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49-3052 Motorcycle Mechanics
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, dirt bikes, or similar motorized vehicles.
Other Motor Vehicle Dealers 13,250 8.36 $18.88 $39,270
Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance 1,080 1.38 $17.65 $36,710
Automobile Dealers 100 0.01 $19.41 $40,370
Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 80 0.24 $21.21 $44,120
Rental and Leasing Services (5322, 5323, and 5324 only) (8) (8) $23.46 $48,790
Automotive Repair and Maintenance (8) (8) $22.71 $47,240
Florida 1,060 0.12 1.18 $18.57 $38,620
Wisconsin 690 0.24 2.33 $17.95 $37,340
Montana 230 0.50 4.83 $18.09 $37,630
South Dakota 140 0.33 3.19 $15.86 $32,980
Idaho 220 0.31 2.99 $18.64 $38,780
Missouri 180 0.06 0.62 $22.90 $47,630
New Hampshire 130 0.21 1.97 $22.32 $46,430
Minnesota 410 0.14 1.38 $22.20 $46,180
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 300 0.15 1.48 $16.53 $34,390
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 280 0.22 2.07 $20.79 $43,250
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 260 0.18 1.70 $19.08 $39,680
Missoula, MT 80 1.35 12.97 $15.82 $32,910
Casper, WY 30 0.81 7.78 $19.83 $41,240
Coeur d'Alene, ID 40 0.72 6.93 $18.34 $38,150
Panama City, FL 50 0.61 5.89 $22.34 $46,460
Bangor, ME 30 0.51 4.91 $16.11 $33,500
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 40 0.45 4.33 $14.80 $30,780
Amarillo, TX 50 0.42 4.04 $13.38 $27,830
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 70 0.38 3.64 $16.77 $34,870
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 30 0.37 3.59 $20.05 $41,700
Reading, PA 50 0.31 2.95 $21.15 $43,990
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA (8) (8) (8) $25.73 $53,520
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA (8) (8) (8) $25.07 $52,150
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI (8) (8) (8) $24.62 $51,220
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH 60 0.02 0.20 $24.59 $51,150
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 90 0.09 0.87 $23.73 $49,350
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (8) (8) (8) $23.31 $48,490
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 120 0.10 1.00 $22.91 $47,650
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area 190 0.93 8.96 $19.13 $39,790
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area 140 0.52 4.99 $19.77 $41,110
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area 110 0.53 5.08 $15.86 $32,990
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area 80 0.61 5.88 $17.01 $35,380
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area 70 0.48 4.58 $14.71 $30,600
West Montana nonmetropolitan area 60 0.85 8.14 $17.01 $35,380
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area 50 0.75 7.20 $16.55 $34,430
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area 50 0.67 6.38 $16.43 $34,180
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area (8) (8) (8) $27.09 $56,360
Kansas nonmetropolitan area (8) (8) (8) $22.67 $47,150
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area 50 0.47 4.56 $21.26 $44,230
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area 50 0.19 1.78 $20.14 $41,900


Esports, the term for competitive video gaming, combines the excitement of the NCAA Final Four with an audience larger than the Super Bowl and broadly appeals toMillennials hooked on social media, live-streamed content and mobile viewing.
Game developers are evolving their business models by adding permanent franchises, revenue-sharing agreements, player-centric features and other elements of traditional sports to monetize the growing audience, which is currently estimated at 385 million worldwide.
There are currently an estimated 2.2 billion people who play video games worldwide.
The United States accounted for 55% of all esports finance deals from 2012 through YTD 2017. It was followed by China (17%), United Kingdom (11%), Sweden (9%), Germany (9%) and South Korea (7%).


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Municipal EMU deficit rises to 2.8 billion
The EMU deficit of Dutch municipalities came to 2.8 billion euro in 2004. The municipalities thus accounted for more than a quarter of the total Dutch government deficit.
Contribution by municipalities to government EMU surplus/deficit
The deficit of the municipalities has increased substantially in recent years. In 2000 their revenues and expenditure were just about balanced. In the four subsequent years together they fell short by a total 7.6 billion euro. The main reasons for this were high spending on fixed capital formation and on land, accompanied by disappointing revenues from the sale of land because of the economic dip. How have municipalities financed this substantial gap between expenditure and revenues?
Long-term lending down sharply
To an important extent municipalities have financed their deficits by cutting back on long-term lending. In the period 2000-2004 long-term lending has been reduced by 6.0 billion euro to 18.3 billion in 2004. The main reduction was for long-term loans granted to housing corporations.
Loans to housing corporations and other long-term lending
More short-term lending
Short-term loans granted by municipalities rose by 2.1 billion euro in the period 2000-2004, to 11.7 billion in 2004. In the last five years municipalities have sold their shares in Bouwfonds and in a number of public utilities companies. The profits from these sales (3.4 billion euro) were an important reason for the increase. However, under the EMU norm, these extra one-off revenues may not be included in the calculation f the EMU surplus/deficit
Lending and borrowing
Slight improvement in long-term debt
The long term debt of municipalities fell by 1.7 billion euro in the period 2000-2004, to 28.4 billion euro. The short-term debts of municipalities rose by 2.0 billion euro in the same period, to 12.4 billion euro in 2004. Municipalities no longer have the luxury of being able to put out the money becoming available form long-term lending again. Most of this money is used for fixed capital formation and to buy land. By using the money for these purposes they prevent debts from running up again.
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A previous blog post explained Babbage's mechanical notation which is key to understanding and building the Analytical Engine. This blog post gives a quick update on work done.
Major progress has been made decoding Trains diagrams – these are the 'flow charts' in Charles Babbage's notational language. There are some 90 separate symbols in the alphabet denoting (a) the form of the part (lever, gear, pendulum, bar, rack, pinion . . .) and (b) type of motion (circular, linear, reciprocating . . . ). The method we are using involves examining the symbols in the Train that describe a particular mechanism in the Engine (addition, carriage, warning, locking . . ) and from an existing knowledge of the function of the mechanism, infer the usage of the symbols used to describe each part. Progress made to date encourages us to believe that the whole language will yield to this method. The version of the notation being used for this process was formulated in 1851 which post-dates both the major work on the Analytical Engine and the complete design for Difference Engine No. 2 and is therefore likely to be representative of the notation conventions as used for both these engines. Once this decoding exercise is complete attention will turn to the historical evolution of the Notation from 1822 through to 1871 i.e. an exploration of how the notational language was expanded and developed to describe mechanisms of increasing complexity.
The study of the notation is part of the Notions and Notations project funded by the Leverhulme Trust. There has been rapid progress in the two other major elements of this project: software implementation of the Notation, and an exploration of alternative designs. We have defined an ASCII-text language called FORTRAC15 which captures and expresses Babbage's hand-written notations. The name FORTRAC derives from the three descriptive elements of Babbage's Notation: Forms are un-dimensioned  engineering diagrams and show the shape of parts and their relationship to one another; Trains show the chain of cause and effect within a mechanism; and Cycles show timing and phasing relationships of moving parts. Any resemblance between the name FORTRAC and that of other early formal languages is entirely intentional.
Significant software tooling for FORTRAC is underway. We envisage inter-linking between graphical icons that are the notational symbols, 3D animations of parts, and FORTRAC15 textual descriptions. As a first stage we are building a tool that allows JPEG images of the notations to be annotated with FORTAC15 textual terms. We are now using this tool to capture all the Difference Engine No. 2 notations in machine readable form. This process has exposed omissions, anomalies and ambiguities in the original notational description of the Engine and clarified the scope of what is describable in the notational language. Some unexpected features have also been thrown up including examples of highly nuanced use. We are also designing and constructing 'alternate' Difference Engines making use of modern rapid prototyping technologies. A prototype digit-serial engine that would have around 15% of the throughput of DE2 has been partially demonstrated using sintered-nylon 3D printing and some stock gearing. All parts could have been machined or cast using 1830's technologies. As of March 2015, one quarter of a complete machine has been constructed.
The significance of this to the Analytical Engine project is partly to address the question of 'how else might Babbage have done this using technology available to him at the time?' The architecture of the Analytical Engine (1834-1871) conforms identifiably to Von Neumann's in all major logical respects. This raises the question of whether this architecture contains something fundamental about logical implementation of general purpose digital computing.
The 'alternative Difference Engine' is a modern exploration of necessary uniqueness in physical implementation and will inform the analysis of the Analytical Engine designs.


