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Ireland's first liver and double-lung transplant has been carried out. The recipient, 29-year-old Robert Sheahan from Co Limerick, received the donat(...)
New postage stamp aims to start national conversation on organ donation
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Big Interview: Preston BMX racer Ross Cullen is at the Tokyo Olympics
Craig Salmon talks to Preston's BMX race ace Ross Cullen who is at the Tokyo Olympics as a training reserve
By Craig Salmon
Saturday, 24th July 2021, 8:31 am
Updated Saturday, 24th July 2021, 8:34 am
Ross Cullen could get a bird's eye view of what it takes to become an Olympic champion over the next week
The Preston BMX racer has flown out to Tokyo as the first reserve and training partner of Great Britain medal prospect Kye Whyte.
Although 20-year-old Cullen will not be competing – unless Whyte suffers a late injury or illness – he will be tasked with helping his British team-mate and their female counterpart Beth Shriever win a place on the podium.
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Whether that is by pushing them to the maximum in training , talking tactics or tending to their every need when the competition hots up, Cullen is prepared to do whatever it takes to help his friends achieve their goals.
While Cullen – who learned his craft with Preston Pirates BMX Club, in Ashleigh Street – would much rather be the one who is riding for medals and glory, he knows the experience he is going to gain of being part of an Olympics will be hugely beneficial for the rest of his career.
Still young, the former St Michael's CE High School pupil has the next decade of competing at the highest level to look forward to.
And being part of Tokyo is all money in the bank for the future.
"My role is what you would call a training reserve," said Cullen, who is a double youth world champion – titles he won in 2012 and 2015. "How many places each country receives at the
Games depends on each country's world ranking.
"You get three,two or one places per country and Great Britain only qualified for one place in the male and female competitions.
"So Kye got elected to be man one and my job is basically to be the wingman.
" I am there in case anything happens because at the end of the day, BMX racing is a dangerous sport.
"I really hope nothing happens to Kye and he goes out there and gets a medal which he deserves.
"But if it does happen then that's my role and I will have to be ready.
"The second thing for me though is all the experience I am going to get.
"My trajectory for Paris in 2024 and onwards is really good so this would just be about me experiencing an Olympic Games without the pressure of performing.
"I will get to soak everything up so that hopefully when we get to Paris, everything will feel a lot more familiar and relaxed for me."
As it is, Cullen's main focus is to ensure his team-mates are in the best possible shape to win medals, hopefully gold.
The qualifying heats of the event take place on Thursday, with the semi-finals the following day and the final scheduled for Sunday, August 1.
"We are like one big family," revealed Cullen.
"Kye is a good friend and we have become a lot closer since I moved to Manchester two years ago.
"Even though it is an individual sport and you're in it for yourself, at the same time there is a feeling that I am going to help him as much as I can.
"I am there to try to help Beth and Kye win what they deserve.
"If that's pushing them in training or on race day, running around getting them drinks or whatever.
"As much as it is an individual sport, we are a really tight-kit team.
"We are a really young team. I think Kye is only 21, Beth is 22, I'm 20.
"I believe it's the youngest GB team to have ever gone out to an Olympics."
Cullen revealed that he has been undergoing testing for the Covid-19 virus almost on a daily basis to ensure the safety of all competitors in the Olympic bubble.
The young rider admits the past year in terms of dealing with the pandemic has been a testing time for him and all of his team-mates. Although in some ways there has been a silver lining with the delay in the Olympics affording him the chance of an extra year's worth of development.
"The first time I had raced in about 15 months was at a World Cup event in Italy around April of this year," said Cullen.
"Before that I hadn't raced in all that time which is crazy to think that I started doing this sport when I was five-years-old and the longest I have ever gone without racing was probably five months.
"So you can imagine everything felt a bit rusty, but slowly and surely everything is starting to get back to normal.
"In a strange kind of way, what has happened over the past year has helped me.
"Last year was my first year as an elite athlete.
"I was coming in after a successful year in the juniors, winning the European Championships.
"But the step from the juniors to elite is big and the year off we have had has helped me massively.
"I have spent a year in the gym getting stronger and I'm a way better athlete than what I was before.
"If you can pick anything good out of a pandemic then it did do me a few favours culminating in going to Tokyo. The Olympics is going to be different to past Olympics but I have just got a embrace it.
"It's important we all keep to ourselves, make sure we stay safe and enjoy it as best we can."
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Thursday November 1st, 2018 :: 02:57 p.m. CDT
Man's Body Recovered from Cypress Towne Lake
On Oct. 29, 2018, Jordan Davenport, age 29, was reported as a Missing Person, when he failed to show up at his place of employment.
Davenport was last known to be at the Boardwalk at Towne Lake in Cypress on Oct. 27, at approximately 8 p.m. That same night, Towne Lake neighborhood residents reported a suspicious person matching Davenport's description in their backyard.
The residents reported that they chased the man to a bridge over the lake, where they lost sight of him.
On Wednesday, Oct. 31, the body of a man matching Davenport's description was recovered from Towne Lake after a neighbor reported spotting the body in the water.
The body has not yet been positively identified by Institute of Forensic Science examiners.
The investigation is ongoing, and Homicide investigators ask anyone with information to phone 713-274-9100.
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US Teacher Fired After Asking Trump to 'Remove the Illegals' From Her School
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A teacher in Fort Worth, Texas, has been fired after writing multiple tweets addressed to US President Donald Trump asking for his assistance in deporting undocumented students.
In one tweet addressed to Trump last month, Georgia Clark, an English teacher at Carter-Riverside High School in Fort Worth, wrote that the "district is loaded with illegal students from Mexico" and that anything Trump "can do to remove the illegals from Fort Worth would be greatly appreciated." Clark also added two direct phone numbers in her tweet so that the president could reach her. The Twitter account has since been deactivated.
— Erin Jones (@erinjonesnews) June 4, 2019
On Tuesday, the Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) board of trustees announced that Clark's contract would be terminated, after she was placed on paid administrative leave last week. The board also noted that they voted 8-0 to fire the teacher.
— Fort Worth ISD (@FortWorthISD) June 5, 2019
"Fort Worth serves 86,000 students, and it is our goal that we treat each one with dignity and respect, and based on the information that we have, we think this is the most responsible recommendation at this time," Superintendent Kent P. Scribner said following the incident, according to multiple reports.
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WATCH: US Teacher Calls Students 'F**king N***ers', Gets Suspended, Investigated
Clark admitted to the school district that she wrote the tweets, according to a district investigation report handed over to BuzzFeed News. However, she "did not realize the tweets were public."
Clark added that she "has been getting several messages on her home and cellphone calling her a 'racist b***h'" and that she "generated a police report."
The US Supreme Court ruled in the 1982 case Plyler v. Doe that under the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution, undocumented children are allowed to attend public schools.
Clark's comments "created a threat that will directly result in children missing the education to which they are legally entitled because their parents will keep them home out of fear," Mindia Whittier, a parent of a ninth-grader in the school district, said during a meeting of the Fort Worth Independent School District on Tuesday, BuzzFeed News reported.
This is not the first time that Clark has made such comments.
In 2013, she referred to a group of Latino students as "little Mexico" and to a Caucasian student as "white bread," according to an investigation.
Clark has 15 days to appeal the case, the Star-Telegram reported.
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Tribute to Heroes of Caldor Fire
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A public bronze monument honoring those who fought & defeated the Caldor Fire. IOBY doesn't reflect total raised through local nonprofit. IOBY is main online fundraising portal.
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(Sly Park Neighborhood, Pollock Pines, CA)
A Home for the Caldor Tribute
The bronze Tribute to the Heroes of the Caldor Fire is a way to express collective, lasting gratitude to organizations and people who stepped forward to fight the fire, provide support, shelter fire victims, and care for their animals.
In August and September 2021, The Caldor fire burned 221,775 acres over 347 square miles. Almost 800 structures were lost. The fire consumed nearly 2/3 of the Grizzly Flats community. Scores of firefighting teams on land and in the air fought the fire for more than two months. Law enforcement, nonprofits, businesses, and volunteers stepped up to help as 53,000 people were evacuated from their homes.
Heartfelt handmade signs appeared to thank the heroes who finally tamed the fire. Grateful families returned home. The bronze Tribute to the Heroes of the Caldor Fire is a permanent, public acknowledgment of the skills, bravery, and commitment it took to manage and defeat the powerful wildfire.The bronze monument will endure weather and time over many centuries.
Technical process: From sketches developed by the artist, plasticine clay is applied to each panel. There are six images, each representing an aspect of the Caldor Fire event. Once completed, urethane mold material is applied to the surface. When dry, the clay is removed, and there is a negative image of the work. Slurries of wax are poured into the mold to create a new positive image - the wax is then worked by the artist before delivery to the bronze foundry. There, a similar process is repeated up to the pouring of bronze into silica molds. Cleaning, finishing, and patina follow the pour. Basic steps in this process are thousands of years old.
Donations to the project will be used to pay for materials and the guidance of a mold-making expert. The most significant expense will be the foundry and finishing process which requires highly skilled labor, expensive materials, and foundry time. There may be additional expenses for transporting and installation of the finished monument as well. Our intention is to solicit donations of labor and materials from local trades to assist with installation at the appropriate site.
