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If you procrastinate, you run the risk of increasing your stress levels without even realizing it. Even though most of us agree that we work best under pressure, the opposite is actually true. Are you actually doing your best when doing it at the last minute? The stress of having the extra pressure on your shoulders from the impending duty that you keep putting off automatically increases your stress level. Rather than procrastinating, complete your work as soon as you receive it in order to reduce your stress level.
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If you can't get to the calming beach, imagine you are there. Studies have shown that visualizing calm situations is a great stress reducer in itself. Next time you begin to feel overwhelmed, take five minutes and imagine yourself in a soothing bath, on a sun drenched beach or in a beautiful forest. You may find the stress a little less overwhelming.
In order to deal with stress at work consider getting a stress ball. This is a great way to privately and quietly deal with your stress. The exertion used on a stress ball will at least help to deal with stress in a manner that allows both you and your co-workers to go about your day.
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This text of this book was originally written for a graduate level course in "Comparative Religion - Islam and Christianity" for Nations University (http://www.nationsu.edu) and later developed further into a textbook published by Viademica Publishers in Berlin, Germany (2006). In the first part, it provides an introduction to Islam - its history, central doctrines, culture and institutions, exegesis and interpretation of Islamic religious texts as well as some basic information on the concept of "Jihad", often falsely translated as "Holy War". In its second part, it discusses central comparative issues between Islam and Christianity like Deity of Christ, Trinity, and similar topics and Islamic responses to it. Its main purpose is to enable Christians to engage in an informed and intelligent discussion with Moslems in inter religious dialogue and/or making converts to Christianity. Some additional texts in German at the end of this book complement the main material, written originally in English. This material is still being used in a Church of Christ setting to train pastors and teachers in a Master graduate course level. It may also benefit a non-student audience who desire to know more about Islam and what divides Christianity and Islam in terms of doctrine.
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Remember the feeling you had when you first learned to drive a car? Everything was new to you. Sure, you knew what a steering wheel was, and what each pedal was for, but you had to learn how much steering input you could safely use at different speeds. Discovering just how much clutch and throttle was needed to get rolling without stalling doesn't come easily to most people. And I'll bet figuring out how hard (and how soon) to press the brake pedal as you came up behind another car at a stoplight created a few anxious moments for you and your instructor. But what does this have to do with managing clusters? In many ways, learning how to drive a cluster is much like learning to drive a car. At first, it can seem overwhelming, but once you master the individual skills, you can use them together to create a genuinely exciting experience.Read More >
We've been writing about many of the great features of Version 7.3 of Bright Cluster Manager software, but I have to say that revamping our Amazon Web Services (AWS) integration is high on my list of improvements. It's now far easier to deploy the AWS cluster extension and Cluster on Demand capabilities of Bright Cluster Manager. We've even added the ability to create multiple clusters on demand in parallel.Read More >
My 2-Minute Drill at the Rice Oil and Gas HPC Workshop: Spark'ing Possibilities for Energy Exploration and Other Industries
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I had the fortunate opportunity to present in the disruptive-technology track at the 2015 Rice Oil and Gas HPC Workshop during the first week of March. What I presented during my two-minute drill in this session ended up being much more disruptive than I anticipated.Read More >
For some time now, critics have suggested that OpenStack may offer lower total cost of ownership, but fails to deliver on agility and uptime compared to other cloud solutions.
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Today's guests are Ethel Merman, Julie Andrews, Eartha Kitt, Angela Lansbury, and Carol Channing…..well, not really, but you would think we had them all in one place at the same time because our guest this week is the fabulous impressionist, and host of Sirius XM's On Broadway, the sensational Christine Pedi!
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Acting Serjeant James Spurge served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps during WW1. He is entitled to the Military Medal, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. His enlistment number is 524587
Born on January 15th, 1894 in Glemsford, Suffolk, England
Trade : fitter Religion : Church of England
Status : single Height : 5′ 11″
Eyes : grey Hair: dark brown
Weight : 160 lbs.
Name of his father: Edwin Spurge Address:3 Bulwar road Leytonstone, Essex, England
November 13th, 1915 : Enlisted on in Vernon British Columbia in the 1st Field Ambulance Depot. He had some previous military service with the 30 BC Horse regiment
March 16th, 1916 : Sailed from Saint-John, Newfoundland on HMT Metagama, arrived in England on March 26th.
March 3rd : Promoted to acting corporal. Promoted to the rank of corporal on April 3rd.
August 20th : Detached to the 30th battalion as stretcher bearer instructor.
August 28th : He applied to be an acting sergeant. Stayed with the regiment until February 3rd, 1917.
May 27th, 1917 : Asked to be returned to the rank of private and sent to the front. Arrived in Havre, France on May 28th. Transferred to the 8th Canadian Field Ambulance (Calgary) on June 7th.
August 26th : Hospitalised at the 18th B.C.C.S. (bronchitis). Discharged on September 19th.
November 30th : 14 days permission.
December 22nd : Received the Good conduct badge.
November 18th, 1918 : Recommended for the Military Medal on (3rd div order 3704). War diary of the 8th Canadian Field Ambulance.
November 20th : Received the ribbon for his Military Medal at the Station Square in Mons
December 14th : 14 days permission. Extended until 31st. Retune from leave on January 6th. Condemned to 4 days forfeit pay for overstaying a leave.
February 19th, 1919 : Returned to England
March 15th : Demobilised with honourable mention. He still had bronchitis problems.
August 3rd : Received his Military Medal. (London Gazette 31430 July 3rd, 1919) 343 Military Medals were awarded to C.A.M.C. Personnel during World War One.
Address after his demobilisation (also his father) : 58 Forest Drive West
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A phenomenon known as antibody-dependent enhancement, whereby previous infection by a different serotype of the same virus increases their infectivity, can seriously increase the vulnerability of individuals to some viral infections. In a recent study published in Science, a group demonstrated that this phenomenon may seriously impact individuals at risk of contracting the Zika virus if they were previously infected with Dengue or West Nile.
Zika Virus (ZIKV) is a single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the genus of Flaviviruses, which have the common characteristic of being transmitted to humans via mosquitos. This infection has drawn a lot of attention recently due to the epidemic outbreaks in southern-American regions such as Brazil, Central America and even some U.S. territories as well as the consequential microcephaly in newborn progenies of infected individuals. Other well-known and closely related viruses include Dengue Virus (DENV) and West Nile Virus (WNV). Notably, ZIKV, DENV and WNV are endemic in overlapping geographical areas and thus, many individuals may be infected with more than one of these viruses at different times in their lives, raising questions about the host immune response to viral infections in this unique context.
A particular concern is a phenomenon known as Antibody-Dependent Enhancement (ADE). Indeed, viruses rely on the selective interaction between their own proteins and cell surface ligands. Thus, cell types that do not express this ligand should be protected from infection. However, if an individual was previously infected with a different serotype of the same virus or a closely related virus, the antibodies produced by the immune system may be able to promote infection of these protected cell types. This rather counterintuitive outcome, where antibodies promote infectivity, is rendered possible by the ability of the antibody to act as a bridging platform between the target cell (bound via a surface receptor) and the viral particle (bound via the antigen). Specifically for ZIKV, previous studies demonstrated that in vitro, DENV antibodies promote ADE of ZIKV infection, but these findings were not corroborated in vivo.
To further study the relevance of this phenomenon in the context of ZIKV infection, a group of American researchers led by Dr. Lim investigated the in vitro and in vivo impact of DENV or WNV infection on subsequent ZIKV infection severity. Their findings were recently published in the prestigious journal Science. They started by looking at the ability of plasma from DENV (n=141) or WNV infected (n=146) individuals to bind a ZIKV specific antigen known as E protein by ELISA. Strikingly, plasma from DENV and WNV infected individuals respectively had a three and two-fold higher propensity to bind ZIKV E protein. Accordingly, a cell-based assay to monitor ADE demonstrated that cells co-treated with the plasma of DENV or WNV infected individuals were respectively 4 and 2-fold more susceptible to ZIKV infection. Next, the authors demonstrated that, as expected, this increases infectivity was solely dependent on the specific interaction between plasma IgGs and a cell-surface receptor known as FcγRII. Indeed, purified IgGs alone were able to mediate ADE and chemical or antibody blockade of FcγRII impaired ADE.