Keeping your home clean and neat is something every housewife or househusband dreams of. To maintain it regularly, couples often have a laundry day, a washing day and many other chore-related rituals. But some things inside a home are impossible to stop. One of them is definitely rust. If you have any metal furniture or railings, they will eventually come down with rust. Nevertheless, like all other household issues, it can be prevented to certain degree or successfully removed.
When we think of rust in the home context, the first items that come to our mind are metal furniture items. However, rust can also be found in pans and other metal dishes. While rust itself does not pose a threat to your health, it can serve as a perfect shelter for bacteria, especially the ones that cause tetanus (here is a comprehensive explanation of the tetanus-rust relation). Nevertheless, if you clean your dishes from rust on a regular basis, you will keep those bacteria from entering your body, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
Probably the most efficient way of preventing rust at home is not buying items that might get rusty. Corrosion adores all kinds of metal, but its favorite is iron and different alloys having iron as their essential part. A home owner that doesn't want to be dealing with rust in the first place will choose wooden furniture, as well as wood stair railings. If you don't have iron or steel items around your place, there will be not rust.
However practical wood items might be, the problem is that they are often more expensive than the metal ones, plus they demand a high level of care. That is the reason why most people decide to apply a mixture of wood and metal items and surfaces. The most important thing when it comes to rust prevention is coating and painting metal surfaces. The process of painting needs to be redone every few years, especially if you keep those items in the spaces where they are exposed to the parallel influence of carbon dioxide, water or oxygen (which is almost every open space).
If the steps above did not help preventing rust from piling up on your metal furniture and other objects, you will have to get down to removing this reddish layer. The first and foremost thing when removing rust from iron and its fellow alloys is wearing protective gloves. There is a variety of tools for removing rust, as well. For straight pieces of metal you can go with a belt sander. On the other hand, bent or curved items will require an orbital sander. Also, try some of these quality rust prevention products in order to ensure long-lasting protection of the areas you clean from rust.
Rust is not some kind of a miraculous phenomenon that comes out of nowhere. Actually, the process of its creation and development is quite long-lasting. Of course, if you keep neglecting its emergence and don't react on time, you will have to go the harder way to cope with it. That is why it is essential to react as soon as you spot the first traces of rust. At that initial phase, a little skilled sanding will suffice to keep the rust within those first spots. It will serve as a great help in cutting the potential damage at its roots.
As you can see, rust is a nuisance, but if it is regularly removed, it is just like any other home issue. So, keep your home clean, sand and protect your metal objects and enjoy a rust-free life.
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North Las Vegas residents have a newly improved track and field complex just in time for the cool weather.
Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly celebrated the reopening of the facility at the Dr. William U. Pearson Community Center, 1625 W. Carey Ave., late last month.
The reopening celebration was themed around the Olympics, which included an Olympic-inspired torch-lighting ceremony and fireworks display.
The improvements took a year to complete, according to Weekly, because "we completely replaced the whole section." The track surface was replaced, along with adding pole vault and long jump runways and pits. The track was resurfaced with special running-track specific material, and new lane markings and a low railing were installed.
A new concession stand was built, and the bleachers were replaced. The track is now able to accommodate meets of all kinds and all levels, Weekly said.
In addition to the new pole vault and long jump areas, the track now also has designated areas for field events such as the javelin and hammer throws.
Funding for the project was provided as part of the county's capital project fund and cost roughly $2.91 million, according to Erik Pappa, the county's spokesman.
Since its reopening, the complex has welcomed the Jackson State University Marching Band — nicknamed the Sonic Boom of the South — which performed for 3,000 attendees, according to Weekly.
The track originally opened in 2008 and has been a popular site with local track clubs and others involved in track and field. Weekly said the field area is for everyone to enjoy, from seniors taking an early morning walk to families looking to exercise and student athletes practicing for competitions.
Visit lvul.org/dr-william-u-pearson-community-center or call 702-455-1220.


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Buhari to shake up cabinet
Barring any late change, President Muhammadu Buhari is set to rejig his cabinet.
The president returned to Nigeria, from London, United Kingdom, yesterday evening.
He touched down at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at 7:00pm.
He was received at the airport by his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Bello and Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, among other dignitaries. He reportedly arrived the Presidential Villa, 30 minutes after.
The president went to London from New York, the United States of America, where he attended the 72nd United Nations General Assembly.
Last Tuesday, he addressed world leaders and, in his address, harped on the need to fight corruption, both locally and internationally.
The following day, president Buhari, alongside seven African leaders, had lunch with US President, Donald Trump.
Regardless, the cabinet could be rejigged on or before Nigeria's 57th independence anniversary.
Presidency sources said a cabinet shake up had been on the cards "for a long time now. In fact, the final list is already with the president."
Another source said the reshuffle confirmed the rejig had been in "the works. Security checks have been concluded and a list of those to be dropped have been tabled before the president. In fact, the reshuffle was to have been done three weeks ago."
Yet, another presidency source confirmed that "some ministers will be sacked, but Nigerians will definitely be surprised at the calibre of those who will be dropped from the cabinet.
"Although there may or may not be wholesale dissolution, some ministers will still be re-nominated while, for some, they may likely be attending their last Federal Executive Council meeting tomorrow."
Senior Special Asssistant to the president on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, however, denied knowledge of any cabinet reshuffle.
"I'm not in Abuja and I don't know what is happening there," he said yesterday night.
Daily Sun also gathered that "the fate of the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir David Lawal and Director General of the Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayo Oke, will be decided at tomorrow's FEC."
On April 19, 2017, the president suspended Laval and Oke from office and ordered an investigation into allegations of violations of law and due process levelled against the SGF, in the award of contracts under the Presidential Initiative on the North East (PINE).
Senate had earlier accused Lawal of corruption, by awarding a N200 million grass-cutting contract at Internally Displaced Camps (IDPs) in the North East, to his company.
The president also ordered full scale investigation into the discovery of $43 million and other large amounts of foreign and local currencies by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in a residential apartment, at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos.
The NIA claimed the money belonged to it and was part of its operations.
On August 23, 2017, Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, who chaired the committee which investigated Lawal and Oke, submitted a report to the president, on his return from medical vacation in London.
Thereafter, Osinbajo told newsmen that the president has the final say on implementation of the report.
"The president…is the one who will read the recommendations and the facts and then make a decision," said Osinbajo.
( The Sun)


Beware of fake Surf schools, as there are a lot of scammers out there. You have to watch-out for them and don't even be fooled by a slick webpage. They will have no insurance, they are unsafe, and have to sneak around to avoid the authorities. Be careful of sharing your credit card and personal info too, because fakers can easily rip you off without even meeting you.
Hawaii is famous for Surf, and so as a result it also has more fake and scam surf lessons than anywhere else in the world (*except Brazil maybe). Don't be a gullible tourist, instead watch out for the scammers. Try to ensure you are always getting the genuine activity from a legitimate operator.
If in any doubt, Don't trust them with your money, or with your safety, they have no insurance (they could even sue you). Be careful even when dealing on the phone. Don't tell them your Name, Hotel, or Room Number. They could misuse your Credit Card information and could even steal your identity. They often have Unmarked vans because they are "unpermitted & illegal. They ask to meet at "roadside surf-spots" (unsafe, incognito, undisclosed) to hide from the authorities. Beware of Activities that ask you to pay cash when you get there.
Keep in mind that it is illegal for any legit biz to take cash at any public park or county beach. With a few exceptions, like brick and mortar concession/shops etc.
People on vacation are easy victims to a variety of scams, they do unusual activities, and they do not know the local customs or culture. Sadly scams are on the rise, and crooks are getting smarter and sneakier. As a rule if you wouldn't give your CC information via phone, at home, then maybe you should be wary of doing in on vacation. Never tell anyone your hotel, room number, and your full name, as they can do any number of hotel fraud scams.
Credit cards used on vacation are convenient; however they are also the targets of Credit Card scams and Identity thefts. Whenever you give your CC number, CVC number, full name, phone number, on Billing Zip code, you have virtually unlocked your credit card for anyone with that info to abuse.
Scammers are great at positioning themselves on the places and things that people want most. In Hawaii it is the Tours and Activities that get targeted most. Activities and Tours are not something that you can hold in your hand or inspect closely beforehand. Fake Activity Agents and Scammers alike can easily tell you some story, and then hand you a fake ticket for your activity, in exchange for your information and/or your money. Sadly too often people show up to a fake location, or to an activity that doesn't have their booking.
They often have No Biz Address, No Owner Names, No permits, No Permanent Location, Undisclosed surf spots. If they advertise "getting away from the crowds", as it is another way of saying they are not allowed at the best/most popular spots (because they are illegal and unpermitted). Only contact is via Email, No office or street address. Lack of real Business name or corporate name. They are using weird credit card services like "Paypal" or "Venmo" to get your money. Never give your CC info by Email, or give it on the Phone, these can be scams. Beware if they have a different business name from the one you booked. Beware if they say they are "Sub-contractors" of another school, that is a fraud scam. There is no such thing as a subcontract surf-instructor, or sub-school.
If you are paying for an activity it is a business transaction. So if the activity provider asks you for a "donation", it is usually a sign that they are scamming the system. A charity provides a service for free. But when a charity is "fundraising for money" they need a business permit just like any other business. Any activity you pay for, or make a prescribed donation to, is operating as a business, whether they claim to be a charity/club or not.
All legal operators will Have County and State Permits on display, and they will have clearly marked vans, permits on display on their vans, and real instructors always wear clearly marked "instructor" rashguards with the "school name". You can always ask the State or County for a list of legitimate operators. Legit operators are always happy to prove their legitimacy and show you their permits and other credentials.
* If you think you have been scammed contact your CC company and bank immediately.
* If you think you have uncovered a fake school or instructor report it to the County (parks dept) and State (dobor) authorities.


