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Apartment complexes, businesses and more across the MAR VISTA area make use of coin-operated laundry machines. These appliances are often heavily used, and as a result require regular maintenance and service on a regular basis. Should your laundry units require repairs, you can trust our team to get the job done right.
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The cooktop is one of the most frequently used cooking appliances in any home, providing the surface required for cooking a variety of delicious dishes. These appliances are used on an almost daily basis, and if you're suffering from cooktop repair problems in MAR VISTA, you can trust our team to provide fast and effective service.
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A dishwasher is a must-have appliance in every home, ensuring your kitchen is fed with a steady supply of clean plates, glasses, cookware and more. The dishwasher brings convenience to your kitchen cleaning process, and like any other appliance, requires occasional maintenance or repairs. Should you need repairs in MAR VISTA, our experts are here to help.
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No MAR VISTA home is complete without a dryer, and many homeowners invest in these appliances to help prepare clothing, bedding and other items for everyday use. There are a host of problems that can afflict your dryer, from a broken dryer drum to a malfunctioning control panel, and our technicians are ready to solve a variety of common issues.
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The freezer is an essential component of every kitchen, providing the dedicated storage space required for ice, pre-prepared meals, frozen desserts and many more items. But a broken freezer can be a major inconvenience. Regardless of your repair needs, our company is available for all freezer service and maintenance projects in the MAR VISTA area.
With over 20 years in the appliance repair business, our company knows how to handle freezer repair service. Our expert appliance technicians have the factory-certified training required to work on units produced by a host of popular manufacturers, including Whirlpool, Frigidaire, GE and more. Thanks to their unique training, our experts can repair both freezers units in refrigerators and standalone freezers. We ensure that our team is up-to-date on the latest technology and tools, allowing them to service common domestic freezers as well as industrial-sized units. Home and business owners throughout MAR VISTA recognize the superior customer care, knowledgeable service and fair prices that our company provides, and know they can trust us for all their freezer repair service needs.
The garbage disposal is a commonly overlooked, but incredibly vital, kitchen appliance. These units help you clean the remnants of a delicious meal by attaching to your sink drain and grinding up leftover food. A broken garbage disposal can bring foul odors and major messes to your kitchen, and for 20 years, homeowners throughout MAR VISTA have counted on our company to handle their garbage disposal repair needs.
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Weather in the MAR VISTA area can get unbearably hot, and a powerful ice maker is a helpful appliance for combatting this heat. Ice makers provide your home with a steady supply of fresh and clean ice, and ensure your beverages maintain a refreshing temperature. Should you notice problems with your appliance or the quality of ice it provides, you may want to contact a professional appliance repair service like our company.
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Universal Appliance Repair's skilled technicians are trained and certified to provide service for all types of ice makers. Our team is able to repair the common ice makers found in most refrigerators, as well as standalone ice maker units. We can instantly recognize signs of low-quality ice and mechanical failures within your appliance, providing the exact ice maker repair techniques that your unit needs. Our loyal MAR VISTA clients appreciate that our company provides excellent customer care and superior appliance knowledge at an affordable cost. You can trust our team to handle any and all of your ice maker repair needs.
Our professional technicians are expertly trained in microwave maintenance and repairs, and provide factory-certified service to a number of premium brands. Our experience extends to microwaves manufactured by Samsung, LG, Sharp, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Dacor and many more, allowing us to work on a variety of makes and models. MAR VISTA clients have turned to our service for 20 years, and recognize the high levels of customer care and appliance knowledge that we provide. Even better, our maintenance and repair services come at a fair cost, providing the peace of mind you need when microwave problems strike.
No kitchen is complete without a microwave. These handy appliances help you reheat leftovers, cook pre-made meals and prepare delicious ingredients quickly and efficiently. Many use their microwave almost every day, and that means a defective or faulty microwave can cause a big problem in the kitchen. If you need microwave repair assistance in the MAR VISTA area, don't hesitate to contact Universal Appliance Repair.
An effective oven allows you to expertly execute a wealth of gourmet meals and delicious desserts, while a broken oven will severely limit the cooking capabilities of your home. We understand how important a functional oven is to MAR VISTA residents, which is why we provide nothing but the best in terms of quick and efficient oven repair service.
Our team's primary goal is to minimize the inconvenience a broken oven will bring to your home. Our appliance repair specialists are factory-certified and trained to provide repairs and maintenance for units from almost all major manufacturers, including Bertazzoni, Maytag, LG, Dacor, Fisher &Paykel and many, many more. Their in-depth training allows them to effectively examine and repair single wall ovens and double wall ovens, and they understand the specific problems that can afflict both gas and electric models. If you're a homeowner in the MAR VISTA area, you can trust Universal Appliance Repair to provide you with fast, knowledgeable and effective oven repair services whenever they're needed most.
Cooking ranges are popular kitchen appliances for many in MAR VISTA, combining the capabilities of a cooktop and oven in one powerful appliance. When MAR VISTA residents encounter problems with their ranges, they know they can turn to our company for high-quality repairs and superior service.
Our appliance repair team is trained to understand the latest innovations and technologies, offering factory-certified service for a host of respected range manufacturers. Our team can service cooking ranges produced by AGA, Jenn-Air, BlueStar, Bosch, Wolf, Viking and many, many more. Whether your range has burner problems or thermostat calibration issues, our range repair experts will be able to diagnose and resolve the problem quickly. By offering highly trained service technicians, courteous customer care and affordable prices, Universal Appliance Repair has become one of the best cooking range repair services in the MAR VISTA area. Give us the opportunity to show you what top-tier appliance repair truly is.
Many residents in MAR VISTA enjoy the convenience and advanced features of a top-notch refrigerator, providing their home with superior food and beverage storage solutions. But periodically, he refrigerator may require maintenance or repairs. No matter the problem, folks in the MAR VISTA area know they can rely on our company for vital refrigerator maintenance and repair service.
Refrigerators are complicated appliances, and our team is trained to work on makes and models from a majority of popular appliance brands. Thanks to their factory-certified knowledge, our maintenance and repair technicians from a host of manufacturers, including Sub-Zero, Samsung, LG, Frigidaire, Whirlpool and many more. Our technicians can work on bottom and top mount refrigerators, side-by-side refrigerators, French door refrigerators and even specialty models, meeting the needs of a variety of MAR VISTA residents. We provide in-depth knowledge and unrivaled customer care for an affordable cost, making us one of the leading refrigerator repair services in the MAR VISTA area.
Our refrigerator repair specialists are factory-certified and trained to perform maintenance and repairs on units from a wealth of popular and respected manufacturers, including Frigidaire, GE, KitchenAid, Samsung, DCS, Bosch, Amana and many more. Thanks to their specialized training and in-depth knowledge, our team can provide service for side-by-side refrigerators, French door refrigerators, bottom or top mount models and even specialty refrigerators. Thanks to a winning combination of great customer care, impressive repair knowledge and fast service, our company has become a respected provider of refrigerator repairs and maintenance service in the MAR VISTA area.
The washer is an integral part of the laundry process, and a broken washing machine will prevent you from completing any laundry. If you're in need of superior washer repair service in the MAR VISTA area, consider reaching out to our company.
Our service experts are factory-certified and trained to provide maintenance and repairs for a host of units from top washing machine manufacturers. We provide service for washers made by Whirlpool, Maytag, Samsung, Miele, Speed Queen and many, many more. Even better, our technicians understand the differences between different types of washers, and are prepared to service front load units, traditional top load units and high-efficiency models. Residents throughout MAR VISTA turn to us for their washer repair service needs because we offer superior customer care, in-depth appliance knowledge and rapid-response service for a fair price. Be sure to contact us with all your washing machine maintenance and service needs in the MAR VISTA area.
Wine coolers provide the proper temperature and humidity for preserving a variety of wines, and issues with a cooler can cause significant damage to your wine collection. These appliances regularly require maintenance and repair services, and you can trust our company with your wine cooler service needs in the MAR VISTA area.
Our dedicated team of appliance repair professionals receives expert training and certification to work on wine coolers from a variety of trusted manufacturers. Thanks to their in-depth knowledge, our team can repair any and all types of wine coolers. We service small coolers that hold 20 bottles, massive coolers that hold 100-plus bottles and every size in-between. Wine collectors and connoisseurs in MAR VISTA and across the Mar Vista area know they can trust our repair specialists. For 20 years, we've earned the support of the MAR VISTA community thanks to our fast service, expert knowledge and superior customer care.


