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Q&A: cyclo-cross good or bad?
I’ve just finished a good summer of riding where I competed in the Etape, a couple of other premier cyclosportives and even did my first road race. I’m keen to build on this next summer but want to avoid letting my fitness drop over the winter. I’ve just got the use of a cyclo cross bike off a friend who suggested I give that a go but have no idea how to do any training for this kind of event? Firstly is it a good idea and secondly how do I go about it.
Joe, firstly cyclo cross is an excellent idea to keep both your fitness levels and your motivation high during the winter months. Cross races are very accessible to just about wherever you are in the country and events are short, meaning you’re not outside, for hours on end exposed to the worst of the British weather, either for the races or the training required.
As a novice your races will be in the region of 45 minutes and you will have more than enough aerobic conditioning coming off your summer of riding to provide you with a good endurance base, so in terms of the fitness training, you need to focus on the high intensity levels needed to compete in cyclocross.
As a guide, a one-hour race, should theoretically see you perform at your threshold power, or the highest power you can sustain for one hour, so a slightly shorter race means you could sustain a slightly higher pace than that.
This is very intense and, given the nature of the sport it is not consistent, you will repeatedly be required to ride at close to maximal intensities in short bursts and recover very quickly, so your training should reflect this in one hour sessions featuring short, all out intervals with brief recovery periods.
This kind of training is very demanding and I would recommend you do only two sessions per week initially as you adapt to it’s demands and will leave you the rest of the week for some sub threshold training where you focus on the other major element of cyclo cross, technique.
Good technique is essential in cyclo cross and not just because you need to get you round the course safely. Smooth technique in the various technical aspects means you don’t waste precious energy so it’s essential that you practice regularly.
There are a few key elements that you need to concentrate on. The first is mounting and dismounting the bike smoothly, from both sides, while running. The second is swinging the bike onto your shoulder (again on both sides), arm through the frame and carrying it while you run up a short flight of steps or steep, grass bank.
Finally learn to corner confidently at high and low speeds on a variety of tight and wide bends on dry, wet, loose and muddy surfaces. You will need to be confident in all of these techniques as you will need to demonstrate them all often several times on every lap, in order to perform well on any demanding ‘cross course.


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Collectively members of Diazpora can boast having recorded or performed with fellow titans of contemporary funk, The Mighty Mocambos, US jazz vocalist Gregory Porter and Truth & Soul Record's, Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, but Diazpora’s members are just as immersed in Hamburg’s burgeoning music scene and can add names like soul singer Miu, Smith & Johnson, Meute and Uebertribe.
Released through Legere Recordings, ‘Islands’ marks the first album to see the group paired with Axel Feige who, primarily known for his work with Absolem Max, tackles lead vocal duties throughout. His smoky and seasoned vocals act as an apt accompaniment to Diazpora’s musical prowess – he soars on the funk numbers that steam ahead at 100mph (‘Nap Xtra Long’ and ‘Moon’) and he mesmerizes on the more provocative songs like ‘Me & I’ and the album’s title track. ‘Islands’ is definitively an album that takes listeners in different directions and Diazpora treat the music here as very much an explorative process – and it’s a joy to listen to. Aside from the aforementioned tracks, there’s the excellent singalong chorus of ‘Yaroslava’, the fantastic horn section that elevates the music as in ‘Piece By Piece’ giving it an almost orchestral feel and then there’s the brilliant swagga-filled instrumental album closer ‘Numbers’.
‘Islands’ is an incredibly versatile and accomplished funk record from nothing less than an incredibly versatile and accomplished band. I use the term “band” but Diazpora is more like a super group. Each of its members boast a wealth of experience, from playing in other bands, to the earlier-mentioned past collaborations… we also proudly covered bass player, David Nesselhauf, and his hugely innovative ‘Afrokraut’ solo release of last year. The Diazpora Dynasty continues to flourish and ‘Islands’ gives them another jewel in their crown.
Hans-Christian Stephan (trumpet), Jonathan Krause (sax), Alexander “Kimo” Eiserbeck (sax), Lucas Kochbeck (drums), David Nesselhauf (bass), Thomas Neitzel (percussion), Legbo (guitar), Christoph Hinrichsen (keyboards) and Axel Feige (vocals).

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Sen. Dan Sullivan will introduce a measure slapping new costs on oil imported from Canada, partly in response to that country's effort last year to stop Congress from opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, according to news reports.
Canada's government, concerned that ANWR development would hurt the Porcupine caribou herd that ranges from the refuge to Canada, lobbied lawmakers last year to stop the bid by Alaska's delegation to allow leasing in the refuge, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
Alaska's delegation won that fight in December, inserting language into the federal tax overhaul bill to open a portion of the refuge to potential oil and gas development. Recently, the federal government launched its regulatory effort to allow oil and gas leasing in the refuge's 1.6-million-acre coastal plain, as required by the legislation.
Before Canada tried stopping the ANWR effort, Sullivan had already been working on a measure to reform the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund that taxes oil production to fund spill cleanup efforts, said Matt Shuckerow, a spokesman with Sullivan's office, on Friday.
As part of that work, Sullivan and other lawmakers had considered including language that would close a loophole on oil imported to the U.S. from Alberta's tar sands deposits, Shuckerow said.
"This effort began long before the expressed opposition by the Canadian government on opening ANWR to responsible resource development," Shuckerow said.
But Canada's actions — described as "outrageous" by Sullivan — ultimately helped the senator decide to include language to close the loophole, according to Bloomberg.
The loophole allows hundreds of millions of barrels of oil a year from the Canadian deposit to avoid the liability fund tax, amounting to a $47 million savings in 2016.
Sullivan said Canadian officials were visiting every office in the Senate last year to kill Alaska's refuge-opening effort.
"It was not a smart move," he said, according to Bloomberg. "It's a loophole and we intend to close it."
Bloomberg said Sullivan planned to punish Canada. Shuckerow disagreed with the news organization's characterization, saying it was "not entirely accurate."
"The legislation is based on a sound policy belief that this loophole should be closed," Shuckerow said.

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Vanity Fair's contributing editor Christopher Hitchens passed away today, the magazine reports. He was 62.
According to the news source, Hitchens died at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, surrounded by loved ones.
Hitchens, who published his memoir Hitch-22 in 2010, was diagnosed with esophageal cancer the same year.
"RIP HITCH!" tweeted Roseanne Barr. "Genius genius genius has passed from this sphere! thanks for all of the thought u inspired!"
Piers Morgan also sent his regards, tweeting, "RIP Christopher Hitchens -- greatest literary provocateur of my lifetime. Huge talent, huge loss."

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Contact us at Automatic Garage Solutions supply and installation of garage door parts for premises located in Balmain, Inner West. Our company is 100% Australian owned and operated, trusted by families all across Sydney. With a clear focus on customer service and reliability, we offer on the spot service, repair and installation of all major brands of garage door openers and remote controls.
Automatic Garage Solutions perform garage door repairs for all major garage door types including roller doors, tilting doors and sectional or panelled doors. We stock a broad range of garage door parts including motors, remote controls. You can view the wide range of garage door motors we are able to service. Your garage door will be operating to its best potential after serving and repair from Automatic Garage Solutions. We replace garage door springs and that are no longer doing their job and can perform repairs on all brands of garage door openers. Our service area includes all homes and businesses in Balmain and the wider Inner West area.

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There are some products that make you instantly ask “Why?”. With these T-Rex Shower Heads, you should rather be asking “Why not?”.
Who would have thought that shower heads could be so fun and Jurrasic?
Modeled after an authentic Tyrannosaurus Rex skull, this shower head will make any kid and adult roar with joy.
The installation of your new shower buddy is fairly simple. With a Teflon tape included, all you need is an adjustable wrench and a bit of time.
The spout has 9 jets to give you a good prehistoric wash. Made out of durable and sturdy plastics, it should fit all standard U.S. shower heads, both handheld and fixed.
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This film collage by the artist Natascha Küderli shows the many-layered transport movements that characterise the city of Berlin.
Local underground and overground trains, as well as buses, boats, trains, bicycles, planes, cars and pedestrians, move alongside, above, beneath and with each other. They do this in tunnels, in the air, on rail tracks, roads, rivers and paths and at landing stages as if they were all participants in a dance choreographed especially for them. It's the pulse of Berlin that captivates the observer.
The film lasts for 45 minutes and shows Berlin's layers of movement over three days and three nights. In creating the film, Natascha Küderli has – as in her photomontages –developed a clear structure for the movement cycles. They make their way from outside to inside (the S-Bahn circular route), from north to south (by boat), and from the central district "Mitte" to the west and the east (by S-Bahn). Then the cycle keeps on moving by boat, underground train (U-Bahn) and tram, by car to the airport and then back to Berlin "Mitte".
Natascha Küderli composes a coherent intertwining of these movement layers. Until now, she has dealt with this subject by using meticulously cut photographs of her own, which she assembles in her photo collages. With both of her collage techniques, pictures and film, she succeeds in illustrating the uniqueness of the overlapping and contemporaneousness of the traffic movements in a large city such as Berlin.
The film vibrates to the rhythm of a global metropolis. The different speeds at which people and means of transport move during the days and nights are fascinating and unsettling at the same time and evince a clear aesthetic statement by the artist.
BERLIN layers of movement now available as DVD at goodmovies.de and as stream via Amazon and Google Play.


