Oh Yum!! We have some japanese friends coming over this sunday, i think i will make some!! I don't know where to get tollhouse, but i guess nestle choc bits would be ok?
What is a jelly cake? I've got no idea. I've never seen one.
I guess that anzac biscuits reminds me of my childhood. My mum used to make them and i'd take them to school and all my friends would be wanting some!
I tend to do alot of baking these days, because yasu enjoys it, it's something he didn't really get alot of in his childhood, big kid! 🙂 It's nice to make something from scratch, i hardly ever buy pre-made anything these days as i am aware of chemicals in them, and homemade tastes and smells so much better!
Azumarisan – yes, Nestle choc bits would be fine. Jelly cake, you know similar to lamingtons but the sponge cake is rolled in pink liquid jelly and then rolled in coconut? Kylie Kwong's mum even makes it on her show once as something she had as a child. I wonder if it's an Eastern states thing. Make sure the butter is soft enough for the beater to whip it.
Hi Kelly, baking soda is the common name for bicarb soda. Don't use baking powder. All-purpose flour is plain flour…I have no idea why we call it all-purpose but it's because we have 3 kinds of flour regularly available at the grocery store – cake flour, all-purpose & bread flours. They all have different degrees of gluten. We RARELY use self-raising flour in the U.S. I don't even think they sell it there. The British use a shitload of self-raising flour in many of their baking recipes.
Doug and I read an article in the NY Times this summer about making the ultimate chocolate chip cookies and tried the recipe they printed. Oh. My. God. Sorry, I don't have it with me here, but I'll be sure to send it to you…or maybe you can go to the NYT website and find it. Anyway, it included a combination of cake and bread flours, rather than all-purpose. Can you explain the science behind that? The article didn't explain that. Also…the big secret to making great cookies was aging the dough for at least 24 hours. Deepens the flavor. Also, and not a big surprise considering the recent trend: sea salt on the top. YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY!!!
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By Andrea Long
Bernie Nolan, famous lead singer of The Nolans and actress in Brookside and The Bill, sadly lost her life to aggresive cancer this month, and was cremated in her hometown of Blackpool yesterday. More than 1000 people flooded the streets to pay their respects to the loved pop icon, mother, wife and sister. Read on for Hairoom's own tribute.
A Fond Farewell to Bernie Nolan
This week, the world said goodbye to Bernie Nolan, aged just 52, after the singer and actress's long battle with cancer. Bernie, the third of the Nolan sisters to battle breast cancer, was declared free of the disease in 2010, but less than two years later it was discovered that the cancer had spread aggressively to her brain, lungs, liver and bones. Doctors told Bernie from diagnosis that the cancer would this time be incurable.
Bernie refused to allow the "death sentence" to control her though, saying "I'll fight this forever – it can get stuffed." An admirable attitude and certainly a beneficial one – positivity can have a marked effect on cancer patients' quality of life, even in those whose cancer is terminal.
The Nolans started out as a family singing troupe, becoming a fixture of the northern club circuit, releasing a single called 'Blackpool' which is still used today by the football team. In 1974 the five oldest Nolan sisters split from the family group to form The Nolan Sisters, quickly becoming regulars on variety act shows like The Two Ronnies and Morecambe & Wise.
The first major signs of success showed in 1975, when the group toured Europe with Frank Sinatra, followed soon after by their first charting UK release, an album of cover performances, which reached number 3 in the UK charts. Their biggest hit was the 1979 release 'I'm in the mood for dancing" which achieved great success in the UK and Ireland, and topped the charts in Japan, where it sold over 600,000 copies.
Bernie left the band in 1994 to move into acting, after spending two decades as lead singer. Her acting career was successful and diverse, with prominent roles in The Bill and Brookside, and several stage performances. In 2009 the band reformed seeing success with their highest charting album in nearly 30 years. A farewell tour was scheduled to be held in 2013, marking the final departure of the band, however this was sadly postponed and then cancelled when Bernie's cancer returned.
On the morning of the fourth of July, Bernie died peacefully, surrounded by her family. Her husband, daughter and sisters are "devastated to have lost her […] she is irreplaceable."
Yesterday over 1000 people lined the streets of her hometown, Blackpool, to pay their respects to Bernie at her funeral. The town was brought to a standstill. Bernie has said in the past that her family was her greatest achievement, and she spent her final months trying to be the best mother she could be in the time she had left. Her daughter Erin was the light and glory of Bernie's life, and after a sad struggle to become a mother took her through a miscarriage and a stillbirth, Bernie's joy in Erin was boundless.
From everyone at Hairoom, we would like to offer our most sincere regrets and condolences to Bernie's family during this incredibly difficult time, and we hope that they remember Bernie's incredible attitude. Feisty and selfless, she said "there's so much to be happy and excited about, I refuse to dwell on the negative." Our thoughts are especially with Erin, who is just about to turn fourteen and is facing a difficult time of life for any girl.
Bernie became an emissary for cancer, encouraging women to be aware of their bodies and to seek medical advice if they found something. Her swift response to finding a lump gave her several extra months with her family, something for which they are vastly grateful. Please make sure you heed this advice and get checked.
Read more of Bernie's incredible story, including inspiring press interviews, at her website, bernienolan.com

