I hope you've all had the chance to order products from my collections at QVC. I'm always releasing new items, and my latest autumn and Halloween offerings are doing so well - we've gotten such a wonderful response on them already.
Yesterday on QVC, in celebration of the one-year anniversary of my Home and Garden Collection, I talked about many of my personal favorites - my Hori Hori, my Faux Boix Bucket Planter, my 1200 PSI Pressure Washer, my Non Slip Garden Gloves, my 4V Screwdriver with Built In Bits, and of course, my Multi-Purpose Garden Totes. I also shared my Indoor/Outdoor Lanterns, my Terrarium and my autumn candles, released with Luminara - they are so beautiful with their realistic flames. My all-new Melted Top Wax Dripped Pillar Candles and Wax Skull Flameless Candles are available just in time for Halloween - you will love them all!
I'm looking forward to my next scheduled appearance on QVC - be sure to follow my Twitter page @MarthaStewart for details. Enjoy these photos.
These lanterns add charm to any setting indoors or out. Here I am talking about them with QVC host, Jill Bauer. Each lantern comes with a remote control, and a lithium battery.
Here is a closer look at my lanterns – all of them come with a flameless candle inside. The lanterns come in three different sizes – 14-inch, 17-inch and 24-inch. They also come in three colors – white, black and a handsome barn red.
I love my 71-inch Metal Wall Tree. Here it is in gray. These decorative trees can also be used indoors and out. It comes with 11-pots for all your little plantings.
Above the mantel, we dressed this Metal Wall Tree with sunflowers and pumpkins.
And here it is in black on a wall – it looks great on any surface and for Halloween, it looks terrific decorated with more pumpkins and my flameless drip candles.
I showed these Tweed dog Harnesses from my pets collection. These are designed for complete comfort and control during morning and evening strolls. They have adjustable straps, padded mesh linings and are available with pleated skirt edges for females and a bowtie for males.
Although my Frenchies were not with me on this trip to QVC, here they are at the farm with their pretty harnesses – Bete Noire in tan and Creme Brulee in the coral.
Jill and I also talked about my handy screwdriver. It Includes a lithium-ion battery, adapter, and six bits. This makes a great gift for anyone on your list who likes to get small jobs done around the house.
This is my screwdriver in slate. It also comes in black and sand. The powerful, rechargeable, high-torque 4V motor drives screws into wood, metal, and plastic.
And here are my popular Multi-Purpose Heavy Duty Garden Totes. They can carry so many things, and they are reusable and waterproof. Each bag measures approximately 20-inches wide by 20-inches long by 24-inches tall and holds hundreds of pounds so easily. Each bag is made with reinforced handles and straps – great for storing toys, towels, and carrying leaves during this year's fall cleanup.
And, I am sure you've seen my collection of faux bois planters. They are made of fiber resin, so they are light and very durable. These are my bucket planters – complete with the realistic bark texture and a drainage hole at the bottom.
Here is one of my bucket planters at my Bedford, New York farm. Just fill it with gorgeous greenery or bright blossoms to bring a bit of rustic charm to any indoor or outdoor space.
And look at these handsome fall Smooth Wax Pillar candles! Each of these candles gives you at least a thousand hours of glow time per battery pair.
These are my Harvest Pumpkin Flameless Figural Candles – they are so lifelike. Each one comes with a remote control a CR2032 lithium battery.
And if you watch the candles, the flames flicker – they're so beautiful grouped together in all the different colors.
Here they are as part of a table centerpiece – so perfect for all your autumn entertaining.
My new Wax Pinecone Figural Candles are also very realistic.
They come in two heights – five-inches and six-inches. What I love most is that all my candles are safe, especially around children – you never have to worry about a live flame.
Later in the day, I shared my new Flameless Wax Skull Figural Candles – they look great in any room, and on any table in your home alone or with my pillars. Here they are in my Terrarium also available on QVC.
Look at these Wax Skull Candles – wouldn't a trio like this look spectacular on your Halloween table?
Along with my Melted Top Wax Drip Pillars, your porch will be the envy of the neighborhood this Halloween. These are decorated with glittered drips and also come with remote controls.
For Thanksgiving, here are my all-new Wax Turkey Figural Candles. These also come with a remote and are available in both gold and ivory. They stand about six and a half inches tall and will look so beautiful on the Thanksgiving table.
I have so many more items to share with you – please follow me on Twitter @MarthaStewart for upcoming appearance dates and details.


The Chemical Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org, a nonprofit, non-governmental organization recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). With ABET accreditation, students, employers, and the society we serve can be confident that a program meets the quality standards that produce graduates prepared to enter a global workforce. Developed by technical professionals from ABET's member societies, their criteria focuses on what students experience and learn. Sought worldwide, ABET's voluntary peer-review process is highly respected because it adds critical value to academic programs in the technical disciplines, where quality, precision, and safety are of the utmost importance. They give their time and effort supporting quality assurance activities around the world by serving as program evaluators, commissioners, board members, and advisors.
Competencies – skill in tools and techniques that are fundamental to the job - many of which need to be learned after graduation.
Professionalism – partnership in the mission and within the human context of the enterprise - ethics, effectiveness, and awareness of the broad context of the detailed work.
Balance – a wise self-direction to life, community, health, and self view that finds the right balance between personal choices, which energizes self and others and enables effectiveness in relationships with others.
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Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in women in the United States and claims the lives of approximately 500,000 women annually (1). In addition, despite an overall reduction in the death rate due to cardiovascular disease in this country, the rate of decline is less for women than for men, and, due to an aging population, the absolute number of deaths due to cardiovascular disease has actually increased in women (2). During the past several years, with the focus on women's health in general and heart disease in women in particular, there is an increased awareness of the problem. Thus the management of women with coronary heart disease has come under close scrutiny, and gender differences in the presentation, evaluation, access to care, management, and acute and long-term outcome of patients with acute coronary syndromes has been under active investigation.


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Supersnake is a unique twist on games such as Slither, you play as a small snake to begin with and consume food as well as other snakes in order to get bigger and stronger. There are several power ups around the map which can turn the tides of battle and give even the smallest of snakes a better chance at survival.
In order to be successful in the world of Super snake you're going to have to get experience first hand as there are several power ups and obstacles that you'll need to memorise, one of the most important features to remember however is that if a snake is higher level than you they can eat you, if you're the same level as another snake you will both be destroyed unless you have an appropriate power up that can either grant you brief invincibility or soften the enemy snake.
Your snake will automatically progress forward in this game and sadly there is no way to stop him, you can however turn to the left and right in order to circle back or dodge oncoming snakes, the A and S keys will be used to do this and W key is used for activating power ups.


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Home Activities LSAT—India registration date extended to June 7 due to strong interest in...
LSAT—India registration date extended to June 7 due to strong interest in new online format Students will test from safety of their own homes starting 14 June
New Delhi, May 25, 2020: The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) announced today the extension of registration for the new online LSAT—India exam unveiled last week. Students who wish to take the online LSAT—India from the comfort and security of their own home should register as soon as possible, and no later than 7 June.
The online LSAT—India will be administered on several days starting June 14, using an online test delivery system with artificial intelligence-assisted remote proctoring to ensure the integrity and validity of the test.
After the registration closure date, all registrants will receive communication and a mock practice test to help them get prepared for taking the test on the online delivery format.
"We've seen very strong interest in our online June LSAT—India exam that students can take in the safety of their own homes," said Yusuf Abdul-Kareem, Vice President, LSAC. "We think it's so important that students be able to continue their education journeys despite the COVID-19 emergency, so we are very pleased to offer this safe and secure testing opportunity. Given the level of interest, we are extending the registration deadline so more students can take advantage of the new online format."
LSAT—India is a single test for admission to 12 different Indian law schools, which represents a huge savings for students and families both in terms of time and money. The schools which accept the LSAT—India are:
Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University
JLU School of Law, Jagran Lakecity University
IFIM Law School
Vijaybhoomi School of Law, Vijaybhoomi University
SVKM's NMIMS Kirti P. Mehta School of Law
Hindustan School of Law, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Law
MIT-WPU Faculty of Law
UPES School of Law
Adamas University
VIT School of Law
Manav Rachna University
Currently, the LSAT—India is the only law school admission test for multiple colleges that is available for safe online testing during the COVID-19 emergency. The LSAT—India's online proctored format will allow candidates to test from the convenience and safety of their homes.
To register for the LSAT—India, or to learn more, go to https://www.discoverlaw.in/
About LSAT—India™
LSAT—India™ is a standardised test adopted as an admission criterion by multiple law colleges across India. It measures skills that are considered essential for success in law school. LSAT—India™ is specially created for admission to law schools in India by the Law School Admission Council, USA (LSAC). LSAC has been helping law schools in various countries evaluate the critical thinking skills of their applicants for more than 70 years.
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Q: Why do I get 'ResolveManifestFiles task failed' error when building a WPF app that references WinRT API? I am working on a WPF app that I want to create for Windows 8. I followed steps mentioned in Hansleman's blog to make some manual modifications using WinRT functions in a WPF app. Everything worked well, until I tried to publish the app. When I clicked on publishing the app I got error "The 'ResolveManifestFiles' task failed unexpectedly. System.ArgumentException: Value does not fall within the expected range."
Afterwards, it will produce the same error when attempting a simple solution build.
Even if you create a simple WPF project and add the references mentioned in blog to access WinRT functions and publish, this issue can be reproduced.
I think it would be common scenario to call WinRT functions from WPF and someone should have done it. Is anyone aware what should be done to fix this issue?

