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By William Tauro
Congratulations to the Norman "Stony" Stone, Mayor Joe Curtatone, the city of Somerville and everyone involved with the Somerville Boxing Club who co-hosted and made it possible for the good people of Somerville and the world to see the finest fighters at work earlier this month at Club Royale in Boston.
The event gave you three action packed bouts and a chance for Somerville Boxing Fans to come out and support their local fighters!
The club is a fantastic opportunity to get kids involved and keep them off the streets!
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The other day my dad emailed me this article from the Daily Beast about relationships contributing to weight gain. The author states that men are susceptible to weight gain in the first 12 months, but women just continue to get fatter and fatter. I've been overweight since my parents got divorced when I was seven. I think it's safe to say, Dan has nothing to do with my weight.
I can tell the the article is geared to skinny people that find themselves gain weight after a relationship and not necessarily for people with chronic weight conditions. Ex-hot Girl wrote the other day about how fat people are experts on healthy eating. And boy do I agree with her, it may seem to be incongruous that people struggling the most are the most aware of what they should do. But, it is true, we have spent so much time counting calories and reading healthy living books/magazines/articles. So why doesn't it work? It's more than just following a few simple rules. The complexities behind why we gain weight and why some people don't are a combination of emotional and physical factors.
This is why I felt like, if the article was geared towards people really struggling with their weight, the list was a bit patronizing. In a well, duh sort of way. Like the suggestion to step on the scale, keep healthy food in the cupboard, stock up on high-satiety foods, cut down on high calorie food, eat at home more and exercise. I guess that for someone that just gained weight for the first time in their life this could possibly be eye opening. But really? Eat less caloric food and exercise? This is as basic as it gets.
However, this leads me to think about the Time article that I've been avoiding talking about. Where the Time article could be taken the wrong way, at least this article reinforces positive changes.
I think it's interesting though that so many of us are in relationships and embarking on this journey for our spouses/children. That it is in fact our relationships that are the reason we want to get healthy.
What do you think about this article? Did you find your relationship to make you gain weight/encourage you to lose weight?


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Read these 2 Kayak Information Tips tips to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. Each tip is approved by our Editors and created by expert writers so great we call them Gurus. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Kayaking tips and hundreds of other topics.
Depending on the type of kayak you buy, there will be all kinds of attachments and parts on it. Its a good idea to know what they are called so that you don't feel silly in the presense of other boaters. Here is a brief list of some of the parts of a kayak.
Grab Loops: Grab loops are the handles, ropes, or straps attached to the bow and stern of the kayak. They are used to carry the kayak.
Cockpit: The cockpit is the large hole that gives a kayaker access to getting into the kayak. Sit-on-top kayaks don't have cockpits.
Drain Plug: The drain plug is mostly found on whitewater kayaks and is used to drain out any water that may have gotten into the kayak.
Rudder: Rudders are found on sea, touring, and some recreational kayaks. It is attached to the stern of the kayak and is controlled with the paddlers feet. The rudder helps to steer the kayak.
Bulkheads: Bulkheads refer to the compartments found on sea, touring, and some recreational compartments. They are usually water tight and used for storing gear.
Thigh Braces: Thigh braces are there to help support and secure the kayakers legs in the kayak for better control and balance.
Deck Rigging: Deck rigging are the bungie-type cords on the decks of some kayaks. They are used to strap down and carry gear.
This is just some of the terminology for the parts that can be found on some kayaks. Other items are self explanatory such as back rests and seats.
It is important to know some things about your kayak and direction on a kayak to make sure you can communicate with other boaters both on and off the water.
Kayakers tend to use typical nautical terms to define parts of their boat. For instance the bow refers to the front of the kayak while the stern is the rear. This is normal nomenclature for kayakers. This pattern is not however used to refer to the sides of the kayak. The right side is simply the right side and the left side is the left side, not the starboard or aft sides. Right and left are from the perspective of the person sitting in the kayak, not from the person looking at it.
Knowing these simple terms can make life a whole lot easier for you and anyone you are speaking with when you're loading or unloading a kayak from a roof rack, when speaking of where and how to launch your kayak, and just simply during conversation on the water.
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Fire Flow Test
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If you are required to have a Fire Flow Test prior to development plan approval, please follow the procedures as listed below (NOTE: CCWS can only test fire hydrants on public r.o.w. within its jurisdiction):
Submit the attached application with all applicable data to the Cobb County Water System, Engineering & Records Division along with:
- A. An 8½" X 11" location map that clearly shows the site location. (Aero Atlas quality or go to Cobb County GIS Homepage).
- B. A check for $100.00 made payable to the
Cobb County Water System
660 South Cobb Dr. Marietta Ga.,30060.
It may take up to three (3) weeks to complete the Fire Flow Test, depending on weather and other factors. A Fire Flowtest is required for all projects. Copies of the Fire Flow Test must be shown on the plans. Test cannot be over 6 months old.
- The 24 hour clock will not be provided by Cobb County. The Design Engineer will be responsible for providing a 24 hour pressure recording if/when required by the Fire Department.
Construction plans can not be approved without the Fire Flow Test results being on the water plans. Please consider this when preparing your development schedule.
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I felt a little better when I woke up, much less stressed after a little extra sleep and a little less dust and wind. I explored the campground a bit, and discovered that our site (#19) has its own access to Mill Creek, which is pretty awesome. I hiked a bit of the Mill Creek Nature Trail, which is short, but not well-signed once you leave the trailheads (there are two access points to this trail). At one point you hit a dirt road, and it's unclear if this is actually the trail or not.
After a delightful hot (and free!) shower, we packed up and headed across the road to the visitor center to check in, exploring the fort grounds along the way. You can take a golf cart tour, but we just walked it. The volunteer was delightful: a fountain of local lore and knowledge, and super helpful. I found it particularly interesting to learn that this site used to be administered by Texas Parks & Wildlife, and it had become fairly run-down. Once it was transferred to the State Historical Commission, "they came in and fixed everything: the campground, the bathrooms, cleaned everything up, everything."
This implies that Texas places more value on showcasing its history than providing quality access to recreational opportunities on public lands. At first I thought the better conditions and upkeep at this site were probably due to higher fees, but comparing it to fees at Palo Duro Canyon SP negated that argument: the total for two adults to camp at a site with electricity and water at Fort Griffin is $23; at Palo Duro it's $34-$36. Since Palo Duro is one of the most popular state parks in Texas, I looked up two other state parks to compare fees and found that they are fairly consistent. The same scenario would cost $30-$32 at Lake Tawakoni outside of Dallas, and $34-$38 at Guadalupe River outside of San Antonio. Of course, I don't know what the conditions at Fort Griffin were like before it was transitioned to a historic site, and I don't know what campground conditions are like at the three state parks I mention here, but the fact that it's substantially cheaper to overnight at a reportedly nicer State Historic Site than at a State Park definitely merits noting.