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Congratulations to third-year graduate student Jamie Blair for earning the Presidential Fellowship for Collaborative Neuroscience award!
Posted on May 2, 2017 by Christina Gancayco.
Yesterday, Bryson Reynolds successfully defended his dissertation, "Subconcussion Exposure in Sport and the Effects on Spontaneous Brain Activity and Functional Brain Connectivity." Great work, Bryson!
Posted on August 3, 2016 by Christina Gancayco.
A neuroscience P.h.D student at the University of Virginia has discovered new data related to brain trauma in collegiate football players.
Bryson Reynolds found that the football players compared to healthy soccer, lacrosse and non-athletic males experienced sub-concussions, or disruptions in connectivity of the brain. The other men in the study experienced no brain activity changes in the same time frame."
Read the rest of the story from NBC29 here.
Posted on June 13, 2016 by Christina Gancayco.
"The average college football player receives about 1,000 head impacts each season. Some of these hits result in concussions – traumatic head injury that results in short-term, and possibly even long-term, damage to brain function.
But what are the effects of the hundreds of routine head impacts, called subconcussions, that occur during a four-month season of practice sessions and games?
A University of Virginia neuroscience Ph.D. candidate is trying to find out.
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging – fMRI – Bryson Reynolds studied the brain activity and connectivity of a group of healthy college football players, before and after a competitive season, and compared the data to brain-activity scans of healthy male college soccer and lacrosse players, and to a control group of college male non-athletes."
Read the full article from UVAToday here.
Newsradio 1140 WRVA interviewed neuroscience graduate student Bryson Reynolds about differences in head impact between game and practice conditions in NCAA football. Listen to the full interview here.
Posted on October 27, 2015 by Christina Gancayco.
"When researchers at the University of Virginia discovered a relationship between the type of equipment worn by their school’s football players at practice and the head impacts sustained as a result, they didn’t think much of it at first.
After attaching sensors behind 20 football players' ears, the researchers had found that players experienced a much smaller average number of head hits during helmet-only practices than they did during shell practices and full-pad practices. When it came to the severity of the hit, the same was true: helmet-only practices looked safer. According to researchers, 'the level of protective equipment worn is generally a good proxy measure for the intensity of a practice.'"
The U.Va. players in the study suffered the most frequent head impacts during games, but as the amount of padding increased during practices, so did the frequency and cumulative effect of head impacts.
"Despite growing concerns about concussions, the NCAA has not regulated full-contact football practices, arguing that there’s insufficient data available about head impacts. A new study from the University of Virginia School of Medicine begins to address that lack of data, detailing the number and severity of sub-concussive head impacts over the course of an entire season.
The researchers conclude that the NCAA’s lack of regulation comes at a cost to college players that seems 'unnecessarily high' and call for changes to reduce head impacts.
'Unlike the proactive approach of the NFL [which has enacted practice rules to limit head injuries], the NCAA has been waiting for data to support their evolving football guidelines and regulations,' said lead researcher Dr. Jason Druzgal of U.Va.’s Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging. 'The results of our study start to provide some of that data.'"
Read the full press release from UVA Today here.
"Researchers at the University of Virginia say too many college football players are receiving unnecessary hits during practice and they're calling on the NCAA to regulate practices.
UVA researchers conducted a study where they had UVA football players wear a high-tech impact-sensing patch behind their ear during 12 games, 27 full-pad practices, 29 half-pad practices and 10 helmet-only practices. The study looked at the types of practices in which football players experience head trauma."
Read the full article from NBC29 here.
"CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (NEWSPLEX) -- Practice makes perfect, but could it also be dangerous? A group of University of Virginia researchers think so, especially when it comes to college football.
Currently, the NCAA does not regulate full-contact football practices, saying there's insufficient data on head impacts. However, after conducting a football season's worth of studies on UVa's own players, UVa researchers say they have proof more regulations are needed to protect players from frequent, or hard, hits during practice.
'We need to protect the athletes as they come up to protect the sport as a whole,' said neuroscience doctoral candidate Bryson Reynolds.
Reynolds was part of a team of researchers that studied the number and severity of subconcussions UVa players receive in a season."
Watch the Newsplex coverage and read the complete article here.
"Earlier this year, the National Football League reached a preliminary settlement with former players who had suffered head injuries during their careers. The amount was staggering: $765 million, and there was concern that it might not actually be enough to cover the nearly 20,000 players who would be eligible.
The settlement became part of the ongoing conversation that has taken place over the last decade or more about the risks and long-term consequences of repeated blows to the head in professional athletes, a conversation that has awakened public awareness of the topic of mild to moderate brain injury, especially sports-related injuries.
With its newly organized Brain Injury and Sports Concussion (BISC) Institute, the University of Virginia Health System is hoping to add to this dialogue, leading the way in creating new understanding about the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury, understanding that will help prevent those long-term consequences.
Among the many research initiatives within the institute is a project with student athletes led by neuroradiologist Jason Druzgal, MD, PhD. The assistant professor of radiology is trying to tease out some of the diagnostic difficulties of concussion through research that looks for correlations between physiological findings and how hard and how often an athlete sustains an impact to the head."
Read the full article from UVA Vitals here.
Posted on October 26, 2015 by Christina Gancayco.

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These changes should have no effect on the behavior of FSO so if you see anything different compared to the most recent nightly please let me know here.
So, what do these builds actually do differently?
The easy explanation is that they improve the way FSO lets your GPU know how to render your shiny ships.
At the moment FSO uses a mechanism called "Uniform Buffers" for a few things when rendering your frames. These buffers are a pretty efficient way of grouping data together to make it more efficient to upload them to the GPU. Some time ago, I changed some of the rendering functions to make use of this which improved the performance of FSO by decreasing the CPU overhead. The way I made these changes worked for large batches of data (e.g. when rendering a lot of models) but it would cause a lot of overhead when only uploading a few bytes of data. The reason why I added uniform buffer support in the first place is to move closer to how the new Vulkan API works since that only supports uniform buffers instead of simple uniforms which are used extensively by FSO at the moment. So, before we can even consider supporting that API, FSO needs to only use uniform buffers, even for small amounts of data. This is where my changes from these builds come into play.
With these changes, all uniform data is kept in one large buffer where it is more efficient to store a small amount of data. Furthermore, I added optional support for persistent buffer mapping. This technique is quite new and requires a more recent GPU (there is a fallback for older GPUs though). When this is enabled the OpenGL driver is involved even less than before in the process of uploading data to the GPU which in turn decreases the CPU overhead.
Can I ask if there's a particular situation where we would see the most performance improvement? Is this an overall improvement (and possible easing of cpu bottleneck) or would we mainly see the most improvement with large battles etc?
To be honest, I didn't see a noticeable improvement with these changes even when playing the Icarus cutscene. The biggest improvement would be visible in huge missions but since the basic version of uniform buffers are already being used there actually isn't a big performance difference.
In general, this would be an overall improvement but it would be more apparent when there is already a big CPU bottleneck so it large missions would see the biggest improvement.
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Type A. Driven. Intense. Go-Getter.
These are all things I’ve been called.
And they are true. They are all true.
But it’s not good for a human being to go all out all the time. Interestingly I am rather laid back in my approach to life. I think it’s because God has finally shown me that I control NOTHING. I get it.
But. I am inflexible. Enjoy working on a schedule. Rarely procrastinate. Enjoy preparation.
So. When our Mexico vacation weather forecast was less than stellar as in 100% chance of thunderstorms all day every day I kind of wanted to cry.
I asked a few people at the resort who assured me that it NEVER rains all day every day, but wasn’t convinced. I mean the forecast is the forecast.
And then I told my husband we should pray. Maybe complaining was not necessary, but prayer might be. It felt kind of silly. To really whole-heartedly pray for sun. But we did it.
Guess what happened? It rarely rained. But here’s the thing. The forecast didn’t change. Well, it kind of did, but very slowly. As in at 12pm the 1pm forecast would change from a 90% chance of showers to 10%. Over and over again.
How often do we rely so much on statistics, what’s happened before, what’s predicted, and other people’s opinions? How often do we take God out of the equation?
And. When we do consult Him. How often do we want him to change our situation completely right now. We want a 180. We want to see the end. We want the happy ending and the great story, but we’re not really all that excited about waiting on Him. Trusting Him. Allowing him to chip away the “forecast” little by little.
Nope. We want the sun to shine all day every day without question. We want tangible assurance.
But that’s just not how God works.
Recently I’ve been reading 1 Kings and am currently reading about Elijah’s life. If you’ve never read his story to your kids, do that tonight because they’ll love it. It reminds me that for YEARS before he stood on the mountain and God sent fire from heaven to burn up his sacrifice and then allowed him to defeat hundreds of Baal’s prophets that he WAITED. God had promised to take care of Him. A bird brought him bread and he drank water from a brook. Tell me that doesn’t require trust?
Our lives are not different. When we trust in the every day, small things our faith grows. He prepares us and primes us. He cracks open doors and windows and reveals so much of himself to us when we walk in obedience when no one is watching and the reward seems unimportant.
I’ve been reflecting on the bigger forecasts in my life. I’m asking myself how much I am trusting my creator, rescuer and savior as I walk through both the storms and the sunshine. He is in control. Today I pray for more of Him and less of me. Bigger faith and less fear. Bigger trust and less self-reliance. And I pray the same for you. May the light of the world prevail over the forecast. Always.

