text: Loyale 2.7 Turbo 1847 Posted November 5, 2009 (edited) This is the Result of my Wife's Search, she was after another car to keep as Backup vehicle, since the Series of Unfortunate Events that we faced with our Beloved Subaru "BumbleBeast" after the 7.3 degree Earthquake... and my '69 coupé is at my parents' home, far away... ► As usual in all my posts, underlined words are web links to further information on the subject. I wanted to buy a Local -Honduran- '90 Legacy with LADM (Latin American Domestic Market) Specs, means that its EJ20 engine came from factory with an Hitachi Carburetor and Distributor, and its 5 speed manual transmission has Dual Range; you can see Photos and a Video of that, in the following thread, ~► Here. But between my Wife and I, the only one who liked it was me... also Subaru doesn't have Dealer Support nor aftermarket support anymore in my Country, so to obtain spare parts for Subarus became difficult here; you can read more about that "fading" Subaru Dealer situation, ~► Here. So, we needed a Second Car, especially after our baby Daughter was born; and our "New" car shall have plenty Dealership and aftermarket support to avoid the problem of Lack of spare parts that I'm facing with my Subaru; and also we were on a very low budget; so after searching in internet, we won an Auction at the COPART website and we obtained this used 2000 Kia sephia Sporty sedan. It was Ridiculously Cheap: $ 300.ºº US Dollars for the Car plus another $ 300.ºº for the Delivery inside a Container, on a Merchant Vessel from Georgia (USA) to Honduras (Central-America) we're very near; then we just paid the cheap import taxes... and Kias are pretty abundant here, just like toyotas, they have plenty of Dealership and aftermarket support, mainly because Kias has been sold in Honduras / central america, since the 1970's decade. The car came with a minor Hit on the upper part of the front trunk, like if it hit the rear of a big pick up truck's trailer hitch; and has faded paint, but also it has a Very Clean interior that looks like if only the driver used the car, and never had any passengers. I know that older Kias are considered Junk in USA, but they have improved the Overall Quality in Recent years, I think from year 2000 they're Much better than the previous models used to be for sure; but still Kias are Cheap cars, and Used cars are very Expensive in my Country, so that Kia was a good bargain for us. The Question is: Does Anybody at this Club, have Experience with Kias / Kia Sephia? This sedan has an 1.8L DOHC MPFi in-line 4 cylinder, 16 valves, non-interference Engine; 4 speed Automatic transmission with Overdrive, Sporty mode; comes with chromed 15" wheels, rear spoiler and a CD Stereo, but it has Missing its Faceplate. Any Advice will be Very Welcome! ( Edit: it has Around 111,000 Miles)Kind Regards. Edited May 26, 2015 by Loyale 2.7 Turbo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Vatican City, Oct 29, 2012 / 11:23 am MT ().- At a Mass on Sunday closing the bishops' synod on the new evangelization, the Pope reflected on the need for faith in overcoming spiritual blindness and also appealed on behalf of the victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Drawing from the day's Gospel of Mark reading, the Pope noted that Christ curing the blind man Bartimaeus "is the last miraculous healing that Jesus performs before his Passion, and it is no accident that it should be that of a blind person, someone whose eyes have lost the light."
Pope Benedict noted that physical blindness "has great significance in the Gospels" because it "represents man who needs God's light, the light of faith, if he is to know reality truly and to walk the path of life."
"It is essential to acknowledge one's blindness, one's need for this light, otherwise one could remain blind for ever."
The blind Bartimaeus represents mankind, the Pope went on to say, because he "represents man who has lost the light and knows it, but has not lost hope."
Pope Benedict made his remarks at the close of the Oct. 7 - 28 synod on the new evangelization in Rome, which gathered bishops from the world over to Rome to discuss the transmission of the Christian faith in the modern world.
The synod "meaningfully coincided" with the opening of the Year of Faith and the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, the Pope said.
Synod fathers have released a document of 58 propositions about the new evangelization. Pope Benedict will review the findings of the synod and will write a post-synodal apostolic exhortation, after considering their propositions.
During his homily, the pontiff said that Sunday's Gospel reading directly applies to the recent synod, and highlight three themes that emerged from the event.
"The first concerns the Sacraments of Christian initiation. It has been reaffirmed that appropriate catechesis must accompany preparation for Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist," he said. "The importance of Confession, the Sacrament of God's mercy, has also been emphasized."
Secondly, "the Church's task is to evangelize, to proclaim the message of salvation to those who do not yet know Jesus Christ."
"A third aspect concerns the baptized whose lives do not reflect the demands of Baptism...Such people are found in all continents, especially in the most secularized countries."
"The Church is particularly concerned that they should encounter Jesus Christ anew, rediscover the joy of faith and return to religious practice in the community of the faithful."
The Pope then encouraged all the faithful to embrace full sight in Christ, putting away "all blindness to the truth, all ignorance and, removing the darkness that obscures our vision like fog before the eyes, let us contemplate the true God."
He also pointed out that while many lands need to be re-evangelized, this is "essentially linked to the Missio ad Gentes" and that there are "still many regions in Africa, Asia and Oceania whose inhabitants await with lively expectations" the first proclamation of the Gospel.
Following the Mass Pope Benedict expressed his own solidarity with the victims of Hurricane Sandy, which struck the Caribbean this past week.
"I wish to assure you of my closeness and my recollection of those who have been affected by this natural disaster, while I invite everyone to prayer and solidarity, in order to alleviate the pain of the families of the victims and offer support to the thousands of people who have been hurt in various ways by the storm."
More than 60 people have been killed by Sandy, which has already struck the Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica. It is due to hit the Mid-Atlantic coast of the United States today.
At his Angelus prayer following Mass, the Pope stressed the need for "a renewed proclamation of the Gospel in secularized societies, in the twofold certainty that, on the one hand, he, Jesus Christ, is the only true innovation that meets the expectations of people of all ages, and on the other, that his message asks to be shared in a manner that is appropriate to changing social and cultural contexts."
This, he said, is the focus of the new evangelization, that call to present Christ and his Church anew to the modern world.
He also pointed out that in reflecting on Pope John XXIII and the Second Vatican Council we see that "the new evangelization is not our invention, but is a dynamic that developed in the Church particularly in the 50s of the last century."
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Cactuspat - we're meeting at Kott's Cafe at 11 AM. I am NW Harris County. It would wonderful to have you meet with us. Let me know - I have a nice route planned.
Cactuspat - we're meeting at Kott's Cafe at 11 AM. I am NW Harris County. It would wonderful to have you meet with us. Let me know - I have a nice route planned.
I do not have GPS but on the map it looks to be 400 mile round trip from here,that is a little to far for lunch,but thank you for the invite , maybe when you come south or west we can meet up Cactus Pat.
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La Grange sounds good let me know when you are planning to ride there Pat.
Staciebug nice meeting great to see you there, what did you think about the tire plug class at the meeting missed you at dinner it was great....matthewI don't live far from you, as soon as I get a few hands to help stabalize, I will try to brave the ice in front of the shop. Nice bike! Are you coming to the meeting tomorrow in post falls? Or to dinner in spokane?
are you ok, what happened and if you cant ride it sounds serious....matthew,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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A homeless man fell into the road on division under the railroad bridge, I had to hit the brakes to avoid him, and got rear ended. He looked dead at first, but turned out to be okay. My neck hurts but my shoulders are getting better already. The gal who hit me had no insurance.... there goes my tax return.
Staciebug well at least your ok and no one died, if you need a car we have a spare...matthew
I have a little truck to use, and I pulled my beemer out of storage so I have transportation. It is quite cold on my motorcycle, I will have to wait til it's in the 40's to ride.
Hi everyone,
I've been a member for a couple of years, but am still new to posting here. Staciebug, that must have been really nerve wracking! Glad you're OK.
I live in VT and I decided to take my RT in yesterday (2/27) for the annual service (still under warranty) while the roads and my driveway were ice free. The temp was around 42F, had gotten to 50F earlier, it was now dark, raining and the crosswind was blowing an honest 50mph! Not as hairy as what most of you have done, but for a returning newbie it was wild!
That was the first of many rides of the year.
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Great stuff. One player accused another of hiding a tile. Read here.
I have to admit, I have a sort of odd interest in some day attending the World Scrabble Championship. Not only do I generally love words – words are great – but I would love to see what the competitors are like. It would be great to interview them and try to understand their motives and how their lives evolved to the point where entering Scrabble competitions was thought to be the next logical step. I would love to learn more about what their family members think of all of this. Would be fascinating.
After this I could go to the World Chess Championship.


