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- Things I have to do ( caring for, feeding and homeschooling children)
- Things I should do (Dishes, Laundry, Cleaning, Fixing Food, Making sure Kids Bathe, Serving Others and Fellowship with other believers)
- Things I want to do ( My website w/blog (new), Read Books, Crochet, Quilt, Sew)
- Things I'm doing to "look good" or doing out of guilt (For me this is stop doing anything I enjoy and do what everyone else expects me to do)
I am going to be point blank honest. My van is dead, its been dead for over 4 months. I have not left my domain for 3 months, not even to shop.( I let my DH) I hate the rat race of running to do stuff all the time. I am here in the Home. To me that is a good thing. Most of the time its relaxing just to be home. I am not much on calendars, but I keep on for my blog/to do list. (I am working on this area) I have a binder I found that I truly think I am going to love and intend to use. I also have a blog planner I am intending to use. I like using things I can see at a glance. I would like to get one of those huge desk calendars that has 3×3 squares to write in for the day, so I can see all of it on that, but have it all written down in my planners into a combined large Binder. I want to have sections in my Binder for a Household planner, Homeschool planner and a Pantry planner. My favorite binders can be found at A Well Kept Home.
I was looking around for free ideas and came across this pinterest board today.
The one thing I still want to know is what calendar program your using Tricia ? Love the colors !
I tried Google Calendar and it just isn't my thing, I suppose one day maybe it will be but for now I am one of those have to have it hardcopy type of girl !
I also am a rarely ever watch TV person ! I do tend to watch movies that are patterned after books I have read. Me time ? Whats that ? I don't mind shopping but I have been too tired to do it myself. I do my own pedicures and manicures here at home. I would opt for more couple time !
I can't wait till Spring is really here, the crocus are up and now they are saying snow again…
On day 3 of a detox, feeling like I got a nasty cold and headache…
Prayers Appreciated !

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(CNN)The formed and producers of Apple's "Ted Lasso" scored a large W during Tuesday's Emmy nominations and broke a grounds successful the process.
With its 20 nominations, "Ted Lasso" became the astir nominated freshman drama successful Emmy history, besting the 19 nominations "Glee" earned successful 2010 for its archetypal season.
The nods earned by "Ted Lasso" included champion comedy, champion pb histrion (Jason Sudeikis) and a fig of accolades for the show's supporting cast.
Hanna Waddingham, Juno Temple, Brendan Hunt, Brett Goldstein, Jeremy Swift and Nick Mohammed each received nominations for their performances. (Yes, there's a four-way "Ted Lasso" contention successful outstanding supporting histrion successful a drama series.)
"Getting nominated for an acting Emmy is arsenic thrilling arsenic it is surprising," said Hunt, who besides shares 2 penning nominations with chap writers Sudeikis, Joe Kelly and Bill Lawrence. "Not lone was this benignant of happening ne'er thing I was readying oregon pining for, but besides I'm not adjacent the "best supporting actor" connected my ain show. I americium appreciative of, and humbled by, this recognition; but acold much appreciative that truthful galore of my castmates person received the same. We're a team, but possibly we're a squad with a heavy bench."
The amusement besides received 2 nominations for drama bid editing, 1 for champion casting and 3 for outstanding directing for a drama series. One of the directing nominations went to histrion and manager Zach Braff.
"I'm truthful honored and blessed astir this," Braff wrote connected Twitter.
"Ted Lasso" returns for its 2nd play connected July 23.
The Emmys will instrumentality spot astatine the Microsoft Theatre successful Los Angeles connected September 19.


