The most iconic bouquet you will ever hold will be your wedding bouquet. So what style wedding bouquet will you chose? And why? To help with the process, here are some pointers for you to consider.
Round, asymmetrical, Garden style, wild feeling, 1920's inspired bouquet in ivory and lilac with ribbon detail.
Check list to design the perfect wedding bouquet for you.
Over the arm presentation, with flowing material of garden flowers.
Style, adjectives are a great way of identifying the ambiance you are trying to capture, i.e. neat, random, romantic, elegant, rustic, wild, garden style, contemporary, traditional etc.
Romantic bouquet with trailing detail in roses and ranunculus and amaranthus.
scent can have magical powers too; years from now when the fragrance takes you unawares, it can send you right back to that special moment when you walked towards the love of your life.
superstitions and meanings, different generations have developed superstitions over the years, some joyful, some not.
Hand tied garden bouquet also known as freestyle bouquet in cream, pink and raspberry red flowers locally grown in September.
Designer bouquet, made on a frame of bleached skeleton leaves.
Novelty, is a term used for unusual bouquets very specific to the Bride, a garland, fan, hoop, hand bag or even a hand warmer (muff) for example.
Hand bag filled with garden flowers.
emotion: well it's a romantic occasion, but you could also consider other emotions, happiness, joy, relaxed, informal, exciting etc.
craft: the inclusion of craft within design can add something more, like ribbon round a jam jar or on the backs of chairs or feathers dipped in glitter, or the use of buttons, there really are endless possibilities.
culture: this could mean a New York theme, or red flowers because the Chinese find the colour lucky and auspicious.
botanical : Are you inspired by a particular plant material? Succulents or Dahlias or perhaps you are marrying someone from another country i.e. South African, as you could carry the National Flower the King Protea, or do you just love holding a bunch of British grown garden flowers?
history: has something from history inspired you? what era excites you? My current favourite is the 1920's and the stunning silk ribbons that dripped from the bouquets.
design: perhaps you have already seen a design you like and would like to copy it. Remember though if you are using a skilled designer, they can create something just for you.
economics can also play an important role, there are wonderful things one can do with a small budget, like hold a bouquet simply of all one flower, like Tulips.
Amanda Randell will be at the 'Out of the Box' wedding show on Sunday 31st January 2016 from 11:00-3:00 aboard the Steam Train, South Devon Railway in Buckfastleigh, where she will be giving a demo on different types of wedding bouquets, so if you have any questions, then this is the place to come and ask them.
For more inspiration see Amanda Randell's Pinterest site.


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Below are a set of photographs that I took 10 years ago. It's a Stits SA-7D Skycoupe that was owned at the time by Gary Coppen. In the Winter of 2002 I was just getting back in action after losing our Pietenpol. Gary showed up with an engineless Skycoupe and offered to leave it with us on long-term loan. He understood that we needed a new testbed and demonstrator, and he offered his proven airframe without cost or strings attached.
We set to work immediately and went about producing a modern Corvair engine installation. The photographs you see here are from the Spring of 2002. While some of the things look antiquated here, it's worth noting that the layout of Front Starter and Front Alternator that we continue today is used on this aircraft. Our Pietenpol had used both front and rear starters and alternators over the years when we used that airframe as a testbed. By the time I got the Skycoupe, my ideas on installations that would serve the most builders were already sorted out. Simplicity would remain the overriding goal. Although we have continuously done research and testing, the Skycoupe in the 2002 update to our Conversion Manual marked a turning point in our work. Previous to this, our Conversion Manual was really my shop notebook filled with useful information for people working on their own conversion. The Skycoupe in the new Manual was different. The engine installation was meant to be something that builders could replicate and expect proven success from. The Manual had become more of a how-to document, giving a lot of information on building and installations like the Skycoupe, in addition to the previous material on operations and practices.
In 2003 we purchased our 601 XL kit from Zenith at Oshkosh. We had the aircraft complete and on display in the Zenith booth at Sun 'N Fun in April of 2004. Our new Zenith rapidly eclipsed the Skycoupe as the focal point of mainline testing and demonstration. The Skycoupe was seen less often but still lived in our hangar for a number of years. In 2005, we took it to Sun 'N Fun and put it on display as our flying Turbo testbed aircraft. It served in this capacity for a long time before it was damaged in a windstorm. Several years ago, we started a restoration but it was sidelined by more pressing projects. 18 months ago, Gary reluctantly put the Skycoupe up for sale. He owns a number of other aircraft, including Corvair powered KR-2S, and he didn't want the Skycoupe to wait a number of years until he had more time.
Today the Skycoupe belongs to Craig Anderson of South Dakota. The airframe is undergoing a much needed total restoration. Craig is headed off to Corvair College 22, now only 10 days away. There he is going to assemble and test run the new powerplant for the Skycoupe. It is a 2,850cc engine with a Weseman bearing, Falcon heads, and all of our Gold system parts. Although this engine is state-of-the-art it does directly have its lineage in the Skycoupe's 2002 installation. The starter and the alternator are in the same orientation, as are the cooling and electrical systems. The 2,850 will have 10 more horsepower than the 2,700 engine in the photographs. With its dished pistons, the 2,850 will run interchangeably without adjustment on both 100 low lead and 93 unleaded. In the photographs, the Skycoupe was equipped with one of our then state-of-the-art Dual Points Distributors. Craig's engine will run with our modern variant, the Electronic/Points Distributor. Overall, his engine is a series of incremental improvements, carefully thought out over a decade's worth of work. Less than one out of 10 experimental aircraft companies survive to see their 10th birthday. We had already had 10 birthdays by the time I took the photographs you see here. We are in this for the long run, to support builders as they work towards their goals. If you have dreams and plans that involve building and flying, and they have remained important to you for a long time, then make this your year of action. The decision is up to you, no one else can make it for you, don't let it pass you by.
Here is an overhead view of the Skycoupe's engine installation. The Starter is the same one we use today but on a different set of Brackets. The alternator is a permanent magnet, but an early 14 amp model. The oil system is virtually stock with a 12-plate cooler and stock oil filter.
Here, a rear three-quarter view. In the foreground is an aluminum box that houses the coils, the MSD coil switcher, and the voltage regulator. They were placed here because the Skycoupe has a 20 gallon gas tank immediately behind the firewall. The 1.5 inch scat hose feeds cooling air to this box (the box had internal baffles that restricted the airflow to less than the hose size suggests), the air flows out the bottom after flowing over all the components inside. The Distributor is a Dual Points model. The oil pressure sending unit worked in this location but the temperature always read incorrectly.
Here, the Oil Pan shown here is the first Deep Sump Welded Aluminum Pan that we made. We still offer these today. I used this same motor mount layout to build several other later mounts in the shop. It also appears on Dave's Wagabond in 2004, our Buttercup project in 2008, and on our Tailwind project in 2011. The carburetor is a Stromberg. The large hose is feeding fresh air from the cowl, the small is for carb heat. The gascolator is at the lowest point in the fuel system.
Here, on the valve cover is a Cessna 150 breather. These worked under most circumstances, but proved to be very difficult for builders to get inexpensively. With the 601, we moved to the readily available Aircraft Spruce breather. The location, however, was a winner; we have put every set of breather lines at this location since. The exhaust system is ceramic coated mild steel. These do not last compared to stainless models. The tubing size here is 1 3/8″. Testing proved that it needed to be slightly larger. The overall exhaust system layout remains fairly close to this. The goal is minimizing the amount of surface area under the cowling.
This photo shows the passenger side view. The Skycoupe was the last aircraft we built that had a bolted on intake at the head. We abandoned this when we moved to our new Nosebowl shape with the Zenith 601. If you look closely, you can see that this intake manifold is made out of many separate pieces of of mild steel. A painstaking project of gas welding. Today the intake manifolds we offer are the same shape, but are made out of a single piece of stainless tubing. This also offers a good view of the side of the cooling box. The main battery cable and the starter cable meet each other on a phenolic plate on the side of the box. Internally, they are connected to the voltage regulator. The wiring bundles are packaged in red Fiberglas woven tubing for chafe protection. The front of the baffling looks blunt because this aircraft had previously been flown on a Subaru with a belt reduction. That engine had an extremely flat face, and the baffling seen here only filled up the original cowl. In later testing, the Skycoupe was converted to one of our Nosebowls which transformed it from an ugly duckling into a guided missile.
Above: One of the last tests I performed was blocking up the aircraft to a 22° angle and chaining the tail down. We actually ran it in this position for extensive tests of its fuel flow at full power, and checking that the Deep Sump Oil Pan would feed oil at this angle at wide open throttle. The system worked very well. In 2002 I sported Burt Rutan mutton chops. Grace isn't nostalgic about them today. These photographs were taken in front of our old hangars at the Spruce Creek airport in Daytona Beach, Florida. The hangars were built in the 1960s and were among the oldest structures at the airport. By 2002, Spruce Creek had evolved into the world's largest fly in community, a gated location of 1,200 hangar homes.There were many good people there. Our hangars, nicknamed "the ghetto" by the real estate agents, were the focal point of lively after hours beer drinking and hangar flying. Most of the aviators in attendance were successful guys with million-dollar homes and hangars with painted floors where nothing interesting was happening. Our hangars reminded them of good times in their past when things were simpler and fun was a lot more accessible. In 2003, NASCAR driver and spruce Creek resident Mark Martin bought our whole hangar row and had it torn down and replaced with four expensive hangars that ended up housing golf carts and Prevost motor homes. The lasting important lessons that I took away from the experience was never to envy wealthy guys in aviation, a lot of them have lost touch with the most fun elements that drew them into flying in the first place, and to make sure we retained the element of good times amongst friends in everything that we did.
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Most important perhaps we should develop a culture of initiative and enterprise. Over half a century ago, D S Senanayake pointed out that Industry in this country has yet to be developed. Today Government service is still regarded as offering the most attractive jobs. We speak of industrialization in Ceylon but we do not seem to realise that we require well-trained personnel to enable us to compete in the industrial sphere with other parts of the world. We also want agriculturists who could help this country to compete on equal terms with the rest of the world.
We realise that 80 per cent of the people of the country, according to the estimate of the Special Committee on Education, must take to industry and agriculture. I feel therefore that any scheme of educational reform that takes no account of these factors tends to ignore the usefulness of our student population to the community in the future. We carry on with the same kind of education up to the age of sixteen.
Provide training and support for value addition within farming communities for value addition to produce.
Improve storage freezer facilities and ensure marketable produce over longer time spans.
Develop the dairy industry with provision for grazing grounds, and establish small and medium industries in this field whilst encouraging the consumption of fresh milk and reducing dependency of imported powdered milk.
Appoint Agriculture Extension Officers to all Grama Niladhari Divisions involved in Agriculture.
Support new techniques and training to increase the catch in a sustainable manner, and encourage local consumption while also providing better facilities for storage and export.
Develop factories and small and medium enterprises with regard to value addition and exploration of new markets for the fishing industry.
Simplify the very confused institutional structures that offer support and ensure that advice and support services are available on a Divisional basis, with Entrepreneurship Development Officers in each Division.
Encourage the Woman and Children's Units in every Division to develop cooperative ventures for women's groups, in both traditional and non-traditional enterprises.
Upgrade facilities for training in appropriate technology and finance and marketing, with encouragement for innovation and business expansion.
Increase market access by strengthening links to domestic and international supply chains. This will also improve access to technology, knowledge and financing through links to larger enterprises.
Strengthen the capacity of Regional Chapters of Commerce.


