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Joseph Vickerman (1836-1893)
Joseph Vickerman was a woollen merchant and manufacturer.
He was born on 16 December 1836, the son of Benjamin Vickerman of Steps Mill and his wife Mary (née Beaumont), and was baptised on 23 June 1837 at All Hallows, Almondbury.
His great-grandfather founded the firm of B. Vickerman & Sons Ltd. By 1844, the family business had moved from Steps Mill to Taylor Hill Mills.
He married Agnes Caroline Dûbs[1] on 17 October 1867 at Lanark, Scotland. The couple had five known children:
Francis Henry Dûbs Vickerman (1868–1942)[2]
Caroline Louise Vickerman (1871-1955)[3]
Mabel Lilian Vickerman (1873-1954)[4]
Agnes Sillars Vickerman (1875-1954)[5]
Nora Vickerman (1877-1963)[6]
By the 1860s, the family was residing at Fairlea, Taylor Hill.
Between 1871 and 1883 he represented the Almondbury and Newsome Ward in the Huddersfield Town Council. In December 1886 he became a magistrate of the borough. He was also a director of the West Riding Banking Company.
He died aged 56 on 7 July 1893 at Fairlea, Taylor Hill, leaving an estate valued at £86,242 16s. 11d. According to an obituary, he had been suffering "from a disordered liver" and had recently spent time at a Harrogate spa.
He was buried on 10 July 1893 at St. Paul, Armitage Bridge. Reportedly his pallbearers considered of "eight of the oldest workpeople in the employ of Messrs Vickerman".[7]
"Death of Mr. Joseph Vickerman, J.P." in Huddersfield Daily Chronicle (08/Jul/1893)
↑ Born 20 December 1845, daughter of Henry Dubs and his wife Agnes (née Sillars). Died 23 November 1940.
↑ Born 13 November 1868. Died 20 January 1942.
↑ Born 28 March 1871. Married Guy Thornton Crosland on 4 December 1894 at St. Paul, Armitage Bridge. Died 8 January 1955.
↑ Born 9 December 1873. Married William Mearns Gow on 24 July 1899 at St. George, Hanover Square, London. Died 24 November 1954.
↑ Born 26 July 1875. Died 7 August 1954. Did not marry.
↑ Born 2 August 1877. Died 12 November 1963.
↑ See Underground Histories (entry 319).
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InvestorCentric: How Long Will Labor Markets Continue To Struggle?
How Long Will Labor Markets Continue To Struggle?
The biggest worry most people have during a recession is that they may lose their job. With major layoff announcements happening daily now, the labor market is certainly struggling. But how long will labor markets continue to struggle? Economics professor Mark Thoma looks closer at this dynamic, and offers valuable insight, in his blog post from Economist's View.
This means that once the trough of the recession in output growth is reached - and we are not there yet - then there will be a considerable period of time before the labor market recovers if this downturn is like the last two. How long of a time period?
Focusing on the last two downturns, the trough of the 1990-91 recession was in March 1991. However, the peak unemployment rate wasn't until June, 1992, 15 months later. The employment to population trough was a bit earlier, December, 1991, but it was still 9 months later (and there is a second, slightly higher trough a few months later - see the red line in the second graph above).
Thus, once the recession has officially ended, the average number of months until unemployment peaks is 17.5, and the average time until the employment to population ratio troughs is 15.5 months.
So, if the past two recessions are a reliable guide, expect around five quarters or so of additional labor market problems even after output growth turns around.
Is the past a reliable guide? I wish I could answer, but as far as I know the exact reason for the increased time until the labor market recovers observed in the last two recessions is unknown (there has always been some delay, but lately it has increased considerably). One reason could be that labor hoarding has increased due to higher training costs or some other reason. With firms retaining more labor through the downturn and hence more excess capacity than in the past, they can expand output once the recovery starts for a longer period of time without increasing the labor force, or at least not increasing it by much. With employment growing slower than population, and also growing slower than the number of people looking for jobs, the measures above would increase for awhile even after the economy turns around. If firms also install labor saving equipment at a greater rate than in the past as the recovery begins, or if the equipment is installed at the same rate but it is even less labor intensive than in the past, the growth in employment could be even slower. But as I said, even though there has been lots of research into this question, the exact reason for the change in labor market behavior is not known with certainty.
This article has been reposted from Economist's View. The full post can also be viewed on Economist's View.


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Elizabeth Phillips, Staff Writer|May 9, 2021
Anders Hanser--U Discover Music
ABBA takes back the stage for a reunion tour
Famously, 18 ABBA songs were used in the sterling musical films 'Mamma Mia!' and 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again!'. Top hits such as Dancing Queen, Take A Chance on Me, Knowing Me Knowing You, and none other than Mamma Mia, reigned over European pop charts in the 1970s.
Now, more than 35 years since their disbandment, the Swedish 'Super Trouper' sensation is getting the band back together! They are set to release five new tracks in 2021 as the 'ABBAtars' embark on an unconventional tour.
The shows will feature holograms of the artists–who were each photographed from "all possible angles," described songwriter Björn Ulvaeus in an interview with The Times. He elaborates on the process: "They made us grimace in front of cameras. They painted dots on our faces, [and] they measured our heads."
Sanderson Teacher, Jennifer Bennett, reacts to the holographic production: "I'm all about live music. My thought is if you're going to pay to see somebody in concert, the idea and experience is so much richer when it is live. If it is just recorded—ehhh."
Despite the concerts' lack of sentient performers, there is still much to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed about. The avatar promenade will showcase their five new songs–two of which are titled "I Still Have Faith In You" and "Don't Shut Me Down".
"One of them is a pop tune, very danceable," detailed Ulvaeus (2018). "The other is more timeless, more reflective, that is all I will say. It is Nordic sad, but happy at the same time."
The protracted gap between the breakup and the reunion has not faded the world's passion and avidity for the supergroup. The famed 'Mamma Mia!' franchise has brought even more doting admiration to the work of the four novas.
"It's a fun movie: it's summer; it's a wedding; it's a reunion. [Mamma Mia!] brings all that ABBA music back up in the most exciting way," expresses Bennett. "They used songs like Dancing Queen, Knowing Me Knowing You, and Take a Chance on Me, especially because they were so popular at the time. That kind of reignited their popularity."
The buoyancy and exuberance that oozes from the harmonious motion pictures triggers an undying love for the melodies that enrich the films. Bennett elaborates: "It generates nostalgia, and nostalgia is a very powerful emotion for people"
Whether it be the generational progression or the 70s flashbacks—the films permeate a cheerful and reflective vibrancy that leave devotees insatiable.
Fans are just as excited, if not more thrilled, about the possibility of a trilogy coming down the road with speculations about a potential Mamma Mia 3 film. All anyone has to say is Gimmie! Gimmie! Gimmie!
While nothing has been officially announced yet, producer Judy Craymer mused about the potential threqueel in June 2020: "I think one day there will be another film, because there's meant to be a trilogy, you see." She teases, "I know Universal would like me to do it."
The co-creator revealed that while she was close to saying "I do, I do, I do, I do, I do" to a third film, the current global situation put a kink in her plan. Of course, that doesn't stop fans from sanguinely predicting the release date: July 2022.
There's much to anticipate and look forward to as this year progresses. In addition to the new ABBA masterpieces, the Kalokairian Fandom is rocking its heels to hear about what Sophie, little Donnie Sheridan-Rhymand, and the rest of the family will be up to in the, hopefully, near future.
Mid-life Adversities: Gen Z Style

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The 2014 PLSQ season was the third season of existence for the Première ligue de soccer du Québec, a Division 3 men's semi-professional soccer league and the highest level of soccer fully contained within the province of Québec.  It is below Major League Soccer and the North American Soccer League in the Canadian soccer league system, and on the same level as League1 Ontario.

CS Mont-Royal Outremont were the defending league and league cup champions from 2013.

CS Longueuil won the league championship this season, while FC Gatineau won the League cup.

Teams
The 2014 season was contested between six teams - four teams returning from the previous season, with CS Longueuil and ACP Montréal-Nord joining the league while FC Boisbriand, FC Brossard, and the inaugural champion FC St-Léonard did not return. FC L'Assomption became known as FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière.

Season standings

Top scorers

Awards

Cup
CS Mont-Royal Outremont (as 2013's champion) and AS Blainville (by random draw) received byes through to the semi-finals.

First round

Semifinals

Final

Inter-Provincial Cup Championship
The Inter-Provincial Cup Championship was announced on October 14, 2014 as a two-legged home-and-away series between the league champions of League1 Ontario and the Première ligue de soccer du Québec - the only Division 3 men's semi-professional soccer leagues based fully within Canada.