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— Richelle Martin, managing director for the Winnow Fund, wants to see more diverse representation in the venture capital field.
In early November, the fund announced $3.5 million in new capital raised toward an $8 million target. As part of the Badger Fund of Funds, the Winnow Fund will look to colleges and universities throughout the state for opportunities to invest in pre-revenue companies.
Martin heads the only women-led fund that's based in the state and investing in Wisconsin companies, and says she's "really honored and proud" to be a part of it.
"Someone is always going to have to be the first," she told WisBusiness.com. "There is this stereotypical idea of what a venture capitalist looks like, and I don't fit that in so many ways."
After majoring in art history, political science and psychology at UW-Milwaukee, she went on to law school. But after less than a year at a law firm, Martin left for a job at UW-Madison and spent more than six years negotiating research contracts.
That university experience will inform Martin's work with the Winnow Fund, as she pursues a strategy she's calling the "venture capitalist-in-residence" model. Similar to the entrepreneur-in-residence idea used by startup accelerators, law firms, business schools and other entities, the fund will have a presence in various colleges and universities in the state.
"It's really valuable for students, and faculty and staff to have access to someone who has real-world experience," she said. "They're learning in the classroom but there is a little bit of a translation that has to happen to apply that."
See more: http://www.wisbusiness.com/2019/winnow-fund-director-wants-more-diverse-representation-in-vc-field/
— As consumers stock up for this week's Thanksgiving meal, the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation is highlighting farmers' dwindling share of grocery store expenditures.
The group's annual Marketbasket survey shows prices for common Thanksgiving meal items in the state are up slightly from last year, though they remain stable overall.
For items including a 16-pound turkey, rolls, relish, pumpkin pie mix, green beans, ham, potatoes and a handful of others, the total cost this year is $61.57, compared to $60.14 last year.
According to a release from WFBF, farmer's share of this year's total is $8.98, reflecting a decline in the amount of retail grocery dollars flow to farm families. The group says farmers received around 33 percent of the money used for food purchases at grocery stores and restaurants in the 1970s, while that's now fallen to around 15 percent.
WFBF Communications Director Sarah Hetke is calling on shoppers to support farmers in the state by purchasing locally grown and raised products.
The national cost for the Marketbasket list is $62.32.
See the release: http://www.wispolitics.com/2019/wisconsin-farm-bureau-federation-thanksgiving-meal-prices-remain-stable/
— Wisconsin's year-over-year job growth was down in June compared to recent years, according to recent numbers from the federal government.
Wisconsin gained about 9,300 jobs in the 12 months ending in June — well below the increases logged over the same period in previous years. By comparison, the state added nearly three times as many jobs between June 2017 and June 2018.
Michigan gained just over 6,000 jobs year-over-year, while Minnesota added more than 22,249 jobs and Illinois gained 19,000. Indiana added 14,000 and Iowa gained just under 2,000.
See the latest jobs figures: http://beta.bls.gov/maps/cew/us
— UW-Madison researchers and collaborators at Emory Medical School have received patent approval for a new treatment for Clostridium difficile, a dangerous microorganism that causes antibiotic-resistant infections.
WARF is seeking commercial partners to help develop the treatment, which takes the form of a synthetic polymer. The researchers created the polymer to mimic the antibiotic properties of innate immune responses common to many forms of life.
The newly developed polymer has been shown to limit the growth of C. difficile bacteria in various forms. And it outperformed a "front-line" drug called vancomycin at inhibiting infections.
C. difficile infections kill more than 14,000 people in the United States every year and associated U.S. health care costs are in the billions of dollars.
See the patent filing: http://www.warf.org/documents/ipstatus/P150214US02.pdf
— Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill keeping Wisconsin in the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, which allows doctors to more easily apply for medical licenses in multiple states.
The Wisconsin Hospital Association is applauding passage of the legislation, which unanimously passed both houses of the Legislature.
"We're grateful to see so much bipartisan support for a priority area for WHA: easing the administrative burden for health care professionals," said Eric Borgerding, WHA president.
The bill, which had more than 60 cosponsors, was authored by Reps. Nancy VanderMeer, R-Tomah, and Deb Kolste, D-Janesville; and Sens. Patrick Testin, R-Stevens Point, and Patty Schachtner, D-Somerset.
See the release: http://www.wha.org/MediaRoom/WHAPressReleases/2019/WHARelease-IMLC-Signed-Into-Law-11-22-19
— The state Department of Health Services has now identified 95 confirmed or probable cases of lung diseases linked to vaping, and continues to investigate 11 other possible cases.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported 2,290 cases of vaping-related illnesses around the country, with more than 100 new cases over the week. Near the end of last week, 47 people had died though no deaths have been reported in Wisconsin. Alaska remains the only state where no vaping-related injuries have been reported.
Track the state DHS investigation: http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/outbreaks/index.htm
— A clinical director at Rogers Behavioral Health in Oconomowoc has published a new book detailing methods for treating eating disorders.
"Exposure Therapy for Eating Disorders" was authored by Nicholas Farrell, a specialist in the field. According to him, treatments outlined in the book are designed to address core behavioral aspects of eating disorders.
"Prior to this book, there was little guidance and training for clinicians who wanted to use exposure therapy in their practice," he said in a release. "This book fills that gap."
See more about the new book here: http://global.oup.com/academic/product/exposure-therapy-for-eating-disorders-9780190069742
— Bridges of Milwaukee Rehab and Care Center plans to close and cut 71 full-time jobs at its Milwaukee location, according to a release from the state Department of Workforce Development.
Layoffs are expected to begin Jan. 20. DWD and local partners will assist affected workers with job-focused resources and services.
The center was flagged for quality issues in previous federal reports.
See more on services for dislocated workers: http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dislocatedworker/
# National group questions CAFOs' impact on public health as more Wisconsin counties halt expansion
# Developing the next generation of coders
# At a standstill: Streetcar extension stalled on tracks
# Christmas Tree industry chugs along despite debate and retirements
– Labor report shows farmhands are being paid $15.64/Hr.
– Evers signs bills cleaning up building-permit laws
– Developer Kalan Haywood calls on DNC to ensure economic impact spreads to city neighborhoods
– SC Johnson aims to boost literacy for Racine students
– Madison College, UW-Platteville increase degree flexibility with remote study, transfer deal
– Watershed protection grants awarded to farmer groups
– Dycora Transitional Health nursing home in Glendale to close
– They bring medical care to the homeless and build relationships to save lives
– Shopping app Fetch Rewards to double staff after raising $25 million
– Harley employees give back 'next door'
– GE Healthcare, Girl Scouts build on 17-year partnership with STEM initiatives
– Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signs more bills in a week than he has all year
– Jeffers proposing up to 203 units of housing for Journal Sentinel building
– When the music stops: Madison-based Murfie unexpectedly 'ceases operations'
– Wisconsin airports to receive $6.7M for projects
– Tom Still: Using health data for research while protecting privacy
– Mark Pent: Why should Wisconsin care about the USMCA?
<i>See these and other press releases:
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Americans for Prosperity Wisconsin: Applauds Gov. Evers for ending Miller Park perk
Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes: To Join U.S. Leaders at U.N. Climate Talks


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Episode 30
July 20th, 2017
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Season 4
About this Episode
This week's podcast covers three episodes that takes the forward momentum that season 4 has had and SLAMS on the brakes. We don't think these are bad episodes, but taking a break from the meta plot for four episodes after 10 straight amazing episodes is a bit of a whiplash. That said, don't worry listeners: this is a great episode of the podcast and we squeeze every single brother-emotion out of each one. First up: Criss Angel is a Douchebag, in which our boys try to figure out what to do during a magician convention. Next, After School Special explores some of the depressing shit the Winchester brothers lived through as kids going to school, and also confirms that John Winchester is a terrible father. Finally, we wrap up with Sex and Violence and learn that Dean's ultimate fantasy is depressingly pedestrian. Like a said: a great episode of Monster of the Week.Support Monster Of The Week: A Supernatural Podcast