As reported on WestportNow.com, a motor vehicle accident on Saugatuck Avenue led to the arrest of a Norwalk man on charges of driving under the influence. The Motorist was placed under arrest after failing standardized field sobriety testing and later refused to submit to a breathalzyer at Police Headquarters. He is scheduled to appear in Norwalk Superior Court on Monday November 16th.


Gary D'Amico is a special effects supervisor for Heroes.
Besides Heroes, Gary D'Amico has worked on special effects for several television series and many films. Those television series include The Visitor as a special effects supervisor, and CSI: Miami, Harts of the West, Line of Fire and MDs as a special effects coordinator. His special effects work on films includes Envy and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story as a special effects director, The Love Bug and Tower of Terror as special effects supervisor, and The Core, Fatal Instinct, Vanilla Sky and World Trade Center as a special effects coordinator.
Miscellaneous special effects job titles Gary D'Amico has also held include assistant special effects for the film The Doors, dinosaur technician for the film Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985), pyrotechnic coordinator at the 1993 MTV Movie Awards, pyrotechnician for the film Waterworld, and special effects technician for the film Showgirls (1995).
Gary D'Amico has also been an actor in the film The Straight Story (1999), where he plays Cyclist #1.
In 2007, Gary D'Amico was nominated for an "Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series" Emmy for his work on Five Years Gone.
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Operation Zucker: Jagdgesellschaft ist ein deutscher Fernsehfilm aus dem Jahr 2016. Er handelt wie schon sein Vorgänger Operation Zucker von einer Kommissarin, die gegen pädophile Kriminelle ermittelt. Der Film basiert auf wahren Begebenheiten und thematisiert den Kinderhandel in Deutschland.

Handlung

Der Film spielt hauptsächlich in Potsdam. Kriminalkommissarin Karin Wegemann erhält von dem Journalisten Maik Fellner Hinweise auf pädophile Verbrechen. Die Spur führt zu dem Ehepaar Voss, das in einem noblen Vorort wohnt und junge Mädchen, die bei ihnen zu Hause wohnen, an fremde Männer vermietet. Die Männer missbrauchen die Kinder sexuell im Wald und sind in einer geheimen Gruppe organisiert, zu der auch ein hochrangiger Landespolitiker gehört, der auch Zugang zu Informationen über den Ermittlungsfortschritt hat. Die Gruppe erschwert die Ermittlungen, indem sie Fellner tödlich vergiften lässt. Mit Informationen von Fellner, die er Wegemann kurz vor seinem Tod per USB-Stick übergeben hat, kommt es zur Festnahme von Helen Voss, der Ehefrau aus dem Ehepaar Voss.

Die Pädophilen-Gruppe trifft sich in einem abgelegenen Haus, wo sie verschiedene Kinder missbrauchen, ehe sie sie – ähnlich einer Jagd – in den Wald laufen lassen, um sie zu erschießen. Dabei wird eines der zwei Voss-Mädchen niedergeschossen. Die Gruppe beauftragt den Politiker, das andere Mädchen zu töten, wozu er sich aber nicht durchringen kann. Kurz darauf begeht er Suizid.

Wegemann und ihr Kollege erreichen den Tatort zu spät, die Gruppe konnte kurz zuvor flüchten. Der USB-Stick verschwindet aus mysteriösen Gründen, sodass das Pädophilennetzwerk ebenso wie das Ehepaar Voss ungestört weiteroperieren kann. Wegemann erfährt aber zum Schluss, dass ihr Kollege insgeheim eine Kopie der Daten auf dem USB-Stick angefertigt hat.

Entstehung
Eine Grundlage für das Drehbuch bildeten die Recherchen der Drehbuchautorin Ina Jung unter Beteiligten des "Sachsensumpfes".

Veröffentlichung
Das Erste strahlte den Film erstmals am 20. Januar 2016 im Hauptabendprogramm aus, und zwar im Rahmen eines Themenabends über Kinderhandel und Missbrauch.

Kritik
In der FAZ lobte Heike Hupertz den Film. Er gehe "wohlüberlegt mit den Mitteln des Fernsehens um. Fakten und Hintergrundinformation werden nicht langatmig vorgetragen, sondern von den beiden Polizisten herausgezischt […]. Nadja Uhl gibt abermals eine beeindruckend wütende Vorstellung als selbst traumatisierte Polizistin".

Der Film-Dienst beurteilte den Film als "intensives Drama mit brisanter gesellschaftspolitischer Botschaft" und als zwar "inszenatorisch brillant", aber "nicht frei von inszenatorischen Stereotypen".

Auszeichnungen
 Romyverleihung 2016: Prämierungen in den Kategorien Bester Fernsehfilm und Bestes Drehbuch
 Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2016: Nominierungen in den Kategorien Beste Tongestaltung und Sound-Design