Throughout the development of the sculpture, the team will be engaged in outreach to gain community, financial, and volunteer support.
As of June 2022, most of the sculpting work is in final stages. Rubber molds are being made and one urethane mold is ready for wax. The goal is to have waxes ready for transport to the foundry by September. The foundry process will take about 2 months - with the goal of installing the monument by the end of 2022 or the start of the new year - marking the anniversary of the Caldor Fire and its aftermath.
The Caldor Fire erupted in a largely rural area that spanned the distance between high country Tahoe and the foothills of El Dorado County. In August and September 2021, the fire burned 221,775 acres over 347 square miles. Almost 800 structures were lost. The fire consumed nearly 2/3 of the Grizzly Flats community. Scores of firefighting teams on land and in the air fought the fire for more than two months. Law enforcement, nonprofits, businesses, and volunteers stepped up to help as 53,000 people were evacuated from their homes. The effort to sustain evacuated families and protect their homes was unprecedented. Thousands of people volunteered to shelter and feed families. Others patrolled evacuated communities to ensure safety and security. Fire crews showed up from throughout the West - on the ground and in the air. Businesses in evacuated communities opened their doors to serve professionals and volunteers with access to food and facilities. Fire officials developed information systems to keep people advised with daily reports from the field until conditions finally allowed families to return home. And, still, people remained committed to community well-being - helping each other with clean-up and repair from damage done over weeks of vacancy, gathering up charred embers that spoke to how close they'd been to losing it all.
Heartfelt handmade signs appeared to thank the heroes who finally tamed the fire - some painted, others in crayon and chalk. Telephone poles and fences shouted out colorful gratitude to thousands who tamed the fire and those who offered shelter and sustenance. With time those bright messages have faded, but the appreciation of those who served the common good has not. The bronze Tribute to the Heroes of the Caldor Fire is a permanent acknowledgment of the skills, bravery, and commitment it took to manage and defeat the powerful wildfire. A place for people to gather, remember and honor the strength of community.
REVISED BUDGET
Foundry cost for casting and finishing : 12,000
TOTAL PROJECT FUNDING NEEDED $12,000
TOTAL TO RAISE= $12,959
ORIGINAL BUDGET
Casting Costs
Artworks Foundry, Berkeley, Ca
Transporting to Artworks Foundry in Berkeley, California - $250
Full-Service casting cost: $4,800 each panel / 6 panels: 28,800
=$29,050
The Caldor Tribute has a home! The monument will be installed on the main street of Pollock Pines – the epicenter of firefighting activity. The site is in front of a historic and popular restaurant, across the street from the county's fire station and near shopping for locals and tourists on their way to Lake Tahoe and other recreational areas in the region. We are so excited to have location that's publicly accessible and in the center of activity. Three bronze panels with images on both sides should stand about 6 feet tall when mounted on a base. It will become a regional landmark – forever reminding people of the courage of professionals, the strength of volunteers and the need for us to be good stewards of our natural lands. Bronze is 'forever' and will stand for many generations with a message that's timeless.
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Whenever a mistake of a clerical or typographical nature, or of minor character, which was not the fault of the Patent and Trademark Office, appears in a patent and a showing has been made that such mistake occurred in good faith, the Director may, upon payment of the required fee, issue a certificate of correction, if the correction does not involve such changes in the patent as would constitute new matter or would require reexamination. Such patent, together with the certificate, shall have the same effect and operation in law on the trial of actions for causes thereafter arising as if the same had been originally issued in such corrected form.
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The Office may issue a certificate of correction under the conditions specified in 35 U.S.C. 255 at the request of the patentee or the patentee's assignee, upon payment of the fee set forth in § 1.20(a). If the request relates to a patent involved in an interference or trial before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the request must comply with the requirements of this section and be accompanied by a motion under § 41.121(a)(2), § 41.121(a)(3) or § 42.20 of this title.
37 CFR 1.323 relates to the issuance of certificates of correction for the correction of errors which were not the fault of the Office. Mistakes in a patent which are not correctable by certificate of correction may be correctable via filing a reissue application (see MPEP § 1401 - § 14.0). See Novo Industries, L.P. v. Micro Molds Corporation, 350 F.3d 1348, 69 USPQ2d 1128 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (The Federal Circuit stated that when Congress in 1952 defined USPTO authority to make corrections with prospective effect, it did not deny correction authority to the district courts. A court, however, can correct only if "(1) the correction is not subject to reasonable debate based on consideration of the claim language and the specification and (2) the prosecution history does not suggest a different interpretation..." ).
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We Might Have An Explanation For Why Gasoline Demand Is Slumping In The US -- The Jobs Numbers Don't Add Up -- January 9, 2016
January 11, 2016: Don sent me this note; he knows I don't have cable television so I am unlikely to see CNBC:
A broker on CNBC earlier today said that gasoline consumption should be going up, because the price is dropping. Instead gasoline consumption was going down during most of 2015, and that trend continues in 2016. The broker still maintains that the people are driving less and saving cash / or paying off bills.
On January 7, 2016, I pointed out a "huge disconnect" between the health of the economy based on employment numbers provided by the US government and the surprising drop in gasoline demand. If everybody is back working, which the government suggests, and gasoline is about the least expensive it has ever been, gasoline demand should be soaring. It's not.
[January 10, 2016: inexpensive gasoline? You bet it is. USA Today is reporting:
In some gas stations around the country, the price of a gallon of regular has dropped below $1.42. AAA and GasBuddy, two organizations that follow gasoline prices, say that gasoline prices below $2 will not be unusual in most of the United States.
As oil prices fall, and refinery capacity stays strong, the price of gas could reach $1 a gallon in some areas, a level last reached in 1999. The entire states of Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and South Caroline (sic) have gas prices that average at or below $1.75.]
At the graph at the link above, and also shown below, one can see how striking the drop in gasoline demand actually is. It has to be very concerning that the demand for gasoline has fallen off a cliff compared to just one year ago. It doesn't add up.
So what gives? Don provided a likely explanation. The jobs data doesn't add up.
The "gasoline demand" numbers are not "adjusted" as far as I know. The employment numbers are "seasonally adjusted."
David Stockman is reporting that the great jobs numbers reported this past Thursday and Friday were "bogus."
Here's a newsflash that CNBC didn't mention. According to the BLS, the US economy generated a minuscule 11,000 jobs in the month of December.
Yet notwithstanding the fact that almost nobody works outside any more, the BLS fiction writers added 281,000 to their headline number to cover the "seasonal adjustment." This is done on the apparent truism that December is generally colder than November and that workers get holiday vacations.
Of course, this December was much warmer, not colder, than average. And that's not the only deviation from normal seasonal trends.
The Christmas selling season this year, for example, was absolutely not comparable to the ghosts of Christmas past. Bricks and mortar retail is in turmoil and in secular decline due to Amazon and its e-commerce ilk, and this trend is accelerating by the year.
So too, energy and export based sectors have been thrown for a loop in the last few months by a surging dollar and collapsing commodity prices. Likewise, construction activity has been so weak in this cycle — and for the good reason that both commercial and residential stock is vastly overbuilt owing to two decades of cheap credit — that it's not remotely comparable to historic patterns.
David Stockman may or may not be correct. I don't know. But it certainly explains why "gasoline demand" has slumped significantly.
On another note, this is the first year that ObamaCare is pretty much fully "developed." All things being equal, employers should be looking for ways to cut the number of employees rather than adding a huge new expense.
Also, seriously, with the job destruction occurring in the oil and gas industry, did anyone really think that there would be a record number of jobs added in December?
The jobs numbers don't add up and Stockman explains why.
Labels: Commentary_2016, Jobs
NDSU Wins Their Fifth Consecutive National Title; 37 - 10 -- January 9, 2016
1:39 p.m. -- the AP blurb.
Live blogging: http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/_/id/2449/north-dakota-state-bison.
Perhaps better at Twitter. Twitter is faster than ESPN updating the action. And, no, you don't need a Twitter account to follow.
If I'm looking at the "right game" -- NDSU is ahead 27 - 10, early in the 4th quarter.
27 - 10. With 11 minutes to play, NDSU forces a fumble near the opponent's end zone, maybe on the 20-yard line or so. Unfortunately in the very next play, Bison pass is intercepted; opponents have the ball back. Drats.
And then NDSU gets it back on an interception -- wow, the game must be exciting....
I see the score is now 34 - 10, NDUS by a lot, with 8 minutes left to go in the game. The party's over. For Jacksonville State.
It was 24-0 at halftime (yes, I'm getting caught up).
Field goal successful; 37 - 10, with four minutes left to play.
With win today, North Dakota St will win its 20th straight FCS Playoff game and its 5th consecutive National Title.
It's over: Champs again! North Dakota St becomes 1st NCAA team since poll era began in 1936 to win 5 straight National Titles.
Highlights here: I hope this link sticks around for awhile.
Sophia wears her "Fargo" beanie! Hooray! Whoo-hoo! Now, where's my banana?
The Wall Dancer -- The New Yorker -- January 9, 2016
If you have time for only one "fun" article to read this afternoon while waiting for the NFL games you could hardly do better than this one in The New Yorker in "Sporting Scene," a human interest story with the title "The Wall Dancer."
It's about a Japanese teenager, born to immigrant parents living in a rent-controlled loft in downtown Manhattan, who has become "by the age of fourteen, possibly the best female rock climber ever -- a Gretzky of the granite." It's a short article -- six pages -- by The New Yorker's standards so one might even be able to read it during the 2-minute time-out commercial breaks in today's NFL wildcard games.