Toronto FC Academy won 4-0 on aggregate

References

External links

Premiere
Première ligue de soccer du Québec seasons

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Google Pixel Setup Guide: 10 Steps to Get Started
Cory Gunther
Google's new flagship Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones are finally for sale, and new owners will need to know how to use it. In this guide we'll explain how to setup your Pixel and share a few tips and tricks to make the process easier. Like using Google's new phone transfer tool and more.
The Pixel is Google's best smartphone to date, and could be the best Android phone available. Period. It's that good. Running the latest Android 7.1 Nougat, rocking the best camera in any smartphone, stunning battery life and a premium design. It's fast, fluid and powerful.
Read: 15 Best Google Pixel & Pixel XL Cases
Everyone uses their phone different not to mention has different wants, needs or preferences. However, our tips will transfer virtually anything and everything from your old device, including text messages and settings. Then go through some other settings, controls and tips to take advantage of everything this phone offers.
Right out of the box the Pixels run amazing. They are fast, easy to use, and just work. During the first startup you'll be prompted to do some very important things. Like setup a fingerprint for the scanner and lockscreen measure, sign into your account, or transfer from an old device.
Google's Pixel will transfer everything from an old Android smartphone, or the iPhone. Both work with the new transfer tool and the USB-to-USB Type-C dongle that's included in the box. Don't lose that, it's what will make switching to your new phone as easy as possible.
Transfer Data From Old Phone
The first thing all owners will want to do is transfer data, apps, settings, contacts, calendar, icon placement, photos or video and even text messages to the Pixel. In the past this has been a difficult and painful process. That isn't the case anymore, and you'll be able to switch phones 100% in about 10 minutes.
Simply follow the steps on the screen or our images provided. Users will need to plug the USB dongle that's included in the box into the new Pixel phone. Then the USB cable in the box from the Pixel dongle to your old phone. The adapter goes into the new device.
This will initiate the transfer service instantly, and do literally all the work for you. Almost everything will be transferred. From everything mentioned above to even alarm pre-sets, text messages, app settings or data and more. It's the complete transfer package similar to Samsung SmartSwitch.
Shown below is the next step, which will tell you what and how much is being transferred, and will let you customize it as well. Clear anything you don't want to restore to the new device one by one, then hit finish and start the process.
Switching my entire Galaxy S7 Edge and over 9GB of data took under 7 minutes. Extremely fast and easy. However, another 5-15 minutes of app downloads and updates will follow, depending on how many apps you have installed.
Then the process will keep going and owners can sit and wait, or continue setting up the Pixel while everything transfers. Once it's finished simply unplug the cable and start using your phone. Google's transfer tool even restored all my app icons to the homescreen. Convenience at its finest.
That's it in terms of setting up your phone. Not all devices are supported, and some homescreens may not transfer. If so, just reorganize the phone and you're all set.
Setup Lockscreen Security
Next up is a step everyone should be familiar with, and is just common sense. Use a lockscreen password, pin, or fingerprint to keep your device safe and secure. The initial setup on the device will prompt you to finish this step, and we'd recommend you do it.
Pixel Imprint on the back of the phone is one of the best fingerprint scanners around. It's located in an easy to tap spot, and setup is a breeze. It only takes about 20 seconds to do. Start by entering a pin, then tap your finger to the sensor six times to register a print. We'd recommend doing both index fingers for the best setup.
The entire process is fast, easy and secure. Now your device is ready for use and will be protected from prying eyes or in case of theft.
Setup Android Device Manager
Speaking of loss or theft, the Android Device Manager is your best friend if this happens. It's a step almost no one takes, but is extremely easy and will save you when something bad happens. Go to the Google Play Store and download the Android Device Manager.
The ADM allows owners to call, lock, or even erase the device if it's lost, missing, or stolen. It even has an alarm feature to blast the Pixel at full volume if its lost at home. Below is a screenshot of the Android Device Manager on my Nexus 5, but it works the same on all Android smartphones and tablets.
This is important in case of loss or theft. It typically can track a smartphone to within a few meters, and give you almost its exact location. Perfect for finding a lost device. Thankfully there's also an "erase" feature if its stolen, so someone can't access important information.
Alternatively owners can add emergency info or a phone number to call if lost right to the lockscreen. Whether this is medical information, call a family member, or a "call if found" number.
Head to Settings > Users > Emergency Info > then add details or a person to contact.
Enable and Use Google Assistant
Previously known as Google Search or Google Now, the Assistant is one of the key selling points for Pixel. Taking everything Google knows about the web, search, your location, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Then blending that into a personal assistant for every Pixel owner.
This is shown during the initial setup as well, or can be accessed by a long-press of the round home button on the bottom middle of the screen. Train it to recognize your voice (even when the screen is off) by saying "Ok, Google" three times. It walks you through setup, then will show you all it has to offer.
Tip* Launch the Google Assistant and say "I'm Feeling Lucky" for a neat surprise. It's better with more than one person, too.
Buy Extra Cables, Chargers or Accessories
Google's new Pixel phones don't use the old and outdated micro-USB port that many old phones have. It uses the new and improved USB Type-C. This is faster, cords can plug in both directions for ease of use, and you can even charge other devices from the Pixel through USB-C.
While there are two cables provided in the box, we'd recommend owners pickup a spare for other rooms of the house, or an office. And maybe even some cases and a USB Type-C car charger. Here's a list of some official Pixel accessories.
Get Unlimited Storage and Backups of Photo/Video
Google Photos has evolved into one of the best photo and video storage and viewing solutions on mobile. It automatically (or when connected to WiFi) makes a full resolution or HD copy of every picture you take, and is really smart. Ask it to show you photos from last Halloween, and it intelligently finds and shows them to you.
One perk of being the first Google Pixel phone is truly unlimited backups in full resolution, rather than resized to HD. Simply open Google Photos, go through the quick setup and enjoy it. There's also a free subscription to Google Play Music and YouTube Red for all owners, just open Google Music and accept it.
Quick Launch the Camera
Next up you'll want to go through and setup everything. Ringtones, call volume, alert sounds and more. However, you'll also want to get familiar with your new phone. Head to settings and find the option listed as "Moves" and click that. Here it will show owners that a double tap on the power button will instantly launch the world-class 12.3 megapixel camera. This works if you're in an app, when the screen is off, and everywhere.
Google also added some other neat gestures like twisting your wrist to switch to the front camera for selfies, or using the fingerprint scanner to access the notification bar one-handed. Give them a try, enable what you want and enjoy.
Setup Do-Not Disturb
One of our favorite features is Do-Not-Disturb. Allowing owners to customize the phone to automatically go silent (or on vibrate) at night. Most don't know it exists, but love it once they figure it out.
Go into Settings > Sounds > Do Not Disturb and set some rules or or times. Then the phone does everything for you, keeps the phone silent while you sleep, but still sounds an alarm come morning time. There is an option to block visual things like notifications from waking the screen, or the option to allow exceptions so select contacts can still get through. Like a significant other or kids.
Oh, another idea is to setup a feature called "Night Light". Head into Settings > Display > and select Night Light. This turns the blue LEDs off on the screen at night, and adds a red tint to the display. This prevents eye strain, helps users fall asleep easier, and will make it so the screen isn't so bright at night. Perfect for laying in bed. Customize it to turn on/off at certain hours of the day, or with the sunrise and sunset. I love this feature. Studies have shown this helps people fall asleep faster at night.
Setup Android Pay
While we're at it, we'd recommend owners setup Android Pay as well. It works just like Apple Pay, and allows you to swipe your phone to make payments while out and about instead of carrying a wallet. Anywhere that Tap-N-Pay is supported will work with Android Pay.
Find the icon, launch the app, add a credit card and start enjoying mobile payments.
Use App Icon Shortcuts
One of the best features in Android 7.1 Nougat that debuted on the Pixel is Launcher shortcuts. It works similar to the iPhone and 3DTouch, and allows specific actions and tasks to be done easier.
Rather than just pressing the camera icon on your homescreen or app tray, press and hold. You'll instantly get suggestions to launch the camera and instantly start recording video, or take a selfie. Instead of opening the camera and switching to these options. App shortcuts are brand new to Android and only work with select Google apps for now, but more developers will fully supported this in the near future.
Try it with the messaging app, dialer, maps, Google Music, calendar, Google Keep, clock or alarms and much more. Allowing Pixel owners to do and get more done faster. You can even add all these shortcuts to a folder on your homescreen.
Of course everyone is a little different, and most owners will setup the Pixel to fit their own needs. Our steps above will set you up for success, secure the device, help you find a lost Pixel and teach you a few things about the phone all at once.
We'd also recommend buyers pickup a Pixel screen protector, download a bunch of their favorite apps, and explore the settings menu for everything else. If you have any questions there's a dedicated 24/7 customer support and help line in settings. Swipe to the right and instantly call, email, or even chat with a customer support representative.
A few other ideas are to set mobile data limits, test out how great the camera is, customize the notification bar by moving icons around as you see fit, or change your wallpaper to one of the many awesome new choices pre-installed on the phone. You're all set now, so enjoy the Google Pixel.
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Am I missing something, you said that there was a dongle and a cable that was included. I only have USB-C cables and none of my micro USB cables from my old phone seem to be working for this.
I just transferred from a Nexus 5 to the new Pixel yesterday. I used my charging cable for the Nexus 5 (microUSB-USB) and put the USB-USBc adapter on it. Plugged the microUSB end into the Nexus and the adapter end into the Pixel. At one point the Nexus rebooted and I had to start over, but it didn't take too long and was (relatively) simple.
Kevin Witmyer
Note that the 3 month free music offer is for new subscribers only. Those of us who already subscribe to All Access are not able to take advantage of this.