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The following photos are ©George Plunkett and published with kind permission:
Heckingham St Gregory's church from SE 09.03.1940
Heckingham St Gregory's church south side 11.07.1937
Heckingham St Gregory's Norman south door 09.03.1940
Heckingham St Gregory's church south porch 09.03.1940
What you need to know about this church
St Gregory's Church Heckingham
Where to find this church
Church Information
St Gregory's is a redundant church located in Heckingham, a Norfolk village close to Loddon. It is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
This church is usually open to visitors
Link to the church website*
The church on Norfolk Heritage*
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Tower from the west
Drone photo from south-east
Visiting Heckingham St Gregory
St Gregory's in Heckingham is in many respects quite similar to its "sister church" St Margaret's in Hales about two miles to the south of it: the south doorways look very much alike, both still have an apsidal chancel, both are in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, and both are thatched throughout. However, St Gregory's does not have – at least in my opionion – the beautiful atmosphere of St Margaret's.
The tower is only round for about 14 feet; this part could be 12th century work. The rest was rebuilt in octagonal form in the 13th century, with brick quoins. Surviving wills show money was left between 1453 and 1501 for repairing this octagonal part, in two stages each of about twelve feet. Probably even the lowest circular part was partially rebuilt as there are pieces of 12th century stone billet carvings re-used in it for putlog holes! St Gregory's has an apsidal east end with pilasters (shallow buttresses) from the 12th century. The whole church is neatly thatched, as is the shed by the gate, a stable for the Rector's horse?
The 16th century south porch protects a sumptuous 12th century doorway with a heavily carved round head, having an outer arch of wheels, then a variety of patterns of chevrons, crosses, bobbins and double cones. The carved capitals are supported by shafts and nook shafts, with a leaf decoration on the edges between the shafts. There are the remains of a north doorway of similar age, but only one moulding of the arch, with a chevron pattern, and one shaft are left. This doorway was re-set in the north wall when the aisle was added in the 13th century.
The tall narrow tower arch is 12th century, as is the plain square font standing on five columns, four of which have prominent volute capitals. Near the door, standing on its head, is a stone coffin. There are also some coffin slabs and possibly a mensa (altar stone with crosses) set in the floor along the north aisle. The aisle is separated from the nave by three pointed arches, which have been cut straight through the early wall.
The chancel, with its apsidal east end, has a barrel vault. There is 20th century glass in the windows showing St Gregory and St Elisabeth of Hungary flanking the Annunciation. Some older glass remains in the larger window in the south nave. It has 15th century fragments, including five shields.
Conclusion: beautiful church with many really old features
12th century doorway
12th century font
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The 4 Best Interactive Toys for Toddlers That Increase Brain Power
Published on: May 2, 2018
When we think about toys, we generally think that toys are for kids to have fun. While that is true, there are interactive toys that can aid in toddlers development, increasing brain power. The toys give them a hands-on activity that allows them to be engaged, have fun and learn all at the same time. We have a list of 4 interactive toys for toddlers that will help develop and increase brain power.
1. Building blocks
If you truly want to develop your child's imagination and allow them to be creative then building blocks are a great interactive toy to buy for them. Whether it is a set of legos or any other type of building block, you can really trigger their imagination. The blocks allow the child to make whatever they please. Coming in different shapes and colors, the structure made is appealing and creative. The whole process stimulates their mind, making them think and be more creative to make something from a box of blocks. This truly engages the brain and helps it develop.
Just make sure when you buy the blocks for toddlers, they are bigger in size. That way they cannot swallow them.
Puzzles are a fun way to get your toddlers to work on hand-eye coordination and logic reasoning from an early age. You want to get big puzzles that aren't too complicated otherwise your child would become frustrated easily. Maybe even help them the complete it the first time so they understand how it works. The whole process gets them thinking critically, which piece fits where, and there is also a sense of accomplishment once they finish the puzzle.
3. Interactive Football Table
This particular toy is quite fun as it allows the child to think they are playing foosball while also teaching them math. As they play a little foosball, the game allows them to count number through scoring goals. It doesn't stop there, it has other activities that promote education as it plays nursery rhymes in English and Spanish to help them learn words.
4. Leapstart
The Leapstart is a perfect toy that promotes problem-solving and encourages reading. It is a toy that is easily suitable for kids from 2 onwards. It comes with books and you can also buy more books for it. It has a stylus that allows your child to go over the word and an audio plays reading to them. So they can have story time at any time without having to wait for you. Best of all, this one toy won't annoy you or guests too much.
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SPEAKING OUT: Adani Mining CEO Lucas Dow and Rockhampton Region mayor Margaret Strelow address media earlier this year saying there is a bright future for coal mining. Leighton Smith
Rocky's bold ambition for the Galilee Basin
10th Aug 2019 6:10 AM
Mayor's Desk
By Margaret Strelow, Mayor of Rockhampton Region
OUR ambition is to be to the Galilee Basin what Mackay is to the Bowen Basin.
There has been a lot of discussion and clearly a lot of interest in the progress of the Carmichael Mine since Adani received their approvals eight weeks ago.
Given the extended delays that Adani has experienced, it's no surprise that they had people on the ground fairly quickly after their approval was finally given.
But they have also made it clear that they are developing the mine for the long term, taking into account all of the proper processes for such a significant undertaking.
The Carmichael Mine has some of the most experienced mining executives in Australia at its helm and they are going about their work in a professional and orderly way.
There are about 100 people on site at the moment engaged in early construction work.
And Adani have recently advertised for a cohort of plant operators under one of their contractors who will do the next stage of construction.
This cohort of approximately 50 will be bussed to site from Townsville. Their particular task will take three to six months.
Much as we wish it wasn't so, while land transport is still being used, it is simply quicker to get to site from Townsville (around 170km closer than Rockhampton).
In the meantime, the contractor has agreed to cover the cost of airfares for any Rockhampton people who wish to be a part of this group.
I would encourage Rockhampton people who are keen for work on this project to apply.
Once the mine moves to the next stage of mine construction and development, where the bulk of the jobs will be required, there will be FIFO flights leaving from both Rockhampton and Townsville.
There is currently an airport strip which is capable of landing smaller planes.
If we return to Council's original airport deal with Adani, you may recall that it was predicated on the original size of the mine (which is nearly three times the size currently being built).