To validate the impact of their findings in vivo, the authors used a mouse model. Strikingly, mice previously injected with a small amount of plasma from DENV or WNV infected donors showed a very poor survival of 21% and 60%, respectively, compared to 93% for control mice. They also exhibited severe neurological symptoms such as paralysis. Moreover, tissues known to be affected by ZIKV symptoms, such as the spinal cord and testes, had increased viral titers, whereas other tissues did not. Finally, perhaps one of the most interesting, but yet intriguing, finding of their research is that the plasma dose administered can have completely opposite effects, with small doses yielding ADE and higher doses imparting a protective effect on ZIKV infection.
In summary, this study is the first to report a convincing ADE of ZIKV infection following DENV or WNV infection both in vitro and in vivo. The authors suggest that a few distinguishing features of their study, including plasma dosage and the use of polyclonal antibodies, allowed them to capture these effects in vivo. Moreover, their results provide a plausible explanation for the nature of the geographical area initially affected by the outbreak of ZIKV infections: The endemic presence of other Flavivirus infections in countries such as Brazil might have set the stage for ZIKV infections to take over in this area and cause more severe clinical symptoms such as microcephaly. Moreover, their results raise concerns about the impact of DENV and WNV vaccination, which leads to the production of antibodies that cross-react with ZIKV antigens and may, in turn, induce ADE. However, this has yet to be tested experimentally and is highly speculative at this point.
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Thank U, Next by Ariana Grande, is Ariana Grande's sixth fragrance. It will launch in stores on August 18, 2019, exclusively at Ulta Beauty in the US.
On May 5, 2019, Grande posted on Instagram that she'd "been working on a 'thank u, next' fragrance" and described it as being "like 'ari' if she went to the beach one time 🥥" and said that "it smells divine". On August 6, 2019, Grande announced that the fragrance will be released exclusively at Ulta Beauty in the US on August 18, 2019 with a Twitter post and a matching Instagram post.[1][2]
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Nominate a woman engineer you would like to see celebrated in this exciting art exhibition.
Traditionally the art world, like most professions, has been dominated by men often viewing the 'female' as his passive object rather than an active being. This unique exhibition aims to shine a light on the work of our phenomenal female sitters through the eyes of female artists for a change. This is your chance to nominate an engineer who you would like to see celebrated in the exhibition. The Phenomenal Women Project is a grass roots funded art exhibition celebrating the talents, accomplishments and success of extraordinary British Women though contemporary portraiture. Previous sitters include Gen. Susan Ridge and Hollie McNish.
The Women's Engineering Society sitter will be a breaker of glass ceilings, professional and ethical, showing exceptional talent and tenacity, she is a woman to aspire to be like, she makes a point to raise up the women around her through mentoring or supporting talented colleagues in her professional practice. If any of the possible sitters have engineered environments/constructions that benefit women specifically or directly improve lives that would be excellent.
How to nominate: email Cath Heslop at email@example.com the name and email address of the woman engineer you are nominating. Include a paragraph (300 words) explaining why. A shortlist will then be drawn up, with the final decision made by a representative of the Phenomenal Women Project and the WES CEO. Closing date: Monday 8 April 2019


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This year we have invited the 2018 winners to present at a series of webinars - to share details of the excellent work, practice or research that led to their award: https://altc.alt.ac.uk/2018/awardsvoting/
Please book to join us for some lunchtime inspiration with two of the 2018 winning entries from Alice Gallagher & Elizabeth Ellis - A Survey of the Learning Behaviour of Open University Students and Chris Bell - University of Derby - Technology-Enhanced Learning team:
Alice Gallagher and Elizabeth Ellis - A Survey of the Learning Behaviour of Open University Students - Highly commended in the Research project of the year Award 2018
This project is the culmination of 18 months' work seeking to understand how best to utilise new technologies for the benefit of distance learning students at The Open University.
Ellis, E.; Gallagher, A. and Peasgood, A. (2018). A Survey of the Learning Behaviour of Open University students. The Open University. http://oro.open.ac.uk/55590/
Chris Bell - University of Derby - Technology-Enhanced Learning team, Highly Commended for the Team Award 2018.
The Technology-Enhanced Learning Team at the University of Derby bring passion and creativity to their work. In the last year they have developed and are leading on the implementation of a new institutional TEL Strategy 2017-2021 delivering excellence across four key areas: Digital Practice, Digital Capability, Digital Infrastructure and a Data & Research informed approach.
Established in 2007, the ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Awards celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the Learning Technology field, and aim to promote intelligent use of Learning Technology on a national scale. The Awards are open to individuals and teams based anywhere in the world.
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It's been on my radar for several weeks, but after some reading, I'm leaning toward a new resolution, one week into the new year: thinking less about eating healthy.
Not because we're obscenely healthy. We're not. We had a round of the stomach bug over Christmas (fortunately, not all of us and not at full strength. Praise be to Jesus). But I think I will be healthier if healthy eating takes a back burner. I'm not looking to change what and how we eat. I'm changing the way I think about what we eat.
I'm done with the cringing when we're presented with a smorgasboard filled with foods we avoid. I'm finished dreading the day-after effects of eating the things that I know wreck havoc on our digestion. I'm throwing away the guilt of a Chick-fil-A date and my grandmother's noodles.
The problem comes when I think about it too much. When I begin to believe that what I eat not just effects me but controls me. When I believe that I can control my universe by what I put on the table I've made a new god, one in the image of a plate.
Because I can't. Even if I, and 7 generations after me, eats deliciously healthy meals and avoids McDonald's at all costs, no one writes a cancer-free guarantee. Intellectually, I've always known this. In practice, I hate admitting it.
So here's what I know: I love where we are. We eat lots of very healthy, sometimes organic, whole food. My kids eat variety. My goal for this year is to begin to eliminate grocery store chicken from the diet and get the real thing - pasture raised, bug-eating birds along with grass fed beef. (We'll have to eat less of it - it's too expensive to get huge chunks of meat).
Through our journey we've discovered the extent what we eat effects how we feel, think and act. For instance: a bowl of ice cream sends my son into screaming fits. So, we probably won't be re-instituting DQ runs any time soon. We won't return to a grain-filled diet. I'll keep with the rice and the rice pastas if we need a quick meal. Sandwiches and grocery-store bread won't be in stock. If bread appears, it's the real thing - the stuff that will will go stale in days if not consumed or frozen.
I've told myself over and over again that I want to raise my kids believing that food is inherently good. God created it and said so. I don't want them to fear it. However, I want them to be mindful eaters, to know where the food comes from. I want them to be grateful for what comes to the table, aware that we find ourselves in a place of privilege in this world when it comes to access to food. I want them to believe it's only to be expected that the food we enjoy comes to us fairly and that those who help bring it to us are treated in ways that we want to be treated.
I want to live by - and teach - listening to our bodies, not just in want we crave, but in how we feel in response to our decisions.
So here's to a life of good eating. For us, it's filled with meals that lack processed foods, breads, pastas and dairy products. But that's not the definition of good eating. Good eating makes us feel good about how it tastes, how it makes us feel and how it got to the table. If we succeed a majority of the time, then we'll be eating like kings.


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The Body Shop Shade Adjusting Drops Review
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I have quite the collection of foundations growing in my drawer – my skin is of the tempermental kind once summer hits, meaning that sometimes I tan and other times I straight up burn. It's pretty difficult to keep a foundation on hand that matches me for more than a month so I end up keeping a range of fair shades on hand because there's nothing worse than being that girl everyone else thinks looks like an oompa loompa! However, with all of the new color correcting products hitting stores, that might not be an issue any longer. The Body Shop sent over two of their new Shade Adjusting Drops ($20) and I have to say, these are the most interesting products on my vanity right now!