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We follow a very methodical process in the creation of web site , here is a simple description of our process…what I like to call the 4 D's
Phase 1 : Define
During this stage we learn from our clients the full scope of their project.
- What do they want to achieve with the website?
- Who is the target audience?
- Who is the competition?
Armed with this information a tactical plan is developed and a full proposal produced to proceed with the project.
This phase of any project is always FREE
Phase 2 : Design
Keeping in mind usability and good web practices a polished concept design is created. This is a collaborative phase where client's feedback is used to refine the design and helps us "home in" on the optimimal "winning" concept design.
Our tools of chice for the design phase are Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
Phase 3: Develop
The "pictures" created in the design phase comes to life in the development phase of the project. The designs are coded to be understood by web browsers and undergo strict testing to ensure cross browser compatibility. Any functionailty assocaited with a web site is added during this stage.
Phase 4: Deploy
Once the site is complete it is ready to be launched online. The site is uploaded to a hosting account and publicised to the world.


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Our birthday girl just loves ducks (or dux as she says). She can't get enough of them! She has a pink plastic duck which joins her in the bath each night and afterwards goes to bed with her. She LOVES feeding ducks and generally has a love of our feathered friends.
I had really great intentions to take pictures of every stage of the cake making process, but unfortunately hubby had to go to work with the SLR and I couldn't find the compact camera, but don't worry, he was back home by the time that the cake was finished.
The first thing that I did once I had decided to make a duck cake was scan the internet for ideas. There were lots of great designs but they were either ULTRA complicated or required special cake tins that I didn't possess and couldn't afford to hire. I decided it was time to design my own cake.
My first sketches were not very successful. Although the wee rascal immediately recognised them as a duck, hubby said they looked more like a chicken!
So I tried again using a different approach. This time, I cut out two circles of baking paper, the same size as my cake tins. I turned one into the stencil for the body shape and the other one into the head shape. This time hubby said the plan looked more duck-like.
I then baked one 21cm cake and one 26cm cake using this lemon yoghurt cake recipe from The Waitakere Redneck's Kitchen YUM!!!
After leaving the cakes to cool, I cut them into shape, put a thin layer of icing on the cut areas to seal the crumbs and put the cake back in the fridge. A bit later, I gave the whole cake a nice thick layer of butter icing and used fruit jellies to create a wing and an eye.
VOILA! We have a duck cake! It may not be the most professional looking of cakes, but I'm proud of it.


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Dolphins made multiple visits to the boat today. The first five times there were 2-4 dolphins that would appear 40 or so feet off the side of the boat. Then they would move quickly to the bow. The water is so clear it is easy to follow them when they dive after surfacing for a breath of air. They seem to play at the bow, but only briefly, maybe 15 seconds. Then they are gone.
The grand finale came late in the afternoon. It was my watch and everyone else was below. Off the port about 50 ft was an 8 ft wave that was coming toward us at a 45 degree angle. Suddenly there were 12-15 dolphins leaping out the wave. They emerged from the wave a couple of feet below the crest and smashed down. My best estimate is that there were 30 or more in the pod. My thought was that my camera was safely stowed below in my cabin, safe from getting splashed. It took me several seconds to realize that my cell phone was out of the rice bag and in my pocket. By the time the phone was unlocked and the camera was rolling, the vast majority of the pod had vanished. The video below shows a few of the stragglers.
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Trekathon 471: Soldiers of the Empire (DS9)August 19th, 2012
Worf goes on a mission with General Martok.
Star Trek has always had fairly clear ideas about Klingon society (well, since TNG at least), but has always struggled to present them on screen in a way that makes sense. This episode goes a long way towards making it work. Sure, there's a brutal hierarchy to a Klingon ship – but it's also formalised, in a way that makes it workable. Concerns about 'cowardice' and 'honor' also make a lot more sense here than usual.
The episode still has a lot flaws – Jadzia is a better Klingon than Worf, Worf can just run off at a moments notice, that kind of thing. But it's one of the better Klingon stories that the series has told so far.
471 down, 266 to go.