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Proposed Regulation Would Expand Definition of "Public Charge"
Posted at 13:00h in Citizen, For Employers, For Families, For Individuals, Homeland Security, NewsBrief, Resident, Student, Visitor, Worker by Shay Taylor
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a proposed regulation regarding inadmissibility on public charge grounds. A public charge is a person who is deemed likely to become financially dependent on public benefits.
Generally speaking, a person applying for lawful permanent residence (commonly referred to as a "green card") or admission as a nonimmigrant is required to demonstrate that the individual is not likely to become a public charge. The proposed regulation would expand the definition of public charge, and also would require a foreign national seeking an extension of stay or change of status to demonstrate that s/he has not received, is not currently receiving, nor is likely to receive public benefits.
What "Public Charge" Means
Public Charge is a term used while determining admissibility to describe an individual who cannot fully support himself or herself through employment, personal assets, or with the help of family, and instead depends on government benefits and assistance programs. While determining whether or not a person is a public charge, the DHS considers a "totality of circumstances" – primarily considering factors such as age; health; family status; assets, resources and financial status; and education and skills.
The current rules regarding eligibility for various public benefits, and whether a foreign national qualifies depending upon that person's status in the United States, are fairly complex. Suffice it to say that cash benefit programs are generally off-limits to most categories of foreign nationals in the United States.
Proposed Changes to the Definition of "Public Charge"
Under the proposed rule, the government would still examine the totality of the foreign national's circumstances. However, the new rule would be far more rigid and unforgiving.
One of the major changes in the proposed regulations would be to add certain non-cash benefits within the definition of public charge. A non-cash benefit is supplementary support in the form of vouchers or direct services to support nutrition, health, and living conditions needs. The DHS is also proposing that even receiving such benefits for a small amount or for a short period of time could amount to a public charge.
With certain exemptions, and keeping the "totality of circumstances" doctrine in mind, the following are non-cash public benefits that would be considered for public charge purposes under the proposed regulation:
Nonemergency Medicaid
Institutionalization for Long Term Care at Government Expense
Premium and Cost Sharing Subsidies under Medicare Part D
Housing Programs including Subsidized Public Housing
Insurance Benefits Not the Same as Public Benefits
It should be noted that benefits provided via insurance typically would not be taken into consideration for public charge purposes. For instance, if a foreign national takes paid leave for a short-term disability (e.g., paid maternity leave), the payments generally come from insurance. This generally would not be held against a foreign national for determining whether a person may be a public charge.
Public Charge Questions to be Added to Many Forms
Assuming this rule goes into effect, questions related to being a public charge would be added to many immigration forms, such as the petition for a nonimmigrant worker (form I-129) and the application to extend / change nonimmigrant status (form I-539). Applicants may be required to include additional documentation demonstrating that they are unlikely to utilize public benefits in the U.S.
Rule Would Not Apply Retroactively
If the rule is finalized, it would only apply prospectively. In other words, assuming the new rule is implemented, it would not penalize a foreign national applicant for using a public benefit that was allowed at the time of use.
Stakeholders have until December 10, 2018 to submit comments to the DHS on this proposed regulation. The DHS then must review the comments and issue a final rule before the regulation can go into effect.
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Looks like the drivers for Cirrus Logic audio card in unibody Macbook from late 2009 (also known as MacBook 6,1) are a bit broken. This is on Windows XP. I'm running Boot Camp 3.0 because 3.1's installer crashes. Anyways, microphone in Steam and Steam edition of Torchlight just didn't work. From certain posts on Apple forums, this seems to affect other software — Windows Live Messenger, et al.
Henry Wong has hacked the drivers for Macbook Pro for Cirrus Logic 4602A, and got this to work. Grab the fixed drivers from their site.
Despite being for MBP, this seems to work on my unibody Macbook as well. This advice is offered without any guarantee it'll work and it's definitely not supported by Apple, so be careful.
After using these patches for some time in L4D2 and elsewhere, I conclude that one or both of the fixed drivers are breaking stereo support, to a certain extent. That is, apparently the "rear" speaker or even the microphone becomes the "left" speaker. YMMV.
This entry was posted in Mac, Uncategorized and tagged drivers, Macbook, Macbook unibody, Steam, Windows XP on March 29, 2010 by Ivan Vučica.
Since 9400m has 16 CUDA cores, newer releases of PhysX system software do not support hardware acceleration on it. In newer releases, NVIDIA demands 256MB of memory on the GPU and 32 CUDA cores.
But if you need it for development, testing or just for trying how it works and proving to yourself you can do it… grab old drivers from NVIDIA to get PhysX running on your machine. I've tried 9.09.0408.
You'll need to manually uninstall the PhysX drivers that ship with your GPU drivers. If you don't see them in Add/Remove Programs, then install the latest version of PhysX drivers (not your GPU drivers) and then uninstall.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized, Windows and tagged CUDA, NVIDIA, physics, PhysX, Windows XP on February 3, 2010 by Ivan Vučica.


It's got 2 full bathrooms upstairs (1 master and 1 hallway) and 1 half bath downstairs. It had new flooring put in in 2015, and while I lived in it I added some value by installing a paver brick back patio space for grilling. Hoping to avoid the hassle of selling through an agent at long distance since I don't have any contacts in that area anymore.
It's tenant occupied, currently under management with a local PM. Standing by to answer any questions! Zillow deleted the old pictures that used to be filed under the address, I'll keep looking and post once I get some, I'll email the PM.
This is for sale in case that's not clear!


Romans 3:23 is a well known verse to many, and a verse well worth memorizing for all who strive to grow and keep their Christian faith strong. This verse has the power to humble all those who accept the Bible as absolute truth, it's first phrase equalizing man, from least to greatest, as all possessing the same problem that has existed for every man and woman since the first couple. To understand this verse is to understand that from the perspective of being justified by grace – if I have been a Christian for my entire adult life I am in the same state as a lost soul – we both need equal amounts of God's grace for falling short of His glory. With personal divisions of all types of groups of people being the source of so much conflict in society today, there is a dire need for more people come to see the identical conditions of ourselves and all those around us. To reach the lost, the saved must relate both the need and the possibility of salvation.
The problem of sin and its consequence of a complete severance of our relationship with God must be our motivation to avoid sin at all costs. The solution to this problem must be the recognition that sin can be avoided, and that the free grace of God can reign in the hearts of all men, conquering sin and it's consequential death. This allows those who have accepted His grace to live in redemption, a state that brings true peace to one's life, thanks only to Jesus Christ, to whom we can never repay, but can continually express our gratitude to the debt he paid by being faithful to our Father every day of our lives.


An historic Mansion house set in some 10 acres of gardens approximately half a mile from the A40 between Llandeilo and Carmarthen in the Towy Valley.
The Gardens contain a Cloisters, a Yew tunnel and regimented formal kitchen and fruit gardens. There is also a small woodland walk and a large pond.
The Mansion House has seen many construction stages and has been rebuilt on at least 2 occasions.
Facilities at Aberglasney include a cafe and shop, the latter also selling plants raised in the gardens. The cafe offers alfresco dining overlooking the large pond and has a wide and varied menu to enjoy.
Aberglasney is open to the public every day except Christmas Day and makes for a great day out in the heart of Carmarthenshire.
The gardens at Aberglasney are also very close to the Botanical Gadren of Wales - also well worth a visit.
If you are looking for an alternative place to dine, some 1.8 miles east along the A40 you will find The Cottage Inn on your right hand side, which offers a choice of home produced beef and lamb dishes, homemade lasagnes, steaks, curries and much more, plus a selection of real ales.