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She rehearsed under Lyudmila Semenyaka. Now her teacher-repetiteur is Nina Semizorova.
At present she studies at the Department of performing arts at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy.


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The Student Council consists of representatives chosen by class members in Years 3 to 12; Student Councillors ensure they consult and can thus voice the views of all their fellow class members as well as their own. At the meeting, each Student Councillor participated in putting forward suggestions in relation to food provision, stationery supplies, uniforms and other matters; the school management undertook to consider each proposal, to explore its practicalities and to report back to the Student Council via Mr Clare.
Bloomsbury's S.L.T. looks forward to working with the Student Council in the weeks and months ahead to ensure that - wherever feasible - students have the opportunity to contribute suggestions as to how the operation of the school proceeds, thus helping to ensure an inclusive, consultative and participatory ethos.


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Are you looking for a course in Turkish written for the absolute beginner who has no experience of learning a foreign language? Get Started in Turkish will give you the confidence to communicate in Turkish.
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The battle over Frank Darabont’s “Walking Dead” profit participation lawsuit against AMC flared anew on Wednesday as lawyers sparred over how the court should handle a second lawsuit filed in January by Darabont and CAA.
The sides have been waiting since September for New York Supreme Court Judge Eileen Bransten to issue a ruling on the request from both sides for summary judgment on former showrunner Darabont’s complaint from 2013 alleging he was short-changed his fair share of profits on the hit show because of AMC’s business and accounting practices.
On Wednesday, Bransten acknowledged after spirited arguments that AMC’s team plans to file a motion to make the case for why they should be able to supplement its argument related to the summary judgment hearing in light of the second lawsuit.
The second lawsuit addresses issues that came to light after the first was filed, according to Darabont’s team, through an audit of “Walking Dead” revenue. Moreover, separate litigation against AMC from other “Walking Dead” profit participants has since revealed evidence that AMC did not abide by the terms of a “favored nations” clause in Darabont’s contract, per Darabont’s team.
Bransten noted that there was nothing stopping AMC’s team from filing such a motion. But it was clear that AMC’s team wanted the opportunity to lay out the legal reasoning for why they need to make the case for being allowed to submit supplemental information for the judge to consider as she rules on summary judgment.
“The new allegations in case No. 2 have thrown a monkey wrench into this dispute as to what profits are due and owed to the plaintiffs under the agreement,” said Orin Snyder, a Gibson Dunn attorney repping AMC.
Darabont lawyer Jerry Bernstein, of Blank Rome, countered that AMC was seeking to impose a long delay on the judge’s ruling. “There’s no reason to delay the ruling on summary judgment for one day,” Bernstein said.
Snyder and Bernstein sparred early on during the short hearing, talking over each other. Bransten, meanwhile, was not amused when she spotted a member of the audience chewing gum and drinking coffee. “Not in my courtroom,” she scolded, sending her bailiff over to the offender with a trash can.
AMC’s team vowed to file the motion by March 8 and have the opposition and reply arguments wrapped up in 30 days. Bransten warned the legal eagles that her calendar is booked solid through May.


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From the release of the Pentium II in 1997 through the release of the Pentium III 600 back in 1999 Intel seemed to have everything under control. Their processors were always released on time, and upon their announcement they were immediately available for purchase both in OEM systems as well as boxed processors by end users. Motherboard manufacturers had no problem supporting Intel's processors with motherboards since they could always depend on Intel to release CPUs that would sell and increase demand for the motherboards that would be required to run them.
On the flip side of the coin, AMD was dominating little more than the low end processor market. While their K6-2 and K6-III CPUs managed to find their way into quite a few systems, and in spite of AMD's introduction of their 3DNow! instructions that helped to address their problem of poor FPU performance they simply could not compete with Intel's power in terms of obtaining a large portion of the market share. Part of the reason behind this was that the chipset support behind AMD's K6-2/K6-III platform was supplied almost exclusively by VIA and ALi, both of which had a decent amount of problems of their own (i.e. AGP compatibility), at least upon their introduction.
Unfortunately for Intel, things began to change in September of 1999. The date was 9/27/99 and it was intended to be the launch date of the successor to the BX chipset that had been alive for close to 1.5 years, the i820. The i820 was intended to be launched alongside the new Pentium III B processors that day, the P3 B processors being nothing more than 133MHz FSB versions of the regular Pentium III based on the Katmai core (512KB 1/2 speed L2 cache). The Pentium III B made its way out the door, but the i820 was no where to be seen.
"It’s the chipset we’ve all been told to wait for, and it’s finally here, the elusive "Camino" chipset has finally been released as the i820 on this day, the 27th of September in 1999.
Actually, no, it hasn’t. Due to a bug just recently discovered in the chipset, the i820 has been, as you’ve probably already heard, delayed until further notice. "
At that point, Intel had already given up the desktop performance throne to AMD and the fact that their next-generation chipset platform was not ready didn't help the situation at all.
A month later Intel released the Pentium III E and EB chips based on the Coppermine core (256KB full speed L2 cache), and it helped to boost performance for the Pentium III platform in comparison to the Athlon.
Over two months ago Intel's Pentium III finally hit the magic 1GHz mark (1000MHz), and for the past few weeks Intel has been announcing CPUs that fall in the 800MHz – 1GHz range in order to fill the gaps that existed in their CPU line. Today we have the final Pentium III slower than 1GHz that will be announced/released by Intel, the Pentium III 933.
We're just going to give you a quick tour of the specs of the Pentium III 933 since it isn't any different from its predecessors other than its clock speed and respective clock multiplier before getting into the benchmark comparison.


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Proper nutrition is a very important part of an older adult’s total well being. Susan Rizzo, RD, from the Alexian Brothers Hosptial Network and Kim Kirchherr, RD, are both registered dietitians. They will talk about the nutritional value of foods and provide helpful information for family caregivers to learn about proper nutrition.
There is no cost for this program, but registration is required.

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text: Try yourself as a co-pilot. Don't let down your crew. Take-off the plane. Pass through all the stages of descent and approach procedures by inaccurate scheme - with using radio NDB's. You have an experienced captain and mechanic, they'll tell you all shortcomings. All the faults will be reported in the post-flight analysis. Make a soft landing, and try not to break the plane. Warning: Successful completion of all stages of the simulation does not give you the right to operate an aircraft. Training and experience of a real pilot is much broader than any amateur ones.

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Do you need help making an appointment or finding a provider?
The best way to prevent colon cancer is to have a screening colonoscopy. A colonoscopy allows your doctor to look at the colon and to remove any polyps that might turn into cancer. Colonoscopies can prevent cancer or stop it from developing. Talk with your doctor about whether a colonoscopy is the right screening test for you.
Before the test, you will be expected to prep your colon. The prep enables your doctor to have a clear view of your colon. Your doctor will give you instructions. The test can involve having a clear liquid diet, and having laxatives or enemas. Make sure you go over the instructions and understand them.
With a colonoscopy, a very thin tube with a tiny camera is used to view the colon. The test takes about a half-hour. If a polyp is found, your doctor likely will remove it. Your doctor also may take a biopsy of tissue that will be sent to a lab to be checked for cancerous or pre-cancerous cells.
People usually are given medicine to make them relaxed or sleepy during the procedure. Colonoscopies are not painful.
Want more information on colonoscopies? You can find colonoscopy information in the HealthWise Library.


text: HikePOS begins integration to eConduit. Tasked with expanding their global POS reach, HikePOS looks to eConduit and our expanding partner channel to support their global payment needs. Providing flexibility is partner programs, device selection, revenue compensation and ease of integration and deployment, HikePOS will have the resources to expand their payment offerings in USA, Canada, UK, EU, New Zealand and other locations globally from a single RestAPI and full support and management of our partner network.


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BROWN COUNTY, Texas — A Brown County man led deputies from the Brown County Sheriff's Office on a brief chase after members of his family called law enforcement, saying the man had threatened to harm himself. The threats occurred Thursday after Billy Gay Waddle II's wife, Rachel Harris, a fugitive from Florida, was arrested on a charge of possession of methamphetamine.
According to an affidavit from the BCSO, after Harris' arrest, Waddle, who was present at the time of the arrest, was uncooperative with law enforcement.
Waddle allegedly posted online threats and derogatory remarks aimed at one of the arresting officers. The arrest affidavit also states Waddle posted "Somebody ain't gonna make it through the night and it may be me."
Waddle's estranged wife contacted the officer and told him she took the threats seriously and was in fear for her safety. On Friday, a mental health deputy reported Waddle visited his estranged wife because "he was concerned for her welfare." A report was taken from Waddle's wife.
At 11:30 a.m. Friday, Waddle's daughter called the law enforcement center to report Waddle had called her and told her to "call the cops because I'm going to kill myself." The daughter also told officers that Waddle had "smoked meth and acting crazy" and that he possessed firearms in his home and vehicle.
The call was relayed as a suicide attempt.
Deputies and a lieutenant from the BCSO traveled to Waddle's residence on US Hwy. 183. While en route, they saw Waddle's vehicle traveling south on US 183 and attempted to intercept him to conduct a welfare check.
Waddle failed to yield for officers and continued to disregard the lights and sirens, continuing south on US 183, at times, reaching speeds of up to 80 mph, according to the affidavit.
As he continued to flee, Waddle came close to having a head-on collision with a patrol vehicle. He then wove through roads to evade officers, but finally pulled into a private driveway on Pecos Street. Waddle refused to exit his vehicle for 23 minutes, according to court documents.
After exiting the vehicle and being read his rights, Waddle told officers he didn't stop because he didn't think he had done anything wrong. He told officers he had consumed a handful of methadone pills, so he was transported to a local hospital for treatment.
Documents state that during the pursuit, a family member contacted dispatch to advise that Waddle "was going to try suicide by cop."
Waddle was charged with evading arrest or detention in vehicle, a third-degree felony.