A: It seems that there is an issue with ClickOnce Deploy when WPF app is using WinRT APIs. I tried deploying using "InstallShield Limited Edition Project" and it worked without any issue. Microsoft, you need to fix this!

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As our clients have grown, so have we, but at all times we remain focused on our core values and beliefs. Founder Tim Romeril, one of the communities' most loyal and respected agents, started Tim Romeril - Stockdale Leggo in March 2014.
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Dave sent me these pictures of ordinary objects magnified many times by an electron microscope. When I was taking Biology in high school our class took a trip to Wayne State University and saw the Gross Anatomy Lab and the electron microscope among other things. I was fascinated! These images were a great reminder of that day decades ago and how much the experience encouraged my interest in science.
I love those! So amazing what lurks below our visual limits!
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Beth Israel provides a rich Jewish environment for families to come together and celebrate Shabbat and other holidays. We aspire to create lasting memories for families to carry on through the years. Our aim is to help you connect with G-d, Israel, and Torah in ways that work for you. Below is a flyer of our current ongoing Shabbat program.
A warm and engaging Shabbat experience with musical instruments for Kabbalat Shabbat. In the summer months the dinner is held outside in our Courtyard. The musical service is led by Debby Fenson, our Ba'alat Tefillah and is open to all. The service is followed by a relaxing Shabbat dinner.
A fun and easy Shabbat dinner geared toward our young families. Grandparents are always welcomed! Our Shabbat dinners always start around 5:00 pm and is children friendly (as the name suggests). Dinner is followed by Friday night services thereby ensuring that your child's sleep routine isn't affected.
In the winter months we have organized a few 'Havdallah with a Difference' events. These are geared towards young kids . Dinner usually starts at 5:00pm and is accompanies by some Sabbath friendly games and crafts for kids. After dinner the kids join in for havdallah services.
This year Beth Israel joined with Har El and Congregation Beth Tikvah and put together a meaningful Tisha B' Av service. We had over 80 people in attendance who joined together for some creative learning prior to the start of services. A meal was also served which consisted of traditional last foods before the fast.
Purim is one of our biggest events and brings in kids, adults and everyone in between. In past years we have had an 'adults only' Purim Party with drinks, food and entertainment. We have a Purim carnival for kids that usually brings in hundreds of people. Our famous Purim shpiels are unique and have been told to synagogues around North America and are always entertaining.
Join us for this family friendly holiday celebration!


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No One in This World Has Ever Lost Money by Underestimating the Intelligence of the Great Masses of the Plain People
H. L. Mencken? Louis B. Mayer? Arthur L. Mayer? David Ogilvy? P. T. Barnum? Apocryphal?
Dear Quote Investigator: A sardonic comment about the general public has been credited to the famous journalist curmudgeon H. L. Mencken. Here are two versions:
(1) No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
(2) Nobody ever lost money underestimating the taste of the American people.
I have not been able to determine the original phrasing and a precise citation. Would you please help me?
Quote Investigator: H. L. Mencken was based in Baltimore, Maryland where he wrote for "The Sun" and its companion newspaper "The Evening Sun". On September 18, 1926 he penned a column about the success of tabloid newspapers for "The Evening Sun" which included the following passage. Boldface added to excerpts by QI: 1
No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby. The mistake that is made always runs the other way. Because the plain people are able to speak and understand, and even, in many cases, to read and write, it is assumed that they have ideas in their heads, and an appetite for more. This assumption is a folly.
Mencken's column was reprinted in other newspapers. For example, on the next day, September 19, the piece appeared in the "Chicago Sunday Tribune" of Illinois 2 and the "San Francisco Chronicle" of California. 3
During the ensuing years the quotation has evolved into more streamlined forms. The prolix remark about searching and employing agents has usually been omitted. The phrase "lost money" has often been replaced by "went broke".
In 1928 "The Knoxville Journal" of Tennessee printed an advertisement for the Fidelity Trust Company which included a shortened version of the saying attributed to Mencken: 4
Henry L. Mencken says, nobody ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the well-known human race—and just to prove it, The Publishers' Weekly tells the story of a recent prize contest conducted by Alfred A. Knopf.
The advertisement continued with a discussion of the contest. The prize was $100, a substantial sum in 1928. Unfortunately, 75% of the contestants were unable to read and comprehend the rules; hence, their submissions were immediately rejected.
In 1935 the "Richmond Times-Dispatch" of Virginia printed a letter from a reader that included an instance of the saying: 5
Every time I read a column like the one by Marie Graves Bonham of Gordonsville, on the Red influence in colleges, I am inevitably recalled to words of Mencken (once editor of the American Mercury) when he said: "No one ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American public."
In 1944 a letter published in a Pittsfield, Massachusetts newspaper attributed a version of the saying to film producer Louis B. Mayer. This version employed "went broke" instead of "lost money": 6
Let me quote Mr. Mayer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producers end distributors of motion pictures, whose success consists entirely of estimating the intelligence of the American public. In Harper's Magazine for July in a signed article he quotes with approval the statement that no man ever went broke by under-estimating the intelligence of the American public.
In 1951 the "Cleveland Plain Dealer" of Ohio published an interview with Arthur L. Mayer, Vice President of the Council of Motion Picture Organization, who ascribed an instance to Mencken that referred to "taste" instead of "intelligence": 7
"I agree with Mencken," he said in conclusion, "that no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public! But we do need pictures with wider general and higher general appeal—and you'll get better pictures by patronizing the good ones!"
Also, in 1951 a newspaper in Vancouver, Canada printed a version that referred to the "North American public" instead of the "American public" or the "plain people": 8
P. T. Barnum put it pretty bluntly when he opined that there's a sucker born every minute. H. L. Mencken framed it another way in observing that nobody ever went, broke underestimating the intelligence of the North American public.
In 1963 the prominent marketing communicator David Ogilvy published "Confessions of an Advertising Man". He included an instance of the saying, but he also expressed his strong disagreement: 9
H. L. Mencken once said that nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public. That is not true. I have come to believe that it pays to make all your layouts project a feeling of good taste, provided that you do it unobtrusively. An ugly layout suggests an ugly product.
In 1978 a reviewer in "The Baltimore Sun" was harshly critical of a new television program. He employed the saying while crediting the well-known showman P. T. Barnum: 10
P.T. Barnum said nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.
In conclusion, H. L. Mencken should receive credit for the statement he wrote in 1926. His remark was repeated and simplified over time. In addition, the phrasing was often altered. There is no substantive support for the attribution to P. T. Barnum.
(Great thanks to Jamie Dole whose inquiry led QI to formulate this question and perform this exploration. Additional thanks to Ralph Keyes and Fred R. Shapiro for their previous research on this topic.)
1926 September 18, The Evening Sun, As H. L. Sees It by H. L. Mencken, Quote Page 7, Column 2, Baltimore, Maryland. (Newspapers_com) ↩
1926 September 19, Chicago Sunday Tribune (Chicago Daily Tribune), Notes on Journalism by H. L. Mencken, Quote Page G1, Column 3, Chicago, Illinois. (ProQuest) ↩
1926 September 19, San Francisco Chronicle, Tabloid a la First Reader by H. L. Mencken, Quote Page 2F, Column 6, San Francisco, California. (GenealogyBank) ↩
1928 September 7, The Knoxville Journal, What Comes Down Our Creek (Advertisement for Fidelity Trust Company of Knoxville Tennessee), Quote Page 17, Column 7, Knoxville, Tennessee. (Newspapers_com) ↩
1935 June 1, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Section: Voice of the People, Letter Title: For Political Tolerance (Letter to the Editor from M. Mary Terretta of Stony Creek), Quote Page 10, Column 6, Richmond, Virginia. (Newspapers_com) ↩
1944 November 2, The Berkshire Evening Eagle, Public Intelligence (Letter to the Editor from D. H. McDaniel of Pittsfield), Quote Page 14, Column 4, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. (Newspapers_com) ↩
1951 April 15, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Get Better Films by Buying Good Ones, Says C. O. M. P. O. Veep by W. Ward Marsh, Start Page 36D, Quote Page 38D, Column 6, Cleveland, Ohio. (GenealogyBank) ↩
1951 August 15, The Vancouver Sun, Our Town by Jack Scott, Quote Page 19, Column 1, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Newspapers_com) ↩
1963, Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy, Chapter 7: How to Illustrate Advertisements and Posters, Quote Page 125, Atheneum, New York. (Verified with hardcopy) ↩
1978 April 24, The Baltimore Sun, NBC's new comedy efforts mixed: one bombs badly, the other at least has potential by Bill Carter, Quote Page B4, Column 3, Baltimore, Maryland. (Newspapers_com) ↩
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Episode 14 of features Bluegrass and Rap for a diverse mix. Balsam Range is a five-piece Bluegrass band from Canton, North Carolina and named the band from local Blue Ridge Mountains. Papertown tells the story of Canton as an old paper mill town. The album won several awards including top Bluegrass album for the year and features some great covers including Elmore James "One Way Out" make popular by the Allman Brothers. Public Enemy is from New York City and their 1988 sophomore effort, "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back" is considered one of the greatest rap albums of all times. Delivering s strong social message that still resonates today, the album is full of passion and honest emotions and some great beats.