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Kindheit im Film

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A few months back, I had the pleasure of styling this youthful couple for the incredibly talented Diane Villadsen.
The results left me breathless.
I even made a cameo for a few shots!
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automatic 3rd party software update
March 10th, 2007 at 05:23
The OS would have a standard system for developers to implement an auto-update feature for their 3rd party apps, making it easy for them, consistant, and simple to ensure all apps are up to date for the user.
Each installed app would register its name, .app path, current version, url for update information, etc. For all apps released prior to this OS and library feature, much of this info would have to be added manually by the user. New apps could possibly add themselves on first launch, asking the registry on launch if they are registered. This would not allow currently existing software to register, so these apps would have to be registered by some other means. Probably a better solution that would support both new and old apps, as well as not need a specific call to be added in the apps code, would be to have the registry check for the name of the app every time an app is launched. If it is not in the database, it could ask the application for the information. Current apps wouldn't provide this, so it would have to bring up a dialog alert window in which the user would enter as much of it as known. It could be updated by the user later. Since some people download apps just to try them, then delete them, these apps should be removed from the database. This could be implemented to be done automatically. On each update check, if no .app is at the path specified, then the app was probably deleted and can be removed from the registry. Also, the user could specify an interval after which dormant apps could be removed from the list, something like a month or so. If either of these remove apps that are still desired by the user, they will be re-added to the registry on next launch, and will then be checked on next check anyway.
The developer would use a standard method, perhaps one of several, to post the current version and the files for download on their website. The url would be provided by the app, as stated above. The information at the url would have to be standardized so that the updater could parse it to get the information needed. It might contain just the current version in a tab delimited text file, listing version number, url to file parts or perhaps script to get them, update history (in case the user wants to review the update before doing it), etc. It might also be a list of all versions with this information, each version seperated by a new line appended to the file. Some developers would add the new line to a text file by hand, while others could have a script update it, or a script serve it. The file parts would have to be in a standard format as well, so that the updater app could handle them easily. It could be simply a .pkg, with all modified files stored in their destination paths inside.
The funcionality would probably be added to the software update application already used for the OS vendors software. The third party stuff would be kept somewhat seperate, to ensure things like security updates to the OS were given greater precedence and what not. The user would have seperate preferences to set for handling 3rd party apps, including whether to maintain a database at all, whether to update automatically or ask permission first, seperate update interval (could be 'same as system updates' though). The user would be able to view a table of all registered apps with information on them such as current version, if installed version is current, and an editable list of the app name, path, and update url. Clicking on each line item would provide additional information provided from the server, such as a revision history. All information would be stored in a database to save on disk space and be faster than a collection of files for each app.
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How to create a remote work policy in 2022 (with free templates)
Successful remote work requires a formal agreement and a clear set of expectations. Achieve this with a remote work policy.
Nine in 10 companies are switching to a hybrid work model, according to a 2021 McKinsey report.
Whether you oversee a team of remote front-line or desk-based workers, you need to create a set of formal guidelines that increase transparency and streamline management. In short, you need a remote work policy.
This article will explain what a remote working policy is, why you need it, and how to create one fast, with ready-to-use templates for each part of the policy. Let's dive in.
Here's what we'll cover:
What is a remote work policy?
How to create a remote work policy
Remote work policy FAQs
How to create a remote work policy: over to you
A remote work policy is an agreement that outlines everything employees need to know, do and expect when working remotely.
For example, the policy covers who's eligible to work remotely, how they should work remotely, the company's expectations of them, the support the company offers, and the rights of remote workers.
Such a policy is essential for the long-term success of your remote work strategy. It cuts through the confusion and ensures that your line managers and executives apply the rules consistently and fairly.
While remote work is prevalent in a post-pandemic world, remote working policies are not. Only a little more than half (57%) of companies using remote workers have a formal remote work policy in place.
That's not a huge majority, but we've made it easier for you to join them. Follow these steps to create a remote work policy that ticks all the right boxes while using our remote work policy examples to create your own.
Get the right stakeholders involved
When creating a remote work policy, collaborating with key stakeholders across your organization is essential. This helps you in two ways:
You'll be able to craft an effective remote work policy
You'll have an easier time getting buy-in for the policy
So make sure to get suggestions from senior staff members as you work on the remote work policy. Your CEO, legal team, HR team, IT department, and line managers will all have different perspectives that must be taken into account.
Explain who's eligible for remote work
Not every worker can be remote. Case in point: Utah-based Young Living Essential Oils. In 2020, only about half of the company's 2460 employees could work remotely, while essential workers like lab and research staff had to continue to work on-site.
So it's important to set out a list of requirements that employees must meet for remote work. This way, you'll avoid confusion while ensuring a fair and consistent application of the rules.
Example: Employees are eligible to work remotely if they have worked for the company for more than one year, have proven themselves trustworthy, can effectively carry out their job remotely, and obtain sign-off from their line manager.
Spell out what locations employees can work from
Many employees report increased productivity levels when working from home. This is due to fewer interruptions, more focused time, and a more comfortable workplace, according to research by FlexJobs.
But the productivity benefits are possible only when your employees pick the most appropriate workplace. And you can help them do this by defining exactly what you expect from their working environment. Leave no doubt in their minds about what their surroundings should look like.
Example: You are required to pick a work environment that is safe, secure, and free from distractions. It should have a reliable internet connection and contain all the equipment you need to do your job.
Explain how the policy might change
The world of remote work is constantly evolving, and your company must be able to adapt at a moment's notice. After all, just 17% of employees were remote in 2019, as compared to the 31% who are remote in 2022.
As such, your company's remote work policy shouldn't be set in stone. Include a clause that outlines to what extent the policy may change in the future and what notice employees will receive. You don't need to pull any punches here. Remote work is a privilege, not a right. So don't be afraid to be frank.
Example: We reserve the right to change this remote work policy without prior notice. It may be discontinued at any time, after which employees will have a two-week period to return to the office.
Specify what expenses are included
The extent to which your business pays for home office equipment is up to you. For the record, more than one in five companies pay some portion of the home office equipment, with almost one-third saying they reimburse remote employees for laptops.
Include a clear description of the tools provided to employees and the stipends available for remote workers.
Example: It is mandatory to use a laptop provided by the company for work. The laptop will include all of the software you need to perform your role, including a VPN that must be used whenever you connect to the internet. A $100 stipend is also available for home-office expenses such as a desk or chair.
Clarify work expectations
The biggest benefit for employees working remotely is the flexibility, shows a 2019 study by Buffer.
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But that doesn't mean it can get in the way of getting work done. Your remote work policy needs to make it clear that most of the official rules and regulations still apply. These may include sticking to a schedule, meeting deadlines, and being available between pre-determined hours.
Example: Remote employees must agree and abide by a remote working schedule set with their line managers. Any deviation must be communicated to your line manager in good time. Employees must be available through pre-agreed communication channels during office hours.
Include communication expectations
Clear collaboration and communication are always vital, but they're even more critical when working remotely. Your remote work policy must clarify how often employees should communicate and the resources they have at hand.
Example: You're expected to be accessible via email and the Blink app 8 hours a day, Monday to Friday. Also, check in regularly with your manager, no less than twice per day or as agreed with your line manager.
Explain benefits, insurance, and liability
Remote employees may not have the same rights and legal protection as on-site employees. Whatever the case, your remote work policy should note any changes in salary, benefits, insurance, and legal ramifications when working from home.
Example: Employees will maintain their existing salary, benefits, and insurance cover while working remotely. The company will be liable for any injury suffered in the employee's pre-agreed workspace, but only during work hours.
The biggest risk to any company embarking on a remote working strategy is security. That's why it is essential to take steps to protect your company's data and explain that process to employees. And make it clear that any security breach caused by the employee will lead to disciplinary action.
Example: As a remote employee, you're responsible for taking steps to protect yourself and the company's data at all times, such as protecting sensitive documents with strong passwords. A VPN provided by the company should be used at all times. And you must not download any unauthorized software.
Communicate the remote work policy clearly
Once your remote work policy is ready, it's time to share it with your workers. When introducing the policy, tell your workers how to access the policy and the purpose behind its implementation.
Depending on the communication channel you use, there are many ways to push the policy through your company. For example, you can do this via a combination of email and your internal comms software. And don't stop there. Ensure that the new policy is introduced and discussed in face-to-face meetings and conferences.
As the remote work policy rolls out, you may also get some feedback from different corners of your company. This is your chance to refine the policy further while making your employees feel heard, and it should not be missed.
Get sign-off internally
The final piece of implementing your remote work policy is the sign-off process. For something as important as a remote work policy, just communication is not enough. Your workers should indicate and acknowledge that they have read and understood the policy. And you should have a mechanism in place to get these confirmations.
Using a communication platform such as Blink, for example, you can turn on mandatory reading for updates about the remote work policy.
Even the most experienced managers and HR executives have questions when creating a remote work policy. That's why we've answered some of the most common ones below.
What is the purpose of a remote work policy?
The purpose of a remote work policy is to clearly define who can work remotely, the company's expectations of remote employees, and the systems in place to support those employees.
What's the difference between remote working and working from home?
Working from home refers to an agreement in which employees can work from their home either full time or for a set number of days. In contrast, remote work carries a much broader definition and refers to employees working from any location outside of the office, whether that's their home, a cafe, or on-site at a client location.
What should a remote work policy include?
A remote work policy should cover everything employees need to know and do to work successfully outside of the office. This includes who can work remotely, the hours they should work, employees' legal rights, tools available to employees, and cybersecurity requirements. (e.g. ransomware protection)
What should employers provide to remote workers?
Businesses can choose to provide or reimburse expenses of basic equipment like laptops if the employees do not have their own, a clear outline of their expectations in the form of a remote work policy, communication and collaboration tools, and ongoing support where necessary.
Does an employer have to provide a computer for remote workers?
While some companies will provide everything an employee needs to work remotely, it is not necessary. Employers can ask employees to use their own devices, but they will have to provide the software necessary for them to work.
Can remote employees work from anywhere?
