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Locations near either Yakima or Wenatchee?
So, this last weekend, the wife, kid, and myself went out to the Yakima area (we're from the Seattle area) to go do some shooting in the Eastern Washington desert. Just past Yakima, we pulled over at a gas station to get some munchies, and I asked a State Trooper who had just pulled in what his opinion was about where to go where we wouldn't catch too much attention. The only advice he could give me was that the people around that area do lots of shooting, but he wasn't sure exactly where to go. He just suggested "going up in the hills".
Anyway, we found a nice spot, but we quickly found that it's Yakama Nations reservation land, and they're pretty serious about not allowing outsiders onto their land. So... that being said... Where on earth do people go around that area to go shooting in "the desert"? Pretty much EVERYWHERE we went, the entire side of the highway was lined with cheap looking wire fence, so I only could assume it was private property. That's usually the case, correct? I'm talking about off US97 south of Yakima/Toppenish.
The reason I posted the subject as Yakima OR Wenatchee is that I'm more than willing to drive as far or a little farther than either area to go shooting, but I really have no idea where to go. Any ideas or strategies for how to locate land suitable for shooting? My main concern is making sure I'm not on someone's private property.
Re: Locations near either Yakima or Wenatchee?
What kind of shooting? Why not use a range of sorts. Lots closer to Seattle. Every range has their pros and cons. Just depends on your taste of shooting disciplines and style.
There are "pits" near Olympia and near you near Sedro Woolley.
Yeah, i guess I should've clarified. I'm not looking for someone's specific spot. I know how it goes - someone opens their mouth about their spot, it gets turned into a garbage dump, closed down, etc. I'm just more wondering how people actually find these areas if they're not local.
I've spent much time on Google maps, and have gotten a few good leads, but when talking to people in general, you get responses like "just go out into the desert"... which is all find and dandy, but accessing the desert itself seems to be a challenge as everything along the main roads is fenced off. I guess that's the rub.
I'm highly considering just buying a yearly subscription to onXmaps, which seems to do a decent job of listing property owners via the actual parcel of land.
So this method is time and labor intensive. As you have to make contact and work out a mutual agreement of some kind.
So if you are willing to put in time, miles and expense... it can be done but still not easy as it all depends on who and how you find people willing to let you use their property.
Please note many are "burnt out" as to all the trash and dumping and fire risks that most often follows shooting spots.
I'm a member of a range near Wenatchee, buddy of mine is a board member and RSO.
On the weekends we pretty much have the place to ourselves.
And if not, he has the keys to the lower gate.
Yep, and I can understand why. People are pigs.
The land we almost ended up on was Yakama Nations land. Some of the most beautiful rolling hills I've ever seen with multiple herds of wild horses within sight. Unfortunately, it's a pretty firm "No" - full stop - from what I've read with regards to allowing non-tribal members on their land.
Just messing with Google Maps a bit has helped a little. 3D mode really helps differentiate good, flat shooting spots from a cliff side.
@Guntrader - That's awesome! The ranges around here are about what you'd expect for the Seattle area. Pretty minimalist. What range are you guys at?
I've been to the NCW gun club in East Wenatchee a few times. Depending on when you go you have it to yourself. Occasionally they have a group of idiots come in but they are doing a good job of trying to weed them out.
If you have kids cowboy town is a bunch of fun.
What advantage do you gain by attempting this?
Here's how to find a place to shoot.
Find yourself a National Forest, a State Forest, a Wildlife Area (not a refuge), a BLM tract.
Look for clear cut areas with hills. Hills make good berms.
The more accessible it is, the more likely other people will use it. If you have to get out of the truck and hike/carry your stuff in, you're likely to be left alone.
Don't shoot from on or across a road.
Have fun. Clean up after. Don't tell anyone about your new honey hole.
I will now give some anecdotal experience story time.
Some friends invited me to shoot at a location in a state forest. You can't drive to the shooting positions, you have to carry all your gear up hill and there's steel plates from 100-575yds. So unless you know, you don't know and you won't bother going over there. I've taken two people there over the past three years and most of the time, there is never anyone at that spot unless it's a hunting season. It's a shared resource, so when I showed up to shoot last year and there was a hunter posted in my line of fire, I just had to go somewhere else.
Yesterday I needed to fire a round from my 300 WM to confirm my DOPE. I walked a steel plate for five minutes away from my camp to a safe berm that's also beyond another camp. I told the guys in that camp two days prior that I would be shooting, and from from to where. Then I made the walk back, got in my truck drove around the drainage and got setup. It's a 300yd distance, whatev....BOOM, WHACK. Then I heard someone yelling. Drove back to camp, walked back to the target and got yelled at by one of the campers on the way about "We're hunting tomorrow. Why would you be shooting?" The exchange was brief. It's public land. It's a shared resource and there's over 166,000 acres of hunting available for them and their draw tag. Plus the area has been open to modern firearm hunting since August 1, along with seasons for bow hunters, and muzzleloader hunters.
So just keep in mind it's your land to use too and no one's use of the land to recreate is more important than yours. Your use is equal to theirs.
Added Bonus. Don't use state forests or other public lands within firearm restricted areas such as Tiger Mountain State Forest to target shoot with.
Triple Added Bonus. There's VERY little public land 97. If you're driving that far to shoot. You'd definitely put in the miles but, that's a long way to go for a no shoot.
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There's also the approach of asking for permission from private land owners, perhaps in exchange for labor or barter of some kind. I have been successful using a combo of good wine, premium steaks, and fresh seafood as a way of breaking the ice. I come bearing gifts when I knock on the door, and even if I get turned down I leave them and thank the person for their time. A couple times I have received a call back saying "well, I guess it's OK after all." It also helps to research the parcel owner's name and contact information on the county assessor's website prior to going. I've found it to be helpful to sound like you know the area, who the neighbors are, where the property boundaries are, etc. Name dropping can be effective sometimes. And don't roll up in camo with a gun on your hip; dress well and be personable.
Best spot in vicinity of Yakima is LT Murray north of Selah off of Sheep Company Rd. The two main spots are noted on the Waguns Range Map on the main page. A Discover Pass is required.
I'm pretty cautious anywhere other people are shooting to include ranges and have never had issues at LT Murray, but I also dont go there real often.
They have long haired roadie-gunsmiths driving around with loaded AR-pistols and unloaded 300 WIN MAGs hunting elk. Don't trust those guys.