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Each year 250+ Utah secondary and college students participating in the Youthlinc Service Year contribute 22,000+ hours of local service, becoming relied upon volunteers at service sites all over the state. This is the largest – and most long lasting – part of their commitment to participate in the Youthlinc Service Year.
Before they can implement the international service planned in their monthly team meetings, each of these students must contribute 80 hours of local service. Minimally 40 hours of these hours must be volunteered at one location – their main service site.
Encourage these students – who must volunteer 80 hours – to volunteer with you!
If your organization is already in the Local Service Directory, that means a student recommended your organization to us. You are a Bronze Partner!
The first step to become a Silver or Gold Partner is to attend our annual Volunteer Management Training. Click here to read what last year’s attendees had to say about the training.
To register, click here or contact Youthlinc Local Service Director, Shannon Moss, at shannon@youthlinc.org or 801-467-4417 ext 3 by Friday, October 5th.
WHY A YOUTHLINC VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT TRAINING?
Since our inception in 1999, we’ve mentored 2,500 students through 200,000 hours of Utah service. We’ve taught 600+ adult professionals how to mentor students.
Our proven strategies of student leadership, hands-on service, and mentoring allow our students to create an emotional bond with those whom they serve and develop a deep-rooted service ethic, which they carry throughout a lifetime.
Our Local Service Director has organized and led successful service initiatives over the past 15 years.
Currently she oversees the 22,000 hours of meaningful service contributed by our Youthlinc Service Year students each year.
As an expert in youth volunteerism, Youthlinc wants to share our knowledge & experience with you so that together, we help instill a service ethic in Utah’s greatest resource–our youth.
We want to thank Chik-fil-A Sugarhouse our sponsor of the 2018 Volunteer Management Training. They have generously donated our lunch for this event. THANK YOU!


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We stopped at three different locations from Golden, CO to Bremen, IN. We drove over 1,000 miles. Yeah, we go far! Even though Jonathan did all the driving it was rough on me!?! But I’m learning and coping as a passenger. I haven’t driven the Star yet. I’m afraid. Jonathan said he’s afraid of me driving too. So that didn’t engender a lot of confidence in me either! I think after I take an RV driving class I would feel more confident.
Our first stop was in North Platte, NE at the Buffalo Bill State Recreation Area (SRA). We drove about one mile on a gravel road to get to the campground. Campground offers electric only (some sites have 30 AMP and some have 50 AMP). It was hot and there was no shade but we were glad to have the AC running. It wasn’t bad as a stop over.
Our second stop was in Waterloo, NE at the Two Rivers State Recreation Area (SRA). It is a huge park with a lot to do (fishing, swimming, biking, etc…). We took our mountain bikes out and rode around the park. Some sites have water and electric (all electric are 30 AMP only), some are electric only and some are dry camping and tenting. It was a pleasant park with lots of shade trees (I learned something about cottonwood tree!!! ) and “lakes”.
Our last stop was a boondocking site at the Mississippi Valley Welcome Center in LeClaire, IA. It was a nice place that overlooked the great Mississippi River. It had free WiFi until 8PM. For dinner, we order out from the Bier Stube. We demolished the great German food before we could take any pictures! It was yummy! Jonathan said the beer was good too.

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text: Inspired by a city skyline silhouetted against the warm glow of a setting sun, the Affinity 2 Light Wall Sconce is an environmentally-friendly lighting fixture that adds a romantic touch to any modern space. Mounted to the wall by a metal backplate, this modern wall light features a rounded shade made of sustainable Capiz shell panels. The panels are surrounded by a hand-wrought, recycled steel frame with a silver-bronze finish that accentuates the champagne finish and natural color variations of the shells. When illuminated, light shines upwards through a mesh diffuser and downwards through a frosted acrylic diffuser, creating a warm glow that projects the feeling of tranquility and elegance. The two directions and types of light from the two light sources create direct and indirect light ideal for hallways, bedrooms, dining and living room spaces.


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Well my second Father’s Day is fast approaching. I am really excited as this year my little boy Lucas is walking and is starting to put a few words together. Our plan for the day will be to have a lovely leisurely morning with hopefully a lie in for us all! My first tip for any new fathers is to make sure you get plenty of sleep the night before. With Father’s Day being in June the sun comes up nice and early and near to our house sounds like an aviary with birds tweeting from 5am onwards, this wakes the little man up without fail. Spending a full day with a toddler is hard enough let alone with minimal sleep.
After our lie in I plan to make a delicious breakfast, or hopefully have one made for me. Lucas enjoys seeing what’s going on in the kitchen, so I pop him in his high chair and sit him behind the breakfast bar with something to play with to keep him occupied. This way he can oversee the cooking but be kept at a safe distance away from any sizzling sausages or boiling pans, although it’s amazing how somebody so small can make such a mess in a short period of time.
If you going out for the day hopefully it’s going to be nice and sunny as it is June after all, so make sure you have plenty fluids available for yourself and your family for long car journeys. Another tip is to ensure you have plenty of sun cream with you, making sure it’s the right level of protection for you. On saying all this take an umbrella just in case, it is the UK after all! A spare change of clothes is a must in case of any accidents and don’t forget to have a camera to hand to catch those special moments.
What a lovely idea for u to spend fathers day I not sure yet what we will be doing.
What a lovely day you have planned out. I need to plan ours.
It sounds like you have it all planned out, it sounds fab and I hope it all goes the way you want.
Sounds like a great day – sun cream is a must for me too!
Have a lovely day, it will be huge fun for Lucas as he is old enough to understand that it is his Daddy’s special day.
Sounds like a great day. Soon Lucas will be able to help you in the kitchen. Our little one loves getting involved whenever we are cooking or baking something!
Aw I hope that you get the lie in that you are hoping for, fingers crossed the weather is good too.


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Michael Jackson is Alive through his good deeds.
Love your blog! Is there an email or way I can personally contact to the editor of this site?
King of pop and the king of all the hearts.
Michael is the one and only love of my life. He always has been and always will be no matter what. I love and miss you so much Michael!!!! R.I.P. my love.
‘Why You Wanna Trip On Me’ wasn’t written by Michael Jackson, it was written by Teddy Riley and Bernard Belle.
Yo, MJ didn’t write this sing. Check the linear notes.


