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Sporting Clays like trap and skeet uses traps and clay targets to duplicate, as far as possible, conditions and presentations you would normally find while hunting. A typical sporting course is laid out over a 10, 20, or 30 acre site, ideally in rough, hilly terrain. The path that shooters follow usually takes a circular or horseshoe shape enabling shooters to start and finish in roughly the same place. Targets are thrown from 10 to 14 shooting stations along the path. Courses can be laid out with either automatic or manual traps, usually set out-of-sight. Six different types of targets can be used: standard, midi, mini, battue, rocket, or rabbit. Target sequence may incorporate singles, report pairs, following pairs, and true (simultaneous) pairs. A round usually consists of 50 or 100 targets. The shooter's gun must be visible below the armpit and may not be mounted until the target is visible.
Sometimes overlayed on a trap or skeet field, this game uses 6 to 8 automatic traps. There are 3 levels of difficulty: Level I, 5 single targets with full use of the gun for scoring; Level II, 3 single and a simultaneous pair; Level III 1 single and 2 simultaneous pairs. Shooters (squad of five) can move from station to station with a predetermined menu of shots and combinations, or in a sequence unknown to the shooters. 5-STAND SPORTING® is a registered trademark of Clay-Sport International, Inc., Alberta, Canada. In the U.S., 5-STAND® is licensed by the NSCA.
The most challenging form of sporting shooting, it is the French version of practice for field shooting. Unlike the free and easy format of English or American Sporting, FITASC Sporting is shot in squads of up to six with a fixed order of stands (parcours, in French) that are shot in strict rotation. A competition normally consists of 200 targets shot over three days in eight rounds of 25. In each round of 25, shots are taken from at least three different stands. The shooter is required to hold the but of the gun below armpit level until the target is seen. Great variety and lack of repetition is accomplished by use of a number of traps. Single targets are first shot by the entire squad. After the entire squad has completed the singles, combinations of the singles are presented as doubles. Here, as in English Sporting, all six types of clays are used. Generally speaking, targets tend to be at longer ranges with the added challenge of continual variation of speeds, angles, distances, and target combinations.
A round of skeet consists of 25 targets in a set sequence of singles and simultaneous doubles. Squads of five shooters take their turns from eight shooting stations. Each squad member takes two singles and one double from stations 1, 2, 6, and 7. Two singles are taken from stations 3, 4, 5, and 8. The 25th target is taken after the first target is missed or as a final target (low house #8) after 24 kills. Targets are thrown a distance of 60 yards. Variations in the angles of the targets presented from the "high" and "low" house result from the shooter moving from station to station. American Skeet is the only discipline that has regular, specific tournament events for sub-bore shotguns: 20, 28, and .410.
Shooters, in squads of five, start on station 1, shooting one pair of doubles each to station 7. Then they reverse, shooting one pair each from stations 7 through 1. On station 4, shooters must shoot the high house target first. On reversing, (shooting 7 through 1), they must shoot the low house target first. In tournaments, the events are on a total of 50 (or 100) targets with the last pair shot on station 1. Scoring is one point per hit target.
A seven station version of American Skeet, substituting the singles thrown on station 8 with a double on station 4.
An eight station format like that of American Skeet with faster targets thrown at 72 meters. The shooter is required to hold the butt of the gun at hip level until the target is seen, which may be delayed for up to 3.5 seconds after the "pull" request. Single and double target sequences are slightly different from American Skeet with a high single and on pair of doubles from stations 1 and 2; high and low singles and one pair of doubles from stations 3, 4, and 5 (on station 4, the high bird must be attempted first in doubles); a single low and a double from station 6; one pair of doubles from station 7; a single high and a single low from station 8. A round is 25 targets (no option shot). Like Olympic Trap, shot charge is restricted to 24 grams (approximately 7/8 oz.), with any safe powder charge. For tournaments, all shells must be of the same type and load.
The most basic of all the trap disciplines. Standard targets are thrown as singles. The horizontal direction is randomized with a maximum angle of 22 degrees measured from a line from the trap to the middle station. The height at which the targets are thrown is constant. The distance is constant at 50 yards. A squad of five shoot in rotation from five stations arrayed in an arc located 16 yards behind the traphouse; 5 targets are thrown at each station, after which the shooters move to the next station on their right. A round is 25 targets with one shot allowed at each target. An English variation is called Down-The-Line, a two-barrel discipline that allows two shots at a single target with scoring penalty for a second-barrel hit.
The same as American Trap, except the shooter stands further back than 16 yards - but no longer than 27 yards. The ATA reviews handicap yardage for shooters every 1,000 targets as part of their handicap system.
As the name implies, two targets are launched simultaneously from one machine. Squads of five shooters rotate the five positions on the 16 yard line. Shooting events consist of 25 or 50 pairs. Like American Trap and Handicap Trap, scoring is one point per target hit.
Portions of this page are excerpted from:
Black's 2002 Wing and Clay Shotgunner's Handbook
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Rinaldo's research and publication record focuses on Black cultural politics; histories of colonialism in the Americas, multiculturalism, citizenship, and diaspora; gender and sexuality; and social and public policy. He is the author of Black Like Who: Writing Black Canada (1997/2003); Editor of Rude: Contemporary Black Canadian Cultural Criticism (2000); and Co-editor with Roy Moodley of Counseling Across and Beyond Cultures: Exploring The Work of Clemment E. Vontress in Clinical Practice (2010). Additionally he has written numerous essays and commentaries on a range of cultural and political issues pertaining to contemporary life.


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Astley School is now open to all year groups on alternate weeks.
From Monday 1st June we have been opening gradually in line with government guidance.
Please refer to the updates emailed to parents and included in the "Letters to Parents" section of the website for further details.
For those not yet in school, information is available in the "Home Learning" section on the website.
Tel: 01299 822002 Email: [email protected]
Our prospectus has been designed to give you an overview of life here at Astley School.


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"I'm Gaglioppo's son. I'm rosè like the rose and the strawberry of my bouquet. I'm strong and robust, but also soft. I conquer everyone because I'm elegant end enjoyable. I love fish starters".
Gaglioppo is a grape variety that is found primarily in Calabria in the south of Italy. It makes bolder red wines and will also turn out a sweeter style wine when very ripe. Skin contact is kept for two days in cold stainless steel tanks. This cold condition creates a very fresh, tangy quality with hints of crushed strawberries and cherries on the palate. The texture is very round and smooth, a very pleasing style of Rosato.
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Tech industry moves quick and the world of internet moves quicker. A whole range of popular music streaming services have popped online in recent years but going forward, they must evolve to ensure profits or wither away, reveals a new report.
A number of online streaming services are already struggling. The competition is getting tougher and profit margins are being choked. According to report from Generator Research, a hefty portion of the profits made by streaming services such as Spotify goes away in royalty fees.
The streaming services are required to pay these fees to the artists, labels, rights management groups and numerous other entities in the music industry in return for licensing their music. The result is that nearly 60% to 70% of the profit made by these services has to be handed over in lieu of royalty.
This is making sustainable profitability an increasingly difficult goal for these services. Many more offerings are cropping up, user base is spreading across more contestants and the current growth rates do not promise greener pastures in the future. However, as the Generator Research report suggests, this may change as the streaming services evolve to devise new profit-making avenues.
This is possible, for instance, by bundling music streaming services with broadband deals or data plans. We are already seeing this happening in the case of Beats Music and AT&T. But it yet remains to be seen whether this model shows any promise. Another possibility is to find vendors for anonymized data from the users of these services. This data can reveal music habits, trends and a lot more, and that is precious information for many advertisers out there.
Companies such as Spotify and Pandora are well poised to double their user bases by 2017. But at their current profitability margins, this may not be enough. One of the keys to success in the future for these companies would be to successfully translate their free users into paid subscriptions. And that's an uphill tasks which will require significant improvements in the services.
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Cropper is a fox that almost died after a fight with a dog. It was Mike Trowler that found him on the road and picked him up, taking care of him and becoming buddies for life.
Cropper is now Mike's companion, going with him for each walk, in a friendship that destroys the myths about 'old foxes'.