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import com.easytoolsoft.template.web.springmvc1.model.DataGridPager;
import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;

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Q: How to ascending order the following integers with maple (should not display any digit) In this exercise you should not display any digit. Display
only the minimal output required to establish your result.
(a) Place the following integers in ascending order
100^(100); 80^(120); 60^(140); 40^(160)
evalb(-3<-2)
anyone can help what's next?

A: It's unclear whether you have to show it by steps, or whether you can simply get Maple to sort the quantities directly.
Consider these three comparisons, which should be enough for you to figure out the ascending order:
evalb( 80^(120) > 100^(100) );

           true

evalb( 60^140 > 80^(120) );

           true

evalb( 40^(160) > 60^140 );

           true

Or, starting with a random rearrangement, you can get Maple to sort them.
restart;

# separate paragraph or execution group
interface(typesetting=extended):

S := [100%^(100), 40%^(160), 60%^(140), 80%^(120) ];

answer := sort(S, (a,b)->value(a)<value(b));

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August 18, 2021 12:21 pm UTC, Rick Steves
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The newly launched secondary market ATS run by the broker-dealer delivers various options – buy more, hold, realize – for anyone investing in Regulation A+ and Regulation CF private placement securities.
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Delfina Delettrez Launches Holiday Collection
The ABC collection is aimed at women but takes its inspiration from the tradition of gifting precious jewels to newborn babies.
By Joelle Diderich on July 1, 2016
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PARIS — Delfina Delettrez is launching a line of delicate jewelry pieces for the holidays in a bid to grow her department store business.
The ABC collection, consisting of around 20 references, is aimed at women but takes its inspiration from the tradition of gifting precious jewels to newborn babies. The designs focus on fine yellow gold chains and tiny medals, which feature as pendants and studs on earrings or pierced with a bar on necklaces.
Some pieces are studded with diamonds, while others incorporate enamel and pearls. Prices start at $470 for earrings featuring letters of the alphabet dangling from miniature versions of the brand's signature Surrealist enamel lips and eyes. They will be available exclusively on Net-a-porter for a month starting in October.
The rest of the collection will land in stores for the holidays, with prices going up to $3,375 for an adjustable gold wire bracelet with two medallion ends.
Delettrez said the pieces were designed to complement her main line and one-of-a-kind pieces, which retail from around $425 to more than $100,000. "It's plunging into something more accessible," she told WWD in her art-filled apartment-cum-showroom in Paris. "It's a different aesthetic, which I think was sort of missing in my brand."
The designer, who owns and runs her business, said she was ready to take a more mainstream approach. "I've always accomplished the needs of the fashion stores, just because I was always working with them, and now I feel that I am ready to expand in the U.S. and to approach the department stores with a specific collection thought for them," she explained.
The brand has around 70 points of sale worldwide in addition to freestanding boutiques in Rome and London. Delettrez said revenues grew 50 percent in 2015, though she had heavy expenses due to the opening of the store on Mount Street in the British capital. Going forward, she plans to focus on organic growth.
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What you eat determines how healthy or unhealthy you will be. It is for this reason why nutritionists advise people to major on healthy dieting programs. Eating a well-balanced meal is much better than focusing on convenient foods. Outlined below are the top 10 foods that you should avoid, especially if you are watching on your weight.
Most people love canned foods as they are convenient and very easy to prepare. Although convenient, canned foods contain very high levels of preservatives, and other chemicals that can be harmful on your body. For instance, most preservatives used on canned foods cause diabetes, neurological effects and even promote cancerous cell development.
Margarine is notoriously high in trans-fats, emulsifiers and free radicals, not to mention preservatives. All these are very harmful to your health in that, they have huge amounts of bad cholesterol in them. Most of these saturated fats (trans-fats) are stored in adipose tissues, around the heart and lungs. These not only pose an eminent threat on one's cardiovascular health, but also promote heavy gain in weight. Anyone seeking to maintain a nice body shape should therefore avoid margarine at all costs.
Most of the delicious meat in supermarkets today has been processed in one way or the other. For instance, some farmers induce hormones on their animals to help make them fatter. This alteration can have serious effects on the consumer. The best way to stay safe is by buying meat from local butcheries and never buy frozen meat in hypermarkets. You will be much safer this way.
Most companies do not extract vegetable oils naturally. All they do is use chemicals to deodorize and alter how these oils look through a process known as hydrogenation. Hydrogenation can only be achieved if these oils are oxygenated, which turns these fats into saturated fats. Such oils not only induce heavy gain in weight, but are also harmful on one's health as well.
Although microwave popcorns seem tastier, they are very harmful if consumed in large amounts. For instance, the bags used to store these popcorns contain perfluoalkyls, chemicals that are dangerous in many ways. These chemicals are known to cause infertility, development of cancerous cells and also affect ones immune responses. They are also considered junk as they alter body hormones, thus inducing undesired body growth.
Any genetically modified foods aren't safe for human consumption. These foods rely on chemicals, inorganic fertilizer and hormones to thrive. In addition to this, they do not take enough time to mature as their growth mechanisms have been altered. Although most of these foods may remain hidden in food chain stores, they do have great impact on how the body grows. The chemicals used on these foods have also been known to cause undesired hormonal changes in the body as well.
Many of the foods sold in hypermarkets today contain great amounts of artificial sweeteners. Food processing plants use these sweeteners as they are inexpensive and very easy to produce. The reason why artificial sweeteners and food color are not safe for human consumption is that, they have high concentrations of sugar in them. Consuming such induces more than enough sugars in the body, hence increasing obesity chances, as well as diabetes onset in most people.
Most of the deep fried foods are unhealthy to eat. Deep fried chicken, potatoes, pasta and pizza among many other fast foods should be avoided if need be. This is because they contain great amounts of saturated fats and other toxic materials.
The main purpose of salt is to add flavor in food. Adding more salt at the table is however unhealthy as it increases levels of sodium in the body. This can have many adverse effects on the whole body, causing high blood pressure among other conditions.
The body gets all the sugar it needs from the foods we eat. Using processed sugar in tea or other foods can have detrimental effects on one's health. For instance, high sugar levels in the body suppress one immunity system, and also caused diabetes. Avoiding excess sugar is therefore beneficial for your health.
The best way to avoid most of these foods is by preparing all your meals from home. This way, you will be able to manage what you eat hence safeguard your body system.