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Appstar Financial is a leader in the electronic payments industry.
In this internet era, the e-commerce industry is undergoing vast expansion since everyone seems to be resorting to online methods for most activities. And with the steadily soaring popularity of the e-commerce stores, comes the need for quick and reliable payment processing methods that would make life even easier for people. In order to ensure the roaring success of your online business endeavor, you need to attract more number of clients by offering them a number of convenient payment processing methods. Whenever a person logs into a website in order to check out the range of products and services offered, the mode of payment processing greatly influences the purchasing decision of such potential customers. People always tend to look for fast, simple modes of payment transactions. The inability of a company to process card payments might be the prime reason behind losing customer loyalty.
Payment processing services that are reliable as well as flexible, is a wonderful solution for any company since it really enhances their quality of service, allows them to reach out to more number of people and gives their clients lots of freedom in addition to a comfortable online shopping experience. Appstar reviews focus on the provision of complete payment solutions in the domain of e-commerce. Electronic payment gateways are capable of integrating with the host website for ensuring secure online transactions. Moto virtual terminals enable merchants who accept orders through phonecalls or e-mails to easily carry out transactions using the internet.
Customized payment processing services are a safe and cost effective way of keeping a tab on the different modes of payments using automated systems. The owner as well as the customer are equally benefited by these services. Accepting credit and debit cards have become a bare necessity for companies in the present scenario. Appstar financial offers swift, easy transactions with their state-of-the-art processing solutions at the best rates in the market. Gift cards which also serve as an attractive marketing tool are gradually replacing paper certificates for their durability and reusability. Appstar reviews bring into forefront the company’s FirstAdvantageTM gift and loyalty benefits. Their Breach program and Secur-Chex check processing service fortifies businesses and prevents losses.
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There have been some concerns about Ello and its ability to stay ad-free. Ello has made an announcement that may calm those fears. It is now a Public Benefit Company (PBC).
Many were skeptical of Ello’s promise to remain ad-free because that goal was seen as a nearly impossible one to achieve. Once a social media website starts including ads, it becomes beholden to the advertisers. The changes that are made would then benefit the companies who bought ads and not the users. This is how many social media websites work and where they get the funding to keep going.
A PBC is a special for-profit company in the USA that operates to produce a benefit for society as a whole. As a PBC, Ello is legally obligated to take its impact on society into account in every decision it makes.
Ello’s PBC charter states that Ello shall not do the following things for pecuniary gain. It shall not sell user-specific data to a third party. It shall not enter into an agreement to display paid advertising on behalf of a third party. The third one is key. In the event of an acquisition or asset transfer, the Company shall require any acquiring entity to adopt these requirements with respect to the operation of Ello or its assets.
It is possible that this change might be in response to what Aral Balkan wrote in a post called Ello, goodbye. In it, he said that Ello had taken venture capital from a Vermont venture capital firm. In short, that meant that Ello would have to adhere to an “exit plan” and essentially end up “selling” its users information later on.
But now, Ello is a PBC. If it, someday, becomes acquired by another company, that other company will have to follow the requirements that Ello set up in its charter. Does this make you more interested in joining Ello (if you haven’t already done so)? What do you think Ello will do to make money since it is not going to have ads?
Ello, Ello? Is there anybody NOT on there?
By now you’ve probably at least heard about Ello. It’s the new “Anti-Facebook” social network. No ads, no name policies and well, no privacy either.
ton of traction following Facebook’s latest push to ban people not using real names. The drag queen nation led the march out of town, as most don’t use their birth names for performing. Following in their high heeled footsteps, were many other performers and people who feel safer using a pseudonym. Ello has no rule (as of yet) about what name you choose, so many people started going there.
What you find when you get there, however, is nothing like Facebook. It’s very bleak, very simple, and a little clunky at this point. There are no “Likes” or hearts or anything to indicate your agreement with a post, other than a comment box. The other thing to remember when you post – EVERYTHING YOU POST IS PUBLIC. You have a friend list and a “Noise” list, but what you post doesn’t go to just one list or the other, it goes to everyone who can look up your username. Ello has released a notice that more privacy settings are coming, including ways to block, and flag people. Also private messaging is supposedly on the way.
Something else that’s a little foreign to people who are used to the Facebook comment threads, is the way you’re notified (or not notified) when someone @’s you. You get an email. There doesn’t seem to be a way to find your mentions any other way, apart from reading every comment and post. And speaking of email notifications.. Ugh. My inbox over the past few days, has been nearly nothing but “so and so is now following you” messages from Ello. Most are people I don’t know, and I’m assuming a ton of them are spam or bots already.
But it’s not all bad. You can post large images (which I like), you can post animated gifs (which some people won’t like) and do some formatting with your text. The simplicity is also sort of nice, compared to the million settings in Facebook and things Google makes you opt out of if you don’t like it on G+. The thing to keep in mind, is that Ello is still very new, and not even public yet. We’ll see if it survives liftoff or dies before the engines even fire.
You can find me at @thelangley on Ello.


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This Musicwriter “typewriter” was manufactured by R.C. Allen of Grand Rapids, Michigan during the mid 20th century. The Musicwriter was used to compose sheet music. Instead of a letter-writing typewriter, each key could print a different type of note, which could be raised or lowered on the musical staff.
R. C. Allen was founded in 1932 as a manufacturer of cash registers, adding machines, and altimeters. R.C. Allen purchased the Woodstock Typewriter Company of Woodstock, Illinois in 1950 and began manufacturing typewriters and musicwriters such as this machine.


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VESAM Cold-Form was created with funding assigned by Adi, the Portuguese Agency for Innovation from the Minister of Science and Technology, aiming to promote the creation of new technology-based companies with high growing potential.
The company was created on March 08 2007 aiming to provide services of design, fabrication and erection of steel and mixed construction using cold-formed profiles.
VESAM Cold-Form has several constructions executed worldwide. It should be highlighted the residential buildings and the industrial units, executed as turnkey projects, in Portugal and Angola.


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Dimmdrive 2.1.2 has been released! This is a BIG update with a lot of fixes!
You can now search for your Steam games in Dimmdrive and easily make changes/configs/activate them!
Multiple fixes have been put in place for users who experience issues installing Dimmdrive for the first time.
A fix has been added for users who are having difficulties creating the Dimmdrive ramdisk initially.
An option to disable the "Message of the Day" window when first starting up Dimmdrive was added.
Fixed an issue where some Steam users with multiple Steam install directories were not seeing all Steam games. Also added additional debug logfile settings for this. Note: More work is being done on this yet still.
Dimmdrive's "Launch on startup" feature now works correctly. More work is still being done on this.
Note: The non-Steam version purchased from the Dimmdrive.com website, and the Steam version of Dimmdrive, purchased via Steam, are both now identical in version.

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IF you are wondering why your cat sleeps 16 hours a day, stop. It is normal. Cats know how to sleep and can sleep anywhere they want to — any table, chair, top of a shelf, window ledge, in the laundry basket, on freshly ironed clothes, the newspaper, on the edge of just about anything. There’s no doubt about it. Did you know that the only animals that can sleep more than us are the opossum and the bat?
As first cousins to the king of the jungle, we follow the pattern of hunters —mostly active during dawn and dusk because that is the time they could catch their prey. Such animals are c-r-e-p-u-s-c-u-l-a-r; a word longer than my tail! So our sleep pattern leaves us with plenty of time to sleep for hours during the rest of the day and night, or to break it into little naps.
Of course, as a modern day indoor cat, one that is very well-fed and spoilt, I also sleep out of boredom, laziness and having nothing majorly exciting to do.
Since cats in the wild must be on the alert in order to survive, we as domestic cats also follow the same pattern. Even when you think that we are deep asleep, our finely tuned senses are still active and ready to spring into action. If you watch your cat while he’s napping, you will see that his ears may rotate from time to time because he is in touch with his environment, and if he hears a noise or senses that someone is approaching, he will open his eyes to check out the situation before falling back to sleep. Try waking me up from my sleep, and I can transform from a deeply sleeping cat to a fully alert one in a matter of seconds. If I realise in the next minute that it was not really worth getting up, I can go back to sleep again.
Where does your cat sleep? Cuddled in the crook of your knees on your bed? On the larger part of your pillow leaving just a little space for your head? Or right against the closed door to your bedroom?
Humans also wonder why we sleep the way we sleep. Sometimes curled up, and at other times on our backs, like humans. What happens is that when the weather is warm, we look for cool places like the floor where we can stretch out. But in cooler weather, we prefer a place bathed in warm sunshine or snuggle up to a heat source like a laptop or our human or another cat; the idea being to reduce heat loss from the body. So when we are holding our face between our paws or curling up to hide our nose and tail underneath us, it is all to do with heat conservation.
Those of us who like to sleep at night with our humans share a cosy bond. Yes, we do get a bit annoying for you when we get up way before you and (demand a very early) breakfast or playtime, but we are a lot better than your teddy bears.


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The purpose of the Attleboro Cultural Council is to promote and maintain the vitality of local cultural resources and to ensure these resources are shared within the Attleboro community. The Council is committed to funding a diverse cross-section of activities. We support a broad variety of art forms, the ongoing work of individual artists and writers, and environmental and historical education projects with an emphasis on collaborative projects that bring together artists and other types of organizations, local cultural groups and projects that serve specific populations—youth, elders, low-income, disabled.
community organizations including but not limited to schools, social service organizations, business and civic groups, neighborhood centers, youth, senior and family associations, etc. Incorporated organizations must be nonprofit; unincorporated associations must have a nonprofit purpose.
Suggested venues for your application proposal. These are only suggestions; please contact venue directly for confirmation and feasibility.
Capron Park, Balfour Riverwalk: Attleboro Park & Forestry Dept. Call (774) 203-1865 to verify availability before submitting Grounds Permit.
Completed applications must be received by the October 17th, 2016 deadline stipulated by the MCC. Notifications of disapproved applications are sent in November. Notifications of approved applications are sent in early December.
Complete Grant guidelines, procedures, and forms can be found via the Massachusetts Cultural Council's Application Instructions page.
The current list of grant recipients is at the ACC local council page on the Massachusetts Cultural Council web site.
For the application period ending October 15, 2015, and in subsequent application periods, we will consider only projects scheduled to occur in the calendar year following the application period. Thus, if you are planning a project for September 2016 through December 2016 you must apply by October 15, 2015. School projects are exempt from that rule:for the application period ending October 15, 2015, we will consider projects scheduled to occur between September 2015 and December 2016.
This year, only Electronic Applications will be accepted. To apply, visit the Online Toolkit for Local Cultural Councils and click the Applicants button. All applications must be received by Monday, October 17th, 2016. Have questions? Please attend our Grant Writing Workshop Thursday, September 8th, 2016, at 6:30 P.M. at the Attleboro Public Library. Please RSVP to info@attleboroculturalcouncil.org to attend.
It is important to give us the required information. Please remember to provide specific venues, dates, and times. Please provide us with working contact email addresses. Please remember to sign your application. We do appreciate your continued involvement with the ACC: informing us of changes, and taking our community input survey.
Grant applications are public documents.
This page published Tuesday, 25-Jul-2017 21:40:19 UTC. Copyright ©2008-2019 Attleboro Cultural Council. All rights reserved.