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FUND FOR THE ARTS ANNOUNCES SENIOR VP TRANSITION
Mollie LaFavers
mlafavers@fundforthearts.org
LOUISVILLE, KY (December 18, 2020) – Fund for the Arts (FFTA) Senior Vice President, JP Davis, will transition out of his role in January of 2021 after six years with the organization to open a national consulting firm. During his tenure, Davis co-led strategies that raised more than $50 million in support of a vibrant and impactful Louisville arts community. Through his firm, he will continue to work closely with the Fund for the Arts as a strategist and fundraising consultant.
Davis transformed the Fund's public fundraising and advocacy strategies, creating new opportunities to support, elevate, and celebrate Louisville's arts and cultural institutions. With support from President and CEO Christen Boone, the Fund for the Arts staff, and the Board of Directors, Davis co-facilitated the launch of "Awards in the Arts on Opening Night at Churchill Downs." The program raised over $2.25 million in four years. Davis also introduced many large-scale initiatives and partnerships that promoted diversity, equity, and inclusion in the arts and culture sector. He also incorporated the culinary arts into the Fund's grant cycle through a ground-breaking partnership with the James Beard Foundation.
After transitioning out of his role of Senior VP, Davis is opening a consulting firm, JP Davis Partners. Through his firm, he will continue to work closely with Fund for the Arts as a strategist and fundraising consultant. Davis has also been recruited to lead a national project celebrating the history and advancement of equity, working with the onePULSE Foundation on a multi-million dollar capital campaign, leading the development of a National Memorial & Museum in remembrance of the lives taken, the lives saved, and all the lives affected by the senseless act of violence at Pulse nightclub in 2016, and in celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community. Davis's work on this project is a valuable service to our national community and showcases the talent and leadership of Louisville's arts and culture sector.
"Over the last six years, I have been so proud of the work that Fund for the Arts has accomplished," Davis said. "Louisville is fortunate not only to have a wealth of talented artists, but also a generous community that continuously supports the arts' unique role of inspiring, challenging, and connecting. The opportunity to share my expertise on a national platform is a great testament to Fund for the Arts' success in promoting Louisville as a nationally renowned city for arts and culture."
President and CEO of FFTA, Christen Boone, said, "The work that JP has done at Fund for the Arts has not only transformed our organization but has also helped to shape the sector. During his time here, we've developed numerous new resources for artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions in Greater Louisville. As JP continues to work with the Fund in this new way while also working with other national organizations, the opportunities for the Louisville arts and culture sector will multiply."
About Fund for the Arts
Fund for the Arts is a regional nonprofit with the mission to maximize the impact of the arts on economic development, education, and quality of life in our community. The Fund is a convener, promoter, leader, and driver of Imagine Greater Louisville 2020, the region's arts and cultural plan. It facilitates the largest arts grant program in Kentucky as well as conducts one of the oldest united arts campaigns in the country. For more information, visit www.fundforthearts.org
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This beach is known for its proximity to the town of Kenting. Xiaowan is the final stop of the Taiwan Tour Bus Kenting Express Shuttle route originating from the Zuoying HSR Station. Another public transportation option to get here is Bus 9188 that runs up to Eulanbi. The Kenting Express Blue and Orange Line also makes a stop at Xiaowan.
Xiaowan means small bay in English and its name describes its size as compared to Nanwan and Baisha. Its blue waters will mesmerize as you look at it from Nanwan Road. There is a wooden staircase leading to the beach and a bar with a live band at night.
The signs on the beach say that waters sports activity are prohibited but to my surprise, I saw visitors rode at the back of jet skis for a thrilling ride of their life. Ask your travel agency or your hotel/hostel manager if you want to do water sports activities here.
.Convenient stores, souvenir shops, and swimming apparel can be bought at along the stores in Nanwan Road. As the sun sets, Kenting Street slowly transforms into a food capital in the southernmost tip of Taiwan. Guests staying at hotels/hostels near Xiaowan will discover that their chosen accommodation is of great value.


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Ann-Louise Peters, geboren als Ann-Louise Andersen (3 februari 1975), is een voormalig Deens dartster.

Peters leerde darten in de Gåsen-club in Assens.

Ze maakte haar debuut bij de WDF Europe Youth Cup van 1990, waar ze de singles drie jaar op rij won (1990, 1991, 1992); evenals de pairs in 1991 en 1992, en het teamevent in 1991 en 1992.

Ze won de Norway Open in 1993, (ze versloeg Deta Hedman uit Engeland in de finale), en opnieuw in 1996, (ze versloeg Sandra Pollet uit België in de finale). Haar laatste grote overwinning voordat ze stopte, was het Sweden Open 1999. In de finale won ze van Satu Ikonen uit Finland. Helaas liet ze de glazen beeldhouwtrofee op de grond vallen.

Ze heeft de Deense kampioenschappen vijf keer gewonnen, in 1993, 1996, 2006, 2013 en 2014.

Peters kwam 23 keer uit voor het Deense nationale team, wat een record is voor de dames (20 als senior en 3 keer als een jeugdspeler). Op de WDF Europe Cup 2000 haalde ze de finale maar verloor van Trina Gulliver uit Engeland met 4-0.

Peters maakte haar comeback in 2013, en kwalificeerde zich voor het BDO World Darts Championship 2014. Ze versloeg Rachel Brooks uit Engeland met 2-0 in de eerste ronde en Julie Gore uit Wales ook met 2-0 in de kwartfinale voordat ze met 2-0 verloor van Deta Hedman in de halve finale.

In oktober 2014 werd aangekondigd dat zij de laatste wildcard voor de Zuiderduin Masters zou ontvangen.

Ze plaatste zich voor de BDO World Darts Championship 2016. Ze versloeg Fallon Sherrock uit Engeland in de eerste ronde met 2-1. In de kwartfinale won ze van Zoe Jones uit Engeland ook met 2-1. In de halve finale verloor ze wederom van Deta Hedman met 2-0.

Resultaten op Wereldkampioenschappen

BDO
 2014: Halve finale (verloren van Deta Hedman met 0-2)
 2016: Halve finale (verloren van Deta Hedman met 0-2)

WDF

World Cup
 1993: Laatste 32 (verloren van Paivi Jussila met 1-4)
 1995: Kwartfinale (verloren van Francis Hoenselaar)
 1997: Laatste 32 (verloren van Denise Cassidy met 2-4)
 1999: Laatste 64 (verloren van Heike Jenkins met 0-4)
 2001: Kwartfinale (verloren van Anne Kirk met 0-4)
 2015: Laatste 64 (verloren van Hana Belobradkova met 1-4)

Externe link
 Profiel en statistieken op Darts Database

Peters, Ann-Louise

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Q: How to link a picture to a user in MySQL database? What is the proper way to setup an image field in a MySQL table using phpmyadmin...?
For example, after the user registers I want them to upload a picture.
MySQL will link to the picture and associate it with the user.
What is the best way to store the association?

