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Written by: Joris Meerts (main author), Huib Schoots and Ruud Cox all working at Improve Quality Services in the Netherlands.
One of the cornerstones of context-driven testing (Lesson learned in software testing by Kaner, Bach, & Pettichord, 2001) is that the way of working when testing software is determined by the situation in which the tester finds himself. A good approach is not driven by a prescribed process or by a collection of steps that one habitually executes. Instead, it arises from the use of skills that ensure that testing matches the circumstances of the software project. Within the framework of context-driven testing, a wide range of skills is discussed, including critical thinking, modeling and visualization, note-taking and applying heuristics. It is not easy to learn these skills. One way to sharpen them is to do exercises and discuss the results. This was the purpose of a meeting of four testers at Improve Quality Services. In the following report we will elaborate on the exercises that were done during that meeting and on the results.
As we pointed out in the introduction, it is not easy to learn the skills associated with context-driven testing. Practitioners of context-driven testing regularly refer to professional literature that describes these skills. But applying these skills is a process of trial and error. That is why it is important to simulate real life situations and learn from exercises we do. That was the purpose of the meeting. In this report we share the steps we took and the results of those steps, for example in the form of notes, sketches or models. We also share our experiences to make it easier to apply the skills in practice.
The meeting was held on February 14, 2017 at the office of Improve Quality Services in Eindhoven. The participating testers, Jos Duisings, Ruud Cox, Joris Meerts and Huib Schoots are all employees of Improve Quality Services.
The assignment of the meeting is to select and execute tests on a software application. It is carried out by two teams of two testers each. This makes it possible to take different approaches and to provide feedback from one team to the other.
The meeting is divided into sessions in advance. The sessions each have their own goal and their own evaluation.
Performing a test session (charter) per team.
The application to be tested has been selected prior to the meeting. We choose the application Task Coach (Task Coach, 2018), an open source to-do list manager. This software is publicly available and runs on multiple platforms (Windows and Mac OS). The application is relatively simple but still offers sufficient complexity to be able to test thoroughly. According to the description on the website, Task Coach is ” a simple open source to-do manager to keep track of personal tasks and to-do lists. It is designed for composite tasks, and also offers effort tracking, categories, notes and more.” The participants have not worked with Task Coach before and are therefore not familiar with this specific piece of software.
Because Task Coach is new for all participants, the software will have to be explored. Only then can we say more about what can be tested in the given time. Such an exploration of the product can be done in many different ways. During the meeting we chose to make a ‘product coverage outline’, inspired by the Heuristic Test Strategy Model of James Bach (Bach, 1996). The product coverage outline provides an overarching view of the product in which the functionality of the software is divided into seven different categories. The categories are described in the mnemonic SFDIPOT. The software tester is reminded by this heuristic that when mapping a product he can look at Structure, Function, Data, Interfaces, Platform, Operations and Time. By looking at the application from these perspectives, a relatively complete sketch is created of what the software product is and what it can do. However, the mnemonic does not only serve for exploration. The ‘map’ of the application that is created in this way can also be used to visualize the coverage of the tests and to select the tests to be carried out.
We decide that both teams will be given half an hour for creating a product coverage outline and that each team is free to decide which in which format the outline is presented. The choice of a half-hour time limit is mainly motivated by the fact that the software must also be tested before the end of the day. There is no room to spend much more time making the product outline.
It turns out that half an hour is not enough time for mapping an application that, despite the fact that it claims to be simple, still contains a lot of functions. Team B decides to create a mind map in which the seven categories are elaborated. This mind map is not finished after half an hour. Especially the branch ‘Function’, in which the functions of the application are described, is very large and has a deeply nested structure. To build this structure, team B explores the application by clicking through it and captures the functionality (in text or in image) in the mind map. Due to time constraints, team B presents a product sketch that is not finished. This triggers a discussion about what we expect the mind map to look like given the available time. The expectations, such as completeness, can be related to the purpose of the mind map. Through a discussion it becomes clear that no clear goal has been defined for drawing up the product sketch and that the result of the assignment is difficult to assess.
A mind map is a tool that is used by software testers on a regular basis to create a product outline. The tree structure of the mind map lends itself to classifying (grouping) properties. It is easy to start with an empty mind map, enter the categories from SFDIPOT and expand these. Moreover, a navigable structure is created in this way. The mind map forms a kind of geographical map in which you can choose to zoom in and zoom out to determine the location of something in relation to the whole. Software essentially consists of zeros and ones and the software product is an abstract concept. By making the ‘map’ the abstract software gets a concrete shape. A mind map can also be used as an instrument for reporting on the results and the progress of the tests. So there are a number of good reasons to work with a mind map from the beginning.
Team A starts the session by creating a mind map but after a short time it switches to a different form. When studying Task Coach, the team finds out that there is a help file in the application. After a short study, the help file appears to describe a large part of the application. The categories from SFDIPOT all come back in the file to a sufficient extent and so Team A chooses to use this file, converted to Word format, as a product outline. By marking the categories in the document with different colors, structure is added to the document. In addition, the table of contents provides a global overview of the functionality in the application; the details are mentioned in the paragraphs. In this way, team A delivers a product sketch that is relatively complete within the stipulated time.
The result of the first session is a product outline. With this product sketch and the knowledge gained during the exploration of the software it is easier to discuss a test strategy. Because exhaustive testing of an application is not feasible for the majority of software applications and because exhaustive testing in many cases does not yield better information, it is desirable to make choices with regard to the test work to be performed. We find these choices in the test strategy.
By making the product outline we have gained insight into a number of aspects of the application. We take these aspects into account and we hope to indicate per category whether this category needs to be tested and if so with which depth. The most decisive factor in that decision is the risk the company encounters when the software is put to use. Risk is a multifaceted concept and can only be determined if the software product is highlighted from different angles. In any case, the perspective of the tester alone is not sufficient to get a good picture of the risks of a software product. During the second session it becomes clear that a representative is missing who can reason about risk from the perspective of a user or of the organization. This point is also discussed in the debriefing of the second session and we conclude that for that reason the risk assessment is incomplete.
In the Heuristic Test Strategy Model three dimensions are discussed that influence a test strategy. These dimensions are the project, the product and the requirements that are set for that product; the quality characteristics. Risks play a role in each of these dimensions. In the exercise, we decide not to look at the project risks. As far as product risks are concerned, we make our own assessment with regard to the categories of the product. We consider categories that are used the most, are the most prone to errors and categories where a possible error has the most impact. Because there are no users involved in the exercise, we try to place ourselves in the role of the users. This way the following product categories are discussed.
The primary process from the Operations category. This will tell us which functionality is used the most.
Using the application by multiple users from the Operations category. We recognize risks associated with synchronization: tasks are not updated properly.
The importing and exporting of tasks from the Interfaces category.
Dealing with reminders from the Functionality category. Reminders are crucial for not missing appointments.
Dealing with date and time from the Time category. Date and time play an important role in planning tasks, they touch the core of the application.
We briefly discuss the coverage of the tests that we want to carry out. Since the tasks that are maintained in Task Coach can have different statuses, the tester can, from the perspective of state transitions, visualize the coverage level of the tests carried out. The state transitions are covered in the different paths through the application that a user travels. These paths are helpful when mapping the coverage. Furthermore, coverage can be looked at from the perspective of the test data used.
We decide to make two charters (Session Based Test Management) and to execute them. We prioritize the product categories mentioned in the risk analysis based on our own insights. From this we conclude that ‘the primary process’ and ‘dealing with date and time’ are the two most important product categories. We translate these two categories into charters. In one charter we will look at the primary process, in the other charter the handling of date and time will be investigated. Each team selects a charter. After the charter has been executed, each team reports the work done to the other team in a debrief session. During this short evaluation, the tester will tell his story and answer any questions. The evaluation has several goals, such as assessing whether the mission is successful, translating new insights into follow-up sessions, looking at notes and descriptions of findings and coaching the tester. Due to the debrief, the understanding of the application under test grows.