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Los Angeles International Airport, more commonly known as LAX, is one of the world's busiest airports. In fact, more than 59 million passengers used the airport in 2008. While there are close to 8,000 parking spaces available in lots near the airport, some people may wish to stay at a hotel that offers both proximity to the airport and free parking. Additional amenities at these hotels may include complimentary transportation to and from the airport, free wireless Internet access or complimentary breakfast.
The Doubletree Hotel/LAX-El Segundo is located six minutes from LAX off of the 405 and 105 freeways. Other local attractions include Manhattan Beach and Venice Beach, as well as the city of Santa Monica.
When guests arrive at the hotel they are greeted with a warm chocolate chip cookie. Hotel amenities include a 24-hour business center, gym, outdoor heated swimming pool and whirlpool tub. The hotel also has a gift shop and a coin-operated laundry facility. The on-site restaurant, the East Grand Bar and Grille, is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The Doubletree Hotel/LAX-El Segundo has more than 200 guest rooms outfitted with a king-size or two queen Sweet Dreams beds. Other features include an ergonomic work station, refrigerators, hairdryers and laptop safes.
The Travelodge Hotel at LAX has 147 guest rooms equipped with cable TV with premium channels, video-game consoles, irons, ironing boards and hairdryers. Guest services include assistance with car rental and Ocean Express Shuttle pick up at the hotel. Additionally, there are area sightseeing tours, which depart from the hotel lobby.
The hotel has a heated swimming pool and a fitness room, as well as a laundry area, gift shop and 24-hour restaurant. Room service is also available. AAA members may be eligible for a hotel discount.
The Comfort Inn & Suites LAX Airport hotel is situated near local sites including Universal Studios Hollywood, the Hollywood Park race track and Disneyland. Guests who wish to take part in a local sightseeing tour can do so directly from the hotel lobby.
The hotel has an outdoor swimming pool as well as car rental services. Guests receive a free weekday newspaper and complimentary local telephone calls. Business services such as computer access and a fax machine are also available in the hotel lobby. Both smoking and nonsmoking rooms are available at the Comfort Inn & Suites LAX Airport. Rooms also have microwaves and refrigerators, and some rooms feature whirlpool tubs.

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Erika Grimaldi is one of the most sought after young sopranos in Europe today, having delivered critically acclaimed performances in nearly a dozen roles at the prestigious Teatro Regio di Torino. She is equally at home at such major opera houses as Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, and Opéra National de Montpellier.
In season 2017/18 Erika debuted as Nedda in Pagliacci at Teatro Regio Torino. Her engagements even include Mathilde in Guillaume Tell at Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Mimi in La Boheme at San Francisco Opera, Pagliacci at DO Berlin, Don Giovanni, Turandot and Falstaff at Teatro Regio Torino. Erika will sing Verdi’s Requiem with the London Symphony Orchestra.
More recently she sang Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro at Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow (September, 2017), Pagliacci in Berlin, Don Giovanni in Turin.
In the 2014/15 season, Grimaldi sang Desdemona in Otello and the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro at Teatro Regio, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at Opera de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Donna Fiorilla in Il turco in Italia for her debut at Staatsoper Hamburg, and Mimi in La Boheme at Teatro di San Carlo. Her engagements from the 2013/14 season included Liu in Turandot, her first run of Mathilde in Guillaume Tell, and her first performances as Maria in Simon Boccanegra at Teatro Regio. She made her U.S. debut in the summer of 2014 as a soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 at the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York. In the 2012/13 season, Grimaldi sang three leading roles in Turin: Mimi in La Boheme, Micaëla in Carmen, and Elisetta in Cimarosa’s Il Matrimonio Segreto. Ms. Grimaldi gave her first performance at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma in 2010, playing the role of Anaï in Rossini’s Moïse et Pharaon under the baton of Riccardo Muti. Later that season, she sang her first Micaëla in Carmen at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari. In 2009, Grimaldi made acclaimed debuts as Adina in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at the Avenches Festival in Switzerland, staged by Giancarlo Del Monaco. Recently, she joined Jonas Kaufmann in a scene from Il Trovatore on the tenor’s recent all-Verdi album for SONY CLASSICAL.
Born in Asti, Italy, Erika Grimaldi graduated with distinction from the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Turin, eventually distinguishing herself at various vocal competitions. Her first of many successes came at the Crescentino International Competition in Vercelli and the International Giacomo Lauri-Volpi Competition in Spain. After winning First Prize at the Comunità Europea competition in 2008, Grimaldi was immediately offered the role of Mimi in La Boheme at the Teatro Regio in Turin.

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The taxpayer funded U.S. military must serve the beliefs of all service members without privileging one belief over another.
Military Chaplains Do Not Equally Support All Service Members- Nontheistic service members do not have a nontheistic chaplain with whom they can discuss their personal values.
Military Promotion of Religion- Command privileges service members who embrace religion and endorses religious exercises in military settings.
Military Discrimination Against Nontheists- Nontheistic service members receive unfair treatment for their personal beliefs.

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PORT VILA, Vanuatu (Vanuatu Daily Post, Nov. 1, 2016) – Director of Livestock Department, Lonny Bong wishes to assure all farmers on Tanna that their cattle will be replaced at the earliest opportunity, after over 30 died during the 30-hour boat trip from the North in choppy weather last week.
A total of 216 breeding cattle destined for Port Resolution were released instead at Lenami Beach at Lenakel last Friday due to bad weather. A further 148 heads will be delivered to Louanpakel on North Tanna for offloading on Black Beach later this week.
Instead of dwelling on the tragedy, the Director of Livestock says God controls the weather and a vital lesson has been learned, to allow the cattle a couple of days rest on a nearby farm to regain their strength, before they continue on their journey.
Director General of MALFFB, Howard Aru, wishes to thank the Director and his team, especially star Livestock Officers Stevenson Boe and Victor Tari, for putting up with the weather from Santo in the North down to Tanna in the South.
Meanwhile Director Bong is reported to be planning weekly visits to small holder farmers saying the visits are vital to listen to farmers’ grievances, and to discuss possible solutions as well as to encourage them to shift from current production level to semi-commercial.
The National Cattle Restocking Programme is a Government initiative for farmers to increase the number of cattle to 500,000 by 2025.
To achieve the goal, the Government is supplying the breeding herds to farmers at subsidised costs.


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As we live our lives on earth, God slowly and surely reveals himself to us. This is done through sufferings.
If we suffer according to God's will, we learn to be firm in our faith, trusting in God. As we develop this trust, God reveals himself more to us and we get to know God more.
Our goal in faith is salvation. The psalmist says, "The Lord is my light and my salvation". The goal of our faith therefore is God himself. To help us achieve this goal, we have to humble ourselves before him. We have to stand naked before the Lord - without the masks we have. This is what pleases the Lord and what we have to do.
The humility God requires of us is the same humility that Jesus showed in his life. Jesus humbled himself such that he totally disposed himself to the Father's will. And as we see, the Father did not abandon Jesus. On the contrary, although Jesus was rejected by the elders and the king, he is now exalted by the Father above all creation. This shows us that trusting God will only lead to God's plan for us. And his plan is far better than what we can ever hope for.
What God says is final - no one can challenge it.
So Peter exhorts us to live in obedience to God. When things seem dark and uncertain, the more we have to wait and trust in the Lord. If we dare to do things our way during these times, the result is certain - failure and more darkness.
The darkness that comes our way - in our walk in faith is actually God's way of teaching us to trust him and to surrender all things to him.
Trust comes from humility. When we realize our position before the Lord, we see ourselves as God sees us. This shows us that we are nothing and that God is everything. From this realization comes the desire to trust God. It is in trusting him that we can surrender to him. And it is only when we surrender to God that he reveals himself to us. Trusting is not a leap of faith. There is no such thing as blind faith for a Christian because although a Christian does not see the future, he sees the person he trusts - Jesus Christ.
The key verse therefore of this letter is: "Humble yourself under God's mighty hand that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxieties upon him because he cares for you."
Let us therefore pray to the Lord that we may have to grace to humble ourselves before him - so that we can get to know him more.


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Established in 2000, Best Supplies Limited is specialized in the supply of a wide range of quality building products, decorative materials, paint products and construction materials. The company is supported by a team of more than 35 technicians and skill workers. This highly trained and experience workforce forms the backbone of the company, providing reliable pre-and-after sales service in the local region.
In recent years, we are working successfully as Specialist Contractor and Material Suppliers for Concrete Repair, Fireproofing, Waterproofing, Lightweight Concrete Flooring, Special Coatings, Concrete Cracks Injection and Self Leveling Screed.
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Club Med offers a conference experience like no other, with state of the art facilities and great accessibility to local culture and wonders- all in the world’s most stunning locations.
Our international locations offer a completely unique conference experience. Get an exclusive and tailored package that’s guaranteed to impress whilst still facilitating your every need.
Club Med offers their premium all-inclusive concept with all meals, drinks, activities, conferencing packages, sports and nightly entertainment under one price.
Our resort has the package to suit the needs of your guests and event; from intimate manager’s meetings and team-building retreats to large-scale national and global conferences of 350 delegates.
Organize your events in complete privacy. At your disposal: conference centers and meeting rooms, cocktail areas, restaurants with spaces that can be made private or reserved sections, etc.
Arrangements for all trips are completely stress free, we organize every step of the way to ensure nothing is forgotten.
With this completely unique package offering you can tailor make your program with the freedom of having the entire Resort at your disposal.
Even during a seminar, a break is essential. Many activities are available, including tennis, golf, flying trapeze, skiing and spas. Team-building activities can also be arranged, such as Club Med CREACTIVE by Cirque du Soleil experience.
Thank them with a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Reward your hard working staff with a truly inspirational and motivating goal: our one of a kind holidays style. They will come back pampered, refreshed and energized, ready to take on challenges.
Step out of the ordinary and into an energizing, relaxing or inspirational corporate incentive break. Motivate your staff with one of our unique destinations by introducing a reward scheme that inspires your team to strive for excellence.
With absolutely no hidden costs you can relax in the knowledge that everything has been taken care of under our all-inclusive deals.