We left the visitor center to be greeted by the Official State of Texas Longhorn herd, which also resides at the Fort. Those suckers are huge! And apparently free-range at times, so if you visit, don't be in a hurry, because in a human / longhorn showdown, my money is on the bull! We stopped by the nearby historic town of Fort Griffin on our way out of the area. This frontier town on the Great Western Cattle Trail was notorious as an intersection of soldiers, traders, and outlaws. The names of those who spent time here reads like a who's who of the Wild West, including Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Big Nose Kate. It was a worthwhile stop. It's all on private property, however, so if you visit, make sure to respect the owner's request to stay on the road and designated walkways, and don't enter any of the buildings.
On the road again, we stopped at the Prairie Star Deli & Grill at the gas station in Albany for lunch. Although it had been recommended to us as the best place for lunch in town, neither the food nor the service was particularly great. We then hit the Wal-Mart in Eastland, where Wal-Mart is what it is, but the customer service was awesome. After checking the typical spots, I asked an employee if they had any whole salami. He walked me back to the typical spot, and pointed out some pre-sliced. I thanked him and said it wouldn't work for me; I don't have a fridge and whole salami keeps longer. I went on about my business, and almost ten minutes later, I turned a corner, and there he was again! Holding up a whole summer sausage with a very hopeful look on his face. "This isn't salami, it's summer sausage. It has kind of a …different… taste. But maybe it would work for you?"
Dammit. I HATE summer sausage. I said it was ok, I would just do without the salami for now, and thanked him for going out of his way to try to help. He looked crestfallen. "It's no problem," he replied, looking down at his shoes, "I just wish I could buy you a fridge is all."
AW! Suddenly, I felt better about spending money at Wal-Mart, at THIS Wal-Mart, that provides this guy with a job. I even went back in and finally got a cooler for the van.
By now, it's pretty late in the afternoon, and we haven't gotten very far down the road. I had wanted to visit Dinosaur Valley SP, but it was too late to get a decent visit in today, and rain was forecast for tomorrow, in which case being able to see the dinosaur tracks in the riverbeds was unlikely. So, there was no point paying to camp there if we could find a free spot. We found DeCordova Bend Park near Fort Worth through freecampsites.net and arrived just before dark, and just in time to see a spectacular lightning show across the Brazos River, on which the park sits.
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Student Research Support Programs
Noyce Program
The Noyce Program sponsored by the National Science Foundation funds students interested in becoming math teachers for 3 years ($10K/yr) to become credentialed math teachers.
David Goulette, Executive Director
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COAST Undergraduate Student Research Support Program
Application Deadline for the 2021-2022 program is Friday, February 4, 2022, 5:00pm. Application details here.
The COAST (CSU Council on Ocean Affairs, Science & Technology) Undergraduate Student Research Support Program provides funding to every campus in the CSU to support undergraduate student participation in faculty‐mentored marine, coastal, and coastal watershed research. The goal of this program is to engage students interested in pursuing marine related careers and provide them with the opportunity to obtain the skills necessary to join a highly skilled, technologically advanced workforce while promoting and supporting CSU faculty research. Funding awarded to students can be used to support research related activities, small stipends, and supplies.
Prof. Maya deVries, COAST Representative
Duncan Hall 340
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Prof. Ryan Portner, COAST Representative
Duncan Hall 202
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Math Engineering Science Achievement (MESA)
Established in 1970, the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Program is one of the country's oldest and most successful programs to assist educationally disadvantaged and first-generation students attain degrees in math, engineering and science from four-year institutions
Contact Information:
Susan Arias, Director
Duncan Hall 241
Phone: (408) 924-5034
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Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC)
National Institute of Health's Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC U-STAR) awards provide support for undergraduate students who are underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences to improve their preparation for high-caliber graduate training at the Ph.D. level. The program also supports efforts to strengthen the science course curricula, pedagogical skills of faculty and biomedical research training at institutions with significant enrollments of students from underrepresented groups.
Contact Information:
Prof. Cleber Ouverney, Director
Duncan Hall 439
Phone: (408) 924-4806
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Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE)
The RISE Program is a federally funded developmental program that seeks to increase the number of students historically underrepresented in the biomedical sciences that complete Ph.D. degrees in these fields and continue to research careers by providing the RISE Trainees with funded research opportunities with SJSU faculty.
Contact Information:
Prof. Karen Singmaster, Director
Duncan Hall 518
Phone: (408) 924-5000
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The California State University Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (CSU-LSAMP)
The overall goal of the program of this NSF funded program is to assist universities and colleges in diversifying the nation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce by increasing the number of STEM baccalaureate and graduate degrees awarded to populations historically underrepresented in these disciplines: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. At SJSU, LSAMP supports Academic Excellence Workshops (Sci 1) for Chemistry courses and research opportunities for populations historically underrepresented in STEM fields.
Contact Information:
Prof. Karen Singmaster
Duncan Hall 016
Phone: (408) 924-4980
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Cal-Bridge Program
The Cal-Bridge program is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, and supports CSU undergraduates in physics and astronomy to pursue research careers by entering PhD programs,in a partnership with the University of California.The program provides up to $10,000 per year of scholarship funds, faculty mentoring, professional development workshops, and summer research placement (in partnership with CAMPARE). Students from underrepresented backgrounds, including first-generation college students, are particularly encouraged to apply.
Contact Information:
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Science 235
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If you've been searching for the perfect grilling accessory for your Bantha burger cookouts, take a look at these: "Star Wars" Lightsaber BBQ Tongs from The Fowndry. These geeky tongs are modeled after Darth Vader's own lightsaber hilt from "A New Hope."
These officially licensed lightsaber tongs have a removable transparent red cover and even make the signature sound effect that left many a Jedi quaking in his boots. Conveniently, though, these lightsaber tongs are powered by AA batteries instead of the Force.
The tongs are currently available for preorder at $33.31, and expected to arrive in April.
"With a handy pair of pincers at one end and the lightsaber's iconic hilt at the other, 'Star Wars' BBQ tongs are the perfect bit of kit for any civilized chef," The Fowndry asserts. "And yes, they even make the noise (so you don't have to). Let go your conscious self and act on instinct."
So before you "Use the fork, Luke," may the forceps be with you!
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China is becoming a major player on the world stage, said Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who will pay a two-day visit to China on Friday. "I believe China can play a positive role in many big issues on a world scale. The issues in Europe, I know that China is willing to do that, is trying to do that, in the debt crisis in Europe," Rutte told Xinhua in an interview. "With the unprecedented and large scale growth of the Chinese economy, China clearly is on his way to become a major player on the world stage," he said. "I am very much looking forward to engaging with the Chinese leadership" to see how bilateral relationship can help to further build our perspective roles in the world. The 46-year-old prime minister described China and the Netherlands are "strong partners," believing that they could work together to face many important issues. Rutte said he was also very much looking forward to his visit to China, noting "this will be a political mission together with a trade mission, we will have many large companies traveling with us." "I believe this visit should focus on the main areas of our relationship, which are cultural, historical and political and obviously trade and economy," he said. According to the latest statistics, bilateral economic trade between China and the Netherlands reached around 68 billion U.S. dollars in 2012. The Netherlands has been China's second-biggest trade partner in the European Union for ten consecutive years.Lauding bilateral trade relations as good, Rutte said "there are more possibilities to explore."