Here's the link. You may need a subscription. I don't know. I have a subscription to The New Yorker, one of the few weeklies -- I guess the the only weekly now that my introductory BloombergBusinessweek subscription has expired -- I still read. At least on real paper.
The link: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/11/the-wall-dancer. The story makes up for the incredibly awful global warming essay that led off "The Talk of the Town." Amy had to search high and low to come up with that essay.
I take our 18-month-old granddaughter to the local park almost every day. There just happens to be a rock-climbing wall for toddlers at the park. Her older sisters climb fairly regularly at the local rock-climbing gym in town (Grapevine, TX). Yesterday, for the first time, I started working with the 18-month-old on the rock climbing wall. She loved it. She was a little confused about the pitons -- just kidding, no pitons. Unfortunately, no one else was with us, so I was unable to get a photograph. But I will think of a way. Maybe I will find a 5-year-old at the park to take the photograph. I will just look for a 5-year-old carrying an iPad.
Back to Ashima Shiraishi. From the article:
Sport and traditional climbs are given a degree of difficulty , according to the Yosemite Decimal System: 1 is a walk on flat land, and 5 is a vertical climb, or close to it. So actual climbs are rated 5.0 through 5.15, wth additional subcategories of "a" through "d." The hardest routes at the moment are 5.15c -- there are just two. (The system is open-ended, so it's only a matter of time before someone pioneers a 5.16a.)
In northeast Spain, last March,when Ashima was thirteen, she became the first woman, and the youngest person of either sex, ever to "send" (complete) a 5.15. It is a route called Open Your Mind Direct, which was recently upgraded from a 5.14d to a 5.15a, owing to a handhold's having broken off.
She spent just four days "projecting" the route - that is, studying and solving all the problems on it by trial and error. The men who had done it before had spent weeks, if not months.
Ashima is not allowed to compete against adults in sanctioned competitions until she turns eighteen, but when she has competed against them in other contests she has beaten them. In Arco, Italy, she was the only climber, of any age, to top out (i.e., reach the top) on the four bouldering problems -- three of them on the first try.
And, yes, it's on YouTube:
If I get the opportunity to babysit our 18-month-old granddaughter this afternoon, we're going to study Ashima's rock climb. As long as Sophia has some Chex munchies, she will be interested.
War Games -- January 9, 2016
We used to call these emergency meetings, "war games." The Wall Street Journal is reporting:
Saudi Arabia on Saturday accused Iran of not acting like a nation state and said it is considering further measures against its regional rival, as tensions between the two countries escalated further over the kingdom's execution of a dissident Shiite cleric.
"Iran has to make a decision whether it is a nation state or a revolution. If it's a nation state, it should act like one," Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said following an emergency meeting in Riyadh with his Gulf Arab counterparts to discuss the crisis with Iran. "Sectarianism wasn't heard of in the region before the Iranian revolution."
"We are looking at additional measures to be taken against Iran if it continues with its current policies," he said.
The foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council—a six-country bloc comprising Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman—met amid concerns that the spat between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran may lead to serious repercussions for other conflicts in the region.
That was from a hastily-called, "emergency" meeting called by Saudi Arabia.
Wow, talk about President Obama/SecState John "I served in Vietnam" Kerry and Saudi Arabia being on different pages in the Mideast.
Different pages? They aren't even reading the same book. Saudi Arabia says Iran is not acting like a nation state and the US can't wait to lift sanctions on Iran as a reward for delaying their nuclear missile program until after the president is out of office.
After All That Noise
The article has been pulled from the front page of the on-line edition of The Los Angeles Times; I'm still looking for it. [Don provided this link which is probably the article, or google President Obama vows to take gun debate to the ballot box.] The LATimes reported this morning that after all that crying and all that talk about executive orders, the president will end his attack on the 2nd Amendment by simply "issuing some memos warning gun dealers to do more background checks." That's it. Some memos warning gun dealers to do more background checks.
Something tells me his Attorney General warned him, that, "yes, sir, what you are proposing is unconstitutional" and his political adviser warned him that, "yes, sir, Trump's numbers are going up every day you talk about this issue."
President Obama has admitted defeat on this issue according to the New York Magazine, in a story released Friday afternoon:
President Obama openly crying at a press conference will be the most memorable image of his failure to pass new gun-control legislation, but in another depressing sign, this week he openly admitted that he won't make any significant progress on the issue during his presidency.
Rumors are that he placed a foreign substance in his eyes -- "menthol"? -- to induce the tears.
Oh, in addition to those memos he did write an op-ed.
San Bernardino? Not even mentioned. A colossal screw-up by his own agencies on so many levels. It had nothing to do with background checks. The most recent cop killing by a "radicalized" Muslim? The gun was stolen from a police station. There is no law that requires those who steal guns to go through a background check before using the gun; maybe that's where we should start. Steal a gun? Go to jail if you don't initiate a "selfie" background check before using the gun to shoot a cop.
The Joy Of Winning
... or at least being the first to get rid of all your dice.
"Westbound Trains To Willmar Could Be Going In Either Direction" -- Memo To Minnesota Activists -- January 9, 2016
First, the link to the DOT-111 wiki page: "and a maximum capacity of 34,500 US gallons" although 25,000 gallons is probably a good "rule-of-thumb" number to use for Bakken crude if one wants to be extraordinarily conservative when doing back-of-envelope calculations. Also, "25" is easier to deal with than "34."
750 bbls x 24 gallons/bbl = 31,500 gallons.
Now, the excerpt from a StarTribune article:
Overall, the report said, 28 to 48 oil trains pass through Minnesota each week, unchanged since last spring. Each train carries 1 million gallons of Bakken crude oil or more.
Doing the math, 1 million gallons/25,000 gallons = 40 DOT-111 tank cars.
Unit trains leaving the Bakken were often 100 cars in length, and BNSF routinely has 118-car unit trains (grain, coal, oil, freight). I don't know how many cars there are now in a typical BNSF unit train leaving the Bakken.
Whew! That's out of the way.
The linked StarTribune article reports that BNSF has completed their upgrades, and that highly-explosive Bakken oil that once went through the heart of the Twin Cities has now been re-routed back to the usual routes northeast of the cities:
Most of the North Dakota crude oil trains crossing Minnesota no longer pass through west metro suburbs and downtown Minneapolis.
BNSF Railway, the largest Bakken oil hauler, notified Minnesota officials in December that it has shifted crude-by-rail traffic back to its usual route via Detroit Lakes, St. Cloud, Anoka and northeast Minneapolis.
The shift had been expected; with the end of construction season, traffic is back to more traditional routes.
Whew! I'm glad that's over. Talk about a non-story after all that Dayton noise earlier this year.
Over the summer, as BNSF worked on a $326 million system upgrade in Minnesota, it shifted most oil trains — about 11 to 23 per week — to tracks through Willmar, Dassel, Delano, Wayzata and St. Louis Park. This sent trains through the downtown, past Target Field and across Nicollet Island, worrying some local and state officials, including Gov. Mark Dayton.
This may be the most important data point for activists:
Although the report says those trains are "westbound to Willmar," BNSF spokeswoman Amy McBeth said they could be going in either direction.
When demonstrating, it's important that activists don't get on the track facing only one direction; they could get hit by a unit train coming the other way.
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By	David	/	3 years ago
Recently, I took the opportunity to do a full review of the M-Touch lighting console which I recently purchased.
I really like this desk, and I think you will too.
Watch the full review below, and check out the transcript below that:
The M-Touch was formerly produced by Martin, but has since been sold to Elation – more info here!
Hey lighting fans – It's David from LearnStageLighting.com, and today I want to give you a full review of the M-Touch, now that I've had a few weeks to play with it.
What I think about it, what I like about it, what I don't like about it…and most importantly, should you buy one if you're in the market for a lighting console?
I want to first go over the physical. I did an unboxing video and kind of went over this, but I want to show it to you again.
See here about size wise, if I hold it up to my laptop, it's just a little bit wider than my 15 inch laptop, and it's not as deep.
You've got ten faders right here, which are the "Force Touch" faders. You can move them up and down simply by moving your hand across them.
This time I'll do it like a weather man and I won't get in the way of the LED's.
You can see here it moves naturally with my finger, really easy. I got t0 tell you, when I first got it out of the box, I was a little concerned about it because I was pushing really hard and I just couldn't get the feel right.
It's like anything else as you're getting used to a new laptop with a new track pad, or a new mouse, a new car, whatever you're getting used to. It takes a little while to get used to the way it feels, but once you get used to, I say, faders no more. It's crazy, I never thought I'd say that.
I [also] thought, when I bought this thing, I was going to be like, "You know, it's cheap and it's good for people who don't have a lot of money, but if you've got money, you probably just want to get something with real faders", but I'm not saying that because this thing's pretty cool.
See across it here, each fader of these ten has a bump button [which] lights up real nice when you press it, and they've also installed this force touch functionality where you can set these bump buttons to respond to how hard you press them.
It really works and it's really pretty cool if you're doing music and you use your flash buttons a lot.
If you don't use flash buttons a lot, like I said, you've got the "flash" button, and then you've got a "select" and a "GO button". You can assign these to whatever you want in the MPC software. You've got lots of choices.
It's just like on a Hog 4 or a Grand MA, or a Jands Vista, pretty much any major desk out there, you can go in and assign the buttons on the playback to do different things.
Another cool feature, you see my playbacks here are different colors, what in the world? Well, how cool is this?
That I can now just look at my M-Touch and see oh, it's an [inhibitive] sub because it's yellow, and yellow is the color that M-PC uses for inhibitives.
Same here, this is a teal, and it is an override, which is put in their M-PC software and their M series consoles, and it's basically a highest priority playback, I believe.