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Obama 2, Netanyahu 0
by: MJ Rosenberg on January 24th, 2013 | 1 Comment »
The final returns are in from the Israeli election and it appears that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will stay on. The big surprise of the election was that centrist Yair Lapid's new party ran so strongly.
But Lapid's showing was only that: a surprise. The only thing new about Lapid is that he represents the first time Israeli voters chose a media personality for a top position. At 49, he's young (by Israeli standards), handsome and a good talker in both Hebrew and English. In terms of substance, he is nothing new. Most significantly, he is utterly conventional when it comes to issues of war and peace, specifically the Palestinians and Iran.
Does that mean the Israeli election changed nothing?
Absolutely not. It changed a great deal because Netanyahu did so poorly. Yes, he will likely remain as prime minister but in a far weaker position than he was before the election. Prior to this week's election, Netanyahu's Likud-Beiteinu party held 42 seats. It is now down to 31, a dramatic decline and a personal repudiation of the prime minister who leads the party.
Just prior to the election Netanyahu, clearly expecting a landslide victory, said that he would run for another term after his upcoming term ended. That seems considerably less likely now. Suddenly he seems to be a man of the past, with Israeli commentators already scouting out the next prime minister from among the various parties (like Lapid's) that did better than expected.
The new weaker Netanyahu is good news for President Obama. A half-year ago, Obama was struggling to win re-election while Netanyahu was riding high, so high that he defied tradition and sent a signal to his American friends that he would like to see Obama replaced by a Republican.
In March 2011, Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress where he was repeatedly interrupted with standing ovations as he enunciated hard line policies that were at variance with Obama's. Obama had to play catch up, lest Netanyahu weaken the president's own standing here at home by rallying Israel's supporters against the president. As late as the fall campaign, a worried Obama kept enunciating his solidarity with Netanyahu's policies while Netanyahu's friends like Sheldon Adelson, made clear that the right choice for Israel was Romney.
And then came the one-two punches. First Obama won re-election easily, earning a strong new mandate and carrying 70% of the Jewish vote in the process. For all the publicity it received, the Adelson push in the Jewish community accomplished nothing. And now Netanyahu, having called elections to achieve a strong mandate, barely won at all.
In short, the results of the two elections could be summed up as Obama 2, Netanyahu 0.
Obama is now in a position to squeeze Netanyahu hard. Does Obama want to push for an Israeli-Palestinian agreement? If so, he is in a strong position to achieve it. The same applies to negotiating a deal with Iran without worrying that Netanyahu will successfully marshal his forces against him.
After all, even before this week's election, Obama nominated Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense despite the opposition of many of Netanyahu's friends here. Hagel seems headed for confirmation while the lobby has seemingly given up the fight. It says it can live with Hagel.
The bottom line is that while the Israeli election did not change anything in terms of Israeli policy, it did severely weaken Prime Minister Netanyahu vis a vis President Obama. This change in the respective standing of the two leaders will particularly be noticed by Israelis who, in contrast to the truculent prime minister, do not like to be at loggerheads with a strong, popular American president. From now on, Netanyahu's confrontational rhetoric directed at Washington will sound tinny. It is Obama who holds the winning cards.
The question is whether he will play them.
A few months ago, I would have said that he wouldn't. But since his re-election, and particularly following that splendidly aggressive inaugural address, I'm beginning to think he might.
He has no reason to fear Netanyahu now. Not only is he a second term president who is thinking in terms of legacy and not re-election, Netanyahu is on the ropes. If Obama acts strategically, he may be able to win over the Israeli people too. No, the election was not about foreign policy. It was about achieving some sort of domestic normalcy. Obama can demonstrate (at least to the half of the population that voted for centrist parties) that the only way to achieve that, once and for all, is through achieving peace with the Palestinians and ending the politics of bluster.
This is the moment to apply pressure. And the likely foreign policy team of Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (along with Vice President Joe Biden who took a strong stand against Netanyahu early in the first term) are the people to do it. This is a moment that may not be repeated. Obama should go for it: an end to the occupation, two states, and peace and security for both peoples.
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The number of advisors barred by state securities regulators jumped significantly in 2012, with 3,564 licenses being withdrawn — a 27% increase over the 2,796 withdrawn in 2011—and 736 licenses were denied, revoked, suspended or conditioned.
The increase is attributable "in part" to the completion of the switching of a 2,100 advisors from federal to state registration as mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act, according to the North American Securities Administrators Association's annual enforcement survey.
The report is based on the results of a survey of NASAA members during spring 2013. This year, 49 of 51 U.S. state and district regulators responded to the survey.
Andrea Seidt, NASAA president and Ohio securities commissioner, said in releasing the data that "closer scrutiny of licensing applications resulted in a noticeable increase in the number of licensing withdrawals in the past year." They survey "shows several important trends in investor protection and securities regulation, including continued investor reliance on state regulators to address both traditional areas of securities fraud and emerging issues."
NASAA noted the "marked increase" in interagency coordination during the 2012 reporting period, with 770 outgoing referrals from state securities regulators to other regulators and law enforcement agencies and 604 incoming referrals to state securities regulators from other agencies.
The majority of the investment fraud cases reported by state securities regulators continued to involve unregistered individuals selling unregistered securities, the report said. States reported 580 actions involving unregistered securities and 576 actions involving unregistered firms or individuals.
Other notable findings from 2012 include:
• State securities regulators received 10,272 complaints from aggrieved investors and conducted 5,865 investigations in the 2012 reporting period.
• Approximately 2,500 administrative, civil and criminal enforcement actions involving more than 3,300 respondents and defendants were reported by the states.
• The states reported criminal actions resulting in 1,361 years of incarceration and 347 years of probation.
• States imposed more than $694 million in investor restitution orders and levied fines or penalties and collected costs in excess of $157 million.
For the third consecutive year, Regulation D Rule 506 private offerings were the most reported products at the heart of state securities enforcement actions, the survey found.
Emerging state enforcement trends included the increased presence of questionable securities offerings made through the Internet, and "problem areas" like affinity fraud, gold and precious metals, annuities, real estate investment trusts and foreign currency trading programs.
Check out 'Alarming' Number of Broker Arbitration Records Wiped Clean: Study on ThinkAdvisor.