"We have already laid a lot of contacts in the agricultural industry, but I think that we should build on these contacts more and explore other opportunities too," he said. "That is exactly what I . . . . . read more


text: The sweetest of sentiments adorns this personalized To The Moon mug. Add the name of a loved one to create a gift that will warm their hearts each time they reach for it. Perfect for grandparents and other special people. The personalized mug's design wraps around both sides of the mug, with no break in the star design.


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Easy Crochet Market Bag Pattern
There's nothing better than a market bag. Especially a crochet bag pattern that makes a light and easy to wash crochet tote.
Stash this easy crochet bag in your car and take it with you every time you go shopping. It's the perfect Farmer's market bag that you can pop in your purse and pull out when you've picked out the perfect tomatoes and zucchini.
The crochet tote features a solid bottom, nice double handles and easy shape and size to carry all of your groceries with. It's also perfect for summer, to use as a crochet beach bag – easy to shake out if sand manages to find it's way into the bag (because it ALWAYS does).
Made with worsted weight cotton yarn, this crochet market bag makes a perfect gift for your favorite environmentally conscious friends.
Made using only single and double crochet stitches, this bag is a perfect beginner crochet pattern. Grab your crochet hook and let's get busy with this easy crochet bag!
Easy Crochet Market Bag Pattern
This pattern is written in U.S. crochet terminology
- Hook: J/6.00mm
- Yarn Weight: Size 4 – Worsted Weight
- Yarn Used: Universal Cotton Supreme – colors used: Grey x 2 (color A) and Silken x 1(color B)
- Darning needle and scissors
- st = stitch
- ch = chain
- sl st = slip stitch
- sc = single crochet
- dc = double crochet
FINISHED SIZE: 14.5″ wide x 15″ high
This bag is made in three sections, the bottom of the bag, the body of the bag and the top of the bag. The pattern below is written in individual sections.
Extra pattern photos of handle details included in paid crochet bag pattern here.
Bottom of Bag
With main bag body yarn color, ch 54.
Row 1: Sc in the 2nd chain from the hook and in each chain until the end. Ch 1, turn. Join round with sl st.
Rows 2-7: Sc in each stitch across row. Ch1, turn. Join round with sl st.
You will now change from rows to rounds.
Round 1: At the end of Row 7 of the bottom of the bag, instead of turning the fabric to start the next row, you will now crochet around the entire perimeter of the rectangular fabric you just completed. That means you'll ch1 (place stitch marker here to mark the beginning of each round), and then sc in each stitch around, making sure to do 2sc in each of the four corners of the rectangle. Join round.
Round 2-6: Ch 1, sc in each stitch in the round, join round.
Body of Bag
Round 1: Ch 4, *skip a stitch, dc, ch1*, repeat from * to * around round ending with a dc and ch1 into the 3rd chain from the bottom of the turning chain into the top of the 3rd chain from previous round.
Round 2: Ch 4, [dc, ch1] into the top of each dc from the previous row, continue around row, join. Join round with sl st.
Round 3-24: repeat round 2
Round 25: Ch 1: ch 1, sc into each stitch in round. Join round with sl st.
Top of Bag
Round 1 – 5: Change yarn to color B. Ch 1, sc into each stitch in round. Join round with sl st.
Round 6: Lay the bag down and pat flat so that it's even and the seam is at the edge of the bag. Place a stitch marker at 1.5 inches in from the edges of the bag, on each side of the bag, both front and back (4 stitch markers in total).
Ch 1, sc into each stitch until you get to the first stitch marker. Complete a sc in the stitch with the stitch marker and then chain 72. Join the chain across to the opposite side of the bag where the next stitch marker is with a sc stitch.
Sc in the next stitches until you reach the next stitch marker. Complete a sc in the stitch with the stitch marker and then chain 72. Join the chain across to the opposite side of the bag where the next stitch marker is with a sc stitch. Finish the last set of sc's until you reach the end of the round, join.
Round 7: Ch 1, sc into each stitch in the round, including into the chains on each side of the bag (these will become the handles of the bag). Join round with sl st.
Round 8 – 9: Ch 1, sc into each stitch in round. Join round with sl st.
Fasten off, and weave in the ends. Block bag if needed.


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about us
Karekare Surf Lifesaving Club
Formed in 1935 Karekare Surf Lifesaving Club has been patrolling and saving lives ever since. A family friendly surf club set on one of New Zealands most beautiful beaches, our volunteer lifeguards ensure visitors to this stunningly beautiful west coast beach can swim, surf and play safely. Our club is made up of a diverse group of lifeguards with countless hours of combined experience. From local Karekare based members to families that have three generations of lifeguards actively patrolling, old hands through to recently qualified lifeguards, rookies, juniors and patrol supporters from all over Auckland- our members are all "In it for Life" contribute to making our beach safe and who make patrolling as a volunteer lifeguard a fun and satisfying activity to be involved with. We are always keen to welcome new members and hope you will consider joining our awesome club where we have been "keeping it real since 1935." See you at the beach and remember- always swim between the flags!
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Lifesaving Club
In 2004 we started looking at how we could update our facility and have now embarked on a project to completely replace the current building. The resource consent process took a total of six years and involved an immense amount of consultation, planning and meetings. Through this process the club has the full knowledge that we have all the necessary approvals to commence the project and the complete support of the local and wider community, Tangata Whenua, council, politicians and local funders. The building is the most modest of the new facilities planned by the Auckland lifesaving clubs and has the smallest overall footprint of 522m2. This is being built on the clubs own freehold land. We have a team of professionals supporting us with design work and Project Management and a great team of volunteers from the club and community to make the project happen. The club has secured Council funding along with substantial grants from Lotteries, the Waitakere and Portage Licensing Trusts - who are long term supporters of the club, Foundation North, the Grassroots Trust and NZCT. In developing the project, we have been respectful of the site and in not over-building the facility and have sort to create an attractive albeit utilitarian facility with multiple uses that can be served from within the lifesaving footprint and will also be available to other community and local groups. We currently have all the resource and building consents and are in the final stages of fundraising with a start date of early 2020.
OURMembership Options
**$20 additional for Sport Carnival Competition (can you add this in below as a subscript that applies to all)
EVENTSOur Latest News
To join Karekare surf club go to www.surflifesaving.org.nz. Press join a club and scroll down for Karekare. Fill in all your personal details and then an invite will be sent to the Karekare Administrator to accept your membership into the club. All members under the age of 14 need to register an adult/guardian at the same time however there is no additional cost.


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Finding a great deal on a German Silver Loose Ring Eggbutt Bit can be difficult. But do not worry as we have a vast selection of Eggbutt Bits that are not just made of superb quality but also affordable. This particular Loose Ring Eggbutt Bit limits motion in the mouth. The loose ring style also provides a little more give than the traditional eggbutt snaffle. The joint creates a snapping movement with the rings and mouthpiece. This item is also made of pure solid german silver and measures 2 1/2'' rings and 13mm mouth. As horse enthusiasts ourselves our number one priority is to offer our customers horse eggbutt bits which we believe are made to last and available at affordable prices.