Again, I'm not super into the software, I been working with it but I'm not an expert on it. I don't know it like I know other desks, so you'll have to forgive me on that.
This red is just a regular, good old cue list. You can see here also, we've got a selected playback area, like many consoles. Pages, by pressing this plus and minus button, you can see I don't have any pages set up, so it just goes blank.
On this side of life, we've got the programmer, and I really like because to my knowledge, this was the first serious lighting console that put out an inexpensive wing, being this, the M-Touch, that has both playbacks and the programmer.
Before this you had, Chamsys had a wing that was just playback faders. Hog had a one that was just playback faders, and then you had to pay more if you wanted a programmer section. M-PC figured out a way to get it in, and it's pretty ingenious.
Before I get there though, let's stop in the middle of the desk. We've got these ten buttons, what are they? They look like bump buttons, they're not. What are they? They're the same type of button. They're actually set up to do four different functions, but it's not confusing.
Selected with this four way switch so they can be playbacks, like button playbacks on a Hog, a Grand MA, on a Vista, whatever. I'm probably leaving somebody out there.
If I tap it again, they can be function keys. Now you can't see this, but I'm switching between different windows and functions inside the MPC software, and now I just pulled up the keyboard over top of my window.
If I hold it for a few seconds, give it a good firm hold, for an extra second or two you've got to press it hard to switch into "base", this is the programmer section.
What it does, I'll show you this quick. I need to select a fixture.
If you see here now, it says, "base". I've selected the first page, for this I'm on an LED fixture and the profile I'm using is just the red, green, blue, amber, UV profile. The only attribute it's got is color.
When I select this button, I'm able to switch between here the red, green, blue and amber I believe, then over on the second page, I press it again, I get the white and UV.
As you can see, when I touched a parameter, this turned red. It's letting me know, in my programmer: "hey, for this fixture you've got selected, you have touched these parameters".
If you worked with a professional grade console before, you know that when you're in the programmer, if you touch anything, it's going to get recorded in that cue, even if it was an accident.
Once you're used to it, you don't do that too often, but it still happens. This is cool because it lights up.
Then I'm able to switch between different pages, which I don't have with this fixture that I've got loaded. I'm able to see the flashing one being the one that I'm on, and the other parameters will light up in red or green depending on whether I touch them or not. That's stinking cool.
You'll also notice on parameters, color included, but especially on pan and tilt, as you move your finger up and down the fader, it's not going to fade out all the way on one finger's length. That's on purpose.
That gives you finer control over things like pan and tilt.
Yes, in the moment it might feel a little frustrating, but think about it: How often, for something like pan or tilt, do you need to go all the way from one end of the range to the other in one cue?
Yeah, it happens sometimes. Sometimes you program and you're just going to send that thing flying away, but often times it's not that long.
Honestly, once you get used to just coming down it twice, you get rid of that parameter, move it to the other side.
We've also got "next", "last" and "highlight" here which is useful to be able to switch between different fixtures and you can see the LED's moving between the different fixtures I've selected.
Up here, you'll see my "clear button" highlighted, and then "load", "update", "record" and "edit". Those work as you would expect on every other console.
As you can probably guess, as I mentioned before, in writing this review, I am new to the M-Series software, and so I'm really really inspired and really excited about what they're doing, because I hadn't used the M-Series software really at all.
I downloaded and played with it, but then I bought this thing and said, "Well, it's only $500, so here goes". What I found was, I'm really liking their software.
They've got a new 2D view in there which is killer and matches what a lot of other desks have, and some desks don't have [yet].
Overall, it works just like I would expect a modern, professional console to work.
I like it better than some consoles.
I don't like it as much as another console I'm thinking of. I don't really want to name names here, or shame other consoles, because at the end of the day, yes the Grand MA2 has market share, yes it's probably the most popular lighting desk out there.
I'm going to get on a little soap box, and it's a great desk, I like it a lot. The Grand MA1's a great desk too.
To be honest, there are many many shows that can be done on a Hog.
There are many many shows that can be done on this. Many many shows that can be done on a Leprecon, right?
The point of the matter is, I'm really liking the M Series software. I think Elation's got a killer range of consoles in a really good price range. They really have got different desks in different ranges, and even their biggest desk is not super expensive compared to alternatives on the market, it's right in the middle.
I definitely say, I'm going to be getting more into the M-Series, definitely going to be working more with M-PC myself, using this desk on gigs with my laptop and really enjoying it.
Now, before I leave, I know that sounded like a conclusion. Just want to point out something I didn't note, the side. Here, Kensington lock, very important so nobody steals it.
Five pin DMX out, there's no RDM on that, though the M-Series software is RDM capable, and then the USB, which is a USB-B, like for your printer.
Look at this, Elation's designed their software so that I can just unplug this, plug it back in, a second and a half later, it's got my M-Touch back and it's working.
How cool is that, if that were to actually only happen for whatever reason, get unplugged, nobody wants that to happen, but if it did, boom, you plug it back in, it's on really fast.
It's all made out of aluminum from what I best understand, but it's rubberized so it feels really nice. You got some rubber feet as well as some boring warnings on the bottom and a VESA mount, so that if you wanted to mount it with some kind of wall bracket or an arm that comes out and it sits on, you can do that too as well.
Thank you to everyone at Elation, and to all of you that watched this.
I really enjoyed my M-Touch and I really think that it's a great option for freelancers, companies, bands, anybody who wants a professional level controller, to have that flexibility, to have a fairly easy to use software for something that's professional grade.
Obviously, across the board, all the consoles, as we move forward in time, just keep getting more user friendly and that's cool. It's just a really great package and I really like, really would suggest it to anybody.
I think you will not be let down by this. Thanks for watching this review, be sure to check out more on LearnStageLighting.com and check out our other videos here on YouTube. See you.
FTC Disclosure: I did not receive any free or reduced priced product for this review. Aka…I went out and bought this thing!
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What does a restored Roar look like?
A.D. Washington / September 16, 2013
For years being in the Black and Blue division for Detroit Lions fans has been completely one-sided……BLUE. And it wasn't the light shade of Honolulu Blue, but the saddest most pathetic hue of blue on the planet. I will spare you the historical data of the franchise which has constantly disappointed fans on every level known to man. I want to explore the theory of restoring the roar to these seemingly toothless jungle cats and what that really looks like.
Considering that since the 1934 this team has finished as a NFL or division champion a grand total of seven times. This established roar is barely audible, but has enough individual performances as many storied franchises. These performances were player-driven, because their all-time leader in wins as coach is Wayne Fontes with 57 wins in eight seasons with a winning percentage of .445. He did however lead the team to the only playoff in 1992 against the Cowboys. Today, while most Lions fans crying and complaining about the most recent lost and the things they need to do to break the curse or the changes they need to make, lets explore the changes in the past and the success rate of said changes.
According to dictionary.reference.com Change is:
1.to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
2.to transform or convert (usually followed by into ): The witch changed the prince into a toad.
3.to substitute another or others for; exchange for something else, usually of the same kind: She changed her shoes when she got home from the office.
4.to give and take reciprocally; interchange: to change places with someone.
5.to transfer from one (conveyance) to another: You'll have to change planes in Chicago.
Each of these methods have been attempted in numerous modes and manners….Transforming from the Run and Shoot to a Pro Style to the West Coast to the Spread….Fontes was substituted with Ross who was substituted with Moeller who was quickly substituted with Mornhinweg by Millen(I refuse to repeat that name again in this article) who was replace by Mariucci who was replaced by Marinelli who's current substitute is The Swartz…..in 2002 they transferred divisions from the Central to the North….they have given and taken the hopes and dreams of die hard fans who cannot separate losing in the 60s from today…..in 1933 they moved from Portsmouth to Detroit.
Its obvious the more changes that took place the less opportunity for a "standard" aka the Roar to be established. What has be established is a 70 year trend of mediocrity with a few sporadically placed outliers better known as winning seasons. As a fan with unswerving loyalty to this franchise, I accept them for who they are and who thy aren't. They are more like the average Joe doing the best they can making subtle changes hoping they get a different result and adjust and adapt from their. They truly reflect the spirit of the city they represent, doubted and disrespected from outsiders, but united and dedicated to being the best they can be. To honor these soldiers who battled day and day out for the Honolulu Blue and Silver…here are my top all-time Lions…the reasons why WE love them and we love this team and understand there is not need to restore the roar, because it has never ceased to exist.
Lem Barney
Jack Christiansen
Dutch Clark
Lou Cheekmur
Ray Crockette
Dick Lane
Luther Ellis
Yale Larry
Bobby Layne
Charlie Sanders
Doak Walker
Alex Wojciechowicz
Lion Greats (My List)-1980-present
Jeff Backus
Jerry Ball
Bennie Blades
Lomas Brown
Kevin Glover
Alex Karras
Dick LeBeau
Herman Moore
Robert Porcher
Corey Schlesinger
Billy Sims
Chris Spielman
Matt Stafford
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Q: How to properly move In App Purchase download files from cache in iOS? I am trying to set up an app with an In App Purchase that downloads content for 12 levels of a game when that respective pack is purchased.
I am stuck on how to properly move the downloaded images from the cache folder to the Documents folder. Here is my code so far:
func processDownload(sender: NSURL) {