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Posted on March 28, 2012 by Michael J. Hollows
Okay, so here goes on my first writing blog…
A couple of weeks ago, for my mate's 18th(+22) birthday, I wrote him a story. So I thought I would post it up for you kind people to read.
For the record he is an animator, see if you can notice the reference!
I welcome feedback, but go easy on me… (I couldn't get the formatting quite right on here, so some of the paragraphs look funny!)
Michael Hollows
THE SOUNDS OF battle raged as the solitary drop pod smashed into the soil throwing up mud. Artillery shells whistling as they fell with the sounds of bolter fire echoing in the valleys. But this was no ordinary engagement. This was a full scale invasion force. This was an army seeking to regain control of the planet in the name of the immortal God Emperor. A figure emerged from smoke surrounding the landed drop pod after its violent landing. The tall commanding figure was encased in obsidian armour dark as the night, a dark leather cloak fashioned from the hide of some ancient beast hanging from his shoulders and whipping in the wind. Long black hair enveloped a wise and knowing face, with eyes already scanning the battlefield for targets. Hefting a crackling thunder hammer in both gauntlets, he was an image of death, a funereal vision brought forth to destroy all in its path, an Angel of Death.
This figure's name was Kris Hoo'pr, Captain, warrior of the Emperor.
THE GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE surrounded him, the spires of once magnificent cathedrals and administratum buildings piercing the darkening sky at impossible angles. The city had in the past been a sprawling marvel. But it had long since been perverted by those occupying this world, the sanctified cathedrals being used in the enemy's archaic and corrupt rituals. Before the city lay the shanty towns, small plascrete and metal shacks once inhabited by the local populace and now hastily torn down and erected as piecemeal barracks for the defenders. They knew his army was coming. Kris knew how this battle would go; he spent hours aboard his battle barge compiling and rendering animations of how things would play out. Assessing the layout of the terrain and simulating how his enemy would react to each attack, each roll of the dice. Analysing each movement of the battle before approving it. The enemy would not be expecting him so soon, he had deployed ahead of his warriors, aiming to make a surprise strike at the heart of his enemy.
VAULTING OVER THE crumbling barricade in front of him, he sought his first target. The nearest traitor marine was not expecting such a violent and forceful attack, the crash of the drop pod having mingled in with the sounds of the artillery barrage. The crimson armoured warrior tried to aim his bolter at the Captain, but before he could fire a round Kris swung his right arm overhead smashing the end of the thunder hammer against his enemy's helmet. The power field encasing the head of the hammer and the force of the blow destroyed the helmet is a shower of sparks and splattering blood. The enemy warrior was disorientated and blinded by the attack and Kris swept his hammer from left to right in a backhand swing to finish him off, crushing his internal organs and leaving him a crumpled heap in the bloodied dirt. Further to his left amongst the shorn plascrete of the shanty towns was another group of traitor marines. Distracted by the army groups that Kris' chapter was here to reinforce, they had not noticed his landing or the gruesome death of their comrade. Running headlong to their position he shouted a warcry in the name of the Emperor on Terra.
'Traitors, I will kill you all! For the Emperor!'
The first of the traitor's, roused by the cry, managed to pivot and fire his weapon, sending a stream of mass-reactive shells towards the Captain. Because of the rapidness of the turn only some of the shots hit home, others spinning off in to the distance. Kris didn't care. The battle-vision was on him. Time had slowed down and the carefully laid animations of his battle plan were running within his mind. Kill these vile traitor marines and clear a beachhead for the rest of his forces to land. That was his only goal for now. He leapt into the muddy debris-filled trench amongst the chaos marines, his hammer swinging from side to side, cleaving and smashing his enemies from the ground. Their armour, adorned with strange fetishes that hurt the eye and protruding horns, was no match for the Captain's ancient Thunder Hammer. One enemy to his left was crushed with the full motion of his hammer and another to his right lifted from his feet with the backhand swing and obliterated with another forceful thrust. His moves, fluid and precise were as a dance, an ancient form of taking life. His arms raised and moving side to side, he head scanning the scene for targets, it was a dance of death. There was only one traitor left before him, he had ran out of rounds and discarded his weapon, sensing death was near. The crimson warrior clutched his ritual combat knife and crouched down, ready to meet death with pride. Kris would allow him no such honour and quickly swung the powerful hammer with the last of his strength, smashing the traitor's armour to pieces in a welter of blood. Blackened gore splattered up the Captain's armour, joining that of the traitor's comrades and some of his own he suspected. Having dispatched the last of these foul creatures he dropped to the ground, his armour pitted and scored, his energy spent, and looked to the sky.
IT WAS A beautiful sight to behold, the massed drop pods of his Chapter looming through the cloud cover, descending from the stars to cleanse this planet. But without him it would not have been possible. Finally reinforcements were arriving. The armoured mass of his 7th Company plus some attached squads from the 10th, the scout company. With a tremendous will of force, Kris summoned all the strength and energy left to him. His genetically enhanced body would staunch the bleeding from his many wounds and there would be time to repair to his armour later. For now he would show these younglings, show them that age was not a thing to be feared, that age only brought experience and wisdom. That no matter how old he got he would still fight and destroy the enemies of the Imperium of mankind.
Today was the anniversary of his Genesis Day, the day he was reborn in the image of the Emperor as a battle-brother of the Adeptus Astartes, all life before that forgotten. Today was the day he would make his name in the eyes of the Emperor…
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package it.readbeyond.minstrel.librarian;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

import android.os.Environment;

public class Storage {

    // based on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5694933/find-an-external-sd-card-location/19982451#19982451

    public static String[] getStoragePaths() {
    	List<StorageInfo> list = getStorageList();
    	String[] paths = {};
    	if (list.size() > 0) {
    		paths = new String[list.size()];
    		int i = 0;
    		for (StorageInfo l : list) {
                paths[i++] = l.path;
    		}
    	}
    	return paths;
    }

    public static String getStoragePathsString() {
    	List<StorageInfo> list = getStorageList();
		StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder();
    	for (StorageInfo l : list) {
            s.append(l.path + " RO: " + l.readonly + " REMOVABLE: " + l.removable + "\n");
		}
    	return s.toString();
    }

    public static List<StorageInfo> getStoragePathsInfo() {
        return getStorageList();
    }

    // TODO this is really bad
    //      but it seems there is no real silver bullet
    private static List<StorageInfo> getStorageList() {
        List<StorageInfo> list      = new ArrayList<StorageInfo>();
        int removableCounter = 1;
        String  def_path            = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath();
        boolean def_path_removable  = Environment.isExternalStorageRemovable();
        String  def_path_state      = Environment.getExternalStorageState();
        boolean def_path_available  = def_path_state.equals(Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED) || def_path_state.equals(Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED_READ_ONLY);
        boolean def_path_readonly   = Environment.getExternalStorageState().equals(Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED_READ_ONLY);
        HashSet<String> paths = new HashSet<String>();
        if (def_path_available) {
            paths.add(def_path);
            if (def_path_removable) {
                list.add(0, new StorageInfo(def_path, def_path_readonly, def_path_removable, removableCounter++));
            } else {
                list.add(0, new StorageInfo(def_path, def_path_readonly, def_path_removable, -1));
            }
        }

        BufferedReader buf_reader = null;
        try {
            buf_reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("/proc/mounts"));
            String line;
            while ((line = buf_reader.readLine()) != null) {

                boolean whitelist = (line.contains("vfat")            ||
                                     line.contains("sdcardfs")        ||
                                     line.contains("ext4")            ||
                                     line.contains("/dev/block/vold") ||
                                     line.contains("/sd")             ||
                                     line.contains("/storage")        ||
                                     line.contains("/mnt"));

                boolean blacklist = (line.contains("/acct")       ||
                                     line.contains("/asec")       ||
                                     line.contains("/cache")      ||
                                     line.contains("/data")       ||
                                     line.contains("/fac")        ||
                                     line.contains("/firmware")   ||
                                     line.contains("/lesw")       ||
                                     line.contains("/legacy")     ||
                                     line.contains("/obb")        ||
                                     line.contains("/secure")     ||
                                     line.contains("/shell")      ||
                                     line.contains("/sys")        ||
                                     line.contains("/persist")    ||
                                     line.contains("/proc")       ||
                                     line.contains("debugfs")     ||
                                     line.contains("devpts")      ||
                                     line.contains("rootfs")      ||
                                     line.contains("selinuxfs")   ||
                                     line.contains("sysfs")       ||
                                     line.contains("tmpfs"));

                if ((whitelist) && (!blacklist)) {
                    StringTokenizer tokens = new StringTokenizer(line, " ");
                    String device          = tokens.nextToken(); //device
                    String mountPoint      = tokens.nextToken(); //mount point
                    if (paths.contains(mountPoint)) {
                        continue;
                    }
                    String fs              = tokens.nextToken(); //file system
                    List<String> flags     = Arrays.asList(tokens.nextToken().split(",")); //flags
                    boolean readonly       = flags.contains("ro");
                    try {
                        File test = new File(mountPoint);
                        if ((test.exists()) && (!test.isHidden()) && (test.canRead())) {
                            paths.add(mountPoint);
                            list.add(new StorageInfo(mountPoint, readonly, true, removableCounter++));
                        }
                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        // nop
                    }
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // nop
        } finally {
            if (buf_reader != null) {
                try {
                    buf_reader.close();
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    // nop
                }
            }
        }
        return list;
    }
}