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Independent Vote Key in N.H.
When Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) officially declared his candidacy for president today in New Hampshire, he faced a state whose electorate is tilting Democratic, a much different reality than what he found in 2000 when he trounced then-Gov. George W. Bush in the GOP primary.
Over the past eight years, the number of independents -- who can vote in either party's primary -- has risen in New Hampshire, while the state has become more supportive of Democratic candidates. Meanwhile, the number of Republicans has declined, many of them appearing to move into the independent column.
The trends are visible in recent election results. In 2006, both of the state's GOP congressmen were booted and its Democratic governor was reelected with a resounding majority. The cause of the political bluing is largely demographic: relatively fast rates of population growth, coupled with an increasingly educated populous, among other factors, according to Peter Francese, a demographic forecaster for the New England Economic Partnership.
The evidence is also in voter registration figures and polling. Currently 43 percent of the state's registered voters are not affiliated with any party. That's compared to 38 percent in 2000. The Republicans had a 35-26 edge over the Democrats in 2000. Now, it's narrowed to a 31-26 edge.
Moreover, independents are saying they plan to vote in the Democratic primary, a major break from 2000, the last time there were competitive primaries in both parties. According to a recent University of New Hampshire poll , 68 percent of registered independents will vote in the Democratic primary, compared to the 62 percent of independents who voted in the GOP primary in 2000.
The immediate effect of the changing political currents is greater excitement and enthusiasm for candidates in the Democratic race. In December, at a fundraiser for the state's Democratic Party that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) attended, roughly 1,500 people showed up. In March, at another fundraiser for the party at which Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) was present, some 1,100 people were there. "It's stunning that we had 2,600 to a state party fundraiser over a three and half month period," said the state Democratic chairman Ray Buckley. "That's not business as usual."
But the figures could also reshape the pools of Democratic and Republican primary voters come January. "The Democratic primary will be the much more independent primary," says Andrew Smith, the director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center. "The Republican primary will be made up of many more true Republicans."
By Smith's lights, that explains in part the reasoning behind McCain's well-publicized courting of party faithful, in contrast to his more maverick bid in 2000, when independents voted for him in great numbers. The Arizona Republican could have significant trouble recapturing the support of independents this time, Smith figures, because they are strongly opposed to the war, the issue McCain has become most associated with supporting. On the other hand, he might not need them, Smith said. "That's the real reason you see John McCain running more to the right now than in 2000."
On the Democratic side, Obama could benefit from the shift, according to some analysts. "The influx of independents are going to crash the party and flood the Democratic primary in significant numbers. That's got to worry Hillary Clinton. That's got to give Obama hope of stealing one from Clinton," said Dante Scala, a political science professor at Saint Anselm College. "My guess is that Clinton does better among core Democrats than she does among independents. Independents will be more inclined toward a fresh face in national politics," Scala said. "They're not bound by such ties of party loyalty to Hillary Clinton."
In current polling, McCain and former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani are in a statistical dead heat in the state, while Clinton leads Obama.
And campaign operatives are not ready yet to invest much in the notion that the bluing of New Hampshire -- and what independents are saying they will do now -- will change the race all too much. Steve Duprey, a New Hampshire adviser for McCain, said, "Independents get into the race when they experience excitement, but they generally don't make the decision until fairly late in the game."
Steve Hildebrand, the early state coordinator for Obama, said his candidate isn't targeting independents specifically, but emphasized that he is reaching out to all voters with an anti-establishment message and that will be an important part of his message to independents. "His message is very important, that we need to change the way Washington works," Hildebrand said."The independent voters are an even larger bloc than they were in 2000. It's an incredibly important part of the vote up there and the candidates who can identify closest with the voters are going to win in that primary."
Bill Shaheen, Clinton's New Hampshire campaign chair, said he doesn't buy the idea that New Hampshire necessarily likes independent-oriented candidates. "New Hampshire tests people," he said. "You wouldn't call John Kerry an independent."


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This course covers investment and investment management principles, including common financial planning and investment concepts utilized to improve investment decision making and overall investment portfolio performance. The main topics include investment theory, financial markets and institutions, financial assets and their related valuations, and mutual funds. Group projects will enable students to implement investment strategies and analysis, and apply investment decision-making and performance assessment tools.


The Trading Standards Insitute have today warned that deep cuts in the budgets for Trading Standards services have resulted in a massive reduction in the services provided to protect consumers.
Practitioners in trading standards law, who regularly deal with counterfeitting, toy safety, food safety and other aspects of consumer protection, have noticed that there has been a significant reduction in activity over the past 2 -3 years. These concerns have been confirmed today by an announcement from the Tradiing Standards Insitute which is no doubt aimed at raising public awareness about the range of activities that are conducted on a routine basis to protect consumers.
Continued prosecution of Fireworks sellers for who store their products in unsafe containers.
A new 'Estates Agents team who will investigate breaches of the Estates Agents Act 1979 that regulate the conduct of those involved in property sales transactions.


Campaign Season or "Silly Season" as I call it is in full swing. This week Ted Cruz announced he is officially running for the Presidency of the United States of America. Let the silliness on social media begin.
Cruz's announcement wasn't even cold and social media was already on fire, from those who love him, and from those who hate him. The worst part is most of those who hate him aren't even on the left, they are just so called Republicans who have already made their burnt offerings to another idol, so now, they sit behind a computer playing keyboard commando, ready to rip apart any other candidate that comes along on our side.
Within an hour of being on social media I have already seen comments like "We need a Governor", "He has the same credentials as Obama," "he isn't a natural born citizen", and my personal favorite, "He can't love the USA because he had dual citizenship until last year." Now I am not a constitutional scholar by a long shot, but would it not be more apropos of the left to make these comments?
Don't these people understand that, as a nation, we cannot survive another 8 years of economy wrecking policies from another leftist like Obama? I'm happy to see most of these Social Media Jockeys haven't suffered enough over the last 6 years. I thought 2012 had taught us a lesson…… But please, as a fellow American citizen, I beg you, no….. I implore you…. Please vote for whoever the GOP nominee is, because any of the choices will be 100x better than the dross the Democrats will offer us.