    //Convert URL to String, suitable for NSFileManager
    var path:String = sender.path!
    path = path.stringByAppendingPathComponent("Contents")

    //Makes an NSArray with all of the downloaded files
    let fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager()
    var files: NSArray!
    do {
        files = try fileManager.contentsOfDirectoryAtPath(path)
    } catch let err as NSError {
        print("Error finding zip URL", err.localizedDescription)
    }

    //For each file, move it to Library
    for file in files {

        let pathSource: String = path.stringByAppendingPathComponent(file as! String)
        let pathDestination: String = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.LibraryDirectory, .UserDomainMask, true)[0]

        //Remove destination files b/c not allowed to overwrite
        do {
            try fileManager.removeItemAtPath(pathDestination)
        }catch let err as NSError {
            print("Could not remove file", err.localizedDescription)
        }

        //Move file
        do {
           try fileManager.moveItemAtPath(pathSource, toPath: pathDestination)
            print("File", file, "Moved")
        }catch let err as NSError {
            print("Couldn't move file", err.localizedDescription)
        }
    }
}

Everything actually works just fine except for the errors that are printing from the two do statements. When trying to remove any existing files of the same name in the first do block, I get the following error:
Could not remove file "Library" couldn't be removed because you don't have permission to access it.

This subsequently causes the next error from the next do statement to print because the original could not be removed.
Any ideas of why this is happening and how I can properly save the downloaded files elsewhere? Thanks.

A: I've found a proper working solution. This code will move all of the items in the downloaded zip folder to the Library directory.
func processDownload(sender: NSURL) {

    //Convert URL to String, suitable for NSFileManager
    var path: String = sender.path!
    path = path.stringByAppendingPathComponent("Contents")

    //Makes an NSArray with all of the downloaded files
    let fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager()
    var files: NSArray!
    do {
        files = try fileManager.contentsOfDirectoryAtPath(path)
    } catch let err as NSError {
        print("Error finding zip URL", err.localizedDescription)
    }

    //For each file, move it to Library
    for file in files {

        let currentPath: String = path.stringByAppendingPathComponent(file as! String)
        var pathDestination: String = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.LibraryDirectory, .UserDomainMask, true)[0]
        pathDestination = pathDestination.stringByAppendingPathComponent(file as! String)

        //Move file
        do {
            try fileManager.moveItemAtPath(currentPath, toPath: pathDestination)
            print("File", file, "Moved")
        }catch let err as NSError {
            print("Couldn't move file", err.localizedDescription)
        }
    }
}

I can now make SKTextures in SpriteKit with these files like so:
var rippleTex = SKTexture(image: UIImage(contentsOfFile: NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.LibraryDirectory, .UserDomainMask, true)[0].stringByAppendingPathComponent("P06_ripple.png"))!)