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Pałac Gustawa Adolfa Kindermanna – pałac znajdujący się przy ulicy Piotrkowskiej 151 w Łodzi.

Historia
Projekt dwupiętrowego pałacyku wykonany został przez Karla Seidladla Gustawa Adolfa Kindermanna (brata Juliusza Roberta Kindermanna, właściciela pałacu przy ulicy Piotrkowskiej 137/139). Pałac oddano do użytku rok później. Gustaw Adolf Kindermann swojej siedziby przy głównej ulicy miasta dorobił się w 46 roku życia. Urodził się w Łodzi, jako jedno z trzynaściorga dzieci Franciszka Kindermanna, właściciela fabryki wyrobów bawełnianych i wełnianych usytuowanej przy ulicy św. Andrzeja 63.

W 1916 roku w pałacu mieścił się Oddział Łódzki Wydziału Rejestracji Strat Wojennych przy Radzie Głównej Opiekuńczej.

Architektura
Według projektu Karla Seidla wkrótce stanął dom na wąskiej parceli, sięgającej do ulicy Spacerowej (obecnie Tadeusza Kościuszki). Składał się z dwupiętrowego budynku frontowego i jednej długiej trzypiętrowej oficyny. Całość otrzymała formę włoskiego renesansu, widocznie na życzenie właściciela, bowiem wówczas wydawała się ona już anachroniczna.

Romantyczna fasada frontowa stojąca na granitowym cokole, oblicowana została płytami z piaskowca (co jest ewenementem w łódzkiej architekturze) sprowadzonego z Kielc. Wieńczy ją gzyms mocno występujący przed lico. Środek elewacji na pierwszym piętrze zdobi arkadowy wykusz z oknami dwudzielnymi po bokach i oknem trójdzielnym ponad nim. Wszystkie okna i otwór bramy usytuowany po lewej stronie fasady, zamknięto półkoliście. Parter wraz ze sklepieniami okiennymi jest silnie boniowany.

Elewację oficyny zdobiła duża arkadowa loggia, z której prowadziło kamiennymi schodami zejście do ogrodu. Parter budynku frontowego z wejściem od ulicy służył celom handlowym, znajdujące się tu duże pomieszczenie Kindermann wynajmował. Piętra części frontowej i oficyn służyły za reprezentacyjne mieszkanie właściciela. Do tej części prowadziło wejście z sieni przejazdowej, przez wyłożoną marmurem ozdobną klatkę schodową. Wystrój wnętrz pałacu był na bardzo wysokim poziomie. Zdobiły je marmury, boazerie wykonane ze szlachetnych gatunków drewna, bogate sztukaterie o formach neorokokowych, oraz meble wykonane na zamówienie.

Budynek wpisany jest do rejestru zabytków pod numerem A/51 z 20.01.1971.

Uwaga

Przypisy

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package com.impetus.client.oraclenosql;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;

import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
import javax.persistence.Persistence;

import junit.framework.Assert;

import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import com.impetus.kundera.client.ClientResolver;
import com.impetus.kundera.loader.ClientFactory;

/**
 * Test case for {@link OracleNoSQLClientFactory_legacy}
 *
 * @author amresh.singh
 */
public class OracleNoSQLClientFactoryTest
{
    /** The Constant REDIS_PU. */
    private static final String PU = "twikvstore";

    /** The emf. */
    private EntityManagerFactory emf;

    /** The logger. */
    private static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(OracleNoSQLClientFactoryTest.class);

    /**
     * @throws java.lang.Exception
     */
    @Before
    public void setUp() throws Exception
    {
        emf = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory(PU);
    }

    /**
     * @throws java.lang.Exception
     */
    @After
    public void tearDown() throws Exception
    {
        emf.close();
    }

    /**
     * Test method for
     * {@link com.impetus.client.oraclenosql.OracleNoSQLClientFactory_legacy#createPoolOrConnection()}
     * .
     */
    @Test
    public void testConnection()
    {
        logger.info("On test connection");

        ClientFactory clientFactory = ClientResolver.getClientFactory(PU);
        Assert.assertNotNull(clientFactory);
        Assert.assertEquals(OracleNoSQLClientFactory.class, clientFactory.getClass());
        Field connectionField;
        try
        {
            String field_name = "connectionPoolOrConnection";
            connectionField = ((OracleNoSQLClientFactory) clientFactory).getClass().getSuperclass()
                    .getDeclaredField(field_name);

            if (!connectionField.isAccessible())
            {
                connectionField.setAccessible(true);
            }

            Object connectionObj = connectionField.get(clientFactory);

            Assert.assertNotNull(connectionObj);

        }
        catch (SecurityException e)
        {
            logger.error(e.getMessage());
            Assert.fail(e.getMessage());
        }
        catch (NoSuchFieldException e)
        {
            logger.error(e.getMessage());
            Assert.fail(e.getMessage());
        }
        catch (IllegalArgumentException e)
        {
            logger.error(e.getMessage());
            Assert.fail(e.getMessage());
        }
        catch (IllegalAccessException e)
        {
            logger.error(e.getMessage());
            Assert.fail(e.getMessage());
        }
    }