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Convoreview: Kings – Goliath
Welcome to a new segment called "Convoreview," until I can think of a better name. It's like liveblogging meets Mystery Science Theater 3000 multiplied to the power of awesome.
Today is all about Kings, NBC's new show about a parallel universe where New York is a monarchy and current events unfold like a Bible story. Fun!———————————–
Roommate: So why are you watching this again?
Sub-Zero: Because it's a new non-reality based show that looks halfway interesting. I need more shows to watch now that all mine are ending.
RM: And by "all" you mean Battlestar Galactica?
SZ: Well, yeah.
RM: And didn't you start watching Dollhouse to replace that anyways?
SZ: Yeah, but this show is on Sundays instead of Fridays and it isn't on Fox, two very good indicators it won't get cancelled straight away. Unlike Dollhouse.
RM: I suppose. I mean NBC has kept Heroes on life support forever, and ER has been on since my grandparents were born.
SZ: Eh, who knows. It'll get beaten in the ratings by Flip this House or something and they'll cut it
(Intro with the King making a dedication of the rebuilt capitol, flash forward to David on the front lines fighting a Goliath tank)
RM: So is this supposed to be America? I don't understand.
SZ: Well, I mean that's clearly Manhattan, albeit with oddly shaped buildings. I think that this is just some parallel dimension where New York is a monarchy and they're at war with New Jersey.
RM: Oh, so this "Gath" enemy isn't like, Canada?
SZ: Could be I guess, but I'm getting the impression that this is kind of a smaller scale civil war type deal. But who knows. I suppose we'll find out.
RM: Dude the king's daughter is hot.
SZ: Yeah, she kind of looks like Katie Holmes before she went all space alien.
RM: And the main dude looks like a bastard love child of Matt Damon, Ryan Philippe and Heath Ledger.
SZ: How would a love child ever be produced that way?
RM: Uh, science! OK?
(David is invited to hang out with the royale family at a banquet thrown in his honor after he saves the King's son's life)
SZ: Wow, the biblical allegory is beating you over the head huh?
RM: What?
SZ: Uh, "David slays Goliath"?
RM: Oh well, yeah.
SZ: But it's all of it. It's David being in the king's good graces. His feud with the son who won't be king after all. Even the "half my kingdom " line. This whole thing mirrors the Bible story.
RM: Dude, I go to church on Christmas…
SZ: I mean his last name is Sheppard. Come on!
RM: (silence)
SZ: David was a shepherd!
RM: Oh.
SZ: I'm guessing the similarities will deviate a bit from here on out, but I have to say it is an interesting jumping off point. Everyone's too busy ripping off comic books and toys for story ideas these days. No one ever rips off the bible anymore.
(War stops, then starts, David hooks up with the king's daughter, the king's son turns out to be gay)
RM: Don't think THAT was in the Bible.
SZ: I suppose that's true.
RM: This show is too confusing.
SZ: What? Why, because no one is winning money by eating pig scrotum?
RM: No…
SZ: You're the reason shows like this get canceled. No one can handle shows with overarching plotlines anymore. They only have the attention span for one episode at a time. That's why every iteration of CSI and Law and Order destroys everything else in the ratings.
RM: Mysteries are fun! So long as they're not nine seasons long like on Lost.
SZ: I hate you.
(Show ends with David literally getting a crown of butterflies to symbolize he's going to be the next king)
SZ: Wow, that was probably the worst ending I could have ever possibly envisioned.
RM: CGI butterflies? What is this, the George Lucas school of movie-making?
SZ: Like, if one butterfly flew by, that would have been symbolism, but a literal ****ing crown of them landing on his head? They really want to end with that image?
RM: Can I also say that the butterfly is probably the least intimidating symbol you could ever pick for your country?
SZ: We haven't seen Gath's flag yet. Maybe they're the fighin' unicorns or something.
RM: So is this worth a Tivo season pass?
SZ: I suppose so. Burn Notice and Nip/Tuck are over too now.
I liked Kings, I really did. That's probably because I'm just glad to see a drama with an original idea (even though it was stolen from the bible) that is in no way a reality show and that doesn't have anything to do with law enforcement. Yes, I guess that's all it takes to make me happy these days.
I'm really skeptical if audiences will dig this show or not, but that's mostly because audiences are stupid and have no patience. I always say, watch four episodes of a show, if it sucks, you can tell by then. This theory held true when I watched the first four episodes of Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy, and the converse was true when I watched the first four of Lost and Battlestar Galactica.
Technically this is two episodes, and I'm mildly interested. I like the bizarre landscape of it. Some odd country that looks a lot like my city ruled by Ian McShane fighting a war with New Jersey. I dig that. We'll see where Kings goes from here.


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Picture this: it's 6 PM and you're feeling hungry, but you don't feel like cooking and you want food NOWWW. We've all been there, and that's why these 14 amazing Moose Jaw restaurants are here to save you.
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Deja Vu Cafe // 23 High Street East
Mmmm.... fried chicken, fish, and fries! Deja Vu is famous for its wings, with over 30 options for dipping sauces. Add onion rings, pickle chips, or poutine on the side to complete this tasty meal!
The Mad Greek // 925 Main Street N
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Common Cafe & Bakery // 23 Main Street N
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Houston Pizza // 117 Main Street N
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Chrysalis Coffee // 203 Main Street N
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Original Joe's // 930 Main Street N
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The Grant Hall Dining Room & Lounge // 401 Main Street North
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Following two months of speculation as to whether further intervention was warranted, the Colombian central bank yesterday reduced the country's benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.25%.
The Banco de la República began its rate-cutting cycle in December 2016 and governor of the bank's board, Juan José Echavarría, had previously said that committee members believed that "the cycle of rate reductions had been completed" following its move earlier this year to lower the rate to 4.5%.
But inflation continued to drop in the interim — falling to 3.14% in March — while economic recovery remains uncertain given the upcoming presidential election and global factors, such as the sustainability of higher oil prices, volatility in the exchange rate of the peso, and the potential for a trade war between the United States and China to negatively affect markets.
After lowering the rate, the seven-member central bank board cited the "weakness of the economic activity and uncertainty over its pace of recovery" for its anonymous decision to drop the rate from 4.5% to 4.25%.
While highlighting that some recent metrics indicate a reason for optimism for economic recovery this year, meager growth remains the primary concern about the Colombian economy.
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Rupa, the long-suffering protagonist of this humorous poke at Old World folk tales, has initiated 21,954 sunups and needs a break. Her pre-dawn trips around the "cookfire" bring on the sunrise, and after so many repeat performances she has an oozing blister on her toe. For advice, Rupa visits the three turbaned village wise men, who decide to hold "sun-raising tryouts" to find a suitable stand-in: Can the blacksmith do it, or the goat farmer or baker? In spreads of bulbous-nosed, cartoonish characters with the text set unobtrusively in the upper regions of swirling color backdrops, Chall (Up North at the Cabin) and Litzinger (The Someday House) have come up with a quirky, warmhearted work for sophisticated readers. When weary Rupa takes center stage to rest her bare, swollen foot on the breakfast table where the elders confer—with coffee spilling and eyeballs rolling—readers will share the wise men's consternation. Chall maintains a wry tone, as when the farmer urges his goats to give milk, which he hopes will in turn bring on the dawn: "Isabella, if you please. But she didn't. Hortense couldn't. Camilla wouldn't. No sun, no milk." The elders' superstitious suggestion that Rupa walk around her cookfire backward to keep the sun from setting will have readers chuckling, as will Litzinger's drawing of the many stages of Rupa's dutiful orbit around the flames. While some children may find the tale confusing, its message will resonate with adults: the world goes 'round, with or without them. Ages 3-6. (Sept.)