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All parents deal with their child's bruises and bloody noses from time to time. For most kids, a bandage and a sympathetic hug are all it takes to get them back in the game.
But a small number of kids have frequent nosebleeds, unexplained bruising, or prolonged bleeding after a tooth is pulled. Such excessive or prolonged bleeding could be a sign of a genetic disorder known as von Willebrand disease.
For many kids with this disorder, the symptoms are so mild that they never know they have it. Those with a more severe form of the disease, though, need proper diagnosis and a treatment plan to help them lead normal, active lives.
Von Willebrand disease, or vWD, is an inherited disorder that affects the blood's ability to clot properly. It takes its name from Dr. Erik von Willebrand, who first described the condition in 1926. As a group, bleeding disorders (including hemophilia) are rare. Von Willebrand disease is the most common inherited bleeding disorder, affecting about 1% of the population.
Normally, bleeding occurs when a blood vessel is cut or torn. The blood's ability to clot (to plug the hole in the blood vessel and stop the flow of blood) is a complex process involving plateletsand proteins called clotting factors. Von Willebrand factor is involved in the early stages of blood clotting, and also carries the important clotting protein factor VIII. (Factor VIII is the protein that is missing or defective when someone has hemophilia.)
People with vWD have bleeding problems because the levels or functioning of these blood components needed for clotting are abnormal.
As with many conditions, there are various forms of vWD. Unlike hemophilia, which affects only boys, vWD affects boys and girls equally.
Like hemophilia, vWD is a genetic disorder that is usually passed from parent to child (very rarely, it can be acquired after birth). The child of a man or a woman with vWD has a 50% chance of getting the gene.
In types 1 and 2, a child can inherit the gene for the disease from one parent only. In type 3, the child usually needs to inherit the gene from both parents. In those cases, the child will likely have severe symptoms, even if the parents don't have any symptoms at all. Also, a child can inherit the gene and show no symptoms, but as a carrier can pass the gene on to any offspring.
The symptoms of von Willebrand disease can include:
Because symptoms can be mild, vWD can be difficult to diagnose and often goes undetected.
Blood tests used to diagnose vWD include:
Tests might need to be repeated because the levels they detect may rise and fall over time. Also, the doctor will take a family medical history to see if other relatives have a bleeding disorder.
The most common treatment for vWD is desmopressin, a medication that causes a temporary increase in the von Willebrand factor and factor VIII levels. It can be given intravenously (into a vein) or intranasally (into the nose), but may be ineffective in treating Type 2A or Type 2B.
People with Type 3 (and some with Type 2A and 2B) will need treatment with Humate-P, an intravenous medication derived from human plasma that contains factor VIII and von Willebrand factor. Those with Type 1 also might receive Humate-P in certain situations, such as major trauma or major surgery, although they usually can be treated with desmopressin.
Medication to inhibit the breakdown of blood clots (such as aminocaproic acid) also might be used.
Kids with vWD should avoid unnecessary trauma, including contact sports. If bleeding does occur, apply pressure to the area. During nosebleeds, pinch the soft part of the nose and have the child lean slightly forward to keep the blood from flowing down the throat.
Because of the possibility of excessive bleeding, male infants who are at risk for vWD (those with a family history of the disease) should not be circumcised without a doctor's OK.
Girls with vWD who have started their periods might want to take extra pads or a change of clothes in case of accidents. Heavy menstrual bleeding sometimes can be controlled with birth control pills.
Kids with vWD should not take aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (such as ibuprofen) for pain or fever. These drugs interfere with platelet function and can increase the risk of bleeding. It is safe to take acetaminophen, which doesn't affect platelet function.
Call your doctor immediately if your child experiences any excessive or unexplained bleeding.
Reviewed by: Elana Pearl Ben-Joseph, MD
Date reviewed: January 2014
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Heat oil in a medium soup pot and sauté the onions and garlic for 1 to 3 minutes. Add celery, vegetable stock, kidney beans, chili beans, thyme and sea salt. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the flame to medium-low and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove half and puree in a blender. Add puree back to the pot. Add barley, leek, sweet corn and pepper. Cover and bring to a boil again. Reduce flame and simmer another 20 to 30 minutes until the barley is tender. Adjust seasoning, if desired. Serve hot, garnished with parsley.
Note: If using whole barley, soak overnight or 6 to 8 hours and simmer in the soaking water for about 1 hour or until slightly tender before adding remaining ingredients in the recipe.
Per serving - 220 calories, 3 g fat (12% calories from fat), 12 g protein, 37 g carbohydrate, 12 g fiber, 0 mg cholesterol, 307 mg sodium


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Rabbi Yosef Blau has been the mashgiach ruchani (spiritual guidance counselor) at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary since 1977. He also is spiritual guidance counselor for students at the University's undergraduate schools and colleges for men. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959 from Yeshiva College and a Master of Science degree at the University's Belfer Graduate School of Science in 1960. He was ordained at RIETS in 1961.
Rabbi Blau was associate principal at the Maimonides School in Brookline, MA, from 1965 to 1967. He served as principal of the Yeshiva High School of Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, IL, from 1967 to 1970. He then served as principal of the Jewish Educational Center in Elizabeth until his appointment at Yeshiva University.
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Kent State College of Public Health Graduate Students Engage in Community Food Drive
Graduate students in Kent State University's College of Public Health are engaging in a food drive that benefits Kent Social Services' food pantry – The Lord's Pantry. The food drive project is a requirement of a master's-level course, Public Health Programs: Planning, Implementation and Evaluation (HPM 53007), taught by College of Public Health Assistant Professor Deric Kenne, Ph.D.
Students who take the course are required to plan, implement and evaluate a public health program. In this case, the public health program that the students are involved with is one to combat food insecurity in Kent. In order to pass the course, the students have had to plan a food drive program that would yield enough donations to fill a small U-Haul truck with 400-cubic feet of space by the end of the spring semester.
"The primary goal of this project is to provide the students a hands-on experience in planning, implementing and evaluating a public health program," says Kenne. "Specifically, students will learn more about food insecurity and issues related to the problem, as well as its impact on communities and individuals. Secondarily, but perhaps more importantly, the efforts of the students will result in what we hope is a substantial donation to the food pantry."
Kenne says that the College of Public Health is focused on providing students with educational experiences and skills necessary to succeed after graduating.
"I feel strongly that while textbooks contain important information, applying that information to the real world is often difficult to do — perhaps even an unrealistic expectation," Kenne says. "In requiring that my students take the lead in planning from scratch, implementing and evaluating this food drive, they will learn and experience first-hand, not only the successes, but also the hurdles we often face in the real world when planning and implementing public health programs."
Kent State College of Public Health graduate student Anupinder Kaur says that the project, besides being a big part of her grade for the class, is helping her gain practical experience.
"Now I know what it takes to plan and implement a project, and by the end of the semester I will learn the evaluation aspect as well," Kaur says. "It also feels good deep inside to be doing something of worth that's going to be helping many people who are in need."
Kaur encourages members of the Kent State community and the city of Kent to get involved with the project by donating nonperishable food items and new personal care items at Lowry Hall on the Kent Campus or by volunteering their time. The pantry's most needed items are peanut butter, tuna, boxed macaroni and cheese, canned soups, pasta and cereal.
A community bag drop is planned as part of the project. Kent residents will receive grocery bags donated by Acme Fresh Market in Kent on March 29, and the class will return two days later on March 31 to pick up the bags of donated items.
"We are thrilled that the Public Health graduate students are sponsoring a food drive for the pantry at Kent Social Services," says Christie Anderson, program manager, Kent Social Services. "We currently distribute about 720 bags of groceries to low-income households in Kent every month."
Anderson says that her organization is faced with increasing costs of purchasing food as a result of the rising cost of fuel.
"These are challenging times," Anderson says. "The rising fuel costs also impacts low-income families that struggle to make ends meet and sometimes have to sacrifice food for the sake of paying rent and maintaining their car. The effort of the Kent State students is greatly appreciated and will enhance the lives of many vulnerable people in the Kent community."
For more information about Kent State's College of Public Health, visit www.kent.edu/publichealth. For more information about the food drive initiative or to find out how you can help, contact Kenne at email@example.com or 330-672-7105.