Allowing employees to work remotely doesn't necessarily mean they can work from anywhere. Front-line workers, for instance, may work away from the office, but they must work on-site with a client. Similarly, employers can request remote office workers to reside in a specific state or country to abide by labor laws.
The time you invest in creating a remote work policy will be returned many times over.
By outlining your expectations for remote workers and what they can expect from you in return, you and your line managers will find it much easier to manage and motivate your remote workforce.
Creating your own policy is as straightforward as following the step-by-step process we've listed above. Feel free to take our remote work policy examples and use them as templates to frame your own messaging.
And while you're at it, make sure you have the tools in place to help your remote employees work effectively.
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There are days we celebrate something and days we remember something. And the November 11th is the day we honor military veterans.
People wear a poppy flower – symbol of the Veterans Day. This year I decided that we will honor our soldiers with a hat with a poppy motif. And because there are few days left I would like to share this wonderful pattern with you so you can also make some untraditional hats to express appreciation to members of our military, past and present.
Yarn: Himalaya Baby Dolphin Chenille Yarn black (80318) zde and red (80311) zde.
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Make/sew the pompom to the hat. Sew the button.
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Chris Klein is an actor who is best know for his role as "Oz" in American Pie and several of its sequels. Klein was on the verge of becoming a breakout star after the release of the popular American Pie in 1999, but he never lived up to his potential, eventually becoming a c-list actor desperate for roles, famously lost his fiancee to Tom Cruise, and wasted precious years as an alcoholic, hitting rock bottom when he was arrested for a DUI in 2005.
Chris Klein was born on March 14, 1979 in Hinsdale, IL, a suburb of Chicago, IL. Klein was interested in theater at a young age and as a child he sang "This Little Light of Mine" in a community theater at the Sheraton Convention Center in Chicago. Klein moved with his family to Omaha, Nebraska when he was 13 years old.
As a high school student, Klein was both an athlete and an actor, participating in football, swimming, and acting/theater. Klein was fortunate to be discovered by director Alexander Payne, who was in Omaha scouting for fresh young talent for his 1999 film Election. Klein's first movie role was as "Paul Metzler," a polite and dumb football player in Election. Although somewhat of a box office flop, Election was popular among critics and performed well in the rental market.
The success of Election led to Klein's breakthrough role as Chris "Oz" Ostreicher in American Pie and in the sequels American Pie 2 and American Reunion. In American Pie, Oz was a jock who was a member of his high school's lacrosse team. Oz and his friends formed a pact to each lose their virginity by the end of their senior year in high school.
Chris Klein was one of the most popular actors from the movie (perhaps the second-most popular actor after Seann William Scott) and instantly became a heartthrob. Klein was popular at the time among young women for his good looks.
As the 1990s came to a close, Klein must have thought he was destined to soon become a member of the upper echelon of Hollywood actors. His career seemed to be hitting the big time and he soon started dating popular actress Katie Holmes, to whom he later became engaged in 2003.
Klein followed up on the success on American Pie by appearing in several major films, such as the 2002 flicks, We Were Soldiers and American Pie 2. However, Klein also appeared in the widely-panned box office flop Rollerball. Rollerball reportedly had a budget of at least $70 million, yet only earned about $25 million at the box office. His appearance in Rollerball seems to have irreparably harmed his acting career, as it one of his last major roles.
Klein's star faded so rapidly that he was not even asked to appear in the second America Pie sequel, American Wedding. Although there were rumors floating around that Klein had turned down a role in the movie, Klein has since set the record straight and let everyone know that he was not offered a role but would have accepted one if it had been offered to him.
At one point Klein became so desperate for choice roles that he actually auditioned for a role in 2008 musical, Mamma Mia! despite not having experience in musicals or singing. Here is a clip of Klein's embarrassing tone-deaf audition for the movie:
As his career crashed and burned, Klein's personal life was in shambles. Katie Holmes famously dumped Klein while they were engaged to be with actor Tom Cruise in 2005. Klein also started drinking heavily around this time, becoming an admitted alcoholic and was arrested for DUIs in 2005 and 2010. Klein was sentenced to 96 hours in prison for the 2010 DUI.
The stress of being unceremoniously dumped by Katie Holmes and the rages of alcoholism have taken a notable toll on Klein's looks. Although he is still fit, his face has aged to the point at which the 33-year-old actor now looks closer to age 40, as shown in the photos below:
Although he has appeared in a number of roles over the last ten years, most of Klein's roles have been inferior roles ever since the Rollerball debacle. Klein has, however, made a minor comeback recently by appearing in the most recent American Pie sequel, American Reunion, and also scoring a recurring role in the cable TV drama, Wilfred. Klein is still a relatively young man, even if he does look much older and it is possible that he may be able to resurrect his career. However, at this point, it still seems obvious that Chris Klein is one washed-up celebrity!
Labels: American Pie, DUI
Jake Lloyd is a former child star best known for his role as the young Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Star Wars fans generally disliked The Phantom Menace and cast much of the blame on Lloyd, effectively killing Lloyd's acting career and causing him to grow up to become incredibility bitter young man.
Lloyd was born March 5, 1989 in Fort Collins, Colorado and broke into acting in 1996, when he had a recurring role on the TV show ER and appeared in the TV movie Apollo 11 and the motion picture Unhook the Stars. Although most people know Lloyd as "the kid who ruined Star Wars," more astute movie buffs may also remember Lloyd as "the kid who ruined Jingle All The Way." In Jingle All The Way, Lloyd played Jamie Langston, the incredibly bratty son of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Howard Langston character. Perhaps Lloyd was instructed to be a little brat in the movie, although even if he was following directions, his character was nevertheless very grating and annoying and generally detracted from the overall movie experience of the casual viewer.
Notwithstanding his performance in Jingle All The Way, Lloyd continued to receive choice role and appeared to be heading for stardom. Lloyd appeared in several episodes of the moderately successful NBC drama, The Pretender, between 1996 and 1998. In 1999, Lloyd really hit the big time when he was cast as the young Anakin Skywalker in the first movie of the long-awaited Star Wars prequels, entitled Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
Lloyd played the young boy who would become the Jedi knight who turned to the Dark Side of the Force and later became the evil Darth Vader. Lloyd seems to have been horribly miscast as Anakin Skywalker in large part because he seemed to be far too young for the role. The start of a romance with the much older Padmé Amidala (played by Natalie Portman) was difficult to believe, as Lloyd was only 10 years old when the movie was released, whereas Portman was 18 years old. Fans also complained about Lloyd's inability to deliver his lines in a believable manner and with realistic emotions.
Lloyd also had to give up to 60 interviews a day, which is a lot of ask of a 10-year-old boy. Lloyd quickly grew to resent Hollywood in general and blamed George Lucas for putting him through the ordeal. Lloyd effectively stopped acting after The Phantom Menace, although he did lend his voice to several Star Wars video games.
Lloyd claims that all of the criticism from his appearance in The Phantom Menace made his life a living hell. He says that his classmates would tease him by making light saber sounds whenever they would see him. Here is an itnerview where Lloyd complains about treatment by his former high school and college classmates:
Lloyd became so angry and bitter that eventually destroyed all of his Star Wars memorabilia. I bet that Lloyd is also angry because he appears to have stopped growing at age 10. Lloyd looks pretty shrimpy in this photo:
Even though more than 10 years have passed since The Phantom Menace was released, Lloyd is still very angry, as is evident in this 2009 interview at the Supanova Pop Culture Expo held in Perth, Australia. Lloyd apparently traveled to Australia to meet Star Wars fans, yet he came across as a complete jerk in this interview:
Despite having little apparent acting talent and ability, Jake Lloyd was a successful young actor who received choice roles. However, fairly or unfairly, Lloyd received much of the criticism from fans unhappy with The Phantom Menace. Lloyd has grown up to become a very unhappy and bitter young man who is still hung up a role he had when he was 10 years old. He still goes to conventions because he presumably is paid to do so and needs money, yet he seems angry when asked about his experience in The Phantom Menace. For this and the other reasons discussed above, Jake Lloyd is one washed-up celebrity!
*** Update - June 21, 2015 ***
Jake Lloyd was arrested on South Carolina police on a 25-mile high-speed chase at speeds up to 100 mph on Saturday, June 20, 2015. Lloyd reportedly crashed through a fence while attempting to evade police. Lloyd told the police that his name was "Jake Broadbent." He has a $10,700 bond and is being held on charges of resisting arrest, reckless driving, driving without a license and failure to stop.
Labels: Child Movie Star, Star Wars
Richard Grieco was a rising star in Hollywood in the late 1980s starring in 21 Jump Street and a spin-off show, Booker, until his career suddenly derailed and began a rapid descent into obscurity.
Grieco was born on March 23, 1965 in Waterton, New York to an Italian father and Irish mother. He was an athlete during his youth and played football for Central Connecticut State University. As a young man, Grieco modeled for Armani, Calvin Klein and Chanel before studying acting.
Grieco broke into acting in the mid-1980s with minor non-recurring roles on popular television shows such as One Life to Live, Rags to Riches, Who's the Boss, The Facts of Life, and The Bronx Zoo. His break-through role that propelled him to stardom was his role as Booker on 21 Jump Street.
21 Jump Street was a police procedural crime drama television series that aired between April 1987 and April 1991. The series focused on a squad of squad of young undercover police officers investigating crimes in high schools, colleges, and other locations where youths congregate. The series was one of the Fox network's more popular shows during the network's early years. Although co-star Johnny Depp was the biggest star on the show, Grieco's character was probably a close second.
Grieco was known as a sex symbol among young women during the late 1980s for his looks and his popularity led to the Fox network offering him a starring role on the spin-off show, Booker, where he continued to play Detective Booker. Unfortunately for Grieco, however, his new show was poorly received and was cancelled after only one season.
Grieco had a guido-like appearance during the height of his stardom, much like the people who currently appear on the MTV reality show, Jersey Shore.
Grieco attempted to parlay his burgeoning stardom into a singing career. In 1994 Grieco joined the Dunmore Band. Grieco later signed a contract with a German label and released the album, Waiting for the Sky to Fall, in 1995. A decade later, in 2004, Grieco collaborated with music manager Cheryl Bogart to form the band Wasteland Park.
Grieco's acting career, however, practically ended with the cancellation of Booker in 1990 as he nearly fell off the Hollywood radar. (While still a star, he was referenced in this hilarious early-1990s skit on Saturday Night Live where a group of weight-lifters were in agreement that he needed to receive a beating.) Grieco did have a starring role in short-lived series such as Marker on the UPN network in 1995, but that series was cancelled after only 13 episodes had aired. He did have a fairly prominent role in the 1998 Saturday Night Live vehicle, A Night At The Roxbury, but his appearance didn't seem to help his career.
During the past decade, Grieco has had starring roles in minor straight-to-video flicks such as Final Payback in 2001 and Fish Don't Blink in 2002. He has also appeared in several made-for-TV movies over the years, such as Phantom Force in 2004 and Almighty Thor in 2011.
Grieco must have looked at the stardom of former co-star, Johnny Depp, with incredible envy. Perhaps he also thought that given the success of the Jersey Shore show, the time was ripe for a Grieco comeback. It appears as though Grieco may gone under the knife to get some plastic surgery in an effort to revive his floundering acting career as shown in the photos below. It appears as thought Grieco may have gotten a nose job to thin out the bridge of his nose. As a result of this apparent plastic surgery, Richard Grieco's face looks somewhat feminine and the long hair certainly isn't helping his cause!
Grieco was briefly in the news in early 2011 when it was reported that he was practically begging to take over Charlie Sheen's role on Two and a Half Men after Sheen was fired in 2011. He also recently produced the Showtime reality series entitled Gigolos, about male prostitutes and claims that he was offered up to $10k a night for gay sex back in the 1980s. Grieco may have resort to male prostitution to raise some cash now, as he reportedly owes over $44,000 in back taxes to the IRS.
Richard Grieco was one one Hollywood's rising stars in the late 1980s. However, his career suddenly and inexplicably derailed, leaving him by the wayside. In an apparent effort to jump-start his career he may have gotten some bad plastic surgery. Accordingly, there can be no doubt that Richard Grieco is one washed-up celebrity!
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Labels: 80s Drama, 90s Drama