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The Twin Cities' Marsha Wilson Chall introduces her newest book, Rupa Raises the Sun (D.K. Publishing, $15.95). This amusing picture book tells the story of old Rupa, who firmly believes that it is she who causes the sun to rise every morning as she tromps around her cookfire. One morning Rupa decides she needs a vacation. Who will make the sun rise? The problem is resolved as townspeople offer their help and the elders offer their advice! Marsha will read this funny story. Her other books for children include Up North at the Cabin. She lives in Minnetonka where she "raises issues, children and small pets—but probably not the sun!"


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ARS has done such a good job of combating the Hessian fly pest of wheat that many people think the problem is history.
Not so, says Brandon J. Schemerhorn, an ARS entomologist in the Crop Production and Pest Control Research Unit at West Lafayette, Indiana. That's where historic Hessian fly research was begun in the 1920s.
"We have been successful so far, but we also have to keep researching to stay one step ahead of it," says Schemerhorn. "We have a lot more tools to fight it today, but so does the fly."
Every year, wheat farmers across the nation send samples of fly-infested wheat to Schemerhorn and her colleagues—usually in late December, when winter wheat is maturing. In 2005, they received about a dozen samples.
In the Southeast, where infestations are more common, there have been unusually severe outbreaks in recent years. In 2006, the West Lafayette area saw its first Hessian fly infestation in more than a decade. Over the last 2 years, the flies showed up in Missouri for the first time ever, indicating their westward expansion.
"By 2000, they'd adapted enough to overcome the four primary wheat resistance genes," says Schemerhorn. "It took them just 14 years to overcome that defense. Now we use those four genes as a standard to judge the virulence of Hessian flies as they grow ever stronger."
Where have they been hiding between appearances? Schemerhorn says there is evidence that tall fescue grass is providing safe harbor for Hessian flies until they can find wheat fields.
Schemerhorn's collaborators include fellow ARS entomologist Rich Shukle; ARS molecular biologist Christie Williams; entomologist Jeff Stuart and wheat breeder Herb Ohm, both of Purdue University; and ARS entomologist Ming-Shun Chen at the ARS Grain Marketing and Production Research Center (GMPRC) in Manhattan, Kansas. The Manhattan group mainly covers U.S. areas growing hard wheat, while the West Lafayette unit focuses mostly on soft red winter wheat. Both labs send out Hessian fly-resistant wheat germplasm to wheat breeders.
Monitoring Genetic "Conversations"
Williams, Shukle, and colleagues have assembled a custom biochip, or microarray, containing 2,000 genes expressed by the Hessian fly larva and 1,000 genes expressed by the wheat plant when the insect first pokes at it. These 1,000 genes are involved in wheat's resistance to Hessian flies. The West Lafayette researchers also have a commercial biochip to assay the expression of 60,000 wheat genes.
"Our biochip gives us a genetic record of the fly and wheat 'talking' to each other," says Williams. She and colleagues have found that the Hessian fly-wheat interaction is very unusual for pest-host relationships. Their modern genetics work has proven what was thought for decades: The fly doesn't chew on wheat leaves. Instead it injects something into the plant that causes certain wheat genes to turn on and others to turn off.
Stuart focuses on virulence genes in Hessian fly larvae that trigger a wheat plant's resistance mechanisms when recognized. If the fly larvae win, the plant turns on a gene—not found in any other plant—that makes its leaves release a liquid the larvae sip on.
"It's bizarre," says Williams. "The plant has a gene for its own destruction."
Death by Saliva
Hessian flies don't just suck the liquid life out of wheat plants for their own nourishment. They also inject toxic substances that appear to create a more hospitable feeding environment for them and hasten their access to certain nutrients. It's an awfully cunning approach for a simple, gnat-sized fly. But considering that this insect has had thousands of years to perfect its assault on wheat, it's no surprise it's been so tough to swat.
Fortunately, that's about to change. Thanks to new genomics technology in the hands of ARS researchers at West Lafayette working with GMPRC colleagues, the fly's tactics are starting to be revealed genetically.
At the center of the researchers' study in Kansas—led by Chen—is the insect's most finely tuned weapon: its saliva. The fly's salivary glands, acting like tiny poison factories, churn out noxious compounds that cripple wheat plants.
After dissecting thousands of Hessian fly salivary glands and analyzing their DNA, Chen and his team found there's a lot riding on these salivary defenses. "We've identified 97 'superfamilies' of genes that encode secreted salivary gland proteins," says Chen. Each contains several families with about 10 members, or closely related genes. So far, the Kansas researchers have uncovered roughly 2,000 Hessian fly genes with some role in producing salivary proteins.
With so many genes to sift through and analyze, the researchers' best bet for pinpointing the most central gene players is the microarray technology. With the help of this powerful tool, they'll be able to scrutinize all the fly's salivary genes at once.
Exploring Markered Territory
Schemerhorn says that researchers have only recently acquired enough genetic markers on the fly's genome to start searching for fly genes that correlate to the resistance genes in wheat plants. It is assumed that for every resistance gene there's a fly gene that overcomes it.
The West Lafayette researchers have 52,000 microsatellite markers for Hessian fly genes, with enough duplication and overlap to more than cover the entire Hessian fly genome. Schemerhorn and colleagues are working toward sequencing the entire genome. Tools like this allow a gene-for-gene approach that matches the fly's strategy of attack.
Schemerhorn is also doing something never done before: She's sampling all Hessian fly populations across the United States to determine the extent of their genetic variability. The more variable it is, the less likely that the limited number of genes in resistant wheat plants—like the standard complex of four resistance genes currently relied on—will work.
Speeding Breeding
It's not just fly genes that have captivated ARS researchers. They are also banking on the promise of exceptional wheat lines for fending off Hessian flies.
For example, the GMPRC greenhouses—where more than 5,000 lines of wheat are screened each year—are sprouting with possibility. Particularly exciting is a group of plants from the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, in Aleppo, Syria. In a mutually beneficial exchange, ARS scientists swapped wheat plant material with Syrian researchers and found some samples resistant to Hessian flies in the United States.
In addition to uncovering new resistance in wheat, GMPRC researchers are trying to find out exactly where the genes for that resistance are located. Of the 33 such genes described in the scientific literature, Chen's group has mapped several of the most effective ones. Many are clustered in and around the same chromosomes. For example, Chen's group has located 15 Hessian fly resistance genes on wheat chromosome 1A. "This means these genes may have come from the same ancestral gene in grass," says Chen. Williams and colleagues discovered and mapped the two newest resistance genes, H31 and H32.
