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Home POS systems is extremely useful and vital for you and your company a lot more than you probably will. A system point of sale pos software integrates that can be installed on multiple computers and other devices such as a PDA handheld devices and can save you time and money in your business .
Point of Sale (POS) can help you keep an eye on key areas within your business, such as sales, cost analysis and payroll, inventory control, it can also help you in terms of accounting by integrating all your data with the book-keeping software such as QuickBooks. The great thing about hospitality POS systems is that they can be accessed by anyone you want remote, such as the technicians of the company from which you purchased the software and save both your time and your money.
You read it and you feel it may be advantageous for you, but you're not sure? The list of benefits for a company in the hospitality industry is quite long and the view was breathtaking, you'll wonder how you ever considered operating without it!
The first and most attractive benefits of using this system is the time and money you will undoubtedly save. How? Let's say you own a restaurant and you are food pricing yourself, how can you be sure you're charging each party properly so you optimizes your prices and profits? If you use a POS system you can calculate how much each ingredient actually cost you and how much you owe to each party and if the price of your supplier increases. It is incredibly helpful to be able to set a fair price for your food and beat the competition without losing money or charge too.
Effectiveness of your business will increase dramatically when you use POS. When the server receives an order he / she can simply enter their handheld device and it will appear in the kitchen for the chef to read and provide. Add the amount of time it will record throughout the day and you will understand how priceless restaurant pos software really is.
As a company you are constantly looking for information on how to improve sales and increase profits. Through the use of a POS system. you get sophisticated sales reports and you can perform a cost analysis to see what is making you money and what is not. The number of errors resulting from loss of profit will also be reduced to almost nothing – this is because the accuracy of the scanning of your information in a computerized system is much higher than having to punch each letter or number from a tag.
Other advantages that are absolutely invaluable for companies that want to develop are the fact that you can analyze your inventory much easier and more efficient. You'll get notifications when you run low on a particular item in stock, and this type of information becomes critical when you are growing as a business because you need to know everything.


Ab-Soul performed his new tune "Dub Sac" live in Houston for the Smokers Club tour, and he also performed the classic "Bohemian Grove" for the crowd. Watch both above.
Watch Ab-Soul Performs "Dub Sac" & "Bohemian Grove" Live - it's the latest video from Ab-Soul, having dropped on Monday, November 18th, 2013. Ab-Soul's musical situation is improving with every new release, and Ab-Soul Performs "Dub Sac" & "Bohemian Grove" Live will most definitely help the cause. It's a fine addition to the growing body of work Ab-Soul has been developing since stepping foot in the game. We're looking forward to what Ab-Soul has in store.
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Astronomy fans can suddenly get a look at the solar system as it existed 11 billion years ago, thanks to the largest 3D map of the universe ever created.
Scientists at the Sloan Digital Sky Survey were able to assemble the three-dimensional map by tracking the light of the cosmos' brightest objects, including 14,000 quasars, and their interaction with hydrogen gas clouds. By observing these dazzling natural beacons of light, and the degree to which hydrogen clouds absorbed illumination at different wavelengths, researchers were able to construct a working model.
Using these techniques, which involve the aid of computers, it's possible to gain insight into the history of the universe, and how galaxies first formed. Results shed insight into the origins of stars, planets and, potentially, so-called life as we know it.


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THE PALLILOG
Charlie Pallilo: Rockets on record pace, NFL playoffs and more
Clint Capela and the Rockets are tearing it up. Houston Rockets/Facebook
The Rockets hit the court in Phoenix Friday night with a chance to be a 30-win team at the midpoint of their regular season schedule. Stout. In what does not require advanced calculus, that would have the Rockets on pace for a 60-22 record. For all the success the organization has had, no Rocket team has ever won 60 games in a season. That may seem a bit surprising considering the majority of NBA clubs have put up at least one 60 win campaign. The Rocket franchise standard has stood at the 58 wins the 1993-'94 team posted before going on to win the first of the two championships of the Clutch City Era. At Phoenix Friday night then at the Clippers Monday night, not particularly interesting. The Rockets' two home games next week, verrrrrrry interesting. The vastly improved Timberwolves visit Toyota Center Thursday, then the Warriors are here Saturday to decide the Rockets-Champs season series.
Crunch time in the NFL
The NFL quarterfinals go down this weekend. If limited to watching just one of the four games, the obvious pick of at least a plurality around here would be Saints at Vikings. We have a bunch of Who Dat fans in the area and a solid number of Case Keenum supporters. In the Monday Night Football season opener, Sam Bradford played sensationally and the Vikings rolled the Saints in Minnesota. Alas, Bradford suffered the latest knee injury of his pro career plagued by them and he played in only one other game. One man's misfortune is another opportunity and oh how Keenum has maximized that opportunity. Just a year ago Keenum was terrible as a Ram, now as a free agent-to-be he's looking at probably $30 million plus guaranteed. With a strong postseason how could the Vikings let him go? Jacksonville and Arizona would seem two logical suiters; the Cardinals even more so if they hire Vikings offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur as their head coach.
On paper the NFC games are both more competitive than their AFC counterparts. The Falcons turned in the most impressive performance of Wild Card weekend in taking down the Rams. Now the only NFC team to make both last season's and this season's playoffs tries to take out the NFC top seed in Philadelphia. The Eagles' offense was downright post-Deshaun Watson Texan-esque (i.e. atrocious) the last couple of weeks of the regular season. Nick Foles is no Carson Wentz. So, for the first time in the 28 years of the 12 team NFL playoff format, a conference sixth seed is favored at the number one seed.
In the AFC even the most devoted Titans' fans can't be thinking they have a good shot to stun the Patriots in New England. hence the 13 ½ point spread in that game. In October the Steelers played host to the Jaguars. Pittsburgh was favored by 7 and lost 30-9. Blake Bortles passed for only 95 yards in the game, Ben Roethlisberger threw five interceptions. Which one of those performances seems more repeatable? In the rematch the Steelers are favored by 7 ½. Major difference from October: Sunday's high temperature forecast for Pittsburgh…18 degrees.
What is he thinking?
All should wish Kyle Allen good luck, but his decision this week to skip his last season of college eligibility to enter the NFL Draft sure seems odd on the surface. After being one of the multiple quarterbacks to transfer out of Kevin Sumlin's Texas A&M program, Allen sat out 2016 and went into 2017 as UH's starting QB. One week after completing 31 out of 33 passes in a thrashing of helpless Rice in the second game of the season, Allen threw two interceptions in a loss to Texas Tech. Major Applewhite switched QBs, and Allen basically was never seen again. Not exactly the stuff to have the pros drooling over drafting him. Allen graduated in December, so he's well positioned to get on with life if the NFL doesn't work out for him. It would seem that taking advantage of the graduate transfer rule and going to play somewhere in 2018 would have made sense, but hey, it was his choice to make. Perhaps Allen could sign with the Toronto Argonauts and spark a hot Ontario rivalry of ex-Aggie QBs if the Artist Formerly Known as Johnny Football winds up signing with the Hamilton Tiger Cats. Did you know that former Ags Head Coach Mike Sherman signed on last month as Head Coach of the Montreal Alouettes. Gig 'Em, Eh?
Ice, ice baby
A hockey note, promise I'll be quick. The expansion Vegas Golden Knights have the best record in the Western Conference. I don't watch the NHL much in the regular season (the playoffs are the best postseason in pro sports), but that is amazing.
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What to make of the Houston Texans second interviews with Mike Kafka & Ejiro Evero
The Houston Texans have scheduled second interviews with Giants OC Mike Kafka and Broncos DC Ejiro Evero. Will the Texans hire one of those guys? And what does it mean for Jonathan Gannon, Shane Steichen, and DeMeco Ryans?