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According to the Center for Construction Research and Training, escalator and elevator accidents are responsible for nearly 30 deaths and 17,000 injuries each year in the United States.
Furthermore, people who work on or close to elevator shafts account for almost 50 percent of elevator fatalities, while the other 50 percent are caused by falls.
By definition, an elevator is a type of vertical transportation that moves people and objects between floors of structures and buildings with multiple layers. Unfortunately, elevators often cause severe injuries and deaths to people throughout the state of Georgia and across the United States each and every year.


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Hi guys,
My name's Liam and I'm a third year student studying IT Management for Business (ITMB), at the moment I'm working for Credit Suisse in London and I'm here to write about my experience on my placement year!
I moved down after my exams in June and starting working straight away – you might think that's a little early but I was easily distracted by the excitement of it all, plus I'll have a nice long break before final year to look forward to! My current role is Technical Analyst and it has quite a broad range of possibilities depending on which part of the business you choose to join; my day to day involves creating reports that directors high in the company will use to make decisions, simplifying internal processes using the training I've had from uni and supporting various projects in a team spanning Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
It's not all work, work, work though – you definitely get the opportunity to enjoy everything London has to offer whether that's going out, spending the day exploring or just relaxing with friends. In Canary Wharf there's always the chance to go out for a few drinks after work and if you want to go out properly there's all types of bars/restaurants across the city you can choose from; no matter how you like to spend your free time you can guarantee there's a way to do that in London, and maybe some things you can't do elsewhere too.
As I write this blog I am looking at pictures (you'll take many, trust me) from the last couple of weeks to remind myself what I've done in the evenings/weekends and I can't help but smile; with work I have been on a treasure hunt across Central London, team drinks and I also took part in another team's bowling night. I mentioned earlier that there are things in London you can't find elsewhere and that really came to light for me last week – I was fortunate enough to get tickets to the Apple Music Festival with a friend and we managed to win for four free concerts in a week, we had a blast!
I am from Manchester originally and I chose to live with my parents in first and second year so moving to London was a bit of a culture shock, I wasn't expecting it before I moved but I think it probably hits everyone a little bit at first. For me I think the key to getting out of that was just to throw myself into every social opportunity that came my way, establishing your circle of friends and reminding myself "You're in London! This is incredible!". It's not like anywhere else in the country and that takes some getting used to, but it's an experience I would recommend to anyone!
If you're thinking of doing a placement it's probably time to start applying, a few companies open their applications just before the academic year starts and it looks good if you're on the ball with your application. Get someone to check your CV before you send it off. A lecturer will probably help if you ask them to and we have a great careers service at uni that will as well, most companies will want you to do a series of tests before they interview you and you can find loads of free versions online for you to practice with.
Throughout the process make sure you speak to your course mates as well because you probably won't be the only one thinking about a placement, you might end up at separate companies but if you end up in the same city finding somewhere to live will be so much easier as you can pair up!
I applied quite early as I knew the companies that I really wanted – this meant I could apply to those companies last and use the other companies as a practice. If I didn't get the earlier ones I was okay with it, but I got interview practice with real recruiters and received their real feedback too.
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Distinguishing Harmless Fears from Phobias. Not all fears are harmful, in fact, many are even useful.
For example, fear will make you more aware and stop you from walking out into traffic or jumping from a considerable height. In this case, fear and being "switched on" is useful and beneficial for personal safety.
Other fears can be useless, that does not necessarily indicate that it is harmful, either, in fact, there are useless fears that nearly all people seem to naturally have, such as a fear of snakes, spiders and excessive heights or whatever it may be. A person with a "useless fear" that grows itself into a huge phobia can most often function quite well by avoiding situations. It is easy, for example for a person to live with a phobia of needles, this generally leads them not to put themselves in that situation and avoid it wherever possible.
To gauge the degree to which your fear is affecting you, ask yourself the following:
- Is the fear taking up a lot of my time? Do I think about it obsessively?
- Is my fear forcing me to do things the hard way? Do I go out of my way to avoid having and an injection or having blood taken, or would I rather just continue to panic at the mere thought of it and remain unwell or not adequately immunised?
- Is my fear affecting other relationships in my life? Do I stress my partner/parent out every time I have to go through any treatment process as I am extremely afraid of what might happen?
- Is my fear affecting my physical condition? Do my hands shake frequently? Is my pulse often rapid? Do I get lots of headaches? Do I often feel nauseated or do I feel sad or depressed?
If you have answered yes to any of these questions, you are a likely candidate for needing assistance.
With respect to a fear of needles, whether it be having and injection or giving a blood sample or even donating blood, it is of course natural for us to have a healthy respect for sharp objects, however, will also know that needles or having blood taken can save lives, so appropriate respect without unnecessary anxiety is healthier option for all of us. Therefore, if you have had high anxiety around needles, injections or donating blood you will have noticed how focused your attention was in these times; so focussed in fact that the sub-conscious mind has learnt to be fearful even if you can't remember or imagine being anywhere near a needle.
A needle phobia may have established such a firm hold on your life that is seems impossible to unlock, or even understand and perhaps is even manifesting into something else and the majority of phobias generally stem from one of the following:
- Product of severe stress;
- A series of experiences over a period of years, which has built up to excessive anxiety;
- It may be a product of a fear of fear;
- It may have been transmitted to you by someone else; or
- It may have been the result of severe past trauma.
Therefore, why not try to change the nature of that memory, those very worst memories, so you can relax about possible future exposure to having a needle, injection or blood taken, no matter what the reason may be, you can learn to be calm about it, having greatly reduced the emotional response.
Through the use of guidance and hypnotherapy Karen will be able to assist you with ways of overcoming those fears and phobias that stop you from making the most of your life and allow you to feel better about yourself, which will benefit you in so many ways
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Contact with Mary Dickson
Contact with Mary Dickson airs weeknights at 9:55 p.m. on PBS Utah. The long-running community service series features interviews with non-profit and arts organizations. Filmed in the PBS Utah studio, the interviews provide an important outlet for more than 300 non-profit groups each year to reach a broader community audience with information about their services and upcoming events.
If your organization or non-profit would like to appear on Contact with Mary Dickson, please email the producer at email@example.com.
Flourish Bakery/Unshackled is holding its 2019 Let's Flourish gala at Red Butte Garden.
University of Utah Department of Theatre is presenting Dracula the Musical.
Pioneer Theatre Company is welcoming its 2019-2020 Season.
Adopt-A-Native-Elder is having its 30th Annual Navajo Rug & Jewelry Sale.
Even if you don't think you're a fan of country music, Osher and Lifelong Learning want to encourage you to learn more through a special four-part course.
YWCA Utah is holding its Annual Leader Luncheon that benefits Utah women and their families through safety, opportunity, and advocacy.
Cruiserfest is an event where off-road enthusiasts can connect and participate in workshops and presentations to learn more about exploring the world around them.
The 2019 Made in Utah Festival is focused on the best of local Utah businesses, artists, and more.
Salt Lake County Animal Services is having its 2019 Petapalooza.
The Wasatch International Food Festival celebrates rich and diverse cuisine
The University of Utah is having its 2019 Be Well Utah Health Fair.
Osher Lifelong learning Institute is preparing for its fall season.
The Children's Center provides comprehensive mental health care to infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their families.
Craft Lake City is holding its 11th Annual DIY Festival.