To formulate a starting point for this charter, we look at the risks that can be associated with the execution of the primary process. There is a risk that no task can be created. Or it could be that the task is created but errors occur when saving or modifying a task or changing the status of a task. These considerations lead to the following mission that serves as the starting point for the charter: “Explore the basic flow of tasks using CRUD to discover/test the life cycle of a task”.
With these test ideas in mind, the following charter is drawn up: “Explore tasks using date/time to discover date and time related bugs”.
The charter for testing the primary process (basic flow) begins with the creation of a task. Several tasks are created using the button on the taskbar. Subsequently, several underlying tasks are created for a single task, up to 8 levels deep. Under one of the underlying tasks, a new tree structure of underlying tasks is created. During the creation of the task structure, questions arise about the maximum depth of the task structure and about the sorting of the underlying tasks. In addition, it is found that it is possible to delete underlying tasks and then to undo these deletions. It is proposed to further investigate this functionality in a separate charter, since it is suspected that this is not always going well. The resulting tree structure is removed by means of the ‘Delete’ button on the taskbar. After this, all tasks have disappeared.
On the taskbar there is also a button that offers the possibility to create new tasks from a template. There are two default templates available. Tasks are created with these templates. It appears that it is not possible to create underlying tasks from a template. The question is why this functionality is not available for underlying tasks. Finally, the created tasks are deleted.
To get a better picture of how templates work in the application, the help text is read over templates. Furthermore, the team explores the menu structure in search of more functionality that could be related to the use of templates. From the ‘File’ menu it is possible to save tasks as templates, to import templates and to edit templates. A template is created.
From the dialog that appears when choosing to import a template it appears that template files have the extension ‘.tsktmpl’. But when a task is saved as a template, it is not possible to find out whether a template file is created from this task and, if so, where this file is stored. The newly created templates are visible when one chooses to create a new task based on a template from the toolbar.
A task is created, saved and checked if this task can be imported. Again, all created tasks are deleted by selecting the menu option Edit > Delete. The team looks a bit further at the options for removing tasks. It appears that there is a shortcut combination for removing tasks. The combination is Ctrl + DEL. The team wonders why it is not possible to simply use the Delete key.
In summary, this session looked at creating, viewing, editing and deleting tasks and underlying tasks. A finding has been made regarding the undoing of changes. It turns out that undoing the removal of tasks in a tree structure of tasks and underlying tasks does not produce the same structure as the original structure. Following the session, it is proposed to look more extensively at the use of templates in new charters. Also the functionality for creating, viewing, editing and deleting tasks and underlying tasks deserves more attention, especially because this functionality can be called from many different places in the application. The various possibilities have not all been tested in the first session. Furthermore, a charter could be made for creating a task depending on another task.
At the end of the session, the report of the session was discussed with a member of the other team with the aim of obtaining feedback about the course of the session in a debrief. The feedback shows that there was not enough time to complete the charter. To complete the charter another thirty to sixty minutes would be needed. It is noted that the description of the detected bug is not clear enough. It also becomes clear that not all possible statuses of a task have actually been addressed in the session. Finally, a new charter is suggested for testing filtering and sorting.
The session is started with a clean installation of the application. First a new task is created. Attention is given to the Data tab on which various data can be entered. The date and time can be changed in separate input fields. The time can be changed by means of a dropdown or by using the arrow keys on the keyboard. It turns out that ’00:00′ cannot be used as time. It appears that the range of time can be set under the ‘Preferences’ menu. After an adjustment, ’00:00′ can be entered.
It is noted that the planned start date and the planned end date are not included in the calculation of duration. But it is unclear what this data will be used for. When the planned end date is in the past, the task will turn red. When the planned end date is in the future, the task will turn purple. It is remarkable that the planned start date can be after the planned end date. Apparently there is no validation on the order of data. Dates that are far in the future are accepted as valid dates. To change a date, the task will first have to be closed and then opened again.
An interesting finding occurs when, at the planned start date, the year is set for 1900. If this is the case, the planned start date cannot be changed after closing and reopening the task. During the study of this finding, the team finds out that the application creates a log file (in the Documents folder) in which any errors are logged. The attempt to adjust the planned start date results in the following error message: “ValueError: year = 1853 is before 1900; the datetime strftime () methods require year> = 1900”. After this finding, further attention is paid to other functionality around time and date. For example, a reminder on a task is set to 5 minutes. The reminder works.
In addition to planning tasks TaskCoach can also be used to keep track of the time spent per task. After some research it appears that this functionality is complex and that it is not easy to find out how TaskCoach deals with time spent. Time tracking can be started with a button, but can also be done by increasing the time spent in a separate tab. The team notices that when entering an hour of time spent, the actual time spent shown on the tab is just a few seconds. It is possible to aggregate time spent at month level. If we do this, we see that the descriptions that we have listed for each entry are combined in a single text field.
The time that an application uses depends on the time setting on the system. For this reason, the team manipulates the system time of a MacBook Pro. The calendar is changed to a Coptic calendar. This adjustment causes the application to crash after startup. In the log a line appears mentioning an error relating to an invalid date format.
Finally, the team looks at the connection between the budgeted time and the time spent. TaskCoach is able to calculate the remaining time on the basis of the variables mentioned. Some tests are performed with variations in hours, minutes and seconds. TaskCoach handles all these variations correctly.
A team member verbally reports on the session to a team member of the other team in a debrief. The feedback shows that this report contains a lot of detailed information. To be able to place the detailed information, a framework is needed. The product outline could have been used as a framework. One new charter emerges from the feedback, namely the testing of the synchronization of tasks between systems with different system times.
The meeting is concluded with the completion of the test sessions. Looking back we conducted, in a day with two teams, a number of tests on an application that was unknown beforehand. We have shown that techniques and methods exist that help the tester to acquire knowledge about the application, develop a strategy and perform tests. Exploring the application provides insights that serve as a starting point for risk assessments and for conducting test sessions with a well-defined goal. By quickly arriving at concrete and well-substantiated tests, the tester provides valuable feedback on the application in a short period of time. The test sessions are debriefed and this provides starting points for further deepening where necessary.
Due to the popularity of agile methods, it is common for the tester to be asked to test something, while at that moment he has incomplete insight into the functionality of the application. Moreover, the tester is expected to deliver results within a limited time. It requires an approach in which the tester quickly draws up and executes a strategy by modeling, thinking critically, discovering and investigating. This is the approach that we applied during the meeting described above.
The creation of the product coverage outline led to quite different outlines being delivered by the teams. These differences and their possible causes are discussed in a separate article, written by Joris Meerts and Ruud Cox. The article is called A Clash of Models.
Bach, J. (1996). Heuristic Test Strategy Model.
Kaner, C., Bach, J., & Pettichord, B. (2001). Lessons Learned in Software Testing. John Wiley & Sons.
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text: New Telescopic Aluminium Extendable Multipurpose Heavy Duty Ladder With StabilizerManufactured to EN131 standard having 150kg weight capacity.Tradesmen and DIY people's choice. Length 4.1m (when fully extended) . Stabilizator width 67cm. Weight - 11.6kgEasy and safe to use locking mechanismSuperior quality and stability This Telescopic Ladder has many applications both work and around the house. Due to its unique design the ladder opens and closes "step by step", meaning that it can be used at multiple heights up to 4.1m. Therefore You open only to the height required giving great maneuverability, particularly in small spaces. The ladder is extremely compact in storage and transport taking aprox. space of (97cm x 48cm x 10 cm when folded). Manufactured as per European safety standard EN131 with weight capacity up to 150kg. These highly durable ladders were manufactured using high quality aluminium combined with new technologies and thus creating a heavy duty piece of equipment providing stability in the work environment. They will purposely serve in private and trade sectors. Ability to amend working length or height swiftly makes them also ideal to use when, cleaning windows, interior or exterior painting and decorating etc. Heavy duty rubber pads provide superior resistance to wear and ensures solid grip with working surfaces leaving no scratches. Stabilizer adds extra safety and rigidity when ladder is in use.