}


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Is Trupanion Inc (NYSE:TRUP) worth your attention right now? Investors who are in the know are taking a bearish view. The number of bullish hedge fund positions retreated by 3 recently. At the end of this article we will also compare TRUP to other stocks, including Gladstone Investment Corporation (NASDAQ:GAIN), Second Sight Medical Products Inc (NASDAQ:EYES), and SeaChange International (NASDAQ:SEAC) to get a better sense of its popularity.
In the eyes of most stock holders, hedge funds are assumed to be worthless, old investment vehicles of years past. While there are more than 8000 funds in operation today, Our researchers choose to focus on the bigwigs of this club, approximately 700 funds. These investment experts shepherd bulk of the hedge fund industry's total capital, and by following their first-class picks, Insider Monkey has unearthed a number of investment strategies that have historically defeated Mr. Market. Insider Monkey's small-cap hedge fund strategy exceeded the S&P 500 index by 12 percentage points per year for a decade in their back tests.
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It's almost Father's Day, but don't worry. I'm not going to use my blog to give you advice on how to be a great father.
As a dad, I'm all too aware of my shortcomings. I know where I stink at fatherhood.
I know that I have absolutely no experience with raising a teenage daughter. Or how to invest into my pre-teen son to ensure he doesn't go through the same crap I went through. I hope that what I learn with my oldest two I can apply to my youngest two, but I'm pretty sure that it won't work–they are all just too different from each other.
I can't offer advice to other fathers beyond what small experiences I have had. Your kids aren't like my kids. Your family isn't like my family. What works in my home probably won't work in yours. So there isn't a lot I can offer in this post on fatherhood, except to point out what I have learned from one dad.
He was a dad who liked spending time with his daughters. Having children hadn't been easy for he and his wife. He was prosperous, famous, and seemed to understand kids pretty well, based on the nature of his successes. But even in the midst of all his success, he enjoyed what he called his "Daddy Days." These were days of the month set aside for him to just be with his kids.
They would go to the park, he would buy cotton candy and ice cream, and then he would sit on a bench and watch them play. The stuff at the park wasn't created for them to do together, it was strictly for the kids, and parents were expected to sit and watch. They would go on the merry-go-round as he sat there holding the treats.
This wasn't the way he wanted to spend his time with his kids. And they really didn't like the fact that the time he had set aside for them was spent with him just watching. He thought there should be something better. Some place where parents and kids could go together and have fun together. Where they could laugh about the same things, remember the same experiences, and be together.
So he put together a plan, pulled in a few of the experts in his organization, and set out to create something that didn't exist: a place where "age relives fond memories of the past, and youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future." But most importantly, it was a place they could go together.
He bet his entire future and every bit of money in his personal fortune–and the fortune of his company–around it. People told him he was crazy. He couldn't get anyone to invest in it. He cashed in his life insurance policy to help pay off the cost of constructing it.
What began as his musings as a father wanting to spend time with his kids eventually became the Happiest Place on Earth: Disneyland.
You may think of Walt Disney as just a beloved American icon.
I like to think of him as a dad who got at least one thing right: spending time with his kids, being with them, doing things together, was worth more than all he had ever earned or created or done before. And although his own children were grown by the time Disneyland opened in 1955, what he created–what he nearly lost it all to create–still serves as an inspiration to every father today.
Being together with your kids is one of the greatest legacies you can give them.
As he said, "We believed in our idea: a family park where parents and children could have fun–together." He believed in it so much that he nearly lost everything to create it. How much do you believe in it?
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2. Add the butter and rub together until it forms a breadcrumb texture.
3. Add the sugar and fruit.
4. Add the egg and milk and mix into a stiff batter.
5. Using a soup or dessert spoon, measure a scoop of the mixture out onto a greased baking tray.
6. Continue until all of the mixture is used up, leaving space in between each scoop.
7. Do not press into a shape, just leave them to rise unevenly!
8. Bake at 180 degrees for approximately 20 – 25 minutes.
9. Leave to cool then voila! Enjoy.
Like this recipe? Why not try out our Apricot Oaty Bites too.


It was day 2 in Soufriere and people were taking it easy. After eating breakfast, we all dinghied into town to listen to a presentation by the SMMA (Soufriere Marine Management Association.) They described to us their duties as rangers and how they protect the marine ecology. They told us that the local coral reefs have declined by as much as 1/3 in recent years mostly due to human involvement, such as improper anchoring, fishing and litter. For this reason, the SMMA created a series of zones which were designated for fishing, anchoring, recreational or other activities. With the creation of this system, the SMMA is reporting an increase in coral and reef fish health and fishing success. After we finished the presentation, we returned to the boat for sandwiches and free time. Some opted to stay and some spent some time in town. Those who hung around did some snorkeling around the nearby reef. In town, we did some shopping and took in the sites.


Aunt Pittypat would have fainted away. Just look at what happened to Atlanta!
It's a massive, thriving city now, with an infernal traffic problem, rush hour evidently happening all day. I'm guessing this monument has something to do with the Olympic torch.
Which housed the "Road to Tara" museum. Unfortunately we coincided with a tour bus-load who crammed into the little museum with their guide, who was in costume, though it wasn't quite clear whose. He regaled them with stories of how Margaret Mitchell, who stayed locally, got her inspiration for the book (the characer of Melanie was based on a nun from Savannah, apparently). We had to jostle our way through the crowd to get to the exhibits and didn't manage to see as much as we could have. As always, we didn't have enough time.
Less charming was one of "Sherman's Neckties" found at Jonesboro. As part of his destruction of the Confederate infrastructure, General Sherman had the rails heated until they bent out of shape.
There was a touching display about Father Emmeran Bliemel, the first American military chaplain to die in battle.
The Benedictine was killed giving the Last Rites to his Commanding Officer at the Battle of Jonesboro.
Nearby was the Confederate cemetery.
Like many other memorials we've seen in the South, put up by organisations of redoubtable ladies.
I wonder what Mrs Arthur McDermotte Wilson Jr's story was.
Here's some more insignia of the short-lived "Confederate States of America"
Whatever you might think of their cause, all the little unmarked graves were desperately sad.
And they did allow them to fly the Confederate flag.
Leaving town, the Gone With the Wind references weren't over yet.
Though they now have rather more enlightened ways of harvesting it. We liked the giant rolls of cotton wool.
Another popular Georgia crop - pecans.
And then it was into Florida and nearly the end of our journey.