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Life in Laos through the lens of a diplomatic wife raising twin toddlers.
Being a wanderlust is a bit of a distraction, even though I've been living it for most of my life now. Even as we make a career and life-style out of the passion, our heads are always in the clouds of our next destination. To learn, to see, to do, to taste, to discover and rediscover, to love, and even to hate certain things about a place. It's to know all of this once we're there that fills us.
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H1N1 "Swine" Flu-Prevention for Students with Hearing, Vision Loss
Free-Loan Accessible Videos Provided by the U.S. Department of Education
Spartanburg, S.C.-Flu-prevention education is important for everyone. For the more than 1.5 million children in U.S. schools whose learning is impacted by a vision or hearing loss, the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) has an accessible collection of videos about virus and disease prevention available free. Programs can be viewed with captioning, description, or both, with one of these titles captioned in Spanish.
Programs within this free-loan collection are appropriate for elementary through high school students. Health-related topics range from general tips for stopping the spread of germs to in-depth information about the prevention of the flu virus and other contagious illnesses.
According to Bill Stark, Project Director of DCMP, "Captioned, described, and Spanish-language classroom videos that are engaging to K-12 students are in short supply. During this time of heightened health concerns, we are pleased that the DCMP can provide health-related media that are accessible to all students."
The DCMP, administered by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and funded by the U.S. Department of Education, is a free-loan program that provides access to over 5,000 educational media titles with captioning and/or description as well as information and training resources about accessible media. Parents, teachers, and others involved in educating K-12 students who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind can register for a free DCMP account at http://www.dcmp.org.
More information about the DCMP's collection of flu-prevention videos is available as a downloadable flyer at http://www.dcmp.org/flyers/nadf150.pdf.
Additional Accessible H1N1 "Swine" Flu-Prevention Resources:
Two 508-compliant U.S. government websites with information about the H1N1 Virus:
- The U.S. government posts a website regarding H1N1, pandemics, and informative resources at http://www.pandemicflu.gov.
- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also has a website with highly useful information about flu prevention at http://www.cdc.gov.
The following resources were provided by the National Association of the Deaf:
- The CDC has also posted, on YouTube, an informative 5-minute flu-prevention video with captions at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5t1r7yG7rM.
About the Described and Captioned Media Program
The DCMP is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the NAD. The mission of the DCMP is to promote and provide equal access to communication and learning through described and captioned educational media. The ultimate goal of DCMP is for accessible media to become an integral tool in the teaching and learning process for all stakeholders in the educational community, including students, educators and other school personnel, parents, service providers, businesses, and agencies. Learn about accessible media and why it is an integral tool in the teaching and learning process by watching the production Equal Access in the Classroom, available at http://www.dcmp.org/equalaccess.
About the National Association of the Deaf
The NAD was established in 1880 by deaf leaders who recognized the right of American deaf community members to use sign language, to congregate on issues important to them, and to have their interests represented at the national level. These beliefs remain true to this day, with American Sign Language as a core value. The mission of the NAD is to preserve, protect, and promote the civil, human, and linguistic rights of deaf Americans. The advocacy scope of the NAD is broad, covering the breadth of a lifetime and impacting future generations in the areas of early intervention, education, employment, health care, technology, telecommunications, youth leadership, and more. For more information, please visit http://www.nad.org.
If you'd like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Bill Stark, please call Kathy Buckson at 800-237-6213 (VOICE) or 800-237-6819 (TTY), or visit the DCMP website at http://www.dcmp.org.
A PDF copy of this release is available at the following URL: http://www.dcmp.org/outreach/pr/h1n1_release.pdf.
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Dee Creggan
Dee offers counselling by phone and online via Zoom.
As a fully qualified Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, Dee can provide a safe and nurturing space to explore the difficulties that life can throw at you. She will emphasise the importance of increasing your self-awareness to allow you to develop an in-depth understanding of your problems. In a supportive and confidential therapeutic environment, this understanding can make way for changes in thinking and behaviour, allowing for real life changes and the development of the skills needed to address future stressful life events.
By establishing a therapeutic relationship based on respect and trust, you can work together to identify goals and discover ways to manage the challenges and difficulties of life. She has worked with a range of issues including, but not limited to
- Anxiety disorders
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- Bereavement
- Anger
- Low self-esteem
Dee is fully qualified, insured, and holds an up to date PVG. She attends regular Clinical Supervision and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) to ensure her skills are kept up to date.
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English PREP School
Teaching and project periods
The teaching terms are very intensive, but relatively short, so that there is time to work on assignments and projects individually or in groups. The full year programme has 4 teaching terms and 3 project weeks. Each teaching term is followed by an exam week. The exams aim to provide you with a reliable indication of how much your learning is progressing. During the projects, you will put the skills you have learned into practice and learn to collaborate with others in international teams.
A typical teaching week will consist of 15-20 hours of classes/coaching sessions. Besides this, there is a considerable amount of homework and out-of-class assignments to be done, so be prepared to approach PREP as if it is a 40-hour working week. Classes are 5 days per week, Monday to Friday, and are scheduled between 8.45am and 6pm.
Extra-curricular activities will be offered by the University and PREP school including the opportunity to join a language buddy program to learn Dutch.
Learning materials
Many PREP school students come from a very different educational culture with different methods of learning. At PREP school, we focus on study skills that you will need to be successful at a Dutch University. It is not about what teachers teach and students memorise. Students work together with teachers to generate new knowledge and master new skills. These skills need to be learnt and no matter how dedicated, effective and inspiring a teacher is, the learning has to be done by students. To make your learning more effective you need to constantly critically evaluate what you do and how you do things. The PREP programme will help you develop an effective learning style.
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Open Position: Product Manager at Sniph
We are Sniph
Europe's fastest growing service for people who love smelling amazing. We believe that scents make a greater difference in our lives than we can possibly imagine and we revolutionize the way people discover, try and shop for scents.
With thousands of members in Sweden and the UK and more than 50 niche perfume brands in our portfolio, WIRED Magazine recently selected us as one of Europe's 100 hottest startups. And we have a long and exciting journey ahead of us. We are now looking for a Product Manager to drive our product vision and make Sniph a true digital leader for improving people's lives with scents.
We're looking for someone who is equally at home with product, design and business intelligence. You value qualitative and quantitative research equally, and know when is the best time to apply each. You are comfortable looking deeply inward at our own data and usage, and outward at the market, industry and consumer trends. You have extensive experience in user research, creating user value, and communicating the "why" of short-term and long-term product roadmaps throughout an organization. You have a passion for building sustainable products that scale - and you've done it at least once before. Experience from fashion and/or beauty is not a must, but a plus.
You are someone who
- Has experience with Shopify or similar e-commerce platforms
- Understands site optimization as well as SEO, SEM and SoMe to drive conversion
- Is used to project management tools and agile development methodology
- Can create and contribute to: wireframes, storyboards, rapid prototypes, information architecture, user journeys, user-stories together with our development and design team
- Can incorporate data and research into the product development
- Will create and follow up on Key Performance Indicators such as retention, conversion and average revenue per customer
- Is keen on exploring and setting interaction and functionality together with team and customers
- Is fluent in English
Your responsibilities will be
- Leading our development team (currently consultants), located in Stockholm, as the owner of the technical roadmap
- Hiring a team of developers and designers
- Providing vision and direction to the development team and stakeholders
- Ensuring that the team always has an adequate amount of prior prepared tasks to work on
- Planning and prioritizing product feature backlog and development for the product
- Defining product vision, roadmap and growth opportunities
- Working closely with Marketing and Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROI
- Leading the product release plans and setting expectation for delivery of new functionalities
- Providing an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals
- Research and analyze market, the users, and define impacts on the roadmap for the product
- Follow – and be inspired by – our competitors and the industry trends
- Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends
Why you want to join our team
- Opportunity to become an ess(c)ential part of a growing company
- Freedom to shape our product to meet our short and long term business goals
- Unique chance to work in a tight team of passionate entrepreneurs and team members
- Be part of a company focused on international growth and success
- We have high ambition, a strong vision and lots of energy
- Stock options offered to key talent
This position will be based in Stockholm, Sweden, and will be part of the company's management team, reporting to the CEO.
Apply by sending your CV and cover letter to firstname.lastname@example.com
Please submit your application in English.
About Sniph
Sniph is a subscription service that makes it easy and delightful to discover new scents. Every month we deliver selected exclusive brands in small bottles. We are currently based in Stockholm with operations in UK. We deliver to Europe and are expanding our product portfolio to other areas involving fragrance and beauty.


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The trailers for Ubisoft's Far Cry 3 have been insane and disturbing, so it's no surprise that their pre-E3 teaser follows along those lines. This one is more like a drug trip that reveals little about the game, save perhaps for the random clip of the protagonist fighting a tiger. Looks like animals will be a "foe" in Far Cry 3 as well.
We'll be hitting up E3 next week and we'll visit Ubisoft's booth to try our hand Far Cry 3 as well as Ubisoft's other big hits that they'll be showing off, like Assassin's Creed 3. Make sure to tune in as the convention gets rolling starting on Monday, June 5.
You can expect to sample Far Cry 3's brand of crazy weird on September 4 for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.