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Judge reduces bail for Palmer woman accused of sexual abuse of a minor
Tuesday, January 29th 2019, 11:59 AM AKST
Wednesday, January 30th 2019, 9:54 PM AKST
By: Angela Krenzien
Josie Murphy, 34, appears in a Palmer court on Wednesday on charges of sexual abuse of a minor. (Heather Hintze/KTVA)
A judge on Wednesday decided to reduce bail for a Palmer woman accused of having sex with a teenager.
Josie Murphy, 34, turned herself in Monday on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, according to an Alaska State Troopers dispatch.
Murphy was indicted by a grand jury last week on four total counts of first- and second-degree sexual abuse of a minor and turned herself into troopers after an arrest warrant was issued.
At a bail hearing on Wednesday, Assistant District Attorney Melissa Wininger-Howard said the teen reported Murphy had sex with them about 30 times between the ages of 13 and 16. The state was concerned about releasing Murphy under the supervision of the Pretrial Enforcement Division (PED) because officers can't constantly monitor the suspect's internet usage and social media accounts.
A man who identified himself as the victim's father spoke to the court and asked that Murphy remain in jail.
"She's a manipulator and I believe if she gets out she'll do the same thing," he said. "She's going to try to search for my [child] like she's been doing. I don't believe she should get out at all."
Bail was initially set at $100,000 but Palmer Judge David Zwink reset the bail arrangement so Murphy will only have to pay $21,000 in order to be released.
The judge also ordered Murphy to be on house arrest with PED supervision and she can have no access to social media.
Alaska's online court records system lists the dates of offenses as between January 2016 and September 2018.
Heather Hintze contributed to this report.
If you or someone you know are a survivor of sexual abuse and you would like to talk to someone, you can call STAR at 907-276-7273 or toll-free at 800-478-8999. STAR also has resources available on their its website.
Correction: An earlier version of this story stated Murphy was arraigned on Wednesday. She was arraigned Jan. 29 and appeared for a bail hearing Wednesday, Jan. 30. This has been amended.
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Anchorage jury finds man guilty of sexual abuse of a minor


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The Predator Movie Review
Was this a good movie? Meh. Was it a terrible movie? Meh. And that's how the whole film felt. Just... meh.
Shane Black managed to craft one of the most mediocre Predator movies to date. That said, it's an excellent action film. Just not what you'd likely expect for a Predator movie.
Sure, it has not one, but two Predators! It's got Predator pooches and a ragtag team of sarcastic and quirky soldiers just like the first film. But what it doesn't have is any of the intensity, or scares, or shocking gore that makes the Predator movies, well, Predator movies.
That said, I can't hate this film. It's a solid entry into the nearly four decade old franchise.
WHAT I LIKED:
I enjoyed the fact that Olivia Munn played a smart scientist (I'm a huge Olivia Munn fanboy so I loved the fact she was in this movie, for good or for bad).
I liked that an autistic kid was the focus of the Predator's mission. However, I thought it should have been strictly about a fugitive Predator being hunted by an enforcer Predator. And although that's touched on briefly, it wasn't the focus.
And, yes, there is a modicum of story development and mythos building this time around, but perhaps not as much as Predators (2010).
The reason the Predator wants the child is genuinely interesting, however, and the final scene before the credits (which felt like an after credits scene tacked onto the start of the credits for some reason) opens up the series to go in a totally different direction but, at the same time, felt derivative of another popular Shane Black movie (you'll know exactly what I mean when you see it).
Probably the best thing about this film though was that it held my attention from beginning till end. The action was fun, albeit forgettable, and the characters were fun, albeit forgettable. All in all, the film was fun... but... as you could likely guess by my above comments, mostly forgettable.
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE
Olivia Munn played the least sexy scientist in the history of sci-fi. Now, don't get me wrong, her character wasn't about being sexy. But she goes from geeky science girl who can barely hold a gun to kick-ass warrior by the end of the film. That made little sense to me.
At least make her sexy. I mean, smarts are sexy, but they didn't show much smarts happening. She mostly just ran around a lot. Here's a thought. Show HER outsmart the Predator, maybe. Make her the HERO who saves the boy in the end, not the father. That would be a change of pace. But no. She runs around a lot and doesn't use her sexy-science brain for 99% of the movie. Oh, well. Sexy-but-not-sexy-science lady.
She has a three minute long nude scene where you see precisely zero of her naked body. That's fine. I mean, if the actress has a no-nudity clause, hire a body double for goodness sake! Don't spend 3 minutes running around the showers naked, playing cat and mouse, hiding from a Predator, and not show anything below the neck!
I get it. I do. We're all about being PC these days, but the scene makes little sense as it was shot, mainly because you have a naked woman running around for 3 minutes and never see below her collar bone.
The scene where the Predator does see her in the shower would have been the perfect scene to show full nudity, in a tasteful way. She's crouched down, cowering, and covering herself in the most vulnerable way... and we get a from the neck up shot of Olivia Munn. Seriously?
Show her crouching naked! She's still covering herself in the most humble way possible. And that little sex-appeal might have made the movie stand out a bit more for its young male demographic. But you have an intense shower scene that has all the nudity taken out and it becomes like most everything else in this film... forgettable.
Speaking of forgettable scenes, many of the action scenes -- apart from the Halloween incident and the big action-packed finale, are all quite forgettable as well. Whereas with the other Predator movies, each time the Predator engages with the human characters of Arnold or Danny Glover, you get a hallmark moment in the movies. Not in this film.
The humans just spend the majority of the film running around like stressed out scatterbrained mice. Then at the end they mount a futile attack on the Predators and, well, hey, I don't want to spoil the movie. It's worth the price of admission if you like the Predator franchise and or action-packed sci-fi. But beyond that demographic, maybe wait for rental.
In my opinion though, a whole movie about a Predator hunting another Predator should have been just that -- no humans involved. That was the premise that drew me to the film. Two Predators going at it! Why? That's what I wanted to know. And although they answer that question its... well, you guessed it, forgettable.
This movie sort of ruins the intrigue of having a good Predator vs. bad Predator by focussing a lot on a supporting cast that, by the end of the film, served their purpose but didn't advance the plot any. Only the boy and his dad soldier seem to have any story to set up at the end for the next installment, if there even is one.
And Olivia Munn's kick-ass scientist lady, she managed to get out alive too but by the end sequence the film seems to forget she even exists. Weird. Especially given the thing that happens to that one random scientist dude at the end could have totally happened to her character. It SHOULD HAVE BEEN her character. But where was she? Unavailable for reshoots apparently.
This is an aggressively competent action movie but a rather mundane Predator film. It's not the worst in the franchise, but for the massive budget and huge cast they got, I was sort of expecting more from it. A lot more. But it was fun mindless sci-fi, and I guess that's really all you can ask for with a big summer blockbuster.
My Predator movies ranking:
1. Predator (still the best)
2. Predators (Better than 2 but just barely)
3. Predator 2 (A solid flick, urban jungle rather than literal jungle)
The Predator (Sorry, already forgot what this was about)
AVP 1 (all around bad)
AVP 2 (Just no)


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Роман Юрьевич Степанов (; ) — белорусский футболист, вратарь казахстанского клуба «Кызыл-Жар».

Карьера

Начало карьеры
Футболом начал заниматься в частной футбольной школе Виктора Анатольевича Дармина. Позже перебрался в структуру борисовского БАТЭ. В 2008 году футболист стал выступать за дублирующий состав борисовского клуба, а также подтягиваться к играм с основной командой. Однако за клуб футболист так и не дебютировал.

«Руденск»
Летом 2010 года футболист на правах арендного соглашения отправился в «Руденск». Дебютировал за клуб 7 июля 2010 года в матче против светлогорского «Химика»выйдя на замену на 86 минуте. Затем футболист закрепился в клубе в роли основного вратаря. За время арендного соглашения провёл за клуб 11 матчей, из который 5 провёл сохранив свои ворота нетронутыми.

В январе 2011 года футболист на полноценной основе перешёл в клуб. Первый матч в сезоне сыграл 23 апреля 2011 года против клуба «Ведрич-97». Футболист с начала сезона стал основным вратарём клуба. Сыграл за клуб в 24 матчах во всех турнирах, отличившись 10 «сухими» матчами.

«Торпедо-БелАЗ»
В начале 2012 года футболист перешёл в жодинское «Торпедо-БелАЗ». За весь год футболист пару раз попал в заявку основной команды на сезон, однако так и не дебютировал за клуб. В 2013 году футболист стал тренироваться с основной командой жодинского клуба в роли второго вратаря. Дебютировал за клуб и в Высшей Лиге 22 апреля 2013 года в матче против «Гомеля». В дальнейшем выступал лишь в роли резервного вратаря. В январе 2015 года футболист продлил контракт с клубом. В январе 2016 года по окончании срока действия контракта футболист покинул клуб.