How Nike is always ahead of its competitors?
Since its beginnings in 1964, Nike (originally Blue Ribbon Sports) has become one of the most recognizable brands in the world, instantly identifiable by their simple "swoosh" logo (which was created by design student Carolyn Davidson for $35).Their innovative products are, of course, partially responsible for their popularity, but their creations would do them little good without the fantastic marketing strategy support system that backs them up.
Nike's attitude toward marketing has changed quite a bit during its 40+ year history. In the beginning, Nike thought of itself as a production-oriented company, with emphasis being put on the design and manufacturing processes, as their innovations in those areas was what initially set Nike apart from the rest of the competition. However, in the 1990s, after a period of self-examination brought on by business mishaps, Nike took a more customer and marketing-centered approach.
For years, Nike successfully relied on large print and television advertising campaigns that celebrated a single hit, whether it be one of their new products or one of their sponsorees. The taglines "Just Do It" and "Bo Knows" became synonymous with the Nike brand, instantly recognizable. Now, however, Nike has moved away from these types of advertisments. From 2009 to 2012, Nike's spending on traditional advertising dropped by 40% and decreased ever since, even as its marketing budget grew to a company record of$2.4 billion. Where is all of that money going? Answer: to advertising techniques that take advantage of new technologies and that allow them to communicate directly with theirtarget audience—17-year olds who spend 20% more on shoes than their adult counterparts.
Emotional branding is a type of marketing technique that uses an appeal to a customer's needs, aspirations, or emotional state in order to build a particular brand. Emotional branding is at its most powerful when consumers feel a lasting attachment to the brand that is much like bonding, love, or companionship. These feelings may or may not be rational, but they don't have to be.
When it comes to emotional branding, Nike is one of the best; perhaps it is because they rely on a story that is thousands of years old, that of the Hero. Very few can resist the appeal of a Hero story—two mighty powers pitted against one another, an exciting battle, and the triumphant return—especially they themselves are the Hero in the story.
Nike uses this old-as-time structure differently than most by focusing on an internal foe rather than an external enemy. That foe? Laziness. These types of Nike commercials are meant to motivate consumers to get up, to keep going, to continue pushing, and, in short, "just do it."Nike advertisements celebrate hard work and victory, specifically that of the consumer over their "lazy side" and they target their consumers' desire for greatness.
Nike has separate Twitter accounts for its subsidiary brands and for each feed, the focus is largely directed towards responding to @mentions. This means that a large portion of the activity on Nike's Twitter accounts is made up of responses to individual customer queries, allowing consumers to connect directly with a corporation in a way that would have never been possible in the past. Nike's staff answers questions about products, stock information, and orders—all on an individual basis. This is in addition to their dedicated Nike Support feed, which exists solely to help resolve questions and address consumer needs.
On the feeds for its subsidiary brands (golf, football, basketball, etc.), one can often find training advice, product details, have queries answered (as with the other feeds), and give out encouragement and motivational messages.
Nike's Instagram is the most popular brand account currently on the site, boasting an impressive 13.2 million followers. Using both videos and artfully-taken photographs, Nike presents a favorable image of its brand on its main account and its child accounts (like nike running). The company really understands what Instagram is about and what its users want to see, so their accounts are filled with gorgeous landscapes and pictures of people using their products, shot in a natural, organic way, not like catalogue photos. Additionally, Nike offers a tool called NIKEPHOTOiD, which allows customers to use their Instagram photos to customize their trainers.
At one point in time, Nike's Pinterest page was solely dedicated to its Nike Women products, but such is not the case anymore. Currently, there are twenty boards containing their miscellaneous lines of shoes, holiday wear, and accessories. However, at this time, it appears as if Nike has only pinned its own products and content, which is a real shame. Pinterest is a great way for companies to display their company values and culture, but Nike has chosen to use it more as a product catalogue than a creative marketing tool.
Though not nearly as impressive as their Facebook or Twitter accounts, Nike's Google+ platform has come a long way, as it used to look as if it had been made as an afterthought. At the time this piece was written, they had 3,571,462 followers and 34,954,138 views and their page was filled with information about new products and technology.
Nike Football (Soccer to those who live in the States) also has its own page, though it seems to have been rather neglected as far as posting goes.
Nike has separate Facebook pages for each of its product categories. The dedicated sports pages are usually updated daily with pictures and videos, often featuring the players sponsored by the company as well as Nike products.
Nike Digital Sport is a relatively new division at Nike, launched in 2010 (the same year they spent $800 million on nontraditional advertising), which focuses on developing technology and devices that enable users to track their personal fitness statistics. The most well-known component of Digital Sport is the Nike+ running sensor, which was developed with Apple. The product has at least six million users. Nike+ tracks athletic performance through a wireless connection. Data is stored on the Nike website and users can post and share their workout information via Twitter and Facebook. It requires a Nike+ sensor, Nike+-compatible footwear, and a Nike+ tracking device. More recently, Nike has created the FuelBand, which measures energy output.
What does all of this mean for Nike? It gets them up close and personal with their customers, allowing them to create an online community for their users and forging even tighter relationships between company and consumer.
Nike's adoption of digital means of advertising has reaped incredible gains for the company and won them millions of fans. By recognizing that print and television ads were no longer great vehicles for their product, Nike has been able to stay ahead of the majority of their competition by learning how to best use social media and emerging technologies.
Nike is so successful at this that their ads do not just touch athletes, but everyone, as aspirations of greatness are things that most individuals have, giving the strategy near-universal appeal.


The Visitor Center is located in the West Kaua`i Technology & Visitor Center Building. Corner of Waimea Canyon Drive -550 and Kaumuali`i Highway -50.
The entrance to the new site is facing Kaumuali`i Highway. Walk along the open breezeway, pass the restrooms.
Lei Making will be offered by reservation every Friday starting at 10:00 am.
Space is limited and reservations are required one week in advance.
Please call us at (808)338-1332 to make your reservations.
Walking tours are offered on Mondays from 8:30 am to 11:30 am starting from the Visitor Center.
Advanced Reservations are required no later than noon the Friday prior to the walk. Admission by Donation.
We offer free internet access for residents as well as visitors.
Fax, Scan and printing is also available for a small fee.
We are a museum style resource center. It's collection of historic photographs, exhibits and multiple projects are intended to encourage dialogue and cultivate an interest in learning more.
Our gift shop features island-made gifts including Niihau Shell Jewelry, photographs, and educational books.


Jamboree is a live music venue that is located in the of heart of Cable Street Studios. It is also just two minutes away from Limehouse DLR.
With a quiet and subdued atmosphere as well as a host of friendly staff, Jamboree is one of the preferred venue by visitors and performers alike.
Food and drinks are priced modestly but the only setback is the limited spacing at Jamboree's.
Apart from that, the venue is a must-visit for those looking for a change in scenery and excellent live music.