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The attorneys at Warren & Siurek, L.L.P., have successfully served a broad range of employment law clients since 1992. The firm's concentrates its labor and employment practice on matters involving, without limitation, executive compensation, negotiations and disputes, employment contracts, severance benefits, unpaid or underpaid overtime compensation, discrimination, wrongful discharge, wage and hour claims, unpaid commissions, whistleblower/qui tam claims, restrictive covenants, trade secret issues, Family Medical Leave Act violations, ERISA, and disability benefits.
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Texassince 1988
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texassince 1988
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuitsince 1998
My Education
University of Houston Law CenterJ.D. - 1987
My Memberships
State Bar of Texas
Houston Bar Association
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The next annual Pūkaha Wairarapa Garden Tour is on from 7-8 November 2020.
The 2-day, self-drive garden tour will feature beautiful and unique gardens in North Wairarapa to raise funds for Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre.
There is something for everyone from grand country estates to delightful cottage gardens. Dotted along the tour, and available at some of the larger gardens will be locally sourced and home-made refreshments.
You are welcome to bring your own picnic and cash sales of plants and garden art are available.
- The tour is held rain or shine
- Money raised will go towards forest restoration at Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre
- Children are welcome
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The interesting history of Toowoomba goes all the way back to the 1800s. Its history is intertwined with the arrival of a botanist and explorer from England – Allan Cunningham. He arrived in the country from Brazil, where he spent time collecting botanical specimens on behalf of Joseph Banks. Cunningham's explorations eventually bore fruit when he discovered 16,000km2 of land that was fit for farming and grazing in 1827.
Origin of the Name
Upon the discovery, Cunningham named the land Darling Downs. He named it after the then New South Wales Governor – Ralph Darling, who would later be knighted and become Sir Ralph. It wasn't until 1840 that the first settlers arrived in the area. Perhaps, the settlers wouldn't have arrived if George and Patrick Leslie had not established Toolburra Station. The station was around fifty-six miles to the southwest of Toowoomba.
Transitioning to Municipality and Township
Toowoomba became municipality on November 24, 1860 following a petition by local residents to Governor Bowen. Toowoomba then became a township officially in 1892 following a decision made by the Under Secretary of Public Land. As the local community continued growing, it was evident that the Town Hall wouldn't be able to serve it well. A fire that destroyed the existing Town Hall forced its sale to the Roman Catholic Church to raise funds for a new one.
The new Town Hall cost $10,000 to build. It still stands strong today. The newly constructed Town Hall owes its existence to a number of people who include Architect Willoughby Powell and Alexander Mayes. Alexander Mayes was given the task of putting the Town Hall up before being elected later to serve the Toowoomba as a Mayor. From the time it was first established, Toowoomba has been known as an educational, commercial and agricultural center.
Growth between 1950s and 2010s
Toowoomba added public service departments, military installations and tertiary services to its landscape between 1950s and 2010s. In 1961, it became first city to elect a female mayor in Queensland. Nellie E. Robinson holds the distinction of being the first democratically elected mayor in Queensland. The city has a rich history of being the first in many other areas as well. Some of these include the following:
- The first town hall in Queensland
- The largest non-capital city in inland Australia
- The largest regional theatre in the country – Empire Theatre
- The home of the first female concert pianist in the country – Elsie Maude Stanley Hall
- The world's first Earth Friendly Concrete, which was created by the Wagners
- The home of the first brewery in Queensland, which was opened by the Perkins Brothers
- The first radio station to have a license in Queensland – Gold Radio
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Georgia law states that all citizens with vehicles must have at least minimum car insurance. Insurance providers offering car insurance in Georgia are required to have licenses as stated by code or law. The Georgia Division of Driver Providers or GDDP provides the car insurance law, which enables you to put limitations on motorists who fail to follow the rules.
The car insurance law in Georgia is applicable to car owners that need membership in Georgia. A golf cart, trailers, campers, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, bicycles and also mopeds doesn't require membership or protection. Nonresidents being employed in Georgia may drive for about 30 days and a visitor for 90 days with an out-of-state membership. The state provides nonresident army staff stationed in Georgia the option of registering cars in their state of residency or perhaps in Georgia. Nonresident students going to school in Georgia have the choice of enrolling their cars in Georgia or in their home state.
The law demands owners to keep continuous insurance coverage for the whole time they possess their cars. The DDS needs documentation of insurance to give driver's licenses, car registrations or license plates. Inability to give proof of constant coverage can lead to loss in driving access or revocation of car registration.
The state keeps vehicle insurance documents in the (GEICP) or also called Georgia Electronic Insurance Compliance Program which is a data-base system and would not take insurance cards as being proof of protection. The law needs insurance companies to send insurance information electronically to the GEICS list within a month of providing a new policy or once a policyholder made adjustment or expires coverage. The method incorporates with the state's car title or license plate list, letting county tax officers and also law enforcement officers to identify a car owner's agreement with the law.
Insurance providers give insurance detail cards to their policyholders, discussing insurance policies. Whilst Georgia law will not take insurance information cards being evidence of insurance policies, insurance companies should issue cards and motorists should always have their cards available if needed.
Motorists who do not adhere to minimum protection of Georgia auto insurance requirements face suspension of driving license and also loss of car membership. Driver suspensions need pre-payment of half a year of minimum insurance coverage to bring recover license or registration.