«Нафтан»
В январе 2016 года футболист проходил просмотр в микашевичском «Граните». Затем отправился в новополоцкий «Нафтан», с которым по итогу заключил контракт. Начинал сезон на скамейке запасных. Дебютировал за клуб 28 августа 2016 года в матче против солигорского «Шахтёра». Провёл за сезон всего лишь 2 матча и по окончании сезона покинул клуб.

«Смолевичи-СТИ»
В феврале 2017 года футболист присоединился к клубу «Смолевичи-СТИ». Дебютировал за клуб 22 апреля 2017 года в матче против гомельского «Локомотива», выйдя на замену в концовке матча. Затем футболист закрепился в основной команде клуба в роли основного вратаря. По итогу сезона футболист вместе с клубом стал серебряным призёром Первой Лиги. В феврале 2018 года покинул клуб, расторгнув контракт по соглашению сторон.

«Торпедо» Минск
В феврале 2018 года футболист присоединился к минскому «Торпедо». Начинал сезон в роли резервного вратаря, также выступая за дублирующий состав минского клуба. В июле 2018 года футболист стал основным вратарём клуба. Дебютировал за клуб 15 июля 2018 года в матче против «Ислочи». В дебютном сезоне провёл за клуб 16 матчей во всех турнирах, в которых 4 раза сохранил свои ворота нетронутыми.

В начале 2019 года стал готовиться к новому сезону с минским клубом. Первый матч сыграл 30 марта 2019 года против солигорского «Шахтёра». Начинал сезон в роли основного вратаря, однако затем стал оставаться на скамейке запасных. В июле 2019 года футболист покинул клуб в связи с финансовыми проблемами «Торпедо». Всего за сезон провёл 6 матчей в чемпионате.

«Рух» Брет
В августе 2019 года футболист перешёл в брестский «Рух». Дебютировал за клуб 17 августа 2019 года в матче против бобруйской «Белшины». Футболист сразу же закрепился в основной команде клуба. По итогу сезону стал бронзовым призёром Первой Лиги, тем самым отправившись выступать в стыковые матчи. В стыковых матчах против могилёвского клуба «Дняпро» футболист также был основным вратарём и помог брестскому клубу выйти в Высшую Лигу.

В начале 2020 года футболист готовился к новому сезону совместно с клубом. Начинал сезон в роли резервного вратаря. Первый матч сыграл 23 мая 2020 года против «Слуцка». Затем футболист снова себе вернул место в стартовом составе. По итогу сезона провёл за клуб 17 матчей во всех турнирах, отличившись 6 сухими матчами. В январе 2021 года футболист покинул клуб, расторгнув контракт по соглашению сторон.

«Динамо-Брест»
В феврале 2021 года футболист перешёл в брестское «Динамо». Дебютировал за клуб 14 марта 2021 года в матче против речицкого «Спутника». Футболист сразу же закрепился в основной команде клуба. В июле 2021 года футболист вместе с клубом отправился на квалификационные матчи Лиги конференций УЕФА. Дебютный матч в рамках еврокубка сыграл 29 июля 2021 года против чешской «Виктории». Однако по сумме матчей брестский клуб оказался слабее и покинул стадию квалификаций. Провёл за клуб 33 матч во всех турнирах, отличившись 12 «сухими» матчами. В самом чемпионате футболист сыграл все свои 29 матчей, лишь единожды пропустив матч, а также один раз появился на поле с капитанской повязкой.

«Шахтёр» Солигорск
В январе 2022 года футболист перешёл в солигорский «Шахтёр». Сезон начал 5 марта 2022 года в матче за Суперкубок Белоруссии против борисовского БАТЭ, на котором футболист пробыл на скамейке запасных. В клубе стал резервным вратарём. Дебютировал за клуб 19 июня 2022 года в матче против дзержинского «Арсенала». Вместе с клубом отправлялся на квалификационные матчи Лиги чемпионов УЕФА и Лиги конференций УЕФА. По итогу сезона футболист стал победителем Высшей Лиги. Сам же футболист сыграл лишь в 3 матчах за клуб во всех турнирах. В феврале 2023 года покинул клуб.

«Кызыл-Жар»
В феврале 2023 года футболист проходил просмотр в казахстанском клубе «Кызыл-Жар». В марте 2023 года футболист официально стал игроком казахстанского клуба. Дебютировал за клуб 5 марта 2023 года в матче против «Кайсара», сохранив свои ворота нетронутыми.

Достижения
 «Шахтёр» (Солигорск)
 Победитель Высшей Лиги — 2022

Примечания

Футболисты Белоруссии
Игроки ФК «Руденск»
Игроки ФК «Торпедо-БелАЗ»
Игроки ФК «Нафтан»
Игроки ФК «Смолевичи»
Игроки ФК «Торпедо» Минск
Игроки ФК «Рух» Брест
Игроки ФК «Динамо-Брест»
Игроки ФК «Шахтёр» Солигорск
Игроки ФК «Кызыл-Жар»

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Pocklingtons was established in 1924 by Cyril Pocklington, the 3rd youngest of 14 children of a Louth Miller, James Pocklington. The family still own and manages the business. Currently Cyril's grandson, Christopher & his wife Tina, run the business. Best known for our famous Lincolnshire Plumbread, we have won awards for our product quality and customer service in our shops – as voted for by the "Tastes of Lincolnshire" judges. We have a modern bakery situated in the small village of Withern, where the family have lived since the mid 1800's.
Although products are not available to buy from the bakery we supply many businesses right across the county, to quote a Lincolnshire based radio station, 'From the Humber to the Wash' and a little further too! We have a shop of our own in the small market town of Louth and also a well stocked market stall in Top Town Market, Grimsby where our knowledgeable staff will assist you.
We maintain traditional baking methods, baking fresh crusty bread & soft rolls using traditional recipes. Wherever possible, we use locally sourced ingredients, locally grown wheat for our flour and local eggs for our cakes. Milk for our delicious Egg Custards comes from the local dairy. We cook all our own meat for pies, pasties and savouries – all sourced from the local butcher or direct from the abattoir. Our famous Lincolnshire Plumbread is available across the county and also available by mail order. We can post worldwide if required.


CHARLOTTE, N.C. The number 48 team of Hendrick Motorsports saved the best for last as they inched ahead of the number 11 Toyota from Joe Gibbs Racing to win the Pit Crew Challenge.
The competition includes simultaneously changing front and rear tires, fueling and jacking four different cars, then pushing a team car across the finish line. Johnson's crew was able to finish in 22.239 seconds to edge Hamlin's crew (22.533 seconds) in the finals.
The victory was the first for the Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 team in the eight-year history of the event held at Time Warner Cable Arena. The team won $80,675, a $10,000 increase over last year's prize money. In addition, the Jimmie Johnson foundation received a donation of $9,169 from the NASCAR Foundation.
Besides winning some money the team also won the right to select pit stall No. 1 for Saturday night's Sprint All-Star Race, which pays $1 million to win.