Matthew 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be made like to ten virgins that having taken their torches, went forth to meet the bridegroom. Matthew 25:2 And five of them were prudent and five foolish. Matthew 25:3 They that were foolish took their torches and did not take oil with them; Matthew 25:4 but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their torches. Matthew 25:5 Now the bridegroom tarrying, they all grew heavy and slept. Matthew 25:6 But in [the] middle of [the] night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him. Matthew 25:7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their torches. Matthew 25:8 And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our torches are going out. Matthew 25:9 But the prudent answered saying, [We cannot,] lest it might not suffice for us and for you. Go rather to those that sell, and buy for yourselves. Matthew 25:10 But as they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and the [ones that were] ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut. Matthew 25:11 Afterwards come also the rest of the virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us; Matthew 25:12 but he answering said, Verily I say unto you, I do not know you. Matthew 25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.
Matthew 25:14 For [it is] as [if] a man going away out of a country called his own bondmen and delivered to them his substance. Matthew 25:15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to each according to his particular ability, and immediately went away out of the country. Matthew 25:16 And he that had received the five talents went and trafficked with them, and made five other talents. Matthew 25:17 In like manner also he that [had received] the two, [he also] gained two others. Matthew 25:18 But he that had received the one went and dug in the earth, and hid the money of his lord. Matthew 25:19 And after a long time the lord of those bondmen comes and reckons with them. Matthew 25:20 And he that had received the five talents came to [him] and brought five other talents, saying, [My] lord, thou deliveredst me five talents; behold, I have gained five other talents besides them. Matthew 25:21 His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter into the joy of thy lord. Matthew 25:22 And he also that had received the two talents came to [him] and said, [My] lord, thou deliveredst me two talents; behold, I have gained two other talents besides them. Matthew 25:23 His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. Matthew 25:24 And he also that had received the one talent coming to [him] said, [My] lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hadst not sowed, and gathering from where thou hadst not scattered, Matthew 25:25 and being afraid I went away and hid thy talent in the earth; behold, thou hast that which is thine. Matthew 25:26 And his lord answering said to him, Wicked and slothful bondman, thou knewest that I reap where I had not sowed, and gather from where I had not scattered; Matthew 25:27 thou oughtest then to have put my money to the money-changers, and when I came I should have got what is mine with interest. Matthew 25:28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that has the ten talents: Matthew 25:29 for to every one that has shall be given, and he shall be in abundance; but from him that has not, that even which he has shall be taken from him. Matthew 25:30 And cast out the useless bondman into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 25:31 But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit down upon his throne of glory, Matthew 25:32 and all the nations shall be gathered before him; and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; Matthew 25:33 and he will set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on [his] left. Matthew 25:34 Then shall the King say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from [the] world's foundation: Matthew 25:35 for I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; Matthew 25:36 naked, and ye clothed me; I was ill, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me. Matthew 25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, and nourished thee; or thirsting, and gave thee to drink? Matthew 25:38 and when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in; or naked, and clothed thee? Matthew 25:39 and when saw we thee ill, or in prison, and came to thee? Matthew 25:40 And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me. Matthew 25:41 Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: Matthew 25:42 for I hungered, and ye gave me not to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me not to drink; Matthew 25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; ill, and in prison, and ye did not visit me. Matthew 25:44 Then shall *they* also answer saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or ill, or in prison, and have not ministered to thee? Matthew 25:45 Then shall he answer them saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have not done it to one of these least, neither have ye done it to me. Matthew 25:46 And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal.


Marc Jacobs ended what was a bummer of a New York Fashion Week on Wednesday night with a collection that pretty much summed up the American season as a whole, where sometimes great clothes and a strong message got a little lost amid the chaos.
Walking out of the show, the audience seemed evenly split (as usual) between two camps: There were those who saw magic in the procession of pastel frothy coats and wildly ruffled metallic gowns that left no doubt of the designer's allegiance to the once high-flying style of pure glamour. And there were those who saw in the pink feathers and mint swirls, and some looks that directly repeated designs from his previous collection in different color ways, a deflated version of fall. Of course, there were complaints of self-indulgence — the chaos here was a 90-minute delay that recalled the Jacobs shows of yore, when editors were left no choice but to wonder if he was testing their loyalty and/or their love for him. But runway shows are perhaps the only place a designer can be so indulged, and perhaps they should be if it results in a collection as heartfelt, pure, and, yes, provocative, as this one.
Love it or hate it, there were lots of remarkable statements, like a dress of silvery apricot fabric topped with a mound of ruffles that looked like shaved ice, and a blown-up dress made of poofs of plaid. One particular standout was a yellow coat sprinkled with blue petals, incorporated both as part of the fabric and as appliqués. I would vote that it was worth the wait.
Michael Kors also showed great, wearable clothes in a collection that was reliably optimistic and also punctual. There was no missing the upbeat, Mediterranean theme of the clothes, with nods to a stroll along the narrow alleys of Capri, where it's absolutely fine to wear white lace bellbottom pants and sunflower painted blouses, along with delightful prints created by the artist Christina Zimpel, who began painting only a couple of years ago and has been quickly adopted by the fashion world (her illustrations of designers created the backdrop for this year's CFDA Fashion Awards).
Kors wasn't the only designer who attempted to add some levity to the collection during a down moment in the industry. Stuart Vevers and Raf Simons did that best. At Coach 1941, Vevers added some hilarious twists on Disney characters to his typically darkly cool sportswear (note the upside-down image of AristoCats, or an eery motif of Bambi in the woods).
Simons, in his light take on Americans and our obsession with horror films and sharks, offered an ode to Jaws, with funny scuba skirts, bloody tie-die prints, and undershirts printed with both the movie poster and the classic cK logo. Those, at the very least, should be blockbusters for the underwear business.