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Diana Friedman
This is a true story. Often at night, after a 16 hour work day, I would lie in bed motionless, except for my hands which moved all on their own. The left one first, pulling a salmon off the cold metal table, turning it dorsal fin up, and handing it to the right, the two of them sliding it down into the catch tray. The left then, lifting the tail while the right twisted the neck so the pole went straight through the gaping hole where the head used to be. The left, pushing forward until the pole came out the rear end with a little pop, followed by blood and soupy brown gunk. Then the fish was on its own, pulled into the machine, my left hand already reaching for another. Vroom, went the belt with a deep roar as it caught the fish, chugga chugga, passing it down the machine and spraying it with water, and then screeee, a high pitched wail as the blade came up to slice the belly. Finally, the glop of the intestines and organs spilling onto the floor, barely audible above the whine of the machine. Sometimes when we moved fast the noises would all come together in 3/4 time like a song: vroom chugga chugga, vroom chugga chugga. Buried in three pairs of socks and black rubber boots that reached to my thighs, my foot would tap to the rhythm of the fish getting carried off through the machine, vroom chugga chugga, vroom chugga chugga. One night as I faded off to sleep, I saw myself right side up, pole in my wide open mouth and out my rear, my whole body sliding through the machine, vroom chugga chugga, vroom chugga chugga.
We hate to admit we miss it. It seems impossible. But every year when May swings by, the new fleet of birds chattering and
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rolling songs off their tongues, the winds quieting down, dropping and shifting toward summer lolls, my old friend Sally and I transcend the physical boundary of distance that now sits between us, and independently and simultaneously think of the orange and purple sunsets streaked like finger paints into the gray blue sky. Retreating tides of the shallow bay we watched from the rusted, beached boats. The two small whales that greeted us at Frank's Lagoon by the airstrip, scraping the barnacles off their bellies in the breakers and then gliding effortlessly back out to sea. In Port Moller, Alaska, at the northern end of the Aleutian Chain, the sun did not bother to set; it merely circled around the top of the sky. That far north, a well seasoned man explains to me one night soon after I arrive, directions are not symmetrical; north swallows up 180 degrees, while the west, south and east share the rest. For a month I do not see the daylight fade. The days go on and on, unbroken and unmoved by the dim appearance of the moon and a few stars.
Sally and I, recent college graduates, have by chance, 4,500 miles from home, found one another at this fish factory, and bonded like flies to sticky paper. Early season, before the work picks up, we wander the low tides of the bay, tiptoeing around the perfectly cylindrical and smooth orange sand dollars that blanket the mud flats. The intensity of the light and distortion of space delude us into thinking we can see past the horizon. Deceptive, but empowering, like the day we walk to the other side of the bay and back again in a few hours, and are not the least bit tired because we don't realize we've walked 12 miles. During those rare free moments, I prowl the beach for treasures, my eyes working to filter the jewels from the junk in the rough sand. Over the course of the summer I find a 1950's Coke bottle, three solid glass balls from Japanese nets, a bear claw, and a dead walrus. In this corner of the world, as I am soon to learn, everything gets washed up but nothing gets washed away. Those days are few, though. Soon after arriving, we work every day in the fish factory, where we are all androgynous, bound in layers of underwear and ratty sweatshirts, big boots, our hair up
under scarves, hats and bandanas. Some of us have double aprons and big yellow plastic sleeve and leg liners to keep the fish blood from sliding down under our clothes. Save where they place us on the line, save where the men somehow wind up in the "harder" positions that just happen to pay more, males and females are barely distinguishable. They won't let us "girls" on the forklift, because we don't possess the requisite gearshift and ball bearings. Those of us with any energy left after work covet the floating long-shore positions. They pay higher wages because the work involves loading off a dock and onto a boat, a task covered by a separate union. After 5 p.m. it is paid at time and a half, close to 18.00 dollars an hour, which is a lot of money in 1985 for all of us here. The guys from the fish house get rotated through the forklift positions as well as being selected for the relatively simple task of checking off boxes as they get loaded on the ships. I approach Dale, the boss of the camp, telling him nicely I'd like to long-shore. After I have been passed over often for an 18 year old boy who is a slacker on the line and makes the rest of us compensate for his laziness, I am no longer so amiable. I have a brain, I tell Dale. I drop hints about letters to the president and discrimination lawsuits to people who like to gossip. Dale is a young, handsome man, here with his young, pretty wife and young, cute baby. Dale, I want to say, wake up. This is the 1980's. It's simple: if you can change a diaper, I can long-shore.
I run for ILWU local 37 union rep. against Luis, an older Filipino man with a pot belly and aviator glasses. In the few years since the company, Peter Pan Seafoods, has been sold to a Japanese firm, the union has been under attack. My college diploma still wet with fresh ink, I am convinced that I am the one who can best organize the workers and represent us to management. But it is my first year here and there is much I don't know. Most of the white people vote for me, the Filipinos for Luis, although Virgil, who vacillates between teasing me and sneaking me beers, crosses over on my behalf. Luis wins hands down and I am annoyed because I didn't even get to make a campaign speech before the vote was called. Luis, the man who has repeatedly told me I cannot rack the fish as they come off the line because I am a girl, is
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now going to represent me to the company. He puts his arm around my shoulder and says: It's okay. We're all brothers here. We will all work
together. Brother and sisters, I mutter, grudgingly conceding defeat. Later, after the union meeting, Luis asks us to bow our heads so that together, we can all pray.
In general, the men here are only good for one thing, and most likely not even good at that. In July I test out this hypothesis. I have had none all summer and I take three in one weekend because they are all leaving Monday and that's the way I like these type of men: leaving. Friday, a wilderness trip leader from Arcata, Saturday, a fisherman from Seattle, and Sunday, a geology student from Fairbanks. All have rock solid bodies, firm and well defined muscles from weeks of exercise and hard work, unlike their minds, which appear to have atrophied to empty caverns. No matter: their minds are not what I'm after. Mel, an energetic and friendly man in his 50's, who is supposedly just out of jail, is working next to me on the line one day when we are hand cutting the fish. He tells me I have a perfect body— just the right amount of meat on my hips, not too little, not too much. And then, like a locker room buddy, he asks me for information about my preferred sexual activities. I turn the question back to him and he obligingly launches with great specificity about how he likes to have women sit on him, but not on his face. All the while we're scraping out the insides of some enormous female king salmon, throwing the thousands and thousands of bright orange and red eggs into buckets to be later packed into fancy wooden boxes and shipped off to Japanese gourmet shops. Virgil, sitting down next to me at evening break during a long day, touches the hair on my arms and says, Shave this. It's ugly. Why you got so much anyway, he asks, pulling on it a little too hard. My fist goes like it has a mind of its own and before I know it, I've slugged him on the upper arm. My limbs are out of control from being overworked. He is shocked I hit him. I have hurt him and he rubs his arm with a wounded look on his face. But he stops bothering me about my arms.
Fernando, a scrawny 19 year old Filipino with beautiful sad brown eyes follows me all over camp. When he thinks no one is looking, he tries to kiss me. During meals he sits across the room and stares at me. And stares. And stares. His eyes do not leave my face for up to 30 minutes at a time. I try to be sensitive and recognize that this is acceptable behavior in his culture, but I cannot get used to it. I make faces and stick out my tongue to get him to stop but this only seems to encourage him more. I prefer to hang out with Jaime, Fernando's friend and roommate who has actually asked to be nicknamed Tinkerbell. He prances and skips about, flirting with everyone to prove he is up for the job. He tells me about his boyfriends and girlfriends back home in Seattle and I admire his courage to gender bend in a place like this. By midsummer Fernando gets up enough nerve to invite himself over to my room, where he sits quietly on the other end of the bed and makes goo-goo eyes at me. So I talk, not knowing whether he is really listening. One day, I ask him what he does when he's not here. Pick grapes, he tells me. He sees my surprise and asks, kind of laughing, kind of sarcastic, What did you expect from a Filipino? Something inside of me tightens, but by the end of the summer, after working together on clean up crew every night, where we have water fights with the power hose, we reach an easy place and walk back to the bunks together teasing each other and holding hands.
Mid-July, we are peaking, hundreds of thousands of pounds of salmon a day and we are in the factory from 7 in the morning until 11 at night. My hands ache from the constant dampness and motion.
I fight to keep pace, because the men on my side insist that I don't go fast enough, and they set up down the line from Kurt, who works the machine across from me. Somewhat to my consternation I cannot let
it go. I cannot resist the challenge to disprove the slander, and I work
even harder. At night though, on the advice of the nurse, I coat my hands with a thick layer of Ben Gay and two sets of plastic surgical gloves to keep in the heat. Regardless, in the morning my hands are frozen shut like crab claws from the swollen muscles. I gently peel off the
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gloves one finger at a time, immerse my limbs in a sink of hot water, and then slowly unfurl the talons one by one as the blood returns. By the end of breakfast, they are more or less uncurled, enough to put my work gloves back on. Two men from the company that makes the machines visit and they time Kurt and me without telling us. Later, they announce that he and I are the two fastest people on these machines in Alaska that they have ever clocked.
So who are the women at the Peter Pan Seafoods fish factory, where the men are boys and the rest of us make up the deficit? There is Jackie, a large woman with long straight dark hair from Hawaii, who comes only for a month and steals Sally's rings that she was considering buying, because, as she told her friend before leaving, she is poor and Sally is Jewish, and can afford it anyway
There is Misha, a strong and energetic 17 year old straight out of high school, a basketball player on her first summer adventure away from home. She grunts in disgust when I lift my pants above my boots and show her my hairy legs. She thinks they are that way because I have not had time to shave them, not realizing that I live in Berkeley, and it has been four years intentionally There is the other Diana, a short and sturdy Filipina woman from Seattle who in her other life is a cosmetician and always manages to look well groomed even after working with fish and blood for 12 hours. She gives me the best haircut I have ever gotten, for all of seven dollars, in the middle of the communal bathroom in the trailer where all the single women stay There is Gail, from Everett Washington, who is 19, small and pale with dark, curly hair, who likes to sit in my room and make popcorn with me and listen to me talk about anything in the world. She says she likes boys, but no one believes her There is Sally, tall and dark and mysterious, a self described nerd, and founder of the hug club, which provides platonic affection for anyone in need. She has made her way here from London via Anchorage, in search of adventure, escape, and capital to fund her
next adventure, and much to her own surprise, winds up snagging the cutest, most popular guy in the camp… There is Mignon, a small thin blonde woman with a sharp nose who the fishermen cannot resist calling out to: I'd like a piece of filet, she sure is good enough to eat. One evening she offers me a pop and I have no idea what she is talking about, thinking she wants to give me ice cream or a punch in the nose. She looks at my eyes and tells me what a relief it must be for me to not have to worry about putting on eye shadow every morning since I have such gorgeous and thick eyelashes. One night she is drinking a beer with Sally and me on the beach and one of us mentions being Jewish, I think it is me, and Mignon says, Oh. I knew a Jewish person once. She was okay. And she nods to let us know we're okay too
In August, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game closes Dutch Harbor and much of the fleet comes in to dock for showers and supplies. We light a bonfire of broken pallets on the beach and Dave, a chunky fisherman with a brown beard is playing his guitar and invites me to join in. I get mine and he shows me some new riffs and we jam, although I have to stop every few minutes because my hands keep falling asleep. The fog meanders across the bay, finally diving through the hazy twilight, and at 10:30, as we are wailing one of my favorite Beatles songs together, I think I am approaching my own version of paradise. Until Lee Ann shows up with her beautiful soprano voice and somehow gets us switched into the Jesus songs. I stand up to stretch and go out back and drop my pants to get rid of some of the beer, feeling the wind cool my bare bottom. As I watch my pee hit the sand and make little dark spots, I can hear them yelling and calling for their savior. The next morning, Sunday, we get our first day off in 7 weeks and I stay in bed until lunch. I dream of bright, fleshy fruit, the likes of which I have not seen for two months. I put my head under the pillow to block out all light and sound, all the better to feel those grapes, strawberries, plums, peaches, and blueberries kissing my deprived taste buds.
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And then, at breakfast one cloudy morning not too many days later, Roy the mechanic comes storming in with his rifle announcing he's just shot a bear out by the dump. Did it charge you, someone wants to know. No, he announces. It was that two year old grizzly that's been digging through the dump. Would have hurt somebody, someday. I took care of it. Someone else asks if he's going to save the fur or any pieces to take back home. You bet, he nods proudly. Good work. Somebody else slaps him on his back. Sally and I head out to the fish house to start work, heads down, reminded that despite our best intentions to forget it, we are here to slaughter.
Late season an uncharacteristically benign rumor flies through our trailer and a few of us wander to the end of the dock to check it out. It is true. Misha is driving a forklift, picking up empty pallets and moving them to the other side of the room and back again. She is practicing for next year. We are astounded. How did you get up there, we ask. Did you grow a penis? No, she laughs, John lent me his. John is the owner's son, her new boyfriend. As the season slows down, I play my guitar more and my hands don't fall asleep so quickly. Around 7 one evening there is a knock on my door as Sally and I are working hard on Me and Bobby McGee. Friedman, calls Dale's voice, want to long-shore? Be out on the dock in 15 minutes. He's pulled Sally and me, and we check off the boxes on the sheet on our clipboards, clocking up the big bucks, as the other workers loads the pallets of fish onto the Japanese freighter rocking on the waves at the end of the dock.
By the middle of August, we are working only two or three hours a day and we all sleep a lot to make up for the lost hours. One afternoon Sally gets me out of bed to see the volcano steaming and smoking across the bay. We sit quietly, resting our backs against a stack of pallets, munching peanuts. For a long time it threatens to erupt, and then all of a sudden, it simply stops.
By early September the tides come in higher and higher and flood the boardwalk between the trailers and the mess hall. When we hang out in the bunkhouse closest to the bay, we can hear the stormy water slapping the pilings underneath. We are informed one morning that we will be shipping out the next day. We are ready—a gray boredom has hung over the camp the last few weeks along with a heavy fog and drizzle. I gather up my shells, sand dollars and bones to return to the beach. Walking away from camp out to the tundra, I see a faint movement in the mud flats. I squint and can vaguely make out two baby brown bears wrestling. I look back to the trailers and see a few people with binoculars out on the porch quietly watching the cubs.
I drop my hands in the icy water, halfway wanting to throw in
my body to cleanse it and exchange some part of my soul. I cannot wait to get my hands on my enormous paycheck that will fund my
coming excursion to Europe, but my heart bears down when I realize I most likely will never be back.
I shake the water off my hands which have already gone
numb from the cold. Putting the sand dollars up to my lips, I whisper
thank you, to the bay, the bears and the beach, and then I fling the shells as far as I can into the water, and head back to my room to pack.