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Right off the bat, be very careful using these – the darkening shade especially is highly pigmented and a little goes a long way so don't be heavy handed with the dabber! I wanted to see how these worked with my other foundations so I selected two that almost matches for my skintone, but not quite: Clinique's Even Better Foundation that is too dark for me, and Maybelline's Dream Wonder Fluid Touch Foundation that is too light. Here's the results:
So what can you use this for? To change the color of your foundation, concealer, to create a custom highlight shade or contour shade. These are two incredibly nifty shades to have on hand, especially if you're one to experiment with liquid makeup!
I'd love to know, are you into custom mixing your foundation shades? Leave your tips in the comments below!
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Parkwood Elementary School groundbreaking
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Parkwood Elementary students, staff and community gathered at the construction site of their soon-to-be new school for a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of the school construction project on Wednesday, September 19, 2018.
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|Superintendent Rebecca Miner, School Board Directors David Wilson,
Dick Nicholson, Heather Fralick, and Michael Jacobs
Superintendent Rebecca Miner, School Board President David Wilson and Parkwood Principal Ann Torres spoke about their excitement for the new learning space and appreciation for the support of the Shoreline and Lake Forest Park communities in approving the 2017 school bond. The new Parkwood will open in August 2019.
|The kids were enthusiastic groundbreakers
After their remarks, all of the children in attendance were invited up to help break ground along with the school board. As you can see from the photos, they has a blast.
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Natural honey is used in the kitchen, in beauty treatments, disease and wound treatments and as well as for assistance in weight loss. It is an energy source and it is rich in vitamins and minerals and has anti – inflammatory properties and anti-fungal. Real honey is usually very expensive and imitations were developed in order to offer a less expensive alternative to honey.
There are three main basis classes of honey – natural, altered and artificial. The natural one is the pure one that the bees make; the altered one contains natural honey and some extra ingredients and the artificial one is made from sugar syrup, additives and food colorants.
How can one figure out what type of honey one buys?
Read the label – the producers should write every ingredient from the jar. In that case when the honey is not pure, on the label one should as well write the percentage of natural honey from the recipient.
Rub some honey between two fingers – until it disintegrates; a part of it will be absorbed in the skin if it is real honey; pure honey is very good for the hands and the skin. Pure honey is not sticky. If the fingers remain sticky it means that it has sugar or artificial sweetener in it.
Put some drops on a paper or handkerchief – Pure honey will not tear the paper for a quiet long period, as it does not contain water.
Throw some honey near some ants – the bees instinctively built their hives in the trees or between rocks. They add an additive in the honey in order to protect themselves from the ants and other predators. The ants will not come closer to real honey.
Mix the honey with a yolk of an egg – If the honey is pure the yolk will look as it looks when it is boiled.
Fill a glass with water and add a spoon of honey – The pure honey does not dissolve in water and it will remain at the bottom of the glass.
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Despite Leni Robredo's endorsement, not even one Otso Diretso bet won a senate seat
Reelectionist Senator Cynthia Villar is the top victor with a total of 24,082,934 votes, based on the latest partial and unofficial results from the Commission on Elections transparency server as of 4:40 am Tuesday, May 14, with 92.61% of precincts having transmitted results.
Completing the 11 seats are other reelectionist senators and administration bets who ran under Duterte's PDP-Laban and the Hugpong ng Pagbabago slate of his daughter and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio.
At second place with 21,078,911 votes was Poe, followed by former special assistant to the president Bong Go in third place, with 19,480,785 votes.
Completing the top 12 are:
Pia Cayetano
Bato dela Rosa
Sonny Angara
Lito Lapid
Imee Marcos
Francis Tolentino
Koko Pimentel
Nancy Binay
Bong Revilla
Except for Poe, Binay, and Lapid, all top candidates belong to the administration-backed Hugpong ng Pagbabago slate.
Reelectionist Senator Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito placed 13th, registering 13,651,401 votes. He is behind Revilla by around 220,000 votes.
None of the opposition candidates of the Liberal Party-led Otso Diretso ticket made it to the Magic 12, including its two veteran bets who have breached the winners' circle in preelection surveys – reelectionist Senator Bam Aquino and former interior chief Mar Roxas.
Aquino placed only 14th with 13,499,806 votes, behind Revilla by around 340,000. Roxas recorded 9,382,159 and landed at 16th place.
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Thursday, 20 May 2010
Antique Quilt and Blocks
Sue and Mery waiting for Lunch
Two Springer Spaniels like a couple of bookends
Yesterday I went to see my PIC as I hadn't seen her since my trip to Paducah. I needed to take the goodies she had asked me to buy for her. I couldn't get everything she asked for so I spent the remainder of HER DOLLARS on something I knew she would like, some antique quilt blocks from Cindys Antique Quilts, Suemluvsquilts NO BLOG I hope to see these one's made up into something or am not bringing anymore blocks back from the USA for you again :-) Only kidding.
Cindy's is a beautiful stand with antique quilts just dripping from ever where. She wasn't happy for photography but she did however let me photograph this lovely Applique quilt that she was showing to a customer. I loved it a real folk art feel to it.
Sue , Mery and I set off to the local pub at lunch time for a bite to eat and on the way back saw these two dogs sitting in the upstairs window of a cottage. They looked like a couple of Staffordshire flat back figures. They could easily have been used as a couple of bookends we had to laugh.
I also spotted my Hunters Star quilt that I exhibited at Malvern on Ferret's blog. she is praising Rosemary at Frome Valley Quiltings longarm machine quilting. Yes she did do a good job on it. Well she always does.
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Oh my gosh! The two dogs are hilarious!!!ReplyDelete
The antique quilt is beautiful and I love the antique blocks too. How nice to be able to bring quilty stuff back for your friend.
Coming from the Potteries I laughed at the Pot Dogs in the window. How wonderful to get some air space from Ferret. The quilting was rather good on your quilt and your lady did do a great job. I like the look of those antique blocks.ReplyDelete
You are a kind and generous friend--I so love ALL my goodies. I promise the blocks will be put to good use--I'm thinking red sashing and a sawtooth border,or perhaps a little addition of some simple applique,or wide pieced sashing or-----ReplyDelete
perhaps some of your lovely blogging friends could come up with some suggestions and help me out!!
How fortunate to be able to bring home some antique blocks. They look lovely. The applique quilt is pretty special too. What a shame they wouldn't let you take more photos.ReplyDelete
And what a great photo of the dogs!
Lovely blocks and I look forward to seeing what suemluvsquilts does with them. Perhaps they could be put on point or add a centre applique block and arrange them medallion style around it.ReplyDelete
I miss English pubs - great atmosphere!
I recognise that pub! Hope lunch was good - glad I've found this blog Sue W - it is really interesting! Jacky (Cupcake)ReplyDelete


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Sicario 2: Day of the Soldado [2018]
Rotten Tomatoes = 63 / 64
Personal = 7.9
Updated Dec 5, 2019
After the Mexican cartels are known to be smuggling terrorists across the border, a highly covert black-ops mission is established to create a war between cartels. Then everything goes wrong. Superb performances by Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro, intensely realistic firefights and a constantly evolving story line makes this one far better than the
first film
...which I found to be rather ho hum. Nicely done.
Phone [2002]
aka Pon
Rotten Tomatoes = 63 / 62
Personal = 4.3
Updated Jan 27, 2020
A journalist is forced to change her phone number ...to one that belongs to a vengeful ghost. This exceptionally dull and confusing film had me totally perplexed through most of it. It just didn't seem to have any logic and sometimes I didn't know I was watching a flashback. I finally got the jest of it in about the last half hour which presented nothing new. Why do Asian films think long black hair is scary? The only scares here are terrified looks. However, Eun Seo-Woo's performance, at only 5-years-old, is fantastic!