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En calculabilité, la fonction de Sudan est un exemple de fonction récursive mais non récursive primitive (de même que la fonction d'Ackermann, plus connue).

Elle fut conçue en 1927 par le mathématicien roumain Gabriel Sudan, élève de David Hilbert.

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Tableaux de valeurs

On peut démontrer que F1(x, y) = F1(0, y) + 2y x.

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Algorithme récursif

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David Duband comes from a vigneron family long based in Chevannes, in the Hautes Cotes de Nuits. He took over the family domaine in 1995 when his father retired and he has also expanded the domaine, which now includes Grand Cru parcels in Echezeaux, Charmes-Chambertin and Clos Vougeot. Altogether Duband owns or leases on long term 25 acres. Duband also farms and makes wine for Francois Feuillet who owns 25 acres nearby, part of it leased by Duband. Wines with Feuillet labels are therefore also made by Duband. Clive Coates compliments Duband for his "up-to-date, classic, modern winemaking..." and notes that there is "high quality" at the estate. Duband also makes Premier Crus inn Chambolle-Musigny, Gevrey-Chambertin and Morey St. Denis, along with village wines.


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Today in Tech History / May 23rd, 2015
In 1825 – William Sturgeon exhibited the electromagnet in a practical form for the first time. The exhibition accompanied the reading of a paper, recorded in the Transactions of the Society of Arts for 1825 (Vol xliii, p.38).
In 1908 – John Bardeen was born. He grew up to win the Nobel Prize twice, once for inventing the transistor, and once for figuring out superconductivity.
In 1995 – Sun Microsystems Inc. announced the programming language Java and the accompanying Web browser HotJava at the SunWorld '95 convention.
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Vergara-Alert, J, Vidal E, Bensaid A, Segalés J.
Emerging and re-emerging pathogens represent a substantial threat to public health, as demonstrated with numerous outbreaks over the past years, including the 2013-2016 outbreak of Ebola virus in western Africa. Coronaviruses are also a threat for humans, as evidenced in2002/2003 with infection by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), which caused more than 8000 human infections with 10% fatality rate in 37 countries. Ten years later, a novel human coronavirus (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, MERS-CoV), associated with severe pneumonia, arose in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Until December 2016, MERS has accounted for more than 1800 cases and 35% fatality rate. Finding an animal model of disease is key to develop vaccines or antivirals against such emerging pathogens and to understand its pathogenesis. Knowledge of the potential role of domestic livestock and other animal species inthe transmission of pathogens is of importance to understand the epidemiology of the disease. Little is known about MERS-CoV animal host range. In this paper, experimental data on potential hosts for MERS-CoV is reviewed. Advantages and limitations of different animal models are evaluated in relation to viral pathogenesis and transmission studies. Finally, the relevance of potential new target species is discussed.
21.	Vergara-Alert J, Raj VS, Muñoz M, Abad FX, Cordón I, Haagmans BL, Bensaid A, Segalés J.
Dromedary camels are the main reservoir of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), but other livestock species (i.e., alpacas, llamas, and pigs) are also susceptible to infection with MERS-CoV. Animal-to-animal transmission in alpacas was reported, but evidence for transmission in other species has not been proved. This study explored pig-to-pig MERS-CoV transmission experimentally. Virus was present in nasal swabs of infected animals, and limited amounts of viral RNA, but no infectious virus were detected in the direct contact pigs. No virus was detected in the indirect contact group. Furthermore, direct and indirect contact pigs did not develop specific antibodies against MERS-CoV. Therefore, the role of pigs as reservoir is probably negligible, although it deserves further confirmation.


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Three Parts to a Word – an Explanation from Brain Research
Posted on October 21, 2012 July 2, 2019 by Abigail Marshall
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Davis Symbol Mastery — the modeling of words in clay – is based on the principle that each word has three parts: what it means, what it looks like, and how it sounds. When all three parts are fully understood and learned, the word is mastered.
Brain research shows that all skilled readers make this connection, but the balance struck between sight, sound, and meaning may differ depending on the written form of language. In languages that are phonetically consistent, such as Italian, readers tend to rely first on letter-sound correspondence (phonology); whereas readers of a character-based alphabet, such as Chinese, rely more heavily on the correspondence between letter shape and meaning.
English uses an alphabetic system but an orthography (spelling system) that is influenced largely by word meaning (morphology) — hence its irregularity in spelling. Here's a good explanation, from noted researcher Uta Frith, as to how that impacts reading:
Comparisons between Italian and English skilled readers have told us what the reading process is like in the mind and the brain. Skilled reading in both languages makes instant links between the sound, appearance and meaning of words. The brain does this by capitalizing on its evolutionary ancient language system, and by slotting in a component that links automatically to the visual form of words. Thus, in a triangular connection, a written word instantly evokes its meaning and its sound; the meaning of a word evokes its sound and written form; and the sound of a word evoke its written form and its meaning. By skimming through text, the triangular connections are made even faster than by listening to spoken words.
In spite of these similarities, research has shown that skilled readers of Italian read differently, by giving more weight to one of the links in the triangle, while English readers give more weight another link. Moreover, we know that the physiology that underlies their reading reflects this difference. The brain areas of the reading system of the Italian reader are configured in such a way that one component, the component that is involved in mapping sounds to letters, is more active than the component that is involved in mapping words to meaning. The reverse is true for highly skilled English readers. This make sense, since in English the meaning of the word is a key to its sound. How else is one to read ambiguous words such as cough, bough and through? Nevertheless, both English and Italian readers use all the components of the reading system, and they use them in concert.
Frith goes on to point out where the trouble begins for dyslexic readers:
It is the dyslexic readers who fail in this respect. They are unable to reconfigure the language system of the brain in the way that skilled readers are apparently able to do. Instead, they have to rely on tricks to remember words and their spellings and to use the effortful mapping of letters to sound.
Those "tricks" are what Ron Davis labeled "old solutions" in The Gift of Dyslexia – the habits that end up hindering rather than helping individuals gain reading fluency. Frith is accurate in describing the brain processes seen in dyslexics who struggle, but mistaken in using the word "unable," as the brain patterns she describes are largely an artifact of the way most children are taught to read. As she explains,
Dyslexic readers are doubly hit. First, because their brains work in such a way that it is apparently harder or them to segment the sounds of speech, they find it difficult to learn the mapping between the sounds and letters. This applies to any writing system that use the alphabet, however simple and transparent. However, in English they have to make sense of an orthography that is not only very complex but has quirky sets of rules and exceptions.No wonder that dyslexia is particularly prominent in English-speaking countries.
Of course, the solution to the problem is readily apparent from Frith's own explanation. She has written:
Dyslexic readers "find it difficult to learn the mapping between the sounds and letters;" and
"In English the meaning of the word is a key to its sound."
Obviously, then, the key to teaching dyslexics to read is to begin with meaning, rather than than to begin with the strategy that is so difficult for them to apply. Meaning first, not phonics first..
Of course a meaning-only approach would make no more sense than a sight-only or phonics-only approach. It would provide one corner of the triangle without the ability to tie the meaning to the letter sequence or sound. That is why Davis Symbol Mastery combines all three: meaning, sight, sound. The hands-on, creative process helps ensure that the three elements, learned together, are integrated in the mind — thus building the brain's ability to make the "instant links" that are critical to becoming a skilled reader.
Frith, Uta. "Foreword." Reading and Dyslexia in Different Orthographies. Eds. Nicola Brunswick, Siné McDougall, Paul de Mornay Davies. Psychology Press, 2010. pp. xvi-xviii. [Kindle]
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Sylvia Hamblin says:
Hello Abigail,
I am a speech language pathologist, retired, and just met a grandmother who wants me to help her grandaughter who presents with dyslexia. I know I can help her, but don't have the materials for intervention. Since you represent the Davis Dyslexia Association, you would know which intervention instruments I should impliment. I want to help this little girl, Kindergarten. The parent tells me that her teacher has "threatened" to keep her back because she can't recognize her name on a board of 10 children (and other things I can presume) I haven't assessed her, but parent history is that her father and one other sibling has dyslexia.
I would really appreciate any assistance you can give me (materails for intervention, etc)
Thank you, Sylvia Hamblin, M.S. CCC-SLP.
Sylvia, the best starting point for a kindergarten-age child would be the Davis Young Learner Kit for Home Use. That has a manual that sets out a program to follow, as well as all needed physical materials. You can find more about the kit here: http://www.dyslexia.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=11
I think you will find that the Davis Focusing technique described in the manual and modeling the alphabet in clay will go a long way to helping her learn to recognize her name and other small words.
Dyslexia is associated with language processing difficulties, but there is also a visual component. Many young children simply are not able to differentiate between similar letters, especially letters that look the same when reversed or inverted; and they are not able to accurately perceive a line of letters in left-to-right order or to hold that memory in their mind. The Davis program does address those issues in a simple and direct way.


