The access road turns off Highway 70 about 20km's after Waiau. It is a 8km long well maintained gravel road which passes through Beach Forest and into alpine terrain. It passes through the lower of the two areas at Mount Lyford, Lake Stella, where there is a car park, and finishes at Terako Basin, where there is another car park and the ski area.
Privately Owned Commercial Ski Area owned and operated by the Simpson family.
Six Kassbohrer Snowgroomers and one half pipe shredder.
Mt Lyford has one on-mountain cafe.
Mt Lyford has an extensive ski & snowboard equipment rental. No clothing.
Pick up 8:30am - $20 return.
The sunny Terako field, an ideal family field, offers a great learners area as well as challenging runs for intermediate and advanced skiers. The Day Lodge/restaurant and carpark is centrally located.
This sunny northwest facing basin receives its best snow from the south, south-east quarter and most years' gets good snow cover, even at its lower altitude.
Mt Lyford facilities include: Terako Day Lodge, Chamois Cafe, Ticket Office, First Aid, Ski & Snowboard Hire. It offers a ski & snowboard school for all ages and abilities, operated 6 snow groomers and one half-pipe shredder.
Activities include skiing, snowboarding, tubing, racing, tobogganing, and other fun activities.
Terrain features include: Wild Ride Terrain Park (jumps, kickers, and rails), R & R Sport Kaikoura Half Pipe, Quarter Pipe, International Truck Jump, Basin described as a Natural Terrain Park.
Established in 2004 the Wild Ride Terrain Park has been a fantastic addition to Mt Lyford Alpine Resort, which is already described as a natural terrain park. The man made features of the terrain park add a more exciting and challenging aspect to the resort.
The Wild Ride Terrain Park has been set up in its own basin to the right of the Cloudy T-bar. The park has a lead in through a natural terrain shoot with a snow cornice up to the left perfect for wing over's.


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"Guardians of the Galaxy" doesn't land in theaters until Aug. 1, but Marvel Studios already is moving forward with a sequel and has turned to James Gunn to return to write and direct.
A sequel already was expected, considering their return appears on screen in the end credits of the film.
It's unclear whether Nicole Perlman, who co-wrote the first "Guardians" with Gunn, will return.
"Guardians" is Marvel Studios' 10th film since starting to self finance its own projects in 2008, with "Iron Man."
The Disney-owned studio already has dated a slate of new untitled films through 2019.
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Gunn's role on the sequel was first reported by The Wrap at Comic-Con in San Diego.
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The day when Amarillo burned
March 18, 2017 at 12:00 AM CDT - Updated August 12 at 5:45 PM
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AMARILLO, TX (KFDA) - There have been lots of prayers sent to the four victims of last weeks wildfires. Lots of money. Lots of love.
And now, one song.
Matt Dietz, an Amarillo local, does not know anyone personally affected by the fires.
He doesn't know Cody Crockett, Sydney Wallace, Sloan Everett, Cade Koch or any of their friends or family members.
But still he felt connected to them and their stories.
"I just felt drawn in to make some type of contribution," he said.
His contribution was this song, called "Amarillo Burned," referencing the day all the yellow fields in the panhandle caught fire two weeks ago.
Since posting a video with the song on his Facebook page Tuesday, it's been viewed almost 700,000 times.
"They lost everything that day," said Dietz. "And it's worthy of honor. The more the song gets traction, the more the song is played, the higher it climbs, the more they're given honor. And that's what it's about for me. I want to honor them."
Dietz isn't in this for the fame, and he hasn't made any money.
He just wants people to heal.
"It allows people who don't know or who weren't necessarily affected by the fire, it gives them the ability to be there, to know what happened, to experience what happened and in some sort of way share the grief."
He wants this song to live on, and be there for the family as a memorial to the ones they lost.
"I don't want it to be about this moment," said Dietz. "I want it to be about the legacies of four individuals that gave their lives on that day sacrificially because they did something. they were willing to give something for the sake of somebody else. And to me, that is the message and the heart of this song."
"Amarillo Burned" by Matt Dietz
He never gave a second thought
Only thought to save a life
Knowing it could cost his own
She was there through it all
Never left her lover's side
Through and through a hero
That was the day
Amarillo burned
Amarillo cried
The cowboy gave it all
On his best and final ride
Texas bowed her head
Wounded at the word
She never will forget
When Amarillo burned
He saddled up and headed out
Left his wife and babies home
Never been a better man
He got a call and answered it
Couldn't leave a friend alone
Had to lend a helping hand
There is no greater love
Than to give your life for friend
Give everything for the good of man
Love was there that day...
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A Grand Canyon da Groenlândia é o nome temporário para um desfiladeiro que cientistas das Universidades de Bristol, Calgary, e Urbino descobriram debaixo do manto de gelo da Gronelândia usando radar. A descoberta na revista científica Science em 30 agosto 2013.