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Carrier Connect displays the track & trace info of your transport partners, so you always know the real-time status of every shipment. This data can be automatically forwarded to your customers, greatly reducing time-consuming inquiries and phone calls. This helps make day-to-day shipping operations less hectic. You can also keep tabs on whether your transport partners are complying with agreed-upon lead times and actually providing supplemental services.
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If you are already a customer of the carrier in question and have a customer number, then things can move quickly: The necessary master data is updated for the requirements of the new carrier and stored in the system for you. Then you can already begin running the first tests.
Shipping labels typically have a few barcodes. To ensure the printed labels – especially the barcodes – meet the specifications of the carrier's scanners, you should transmit a few labels to the carrier for quality control before going live.
Carrier Connect offers an API as well as ready-to-go plug-ins for SAP® ERP, SAP® EWM, Dr. Thomas & Partner WMS, Witron WMS, and others. Contact us to learn whether plug-ins are already available for your system as well.
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The transport partners have strict rules, and the labels are very complex. A high volume of shipments also creates a high standard of performance for label printing. Carriers use various kinds of logic to determine the routing code of the packages. There is also a wide range of various barcode formats. Label requirements frequently change. Bottom line: To guarantee smooth transport, the quality and content of the labels – especially the barcodes – must be just right.
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Only six months ago, Oscar Pistorius was running circles around the track at the Olympic Stadium, a shining example of what a person can achieve in the face of adversity as he competed at the London Games despite losing both of his legs when he was a baby.
He didn't win a medal, but the "Blade Runner" reveled in in his Olympic moment. On Tuesday, still basking in the glow, Pistorius tweeted a photo from London of himself with eventual 400-meter gold medalist Kirani James, who asked for Pistorius' bib as a souvenir after running in the same semifinal heat.
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"Still on(e) of my fondest memories of the Olympics.. Kirani and I exchanging (numbers)," wrote Pistorius, who was eliminated in that semifinal race.
Two days after that tweet, Pistorius was charged with the murder of his girlfriend after model Reeva Steenkamp was shot inside his home in South Africa. The attention was very different from the sort Pistorius has become accustomed to.
Pistorius was born without fibula bones due to a congenital defect, and had his legs amputated at 11 months. But his condition never stopped him from playing sports with prosthetics, and he took to rugby in high school. It was after injuring his knee on the pitch that he first took to the track. And very quickly he became one of the best.
The carbon-fiber blades that he uses to run led to years of controversy. By the time he had already won a gold medal at the 2004 Paralympics, Pistorius was banned from competing against able-bodied peers because many argued that his blades gave him an unfair advantage.
In 2008, however, the Court of Arbitration for Sport cleared him to compete against the fastest in the world.
It was the Olympics that he wanted, but he failed to run the qualifying time for the 2008 Beijing Games. Instead, he won the 100, 200 and 400 at the Paralympics in China as he was quickly becoming a star around the world.
In his life off the track, Pistorius called himself a "speed freak." He told The Associated Press on several occasions about his love of riding powerful motorcycles, but gave up that hobby in 2009 after he injured his head in a boat accident.
"There was a lot of refocus after that. I had this motorboat accident and I was in hospital for two weeks and spent the next four weeks at home," Pistorius told the AP. "I just realized that I need to make some changes and some of them need to be with my lifestyle. I was messing around a lot with motorbikes and just playing around and taking unnecessary risks."
He has also boasted to the AP about having cage fighters as friends, and was open about his ownership of guns. He tweeted a photo of himself at a shooting range in November 2011, bragging about his score.
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Two years after his boating accident, Pistorius finally got to compete on the big stage, running on South Africa's 4x400 relay team at the 2011 world championships. Although he was dropped from the final, he won a silver medal because he competed in the heats.
By the time the London Olympics came around, Pistorius made the grade, and he could barely believe that he would become the first double amputee to compete on the track at the Olympics.
"I think I woke up the next morning with cramps in my cheeks. I was smiling in my sleep," Pistorius told the AP last year in an interview at his training base in northeastern Italy.
He ran the first heat of the 400 on Aug. 4 in 45.44 seconds — his fastest time of the season — putting him into the semifinals. A day later, he finished last in the semifinal heat, crossing the line in 46.54 and failing to move on, but loved it just the same.
"It just felt really magical," Pistorius said that day. "If I could predict what it would feel like or imagine beyond my wildest dreams, this was probably 10 times that.
"To step out in front of a crowd this massive, it's a mind-blowing experience," he added. "I've had support in the last couple of days like I have never felt before."
Pistorius later ran in the 4x400 relay, barely. The South African team was at first eliminated in the first round after a collision with the Kenyans. Pistorius was left standing on the track in disappointment because the baton never got to him.
But after an appeal, the Kenyans were disqualified and South Africa was given a reprieve, added to the final as a rare ninth team. Pistorius ran that time, anchoring his country's team, but the South Africans ended up eighth.
"This whole experience was amazing ... to step out here in an Olympic final is more than I could have ever hoped for," Pistorius said after that race. "That opportunity to come here once again and finish today and not yesterday is a dream come true."