During fall and winter months, I love creating and trying out as many apple recipes as I can. These baked apple pie spice apple chips are the perfect healthy choice, when you are craving something sweet and crunchy. The combination of spices will make you feel cozy and ready for the holidays instantly.
With a mandolin or slicer, slice the apples into thin pieces.
Make sure you remove all of the seeds after slicing.
On a parchment paper lined baking sheet, spread out apple slices.
Sprinkle with apple pie spice and cinnamon.
Bake at 200 degrees for 2 hours or until crisp.
Let sit for 5-10 minutes so they crisp up a little more.
*This post was originally published on Rachael Morris Health. For more from Rachael, be sure to visit her site.


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Please let me know what length fresh water hoses and sewer hoses that you've learned to carry based on the variety of campsite setups that you've experienced.
I'm wondering if a 25' plus a 35' would cover most situations.
Maybe you have learned that something different works better?
I think my water hose is 25 feet, what ever the "standard white drinking hose" is and I've never had a campsite where I could not reach the spigot. I do carry an extra length of sewer hose. On several occasions I have had to use it because for some reason the sewer pipe would be way away from the pad. A second water hose would not be a bad idea.
I also carry a Y-connector for the water hose spigot. Two reasons, first I can hook a garden hose up to wash off bikes without disconnecting the trailer and secondly, I can bleed pressure out of the water hose before disconnecting it and thereby not getting sprayed with water (most campgrounds around here have standard spigots and not the newer kind that bleed off the pressure).
My water hose is a 25' collapsable. But I still carry a 50' white hose in the truck toolbox. I use the Zero-G hose.
It's like a wet noodle when empty, then firms up when under pressure. The fittings are top notch.
I bought the 20' sewer hose that comes in two sections. I find most campgrounds only need 10'. If I need more, I'll attach the second half. For years I carried a 15' section and never wished for longer.
we carry three 25' water supply hoses. we have been a many campgrounds over the years. We have almost 2,000 nights of Airstream camping experience. Over 90% of the time, one hose does the trick. We occasionally use two of the hoses. On about a half dozen occasions over the years we have had to use all three hoses.
We also carry two 25's in case we need extra length. Also a Y connector, short hose section and sprayer for rinsing.
Don't forget a water pressure regulator! Although many campgrounds have them, and AS's May or May not have them internally installed, you should always use one to avoid over-pressure issues.
We carry a 25', a 50' and a 4'. We also have a couple of Y's, pressure regulator and back flow valves. Over the years we have acquired and used all of these from time to time.
Generally a 25 foot hose will handle most campsites. We carry a total of 100 feet of fresh water hose for when we camp at Forest Service campsites and standpipes are random. That way we can reach the water pipe and fill our fresh water tank. We also carry a "water thief" because often the faucets are not threaded. Also a "y" valve and an anti-siphon (backflow) device. We also carry an in-line water filter.
We carry two 25' fresh water & two 10' sewer hoses. On occasion we need all for a connection. Caz.
I carry three 25ft fresh water hose. Call it A, B and C for this thread.
B is my secondary in case my primary breaks OR if I need to extend it.
C is my OH $hit, I need it.
I do the same for my sewer hose. I carry three 10ft section. Same use as above.
25' and 35' water hoses with back flow preventer and pressure regulator Y, as well as valved and full-flow Ys for daisy-chained rally camping. Two 20' sewer hoses. I've used them all at various times.
Perhaps more important is the 30' 30 amp extension cable.
I've read bad reviews about this Zero G hose from the connections being cheap and breaking. How long have you had yours? I really would like something like this house that's easier to store than the standard white hoses. Curious if you think it will hold up. Thanks!
We carry two 25' white water hoses with a camco blue filter in the middle. I just automatically connect that way when we need water, although we travel with a full fresh tank and many nights I don't connect to the spigot at all. I replace the filter every spring, but the hoses every other year.
I carry a 50' collapsible utility hose in the bumper box. It's used for everything from washing the dog, to washing the trailer to sewer flushing. I throw it out and replace it every spring.
We carry two 10' stinky slinky sections. I usually only need one since we usually camp at parks w/o full hookups and most dump stations work best with 10'. I have not had to replace that setup yet. Maybe this is the year since they are now 4 years old.
I think you forgot about one extension that is vital to us. We can usually work around or do without water and sewer extensions. However, we have had a few occasions where we needed a 30 amp extension cord. We carry a 25'. If you live or travel in the south, that can be a life saver on a night when you expect power for AC but find the pedestal is more that 25' from your trailer's closest connection.
Water hoses: Buy two 25' hoses and a set of male/female connectors and make a 15' and a 10' hose. At most park connections the 10' will suffice.
Electrical: Look for 10',15', and 25' or 30' ready made cable. You may have to change the ends to match your RV.
Sewer hose: Use a twenty foot if that length will fit you holder. If nor get two shorter hoses and a male/female connector.
If you have a compost toilet just buy two cheap grey water hoses and cut one for 10' to reach the dump or the nearest flower bed.
At 90% of the stops you will only need the 10' lengths and they sure are less cumbersome.