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Situated on the corner of a quiet cul-de-sac, the contemporary estate welcomes visitors through a custom gated entry into a grass and desert-landscaped courtyard designed to entertain guests, complete with a sunken outdoor kitchen perfectly complemented by an adjacent pool and spa with cascading waterfall and swim-up covered bar with four in-pool bar seats. The kitchen features a barbecue center, fridge, misting system and flat-panel TV. Nearby is a dining area. The spacious great room that seamlessly glides into the outdoor living room through electronic, panoramic pocket sliders that provide gorgeous views of the Santa Rosa Mountains and the Mountains Course's 10th green. The outdoor living space, perfect for entertaining, boasts beautiful views of the mountains and Mountains Course, a 25-meter lap pool and spa, multiple seating areas, and custom glass fire pit. The kitchen off the great room is a chef's dream, with custom hood, two Wolf ovens, electric oven, 8 burner range.
I would like more information regarding the property at 101 Kawish Court, Palm Desert CA 92260 - (MLS #2838954).
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With the lessons of 2014 fresh in their collective memory and the 2016 election cycle about to start, progressive groups and Democrats have been making a sustained push to highlight policies to boost incomes for the poor and middle class and fight income inequality. The Democrats on the House Budget Committee outlined a plan in January to create a $1,000 tax credit for every worker making less than $100,000 annually, financed by eliminating some tax exemptions and deductions for high earners. The Center for American Progress released a series of policy recommendations for “ensuring that middle- and lower-income households are the substantial beneficiaries” of economic growth. And just yesterday the Economic Policy Institute released a report titled “How To Raise Wages” that offers a path to curing wage stagnation through smart economic policy.
A number of the policy ideas from CAP and EPI overlap and aren’t what you’d call “revolutionary,” though that’s not to take away from their worth. They endorse raising the minimum wage, infrastructure investment, stronger collective bargaining rights, paid sick leave, etc. EPI’s argument is straightforward and compelling: bad policy decisions helped create the extended period of wage stagnation we’re slogging through, so good policy decisions can help get us out of it.
On one level, papers and plans like these are aimed squarely at Hillary Clinton. It’s largely taken for granted at this point that she’ll be the 2016 Democratic nominee, and progressives groups would obviously like her platform to incorporate as many of their ideas as possible. Adopting a policy platform that incorporates strong progressive ideas would also help paper over some of the liberal unease with Clinton’s ties to Wall Street, and help convince voters that she’s actually invested in combatting economic inequality.
But the liberal and Democratic focus on wages is also needed to highlight how the newfound Republican concern over wages and inequality is entirely political and largely for show. Here again, EPI makes the case, arguing that the policies that have dominated the economic policy discussion for the last 30 years – tax cuts, deregulation, “bad trade deals,” and deep spending cuts – have helped produce an wildly unequal economy in which wages for the wealthiest have ballooned, while wages for everyone else have lagged far behind.
In predicting how Republican candidates will confront the issue of income inequality, Paul Waldman at the Washington Post ventures a pretty strong guess: they’ll say it’s a problem, and then propose to fix it by slashing taxes, deregulating big business, and cutting spending. Already we’re seeing signs of it happening. Jeb Bush’s Right to Rise PAC claims to be all about confronting economic inequality, but the proto-candidate himself is an ardent believer in tax cuts for the wealthy and just recently adopted the hardline conservative argument that the federal minimum wage should be abolished. Marco Rubio just recently put out a “middle class” tax proposal that aims a new tax credit at a narrow slice of the middle class while showering the wealthy with a fantastically generous tax cut bonanza.
The argument underlying these plans is that increased growth will naturally lead to shared prosperity – the rising tide that lifts all boats, as the popular phrase puts it. The Democrats have a strong case to make that those policies have done nothing but make the problem worse.