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A Picnic With The Butterflies At Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk.
It was Freya who suggested a picnic at our old favourite, Strumpshaw Fen, on Sunday - as long as she could take her magnifying glass with her?! While it was warm in the sun it was still pretty cold in the shade so I didn't really expect to see much but almost everywhere we were … Continue reading A Picnic With The Butterflies At Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk.
My Weekend Photo – March 3rd, 2019 (Plus Video).
We thought Freya had already had a mild case of chickenpox as a toddler but it seems we were mistaken because she definitely has it now. I'll admit I freaked out just a tiny bit when I saw the first of what turned out to be several little blisters on Friday. I cancelled my … Continue reading My Weekend Photo – March 3rd, 2019 (Plus Video).
Easy Autumn Crafts – Leaf Butterfly.
Earlier this year we joined the RSPB and as well as access to all the reserves we enjoy so much, our family membership also came with a Nature Discovery Pack, which we have been making use of. While some of the seasonal tasks require you to have your own garden or outside space (we live … Continue reading Easy Autumn Crafts – Leaf Butterfly.
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Comprehensive analysis of mammalian miRNA{*} species and their role in myeloid cells
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Integrative nucleophosmin mutation-associated microRNA and gene expression pattern analysis identifies novel microRNA - target gene interactions in acute myeloid leukemia
Russ, Annika C. et al. (2011)
The impact of therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia (AML) on outcome in 2853 adult patients with newly diagnosed AML
Kayser, Sabine et al. (2011)
Prognostic Importance of Histone Methyltransferase MLL5 Expression in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Damm, Frederik et al. (2011)
Prognostic impact, concurrent genetic mutations, and gene expression features of AML with CEBPA mutations in a cohort of 1182 cytogenetically normal AML patients: further evidence for CEBPA double mutant AML as a distinctive disease entity
Taskesen, Erdogan et al. (2011)
Molecular Characterization of AML with ins(21;8)(q22;q22q22) Reveals Similarity to t(8;21) AML
Ruecker, Frank G. et al. (2011)
RUNX1 Mutations in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Results From a Comprehensive Genetic and Clinical Analysis From the AML Study Group
Gaidzik, Verena I. et al. (2011)
Monitoring of Minimal Residual Disease in NPM1-Mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Study From the German-Austrian Acute Myeloid Leukemia Study Group
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Women on a Mission: Mom Edition: URBAN CHICKENS: Part 1 - What?
I may have mentioned before that one place I splurge in our grocery budget is eggs. I buy eggs laid by free-range chickens. I appreciate the idea that the chickens aren't caged 24 hours a day and have time to run around and peck grain and pebbles, or whatever it is chickens do when they roam free. I also like that free-range eggs are brown with nice yellow yolks. The $2 difference in price is totally worth it to me.
But even better…my friend, RM (and her hubby G and daughter A), has her own chickens! What's this stroke of genius, you say? That's right, the next great thing since urban farming (a/k/a gardening) is urban chickens. I think the term 'urban chickens' is HILARIOUS in and of itself.
Many cities and townships allow residents (even in regular residential neighborhoods) to have poultry. Thrifty Nana (my mom) lives in a suburb of big city, MN, and the residential limits for the number of small farm animals is something like 100. I have to say when I read the city ordinances, they seemed a little antiquated, but they did not prohibit chicken ownership. I'm pretty sure the neighbors might complain if TN had 50 hens and a couple of roosters clucking and crowing around in her back yard. But 2 or 3 hens – I'm all for it. TN says she'll wait till she retires in 2 years before she gets any chickens; I'll continue to nag about it though since I think it's awesome (and also since I have a way better chance of convincing TN to have chickens than I do my own sweet husband).
I told TN that the girls' play house would make a FABULOUS hen house.
And won't Easy Mac and KD LOVE IT? There's nothing TN loves more than spoiling her grandbabies. I don't think I've played this angle in my pro-chicken-ownership campaign yet. Hmmm.
So I'm going to do a little blog mini-series about RM's urban chickens. She calls her little clutch "R Chickens". I love it. You'll flip when you hear about the expensive (and/or totally creative and thrifty) chicken coops out there; the breeds of chickens available are CRAZY. I did a Wikipedia search on the types of chickens R Chickens has and I couldn't believe there was so much I had no idea I didn't know. And, of course, I'll tell you about the fresh farm eggs I'll have access to whenever I want (when the chicks R Chickens is raising now turn into hens and start producing more eggs). I'll get the beauty of fresh free-range, organic, multi-colored (hello, pink!!!) eggs with their golden yolks and I won't even have to enter a grocery store.
I will make RM promise to take lots of pictures of her current hens, Gravy, Ugly Mary, Auburn and Little Red, and her rooster Whitey. And I PROMISE she'll take us lots of pictures of R Chicken's chicks (though she said right now they're kinda homely with pinheads and scraggly adult feathers coming in). And you can sleep soundly tonight knowing that RM knows me well enough that she'll take lots of pics of Auburn and Little Red's PINK EGGS.


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Samaritans plans major PR push to highlight rebrand
October 04, 2002 by HOLLY WILLIAMS
The Samaritans is planning a major PR drive for later in the year to hammer home messages surrounding its rebrand, unveiled this week.
The six-month PR-led communications campaign is due to kick-off in November and follows media work this week to launch its new look brand and strategy.
The rebrand was felt necessary to change outdated perceptions of the charity, founded nearly 50 years ago.
Samaritans PR manager Sarah Nelson confirmed current launch media relations work would act as a precursor to the yet-to-launch primary comms campaign.
The group has already completed an internal PR push to communicate the rebrand among its 18,300 volunteers and 203 branches nationwide prior to taking the repositioning public.
Nelson said the campaign forms part of a broader repositioning strategy, sparked off by findings of an organisational review, called Facing the Future: 'We want people to think of the Samaritans not as being secretive and for people who are at the end of the line, but more as a contemporary and relevant organisation.
'People associate us with suicide and above and beyond that don't know what we do - this is what the current and forthcoming campaigns are all about, making it clear who we are, what we do and what we stand for,' she added.
The campaign is set to focus on research and survey findings, driven primarily by PR and incorporating through-the-line marketing tactics.
All PR is being handled by Nelson and the three-strong in-house PR team, with creative consultancy Agency Republic leading the marketing brief.
Brand expert Wolff Olins has been working with The Samaritans for the past year to develop an updated brand, which was given the go ahead by the charity's board of trustees five months ago.