O desfiladeiro tem uma profundidade máxima de 800 m, um comprimento de 750 km, e uma largura máxima de 10 km. É o desfiladeiro mais longo do mundo. Um rio fez o desfiladeiro 4 milhão anos atrás.

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20 Classic NES Games That Are So Mind-Numbingly Difficult They're Practically Unbeatable
Kyle Townsend
Updated July 8, 2020 1.3k votes 181 voters
They might be classics, but those old-school NES games are notoriously hard to beat. The original Nintendo Entertainment System was the console that brought the video game industry out of the crash that came from the previous generation and made it into a viable entertainment medium, which continues today as a multi-trillion dollar industry. There is a ton of nostalgia for games that came out on the system, which is evident if you've ever tried to grab an NES Classic before they all disappeared from store shelves around the world.
Games like Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Castlevania, Metroid, and many more began franchises, and players fondly recall mashing buttons into the wee hours of the morning while playing alongside their sibling or best pal. While it's true that the console debuted some of the best games in retro gaming history, many of those games were freaking HARD to beat. There's even a term for it called "Nintendo Hard," and people often discuss the nature of these games, and how difficult they are. That's not to say they aren't excellent games that are fun to play, but the difficulty level on some of these titles made them all but impossible to beat. Think Silver Surfer holds the title for the hardest NES game ever made? Now's your chance to vote.
Check out 20 of the hardest NES games of all time, and if you see one that caused you a great deal of stress in the 1980s and '90s, go ahead and vote it up to see which of the hardest Nintendo games is considered the most difficult of them all.
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Battletoads is a beat 'em up sidescrolling platformer from Rare, and it stands as one of the most difficult games in the NES library. The game was developed after the success of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and there are numerous similarities between the two franchises.
What Makes It So Hard: The level of difficulty in this game suggests it was programmed by a sadist. Every level progresses up the difficulty ladder exponentially, so it gets increasingly harder as the player progresses. The game was best played with four players at once, but because friendly fire was possible, it was incredibly easy to kill your pals (or be killed by them). Most obstacles require exact timing and precision, making the smallest mistake deadly. Despite being hailed as one of the hardest games on the NES, Battletoads won numerous awards and spawned a successful franchise, so there are plenty of fans who enjoyed playing it.
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Ghosts 'n Goblins started life as an arcade title in 1985 and was an instant success. The game featured killer graphics and sound, as well as a fun mechanic, which saw your character lose his armor (clothes) when he was hit. That means you can only take two hits before you die, and when that happens, it's back to the beginning of the level, but that's not really what makes this game Nintendo Hard.
What Makes It So Hard: Ghosts 'n Goblins is a platform game, and you have to make your way through several levels of zombies, demons, ogres, dragons, and undead monsters to try and rescue Princess Prin-Prin from Astaroth, king of Demon World. It's generally difficult, and it takes a lot of replays to learn the moves. When you finally do, you'll be rewarded with... PLAYING THE ENTIRE GAME ALL OVER AGAIN! Yes, it's one of those. When you beat the game, you have to replay it at an even higher difficulty. This takes you to the "real" final battle of the game, and only after beating it twice, can a player truly say they have beaten the game, which is no easy task.
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The Silver Surfer game for the NES features an alternating side-scroller and overhead perspective gameplay with each stage divided into sections. Players control the titular superhero as he battles enemies while going after minibosses. It follows a narrative and features mechanics similar to other side-scroller shooters. It's not the best adaptation of a Marvel property, but it may be the worst.
What Makes It So Hard: This game is brutal and hard to control. Players fly around on their surfboard firing off silver balls at enemies, and unlike his comic book counterpart, he's insanely weak. In the comics, the Surfer is one of the strongest characters in the Marvel Universe, but in this game, he's one of the easiest things to kill, making him ridiculously underpowered. Players who truly want to slog their way through the game can benefit from a password system that makes the Surfer invincible, but without it, there's a very good chance most gamers can't make their way through the whole thing.
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Ninja Gaiden is often remembered as a difficult game, and that appears to be a universal opinion. The game features a ninja named Ryu Hayabusa, who travels to America to avenge the death of his father. While there, he uncovers a plot hatched by "the Jaquio," who plans to take over the world by unleashing an ancient demon. The only one who can stop him is Ryu, so the player battles against enemies across six acts of 20 levels.
What Makes It So Hard: Few gamers recall this game without experiencing flashbacks over how incredibly difficult it was. The difficulty setting was insanely high and unforgiving of any errors of any kind. Players would have to time everything perfectly, or they would die a lot. One of the most annoying enemies in the game are these stupid birds that swoop down without warning, knocking you into a pit. You can barely dodge them, you can't plan for them, and they make playing the game ridiculously challenging. When you do finally get to the end level — if you can get that far — it's an unforgiving gauntlet of nightmare fuel that likely can take credit for destroying more than a few hundred controllers back in the '80s.
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College education has always been considered to be important in order for people to further their career. Today, though, post graduate studies are even more essential if one wants to go further in life. Masters in Education is a site where you can find information about various Masters in Education programs. The good news is that you can find programs both offline and online. You can take your pick, depending on what suits your schedule and your preferences. This site is full of practical information that you will find useful.