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Double Data Rate 2(DDR2) SDRAM memory is a product built upon the foundation of older DDR memory technology. DDR2 SDRAM memory can do two operations per clock cycle, just like DDR memory with speeds upto 800Mhz. By having DDR2 technology, you are increasing your memory bandwidth over the corresponding DDR SDRAM.
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The sweeping view of undefiled wilderness on the border with Mexico long rewarded hikers who completed the Arizona Trail, a 1,300km route winding through deserts, canyons and forests.
Then something else came into focus a few weeks ago at the forbidding site in the Huachuca Mountains: a lonely segment of border wall, connected to nothing at all, in an area where migrants rarely even try to cross into the United States.
"There it was, this unfinished piece of completely pointless wall, right in this magical place," said Julia Sheehan (31), a nurse and former air force mechanic who trekked to the site with three other military veterans who are hiking the Arizona Trail. "It's one of the most senseless things I've ever seen."
The 400m fragment of wall is part of an array of new barrier segments along the border, some of them bizarre in appearance and of no apparent utility, that contractors rushed to build in the waning days of the Trump administration – well after President Joe Biden made it clear that he would halt border wall construction.
Now the incomplete border wall, already one of the costliest megaprojects in US history, with an estimated eventual price tag of more than $15 billion (€12.5 billion), is igniting tensions again as critics urge Biden to tear down parts of the wall and Republican leaders call on him to finish it.
The latest controversy over the wall comes amid a significant increase in migration across the border that is prompting US authorities to search for extra places to hold new arrivals, especially unaccompanied children and teenagers. More than 9,400 young migrants arrived along the border without parents in February, a nearly threefold increase over last year at the same time, creating a serious humanitarian challenge.
Slashing immigration
The Biden administration suspended construction on the border wall on January 20th, the president's first day in office, announcing a 60-day period during which officials are determining how to proceed.
Former president Donald Trump made the wall a symbol of his administration's efforts to slash immigration. While many stretches of the 3,145km border already had some low-level barriers built by previous administrations, the project was mired in controversy from the start.
Only a few kilometres were built in south Texas, the area most prone to illegal crossings. Instead, much of the construction, especially in the Trump administration's closing days, has taken place in remote parts of Arizona where crossings in recent years have been relatively uncommon.
US Customs and Border Protection, the agency responsible for selecting border wall construction sites, contended in a statement last week that locations chosen for new border barriers are "areas of high illegal entry".
"Border barriers slow and stop illegal activity," said Matthew Dyman, a CBP spokesman.
Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden's homeland security secretary, has been directed to decide whether to "resume, modify or terminate" projects when the 60-day suspension ends this month. But the last-minute construction efforts, with much of the rushed building activity taking place in the days between the January 6th attack on the Capitol by Trump loyalists and Biden's inauguration on January 20th, have left a curious tableau for the new administration to evaluate.
Some stretches of the border, especially on federal lands that are relatively flat, now have long, continuous segments of 9m-high steel barriers that could endure in the desert for decades to come. But in other areas, border-crossers can easily tiptoe around far-flung islands of wall, some of which look more like conceptual art pieces than imposing barriers to entry.
Erosion and landslides
There are half-dynamited mountaintops where work crews put down their tools in January, leaving a heightened risk of rapid erosion and even dangerous landslides as the summer monsoon season approaches.
In some areas, colossal piles of unused steel bollards linger at deserted work sites, next to idled bulldozers and water-hauling trucks. In Arizona, ranchers are complaining that rough roads carved by work crews into hillsides near uncompleted segments of wall now serve as easy access points for smugglers and others seeking to enter the once-remote areas along the border.
"Now there are so many access roads that it's possible for someone to walk right up to places where the wall ends and have someone just pick them up," said Valer Clark, a conservationist who has bought and sought to preserve about 61,000 hectares of land along the border in both the United States and Mexico.
Clark said a ranch manager recently quit after a break-in at his family's home, the kind of crime that was rare in the area before the new roads appeared.
Altogether, the Trump administration completed about 729km of border wall since 2017. Almost $4 billion for the wall was diverted from funding originally appropriated to the defence department.
Most of the construction involved upgrading smaller existing barriers. In places where no barriers previously existed, such as the rugged terrain where the Arizona Trail winds to its terminus, the Trump administration built a total of 76km of new primary wall.
Construction giant
Matthew Nelson, executive director of the Arizona Trail Association, wondered why the Kiewit Corp, the Nebraska construction giant with the lucrative wall contract for the area, rushed to build a small piece of wall in January – in an area conservation activists were fighting to preserve – when it was likely that construction would be halted anyway once Biden took office. He questioned if it was an attempt to pressure the new administration into proceeding with additional construction at the site.
Nelson said the location of the trail in the Coronado National Memorial, a protected expanse managed by the National Park Service, was chosen because of its natural beauty and its location along a relatively safe section of the border where few migrants cross.
"Why rush to put a quarter-mile wall in the middle of nowhere in an area that has never been identified as a high-profile border crossing?" Nelson asked. Kiewit officials did not respond to a request for comment regarding the piece of wall the company built in January at the end of the Arizona Trail. CBP declined to provide specific information about border crossings at the location.
Rodney S Scott, the chief of the Border Patrol, conceded in November that constructing in south Texas, rather than Arizona, was a "higher priority for the US Border Patrol". But he said "we elected to go ahead and shift down to a lower priority because I could make a difference there and then".
The area near the Arizona Trail was not the only place where there was a flurry of building activity in the closing days of the previous administration. Between January 4th and January 8th alone, Customs and Border Protection began construction on 19 additional kilometres of border wall, according to the agency's disclosures.
Dynamiting crews
In some places along the border, such as Guadalupe Canyon in southeast Arizona, dynamiting crews were blasting hillsides on Biden's inauguration day.
The Biden administration has not made clear precisely what plans it has for the wall. But in February, after temporarily suspending building activities, Biden rescinded the national emergency that his predecessor used to justify advancing construction.
Democratic members of Congress from border states, including Veronica Escobar of Texas and Teresa Leger Fernández of New Mexico, wrote to Biden this month urging him to cancel all remaining construction contracts and divert remaining funds to removing portions of the wall in places with "particularly destructive environmental damage and destruction of sacred sites".
At the same time, Republicans are positioning themselves around the gaps in the border wall, sometimes literally, in an effort to portray Biden as soft on immigration.
Republican senator Lindsey Graham complained after a visit in February to the border in Arizona that a gap in the wall there was allowing migrants to illegally enter the country across an unprotected wash. "Nothing around here makes sense unless you plug this hole," Graham said. – New York Times