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There is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke. In a great move for workplace and public safety NSW has introduced tougher smoking bans from July 6 2015.
- areas within 4 metres of a pedestrian entrance to or exit from a licensed venue, restaurant or café must be smoke-free.
Check out the NSW Health publication for commercial outdoor dining venues.
Serious injury or even death can result when working at heights. Working around openings eg voids for staircases, or partially contracted areas which workers can fall through can significantly increase this risk. Eliminating, covering or barricading voids to prevent the potential for falling should a priority.
Workcover have put together a voids in house construction video safety alert which highlights how easy it is to fall through openings on construction sites. The video highlights that workplaces must address voids in site management plans and inductions, and ensure constant supervision. Encourage the use of void covers with those most at risk.
Checkout the code of practice for preventing falls in housing construction to find out your legal responsibilities, safe work methods for common tasks, and using portable ladders and working on roofs safely.


Wedding ideas on pinterest unity sand, bouquets and. Selah: a bridal shower devotional: the amazing grace and. 25 best ideas about bridal shower advice on pinterest. Happily ever after?: advice for the new bride bridal showers.


Indiana elementary school packages leftover food to send home with students – Hey, Black Mom!
An Indiana elemantary school realized how much food it was wasting.
One of the state's non-profits had been dedicating its work to saving unused food.
The pair teamed up to ensure students have enough to eat on the weekend.
Woodland Elementary School in Elkhart, Ind., this year rolled out a pilot food program that freezes unused food and packages it for students to take home. Every Friday this school year, 20 students will get a backpack filled with eight frozen meals.
Cultivate, a food rescue non-profit in South Bend, Ind., is making the mission possible for a school where 57 percent of students come from low-income families. Five percent of the total student population is black.
Cultivate typically focuses on catering companies and large food service businesses, including schools, though schools don't get as much attention.


SOLD Dermatology Practice for Sale in Washington State. This is a thriving solo medical and surgical dermatology practice in the Pacific Northwest. Annual gross collections are running $1,9000,000+ on 4 days per week of physician coverage. The clinic located in a beautiful 4000+ sq/ft freestanding building, well designed for optimal efficiency and patient comfort. Approximately 11,000+ active patient charts: 50% PPO, 48% Medicare & 2% Cash. Well trained dependable staff includes 2 physician assistant extenders. Substantial growth potential by opening an additional day and accepting new Medicare patients. Largely untapped cosmetic dermatology market. Small town charm with access to big city amenities in the nearby Seattle Metro area. Selling doctor will provide generous transition assistance to new buyer. Dermatology Financing for Practice Purchase is also Available.
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Remembering World War I: European leaders should spend one week in simulated trench warfare, instead of going to banquets and giving noble speeches filled with hyprocrisy
TOPICS:aggression russeBases for Russian Mistral-class warshipsCrimeaCriméeDer Scharfsinniger Beobachterdie Weltdie ZeitEl Observador IncisivoEuropean leaders spend one week in simulation of Word War I warfareFrançcois HollandeFrançois Hollande Liège Belgique discoursFrench delivery of Mistral-class warships to RussiaGuardianHollande Allocution au Mémorial de CointeHollande noble words actions of appeasementhypocrisyKriml'Observateur IncisifLiegesnoble words and base deedsrepublication of stories about World War I from 1914Russian aggressionRussian virulent xenophobic nationalism and aggressionsevastopolSüddeutsche Zeitungtelephone diplomacyThe virus of unbounded nationalism and military aggressionthe West as co-dependent enabler of Putin and Russiathird-stage sanctionstriumph of appeasement and pacifismU.N. CharterU.S. and EU threats of third-stage sanctionsUkraineUnited Statesuse of forcevladimir putinWestern leadershipвійськова інтервенціявоенная интервенцияКримКрымУкраїнаУкраинаأوكرانياالقرماوکراینشبه جزيرة القرمکریمه乌克兰克里米亚军事干预
Posted By: The Observer August 5, 2014
Newspapers Republishing Articles from 1914
Some of the leading European newspapers are republishing articles, originally published in 1914, regarding the run-up to and beginning of World War I one hundred years ago this month.
Die Zeit (Hamburg)
Die Welt (Berlin)
Südeutsche Zeitung (München) Latest story, Münchner Neueste Nachrichten vom 5.8.1914: "Achtung! Russengift", Süddeutsche Zeitung, 5. August 2014 (19:14 Uhr).
Franfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Frankfurt. Todayś story, "Heimfahrt durch Frankreich:
Nach der Kriegserklärung bahnt sich eine deutsche Journalistin ihren Weg durch Frankreich. Die Verbindungen ins Reich werden gekappt. Ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, den die Autorin am 4. August 1914 in der Frankfurter Zeitung schilderte," Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 4. August 2014.
The Guardian (London). Latest story, "How the Guardian reported the first world war: England declares war on Germany, " Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 5 August 1914. The Guardian, August 5, 2014.
Leading U.S. newspapers have also published retrospective articles, though not on a daily basis as in Europe.
Commemorations of the Centennial of World War I
European leaders and royalty have been popping up in first one place and then another to commemorate the beginning of the war, offering noble words about the lessons learned.
The festivities celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Allied landing in Europe on June 6, 1944, have also formed part of the series of celebrations, banquets and speeches this summer.
Many of the speeches are filled with noble words while the policies of the governments represented by the speakers remain filled with hypocrisy, pacificism and appeasement in the face of Russian invasion of the Ukraine and its purported "annexation" of the Crimea.
By their silence on the question of rolling back the Russian invasion of the Crimea, these governments reveal, even after the imposition of the first "stage three" sectoral sanctions against Russia, that they are not willing to stand up and take forceful action to reverse Russian aggression, and to halt the wave of virulent xenophobic nationalism and aggression that has swept Russia as a result of the operations of Vladimir Putin's war propaganda machine.
Suggestion: European Leaders Should Spend One Continuous Week in Simulated Trench Warfare
The Observer respectfully suggests a different kind of paying respect to the millions of human beings who perished in World War I, while honoring some of the lessons learned from that experience.
The suggestion is:
European leaders should each, and together, spend one continuous week in trenches designed (with modern audio visual technology) to reproduce the experience of trench warfare as fought during World War I.
Then we might see at least a curtailment of the hypocrisy signified by the combination of noble words and pacifist actions.
François Hollande's Hypocrisy: Noble Words, Actions of Appeasement
Then we might see French President François Hollande shamed enough by his decision to deliver two Mistral-class attack warships (with theater command-and-control software and capabilities) to Russia, to withhold his noble words about what the world should or should not do in the face of aggression. One of the warships is to be named "The Sevastopol", after the city on the Crimean peninsula which is the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Sevastopol, we should not forget, is–under international law–located in Ukrainian territory that is under Russian military occupation as a result of the latter's invasion of the Crimea in late February, 2014.
While initial plans were to base these warships in the Far East on the Pacific, there is nothing to prevent them from being based in Sevastopol, where their usefulness as helicopter carriers and command-and-control centers for aggrssive military action might be far greater. One suspects that the original basing plans may have been related to the political acceptability in Europe of the original purchase.
Moreover, at this very moment the Russian invasion is continuing with irregular forces in the eastern Ukraine, as Valdimir Putin masses troops on the border in a menacing threat of invasion.
See Hollande's comments on August 4, 2014 at Liège, at a conmemoration of the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I:
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Meurtrie et niée dans sa neutralité, lors des deux grands conflits du 20ème siècle, la Belgique connait la valeur de la paix. Parce qu'elle est elle-même la réunion de plusieurs communautés, elle sait aussi l'importance du compromis. C'est la double raison pour laquelle la Belgique s'est engagée, avec ferveur, dans la construction européenne. L'Europe, c'était pour la Belgique et pour l'ensemble du continent, l'idée folle – mais la guerre était bien plus folle encore ! – de créer un modèle de coopération et de progrès.
Convenons que l'Europe n'est plus perçue ainsi aujourd'hui. Le risque majeur qui menace, c'est le retour des égoïsmes nationaux, des séparatismes, des replis xénophobes. Il nous appartient donc, et je saisis l'occasion de la commémoration de Liège, d'envoyer un message de paix et de l'affirmer comme une volonté.
J'ai évoqué la neutralité, deux fois bafouée, de la Belgique. Mais aujourd'hui, la neutralité n'est plus de mise. Comment rester neutre lorsqu'un peuple, non loin d'Europe, se bat pour ses droits et pour son intégrité territoriale? Comment rester neutre lorsqu'un avion civil est abattu en Ukraine? Comment rester neutre devant des massacres de populations civiles, comme en Irak, comme en Syrie, où les minorités sont persécutées ? Comment rester neutre quand un pays ami comme le Liban voit son intégrité territoriale menacée ? Comment rester neutre quand à Gaza, un conflit meurtrier dure depuis près d'un mois ?
Nous ne pouvons pas rester neutres. Il y a une obligation d'agir. C'est l'Europe qui doit en prendre les responsabilités avec les Nations Unies. C'est le message que nous devons retenir aussi de cette journée. Nous ne pouvons pas être simplement des gardiens de la paix, des évocateurs du souvenir. Nous ne pouvons pas simplement évoquer le culte de la mémoire. Nous sommes aussi devant nos responsabilités. Ici, à Liège, au mois d'août 1914, il y a exactement un siècle, des hommes ordinaires sont devenus illustres par leur courage et leur vaillance. Aujourd'hui le temps est aussi à être illustre, par les actions que nous sommes capables de mener. Ces hommes, il y a un siècle, au fond de leur cœur, espéraient qu'un jour tous les pays d'Europe seraient rassemblés. Cent ans après, cette utopie est réalité. L'Europe est là, mais l'Europe doit faire encore davantage car la paix n'est jamais sûre. Elle exige une vigilance, un combat, une organisation, une défense de son propre continent.
Voilà pourquoi l'Europe doit toujours être en mouvement, ne doit jamais être lasse et ne doit surtout jamais être fatiguée de la paix.
–Président Franois Hollande, "Allocution au Mémorial de Cointe" (Liège, Belgique), Èlysée, Présidence de la Républicque, Publié le 04 Août 2014
Russia, today, is engaged in ongoing aggression against the Ukraine through special operations, intelligence and irregular forces.
Let Hollande and his peers spend a week in the simulated World War I trenches.
Then let's hear what Hollande, and Europe, have to say about Russia's invasion of the Crimea and the Ukraine–and about French plans to deliver Mistral-class warships to Russia while it continues its aggression.
"The Trenchant Observer" is edited and published by The Observer, an international lawyer who has taught International Law, Human Rights, and Comparative Law at major U.S. universities, including Harvard, Brandeis, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Kansas. He is a former staff attorney at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (IACHR), where he was in charge of Brazil, Haiti, Mexico and the United States, and also worked on complaints from and reports on other countries including Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. As an international development expert, he has worked on Rule of Law, Human Rights, and Judicial Reform in a number of countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and the Russian Federation. In the private sector, The Observer has worked as an international attorney for a leading national law firm and major global companies, on joint ventures and other matters in a number of countries in Europe (including Russia and the Ukraine), throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, and in Australia, Indonesia, Vietnam, China and Japan. The Trenchant Observer blog provides an unfiltered international perspective for news and opinion on current events, in their historical context, drawing on a daily review of leading German, French, Spanish and English newspapers as well as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and other American newspapers, and on sources in other countries relevant to issues being analyzed. The Observer speaks fluent English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish, and also knows other languages. He holds an S.J.D. or Doctor of Juridical Science in International Law from Harvard University, and a Doctor of Law (J.D.) and a Master of the Science of Law (J.S.M.), from Stanford University. As an undergraduate, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree, also from Stanford, where he graduated "With Great Distinction" (summa cum laude) and received the James Birdsall Weter Prize for the best Senior Honors Thesis in History. In addition to having taught as a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, The Observer has been a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University's Center for International Affairs (CFIA). His fellowships include a Stanford Postdoctoral Fellowship in Law and Development, the Rómulo Gallegos Fellowship in International Human Rights awarded by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and a Harvard MacArthur Fellowship in International Peace and Security. Beyond his articles in The Trenchant Observer, he is the author of two books and numerous scholarly articles on subjects of international and comparative law. Currently he is working on a manuscript drawing on the best articles that have appeared in the blog.
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Dispose a two dimensional array of data into a grid.
The first one, on the left composed with a grid of all of the 125 signals. To be readable, the grid is re-arranged in a 25 rows by 5 columns of signals. The first signal (0) is localized in the bottom left corner. The last signal (125) is localized in the upper right corner. Finally, double click on a signal to enlarge it.
associated time vector with the same length as the data.