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From WikiFur, the furry encyclopedia.
Graan "Titus" Forcii (born December 1,[1] 1987), mainly known as Titus, is a Brazilian member of the furry fandom who lives in Diadema, São Paulo.[2] He is represented as a three-tailed fox, and he is a co-founder of a web development company that focuses on web-games.
Graan has been involved with the furry fandom since the end of 2005. He became the owner of the Furry Brasil portal at the end of 2008.
In 2012, July, with the help of u18chan, the atFurry project was shown to the public as social/art community alternative.
- ↑ Graan Forcii's profile on deviantART. Retrieved April 12, 2013
- ↑ Graan Titus Forcii's profile on Twitter. Retrieved April 12, 2013
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Carl, Michael (, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The paper introduces a new research strategy for the investigation of human translation behavior. While conventional cognitive research methods make use of think aloud protocols (TAP), we introduce and investigate User- Activity Data (UAD). UAD consists of the translator's recorded keystroke and eye-movement behavior, which makes it possible to replay a translation session and to register the subjects' comments on their own behavior during a retrospective interview. UAD has the advantage of being objective and reproducable, and, in contrast to TAP, does not interfere with the translation process. The paper gives the background of this technique and an example on a English-to-Danish translation. Our goal is to elaborate and investigate cognitively grounded basic translation concepts which are materialized and traceable in the UAD and which, in a later stage, will provide the basis for appropriate and targeted help for the translator at a given moment. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8044
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Abstract: Reordering has been an important topic in statistical machine translation (SMT) as long as SMT has been around. State-of-the-art SMT systems such as Pharaoh (Koehn, 2004a) still employ a simplistic model of the reordering process to do non-local reordering. This model penalizes any reordering no matter the words. The reordering is only selected if it leads to a translation that looks like a much better sentence than the alternative. Recent developments have, however, seen improvements in translation quality following from syntax-based reordering. One such development is the pre-translation approach that adjusts the source sentence to resemble target language word order prior to translation. This is done based on rules that are either manually created or automatically learned from word aligned parallel corpora. We introduce a novel approach to syntactic reordering. This approach provides better exploitation of the information in the reordering rules and eliminates problematic biases of previous approaches. Although the approach is examined within a pre-translation reordering framework, it easily extends to other frameworks. Our approach significantly outperforms a state-of-the-art phrase-based SMT system and previous approaches to pretranslation reordering, including (Li et al., 2007; Zhang et al., 2007b; Crego & Mari˜ no, 2007). This is consistent both for a very close language pair, English-Danish, and a very distant language pair, English-Arabic. We also propose automatic reordering rule learning based on a rich set of linguistic information. As opposed to most previous approaches that extract a large set of rules, our approach produces a small set of predominantly general rules. These provide a good reflection of the main reordering issues of a given language pair. We examine the influence of several parameters that may have influence on the quality of the rules learned. Finally, we provide a new approach for improving automatic word alignment. This word alignment is used in the above task of automatically learning reordering rules. Our approach learns from hand aligned data how to combine several automatic word alignments to one superior word alignment. The automatic word alignments are created from the same data that has been preprocessed with different tokenization schemes. Thus utilizing the different strengths that different tokenization schemes exhibit in word alignment. We achieve a 38% error reduction for the automatic word alignment URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7922
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A Program for Recording User Activity Data for Empirical Reading and Writing ResearchCarl, Michael (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper presents a novel implementation of Translog-II. Translog-II is a Windows-oriented program to record and study reading and writing processes on a computer. In our research, it is an instrument to acquire objective, digital data of human translation processes. As their predecessors, Translog 2000 and Translog 2006, also Translog-II consists of two main components: Translog-II Supervisor and Translog-II User, which are used to create a project file, to run a text production experiments (a user reads, writes or translates a text) and to replay the session. Translog produces a log files which contains all user activity data of the reading, writing, or translation session, and which can be evaluated by external tools. While there is a large body of translation process research based on Translog, this paper gives an overview of the Translog-II functions and its data visualization options. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8435
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Abstract: The paper discusses a method to triangulate process and product data. We suggest converting Translog data into a relational format which contains both process and product data. We outline how this representation allows us to retrieve and correlate the various dimensions of the data more easily. The concept of Alignment Unit (AU) is introduced and contrasted with that of Translation Unit (TU). While AUs refer to translation equivalences in the source and target texts of the product data, TUs refer to cognitive entities that can be observed in the process data. With an (almost) exhaustive fragmentation of the source and target texts into AUs, we are able to distribute and allocate the entire set of keystroke data to appropriate AUs. Using the properties of the keystroke data, AUs are quantified in a novel way which enables us to visualise and investigate the structure of translation production on a fine-grained scale. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8040
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Abstract: This paper argues that translators can greatly benefit from contrastive studies of discourse structure. Cross-linguistic studies of Italian and Danish point to significant typological differences in information packaging in the two languages, especially in their use of deverbalisation. Italian sentences tend to include a larger number of Elementary Discourse Units (EDUs), especially propositions, than Danish. A higher percentage of these is rhetorically backgrounded by means of non-finite and nominalised predicates. Danish text structure, on the other hand, is more informationally linear and characterised by a higher number of finite verbs and topic shifts. These typological differences are transferred into three simple translation rules concerning 1) the number of EDUs, 2) the rhetorical structure, and 3) the textualisation of rhetorical satellites. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8416
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Metro Detroit
Metro Detroit is the principal urban area in Southeast Michigan with a population of over 5 million.
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Meto Detroit is among the major metropolitan areas of the United States with a recreational waterfront. Its freshwater coastline along the Great Lakes connects to the St. Lawrence Seaway, making it a highly desireable location for commerce and tourism. The metropolitan area shares an international border with Ontario, Canada. Boating and watersports of all types are among the popular activities. A major port and cruise ship docking site, the area is known as the world's automotive capital and contains many major corporations. Metro Detroit is the site of national convention activity and business meetings, major sports, and large concerts and events. Consequently, the area has a full complement of world class hotels, restaurants, entertainment, museums, and theaters. Detroit features major casino resorts including MGM Grand Detroit, Motor City Casino, and Greektown Casino with Caesar's Windsor just across the border in Canada. A passport is currently required to cross the border, but U.S. currency is readily accepted in Canada.
Metro Detroit contains a number of major shopping desitinations including the upscale Somerset Collection Mall in Troy, the Great Lakes Crossing outlet mall in Rochester Hills, and the Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi which are popular enclosed malls, each containing around 180 stores. The Mall at Partridge Creek in Clinton Township offers an upscale outdoor shopping experience in a lifestyle center with about 90 stores. Laurel Park Place Mall in Livonia is a popular 70 store shopping destination and features an attached Marriott Hotel. Briarwood Mall is a large suburban mall which serves the Ann Arbor college community. Other large malls in the metro area include Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights and Fairlane Towne Center in Dearborn. Fairlane Town Center Mall in Dearborn is about 15 minutes from downtown Detroit.
English is the major language spoken in Metro Detroit. However, there are business travelers and residents in the metro area from all over the world so residents and businesses are accustomed to communicating with those who have difficulty speaking English.
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The metro area is served by the Detroit Metropolitan Airport and has an advanced network of freeways. There are no toll roads in Michigan. Greyhound bus lines and Amtrak provide national service to Metro Detroit.
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The metro area has public bus transportation provided by the Suburban Mobility Transport (SMART) and the Detroit Deparment of Transportation (DDOT). The Detroit People Mover, an elevated train system serves downtown Detroit's central business district and will link to Midtown Detroit by the Woodward Light Rail. Regional planners have implemented a limited rail service from Ann Arbor to Dearborn and Detroit - check for times.
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The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, a National Historic Landmark, in Dearborn also known as The Henry Ford is a major destination. The Henry Ford is America's largest indoor-outdoor museum complex with an IMAX. Great for families, the museum entertainment complex has the world's largest car collection and features Model-T rides, an old fashioned railway, and many of America'a historic treasures including, Edison's original laboratory, the Wright Brother's Bicycle Shop, JFK's Limosine, Abraham Lincoln's chair from Ford's Theatre, and much more. Tour some of "America's castles," the historic mansions of the 'auto barons' and even a 'media mogul', including those Henry Ford's Fairlane, the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House on the lakefront in Grosse Pointe, Meadow Brook Hall (Dodge-Wilson) in Rochester Hills, the Lawrence Fisher mansion (General Motors) in Detroit, and the Cranbrook House in Bloomfield Hills.
The Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak is world renowned, beautifully landscaped, and higly recommended. Among the many outstanding exhibits, the Zoo features an underwater glass tunnel showcasing the artic ring of wildlife with the world's largest polar bear exhibit. The Zoo contains the full complement of wildlife exhibits and is encircled by an old fashioned train ride.
The Detroit area is known for its arts and culture as well as its architecture and regal estates. The Detroit Institute of Arts in Midtown Detroit contains over 100 galleries of fine arts from the world famous artists and is one of the largest collections of prominent art in the United States and is highly recommended. Another important art collection resides at the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills the site of Cranbrook House and many large estates. Cranbrook is a National Landmark. A cruise along Lake Shore Drive in Grosse Pointe will also reveal many regal mansions. Downtown Detroit contains many skyscrapers and theatres including the National Landmark Fox Theatre which features Broadway performances. Seeing a theatre performance in Detroit is highly recommended.
There are great full service hotels and resorts throughout the city and metropolitan area. Its best to stay on a hotel that is near the locality or places planned for the itinerary. The Westin Southfield is an example of a centrally located full service hotel for someone needing to cover the entire metropolitan area.
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Detroit offers a array of events with some of the highlights listed. This is only a small list of some of the some key activities and events to enjoy and even though they are listed here, their info is brief. Make sure to check out the city articles for more.
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Metro Detroit has a multitude of great restaurants to explore. See individual city articles for more. The area is famous for such delites as Vernor's ginger ale, Sanders Candy and Desert Shops (Birmingham, Grosse Pointe, Livonia, and Novi) known for chocolate butter cream bumpy cakes, as well as a more recent entrant, Vince and Joe's gourmet (Clinton Township and Shelby Township) with all sorts of wonderful deserts.
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Margaret John (14 December 1926 - 2 February 2011) was a Welsh actress. She appeared regularly on television and in film since 1960 and has appeared in series such as Coronation Street, Z Cars and Dixon of Dock Green. Her genre credits include two appearances in Doctor Who (once in 1968 and again in 2005) and roles in Blake's 7 and Doomwatch. She has recently gained new fans in the role of Doris in the successful British comedy series Gavin and Stacey. In 2009 she won a Welsh BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Award. On 2 February 2011, Margaret John passed away at the age of 84 in Swansea, Wales following a brief illness.
In Game of Thrones John played Old Nan. She was announced in the role on 16 July 2010.
Margaret John passed away only two months before Season 1 began to air, though all of her scenes had already been completed. Though Old Nan appears in the second book, the showrunners decided to retire the role out of respect for Margaret.
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Johnnie & Jack mined the familiar turf of singing brother duos in the late '40s through the late '50s with a few distinct twists. For openers, they weren't blood brothers, just brothers in law. Secondly, they brought a new rhythmic strain to country music, both in their use of Latin beats and the unfettered drive of their combo, the Tennessee Mountain Boys. And of all the singing duos, they were the most inclined to stretch the boundaries of their sound, from bluegrass to sacred to amazing covers of R&B tunes with none of their country-soul diluted in the bargain. But for all their melding of outside influences, few artists -- even in the mid-'50s -- were as wholesale committed to sounding as "country" as they were. Whatever they played, sang, or wrote, it always sounded like Johnnie & Jack.
Johnnie Wright and Jack Anglin started playing together in 1938, forming a loose-knit country string band featuring Johnnie's new wife Muriel Deason, whom he would later rename Kitty Wells. Their sound in the early days was heavily influenced by both the Delmore Brothers and the Monroe Brothers, Charlie and Bill. As Johnnie plainly put it, "We were so green we didn't know you needed to develop your own style. We just out and out copied their sound in the beginning." An important member of the unit was Jack's brother Jim Anglin who contributed a high, lonesome tenor harmony both live and on records and contributed mightily as a songwriter during the duo's 25-year partnership.
Johnnie & Jack's band, now named the Tennessee Hillbillies, were just starting up the country food chain with sustaining radio broadcasts on local stations when World War II temporarily put the project on hold as Jack joined the Army. Reunited after the war, Johnnie & Jack -- with Kitty now a permanent fixture of the band -- picked up where they left off, adding an emcee/bass player named Smilin' Eddie Hill and a young guitarist named Chet Atkins to the fold. By 1947, they were filling in for Roy Acuff on the Grand Ole Opry, under the edict that they change their billing (Opry officials were loath to associate with any acts that used the word "hillbilly" in their name) to the Tennessee Mountain Boys and that Kitty sit out the radio performances as the Opry was top-heavy with female singers at the time.
At years' end, they had finally made their first records for the R&B-based Apollo Records out of New York City. After the non-success of those early 78s (the company refused to send promotional copies to radio stations to promote sales and airplay) and a quick side project with Ray Atkins and Clyde Moody as the King Sacred Quartette for the King label, the duo started recording for RCA Victor -- their longest lasting label affiliation -- in 1949. But even with Kitty recording solo and supplying high baritone harmonies on the duo's records, success proved elusive for the next few years. The troupe moved from one radio station to another, logging in time with the Louisiana Hayride and stations as far afield as Georgia and North Carolina. All of that changed with the release of their first hit, "Poison Love," in 1951, the tune making the Top Ten on all three Billboard country charts at the time. What Johnnie & Jack had done to crack the charts was to take their straight bluegrass harmonies and wed them to a distinct rhumba beat, principally supplied by studio bassist Ernie Newton, playing a maracca and wire brush simultaneously while handling the bass part. In the dark days of country music, where drums were outlawed on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry and electric instruments were only grudgingly accepted, this new approach was novel and influential. The combination proved a winner, one that the duo would return to on several recordings, complete with cha cha endings, which would become a Johnnie & Jack trademark. With Kitty's success assured after the mega-success of "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," the duo combined with her to become one of the most in-demand road shows in country music. Within a couple of years, their sound would change again, adding bass singer Culley Holt from the Jordanaires to countrify a batch of R&B recordings, including the Moonglows' "Sincerely," the Four Knights' "(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely," the Delta Rhythm Boys' "Kiss Crazy Baby," and the Spaniels' "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight," all hits in the country field for the duo. This helped handle the onslaught of rock & roll better than most country artists of the day while keeping the roots of their sound intact. Johnnie & Jack made the Billboard country charts a total of 15 times and probably would have had more entries if the mid-'50s charts weren't limited to only mirroring the Top Ten songs of the day.
But by the late '50s, Johnnie & Jack's records were being mainstreamed into the Nashville Sound, with the Jordanaires, the Anita Kerr Singers, saxophones, and full rhythm sections burying their plaintive vocals beneath layers of reverb and pop sugar coating. Dissatisfied, the duo let their contract run out and signed with Decca Records in 1961. Their new company changed the spelling of their name to "Johnny & Jack," but at last the duo and Kitty were all on the same label again and with labelmates like Patsy Cline, Ernest Tubb, Webb Pierce, Red Foley, and Bill Monroe, they couldn't have been in better company. The contract produced no more hits than the tail end of their tenure with RCA, but with Kitty racking up hit after hit, the troupe had all the road work it could handle. It was coming back from one of these road trips that they were to learn of the plane crash deaths of Patsy Cline, Cline's manager, Randy Hughes, Hawkshaw Hawkins, and Cowboy Copas. On his way to the funeral parlor to attend memorial services for his fellow performers, Jack Anglin's car spun out of control, killing him instantly, thus ending the duo of Johnnie & Jack on an especially sad note. ~ Cub Koda~ Rovi