A: You could let the user upload a picture and store it's entire content in your database as a BLOB or you could store the path to the file in a VARCHAR field. I would recommend the later.
Sample user table:
 CREATE TABLE `user` (
     user_id int(11) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
     user_name varchar(64) NOT NULL,
     user_picture varchar(255)
 );

A: INSERT INTO `products` (`serial`, `name`, `description`, `price`, `picture`) VALUES
(1, 'View Sonic LCD', '19" View Sonic Black LCD, with 10 months warranty', 250, 'images/lcd.jpg'),
(2, 'IBM CDROM Drive', 'IBM CDROM Drive', 80, 'images/cdrom-drive.jpg'),
(3, 'Laptop Charger', 'Dell Laptop Charger with 6 months warranty', 50, 'images/charger.jpg'),
(4, 'Seagate Hard Drive', '80 GB Seagate Hard Drive in 10 months warranty', 40, 'images/hard-drive.jpg'),
(5, 'Atech Mouse', 'Black colored laser mouse. No warranty', 5, 'images/mouse.jpg'),
(6, 'Nokia 5800', 'Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is a mobile device with 3.2" widescreen display brings photos, video clips and web content to life', 299, 'images/mobile.jpg');

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Paulina had a passion for social media since it started. She studied Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Marketing at Capilano University. After working for various employers in previous positions including sales, advertising, event management, internet marketing and consulting, she came to a point in her life that she wanted to do it by herself for herself.
She started her first company at the age of 24 she started a consulting company that focused on internet marketing and social media community building. Everything from the graphic design, website design and layout as well as content was done by Paulina. She didn't outsource any aspects of her business as she wanted to learn how it was done- from scratch.
After running her business she quickly realized that she could not grow her consulting company at the rate and capacity that she had originally envisioned. Why is this you ask? Paulina running a "one woman show" could not do and be everywhere at one time and learned that juggling multiple clients on various social media platforms was time consuming and tedious. What did this mean for her? She knew she needed to focus on one niche social media platform.
This is where her love and passion for Instagram came into play. During this time in 2013, Instagram was the "hot" "new" "it" network that she saw as her golden opportunity. She started her Instagram from scratch since she deleted her primary Facebook account two years prior. She like you, could not get past the hurdle of getting more followers since it is common practice for Instagram users to un follow in order for them to have the upper hand with a better follower/ following ratio- after all this is how people judge your profile on Instagram.
She, like you did not understand why her totally awesome pictures weren't receiving the attention they deserved! So she changed it. Instead of inspiring to be like her Instagram idols she became one and SO CAN YOU! How? Connect with Paulina @ paulina@instafamed.com.


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Development of the new generation of structural biology by coupling in vivo crystallography to intense x-ray sources
ivMX
Overall budget € 185 076
EU contribution € 185 076
Société Civile Synchrotron SOLEIL
Periodic Reporting for period 1 - ivMX (Development of the new generation of structural biology by coupling in vivo crystallography to intense x-ray sources)
Third generation synchrotron sources have revolutionized our understanding of the macromolecular machinery of the cell, with over 100,000 elucidated structures that provide atomic detail of macromolecular complexes, membrane proteins and viruses. The identification of protein crystals naturally occurring inside cells and organisms has opened a window for a new type of macromolecular crystallography (MX) and structural biology. The emergence of new approaches in MX, such as the in vivo crystallography (ivMX), coupled to upgraded light sources will allow us to greatly improve one of the bottlenecks of structural biology by removing the need for large crystals, which is achieved by mitigating radiation damages.
This proposal aimed at getting deeper insights into the yet uncontrollable events dictating in vivo crystal growth, by further developing sample handling and delivery procedures and applying these techniques to the structure determination and analysis of readily available ivMX systems. While deciphering these phenomena and applying them to external proteins recombinantly expressed in hosts where in vivo crystal growth could be identified, a small platform for ivMX would be initiated, with the aim of reducing the tedious and costly sample preparation steps currently used in MX. Additionally, the resulting technological developments for sample delivery would facilitate the implementation of serial crystallography approaches at synchrotrons and fourth generation light sources to optimize the use of these methods by MX scientists.
Overall, the ivMX project reached most of the initially defined objectives, further managing to catch the interest of a growing scientific community. Moreover, the methodology developed within the project allowed to setup a consortium for ivMX, regrouping most of the ivMX expert groups around the globe. Among the objectives of the project, the full instrumentation and implementation of the serial crystallography at synchrotron has been a success, specifically when coupled to innovative sample delivery methods.
The ivMX project was first delimited by four work packages (WP), each one containing well identified interconnected milestones extending through the lifetime of the project. WP1 concentrated on the characterization and preparation of several in vivo grown crystals, complemented by WP2 for their structure determination. WP3 and WP4 dealt with the design and engineering of microfluidic-based sample delivery tools, and their implementation within a pipeline for collecting serial crystallography data at synchrotrons. All the four WPs have been brought to completion, however sometimes requiring complementary tasks to answer difficulties in the initial choices of samples and approaches hard to fully handle and master.
Towards the end of the project, methods have been validated that allow identifying in vivo grown crystals directly within their host cells. X-ray data collection were collected, and macromolecular structures determined. Complementary to this, several approaches were proposed to facilitate structure determination of difficult protein crystals, notably through the identification of specific compounds that could additionally favour crystal formation within the cells. Finally, the microfluidic-based serial crystallography approach as installed at PROXIMA-1 of Synchrotron SOLEIL is a real benefit to the crystallography user community, fully robotised and automated for easier handling in an unassisted manner.
The natural occurence of in vivo grown crystals is not very well understood, mostly because of the difficulties to observe such rare events. Using known expression systems, it is now possible to influence this crystal formation within living cells and organisms, which in turns deepen the impact of ivMX on the production of macromolecular crystals directly from their natural environment. Numerous techniques exist for favouring the appearance of in vitro grown crystals, however the current developments are pushing further ivMX as a real alternative for growing macromolecular crystals, not amenable to more classical in vitro crystallisation pipelines.
The state- of -the -art in data collection strategies for macromolecular crystallography involves the collection of serial diffraction data from multiple crystals, and averaging these data in one single set to be as complete as possible. While in the generally accepted serial crystallography approach data are being collected in still images for each crystal, the current approach advocates for collecting data in small wedges rather than still images. Wedges of data have the advantage that they provide with an orientation matrix, in addition of a larger set of images for each crystal, which in turns becomes handy for collecting fully complete and redundant data from fewer crystals.
With the common goal of obtaining unbiased results, data collection strategies are numerous at synchrotron sources, although widely accepted techniques are preferred in the case of macromolecular crystallography experiments. These strategies are generally dictated by the lifetime of the sample, tightly linked to the manner by which it is presented to the x-ray beam. In the current developments, the microfluidic- based sample delivery approach adds one more strategy to the complex data recording of serial crystallography. When designed properly, the microfluidic-based sample sorting and trapping could be adapted at most of the diffraction instruments at synchrotron sources.
Various Serial Crystallography at Synchrotron (SXS) methodologies have been developed and implemented at different x-r-ay sources. Each of these approaches shows advantages over the others, mostly concentrating in rendering the experiments easier for users, as sample preparation in these techniques tend to become different than what it used to be. However, although diffraction SXS experiments proved to be working while rendering spectacular results at x-ray Free-Electron Lasers, all the currently implemented strategies suffer from the high consumption of samples, and as a consequence is sample costly. The main advantage of the currently microfluidic- based positioning of the samples at the x--ray beam interaction point lies in the fact that all the samples are efficiently exposed to the beam. Additionally, using the data collection in wedges of consecutive frames rather than still images, data merging does not rely on Monte Carlo integrations anymore; this strategy of providing with an initial orientation matrix for each sample position helps in speeding data processing, but also in minimizing the amount of necessary crystals to be collected prior to getting a fully complete data set. The amount of necessary sample is therefore strongly decreased, one answer to the concern of users curious in using SXS but reluctant to lose too many of their precious samples.
Last update: 26 February 2021