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It's been a whirlwind as of late, life changing, film making, whilst seasons changing, time chasing, and when I can, painting. I live in the city, defined by construction, rows of houses, paved streets, pot holes, towers, condominiums, shopping malls, restaurants and institutions. When the film work calls I occasionally get the chance to leave the confines of the urban landscape. Film work is a vital part of my success as an artist. It gets me out of the studio, which has always been a challenge for me. Too much art studio time can adversely affect my life, the world shrinks and I forget what's out there. Film work often starts before sunrise. Film productions come here for the magic hours, sunrise and sunset, and the scapes, from the urban to the natural. The natural settings are far and wide, Alberta is a dynamic place, there is a bit of everything, except for an ocean, ours is all dried up.
It is a fact that when I work on my art I work later in the day, this is when I wake up creatively, often going well past sunset and into the night. So the chance to be up before sunrise and see the other side of the day has never let me down. Yes it's not always roses, getting up at 3:30 am in the morning is a tough adjustment to make. However the drive to remote locations is always an adventure. We set off with our maps in search of locations, often still in the shroud of darkness, with the hope that there will be a pylon with an illuminated arrow to help guide us to our final destination…when this fails one has to be really tuned in with the place, keeping an eye for roads, using locations maps that provide mileage and distance between points, and with a little teamwork we can usually make it for an early breakfast, yet another reason I appreciate film work. When I am home working as an artist, I have to do everything, this can be overwhelming and chances are one aspect or anther will get sacrificed, usually eating, which is not something I suggest to anyone. I read somewhere Miro ate one a fig a day for a time and would stare at the wall waiting to see his next masterpiece. Whether this is true or not, I don't think I am that creative when I am struggling to function. Maybe I get ideas but what good is an idea without the energy to bring it to life. Moving on.
minimotion double feature
'kingdom' 🎥part 1 hälts minimo special feature with soundscape 'white wolf' featuring hälts behind the scenes on the badlands of Alberta, a hawk soaring, and a hälts painting WIP animation called 'therianthropica'
Let's take a foray into my world of late
The following hälts hybrid art series is called 'city kingdom' featuring images of film locations that I have been working in recently which have been superimposed over each other.
I have been working on 'therianthropica' a painting that has 2 or 3 paintings underneath, it has been a series of changes and experiments, taking old methods and infusing new methods as I go. I have been interested in mythology for some time now, and thought it was time to create a new mythology, or at least carry it forward into contemporary feel. I live in two worlds, one is reality, the world I work in, breathe in, walk in, and eat in. Than there is the world of the imagination, the other world, the world of mystery, symbolism and metaphors. This is not a new idea, it's as old as ancient cave art.


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Ball Valves
Ball Valves are the most common Valve within the Oil & Gas business.
The main function of a Ball Valve is sealing of the flow. A Ball Valve should not be used for throttling (semi open / closed position). This will cause damage the ball due to erosion on the ball it selves.
- Ball Valves are probably the type of Valve with the highest failure rate of all Valves. Some Ball Valves might be destroyed after only one single operation, while others might last for many years, it's all dependent on how the Ball Valve is treated, and the amount and quality of maintenance carried out.
- A Ball Valve body could be assembled from typical two or three main parts sealed and bolted together, or alternatively welded together to increase the safety of the Ball Valve, especially used in the pipeline industry. There are a lot of different ball valve designs; however the basic principle is the same for all of them.
The Ball Valve consists of a highly polished ball place within the body of the valve. The ball is either floating or trunnion mounted. A floating ball has only one support from the top of the ball, and it is free to move against the downstream seat while the pressure is rising.
The higher pressure the tighter valve is the basic principle of a Ball Valve with floating ball. A new Floating Ball Valve will seal off both on the upstream and downstream seat.
On a trunnion Ball Valve the ball has support on both top and bottom, and the ball will not move under pressure. A trunnion Ball Valve has springs pushing the seats against the ball both up and downstream