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How I met the challenge of cutbacks at work.
What will you do with the rest of your life? This question arose when my research laboratory was downsized. My boss told me that I would have to let people go. I felt guilty about having to dismiss bright, young scientists who did not have a retirement pension, as I did.
My conscience said, “You should retire.” Yet I had questions. Could my daughters and I afford to live on my pension? Would I lose my friends at work? My colleagues had become like family ever since my wife’s premature death.
I really wanted to continue leading my research team. I remembered when we had encountered an insurmountable problem in developing new technology which promised dramatic reductions in the size and cost of electronic receivers. I had organized a brainstorming meeting, during which a team member said, “This problem is unsolvable.” We didn’t seem to be able to find any solutions. Nevertheless, I reluctantly concluded our meeting with, “Let’s schedule a breakthrough for next week.” My colleagues, encouraged by my faith in them, did indeed come up with the needed breakthrough! This was a reason for keeping retirement on hold.
On the other hand, I had discovered that I could apply for a grant from the John Templeton Foundation to teach a course relating science and religion. I had always dreamed of having time to resolve the culture shock between science and religion I experienced when I started college. I had grown up in rural Vermont, the son of a minister, and was disturbed to met students and faculty at the urban Massachusetts Institute of Technology for whom science seemed to be their religion.
This started my quest to relate science and religion. For inexperienced teachers like me, who had never written a course proposal, the Templeton Foundation offered Science and Religion Workshops. These were most helpful in preparing my proposal, which included a detailed course schedule and reading list. My proposal was unfortunately rejected.
I was greatly discouraged because I had devoted a year of intense effort on my quest. Yet I found the courage to continue creating. I resolved to try again next year and attended two more workshops. My second, improved philosophy course proposal entitled “Science and Religion: Cosmos to Consciousness” was accepted.
creative illumination insight and religious people revelation. One of my students wrote in his final essay, "Problems arise when we try to place a value on science that supersedes its scope of practice. Instead of thinking of science as disproving the existence of a Supreme Being, perhaps we should look at science with the appreciating eye of the only species that has been allowed to see the tools of God." I received positive evaluations from my students, but my teaching grant ended after it had been renewed for two additional years.
Then, the question of what to do with my life arose again. In the meantime, I had exhibited landscape photographs at the Marblehead Arts member shows. As a result, I was eligible to give my own exhibit, “Mirror of Nature,” because my photos highlighted reflections of mountains, the sky, sunsets, and fall foliage in bodies of water.
This inspired me to use these photos to illustrate a book based on ideas from my philosophy course. After discussing many possibilities with my beautiful new wife, whom I met at age 66 through www.Match.com , the title Beauty in Science and Spirit emerged. I find beauty in both science and religion. For me, science is like music.
My next quest was to find a publisher. While writing the manuscript over the next three years, I simultaneously submitted proposals to dozens of publishers who had promoted similar books. I received nothing but rejections, but was given the courage to continue. After years of searching, my prayers were finally answered. While discussing my quest at a Thoreau Society dinner, a colleague seated next to me recommended a small New Hampshire publisher. I contacted him and we were able to negotiate a contract.
The first chapter of my book is called “From Art to Science to Art.” It describes the life path of many of us. As children, we enjoy drawing pictures and “color books.” When we grow up, we enjoy the technological comforts resulting from scientific advances. Advances in medical science have increased our average life span. When we retire, we have the time to nurture our hidden talents. Artful retirement is when we stop making a living and start making a life.


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Holidays are a time of joy!
But how joyous can you be when you are ill? Salmonella poisoning is an unfortunate and all-too-common occurrence this time of year.
Protect yourself and your guests from regretting that delicious holiday turkey. Dr. A. Clinton White Jr. of Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, says, "Turkey and other poultry defrosted outside the refrigerator too long are prone to contamination with salmonella bacteria."
Symptoms of food poisoning are stomach pains, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and dehydration. That's one way to bring on those holiday blues.
Some ways to avoid food poisoning are to wash your hands before preparing foods, and wash counter tops, cutting boards and utensils in hot, soapy water before reusing. While cooking, use a meat thermometer to determine if your holiday turkey is cooked thoroughly. And remember to refrigerate your leftovers immediately.


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Ascent helps its customers follow laws and regulations with technology. We are a new type of company, a SaaS + content “Regulations Technology” organization that combines our technology platform with informational intelligence to help people automate compliance with rules and regulations in an easier and cheaper way. Don’t let the word “compliance” fool you…we’re marrying modern techniques like automated data ingestion, machine learning and predictive analytics with traditional notions of compliance to stay groundbreaking edge of our industry.
As trailblazers in our space, we’re looking for people passionate in building new and creative products, who have a thirst for knowledge, hard work, and crafting amazing solutions to generations-old problems. We want people who enjoy autonomy and who can help deliver products that change our customers’ lives. We are an equal opportunity employer and pride ourselves in being inclusive of diverse thoughts, ideas and culture.
As part of a small but growing team, you’ll be integral to the success of each set of content that fills our system, and will be a catalyst to our commercial growth going forward.
Everyone brings a unique set of skills and talents, and we want to take advantage of everything you have to offer. We also want to make sure you get as much out of this opportunity as you put in, and we’ll give you the support you need for Ascent to be a transformational period of growth in your career.
— The opportunity to work with smart people on challenging problems!
Multiple plan options with Blue Cross Blue Shield, as well an HSA (Heath Savings Account).
There is an on-site gym in Prudential Plaza which is free to employees.
Ascent offers a completely flexible scheduling and work from home policy.
Ascent offers a generous professional development stipend per year.
We want to create an environment where people can do their best work. That means supporting our employees in their careers, in their health, and in their lives. We're always looking for (stage-appropriate/responsible) ways to concretely demonstrate these values. For example, we pay 100% of our employees' health premiums!

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If you want to watch beavers going about their dam-building business you can ... well you’d probably do well to track down some wildlife documentaries.
Beavers are mainly nocturnal, is the thing.
So unless you spend a lot of nights hanging around on the banks of streams you probably won’t see a beaver.
Seeing their handiwork, however, is pretty easy.
Few animals leave such obvious signs of their presence as the beaver, the largest rodent in North America.
Beavers are best known for their dams and lodges, of course.
But to obtain the building materials for these structures — and to fill their stomachs — the animals do a great deal of gnawing on deciduous trees. These are telltale signs of beaver activity.
My favorite place to see what a colony of beavers has been up to is the U.S. Forest Service’s Powder River Recreation Area between Baker City and Sumpter.
The site, as its name implies, is along the Powder River about a mile below Mason Dam, which blocks the river and creates Phillips Reservoir.
From the parking lot just south of Highway 7, about 14 miles from Baker City (see “If You Go” below), you can hike a trail on either the north or south side of the river. A pair of bridges makes a loop trip possible. The total distance is a bit more than a mile.
The north trail is paved and is designed to be accessible to wheelchairs (snow is an issue right now). Both trails are nearly flat (the south trail has some very gradual grades) and are well-suited for snowshoeing.
You can find signs of beavers on both banks of the river. If you look closely in the thickets of brush along the trail you’ll likely see branches and trunks that have been chewed.
The partial dam in the photo above is about halfway between the bridges, and is more accessible from the south trail.
The best vantage point is also on the south bank trail, where the path climbs slightly to a point overlooking two sharp bends in the river.
Be careful at this point, as the slope to the river is steep, and because the trail is well-shaded there’s likely to be patches of ice.
From the bridge at the western end of the trail, you can walk a couple hundred feet west to a second parking area, reached by a paved road that branches off Highway 7 about a quarter mile beyond the other parking area.
This western trailhead has an outhouse.
• From Baker City, drive south on Highway 7. The Powder River Recreation Area parking lot is on the south side of the highway between Mileposts 36 and 35 (the numbers go down the farther you get from Baker City). There’s no parking fee.


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My name is Lorelei Moon.
I'm a witch, writer, creatrix, performer, dabbler, blogger and so much more. Speaking of Witch started out as my acorn. I planted the seed and started watering the baby tree with a friend.
Storms came. Things fell down. We ended up on two boats floating different directions. But the tree didn't die. It just sat dormant for a while. It's time to let that tree grow up.
This site hopes to collect inspiration and resources for witches, whatever their path. You needn't practice witchcraft to be a witch. Witches are the outliers, those deemed the weirdos, those interested in spirit and things beyond the mundane. Those who have claimed space and personal power in the face of oppression and hate. Those who reach out to the "other." This is a place for you!
If you have a questions or a suggestion for me to explore or write about, contact me here! If you would like to help me by purchasing a book or deck for me to review, here is my Amazon Wishlist.
 I have also been collecting my inspiration for healing, self care and self esteem on it's own site: The Empress Dammit.
I've started a complimentary YouTube channel where I hope to do more reviews and commentary. I want to encourage new witches to question and protect themselves against predatory leaders and teachers.
I'm hoping, eventually to start highlighting travel adventures for witches and the work of witches who are crafty. Ultimately, I hope to reboot the podcast. I really need both equipment and a collaborator. I'm looking for the right person or more.
Please check in, explore and stay tuned! Thank you for you support.