Knowledge of gene markers and locations enables breeders to conduct marker-assisted selection. "Using traditional methods, it takes about 6 to 10 years to develop a new wheat cultivar," says Chen. "With this technology, we can reduce that time. It also makes it much easier to combine, or pyramid, several different Hessian fly resistance genes into one cultivar." That's important, given the Hessian fly's troublingly nimble and adaptive nature.
How Wheat Fights Back
Using microarray technology, Chen's group recently discovered that wheat's resistance genes jump-start activities in other genes that perform protective duties. Some barricade plant cells and tissues to deny the larvae food. Others fortify plant cell walls so they can't easily be penetrated by the fly's specialized mouthparts.
Williams found three genes turned on by plants in response to Hessian fly bites. They code for putting a protein called "lectin" into the oozed liquid, which causes the fly to get ulcers, lose its appetite, and starve to death.
"This slow killing of the pest is unusual for plants," says Williams. "They usually emit powerful toxins that will kill the pests rapidly."
Says Shukle, "We'll continue to try to stay one step ahead of the Hessian fly and use any down time to gain as complete an understanding of it as possible."—By Don Comis and Erin K. Peabody, Agricultural Research Service Information Staff.
This research is part of Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics, and Genetic Improvement (#301) and Crop Protection and Quarantine (#304), two ARS National Programs available on the World Wide Web at www.nps.ars.usda.gov.
Brandon J. Schemerhorn, Rich Shukle, and Christie E. Williams are in the USDA-ARS Crop Production and Pest Control Research Unit, 901 W. State St., West Lafayette, IN 47907-2077; phone (765) 494-7494 [Schemerhorn], (765) 494-6351 [Shukle], and (765) 494-6763 [Williams], fax (765) 494-5105.
Ming-Shun Chen is with the USDA-ARS Grain Marketing and Production Research Center, 20 Waters Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506; phone (785) 532-4719, fax (785) 532-6167.
"Once Again . . . Waiting in the Wings . . . HESSIAN FLIES!" was published in the January 2007 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.


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I am pleased to announce that I am now using the IDEAL IMPLANT™ for breast augmentation patients who seek an alternative to silicone implants. The IDEAL IMPLANT™ is a saline filled device that is unique in its feel. It feels similar to a silicone gel filled implant because it is different from all other saline implants. Other saline implants are silicone shells filled with saline. The IDEAL IMPLANT™ has two chambers with baffles in them. These baffles absorb waves in the saline, which gives the implant the feel of silicone. The IDEAL IMPLANT™ is a good choice for women who are concerned about the effects of silicone gel long-term. It has a smooth surface, which means that the condition known as BIA-ALCL is not a known risk. Because it is placed in the body and then filled, it requires a smaller incision than a silicone implant.
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Tomas Rawlings (Agatha Christie: Death on the Cards & Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics)
For this podcast we talk to someone who has worked on not one, but two games in the Modiphiverse - Tomas Rawlings!
Tomas is the designer of the new card game, Agatha Christie: Death on the Cards, as well as working on the PC game Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics.
We chatted about both of those games, the crossover between tabletop and computer games, evolution, and the exploration of the planet Mars.
Agatha Christie: Death on the Cards - https://www.modiphius.com/agatha-christie.html
Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics - https://store.steampowered.com/app/874460/Achtung_Cthulhu_Tactics/
Tomas on Twitter - https://twitter.com/TomasRawlings
The Auroch Digital Podcast - https://www.aurochdigital.com/podcast
Agatha Christie Characters - https://www.agathachristie.com/characters


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Disable the Extended Keyboard
I am using the standard Pythonista (non Beta) with iOS 11 Beta 2, I am trying to disable the extended keyboard (row with Pythonista shortcuts) but when I "tap and hold the globe" key there is no option to turn off the shortcuts, am I doing something wrong? I've tested this behavior on my iPad Pro 10.5 and 12.9, on both is the same, thanks
Is this on iOS 11? The option doesn't exist there anymore. I'm working on a solution.
Yes it is iOS 11
Okay, there are some changes with regards to the extended keyboard that I'm still working on. iOS 11 has some new system-level features on the keyboard which basically mean that I'll have to re-design Pythonista's keyboard additions anyway.
Yeah my extra row of keys is a dismembered shell of what it was. I will say, though, Pythonista has held up miraculously perfectly throughout the 11 beta.
The next day...
Whoa! I wrote this yesterday but never submitted it. Here it is waiting for me. Amazingly, in the span of less than 24 hours, beta 5 came and the extra row has reappeared! Huzzah!
How can I disable the extended keyboard? I did not find the option in settings, thanks
This would be a great feature, on my iPad when typing in the console the keyboard extension covers the input line of the console whether or not i am using a physical keyboard
Great job on Pythonista as a while though! I love it
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This would be a great feature, on my iPad when typing in the console the keyboard extension covers the input line of the console whether or not i am using a physical keyboard
Great job on Pythonista as a while though! I love it
Yes, +1 on this comment. I just upgraded to Pythonista 3 for the split screen capability, and was disappointed to find that there is a row of special keys that covers the console input line. I'm using the 11" iPad Pro with Apple's Smart Keyboard cover. Was excited to use this app in split screen mode, but i can't if the input line is covered by a row of keys that I can't dismiss.
Yes i struggle on an IPad Pro as well. When using the console the input bar is covered. You either have to type blind or run the commands in a file. Anyone got any solutions for this?
I recently discovered Juno (Jupyter for IPad) which makes it very and convenient to use Python commands directly in the interpreter and gets around my problem with Pythonista, If i want to quickly test a concept switch to Juno. Nice thing is it keeps a record of Input and Output so you can go back, rerun, try different approaches etc.


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(Disclaimer: while the following may appear to be a 'real' IRS form, the author is Robert Arvay, not the IRS… The Bold Pursuit had no part in creating this form and really doesn't know Mr Arvay very well at all.)
1. Do you agree or disagree with the following?
Mmm mmm mmm, Barak Hussein Obama!
2. Which of the following are you?
(Select only one.)
a) a decent, good American.
b) a conservative.
3. Select one of the following statements to reflect your beliefs.
(You MUST select one, and only one:)
a) I believe that government should be bigger and have more money.
b) I am an evil, greedy, racist capitalist pig.
4. What are your views on Islamic terrorism?
a) Islamic terrorists should be opposed.
b) There is no such thing as Islamic terrorists, but only the poor, innocent people, oppressed by Israel.
5. Are you pro-life?
a) Yes, I oppress women.
b) I believe in a woman's right to abortion, and Kermit Gosnell is my hero.
6. Enclose a photo of your house, along with a detailed blueprint of it, including where you store your weapons.
7. Sign the enclosed form, surrendering all your rights under the US Constitution.
8. Sign the enclosed blank confession. We'll fill in the details later.
9. Enclose nude photographs of yourself, all your family members, and your pastor.
10. After you have complied with all of these requirements, your request for tax exempt status will be expedited, and you should receive our decision within six years, give or take 50.