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'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' trailer gathers the gang for another epic space mission
By Jeff Spry
Adam Warlock and the High Evolutionary enter the MCU in this bittersweet "GOTG 3" teaser
The Guardians of the Galaxy are back.
With Thanksgiving leftovers gone and the Christmas season fast approaching, it's high time for a full helping of Marvel's wisecracking cosmic crusaders with the release of the first trailer for "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3", all synched up to Spacehog's '90s emo anthem "In The Meantime."
Sure, we saw the rowdy outer space gang in action briefly in "Thor: Love and Thunder" and currently on Disney+ with the recent arrival of "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special," but those were just tantalizing appetizers for director James Gunn's third installment of the series coming to theaters May 5, 2023.
This new Marvel/Disney trailer unleashed during Brazil Comic Con on Thursday (Dec. 1) showcases Star Lord, Drax, Mantis, Nebula, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and the return of Gamora, or at least a version of her, who was last seen in 2019's "Avengers: Endgame" with her fate uncertain at the time. This Gamora, who's been joined up with the Ravagers for a while, is a bit more rough around the edges.
Related: Everything we know about Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: release date, plot, cast
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Sign up to Disney+ to watch Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 along with the new holiday special. You can also watch every other Marvel movie and TV show on there too, along with loads of other Disney, Star Wars, and Nat Geo content.
It's been five years since "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2's" solo offering landed in 2017 and we're much in need of an extended adventure with the boisterous bunch
James Gunn returns here as both writer and director, and from the looks of this initial preview, that wacky humorous tone we've come to expect is nicely balanced with an unexpected rush of emotion that might require a tissue or two. Plus they're sporting their slick new blue leather uniforms!
With most of the plotline still under wraps, it appears that we're headed for an exploration of Rocket's tortured past as a cybernetic test subject, Peter Quill's attempt to rekindle romance with a very different Gamora, the High Evolutionary's hybrid genetic experimentations — and Adam Warlock making his first official appearance portrayed by Will Poulter ("The Maze Runner"). We are Groot!
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When Hannah Brencher gave me permission to #stealthisprayer a couple months ago, I gladly accepted. I posted it on my mirror. I scribbled it across multiple pages of my journal. It has become my daily battle cry.
I say it with all the sincerity my wayward heart can muster, longing for the depths while absently splashing in the shallows.
I think I like the water analogy because I don't actually like water all that much. It's easy to view this spiritual drought as something I've created for myself because of my aversion to diving in over my head. Like, Rebekah, you are holding back. Jump in, jump in, jump in.
My parents have a pond and I don't think I ever swam in it until a couple weeks ago. I realize that's ridiculous. It's just that I don't particularly like treading water and I really don't like standing with my feet swallowed up in pond scum, so I guess I haven't found a good reason to spend time there in the last twenty or so years it has existed.
I feed the fish, but I don't swim with them. Thank you very much.
Even on the day in question, I had no intention of actually getting in the water. But since everyone else was hanging out there I figured, at the very least, I could change into my suit and soak up some sun. Which might have worked for me, except Caleb exists.
When I launched out onto that pond, perfectly dry on the pretty pink flotation device I mercifully found unoccupied, that little bugger came drifting over with an evil glint in his eyes. You know the one. It's the look that says your fun in the sun is about to get flipped upside down. Literally.
"What's the point of being in a pond if you're not going to get wet?" he pestered, splashing water onto my back as I helplessly protested.
And then he went under. And try as I may to sprawl my weight evenly across that raft, I was no match for Caleb's determination.
"I'm sorry," he lied, and swam away, leaving me in the middle of a pond with my arms draped across a raft that was no longer keeping me dry.
And you know what? It was really fun swimming around beneath the surface of that water. I might even do it again sometime.
So basically I've been asking God to play the role of Caleb in this story. To save me from the comfortable little existence I cling to by flipping my world upside down and immersing me in things I wouldn't have necessarily chosen for myself. I'm not saying I don't protest. I'm not pretending I don't often clench my fists around the things I'm hesitant to release to Him.
In a lot of ways, my prayer is more of a reminder to myself to keep craving the depths. To keep moving into the things that scare me until I'm not afraid anymore. It's a cry for total surrender even as I hold myself back.


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Quilting Adventures: Spent the afternoon in the kitchen ... groovin' and cookin' ... !
Spent the afternoon in the kitchen ... groovin' and cookin' ... !
It was one of those days where I wanted to make something in the kitchen. Soup would be good given that it is snowing this afternoon.
I decided to cook up a recipe I have been meaning to try from the Kripula center called Harvest Stew.
After my morning ritual at our local coffee shop, I went grocery shopping for ingredients.
Came home, put on some music ... Mellow Maurice play list in honor of my late Uncle Maurice ... and began prepping.
Gosh it smells soooo good!
See, look how much is gone already!
I am not kidding you, what a great tasting vegetable soup.
Okay, it wasn't all me, I did bring a large canning jar to a friend of mind who is battling influenza. I just had to include it in her care package!
In a large Dutch oven, heat the butter and begin sautéing the onions. When the onions start to sweat, add a pinch of sea salt and add the carrots.
Add each additional vegetable one by one in the order they appear in the recipe, and a pinch of salt, allowing the ones before it to heat and sweat.
After all the vegetables have been added, continue to sauté until until done.
Add the fresh herbs, stir, and deglaze with the wine (optional) or use stock or water.
Add the remaining sea salt and the stock.
Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, cover and simmer (low heat) for a half hour (30 minutes).
If you're interested you can find the recipe online here.
It does look delicious and a good day for soup.
We had heavy rain and winds and still going, going to be a mess to clean up tomorrow.


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Autotrophy in the archaea has recently been described as an important and under-studied source of global carbon fixation. Several archaeal species are found in ferric oxyhydroxide mats from acidic geothermal springs in Yellowstone National Park. The springs are an exceptional natural laboratory for studying microorganisms in constrained systems. However, primary productivity had not been demonstrated in these systems. The goal of this study was to confirm autotrophic growth in pure Metallosphaera yellowstonensis, a dominant community member in Fe(III)-oxide mats, and relate this to in situ microbial communities. M. yellowstonensis was grown chemolithoautotrophically with pyrite as the electron donor, oxygen as the electron acceptor, and 13CO2 as the sole carbon source. At post log-phase, biomass was analyzed using isotope-ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The results demonstrated that M. yellowstonensis is capable of inorganic carbon fixation. Furthermore, the isotope fractionation value was consistent with an operating 3-hydroxypropionate/4-hydroxybutyrate cycle, characteristic in other Sulfolobales. Ex situ Fe(III)-oxide mat samples were incubated with pyrite, oxygen, and 13CO2, and analyzed by IRMS. The data show that under limited organic carbon, these communities are capable of CO2 fixation. Currently, transcriptomics and q-rt-PCR are being utilized to confirm the expression of key autotrophy genes.


I'm getting into this body surf thing. Hours of fun. Especially when the water and weather are this good.
Waves are small. Swell is from the NE and not doing much.
Today I visited my old home, Tamarama. I lived there for 8 years right on the beach and love the joint. Shame it doesn't break more often.
A Tamarama local, Shaun Greenblo, has started a new website/service that uses a buddy system to find anything in the world and get it shipped to you…see what I mean. Good for stuff from The States!
One of the Lawrence bros. in da pocket gettin' SHADY!