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const path = require('path');
const fs = require('fs');
const _ = require('lodash');
const YAML = require('js-yaml');
const traverse = require('traverse');

const utils = require('./utils');
const verbose = utils.verbose;

/**
 * @typedef {object} NBConfigOptions
 * @property {string}  [configDir]      - default is env.NB_CONFIG_DIR || CWD() + /config
 * @property {string}  [defaultDir]     - default is env.NB_DEFAULT_DIR || this.configDir
 * @property {boolean} [cache=true]
 * @property {boolean} [env=true]
 * TODO below property is not implemented yet
 * @property {boolean} [auto]           - when configDir and defaultDir is not set, find it manually
 * @property {number}  [max_depth]      - maximum directory travel levels for "auto" feature
 */

class NBConfig {
    /**
     * @param {string} [moduleName]                 - default is package.name
     * @param {string} [buildTarget='development']
     * @param {NBConfigOptions} [options]
     */
    constructor(moduleName, buildTarget, options) {
        verbose('constructor: build target: ', buildTarget, process.env.NODE_ENV, 'development');
        this.moduleName = moduleName || require(path.join(process.cwd(), 'package.json')).name;
        /** @type {NBConfigOptions} */
        this.options = _.assign({env: true}, options);
        this.cache = _.get(options, 'cache') || true;
        this.configDir = _.get(options, 'configDir') || process.env.NB_CONFIG_DIR || path.join(process.cwd(), 'config');
        this.defaultDir = _.get(options, 'defaultDir') || process.env.NB_DEFAULT_DIR || this.configDir;
        this.buildTarget = buildTarget || process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';

        this.load();

        return this;
    }

    static fileName(moduleName, buildTarget) {
        return moduleName
            ? moduleName.concat('.', buildTarget)
            : buildTarget;
    }

    prepareDefault() {
        // The directory where the configuration files are stored

        // convert relative path to absolute path
        if (this.defaultDir.indexOf('.') === 0) {
            this.defaultDir = path.join(process.cwd(), this.defaultDir);
        }
        if (this.configDir.indexOf('.') === 0) {
            this.configDir = path.join(process.cwd(), this.configDir);
        }

        // filepath
        // TODO support other extensions (not only yaml)
        const filename = NBConfig.fileName(this.moduleName, 'default') + '.yaml';
        const defaultFilePath = path.join(this.defaultDir, filename);
        const configDefaultPath = path.join(this.configDir, filename);

        // load both origin default file and default configuration file
        /**
         * @type {Buffer}
         */
        let originDefaultBuf = null;
        let destDefaultBuf = null;
        try {
            originDefaultBuf = fs.readFileSync(defaultFilePath);
        } catch (e) {
            verbose(e);
        }
        try {
            destDefaultBuf = fs.readFileSync(configDefaultPath);
        } catch (e) {
            verbose(e);
        }

        // check default files
        if (!originDefaultBuf) {
            console.warn('default file does not exist. load configuration without default');
        } else if (!destDefaultBuf) {
            fs.copyFileSync(defaultFilePath, configDefaultPath);
            console.info('default file in config directory is not exist. generate it from default');
        } else if (!originDefaultBuf.equals(destDefaultBuf)) {
            fs.copyFileSync(defaultFilePath, configDefaultPath);
            console.info('default file in config directory is not fresh. update it to new version');
        } else {
            verbose('default file is exist');
        }
    }

    /**
     * Load all config
     * If cache flag is true, load from cache
     * @return {*}
     */
    load() {
        if (this.cache) {
            const cached = this.getCache();
            if (cached) {
                verbose('load from cache');
                this.config = cached;
                this.fromCache = true;
                return cached;
            }
        }
        this.fromCache = false;
        this.loadConfig();

        return this;
    }

    reload() {
        this.loadConfig();

        return this;
    }

    static loadFile(filePath) {
        try {
            return YAML.load(fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8'), {json: true, filename: filePath});
        } catch (e) {
            verbose('file load failed', filePath);
            return {};
        }
    }

    /**
     * load default and user config from files.
     * if cache flag is set, update cache also
     * @return {NBConfig}
     */
    loadConfig() {
        this.prepareDefault();
        // TODO support more extensions (not only yaml)

        // get default config
        const defaultFileName = NBConfig.fileName(this.moduleName, 'default') + '.yaml';
        const defaultFilePath = path.join(this.configDir, defaultFileName);
        const defaultConfig = NBConfig.loadFile(defaultFilePath);