Beautiful piece of workmanship. Got my muffler in 3 days after purchase; thank you so much. Would purchase again if needed.
Excellent workmanship. Perfect fit. If there's any concern, it would be that the pressure tap requires large fuel tubing rather that the more common medium tubing for this size engine. Overall, a superb product.


Two common categories for software under copyright law, and therefore with licenses which grant the licensee specific rights, are proprietary software and free and open-source software (FOSS). The distinct conceptual difference between the two is the granting of rights to modify and re-use a software product obtained by a customer: FOSS software licenses both rights to the customer and therefore bundles the modifiable source code with the software ("open-source"), while proprietary software typically does not license these rights and therefore keeps the source code hidden ("closed source").
Unlicensed software outside the scope of copyright protection is either public domain software (PD) or software which is non-distributed, non-licensed and handled as internal business trade secret. Contrary to popular belief, distributed unlicensed software (not in the public domain) is fully copyright protected, and therefore legally unusable (as no usage rights at all are granted by a license) until it passes into public domain after the copyright term has expired. Examples of this are unauthorized software leaks or software projects which are placed on public software repositories like GitHub without a specified license. As voluntarily handing software into the public domain (before reaching the copyright term) is problematic in some jurisdictions (for instance the Law of Germany), there are also licenses granting PD-like rights, for instance the CC0 or WTFPL.
Diagram of software under various licenses according to the FSF and their The Free Software Definition: on the left side "free software", on the right side "proprietary software". On both sides, and therefore mostly orthogonal, "free download" (Freeware).
^ a b c Larry Troan (2005). "Open Source from a Proprietary Perspective" (PDF). RedHat Summit 2006 Nashville. redhat.com. p. 10. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
^ Hancock, Terry (2008-08-29). "What if copyright didn't apply to binary executables?". Free Software Magazine. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
^ "UMG v. Augusto". January 28, 2009.
^ "Court smacks Autodesk, affirms right to sell used software". Ars Technica. May 23, 2008.
^ "Vernor v. Autodesk". 2007-11-14.
^ Voakes, Greg (2012-07-03). "European Courts Rule In Favor Of Consumers Reselling Downloaded Games". forbes.com. Retrieved 2014-12-30. Could this be the victory we need for a "gamer's bill of rights" ? DRM is an oft-cited acronym, and resonates negatively in the gaming community. The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in favor of reselling downloaded games. Simply put, legally purchased and downloaded games will be treated like physical copies of the game, and consumers can then sell their 'used' game.
^ Directive 2009/24/EC of the European Parliament and the Council. Official Journal of the European Union Accessed on 14 March 2014.
^ a b c Scholten, Thomas. "Software Licensing". Retrieved 21 May 2012.
^ Lawrence Rosen (2012-03-08). "(License-review) (License-discuss) CC0 incompliant with OSD on patents, (was: MXM compared to CC0)". opensource.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. The case you referenced in your email, Hampton v. Paramount Pictures, 279 F.2d 100 (9th Cir. Cal. 1960), stands for the proposition that, at least in the Ninth Circuit, a person can indeed abandon his copyrights (counter to what I wrote in my article) -- but it takes the equivalent of a manifest license to do so. :-)[...] For the record, I have already voted +1 to approve the CC0 public domain dedication and fallback license as OSD compliant. I admit that I have argued for years against the "public domain" as an open source license, but in retrospect, considering the minimal risk to developers and users relying on such software and the evident popularity of that "license", I changed my mind. One can't stand in the way of a fire hose of free public domain software, even if it doesn't come with a better FOSS license that I trust more.