Purge 4: The First Purge [2018]
Rotten Tomatoes = 55 / 28
Personal = 6.3
Updated Jan 23, 2020
The new national ruling party conducts an experiment on Staten Island. For 12 hours no one will be punished for any crime. However, when the people decide to throw block parties instead of kill each other, the NFFA decides to throw in a few mercenaries. If you're looking for something as insane as the other 3 films, this ain't it. The reason is obvious ...this was the first purge. Not well written - lots of silly plot points and stupid behavior - but the overall concept made a fitting prequel and generally quite entertaining.
Bokeh [2017]
Rotten Tomatoes = 45 / 24
Personal = 2.4
Updated Dec 14, 2019
A couple, on holiday in Iceland, wake up to find all the people are gone. The couple was likable, their confusion was genuine, and I settled in to see what would happen next ...and nothing does. They went through their various phases of exploring, disagreements, fun, anger, etc., just like any of us would with nothing beyond that ...except meeting an old man that dies on them within hours. After 90 minutes of now total boredom, I'm presented with an ending that is so pathetic and depressing, I actually got angry. Visually stunning.
A Man Escaped [1956]
aka Un condamne a mort s'est echappe ou Le vent souffle ou il veut
Rotten Tomatoes = 100 / 93
Personal = 4.8
Updated Nov 1, 2019
A man, incarcerated by the Germans at Lyon in 1943, plans an elaborate escape. This French art film depicting a real story is interesting in how the prisoner works everything out and develops all the material he'll need. That's also the problem. He can easily owe about 70% of his success to the Germans themselves for making it easy to get all the equipment he needed as well as some pretty lax guarding techniques making the whole thing feel very contrived. It's also ponderously slow and about 30 minutes too long.
Flu [2013]
aka Gamgi / Virus
Rotten Tomatoes = 36 / 61
Personal = 5.0
Links Updated Oct 12, 2019
A flu epidemic breaks out in a major city. This was pretty much as expected with unrelenting uncontrolled chaos and ultra stupid bureaucrats interrupted with a story of a rescue worker, a doctor and her daughter. It's not a really bad movie but I didn't like the main characters, the constant arguing among the officials, who're supposed to know what they're doing, got really old, everything seemed to drag out way too long and it never really felt authentic which only served to frustrate, as well as entertain.
Doctor Strange [2016]
Rotten Tomatoes = 89 / 86
Personal = 7.7
Updated Jan 9, 2020
A renowned and arrogant neurosurgeon has his hands crushed in an auto accident. In an attempt to find a way to heal them, he ends up at a center for the mystic arts and becomes a master. As usual with the MCU, the story was great, albeit somewhat rushed ...it's hard, even for a doctor, to learn the mystic arts and save the world in 2 hours. The spec fx are both awesome and annoying at the same time. There's just so much! ...my wife had to look away as she was getting motion sickness. Great film, though.
Skyscraper [2018]
Rotten Tomatoes = 47 / 64
Personal = 7.5
Updated Dec 5, 2019
A security expert's family is stuck in the highest building in the world when terrorists attack. This modern era
Die Hard
is pretty much what you'd expect it to be. What it lacks in depth of characters and story it makes up for in one outrageous cliffhanger (literally) action sequence after another. And they manage to make it all look believable even though it's ludicrously over-the-top. Impressively thrilling, severely acrophobic and quite entertaining.
Voyeur [2017]
Rotten Tomatoes = 82 / 63
Personal = 4.1
Updated Nov 12, 2019
A frustratingly long-winded documentary of the relationship between a self-confessed voyeur, who watched people in their motel rooms for years as owner of the motel, and a famous journalist who's attempting to tell his story. The back story leading up to current events was interesting but the rest was just unnecessary filler material that was boring me to tears up until the highly dubious ending which, at that point, I no longer cared. What a waste of time.
Texas Killing Fields [2011]
Rotten Tomatoes = 37 / 27
Personal = 6.7
Updated Jan 4, 2020
A pair of detectives, with differing ideas, and a detective from another jurisdiction get wrapped up in the area known as the killing fields where young women keep disappearing. This is a very gritty, hard-edged and disturbingly realistic portrayal of a few different story lines that grabs you and doesn't let go. It gets rather complicated but easy enough to follow along as long if you're paying attention. There's even a couple story lines that do not get resolved which, for me, adds to the realism in that you can't win 'em all.
A History of Violence [2005]
Rotten Tomatoes = 87 / 76
Personal = 8.1
Updated Dec 23, 2019
After protecting his customers by killing a couple of serial killers, the owner of a small town cafe is proclaimed a hero. This attracts a gangster who swears the man is a former associate and killer. Moving along at a slow and steady pace, the film does an excellent job of keeping you questioning whether he is a former assassin or simply the wrong guy. The relationships are honest, personal, and painful and the build up to the climactic end is well crafted and satisfying. Good film!
Castle Freak [1995]
Rotten Tomatoes = 63 / 45
Personal = 5.6
Updated Dec 5, 2019
Without any prior knowledge of family ties, a man inherits a castle! ...with a freak who's been locked up in the cellar for 40 years. I don't think Stuart Gordon will ever make another gore camp classic like his first two films -
From Beyond
- but not for lack of trying. The first half of this film is rather dull and had the "get on with it" feel. But, once it got started, it wasn't bad. The freak was very freakish in looks, motion and manner and was rather fun to watch. Generally entertaining.
Captain America 3: Civil War [2016]
Rotten Tomatoes = 91 / 89
Personal = 8.0
Updated Dec 5, 2019
The Avengers face their worst enemy yet ...politics! Insert a sub-plot where the Winter Soldier is being framed for the assassination of the King of Wakanda and the Avengers go to war with each other. Introducing Black Panther and Spider-Man, as well as bringing in Ant-Man, this is quite an extravaganza of superheroes in a battle for the ages that's exciting and eye-boggling. Characters and story are well handled and the film is certainly a game changer in the dynamics of the Avenger's relationships.
Road Kill [2010]
aka Road Train
Rotten Tomatoes = - / 11
Personal = 4.5
Updated Dec 5, 2019
In the outback of Australia, a group of young people are forced off the highway by a road train (a very long semi). Then things get strange. It's really hard to evaluate this film. The people in it are totally unlikable and dumb as a rock so there certainly isn't any concern about happens to them. But the events that occur are so strange and twisted that I was pretty much glued to the screen to see what would happen next. Overall, not a particularly good or bad film ...just bizarre and, at times, frustrating.
The Equalizer [2014]
Rotten Tomatoes = 59 / 76
Personal = 7.9
Updated Jan 9, 2020
A man, with incredible fighting skills, has put his past behind him to live a quiet life. But when a girl he has befriended is placed in the hospital, he comes out of seclusion and goes to war. We've seen similar stories plenty of times before (
The Foreigner
, etc.) but Denzel Washington turns in a superb performance as an ultra-calculating avenger and Marton Csokas does the same as a totally sociopathic gangster. Great character development, great action and overall an excellent and exciting film.
Unfriended 2: Dark Web [2018]
Rotten Tomatoes = 59 / 38
Personal = 8.4
Updated Jan 9, 2020
On online game night with friends, a guy tries out a laptop that was left in the lost and found at an Internet cafe and his whole world goes to hell. Definitely a film for computer geeks like myself as (like the original
) practically the entire movie takes place on a computer monitor. If you're not computer savvy, much of this might just go over your head. Either way, the filmmakers ability to make these films feel so spontaneous, you forget your watching fiction making it all the more plausible and terrifying.
Southbound [2015]
Rotten Tomatoes = 80 / 51
Personal = 8.0
Updated Jan 9, 2020
An anthology of overlapping stories presented as a series of bizarre, supernatural events along a remote desert highway (presumed to represent purgatory) over a 24 hour period. This one plays out fairly well with excellent pacing and some very creepy stuff ...especially the creatures. I have no idea what these reaper like things are supposed to represent but they were very cool! Fitting quite snuggly somewhere between
The Twilight Zone
and the
series, there was something quite primal and disturbing about this twisted experience. Nice ending, too!