Whether you are doing offline marketing like a mailing or online marketing like a Google Adwords or Facebook ad, a landing page makes marketing easier to track. If each marketing activity has its own landing page, you know that the people who visit your page learned of it from your marketing activities. The same isn't true for your website – people might have visited that for a variety of reasons. So, you know that any visits your analytics shows you are getting came from your marketing efforts. And you know the same of any forms filled out and any customers that result. That means, assuming you know the value of that customer, you can calculate your ROI for that marketing effort. If your LinkedIn ad resulted in 3 new customers worth $500 each, and you paid $500 for the ad (including landing page and ad creation), you know you got your money's worth. Really savvy businesses will also use a different phone number on the landing page than the one they use on their main site. This means you can even track the phone calls resulting from your online marketing.
2 Landing pages make visitors more likely to convert (fill out the form).
Landing pages do a better job of relating to a specific marketing activity than a website typically will. You can match the language, imagery and colors on the landing page to those used in your ad. This is very important because, typically, if a customer can't tell that they are in the right place in only a few seconds, they will leave. In addition, you want to be sure your visitor knows what action you want them to take as a result of the visit (call or fill out a form, usually). And you don't want them to have to click to any additional pages to complete that action, like click a link to get to a contact form. Every additional link they have to click results in fewer conversions.
In addition, you want to be sure your visitor knows what action you want them to take as a result of the visit (call or fill out a form, usually). And you don't want them to have to click to any additional pages to complete that action, like click a link to get to a contact form. Every additional link they have to click results in fewer conversions.
You also don't want to have a lot of distractions to the visitor before they fill out the form. For example, if you have links to other products and services, news stories, etc., the visitor might not every get around to filling out the form.
And, with a landing page, you can make sure that the visitor has every piece of information they would need to decide whether or not to contact you on one page. You can include a map, testimonials, product details, specials, images, social proof – all things to make the visitor feel comfortable doing business with you on one page.
For these reasons, landing pages usually do a better of convincing visitors to convert to leads or sales.
So, what makes for a really great landing page which will result in lots of conversions? Well, it varies for every industry and company, but there are some things which are generally constant.
Do NOT include a lot of links to other pages of your site or other resources. This is the one case where this is true – usually you want lots of links on pages of your site. But in the case of a landing page, you don't really want the visitor to click away from the page you created.
Include a contact form which appears without the visitor having to scroll down on the page. My article on Minimum Web Site Features for Internet Marketing, includes recommendations for a contact form. Your landing page will include a contact form so you want it to be as well designed as the generic contact form on your site. I recommend that you read item #8 of that post for more contact form tips.
Provide testimonials. You can pull them from social media or a file of testimonials that you keep, but testimonials help visitors feel more at ease with taking the next step to becoming a customer. Ideally, you want the testimonials to be about the same product or service you are advertising on your landing page.
Ask search engines NOT to index your landing page. You don't actually want organic search traffic to find your landing page as it will skew your marketing data. The whole point is to know how effective a particular piece of marketing is, after all.
Perform A/B testing! There are lots of programs out there which will make this easy to do and I highly recommend it. I have seen enormous gains in conversions come from A/B testing – I'm talking 800% improvements sometimes. You can test, find the best version, and test again until your landing page is incredibly effective. You can make changes to the imagery, colors, positioning of the elements, number of form fields, number of required fields, etc. Each change can potentially have big impacts on the conversion rate.
So now you know what landing pages are, how to use them, and how to make them effective. Do you plan to implement landing pages as a strategy for your business? Let us know in the comments below.
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Bridge: Can you please consider having the name of a file spread out over multiple lines?
Can you please consider having the name of a file spread out over multiple lines – at least two lines.
I like to view my files in thumbnail view, not too large, so that I can fit more in. But having the filename show on only one line is very rarely enough space to display the full filename.
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Mount Vernon Company Sees Growth In Bamboo
After more than a decade of research, a team of scientists have created an advanced tissue culture system to produce genetically identical bamboo plants at a commercial scale.
Johanna Somers, The Seattle Times
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Jackie Heinricher, Booshoot's founder and CEO, took a deep breath as she walked into a greenhouse full of hundreds of bamboo plants.
The fast-growing bamboo plants pump out more oxygen than trees do, and this concentrated atmosphere makes people smile, she said, so "when this is full, we bring clients in here."
Buttering up visitors with oxygen has helped Booshoot land clients such as Home Depot, Costco and, most recently Kimberly-Clark, the world's largest tissue manufacturer.
Kimberly-Clark recently announced an agreement to work with Mount Vernon-based Booshoot to develop a mass-market toilet paper using 20 percent bamboo fiber.
Booshoot already produces about 10 million bamboo plants annually and earlier this year signed an exclusive three-year contract to sell ornamental bamboo in Home Depot stores across the nation.
After more than a decade of research, Heinricher and her team of scientists have created an advanced tissue culture system to produce genetically identical bamboo plants at a commercial scale. This new technology has positioned them to infiltrate the forestry market.
"Even if bamboo penetrates just a small fraction of that, it is a multibillion-dollar opportunity," said Pettus Randall, chief operating officer of Booshoot.
However, breaking into the market for paper products will be challenging.
"As a whole, the industry is very resistant to taking the first, risky step," said William McKean, a longtime pulp and paper engineering professor at the University of Washington. If one company makes the initial investment, such as creating a bamboo plantation, and demonstrates the product's success, others might jump on board, he said.
"Once somebody is successful, then other parts of the industry tend to follow," McKean said. Executives at Booshoot certainly hope so.
"We see tons of opportunity with this discrete deal, but really this is accelerating a lot of conversations with big players and big markets," Randall said.
Kimberly-Clark already sells toilet paper with 10 percent bamboo fiber in the U.K. but wants Booshoot for the U.S. market.
"We've got to create a viable supply-chain model for bamboo in North America because the bamboo that they are using in the U.K. is the bamboo imported from China," said Suhas Apte, vice president of global sustainability for Kimberly-Clark. "That is not a long-term solution."
Heinricher spends a lot of time in the Southeast, where there are 30 million acres of industrial pine plantations that supply a large part of the U.S. pulp and paper industry.
The Southeast would also be the best place to grow bamboo in the U.S. because of its warmer temperatures and rainfall. She also visits "Paper Valley" in Wisconsin, where major paper companies have operations.
Heinricher often finds she must educate paper companies about the benefits of using bamboo as an alternative fiber.
Upfront costs for bamboo plants are higher than for trees, she said. However, over a 10-year period, bamboo can produce up to 10 times more material per acre than slower-growing southern pine, now used by many paper mills. Bamboo can also be processed using the same paper-mill equipment as trees.
Bamboo does the planet a favor by removing four times more carbon dioxide than an equivalent amount of trees does, and it produces up to three times more oxygen, according to Booshoot.
Bamboo fibers are also long as opposed to short, which adds strength to products such as toilet paper.
Kimberly-Clark will most likely be working with bamboo known as Moso, which is 6 to 8 inches in diameter and grows well in the Southeast.
For Kimberly-Clark, the Booshoot agreement is part of a larger sustainability initiative.
Last year, the company used 750,000 metric tons of wood fiber from natural forests, but it's pledged to cut that in half by 2025.
The common practice of importing bamboo from China also causes unnecessary emissions and costs, Heinricher said. This could be avoided by using her company's techniques.
"We pretty much lead the world in this technology," she said. "We took an old science and created a new science."
Although running bamboos can spread quickly through their roots, many species of bamboo are in short supply because they only flower and produce seeds every 60 to 120 years.
Now Heinricher can multiply bamboo in days. She takes a sliver of bamboo and puts it in a secret sauce of natural compounds, which causes it to grow so it can be redivided numerous times. She then introduces hormones that create roots. Next, the bamboo plants are put in soil and placed in the greenhouse. Booshoot ships the bamboo plants once they are 18 to 24 inches tall, which is 5 to 6 months old.
Bamboo has been a part of Heinricher's life since childhood — she planted bamboo for her first Brownie Girl Scout project.
After working as an Army nurse, she traveled around Asia for a year and saw all types of bamboo. Later she earned a graduate degree in biology at Tennessee Tech University and, after settling down in Anacortes, began experimenting with bamboo — including edible bamboo-shoot chips.
Through simple plant division, she couldn't produce enough bamboo plants for wholesale. But then, her clump of 20 or 30 Chilean bamboo stalks flowered, and she germinated and planted 10,000 seeds. She collected the 10,000 bamboo plants and took five years to sell them.
She also became fixated on producing bamboo more quickly.
By 2011, she and her team of scientists developed the technology that allowed them to produce bamboo plants at a much larger commercial scale.
With the new technology, they could produce tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions, of bamboo plants, she said.
Besides bamboo, the company grows other crops, such as wasabi and cabbage, that are hard to propagate. It currently has 24 acres for its products and aims to have large bamboo plantations for forestry planted this year.
Booshoot has been beefing up its executive team to accomplish its planned expansion. Among the new additions is chief business officer Brian Finrow, who was previously a lawyer at Cooley, a law firm where he advised venture capital firms and technology companies. Finrow said he considered Booshoot's prospects as a venture capitalist would.
He looked for a huge opportunity and a protectable uniqueness.
"This is two orders of magnitude bigger than anything I've seen in the last 10 years," he said.
Information from: The Seattle Times, http://www.seattletimes.com
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Lead Guitar Breakthrough: Fretboard Navigation Theory & Technique (Book + Online Bonus)
Luke Zecchin
Publisher: GuitarIQ.com
THE FIRST STEP TO PLAYING LIKE A PRO IS THINKING LIKE ONE
Guitar players frequently face the same roadblocks in their playing. Many feel stunted creatively, stuck playing the same old things, and unsure how to move forward. These issues are caused by some common pitfalls. Typical problems include being unable to think beyond familiar patterns, not understanding how music theory relates to the fretboard, and feeling hindered by ineffective technique.
Lead Guitar Breakthrough guides you step-by-step through essential concepts for overcoming obstacles in your lead playing. This book provides a blueprint for fretboard navigation and the tools needed to cultivate your own style and musicality. It offers a refreshing approach to understanding guitar theory and technique in a way that's engaging, straightforward, and practical. This is a must-have resource for any guitarist looking to enhance their playing ability and musical understanding!
ONLINE BONUS: This book is complete with free online bonus material. It comes bundled with a companion website to enhance your learning experience. Extras include audio examples, backing tracks, bonus downloads, and more.
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Having played for over 20 years, Luke Zecchin is an accomplished guitarist with a wealth of studio and live experience. Outside his work teaching music, Luke has toured extensively alongside...
Zentangle 2 - Scrapbooks...
Suzanne McNeill
With 25 new tangles, you will discover the possibilities of decorating words and turning simple line drawings into exquisite cards, sketchbooks, ATCS, scrapbooks and postcards.
The Clown Egg Register
Luke Stephenson, Helen Champion
Step right up for the Greatest Book on Earth! For more than 70 years, Clowns International—the oldest established clowning organization—has been painting the faces of its members on eggs. Each one is a record of a clown's unique identity, preserving the unwritten rule that no clown should copy another's look. This mesmerizing volume collects more than 150 of these portraits, from 1946 to the modern day, accompanied by short personal histories of many of the clowns. Here are Tricky Nicky, Taffy, Bobo, Sammy Sunshine, the legendary Emmett Kelly, and Jolly Jack, clowning since 1977 and still performing today with a penguin puppet named Biscuit. A treasure just like the eggs it enshrines, The Clown Egg Register is an extraordinary archive of images and lives of the men and women behind the make-up.
English Painting
Ernest Chesneau
The English school of painting was officially recognised
at the beginning of the 18th century through the work of
William Hogarth. It includes works by the most famous
English artists, such as Thomas Gainsborough, Joseph
Mallord William Turner, John Constable, Edward Burne-
Jones, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. This subject is introduced
with a very unique text, published in 1882: a French study
of English pictorial art. The author, Ernest Chesneau, was
highly-cultured, an art historian and inspector of Fine Arts.
He explains the beginnings of this school which excels in
portraiture and landscapes, and reminds us of the English
brilliance regarding watercolours, not forgetting to include
the work of the Pre-Raphaelites.
The Art of Cartooning - The...
David Mostyn
If you've always wanted to doodle your way to cartoon greatness, this eye-catching book is the place to start. Professional cartoonist David Mostyn explores the art of creating humorous drawings, from coming up with comical ideas to assembling cartoon strips in several frames. With clear visual examples, step-by-step exercises and inspirational artworks, this enjoyable guide will appeal to cartoonists of all levels of ability.
Learn how to:• Set up your workspace• Come up with gags• Create cartoon characters• Get political• Put together a strip cartoon
James Smalls
This book is not a panegyric of homosexuality. It is a scientific study led by Professor James Smalls who teaches art story . His works examines the process of creation and allows one to comprehend the contribution of homosexuality to the evolution of emotional perception. In a time when all barriers have been overcome, this analysis offers a new understanding of our civilisation's masterpieces.
Seduction - Sex Lies and Stardom...
Karina Longworth
In this riveting popular history, the creator of You Must Remember This probes the inner workings of Hollywood's glamorous golden age through the stories of some of the dozens of actresses pursued by Howard Hughes, to reveal how the millionaire mogul's obsessions with sex, power and publicity trapped, abused, or benefitted women who dreamt of screen stardom.
In recent months, the media has reported on scores of entertainment figures who used their power and money in Hollywood to sexually harass and coerce some of the most talented women in cinema and television. But as Karina Longworth reminds us, long before the Harvey Weinsteins there was Howard Hughes—the Texas millionaire, pilot, and filmmaker whose reputation as a cinematic provocateur was matched only by that as a prolific womanizer.
His supposed conquests between his first divorce in the late 1920s and his marriage to actress Jean Peters in 1957 included many of Hollywood's most famous actresses, among them Billie Dove, Katharine Hepburn, Ava Gardner, and Lana Turner. From promoting bombshells like Jean Harlow and Jane Russell to his contentious battles with the censors, Hughes—perhaps more than any other filmmaker of his era—commoditized male desire as he objectified and sexualized women. Yet there were also numerous women pulled into Hughes's grasp who never made it to the screen, sometimes virtually imprisoned by an increasingly paranoid and disturbed Hughes, who retained multitudes of private investigators, security personnel, and informers to make certain these actresses would not escape his clutches.
Vivid, perceptive, timely, and ridiculously entertaining, The Seducer is a landmark work that examines women, sex, and male power in Hollywood during its golden age—a legacy that endures nearly a century later.