Keep in mind, Gannon, Steichen, and Ryans can't interview this week due to NFL rules. But the Texans aren't meeting with Kafka and Evero if they weren't impressed during the first round of interviews.
Be sure to check out the video above as the guys break it all down!
Listen to The Wheelhouse on ESPN Houston 97.5 or 92.5 FM every weekday from 3-7 PM CST!

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This new 2019 Polaris 800 PRO-RMK 174 3 SC Select Snowmobile for sale has 0 miles. The color is . It is offered for sale by Bright Power Sports and located in Lincoln Park, MI. The listing # is 65999.
The 800 PRO-RMK 174 with the 3 track is part of the lightest, strongest, most flickable deep snow family on the market. The 174 platform paired with the Series 7 3.0 track are designed for climbing and flotation on the deepest powder days. With the PRO-RMK 174, riders will get stuck less and stay on top of the snow.
The AXYS RMK features a patented, raised chassis that increases clearance and reduces drag to keep you on top of the snow. The AXYS RMK chassis, purpose built for mountain riding, allows for improved sidehilling, faster and easier climbing, and instantaneous lift allowing the sled to pop onto the snow faster. The aluminum overstructure is lightweight and durable for all types of riding. Taller spindles increases clearance to reduce drag.
The lightweight, rigid rear suspension design features revised geometry to control pitch specifically for the 174 track length. This improves weight transfer, delivering better control and a more compliant ride. The rigid suspension delivers power directly to the snow. Off-trail, riders will notice improved weight transfer while maintaining the approach angle. On-Trail, riders will notice a more compliant and comfortable ride. The rear suspension features a rail design that helps lift the rear skid while driving it forward. Optimized the geometry of the rear torque arm to maintain rider balance on this 174 platform.
The Polaris exclusive Series 7.0 3.0 Track is the ideal track to provide lift in the deepest, softest snow conditions. Features a lightweight single-ply design optimized for weight and powder snow performance.
The PRO-RMK with the 3 Series 7 track uses Polaris' tried and true chaincase drive system, which has a 12% lower gear ratio necessary to deliver the optimal performance for the 3 track.
PRO-RMKs come with premium Walker Evans Piggyback Clicker Shocks or the Walker Evans Monotube Shocks. The Walker Evans Piggyback Clicker Shocks with compression adjusters and remote reservoirs offers the best performance across the broadest range of conditions. The Walker Evans Monotube Impact-Extruded Shocks are the lightest weight shock option from Polaris for those riders counting ounces. The one-piece, simple design is lightweight yet durable.
The average price of a 2019 Snowmobile for sale is $11668.63. This model is priced $2330.37 more.
The average price of a 2019 Polaris Snowmobile for sale is $13912.83. This model is priced $86.17 more.
There are 189 Polaris Snowmobiles for sale within 150 miles of Lincoln Park, MI.
If you looked at the average 2018 Polaris Snowmobile for sale it would cost $4441.33 less.
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There are 1 Polaris 800 PRO-RMK 174 3 SC Select Snowmobiles for sale within 150 miles of Lincoln Park, MI.


Are present day humans unknowingly affecting the past timeline through a type of physics? Compelling quantum theories suggest the past, present, and future occur simultaneously, meaning that if anything is changed at a certain point time, it will alter other points in time. If this were true, could it explain strange findings such as human evidence below lava flows, figurines and metal objects found encased in coal, sandstone and coral, fragments which look like nails and bullets in amber, and several other related anomalies? Does quantum theory lend merit to the idea that we might be changing our past unwillingly? Fossilized foot prints were discovered in New Mexico in 1987, including a modern human print fused into Permian strata which dates between 290 to 248 million years ago, a time considered to be well before even dinosaurs existed on Earth. The creditable find was deemed problematica by mainstream science and shoved in a closet due to the fact it can not be explained by any conventional means. Photo courtesy of (Jerry MacDonald).


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Did Jeff Zucker Just Option A Discarded Episode Of Aaron Sorkin's 'Newsroom?'
by Joe Mandese @mp_joemandese, February 20, 2019
Just as CNN is exhibiting the greatest improvement in trust among American news watchers, the network announced a new political editor with a perceived right-wing bias will lead its coverage through the 2020 election.
The appointment of Sarah Isgur Flores -- who served as Department of Justice director of public affairs under former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and more recently as senior counsel to the deputy attorney general -- triggered immediate tweetstorms of "what is CNN thinking," but it also signals yet another incestuous convergence between political operatives and political reporting that could have taken from a discarded episode of Aaron Sorkin's "The Newsroom."
While the continuation of that trend may seem inevitable, the fact that CNN chief Jeff Zucker is tapping a known right-wing operative like Isgur Flores mmay be seen by some as an effort to become more fair and balanced, but to others, it's muddying CNN's waters at a time when it is demonstrating some brand momentum.
With a ten-point gain in Brand Keys' just-released Media Trust Tracker, CNN jumped from ninth to sixth place among America's most trusted network TV news brands over the past six months.
According to Brand Keys' Founder and President Robert Passikoff, this was due mainly to Americans swinging more to the political left following the Midterms and the federal government shutdown, and mainstream and/or left-wing news outlets benefitting from that.
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2 comments about "Did Jeff Zucker Just Option A Discarded Episode Of Aaron Sorkin's 'Newsroom?'".
Douglas Ferguson from College of Charleston, February 21, 2019 at 11:44 a.m.
Fighting polarization with polarization?
Tony Jarvis from Olympic Media Consultancy, February 21, 2019 at 3:16 p.m.
Doug is right (or perhaps left??). That Jeff Zucker would appoint "a known right-wing operative" is beyond appalling especially in country where the center is already significantly right of most other western democracies and where Fox is now openly referred to as Trump TV. In a recent New York Times Op Ed Dr. Paul Krugman reminded readers that in his opinion America is an "idocracy". With the "vile" (Steve Schmidt) "moron" (Rex Tillerson) calling The New York Times "the enemy of the people", Mr. Zucker's pandering to the right at this critical time becomes part of that "idiocracy" which is surely going to damage a brand that has made such gains with its forthright and truthful reporting. Anyone formally reporting to Jeff Sessions should have been automatically disqualified from taking any position, notably as political editor, at the "evolving" CNN! Maybe Mr. Sorkin should be appointed to head CNN effective immediately?
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Joe Mandese is the Editor in Chief of MediaPost. You can reach Joe at joe@mediapost.com.
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Without a doubt, hiking is my number one favorite outdoor activity. But as a woman, it's hard to find good resources on hiking boots to meet my trail needs. As you may have noticed, most articles and review round-ups focus on gear for guys, which makes it difficult for us ladies to know what's worth our money. Since I spend so much of my free time hiking, I decided to buy up some of the top brands and put them to the test in the real world to determine which ones are the best hiking boots for women like me. So, if you're a woman in need of some new hiking boots, I hope you'll find my reviews helpful when it's time to gear up for your next hike.
I also spent some time in Page, Arizona, Durango, Colorado and right here in my backyard at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in Las Vegas (though I waited until the temps were cooler!).
As you can see, I went hiking in the desert, in some high altitude areas where there was snow, some forests, some rocky areas, and some areas with wet ground. I think the only weather element that I have not had a chance to test these in was rain. However, I did manage to step in some small streams on some of my hikes.
I've gone through a lot of hiking boots in the past decade or so that I've been into hiking. Most of the time, I just go with a pair of Keens since they were my first boots and there were super comfortable. And when I was traveling in Europe and had to replace a pair of Keens, I got a pair of Jack Wolfskin boots, which were nice but not my favorite thing to wear on the trails.
As you may already know, there are a lot of options when you're shopping for hiking boots and features vary from one model to the next. I remember when I bought my very first pair that I was overwhelmed and had no idea what I needed on the trail! These days though, I know exactly what I'm looking for in a good hiking boot and I'll share that with you below.