The Equalizer 2 [2018]
Rotten Tomatoes = 51 / 61
Personal = 7.4
Updated Jan 9, 2020
Our hero now helps random people in serious trouble while maintaining a low profile as a Lyft driver. When an old friend is killed, all bets are off. Far less action and far more drama than the
first film
with a couple sub-plots that, for me, tended to drag things down a bit. I think I would have preferred they concentrated on a more elaborate main story and this one didn't have a real villain you can sink your teeth into. But Denzel's still there in top form and, even with my petty issues, I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Ant-Man and the Wasp [2018]
Rotten Tomatoes = 88 / 76
Personal = 8.1
Updated Jan 22, 2020
Hank Pym, his daughter, Hope (Wasp) and Steve (Ant-man) strive to find a way to rescue Hank's wife from the quantum realm after 30 years. Standing in their way are the FBI, a black market trader, faulty equipment and a phase-shifting advisory known as Ghost. Great story with lots of twists and turns, excellent interplay between characters - especially Ant-Man and his daughter - wonderful action and some really funny laugh-out-loud moments.
7 Nights of Darkness [2011]
Rotten Tomatoes = - / 29
Personal = 3.3
Links Updated 9/26/19
A "found footage" movie of 6 reality show contestants who have to spend 7 nights in a deserted asylum to win their share of $1mil. You have to give Allen Kellogg credit for producing, writing, editing, directing, and starring in this film. However, as ambitious as he may be, we've seen the end result before and far better. Nothing about this film felt real or spontaneous, which is essential if it's supposed to be a found footage, candid reality show. Also, the players were so irritating, I turned down the volume and read subtitles. Couple good jump scares.
There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane [2011]
Rotten Tomatoes = - / 62
Personal = 4.0
Updated Jan 9, 2020
A woman drives the wrong way on a freeway causing a head-on collision killing herself, 4 children and 3 passengers in the other car. She had more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in her system, and a high level of THC. This documentary proceeds to cover the family's misery and their unwavering believe that she wasn't drunk. Obviously, she was a wonderful person, a good mother, and a good wife but, after sitting through this overly long tragedy, the results are the same making this just painful, depressing and futile.
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Thank you Nina for the amazing trip. And I'm sorry about the pictures I took of you passed out in the cab.
Category Archives: Travel
Sideboob is a wonderful photographer she sends me photos and after each leg of the trip. Then I compare them to my photos of the same place and decide that mine are all shit and chuck them and use hers instead.
Sing it with me, Bain de Soleil for the Saint Tropez taaaaaannnnnn.
Hey hey! I'm in France with Sideboob! Let me walk you through our journey with a delightful display of photos, pithy observations, and wrap it up with a fun semi-disaster.
I want to be 100% caught up before I proceed to spam my blog with smug posts about my fabulous European travel.
This time Sideboob was all drunk like, "I should text my husband!" and for once I got to slap the phone out of her hand and be all, "Yeah no. Texting your husband at 2AM from Jumbo's would be a dick move" Yay me!
It is a fact that titties have less calories than deviled eggs.
At then end of the day when I'm hot and sticky and desperately in need of a cold shower, it feels like summer can't be over soon enough.
I told the boys to prepare themselves for luxury. There will be blankets, pillows, free drinks, movies, and lots of food that doesn't come from my backpack.
Happy birthday Sideboob. Even though it's your birthday, I feel like I'm the one who has gotten the biggest present.


text: Jacqueline Fernandez becomes advanced scuba diver November 25, 2011 Anna George Masala 0 It's a well know fact that Jacqueline Fernandez has deep love for traveling, but what many may not know is that this Sri Lankan beauty enjoys the thrills in adventure sports. Talking about it Jackie says, "Whenever I'm on a holiday, I see to it that I indulge in adventure sports, since it is something that I really enjoy doing." Jacqueline loves to try her hand at various adventure sports and has now become an advanced scuba diver. "I am an advanced scuba diver, I learnt Scuba Diving from Thailand Koh Samui and Advanced Scuba Diving from Spain, Marbella. I plan on taking up night diving and diving with sharks in Maldives, on my next dive trip for which I'm highly excited. Apart from water, sky diving and Bungee jumping is something I would love to try my hands on", she says. Besides scuba diving, which is her hobby, and indulgence in adventure sports, road trips are something that this stunning beauty thoroughly enjoys. She believes it gives you your personal space to explore as well as a lot of time to think. Well, all we can say is that, sky is definitely not the limit for Jacqueline.


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Archamon is a realtime creative/building/survival strategy game from medieval times. You are elected as a leader by your people and your mission is to find a place and build a home for your nation in Archamonia - a vast world of dark forests, mountains, rocks, wild animals, barbarian tribes and other nations with the same goal.
You must build villages, towns and castles. You have to acquire food for your people and raw materials. Expand and rise your nation, create an aristocratic family and achieve higher nobility titles.
You can prosper in spite of starvation, illness, bad weather, cold and in spite of all the enemies ...
What does Archamon offer?
- randomly generated large maps with optional characteristics
- building unlimited villages from over 30 types of buildings
- managing of empire, acquiring food in stores and raw materials for growth
- building fortresses and castles for different nobility levels
- 30 types of raw materials for mining, processing, producing, and trading
- seasons and weather effects
- nobility, reaching the peerage, families and family relationships
- up to 4 enemy nations and barbarian tribes
- trading
- policy, battles, armies and catapults
- editor of your own missions
Four game modes:
- Barbarians fortresses (barbarian tribes are hidden in fortresses in remote areas; barbarians are able to use catapults)
- With strong enemies (enemy nations have built thriving societies)
- With enemies (enemy nations don't get a head-start - they start building their civilization at the same level as you)
- Builder (without enemies - you can build freely; you may elect to have the presence of wild animals or nomadic barbarians)
Five groups of difficulties:
- Economy
- Warfare
- Enemies, barbarians, wild animals
- Materials at the beginning
- Trading
It was my dream to create a medieval game, whose main components would consist of economy as well as castle and fortress building, but where one would also have to face dangers, and a world map would be generated randomly and differently every time. In short, I sought out to create a game which would not involve too much economy, as in Settlers, or too much war, as in Age of Empires, but would be somewhere in between the two. Thus, Archamon!
That was my initial vision, and here are some fun facts about the development of the game:
- The first attempt was created in the winter of 2004, written in Pascal, as a game for DOS (Windows 95/98). It was already called Archamon and this is how it looked.
- The Archamon you experience today started to take shape in 2007, and the real game in 2009.
- Archamon was intended to be a turn based game until 2009.
- In its initial versions, a game day was divided into hours and a game year took over three play hours (today a game day takes about a half hour).
- Originally, Archamon was intended to have a multiplayer option but this was postponed due to technical challenges (I am working to address this problem).
- The engine is my own and it is very old-school. Therefore, I named it Archaeopteryx (after the extinct bird-dinosaur)
- The whole game is the work of one programmer, done during the early mornings and evenings, and is composed of ~170 000 lines in code C#.
- The models, animations, drawings and music of Archamon have all been created by external collaborators whom I have never met in person (except for one).
- The Archamon logo was created by my brother, and despite of more appealing potential designs, his original one remained.
- Archamon was registered under Steam Greenlight in September 2013, and it was accepted in January 2015. Archamon has been Greenlit!!!
- While developing and working on the game I got married, re-built a house, and had two children!
- Before the game was ever published, Steam Greenlight closed.
- And now, even if there is still plenty to improve (and not just graphics), Archamon is ready to be played!
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I have a project, and that everytime I open it, Logic warns me about some files it can't locate. I've searched my disk, and these files are gone. And I don't mind - all the sound I expect is in the project, so I suspect these belong to earlier takes or whatever.