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Small claims courts provide a simple, informal and inexpensive option for resolving cases where the claim is $7,000 or less.
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Tomorrow....another day in paradise
The Village Market
14 October '04, Thursday. Cereal with bananas, coffee, toast, and the presidential debates….what more could you want???? I decided, after just so much of the debates, that it was "pool time" for me. About an hours exposure, and a "hey, we want to go into the market…", I got my towel and headed up. The village market is a "big deal" here in Yalikavak. One of the first things we did was to have one of those flat bread sandwiches. Mine was filled with a meat mixture, Louise had her potato with cheese, and Bon had hers with cheese…Doug ?, he had half of everyone's. As it was, the market was a success, as we came back to the condo with a ton of fruit and veggies….all the good stuff. Then, over to the "cloth market", about 2 blocks away, just to see if we could find some real values that we just couldn't do without. I bought a large flashlight, but that was all we really bargained for. Now back home and "the men" will prepare tonight's meal. Doug wýll do the cookýng and I wýll do the pretty stuff....flowers, candles, and you know.... It will be great.
Tomorrow....another day in paradise
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Get this limited edition hand-painted art t-shirt designed for the ladies, and show some love for Mr. Criminal!
This design was hand-painted just for Mr. Criminal. He has decided to make this beautiful art available to his true fans. As this is a special design, we only printed a limited run of these shirts. Once they're gone, we will present a new special limited run design. Order while they last!
• Pre-shrunk
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How managers can move their organization from reactive emergencies to planned activities
Angela Testa, senior vice president of operations at American Campus Communities, strengthens operations without compromising a healthy work environment
When it comes to lamps, such high-performing technologies as T8s and T5s, combined with the advent of solid-state LED systems, have offered exceptional energy-efficiency and performance for both new construction and retrofit opportunities in recent years. Even today's metal halide lighting offers improved lumen maintenance. Longer lamp life in more advanced lighting — up to 84,000 hours for some fluorescent lamp types, 50,000 hours at 70 percent lumen depreciation (L70) for many LED lamps and up to 100,000 hours (L70) for LED luminaires, for example — can help meet multiple sustainability goals, such as reduction in use of natural resources, in transportation-related air pollution, and in primary energy usage in manufacturing, according to Jennifer R. Dolin, manager of sustainability and environmental affairs at OSRAM Sylvania.
According to Larry Leetzow, president of Magnaray International Division, twin T5 and linear T5 fluorescent sources now have rated 60,000-hour life on a single start/day. "They are inexpensive to replace and maintain 90 percent lumen output vs. 70 percent for LED systems," he says. "Using new T8 sources on a 24/7 basis, in such areas as parking garages, will provide 75,000 to 84,000 hours of life at a very reasonable cost."
Many in the lighting industry say that the future continues to point toward the ongoing development of LED technology. "New options in LED lighting have made it much easier to bring this energy-efficient technology to the office," GE's Walsh says. "While fluorescent lamps have largely reached their potential, LED is still rapidly evolving."
Control is one factor facility managers should consider when evaluating LEDs. "We have reached a point that if facilities want to control lighting systems, it simply is more affordable to use LED luminaires versus traditional fluorescent alternatives when considering indoor ambient lighting solutions," says Bob Smith, director, energy marketing solutions with Eaton's Cooper Lighting business.
LED lighting also provides the potential to "tune" the color of the light to achieve different hues of whiteness. According to Acuity's English, this can be useful in retail areas, for example, because it enhances the appearance of merchandise.
"In spaces where there is daylight integration, the LED lighting can adapt to match the changing color characteristics of the daylight throughout the day," she adds.
LED retrofits can reduce maintenance costs, while LED life continues to extend well beyond the 100,000 hour mark, says Ben Peterson, president of Deco Digital Lighting Systems. "Lower energy consumption plus lower maintenance means a tremendous near-term savings," he says.
What's more, many solid-state lighting systems provide the benefit of modular upgrades, adds English. She notes that while LED tube replacements may not provide the optimally desired level of glare or distribution performance, luminaires with replaceable boards and drivers allow facility managers to upgrade lighting without having to dispose of materials that go into landfills.
"Even when materials are recycled, there is embodied energy needed to recycle them," English explains. "So the optimal sustainability solution is to eliminate waste to the greatest extent possible."
And, as Peterson notes, LED lighting doesn't need to be intimidating.
"In some ways, it's actually much simpler than traditional incandescent HID or fluorescent lighting," he says. "Not long ago, LED lighting was considered the future. The technology grew up faster than most people thought. The future is now."
Outside the Box
Gains in technology have not been limited to indoor lighting. Outdoor lighting has seen gains in a range of areas. For example, improved optics can reduce light pollution, which affects neighboring properties or natural habitats. And new control technologies can make outdoor lighting more responsive to activities.
"A large outdoor parking lot can be designed to result in significantly lower energy consumption by controlling the lights by zones, using improved daylight sensors and even using vacancy sensing that reduces the light levels when the area is unoccupied," says Cheryl English, vice president of government and industry relations for Acuity Brands.
Advanced outdoor control systems can be managed wirelessly from a computer in a remote location. These systems allow facility managers to set and adjust schedules based on different events and adjust individual lights at any time. The systems also can provide feedback regarding maintenance to ensure that a facility maintains a safe, secure environment.
"For outdoor lighting, in addition to proper illuminance levels, good lighting uniformity is extremely important to navigate safely and improve security and is very dependent on the luminaries chosen," says Jennifer R. Dolin, manager of sustainability and environmental affairs at OSRAM Sylvania. "Many of the new LED outdoor luminaires provide better lighting uniformity than luminaires with HID lamps."
Lighting Technology Advances Lead To Greater Energy Efficiency Savings
Digitally Controlled Lighting Systems Can Provide Improved Efficiency
Advances In Lamp Technology Offer Energy Efficiency, High Performance
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Viibrant creates configurable technology systems specifically for senior living communities.
Viibrant is a technology system, configured specifically for senior living communities, through one centralized management dashboard. Our user-friendly system facilitates resident engagement and staff workflow efficiencies. Viibrant streamlines community operations such as dining reservations, event registration, and service requests. The solutions offered through Viibrant range from community engagement portals, to digital signage, and more.
With a dedicated client success manager, we provide you with implementation and adoption strategy because we are more than a product–we are a partner.
The configurable resident engagement technology that is meant for the community that is ready to manage all engagement technologies in one space with configurable device solutions.
- Management Dashboard
- Resident Access
- Dedicated Account Manager
- Configurable Solutions
- Integrations
The newest Viibrant solution that offers an inclusive health and wellness data organization experience specifically meant for communities with a specified need for HIPAA-compliant technology.
- Management Dashboard
- Resident Access
- HIPAA-Compliant
- Fitness Assessments
- Progress Tracking
How we're different
Learn how to create a customized online community by talking to one of our experts!
Check out our top selling technology solutions.
We aim to provide senior living communities with the communication tools they need for the fastest, most
effective way to communicate with residents and operate efficiently on a digital platform. Below are our most
popular channels and features we offer for Viibrant Core.
Our centralized management dashboard sets us apart from our competitors. We make it easy to digitize your community and streamline processes with an all-in-one dashboard that controls all of the solutions and features you need to better communicate among residents and staff. There's no need to have separate systems that keep you from working efficiently! Our dashboard allows your administration to manage your digital signage, maintenance requests, dining services, event registrations and more from one centralized location. We know what your community needs to succeed, and Viibrant Core is the solution for you.
A variety of Features
Our original features allow you to create a system that is truly customized to your community
- Service Requests
- Document Sharing
- Emergency Alerts
- Appointment Bookings
- Dining Reservations
- Social Search Tools
- Customizable Calendars
- Service Requests
- Fitness Tracking
- Health Assessments
We create interactive systems that target resident leading needs.
Our management dashboard offers a variety of features that address workflow and communication inefficiencies that our communities face on a daily basis.
Manage events for all of your community in one place. Provide your residents with an instant way to collect RSVPs and attendee information. This feature offers resident tracking and reporting to see a full breakdown of event attendance as well.
- Event registration
- Attendee Tracking
- Reporting
- Mass Emailing
Problems We Can Solve:
Stop guesstimating the number of attendees. Lose the paper sign-up sheets. Have a last minute location or schedule change? No need to call every attendee! Increase your event attendance with Viibrant — instantly-updated, easy-to-register, well-communicated events at your fingertips.
Dining Reservations
Give your residents access to dining menus and the capability to place reservations at your community's dining venues.
- Book Reservations
- Menus
- ToGo Ordering
- Delivery Orders
Problems We Can Solve
Keep your dining team's phone from ringing off the hook with online to-go ordering and dining reservations. Instantly update your menu online. Easily organize your dining room capacity with a well-organized system that reduces stress and free up your team's valuable time.
Help your maintenance team succeed with faster turnaround times and better management of maintenance requests. Your community deserves a way to address issues and repairs in a timely manner.
- Document Sharing
- Appointment Bookings
- Push Notifications
Problems We Can Solve
Respond more quickly to maintenance requests to ensure resident safety and satisfaction. Easily integrate Viibrant with your existing maintenance request system, allowing residents to more easily ask for help. Did we mention you can get all the information you need for any issue from any device?
Instead of recreating a calendar of events each and every month, our calendar generator feature allows communities to quickly create, manage, and display calendars all from one place.
- One-time or recurring events
- Save & reuse past calendars
- Print or display on digital signage
- Great for resident engagement teams, fitness teams, and others
Problems We Can Solve
Prevent resident isolation with easy-to-navigate, accessible calendars with community activities. Stop the headache of printed calendars that quickly fall out-of-date or need to be updated! Instantly add events, change details, or push notification to residents.
Fitness Tracking
Viibrant Wellness allows your fitness team to give their residents the focus and attention they deserve to achieve their fitness goals. Quick access to reporting and records gives your team the means to take control of their sessions and resident tracking.
- Reporting
- Physical Fitness Testing
- One-on-One Consultations
- Documents and Resources
Problems We Can Solve
Quickly upload online fitness routines, videos, and personalized recommendations. Allow residents to easily schedule personal consultations with your fitness team. Improve overall health with stats on your community's wellness!
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"Viibrant brought voice technology to our community, and the results have been profound. Our residents enjoy the ease of using voice commands to order dinner, check the weather, play music and so much more. Many also enjoy the sense of companionship that Alexa offers. The innovative technology also gives us a competitive advantage when it comes to attracting new residents."
Missy Johnson | Senior Director of Marketing and Sales, Galloway Ridge at Fearrington
"This company has come up with many creative ways to customize our portal, making the site easier to operate and better for our members. They're professional, friendly and responsive. We've been very impressed with their level of expertise and customer service. A great company to work with!"