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Welcome to Short Stories to Entertain. The format is simple - scroll through and choose something to read. With an average read time of ten minutes my stories are ideal for filling idle moments. Look out for updates. The list is periodically refreshed with varied content. Want a longer read? Click the links on the home page for THE VISCOSITY OF CUSTARD, BOBBY LUCAS and WHEN THE TIDE COMES IN. All are short novels with each chapter individually posted for ease of reading.
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From where he sat in the front row of the left hand section of the stalls he had trouble watching the actress going through her lines in the first act without seeing up her short skirt. And he did not like it. It made him very uncomfortable. He felt she knew he could see. He felt she manoeuvred herself into a position where he had no option but see. She was standing closer to the edge of the stage than perhaps she was supposed to. He sensed a slight smile almost looking at him even though she was speaking in a tragedy. She was in short teasing him. Of that he was sure.
She was quite young. No more than thirty. Difficult to get a good description. She was blond that much was obvious and she was plastered in makeup. She never really looked his way just towards the stage so he could not clearly see her face. However the overall impression he got was a girl who was most likely agreeable looking with a cute trim figure. That was about it. At the interval he left. He did not really want to but the embarrassment he was suffering made it impossible for him to stay. But then again the empty seat beside him suggested a broken date perhaps. So maybe he did not mind leaving after all.
Crispin Smithers was an astute, sensible and well rounded man. Twenty nine and just completed the rigours of medical training. Now a junior doctor in a large teaching hospital. Enjoying it, possibly, depending on when you ask. After a long strenuous and stressful shift the answer would be a definite negative. His intelligence a given. His good looks obvious. A well presented six footer with all the right attributes and good bits in all the right places. Short brown hair and what some might term a soft face. No hard features here.
The nearest pub was only a brisk ten minutes away and he ended up there just before it rained. Ordered a pint of the best foaming and settled into the corner hoping something would happen. Ten minutes and in popped his mate. Frisky Daniels. Frisky because he is a bubble about to burst. Like the bubble the result of the cork shifting on a bottle of sparkling. Flying anywhere. A random person. Speaks at two hundred miles an hour. You could not tell if he is animated but tonight he gave as much impression of that as is possible.
"Crispin old fruit hoped you might be lurking in the vicinity."
"What's occurring then Frisk old chap. You look a touch damp"
"Pissing. It's dam well pissing and tonight of all nights."
"What's so special then. To be stuffed by a bit of precipitation?"
"A date that's what. A bloody date. And I'm all messed up. The jacket's a wet rag and the Barnet is, well it's just a bird's nest. A bloody birds nest."
"Hang on it's not that bad. Want a beer?"
"Yeh. Same as you please."
"Back in a jiff."
"There you go get that down your neck. When's this date?"
"Not for two hours at least. Julie. Met her last night, late, after the show down the road. She's playing some wife or another that ends up dead. Shot in the neck or something. Anyway she was in the pub and chucked her drink all over me. Made me buy her another. Gin and some other stuff. Can't remember what. Said it was my fault. Something about rushing and tearing. I don't know about that. But there you are. We talked and arranged it. For tonight. About eleven. At that pub the what's it. Down the lane opposite the theatre. Not as close as this. I hope it stops raining. First date got to look good. I suppose. A blond. Cute figure."
"The Dragon. You mean the Dragon I think."
"Yes, that's the chap. Nice place. Where all the theatre boffs go. Cast as well. Landlady's got an ample chest. Good attraction. You know the one. You said once. About the chest. Anyway why on your own?"
"She didn't turn up. Waited outside but a no show. Made me late but went in anyway. Didn't know her. Had just met her in the cafe, you know the one down near the chippie. We go there for breakfast after work. The night shift. The place was crammed so I sat on her table. She was the only one. I did ask and she said "no problem." We had a chat, as you do, and she ended saying "got two tickets for the show Saturday night would you like to come?" That was it. Do you know I forgot to ask her name and I'm blowed if I can really remember what she looked like. Dark hair and pretty is about all."
"Why don't you come. To the Dragon. There's sure to be other cast members there. The place is always packed anyway. It's not a me and her date. Loads of people so you won't intrude. Come on why not."
"Well. You sure. About cutting in on your date and all. Don't want to end up in the way. You know what I mean."
"No problem Crispy. I'm inviting you so you can't refuse. Frisk's rules. No invitation can ever be refused."
That was it. Frisky brushed his mop and his jacket dried out. It had stopped raining. Took thirty minutes to reach The Dragon. Straight in to the heaving mass of semi-drunk and raucous theatre types. Julie at the bar with several others. All chatting. Loudly to get over the overall row. Everyone boisterous on a Saturday night. The place really buzzing with that middle evening zip when enough has been drunk but not enough to be ruined. She saw Frisky and jumped up a bit waving frantically. Gesticulating to get his attention.
"Over here." She was yelling. No hope of hearing but the flapping arms caught their attention.
"Hi Julie this is Crispin a fellow Junior dogsbody thingy. Hope you don't mind me dragging him along. Found him in a dark corner. Looked lost and lonely. So here we are."
"What's to mind. We are all here. Most of the cast are somewhere around. Even the got to get home married ones."
Crispin was staring. Not at Julie. At the girl next to her.
"Why did you not turn up? And what's your name anyway?"
"Laura. I'm a Laura and I was there you just did not recognise me."
"Not sure about that. Seem to remember waiting outside then sitting on my ownsome."
"I was there on stage you saw me all right. I saw you. Enticed you. Made you look."
"Right. Ok right. But you were blond. Oh I see a wig. And the reluctance to look my way. I see. I see."
"I meant to meet you but got stuck in traffic. Explain before we went in. My contract includes the two end seats of the front row left hand stalls. Always for family and friends. You know my guests. So they can see the play. I had the seats free so thought you might like to come. I intended to see you after but you left."
"Embarrassed is the truth. You kept sticking your backside in my face."
"You didn't like it then. I was playing with you."
"Well I would have liked it. Liked it very much if I had known. The playful thing I mean. Would be ecstatic in different circumstances."
"Then we will just have to create a situation won't we. Later maybe. Want a drink? My shout."
51 - Bobby Lucas (The Kidnap of Lilly Beauchamp) - A twenty one chapter novel
He walked into The Ship, a dark gloomy pub with its small windows and dull decoration and dark low ceiling beams and had to stand at the short bar next to a smelly old man in a black grubby jacket to wait to get served. It was so depressingly gloomy in there the curtains might as well have been drawn. The old man looked at him and smiled with brown teeth, then said, "old Sid's down the hole changing a barrel." Then he turned back to chew his cheek while studying his empty glass sitting on a brightly coloured beer mat tapping out a rhythm with chewed down fingernails. Robert Lucas thought some old men had a look that kind of made them seem sad and this old man seemed sad. Sad and pale. His hands shook a bit and the greying stubble on his chin was patchy like he only had a blunt blade that skipped a bit here and there. That stubble giving him a kind of whitish mouldy look. His eyes had that sort of watery look some older sad people have, looking as though he might be tired, a worn out
50 - Maud
Maud was sitting on the huge squishy sofa leaning against the arm cushions with her legs spread out along its length. She was comfy. The cushions were plumped and her right foot, the one with the crepe bandage wrapped around the ankle, was raised on a large, dark orange cushion slightly damp from the after effects of the ice pack. Naturally her right leg had no stocking and a slight discolouration, blue maybe, showed just above the bandage. The cream, silk negligee with the frilled banding was loosely covered with an equally silky pale blue dressing gown slightly ruffled around her waist. She had been in pain. Quite a lot of pain in fact but that had dulled thanks mainly to a copious supply of gin. The discomfort she is feeling in no way detracted from her natural beauty. In fact the effects of the gin and her slightly revealing apparel make an incredibly sexy picture. The silk brocade curtains were thrown open as wide as possible, flooding the spacious sitting room
52 - The Detectives Teeth
The obnoxious detective with the buck teeth, pale complexion and short dark hair was shuffling about struggling to find that sweet spot some sofas have as he said to the girl sitting opposite him, "this man just came out of nowhere, is that what you're telling me?" "That's exactly what I'm saying. Do I have to draw you a diagram or something?" replied the girl with a sigh. She had spent the last twenty minutes staring at those teeth and was getting more and more agitated. "I don't think that's necessary," he said, struggling with the t's in think and that, his tongue clashing with too many teeth and making a small lisp. "Well you seem to struggle when I say, 'and he just came out of nowhere,' so maybe there is. How many times do I have to tell you?" she said, thinking that he really needs to get his teeth fixed. "I'm only trying to clarify the facts. The street was empty - Yes?" he said, staring at the good looking girl sitting opposite and her long blond hair with


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Historic Sites » Fort Sumner Historic Site/Bosque Redondo Memorial
A Powerful Acknowledgement of the Colonization of the American West
The Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site delivers visitors into the heart of history and tragedy.
Manifest Destiny, the doctrine that a dominant culture has the God-given right to spread, regardless of preceding cultures, steered American policies in the 1860s. In New Mexico, such policies were directed against the Navajo and Mescalero Apache peoples.
In 1863, some 10,000 Navajos were forced to make the "Long Walk," 450 miles across New Mexico to the Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation, or H'weeldi, meaning place of suffering. Hundreds of Mescalero Apaches were also interned there. The Navajos lost 20 percent of the tribe due to the insufferable conditions.
Determined a failure in 1868, the reservation closed. It was here that the Navajo Treaty was signed on June 1 of 1868, creating a sovereign Navajo Nation. An audio tour and signed trail guide visitors between the memorial and Fort Sumner.
3647 Billy the Kid Road
Open Wednesday-Sunday 8:30am - 5:00pm. Closed Monday & Tuesday.
No admission fee.
www.BosqueRedondoMemorial.com
The Great Unknown: Artists at Glen Canyon and Lake Powell
The Colorado River is a critical source of life in the arid canyons of northern Arizona and southern Utah. Generations
Will Rogers noted that Fred Harvey "kept the West in food—and wives." But the company's Harvey
The Museum's first permanent exhibit takes visitors on an odyssey through 150 generations over 4,000 years of