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Songtekst van Kodaline met High Hopes kan je hier vinden op Songteksten.nl. Jul 17, 2016 . Lyrics for High Hopes by Kodaline. Broken bottles in the hotel lobby Seems to me like I'm just scared of never feeling Kodaline is een alternatieve-rock band, afkomstig uit Dublin, Ierland. In 2005 begon de groep als 21 Demands, maar in 2011 hernoemde de band zich naar Kodaline.
Kodaline. That Kodaline are ready to release their second album has still to sink in with the men who made it. The Dublin quartet didn’t plan to follow "High Hopes" is a song by Dublin-based alternative rock quartet Kodaline. The song was released as a digital download on 15 March 2013, as the lead single. Broken bottles in the hotel lobby. Seems to me like I'm just scared of never feeling it again. I know it's crazy to believe in silly things. Get The High Hopes EP on iTunes: it/hh_digi or on vinyl: it/hh_vinyl You can also get 'In a Perfect World' on Amazon. Lyrics to 'High Hopes' by Kodaline: The world keeps spinning.


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SysInfo is a single system agent and viewer providing extensive IT asset inventory and configuration information for most major Linux, UNIX, Apple Macintosh, and Microsoft Windows platforms as well as leading NAS and SAN Storage Systems and logical volume software solutions.
* We monitor all MC SysInfo reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. Validated reviews require the user to submit a screenshot of the product containing their user ID, in order to verify a user is an actual user of the product.
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So while setting up a Rails2 development environment with RVM for one of my clients on my new Mac, I came across the infamous uninitialized constant MysqlCompat::MysqlRes error. Typically this is because the mysql gem isn’t compiled with the right archflags, but of course that wasn’t the case. After messing with it for a bit, I found out that the MySQL server I was running was 5.5.10, and 5.1 is supposedly more stable. So I downgraded it and everything worked.
credit: this post helped a bit.
Our custom image is based on the Ubuntu Intrepid images from Alestic. We install useful EC2 gems and base packages, bundle, then provision each instance by role. Working with EC2 is so easy, we don?t see much value in using a third-party provider for our scale.
EBS and Elastic IPs were the primary motivation for moving to EC2 . We use EBS extensively: for MySQL data, logs and local repository mirrors. Performance so far is excellent. Snapshotting volumes is a breeze and makes setting up MySQL slaves and staging environments really easy.
You often click the text box or a copy button next to it and the content is copied to your clipboard so you can paste it into a tweet, a blog or forum post and what not.
I needed something like this for one of my projects, it is pretty easy to do, and there are things you can use to do this. However there isn’t a super simple way to do this in Rails, maybe it’s so simple that nobody bothered to publish a plugin. Well, just for kicks I’ve created a plugin that lets you do exactly this by using a cilick_to_copy_text_field_tag helper in your views. This plugin requires jQuery or jRails, neither of which is part of standard Rails, but they are pretty easy to add to any Rails project.
The plugin is hosted here: http://github.com/ayn/click_to_copy_text_field/tree/master, the README pretty much tells all you need to know to use it.
Ray pointed me to a RailsCast on how to use Passenger for local development, it literally took me 2 minutes to setup. If you work on multiple Ruby on Rails applications, you should definitely do it.
Now you can setup your tunnel to forward to localhost (or 127.0.0.1 if you use SSHKeychain) port 81 and it should work. Add more ports if you work on multiple Facebook apps at the same time.


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Siem Reap is kingdom of beautiful and ancient temples with Angkor Complex including Angkor Thom, the fortified city of Angkor Thom covers an area of 10 square km. Enter by the monumental South Gate over a causeway lined on either side by statues of demons and gods, each carrying a giant naga.
Angkor Wat – is the largest and most impressive of all the temples and also the 7th wonder of the world.
Banteay Srei (“Citadel of the women”). The temple displays some of the finest examples of classical Khmer art. Besides Banteay Srei clients also can visit Preah Dak Village. It is one of the famous villages along the way to Banteay Srei Temple.. The visit is combined with the discovery of Banteay Samre. After, visit Neak Pean and Preah Khan. Preak Khan (which means “Sacred Sword”) was originally a Buddhist monastery school.
Traveling to Cambodia, clients have chance to enjoy a boat excursion to view wonderful landscape of Tonle Sap Great Lake called Kampong Khleang is located on the northern lake-edge about 35 km east of Siem Reap town.
Battambang is second largest city lies in the heart of the Northwest and until the war years was the leading rice-producing province of the country. Travel to Battambang, client never skip city tour with beautiful limestone hilltop pagoda of Phnom Sampeau, discover daily life of local people on the back of Sangker river.
Phnom Penh is capital of Cambodia with rich traditional culture, conspicuous feature and impressive with colorful Khmer-style palace. Besides, travel to Phnom Penh, you also should not miss killing field, it is historical place under Khmer Rouge regime.
Ratanakiri is also one of beautiful destination should visit in Cambodia tour. This city has nicknamed the “Red City” because of the omnipresent laterite. Moreover, client have chance to visit beautiful natural volcanic Yeak Loam lake and ethnic tribe in Voen Sai.