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You boys ever seen that movie The Departed? Sheit, well that's exactly what Tubby is doin' to the TPD. If Ears can't win on the field recrootin' national championships, he's gonna get his "boys" in the Tuscaloosa Police department to take down Saban from the inside. Word is, Trey Blackmon was the gunman in the Julio Jones Drug Dealing buddy trial...The Louisiana Monroe loss can actually be attributed to Bill Bellacheat and his New England Patriots dressing up like the La-Monroe Warhawks and Mal Moore invented the internet.
You're slackin' a bit my friend. This was Bama hater material last week.
It's hard to keep up with the most current arrests and saban-scandal. Sorry.
good to see you turned off E! and started watching Fox Sports.
That po-po cruiser is money.
attention barners: johnson's charge is being dismissed. just thought you might want to know that.
Hmm...If the police in T-town are Barners, I wonder what law school all the Judges and Attorneys went to?
"We hereby drop all charges leveled against this fine, upstanding honor student and team captain, as you all repeat after me..."Rammer Jammer..."
i'm sure they graduated from the University of Alabama. Afterall it's up to the judges and attorneys to protect the Alabama players from the barners plan to sabotage the football team. So to repeat after you and finish that phrase, "Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer, Give 'em Hell Alabama!"


Sanctus are pleased to announce that we recently received the Brownfield Briefing 2017 Winners Award for 'Best Re-use of Materials on a Project' for the Leeds College of Art remediation works, completed in conjunction with WYG Group.
Through onsite remediation of 8,000m3 of asbestos contaminated soils, and innovative earthworks support design, Sanctus successfully reused >97% of excavated materials as engineering fill onsite, a further 2% was recycled offsite and just 0.1% was sent to landfill.
Re-use of materials was key to the success of the project due to a tight programme and budget and also the highly constrained city centre location.
The works package was undertaken on a fixed price all risk basis, with all works being successfully delivered within a very tight programme. The client, Leeds College of Art, offered the following feedback and gave a satisfaction score of 45/45.


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365 Horror Films Presents: The Classics, May 25
Bela Lugosi in Dracula at Rozz-Tox --May 25.
Saturday, May 25, 7 p.m.
Rozz-Tox, 2108 Third Avenue, Rock Island IL
On one night, over the course of roughly seven hours, Rozz-Tox patrons can witness back-to-back(-to-back-to-back) screenings of four of the greatest and most influential horror films of all time, with the Rock Island venue and 365 Horror Films hosting May 25's "The Classics" quadruple-feature of 1931's Dracula, 1931's Frankenstein, 1941's The Wolf Man, and 1954's Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Directed by Tod Browning and based on Bram Stoker's classic vampire novel, Dracula featured Bela Lugosi as the titular monster – a role that, his vampiric reputation notwithstanding, the actor would only again play in 1948's Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein. Dracula was an immediate box-office hit, selling 50,000 tickets within in first 48 hours of release, and earning a $700,000 profit for its studio Universal in its first year of release. Critics were also laudatory, with Variety praising the film for its "remarkably effective background of creepy atmosphere" and Film Daily calling Lugosi's Count Dracula "one of the most unique and powerful roles of the screen." In 2000, the movie was selected for preservation in the United States' National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
With its monster played by Boris Karloff, director James Whale's Frankenstein was also released by Universal in 1931, and also finds itself in the U.S. National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The rare release that currently holds a "100-percent Fresh" rating on the Rotten Tomatoes Web site, Whale's film was included on the American Film Institute's "100 Years … 100 Movies" list of all-time greats, with Film Daily calling it a "gruesome, chill-producing, and exciting drama." Karloff would go on to play Frankenstein's monster in two additional films: 1935's Bride of Frankenstein and 1939's Son of Frankenstein.
Boasting Lon Chaney Jr. in the title role and a supporting cast that features Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy, and Bela Lugosi, director George Waggner's The Wolf Man currently holds a "94-percent Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the film's critical consensus describing it as "a handsomely told tale with an affecting performance from Lon Chaney Jr." and "one of the classics of the Universal horror stable." Noted film critic Leonard Maltin, meanwhile, called it "one of the finest horror films ever made," with Chaney going on to play the Wolf Man in all four of its 1940s sequels. According to the reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before Yo Die, The Wolf Man "still remains the most recognizable and most cherished version of the [werewolf] myth."
Originally filmed in 3D, Creature from the Black Lagoon garnered $1.3 million in its initial release, and inspired a pair of sequels in 1955's Revenge of the Creature and 1956's The Creature Walks Among Us. With Ben Chapman playing the titular "Gill-man" on land and Ricou Browning playing him underwater, director Jack Arnold's Universal release also received positive reviews upon its release, with Leonard Maltin praising its "juicy atmosphere and luminous underwater photography sequences." The movie enjoyed a 1980 renaissance when a 3D version was released on VHS, and director Guillermo del Toro has stated that his Oscar-winning The Shape of Water was partly inspired by Creature of the Black Lagoon, based on his childhood desire to see the romance between Gill-man and his co-star Julie Adams succeed.
365 Horror Films' screenings of Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, and Creature from the Black Lagoon start at 7 p.m. on May 25, admission is free, and more information on the night is available by calling (309)200-0978 or visiting RozzTox.com.