11. You idiot. Did you REALLY think we would treat you fairly? HA!
Robert Arvay is a Contributing Writer for The Patriot's Notepad


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Kinsealy Residential Development FIA
OCSC were appointed to conduct a Flood Impact Assessment for a new residential development located on zoned lands in north County Dublin. The site is situated adjacent to the River Sluice and is within the natural floodplain of the River Sluice. The study was carried out in order to satisfy the requirements of the 2009 Guidelines on The Planning System and Flood Risk Management.
The study included a hydrological assessment of the River Sluice catchment to determine design flows. Various methods were employed to determine the design flood flows including; analysis of historical hydrometric data, flow determination using the Institute of Hydrology (IH) method IH124, flow determination in accordance with the Flood Studies Report (FSR) and the Flood Studies Supplementary Reports (FSSR).
For the purposes of hydraulic design, a one-dimensional (1D) computational model of the River Sluice and its floodplain was constructed using the HEC-RAS river modelling package developed by the US Army Corps of Engineers. HEC-RAS is an industry standard for 1D hydraulic models.
To facilitate the development, ground raising was required to raise the Finished Floor Levels above the predicted design flood water level. The study also identified mitigation measure to compensate for the resulting loss of floodplain.
In consultation with planning consultants, OCSC prepared a report to address the requirements of the Justification Tests as set out in the 2009 Guidelines. The project received planning permission from Fingal County Council.


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Below are listed events related to Magnetism: workshops, conferences, schools etc. Do not hesitate to contact us to suggest other events not yet listed. Please mention the type of event, its short and possibly long names, place, dates and URL. An archive of events prior to 2014 may be found here.
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Chloe Daniels
OMEGA & Associates
OMEGA & Associates is the leading construction engineering firm in the Chicagoland area. In my role as Senior Communications and Marketing Manager, not only am I responsible for communications on a $4 billion reconstruction and widening contract, but I also manage all aspects of our firm's digital marketing initiatives. From developing a company voice to new media curation to launching our new website, my role at OMEGA has allowed me to expand and hone my skills in the marketing and communications sector.
As an individual, I am also available for subcontracted/freelance work in the following areas:
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Econz Wireless, a Leader in Mobile Business Solutions, is promoting their "Timecard" product, to Capture Mobile Time and Attendance in compliance with Federal and State Wage-Hour laws. State and federal labor laws generally require accurate and tedious record keeping for all "non-exempt" employees regarding a variety of work issues, including hours worked, mandated lunch periods and breaks taken by employees. Employers can find it difficult, time-consuming and burdensome to comply with these laws and sometimes find themselves at a disadvantage when responding to class action lawsuits and audits conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor and/or state administrative law enforcement agencies.
ECONZ Wireless offers its ECONZ Timecard (Flash Demo), a mobile phone application from which employees log time, attendance and job information via a mobile time sheet directly from their wireless phones. With location based services (LBS) capabilities, including Smart Fencing technology, ECONZ Timecard also provides employers with legally mandated documentation that mobile employees are within or outside specific locations when they log their work time and take lunches and break periods in accordance with the law.
The California Supreme Court, in the case of Murphy v. Kenneth Cole, recently confirmed the existence of a three-year statute of limitations regarding violations of California's wage-hour laws, making it important that employers with mobile work forces take steps to ensure not only that the hours worked by their mobile employees are accurately recorded, but also that they can produce, in any legal proceeding, actual records setting forth the hours worked by, and meal and rest periods taken by, such employees.
According to Santa Ana, Calif.-based Michael Procopio, a veteran attorney specializing in labor and employment law, documenting rest and lunch periods, as well as actual hours worked by mobile employees, is a formidable challenge confronting employers today.
Procopio states, "When it comes to record keeping, the burden is on employers to document both the hours worked by their employees and the lunches or breaks taken by them."
Procopio adds that having employees sign general waivers to release employers from paying for work done during meal or break times as well as during overtime periods is not acceptable under the law.
"Employers throughout California -- and even those based in other states who have employees performing work in the state -- are governed by California's wage-hour laws, which are among the strictest in the country," says Procopio. He adds that both federal and state record keeping statutes have required documentation of hours worked for many years, and these agencies have stepped up enforcement efforts.
Most employers have traditionally complied with legal requirements using time clocks and sign-in/sign-out sheets. While these procedures have sufficed in situations where employees work at fixed locations throughout the workday (for example, shop workers, assembly line workers or office workers where supervisors monitored their whereabouts), they have failed in workplace settings involving mobile employees such as drivers, home healthcare employees, service technicians, cable television installation workers, construction workers, etc. With Econz tracking and LBS capabilities, including Smart Fencing, our ECONZ Timecard mobile phone solution makes it possible for employers of mobile workers to get into compliance or remain compliant and, therefore, reduce or eliminate their liability.
ECONZ Timecard is a two-part Web-based software product that enables mobile professionals to log clock-in times, break times, meal periods, job categories and clock-out times in addition to accessing past and present time sheet information, allowing for automated time keeping and payroll transactions. ECONZ Timecard also helps administrators view the status and locations of their mobile employees at any time for general supervision purposes, accurate budgeting and customer service issues.
ECONZ Timecard Smart Fencing technology makes it possible for workforce managers to set up location-based parameters for work-related or break-related time periods. With the parameters in place, managers view and document in real time or after the fact whether employees are where they need to be when clocking in and out.
Timecard (Video Webinar) is a mobile time, attendance and GPS tracking application that runs on a cell phone or BlackBerry device. Management is able to view time, attendance, job tasks, cost codes, breaks and GPS tracking data of all mobile workers! All mobile time and attendance data can easily be transferred into more than 100 accounting and payroll packages making paper time cards a thing of the past. Priced at $12.99 per month per device, Econz Timecard is a cost effective solution that is available on every major wireless carrier! A small company of 5 employees or an enterprise group of thousands of employees, Econz Timecard can document mobile employee's daily duties locally or around the World!
Companies that use Econz Timecard can expect to reduce costs, increase worker productivity, help document federal and state wage-hour laws and streamline their business with an efficient management solution that will have immediate results to their company's bottom line. Are you ready to reduce overtime costs, minimize time theft, have accurate time sheets, and increase worker productivity? Call Econz now to get started - 866-TRK-TIME (875-8463)
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Econz Wireless, based in Orange, CA, is a leader in Mobile Data Collection, providing employer solutions for Time & Attendance, Employee Tracking and Wage-Hour Compliance Laws. ECONZ's Timecard Solution captures: Time, Attendance, Cost Codes, job tasks, breaks, and GPS tracking information from a field worker's Cell Phone or Blackberry device. Supervisors can clock in/out multiple team members on a single device at the same low cost per device. Timecard integrates into over 100 accounting and payroll packages. Visit the company website at www.timecard.econz.com or call 866-TRK-TIME (875-8463) and ask about our 30 day money back guarantee.
