Norman Akers was born and raised in Fairfax, Oklahoma. He is a member of the Osage Nation. He received a BFA in Painting from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1982, and a Certificate in Museum Studies from the Institute of American Indian Arts in 1983. In 1991, he received a MFA in Fine Arts from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Akers had solo exhibitions at the Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas, Jan Cicero Gallery in Chicago, Illinois, and the Gardner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions including, Unlimited Boundaries, The Dichotomy of Place in Contemporary Native American Art, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Who Stole the Tee Pee?, at the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Museum, New York, New York, and Pathology of Symbols, I Space, Chicago, Illinois.
His paintings are in several collections including the Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Rockwell Museum, Corning, New York, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
In 2007 he was selected to participate in the "We Are All Knots" print project, sponsored by the National Museum of the American Indian and ART in the Embassies Program Print Series. He was a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant in 1999.


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Q: JMeter GUI - execute using NewDriver failed to view Function Helper Dialog I try to test a new function in JMeter.
I download JMeter 3.3 code and add plugins including JMeterPluginsCMD
I also download jmeter-plugins-extras-1.4.0.jar with HttpSimpleTableControlGui class
I execute NewDriver which opens JMeter GUI, I try to open Options -> Function Helper Dialog but I have no functions
log:
2017-11-13 16:16:56,661 WARN o.a.j.g.u.MenuFactory: Could not instantiate class: org.jmeterplugins.protocol.http.control.gui.HttpSimpleTableControlGui
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.jmeterplugins.protocol.http.control.gui.HttpSimpleTableControlGui
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
    at org.apache.jmeter.gui.util.MenuFactory.initializeMenus(MenuFactory.java:499) [core/:?]
    at org.apache.jmeter.gui.util.MenuFactory.<clinit>(MenuFactory.java:169) [core/:?]
    at org.apache.jmeter.control.gui.WorkBenchGui.createPopupMenu(WorkBenchGui.java:119) [core/:?]
    at org.apache.jmeter.gui.tree.JMeterTreeNode.createPopupMenu(JMeterTreeNode.java:159) [core/:?]
    at org.apache.jmeter.gui.action.EditCommand.doAction(EditCommand.java:46) [core/:?]
    at org.apache.jmeter.gui.action.ActionRouter.performAction(ActionRouter.java:88) [core/:?]
    at org.apache.jmeter.gui.action.ActionRouter.lambda$0(ActionRouter.java:70) [core/:?]
    at org.apache.jmeter.gui.action.ActionRouter$$Lambda$43/1433208870.run(Unknown Source) [core/:?]
    at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventQueue.access$400(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
2017-11-13 16:16:59,670 ERROR o.a.j.g.a.ActionRouter: Error processing org.apache.jmeter.gui.action.CreateFunctionDialog@45e37a7e
java.lang.NullPointerException: null
    at org.apache.jmeter.functions.gui.FunctionHelper.initParameterPanel(FunctionHelper.java:165) ~[core/:?]
    at org.apache.jmeter.functions.gui.FunctionHelper.setVisible(FunctionHelper.java:228) ~[core/:?]
    at org.apache.jmeter.gui.action.CreateFunctionDialog.doAction(CreateFunctionDialog.java:50) ~[core/:?]
    at org.apache.jmeter.gui.action.ActionRouter.performAction(ActionRouter.java:88) [core/:?]
    at org.apache.jmeter.gui.action.ActionRouter.lambda$0(ActionRouter.java:70) [core/:?]
    at org.apache.jmeter.gui.action.ActionRouter$$Lambda$43/1433208870.run(Unknown Source) [core/:?]
    at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventQueue.access$400(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_25]

A: *

*The recommended way of installing JMeter Plugins and keeping them up-to-date is using JMeter Plugins Manager

*I do confirm that brand new JMeter 3.3 and HTTP Simple Table Server work fine together without any issues with The Function Helper Dialog.

So my expectations are in:

*

*Your installation is broken, you should have:

*

*jmeter-plugins-table-server-2.2.jar in "lib/ext" folder

*jmeter-plugins-cmn-jmeter-0.4.jar in "lib" folder

*JMeter restart is required to pick any .jars up

*(most likely) Your function implementation is flaky. If this is the case you will need to provide your function code along with the question.