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Franklin Nathaniel "Frankie" Jonas (ur. 28 września 2000 w Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA) – amerykański aktor i wokalista.

Jest bratem Jonas Brothers, z którymi zagrał w serialu Jonas L.A. oraz Jonas.

Filmografia

Seriale
 2008, 2010 – Jonas Brothers: Spełnione marzenia jako on sam
 2010 – Jonas/Jonas L.A. jako Frankie Lucas

Filmy
 2009 – Ponyo
 2009 – Noc w muzeum 2 jako kot w muzeum
 2010 – Camp Rock 2: Wielki finał jako Trevor
 2010 – Walter the Farting Dog

Linki zewnętrzne

Urodzeni w 2000
Amerykańscy aktorzy filmowi
Amerykańscy wokaliści
Amerykańscy aktorzy dziecięcy


On 2nd of November, at Environmental Protection and Regional Development Ministry, seminar organised by NAT-PROGRAMME project took place and it was attended by three dozen management and planning specialists willing to learn more about the newly developed guidelines of coastal protection and management * and share their vision for opportunities and challenges regarding management of coastal habitats in the vicinity of Riga.
At the opening of the meeting, NAT-PROGRAMME coastal habitats expert Brigita Laime welcomed interest of participants towards coastal management issues and stressed workshop discussion topics. B.Laime reminded the audience about ecological principles within a coastal habitat management , i.e. seashore biotopes and species habitats can not persist if natural processes ,e.g., wind activity -which forms or deflates sand dunes, waves, and the currents - as the factors in transport and deposition of coastal sediments and coastal flushing, forced by waves, are limited or affected.
In many cases, man-made structures (ports, piers, etc.) are affecting natural coastal processes in a bad manner - creating a sand deficit wich primarily leads to decreasing beach areas and rinsed shores. Without understanding the real causes, trying to prevent impacts - common practice is to plant osier, pine, and even aggressive, uncharacteristic of Latvian flora species, such as rosa rugosa. Lecturer stressed that each activity in coastal biotope management should be assessed first, and only then may be followed by action. There is great need to rise public awareness and knowledge of managers on the subject, to encourage to choose favorable management practices for the coastal biotopes and species habitats.
Seashore value in Riga and region can be expressed in an economic category, which includes a society needs for a range of services offered - both leisure and recreation, as well as the area which affects economy through operation and development of ports.


Welcome to my Web page! I am happy to have this chance to introduce myself to you and to tell you about my practice. I joined Kaiser Permanente in 2005. I feel very fortunate to work here because of my wonderful colleagues, patients, and the excellent working environment that continuously inspires me.
I am a native of India and did both my medical school and residency training as a pediatrician there. My family and I moved from India to the United States due to my husband's job. I did my pediatric training at White Memorial Medical Center in Southern California and served as the chief resident during my third year of residency.
It is rewarding to see children recover and grow. I strongly believe in preventive care and education. Teaching people about health and disease is very useful because they can learn to take care of themselves appropriately. I also take the time to educate parents about the condition of their child because I find that it usually relieves their anxiety about the unknown.
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EL PASO, Texas—Las Palmas Medical Center recently became the first, and currently only, hospital in El Paso to acquire a da Vinci® Xi Robotic Surgical System from Intuitive Surgical, and Hector Flores, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgeon, has performed El Paso's first thoracic procedures using this technology. The first procedure was performed on July 6. To date, Las Palmas Medical Center has performed more da Vinci® robotic procedures, over a broad range of specialties, than any other hospital in El Paso.
The acquisition of the da Vinci® Xi system complements Las Palmas Medical Center's current use of the three Si robotic systems, which brings the total commitment of the hospital to four systems and an $8-million investment. Las Palmas Medical Center is a designated Intuitive Epicenter in gynecologic surgery, and surgeons from across the U.S. come to Las Palmas Medical Center to be trained in this technology.
The new surgical system includes enhanced surgical technique capabilities, which can be used in many minimally invasive procedures across a wide spectrum of specialties. Its advancements allow patients less invasive surgical options, reduced pain and quicker recovery times as compared to traditional open procedures.
Rick Farnam, M.D., a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist specializing in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, has used the system for urogynecology procedures. Dr. Farnam is one of only 25 da Vinci® epicenter surgeons in the U.S. and the only one in El Paso.


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A yearlong campaign to address some of the community's most pressing health issues is underway in Mercer and Lawrence Counties. Sponsored locally by Sharon Regional Medical Center, the American Heart Association's Healthy For Good™ movement provides activities and education to help community members make healthy changes that last.v Highlighting the initiative is the new "Healthy Steps Walking Program", which encourages the community to take the first steps toward becoming Healthy For Good. Each month, Sharon Regional Medical Center will host a fun walk, during which participants will have the opportunity to talk to medical professionals to learn about healthy living and ask questions about cardiovascular health.
The first walk in the Healthy Steps Walking Program will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 10 at LindenPointe. Representatives from Sharon Regional Medical Center and the American Heart Association will meet participants in the parking lot along Christy Road to detail the program before walking along LindenPointe Trail. Future walks are scheduled for the second Thursday of each month.
Eat Smart. - Make healthy, delicious choices wherever and whenever you eat.
Add Color. - Make life more colorful with fruits and vegetables.
Move More. - Infuse more movement in your life for optimal health.
Be Well.- Create balance, vitality and wellbeing through self-care.
The campaign's marquis event is the Healthy For Good Heart Walk, set for Thursday, October 11, 2018 at Buhl Park. Dr. Brandon Mikolich, cardiologist at Sharon Regional Medical Center will chair the walk, along with his father, co-chair and fellow cardiologist, Dr. J. Ron Mikolich.
Walking or participating in any exercise that raises your heart rate can boost your energy, strength and mood, while fending off serious health issues like obesity, high blood pressure, poor cholesterol and bone loss. The American Heart Association recommends at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity per week for adults and 60 minutes of physical activity per day for children.
Look for additional details about the Healthy For Good Heart Walk and other events throughout the year.