We were to build an airstrip capable of landing normal size passenger planes.
Our deal also assumed a set number of jobs during construction (1100) and then 625 ongoing direct jobs specifically for us for 30 years.
No money has changed hands, and Adani has made it clear that it does not require funding from Federal, State or Local Government to construct the mine and rail.
We are still very open to a deal around the airport but it will depend on the number of long term jobs and a return to Ratepayers through airport fees. And yes, in the circumstance where we pay money in exchange for local jobs we will clearly be counting, keeping and publishing a record of the jobs!
Adani have begun work on their 10MT per annum mine and Adani CEO Lucas Dow is on record as saying that the mine will require 1500 direct jobs during ramp up of construction.
Adani have been very clear that Townsville and Rockhampton will be its primary workforce hubs, meaning those jobs are for Townsville and Rockhampton. This is nothing to be sneezed at!
Locals who apply for these jobs are clearly going to get priority.
The State Government is working hard on retraining programs and reskilling programs to assist as well.
And where a job is offered to someone who doesn't already live in either Townsville or Rockhampton, then we have a set of offerings to help them make their choice.
Our parcel of incentives includes vouchers to help with school uniforms or sporting club fees as well as free parking for a three month period at the airport.
(The incentives are only available to people who live further than 200km away from Rockhampton at the moment.)
Separately, those who choose to relocate to Rockhampton will be eligible for the Housing Construction Grant which is currently on offer to locals, providing they lodge the application early enough to be one of the first 200.
And there will be indirect jobs as well. It's always hard to see the indirect jobs at the outset of new jobs into an area, but we know what it feels like when jobs leave.
We certainly felt the change when the Yeppen overpass work ended and we lost those pay packets in our local economy.
Separately, there are opportunities for servicing and maintenance work at Adani's Carmichael Mine. These work packages are being advertised regularly.
If we are to step up and service the Galilee Basin in the same way that Mackay services the Bowen Basin, then we really need to take up every opportunity that comes our way.
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My thesis project 'Artventure' is a learning platform for kids that uses a combination of traditional visual art learning activities with an augmented reality technology. It encourages kids to practice visual art skills, meanwhile having fun and developing their creativity. Kids can directly use their drawings in the game to influence the virtual characters and their story. It provides both intrinsic and extrinsic engagement, leading to learning through play.
How could we design a visual art learning experience to engage children for long-term practice and encourage their persistence?
There are three different touch points including: an IPad game, a tool card package, and AR experience.
It provides the curriculum and connects the different level of classes which children could follow.
Children could play with the theory and explore the theory by using the magical tool card and AR experience.
Children learn the visual art theory along the way of playing. The theory is a part of the game story.
The design is keeping the traditional physical drawing activities, providing the tool card package with the cards that children could draw on that. It helps to encourage children to keep practicing in a way that is good for their development.
The AR experience is connecting the digital game and physical drawing activities. Children can directly use their drawing in the game and influence the virtual characters and story lines.
There are two types of experience in the design: the experience of long-term curriculum and the experience of single classes. The curriculum design is based on the K-12th the art learning standard in the USA. The experience of the single classes is based on the learning model: theory- practice- reflection. Keep the traditional drawing activities and add the digital touch point at the introduction and feedback parts.
There are 3 classes are designed as the hero moments for showing how the concept works. The onboarding is the introduction to the game, the first class is learning how to draw cubes in perspective, and the second class is learning how to draw cones in perspective.
To understand the current visual art education and kid's engagement in the visual art context, I set up a series of research trips combined with the observations and contextual inquiries. The research was conducted in both China and Sweden.
For my initial research, I interviewed over 17 people consisting of parents, visual art teachers, and experts. It helped me to better understand the current visual art education and the way parents and teachers are trying to engage kids in the educational context.
I participated in 2 art workshops in Sweden and visited 2 different extra art schools in China. At there, I played a role as a teacher to create art together with kids. It helped me to understand the interaction between adults and kids and the interaction between the kids and their activities.
When kids start to learn technical skills, there are more limitations and it is not as fun as before. There is a gap between creative classes and technical skill learning.
Around 10 years old, kids start to be more critical of their artwork. They want to achieve realism and have higher expectations of their work than their younger peers.
The workshop's focus was on exploring how kids perceive and engage with different mediums to do arts and to learn and what tactics can be used to create the engagement that could encourage kids to be more focus and motivated.
In the stakeholder's workshop, the participants were asked to brainstorm on three design questions, in which they were given a persona or tactics to explore the possible concepts and scenarios.
Based on the ideas from the workshops, I build the probes to communicate the early concepts. After that, 3 in-depth co-creation interviews were conducted. The aim of the interviews was to get the educators' insights on whether the design can be useful in teaching and the engagement could encourage kids to draw more often.
The prototypes are based on the learning model: theory- practice- reflection, and started from the experience of the single classes. There are three different aspects for achieving three different learning goals in the prototypes.
In the prototype, I was trying to explore how we could make the theory learning more interactive. Children are no longer just sitting and listening, they could also explore the theory even play with the theory by themselves.
The design is trying to keep the traditional physical drawing, children get the mission while they are playing the game, but to finish the mission, they would need to draw on the paper and would use what they draw to influence the game by using the AR experience.
I conducted qualitative user test with four kids in the focusing age group, 2 boys and 2 girls. All the kids show strong interest in this new format of learning and get very intrigued by the magical 3D content that they explore. What they love most is that they can interact with the game by the magical card and they can use their artworks to influence the story. Merging virtual and reality(AR experience) excites kids and engage them to draw on the paper.
I designed different characters in the game to support children along their way of learning and playing and encourage them to draw more.
A main storyline has been designed to enable children to learn through playing.
The game UI is matching the game style, and make the learning programme more playful.
The functional prototypes were built in both Principle and Origami Studio.