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Sweden's Evocation are one of my favorite death metal bands. They are old school. I don't mean they mimic the old-school sound. I mean they went to the old school when it was new and graduated with honors.
They recorded their first demo (The Ancient Gate) in 1992 and another promo that same year, and then in 1993 the band split up, despite interest being expressed by a number of labels. Evocation returned to life in 2006 with a demo of new material, and then three full-length albums were released between 2007 and 2010, the last of which was the wonderful Apocalyptic (2010).
Since the release of Apocalyptic, Evocation signed with Century Media. On June 26, Century will release Evoked From Demonic Depths – The Early Years, a compilation of demo, unreleased, and rehearsal material. This isn't the first comp of old Evocation material; another one was released in 2004 by a label named Breath of Night. But the new comp will include a different collection of songs and performances, as well as a 32-page booklet and three live bootleg videos from 1992.
One of the songs on the forthcoming comp appeared on that four-song 1992 demo, The Ancient Gate. It's called "Through the Darkened Peril", and earlier this week DECIBEL began an exclusive stream of the song. It's a great song — but it's actually been released before — and that brings me to Swedish Death Metal.
Swedish Death Metal is a book published in 2007 by Insision bassist Daniel Ekeroth. I haven't read the book, but I've read about it. Ekeroth described the book this way: "Swedish Death metal. This is the improbable history of how it all began and evolved into the early '90s. The book also includes a massive A-Z of Swedish death metal bands (about 900 entries) as well as fanzines. All in all, the book is 480 pages long, and contains over 500 cool pictures. About 30 central characters of the scene have been interviewed."
In addition to publishing the book, a company called Index Verlag also released a 3-disk album (also called Swedish Death Metal) collecting almost four hours of early music by dozens of early Swedish bands, including many well known luminaries such as Nihilist, Nirvana 2002, Carnage, Grave, Dismember, Entombed, Unleashed, At the Gates, Marduk, Dissection, and Edge of Sanity. It also includes that Evocation song, "Through the Darkened Peril".
Late last year, that entire compilation became available for the first time as a digital download on Amazon mp3 and iTunes. I'm really tempted to get the whole thing, though I've already cherry-picked a few tracks, one of which is that Evocation song that DECIBEL is now streaming.
Allow me to repeat: this is a great song, and it captures the style that led to a death metal explosion cross the world in the early- to mid-90s. You can read an interview about the song with Evocation at that site HERE, and stream the song there, too. Or you can hear it below as it appears on Swedish Death Metal:
"Through the Darkened Peril"
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By the way, if you want to catch up on more recent Evocation material, including videos, check out our previous posts about the band here.
Posted by Islander at 8:22 am Tagged with: Evocation
11 Responses to "EVOCATION IN THE TIME CAPSULE"
Phro Coffee and Skittles says:
I am ashamed to admit that I just can't really get into old school death metal.
:_(
I do like Dismember's Death Metal though. That's kind of old school, right?
SurgicalBrute says:
Yeah..that, along with Entombed's early stuff, is pretty much the definitive Swedish death metal sound
Yup. If you like Dismember, then you can't say you're not really into old school death metal. But I'm sure there are other good reasons for you to be ashamed.
Utmu says:
I'm with Phro to some extent, at least with the Swedish death metal. I do like what I've heard from Nirvana 2002 though.
Kevinp says:
LOL, Phro came out of the closet and admitted he's a 3/4 douche. 🙂
Wait…3/4 douche??? Come on who did you get to do that genealogy. I'm pretty sure it's like 1/2 douche on my mom's side and only 1/16 douche on my dad's side–at most–so I'm probably only like…umm…not that much douche.
I like that particular album, but I'm not sure about their other music.
Generally, while I can appreciate old school death metal, I have hard time enjoying it outright.
And I'd rarely choose newer death metal over old school death metal.
Though that South African band, Architecture of Aggression, is kinda old school, and I like them too.
Swedish death metal's awesome but Finland was always the country that really did old school death metal right imo. Adramelech, Demigod, Rippikoulu, Convulse, Demilich, Purtenance, Sentenced, there's just so many obscure gems there it's ridiculous.
Purtenance reformed…theres an EP coming in june and a possible new full length in 2013
Great news! Thanks for the heads up 😀
skinbridge says:
Very Dismemberish for sure, I Like it!


Today we're taking a look at the rear view safety back up camera system. Now, this camera system would be a great addition to your vehicle, camper, or RV. It provides easy visibility from behind your vehicle which really helps increase overall awareness and safety. The kit comes with a seven inch LED monitor, very crisp imaging, with optional distance grid lines. Normal and mirror in its capability, and it also has a built in speaker on the back of the unit.It comes with a remote control for the monitor. All the options can be adjusted through the on-screen menu.
So, you can see it here, you have your power button, then you have your menu button, so that way you go through, change all your settings to however you want. You have your video select buttons, so you have camera input one, camera input two, and camera input three. You have your volume control. These are your up and down arrows, which also adjust your up and down movement within the menu option.And then you have REV which basically allows you to flip the image orientation on the monitor. But the camera has a really nice response time as well.
The monitor also features an auto-dimming feature, which automatically dims the monitor brightness based on ambient light. The monitor comes with two mounts, one is like a dash mount which I have it on now, and the other one is this mount right here, it will allow it to pivot. Also includes the sunshade to reduce glare.And then, this right here is your included camera. This is a CCD backup camera. Features 18 infrareds, which allows up to 50 feet of night vision.
So, even with the lights off you can see there, our monitor allows us to clearly see what the camera sees. It features an ultra wide 130 degree viewing angle. And it has a built in microphone, so not only can you see behind your vehicle, but you can hear from behind the vehicle as well. You can hear what's going on. Now, the only input, like I said there's three, the only input that allows audio to go through is camera input two.
So, keep that in mind.The camera is waterproof with an IP69K rating. Comes with a 20G vibration rating, and a 100G shock rating. The camera comes wit the mount, I just don't have it installed. And it also includes a sunshade to reduce glare. The kit comes with all necessary brackets, all necessary hardware, and all necessary wiring for installation. Again, the harness is a three port harness, that allows for the connection of two additional cameras. Additional cameras are sold separately, so this system will handle up to a total of three cameras.So, like I said, you get the camera, you get the monitor, you get the mounts, you get the brackets, you get all the necessary hardware. A lot of the hardware that you see laid here on the table goes with the brackets. You get the remote control, and then you also get a . This is around 65 feet of camera cabling, connects directly to the camera, and then right there. So, you've got some length here on the camera cable as well, you've got a grommet so when it passes through the vehicle, you can seal that hole up, keeping out dirt and moisture. But the camera cable connects to the extension cable, which measures around 65 feet long.That cable connects to this three port harness, and then that harness is what connects over here to the monitor. Now, I do have power and ground running to it because I wanted you to be able to see, so I'm gonna disconnect those. So, in this situation, our black wire is the ground wire, red wire is the power wire. They're all labeled. The brown is the trigger wire for input two, white is a trigger wire for input one, and then blue is a trigger wire for input three. It is fuse protected, plenty of wiring to work with, extremely safe unit. And again, it comes with everything you need for the installation.That's gonna do it for today's look at the rear view safety back up camera system.