Point is: Logic can't find some files and I don't really care. How can I tell Logic to stop looking for these files?


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We will never know if it was the Greeks or Romans that planted France's first vineyards, but we know that they were planted in Languedoc. Traditionally Languedoc has been France's largest but least renowned region. It is the home of "gros rouge", a rough, tannic 11% red that was a caloric staple of blue collar France. Workers would drink 2 to 5 bottles a day. As this clientele disappears production has plunged. Subsidies for growers have been cut. They riot for increased support, but their time has passed.
Some switched to other crops or left for jobs in the cities but many persisted, replanting with better varietals, cropping for lower yields. Some sold flat vineyards and planted in the hills, where a more moderate climate makes production of better wines possible. With terroirs comparable to those in the Rhône Valley, it was only a matter of time until quality began to catch up. First signs appeared in the '60s and '70s. The French government did not just cut subsidies. A well organized program started to transform the impoverished vineyards of the Midi into a resource for good wine. There have been stumbles, but overall the program has been a remarkable success. Plantings of older, poorer-quality varietals including Alicante, Aramon and Baco Noir have almost disappeared. The initial replacements were international varietals, Merlot, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet. These were mostly planted in better terroirs, but often not good enough. In particular there was a lot of weedy Merlot and flabby Chardonnay. Some of these vineyards in turn are now being replanted to better varietals and/or in better places. More recent plantings have concentrated on indigenous varietals, mostly Syrah and Grenache. Some Mourvèdre is also being planted, along with Viognier, Roussanne, Marsanne and Rolle (the Italian Vermentino) for whites. Through the '80s and '90s quality improved dramatically. The ill-planned vineyards producing mediocre international varietals have mostly been replaced. A majority of the wines of Languedoc went by stages from dubious, to acceptable, to good or better.
There are increasing amounts of fine and great wine in Languedoc but the overwhelming importance of the region to wine lovers is large quantities of good inexpensive wines. This is where HPS earns its living. The wines of Languedoc are a wonderful resource for consumers worldwide. Prices for good artisan wines are competitive with prices for wines from the multinational drinks companies. The difference is in the character – it may not be too much to say, the soul – of the wines. The independent Languedoc growers we represent love their work, and that love shines through their wines.
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Sofa and armchair collection with structure in fir and poplar wood, padding in high-resilience polyurethane foam in different densities and memory foam, upholstery in thermo-bonded fiber with stretch jersey. Feet in Canaletto walnut solid wood. Non-removable cover. The Collection includes: armchair and sofa. Hand Made in Italy. Designed in 2018.
51"L x 41"D x 29.5"H
Seat Height: 17"
Wood Feet: Canaletto Walnut
Upholstery: various graded fabrics or leathers. Also available in COM or COL.
Please inquire about full list of fabrics from the collection and customizable finishes.


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Can I Replace AD with Google Cloud Identity
IT admins often ask us, "Can I replace AD with Google Cloud Identity?" It's a logical question, given that modern IT organizations would like to eliminate the majority of their on-prem infrastructure in favor of cloud alternatives like G Suite, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Google Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS).
Well, we hate to be the bearers of bad news, but Google Cloud Identity is not a viable alternative to Microsoft® Active Directory® (AD). Fortunately, a new solution called JumpCloud® Directory-as-a-Service® has emerged that can function as an Active Directory as a service alternative.
Why Replace Active Directory?
Active Directory has been the core identity provider in IT organizations for almost two decades. First introduced in 1999, AD was designed to provide user and system management capabilities for on-prem networks of Windows® based IT resources, which were dominant at the time. Examples of the these Windows based IT resources include on-prem applications and services like Office®, Exchange®, Windows File Server®, and more.
Google Apps (now called G Suite) was a direct aim at replacing these types of on-prem Microsoft resources. However, interestingly, Google has not tried to replace Active Directory. In fact, Google has developed a number of tools, such as the Google Apps Directory Sync (GADS and now called Google Cloud Directory Sync), that are designed to complement AD.
So, with the introduction of Google Cloud Identity, IT admins want to know if Google is now attacking AD directly. As mentioned, the short answer is no. Instead, Google Cloud Identity is their approach to centralizing Google hosted identities across their services. Google took this approach because they haven't had a user management system that cuts across all Google apps and services. With Google Cloud Identity, that is now possible.
Well, that's all well and good for Google. The issue is that IT organizations are looking for a comprehensive cloud replacement to AD that cuts across virtually any IT resource, including Google services. They are not interested in another siloed management tool that must be managed in addition to managing (Read more...)
*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from JumpCloud authored by Vince Lujan. Read the original post at: https://jumpcloud.com/blog/can-replace-ad-google-cloud-identity/


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Feminização da Pobreza, da Violência e da AIDS
Coisa de Mulher was created in 1994 by Afro-American and feminist women and acts to guarantee and to protect women's rights. The Center conducts studies about gender equality, maintains informational programs about sexual and reproductive health to imprisoned or formerly imprisoned women.
With BrazilFoundation's support, the project Women in Prison has promoted the reintegration of currently and formerly imprisoned women into their communities through professional development courses and activities that raise awareness of their civil rights. The project's goal was also to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases among prisoners, their families and women who work in prisons.


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James was out with his brother Paul pruning some grape vines. Two times, they stopped to talk to each other - not paying attention tothe sharp shears. Each time they each cut their thumbs pretty bad. Same thumb on both of them. They had to work bloody and silent the rest of the day.
You have to go 2 minutes into the clip where Johnnie talks about losing his hand and being a freakin' monument to justice.


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Including the Verde Valley Humane Society in your final giving plans allows you to enjoy the benefits of a gift to charity while helping save the lives of pets in need across the Verde Valley.
We simply could not exist but for investments like the ones you make.
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Still No Clarity For Pipeline Permitting ProcessJanuary 3, 2018 – Articles Law360
Notwithstanding the efforts of the Trump administration to streamline the permitting process for large infrastructure projects, the path to final regulatory approval for natural gas pipeline projects remains uncertain. President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 13,807, "Establishing Discipline and Accountability in the Environmental Review and Permitting Process for Infrastructure"[1] with the goal of establishing consistency, predictability and timeliness in the environmental review and permitting of pipeline and other major infrastructure projects and to complete all federal environmental reviews and authorization decisions for major infrastructure projects within two years. Former President Barack Obama signed into law the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act in 2015[2] that was also intended to streamline and provide a level of certainty for permitting of large-scale infrastructure projects, but focused on transportation projects and did not cover natural gas pipelines. Notwithstanding the lofty goals of these presidential actions, recent court decisions make clear that the permitting process for major natural gas pipeline projects remains unpredictable.
The permitting process for the Transcontinental (Transco) Atlantic Sunrise Project pipeline that began nearly four years ago is a case in point. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a certificate order for the pipeline on Feb. 3, 2017, construction began shortly thereafter in March 2017 and ground was broken in Pennsylvania in September 2017[3]. The project is an expansion of an existing Transco natural gas pipeline that will connect Marcellus gas supplies with markets in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern U.S. and involves construction of new facilities or modifications to facilities in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Pennsylvania environmental and public interest organizations have opposed the project and on Oct. 30, 2017, filed a petition for review of the FERC order and emergency motion for stay with the D.C. Circuit. At issue was whether the continued construction of the pipeline in Pennsylvania would cause irreparable harm to the environment and if the petitioners are likely to prevail on the merits of their underlying claim that the environmental impact statement (EIS) for the project was inadequate. With head-spinning alacrity, the court issued an administrative stay halting the project, an order clarifying the administrative stay and an order dissolving the administrative stay all in a matter of three days[4].