Not long ago, all technical drawings were handmade with ink on paper. Small changes meant erasing and re-drawing while larger changes often meant re-drawing the entire design. Changes that needed to happen in multiple places took days, even weeks, worth of work. CAD (Computer Aided Drafting and Design) has revolutionized the way designers in the architecture, construction, engineering, manufacturing, interior design, and public service professions work. It has changed the scope of time needed to create a drawing as well as the procedure for corrections. More than that, it has given designers the opportunity to create drawings quickly and more cheaply and keep their files electronically accessible so that changing them and locating them is never difficult.
If you are planning to work in the design industry, CAD design certification is essential. A CAD certification program will teach you how to operate the program and make it work for you. There is no better way to do that than to go through a CAD design training program that teaches you the ins and outs and at the same time, offers you a certification. You will learn how to work with programs like AutoCAD as you begin to understand how to use computers as a design tool. Employers around the world consider CAD design certification a critical qualification for their designers because the tool is used to a majority of the end products. If you have thought about learning CAD, now is the time to move ahead and make it happen. Certification will help you to advance your career and make it what you want it to be.


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As the shieldwalls clash, ravens fly overhead and lurk where the gory carnage is at its greatest. Break your opponent's shieldwall before your own army loses heart and flees. Victory shall belong to the most cunning warlord, whose name shall be written into the Sagas.
Expanding directly on the all-new maps found in the BattleTech: Beginner Box and BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat products, Map Pack: Grasslands includes six double-sided maps providing twelve brand-new battlefields!
Jeweled Thrones of the Earth presents six complete and ready-to-play adventures for Robert E. Howard's Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of.
This Map Expansion includes the 6-8 player version of the Earth Map included in the Cthulhu Wars Core Game.
Cthulhu Wars: Alternate Faction Acolytes. Includes 6 new acolyte figures for all 9 factions in Cthulhu Wars (Ancients, Black Goat, Crawling Chaos, Cthulhu, Opener of the Way, Sleeper, Tcho Tcho, Sleeper, Yellow Sign).
A Brick of 8 Standard Boosters each containing four figures total: 1 Large or 1 Huge figure and 3 Medium or Small figures.
35mm scale resin components. Contents: 1 Fenrir, 1 Plastic Base, 1 Character Card, 1 Potion Card, 1 Artefact Card. Miniatures are supplied unpainted. Preparation and assembly may be required.
The self-proclaimed Dark Lord, Voldemort is a wizard of great power and unrivalled ambition. Commanding a veritable army of wizards and dark creatures, Voldemort seeks to crush all who oppose him, to rule the Wizarding World once and for all, and to crush the world of Muggles.
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You are the head of a respected but troubled family estate in mid-19th century Victorian England. After several lean decades, family fortunes are looking up! Your goal is to improve your estate so as to be in better standing with the truly influential families in Derbyshire.
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Powerhouse Museum Collection object B1465. Gift of the Shell Company, 1961.
Young Sydney engineer Frank Hammond invented the 'visible volumetric' petrol pump around 1920 and licensed his patent rights to manufacturers in Australia and the UK. Garages purchased visible pumps to ensure that they were supplying an accurately measured volume of petrol, or 'motor spirit', to each customer. They wanted to convince customers that they were getting a fair deal, they didn't want to lose money by supplying more petrol than customers paid for, and they wanted an innovative edge over competing garages.
In the UK, Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba introduced Hammond to inventor Archibald Low, who was in her good books after making an 'audiometric' recording of her voice on movie film and comparing it favourably to the voices of other opera singers. Low helped Hammond find a UK manufacturer, Liquid Measurements Ltd. In 1927 the brand gained valuable publicity when the royal family installed Hammond pumps in its own garages.
In Australia, Latimer's Visible Petrol Ltd made Hammond pumps, which competed strongly against other brands. The best known of these was Bowser, named after the US inventor of the first service-station petrol pump, Sylvanus Freelove Bowser.
Powerhouse Museum Collection object B2200, S F Bowser & Co. Gift of the Petroleum Information Bureau, 1975.
When municipal councils in Australia tried to ban all but Australian-made pumps from their footpaths in the 1920s, the S F Bowser company fought them in court. It argued that the Australian content of its machines was high at 60%, with the remaining 40% of parts being made in another British Empire country, Canada. By contrast, Latimer's Hammond pump was 100% Australian made.
In 1923 Bowser started selling its own visible pump in Australia. While 1927 saw only 65 petrol pumps imported from all overseas manufacturers, in 1928 the Atlantic Oil company ordered 500 for the string of service stations it planned to open here. In 1929, a few months after the Wall Street crash, the Australian Government increased the tariff payable on imported pumps to help local manufacturers compete. In 1931, Bowser auctioned off the contents of its Australian factory and office, blaming this 'prohibitive tariff'.
While Bowser might now be recognised more often as the name of a video game character, to generations of Australians it was the generic term for petrol pumps. Today, the term is going the way of 'motor spirit', and 'garage' has largely given way to 'servo', but at least we haven't taken to calling our bowsers 'gas pumps'.
In the future we might roll up to a servo for a rapid recharge of our vehicle's battery, to replace spent battery fluid or to fill up with hydrogen gas, compressed air or biofuel. Each of these alternatives is in development or already in use somewhere in the world, and it is vital that the world moves soon from fossil fuels to renewables. While there is much awareness of our need to reduce dependence on coal, it is equally important that citizens take an interest in ways of weaning us off our huge dependence on oil.


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Nunley's Big Shot Lifts Women's Basketball Past La Salle, 66-64
Harvard (13-1) 10 12 28 16 66
La Salle (9-7) 18 14 18 14 64
Pts: Destiny Nunley - 19
Reb: Destiny Nunley - 12
Ast: Katie Benzan - 5
Pts: MILLER, Adreana - 27
Reb: ALSTON, Jasmine - 10
Ast: GRIFFIN, Amy - 7
Harvard's Destiny Nunley hit the game-winning shot with 1.9 seconds to play to lift Harvard past La Salle. (Gil Talbot)
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – With 1.9 seconds left to play in the fourth quarter, senior captain Destiny Nunley hit a baseline jumper to lift the Harvard women's basketball team (13-1, 1-0 Ivy) to a 66-64 win over La Salle (9-7). The basket was part of a big night for Nunley, who had 19 points and 12 rebounds to lead Harvard to a big road win, as the Crimson closed out non-conference play with 12 wins in 13 non-league games.
Sophomore guard Madeline Raster added 12 points, six rebounds, and three steals, and freshman forward Jeannie Boehm added 10 points and five rebounds for Harvard, which won its 13th straight game, the second-longest winning streak in program history.
On the deciding play, Harvard had possession with 35.5 left in regulation and the game tied at 64-64. Harvard ran the clock down and Raster's short jumper rimmed out. But Raster tipped the ball back out to Sydney Skinner, who drove the lane and passed to Boehm.
Boehm shoveled the ball to Nunley, who hit the short jumper to put Harvard ahead for good. On the final possession, La Salle's Amy Griffin missed a long jumper, and Crimson had its 13th win of the year.
Harvard battled to find any shooting rhythm in the first half, falling behind 32-22 at the break after hitting just 30.3% from the field. Benzan's coast-to-coast layup with under a minute to play in the first quarter helped the Crimson stop a 6-0 run for the Explorers and cut the La Salle lead to 18-10.
Sophomore guard Nani Redford kept Harvard close in the second quarter, providing energy off the bench. She hit two free throws after drawing a foul on a drive through traffic, then hit a turnaround hook shot on Harvard's next possession to make it 19-16 La Salle with 6:35 to play in the half. Harvard kept it a two possession game for most of the second quarter, as Nunley's jumper from the free-throw line made it 28-22 with 2:41 to go.
The Crimson went scoreless the rest of the quarter, but turned it on in right from the start of the second half. Harvard scored 28 points in the third quarter, keyed by a 10-0 run midway through the frame that pushed the Crimson ahead 46-43 on Nunley's baseline drive with 1:59 to go in the quarter. La Salle evened the score at 50-50 just before the end of the frame, setting up an exciting finish.
In a back-and-forth fourth quarter, neither team led by more than two points. Harvard made the big plays down the stretch, starting with Skinner's end-to-end drive and layup with Harvard trailing 62-60 to tie the game. With under a minute to go, a steal by Raster on the baseline after a Harvard missed shot led to a layup for Boehm, pushing Harvard ahead, 64-62. Two free throws by La Salle set up the heroics by Nunley.
Harvard will be in action next Saturday (Jan. 21) at Dartmouth as the Crimson head into the heart of Ivy League play.
Game Notes: Harvard is now 2-1 in the all-time series against La Salle…On Dec. 4, 1999, Harvard took third place at the ECAC Holiday Festival with a 74-71 win over La Salle in Worcester, Mass. in the last meeting between the two teams.


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I've placed the PSU inside my DAC 05 from Danish Audio Design.
Update October 2011: Added power switch and LED on the front. LM350 instead of LM317.