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Following on from the post about Carnival's new builds, here's a list of the ships either under construction or on order for NCL and its associated companies. The companies included are NCL itself, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, and Oceania Cruises.
Not a very long list, this time. Note there are currently no ships either under construction or on order for Oceania Cruises – that line had two new ships in 2011 and 2012. You might also wonder how NCL comes to own these two subsidiaries which you could argue are very different from the parent company; well, this is a fairly recent development and I did a couple of posts about it here and here.
I'm still waiting for replies from Royal Caribbean and MSC about their newbuilds, and as soon as I get anything from them I'll add the information.


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Belmont Abbey takes historic women's volleyball victory
BELMONT – Record-setting has been in vogue this season for the Belmont Abbey College's women's volleyball team.
Saturday afternoon was no different for the Lady Crusaders, who swept King 3-0 (25-19, 225-22, 25-23) to win a Conference Carolinas tournament quarterfinal for the first time.
Playing in front of a vocal crowd of 350 at the Wheeler Center, freshman Hannah Schellenberg had 20 kills on 26 attacks with no errors and her older sister Kay Schellenberg set a career milestone with 44 assists.
Kay Schellenberg, a senior who was named league player of the year a day earlier, surpassed 3,000 career assists; She now has 3,038.
Angela Jubb added nine kills and eight digs and middle sister Lydia Schellenberg had eight kills and a team-high 15 digs.
The Abbey (24-4), which had only won three conference tournament play-in games in its history, advances to its first-ever semifinals match on Wednesday at West Division champion Erskine (16-12). Erskine downed Barton 3-0 in its Saturday quarterfinal match.
"How exciting has this been?" said Belmont Abbey coach Mary DeJute, picked league coach of the year on Friday after guiding the Lady Crusaders to the best season in school history. "It's been a great team and we've done this is as a team. The individual awards wouldn't have happened if not for us being such a team."
In addition to Kay Schellenberg's selection as player of the year and DeJute's selection as coach of the year, Hannah Schellenberg was named freshman of the year, Kay Schelleneberg and Hannah Schellenberg were named first-team all-conference, Angela Jubb and Lydia Schellenberg were named second-team all-conference and Caitlin Hankins was named third-team all-conference.
The Abbey entered this season having never won more than 18 games in a single season, having more than two all-conference players and having only one league player of the year (2005).
Next week's match at Erskine will be rematch of the Abbey's final regular season match – a 3-1 victory that clinched a share of the West Division title for the Lady Crusaders.
"I'm a one match at a time coach," said DeJute, who also guided the Abbey to a school-best conference mark (14-2). "I don't think that because we've done it one before means we'll necessarily win. But it does help that have gone there and won before."
Richard Walker: 704-869-1841; twitter.com/JRWalk22
Soccer pursues history on Sunday
Belmont Abbey's women's soccer team will pursue history on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Columbus State.
The Lady Crusaders (12-9-1) play the host Cougars at 1 p.m. for the Southeast Regional title. Belmont Abbey has never won a women's regional soccer title.
The Abbey, which lost to Columbus State 2-0 at home on Sept. 19 in the regular season, advanced to Sunday's regional final with a 1-0 overtime victory over Lenoir-Rhyne. Junior forward Ananda Gebreyesus scored the game-winner 38 seconds into the overtime period.