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It's becoming harder and harder to manage your money today, with that being said it becomes even harder to repair your credit once it declines. If you're facing this problem then you're in the right place. This article is here to help you form strategies of success towards repairing your credit.
Do not close that account you've had since leaving high school, it's doing wonders for your credit report. Lenders love established credit accounts and they are ranked highly.Same Day Laons Contact them to see if something can be worked out if the card is changing interest rates on you. As a long term customer they may be willing to work with you.
Repairing your credit can take some time, but you can hasten the process by prioritizing your debts, particularly those that are in arrears. High interest rate accounts should be paid off as quickly as possible to avoid wasting money on interest payments rather than reducing the actual balance of your debt. If you have one or two accounts with a low balance, consider paying them off in a lump sum. Once that's done, you can have them removed from your credit report.
There might be errors on your report if you do not understand why you have bad credit. Consult an expert who will be able to recognize these errors and officially correct your credit history. Make sure to take action as soon as you suspect an error on your report.
An important tip to consider when working to repair your credit is the benefit it will have with your insurance. And home insurance, this is important because you could potentially save a lot more money on yourauto and life. Normally, your insurance rates are based at least partially off of your credit score.
It may be helpful to set up a direct debit to pay your monthly bills if you are trying to improve your credit score. Direct debit will ensure that you never miss a payment due to being out of town or simple inattention. If you use direct debit to make the minimum payment, you can add to that payment any time without feeling additional pressure, also.
Even though it is impossible to legally erase negative information from a credit report that is both accurate and up-to-date, the law does permit you to ask for an investigation of your credit file if you dispute some data as being either incomplete or inaccurate. Even though some people choose to hire a company to aid with this process, it is a free service if you are doing it yourself.
Call each of your charge card companies and ask them to lower the limit on them.Qwick Qwid This will prevent you from spending too much that you do not have. If you do need to get more credit in the future, you will have a much easier time, it will also show the credit companies how responsible you are, and.
Having great credit may seem like a dream right now, but if you work hard at it and let time be on your side, you will be able to increase your score and have a credit report that will open up a whole new world of financial possibilities. You can get started on your credit score repair today if you have some patience and perseverance.


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The sign was designed using Danthonia's sign designer tools, where the customer was able to create his own personal sign. He chose each of the elements and configured them himself – sign shape, size, edge style, font, texture, colors, hanging system, etc. Since he could see the price show as he went along, he could budget his project, and the price had no surprises, since shipping was included in the cost. He could save as many versions as he liked, emailing them to friends or family for feedback, and when he was ready, he added it to the cart and ordered. A refined design proof was emailed back within a day for his comments and final approval, and the sign went into production, with delivery to the door three weeks later.
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Mom's caregivers saw a bulge on right upper abdomen. Urgent Care doctor didn't see but found hiatal hernia on CT scan. Could hernia cause the bulge?
No. A Hiatal hernia is posterior, not anterior. Therefore is not a hiatal hernia.
No . A hiatal hernia would not be visible externally like that. The good thing about her having the CT scan though, is that it would rule out many potentially pathological conditions in that area.
No. You cannot see a hiatal hernia from the outside.
Hiatal hernia. This is a condition in which part of the stomach pushes up through the diaphragm muscle into the thoracic cavity. You can not see this unless you have xray vision. Many people have this, and the most common type is a sliding form.
No. Have Mom Seen by a gen. surgeon who has probably more experience in examination of the abdomine. abd wall eventration would not show up on CT and is probably benign.
I will see the doctor for the third time next week. Large bulge on stomach but no signs of hernia on CT scan. Claims of MD is that undistributed fat?
Pain in belly button. Went to doctor but CT scan was normal. No bulge but sensitive to the slightest touch. Could it be an umbilical hernia?
Hello, can a CT scan with contrast of the abdomen/pelvis see a former hernia that may have been "reherniated" and any new hernias although a bulge can?
What could cause a round bulge in my right abdomin. It is not a hernia. Ct scan come back negative for that.
Doctors still claim no ventral hernia of large bulging at left side under umbilicus. They claim it to be undistributed fat? Ran CT scan twice. Help?
Can hiatal hernia be diagnosed using a CT abdominal scan?
Bulge that I can push back into my abdomen doctor says she can't feel a hernia hole? What could it be.
Can a hiatal hernia be missed or not picked up dying endoscopy? Wouldn't a CT of abdomen show this?