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Organic Valley goes 100% renewable like nobody has before
With a commitment beyond the company's own needs, Organic Valley has partnered with OneEnergy Renewables and 13 municipal utilities to bring 32 MW of solar to the Badger State.
August 8, 2019 Tim Sylvia
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A commitment to renewable energy is nothing new for big corporations. In fact, it's starting to become the norm for companies to source more and more of their power needs from renewable generation. However most of the time companies either buy renewable energy credits, install on-site arrays at their business locations or enter into power purchase agreements (PPAs) with large generations facilities that can immediately meet need.
Joining the club of companies that have committed to renewable power and immediately vaulting to the head of said club comes Organic Valley. The company has announced that it is on track to be powered entirely by clean energy, becoming the largest food corporation in the world to accomplish the feat.
So how did Organic Valley do it? Rooftop installations? No. Not one giant PPA either. Instead, Organic Valley has harnessed the power of community solar. Partnering with OneEnergy Renewables and a group of Midwestern municipal utilities referred to as the Upper Midwest Municipal Energy Group (UMMEG), the company has taken a novel tack on the problem. Under the partnership came the development of 10 projects across Wisconsin, totaling 32 MW in capacity, aka the easy part.
What you'll first notice about the model is that, even though Organic Valley is not a small company, 32 MW is an aggressive amount of solar capacity. That's because not only are the projects powering Organic Valley, but the neighboring communities as well. In terms of structure, the projects were developed and are owned by OneEnergy Renewables. From there, OneEnergy sells the generated electricity to UMMEG for a fixed rate. UMMEG then sells that electricity to Organic Valley. From OneEnergy, Organic Valley then purchases the renewable energy certificates, allowing them to stake their 100% renewable-powered claim.
It's a model unlike anything pv magazine has seen from billion-dollar corporations, especially when regarding the renewable energy delivered to the surrounding communities.
And since Wisconsin is where all of this is happening, we'd be remised to ignore the significance of an additional 32 MW in the Badger State. That mark represents just under half of all the solar installed in the state previously, a whopping 68 MW. It also exponentially increases the number of homes powered by solar in the state, which SEIA reports as being 10,600 previous to Organic Valley's efforts.
The project is a one-of-a-kind effort that feels somehow very Wisconsin in its communal nature. It gives off a sentiment of "corporations are people, too" without the negative connotation usually associated with that phrase. And while we admire the unique process that Organic Valley used to achieve the company's renewable energy goal, we would admire other companies adopting this methodology in the future even more.
Tim Sylvia is an associate editor at pv magazine USA. A recent graduate of Hood College, Tim has been with pv magazine since May 2018.
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Stanley Minnick says:
Awesome article Tim! Just wanted to point out a few small things.
OV we do have 4 behind the meter solar installations, totaling a modest ~200kWdc. We've been investing in renewable energy on site since 2007. Just had to mention that.
Ownership & operation of the projects was conveyed to BluEarth Renewables in January 2019.
Another fun fact: Organic Valley is a farmer-owned cooperative, so as far as corporate culture ours is and always will be a geared towards community & cooperation. We've been called crazy for 31 years, and i don't see that changing. On the farm we've got around 250 solar installs (out of almost 2000 farms in 34 states).
Great piece, just thought i'd provide a bit more nuance via a comment. Thanks for covering our partnership!
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Photomicrobial electrode for selective determination of sulphide
Tadashi Matsunaga*, Ryuzo Tomoda, Hidemi Matsuda
A photomicrobial electrode, which uses the photosynthetic bacteria Chromatium sp. in conjunction with a hydrogen electrode, was developed for the determination of sulphide. The response time of the photomicrobial electrode was 5-10 min. A linear relationship was obtained between the current of the electrode and the sodium sulphide concentration below 3.5 mM. The minimum detectable concentration of sodium sulphide was 0.4 mM. Selectivity of the sensor is satisfactory. A good agreement was obtained between the photomicrobial electrode and the ethylene blue method (correlation coefficient: 0.90).
Dive into the research topics of 'Photomicrobial electrode for selective determination of sulphide'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Sulfides Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
Electrodes Medicine & Life Sciences 64%
Sulfide Chemical Compounds 58%
sodium sulfide Medicine & Life Sciences 50%
Sodium sulfide Engineering & Materials Science 49%
Behavior as Electrode Chemical Compounds 37%
Chromatium Medicine & Life Sciences 29%
ethylene Medicine & Life Sciences 20%
Matsunaga, T., Tomoda, R., & Matsuda, H. (1984). Photomicrobial electrode for selective determination of sulphide. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 19(6), 404-408. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00454378
Photomicrobial electrode for selective determination of sulphide. / Matsunaga, Tadashi; Tomoda, Ryuzo; Matsuda, Hidemi.
In: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol. 19, No. 6, 06.1984, p. 404-408.
Matsunaga, T, Tomoda, R & Matsuda, H 1984, 'Photomicrobial electrode for selective determination of sulphide', Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 404-408. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00454378
Matsunaga T, Tomoda R, Matsuda H. Photomicrobial electrode for selective determination of sulphide. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 1984 Jun;19(6):404-408. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00454378
Matsunaga, Tadashi ; Tomoda, Ryuzo ; Matsuda, Hidemi. / Photomicrobial electrode for selective determination of sulphide. In: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 1984 ; Vol. 19, No. 6. pp. 404-408.
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Q: Android Studio Signed APK - Works from one PC, fails on the other I have always built signed APK from my current laptop with no problem. However, the last signed APK was built from another PC and every signed apk from my PC now works but crashes using "assertionError: impossible" being thrown by different libraries I'm using in the application.
Now, whenever I build a signed apk, it crashes when opening the app. However, when it's built on the other PC, it works perfectly. We're both using V1/V2 signing and the release version of the app.
We are using git and the other PC is just pulling, so there is no code difference between the 2 machines. The only difference might be the configuartion, however, we're using the same ones when signing an APK.
Please note that the proguard rules are working fine when the app is signed from the other machine but it seems they are being ignored (maybe) when building from my machine, even though I'm using the correct flavor and build type and that this only started to happen when the other machine signed an APK, without any code changes.
EDIT: Here's an example of the stack trace of the crashes I'm getting:
(Please note that the crashes are not always from glide. Sometimes quickblox, sometimes even the support library would throw this exception)
Fatal Exception: java.lang.AssertionError: impossible
       at java.lang.Enum$1.create(Enum.java:45)
       at java.lang.Enum$1.create(Enum.java:36)
       at libcore.util.BasicLruCache.get(BasicLruCache.java:54)
       at java.lang.Enum.getSharedConstants(Enum.java:211)
       at java.util.EnumSet.noneOf(EnumSet.java:48)
       at java.util.EnumSet.of(EnumSet.java:152)
       at java.util.EnumSet.of(EnumSet.java:172)
       at java.util.EnumSet.of(EnumSet.java:194)
       at com.bumptech.glide.load.resource.bitmap.Downsampler.(Downsampler.java)
       at com.bumptech.glide.load.resource.bitmap.StreamBitmapDecoder.(StreamBitmapDecoder.java)
       at com.bumptech.glide.load.resource.bitmap.StreamBitmapDataLoadProvider.(StreamBitmapDataLoadProvider.java)
       at com.bumptech.glide.Glide.(Glide.java)
       at com.bumptech.glide.GlideBuilder.createGlide(GlideBuilder.java:203)
       at com.bumptech.glide.Glide.get(Glide.java:155)
       at com.bumptech.glide.RequestManager.(RequestManager.java)
       at com.bumptech.glide.RequestManager.(RequestManager.java)
       at com.bumptech.glide.manager.RequestManagerRetriever.supportFragmentGet(RequestManagerRetriever.java:198)
       at com.bumptech.glide.manager.RequestManagerRetriever.get(RequestManagerRetriever.java:104)
       at com.bumptech.glide.manager.RequestManagerRetriever.get(RequestManagerRetriever.java:87)
       at com.bumptech.glide.Glide.with(Glide.java:629)

A: You should add the compileOptions under android inside the app-level build.gradle with source compatibility to JAVA 8.
This solved the issue for me. I had JAVA 11 installed on my machine and was getting the same above error but adding the compileOptions solved the issue.
android {

    compileSdkVersion...
    ...