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PP is an abbreviation of Power Points. Power Points measure the number of times a move can be used. The higher the PP, the more times you can use the move. PP are essential for attacking, supporting, stalling, recovering, and defending. The PP is reduced by one everytime you use a move or can be reduced by a greater number if the opponent Pokémon has the ability Pressure. They are also significant for moves like Trump Card, Fury Cutter, and some others, as well as the Metronome item (based on consecutive usage of the same move). The move Spite will reduce the PP of the last move your opponent used, and vice versa.
Generally, a move with lower PP is much stronger than a move with higher PP. Though these moves can also have downsides to them such as causing recoil, negative stat changes and while having a higher attack power have less accuracy to them as well.
If a Pokémon runs out of PP for all its moves and the trainer still decides to fight with said Pokémon, it is forced to use Struggle as its only attack until PP is restored by use of an item.


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NBA Street Vol. 2 - 2015 Remix
Rosters & ratings by johnz1
Graphics by Mazzocchi
This is a complete update for the GameCube version of NBA Street Vol. 2. This is meant to be played using the Dolphin emulator. The rosters are based on the 2014-15 opening day rosters. The player ratings are based on the NBA 2k14 UBR v22 ratings. All jerseys have been updated for the '14-15 season, including the NBA logo above the name on the back of the jersey, and the gold tag to indicate a franchise championship. Special thanks to JaoSming for creating the original hack, and Mazzocchi for the graphic work.
Here is the semi-complete list of things that have been updated:
- Updated rosters ('14-'15 opening day)
- Updated All-Star teams
- Updated player ratings, based on NBA 2K14 UBR v22
- Replaced Philadelphia with Charlotte
- Shifted players around so that the player appearances are more accurate
- Added new cyberfaces
- Fixed headband colors
- Updated the ISO banner and info file (opening.bnr)
- Fixed the mapping of the Xbox 360 controller icons (X goes back, not B)
- Fixed the mismatched players in the Hex On Steroids profile
- Fixed the players' team apparel assignments
- Fixed the Magic and Thunder logos (no more black text on dark background)


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Helen - I tried to reply publicly to your note about updating modules with the AccUpdater, but it doesn't accept replies.
My question is this (and I'm sure others will have the same question, so please post it):
I started updating some modules using the AccUpdater, but I cannot find where it is downloading the files. I have looked in the obvious places - Desktop, My Downloads folder, and both the Application Accordance folders and the Accordance Documents folders, but found nothing.
Where should they be?
The files are downloaded to an invisible location and then transferred to the Accordance folder, replacing your old files. There is no need to do anything (in theory). In practice there may be some Read me and Words files that need to be moved manually. This is the first release of this feature, so there may be a few glitches. You must launch Accordance again to get the updated modules and update the widget list.