Man accused of kidnapping son from Seattle is back in U.S.
A man charged with kidnapping his son and taking him from Seattle to a South Pacific island is back on U.S. soil, the FBI said Monday.
Jeffrey Hanson, 46, was brought to the U.S. Sunday by members of the FBI's Seattle Safe Streets Task Force. He is scheduled to make his first court appearance Monday afternoon on a charge of international parental kidnapping in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, according to the FBI.
Hanson and his son, Billy Hanson, 9, were found Wednesday in Niue, an island in the South Pacific.
Billy had been staying with his father in Shilshole Bay Marina in Seattle. The boy was due to be returned to his mother in Pennsylvania on Sept. 4, but Billy never boarded his flight home, the FBI said.
A federal arrest warrant was issued for Hanson on Sept. 12 after he was charged with international parental kidnapping.
The FBI and the Seattle Police Department worked with local, state, federal and international agencies to locate Billy in Niue, a small island east of Tonga in the South Pacific.
"We are grateful to law enforcement authorities in Niue for their exceptional efforts in finding Billy Hanson and taking Jeffrey Hanson into custody," Special Agent-in-Charge Frank Montoya Jr. of the FBI's Seattle field office said in a news release.


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Richard Wilbur's 90th Birthday Party
March 14, 2011 News, News and Events
Richard Wilbur, Pulitzer Prize winner, former Poet Laureate, and Editorial Board member for The Common, celebrated his 90th birthday on March 1. Here are photos from his birthday celebration at Amherst College.
A Beautiful Birthday Cake
Richard Wilbur Reads
Irina Troconis, Catherine Ciepiela and Max Kaisler
Photos by: Eric Crawford.
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Richard Wilbur's 90th Birthday Party 03.14.2011
The Common to Receive $10,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts
The Common literary journal will receive its sixth grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2022. The Art Works grant of $10,000 will be awarded to The Common to help publish and promote place-based stories, essays, and poems by new and underrepresented writers from the US and abroad.
Craft Masterclasses: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry & Translation
Give your writing a boost this spring. Join The Common for a series of craft classes in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translation with four literary luminaries.
FAQ: Weekly Writes Vol. 6
Q: What if I'm busy and can't work on the week's prompts? Will they expire? A: No. While we hope that writing every week is part of your program experience, we understand that life gets in the way. The prompts are yours to download and keep, so you can start writing whenever you have time.


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« "WHOSE STREETS?": Walk a mile in my shoes
"THE MIDWIFE": Opposites attract »
"WIND RIVER": Indian country
Jeremy Renner, Gil Birmingham
"WIND RIVER" My rating: B
*113 minutes | MPAA rating: R
With his screenplays for "Sicario" and "Hell or High Water" Taylor Sheridan joined the ranks of our best storytellers of the contemporary American West.
He cements that reputation — though not without a couple of minor missteps — by writing and directing "Wind River."
Set on the sprawling Wind River Indian Reservation in mountainous central Wyoming, this snowbound mystery is triggered by the death of an 18-year-old Arapaho girl. Apparently she ran for several miles barefoot through a blizzard before succumbing to sub-zero temperatures. But what — or who — was she running from?
Her body is discovered by Cory Lambert (Jeremy Renner), a hunter for the wildlife service whose job is to eliminate wolves, cougars and other predators dining on domestic livestock. Soon he'll be tracking down two-legged predators.
On one level "Wind River" is a buddy movie pairing the woods-smart Cory with Florida-reared Jane Banner (Elizabeth Olsen), an FBI agent dispatched to investigate what appears to be a murder on tribal land. He knows every snowfield and ravine within hundreds of square miles; she shows up without so much as a pair of long johns.
But as seems always to be the case with a Sheridan film, just as important as the mystery is the milieu in which it's set.
In this case it's a world of natural beauty and aching poverty, dying traditions and doped-up youth. Here white assumptions collide with Native American realities. Resentments and prejudices can surface at any time.
Renner's Cory is the perfect guide through these conflicting cultures. Born nearby and as comfortable in a cowboy hat as a fur-lined parka, he's divorced from an Arapaho woman with whom he has a young son. In short, he's a man with one foot planted in the white world and the other in Indian country.
Sheridan's screenplay provides plenty of thumbnail portraits of colorful characters.
Graham Greene, Elizabeth Olsen
Cory's former father-in-law is patiently awaiting a breakdown in the white man's civilization. He'll find great amusement in that day.
The weary tribal police chief (Graham Greene) has just about given up on trying to patrol an area the size of Rhode Island with just six officers. Mostly he cleans up messes.
The dead girl's father (Gil Birmingham) appears defiant and angry when questioned by Olsen's out-of-touch FBI agent but collapses in tears in the presence of his old friend Cory. We learn that Cory's own teenage daughter died mysteriously several years before. Now the two men are joined by grief.
And then there are the young people who without job prospects or hope spend their days selling and snorting drugs.
It's not a pretty picture, and if "Wind River" has a major flaw it's that the sardonic humor that propelled "Hell or High Water" is absent here. The film's unrelenting glumness threatens to become oppressive.
Or even worse, preachy. Often the film seems about to collapse beneath the weight of Sheridan's visual and aural symbolism.
Good thing, then, that there's relief in Ben Richardson's gorgeous cinematography, the unobtrusive but evocative musical score by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, and a sound mix that captures the crunch of snow and the whispering of wind with a hyperrealistic flair.
"Wind River" does unravel its central mystery, although I can't be the only one who finds it a bit contrived and far-fetched.
Still, Renner and Olsen are such solid performers that they don't have to "play big" to keep our attention.
And with its wide-open vistas, "Wind River" proves that, yes, there's still life in those Western motifs, even if now our hero rides a snowmobile instead of a pinto.
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Police Swing Against Use of Unauthorised SPY Number Plates
The Police have started the enforcement of the ban on use of SPY number plates by unauthorised persons in Rivers. They have also suspended the issuance of permits to use tinted glasses in vehicles. Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Usman, directed the moves to check rising wave of insecurity across the country. Commissioner of Police in […]
The Police have started the enforcement of the ban on use of SPY number plates by unauthorised persons in Rivers.
They have also suspended the issuance of permits to use tinted glasses in vehicles.
Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Usman, directed the moves to check rising wave of insecurity across the country.
Commissioner of Police in Rivers, Mr Eboka Friday, directed the enforcement in Rivers, according to a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Thursday by the Command's Spokesman, SP Nnamdi Omoni.
SP Omoni stated that CP Friday ordered strict compliance with the directive by the command's heads of tactical units, divisional police officers and heads of departments.
"The command has started the retrieval of spy plate numbers from unauthorised users as well as suspended the issuance of new tinted glass permits.
"Members of the public, particularly residents of the state are expected to immediately re-adjust and comply with the directives, as machinery has been put in place to ensure total compliance.
"To this end, officers have been deployed in this regard, and they will be going round to monitor compliance,'' he stated.
SP Omoni quoted CP Friday as saying, however, that vehicles with permits issued before the IGP's directive remained in the clear and could continue to enjoy their permits.
According to him, the issuance of new permits is currently halted pending the release of a new protocol that will regulate permits in accordance with extant law.
He added that the commissioner of police said: "officers are sternly warned to be courteous, polite and professional as well as by all means necessary, avoid acts inimical to the police force.
"Officers are expected to conduct themselves professionally in the discharge of this all-important national assignment aimed at strengthening our internal security''.