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The Coast Guard has withdrawn the Certificate of Approval (160.037/23/0) for NAMMO LIAB AB Orange Hand Smoke Distress Signal, and the approval status of this certificate is now marked as "Former- Do Not Use." This action was taken because the chemical makeup of the signal was changed in October 2013 without Coast Guard approval and the signal that was manufactured is at risk of spontaneous combustion when dropped.
These smoke signals may be labeled and marketed as "Polar MK 4" by NAMMO LIAB AB or as "IKAROS" by Hansson Pyrotech. "IKAROS" Hansson Pyrotech is the more current manufacturing name. Datrex Inc., of Kinder, LA, is the only distributor for these products in the United States. There are approximately 2,790 signals with the potentially defect in the US market.
Datrex has removed all of its remaining stock from sale and is working with customers to replace these potentially dangerous signals. Any signal manufactured after October 2013 must be properly disposed of and replaced with a product that satisfies the vessel's carriage requirements. For questions or concerns, contact Datrex at 337-738-4511 or via email at email@example.com.
This safety alert was developed by the Coast Guard Office of Design and Engineering Standards and distributed by the Office of Investigations and Casualty Analysis. Any questions, comments, or incidences of accidental ignition involving these signals under this Certificate of Approval should be sent to sent to: firstname.lastname@example.com


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U.S. stocks opened lower Friday as investors continue weighing how aggressive the Federal Reserve may need to be hiking interest rates to curb the highest inflation in decades. The Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA -2.11% was down 0.5% soon after opening bell, while the S&P 500 /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX -2.80% fell 0.6% and the Nasdaq Composite /zigman2/quotes/210598365/realtime COMP -3.80% dropped 1%, according to FactSet data, at last check. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard is leaning toward another large rate hike of three-quarters of a percentage point at the Fed's meeting in September, according to a Wall Street Journal report Thursday. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note was up about nine basis points at around 2.97% Friday morning.
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My last blog post was two years ago! Hard to believe two years has passed, in some ways it feels like five minutes ago - and other times it feels like a lifetime.
It has been incredibly hard trying to maintain a small business involving commercial freelance design work for clients, with my own product range, and having two small children! A few things have had to slide in order to remain sane and not be too overwhelmed and swamped with life - one of which has been this blog.
So, for now I'm using Facebook and Instagram to communicate and share work and a few personal things I'm involved with. I've loved writing this blog and connecting with people, and hope that some of you might pop over and say "Hello" over there!
I'm leaving with some images of my latest 'Blue Willow' tea towel range. Launched a few months ago in October 2016, it's the culmination of a years work in between a baby growing into a toddler, a toddler growing into a pre-schooler, new clients and freelance projects - and that big thing that gets in the way called life!!
Based on my inky illustrations of the famous Willow pattern, and all taken from my own collection of Willow dinner plates, side plates, jugs and teacups etc. You can head over to my online shop to see more information and images.


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To all faithful supporters of IMB missions in Hungary and around the world: We are so very grateful for how you continually team with us for the sake of the Gospel through your prayers, through your financial gifts, and for how many of you have come to serve with us as volunteers on the field. We want to keep you updated on the reality of the current situation – below is a letter from IMB President Paul Chitwood:
We are incredibly grateful to steward the sacrificial investment that SBs have been making in getting the Good News to the nations for 175 years. A growth in giving through the CP and LMCO leading into March of 2020 has enabled the Company to enter into the storm of this pandemic from a strong financial position.
The impact of Covid-19, however, upon local SB fellowships — and, thus, the impact upon the Company — is quickly becoming evident. Our revenue totals for March and April have dipped $2million below budget. Moreover, we have made a significant investment in evacuating and relocating overseas personnel from certain places around the globe for a host of reasons related to the pandemic. These were unbudgeted expenses that are coming in at about $2 million. That amount includes getting our personnel back to the field or, in some cases, getting them established in new places. Some of our personnel were required to leave everything behind and will need to start life anew in another harvest field.
We are accounting for this combined negative impact of $4 million by cuts to spending and a hiring freeze for most stateside staff positions. Because of the past generosity of SBs, we are in a solid financial position, but we will need help staying there. So we are appealing to any faithful givers to make an additional gift through the LMCO right now as an investment in caring for M's and ensuring that the witness to the Good News among the nations is not interrupted. Every gift through the LMCO is dedicated to SB Ms on the field.
We also believe that just as our Master prayed fervently, the prayers of SBs undergird our mission efforts. Each M faces unique challenges, and those challenges are compounded during this unexpected time. Will you ask the Father now for opportunities for advance during this pandemic?
M's are eternally essential workers, and their witness is needed more in the midst of this pandemic than ever before. Our continued work relies on SBs rallying together now through giving and pr*ying. Thank you for committing to meeting these needs.