    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
}

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I had no idea (until last week) that a recording of Beethoven's 5th symphony by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Otto Klemperer was included on the Voyager 1 'Golden Record'.
The recording is one of a slew of cultural references intended to help 'spacefarers' gain an understanding of life on Earth. Let's hope they have access to a turntable when they discover it.
To mark 40 years since the the launch of Voyager 1, the Philharmonia have worked with Google and NASA to record Beethoven's 5th symphony in Virtual Reality. Esa Pekka Salonen conducts the VR performance which will be released on Monday 25th September.
I really enjoyed the Philharmonia's Sibelius VR experience last year – a really emotional experience sitting on the front desk of the strings and hearing the sound of an orchestra in rehearsal all around me. VR is a potent way of illustrating the impact proximity to orchestral music has.
A new, longer-format version of the original Sibelius VR experience, featuring Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting Sibelius's Fifth Symphony, will also be available – for free during the opening weekend of the 2017/18 Classical Season at Southbank Centre.
There will be 10 PlayStation VR headsets available at the Nordic Music Days festival from Thursday 28 September – Sunday 1 October 2017 on Level 2, Festival Hall, London.
Beethoven 5 will be released on VR on Monday 25th September via the Philharmonia's YouTube Channel.


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What do journalists actually do before publishing an article or television programme? How do they try to ensure they convey events correctly? And what role do personal opinions play in journalism?
Media and the way they operate are a hot topic of public discussion in the current age of "fake news". We have been co-operating with the RiffReporter journalist initiative www.riffreporter.de since autumn 2017 to enable library visitors to engage in direct conversation with journalists.
"We want to give people an insight into our journalism toolbox, and, through a two-way conversation, learn more about how our work is perceived", says Christian Schwägerl, co-founder of RiffReporter. "Normally it's the journalists who ask the questions; but our event format allows anyone and everyone to pose their own questions to journalists", Schwägerl adds.
As such, a RiffReporter was available to take questions at Info Counter 2 at the Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek (American Memorial Library) on twelve separate occasions throughout autumn 2017.
Anja Krieger from RiffReporters will be a guest reporter at the Berliner Stadtbibliothek (Berlin City Library) for an entire week from 25/6 to 1/7/2018. More detailed information is available here.
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Robert E. Berry, DO
Dr. Robert E. Berry is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon fellowship trained in sports medicine. He specializes in arthroscopic surgery, joint replacement, cartilage transplant, ACL reconstruction, and trauma/fractures. Dr. Berry has been the team physician for several sports teams and events, including the San Diego Chargers, NFL combines, WWE, and more. In addition, he has served as a reviewer for the American Orthopedic Society of Sports Medicine journal.
Dr. Adam O'Brien, MD
Dr. Adam O'Brien is a native Texan and orthopaedic surgeon with specialized training in sports medicine. He grew up in west Texas (Crosbyton) and graduated magna cum laude from Baylor University in Waco with a degree in Health Science Studies and a minor in Medical Humanities. He attended medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Following medical school, he attended the University of Washington in Seattle where he completed his orthopaedic surgery residency. There, he was able to train at one of the busiest level I trauma centers in the nation, Harborview Medical Center.
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Osvaldo Burgos-Iturrino, MSHS, PA-C
After watching his brother go through surgery and rehabilitation for a joint injury as a teen, Osvaldo Burgos-Iturrino was drawn to orthopedic medicine. He served as a medical assistant and orthopedic technician in the United States Navy for more than a decade before earning his certification as a physician assistant in 2017. His areas of special interest and focus include the care of upper and lower-extremity injuries, administration of joint injections, complex casting/splinting/bracing, incorporating orthotics into orthopedic care, and fracture and wound management.
Elizabeth Mellon, PT, DPT
Elizabeth/Liz Mellon, a licensed physical therapist, recently joined the SPORT Orthopedics and Rehabilitation team. She has been working in the DFW area for the past 4 years after earning her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Cincinnati in 2017. Elizabeth grew up in Rochester, Minnesota as an avid soccer and basketball player. She then attended Southern Methodist University where she received a degree in Chemistry and fell in love with Texas.
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Bryson Price graduated from the University of North Texas with a B.S. in Kinesiology and went on to earn a Doctorate in Physical Therapy (DPT) in 2014 from the University of North Texas Health Science Center. After working through personal muscular imbalances which caused pain when exercising, he developed a passion for the outpatient/orthopedic field of physical therapy. Bryson looks forward to serving the community and helping to improve people's quality of life.


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One of the larger producers of nitric acid for use in fertilizers in the US had to work through the design, procurement and construction of its new ammonia plant. There was also an immediate need to find skilled workers to operate the facility. Advanced simulation technology was used before the plant was built and operational to train operators in startup and shutdown, as well as how to handle rare process excursions that they may have not seen with even 10 years of experience.Todd Jaco explains how using an effective ammonia plant operator training system can greatly reduce startup time. Read more on page 101.
Virtual Plant Virtuosity
Control Global
Maximizing operator and system synergy for best plant performance. It is well known that the operator can make or break a system. A recent research study found that only 2% of process losses and safety issues could be traced to something other than human error. Operator training is recognized as essential.
2017 Readers' Choice Awards
Experienced process automation professionals know which companies are best qualified to give them what they need. For the 25th time, Control's annual Readers' Choice Awards survey asked end users to name those companies. About 1,000 respondents weighed in on which suppliers provided the best technology, and for the 6th straight year, MYNAH came in #1 for Simulation Software.
2016 Leadership in Automation: First Team Honorees
Automation World
For Automation World's Leadership in Automation program, now in its seventh year, readers have named their preferred suppliers across a variety of automation technologies. MYNAH was awarded as a First Team Honoree in the category of Simulation & Modeling Software.
Virtual Simulator Helps Pharma Giant Optimize Production
Drug manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim uses a virtual dynamic simulator to replicate its batch control system, saving time and money on validation compliance and process control improvements.
Growth, Recognition Key to Retaining Young Talent
How a high-tech company is attracting and developing the next generation of high-performance process control professionals.
Missouri S&T's Academy of Chemical Engineers Inducts 6 New Members
Missouri S&T News & Events
Six professionals were inducted into the Academy of Chemical Engineers at Missouri University of Science and Technology, including MYNAH's Mart Berutti and Dave Sextro.
Improve pH Control
The measurement of pH provides a resolution and rangeability in indicating process composition that is orders of magnitude better than any other analysis. With this exceptional capability comes an extraordinary sensitivity to the control strategy, controller, measurement, mechanical equipment, piping, and valve design and installation. A slight deficiency in any of these aspects that normally would be of no consequence to other control systems can cause a pH system to fail miserably.


These two and their relationship make my heart melt. They are two peas in a pod and Bryan was hooked from the moment we got the positive pregnancy test.
Bryan is a fantastic Daddy.
Most importantly, he loves me. He is showing her what she deserves out of a relationship and what unconditional love is (because I sure don't make it easy).
He opens doors for her. He is affectionate, encouraging, firm, but fun and shows her she matters. He makes every sacrifice he can to be at things that are important to her. He still tucks her in at night, every night that he is home even 12 years later. He geeks out with her, but he also helps flat iron her hair and paints her nails. He's not afraid of losing his "man card", because even if society thinks so, she's worth it.
I thank God everyday for him. That I get to share this crazy life with him and that she gets to be loved by him. For any person to get a snippet of that love and dedication is blessed indeed.


The two steam generators for the second AP1000 unit at Haiyang in China's Shandong province were both delivered to the construction site yesterday.
The components - each measuring 24 metres long, 5.5 metres in diameter and weighing 640 tonnes - were delivered by Shanghai Nuclear Electric Power Company, State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) announced.
In addition to the two Westinghouse AP1000 units being built at Haiyang, two more are under construction at the Sanmen site in Zhejiang province. Sanmen unit 1 is expected to be the first AP1000 to begin operating. All four Chinese AP1000s are scheduled to be in operation by 2016.
In April 2007, Westinghouse signed a $350 million contract with South Korea's Doosan Heavy Industries for two pressure vessels and four steam generators for Sanmen 1 and Haiyang 1. The pressure vessels for the other two units were made by Chinese manufacturers: China First Heavy Industries for Sanmen 2 and Shanghai Electric for Haiyang 2. Steam generators for Sanmen 2 and Haiyang 2 were manufactured by Harbin Power Equipment Company and Shanghai Electric, respectively, though a contract for Sanmen 2 steam generators was let to Spain's ENSA in 2011.