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Keanu Reeves' Perspective On Life and Death Is An Inspiration To Us All
Keanu Reeves is known for his action movie chops and philanthropy, but he's also known for being a pretty introspective,
By Aly Walansky May 16, 2019
Keanu Reeves is known for his action movie chops and philanthropy, but he's also known for being a pretty introspective, thoughtful guy.
We didn't know his true depths until Reeves was on Stephen Colbert's The Late Show to promote his movie John Wick 3 and, when asked an impossible question with no true answer, answered with a single sentence that showed amazing thought on the subject of mortality.
Colbert asked: "What do you think happens when we die?"
Reeves responded simply with, "I know the ones who love us will miss us."
The statement feels obvious and simple, but it's also deep and profound.
Weirdly, the topic came up while discussing the other project that Reeves has coming up — the latest installation of Bill & Ted is due out in 2020, and in the sci-fi comedy, the world may end unless Bill and Ted can write one more Wyld Stallyns song.
"It's the end of the universe if they can't do it," Reeves said. "It's the end of the time-space continuum."
Colbert said, "So you're facing your own mortality and the mortality of all existence. Wow."
That's when the questions of life and death began. It's a deep question for any of us but it's especially relevant one for Reeves, who sadly knows tragedy all too well. The actor lost his best friend to a drug overdose in 1993, and then his girlfriend Jennifer Syme died in a car crash in 2001. There's more: Syme and Reeves also had a child who was stillborn in 1999.
Since the start of his film career in the 1980s, Reeves has shown himself to be a more thoughtful and sensitive kind of movie star, despite often being stereotyped as the airheads or action heroes he plays on screen. His willingness to approach a talk show question during a press tour with simple sincerity is what sets him apart from so many other celebrities to whom we find it hard to relate.
Watch this Goalcast video to know where Keanu is at right now:
Reeves' raw responses left Colbert speechless for a moment, and we get it. It hit us all in the heart, and for one solid moment, we were all very much in that room with both those men, confronting life's biggest questions – with the simplest, but truest answer.
We may have different beliefs on what awaits us after we pass, but one thing we can all agree on: we miss the loved ones we have lost and they will feel the same about us when we are gone.
Looking to broaden your perspective even further today? Check out our article on the wisdom of Bob Marley.
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"Synthesis route for obtaining manganese oxide-based nanostructures"
Hollow and solid cylindrical nanometric structures of mixed valent manganese oxide-based compounds were obtained by wetting sacrificial porous substrates. Plastic templates with pores ranging 0.05-1 µm were employed; a two-stage thermal process was performed to obtain La0.325Pr0.300Ca0.375MnO3 or La2/3Sr1/3MnO3. Polycrystalline self-standing tubes were obtained for pore size higher than 0.2 µm, while wires were obtained for diameters below 0.1 µm. We discuss the role of the template pore size in determining the synthesis route, the formation of different intermediate compounds, and different morphologies.


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NCAA in ICT guide to street closures, watch parties and parking
Posted: Mar 10, 2018 / 03:09 AM CST / Updated: Mar 12, 2018 / 02:07 PM CDT
The first round of the NCAA March Madness Basketball Tournament is in Wichita and it is right around the corner.
With the big games come some big changes, especially ones that late-night fans will be able to enjoy.
Th NCAA Fan Fest will bring partygoers to some of Wichita's most popular locales. A full list of watch parties and events were recently approved by the city.
Emerson Biggins, located at 808 E. Douglas Avenue, and the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission applied for a Community Event Permit for days between March 14-18.
The alley north of Emerson Biggins between the 100 block of N. Mead St. and N. Rock Island St. will be closed off during March 16 – 18. During that time outdoor event hours will be allowed until 2:00 a.m.
Extended street closure hours include the evening of March 13. The corresponding map highlights the areas that will be closed.
The community events during the NCAA Tournament include the following:
Brick and Mortar's Battle of the Bracket (March 15-18, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.)
Wichita Brewing Company's Beer Garden (March 14-17, 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.)
Wichita Festivals' Bracket Bash (March 15-17, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.)
Wichita Sports Commission's NCAA Fan Fest (March 15, 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.)
Xclusive Event's Courtside on Commerce (March 15 & 17, 8:00 a.m. -2:00 a.m.)
Third Place Brewing's College Basketball Watch Party (March 14-18, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.)
Emerson Biggins Event (March 14-17, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.)
Mort's Watch Party (March 15-18, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.)
Parking downtown will also be a hot commodity.
Streets will be closed and additional transit rides will be available for attendees of the tournament.
by Craig Andres / Jan 19, 2021
Wichita, Kan. (KSNW) - A revolving loan program has been unanimously approved by the Wichita city council to help minority and women in business.
"Women and minority-owned businesses are targeted to apply for up to $15-thousand dollars in the loan with a three year term," said city council member Brandon Johnson. "And that's either no interest or low interest."
Garden City police asking for the public's help in mail theft case
by KSN News, KSN News / Jan 19, 2021
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (KSNW) - The Garden City Police Department announced Tuesday that they are asking for the public's help with a mail theft incident that took place the morning of Jan. 14 in the 1200 East Laurel Street.
According to Garden City police, around 10:30 a.m. on January 14, officers were dispatched to 1200 East Laurel Street in reference to an auto burglary. Upon arrival at the location, they met with a mail carrier for the United States Postal Service.
Wichita man charged with first-degree murder in cousin's death
by KSN News / Jan 19, 2021
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) - Jason Payne, the 39-year-old Wichita man arrested in the death of 34-year-old Michael Montgomery in the 900 block of North Oliver last Wednesday was charged with first-degree murder in a Sedgwick County court Tuesday.
Around 5:40 a.m. Wednesday, a citizen called 911 about a man lying face down in the middle of the street at 13th and Oliver. Upon arrival, officers found Payne in need of medical help. He was taken to the hospital where he was treated and then released.
Arkansas man who was pictured in Pelosi's office during Capitol riot transferred to Washington D.C.


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Title 56. Public Service Companies
Chapter 10.2. Certain Water and Sewerage Systems Not Regulated As Public Utilities
Chapter 10.2. Certain Water and Sewerage Systems Not Regulated As Public Utilities.
§ 56-265.10. Definitions.
(a) "Water system" as used herein means any privately owned connected system of mains, pipes, conduits, pumping stations, reservoirs and related facilities furnishing water to 50 or more subscribers for compensation when the person who furnishes the service is not subject to regulation by the Commission as a public utility under Chapter 10 (§ 56-232 et seq.) of Title 56.
(b) "Sewerage system" means any privately owned system of pipelines or conduits, pumping stations, force mains, sewage treatment plants, and all other constructions, devices, and appliances appurtenant thereto, used for conducting or treating sewage as that term is defined in Chapter 3.1 (§ 62.1-44.2 et seq.) of Title 62.1, which furnishes service for compensation to 50 or more subscribers, which is not subject to regulation by the Commission as a public utility, and for which a certificate has not been issued or applied for in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.1 of Title 62.1.
(c) "Commission" means the State Corporation Commission.
(d) "Person" means person as that term is defined in § 1-230.
1954, c. 669; 2005, c. 839.
§ 56-265.11. Petition of subscribers alleging inadequacy of service; Commission to investigate and formulate opinion.
If fifty or more of the subscribers, but not more than one from any one household, who have contracts to purchase water from a water system or for sewerage service from a sewerage system file with the Commission a petition alleging that the service furnished by the system is inadequate and ought to be improved, the Commission shall after notice to the operators of such system investigate the complaint and formulate an opinion whether in the light of the successful performance of sewerage or water systems of similar design and purpose, the system is capable of serving the reasonable domestic needs of the persons or properties served.
1954, c. 669.
§ 56-265.11:1. Notification to energy utilities.
Each person operating a sewerage system which includes one or more sewage treatment plants shall notify in writing, the Commission, the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality and each electric or natural gas utility supplying or distributing energy to such system that such system includes a sewage treatment plant.
§ 56-265.12. Opinion of Commission admissible in evidence.
The opinion of the Commission shall be furnished in writing to the petitioners and to the owners of the water or sewerage system and shall be admissible in evidence in any proceedings concerning contracts between such water sewerage system and its subscribers together with any other evidence which may be offered by either litigant.
§ 56-265.13. Chapter not applicable to certain hotel corporations.
No provision of this chapter shall apply to a corporation the principal business of which is the operation of a hotel and which may extend the use of its surplus water and sewerage facilities to a limited number of patrons.