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Lexi is led in her work by her belief that communities should direct their own futures, her love of this natural world, and the power of people. Lexi has been a huge fan of Quail Springs and their beautiful work since she was first introduced in 2014 while working with the Community Environmental Council in Santa Barbara. She was lucky enough to attend both the International Development PDC and the Social Permaculture Course at Quail Springs in 2017. She left with that rosy, inspired, full-of possibility glow that everyone does leaving a QS training and since then the strategies, ethics, and interconnections she learned on the land and from the community have seeped into almost every aspect of her work and daily life. Lexi studied Environmental Economics and Policy at Berkeley and was steered towards community-led work by a summer internship in Morocco. She previously served as the Projects Coordinator and Regenerative Systems Lead at Mama Hope where she created and ran programs that connected Mama Hope's partner grassroots organizations and Global Advocate Fellows with the resources and training to build out the visions of their communities and make their work more regenerative. The lessons she learned while working with grassroots community organizations across East Africa has deeply informed her the justice-based lens she brings to working with communities and her focus on imbuing the values of a collective into its every aspect and interaction in its work. She always leaves Quail Springs' land bursting with ideas and hope, and is very grateful to have served on the Board since June 2017 in order to help continue spreading that magic to as many people as possible. In her consulting role facilitating Quail Springs' leadership transition in the fall of 2019, she is greatly inspired by the potential to amplify the great work the organization already brings to the world by creating the conditions for easeful visioning and organization-wide leadership. She believes knowledge, hope, nature connection, and community can and will create the thriving, abundant world of tomorrow and people just need to learn and feel that they can be a part of it.
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LGBTQ political activists counter Celebration Church Mueller services
Luz Moreno-Lozano,Melissa B. Taboada
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Gay rights political activist groups stood outside the Austin school district performing arts center Sunday morning chanting and waving pride flags and signs to protest against a church that opposes gay marriage and criticize the district for renting the facility to the church.
Stonewall Militant Front-ATX and AZAAD Austin were among the groups protesting against Celebration Church, a Georgetown-based nondenominational church, and its presence at the Austin school district facility.
Sunday was the first time the church rented the performing arts center to host a regular service at the Mueller-area location, its second Austin-area location. Church officials did not say how long they planned to rent the facility.
According to district contracts, the church has previously rented the facility before, including for an Easter service, and paid the district $8,250 for those two Sundays. Another contract shows the district charged the church $11,490 to rent the center this weekend.
Jasmin Patel, a member of AZAAD Austin, said the group believes it goes against the Austin school district's policies to rent out the space to a church that does not support gay or trans people.
Patel said many members are worried about the students who attend Austin schools and their comfort level while at school, especially if the district is allowing organizations that do not support gay rights to rent out their facilities.
"AISD is thinking about the money," said Ena Ganguly, a member of the AZAAD Austin organization. "But it's a constitutional right for students to feel comfortable in school, especially children of color."
Stonewall Militant Front members said the organization's policies do not allow them to speak to the media.
Executive Pastor for Celebration Church Jim Kuykendall said the church believes in being welcoming and kind to all people regardless of sexual orientation, religion or political beliefs. He added that the church does, however, preach the word of the Bible. The church references Bible verses saying homosexuality, bisexuality and disagreeing with one's biological sex is a sin.
"I think maybe the frustration may be that they feel like it's our position when we say that the Bible says that certain things are the way they are and that it's our statement," Kuykendall said. "Its not our statement, it's what's in the Bible."
The church is trying to expand and grow its services to Austin, Kuykendall said. He said the goal is to eventually open campuses all over the Austin area.
"We love this space, it's a great space," Kuykendall said of the school district's performing arts center. "It's a really cool environment and very welcoming for the community so we were pleased we were able to get this space (the Austin school district performing arts center)."
The Austin district, as well as most other Central Texas school districts, routinely rent their schools and other facilities to churches and other organizations, including film crews and civic organizations. District officials have said they do not discriminate in their rentals.
The Austin district has a Respect for All campaign, and in recent years has added language to its anti-discrimination statement that includes prohibiting acts of harassment of any kind based on gender, gender identity, gender expression, as well as sexual orientation.
Austin school district administrators, teachers and students this year and in the past, have participated in the Austin Pride Parade and in October hosts its own pride week, in which campuses can plan pride activities.
"Austin ISD is committed to respecting and upholding the First Amendment rights of anyone who would like to rent its facilities," said Gloria Williams, executive director of school, family & community education. "While facility use agreements are assessed on a case-by-case basis, the criteria for approval is focused on the availability of the facility and not the views or beliefs of the individual or organization applying to use the facility so long as applicants meet the requirements to rent the facility. It is important to know AISD is a district that welcomes all students and families."
The Austin school district released a statement on its website Saturday stating
"Schools are community spaces, and our facilities are hubs in our neighborhoods. Leasing our facilities to outside organizations has been in place for many years. Moreover, federal law restricts the district from denying rental space to organizations once those spaces have been made available to others."
"The use of district properties by outside organizations does not create an endorsement of, or an association of that organization with the district," the statement said.