While I never really plan to get my feet wet when hiking, it can (and does) happen. From needing to cross small streams to an unexpected rain shower, I think that being waterproof is a definite must-have in a hiking boot. You definitely don't want to end up with wet, soggy feet because that will lead to blisters.
Though this isn't really something that you can tell when you try on a pair in your local REI, having good traction is another must-have feature. When you're on a steep incline, moss covered rocks, or trails with loose gravel, you need to be confident that you won't lose your footing and take a fall. That's why good traction is important. In my experience, the boots with Vibram soles all offer good traction, and as you'll see below, Salomon hiking boots also offer excellent traction.
Right here is probably the #1 most important thing to consider when shopping for new hiking boots. If they aren't comfortable, then your hike is going to be absolutely miserable. So, you don't want something that is too stiff or rubs your foot in any weird places. And for me, I need something that has good arch support because I have narrow, flat feet.
How's the support and stability?
As important as comfort is the support of your hiking boot. And this isn't just arch support that I'm talking about. Don't overlook the important of good ankle support. The last thing you want to do is be six miles from the trail head when you make a misstep and twist your ankle out on the trail. That's why you need a good hiking boot that gives you stability and support on inclines. Plus, good support and stability reduces foot and muscle fatigue, which is also important for a good experience on the trail.
Since I do most of my hiking in the warmer summer months, it is important to me that my boots breathe well so that my feet don't get too hot and sweaty. Not all boots breathe well, so if this is important to you I suggest paying attention to what you're buying. I find that boots with some mesh features on the exterior offer the best breathability.
Will they keep my feet warm?
I don't do a lot of hiking in the cold weather, but I made the mistake once of wearing my summer Keen boots in the winter and it was a terrible mistake. My toes were practically frozen for the entire hike simply because my shoes didn't have the necessary insulation for colder temperatures. So, if you're hiking in cold weather, be sure to wear boots that offer proper insulation.
I try to avoid getting really heavy hiking boots because they tend to slow me down and give me fatigue more quickly. In fact, I chose the most lightweight options that I can find and I suggest that you do the same. Fortunately, most retailers have the weight listed so that you can easily compare models.
While these are the things that I find most important when shopping for a new pair of hiking boots, keep in mind that your needs may vary. To give you an idea of some boots that I really enjoy wearing on the trails, take a look at my women's hiking boots reviews below. You'll find boots that I personally have taken hiking and can recommend to you as a good choice for your trail shoes.
I should've bought this color!
When I got these shoes, I was a bit hesitant about taking them out. I ordered them in the light gray color scheme, and honestly, they are probably the ugliest hiking boot I've ever owned. They are also the most lightweight women's hiking boot that I've ever worn – and I love that feature!
If you've seen these at your local REI, then you probably have the same thought as I did when I first touched them – will these really be durable enough for hiking? Honestly, they seem to be kind of thin and like they would rip or tear easily. Much to my surprise, they have held up just fine!
In fact, I found myself wearing these Keen boots more this summer than any other pair that I own right now. They are so lightweight and cooler to wear when it's hot out, that is was a no brainer for me to use them as my top women's hiking boots for summer. I usually hike in smart wool socks and found these boots to be the perfect choice in the summer heat.
2018 Update: I bought these boots at the start of May 2017 and it's now November 2018 and I need to replace them. Not sure how many miles they lasted, but I went on a lot of hikes over those 18 months. And I love these boots so much, that I'm replacing them with another identical pair from REI!
And if you've ever worn any Keen shoes, then you'll notice that familiar comfortable fit as soon as you get these on and lace them up. One word of caution though – the Keen Terradora Mid WP Hiking Boots are not as wide as most Keen boots. I have a relatively narrow foot, so it didn't bother me, but if you have a wide foot or close to it, then don't expect the usual amount of room with these. Though, I do think that these are the best women's hiking boots for narrow feet right now.
The boot has good arch support and good ankle support. My feet are relatively flat and I've had flare ups of plantar fasciitis in the past, and I found the arch support in these to be almost perfect for me on long hikes. And I didn't do any breaking in of these before hiking and I got zero blisters and found them to be comfortable from the start.
I found the fit to be true to size, but like I mentioned, they are not as wide as most Keen hiking boots. Though the toe box does seem as wide as normal.
My one complaint about these is that they aren't as easy to keep clean as most hiking boots. After a hike in the desert, my boots are a orangey-brown color from all the sand dust that I kicked up as I walked.
Overall though, I find the Keen Terradora Mid WP Hiking Boots to be very comfortable, lightweight, and the perfect choice for summer, fall and spring hikes. And they're so comfortable that I could see myself wearing them out on errands and such. The sole bends easily and grips well when hiking on rocky terrain where gravel is present. Despite their ugly appearance, I can definitely see myself buying another pair of these once I wear them out.
I wasn't sure what to expect from these because they were my very first pair of Salomon boots. My first thoughts were that they seem to be very durable and not as heavy as I expected. While they're not the heaviest hiking boots I've ever worn, they are certainly not as lightweight as the Keen Terradora Mid WP Hiking Boots above. That being said, I ended up loving these boots as well.
Based on my experience, I can recommend these for hikes where you need good stability or where you're carrying a bit of a heavy load because these Salomon hiking boots are supportive, durable, and give you good stability. So, if you're looking for the best backpacking boots for women, then I can recommend these to you.
I really like how stable they felt when I was wearing them. The ankle support was awesome and the sole has a great grip for snow. I also found these to be a good choice in cold weather (I wore them in temperatures around 30 degrees Fahrenheit). With just a thin pair of smart wool socks, they kept my feet warm on my hike. After that, I expected them to be terrible in warmer weather, but they actually weren't that bad.
I did not break in these boots before wearing them either and I found them to be surprisingly comfortable. While they're not as comfortable as the Keen Terradora Mid WP Hiking Boots above, they are certainly more comfortable than my older Keen boots. In fact, these have a comfort similar to a running shoes, which isn't surprising since Salomon is known for making great trail running shoes.
I find these to run true to size and the width is what you normally expect of a hiking boot. And they've got a nice, roomy toe box. On one of the trails, I actually stumbled a bit and was relived that the rubber toe caps on these boots kept my toes protected from my own clumsiness.
As someone who has flat feet, I do wish that there was a just a teensy bit more arch support. But overall, I am happy with these and don't feel that I need an extra orthotic for day hikes, but for longer hikes I think I might. So, if you have flat feet or suffer from plantar fasciitis, then keep in mind that you may need an extra orthotic insert if you do long hikes in these.
These are the most expensive hiking boots that I've ever owned, which is honestly why I've never had a pair of Salomons! That is really the biggest negative about these shoes. While I do wish that they were cheaper, I can't deny that they are worth the money. The support, traction and stability from these is almost unmatched by the other brands that I've tested out on the trails.
Overall, I can see these being my go-to choice when I'm going on longer hikes, hikes in the cooler weather, or even just hikes where the terrain requires shoes that give me the best in stability and traction. I just wish I hadn't waited so long to get my first pair of Salomon hiking boots!
I decided to get a pair of Merrell hiking boots based on a great experience with a pair of their flip flops. While I'm not crazy about how they look, I do like that they have an affordable price similar to Keens. And also like most Keen boots, the Merrell Moab 2 Mid WP Hiking Boots feature that Vibram sole for good traction.
These boots didn't require any breaking in period and were comfortable from the first step. I was pleased to see that like my Merrell flip flops, these are some comfy shoes.
I feel like these Merrell Moab 2 Mid WP Hiking Boots give good arch support and the footbed is very comfortable. And the air cushion in the heel offers a lot of support and comfort – I think this feature is probably ideal for hikers who suffer from heel spurs or other heel pain. I also find that the toe box is wide and comfy in these – and larger than most Keens. Overall, these are an excellent choice for hikers with wide feet. In fact, I think these are probably the best women's hiking boots for wide feet right now.
