homes and churches. Expect a lot of people to visit each other to celebrate Christmas. People can present to one another a number of presents during Christmas. People can consider buying customized presents for their loved ones during Christmas. Customized gifts are items that are designed according to one’s suitability. There are a number of factors to consider when buying personalized Christmas presents. You should begin by drawing a budget for the various presents needed for Christmas celebration. It is usually known for customized presents to be expensive.
One is thus needed to have with them several dollars for the purpose of buying personalized Christmas presents. Your budget should also contain the cost of transporting such personalized Christmas gifts. One should know the type of personalized gifts to buy before visiting the market. Some of the several examples of personalized gifting items that can be purchased for Christmas are toys, shoes, t-shirts, and bags. Kids for example love t-shirts embroidered with pictures of their heroes. It is good to shop for the quality personalized gifts for Christmas. It is known for quality items to last for long. One should value purchasing personalized Christmas present in the online shops.


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Gammabright Mod is a useful and advanced tool that adds more brightness to the world of Minecraft. It lights up everything in the game!


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Go Karts: $10 per hour for singles or doubles. $8 per half hour for the family chopper.
We have a full range of DVD’s to watch at your place: Free of charge.
Boardgames for your place: Free of charge.

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where can i purchase portico 5042 in VIRGINIA????
What is a vintage API? Is it largerly different than the more modern versions? 212 vs 512?
Red vs. Blue mics. Is Blue worth paying twice as much for?
LSR6332 & NS10, now what?
Who has mic pattern control from the CR?
How human sounding is the harmonizing on the H8000?
HIGH END FOR ITALIAN PROAUDIO PEOPLE !!
What is the best plug-in bundle available?
Hi Slutz, Whats a good UK used price to pay for both a TC M3000 and also a Lexicon PCM91? Thanks.
"The P-1 is based on the Pacifica"
To the once who have heard the both, do they sound the same?? If it´s only "based", what´s the difference?
Should I buy Gates Solid Statesman Compressors?
Best LA room for 5.1 mix?
Closest to tube tech CL1b for less $$ ?
Has anyone had good experience recording Crate Blue Voodoo amps. Im doing a metal session, running through a marshall jcm 900 cab.
Quuestion about studios In Vegas??
Control monitor device that takes Adat?


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Born in Tokyo, Kyoko Hamada grew up in Chiba, Japan until her father’s job relocated the family to Wheeling, West Virginia when she was fifteen-years-old. Hamada came to New York City studying art history at Manhattanville College, graduating from Pratt Institute studying photography and painting. Her subject matter has often been the ordinary people and objects stylized and staged into subtle quiet moments dealing with self-referentiality and various metaphors.
Kyoko has participated in two artist residencies in Iceland in 2009 and 2010, and has exhibited her work in the National Portrait Gallery, Randall Scott Gallery, Civilian Art Projects, and Michael Hoppen Gallery. Her latest series, “I used to be you” received the grand prize from the Lens Culture International Exposure Awards, and was included in the Critical Mass Top 50.
Clients include: Vitra, Uniqlo, Kärcher, ASK, La Salle, The New Yorker, The Telegraph, Atlantic Magazine, and Wall Street Journal Magazine.


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At International Media Ministries, we use media to bring Jesus to Europe, Eurasia, Africa, and the Middle East.
We work to bring people all over the world closer to Jesus, utilizing the most advanced technologies to tell timeless stories that people can view on televisions, cinema screens, or mobile phones.
Missions is a team effort. We couldn't do what we do without our faithful supporters and full-time and short-term team members.
International Media Ministries (IMM) partners with missionaries, national churches and media outlets to develop innovative access to the Gospel by producing creative content for evangelism and by training others to use media to reach people for Christ in their own cultures.
The goal of production at IMM is to create evangelistic content in short and long-video formats to reach people who have yet to receive the Gospel.
The script to screen production team creates, develops, and produces media content to fulfill the evangelism need of nationals, missionaries and broadcasters.
IMM also provides the training needed for strategic use of video, radio, and media equipment. One goal of IMM is to add to the world more storytellers who share the Gospel with unreached people everywhere.
IMM is constantly adapting, changing, and growing with the media world.


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Kids in the Game (KING),NYC Middle School Esports League a leading provider of sports-based youth development programs, in partnership with the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation’s Innovation Grant, is proud to launch the first-ever middle school esports league. The program combines traditional and esports and includes students from Corpus Christi School, Future Leaders Institute, St. Charles Borromeo and Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Harlem and Upper Manhattan.
As esports continue to grow in popularity worldwide, KING has developed an innovative program to coach students in the esports games of NBA 2K and FIFA and then transfer those skills onto the court and field. Each practice involves a physical activity to get kids moving and connect them to video games in a new and unique way. The hybrid-model approach is designed, in part, to help engage kids who otherwise may have lacked the confidence, interest or ability to play a traditional team sport.
The KING esports program will hold practice twice per week for nine weeks. Each session will involve virtual and physical games, with the program culminating in a four-school finals tournament. To help connect the program to the esports world, KING is excited to work with the New York Excelsior Group (NYXL). NYXL participates in the professional Overwatch League with 19 other teams worldwide. As the first professional esports franchise to represent the city of New York, NYXL brings a wealth of knowledge in the esports space that will be critical in helping KING launch the successful program. Over the past few months, NYXL has hosted a variety of community events and activations in New York City, including high school and collegiate gaming tournaments at the team’s pop-up shop and gaming center in Brooklyn. The franchise has a focused mission in 2019 to build a community around esports in New York City and engage with and educate young people on opportunities that exist within the industry.

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Sad story, but glad to hear that both Jack’s and it’s owner are back in the game. This place reminds me a bit of the NJ Diners of my youth (minus the 24 hour service). I’m looking forward to my next visit.
Glad to see Jack’s back open! Updated menu but still serving up great food at very reasonable prices!

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text: Help with eBooks mobile devices and basic computer skills. Bring device account IDs and passwords. 2 PM-3:30 PM. Adults.


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Mohawk Radio US Tour Pt 12 – Los Angeles – Guns n Roaches & Eviction Notices!
Mohawk Radio US Tour Pt 10 – Los Angeles Pt 2!
Mohawk Radio US Tour Pt 9 – Los Angeles Pt 1!
Mohawk Radio US Tour Pt 8 – Palm Springs!
Mohawk Radio US Tour Pt 7 – Grand Canyon!
Mohawk Radio US Tour Pt 6 – Sedona!
Mohawk Radio US Tour Pt 5 – Mickey & Noomie!
Mohawk Radio US Tour Pt 4 – Mohawk Radio in Tucson!
Mohawk Radio US Tour Pt 3 – The Road Trip Begins!
Mohawk Radio US Tour Pt 2 – We Arrive in Vegas!
So here I am, sat inside Manchester Airport about to take the most important journey of my life to date.
Andy and Nige at the controls including an interview with Tim from the wonderful Golden Fable in the second hour.