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Marie Cobb and Postulano sharing a moment at a v18c get together in November. Postulano is owned by Donna Richardson of Fox Hill Farm near San Marcos, CA. Donna was kind enough to open her farm up to v18c members for some liberty images and she let us enclose a section of her barn with backdrops, duct tape and electric cords to play with artificial lighting techniques. Thank You Donna!
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Putting together an All-Star team is a pretty daunting task.
You have the WHOLE SPHL roster in front of you and you always want cream of crop right? Wrong. I want well-rounded players, gritty players, and playmakers. I have a player that's -13, I have a player that is +23. Having most of the players come to Columbus to play against my Snakes, I based a lot of my team off of what I remember seeing.
Although, my Cottonmouths are all winners, there were only two I selected. It was tough, but I think in my statistical mind, I have built a fantastic team.
Dawnie's Dangerous Dream Team
Courchaine, Adam (HSV) –his record speaks for itself, but I like the way he plays. His hockey sense makes him phenomenal in the net.
Billet, Brian (KNX) –having faced only 40 goals against, something has to be said about the team in front of him. But, even with a 9-4-1, he knows how to rule his paint.
Ruby, Jordan (MAC) –I know, I know…he's only played 13 games. But I really like Jordan, he's a risk taker. Given some stability and time in the net…he'll go far!
Right Wing
Spraggs, Riley (PEN) –No surprise here. The #3 rookie in the SPHL, with 25 goals in 27 games, Riley is a natural goal scorer.
Educate, Lou (HSV) –Lou is all over the ice. With 72 shots on goal, he's proven that he leads from the front.
Klecha, Dakota (PEO) –you hear his name all the time! A +9, with 21 goals, he's a great play maker to have as your winger.
Dion, Cody (PEO) –this guy is HUGE (in stature). He's 6'5"!! Holding a +11 and 23 goals in 27 games with 73 shots on goal, this season, sometimes you just need a big guy to do big things on the ice.
Left Wing
Marcuz, Ryan (MRK) – with 20 goals in 31 games and 93 shots on goal; all he needs is a clear lane to the net. Enough said.
MacDonald, Justin (EVN) – with 24 goals in 22 games, how is Justin a -3? With 111 shots on goal, you can bet he creates havoc for the net-minders.
Gentzler, Daniel (MAC) –Daniel truly is a play-maker. He's a skilled player that sees the ice well, and a call up to the ECHL, he has untapped potential.
Sandler, Luke(KNX) –what I like about Luke is that when he has the opportunity, he shoots. With 93 shots on goal and 20 goals in 27 games… does it matter he's a -7? He clearly steps up for his line-mates with 72PIM. In my mind…he's pretty well rounded.
Thompson, Taylor (FAY) –great clutch player when you need that goal to get up and over. 24 goals in 27 games, and 86 shots on the net…this guy can only get better.
Cesarz, Danny (KNX) –a definite playmaker, you hear his name all the time. 22 goals in 28 games, and only a -1. I'm good with it.
Lamacchia, Massimo (RNK) –his name is just fun to say!! Honestly, 23 goals in 29 games and 95 shots on the net, I'm good with that. A skilled forward, his D-men need to stand up to help his -6 on the ice.
Craig Simchuk (COL) –seriously, don't count him out. He's probably the player with the most ice time on the team. Starting out playing defense, then RW, LW, and Center. Craig has the versatility every coach needs in a two-way player. 10 goals in 26 games, and 32PIM, he doesn't take crap from anyone. "Google me!"
Kaiser, Nolan (HSV) –a defenseman with a +23 rating? Come on, who wouldn't want this guy on their team.
Pszenyczny, Dave (PEO) –a guy who isn't afraid to go the extra mile and mix it up to still be a +5? Yes, please.
Galbraith, Spencer (COL) –this guy is fast, he's feisty with 45PIM, and just when you think you've got him, think again. Only a -6, who says you need to go to college to play hockey!
Sova, Joe (MRK) –the #7 D-man in the SPHL, he has the second highest shots on goal at 79 for defensemen. Does it really matter that he's -13? He comes with 15 points and a game-winning goal.
Michel, Ryan (MAC) –a +14 D-man? No wonder he's on the number one team. Total assist maker with 11 points, I like Ryan. He plays well, he's fast, and he doesn't like the sin bin, only 6PIM. WOW!
Bourke, Brad (EVN)- yeah, so he's -17. Give that +/- to a new team. He's #4 in the SPHL among his D-men. With 18 points and 55 shots on goal. I'll take it. Nowhere to go but up with Brad.
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Roanoke's Sam Ftorek is my coach. He's gritty. He knows how to play in-your-face hockey with an edge. I'd pick Sam to lead my team.
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Grand Canyon tour from Phoenix, What you need to know before your trip
- By kevin
- On May 22, 2018
- North America
- Travel Tips
Since it's really too far from Phoenix to do as a single day trip, you'd better to arrange more time to stay there. Or you can drive yourself and tour it yourself with our travel guides. You'll get all the guide info you need when you enter the Globerouter.com website. Allow about 4-5 hours for the drive depending on where you start from in PHX.
Visit Grand Canyon South Rim from Phoenix:
Once you enter the South Rim of the park, you'll see Grand Canyon Village, which holds the park headquarters and visitor center, the historic El Tovar Hotel, and a handful of local restaurants. You can explore the canyon from here using either West Rim Drive (Hermit Road) or Desert View Drive. Both are accessible by shuttle and private cars, except from March to November, when only shuttle buses are allowed. Desert View Drive follows the South Rim of the canyon for 26 miles, offering views of the canyon's rock formations. Yaki Point and Grandview Point are popular panoramic lookouts along the drive.
For a nice hike that affords great views of the canyon, walk along the Rim Trail, an easy, paved 12-mile trip that can be hiked at length or in short segments, and is accessible via the South Rim heading westward. In the summer and at various points along the trail, you can hop on the free South Rim shuttle bus.
You can also follow the Bright Angel Trail (on foot or by mule) from the Grand Canyon Village down into the canyon. This 12-mile round-trip trail offers close-up views of the Colorado River and the chance to experience the Grand Canyon from below.
When to visit the Grand Canyon?
The best times to visit the Grand Canyon are March through May and September through November when daytime temperatures are cool and the crowds are thin. If you decide to visit during the summer (the park's peak season), be prepared for hordes of tourists and very limited lodging availability. You can find deals on hotels during the winter, but much of the park (including the entire North Rim) closes after the first snowfall. The South Rim is open year-round.