Compared to the other boots I reviewed up above, I do think that the ankle support on these is not quite as good. It's not bad, but based on the other shoes, it could be better. I don't really think that this is a deal breaker, unless you have some ankle issues.
They are relatively lightweight and breathable, which makes the Merrell Moab 2 Mid WP Hiking Boots a good warm weather hiking boot. I would not recommend these for colder temperatures because there's not really any insulation.
My one gripe with these is that the exterior mesh seems to hold dirt. So, when I'm doing my hiking in the desert, these shoes pick up all that dust and sand in those mesh areas. Additionally, that mesh was easy to snag on the briers along the trail. In the grand scheme of things, this isn't really a big deal unless you do most of your hiking in the desert or on trails with a lot of brush that could snag them.
Overall, I think that these are a solid choice for the money. They are comfortable and have good traction, but they are really only ideal for warm weather hikes. And I don't really think they offer the ankle support and stability that is required for longer hikes or backpacking trips. But, for the weekend hiker, these are a good buy.
t seems that no matter how carefully I choose my foot attire, I always end up with my share of blisters after a long hike. Over the past few years, I have come to the realization that while you cannot always prevent the blisters from appearing, what can do is reduce the number of them that you get. With just a little planning in advance, you can really reduce the likelihood that your feet will be covered in the painful welts. These tips works for me, so I hope they give you some relief as well.
If you can prevent those painful blisters from ever making an appearance on your feet, then you have a much more pleasurable experience on your hike (or other outdoor activity). Knowing how to prevent the little buggers starts with knowing what causes them. Here's your quick science/health lesson: moisture + warmth + friction = blisters. So basically, when you're walking and your feet get all sweaty and warm, while rubbing against your socks, your toes, ankle, etc get blisters.
I've found that the easiest way to stop, or reduce, the blisters is to wear some good moisture-wicking socks that keep my feet dry (or at least drier than normal).
I know that a lot of hikers choose to wear some wool socks for this purpose, but I actually prefer merino wool socks.
They make them for both men and women and they have a low price. Before you spend the coin for the wool socks, consider giving the Nike Dri-Fits a try. I love them and when I wear any other sock, I get blisters but not with these. And, you can choose from crew length or some of the shorter ankle socks. I even wear some of the shorter ones when I go running because I love them so much.
Good socks aren't the only thing that will keep your feet blister-free. You need your hiking boots or shoes to fit your feet properly to ensure that you stay blister-free. This means snug, but not too tight with plenty of wiggle room for those toes. You also want to make sure that heel slippage isn't an issue.
What do you do if you already have the shoes and they are too roomy? Try adding in an insole or orthotic to improve the fit of the shoe – just be sure that doing so doesn't make the fit too tight.
You'll also want to make sure that you only do your hikes in boots (or other shoes) that are good and broken in. Just wearing them for a few hours should be enough to break them in properly.
Let's face it – no matter how closely you follow these tips, blisters are bound to happen anyways. And when they do, you need to manage them so that you can keep on hiking. This means that you always should do your hikes with a first aid kit that can handle blisters. For me, that is something to pop the blisters with and some band-aids. Others swear by things like vaseline or Neosporin paired with some gauze and medical tape. Do whatever works for you and keeps your feet comfortable.


"Are you sure you don't want to come with us?," my mom, who was visiting, asks me as I'm writing the post about the Scottish Highlands. They had booked a month earlier plane tickets to visit Andalusia, but I said I wouldn't go because I thought I couldn't get any days off work. "But we will visit Cordoba and its mosque," mom added.
No more had to be said. Two days and one Wizz Air promotion later, I was going to Spain for the fifth time. While the trip wasn't all what I imagined, one thing was for sure: Cordoba was every bit as beautiful (and hot!) as I was expecting.
After the smoothest car rental ever (from Goldcar, fyi), we arrived pretty early in Cordoba, but not early enough to enter its famous Mosque–Cathedral for free. For those of you who don't know about it, let me tell you its history in a nutshell. Originally a small temple, when the Muslims conquered Spain, it was divided into two parts, one for Muslims and one for Christians…..until it was demolished to build a grand mosque. But when Cordoba returned to Christianity centuries later, instead of demolishing it, they simply built a Renaissance nave inside it. If you want to find out more about it, you can read all about its construction and building phases on the official site.
I could write all about how gorgeous it is, but I'd rather do what I do best and show you some of the photos I took there. I honestly could not stop photographing!
I'm not sure why they have a "tour guide" to climb a tower, especially since he doesn't explain anything, just tells you when it's time to climb another level. The view isn't the best, but you can marvel at how big the cathedral is.
Without a further plan, we wandered on Cordoba's charming streets, seeing Calle de las Flores, with the delightful blue flower posts on white walls. That is, until hunger kicked in and we picked a random restaurant because it looked pretty….and the waitress was Romanian. But the food was delicious, probably the best I've eaten the whole trip. So if you visit Cordoba, you should stop by El Patio Andaluz, for authentic Andalusian cuisine and try dishes like salmorejo (cold and refreshing tomato soup), rabo del toro (bull's tail stew) or flamenquin (pork roll). They may sound or look strange, but I promise, they're all very good!
Bellies full, we resumed our wandering on its streets – probably the best thing to do in Cordoba. After seeing the Mosque, of course. We passed Plaza de la Corredera, where we stopped for a coffee, and the absolutely charming Plaza del Potro, while heading towards the Roman Bridge. In all honesty, every street of Cordoba is beautiful and I'm sorry I hadn't stayed longer, I would have loved to take some night time photos as well. Next time for sure!
At one end of the Roman Bridge stands the Calahorra Tower, home to a fascinating museum, telling the story of a time when Jews, Christians and Muslims lived peacefully in the city. It also offers a fantastic view over the bridge and the cathedral, probably the best in the city.
Have you ever been to Cordoba?


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To make numb, especially by cold.
To render senseless or inactive, as from shock or boredom: The dull skit benumbed the audience.
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This week we have the 2nd part of Peter's interview of Ed O'Malley, CEO of Kansas Leadership Center, our website of the week is actually an O'Reilly webinar on Murderboarding, Pam's research report is about the difference between urgency and importance in leadership communications and some great podsafe music by Howard Jones.
Galleon insider trading scandal – top IBM executive/ceo condidate and McKinsey star implicated.
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There are approximately 2600 different species of palms that can be found throughout the warmer areas of the world, over 400 of which can be successfully grown here in the San Francisco Bay Area. From these 400, Golden Gate Palms has selected what we consider to be the best of the bunch for our region. We have elaborated on the attributes of each in our "Species & Photos" section and have included our best photos. Access these descriptions and photos by clicking on the thumbnail or name of the species below. Each photo can be enlarged by clicking on the thumbnails at the bottom of each species page. The enlarged photos are in the form of a "cutsheet" (which includes Latin name, common name, and Golden Gate Palms contact information) which can be printed for personal reference, client review, or cheap wall paper. And if you've got your heart set on growing the rarer harder to find species not listed, we probably have some in odd sizes and numbers around the nursery. And if we don't, we don't mind hunting them down for you. Happy palm hunting!


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Abby Reads: To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
Simon and Schuster, 2014, 384 pages
YA Realistic Fiction
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han has been getting a lot of attention in the book blog world. (A brief-ish aside here: "Before," as a preposition in a title, should not be capitalized — however, all of the book sellers are capitalizing it as such and, frankly, it would look weird if it wasn't capitalized, so this is how it will appear throughout the review. Interestingly, the title on the actual book cover is in all lowercase except the "I" in "I've" — I'd be willing to bet it was specifically because of this ambiguity. But, anyway–) To be fair, it does have a gorgeous and incredibly photogenic cover. It's popped up over and over again on my Tumblr dashboard with comments on the art as well as the contents, so I decided to give it a try.