Anyone who's dabbled in the unglamorous field of short filmmaking knows that it can be a rigorous and soul-sucking process. Getting a project completed in the first place is hard enough, but ensuring that it finds an audience can be even more difficult. Despite the advent of streaming services such as Hulu and Vimeo, which specialize in short format exhibition, film festivals remain the most rewarding way to achieve this goal.
Local artist Randall Christopher chose to go the festival route with his mesmerizing historical animation The Driver is Red, which recounts the true story of the thrilling 1960 capture of Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann in Argentina by a squad of daring Mossad agents. The squad is led by the German-born Zvi Aharoni and early on in the filmmaking process, Christopher decided to tell the story as a thriller unfolding from Aharoni's stressed perspective.
"My biggest challenge was finding an actor who could pull off the incredibly complex role," says Christopher.
Fate (and a recommendation from San Diego Repertory Theatre playwright Herbert Siguenza) connected him with actor Mark Pinter, whose gravelly and precise voice perfectly parallels Christopher's minimalist sketch style.
Once completed, The Driver is Red was submitted to a diverse crop of festivals. But the road to an actual premiere was harder than expected.
"The first six festivals I submitted to rejected the film," Christopher confesses. Despite these setbacks, the former UC San Diego grad persevered, finally finding a home at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival in October of 2017. Then came a screening at the prestigious DOC NYC, which was followed up by a call from the Sundance Film Festival. Christopher is proud of the accolades his scrappy 15-minute film has garnered.
And the praise is warranted. The Driver is Red deftly balances the imposing weight of historical trauma with the immediacy of procedural tension. Christopher's sublimely economic renderings take shape mid-scene, adding an extra level of pressure to an already strained series of events. Pinter's rendering of Aharoni provides the only stabilizing force in a daring mission that could go sideways at any moment.
Visually, the film pays close attention to directionality and space, which is crucial to the success of any worthy chase film. When asked about the aesthetic approach, Christopher's response suggests a keen interest in cohesive action.
"I knew the loose, sketchy look would work very well for this project. It would convey emotion without distracting the viewer from clearly following the story," says Christopher, who is also the coordinator of the twice-monthly Sketch Party at the Whistle Stop bar in South Park.
San Diego audiences will have not one but three opportunities to see The Driver is Red on the big screen. Its San Diego premiere will be Sunday, Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center as part of the 2018 Jewish Short Film Festival. San Diego International Film Festival will then showcase it on Friday, Oct. 12 at 2:30 p.m. at Regal Theater UA Horton Plaza. Finally, there will be a screening at the Coronado Island Film Festival in November. The trio of screenings will represent a fitting homecoming for Christopher, who ran the film festival gauntlet and lived to tell about it.
Under the stars: Not to be outdone, the fine folks over at the San Diego Latino Film Festival and Media Arts Center will present a special outdoor film series entitled "Que Viva Cine Latino" every Wednesday in September at the Las Americas Mall in San Diego. The series continues with the crowd-pleasing family film El Jeremias (Sept. 12) followed by Dolores (Sept. 19), a superb doc portrait of Chicano activist Dolores Huerta, and concludes with the mesmerizing and moving Pixar entry Coco (Sept. 26).
Let's dance: Flying somewhat under the radar, 40 NORTH Dance Film Festival returns on Friday, Sept. 21 with an opening night at the Museum of Photographic Arts before spilling out into venues in North Park and South Park. Audiences can expect an abundance of films that, to quote the organization's mission statement, "utilize a breadth of filmic and dance styles or techniques to display movement using the screen or frame as a stage." The event is scheduled to end on Saturday, Oct. 6.
Tis' the festival season: Who needs the madness of Oscar season when so many local film festivals will premiere engaging new content in such a short amount of time? First up, the G.I. Film Festival San Diego runs from Tuesday, Sept. 25 through Sunday, Sept. 30 featuring content that focuses on military experiences and sacrifice. Primed to present another massive lineup, the San Diego Italian Film Festival commences on Wednesday, Oct. 3 and will stretch all the way until Sunday, Oct. 14, overlapping slightly with another SDiFF (San Diego International Film Festival) playing Wednesday, Oct. 10 through Sunday, Oct. 14. Finally, Pacific Arts Movement will present the 19th annual San Diego Asian Film Festival, which will feature over 150 films Thursday, Nov. 8 through Saturday, Nov. 17.
Suspense artist: Repertory screenings are hard to come by in this town, but don't worry, Angelika Carmel Mountain has you covered. Every Thursday in October will feature a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense whose taut thrillers became a genre unto itself. Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart flirt their way into a murder plot in Rear Window (Oct. 4). Beware Joseph Cotten's Uncle Charlie in Shadow of a Doubt (Oct. 11). The insanely warped murder swap saga Strangers on a Train (Oct. 18) features one of the great evil performances by Robert Walker. 39 Steps (Oct. 25) is a fleet-footed thriller from the director's pre-WWII British days. And really the only way to ring in Halloween is a trip to the Bates Motel in Psycho (Oct. 31). Every screening begins at 7 p.m.