        // get user config
        const configFileName = NBConfig.fileName(this.moduleName, this.buildTarget) + '.yaml';
        const configFilePath = path.join(this.configDir, configFileName);
        const userConfig = NBConfig.loadFile(configFilePath);

        verbose('defaultFilePath', defaultFilePath);
        verbose('defaultConfig', defaultConfig);
        verbose('configFilePath', configFilePath);
        verbose('userConfig', userConfig);
        this.config = utils.extendDeep(defaultConfig, userConfig);
        verbose('merged:', this.config);
        if (this.options.env) {
            this.coatEnvOnConfig();
        }
        if (this.cache) {
            this.setCache(this.config);
        }

        return this;
    }

    getCache() {
        if (this.cache) {
            const symbolKey = Symbol.for(NBConfig.fileName(this.moduleName, this.buildTarget));
            let globalSymbols = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(global);
            let cached = (globalSymbols.indexOf(symbolKey) > -1);
            if (cached) {
                verbose('get data from cache:', symbolKey);
                return global[symbolKey];
            } else {
                return undefined;
            }
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * @param {object} data - config data
     * @return {*} - echo of data
     */
    setCache(data) {
        const symbolKey = Symbol.for(NBConfig.fileName(this.moduleName, this.buildTarget));
        global[symbolKey] = data;

        verbose('put data into cache:', symbolKey);
        return global[symbolKey];
    }

    clearCache(targetSymbolKey) {
        if (targetSymbolKey) {
            verbose('cache deleted:', targetSymbolKey);
            delete global[targetSymbolKey];
        } else {
            const symbolKey = Symbol.for(NBConfig.fileName(this.moduleName, this.buildTarget));
            verbose('cache deleted:', symbolKey);
            delete global[symbolKey];
        }
    }

    /**
     * return config value in path
     * if path is not valid, return undefined
     * @param {string | array} [path]
     * @return {*}
     */
    get(path) {
        return path
            ? _.get(this.config, path)
            : this.config;
    }

    /**
     * @param {string}  path
     * @return {string|undefined}
     */
    getFileConfig(path) {
        return path
            ? _.get(this.config, path)
            : this.config;
    }

    /**
     * @param {string}              path
     * @param {function<string>}   [format]
     * @param {string}             [delimiter='.]
     * @param {string}             [replacer='__']
     */
    getEnvConfig(path, format, delimiter = '.', replacer = '__') {
        if (path === '' || !path) {
            return undefined;
        }
        if (typeof format === 'function') {
            path = format(path);
        }
        return process.env[path.replace(delimiter, replacer)];
    }

    /**
     * @param {function<string>}   [format]
     * @param {string}             [delimiter='.]
     * @param {string}             [replacer='__']
     */
    coatEnvOnConfig(format, delimiter = '.', replacer = '__') {
        const paths = traverse(this.config).paths().map((i) => i.join('.'));
        _.forEach(paths, (path) => {
            const env = this.getEnvConfig(path, format, delimiter, replacer);
            if (env === undefined) {
                return;
            }

            const value = this.getFileConfig(path);

            if (_.isArray(value)) {
                return _.set(this.config, path, JSON.parse(env));
            }

            if (!_.isObject(value)) {
                let v = env;
                switch (typeof value) {
                    case 'string':
                        break;
                    case 'number':
                        v = _.toNumber(env);
                        break;
                    case 'boolean':
                        v = (env === 'true');
                        break;
                }
                return _.set(this.config, path, v);
            }
        });
        return this.config;
    }
}

module.exports = NBConfig;

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Bill Gallery is a talented Photographer whose work for Apple, Herman Miller and Morgan Stanley has been widely recognized and published.


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The birth of a new baby is an exciting, refreshing time. Suddenly the world seems new and your filled with revived energy to experience everything. It's also an opportunity to mold the mind of a brand-new person. While this could go very wrong, very quickly, you can start with a good foundation by giving every little one in your life these ten books. This mini library is filled with important lessons, lovable characters, and just really good stories to keep the baby entertained.
He is the Lorax he speaks for the trees, for the trees have no tongue. This is the quintessential line from one of Dr. Seuss's most beloved stories. In this book a grumpy little animal called the Lorax confronts the environment-destroying owner of a massive factory complex. The Oncler, as this owner is called, has come to the beautiful home of the Lorax it started chopping down the trees in order to create the most useless useful object ever. In doing so he also pollutes the air and the water, which forces all of the animals to move on. This story teaches about environmentalism, responsibility, and the hope that things can always change.
Have you ever felt like you lived in a world that didn't understand you? In this book Droofus is a dragon who lost his way as a baby. Separated from his family, he had to learn to make his own way in the world. This included rejecting eating other living creatures and becoming the only vegetarian dragon the kingdom had ever seen. Though he was kind and gentle, he was still a dragon. This meant that people feared him. When the king put a bounty on his head, poor Droofus didn't know what to do. Fortunately, he finds friendship and the son of a kind farmer and together they figure out a way to give the King of the dragon head that he wants, earn enough money to save the family, and still keep Droofus happy. This is a story of love and acceptance, and being who you are.
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A little girl's teddy bear is a precious possession. In this story we meet Corduroy, a curious little bear who lives in a department store. One day he meets Lisa. Lisa has always wanted a teddy bear just like Corduroy. When her mother tells her that they don't have the money to buy him, Lisa figures out a way to get the money herself, and returns for Corduroy. Now Corduroy has a real home and someone who loves him. Lisa even repairs the broken button on his overalls. This is a heartwarming story of everyone having a place and loving others for who they are.
New parents might think that sleep is a thing of the past. This book, however, was written as the perfect bedtime companion. Dr. Seuss wrote this story to encourage a good nighttime routine and lull children off to sleep. Soon little ones will know that "the time for night brushing of teeth is at hand" and will be ready to drift off.


"This book will appeal to fans of Terry Pratchett's Discworld Sagas."
"Magic and monsters and a lot of laughs!"
We all know Snow White lived happily ever after, but what happened to the seven dwarfs?
When their diamond mine becomes choked with the barbed roots of the thorny hedge the wicked queen erected around their land the dwarfs are forced to split up and survive using their various talents of Assassin, Thief, Bounty Hunter, Medicus, Pirate, Inventor and Priest.
After many years their lives change with the appearance of an unlikely young adventurer whose plan is to plunder the treasure hoards of the many long dead dragons. However, to achieve this he needs the foremost book on dragons containing a map depicting every location of the deceased dragons lairs. A snag in his plan is only one copy of this book exists, and it's in possession of the wicked queen who was not killed as the popular story would have everyone believe but is very much alive. Banished to the top of a lonely mountain she will only relinquish her ownership of the book if he can set her free. All he has to do is track down the seven dwarfs scattered across the kingdom and convince them to have the wizard lift the curse from the one they most hate. It will be a far from easy task.
For the first time, the fate of the seven dwarfs is revealed in an exciting, original story of heroic adventure, strange lands, terrifying creatures, dangerous deeds and dead dragons gold that takes place ten years after Snow White leaves with her not so charming prince.
A fantasy adventure about what happens when someone who isn't destined to be a hero slaps fate around the face and tries to be one anyway.
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"An exciting humorous fantasy adventure which reveals what happened to the 7 dwarfs after Prince Charming had claimed Snow White as his bride."
"At times dark fantasy tale interjected with humour interwoven in an original plot that will change your view of Snow White's seven dwarfs."
"If you like your fantasy stories full of originality and humour, this is the book for you and one for Pratchett fans of all ages. Highly recommended."
"A rollicking read that shows the seven dwarfs in a new, bawdy and hilarious light."
"...It's not a children's fairy tale and, once you've read it, you'll never think of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the same way again. Bawdy, bloody and funny, it will appeal to readers who like an easy read with a lot of tongue-in-cheek fun. I recommend it."
"Seven Dwarfs is a really fun read, and I laughed out loud more than once while reading it! Once Snow White is carried off by Prince Charming, the dwarfs are free to pursue their own adventures and they do. Each dwarf has his or her (yes, two are women!) own chapter that could be read as a standalone short story. The last few paragraphs of each dwarf's story ties them all together through the appearance of a mysterious hooded man who invites each one to a secret meeting and an opportunity that will be revealed to them there. The wicked queen, the magic mirror, a very funny talking crossbow, and more than one monster and wizard romp through the pages of Seven Dwarfs and give the reader a grand old time!"
"I enjoyed this read. It was funny, exciting, action and adventurous."
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Map of the Day: NYC's Radical Roots
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There was a time when New York City played a more active role in key social struggles (some might argue that time has passed). This map looks to plot the points of interest for "opposition" in the city. The designer of the map says:
Capitalists map the city for the purposes of profit and authorities do so for control. Radicals, of course, have a different agenda.
This map is the first installment of a larger project dedicated to highlighting important sites of social struggle in New York City. At present, the map only covers a small (albeit important) sliver of the city and quite incompletely at that.
The map needs some serious expansion right now as it mostly covers parts of the West and East Village right now. The creator says he has plans to "expand, enrich and refine it."
Rolling over the points of interest on the map pops-up a blurb about what happened there and a link to some more information.


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Celegastrura is a genus of springtails in the family Hypogastruridae. There is at least one described species in Celegastrura, C. aldebaranis.