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01/15/2021 Largest Liebherr material handling machine in France delivered
Machine handover performed in the harbour of Villefranche-sur-Saône, near Lyon
Material handler specially designed for the fast and efficient handling of bulk goods and general cargo
The largest Liebherr material handling machine delivered in France to date
The largest Liebherr material handling machine to be delivered in France to date, an LH 110 M Port Litronic, will be operated at the harbour of Villefranche-sur-Saône in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, near Lyon. The harbour is located directly on the wide-gauge axis of the Rhône-Saône rivers, acting as a trimodal location linking waterways, road and rail carriers across the whole of France.
The Liebherr LH 110 M Port Litronic material handling machine in its first operation at the harbour of Villefranche-sur-Saône, near Lyon.
From left to right: Martin Schickel (managing director of Liebherr-France SAS), Franck Lafabrie (managing director of Tecmat Service), Florent Dupré (manager of the harbour of Villefranche-sur-Saône) and Jean-Baptiste Maisonneuve (President of CCI Beaujolais).
Florent Dupré, Managing Director of the Harbour of Villefranche-sur-Saône, was looking for a high-quality, reliable machine that would be able to deliver good handling performance. Furthermore, it should also offer great flexibility to meet a wide range of different operational requirements in the harbour.
The company, which has maintained a commercial relationship with Liebherr since 2002, selected the LH 110 M Port, a new material handling machine with an operational weight of around 110 tons from the Port Equipment product line. Besides the high level of product quality, Florent Dupré was impressed by the openness and competence of the local Liebherr representative, Tecmat Service.
The machine: LH 110 M Port Litronic
The new Liebherr LH 110 M Port material handling machine was designed especially for handling bulk goods and general cargo in port handling operations. It impresses with its new weight-optimized equipment and enormous lift capacities. At the same time, the 13 metre angled boom and the 12 metre straight stick give the machine a reach of up to 23.8 metres, allowing it to cover an extensive working area when loading and unloading ships. Outrigger support on the front and rear mobile undercarriage and optimised weight distribution between the uppercarriage, undercarriage and equipment provide for maximum stability in working operation and contribute to an above-average handling capacity.
The LH 110 M Port at the harbour in Villefranche-sur-Saône is presented as a powerful and efficient machine. The equipment includes the standard, innovative Liebherr energy recovery (ERC) system. This boosts the system performance, providing for greater handling capacity and at the same time allowing energy savings of up to 30%. The 300 kW / 408 hp, Stage V emissions compliant Liebherr construction machinery diesel engine allows the material handling machine to mobilise a total output of 478 kW in combination with the ERC system.
Ceremonial handover of the keys. From left to right: Martin Schickel (managing director of Liebherr-France SAS), Franck Lafabrie (managing director of Tecmat Service), Florent Dupré (manager of the harbour of Villefranche-sur-Saône) and Jean-Baptiste Maisonneuve (President of CCI Beaujolais).
Top-class cab: maximum operating comfort
Another highlight of the LH 110 M Port is the freely variable height-adjustable double-parallelogram hydraulic driver's cab with sliding door. Its large window areas give the operator in the harbour optimum view upwards, forwards and downwards. The double-parallelogram cab can be moved forward up to 4 metres for an even better view to the front, for example over a ship's side. Moreover, it also offers the operator safe and simple access from the ground. The ergonomic driver's seat, the intuitive colour touchscreen display and the standard proportional controls and joystick steering all contribute to comfortable operation and precise control of the Liebherr material handler.
Liebherr attachments and quick coupling systems: for economical handling in the harbour
Every day, a wide range of different materials are handled at the harbour in Villefranche-sur-Saône. This amounts to up to 1,850,000 tons of bulk and conventional goods every year. The company's product portfolio includes a broad range of logistics solutions in the field of heavy load handling, plus warehouse and outdoor storage capacity. In order to respond flexibly to specific operational requirements, Florent Dupré chose the attachments specially developed and produced by Liebherr for harbour handling. The equipment of the LH 110 M Port now includes the Liebherr clamshell and the Liebherr wood grapple, each in two different sizes. The two Liebherr clamshells, the GMZ 80 and GMZ 120, can be used for the safe and fast handling of bulk goods such as ore, coal, sand, gravel and grain. The filling volume of the Liebherr clamshell GMZ 80 is 6 m³; that of the GMZ 120 around 8 m³. The special Liebherr wood grapples are used for the safe handling of all kinds of wood and timber. The Liebherr wood grapple GMH 80 can pick up and handle up to 1.9 m² of wood. The Liebherr wood grapple GMH 120 can manage up to 3.6 m². To enable the attachments to be changed quickly and safely for different operations from the driver's cab, the LH 110 M Port is now equipped with the MH 110B LIKUFIX quick coupling system. This is a fully automatic coupling system for suspended attachments, for example Liebherr clamshells and wood grapples. Florent Dupré is convinced: "The combination of Liebherr attachments specially designed for the intended operation, and the fully automatic Liebherr quick coupling system will allow maximum machine utilisation of the LH 110 M Port and thus greater handling capacity at our harbour in Villefranche-sur-Saône."
Ceremonial handover of the keys
The official handover of the LH 110 M Port took place at the harbour in Villefranche-sur-Saône at the end of 2020. During the ceremony, Martin Schickel (managing director of Liebherr-France SAS) and Franck Lafabrie (managing director of Tecmat Service) presented a symbolic key to the new Liebherr material handling machine to the harbour manager, Florent Dupré.
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David John Hobden Senior Constable of Echo District T.O.G. 23192
Memorials:
On 30 October 1990, Senior Constable David Hobden was travelling on his police motor bike with lights and siren operating in response to a call from D24 of 'offenders on' in a house at Endeavour Hills. At the intersection of Heatherton Road and James Cook Drive, Endeavour Hills he was involved in a collision with another vehicle. No fault was attributed to Senior Constable Hobden in regards to the collision. He was conveyed to Dandenong Hospital where he was diagnosed with a broken leg and two broken ribs. As a result of the injuries he was off duty for 12 months. Upon his return to Victoria Police David Hobden performed duty in a number of non-operational roles. During these years his injuries continued to trouble him and he underwent a further thirty operations. He also suffered arthritis in the spine. In 1996, David underwent a major operation which included rods and screws being inserted into his back and a bone graft. Eventually due to excessive pain and discomfort he was forced to retire from Victoria Police in 2005.
David Hobden died in December 2011; the Coroner recorded the cause of death as unknown, however, medical evidence provided by two (2) physicians that treated Mr Hobden, indicates that they believe that the injuries he sustained in 1990 contributed to his untimely death. Senior Constable Hobden was awarded the Victoria Police Star in 2007 in recognition of the serious injuries he sustained.
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Leading Senior Constable Keith Patterson joined Victoria Police in 1986 as a 31 year old following the footsteps of his father who was also a police officer.
On 12th May 2005, Leading Senior Constable Patterson was escorting an offender to the rear of the police divisional van to place him inside the van. Whilst being escorted, the offended began to resist and during this incident Leading Senior Constable Patterson sustained a cut to his left hand. A staph infection entered his blood stream via the cut on his hand and infected a heart valve that was replaced the previous year. Due to the staph infection he was unable to undergo surgery to replace the infected heart valve.
On 7th September 2018 Leading Senior Constable Patterson passed away from organ failure. He was a highly respected police officer who worked mostly in general duties. He was also a delegate of the Police Association of Victoria. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Police Star on 9th May 2019.
Leading Senior Constable Patterson is survived by his wife, Di and sons Ryan, Lachlan and Matthew.
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Detective Senior Sergeant Victor Kostiuk joined Victoria Police in December 1979 as a 20 year old.
On Friday 14th September 2018, Detective Senior Sergeant Kostiuk lost his life while participating in the annual Wall to Wall Ride for Remembrance. While riding with his son Felix, his motorcycle was struck by a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction, causing him to come off his motorcycle. He tragically died at the scene.
Throughout Detective Senior Sergeant Victor Kostiuk's career he worked in uniform policing, crime investigation and homicide but he was best known for his work in family violence.
The National Medal was awarded to Det Sen Sgt Kostiuk in 1995.
Detective Senior Sergeant Kostiuk is survived by his wife Veteran Superintendent Pauline Kostiuk, and their son, Senior Constable Felix Kostiuk.


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Q: Show Button 5 seconds after program start Does someone know how to show a button (Javafx) 5 seconds after the program start. It is a button that allows to go to the next page.