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{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;

    public partial class Group
    {
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2214:DoNotCallOverridableMethodsInConstructors")]
        public Group()
        {
            this.Users = new HashSet<User>();
        }

        public int id { get; set; }
        public string name { get; set; }

        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA2227:CollectionPropertiesShouldBeReadOnly")]
        public virtual ICollection<User> Users { get; set; }
    }
}

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Denise Richards Responds to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Rumors: Could She Really Return?!?
By Author Kay D. Rhodes at Oct 06, 2021 • Category Denise Richards
Never say never, reality television fans.
Not even after one has been accused of having an extramarital affair with a member of the same sex who plays a prominent role on your popular cable network program.
Isn't that right, Denise Richards?
Just about one year after the actress left The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills after two seasons and one alleged lesbian affair, we're hearing that she might return.
And we're hearing this from Richards herself.
The speculation started after Garcelle Beauvais appeared on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live and said of her close pal:
"I think she wants to come back. Somebody's gotta go, though."
It's safe to assume this somebody would be Lisa Rinna, who acted like a friend to Richards for years — only to then constantly accuse Denise of being a liar and a manipulator.
Throughout Season 10 of the popular series, Brandi Glanville alleged that she slept with Richards not long after meeting her for the first time.
Brandi claimed that Denise's husband was well aware of the sexual dalliance, while Richards denied any such contact with Glanville… and Rinna seemingly stoked the fire by consistently challenging Denise's word.
It turned pretty ugly at times.
Photo via BRAVO
And yet:
Richards spoke this summer to Entertainment Tonight, confessing in the discussion that she's not totally against a return.
"You know, I really did enjoy working on the show. I hate to even say working on it. I liked being a part of the show, and I had fun with most of the women, not all!" Richards said at the time.
The actress went on to note that she's been referenced numerous times on Season 11, whose four-part reunion kicks off on Wednesday night.
"I am going to ask them, 'Do I get paid for every time my name comes up?'" the former soap opera star quipped, adding that she just started watching the ongoing season.
"I think that they couldn't not talk about some of the things that's going on," she added to ET, citing Erika Jayne's very scandalous financial situation.
At this point, both Bravo and Richards have a lot of time before any decision has to be reached.
Shooting on Season 12 won't commence until some time in 2022.
What might it take to entire Richards back into the dramatic fold?
The firing of Rinna? Perhaps.
But probably nothing all that drastic.
When money talks, pretty much anyone — especially anyone whose film career isn't exactly taking off — will listen.
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Negative Underwear's Marissa Vosper: 'Bras are going to be uncomfortable if they're made by men'
When drawing out the business plans for their lingerie brand Negative Underwear, co-founders Marissa Vosper and Lauren Schwab didn't set out to built a feminist company.
"We didn't necessarily start this company with a very feminist mission," said Vosper. "But I think that's part of our DNA."
Negative Underwear launched online almost four years ago as an anti-Victoria's Secret, a market positioning that has become popular among digital-born lingerie brands that have realized women want more from their undergarments than enough padding to grow two cup sizes. Vosper said she welcomes the competition, as it means more options in a space that has traditionally been lacking.
"There's been a change in the industry, and you can see it in Victoria's Secret's financials," she said.
Vosper joined the Glossy Podcast to talk about self-funding her brand, Negative Underwear's positioning in the industry and what brand consulting has taught her.
Starting in the fitting room
The first observation Vosper and Schwab had when they started their business was simply how many men are involved in developing product they'll never wear. They were at trade shows, on VC boards and running companies — and it wasn't limited to bras, of course. They realized they could gain an advantage by starting the product process with hands-on experience.
"Bras are going to be uncomfortable if they're made by men. How do you create a better product without understanding what truly needs to be done better?" said Vosper. "So we tried on hundreds of bras, in every department store and boutique in Manhattan. And we just were super critical about what we hated."
No angels
Men aren't just behind the bra business, according to Vosper. They're on the receiving end of the way they're marketed. When looking around the industry landscape, Vosper saw outdated messaging that followed one of two mandates: Either show it off or cover it up, depending.
"It spoke to this concept of something that you put on your body to look good for someone else, or to otherwise conceal," she said. "It's not about sucking you in or pushing you up, or concealing your body for someone else's viewing pleasure, or abiding by norms. We're not trying to present an airbrushed, perfect angel-girl who is unattainable."
Bootstrapped bras
While other lingerie startups like Lively and True & Co have millions of dollars in venture funding, Negative Underwear has decided to remain self-funded, for now.
"We're self-funded, fighting the good fight of organic growth, and it's the biggest testament to customer loyalty," said Vosper. "We've had our fair share of meetings, of course, but they felt like we were trying to be in the boys' club — and VC doesn't feel right to us for that reason. We would be taking marching orders from people who aren't our customer."
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BM-50684 - ACE Controls Inc.
Small, compact vibration dampers: The mounts of the product family Bubble Mounts are designed especially for use under load in vertical compression loads. They are easy to install and available in two low frequency vibration isolation versions that can withstand loads between 1.5 lb and 18 lb (0.7 kg and 8.2 kg). Despite being small, they offer high-impact cushioning, which can be increased by the use of silicone upon request. Their natural frequency with a nominal load of 8 Hz is so low that dangerous vibrations can, in most cases, effectively be eliminated.
Rubber part made of neoprene also available in silicone. Other special options.


Disclosure: My family and I received a gift card, but were not asked to write a review.
Over the weekend we decided to get out of this flu ridden house and grab dinner at a cute little eatery that just opened in Arvada, Colorado. Newk's Eatery is a modern and trendy deli style restaurant and it hit the spot after the rough week we have had!
Finally ready to put something in our bodies that was full of flavor we eagerly examined the menu and picked out our dinner options. I really liked the set up of the restaurant. Walking in you are greeted happily and guided to the menu that is both displayed and available as a handout. The employees are amazing at answering any questions and are very helpful. I also really liked that there was an employee at each register and that although the restaurant was busy, you could not tell.
The prices were very affordable. For the adult meals we paid $9.00 a piece and the kids meals (including drink) were $4.20. You could mix and match menu items and everything is made fresh, right in front of your eyes.
Once you place your order, you pick out your table, place your order number on the table placard and wait a short time for your food to be brought to you.
Our kids were very hungry so I was nervous about the wait time, but by the time we picked out our table, grabbed our drinks and munched on a couple complimentary breadsticks the food was right in front of us.
I ordered the choose 2 pairing with mac n' cheese and the turkey avocado sandwich. I am very particular about my mac n' cheese. This mac n' cheese was flavorful with a crisp texture and was very good. I will say that it was not as creamy as I would have liked, but I would order it again.
Now the turkey avocado sandwich was super yummy and it made me regret not ordering the full sandwich. I am not sure what sort of magic is in their bread but whatever it is, I will gladly eat all of the sandwiches from there.
My husband went with the chicken tortilla soup and the grilled steak sandwich. He could not stop talking about the soup throughout dinner and after. He too really felt like the bread made the sandwiches taste amazing. He was however, not as big of a fan of the sandwich.
What he was a fan of was their pizza. This is what the kids ordered and they loved. Newk's eatery makes the pizza from scratch and you can clearly tell. We both tasted a slice of the kids pizza and were blown away. It was by far our favorite food of the evening and we all agreed that our next visit everyone will eat pizza. It pretty much outshines everything else, and everything was good.
One thing that I absolutely loved was that you could see the employees making all the food fresh and in front of you. In addition, they have this super tasty round table with toppings and seasonings that were too good to pass up. My family enjoyed the bread and butter pickles, breadsticks and cheese!
Right above where we were sitting was the statement you see in the photo. I didn't get a chance to check out their catering menu, but I will say that we enjoyed the food, the restaurant was very clean, the employees were amazingly helpful and nice and I would bet their catering is just as awesome.
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London, UK, 13 August 2013
Union Square Music selects Sony DADC to manage UK supply chain
Union Square Music – the UK's leading independent catalogue marketing company has selected Sony DADC to provide supply chain logistics for its UK audio business.
USM releases single artist titles, multi-artist compilations, TV advertised albums, deluxe original albums and artist anthology box sets from artists as diverse as Madness, Slade, Johnny Cash, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Michael Crawford, The Undertones and Gilbert O'Sullivan.
The multi-year agreement, which started August 1st, utilises Sony DADC's state-of-the-art distribution facility in Enfield, North London. The Enfield facility was totally re-built last year after being destroyed by fire in the London riots of August 2011.
Established in 1999, Union Square Music has an extensive catalogue of over 850 titles and a flourishing licensing division controls an extensive catalogue of hit recordings across all music genres. Based in West London, USM has established itself as a major force in catalogue music and is set to further expand its activities over the coming years. "Union Square Music has grown into the 8th largest company in the UK audio market. In Sony DADC we have a distribution company with the knowledge, infrastructure and importantly, the passion to support our continued growth," commented Peter Stack, Managing Director at Union Square Music. "It is clear that Sony DADC completely understands our business needs and has the resources necessary to become a significant factor in our continued success".
Since re-opening its Enfield Distribution Centre last year, Sony DADC has scored a number of successes in the UK & European supply chain logistics market. "We are proud to have secured a multi-year agreement with one of the leading independent music labels" commented Roger Twynham, Head of UK Audio Business Development at Sony DADC UK. "Physical media is still the major component of the UK home entertainment market and we are delighted to have the opportunity to work closely with the USM team and actively support their thriving business model.
About Sony DADC
Sony DADC is a leading end-to-end services provider for the entertainment industry and beyond, offering world-class physical and digital supply chain solutions and optical media replication services. The company's network consists of service offices, optical media production and distribution centres worldwide.
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Boxing icon Muhammad Ali has come out fighting against Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and his controversial call for a ban on the entry of all Muslims into the US.
Trump's comments have been widely condemned in the states from across the political spectrum with President Barack Obama calling for unity in the wake of the 2 December San Bernardino shootings which left 21 dead and were inspired by Islamic State terrorism.
Ali, who became an outspoken advocate of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s and converted to Islam in 1975, also used his statement to speak out against the Islamic State (Isis/Daesh) and to say Islam had nothing to do with the attacks in Paris on 13 November.
In the statement broadcast on US television, Ali, 73, said: "Speaking as someone who has never been accused of political correctness, I believe that our political leaders should use their position to bring understanding about the religion of Islam and clarify that these misguided murderers have perverted people's views on what Islam really is.
"I am a Muslim, and there is nothing Islamic about killing innocent people in Paris, San Bernardino, or anywhere else in the world.
"True Muslims know that the ruthless violence of so-called Islamic jihadists goes against the very tenets of our religion," he added.
Trump also attracted criticism last week when he challenged Obama to name a Muslim sports star (implying there were none). Muhammad Ali was an obvious example of one such Muslim sports personality along with scores of others.
Ali, who has spent less time in the spotlight since he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1984, was previously a regular fixture on US television where he became a spokesperson for the Nation of Islam, a major force in the movement for black civil rights.
The boxing champion became a prisoner of conscience in 1971 when he refused to fight in Vietnam on religious grounds.