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Il Clube 15 de Novembro, noto anche come 15 de Campo Bom o semplicemente come 15 de Novembro, è una società calcistica brasiliana con sede nella città di Campo Bom, nello stato del Rio Grande do Sul.

Storia
Il 3 marzo 1893 e il 15 novembre 1911, vennero fondate rispettivamente la Sociedade Alemã de Atiradores (con la moralità di tiro a segno) e lEsporte Clube 15 de Novembro, quest'ultimo fondato dai dipendenti della Vetter & Irmãos.

Il 3 ottobre 1917, la Sociedade Alemã de Atiradores cambiò nome in Sociedade Concórdia.

Il 30 aprile 1975, la Sociedade Concórdia e l'Esporte Clube 15 de Novembro si fusero per dare vita al Clube 15 de Novembro.

Nel 1994, il club divenne professionistico.

Nel 2001 e nel 2002, il club è stato finalista del Campionato Gaúcho, dove perse entrambe le volte in finale contro l'Internacional.

Nel 2004, il club ha raggiunto le semifinali della Coppa del Brasile, dove è stato eliminato dal Santo André (che più tardi vincerà la competizione). Al primo turno ha eliminato la Portuguesa Santista, ai sedicesimi di finale ha eliminato il Vasco da Gama, agli ottavi di finale ha eliminato l'Americano, e ai quarti di finale ha eliminato il Palmas.

Nel 2005, il 15 de Novembro fu di nuovo finalista del Campionato Gaúcho, dove perse anche questa volta contro l'Internacional.

Nel 2006, il 15 de Novembro vinse il suo unico titolo professionistico, la Copa Emídio Perondi, dopo aver sconfitto in finale l'Ulbra di Canoas.

Palmarès

Competizioni statali
Copa Emídio Perondi: 1
2006

Altri piazzamenti

Semifinalista: 2004

Collegamenti esterni


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Syria: Expelling US occupation forces not out of reach
Syria's foreign ministry says expelling the US occupation forces from the country's soil is not out of reach, especially given the Syrian popular forces' ongoing successful resistance operations.
"Syrian people in the northeast of the country are writing their story of heroism and struggle against the US occupation forces and their tools," the ministry tweeted on Tuesday.
"The expulsion of foreign occupation from Syrian territories never seem to be too far," it added.
The ministry considered the resistance forces' "rejection of the occupation forces [to be] guarantor of the liberation of the land and restoration of [the Syrian people's] rights," saying the prospect of the country's ridding itself of the foreign forces was "approaching fast."
The United States and its allies invaded Syria in 2014 under the pretext of fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group. The terrorist outfit had emerged as Washington was running out of excuses to extend its regional meddling or enlarge it in scale.
The US retains the presence, although, Syria and its allies defeated Daesh in late 2017.
Throughout the past several years, the US military has stationed its forces and equipment in northeastern Syria, with the Pentagon claiming that the deployment is aimed at preventing the oilfields in the area from falling into the hands of the Daesh terrorists.
Damascus, however, maintains that the deployment is meant to plunder the Arab country's natural resources.
Former US president Donald Trump admitted on several occasions that American forces were in the Arab country for its oil wealth.
FM: US Unable to Subjugate Iranians Ever Again
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Zionist Bahrain regime force arrest senior Shia cleric
Israel attacks Syrian capital with missiles in new act of aggression
Thousands of Iraqis protest against Saudi crown prince's planned visit


The friends we meet through painting! Lynne and Judy first met when Lynne attended a local SDP meeting and Judy was the teacher. Many lessons later they formed the business partnership of Distinctive Brushstrokes, painting mainly for regional art shows and teaching at various regional and national conventions. Eventually, their business evolved into designing pattern packets, writing decorative painting books and travel teaching.
Today Distinctive Brushstrokes has published over 20 books and over 300 pattern packets! Look for them on the teaching roster of your favorite decorative painting convention. Both ladies live in Grand Rapids with their husbands and families, sharing their love for this wonderful art form.


In September, check out the lively Lee County Labor Day Family Festival and Redneck Games, featuring live bluegrass music, a hot rod car show and an arts and crafts fair.
Weavers Corner Plaza offers excellent food, things for the home, and shops to keep you looking great and feeling healthy.
You can find many excellent restaurants in North Fort Myers, such as Bianca's Ristorante Italiano and Pizzaria, 16251 N. Cleveland Ave., suite 19.
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Marc Teyssier
Scientists develop artificial human skin for tech devices
By Brittany Vincent
If you've ever held your smartphone in one hand and thought "This could use a layer of skin," you're surprisingly not alone. A new piece of tech in development, called the Skin-On interface, is a new artificial skin membrane that's meant to mimic human skin in terms of its feel and appearance. It also apparently has the ability to sense touch as well. That means gestures like tickles, pinching, and even grasping. If it's hard to wrap your brain around, that's totally understandable – but it could be the next big thing when it comes to smartphones or computers.
Researchers at the University of Bristol, Telecom ParisTech, and Sorbonne University have been hard at work bringing this strange new invention to fruition. The membrane itself is made of multiple layers, including silicone, that's based on the same layers of human skin. This includes a surface layer with textures, an electrode layer with "conductive threads" and then the hypodermis. These membranes are meant to form an artificial skin that has several implications, such as allowing devices to feel if users are squeezing it or poking it, detect where on the device these things are happening, and more. It's an eerie creation with odd applications: your phone could effectively be tickled, or caressed, if the tech works as it should.
"Artificial skin has been widely studied in the field of Robotics but with a focus on safety, sensing or cosmetic aims. This is the first research we are aware of that looks at exploiting realistic artificial skin as a new input method for augmenting devices," explained the lead author of the study, Marc Teyssier.
Marc Teyssier on YouTube
Right now, the "skin" resembles something more like putty than anyone's arm or shoulder. Researchers have already tested Skin-On with a phone case, a smart watch, and a touch pad for a computer in an effort to demonstrate how social touch gestures could translate to messages in the virtual world for communications. Using these types of inputs, users could feasibly "stroke" a loved one's cheek or press their lips to a lover's face. According to Teyssier, the intensity of a touch could even be used to translate intent into emoji.
"One of the main use of smartphones is mediated communication, using text, voice, video, or a combination. We implemented a messaging application where users can express rich tactile emotions on the artificial skin. The intensity of the touch controls the size of the emojis. A strong grip conveys anger while tickling the skin displays a laughing emoji and tapping creates a surprised emoji," said Teyssier.
It's an intriguing study to say the least. On one hand, having artificial "skin" on any of your smart devices may sound a little off-putting or strange. On the other, this type of tactile input could be a game-changer for disabled users or those who prefer to skip out on using a computer mouse or keyboard to commence. It could even change the way we play video games and interact with fictional characters. More than phones, however, the Skin-On tech could potentially be used for prosthetic limbs and other devices.
The researchers involved in the study are already working on the next phase of bringing the skin to life: adding hair and features that could feasibly allow it to get goosebumps.
Virtual assistants like Alexa and Siri already make us feel like we're interacting with real beings sometimes. Are we ready for our smart devices to literally feel as if they're human as well?