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Step Into the Rhythm of the Holy Spirit
1:00PM EST 3/3/2015	 Mark Chironna
Others may identify us based on our function and our role. But God sees us for who we truly are apart from all that: transparent, unashamed and following His lead. (Charisma archives)
Walking with God and experiencing Him in worship we discover that our destiny isn't unfolded in a moment, but over the course of a lifetime.
The flow of destiny has a rhythm to it, a choreography. It reminds me of ballroom dancing (once you get the hang of it). It has that kind of feel.
I remember watching all the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies when I was growing up, in which the two partners flowed with elegance and grace on the dance floor. They were so well attuned to each other that Ginger Rogers would follow Fred Astaire's lead intuitively. She felt it, and she moved with the rhythm.
Then the time came when it was her moment to shine. Though Astaire still led, he would bring her uniqueness and flair into the overall work of art they were weaving together, and he delighted in her while she performed. She anticipated where he was going, and she could feel it the split second before he did it.
I was fascinated and inspired by the creative flow that took place on every dance floor, every stair and even the ceiling in those movies. Wouldn't you like to be in that kind of harmony with God--to dance with Him, as it were? I would.
Though the Scriptures are full of stories of men and women dancing, perhaps no account is as poignant as the story of David dancing before the Lord (see 2 Sam. 6:14). The word for before in Hebrew means "face to face."
In other words, this was not a solo performance by David in the presence of the children of Israel as he made his way to the heights of the mountains. This was the visible David dancing face to face with his Invisible Partner, who took the lead and directed the flow of David's steps in the direction He desired. The steps (dance steps?) of a good man are ordered of the Lord (see Ps. 37:23).
David had to travel light if he was going to dance with God. He had to lay aside the garments of position, performance and external identity and put on the robe of transparency and self-disclosure.
Others may identify us based on our function and our role. But God sees us for who we truly are apart from all that: transparent, unashamed and following His lead. In the dance to the higher places, our feet become more surefooted. We make the difficult thing look so easy that others observing us watch in awe and wonder.
But part of dancing with God as He unfolds our destiny is coming to the realization that life doesn't arrive on our doorstep in a neat package. Life can fool us and play tricks on us. Sometimes the very opposite of what we expect to happen takes place, and then we have to figure out a way to turn those moments of reversal into opportunities for seeing the goodness of God in the land of the living.
The "feel" of destiny is so different when we finally realize it doesn't happen the way we thought it would or the way some fantasy book told us it would. To partner and flow in a dance where two wills become one is an exquisite experience. There is a flow that can't be explained--it has to be experienced.
Rebellion Against the Word
We talk about believing the whole Word of God, but we ignore the parts that are hard to understand or that conflict with our notions about propriety, decorum and modern science.
The Bible says, "Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil" (James 5:14-15, NKJV).
If you belong to a church that believes the whole Bible, and you are sick but don't present yourself to the elders for healing, then you are in rebellion against the Word of God. The Bible has commanded you to call upon your elders, to receive their prayers and blessings, and to receive forgiveness for your sins.
Some believers are hurting, and some are in trouble or sick, yet they never call the church. They're self-sufficient. They want to do it themselves, or they just want the doctors to take care of it.
But you can't do this alone. God put elders in the church to minister to your needs, and He commands you to come to Him through them for your healing.
Any time pride causes you to ignore the Word of God, you're not living by kingdom principles but by a mind-set of pride and doubt from the very gates of hell. And that kind of life simply cannot coexist with the life of the kingdom.
Mark J. Chironna is the founder of The Master's Touch International Church in Orlando, Florida. He is a popular speaker and is seen regularly on Trinity Broadcasting Network.
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Q: Why this code's JTextArea occupies entire JFrame? I expect part of my frame contains the JTextArea but it occupies entirely. I cannot trace the error here.
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A: JFrame by default uses BorderLayout. When you just add something onto a BorderLayout component like JFrame, it would add to the very center of the BorderLayout (if you did not specify where to add the component), and it takes up the entire JFrame.
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A: You can try using Absolute layout. It's on the Layouts Pallet.
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The Other Side of the Mountain
Posted on September 28, 2014 October 1, 2014 by Crystal M. Trulove
Entrance into the underground lava tube.
Highway 503 is a secondary approach to Mt. St. Helens, leaving the Interstate and heading south of the mountain and around the other side, so that one can view it from the East, rather than the north, as shown in my earlier posts. The stops along the way reveal some fascinating aspects of the volcano one can't learn from the other, more popular highway.
I first explored Ape Cave, an apt name in this pocket of Bigfoot country. The name of the cave is related to the Sasquatch legend in a surprising way. There are multiple stories, so forgive me that I only include one version: In 1924 some Boy Scouts were goofing around in the area, screeching and acting like primates, picking up lightweight pumice rocks and hurling them into a canyon. They did not know that there was a cabin below. From out of that cabin burst astonished miners, squinting up at the ridge and believing they were under attack by apes, which is the story they reported when they got to town. This led people to speculate that the tall tales of ape men had finally been proven legitimate. Years later, a local youth group named themselves the St. Helens Apes after that legend. In 1951, when the youth group were among the first humans to explore a newly discovered cave, they dubbed it the Ape Cape, and the name stuck.
At the entrance to the Ape Cave, you can see the arched roof formed 2000 years ago. The rubble piled up when parts of the roof caved in.
Lava tubes are a special kind of cave, formed in a volcanic eruption. I explored one in Bend, Oregon in 2011. Only once in Mt. St. Helens' history did she erupt with molten lava. This kind of eruption is rare in the Cascade Range because of our geology. Magma rising to the surface here has a high silica content, which results in the magma taking on a more solid form, trapping gases and resulting in an explosive eruption. Less silica allows a fluid eruption of molten lava, called basalt.
2000 years ago, Mt. St. Helens erupted with fluid lava. As it flowed in enormous, thick rivers, the outside of the river cooled and hardened while the inside remained hot and continued to flow. The lava melted the rock it was flowing across, carrying it away and deepening the channel. When the eruption finally stopped, the remaining liquid river flowed out the end of the tube, emptying it, and leaving a lava shell that eventually was covered by dirt and forest.
Ape Cave is 13,042 feet (2 1/2 miles) long, and I did not have time to explore much of it. I'll come back another day.
Evidence of the changing season.
Next I visited A Trail of Two Forests. On a Thursday morning in gorgeous weather there was not another soul and I had the trail entirely to myself. Sometimes that's one of the best things about living in the West: hardly any people.
The trail is entirely on boardwalk, and makes a short loop through the forests. The two forests mentioned here are the one that exists today, and the one that disappeared in the lava flow that created Ape Cave. Hollow shells where trees used to be are well-preserved here. It takes hardly any imagination to visualize what was there when the lava struck, since the lava shells tell the story.
One large hole from a tree that had been standing, a small standing tree on the right, and stretched from the top left toward the bottom center is the partial shell left from a tree that had been lying down when the lava hit.
What's left when lava hits a forest.
Looking into a shell created when lava cooled around a tree, and then the tree burned away.
Molten lava oozed into the forest, surrounding huge logs and eventually cooling and hardening. In the meantime, the wood caught on fire and burned up. What's left is big circular gaps in the forest floor marking the diameter of the trees that once were, and long tree-sized tunnels along the ground. There is a place where a couple of downed trees were beside standing trees, so the hollow tubes all connect. From the boardwalk you can climb down a ladder into one tree hole, and then climb into a horizontal tunnel, following the path where a tree once lay. Halfway through, you turn a corner into a hole left by a second tree lying down, and at the end, climb back out through the hole from another standing tree. (It also makes one a bit in awe of the size of trees…)
Large tree hole beside the trail. It's more impressive in real life.
This is where one can climb down into the tunnels left by trees.
I found this video that has some great shots of the places I saw.
I continued on to St. Helens herself. As the Jeep climbed out of the river valleys and up into the ridgelines, the wind rose around me. My destination was Windy Ridge, but I had assumed the name referenced the natural buffeting one gets in exposed places. The wind during my drive seemed unusually high, particularly since I was still far from Windy Ridge.
Wind lifts volcanic ash from the crater.
It's a beautiful drive and not as geared for tourists as Highway 504. No visitor centers and fewer informational signs at viewpoints. In fact, when I arrived at Windy Ridge, there was not even a visitor center there, though there was a park Ranger giving talks. He stood in a small outdoor amphitheater with a plexiglass wall that provided some protection from the wind while allowing us to see the crater of Mt. St. Helens while he talked. He confirmed that it was an unusually windy day.
We could see clouds of ash lifting from the crater and drifting off to the West. One woman asked the Ranger if it was steam, fearing the volcano was active on that very day. We were in no danger, but it was a fascinating sight to see. The valley I had photographed the day before was murky with airborne particles and I was grateful to be on the East side in all that wind.
The wind! It was tremendous! I didn't feel safe near the edge of the bluff, and could hardly remain upright as I walked across the parking lot. I decided not to climb Windy Ridge for a better view of the mountain, and risk getting blown into the next county.
Our view behind the Ranger as he talked.
Spirit Lake in the foreground, and the ashy skies behind it.
The Ranger's talk that day was about the wildlife making a foothold in the valley before us. He didn't bother using his posterboard media and rather we in the audience took turns chasing them down when the wind carried them away. In 34 years, much of the area's natural wildlife has returned to the land and also to the lakes. He talked about how it began with small critters at first, who flourished and made an appealing smorgasbord for larger critters, who hunted them. Mice came, and other larger mammals, followed by coyotes. I had heard them the previous evening while I sat and waited for the clouds to clear from the mountain peak. Barks and cries of a dozen voices rose from the valley, their haunting songs thrilling me.
A chipmunk nibbles something tasty.
He also talked about the fish in Spirit Lake, planted without permission by anonymous citizens. Somebody had hiked down the steep, ashy, gravelly slope carrying buckets of fish, one assumes. The lake was packed full of tasty things for fish to eat, so when the trout arrived they did what fish tend to do, and they ate to nearly bursting. The trout grew too much and were sickly, but gigantic. But the species survived. Today the ecosystem of Spirit Lake is balancing out, and the fish are healthier and smaller, but the Ranger says they are still much larger than typical trout ever get. He said no one has ever been spotted trying to fish the lake inside the National Monument, so the purpose of going to so much trouble to stock it remains unknown.
Spirit Lake today
I was so interested in how the air was clear over me, but thick with dust over the ash-filled valley.
You've been wondering, "What's that silver stuff in the lake?" Here's a good look. That is a mat of decomposing trees that were blown into the lake 34 years ago.
I made the return journey slowly, taking time to gaze out at Mt. Adams (the closest volcano), Mt. Hood, and Mt. Rainier from different spots along the highway. I walked a trail to tiny Meta Lake, recovering from the eruption beautifully. Beside the trail were huckleberry bushes loaded with fat, ripe berries, and I ate a bunch of them. To someone who grew up eating huckleberries, nothing can compare. There must be no bears here, or perhaps the berry bushes are loaded everywhere and the bears don't need to come too close to humans to get food.
Another great thing about this trip was how close it is to home, and that's where I headed next. I chose the trip for that reason, since my Great Aunt had passed away and I needed to be with family for the remainder of my vacation time. Nice to know that if I ever have a yearning to see some of America's incredible sights, Mt. St. Helens is less than two hours away.
Meta Lake. Remnants of the destroyed forest are still visible while the new one regenerates, purely on Mother Nature's timeline.
Huckleberry deliciousness.
Tags: Ape Cave, Bigfoot, caves, lava, Mt. St. Helens, National Volcanic Monument, Spirit Lake, Trail of Two Forests, tunnels, volcanoes, windCategories: exploring Washington
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sasfootbigquatch says:
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Hey, thanks for reblogging my post! Sorry it took me a few days to notice your link and approve it.
No worries, anything Bigfoot tends to catch my eye.
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Thank you for reblogging my post. It's quite a compliment!
This post is chock full of good info and great photos!
That story of the boy scouts is a hoot (to me, I'm sure not to them) and those tree holes are fascinating!
I've enjoyed these Mt St Helens posts, Crystal
As I told my cousin Debbie, I was worried that I had too many St. Helens posts, but I think she liked the last one best too. I loved the Scouts story! I read a couple of other versions, and even read a story from one of the miners (who, in 1967, still swore it was a pack of ape-men that attacked them inside the cabin). I liked this version the best, which was on the brochure I picked up at a visitor's center on I-5.
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I have been married to my wonderful husband, Gary, for two years. Our blended family includes five children and eight grand children. Our family is represented well in three military branches, Army, Navy, and Marines. Two of our grandchildren go to school here at Wellston Elementary.
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The Pushkar Fair, also called the Pushkar Camel Fair or locally as Kartik Mela or Pushkar ka Mela is an annual multi-day livestock fair and cultural fête held in the town of Pushkar near Ajmer city in Ajmer district in (Rajasthan, India). The fair starts with the Hindu calendar month of Kartik and ends on the Kartik Purnima, which typically overlaps with late October and early November in the Gregorian calendar. In 1998, over 1 million visitors came to Pushkar throughout the year. The Pushkar fair alone attracts over 200,000 visitors.