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Q: Can't log into or get Mysql cmd line I have a VPS running CentOS and have apache, php, mysql all installed. I was following a tutorial for installation and apparently did something wrong when setting up mysql (I believe something with setting user and password). Now whenever I try to get to the MySQL command line interface I receive this error.
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

I looked this up and got a few suggestions to try to bypass so I can reset the passwords. I've tried:
/etc/init.d/mysqld --skip-grant-tables

Which came up with the same error. I tried reinstalling by first removing mysql and then installing it again. Same Error appears. What else can I do?

A: (if U don't have anything in DB, remove mysqlDB - not installation, but DB files in /var/lib/mysql/ - backup it first!)
start this: shell# mysql_secure_installation
it will ask U to:

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*Set a root password. If you already have it

*you'll need to enter it for the remaining steps.

*Remove anonymous users

*Disable non-local root access

*Remove the test database and access rules related to it

*Reload privilege tables so the above changes are in effect

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Understanding biostatistics is paramount for cancer research. Biostatistics 101 for cancer researchers at the University of Florida Health Cancer Center is a diverse program presented in eight lectures. The lectures introduce the basic principles of biostatistics and are intended for those who are in the process of learning biostatistical applications or for those who desire a refresher course. Types of data, descriptive statistics, estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation/regression, survival analysis and sample size calculation will be taught in this course series.
Registration: Currently closed for this lecture series.


Here's a thing – recently, I've moved! They say, that moving house is one of the most traumatic things that you can do. After bereavement, it's pretty high up the scale of big life stresses. The good news is, I haven't moved house. No, we're still in the same place, same road, same lovely neighbours and the cat has not been in any way discommoded – well, that's what we keep telling him at least.
The big move for me was my writing room, or my office, as the kids call it – I think my husband sees it more as an escape and me, well, it's a mix of something between a work area and a retreat spot.
I was upstairs, the only window facing up towards the sky. Summer sun, winter rain, dark skies or a frosty covering of snow were my only view. And, I liked it that way. I had my kettle in the corner, an ensuite (throwback to earlier uses!) and of course, a mountain of papers and old bits and pieces stashed, I mean stored in yards of shelves. It was, although I didn't realise it maybe at the time, quite a large room. It was cosy too and it was, for many years tucked away from any noise or disturbance.
Last year, we had a brainwave – let's do the kitchen, himself said. And I, looking about, thinking how tired I was of the tiles, the units, the windows and the doors, readily agreed. Little did I think that doing the kitchen, would mean three months of living in a building site. What my darling husband didn't mention was that he had notions around the lines of Grand Designs!
Anyway, the upshot is, the kitchen is now three times the size it once was. It runs right under my writing room – or it did, until the kango hammers started and it seemed like they might never end.
In the finish, I actually went willingly.
I gifted my beloved writing room to the oldest teenager – he's delighted and to be fair, he keeps it a lot more orderly than I did!
The move has been good for everyone, even if I was a little nervous. You see, we writers are at times a cagy, superstitious lot. The question was, would I be able to write in this new room? I mean, would I be motivated? Would it feel right? Would the muse find me – deep down in the bottom of the house now, she mightn't be so keen on whiling the hours away with me!
My new writing room is a lot smaller than my old one, but it's just… charming.
Yes, it's very me – it's a mish mash of odd bits and pieces that fit together. There's space for my writing table to face east (very important!) I have a window at my back (also important – before me would be much too distracting!) I have room for my big comfy chair and I bought old book cases and painted them in a shade of French grey so they are just the right side of old fashioned and useful.
True, I've had to carry out a major cull on the amount of paperwork I can hold onto. I've had to discard old drafts, work that's finished that will never and should never see the light of day, all of which is not a bad thing. The exercise of clearing out has been cathartic, liberating.
True, the new room is not as cosy as the old one, but I've bought a lovely blow heater and once that's been on for a moment, I feel like I could be living it up in Tenerife. Best of all – I'm just down the hall from the kitchen – no more kettles or milk jugs or biscuits stashed hidden so I won't be too distracted.
Well, I've never seen more of her – she's as happy as a lark down here with me, we're bombing through the edits for the new book out in December and I'm chomping to get back into my next book that's standing at thirty thousand words since I've moved down here.
So, it's been a success, although, I'm not blowing about it too loudly, after all, I'm still getting my coffee delivered as a kind of reward for moving so quietly, so let's not spoil a good thing!
It is 🙂 I'd be quite happy reading there.


Nick is originally from the city of roundabouts, Canberra. For the past two years he has been a Project Manager for a Major events company in Sydney in which he was part of setting up events like City2Surf, Sydney Uni O-Week and Flight Centre Travel Expo to name a few. Nick has a great passion for spreading the conversation around mental health and this comes from his involvement as a community ambassador for RUOK and now in his position as Fundraising and Events Coordinator. Away from batyr Nick is always looking for a new adventure to go on with his mates.


I've been criss-crossing the U.S. offering trainings, workshops, and speeches on many topics related to relationships.
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This product replaces the Security Sensor Shield Kit. Documentation for the previous version is available here.
The design is based on the circuit used in the "Security / Automation Sensors" project in the book Practical Arduino, so this shield is a perfect way to build that project very simply and easily without messing around with a prototyping shield and lots of jumper wires. The full operation of the circuit including the EOL functionality is described in the book.
Supports 4 sensor channels simultaneously.
Sensor power supply totally isolated from the Arduino.
Red "Status" LED for each sensor channel to show sensor activity.
Green "Power" LED to show when the sensor power supply is active.
Blue "Power" LED to show when the Arduino is supplying power to the shield.
100nF bypass/smoothing capacitor on Arduino supply rail.
Overlay guide where you need it: both top and bottom.
Gold-plated PCB surface: solders easily and very resistant to finger oil, etc.