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Eye say! How the animal kingdom views the world
Updated: 04:10 EST, 1 September 2009
To say they come in all shapes and sizes is an understatement.
Tarantulas boast an eight-pack for all-round vision. Male elephants give off scent from behind theirs' to attract mates. And the octopus relies as much on its tentacles to get around.
These fascinating images give a tantalising glimpse of the wonders nature has evolved to see - and the extra functions they bring.
Squawking point: A circle of bright yellow skin around a hyacinth macaw's eye is set off against its blue plumage. The bird is South America's largest flying parrot
All-round vision: Tarantulas have eight eyes - two wide ones at the front, with four small ones underneath, and two more small ones on the side of the upper head
True blue: The light-sensing cells of a giant clam, clustered around the edge of the shell, can distinguish between dark and light and even perceive shadows
In the pink: Mantis shrimps have the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom. The crustaceans have remarkable vision, being able to see up to 12 primary colours and detect six different kinds of light polarisation, as well as seeing objects with three different parts of the eye
Enjoying a flutter: The eye of a southern-ground hornbill (Bocorus leadbeateri), a large bird hailing from southern Africa, is about 10mm in diameter. The bird's eyelids are lined with very long, wiry black lashes, which are modified feathers
Jumbo-vision: The eye of the Asian elephant is lined with long lashes that curve downwards. In the mating season, males give off a scent from behind the eyes
Touchy-feely: The eye of a common octopus, like those of other invertebrates, is high performance. However, it relies as much on its tentacles
Getting a little shut-eye: The closed eye of a red-eyed tree frog. The fine golden threads are the nictating membrane, a third eyelid which protects the eye but still allows the frog to see
Comings and goings: The 3mm eye of a veiled chameleon, found in Africa and Madagascar. The bulging eyes of these tree and bush-dwelling reptiles rotate independently, enabling them to look backwards and forwards at the same time
Bug-eyed: The compound eyes of a dragonfly, made up of hundreds of thousands of tiny hexagonal eyes, each one just 0.04mm in diameter. Dragonflies have almost 360-degree vision, including backwards, enabling them to catch their prey in flight
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Archives|Hip-Hop Family Values
Hip-Hop Family Values
By ALEX ABRAMOVICH DEC. 5, 2004
NASIR JONES, the 31-year-old rapper who is better known as Nasty Nas, Nas Escobar, Nastradamus or, more simply, Nas, released his first album, "Illmatic," in 1994. A densely textured, deeply lyrical portrait of life in Long Island City's Queensbridge projects, the record signaled the resurgence of the moribund New York hip-hop scene and helped pave the way for Biggie Smalls, Jay-Z and a new generation of New York rappers. The music press called it a hip-hop masterpiece; The Village Voice called Nas "one of the most important writers of the 20th century."
Its no surprise, then, that the appearance of Nas's eighth, and most ambitious, studio album -- the two-CD "Street's Disciple," which was released Tuesday -- has occasioned cover stories in leading hip-hop magazines. More surprising is the amount of space magazines like The Source and The Ave have devoted to a figure who doesn't fit the archetypal hip-hop narrative: the rapper's father. But if Nas is no ordinary M.C., his father, the Harlem-based singer, cornetist and bandleader Olu Dara, is no run-of-the mill dad.
Mr. Dara was born Charles Jones III, in Natchez, Miss., in 1941. His father and grandfather were singers, and his great-uncles performed alongside Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith in the Rabbit Foot Minstrel troupe. Mr. Dara began his professional career at the age of 7 and went on to play with the jazz stars Art Blakey, Henry Threadgill and Cassandra Wilson, to collaborate with the writers Rita Dove and August Wilson, to lead his Okra Orchestra and Natchezsippi Dance Band, and to record two critically acclaimed solo albums. He met Nas's mother, Ann Jones, in Brooklyn, in 1964, and married her the next year. (The couple divorced in 1985; Mrs. Jones died of breast cancer in 2002.) Today, Nas is engaged to the singer Kelis, whose own father, the saxophone player and preacher Kenneth Rogers, played with Mr. Dara many times over the years.
Mr. Dara, who played the trumpet on Nas's debut, sings and plays on 2 of "Street's Disciples" 25 tracks, and the sepia-toned video for its lead single, the bluesy "Bridging the Gap, " features father and son performing in front of a billboard-size panorama of family photographs. "Bridging the gap from the blues to jazz to rap," Nas explains in the song's first verse, "the history of music on this track." Nas's record company, Columbia, has played up the connection, perhaps to emphasize that Nas, who is 10 years into his solo career and sells well into the millions, has never been closer to his roots. But the collaboration stretches as far back as Nas and Mr. Dara can remember.
"I started him on trumpet at 3 or 4," Mr. Dara said a few days before Thanksgiving, in an interview that took place during a family dinner at a Midtown steakhouse. "He was a little phenom, playing on stoops in the neighborhood," and for the after-work crowd on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn.
"I never gave him lessons -- he had a natural knack for musical instruments -- but his lip swelled up, and I told him to chill out until he got to be 7 or 8," Mr. Dara continued. "He cried, hard, but by the time he was 7 and we'd moved to Queensbridge, he'd lost interest."
Mr. Dara, who looks much younger than his 64 years, is smaller and slighter than his son, but the two men have the same easy way about them. Over dinner, each spoke tenderly to the other, and both said they had never had a fight or argument: even Nas's dropping out of school, after the eighth grade, was "a joint decision," they both said. In subsequent years, Nas would spend some time dealing drugs; his best friend was killed and his brother shot. "I was separated from Nas's mother at the time, so I couldn't protect him as much as I wanted to," Mr. Dara says.
"For us," Nas says, "family values are what they are due to how a family survives. A family that's brutalized, racially profiled, systematically destroyed. How does that family survive? We survive one way, that family survives another way. But in hip-hop, there's no one else who comes from a musical family that's around, that's relevant, that can come together like we have."
"That's a powerful message -- and a dangerous one, because a lot of people don't want to see a black man with his father," Nas continued. "But this is our story, our blues. Nas speaks of Nas's travels. Olu speaks of Olu's travels. And we got together to say that maybe if the today's father sticks around, he can influence his child to be an Olu or a Nas."
Nas's lyrics draw heavily on his experiences in the projects. "Everything I do is gangsta," he says. "The style is gangsta. The voice is gangsta. I like the street. The street is all I know. I don't like the soft, Negro rappers."
But for all the grit and fury in Nas's music, it's easy to hear echoes of his father's relaxed style and all-encompassing record collection in Nas's flow, which is swift, swinging and jazzy. "The concepts are the same," Mr. Dara says. "And the storytelling. We came into the world at different times, and we see the world differently. But we are father and son, you know."
"Actually," Nas says, "I admire his career more than mine. My thing is the thing of the hip-hop star. Bodyguards and all of that. He traveled the world and went places I was scared to go, while I stayed here and took the easy route."
And though his records outsell Mr. Dara's 40 to 1, Nas has found that his brand of celebrity isn't necessarily better. "Olu knew all of New York, but he was cool walking down the street," Nas says. "People who see me on the street say, Oh, Nas, I love you! Then they run to the next guy they see on TV. I wish the real people were into me and I made a living off them alone."
If Mr. Dara's experiences have encouraged Nas to root his music in deeper soil than most hip-hop histories allow for, both men see themselves as part of a musical conversation that refuses to acknowledge aesthetic and generational divides. "What some people call a split, we call creativity," Mr. Dara says. "Black music, black art -- it changes. We're making this stuff all the time, every moment. You can take a ride into Harlem right now and you'll hear blues, jazz, gospel, hip-hop -- right there, all in one place."
As his father scans the dessert tray, Nas adds: "Hip-hop wasn't mainstream when I was a kid. It wasn't considered an art form. There weren't really any rich rappers. I got into it because that's what I loved. It's what my neighborhood was. It's what I was. And now, we're finally going to see hip-hop get old. Were going to see it have the same life span as jazz or B.B. King. When I'm 60 years old and LL Cool J has a show, I'll be in the front row. I mean, who else am I going to go see?"
A version of this article appears in print on December 5, 2004, on Page 2002035 of the National edition with the headline: MUSIC; Hip-Hop Family Values. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe


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