The Pushkar fair is one of India's largest camel, horse and cattle fairs. Apart from the trading of livestock, it is an important pilgrimage season for Hindus to the Pushkar lake. Pushkar fair has also become a significant tourist attraction for domestic and international travellers, given the cooler season, the abundance of colourful cultural themes. Cultural events and competitions include dances, tug of war between women teams as well as men teams, the "matka phod", "longest moustache" competition, "bridal competition", camel races and others.

Thousands of people go to the banks of the Pushkar Lake where the fair takes place. Men trade their livestock, which includes camels, horses, cows, sheep and goats. Rural families shop at the handicraft stalls full of bracelets, clothes, textiles and fabrics. A camel race starts off the festival, with music, songs and exhibitions to follow. Between these events, the most waited for is the test of how the camel is able to bring the items. In order to demonstrate, the men go up on the group of camels one after another.

Pushkar is in centre-east part of Rajasthan, on the western side of Aravalli mountains. The nearest airport from Pushkar is Kishangarh Airport in Ajmer, about  northeast. Jaipur is well connected with all the major cities in India. Pushkar is about  from Ajmer, connected via Pushkar road (Highway 58) which goes over the Aravalli Range mountains. Ajmer is also the nearest major railway STATION

See also
 Sonepur Cattle Fair

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A Journey to Pushkar Camel Fair
Pushkar Camel Fair Festival

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Four New Microsoft Surface Computers Plus A Folding Phone—And Other Small Business Tech News – Forbes
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Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?
1 —Microsoft unveiled four Surface computers and a new folding phone.
This past week Microsoft revealed five Surface products which include a folding phone, tablet and a laptop. According to the announcement, the Surface Laptop Studio will replace the Surface Laptop, while the Surface Pro 8 will have a 13-inch display. Additionally, the Surface Duo 2 folding phone is anticipated to be a major improvement on last year's unsuccessful Surface Duo 2 launch. With only 4% of Microsoft's revenue coming from hardware, it's predicted that the new devices will have a bigger impact in helping the launch of Windows 11, which is set for October 5th, the same time that the phone and laptops will be released. (Source: CNBC)
Why this is important for your business:
I never thought Microsoft would be a player in the hardware business, yet alone delivering smartphones. But then again I never thought my last Windows update would complete either. But the fact is that the Surface really is a great laptop and very popular with many of my clients. These four adds should provide even more choices for small business owners. And a folding phone? Tell me more…
2 — Apple Wallet is getting verifiable Covid-19 vaccine cards.
Apple announced this past week that Apple Wallet will be including verifiable Covid-19 vaccine cards as part of a future software update for the iPhone. The new feature will utilize the SMART Health Cards standard—which users can show by signing in with a unique key while providing a public key—to help show proof that a user received their vaccine. iOS 15—which was recently released—currently allows users to keep verifiable test and vaccine results in the Health app. (Source: Engadget)
This may help you keep track of your vaccinated employees in accordance with President Biden's new directives, which become effective soon. I'll assume that Android won't be too far behind.
3 —Coinbase plans to propose crypto regulations to U.S. officials.
Coinbase is getting ready to pitch the idea of regulating cryptocurrencies to U.S. officials. The crypto exchange has plans to make the proposal public soon, although specifics of what the regulations would entail were not disclosed. The announcement was made shortly after Coinbase shared that it was stopping its plans to provide product for crypto lending. According to the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission), securities laws would be violated with such a product. (Source: Coin Desk)
This comes on the heels of the Fed's upcoming research examining the costs and benefits of a central bank digital currency. Crypto is for real, folks. If you're running a small business you'll be accepting it routinely in the next few years.
4 — The workflow automation startup Daylight lands $12.3M.
Daylight—the workflow automation tool formerly known as FormHero—shared this past week that it raised $12.3 million in funding, bringing the total it has raised to $14.56 million. According to the announcement, the newly raised funding will go toward helping expand its automation platform capabilities and go-to-market activity. (Source: Venture Beat)
The startup creates tools that both small and mid-sized companies can use, like automation software that lets businesses and organizations create digital workflows in order to negate inefficient, expensive, and complicated tasks.
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It's not just crypto that's being embraced, but digital transactions altogether. And I don't believe that it will just be restaurants that are most affected.
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Last year, after winning two Olympic medals and playing five seasons with the NPF's Chicago Bandits, ace pitcher Jennie Finch retired from softball. But that didn't mean she was moving into the slow lane. In June, Finch gave birth to Diesel, her second son with husband Casey Daigle, a former major league pitcher currently in Triple A. (The couple's first son, Ace, was born in May 2006.) Then in September, Finch announced that she'll be running with a different crowd -- literally. Look for the busy mom on the streets of the Big Apple come Nov. 6, when she'll be tackling the ING New York City Marathon. Working in partnership with Timex, Finch will be the last person to start the race, and for every runner she passes on the course, the watch giant will donate one dollar to the New York Road Runners' youth programs. We caught up with Finch to get the lowdown on her newest venture.
espnW: What made you decide to run a marathon?
Jennie Finch: It's always been something I've told myself -- "I want to do that one day after I'm done playing." And when Timex approached me about the partnership with the NYRR youth programs, I thought it was such an awesome opportunity. It was a chance to marry a dream and a goal while giving back. So I decided to hit the road running.
Does it feel as though you're stepping out of your athletic comfort zone?
JF: For sure. Running is one thing, but running a marathon is a huge feat. I'm excited and looking forward to the challenge. It's great, though -- I'm now focused on the pace, my heart rate and other numbers besides just the time. For softball, running 1.5 miles was often a workout, but now it's my warm-up. I'm also excited to bring those competitive juices back into my life.
JF: I've been working with a coach -- Susanne Davis -- who is a triathlete and a mom, so we share the common understanding, mom-to-mom. She's always asking, "Can you squeeze in a workout here, can you push your baby for a three-mile cooldown in the afternoon?" … things like that. And she understands what your body goes through after giving birth. It's been great to have her perspective and her experience.
Davis runs Ironmans, which end with a marathon after the 2.4-mile swim and 112-mile bike ride. Does she ever say that a marathon by itself is easy?
JF: (Laughs) She hasn't yet. She's been super supportive and sweet. She's actually going to run the marathon with me, so she'll be pushing me along the way. Maybe she'll say that when we're running the race!
How did you find the time to train?
JF: Well, sleep has been few and far between because of the baby. It's just a matter of whenever I can get it in, let's go for it. Plus, I'm a master at procrastinating, so the earlier the better.
How many people are you hoping to pass during the marathon?
JF: [Former NFL player] Amani Toomer ran it last year with Timex and he passed over 25,000, so I'm hoping for something in that vicinity. Actually, I'm hoping to beat him, but we'll see.
You ran a half-marathon at 20 weeks pregnant. Does that give you confidence you can run a whole marathon when you aren't pregnant?
JF: It does, and I didn't train for the half but was able to run the whole thing. This made me think I could do a marathon. But everyone says a marathon is a whole different ballgame. So I'm taking it in stride, and I'm just enjoying the workouts. It's nice to get out and run. Right now my brain tends to get into "mommy mode" -- which makes total sense -- but it's also nice to do something for yourself at the same time.
What are you looking forward to at the finish line?
JF: Just finishing! Crossing the line and knowing, hopefully, that Timex will be able to donate a lot of money to kids and hopefully inspire them and introduce them to running. The empowerment of running is incredible, and I remember as a young girl, that was just the best feeling -- running around free and having fun. Too many kids are turning away from that now. So I'm excited we can just encourage them to get out and run.
The NPF has come a long way since you signed with the Bandits in 2004. What do you think the league needs to do to become even more successful?
JF: We just need support. The product is the best of the best. Now it's just a matter of finding the support financially, all across the board. We need to get the word out.
Who's your favorite player right now?
JF: [Infielder] Natasha Watley. She's my girl. She's amazing! She is just incredible -- she continues to get better and better every year, and yet she is humble and just quietly and calmly goes about her work. She is an international superstar and it's fun to see her. Just when we think she's at her best, she continues to get better. I love her as a friend and as a player.
Do you ever play softball anymore?
JF: I played in the Legends and Celebrities game this year. But that was the last time since I retired. We also play Wiffle ball with my nephews any time we see them.
When Diesel was born, his name generated a lot of attention. How did you feel about that?
JF: It is what it is, and people are going to say what they want. Casey and I loved the name and it fits him just perfectly. He's going to be a leader, not a follower. We're just extremely blessed to have two incredible, awesome boys.
What's the best piece of parenting advice you've ever received?
JF: Just be you. Everyone's different and everyone's family is different. Ace always says, "Every family has different rules." And it's true; do whatever works for you.
What sport would you like to try next, after the marathon is over?
JF: Get on the beach and play some beach volleyball. Just for fun, though!