This young adult novel begins as Lara Jean's older sister, Margot, prepares to leave for college across the pond in Scotland. Left with her dad and younger sister, Kitty, Lara Jean discovers a hatbox full of letters to boys she has loved over the years has gone missing. It's not long before she finds out the letters were sent to their addressees, including to the boy next door, Josh, who recently ended his relationship with Margot. Although the letters were intended to be Lara Jean's way of letting go, she quickly learns she might still have a flickering flame or two still burning as the boys come forward to ask about Lara Jean's letters.
All right, look, I know this sounds ridiculous and campy and superficial. If you can get past the basic premise, which I realize is asking a lot, it's so worth it. What I really appreciate about this book is that, in its incredible simplicity (particularly in prose style), it manages to get at incredibly dynamic characters and a heartfelt-yet-poignant story line. It's very likely, at least in part, the slow start to To All the Boys I've Loved Before is what helps build these unique and realistic characters. As a set of three sisters, the Covey daughters (also known as the Song Girls) seem more like a group of real-life siblings than I've ever seen in fiction — the exception being Austen novels.
Though I didn't notice when reading, it was evident to me, after, how similar this novel is to your average Austen novel. The romance plot gets at much more than romance with subtle societal commentary all while being a realistic portrayal of teenage romance. The complications and conflicts, while not apocalyptic or dire, instill a sense of urgency despite how mundane they are. Like Austen, Han injects her prose with humor and provides her main character with a strong, if a bit immature, voice. The benefit for modern and young readers here is that while Austen's prose can be dense and long-winded, Han's prose uses simple (but very effective) sentence structure and a first-person narrator, enabling readers to more easily empathize with Lara Jean.
In my notes for To All the Boys I've Loved Before, I've written that the book is, "Feel-good without being gross or cliche or too fairy-tale" and that it's "like Disney but grounded in reality." Now, I'm not saying I'd totally go to a To-All-the-Boys-I've-Loved-Before theme park within the larger Disney theme park, but I would totally go to a To-All-the-Boys-I've-Loved-Before theme park within the larger Disney theme park. Photo op with Lara Jean and her sisters? Yes, please! In fact, I'd love to see a live action Disney production of this book — it's already got the mother out of the picture in true Disney fashion. (Who am I kidding? The book is — almost — always better than the movie.) In all seriousness, it felt like Tinker Bell had sprinkled just the right amount of fairy dust on this book, making it sweet escapist literature while being firmly rooted in this place we call planet earth. I rarely see this done so well — too often, happy stories (though I can't say this book has a strictly happy ending because reality) float out of the realm of real life and land elsewhere, providing examples that people can't aspire to. I don't think we should necessarily model our lives after fiction entirely, but life imitates art — or, at least it tries to. So, To All the Boys I've Loved Before is an important example of this sort of thing done well.
Let me put it another way — if I had a kid who told me they wanted to be just like Bella Swan when they grew up, I'd be a bit concerned (despite my mixed feelings on Twilight — a whole other story for another day). If I had a kid who told me they wanted to be like Lara Jean? High five! Yeah, Lara Jean makes some questionable choices but she's a teenager whereas Bella is…a robot. Maybe.
The point is, this book isn't just well-written and fun and enjoyable. It's got heart and lessons and a unique sensitivity to what life is actually like. The fact that it does all of this without being boring makes it earn a high rating in my book.
❤❤❤❤ out of ❤❤❤❤❤
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Nobody knows when the first church was built at Great Missenden. There appears to have been one on or near the site of the present church when the Abbey was founded in 1133. The current Church building was build in the 14th and 15th centuries with 19th century extensions and restorations. It is about 300 meters from the old centre of Great Missenden and can also be reached from the village by a bridge over the bypass. The site is unusual but not unique; other examples within the Chilterns include Bledlow, Chesham and Ellesborough.
It is a spacious church with a wide chancel, nave, north and south aisles, transepts and tower at the western end. Like most ancient churches it is the product of many people's skills and changes in religious thinking.
The chancel contains 14th century work with Victorian restoration work and, on the north side, a recess for the organ and the vestries. In the chancel, near the altar, is a fine collection of medieval floor tiles, probably made in a well-known workshop at nearby Penn.
The 14th century nave arcades are topped by a 15th century clerestory. The south aisle and both transepts contain 15th century windows. The north aisle was rebuilt and widened at the end of the 19th century.
At the west end of the nave is a much restored 12th century font, remarkable for the flowing, floral carving on the four semi-circular faces of its base. The font is one of the so-called 'Aylesbury group', a small collection of ancient fonts found in this part of Buckinghamshire.
At the top of each nave pillar is a little carved head. These are probably portraits, caricatures even, of local personalities at the time the present nave was built. These candid portraits provide a link with all those who have lived and worshipped in Great Missenden over more than 900 years.
Watching over the approach to the church is the bold and strangely asymmetric tower. Sometime after the Reformation in the 16th century this tower was extended southwards, resulting in a wall nearly 14 feet thick, and a new belfry was built. Browne Willis states that the tower was altered to accommodate five large bells formerly in the abbey at the foot of the hill. Today, there are eight large bells hung for full circle ringing and one very small 'Sanctus' bell set in a small window high up on the west face of the tower. Close inspection will reveal that much of the tower is made up from recycled material, including windows, probably from the demolished medieval structures of the abbey.


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A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF METOO
No good band is created in a single day – well, some are; very, very few, but anyway…each group experiences the ups and downs of development. MeToo is no different. Founded in 2007, the band has been at it for eight sordid years; countless shifts in practice spaces as well as personnel and the general, problematic whatnots of being a band on the rise in China. For a bit more perspective on all of the aforementioned development and strife that goes into being a seasoned artisanal unit, let's take a photographic look back at the history of this incredibly resilient band, who borderline improbably, considering their lineage within the scope of the scene, just released their first piece of proper physical material, like, full stop.
These were shot in November 2007 in Songzhuang. An unknown photographer, who has an actual name that literally escapes everyone (it seems), took them near his studio, most likely as a study of still life on the move. The band had never done a proper photoshoot, but as it turns out, they were complete and total naturals! At the end of the year, said band of musicians began performing semi-regularly at D22 and was invited to play the now historic venue's annual New Year's eve party, which was quite a coveted slot for a Beijing band at the time. Unfortunately, before the show, due to internal differences, the band dissolved into the ether until 2009, which confused and saddened many a Beijing museo, but would eventually lead to bigger and better things to come for MeToo.
Keyboardist Zhou Youai and bassist Dandan joined in the band in 2009 – their initial performances, naturally, took place at D22. The band's music at the time was extremely rich in instrumentation, a relatively abrupt change from their previous incarnation, which was a bit on the noisier side. The framework of MeToo's distinctive brand of post-punk was to be broken and reconstructed, sometimes in a live setting, audience present – mostly alone in various practice spaces about the nation's capital. New elements were tried and explored for a number of years. The band were essentially going through a semi-public metamorphosis. Their desire was not necessarily for people remember their songs, but to feel them. Then you can forget and feel again – rinse and repeat. For a more direct interpretation of the band's experimental side, MeToo produced a strikingly interesting piece of instrumental music – from start to finish the whole song used just one, singular chord. With such extreme restrictions in place, yet still able to convey the ups and downs of their sound, the tune is still used as an opener at gigs, to this day. MeToo is no longer a band confined to singular ideas. With today's musical technology, the band feel as though they have no boundaries whatsoever.
In 2009, the band not only played D22, they also played pretty much any and every Beijing musical venue in existence. Photographs of these shows tremendously are rare. One of the previous photos was shot at Dos Kolegas, a phenomenal livehouse that was unfortunately shuttered not long back – truly a loss for the Beijing music community, at large.