A new RV, boat, or both can be great fun. If you do a lot of traveling and boating, or fishing, they can be a good investment for your goals to be less stressed and enjoy life more. With them comes a lot of responsibility, too. You have to learn to care for them, individually and together if you own both. Here are some tips to help you keep your boat safely in tow with your RV so that you can worry less and have more fun on your trips.
Start by learning. Read all manuals and view videos on line. There is no shame in taking the time to educate yourself on how to attach your boat and drive your RV with it. In fact, it is much safer; to learn by mistakes in this sort of situation could be very, very costly and dangerous.
You must learn proper turning techniques for large vehicles and towing in order to avoid hitting other cars, curbs, etc. Stopping distances are also different. You need more time to slow and stop, so you must put more distance between you and other cars so that you have time to stop suddenly. This means you need to drive more slowly. Slower speeds make it easier to control your RV and trailer, as well as give you time to react to anything sudden.
Passing and changing lanes are also different. You should do these slowly and pay attention to your mirrors, even more so that most people generally do. You may even need more mirrors to accommodate your increased size and cargo load. When you're going up and down hills, you may need to shift differently than normal. Reversing and parking can also be particularly tricky. The best thing to do is try and avoid busy, small parking lots. Otherwise, you will want to practice your skills.
Make sure you get the correct equipment. You will need attachments in the right size and if you need help, just ask someone. Check your model numbers. Get the systems that making driving easier and make sure that your boat trailer has chains to be attached on each trip.
Test all safety measures—signal lights, hazard lights, etc.—before each and every trip. They must always be working, otherwise not only could you have a safety problem, but you are in violation of the law. Remember to disconnect them before backing your boat into the water. Make sure you're prepared for all emergencies. Have extra tires for both your RV and trailer. Use reflectors and have flares in case you're stopped on the side of the road. Be certain you have all of the proper insurance; talk to your agent if you need to be sure.
If you're ready to take your RV and boat on the ultimate trip, come to Bethy Creek. Here, there are RV sites, local fishing, places for boat storage, or rental if you don't have a boat, alternate lodging, and much, much more. Use all you've learned about RV-driving and boat-towing, and have a vacation.