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What could be more gorgeous than planning your fall wedding in a vineyard north of Dallas, where all the trees are bursting in the colors of bright yellow, orange and red? The DFW area has seen a color change for about 10 years now, and each year the colors seem brighter and more beautiful. Catherine knew this, and planned her wedding and colors around the peak time in the fall. Catherine's style was classic and romantic, but more than anything, she wanted her family to surround her on her wedding day. Catherine has a lot of experience planning weddings, as she worked in the hospitality industry and graduated with a hotel and restaurant management degree. Needless to say, she enjoyed planning all the details for her wedding, along with her mother, Sandi. I was lucky enough to be included in her day, as I've known her family for years and years. So I and my lead planner came aboard as Day Of Coordinators to execute Catherine's perfectly laid plans, and we were able to watch Catherine and Keith when they said "I Do" on November 19, 2016.
Catherine's lace dress was exquisite, with delicate buttons on the back. Her sister and maid of honor buttoned her up before the photographs began.
We love these personalized hangers, and know that Mrs. Catherine Miller will use hers for years to come!
Catherine's father, Carl, presents her with a single perfect rose, and a note from the groom. We love this tradition of couples exchanging notes prior to the ceremony – so sweet.
Catherine's father places a sixpence in her left shoe – for luck and prosperity in her marriage.
The vineyard of Mitas Hill is the perfect place for photos, and it was wonderful that the leaves were still on the vines so late in the season. It made for gorgeous photos with some beautiful girls!
One gorgeous family on a very happy day!
We love a bride that can pop a champagne bottle and not break a nail!
The groom and his men also snapped pictures among the vines. The above picture shows the father of the bride with the groom, and his other future son-in-law.
Catherine chose the stunning flowers to blend with the fall colors of the vineyard! Could these flowers be any more beautiful? Flowers by Petals Couture
Walking down the aisle, against the most vibrant yellow oak tree.
The photographer captured the look of the groom, just as he sees his bride for the very first time as she walks toward him. It's a one-in-a-lifetime look, which every girl dreams of. Photos by Kelly Garsee PhotographyOh, the orange color of that huge tree, the vineyard view, and magnificent flowers. Quite a backdrop for a wedding!
Delighted parents watch their oldest daughter get married.
A kiss and a dip!
We love it when the groom steals another kiss at the end of the aisle, and the guests love it too!
Well, since the bride and the groom kissed, so did their parents, and we loved this!
Carl and Sandi have a beautiful family – a new son-in-law, and a soon to be another new son-in-law! Finally Carl has some hunting buddies!
Oranges, and purples and yellows, oh my! The perfect flower arrangements for a fall wedding in Dallas!
The first dance as husband and wife!
Next, the father daughter dance, but Catherine had a surprise for everyone, which included her mother and sister. The bride and her father did a choreographed dance, and everyone was captivated! Catherine was a former professional dancer, but her father just recently retired from the Dallas police force, so it was fun to watch the two of them together. It was fantastic!
Catherine chose an ombre cake – the current trend for wedding cakes. And for her groom, a Texas cake with white chocolate dipped strawberries. Cakes by Sweet Art Bakery
Sandi and Carl enjoying a dance together!
The barrel room of Mitas Hill Vineyard
Catherine and Keith ended the night with a sparkler heart among the vines. Is that not an amazing picture? Catherine married her prince, and Keith married her princess, and we believe that they will have happiness for years and years to come. We are so excited to see what their future brings!
Vendor Love
Officiant: Leroy Armstrong
Venue: Mitas Hill Vineyard
Photographer: Kelly Garsee Photography
Florist: Petals Couture
Cakes: Sweet Art Bakery
Caterer: Five Star Events
DJ: JP Gregoriew, DJP Creative
Transportation: Limo City
Videography: JP Gregoriew, DJP Creative
Linens: Metro Linen
Wedding Coordination: Sue Kelson Events


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Festivals and Events
Cartoon Forum Presents 80 TV Projects
Attendees of the 2016 Cartoon Forum — taking place in Toulouse, France from September 13-16 — will be introduced to 80 new TV series projects from 22 countries across Europe. The 27th edition will feature a spotlight on Irish production and reveals a strong trend as over half of the participating projects are cross-media concepts. By demographic, one fourth of the projects are aimed at preschoolers and about 10% are aimed at young adults and adults. Organizers expect about 850 industry professionals to take part this year.
France leads the pack by country of origin, with 26 projects presenting this year. The U.K. and Ireland follow with nine and eight projects, reflecting their steady production trend. Belgium, Spain and Germany are represented by four projects each, while the Scandinavia region has five (three from Finland). The industry continues to grow across Europe, with projects from Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Bulgaria and more.
This year also offers a first Canadian production — Snowsnaps from CarpeDiem — in order to grow the collaboration established at Cartoon Connection Canada. The project has been selected by several European broadcasters which attended the October 2015 event: CBBC, France Televisions, Walt Disney UK, YLE Finland, Channel 5's milkshake!, and Canal+ France.
And Korean projects will be presented for the second time: Tori's Adventures (Tori Design), Slow Slow Sloth NEUL (J.Bugs) — both selected by five European broadcasters (France Televisions, M6, Canal+ and Turner France) and Bellboy Luke (Anyzac), picked by SK Broadband as a special Award recipient at Cartoon Connection Asia.
Cartoon Forum's inaugural national "Spotlight" will showcase the Irish animation industry. Ireland's animation sector is flourishing, accounting for one-third of the country's audio-visual industry, and Irish studios work with some of the globe's biggest broadcasters in a range of techniques and formats. In recent years, Irish animation has been represented at major international awards — including the Oscars, BAFTAs, Emmys and Annies. The country's competitiveness is bolstered by the Section 481 tax incentive.
Cartoon Forum 2016 will offer Irish studio presentations during the Croissant Shows, an Irish Farewell Dinner & Party and other special events.