On Nov. 6, 2017, the court ordered an administrative stay pending further order of the court to "give the court sufficient opportunity to consider the emergency motion for stay."[5] At the time the administrative stay order was issued, some of the project's facilities were already completed and in service. The impact of the stay on the project was not clear, which led Transco to file a motion for clarification.[6] On Nov. 8, 2017, the court issued an order clarifying the administrative stay (the stay was limited to construction activities in Pennsylvania, did not preclude the operation of completed facilities already in service, or environmental controls or activities needed to safeguard the horizontal directional drill). The same day that the court clarified the scope of the administrative stay, the court issued an order dissolving the administrative stay. The court found that the petitioners did not satisfy the stringent requirements for stay pending court review.
The petitioner's emergency motion for stay argued they were likely to succeed on the merits relying heavily on the court's earlier decision in Sierra Club v. FERC[7]. In Sierra, a divided D.C. Circuit panel held that an EIS under the National Environmental Policy Act requires that an agency consider not only the direct effects, but also the indirect environmental effects of the project under consideration. At issue in Sierra was Southeast Market Pipelines Project that involved three new pipelines to transport natural gas to power plants in Florida. The Sierra court held that the EIS needed to include an analysis of the impact of the greenhouse gas emissions from the power plants that would consume the natural gas transported by the proposed pipeline. The court considered indirect effects to be those that are "caused by the [project] and are later in time or farther removed in distance, but are still reasonably foreseeable".[8] In the emergency motion for stay of construction of the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline, the petitioners argued that an indirect effect of the pipeline would be both the greenhouse gas emissions created by consumption of the gas transported by the pipeline, and also increased fracking activity. Other challenges to proposed natural gas pipelines will likely identify additional indirect effects adding to the lack of consistency, predictability and timeliness in the environmental review and permitting of pipeline projects, exactly what the president's executive order was designed to address. To add to the confusion, the court's decision in Sierra appears to be at odds with its earlier decisions regarding FERC approval of upgrades to liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals[9]. In the cases involving LNG export terminals the court held that the EIS for those projects did not need to consider indirect environmental effects such as climate change, a point noted in the dissenting opinion by Judge Janice Rogers Brown in Sierra.
The continued need for additional natural gas pipeline capacity in Pennsylvania remains[10] and production of natural gas continues to climb[11]. In Pennsylvania and elsewhere the permitting process for natural gas pipelines will continue to be challenging and uncertain and we may see more requests for judicial relief in the form of issuance of emergency stays. On Nov. 13, 2017, the Sierra Club asked the D.C. Circuit to issue an emergency stay of the FERC certificate order granted for the Nexus gas pipeline that would transport natural gas from Ohio's Appalachian basin to markets from northern Ohio to the general Detroit area. The Sierra Club once again argued that allowing the project to continue would cause its members irreparable environmental harm[12].
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"Knowledge is Power" @myTrueSpeech @CherryLetters @Talk2Q
April 18th 2012, Myself along with the lovely Mylauney Billups also Known as Cherry Letters were guest hosting on the Talk 2 Q Radio show entitled Knowledge is power. We discussed a multitude of issues such as the recent Detroit high school student protest, women confronting other women over their cheating man, promoting community awareness and more! The podcast has over 250 downloads in one week's and is still growing so If you have not had an opportunity to check out this amazing podcast then please click on the link below and tune in. And if you enjoyed this show then be sure to be on the lookout for the return of Cherry Letters and TrueSpeech in May, where Q has asked us to come back on the show and continue the wonderful message of "Knowledge is Power" DOWNLOAD PODCAST BELOW.
"Shocking 911 Phone call during #TrayvonMartin's Last moments"
The above link is a 911 phone call made by the owner of the home in which George Zimmerman and Trayvon had an altercation and Trayvon was subsequently shot and killed. This is very chilling phone call where you can hear cries for help in the background and the ominous gunshot.
"Happy Birthday Blade Icewood…R.I.P"
Today marks the Birthday Of beloved Detroit Artist Darnel Lindsey, aka Blade Icewood. Blade Icewood was unfortunately gunned down in the City of Detroit far to soon, and at a point where his music career was about to take off and gain commercial success. The tragic part surrounding the death of this artist was that 2 years before his life was taken he was the victim of a home invasion where intruders shot him 7 times with an AK-47 assault rifle resulting in his paralysis from the waist down. Blade did not let that stop as he persevered and pushed forward his career up until his untimely death. Blade's music will forever live on as a staple in Detroit music and he will be missed.
"Dormtainmnet: The Truth about Sallie Mae"
This is a video from the comedy group Dormtainment about the Truth behind Sallie Mae and what life would be like if you were in a relationship with the bane of EVERY COLLEGE GRADS LIFE…..Sallie Mae. Personally I can relate to this video to the fullest being a recent college Grad but hey, that's just my opinion.


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I'm BACK!!!
Sorry for going missing for so long! I was in Kansas City, MO, with my younger daughter for a week helping her to get her room ready for another school year teaching Pre – K at the Forerunner Christian School in Kansas City! I then got home just in time to start my long term substitute elem. music job. I worked with K-5 everyday on a 6 day rotation cycle, so I saw every class twice within that rotation cycle. I also had to get the 5th graders ready for their Constitution program which was going to be just 4 days after the teacher came back! I'm now finished with that long term sub job 🙂
I want to continue with the cards from the Jars of Love class I did.
This card used the Thoughtful Branches stamp set and Beautiful Branches Thinlits. It was done using the Sweet Sugarplum ink, cardstock, and Ruched ribbon. The jar was stamped in Dapper Denim ink and the inside of the jar was stamped using Soft Sky. Old Olive cardstock was used for the leaves which were cut out with the Thinlits. Unfortunately this set was only offered for a short period of time, but by making a card with it I sold quite a few sets!
To make the card I actually stamped the tree once on the Whisper White cardstock and then again and cut it out with the Beautiful Branches Thinlits and added Stampin' dimensionals to make it have a 3-D effect. The sentiment was stamped using Sweet Sugarplum ink.
Here is a closer look at the card.
Supplies used to make the card are:
Stamps: Jar of Love – 141587; Everyday Jars Framelits – 141490 or the bundle which includes both items – 142342; Thoughtful Branches – 143539; Beautiful Branches Thinlits – 143538 -( not available anymore)
Paper: Sweet Sugarplum – 141418; Old Olive – 100702; Whisper White – 100730
Ink: Sweet Sugarplum – 141395; Dapper Denim – 141394; Soft Sky – 131181
Other: Ruched Ribbon – Sweet Sugarplum – 141428; Stampin' Dimensionals – 104430; Snail adhesive – 104332
Be sure and go to my Stampin' Up site and check out the Clearance Rack. There are a lot of good deals right now.
Be sure and take advantage of this offer. It is so much fun to once a month open a box and have no idea what it has in it. What a fun surprise! I also have a Paper Pumpkin gathering at my house the last Sunday afternoon of each month. So you can have fun with others putting together your Paper Pumpkin project 🙂


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Permanent magnet step motors:
The principle of operation of permanent magnet motor illustrated below:
1) In this type of motor rotor is magnetized to produce a permanent magnet poles and stator contains two phase windings that should be excited by either polarity currents viz
3) The magnetic poles produced by stator current cause rotor to move as shown below:
4) Due to force of attraction for the excitation
shown in above fig:
5) The step angle in the phses would be of 45 degrees from the movement point P
6) The direction of the rotation will be decided by the sequence in which motor will be excited:
1) Motor torque is generated due to the interaction between the magnetic fields produced by the stator and rotor.
2) The step angle of permamant magnet is large and it is difficult to manufacture motors with smaller step angles.
3) The inertia of this type of motor is very high as compare to the variable reluctance type.
4) This type of motor needs the bipolar excitation viz current which is flowing through the winding needs the reverse direction or polarity for an Ex A , B which we can't see in variable reluctance types of motor.
5) Variable reluctance motor require unipolar voltage drive alongwith the less number of power devices per phase but in case of permanent magnet the power devices will be more as compared to variable reluctance.
Advantages of permanent magnet motor:
1) Due to inbuilt permanent magnet these are having lower power requirements.