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text: On Feb 13, 2008 9:33 AM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > Does this mean you should always use Xnest, NX client, vnc, ssh, etc, > instead of VTs to get login sessions that don't accidentally grab > unrelated hardware ownership? That seems backwards if what you really > want is an audio player as a server that isn't tied to a particular > login session. As we get more familiar with making HAL/CK policy edits, these sorts of questions will lose meaning. HAL/CK policies can and will be customized away from the default set of rules written with a shared desktop in mind. There's no technical reason that a music server daemon package for example couldn't drop in new policy that changed the behavior here. We just have to understand how to write that policy file and then agree that's the sort of thing we want server packages to do on install. -jef


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A Cambodian Adventure—Angkor Wat, Anantara, and a Birthday to Remember
By Ruth J. Katz
I knew it would be a special birthday celebration: I (along with Jack Benny, in spirit) was celebrating yet another anniversary of my 39th natal day and I would be spending it in Siem Reap, Cambodia, with colleagues (they, corporeal). Angkor Wat ("Capital Temple"), long a destination on countless bucket lists, was the treasured prize. While the Khmer Rouge devastated Cambodia and was responsible for the genocide of some two million people from 1975 to 1979, the country is stable today, some twenty years after the 1998 election that put Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Cambodia People's Party into power, and they still hold office. Our guide, the knowledgeable and scholarly Pech Vuthy, told us that in 1993 the glorious Angkor Wat complex of temples attracted a mere 7,000 visitors annually, but now, that number has mushroomed to two million.
It is for that very reason we head off before sunrise in order to stake a claim to an advantageous perch for dawn's blush over the temple. Angkor Wat is about four miles north of Siem Reap and you must park quite a distance from the shrine, so bring a flashlight (a cell phone will do handily) and comfy walking shoes. The sandstone causeway leading to the main western gate is over 800 feet long and the entire rectangular complex occupies some 500 acres; there are countless narrow steps, requiring vigilant navigation as you climb.
The temple was designed to replicate Mount Meru, the mythological home to Hindu gods, and believed to have been the center of the world. The main tower is about 200 feet high and the outlying spires symbolize additional peaks, while the two-mile-long perimeter wall represents the foothills at the edge of the world, and the moats in between are the oceans. The temple is awash with interesting architecture, bas-reliefs, and sculptures. Originally built as a Hindu shrine, it slowly morphed into a Buddhist holy site.
Vuthy informed us that there are approximately 150 excavated temples in the area and it is believed that there are another 150 temples below ground, just waiting for a pick and spade to unearth them. Angkor Wat is by far the grandest and best-preserved and it is likely the only one that has remained a major religious destination since it was built (first half of the 12th century). We learned from Vuthy that it took thirty years to complete and 6,000 elephants did the stone hauling.
After Angkor, we headed to the picturesque ruins of Banteay Thom, hidden deep in the woods and accessed by dirt roads through scrublands. It provided a dream-like setting for a sumptuous, surprise (!) birthday feast; our hotel staff, from Anantara's Angkor Resort, set up an amazing repast, replete with iced Champagne and cake.
The cossetting hands of the Anantara employees are ever-present at all of the company's nearly 50 hotels, known for superlative service and exquisite settings. On staff, also, are gurus who can attend to specific needs—even down to what kind of pillow you require for a blissful eight hours with Morpheus.
Anantara is the five-star hotel group of the Thailand-based Minor Corporation, which also has four other hotel brands, with properties on five continents. Founder William Heinecke, the son of a US foreign service official, is Wisconsin-born and Thai-bred; he left home at 17 and started a business in Bangkok, and because he was too young to sign legal documents, he dubbed his fledgling operation the Minor Corporation. Today it is one of the largest hospitality and food conglomerates in Asia, boasting a network of some 2,000 eateries and hundreds of retail stores, in addition to its 150-plus hotels.
The hotel spa was the idyllic spot for relaxation after a day of tomb-trekking. The Thai Herbal Treatment—a warm herbal poultice, followed by a massage that mined all the jet lag out of me, capped off with an herbal treatment—was the prescription.
After a lazy snooze, I headed to the "floating pavilion" in the middle of the resort, where the attentive staff had prepared another culinary adventure, a Dining by Design meal, a brand specialty—and ours lived up to its billing. Our supper included a delectable mango salad, Kep crab cakes, seared scallops and pumpkin with caramelized pork and Khmer pesto, lamb Saraman curry with eggplant and basil, all topped off with a luscious, dark-chocolate cake.
As if that were not enough, we were treated to a traditional Apsara dance show, with lilting Thai music and striking native costumes. The next day we headed to Ta Prohm, perhaps best known as the exotic temple backdrop of the "Tomb Raider" franchise, with its otherworldly tree growth snaking indiscriminately over and through the temple structures, like arboreal ribbons.
Built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries, this temple is particularly noteworthy because it has been judiciously restored, after hundreds of years of neglect. It was, in fact, "adopted" by the Archaeological Survey of India and that effort has resulted in new, protective, wooden walkways, railings, and viewing platforms. (It is quite common for individual countries to assume responsibility for a specific temple and undertake its restoration.)
The Buddhist Bayon Temple, which features a baroque style of Khmer architecture, was next on the agenda and it, too, is quite notable for its wall carvings, featuring a plethora of surface decoration depicting mythological, historical, and mundane civilian life. The Japanese Government Team for the Safeguarding of Angkor has put Bayon under its auspices.
The day's codetta was a visit to the burnished pink Pre Rup temple—the color the result of a combination of brick, laterite, and sandstone building blocks—constructed in about 960. Cambodians commonly believe that funerals were conducted at the temple, but for us, it was a visit highlighted by sunset cocktails on the "summit" of the temple. A storybook finale to an incomparable sojourn.
The Details:
For information on this resort and other Anantara properties, call 844-646-6724; anantara.com
EVA Air has several beautiful, comfortable lounges in the Taipei, Taiwan (your stopover), all with flavorsome Eastern and Western cuisine and gracious amenities geared to a sleepy traveler. Cabin service includes five classes—Royal Laurel, Premium Laurel, Business Class, Elite Class, and Economy Class. 800-695-1188; evaair.com/en-us
The author of five books, Ruth J. Katz was the style/travel editor of Promenade magazine for eight years. She has written extensively for both The New York Times and New York magazine and has served as an editor or contributing editor at numerous magazines, including Redbook, Classic Home, Golf Connoisseur, and The Modern Estate. She has visited over 80 countries (and counting).


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21 September 2015
Boris Johnson boldly declared London 'the greatest city in the world' and this is an opinion that echoes far and wide with regards to top destinations for delivering events.
For the fifth time in the last seven years, London has beaten rivals Paris and Bangkok to the top spot, having been crowned the most popular capital city in the world from a list compiled by MasterCard.
With just over 18.7million people visiting London in 2014, the figures are set to rise, with an expected 18.9million by the end of 2015.
Discussing this trend with international events agency, First Protocol, they confirmed that a third of their events in 2014 were delivered in London, for clients including CVC, Prudential, Apax Partners, Apollo and Pantheon.
The reasons for such popularity are clear: it is the most connected city globally, 75% of the world's top 500 companies have an office in the capital and there are 120,000 hotel rooms.
London has benefited from huge amounts of investment, creating better and greener transport links, a greater range of accommodation, and regenerated areas full of new attractions, venues and restaurants. With the tube trialling a 24-hour service from September this year, London continues to impress delegates year after year with energy, diversity and creativity like no other city in the world.