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New multi-device system for handling emergencies with information from social networks
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Researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid have presented a prototype of a multi-device system that can involve citizens in the managing emergencies. The system, which can be used through a smart tabletop, can identify individuals in the area of the hazard and communicate directly with them.
"The ability of the system to distinguish between different types of agents, more or less reliable and more or less prepared to act, can support decision-making at the control center and can be used to envision sustainable policies of service co-production," said Paloma Díaz, one of the authors of the study. Prof. Díaz is Full Professor in the UC3M Department of Computer Science. "Information about which citizens are in the area and what role they have is superimposed on the view operators have at the control center, so that they can know how to collaborate: from sending more detailed information (about evaluation of risks, evaluation of needs) to acting" she explained. The basic principles on which this formula of citizen participation in emergency management is implemented have been recently published in open-access article in the journal Future Internet.
This new platform can also collect, filter and aggregate information from social networks such as Twitter to Improve the response to emergencies like accidents, hurricanes and earthquakes. When an emergency occurs, the information that is posted on social networks can be very useful. As direct witnesses of the situation, people share photos, messages and videos about events that attract their attention. At an emergency operation center, this information can be collected and integrated into the management process to improve the general understanding of the situation and to improve the response operations.
The problem lies in making critical decisions taking into account the volume and quality of the information spontaneously posted in social networks. How can emergency operators understand it and verify it without wasting time? The answer is an intelligent tool that can compile, analyze and extract relevant information. "Our system addresses the relevance of the information via an innovative method based on ontologies, which enables us to filter "tweets" and extract significant subjects according to their semantics," explained Teresa Onorati, another researcher from the UC3M Department of Computer Science. With this approach, they manage to "separate the wheat from the chaff" in the deluge of content that circulates on social networks.
This smart system, developed at the UC3M Interactive Systems Group, can filter the most important data and represent them through different visualizations so that operators can make decisions more easily and quickly. There are already various monitoring and visual analysis tools that combine techniques of visualization and geographical maps, but which encounter difficulties in interpreting the language used in "tweets," given that their content can be inaccurate or irrelevant. In this study, published as an open-access article in the journal SpringerPlus, a semantic categorization organizes tweets using relevant terms belonging to the following seven concepts: emergency, evacuation, media, hashtags, time, place and general. For example, the word "hurricane" would be related to the description of the emergency, while "New York" would be the place. "In this way," explained Dr. Onorati, "emergency operators can choose the subject they're most interested in or reach interesting conclusions about the flow of information."
Citizen Participation in the Handling of Catastrophes
This new intelligent tool can be integrated into an emergency center and become an effective basis for making decisions. "It prevents distracting operators and wasting resources and time, given that the visualizations represent how the situation is evolving," said Prof. Díaz. The next step is to test the system in real time so that civil protection agents can evaluate the performance of the tool. "We are currently exploring with official organizations how to use this technology for processes like early warning, where citizen participation can be integrated to collect information and involve groups with different levels of credibility. Our approach to classifying participants and the intelligent filtering of information seems appropriate in this context," said Prof. Díaz.
Semantic categorization and visualizations are a key factor, because information can be interpreted according to the characteristics of the situation. "As shown in the two study cases (the Nepal earthquake and Hurricane Sandy), the visualization technique must be chosen depending on the volume of information generated and its semantic categorization," said Dr. Onorati. In fact, they are planning to test different visualizations with the same collections of data and compare the reaction times of emergency workers in operational centers to optimize their functioning.
The research, which is funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, was carried out within the framework of the emerCien project (TIN2012-09687). This project aims to integrate technologies to promote citizen participation in emergency management. From a theoretical point of view, the semantic analysis is based on standard techniques of data mining, which would make the tool adaptable to other domains and applications, like politics or marketing. "Other researchers could apply our methodology based on ontologies, adequately changing the knowledge base to obtain significant subjects according to predefined criteria of relevance," said Dr. Onorati. Marco Romano, who is another researcher from the Interactive Systems Group and is working on updating the prototype, said, "With the goal of improving citizen participation, we're thinking about how to apply techniques of gamification to the prototypes that we have created."
Bibliographical references:
"Coproduction as an Approach to Technology-Mediated Citizen Participation in Emergency Management," Paloma Díaz, John M. Carroll and Ignacio Aedo. Future Internet, 2016, Volume3, number 3, 41. DOI:10.3390/fi8030041
"Giving meaning to tweets in emergency situations: a semantic approach for filtering and visualizing social data," Teresa Onorati, Paloma Díaz. SpringerPlus, 2016, Volume 5, Number 1, Page 1. DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-3384-x
New multi-device system for handling emergencies with information from social networks (Chinese version)


A hand-crafted coloring book for adults featuring intricate designs for the holidays. Welcome to a unique winter wonderland, one full of timeless holiday favorites and traditions. Relax and get cozy with snuggles while letting your artistry bloom. Take the time to reflect and engage in a world all your own as you create colorful, magical moments within beautifully illustrated designs.


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Tell me if it breaks.
Subject: Re: anybody using net-snmp on AMD64 or other 64bit platforms??
> > And where netstat has got its things right, snmpd seems to be really off.
> > the question is which part is that???


SA: Spontaneous rupture of membranes for more than 24 hrs before the onset of labour. WA: Rupture of the membranes at any time before the onset of labour irrespective of gestation at the time of the membrane rupture. TAS: Confirmed rupture of membranes prior to the onset of labour, but for less than 18 hrs.
TAS also collect ROM greater than 18 hours. QLD, SA, VIC collect "other complications of pregnancy" as a free text field which may capture pre-labour ROM. VIC can calculate from PDCU data, date and time of rupture of membranes date and time of onset of labour, gestation at birth.


BATON ROUGE- The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry declared an emergency quarantine for Roseau cane scale.
According to the emergency declaration, Roseau cane scale poses a threat to the health and welfare of Louisiana's wetlands, and possibly sorghum, sugarcane, and rice industries.
"Following an extensive survey conducted by the LSU AgCenter, it has been determined that efforts should be made to limit the spread of Roseau cane scale. Therefore, a quarantine is now in effect," said Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain.
Quarantine areas in the state include portions of the following parishes south of Louisiana Highway 10: Allen, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Pointe Coupee, St. Landry, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Vernon, Washington, and West Feliciana.
These entire parishes are quarantined: Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, East Baton Rouge, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Terrebonne, Vermillion, and West Baton Rouge.
The quarantine went into effect Monday and will remain in effect until further notice. For more information click here.


The Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce is embarking on a new, long-term strategy to increase the marketability and competitiveness of Spartanburg County as a premier location for corporate business and with it, more white-collar, knowledge-based jobs.
The game plan, to be executed by the Economic Futures Group of the chamber, is being led by Jansen Tidmore, its newly named executive vice president for corporate and urban development.
Tidmore joined the Spartanburg Area Chamber in May 2017 as executive vice president of the organization's Downtown Development Partnership. In his new hybrid role, Tidmore will direct countywide corporate recruitment efforts while continuing to manage downtown development in concert with public- and private-sector partners.
Jansen Tidmore, the Spartanburg Chamber's executive vice president for corporate and urban development, will lead the county's corporate recruitment initiative. Photo by Will Crooks.
In an interview following his promotion, Tidmore emphasized that Spartanburg will not be reluctant to tout its assets and capabilities "'cause it's a great story to tell, and it's one that, maybe sometimes, we've been shy about telling," he said.
Working from a chamber-commissioned study by economic development strategists Avalanche Consulting, the Economic Futures Group will focus on recruiting, developing, retaining, and expanding corporate opportunities in four categories: an ongoing effort to attract regional corporate headquarters in manufacturing; an immediate, related effort to pique the interest of consulting firms that maximize efficiencies within manufacturing and logistics; a drive to attract additional professional business services in the short term; and a long-term effort to secure companies that provide back-office support for the financial and health care sectors.
"I think in this first year, what you're really going to see us doing is developing some of our baseline foundation for a long-term success … establishing ourselves as the resource network, establishing our marketing toolbox, making sure that we have the right presence in the right places," Tidmore said.
One issue bound to be addressed is "the cart and the horse" of office space, Tidmore said, echoing remarks he made at a Nov. 14 presentation to students at USC Upstate's George Dean Johnson Jr. College of Business and Economics.
"99.2 percent of our Class A office is full. Now, from an economic development standpoint, that's fantastic," Tidmore said. "But when you're trying to open up a shop and you've got a base of what you can pay, that demand probably outpaces your capability of what you should be paying for an office space," Tidmore told the students.
With nearly $5 billion in total investments since 2013, including 11 project commitments so far in 2018, the Economic Futures Group has helped bring 9,763 current and committed jobs to the county, according to the group.
The acquisition is expected to close by the end of the fourth quarter of 2018.


This yogi is the newest face of Athleta's Power of She campaign.
In an interview for this campaign, Terry says that their relationship was meant to be.
Terri's story is also amazing and empowering. 20 years ago, she experienced a near-death experience with Crohn's Disease. Terri used her experience working with Tao to help her overcome her struggle, which only made her stronger.
Both of these women are inspiring and deserve to be part of Athleta's campaign. They now travel the world teaching yoga and instilling positivity in women's lives.


More than 260 people turned out for the 17th annual awards presentation sponsored by the Greater Richmond Association for Commercial Real Estate, which recognizes the top commercial real estate projects in the Richmond region.
The top award went to The Handcraft Cleaners Building at 1501 Roseneath Road in Scotts Addition. Originally built in 1940 for Binswanger Glass as its headquarters and production facility, the 97,000-square-foot vacant building was purchased in 1983 by its current owners, Jay, Keith and Jeff Nichols. In 2016, the family decided to re-develop the structure as a multi-tenant office, retail, and manufacturing space.
Today, tenants include Vasen Brewery, Farhenheit Group, Randstad, Hazen & Sawyer, Blueswipe, Fergusson Enterprises, 510 Architects, Smithers and Co. and Stella's Market.
According to GRACRE, the venture has set a new market rent in Scott's Addition of $22 per square feet as well as creating a new standard for Class A office space.
Other projects that won top awards included a deal with Owens & Minor to lease nearly 90,000-square feet of vacant space at Riverfront Plaza in downtown Richmond for a new client engagement center. The center, expected to create 300 new jobs and retain 200 that might have left the region, was named Transaction of the Year for 2017. According to GRACRE, Owens & Minor considered 60 other cities before deciding to put the project in Richmond. Trib Sutton, Matt Anderson and David Wilkins of CBRE|Richmond were recognized for being the brokers on the deal.
The award for Industrial Project of the Year was the $20 million Amazon Sortation Distribution Center in Ashland. In this deal, known as "Project Lightning, developer Devon USA built a 328,000-square-foot building and got a certificate of occupancy to meet Amazon's timeline in less than six months.