This collection of photos was taken in Songzhuang right after keyboard player Zhou Youai officially joined the band. MeToo quickly found bassist Dandan around this period, as well. The band simply nailed blankets around the walls of a nondescript space and made it into a rehearsal room, which created the very unique, remote look you're currently experiencing. Though drummer Panda lived next door to the studio, Lu Zi and Zhou Youai took ages wading through Beijing traffic to make it to practice. It was almost as if they were on tour, making their way to the next show, rather than shaping their sound in their makeshift practice space.
During 2010-2012, the band went through substitution after substitution. People came and left. These are some photos from that period. There aren't photos of everyone who's ever been a part of MeToo, every one of them is great musician, but for one reason or another, it didn't work out.
Those photos were shot in 2014, in an art village called Dagao. Some of them were taken by the drummer of band, Da Huaidan. Some were taken by Liu Min from Re-TROS. MeToo used this weirdass "light ball" which was a more direct, communicative medium in the mind of the band. It can be mounted on the inside of your mind, become figuratively transparent, thereby reducing unnecessary ambiguity and injury.
In 2014, the band went on it's first tour of China. An eye opening experience for all…
Later in 2014, MeToo also went on to perform in many other, distinctive Chinese cities.
2015: Midwest China Tour, shot in a city in Gansu province called Pingliang, where the band had a rare opportunity to stay in a hotel! Strangely, there only seemed to be three employees at this particular inn. So empty it was, quite literally, confusing. The atmosphere was very "strange" to say the least – made us feel if we were in a Kubrick flick!
Frankenstein 7" by MeToo
Now the band writes another line of their musical history with the release of their new 7" single on Genjing Records. Grab yourself a copy of Frankenstein and make yourself a part of MeToo's storied history, as well.
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Google Earth, mapping service produced by the American search engine company Google. Google Earth allows users to call up on their computer screens detailed satellite images of most locations on Earth. These maps can be combined with various overlays—such as street names, weather patterns, crime statistics, coffee-shop locations, real-estate prices, population densities, and so forth—supplied by other companies and individuals.
The technology behind Google Earth arose in 1998 at the computer company Silicon Graphics, which gave a demonstration that began with a view of Earth from space and smoothly zoomed in on a computer chip. The engineers behind the demonstration founded a computer graphics company, Intrinsic Graphics, which in 2000 spun off its mapping software project into a new company, Keyhole. The U.S. government's National Imagery and Mapping Agency funded Keyhole through the Central Intelligence Agency's venture capital fund In-Q-Tel. During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Keyhole's software, EarthViewer, was used extensively by the U.S. military and intelligence community as well as by CNN on the air. Google acquired Keyhole in 2004, and EarthViewer was rebranded as Google Earth the following year.
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Google's commitment to privacy was questioned after it introduced a related mapping service, Street View, that showed street-level photographs from around the United States that were searchable by street address. Some photographs provided a view through house windows or showed persons sunbathing. Google defended the service, saying that the images showed only what people could see if walking down the street, but eventually allowed users to request that their homes be blurred. Faces and license plates are blurred automatically.
In October 2008 Google Earth for the iPhone and the iPod Touch was released as a downloadable application from Apple Inc.'s App Store. With support for the accelerometer (motion detector) in Apple's portable devices, this version of Google Earth adjusts three-dimensional map perspectives as the devices are tilted.
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UNNATURAL GRAVEYARDS
Well, let your mind go wild on this!
A DESPERATE DASH TO SAFETY
Can you just imagine it! The terror-stricken dash by man and animal alike to reach safety - only to be sucked under by the relentless force of advancing waters. The agonised cries of drowning men and beasts piercing the air.
Gripped by the same terror, wild beasts and tame struggle together to higher grounds.
Some of the people bind their children and themselves upon powerful animals, knowing that these will climb to the highest peaks to escape the rising waters.
Some fasten themselves to tall trees on the hills or mountains, but the trees are uprooted and hurled into the billows.
As the waters rise higher, the people flee for refuge to the loftiest heights.
In amphitheaters in the hills, they find themselves trapped. In great numbers they throng together, pushing into caves, swarming over the ground in front.
Until the waters rise and cover them.
Strong animals, without a sign of degeneration, come to an end.
Yes, worldwide, the traditions of the human race recount this terrifying disaster.
They recall that it was accompanied by enormous universal rains, violent waterspouts, earthquakes and hurricane winds.
THE FIT DO NOT SURVIVE
This is not the survival of the fittest. Fit and unfit, and mostly fit, old and young with sharp teeth, with strong muscles, with fleet legs, with plenty of food around, all perish.
The earth is even at this moment convulsing, opening up fissures to swallow many of them, as they collect on the tops of these hills. Then the huge waves smash over them large rocks and debris, until their bones are crushed and smashed.
Here, often thousands of feet up, they are washed into crevices and held tight.
WHAT YOUR TEACHER DIDN'T TELL YOU
There is a most crucial circumstance concerning the earth's strata and the fossils that is not generally disclosed to the public, and which many geologists apparently do not recognise.
On every continent, and in numerous places on each, are vast "fossil graveyards", where masses of flora and fauna have been swept to a sudden death in their millions.
These areas are often packed with both land and sea creatures from different habitats and even different climatic zones - all mixed and buried together in a completely unnatural way.
There is evidence that a great disaster took place, in which creatures of all types perished together - mostly fit, young and old, with fleet legs, strong muscles and sharp teeth.
And with plenty of food around. Artifacts of man are found among them.
They all died together, suddenly and violently, high up on hills and mountains.
What did it?
Come with me on a global tour. You'll see what I mean.
In France, numerous clefts crammed to overflowing with animal bones have been found. Along with them are human remains.
One could mention Mount Genay, near Semur in Burgundy - 1,430 feet high.
Here, capped by a breccia (a cemented mass of stone fragments), is a fissure filled with mixed bones of numerous animals.
Near Chalon-sur-Saone, between Dijon and Lyons, stands an isolated hill, flat-topped Mont de Sautenay.
It rises 1,030 feet above the plain. Near the summit is a fissure crammed with bones. The bones are unweathered and un-gnawed.
I ask you, Why should so many wolves, bears, horses and oxen have ascended a hill isolated on all sides?
These broken and splintered bones are evidently not those of animals devoured by beasts of prey; nor have they been broken by man.
The state of preservation of the bones indicates that the animals perished in the
same period of time.
It appears that all these animals had fled there to escape rising waters.
Caves and fissures on the Cote d'Azur have yielded mixed land and sea remains - bones of lions, rhinoceros, hyenas, macao monkeys, elephants and whales. All together.
In Britain (for example, Yorkshire, Plymouth, Devonshire and Wales) and Eire, are similar mixtures.
What could have brought, together in quick succession, all these animals and plants, from the tundra of the Arctic Circle and from the jungle of the tropics. from lands of many latitudes and altitudes, from freshwater lakes and rivers, and from the salt seas of the north and south?
There is evidence of submersion to a depth of not less than about 1,000 feet.
In Germany, coal beds contain a complete mixture of plants, insects and animals from all climatic zones. Their muscles and skin are perfectly preserved.
Although leaves are preserved in fresh condition (retaining their fine fibre and green colour) and insects their membranes and colours perfectly preserved, ALL ARE VIOLENTLY TORN INTO PIECES.
Were they carried there by onrushing water - from all parts of the world???
Numerous crevices down to 290 feet deep on the Rock of Gibraltar are filled with bones of the wolf, bear, lynx, hare, ibex, rabbit, horse, panther, rhinoceros, ox, wild boar, deer and other animals.
The bones are neither worn, rolled, nor gnawed. They are splintered and broken. And found together with land and marine shells - as well as coral.
Tell me, what but a great and common danger, such as a colossal flood, could have driven together the animals of the plains and of the crags and caves?