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Sunset Cruise on the Zambezi river.
Chobe full day game drive- highlight is that you will have an experience to see animals from the boat from mid-morning and then after lunch all clients are taken to Chobe national park where there have a chance to see many species of wild animals.
After the game drive clients will be taken back to their hotel in Zimbabwe.
National park fees are included.
Where applicable clients will be required to pay for their visa fees separately to go to Chobe.
Zambezi River Sunset –Cruise Signature Deck & Dinner.
National park fees are included in the package price.
VICTORIA FALLS & CHOBE TOUR- 3 NIGHTS 4 DAYS AT AZAMBEZI RIVER LODGE.
Package price is inclusive of the park fees for the activities listed.
National park fees and breakfast are included in the package price.
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text: These indoor plants are called Bromeliads, they offer an amazing range of hues and many classifications of types. The number of benefits are endless to having indoor plants within your home. They improve air quality within the home and health benefits with these combinations you can't possibly go wrong. The variety of colors and textures can transform any room in your home into a tranquil escape.

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When you’re going to Cancun for your high school Graduation Trip, the Krystal has all of the perfect amenities and is in prime location!
Professional GradCity Staff available 24 hours daily.
Daily GradCity events & hotel animation staff.
GradCity provides roundtrip transfers to and from the hotel/airport.
The Oasis Cancun is the #1 student-friendly resort in Cancun, and there’s no wondering why!
All-inclusive. 10 Restaurants. 11 Bars.
WiFi access available. Cable TV.
GradCity provides rountrip transfers to and from the hotel/airport.
Stretching along a quarter-mile area of white sandy beach, the Gran Caribe Real offers a student-friendly environment for high school students on their Graduation Trip.
All-inclusive. 8 Restaurants. 8 Bars.
Concierge. Room Service. Laundry & dry cleaning.
GradCity provides rountrip transfers to and from hotel/airport.
The Grand Oasis is the perfect resort for parents of students who are on their high school Grad Trip with GradCity.
Dining: All-inclusive. 18 Restaurants. 14 Bars.
Hote security. Professional GradCity Staff available 24 hours daily at Oasis Cancun.
All-inclusive. 18 Restaurants. 14 Bars.
TV. WiFi. Radio alarm clock. In-room safe. In-room mini bar.
Spa services with additional cost.
The Krystal Grand in Cancun is close to all the action, and a wonderful hotel for high school students celebrating their graduation.
The Salvia is a great option for high school students who are on a budget for their Grad Trip.
The RIU Cancun is the perfect resort for your high school Graduation Trip if you’re looking for five-star amenities and accommodations.
Dining: All-inclusive, 4 restaurants, 3 bars.


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The Motiv EPIC all-electric chassis will be installed on Ford F-59 glider chassis at a Detroit Custom Chassis plant. Also, Colorado passes bill lowering the commercial truck driving age and the Port of Long Beach sees near-record volumes.
Microdea is an Ontario-based company that digitalizes documentation and automates back office processes to make them more efficient, seamless, and less wasteful.
BlueGrace Logistics celebrated its 10-year anniversary on February 22. Founded in 2009 with only eight employees, the company currently has 600 employees and is one of the largest third-party logistics (3PL) providers in the United States.
Today, everything about your business – your brand, all your customer sales and service interactions, your transparency and accessibility – are part of the consideration set of the customer, and that means a different approach to selling.
At least 40 percent of drivers are still using AOBRDs, and nearly 80 percent of those don’t plan to switch to ELDs until the second half of 2019, just ahead of the deadline.
UPS has sued a pot delivery company in California saying the company is infringing on hits trademarks; also FreightWaves announces a War on Detention, Connecticut wants to add tolls, and Ford leaves South America.
Class 1 railroad plans ongoing projects at intermodal facility which is near major shippers and new warehouse space.
Cargo thefts fell 19 percent in 2018 compared to the year before, according to SensiGuard. Plus, the EU cuts a deal on truck emissions and another trucker protest is planned for this week.
An intersection in New Jersey has been deemed the worst for truck bottlenecks, plus Nikola Motor may be adding a purely electric truck; GM and Tesla are working together, and FedEx Express signs on to a new cargo terminal.
Fleets participating in the TCA Profitability Program (TPP) gain access to benchmarking data that can help them improve operations.
Strong Q4 drives full-year performance.
Green New Deals are the rage in Washington, with benefits - and costs - for trucking.

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We all know that too much sugar is unhealthy – it restricts hormones that limit your appetite (makes you binge eat), increases fat-buildup in your liver, forces your pancreas to send out excessive amounts insulin (higher likelihood of cancer, diabetes, and heart disease) – but often we don’t realize that there is sugar hidden in many of the “healthy” foods we eat.
When companies produce “low-fat” options, often they make up for the loss in flavor by adding sugar. A bowl of yogurt, poached fruit, and honey seems very healthy on the surface, but can have around half an adult woman’s recommended daily amount of sugar. We know drinking a can of Coke is bad, but fruit juice and smoothies are also culprits that cloak large amounts of sugar behind an expectation of being a low-fat, healthy option.