A: Just use PauseTransition and set event handler on finished transition. Start your transition on primary stage on shown event handler.
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A cappella singers strike a chord at 2020 ICCA West Quarterfinal
By Shreya Kamra 2357 Views 2020 ICCA West Quarterfinal, A Cappella, Bridges Auditorium, ICCA, ICCA West Quarterfinal, International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella, International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella West Quarterfinal, Pomona College
UCLA's Random Voices performed at the ICCA West Quarterfinal, which was hosted at Pomona Feb. 1. (Melina Kofokotsiou • The Student Life)
The International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella West Quarterfinal swept the stage at Bridges Auditorium Feb. 1, with 10 groups from seven universities in California performing unique song collections. They were all fighting for a place in the Western Semifinal, where they'll then compete for a chance to win the title of ICCA West Champion.
UCLA left Claremont victorious, with three of their four participating a cappella groups taking the top three spots in the competition. Resonance secured the first place award that night, dazzling the audience and judges with a song set infused with Billie Eilish tracks and themes. Pitch, Please! took second place, and Random Voice followed in third.
Along with diverse music performed by the groups, the show captured the audience's attention with humorous emcee Aaron Jung, who swiftly transitioned between the song sets with comedic stories and tidbits that helped lighten the air.
Caitie Connelly PO '23 credited Jung with keeping the show lively amid what may have felt like a tense, competitive environment.
"I thought the show was very interesting and engaging because of the way the emcee tried to connect with the audience, and how the music varied genres and appealed to different audience members," Connelly said.
The competition began slowly, with the singers' voices softened by the low microphone quality and slightly off choreography, generating a subdued audience reaction to many of the first performers.
Claire LeBlanc PO '23 disappointedly noticed an initial lack of widely recognizable song choices, but was impressed with the technical dedication of the performers.
"Since it was a competition, there weren't a lot of songs that I recognized, and I think that I was expecting it to have more songs I recognized and enjoyed more," she said. "But you could appreciate that [song choice] was definitely geared towards more technical songs."
Random Voices from UCLA performed at the ICCA West Quarterfinal 2020 hosted at Pomona College on Feb. 1. (Melina Kofokotsiou • The Student Life)
UCLA's group Resonance then took over the stage with a sharp, emotional cover of 2020 Grammy award winner Billie Eilish's "idontwannabeyouanymore," after which the crowd erupted in applause.
However, the performance provided more than impressive vocals. Resonance sought to communicate a pressing message regarding mental health, explained member Gabi Schiffler.
"Our whole entire set is basically a message about mental health," Schiffler said. "It starts with this girl talking to herself, saying 'idontwannabeyouanymore' in the mirror [repetitively]. The second song was a transition piece, [to convey] how you should focus on your life and slow down, take a minute to breathe."
Though this was the group's third time performing in the ICCAs, preparation and execution proved to be a stressful task all around.
"We had basically four weeks to prepare," Schiffler said. "It was honestly such a big group effort from everybody. There were six choreographers, and everybody pulled together to make everything work."
Across many a cappella groups, the night instilled a sense of family between group members.
Random Voices member Kyra Decastro said the night allowed the all-female group to stand out in competition and feel more confident.
"It has been honestly so awesome being in an all-female group, because we bond in so many ways and connect with each other onstage in a different way than I think co-ed groups do," Decastro said. "Plus, we get to sing some pretty badass songs about women and … songs that are not usually sung by women. It's just been really, really fun."
Other groups felt similarly about how the night allowed them to connect as a team.
"I think it really brought our a cappella group closer together," said Stephanie Zappelli, a singer from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's That's the Key. "We feel like a family, and I think that is what made the process successful. We were really supporting each other through the process and understanding of each others' schedules."
With a big smile, Zappelli added, "We are just so stoked to have the opportunity to even be here. To even touch the ICCA stage is so exciting."
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Yesterday was July 4th and some of you might have attended a cookout or two. Well, if you had Johnsonville's Big Taste Grill, not only could you have made sure your friends had plenty to eat at your cookout, you could have taken care of your whole neighborhood.
The Big Taste Grill was at Salisbury's Cheerwine Centennial Celebration we attended back in May and we were amazed at its size.
So how big is it? According to the Big Taste Grill website, the grill is 65 feet long, 6 feet in diameter, and 20 feet tall. It can cook 750 bratwurst at one time.


This exclusive express range pack is the perfect make at home curry meal for a delicious dinner with the whole family. Our Jalfrezi Curry spice mix has pre-ground traditional spices including cumin, coriander, turmeric, garlic and more. Add chicken, red capsicum and green chillies to this medium heat dish. The tomato base of the dish creates a savoury flavour everyone will enjoy. It's not too spicy, but just a little kick to liven this meal up for a fun suppertime.
As the most popular dish in UK Indian restaurants, our Jalfrezi Curry will be the go to recipe for the family each week. Simply add chicken thighs (or breast, your choice), crushed tomatoes, onion and a few basic ingredients to make this fast and tasty dish. In less than 40 minutes you can have this delicious meal on your table with a side of rice or bread of your choosing as a full and complete meal. As a gluten free sauce that is 100% natural with no preservatives – the Jalfrezi Curry Express Kit pack is a wholesome and nourishing choice for your entire family to enjoy. Easily heat up leftovers (if any is left) for lunchtime the next day. You'll love eating this dish. The Jalfrezi Curry is full of flavour and a tasty meal and will surely become one of your new family favourite recipes.
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Make with chicken, red capsicum and green chillies.
Pour in to blender with ¼ cup of water and whizz. Set aside.
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Ingredients: cumin, coriander, turmeric, garam masala, fenugreek, garlic, salt, cinnamon, chilli, mustard seeds, cloves.


Shoestring Elegance: What to do Weekends #221 ~ Happy Easter ~ He is Risen!
What to do Weekends #221 ~ Happy Easter ~ He is Risen!
Happy Easter weekend! He is Risen! What a wonderful and grateful week. I hope you all enjoy your Easter with your loved ones and are not too harried from Spring Break!
Janet at Rosemary and Thyme has my number! If you want to make me happy, get some beautiful roses and make something like her gorgeous Rustic Wooden Box Floral Arrangement Just so beautiful! What a weonderful centerpiece for celebrating or staring! Ha!
More than one view for this beauty!
All that Jas had me drooling on my keyboard with this yummy Spinach Artichoke Grilled Cheese!! Now, why don't I ever think of something like this when I'm hungry?!!
Faeries and Fauna showed us how to make her absolutely adorable Easter Egg Floral Place Card Holders. So sweet! These would brighten up anyone's Easter Table!
Carol at Blu Sky Kitchen shared her absolutey adorable Easter Basket Cupcakes! How fun are these?!
Kathryn @ The Dedicated House is sharing her Little Spring Venue, proving you can make things beautiful even when you're in the middle of unpacking at a new house! Congratulations, Kathryn!
And, last, but definitely not least, Cecelia from My Thrift Store Addiction reminds us all what this time is truly about with her perfect little 15 Minute Up-cycled Frame.
Thank you all so much for being here!!
Thank you very much for the feature. Its such a rush to see the picture from your post scroll up onto the screen. Very exciting.
I appreciate the opportunity to link up each week and thanks for hosting. Have a beautiful Easter.
Thank you, Leanna! Happy Easter! I'm so glad you are pleased. I loved your little egg-less ;) namecards!
Thanks a bunch for featuring my grilled cheese! I am thrilled and honored! Easter blessings to you!
I can't wait to try your grilled cheese, Jas! Easter blessings to you as well!
Thank you so much, Regina! Happy Easter!
Thanks so much for hosting!! Happy Easter!!
Happy Easter, Debbie! I'm so glad you are here!
He is risen indeed! Amen.
It's my pleasure, Monika! Happy Easter to you and yours.
Thank you so much, Marilyn! Happy Easter to you and yours, as well.
Many blessings for this wonderful day!
I LOVE the arrangement of the pink roses in the wooden box. I want to save it to Pinterest but I can't figure out how to do it. Should I do it from a different page or what?
Hi Naomi. You can definitely save it to Pinterest! You should be able to do that by hovering your cursor over the image until you see the red P. If you aren't able to do that, I suggest you click on the link that says, "Rustic Wooden Box Floral...." that will take you to Janet's page and you can pin it right there! Thanks for asking! Happy Easter!
Thanks for the party, Theresa! I hope you have a beautiful Easter weekend!
Hi Theresa, thanks so much for featuring my upcycled chalkboard, He is risen indeed!
My pleasure, it was a true joy!
Happy Easter to you and yours Theresa!
Thank you, Uwe! Easter and Spring greetings to you as well.
Thanks for the party, Theresa and wishing you a Happy Easter!