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The crazy ambitions of the DRC in lithium
December 28, 2021 by Susan Qnenly
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A lithium car battery factory in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, in March 2021. STR / AFP
Will the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) tomorrow be at the heart of the global energy transition? In any case, this is the ambition of the Congolese authorities who develop the country's lithium resources, an essential mineral for the production of batteries for electric vehicles, and its competitiveness for those who would like to set up production plants there.
The country has a case: it has the largest untapped hard rock lithium reserves in the world. Only about ten kilometers of its subsoil has been studied out of the hundred which would be full of this ore. But, already, a reserve of 132 million tonnes proven and probable, that is to say exploitable in a profitable manner, has been discovered.
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This makes it the country with the greatest potential on the African continent and suggests that it could one day pass Australia, which has the fifth largest reserves in the world and is the largest lithium producer on the planet.
The Australian company AVZ Minerals is not mistaken: it plans to launch in 2023 the exploitation of the largest hard rock lithium deposit in the world. This one is located in the city of Manono, in the province of Tanganyika (south-east), stronghold of the family of the former president Joseph Kabila. It was notably the brother of the former head of state, Zoé, deputy for Manono and then governor of the province until May 2021, who pushed for the development of the sector.
Beijing very interested
The site owned by AVZ Minerals since 2016 has an exploitable reserve of 132 million tonnes, which would place this mine in the top 5 worldwide. Something to whet appetites: the Chinese group Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL), world leader in battery manufacturing, has decided to gain a foothold in Manono through a joint venture called Suzhou CATH Energy Technologies. It plans to invest $ 240 million for a 24% stake in the project and could spend up to $ 400 million in total.
The AVZ Minerals deposit and other exploration permits of lithium around Manono are of great interest to Beijing, which intends to remain the leader in battery production, for which global demand should increase fourteen times by 2030 according to Statista, at the same time more than tripling lithium needs.
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For the DRC, the start of production at the AVZ Minerals mine, the very first lithium mine in the country, would be a turning point by making Kinshasa a stronghold in the energy transition. The country is already the world's largest producer of cobalt, used for the manufacture of batteries and wind turbines, and the world's fourth largest producer of copper, which is used in the assembly of electric cars and most renewable energy infrastructure.
The authorities, however, see beyond the mere extraction of these minerals. During the DRC-Africa Business Forum in Kinshasa at the end of November, which brought together heads of state, banks and companies in the Congolese capital to determine how "Develop a value chain around the industry of batteries, electric vehicles and clean energies" in Africa, the government has announced that it wants to participate in their production on its territory by transforming lithium.
"46 trillion dollars by 2050"
« The DRC is the most competitive destination in the world to set up battery factories ", pleaded Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi. The challenge: to capture some of the "8 trillion dollars" income from the sale of electric vehicles by 2025, "46 trillion by 2050", he continued. An objective supported by a Bloomberg study which affirms that building this type of plant costs less in the DRC than in the United States or in China.
However, national ambitions risk coming up against many obstacles. First, with regard to the Manono deposit: to bring its mine into production, AVZ Minerals must finalize the transaction with Suzhou CATH Energy Technologies, then it will still have a few tens of millions of dollars to find to dispose of the 545 million needed in total.
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As for other lithium research projects in the DRC, they are much less advanced. Only one company, the Canadian Tantalex Resources, seems really active in the field. Then, the poor general condition of the roads, especially from Manono, will weigh on logistics while the extracted ore will have to be transported hundreds of kilometers to reach the major African ports and be exported to China or elsewhere.
Finally, the factories transforming into batteries are greedy in electricity – in a country where the energy deficit is chronic – but also expensive. However, if Chinese manufacturers are ready to finance lithium extraction, they will be less inclined to favor a local processing sector. They do not want to compete in this market when they have made significant investments to build factories in their country.
All the more so as rival projects to build lithium battery factories are already emerging in Europe, Canada and the United States. The Congolese lithium industry will undoubtedly, initially, have to confine itself to the export of raw ore, the least profitable part of the sector.
In a preliminary report published on December 13, and a new, more complete version of which should appear in early January, the NGO Global Witness, for its part, highlighted the risks associated with the operation of the lithium sector, in terms of governance and environment, if national and international rules are not applied.
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The organization, which has investigated fifty-one mining concessions near the town of Manono, including research and exploration permits for lithium, highlights the lack of transparency on the final beneficiaries of the permits and the involvement of politically exposed personalities, such as the Minister of Regional Planning Guy Loando Mboyo, cited in the survey « Congo hold-up ». It also underlines the vagueness that remains around the consequences of the extraction of hard lithium rock on the environment.
Global Witness is finally worried about the lack of traceability within the sector, which is not subject to the same standards as other minerals and metals. This increases the risks of financial embezzlement and human rights abuses, which are already prevalent in the rest of the Congolese mining sector.
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Report: 2K Reviving BioShock
Nathan Shubert | Apr 13, 2018
According to a recent report by Kotaku, BioShock could be making a comeback.
The infamous first person shooter, that is beloved for its story and gameplay is supposedly getting a new entry to the series. In the report done by Kotaku, the new Bioshock is glanced over and not really discussed. Due to this, there has been no official announcement from 2K, all we know is that a new game is in fact, in development.
The last game in the series, Bioshock Infinite, came out in 2013. Since then 2K has remained quiet about any sequels. According to Kotaku, the project is being dubbed "Parkside" and being developed by a small team in Novato, California.
According to Kotaku, there is a secret studio located next to Mafia III developer Hanger 13. Some of Hanger 13's employees have gone to work on the secret Bioshock game. According to the report, the game appears to use the unreal engine like its predecessors.
Bioshock originally came out in 2007 one the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and was ported to the PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Since its initial release, the series exploded with a devoted fan base, with the first game being given a 96 on Metacritic.
It is likely we will see details about the new game in the next couple of years.
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