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BEFORE I GO is the name of an upcoming bible study presented by a very inspiring lady Sarah Koontz that I wanted to share with you. Some of you may or may not know that at some point over the last year I have found a new hobby for bible journaling and it was through online sharing on Facebook that I found the loveliest of ladies Sarah Koontz. Someone had posted about a bible study coming from Sarah focusing on Solomon's Wisdom which I was able to focus on during my lunch breaks (in the car!). That study was so eye opening for me and perhaps it was because I felt she was talking to me! Her audio commentary spoke to my heart in such an exceptional way I could not help but want to follow more of her devotionals. I've studied each of her studies after that and recently participated as a launch team member for the brand new study Before I Go through the Living By Design Ministries.
And while the name of this blog is Burton Book Review I realize the book in question here, the bible, may not be your thing for so many personal reasons. I want to say that I respect you for that. I also implore to try out this study of Jesus's last words from the book of John. A fun fact I learned through this study is that John uses the word BELIEVE ninety-eight times in his gospel. One simple action, believe! Why should you follow Jesus? This study will show you how worth it it is!
All you need to complete this free online Bible study is 15 minutes per day, an open mind and your mobile device (or your computer).
The Before I Go study will offer you an email full of engaging content each morning including a few days of rest on the weekend with an emailed goodie like a cellphone wallpaper to keep your mind creatively inspired, continually aiding in your reflection. Perhaps you will be inspired to create in your bible journal!
The 21 day study will focus on John 14-17. You may have been told Jesus is the way and you doubtfully ponder this context for our modern lives. Let Sarah help you apply Jesus's teachings found in these three very important chapters of John's gospel. There are so many ways this study will help you apply some of Jesus's teachings to your everyday life. This could help you deal with work issues, your relationships and bring you to a greater understanding of God's truth.
This is an invitation to show you who Jesus really is! What a glorious opportunity to see Jesus Christ through the eyes of one of His closest friends, John.
visit this site to enter your email address and you're in!
Each day will focus on a key verse from the scripture alongside the commentary from Sarah to help put things in a new perspective.
There will be action points. Things to ponder.
There is a discussion question if you choose to follow along on the daily facebook thread.
There are references to other resources to help us find more truths because even Sarah knows that even she can use some back up.
My favorite feature is the link that will be in each emailed devotional to her Audio Commentary! You can listen to her devotional at any time by just clicking on her link to the audio. The Bible can be confusing and Sarah really hones in on the scripture and examines what God really wants us to do, and you don't need to do anything but sit back and listen (or read)! You do need to register with your email address so that she can send you her goodies starting on October 15th. I do hope you will join me using the #BeforeIGo hashtag for discussions.
We are celebrating the release of this powerful new study with weekly giveaways at LivingbyDesign.org and other collaborating blogs. Each handcrafted giveaway item is inspired by the beautiful truths in John 14-17 and we are so grateful for our talented creative partners who have donated these items to support the study.
This week’s giveaway bundle is worth more than $122. It features handcrafted items from Drift Design Co, AE Lettering Co, Evy Letters, and Copperhead Jewelry. Enter below for your chance to win!
In addition to this fantastic giveaway, everyone who pre-registers for the study by October 14 will be entered to win a custom handpainted Bible from Wheat and Honey Co.
THIS STUDY IS FREE! There is no reason you cannot pre-register today! Please feel free to reach out to me to ask any questions.


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Last month, the AWAI Web Division held a contest in search of a logo for AWAI’s new e-letter, Wealthy Web Writer, your free resource for learning how to effectively write online copy and market products on the web.
Today, AWAI announced that Stephen Dorsey in Henderson, Nevada, has been selected as the winner. Stephen was awarded $300 for his winning design, and will be offered more AWAI design projects in the coming months.


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Remark: Please ensure the connector of your original inverter is 9-pin connector, not 7-pin one, if yours is 7-pin, please contact us.
In this guide, the actual laptop is Toshiba Tecra A1. It should also work on Toshiba Satellite A10.
2. Using a sharp object, for example a small flat-head screwdriver, remove two mask seals at the bottom corners of the display assembly. Then remove two M2.5x6 black flat head screws securing the display mask.
3. There are 24 latches securing the display bezel. Carefully insert your fingers between the bezel and the LCD panel and pry open the latches starting from the bottom six latches, to the five latches on the right and left sides, ending with the six top latches. Remove the display bezel.
4. Remove one M2x4 brass flat head screw securing the Toshiba Satellte A10 / Tecra A1 inverter board. Carefully lift up the inverter board and disconnect the cabes on the two ends of the inverter.
Reverse the procdure to install your new Toshiba Satellite A10 / Tecra A1 LCD inverter and assmeble your computer.


text: Wedding photo booths add a fun, whimsical touch to your big day. These wedding photo booths in Plymouth combine a unique activity with a keepsake favor, and they’re always a major hit with guests. There are several types of wedding photo booths to choose from, so be sure to do your research before booking a wedding photo booth company for your reception.