A handful of bone samples still in the Natural History Museum in London confirm their "freshness", indicating that they had been entombed with the flesh still on them - and not eaten by predators.
These show a consistently unrolled and fresh appearance. Flood, not glacial action, is indicated.
We could cite similar evidence from Sicily - where bones of hippopotamus, deer, ox and elephant were mixed together in wild confusion, again without sign of weathering or gnawing.
The fact that bones of animals of all ages were piled together, indicates that the catastrophe was SUDDEN.
On the island of Malta are caves crammed full of hares, lemurs, tigers, rhinoceros, elephants - and birds.
Giant swans (twice as large as any swans now on earth) and huge sea birds are crammed in with the animals.
Now Malta is an island 170 miles (270 km) from the nearest other land (Sicily).
And please note, these birds are sea birds.
Had this been a mere local flood, these giant swans would have taken off for Sicily and been there in half an hour.
These sea birds would never have been drowned - they're sea birds! So what happened?
You've guessed it! These birds kept flying until they could fly no more!!!
The same mixture of LAND animals and SEA shells is found in caves and fissures from Western Europe to Russia - and in Cyprus, Greece, Lebanon and elsewhere.
The bones are broken into innumerable fragments. They are still "fresh".
Artefacts of man are found among them. Fissures are in rocks on top of isolated hills.
Often, birds and animals are MIXED TOGETHER WITH trees and vegetation.
THE CAUSE?
QUESTION: "COULD THEY HAVE FALLEN IN ALIVE, OR BEEN BURIED THERE"
The answer is no, for there are no complete skeletons.
QUESTION: "COULD THEY HAVE BEEN BROUGHT THERE BY STREAMS?"
Again, no, for there are no signs of them having been rolled.
QUESTION: "COULD THEY HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED BY RUTHLESS MEN?"
No, there could have been no way to bury them in such numbers before other animals gnawed them or the weather affected them.
Considering the number of the remains found, thrown together in great heaps, mixed in great confusion, large and small animals, grass-eating and flesh-eating animals and birds, all in one pile, buried in alluvial deposits, intermingled with remains of plants and trees, seashells and fish, such an idea becomes absurd.
QUESTION: "DID SOME DISEASE STRIKE THEM DOWN?"
All animals at the same time and in every part of the world? Land animals and deep sea creatures, all mixed together? Of course not.
Certainly animals stricken by sudden disease would be too weak to ascend to the hilltops!
The bones could not have been exposed to weather for long, for none of them shows marks of weathering.
That water deposited them is indicated by the very general cementing together of the bones by calcite.
Moreover, these bone-filled chasms are usually found on isolated hills of considerable height - places on which we might expect animals to gather in seeking safety from an approaching flood.
This scene is enacted on hundreds of thousands of hills in every part of the earth.
While panicked men, women and animals were rushing to the highest points in Europe, the very same scene was being enacted ALL OVER THE WORLD.
From North America (California, Maryland, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and Canada, for example), the story is the same.
Human remains are mixed chaotically with those of land and sea animals - just as in South America, Australia, Africa, Siberia, India, China, Korea, Burma. In fact, all over Asia.
WHAT COULD DO THIS, BUT WATER?
Clearly, nothing but a flood would have driven such strange mixtures of animals - animals that don't normally live together - into caves and crevices in all parts of the world. And buried them together.
The evidence everywhere strongly suggests that they were drowned en masse by violent water action. This bone-cave phenomenon is of world-wide extent.
Was this a global Flood? Of course it was.
Here is a fact of utmost importance: Creatures of every kind died in great
numbers and were buried almost instantly.
Each of these animals, by the unbelievable uniformitarian explanation, fell into their graveyards by accident - one at a time!
However, the facts reveal not normal, slow processes, but unusual transportation and rapid burial mechanisms.
DINOSAURS LIKEWISE DROWNED
Yes, big as they were, dinosaurs suffered the same watery fate - followed by rapid burial. This is evidence that some scientists prefer to ignore.
Great dinosaur beds have been excavated in Alberta, Belgium, New Mexico, Tanzania, Spitzbergen and many other places.
All over the world, paleontologists have found caches of fossilized dinosaurs that were buried instantly in a catastrophic movement of water.
Fascinating, don't you think?
And yet, we have hardly scratched the surface. If you would like to discover more, here's where you can go:
http://www.beforeus.com/second.php
Jonathan Gray
info@archaeologyanswers.com
International explorer, archaeologist and author Jonathan Gray has traveled the world to gather data on ancient mysteries. He has penetrated some largely unexplored areas, including parts of the Amazon headwaters. The author has also led expeditions to the bottom of the sea and to remote mountain and desert regions of the world. He lectures internationally.


of heavy pieces that sometimes was used (more and more as the war progressed).
just like ordering a unit. When they have reached their destination, you may order them to 'unlimber'.
The turn after they can fight again. Note that gun postions do not move with them.


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I had a great time at Codestock this year. It wasn't the pot-smoking, free-loving, mind-altering tribal experience I was afraid of and I didn't see a single guitar the entire time – though I did talk with one guitar player.
The organizers – Michael Neel, Alan Stevens and Wally McClure — did a fantastic job and the Knoxville community is quite amazing and enthusiastic. I also got to meet many people I had previously only known by reputation.
I presented on "The Uses and Abuses of UI Design Patterns" on Saturday afternoon. I wanted to build out some examples of using a modified MV-VM pattern in WinForms and ASP.NET before publishing the code samples, but wanted to make sure I published out the references from the slide deck.
The point of the references is that while UI design patterns are all plagued by a tendency to have fuzzy boundaries – that is, it can be difficult to compare patterns between different technologies and sometimes can even be difficult to distinguish patterns used in one technology – there is still a paper trail on the Internet that give us clues as to where the design patterns (MVC, MVC Model 2, MVP, SVC, PV, PM, MVVM) came from and how they were originally intended to be used.
In general, the Supervising Controller and Passive View patterns are the best defined, while MVC is perhaps the least well defined. MV-VM, on the other hand, has some of the best examples on usage – not least because it is so tightly associated with WPF.
An additional resource is this site http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ModelViewControllerHistory from which we learn that the first MVC pattern can be attributed to Trygve Reenskaug sometime in the 70's.
Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) is a derivative of MVC that takes advantage of particular strengths of the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) architecture to separate the Model and the View by introducing an abstract layer between them: a "Model of the View," or ViewModel. The origins of this pattern are obscure, but it probably derives from the Smalltalk ApplicationModel pattern, as does the PresentationModel pattern described by Martin Fowler. It was adapted for WPF use by the Expression team as they developed version 1 of Blend. Without the WPF-specific aspects, the Model-View-ViewModel pattern is identical with PresentationModel.
As with many people, the passing of David Carradine has left me quite shaken. David Carradine, after all, was the reason I got into consulting in the first place.
Kung Fu, the Ed Spielman TV series in which Mr. Carradine played Kwai Chang Cane, a parapatetic Shaolin monk in the American Old West, left a lasting impression on me. If you are unfamiliar with the series, it revolved around a half-Chinese half-American man trained in Kung Fu helping people out as he travelled from town to town searching for his American relatives, all the time pursued by the Chinese Emperor's assassins.
It may be hard to believe, but when I found out about the world of Software Consulting, I realized that it was my opportunity to fulfill my childhood dream of living the life of Kwai Chang Cane. It's a bit of a stretch, but think about what a consultant does. He travels from company to company assisting them with difficult technical issues they desperately need help to resolve.
Upgrade a billing application for a national furniture chain located just off of Jimmy Carter Boulevard from VB6 Forms to an ASP.NET 3.5 application with limited ajax functionality. In the process, I helped out a group a beleaguered shopkeepers being extorted by local thugs.