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A general view of the field in the first quarter between the Denver Broncos and the Arizona Cardinals at Sports Authority Field at Mile High.
A Denver Broncos fan was hospitalized after falling from an escalator at Sports Authority Field at Mile High during Thursday night's preseason game between the Broncos and Arizona Cardinals, according to CBS4-TV in Denver.
Police said the fan could have serious bodily injuries because of the fall but was conscious and breathing at the time he was taken to a hospital.
The identity and age of the man was not released by police and they have not said if alcohol played a role in the incident.
The escalator was apparently later roped off by authorities.
Police are seeking witnesses who may have seen the incident.
The Cardinals beat the Broncos 32-24 in the preseason finale.

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text: The second game in the popular court room battle series from Japan introduces four new cases featuring new characters, plot twists and gameplay features. Players resume the role of Phoenix Wright, a defence attorney who must prove his client's innocence against the toughest of odds and most ruthless of adversaries. Players must exercise their legal prowess as they collect evidence, examine witnesses, analyse testimonies and seek the truth to ensure that justice prevails.


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Join us on a unique adventure out to the world's 3rd largest barrier reef system, the Florida Barrier Reef! Our Mini Sub tour allows you to experience a natural underwater eco system with minimal effort. Simply have a seat on an underwater scooter and navigate your way throughout parts of the reef system. By design, you are able to breathe the steady flow of oxygen within the dome during your exploration beneath the sea, and there is no need to wear a snorkel or breathing apparatus. Powered by an efficient electric motor you will be propelled and can even steer the scooters as you find yourself mesmerized by the brilliantly colored coral formations that make homes to thousands of marine species.
Commonly spotted along the barrier reef are Porkfish, Angelfish, Parrotfish, Triggerfish, Pufferfish, Gobies, Filefish, Grouper, Jewfish, Barracuda, Moray Eels, Green and Loggerhead Sea Turtles, and many more. Oh, and don't forget to bring an underwater camera with you and capture every up-close moment!
Safety is of utmost importance to us, so we have a professional dive instructor on every trip to monitor the Mini Subs and ensure that everyone is moving along smoothly. All instructions will be provided on the boat ride out to the reefs. Also, we reserve the right to deny any that show signs of impairment at the time of boarding.


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MacSlurp is an offline newsreading facilitator. It requires other applications to read the news once it completes its job of downloading the articles.
Non-modal and greatly spiffed up and otherwise improved progress/status window.
Completely revamped "Options" dialog. Now has a custom control to set the last fetch date/time rather than the old, gross, manual way of entering it.
Optionally only generate one rnews batchfile per slurp rather than many.
Completely revamped Apple Event support. MacSlurp now supports (albeit very basically) the Object model. Almost all configuration options can now be read via scripting and most can be set as well. Old scripts will probably need rewriting but the improvements should be worth it.
Fixed bug where an overlong header line would crash MacSlurp.
Can now work if the news server doesn't have unix time service.
Various other minor bugs fixed.


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Three Bossier City schools are under restrictive movement in the wake of an incident Wednesday morning.
Bossier City Police are currently working an incident on Waller Avenue in the vicinity of Kerr Elementary, Waller Elementary and Rusheon Middle School.
Bossier Schools Public Liaison Sonja Bailes said via email that there is no immediate threat.
However, as a precautionary measure, the schools are on restrictive movement, which means classes are continuing as normal, but students will not be allowed outside the school building until authorities give the all-clear.
Bailes said School Resource Officers are at these three schools, as well as additional Bossier Parish Sheriff’s deputies.
“Again, this is a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of our students,” Bailes said.
What is going on? As a Platt parent I would like to know.
Howard Schneider whats going on over there?
Waller Daycare has all doors locked and children are safe in their classrooms.


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For immigrants facing deportation, assistance from attorneys can make a profound difference in the outcome of their cases — immigrants with lawyers have an overwhelmingly better chance of being able to stay in the U.S. For asylum seekers, it can be a matter of life or death.
But at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers in Southern California — the Theo Lacy and James A. Musick facilities in Orange County operated by the Orange County Sheriff, and the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in San Bernardino County operated by Geo — officials make it nearly impossible for many detainees to contact and consult with attorneys. That violates not only the Immigration and Nationality Act, but also the First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution.
Telephone access is severely restricted, non-confidential, and expensive to the point that many detainees have had no opportunity to contact organizations or private attorneys for legal help. The phone systems won't allow detainees to leave recorded messages or navigate an automated menu to reach a live individual — it cuts them off if the call is not answered by a live person.
The lawsuit also charges that the detainee facilities have very few or no private consultation rooms. In many cases, detainees and lawyers are forced to meet where their conversations can be easily overheard.
The American Civil Liberties Foundation of Southern California and the Immigrants' Rights Clinic at Stanford Law School have filed a class action lawsuit against ICE, the Orange County Sheriff's Department, and the private prison operator Geo Group, Inc. for creating unlawful barriers to attorney-client communications.
Complaint filed in U.S. District Court, Central District of California.


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Houdini 4.9.430 Added the new Ramp COP, which allows the ramps to be editted directly from the viewport. Clicking on the image adds a new control point, clicking a control point pops up a colour editor and dragging the control point moves it.
New ui button type called FLEXMENUBUTTON allows you to attach a right-mouse menu to a regular button (which can be push or toggle).
The Cplane toggle button is now one of those buttons, and has the cplane menu when you right click on it.
The Cplane handle button is gone. It has been replaced by a toggle in the cplane menu.
Defaults of the construction plane have been changed.
Homing behaviour in perspective viewports has changed slightly.
View and CPlane memories are now accessible from anywhere, not just in the view state or cplane state.
Houdini 4.9.428 The capture region handle type (of the bone handle) now supports using shift-click to symetrically manipulate both sides simultaneously.
Image comparision is now re-implemented.
Images and sequences can now be loaded during a session.


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Grab a friend and purchase tickets to the Plano Magazine Craft Beer Tour on Saturday, February 9. Or, if you don’t have any friends, come drink some beer and make new friends (friendships not guaranteed). The only tour of its kind based in Plano, you’ll ride in the lap of luxury on a sweet motorcoach to three North Texas breweries sampling several brews at each place. Our friendly tour guide will educate us on how the beer is made and on the growing craft brew scene in North Texas.
– Visits to three breweries: Unlawful Assembly Brewing Co., Lakewood Brewing Company, and Oak Highlands Brewery.
– Limited tickets are available. Pre-purchase is required. No walk-up tickets will be sold. Tickets are non-refundable but may be transferred to another person’s name.
– Arrive on Saturday, February 9 by 11:15 am at Unlawful Assembly. The bus departs at 11:30 am SHARP, so don’t be late! The tour concludes back at Unlawful Assembly at 3:15 pm.
– No one under 21 years of age will be admitted. You must bring your ID to participate.
– Please bring cash in case you feel inclined to tip your friendly brewery staff, tour guide or bus driver.
– If you have dietary restrictions, please let us know when you check out in the “Additional Information” box.
– In the unlikely event that the tour must be canceled, refunds will be given.
Confirmation will be emailed two days prior to the event. Please email luke@planomagazine.com with any questions.


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Voodoo Lounge in Cedar Falls is unquestionably the sexiest Night Club in all of Iowa. People often compare it to clubs in Chicago and other major cities and are always surprised to find such a cool and sophisticated venue in Cedar Falls. The University of Northern Iowa’s students help keep it full on the weekends with its capacity of 500 people! There’s always a professional live DJ every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. The club opens at 9pm all three nights and is always the biggest party in town. Voodoo is a true dance club experience so be prepared for some great beats. Voodoo also brings in National talent from time to time and throws the biggest special event parties around. Visit our events page to learn more.
Nobody throws bigger parties than Voodoo, and nobody has better drink specials than Voodoo. Visit the specials page and find your new favorite drink special!
Voodoo Lounge is perfect for everything from small to large private events. The venue is wide open Sunday through Wednesday for booking. Thursday through Saturday we book private events on our mezzanine level over looking the Night Club and we can even host private functions on weekends up until 10pm. Learn more here about how to throw the perfect event from wedding receptions to class reunions, Voodoo is perfect for your next event!
Voodoo is located at 401 Main Street in Cedar Falls most iconic building in the heart of the Downtown bar and restaurant district. An elevator ride takes you to the massive 3rd floor venue over-looking the Cedar Falls Parkade. Sure young people hang out at Voodoo, but you’re never too old to enjoy great music and people watch!


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MAOMAO BUILDING is located in Ming Fung Street, Xinbei City, Taiwan which is built in 1999. The building is 969sq.m with 271 units. It's based on the Architectural design of the exterior and makes old buildings look luxury and realistic.
The left and right of the building are designed symmetrically. There are the details on top of the building and between the second and third floor. Between the small alleys, there's a white sidewalk for the pedestrian. There are green plants, trees, and bushes outside of the building. There's a curve design on the edge of the building. There are 3 layers of the windows. There's a light every one meter. We took the air conditioner since there was an old design from 20 years ago.