The Stanley Wing, named for the iconic 19th-century Africa explorer Henry Morton Stanley, may be Micato's most comprehensive and popular safari. We range through East Africa widely and leisurely, from Nairobi into the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro in southern Kenya and farther into Tanzania, with luxuriously long stays in some of the continent's most treasured and exhilarating game parks. The Stanley Wing is a matchless introduction to the dreamt-of Africa; it's also a marvellous way to experience that Africa yet again.
and horsebacking along the base of lordly Mount Kenya.
Mount Kenya Safari Club's animal orphanage.
backup from our Concierge Service.
Marvelously situated on the game-teeming Amboseli Plain, presided over by the crown of Africa, lordly Mount Kilimanjaro, Ol Tukai Lodge combines sparkling modern amenities with a delightfully rustic, old-safari ambiance.
Set in over 100 acres of landscaped gardens, the legendary Mount Kenya Safari Club featured Winston Churchill, Bing Crosby, Clark Gable, and Conrad Hilton among its founding members.
Soon after we land in Nairobi, Micato staff will whisk us away to the historic Norfolk Hotel. Now a jewel in the Fairmont crown, the Norfolk has been a reigning East African landmark since the early 1900s. For much of their history, Nairobi and the Norfolk have been nearly synonymous.
The next day, we'll head out for some city sightseeing in the capital, including visits to the National Museum, the Giraffe Centre (where we'll hand-feed endangered Rothschild giraffes), and Karen Blixen's home just outside of Nairobi. In 1937, Baroness Blixen (under the pen name Isak Dinesen) published Out of Africa, which many of us consider the most heart-stirring book ever written about the continent. And we'll lunch with Micato's founders, Felix and Jane Pinto, at their home in Nairobi's lovely Lavington district. We'll return to the Norfolk inspired by hospitality, good food, and fine conversation, eager and ready to embark on a classic African safari.
A morning flight from Nairobi's Wilson Airport takes us south to Amboseli National Park, dominated by gargantuan Mount Kilimanjaro, which rises suddenly to over 19,000 feet, 15,000 of them above Amboseli's acacia-dotted grasslands. (Local people didn't think that God, or gods, lived on Kilimanjaro. They more or less thought the mountain was God; casting your eyes on the still-glacier-topped behemoth, you can see why.) During our game drives out of wonderfully decorated Ol Tukai Lodge, we'll marvel at our first good look at what is probably Africa's largest population of free-ranging elephants, along with the Cape buffaloes, impalas, lions, cheetahs, hyenas, giraffes, zebras, and wildebeest who— in addition to two score or more other mammal species—make their domicile in and around the park.
After a morning game drive and breakfast we make a memorable drive west, to the fabled Lost World of the Ngorongoro Crater, a volcanic bowl abounding with life and beauty, unknown to the outside world until 1892 (which helps account for its wealth of wildlife, everything from a burgeoning lion population to fine stands of flamingos).
Our lodge, the Ngorongoro Sopa, is perched on the gigantic crater's rim, allowing us to gaze at the flat, 100-square-mile crater floor hundreds of feet below. Ngorongoro is one of the world's largest volcanic calderas, and without a smidgen of doubt its most interesting, not to mention its most lively and lovely; Ngorongoro's floor, down to which we'll wend our way for a full-day game drive, is a mesmerizing, eventful place.
We'll stop by the Olduvai Gorge, a rocky spur of the Rift Valley, where the Leakey family's discoveries in the last century convinced the scientific world that humanity arose in East Africa. ("It's a splendid spot, Olduvai Gorge," Theo Cruz wrote, "but it's a good thing our ancestors wanted a peek at someplace else.") Then it's on to the Serengeti, a vast and fabled plain the great writer and roust-about Beryl Markham said was "as warm with life as the waters of a tropic sea." From our base at the airy Serengeti Sopa Lodge, deep in the heart of the world's most important large animal migration corridor, we make rolling forays into the plain, on the lookout for the 70 large mammal species who inhabit this most noble swatch of planet Earth.
We think of the Maasai Mara as the Africa of our imagination, brought to joyous life. Rolling grasslands, expressive acacia trees, sweeping vistas teeming with wildlife, and one of Africa's common and unforgettable sights: "the cumulus clouds that drift all day long across a sun-filled sky," Elspeth Huxley wrote in The Flame Trees of Thika, "remind[ing] me of huge swirls of whipped cream." (Those sunny skies and grand landscapes inspire us to consider a hot-air balloon option while we're in the Mara.) We fly to the Mara via Arusha and Nairobi, and after unfailingly exciting game drives, we'll enjoy sundowners from our tented camp at either the Fairmont Mara Safari Club or Kichwa Tembo, looking out at the vital yet deeply pacific Mara.
We'll bid farewell to the Mara and wing our way to the Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club, entrancingly close to Africa's second-highest and most classically comely mountain, the glaciated, 17,000-foot Mount Kenya.
The Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club — created in the late 1950s by actor William Holden and a bunch of fellow Africaphiles—has been visited by innumerable dignitaries, stars, and panjandrums, and we'll feel rather stellar ourselves during our two nights in upgraded deluxe Club Level rooms. The Safari Club is a continental center of relaxation, and, if relaxing gets too relaxing, many activities are close at hand. And on the Equator-straddling 9-hole golf course we can stroll across hemispheres during play. We'll also have a chance to visit the club's animal orphanage and the nearby Ol Pejeta Conservancy, home to a healthy coterie of rhinos, plus its Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary (Kenya's only chimp haven), operated in conjunction with the Jane Goodall Foundation.
We'll have day rooms for use prior to our late night flights homeward. And during the day, we can visit the Micato-AmericaShare Harambee Centre, do some shopping, or just kick back and savour the first, fresh memories of a classic African safari.
… for return flights home.


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Черлина () — село в Сорокском районе Молдавии. Наряду с селом Немировка входит в состав коммуны Немировка.

История
На чисто славянское происхождение названия села указывает российский языковед М. В. Сергиевский в своей работе «Топонимия Бессарабии и её свидетельство о процессе заселения территории». Название села, как и значительная часть названий в Сорокском уезде происходит, как можно думать, от имен или фамилий местных владельцев, некоторые же повторяют названия, известные по другим областям.

География
Село расположено на правом берегу реки Днестр на высоте 40 метров над уровнем моря. Близлежащие сёла — Немировка, Воронково, Залучены.

Население
По данным переписи населения 2004 года, в селе Черлина проживает 1300 человек (639 мужчин, 661 женщина).

Этнический состав села:

Примечания

Населённые пункты Сорокского района
Населённые пункты на Днестре


In a world of low to zero interest deposit accounts and few capital secure investment options, from the outside it appears not to be a good time for the low risk investor. However, this is not necessarily true. Many people, when they think about investing, automatically envision large scale and high-risk products that are completely out of sync with their needs in terms of capital preservation or growth. This does not need to be the case!
Investments are generally risk rated on a scale of 1 to 7 with 1 representing the lowest possible risk and 7 being the highest risk. The higher up the scale you go, generally speaking, the more exposed to stocks and shares you will be. Lower risk investment funds tend to be largely made up of cash and bonds, for example.
What many investment funds do have in common is something called diversification. Diversification is one way a fund reduces investment risk. This can be by investing in a wide range of asset classes (for example, shares, property, cash, bonds, commodities etc) or in a range of different securities within an asset class or even by diversifying across different geographical regions (example US securities and European securities). The ideal scenario is where there is little correlation between the assets ie. if one falls in value, the other rises and so on. For the low risk investor, this is very important as if you are over exposed to any one type of asset you may see a fall in your investment if this asset performs poorly.
The other main way of reducing investment risk is to look at the longer term. Time is a proven method of increasing an investor's chances of making a return as historically the main asset classes, such as stocks and property, have tended to generate strong returns over longer periods. This may mean you will see falls in your investment in the short term, but if you are willing to stay put and not panic, more often than not you will not only make your money back but generate good growth on top of this.
A combination of both time and diversification is therefore an ideal way of reducing risk for an investor. The more you have of either the better it is.
As with any investment, it is a good idea to seek independent financial advice before making any decision.
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Tortillas with two fillings served with guacamole, sour cream and black bean pepper salsa – food art on the plate. The menu is changing according to the season and all dishes are vegetarian. They do serve a selection of vegan dishes or vegan options as well. The risotto with mushrooms, rocket and parmesan shavings was perfectly cooked and my personal highlight of the evening.


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Q: How to remember the sorted In a "Refresh" function for a WPF DataGrid, I'm trying to save the sorting criteria prior to the reload of items to the DataGrid, the new items loaded and then set the previous sorting criteria.  I'm using this code:
   void Refresh(DataGrid docsDataGrid) {
        var sd = ListSortDirection.Ascending;
        DataGridColumn sortCol = null;
        foreach (var column in DocsDataGrid.Columns)
        {
            if (column.SortDirection != null)
            {
                sd = (ListSortDirection)column.SortDirection;
                sortCol = column;
            }
        }

        docsDataGrid.ItemsSource = GetLatestItems();
        sortCol.SortDirection = sd;
   }

With the code above, I do get the visual cue of "sorted column", but the newly loaded items are not really sorted, so it is a bit of a mirage.  I tried with docsDataGrid.Items.Refresh() after sortCol.Direction = sd but the datagrid does not pick up the sorting direction set programatically.
How can I leverage the built-in sorting facilities of the DataGrid and programatically set the column to be sorted (and actually sort rows by that column)?

A: After some additional research the SortDataGrid example in this SO Q&A helped me: Sort a wpf datagrid programmatically
It seems that I should have dealt also with DataGridItems.SortDescriptions as well.

A: Not sure if this will help you but why not save the selected SortDirection in a setting  and load it when you need it?

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Wooing the Supporters of Terror!
According to a report by the London-based think tank, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Iraq war has 'galvanised' Al Queda in its terrorist putsch against the West in general, and the USA in particular.
It goes on to say that 'the war in Iraq has focused the energies of Al Queda and its supporters'. I don't suppose it ever occurred to the 'academics' at the IISS, or the pacifist newshounds at the BBC who broke the story of this report, that large chunks of these terrorists were, in all probability, present within the territory of Iraq during Saddam's dictatorship. They would probably like us to believe that masses of the Al Queda faithful converged on Iraq like some terrorist version of the Pied Piper tale, or that Al Queda membership forms were distributed in copious quantities amongst the idle revolutionaries of that benighted country and the wider Islamic world, as soon as the invasion took place.
Finally, in a breathtaking display of unctuousness, the IISS contends that the Americans must take care to win 'hearts and minds' by tempering their 'unilateralism'. I suspect that the vast majority of American citizens are not particularly interested in courting the sensibilities of those who, inter alia, perpetrated or supported the beheading of Nick Berg, or the destruction of the World Trade Center.
This is a war for the very survival of a structured global order. It cannot be conducted like a school-hall musical, partial to the appeasing whims of self-important pen pushers.


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