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86-year-old Brownwood man dies in wet road crash
by: Travis Ruiz
Updated: Oct 18, 2018 / 01:38 PM CDT
ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – An 86-year-old Brownwood man was killed in crash where a semi-truck jackknifed on wet roads, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS).
DPS said Billy Joy Bennett, 86, of Brownwood, was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger, an 84-year-old woman, was taken to the hospital with critical injuries.
The crash happened Monday afternoon at about 12:30 on U.S. 67 one mile east of Santa Ann in Coleman County.
A semi truck was eastbound when it jackknifed on the wet roads, according to DPS. It crossed the center stripe and crashed into a 1998 Lincoln Town Car driven by Bennett and another car driven by an Austin man.
The two men in the car from Austin were taken to a hospital in stable condition. The driver of the semi was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
DPS said the crash remains under investigation.
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I'm sorry if you feel insulted by my opinions.
It's a very very bad thing for anyone to do to give out the impression of not liking dogs.
It's the people, not the dogs that get under my skin.
There were several reasons I heard about....not sure any of them were all that official?
But the fishing license changed color every year....so that one doesn't seem all that rational. They could have changed the color to anything they wanted.
But I do know many non fishermen & hunters (especially women) disliked the licenses being displayed at all....there was some kind of 'offensive' movement going on with them back then. You would get dirty looks from some people even in Walmart where they sold them.
I'm going to add ....freaking balloons.....everywhere you go....they're everywhere.
In the trees, in the bushes, in the water....enough with the balloons already.
I'm going to add ....freaking balloons.....everywhere you go....there everywhere.
Agree. I see those crazy mylar balloons in the craziest places. Often 50' in a tree.
The reason being they were printed on white stock and many felt that a flash of white during deer season could be dangerous...………….
Well never heard that before but seeing my dog takes at least three mega dumps a day I trained him to walk down to the road and poop in the storm drain...…………..
and yea sometimes I join him...…………….
Red, pink, white, poka dots....it doesn't matter, it's no excuse to stop forever the displaying your license.
at the minimum it let the Game wardens know at distance you had a license . I still have mine visible especially when hunting . If it offends any ones delicate sensibilities oh well.
I'm not buying the delicate sensibility argument.
I don't recall that ever being mentioned back when the change was made.
It was always a safety issue.
Anyways, the change applied to fishermen too, of which there are many more.
No way they changed a law because snowflakes were offended by (mostly) fishing licenses being displayed.
The dog crap law is silly nannystate foolishness.
I'm pretty sure the license change was not.
Btw I love storing my license in my wallet where I never have to think about where it is.
My comment wasn't made to present an argument it being changed cuz someone got offended at the sight of a pinned on license . Another member here had mentioned it beforehand . Myself I have had members of the non hunting community see fit to voice comments . If I offend somebody to the point they feel to try to force an opinion win win . I wont play their games nor engage with dialogue with someone for doing nothing wrong.
That was a major point, snowflakes couldn't tell the difference between a hunting & fishing license. Especially when many fishermen wore the same clothing!
And yes, you would get dirty looks, & snide remarks too. And you would never know of the 'movement' if you were not part of it, contacting their representatives to complain.
All of a sudden displaying your license became a safety issue (even for fishermen)....100 yrs of displaying your license & all of a sudden they figured out it's a safety issue?
Again, they could have made them any color they wanted.
Not to mention a much, much, bigger group of activists who also couldn't tell a hunting from a fishing license & were 'offended' by there display in Massachusetts....the anti-gun lobby type.
Having to display your license is ridiculous, where would you put it? Does your drivers license get displayed on the windshield of your car? I'm liberal for the most part and kill and eat fish all the time, I don't hunt but happily get venison from my dad and brother and help them grind and package things up, and I'll push deer for them once in awhile too. I also have a few vegetarian friends and they couldn't care less who hunts and fishes. Dumb generalizations seem to be why everyone hates each other these days.
As far as the dog crap conundrum, pretty stupid. If you step in poop, man the eff up and wipe it off, the world isn't ending.