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3. Thirdly, the source claims that students who undertake such creative expressions such as music, will be creative and imaginative later in life.
5. Furthermore, this article also states that music can open the door to other cultures, thereby making students understanding and sympathetic towards all kinds of peoples.
6. Students of music, it is noted, are aware of what makes great work, as opposed to simply mediocre work.
8. Music study, it is further stated, also enhances teamwork skills and discipline.
11. Music performance also teaches risk-taking, and imparts the confidence needed to be successful in such enterprises.
1. Science Daily Staff. (2009). Music Education Can Help Children Improve Reading Skills. Science Daily. Retrieved from .
2. Piro, J.M. & Ortiz, C. (2009). The effect of piano lessons on the vocabulary and verbal sequencing skills of primary grade students. Journal Psychology of Music, 16th March 2009.
3. CPR Staff. (2012). 12 Benefits of Music Education. Cincinnati Public Radio 2012. Retrieved from .
"Music in High Schools Psychology." 8 April 2012. Web. 22 April 2019. <https://www.essaytown.com/subjects/paper/music-high-schools-psychology/2945783>.
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Cornerstone Baptist Fellowship was established on 28th June 1998, and is therefore a young church. It was formed by a small group of Christians sharing a common purpose and vision. Eindhoven has large numbers of people from many different nations and cultures. Our focus was, and continues to be, to reach out to these people and provide a Christian family away from home.
We believe that Jesus himself commanded us to make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28: 18-20), so what better place to start than in Eindhoven.
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When the mind is able to remember perfectly any phenomenon of the senses, it is always perfectly relaxed. The sight is normal, if the eyes are open; and when they are closed and covered so as to exclude all the light, one sees a perfectly black field – that is nothing at all. If you can remember the ticking of a watch, or an odor or a taste perfectly, your mind is perfectly at rest, and you will see a perfect black when your eyes are closed and covered. If your memory of a sensation of touch could be equal to the reality, you would see nothing but black when the light was excluded from your eyes. If you were to remember a bar of music perfectly when your eyes were closed and covered, you would see nothing but black. But in the case of any of these phenomena it is not easy to test the correctness of the memory, and the same is true of colors other than black. All other colors, including white, are altered by the amount of light to which they are exposed, and are seldom seen as perfectly as it is possible for the normal eye to see them. But when the sight is normal, black is just as black in a dim light as in a bright one. It is also just as black at the distance as at the near-point, while a small area is just as black as a large one, and, in fact, appears blacker. Black is, moreover, more readily available than any other color. There is nothing blacker than printer’s ink, and that is practically ubiquitous. By means of the memory of black, therefore, it is possible to measure accurately one’s own relaxation. If the color is remembered perfectly, one is perfectly relaxed. If it is remembered almost perfectly, one’s relaxation is almost perfect. If it cannot be remembered at all, one has very little or no relaxation.
By means of simultaneous retinoscopy, these facts can be readily demonstrated. An absolutely perfect memory is very rare, so much so that it need hardly be taken into consideration; but a practically perfect memory, or what might be called normal, is attainable by every one under certain conditions. With such a memory of black, the retinoscope shows that all errors of refraction are corrected. If the memory is less than normal, the contrary will be the case. If it fluctuates, the shadow of the retinoscope will fluctuate. The testimony of the retinoscope is, in fact, more reliable than the statements of the patient. Patients often believe and state that they remember black perfectly, or normally, when the retinoscope indicates an error of refraction; but in such cases it can usually be demonstrated by bringing the test card to the point at which the black letters can be seen best, that the memory is not equal to the sight. That the color cannot be remembered perfectly when the eyes and mind are under a strain, the reader can easily demonstrate by trying to remember it when making a conscious effort to see – by staring, partly closing the eyes, frowning, etc – or while trying to see all the letters of a line equally well at one time. It will be found that it either cannot be remembered at all under these conditions, or that it is remembered very imperfectly.
When the two eyes of a patient are different, it has been found that the difference can be exactly measured by the length of time a black period can be remembered, while looking at the Snellen test card, with both eyes open, and with the better eye closed. A patient with normal vision in the right eye and half-normal vision in the left could, when looking at the test card with both eyes open, remember a period for twenty seconds continuously; but with the better eye closed, it could be remembered only ten seconds. A patient with half-normal vision in the right eye and one-quarter normal in the left could remember a period twelve seconds with both eyes open, and only six seconds with the better eye closed. A third patient, with normal sight in the right eye and vision of one-tenth in the left, could remember a period twenty seconds with both eyes open, and only two seconds when the better eye was closed. In other words, if the right eye is better than the left, the memory is better when the right eye is open than when only the left eye is open, the difference being in exact proportion to the difference in the vision of the two eyes.
The condition of mind in which a black period can be remembered cannot be attained by any sort of effort. The memory is not the cause of the relaxation, but must be preceded by it. It is obtained only during moments of relaxation, and retained only as long as the causes of strain are avoided; but how this is accomplished cannot be fully explained, just as many other psychological phenomena cannot be explained. We only know that under certain conditions that might be called favorable a degree of relaxation sufficient for the memory of a black period is possible, and that, by persistently seeking these conditions, the patient becomes able to increase the degree of the relaxation and prolong its duration, and finally becomes able to retain it under unfavorable conditions.
For most patients palming provides the most favorable conditions for the memory of black. When the strain to see is lessened by the exclusion of the light, the patient usually becomes able to remember a black object for a few seconds or longer, and this period of relaxation can be prolonged in one of two ways. Either the patient can open his eyes and look at a black object by central fixation at the distance at which it can be seen best, and at which the eyes are, therefore, most relaxed, or he can shift mentally from one black object to another, or from one part of a black object to another. By these means, and perhaps also through other influences that are not clearly understood, most patients become able, sooner or later, to remember black for an indefinite length of time with their eyes closed and covered.
When looking at a surface on which there is nothing particular to see, distance makes no difference to the memory, because the patient can always look at such a surface, no matter where it is, without straining to see it. When looking at letters, or other details, however, the memory is best at the point at which the patient’s sight is best, because at that point the eyes and mind are more relaxed than when the same letters or objects are regarded at distances at which the vision is not so good. By practicing central fixation at the most favorable distance, therefore, and using any other means of improving the vision which are found effectual, the memory of the period may be improved, in some cases, very rapidly.
A woman of fifty-five who had myopia of fifteen diopters, complicated with other conditions which made it impossible for her to see the big C at more than one foot, or to go about, either in her house or on the street, without an attendant, became able, when she looked at a green wall without trying to see it, to remember a perfectly black period and to see a small area of the wall-paper at the distance as well as she could at the near-point. When she had come close to the wall, she was asked to put her hand on the door-knob, which she did without hesitation. “But I don’t see the knob,” she hastened to explain. As a matter of fact she had seen it long enough to put her hand on it; but as soon as the idea of seeing it was suggested to her she lost the memory of the period, and with it her improved vision, and when she again tried to find the knob she could not do so.
Thus patients find themselves on the horns of a dilemma. The relaxation indicated by the memory of a period improves their sight, and the things they see with this improved vision cause them to lose their relaxation and their memory. It is very remarkable to me how the difficulty is ever overcome, but some patients are able to do it in five minutes or half an hour. With others the process is long and tedious.
The smaller the area of black which the patient is able to remember, the greater is the degree of relaxation indicated; but some patients find it easier, at first, to remember a somewhat larger area, such as one of the letters on the Snellen test card with one part blacker than the rest. They may begin with the big C, then proceed to the smaller letters, and finally get to a period. It is then found that this small area is remembered more easily than the larger ones, and that its black is more intense. Instead of a period, some patients find it easier to remember a colon, with one period blacker than the other, or a collection of periods, with one blacker than all the others, or the dot over an i or j. Others, again, prefer a comma to a period. In the beginning most patients find it helpful to shift consciously from one of these black areas to another, or from one part of such an area to another, and to realize the swing, or pulsation, produced by such shifting (see Chapter XV); but when the memory becomes perfect, one object may be held continuously, without conscious shifting, while the swing is realized only when attention is directed to the matter.
A high-school girl reports that when she was unable to remember the answer to a question in an examination, she remembered the period, and the answer came to her. When I cannot remember the name of a patient, I remember a period – and, behold, I have it! A musician who had perfect sight and could remember a period perfectly, had a perfect memory for music; but a musician with imperfect sight who could not remember a period could play nothing without his notes, only gaining that power when his sight and visual memory had become normal. In some exceptional cases, the strain to see letters on the Snellen test card has been so terrific that patients have said that they not only could not remember a period while they were looking at them, but could not remember even their own names.
The memory of a period is a test of relaxation. It is the evidence by which the patient knows that his eyes and mind are at rest. It may be compared to the steam-gauge of an engine, which has nothing to do with the machinery, but is of great importance in giving information as to the ability of the mechanism to do its work. When the period is black one knows that the engine of the eye is in good working order. When the period fades, or is lost, one knows that it is out of order, until a cure is effected. Then one does not need a period, or any other aid to vision, just as the engineer does not need a steam-gauge when the engine is going properly. One patient who had gained telescopic and microscopic vision by the methods presented in this book said, in answer to an inquiry from some one interested in investigating the treatment of errors of refraction without glasses, that he had not only done nothing to prevent a relapse, but had even forgotten how he was cured. The reply was unsatisfactory to the inquirer, but is quoted to illustrate the fact that when a patient is cured he does not need to do anything consciously in order to stay cured, although the treatment can always be continued with benefit, since even supernormal vision can be improved.