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Finding A Firearms Instructor In Pacific Grove, CA
Firearms instructors in Pacific Grove, CA have various levels of expertise, training, experience, and many specialize in particular shooting disciplines such as; revolvers only, automatics only,a combination of both types of handguns, rifles, shotguns, hunting, precision shooting, long-distance shooting, and the list goes on.
In addition to a firearm instructors training, experience, and shooting discipline that they teach it is important to find out if they also are currently certified, and who was the certification organization or agency, do they have references they can provide, how many students have they taught in the past, and are they insured?
Finding A Firearms Instructor In Pacific Grove, CA That Is A Professional
As part of the selection process for a firearms instructor in Pacific Grove, CA it is highly recommended that you have a conversation with them to see if you can meet them at their training facility so that you can first hand find out the type of person they are, what kind of facility and program they teach from, is if it clean and professional looking.
It is also highly recommended that you be allowed to watch a training session with other students being taught by the instructor that you are considering. This will allow you to see their teaching techniques, their demeanor and safety protocols. In addition to their instructor training it would be important to find out if they have any real-world experiences from which to draw upon such as serving in the military, a security specialist, a current or former law-enforcement officer?
There are two excellent resources to finding a Professional Firearms Instructor in your CITY, county or State;
NRA Firearms Training Programs CLICK HERE
The list of NRA approved Shooting Ranges With Instructors CLICK HERE
Question Your Firearms Instructor In Pacific Grove, CA On All State And Local Gun Laws
Remember, you're asking this individual to not only teach you about the proper use of a firearm and firearm safety, but also many of the laws in Pacific Grove, CA that will pertain to your gun ownership.
You have every right to investigate them thoroughly. Any firearms instructor that is not willing to answer all of your questions or to invite you to their facility so you can observe a training class is an instructor that I would not recommend and I would be very leery of.
This Video has some excellent points about Choosing a Firearms Instructor and the relationship with the new student.


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High profile aero wheels used to be regarded something that were mostly used in time trials and triathlons. But in recent years aerodynamics and aero wheels have taken off in road cycling as well. Decrease in aerodynamic drag and increase in speed are a welcome addition to any cyclist.
Aerodynamic drag is the main form of resistance working against a cyclist. The benefits of being more aerodynamic are most obvious for fast riders but it helps in slower paced riding too as more time will be spent in the wind.
The most effective way to decrease your drag is to optimize your riding position on the bike. A reduced frontal area will increase the speed – and save you energy.
On the equipment side one of the most important ways to improve aerodynamics is to use high-performance aero wheels. Wheels play a key role in aerodynamics since the front wheel is pushing through the air first. Its shape is complex.
The most crucial part of the aero wheels is the height of the rim as well as its width and overall shape. The profile of the rim smoothes the air coming around the tyre and rim. Basically the higher the profile, the less drag the wheels produce. For this reason full disk wheels are the most aerodynamic – and the fastest. However, disk wheels are more difficult to use in cross winds.
The rim height and profile are not the only components affecting the aerodynamics of a wheel. A wheel is an entity where every component from rims to spokes, hubs and tyres have their own role and effect on performance.
The overall rim-tyre shape improves the riding characteristics of high profile wheels in windy conditions. When both together are forming a perfect airfoil shape (NACA profile), side wind resistance is reduced and stability improved. This makes 60 mm tall rims pretty easy to ride in much more conditions than one would think.
A great example of this is Mavic's integrated wheel-tyre systems. They smoothe airflow around the tyre and wheel, and improve streamlined airflow at every yaw angle.
Mavic Cosmic CXR 60's unique CX01 technology unifies the rim and tyre together, saves time and watts in every condition and provides high stability in crosswind. Their 60 mm wind tunnel optimized rim profile with extra-light carbon rims fitted with Yksion CXR tyres enable a very dynamic ride.
Action images: © Loris Von Siebenthal / Mavic


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Here's a list of the Grey Knight items for sale
13 Halberd/Storm bolter Marines (1 unpainted)
7 Psycannon Marines
2 Hammer/Storm bolter Marines (1 unpainted)
1 Warding Staff/Storm bolter Marine
2 Incinerator Marines
4 Sword/Storm Bolter Marines
1 Vindicaire Assassin
1 Inquisitor w/book&bolter
1 Castellean Crowe
1 Inquisitor Coteaz
2 Brother Captain Stern (1 unpainted)
1 Terminator w/psycannon, Sword (Used as grand master)
1 Terminator w/incinerator, Sword (used as cheaper Grand master)
3 Heavy Bolter Razorbacks
2 Dreadknights w/removable heavy incinerator, sword, and hand
2 Dreadnoughts w/2xautocannon. 1 has the forgworld Grey knight torso and all the arms are from forgeworld
1 Land Raider (godhammer, unpainted) w/Grey Knight doors from forgeworld
2 Storm ravens w/multi-melta, assault cannon
12 assorted henchmen to use as fodder
They are painted to a good tabletop standard that is supposed to look like they are made of stone and copper. Somewhat steampunk, somewhat ancient stone warrior. Some are based on "lost souls" bases from Mr. Dandy. You may notice some chipping on the bases in the pictures. They can easily be retouched, but the bases do not hold paint all that well.
I don't want to bog down the main page, so pics after the jump and this gif of Kate Upton!


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Interesting note. A few days ago I sent a recent acquaintance the link to Ghostz, and surprise surprise, she's hooked. She thinks it's absolutely hilarious, just like every other person I've sent the link to. I guess the archives don't loose any of the charm.
The only drawback is that since there isn't new material any more... this message board has been deserted.
Oh well.


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|"Is this all real? Or has this been happening inside my head?"
The topic of this article is of a real-life subject that has been mentioned "in-universe" in a canon source. The Harry Potter Wiki is written from the perspective that all information presented in canon is true (e.g., Hogwarts really exists), and, as such, details contained in this article may differ from real world facts.
Ouagadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso.[1]
Gilderoy Lockhart once falsely claimed that he had helped put a stop to "a series of attacks" in this city, which were apparently similar in nature to petrification by a basilisk, by giving the townspeople protective amulets.[2]
The Order of Air Voyagers for Intrepid Wizards inducted Lockhart as a member after he flew to Ouagadougou on broomstick (although Lockhart's membership certificate described the African city as "the furthest most [sic] point in Siberia", possibly indicating that the document was forged, and that Lockhart never made such a long-distance flight).[3]
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (Mentioned only)
External links
Notes and references
- ↑ Ouagadougou on Wikipedia
- ↑ Chamber of Secrets, Ch. 9
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (see this image)