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14 Million Problems All In Ones
December 20, 2018 December 20, 2018 The Howler
By Cara Young, Alex Maxwell and Rachel Byrd
The Lone Star College System's accounts are currently under investigation for $14 million dollars worth of improperly distributed financial aid funds by the U.S. Department of Education.
The DOE's review of accounts uncovered that LSC has provided students who graduated from ineligible high schools with Pell, Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants and federal loans.
"The DOE identified 6,160 students as incorrectly receiving financial aid during the 2012 – 2016 time period," LSC's Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Mott told The Howler in an email interview.
Mott said that an appeal has been submitted to the Department of Education.
"It was not possible to review all 6,160 records during the 45 days we had to appeal, so we reviewed a statistical sample of 167 students," Mott said. "For about a third of those students, we did find documentation that they were correctly awarded financial aid. After submitting the appeal, we are now working to review all 6,160 records."
Graphic created by Erika Stowe, with information provided by the National Center for Education Statistics-College Navigator, December 2018.
At LSC-Kingwood financial aid consists of about 26.3 percent of students receiving Pell Grant funding, according to the 2018 Texas Public Higher Education Almanac from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
About 33.8 percent of students who graduate have debt and the average student debt of graduates is $15,048.
Mott said there would be no expected impact on schools budget due to this issue.
"If, and when, a payment is due to the Department of Education, LSC will use reserve funds to make the payment," she said. "The current forecast is that we will end FY 2019 (August 31, 2019) with cash reserves of $64 million. This does not include any Hurricane Harvey repairs as we are still working through FEMA and the State for reimbursement."
However, students are concerned as to how students who had received financial aid from the college will be affected by the audit.
"I hope that the students who received funding through this mistake are not affected in a bad way after this," said Victoria Richardson, a student at Lone Star College-Kingwood. "I don't think it would be entirely fair for the college to make the students pay for their mistake."
LSC-Kingwood student Adriana Maxwell is also concerned.
"Well, it does (concern me) because I do believe that sometimes the parameters for someone who qualifies for financial aid can be relatively narrow," Maxwell said." They don't take in the full picture as to how much a student can actually afford."
Not only are students concerned with how they will afford the next semester, but where the college will find the money for an unplanned expense and what it may mean giving up.
Richardson is concerned that paying back the DOE could impact other areas.
"I would assume they will make a budget to pay back the audit," Richardson said. "However, I do understand that by adding another program of repayment to budget for, that will take away from other programs. I guess this mistake will impact more than they had hoped for."
Maxwell is also wondering where funding will be allocated from.
"Well, I think they have to start looking at projects that they were going to do," Maxwell said. "If you were going to build or renovate a building or perhaps teachers were going to get a raise that year maybe this is going to be the year that just doesn't happen."
Lone Star College student returns books at LSC-Kingwood's bookstore, December 2018. Photo by Aliya Ahmed. Federal audit finds Lone Star College System improperly distributed $14 million dollar worth of financial aid. District officials are appealing the results of the audit.
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New 'Harry Potter' Spin-Off Story About The Singing Sorceress
It must feel like Christmas to Harry Potter fans because the franchise's mastermind, J.K. Rowling, has released another mini-companion story to the hit book franchise.
This time, instead of concentrating on our beloved characters like last time, this story or biography, rather, concentrates on a character that Rowling said was always in the background of the story, but never played a big role in the story.
The character's name is Celestina Warbeck or as she is known in the Wizarding World, "The Singing Sorceress." In her blog post about the new "story," Rowling admits the Celestina was one of her favorite "off-stage" characters and when she was thinking about her appearance, she modeled her after popular Welsh singer, Shirley Bassey.
The new story concentrates on Warbeck's background including the fact that she attended Hogwarts and was sorted into Gryffindor. The background also unveils that her father was a wizard working in the Muggle Liaison Office while her mother was, what else, a muggle. Her parents met when her mother had been attacked by a Lethifold when it disguised itself as a stage curtain.
The biography also reveals how Warbeck's mother reluctantly allowed her daughter to attend Hogwarts after it was discovered there weren't any wizarding stage school in the Wizarding World. Her other was persistent one, though. She tried to get Hogwarts to create a choir, a theater club and dancing classes to showcase her daughter's talents.
But, Rowling does somehow make a connection between Warbeck and our favorite characters. In the biography, Rowling writes how due to her popularity tickets are often sold on the black market at elevated prices which is why Molly Weasley has not been able to see her favorite singer live.
The full biography for Celestina Warbeck is currently up on Pottermore, but for those of us who can't quite remember our passwords (and username for that matter), the TODAY Show has it posted on their website.
Now, how long until Rowling graces us with another Harry Potter spin-off mini story?
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J.K. Rowling Trolls 'Harry Potter' Fans with New Short Story
UPDATE: You can actually head on over to the TODAY Show's website here and read the full story.
With all the press and hype surrounding the opening of the "Wizarding World of Harry Potter" at Universal Studios Orlando, leave it to creator J.K. Rowling to release a new, albeit short (1,500 words) story.
Insert the screams if Potterheads everywhere or the continuous screams.
The story, which is told from the perspective of gossip column maven Rita Skeeter, reveals how Dumbledore's Army had reunited at the 2014 Quidditch World Cup. Of course, Harry is there and so are his brother-in-law/best friend, Ron Weasley and his wife/Harry's other best friend, Heromione Granger.
In the "column" they seem to describe how each character has changed, physically, from the fresh-faced kids we all grew up with to these adults with real responsibilities. Harry is getting silver streaks in his hair and has a cut oh his cheek, most likely from his job as an Auror. Ron's own ginger mop seems to be thinning and they reveal that his sister aka Harry's wife, Ginny, went on to become a journalist while Heromione went on to work for the Magical Law Enforcement. Not such a hard leap when you remember this was the girl who was more afraid of being expelled than dying.
This short story was a longtime coming and even some fans of the franchise had begun to joke that Rowling would probably release a new Harry Potter book later this month on her (and Harry's) birthday, July 31. Guess the joke was on them.
Of course the Quidditch World Cup joke was not waste on anyone since today marks one of the final games for the 2014 FIFA World Cup which has now been going on for the past month.
Why should there not be a Quidditch World Cup, after all?
If you haven't been able to read the story yet, we'll be on the look out for a/an legal/illegal way to read the story since not everyone is fortunate enough to remember their Pottermore account. We'll blame that on a memory charm.
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'Harry Potter' to Hit the Stage in 2015
Stop what you are doing because Harry Potter is coming back!
Yes children or adult or whomever you are, the boy wizard is coming back, but before you think this has anything to do with another book which author J.K. Rowling has been mum about or that film based on one of Harry's Hogwarts textbooks, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, it really doesn't.
Yesterday, Rowling revealed that Harry Potter will be hitting the stage in London. The premise of the story is to "explore the previously untold story of Harry's early years as an orphan and outcast," while living in the muggle world with aunt, uncle and cousin.
While Rowling was the one to unveil the upcoming plans, she also confirmed that she would not be writing the script for the play. Instead, she will be co-producing the show alongside veteran producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender. As for the lucky person who will be bringing the wizarding world to real life in words, that person or persons have yet to be chosen.
When addressing why she had chosen Friedman and Callender to co-producer the stage adaptation, she said she had received many stage pitches concerning the magical world of Harry Potter, but Friedman and Callender's imagination of it "was the only one that really made sense to me, and which had the sensitivity, intensity and intimacy I thought appropriate for bringing Harry's story to the stage. After a year in gestation, it is very exciting to see this project moving onto the next phrase," the Daily Mail had reported.
The play is expected to premiere at London's West End within the next two years, but no exact or estimated date has been given yet.
Now you can start all those "the boy who lived" jokes if you want.
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J.K Rowling to Screenwrite New Wizard World-Inspired Film
Cue all the screams from the Harry Potter fans when they first found out that Warner Brothers and the mastermind behind the hit franchise, J.K. Rowling announced earlier today that they would be working with each other on a Wizarding World-inspired film.
Now before anyone calls this a sequel or prequel to the hit franchise, keep in mind, that it is in fact none of the above. The film which will be titled, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will be an "extension of the wizarding world" according to Rowling.
The titled, for those non-hardcore Potterheads, is one of the titled from Harry's textbooks used while he attended Hogwarts written by the fictional author, Newt Scamander. Scamander is often mentioned throughout the franchise and quirky Luna Lovegood went onto marry his grandson, Rolf, in the original series. This film will be Rowling's first ever screen play and is expected to launch a new series of films.
While you breathe into a brown paper bag, you can read the rest of the statement below on behalf of the author and the studio behind it all.
"It all started when Warner Bros. came to me with the suggestion of turning Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them into a film. I thought it was a fun idea, but the idea of seeing Newt Scamander, the supposed author of Fantastic Beasts, realized by another writer was difficult. Having lived for so long in my fictional universe, I feel very protective of it and I already knew a lot about Newt. As hard-core Harry Potter fans will know, I liked him so much that I even married his grandson, Rolf, to one of my favourite characters from the Harry Potter series, Luna Lovegood. As I considered Warners' proposal, an idea took shape that I couldn't dislodge. That is how I ended up pitching my own idea for a film to Warner Bros. Although it will be set in the worldwide community of witches and wizards where I was so happy for 17 years, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world. The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the Harry Potter books or seen the films, but Newt's story will start in New York, 70 years before Harry's gets underway. I particularly want to thank Kevin Tsujihara of Warner Bros. for his support in this project, which would not have happened without him. I always said that I would only revisit the wizarding world if I had an idea that I was really excited about and this is it."
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Syria Condemns UN Peace Envoy's Calls to Avoid Tackling Golan Occupation
Friday October 21st, 2016 by SANA (state news agency)
Syria's envoy to the UN strongly condemns Nickolay Mladenov's insistence on not tackling the situation in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights
Syria's Permanent Representative to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari strongly condemned the UN's insistence on not tackling the situation in the occupied Syrian Golan, pointing to Israel's disregard of hundreds of the UN resolutions and its violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law.
In a statement before the UN Security Council on the "situation in the Middle East including the Palestinian cause," Jaafari said that Syria strongly condemns the UN special coordinator for the Middle East Nickolay Mladenov's insistence on not tackling the situation in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights and the stance of the UN towards Israel's occupation of the area.
Jaafari said that the meeting of the Security Council today coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the Arab territories, indicating that despite the UN adopting hundreds of resolutions which demand an end to the Israeli occupation of the Arab territories, successive Israeli governments have rejected the international community's calls for an end to the violations.
The top Syrian diplomat spoke of the continued Israeli settlement campaigns, in which Palestinians are expelled from their homes, as well as Israel's complete disregard of the UN resolutions relevant to ending the Israeli occupation.
Jaafari indicated that for more than half a century, some of the UN member states have been supporting Israel in its occupation of the Arab territories by vetoing more than 44 draft resolutions since the establishment of the UN surrounding the Arab-Israeli conflict.
He added that for more than half a century, the Syrian civilians in the occupied Golan Heights have been suffering from policies of oppression, racial discrimination, arrest and torture, as well as being prevented from building Syrian hospitals in their occupied towns in the Golan.


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>Human Rights Group Claims J&K Police Forced The Handwara Girl To Say Army Men Didn't Molest Her
Human Rights Group Claims J&K Police Forced The Handwara Girl To Say Army Men Didn't Molest Her
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The counsel for the girl, who is at the centre of the Handwara molestation storm, today claimed that her statement before the Chief Judicial Magistrate was not made "voluntarily" and that she had been pressurised to testify in a manner directed by the police.
Neither of her statements – one made in a video recorded by police and the other made before the CJM under Section 164-A of CrPC – were made voluntarily, the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), which represents the girl and her family, said in a statement.
It said the girl, who did not blame any army personnel for molestation as alleged earlier, had been pressurized to testify in a manner directed by the police. He said the girl's statement before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Handwara on Sunday was recorded in the absence of her father and her lawyers.
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"The minor girl's statement under Section 164-A CrPC was recorded before the judicial magistrate at Handwara. Her father was not present in court during the recording of the statement. No lawyer was present in court accompanying her.
"In the courtroom, besides the Judge, there were four other persons who the minor girl could not identify," the spokesman said.
He said the case is listed before the High Court on April 20 but the ensuing 48 hours are crucial for the minor girl and family and their safety.
The legal team of JKCCS met the girl and her family last night at her maternal uncle's home in Zachaldara area of Handwara and alleged the family was under constant police surveillance and control.
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In the meeting, the minor girl and the family re-affirmed that they wish the legal team to continue to represent them, the spokesman said.
They stated that they have effectively been kept in illegal police detention and wrongful confinement from April 12 to date and have been intimidated, abused and kept under constant surveillance, the spokesman claimed.
He said JKCCS has contacted Nayeema Mehjoor, Chairperson of the State Commission for Women, who promised to assist in the appropriate re-location of the family to a private and safe place, away from media and police or other official interference but with unhindered access to the right of the family to lawyers.
The JKCCS has also written to Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, Director General of J-K Police, IGP Kashmir, DIG North Kashmir, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir and DC Kupwara for "unhindered access of the legal counsels to the family. So far, the Government has chosen to not respond", he said. Today, JKCCS has also sought an appointment with the IGP Kashmir to emphasize the need to immediately end the harassment of the minor girl and her family, the spokesman said.
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Ok I know I just posted, but who says you can't post again even though no one has read the last post?? I just came across my (of many) dream kitchen! Minus the ferns on the island, I am in love. The blue and white? So wonderful. I'm loving the rustic, classy vintage feel of this beautiful room. And the fridges? So inventive! It can all be found here.