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Eight New Little Preludes & Fugues (Digital Download)for Organ, with Optional Pedal
Craig A. Penfield
Organ 2-staff
Organ 2-staff
The "Eight Little Preludes and Fugues" (BWV 553–560), historically attributed to J.S. Bach, have been a cornerstone of organists' repertoire for many years. They are among the first works encountered by most organists during their training, and for many, they continue to remain an essential part of the service-playing repertoire. With this volume, Craig A. Penfield has created a "new" set of eight little preludes and fugues that takes its inspiration from the original collection. Penfield has written these works in a mild "neo-baroque" style that combines strong elements of traditional baroque writing with some contemporary touches. Pedal throughout these pieces is entirely optional. There are markings of where pedal can be used, but any or all of these can be omitted, and the "pedal" notes are easily played entirely in the hands. This item is for Digital Download; print edition also available: 70/2131L.
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My indie game studio, working to build a sci-fi RPG focused on an original story and classic gameplay.
All designed with traditional 2-D art techniques and frame animation.
All characters are animated with dozens (if not hundreds) of individually drawn, frame-by-frame motion sequences. All without 3D rendering or skeletal puppeteering.
All maps and backdrops are one-of-a-kind illustrated images. 2-dimensionally drawn, with implied depth and perspective, programmed to provide 3D interaction and functionality.
A meticulously crafted, original universe built on extensive lore and story. Everything is carefully planned; faction hierarchies, technology, ship naming conventions, character backstories, etc.
A streamlined, action-packed modern take on turn-based combat. Emphasis on action and skill yet balanced with a healthy dose of stat and equipment management.
First and foremost, a single-player RPG experience rooted in story. Gameplay supplemented with a plethora of side quests, mini games, and more.
Tread lightly as you explore a vast section of volatile space in your trusty ship. Engage with pirates in a nearly lawless swath of systems, locked between two warring empires.
Stay tuned as we continue development. As a small team of hobbyist developers, progress without funding is a slow (but steady) process. An unfortunate side effect of being a small unfunded team means we're slow to update our social platforms, as for now we're prioritizing our limited dev time to game assets.
But rest assured- unless we announce otherwise or remove this page, production remains active.
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Years later, Gingerbread still leads all versions of Android
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Android 4.1+ Jelly Bean has moved ahead of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in terms of popularity among versions of the platform. That said,...
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The annual developer conference will attract hordes of Android faithful come next April.


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A "Not So Scary" haunted house for children ages 12 and younger is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday and from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the El Zagal Shrine Center, 1429 3rd St. N., Fargo.,ND
Parents' admission is free, and children's tickets are $7 and available at the door. Proceeds benefit the El Zagal Shrine director's staff operations.
For more information, call (701) 235-7521.


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Is Baghdad about to fall to ISIS, a group which the US media has told us is more evil than evil itself (except, of course, for the Khorasan Group, which is far more terrifying)?
Media reports that ISIS is only a few short miles from Baghdad, having established themselves in the notorious (for US torture) Abu Ghraib suburb of Baghdad and pressing ever closer to the "green zone" hosting the Iraqi government offices as well as the (Vatican-sized) US embassy compound.
It comes to this, after more than $2 trillion spent to defeat a "tyrant" in Iraq who kept ISIS-like groups at bay. A war fought to eliminate weapons of mass desctruction that the perpetrators knew were a fantasy. A war fought on the corpses of a half-million dead innocent Iraqi children. A war fought on propaganda to rob and decieve American taxpayers by hypnotizing consumers of mainstream media propaganda. A war fought for "patriotism" pushed byanti-Americans.
Infowars' Kurt Nimmo captures the pure obscenity of US foreign policy with this very simple observation:
ISIS will soon shut down Baghdad airport with anti-aircraft missiles provided by US and Saudis.
Really, what more can be said?
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Massapequa native crowned Ms. New York Senior America
If you had asked a young Maureen Griffin-Damone if she would ever compete in a pageant, the answer would have been a resounding, "no way."
Fast forward a few decades and that's also what she would have said if you asked her if she would be open to driving across country on a motorcycle. But Griffin-Damone, it seems, has a way of surprising herself.
The 62-year-old Massapequa native was recently crowned Ms. New York Senior America, beating out 10 women from across Long Island for the title as well as a cash reward. In October, she will compete against other seniors from across the country for the U.S. title.
Designed to promote a positive image of aging, Ms. New York Senior America draws a variety of women 60 years and older who display their beauty, talents and elegance at the yearly pageant at Molloy College in Rockville Centre.
Contestants are judged on how they carry themselves during an evening gown portion, interview, talent performance and on their philosophy of life.
"Being young is in [your heart] and it doesn't matter how old you are," read Griffin-Damone in her philosophy of life. "Being young is pursuing the dreams that God put in your heart because He put them there for a reason. Sometimes those dreams can seem a little crazy. The most important thing to staying young is to have a sense of humor, and to put as much fun as possible into every single day. And that makes me look forward to being a very young 90-year-old."
Griffin-Damone—whose resume includes teaching high school English and a musical theatre masters degree as well as a background in dance—said her life started in her 50s. Prior to that, it was commuting to the city, going on auditions and working an office job.
"When I got to 50, I said, 'you might as well do the fun things while you still can,'" said Griffin-Damone, who treated herself to excursions like vacations, parasailing and white-water rafting.
But it was a chance encounter in 2007 that led to Griffin-Damone's life changing forever. Griffin-Damone met her now-husband, Curtis, at a concert at Water Lily's on the Nautical Mile, and despite his best arguments, she refused to get on his motorcycle. But the next time she saw him, she gave in and by the end of their trip to Jones Beach, she was hooked.
A few months later, she had a motorcycle license and her own bike and in the last decade she's racked up more than 116,000 miles, including a six-week cross country trip for her honeymoon.
But riding motorcycles didn't just unleash Griffin-Damone's inner biker, it also let out her inner musician.
"I started amassing all these stories about the whole motorcycle culture and the people we'd meet. I started writing songs and recording," said Griffin-Damone, who is set to release her fourth album this month.
Her songs and social media presence soon caught the attention of Steve Vaccaro, who invited Griffin-Damone onto his radio and Cablevision show, as well as encouraged her to audition for the Ms. New York Senior America pageant.
Though she was initially hesitant, she threw caution to the wind and joined 50 others at the auditions at the Massapequa Bar Harbour Library. She sang an original, "Foolish Old Lady Chasing A Dream," accompanying herself on piano.
The judges loved it and soon Griffin-Damone found herself in the world of pageantry, working with a mentor and doing everything she could to avoid tan lines. And though pageant contestants have a stereotype for being catty and mean, Griffin-Damone said at Ms. New York Senior America, that wasn't the case.
"Everyone was really supportive and we were just like sisters," said Griffin-Damone. "I feel really close to a bunch of them. We were all just saying, 'what the heck are we doing in a pageant?' There were ladies from 60 to 79 in this pageant, from all shapes and sizes and walks of life. We became such dear friends."
In addition to winning the crown, Griffin-Damone was also named Miss Congeniality, a title voted on by the contestants. She's currently doing local events and performing with the Seasoned Steppers—a senior tap dancing group—as well as getting ready for the nationals in October.
"I am looking forward to making new close friends like I made at the New York Pageant," said Griffin-Damone. "The women with whom I have had contact all say they want to have a great time. How wonderful to have friends in every state!"


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Sean ... wait for it ... tried a cream sauce!!!!!
I know, I know...it's not like he's Anthony Bourdain all of a sudden. But if you knew the depths of his dislike for cream sauces, or really any sauces, you'd know how huge it was when he said he would try Pioneer Woman's Cajun Chicken Pasta.
I won't try to do a better job of explaining how to make this dish than Ree, whose photography and writing is really worth a click over. But enjoy the pictures and know that you, too, can concur your mate's fears!
If I had done anything differently, I would have seasoned the chicken more. My cajun seasoning contained salt, so I was very hesitant to give it a good shake.
Cook the chicken up at a really high heat and set it aside.
I suck at slicing tomatoes. Just wanted to show you my lack of skillz and also, how awful my knives are.
This dish involves a lot of butter. And cream. This is where I should say something about how I then ran on the treadmill but that is bullshit. I then watched television.
Saute the peppers, onions and garlic in the buttery oily goodness, then remove, placing on the same plate as the chicken.
I got this adorable chardonnay juice box for cooking purposes, which is a great option if you don't consume wine fast enough in your house.
Then, if you're like me, get some of that excess cream out of there in hopes your mate won't recoil with horror.
Sean thought it was "okay." That's a start, at least.