2) Due to permanent magnet these are having higher detent torque.
1) Due to use of permanent magnet the motor gives lower torque per unit volume
2) Step size is negatively large
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> From: "Wes McKean" <firstname.lastname@example.com> > > Well, the time spent **blocking** would be negligible, since we are talking > about client/server network communications. We can expect the entire > message to arrive in a reasonable amount of time. Most messages will arrive > inside one byte buffer anyways. Depends on the PDU size but I pretty much agree with you on most of what you're saying. > Continuing our discussion... > > Yes, so I think I have the general idea now. The thread doing the reading > reads in these byte buffers and looks up our decoder. The decoder doesn't > do anything but break the incoming message down into a tree of TLV values. > This is MUCH easier to do, since all the decoder is bascially dealing with > at this point is TLVs, not ASN.1 messages. Once the tree is complete, then > we pass it off to something else to interpret the tree and send the message > off to be processed. Sounds good to me, could you carve up some documented interfaces. I could then work with you to build the SEDA Stage for your decoder. Looks to me you're going to implement a > > This gets me excited, cause it is elegant and is totally different from the > way the current, stream/message based decoder works. Oh dude this is getting really cool. I think the whole interpretation of the TLV tree will be really interesting now and probably all that much easier and cleaner to implement. We could also do some interesting things to make the server faster by not converting certain ASN.1 datatypes into Java types for comparison ops. We would need to talk about this though. I think you're opening the door to something new for us and we will not know about its full potential until we start seeing the data inconversions happening in the V part of the TLV. > So, if we are in agreement, then this is the approach I will take... Oh yeah. But I wanna work with ya too or at least look on. You got me pumped up man. Let's talk interfaces so we can divy up the task of fitting this thing into the server. Cuz you may not want to deal with putting it into the Merlin and SEDA stuff. I can focus on that and you can focus strickly on the ASN.1 stuff. Now that we're making our components POJOs with container wrappers for using in multiple containers this should be cake. We got a nice separation of concerns here. Let me know what interfaces you intend to expose. I'll then start building them into the server that way the integration is ready once you have the decoder working. While doing this we still need to focus on documentation too. I've just had so many things going on lately, both work and health related. Having walking pneumonia (can't spell that) has screwed me over lately with the stupid doctors visits. The inlaws are visiting and I have to clean up my computer hole. So you know how it is ... Anyway let's rock as best as we can on both the site and this little decoder component. It's a good exercise for the both of us. Till l8r, Alex
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Why Exercise is a Bad Strategy for Weight Loss
If You Want to Lose Weight, STOP Focusing on Exercise
Yup, you heard me right.
I'm a strength and weight loss coach in Mississauga, Ontario. I write nutrition and fitness plans for my clients both local, across the country, and international. I also have an online weight loss course that you can sample for free here: https://fitin20.ca/online-courses/.
Yes, I'm a personal trainer, and yes, I teach people how to exercise and work them out daily. So why am I asking you to stop focusing on exercise?
Because the evidence is in: exercise is a TERRIBLE way to try and shed those excess pounds. In the long run, it just doesn't work. That claim is backed up by many independent, double-blind research studies, so before you write it off, check it out for yourself ?.
I'm in the final stages of writing my book "Where Winners Lose & Losers Win: PERMANENT Weight Loss Made Simple." I've suspected for a long time that exercise inhibits weight loss, but I decided to research it for the book, because I didn't want to make unsubstantiated claims. In this blog we'll look at what the issues are around exercise inhibiting weight loss. An easier way to lose weight instead of exercising is to have a gastric band fitted, you can read more about this online and decide whether it is the right option for you, it could help with weight loss and may be a healthy alternative for you because every individual is different. Or you could begin your journey off lightly and opt for liposuction for fat reduction once you're deep into your weight loss plan. Perhaps you can make your decision after reading the rest of this article…
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The Problem
We've been sold a bill of goods, folks, and we've been sold it by the food industry, I believe. Now I'm no conspiracy theorist. That being said, I've seen many of the companies who produce what we would consider to be "junk" food creating programs designed to "help get kids moving.' The problem is that movement is not the problem. Eating is the problem.
I believe that they'd like to take our attention off the real culprit causing obesity and overweight in society today: the foods we eat. More on this in another blog. Right now we're going to talk more about why trying to exercise your weight off doesn't work.
It's Hard to Out-Exercise Bad Eating
From the research I've done, there are several things that we need to consider when we think of trying to out-exercise a bad diet:
1. It takes a lot of exercise to burn relatively few calories. If I was to go out for a run, for example, for an hour, I might burn 400 to 600 calories. I'm a 190 lb man. If you weigh less, you'll burn less. If I then have 2 mixed drinks, I'm in a caloric deficit of 100 calories, and my running will have amounted to nothing.
2. Exercise has been shown to slow our metabolism down. Yes, our bodies will compensate: the harder we work them, the more they try to conserve energy.
3. There seems to be a cap on how effective exercise – over-and-above a "moderate" amount – is in helping us lose weight. For example: the hour-long run I mentioned above may all accrue to weight loss IF I don't eat junk after or before. Now let's assume I want to burn even more calories, and so I go out and do another spin class, or cardio-kickboxing class. Guess what? The extra calories burned will have a diminishing effect, according to research. The more we exercise, the less the effect.
4. When we exercise, we get hungrier, putting us at risk of eating more.
5. Hunter-gatherer tribes in Africa have been studied as to daily caloric expenditure. You'd expect these people to burn WAY more calories than we sedentary office-workers in the West, right? Well, guess what: these tribesmen and tribeswomen who forage and run around trying to kill live game all day DO NOT BURN ANY MORE CALORIES THAN WE OFFICE WORKERS DO. True story: Herman Pontzer studied the phenomenon.
6. Exercise gives us a certain kind of "permission" to cheat more on our diet. "I've burned a bunch of calories," we reason. "I can have a treat!" The problem stems from something I call vagueness. Unless you're counting your calories-in vs. calories-out exactly, AND unless you're factoring in the glycemic load of the treats you're eating, chances are you're going to keep gaining weight. That's because the caloric and thermic balance of the food you're eating will most likely be in favour of weight gain. After all, this has been your pattern all along, if you're overweight.
7. There are several studies showing that longer-term weight loss programs which include both diet and exercise have little or no advantage over programs that just focus on diet.
Proper Eating is the Answer
When I hear people say that it's "80% diet and 20% exercise," I always say a firm "No, it isn't." It's 100% diet, and 0% exercise. If you want to lose weight, focus on your diet. What you eat will determine whether or not you lose or gain (I'm assuming, of course, you have no major issues inhibiting a normal metabolism).
Consider slim people who have never had a weight problem. If you ask them why they exercise, most will tell you they don't. Of those who do, they will RARELY say they do it to maintain a healthy weight. Usually their answer is that it's simply a matter of staying healthy, and living longer.
So, if a slim person doesn't exercise to maintain their weight, then why are you – who wants to become a slim person – trying to?
If you want to win at the game of losing weight, then why not take a page out of the book of the experts, those who maintain a healthy weight?
You May Need Help
This weight loss stuff is a lot harder than it may seem at first. It requires the right information, the right motivation, the right inspiration, and the right support. If you think you might need support, then please reach out to me.
My name is Mike MacKinnon, and I am a personal trainer, strength coach and nutrition coach right here in Mississauga, Ontario. I'd love to speak with you about how I might be able to help you reach your goals, be they weight loss, fitness, or both. I'm good at what I do, and I can help you. Please feel free to call/text at 647-677-6025, or e-mail me at email@example.com
And don't forget to request your FREE copy of my "Blueprint for Weight Loss Success." There's a free food plan, recipe book and meal prep guide in it just for you! Plus I can add you to my weekly e-newsletter which has lots of good information in it as well.
Finally, don't forget to "Like" my Facebook page at "Fitin20". I post daily free stuff there with lots of good hints and tips for weight loss and gaining muscle!