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I've often thought that Walt Disney did a real disservice to the livestock industry when he humanized animals with the cartoons he created back in the 1950s. In Disney's world, mice wear clothes, ducks are millionaires, dogs fall in love over a bowl of spaghetti and they all can have intelligent conversations.
So, what's the harm in that, you ask? It's only make-believe. It is, and rational people understand that. But it still sends a message.
Consider the case of a man in Missouri, caught poaching deer late last year. According to the prosecutor, the deer were trophy bucks taken illegally, mostly at night. The judge ordered the convicted poacher to repeatedly watch the movie "Bambi" at least once a month during his year-long jail sentence.
Instead of sending a message to the poacher that it's wrong to break the law and wrong to take deer illegally, the judge told the poacher, and everyone else indirectly, that it's wrong to kill deer because they are cute.
What we do as individual producers and as a livestock industry sends a message, too. Even something as seemingly harmless as a petting zoo can send the wrong message. I understand that children love baby animals. But what if the young girl at the petting zoo asks her mom, "Can I take the baby sheep home?" And if her mom thinks to herself, "I guess I'd better not serve lamb tonight," then we've sent the wrong message. The message we need to send is that young livestock are part of the food production system. As producers, we care for them and about them and treat them humanely, but they are livestock, not pets.


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JA Europe and ESP partners join the European Pact for Youth
On November 16 - 17, 2015, JA Europe and ESP partners joined countless organisations and companies in supporting business growth by participating in our Enterprise 2020 Summit.
By promoting a more enterprising and innovative future in Europe, the 2015 edition of the Summit included the launch...
Join the European Pact for Youth
Join Microsoft, Nestlé, Solvay, Google, Huawei, Samsung, Randstad, Engie, IBM and many others already signed up to the European Pact for Youth and make your commitment to youth employment stronger across Europe.
Launched by CSR Europe and the European Commission on November 17 at the Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Huawei to provide elite ICT training for 2000 European students over the next five years
Huawei has announced that it will train 2000 European students from 2016 to 2020 through its elite ICT talent programme, Seeds for the Future.
The commitment, announced by Huawei board director Chen Lifang, is Huawei's contribution to the European Pact for Youth and underlines the company's...
European Commission adopts new Circular Economy Package
The European Commission has adopted an ambitious new Circular Economy Package to help European businesses and consumers to make the transition to a stronger and more circular economy where resources are used in a more sustainable way.
The proposed actions will contribute to "closing the...
Press release - The Commission and business leaders partner up to boost youth employment and inclusion in Europe
Press release – European Commission and CSR Europe
The Commission and business leaders partner up to boost youth employment and inclusion in Europe
Today the European Commission together with companies launch the European Pact...
Enterprise 2020 Summit - Exclusive in-depth look at the parallel sessions!
Our Enterprise 2020 Summit is fast approaching! Still can't decide which parallel sessions to go to? Need some help deciding? Read the guide below!
First, however, a reminder that the opening day of the Enterprise 2020 Summit will focus on sustainability as the competitive advantage for the...
CSR Europe joins European Commission's Drop'pin initiative
CSR Europe has joined the European Commission's Drop'pin initiative as part of the on-going commitment to improve the skills of young Europeans throughout the continent.
Drop'pin is the European Commission's initiative that allows companies to promote and share work-related...
CSR Europe declares support for EU STEM Coalition
CSR Europe has joined ERT and Member States Denmark, Estonia, Portugal and The Netherlands in declaring support for the EU STEM Coalition.
The EU STEM Coalition is a coalition of governments, educational institutes and businesses that aims to assist countries in learning from each other by...
CSR Europe's Executive Director, Stefan Crets, to speak at Business that Changes the World conference in Warsaw, Poland
CSR Europe's Executive Director, Stefan Crets, to speak at 'Business that Changes the World' conference in Warsaw, Poland.
This international conference entitled 'Business that Changes the World' is the highlight of the year-long celebration of the 15th anniversary of CSR partnership in...
INSEAD on Entrepreneurship Education: Learn how to be recognised as a leader with CSR Europe
INSEAD's Michelle Rogan published an article a few days ago on the importance of train entrepreneurial thinkers: "When thinking about entrepreneurship education there is the practical side, providing tools such as market research, business planning and negotiation techniques.
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The Most Remote Places to Visit With Your VW Bus
There's nothing quite like hitting the road in your VW Bus and exploring the open highway. You get a certain taste of freedom that you can't find any other way, and that's why us BusLifers put so much time into our buses. When you're trying to escape the stress and strain of city life, nothing beats a road trip. You can bring your loved one with you, or even venture solo with your loyal hound. But when you really want to escape, you'll want to find the most remote places on Earth to take your bus.
No matter how much you're dying to get out into the great unknown, you need to keep a few things in mind. When you travel to remote locations like these, cell service is spotty, and other drivers are rare. You want to make sure your bus is in good condition, and that someone knows where you're going. Odds are you'll be fine, but a flat tire in the middle of the desert can be quite an ordeal. Also keep your bus's ground clearance in mind, since some of these places have big bumps and rocks to pass. With that in mind, you're ready to go.
8 Most Remote Places to Take Your VW Bus
We're going to take a look at the 8 most remote highways and destinations that you can get a Bus. Most of these locations are in the continental US, but there are a few spots from the rest of the world. Each of these promises a truly breathtaking and memorable experience whether you're driving solo or taking the whole family.
The Lost Coast of California
California's Highway 1 gently hugs the coastline from the border of Oregon to the border of Mexico, except for a single stretch. This 60 mile portion of the highway is so mountainous and rugged that no paved roads can reach the coast. But if you can handle a little offroading, you can take your bus right up to the Pacific. It's so hard to get to that you'll likely be the only visitor. It's a great place for some scenic camping.
Mount Washington, located in the beautiful deciduous forests of New England, isn't quite as lonely as the Lost Coast. But the summit is truly breathtaking and fully paved, letting you drive right up to the top.
Colorado has the highest average elevation of any US state, housing 53 mountains that are taller than 14,000 feet. Pikes Peak is one of the most famous summits in the country, and you can drive all the way to the top. You'll be treated to a windy pass with a stunning view of the Rockies all the way up.
Pikes Peak is remote, but not as remote as the Mount Evans Scenic Byway. Also located in Colorado, this is the highest paved road in the US. This trail is much more isolated, and is a fantastic route to explore with your Bus.
US Route 50 of Nevada
You can't talk about the classic American road trip without picturing lonely highways winding through the vast deserts of the midwest. US Route 50 travels from California to Maryland, but the Nevada stretch is one of the loneliest roads in the world. There are few places in the world where you can drive hundreds of miles without seeing a single car or town. You can easily pull over to the side of the road and park overnight if you run out of steam. The desert makes for a fantastic sunrise.
Stelvio Pass, Italy
Let's move away from the US and talk about some of the most remote places in other parts of the world. The Stelvio Pass is a classic, with beautiful vistas through the Italian Alps. It's for experts only, with incredibly sharp turns and corners.
Nockalm Road, Austria
Nockalm Road is one of the most breathtaking routes in the world. It winds through Austria's countryside, treating you to stunning views of rolling green pastures and hills. It runs right through a UNESCO site in the Carinthian hills. It's filled with banks and turns, but your bus can easily handle this road.
The Pamir Highway, Former USSR
The last item on our list was originally a supply road for the Soviet military. Today, it's a public highway that runs through several countries from the former USSR. The Pamir Highway is hundreds of miles long, and reaches an altitude of over 15,000 feet. Much of the route is in disarray, but if you're looking for a truly lonely road to travel, you can't beat this one.
Exploring the World's Most Remote Places
These are just a handful of the most remote places you can drive. There are countless roads, mountains, and forest roads that are truly remote, and you can explore them all with your bus. There's nothing like an isolated road trip to unwind and recharge, and your VW Bus lets you get out there and see the unknown.
By : Samuel Anderson
Tags: buslife, camping, remote, travel
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Reminded by her childhood with her Grandma, a young passionate vintage-styled fashion enthusiast Novy Chalimi then started up her clothing line providing vintage dresses.
This is the story of my internship at Maverick PR Agency, Indonesia. Knowledge, passion, laughter, and friendship were all that I got. Find out more!
Ya, inilah pertunjukan monolog di mana Ine Febriyanti dituntut memerankan berbagai tokoh. Alur cerita dibuat maju-mundur.