Gather requirements for a POC Silverlight project while investigating why a beautiful roller derby skater was killed.
Assist in the data migration of an insurance company's legacy data – horribly denormalized, unindexed and lacking referential integrity – from a Paradox for DOS system to SQL Server 2008. At the same time I was able to rescue the office manager's cousin from a Turkish prison where he was incarcerated under trumped up drug trafficking charges. I was able to do this with some help from friends who are Vietnam vets in hiding from the US government for crimes they didn't commit.
Design a reporting framework for a mortgage company going through hard times that heavily leveraged third party charting tools while also arranging a new life for a protected Federal witness — who was testifying against his mobster brother — and help him to visit his sick mother before she died.
This was a fairly quick gig. I had to design and build a WPF point-of-sale application for a cruise liner. During installation of the software I teamed up with a consultant from a rival firm to defuse two sophisticated bombs aboard the cruise ship while overcoming our mutual animosity and learning to work together and ultimately develop an abiding respect for one another's abilities.
I had some down time in June, so I reminisced about my adventures to my colleagues clip-show style while preparing for a certification exam.
If this makes consulting out to be something glamorous, I want to make it clear that this is not always the case – for instance the time I had to scrub crystal reporting data for a client or the time I had to hunt down oversized alligators in the sewers because they were eating neighborhood pets. But between those times there can, indeed, be quite a bit of excitement.
Consulting is definitely not for everyone. It takes a certain mentality, a certain desire to not have the same routine every day, and of course it never hurts if you have the ability to make plastic explosives out of a matchbox and a stick of spearmint gum or can deploy a multi-tier application with only a command line utility and the spring from a ballpoint pen.
At least I look forward to coming in to work each day knowing that there will be something new and unexpected to make it different from the day before.
And I have David Carradine to thank for setting me on this path.


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A reach-the-top platformer with jump-n-run aspects, set in a surreal sci-fi setting with a narrated story and 2 possible outcomes.
Find out who you are and where you are with the help of 2 voices trying to guide you while you go from world to world, always towards the light.
In your fragmented cyberpunky worlds you are filling the gaps and make way with the help of your bridge-maker, mostly at your own pace, with your own solution and of course some pyramid-shaped treats on the way. Granted, some self-defence might be necessary sometimes but we are sure you will prevail. :) We hope you have a great/relaxing/death-defying time with our first creation in Unreal Engine.


PM Studios and acttil are thrilled to announce that the emotional, heartwarming adventure/puzzle game collection, OPUS Collection: The Day We Found Earth + Rocket of Whispers will be coming to Nintendo™ Switch in a physical format this April! OPUS Collection will include both OPUS series titles, OPUS: The Day We Found Earth and OPUS: Rocket of Whispers, which were originally released as digital-only titles. Each copy will also include a free bonus soundtrack voucher code, including 36 tracks! In OPUS: The Day We Found Earth you'll work together with Emeth to search for the long-lost planet known as "Earth", while in OPUS: Rocket of Whispers you will attempt to return a planet's lost souls to the cosmos where they belong. If you never picked up these touching titles on Nintendo eShop, now is your chance to launch into the full OPUS series!
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Susan has enjoyed traveling the world with her creative curiosity. She spent four weeks at sea and a month hiking the Washington Forest with Outward Bound. Through these adventures, she has honed her incredible skill of detail, color and materials.
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Reynolds Shifts Iowa Toward Economic Growth Post-COVID-19
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds: "Opening up, our goal can simply be to return to where we were, which is an ambitious and realistic goal, or we can think bigger and better."
Gov. Kim Reynolds holds a press conference on Thursday, June 18, 2020, at the Iowa Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, pool)
State of Iowa Announces Three Additional Test Iowa Sites
Iowa economic recovery,
Kim Reynolds
DES MOINES, Iowa – Gov. Kim Reynolds announced the establishment of the Governor's Economic Recovery Advisory Board to help foster economic growth in Iowa as the state recovers from the COVID-19 economic shutdown.
"Although COVID-19 as a public health concern is not over, and we continue to manage it every day, we're well into the recovery phase, and with the beginning of a robust recovery underway, we can approach Iowa's come back in a number of ways," Reynolds stated during her press conference at the State Capitol.
"Opening up, our goal can simply be to return to where we were, which is an ambitious and realistic goal, or we can think bigger and better. And I am a firm believer that obstacles create opportunities. The post-COVID-19 won't be the same as the pre-COVID-19 world," she added.
"Our economic comeback is not just about yesterday's goals. It's an amazing opportunity for us to build a better Iowa to modernize our economy, our education and health care systems, our workforce, and our quality of life," Reynolds stated.
She announced Ben McLean, CEO of Ruan Transportation Management Systems, will lead the Economic Recovery Advisory Board. Its focus will be on Iowa's modernization.
"Iowa's success has always been about turning obstacles into opportunities," said Gov. Reynolds. "The Governor's Economic Recovery Advisory Board assembles an impressive group of business leaders to propel our recovery efforts forward and position Iowa for growth. Iowans will be at the center of this effort as we continue to make our state the best place to live, work, and raise a family. I want to thank Ben McLean, CEO of Ruan Transportation, for his willingness to serve as the chair and appreciate all those serving on this advisory board."
"I look forward to getting to work as soon as possible with the incredibly capable and talented group of leaders that will serve on the Governor's Economic Recovery Advisory Board," McLean said during brief remarks during the press conference. "This is about the future and taking an incredibly difficult situation and using it as an opportunity to make Iowa an even better place to live, work, and raise a family."
Initial members of the Governor's Executive Advisory Board are:
Ben McLean, CEO of Ruan Transportation Management Systems (Advisory Board Chairman)
Nick Bodesh, President & CEO of Elite Octane
Mary Andringa, Chair of the Board of Vermeer
Randy Edeker, CEO of Hy-Vee
Rosalind Fox, Factory Manager at John Deere
Dr. Suresh Gunasekaran, CEO of UHIC
Dan Houston, Chairman, President & CEO of Principal Financial Group
AJ Loss, CEO of Bush Construction
Megan Mckay, President of Peace Tree Brewing Company
Emily Schmit, General Counsel of Sukup Manufacturing Co.
Barbara Sloniker, Executive Vice President at the Siouxland Chamber
Adam Wright, President & CEO of MidAmerican Energy Company
Diane Young, Director of Technical Services/Owner at Foundation Analytical Lab
Also on Thursday, the Des Moines Register released its Iowa Poll that found a majority of Iowans approved of the Governor's job performance during the COVID-19 pandemic and protests over police brutality.
They report in their poll conducted by Seltzer and Company on June 7-10, 2020 of 801 Iowa adults, that 56 percent approve of Reynolds' job performance while 36 percent disapprove. Eight percent of Iowa adults said they were unsure. The poll had a margin of error of +/-3.5 percent.
Reynolds' approval rating is higher than Iowa's Republican U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley, 53 percent, and Joni Ernst, 49 percent. It is also higher than President Donald Trump's approval rating of 45 percent.
Watch Reynolds' remarks about Iowa's economic recovery below:
Read her executive order here:
Listen to the full press conference:
Caffeinated Thoughts · Gov. Kim Reynolds Press Conference 6-18-20
South Dakota Can Do Better: ObamaCare
What happens in the next few years will determine our nation's and…
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Stokka: Rules Matter In Representative Government
John Stokka: We should leave the power where it belongs concerning nominations and elections of people at the district convention, with the delegates.
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Online Schools Are Bad, But Webcam Abortions Are Not?
The Des Moines Register's editorial board misses the irony that their opposition to online schools conflicts with their support of telemed abortions.
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Freedom Watch: Passing the Convention of the States Resolution
Our Founding Fathers wisely placed methods in our Constitution by which states could place restraint on federal power which has been used irresponsibly.
Steven Holt


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