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The Start, How to Make Dad need clean drawers.
This past weekend I fish a Bass tournament put on by Busch Beer with my oldest boy, We fished on Kentucky Lake in Tennessee and I let him do all the drivin, I ask him to take it easy on take off cause we had a good ride ahead of us and needed to save gas so we would make it back to the weighin, He said he understood, No problem, Welp I decided to try and video some of it but I aint no pro with a camera by a long shot but did get some footage of the start of it, I thought some of ya might like to see it so I was able to put it on youtube and here is a link so yall can see why I called it How to make Dad need clean drawers, I hope yall like it and Hope it works.
Looks like quite the ride there EZ! I've never fished in my life... maybe show us your fishing skills and give us a how-to next time?
Nice speed there - how many horsepower does the engine has?
I used to go fishing a lot few years ago.
If you want, I can suggest some baits from Mepps that you can try, and also share few tricks. Drop a PM and I'll respond back.
The shaken and me hollarin comes from each time when we go airborn then my arm came down and also from the wave action, we were boat 15 outa 96 boats total and he was intent on passin them all I felt, I will admit he did alright cause we lived thru it,lol.
The boat is a 1997 Allison XB2002 model center console at 900lbs, Yep she is quick with 260 horses back behind ya, she will turn a 28 pitch prop to 7200 rpm, But I had a 6th sense that he would put the pedal to the floor so the night before I backed off the throttle a few settings so it wouldnt turn over bout 6200 rpm, But that wasnt enough I found out, Ya wont get sick from goin that fast but you will have Intense Fear and Thrill at the same time, and what ever aint straped down will not stay in the boat long at speed.
I only chase Bass, but catch a few other types while pitchin and flippin, I am familiar with mepps baits, but mainly use strikeking, sloans, zoom, bandit, bomber, and some bangolures, quite a few more here and there.
Think of going 160 Km/h in a fine sports car as a passenger.
Close your eyes and open them again.
Now you are behind Ez in his boat going the same speed.
Now you close your eyes and pray to God.
lol JB good job he has OSH's eh?
Awesome video, EZ. Must've been a lotta fun!
We don't get goin' nearly that fast and I get scared badly.
I don't think I'd want to try going that fast lol.


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A client of mine wanted to lose weight and he is doing what he can. He went out and bought yogurt and fruit for breakfast. I have no idea what his other daily choices are, but if they are like his breakfast choices, he will NOT lose weight.
A banana is high on the gylcemic index for sugar in the fruit category. The size banana he ate was a medium one and that was about 25g carbs. you add that to the 16g of the yogurt, he had 41g carbs. My Dannon Lite and Fit and the cup of strawberries I put in it was about less than half of what he ate. If you eat 40 in just ONE protein meal and you have 6 more to go, and you should only have 50-100 g of carbs a day to lose weight, you can see why he isn’t losing weight.
When you eat, it is about reading labels and choosing correctly. We both eat yogurt and fruit, but we pick different kinds and I lose weight because I am eating fewer carbs.
If you want to go lower on that sugar index for fruit, you need to go with citrus fruits or berries. Here is the list on the best fruits in order from lowest in sugar to highest.
Lemon, Lime, Rhubarb, Rasberries, Blackberries, Cranberries.
Plums, Oranges, Kiwifruit, Pears, Pineapple.
Tangerines, Cherries, Grapes, Pomegranates, Mangos, Figs, Bananas. Dried Fruits like Raisins, Dates, Dried Apricots, Prunes.
Easy Way to Remember sugary fruits……..
1. Berries – Berries are, in general, the fruits lowest in sugar — and also among the highest in antioxidants and other nutrients.
2. Summer Fruits –Melons, peaches, nectarines, and apricots are next in sugar-order.
3. Winter Fruits – Apples, pears, and citrus fruit are moderate in sugars.
4. Tropical Fruits – Pineapple, pomegranates, mangoes, bananas, and fresh figs are high in sugar (guava and papaya are lower than the others).
5. Dried Fruit – Dates, raisins, apricots, prunes, figs, and most other dried fruits are extremely high in sugar. Dried cranberries and blueberries would be lower, except that a lot of sugar is usually added to combat the tartness.
Dehydrated or freeze-dried berries and summer fruits, when you can find them, are a good alternative to dried.


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No remains of these connecting walls have been found, and it would be remarkable in the highest degree if they had survived the great changes of An obscure passage centuries in the very centre of the city. 3 mentions a murus terreus Oarinarum, evidently an in Varro embankment of earth on the Carinae, and this has been 4 thought by some to be the wall of the Septimontium and on the supposition that it ran along the bank of the brook ; Varro, LL. \. 152; BC. 1905, 189-232. Jordan, I. 1. 183-188; 3.
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