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Impaired driving continues to be a leading cause in fatal car crashes across the country. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, one person will die every 51 minutes in a car crash involving impaired driving. The state of Rhode Island remains one of the worst offenders in impaired driving; according to the 2010 Fatality Analysis Reporting System, Rhode Island ranks 46th in the nation in percentage of fatalities that are DUI related.
Students at two Warwick high schools are looking to do something about it by bringing attention to the dangers of drinking and driving while mixing up some great tasting nonalcoholic drinks, or mocktails.
Since its inception in 1983, the Rhode Island chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) has provided victim support and raised public awareness with various events. Mocktail brings together high school SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) groups from all across the state. At the beginning of the school year, students are assigned an adopted "victim," a Rhode Island native who was either killed or seriously injured by a drunk driver. In preparation for Mocktail, students work on a presentation (usually a poster of some kind) and a "mocktail" that represents their victim but also caters to Mocktail's theme, which changes every year. At Mocktail, students share their presentations and drinks with fellow high school SADD groups and try to impress the judges. Mocktail emphasizes to young people that they can have fun without alcohol.
Two Warwick schools are participating in this year's Mocktail competition. Pilgrim High School is honoring Narragansett native Katie DeCubellis, who was 13 when she was killed in a drunk driving crash. Bishop Hendricken High School Youth Taking Action Club is honoring North Kingstown native Jeffrey Monica, who was 19 when he was killed in a drunk driving crash.
Many students in both Pilgrim and Hendricken's groups have been to Mocktail before.
Hendricken senior Burke White says what he likes most about Mocktail is how they get to connect to the victims' families. Fellow senior Zach Nault says that while there is the competitive aspect, it's not cutthroat.
"We're all still friends. We're all there for the same cause," he said.
Many students in the Pilgrim SADD group have yet to experience Mocktail, and are all very excited. Sophomore Brianna Tuscani is especially looking forward to the judges' and families' reactions to the presentations and drinks.
Tuscani says that the whole group can relate to Katie because she was caring and always reaching out to someone. By being in SADD, Tuscani says, they all want to make a difference in the community, like Katie did.
"Katie was nice to people who didn't have any friends; she made connections with people who didn't have anything in common with her," sophomore Sarah Reiley said.
The Hendricken group can also relate to their victim, Jeffrey, who was competitive and motivated in everything he did, whether it was sports, academics or jobs.
"Coming from an all-guys school that is very competitive, we can definitely relate to him," junior Marco DelVecchio said.
Jeffrey Monica is different from most of the victims that MADD adopts, in that he was the impaired driver at the time of the crash.
"It just shows you that MADD has respect not just for victims [of other drunk drivers], but for people who engaged in the act [of drunk driving] and their families," DelVecchio said.
Group advisor Laura Reynolds, the school's social worker, said, "Mrs. Monica [Jeffrey's mother] is a victim as well. A lot of people get hurt."
Team president, senior Tim Desmarais, said, "One bad decision can change your life."
This year's Mocktail competition is Thursday, April 12 at Amica Insurance in Lincoln. It starts at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend.


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It's been an eventful year, not necessarily in a bad way. But nevertheless the start of 2014 is welcome. Any day now.
In the meantime, a bit of holiday doggerel from Calvin Trillin:
I'd like to spend next Christmas in Qatar,
Or someplace else that Santa won't find handy.
Qatar will do, although, Lord knows, it's sandy.
Also, one shouldn't get through the holiday season entirely without anything from David Sedaris's memories of working as a store elf:
The woman grabbed my arm and said: You there, elf. Tell Riley here that if he doesn't start behaving immediately, then Santa's going to change his mind and bring him coal for Christmas.
I said that Santa changed his policy and no longer traffics in coal. Instead, if you're bad, he comes to your house and steals things. I told Riley that if he didn't behave himself, Santa was going to take away his TV and all his electrical appliances and leave him in the dark.
The woman got a worried look on her face and said: All right. That's enough. I said, he's going to take your car and your furniture, and all of your towels and blankets and leave you with nothing. The mother said, No, that's enough – really.
Go on, take a Snow Day; you all deserve it:


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You'll finally get your chance to snuggle up to the deadly Xenomorphs of the Aliens film franchise when Aliens: Colonial Marines hits consoles and PCs early next year. The release date for Wii U version of Colonial Marines will be announced sometime in the future.
Published by Sega, the Gearbox-developed title will let players assume the roles of space-faring human soldiers as a first-person-shooter style experience or the xenomorphs in third-person style stalking gameplay. The game will become an official part of the sci-fi franchise's lore and Kotaku's recent interview with Gearbox's Randy Pitchford shows that the dev studio is taking the opportunity to add to the Aliens mythos very seriously.


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SKU:14526Compatible Figures:Genesis, Victoria 4Compatible Software:Poser, DAZ StudioInstall Types:
SKU:14526Compatible Figures:Genesis, Victoria 4Compatible Software:Poser, DAZ StudioInstall Types:
- Daz Connect
- Install Manager
- Manual Install
- Daz Connect
- Install Manager
- Manual Install
Orion Hair is a charming short hairstyle, with a flair of elegance and romance. Beautiful, sophisticated textures complement the hairstyle with thirty one natural and fantasy colors.
Included morphs allows the hair to change style or get windblown. It comes with two versions both with mirror variants:
a) a hair prop (and it's mirror) that fits Victoria 4 by default, but can be adjusted to fit other figures as well and
b) a Genesis compatible hair file (and it's mirror) that includes custom auto-following morphs (the DS version of the product also includes two sets of material presets with normal and shinny shaders).
For your elegant or wild characters, Orion Hair can offer a versatile short hairstyle with beautiful waves, perfect for modern and fantasy artwork.
What's Included and Features
- Orion Hair (2 .OBj, 2 .HR2, and 2 .DSF)
- Supported Genesis Morphs:
- Aiko 4
- Basic Child
- Basic Female
- Basic Male
- Hitomi
- Michael 4
- Michael 5
- The Girl 4
- Victoria 4
- Victoria 5
- Poser Prop Hair Supported Models:
- Aiko 4
- Alyson2
- The Girl 4
- Michael 4
- Stephanie4
- Victoria 4
- Textures Included:
- 31 Texture Maps 2048x2048
- 1 Bump Map 2048x2048
- 1 Specular Map 2048x2048
- 1 Specular Map (DS) 4000x4000
- 1 Transparency Map 4000x4000
- Poser Material Poses (.PZ2)
- DAZ Studio Material Presets (.DSA)
- Poses to Apply All Presets
- Separate Daz Studio 4 and Poser Installers


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The biggest life lesson that Karen Owen will most likely take away from college?
There are no take-backs in the viral black hole of the World Wide Web.
According to the Huffington Post, the 2010 Duke University grad's risque mock-dissertation, entitled "An Education Beyond The Classroom: Excelling In The Realm of Horizontal Academics," has become an Internet sensation.
The document, describing Owen's college sex life as if it were a biology experiment, is peppered with charts illustrating her "subjects" sexual prowess.
After composing her "thesis" in May, Owen sent it to a few friends, who then forwarded to a few more. Pretty soon, her creation went viral.
Owens told Jezebel this morning that she only meant for three of her friends to see the presentation, but one friend had forwarded it on.
The faux-thesis has created a stir within the Duke community. Many of the men, according to Jezebel, were student athletes, including many players from the Duke lacrosse team. The men have requested that their names be redacted and their photos blurred, which was not the case when the document first went viral.
"I regret it with all my heart," Owens told Jezebel of creating the presentation, "I would never intentionally hurt the people that are mentioned on that."
See the full document on Jezebel.
According to Jezebel, even as agents and editors have come calling, Owens has gone into virtual hiding, blocking public access to all of her social media profiles.
As Owen's work spreads across the Internet, television coverage has increased, and the Today Show has even jumped into the fray.
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