Kate Hunter is an Australian children's author and advertising executive. She has been writing one thing or another since she was very small, but her successful 'Mosquito Advertising' series has recently brought her international attention.
Originally keen on journalism, her inclination to embellish the truth got in the way of a credible journalistic career. After twenty years as a copywriter, Kate still writes ads but prefers writing novels. She also works as a contributing editor for the popular website mamamia.com.au where she writes about everything from camping to raising children. She lives in Brisbane with her husband, their three kids, a dog, and – after rain – more than a few mosquitoes.
Author's Comment: Q: How did the idea for Mosquito Advertising come about?


Everything teens need to keep themselves safe online!
This curriculum covers how to keep personal information private, what is appropriate and not appropriate to post online, digital footprint, online bullying, digital drama, online predators and protecting your computer from malware.
This curriculum is designed for 9-14 year olds.
It is a 68 page downloadable pdf - jam packed with online videos, cartoons and online games.
Each chapter focuses on one key topic of internet safety.
Chapters end with a short, printable quiz with real world scenarios to apply what they have learned (answer key is included).
A certificate of completion is included and can be printed at the end of the unit study.
Chapters 4-6 contain sensitive material on online bullying, suicide, sexting, and online predators. Depending on the age and maturity of your child, you may want to preview these chapters or watch the embedded videos along with your child.


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Are Apple OEM DVD-RAM drives all loud?
I have a DVD-RAM drive pulled from my dual 500 MHz tower, a Matshita LF-D211A. It's quite loud, making the computer vibrate slightly when spinning. It sounds a bit like a car engine. The noise is quite consistent, though, so it's not scratching the CD or anything. Is this normal? Is it a problem with the drive? Or are they all like that?


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Geoengineering and Global Drought
The more they spray, the less rain will fall. Period. The science to back up this statement is undisputed in regard to the effects of an atmosphere that is saturated with particulates. Rainfall is diminished and dispersed. To many "condensation nuclei" keeps the water vapor from combining into large enough droplets to fall as rain, thus precipitation greatly reduced or eliminated all together. (search "geoengineering aerosols cause drought"). Clouds that would have produced regional rain are blown apart by the aircraft sprayed particulates into vast featureless dirty looking canopies now "artificially altered" and mostly rainless cloud cover that at times stretches over multiple states. In addition to the drought causing effect of excessive condensation nuclei, there is the problem of diminished evaporation due to the reduction of sunlight also caused by SAG (stratospheric aerosol geoengineering) and SRM (solar radiation management). And lets not forget the reduction of wind, still further reducing evaporation , also a consequence of the ongoing global spraying of our once blue skies. (search "atmospheric aerosols reduce wind and rain). '
Comparing current satellite photos of Earth with the first Earth shots from the 70's, the difference is shocking. No longer are there open expanses of clear sky. There are now very few "clear" areas at all as a "haze" now occupies most areas between weather systems visible from the space photos of our planet. According to the latest scientific assessments fully 20 % of the suns rays no longer reach the surface of earth compared to a few decades ago. This scenario is termed "global dimming" . This fact is not disputed in the scientific community and is easily researched and verified under the "global dimming" term. So why don't we here about any of this from the weather men and the media? The few that have had the courage to speak on this issue have been severely marginalized by the same corporate propaganda machine that controls public opinion on an endless list of issues. For the rest that are silent? It would seem their pay check is far more important than the truth. In the meantime, the decimation of the atmosphere, alteration of all weather, and total toxification of earth's surface from the clearly visible and constant spraying, continues.
Scientists Warn Geoengineering May Disrupt Rainfall
By Chris Wickham
LONDON (Reuters) – Large-scale engineering projects aimed at fighting global warming could radically reduce rainfall in Europe and North America, a team of scientists from four European countries have warned.
Geoengineering projects are controversial, even though they are largely theoretical at this point. They range from mimicking the effects of large volcanic eruptions by releasing sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere, to deploying giant mirrors in space to deflect the sun's rays.
Proponents say they could be a rapid response to rising global temperatures but environmentalists argue they are a distraction from the need to reduce man-made carbon emissions.
Critics also point to a lack of solid research into unintended consequences and the absence of any international governance structure for such projects, whose effects could transcend national borders.
A small geoengineering experiment in the UK was recently abandoned due to a dispute over attempts by some of the team involved to patent the technology.
In this new study scientists from Germany, Norway, France and the UK used four different computer models that mimic the earth's climate to see how they responded to increased levels of carbon dioxide coupled with reduced radiation from the sun.
Their scenario assumed a world with four times the carbon dioxide concentration of the preindustrial world, which lead author Hauke Schmidt says is at the upper end, but in the range of what is considered possible at the end of this century.
They found that global rainfall was reduced by about 5 percent on average using all four models.
"Climate engineering cannot be seen as a substitute for a policy pathway of mitigating climate change through the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions," they said in the study, published in Earth System Dynamics, an open access journal of the European Geosciences Union.
Under the scenario studied, rainfall diminished by about 15 percent, or about 100 millimeters per year, compared to pre-industrial levels, in large areas of North America and northern Eurasia.
Over central South America, all the models showed a decrease in rainfall that reached more than 20 percent in parts of the Amazon region.
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One Response to Geoengineering and Global Drought
This scenario, described above, is hitting with full force now in 2022, ten years later. I first noted chemtrails in 1998. It has thus taken 24 years for this destruction so far.


The choice of clothing and equipment available to the General Aviation Pilot (GA) is enormous as is the amount of money that can be spent on all of those "must have" items! It is very tempting to go out and buy all of the kit that you see being carried about by other pilots without first considering whether you really need them or if they are appropriate to your personal requirements.
What Clothing Do You Need or Want?
Resist the temptation to "pose"! Don't dress up like Biggles when the other club members are in more appropriate clothing suited to the occasion!
Your selection of clothing is determined to some degree by the type of aircraft that you decide to fly. Have a look around the club and see what the other pilots, who fly the same type of aircraft that you are learning to fly in, are wearing. Talk to them about their choice of clothing and find out why they have made that choice. Whenever possible try on and use a set of clothing owned by the club or borrow it from a friend or fellow pilot to see if it is right for you before making a purchase.
If, for example, you decide to fly open cockpit Microlight aircraft then you would probably want to consider buying a protective helmet, gloves, boots and thermal suit. You may decide to fly an open cockpit aircraft such as the Tiger Moth where a Nomex Flight Suit, protective goggles and leather helmet are more appropriate.The enclosed cockpit pilot who typically learns to fly aircraft such as the Cessna 152 or Robin R22 may fly, depending on the weather, in everyday cloths such as jeans and a tee shirt!
What Equipment Do You Need or Want?
Pilots Log Book - sometimes given to you by the club after your trial flight when you agree to continue training with them.
Training Manuals - A large choice of these in DVD/CD or paperback format can be purchased from your club, aviation magazines and the Internet.
Navigation Tools - Try and buy those that are recommended to you by your instructor so that there is continuity to your training.
Knee Board - An essential item to keep your flight plans to hand as well as a pen and paper to write down any instructions or notes given to you from the ground during flight.
Appropriate Up to Date Aviation Map - used for planning and practicing your navigation techniques. Don't forget that it is a legal requirement to fly with an up to date map!
Flight jacket, Flight Suit, Flight Helmet, Flight Goggles, Scarf, Gloves, Boots, Baseball Cap, High Visibility jacket, Sun Glasses.
Flight Bag, Headset, Headset Bag, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Stop Watch, Air Band Transceivers, Personal Location Beacon, Lifejacket, Flight Computer, Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS).
As you can see there are those items that you simply cannot do without and there are those that are desirable or simply make it easier and safer to fly. Before purchasing any clothing or equipment it is best to talk to your instructor or fellow pilots who already use the type that you are considering buying. Ask them why they made their choices and if given the chance would they make any changes?
Don't forget to look on the club notice boards for nearly new items that were purchased in error and are now being sold at bargain prices!