A: It seems that the right (or possible) way to call JMeter GUI is
 ant run_gui

Function Helper worked with my changes

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August 2021 | Point of View
Data: The new differentiator in manufacturing analytics
Most manufacturers tend to view the value of their data in terms of its use in optimizing operations. But its value could be greater by managing data as a strategic business asset.
By Doug Laney, David McGraw, and Bruce Ferguson-Augustus
This article was originally featured in the Manufacturing Leadership Journal in August 2021. ©2021 Manufacturing Leadership Council, a division of the National Association of Manufacturers. All Rights Reserved.
"Data is the new oil."
It's a phrase we hear with increasing frequency in many business contexts. Companies across multiple industries now view data as increasingly essential to their success and market advantage. Data today, like oil over the last hundred years, is increasingly a source of wealth, power, and success, and a driver of the emerging digital economy. But there are differences. When oil is gone, it's gone. Data, on the other hand, generates more of itself and can be used multiple times for multiple purposes. Data is also cheaper to store and easier to transport. But it's also easier to be stolen and is impossible to clean up if spilled.
Data is also potentially more valuable. Companies with certain data characteristics that behave in data-driven ways generate economic benefits and have value beyond others. Investors now tend to favor data-centric companies. Research shows data savvy companies, like those with a chief data officer, a data science team, and an enterprise data governance function, have twice the market-to-book value as their peers. Data-product companies, for which data or digital products are the primary offering, have three times the market-to-book value. Further, data for some organizations might actually be worth more than the value of the company itself.
Maximize data potential by treating it like the asset it is
Manufacturers have access to and use data from many sources: customers, equipment, processes, transactions, quality, and IoT or streaming devices among others. They're also generating and acquiring more of it by the day. According to the Manufacturing Leadership Council's (MLC) first survey on M4.0 data conducted in March 2020, more than a quarter of manufacturing companies surveyed said their manufacturing data volumes doubled or tripled in size over the previous two years. Looking ahead, over a quarter of companies expect data volumes to surge by more than 500% over the next two years.
But what are they doing with that data, and to what extent are they using it to drive enterprise value? Manufacturers most commonly associate the value of their data with its use in optimizing operations. The MLC study validates this: 54% of participants said they measure the value of data in terms of the impact on operational performance, driving value by managing cost of goods sold; maximizing on-time in-full (OTIF); increasing capacity and labor productivity in light of labor and material shortages; or improving performance in productivity, efficiency, or quality.
Lockheed Martin, for example, recognized it could use data to proactively predict program health and apply course correction measures before problems arose. The company correlated and analyzed hundreds of structured and unstructured metrics for thousands of programs to identify a concise set of leading indicators of program performance. The analysis even uncovered specific words from a program manager's comments that were predictors of a program downgrade. This increased program foresight by three times, facilitating earlier program assessments. Ultimately, the company was able to avoid hundreds of millions of dollars in losses due to program delays.
Optimizing operations, of course, is one way to create value from data. But this is only a steppingstone in the journey toward maximizing its potential value. That requires treating data as an enterprise asset—a real mindset shift for many organizations, particularly in manufacturing.
In fact, this mindset is particularly important given the new realities brought on by pandemic-accelerated changes to the manufacturing workplace and workforce, as well as shifts in customer demand that require manufacturers to be able to change up operations faster than ever.
Manufacturers that are only using descriptive analytics to fine-tune operations will quickly fall behind those able to use prescriptive or predictive insights to adapt their operations to the velocity of the market and drive profitability.
Accountants may not recognize data as an asset on the balance sheet, but that doesn't mean companies can't begin managing it as one. Manufacturers are already adept at managing physical assets, so treating data with the same care shouldn't be too much of a stretch.
Infonomics, the emerging discipline of managing and accounting for information with the same or similar rigor and formality as other traditional assets, offers a useful framework for driving greater value from data.
It consists of three key elements: monetizing, managing, and measuring data value.
1. Monetize data directly—but don't overlook indirect methods
Maximizing the value of data begins with looking at it in terms of its economic benefits. There are many directions this can take. Direct monetization includes bartering or trading with data, selling raw data through brokers or data markets, or selling insights or analysis. But monetization is about more than selling data assets. It instead comprises any and all ways that available data can generate new value streams for an organization, both internally and externally. Indirect methods of monetization include improving process performance and effectiveness (as in the Lockheed example), developing new products or markets, enhancing/digitalizing products and services with data, and forging and streamlining partner relationships. Mastering indirect monetization can, in fact, lead to greater direct monetization.
The best way to illustrate potential applications to manufacturing is through stories and examples, and there are plenty of them.
Creating new revenue streams: Sometimes selling information is a preferable alternative to no revenue at all. When a mid-sized U.S. manufacturer of sonic buoys and other inertial sensors recognized it was losing business to lower-cost manufacturers in Mexico and elsewhere, it licensed its expertise in the form of detailed manufacturing and testing processes to those who would otherwise undercut them. Competitors became partners, and a new revenue stream materialized.
Transforming the business model: Rolls-Royce was an early pioneer of this concept with its Power-by-the-Hour offering, which it has continued to build upon. The company's CorporateCare® program, originally launched in 2012 and enhanced in 2018, uses onboard sensors to track on-wing performance and facilitate maintenance. More manufacturers are moving to a product-as-a-service (PaaS) model, which is dependent on data. For example, Michelin's EFFIFUEL™ is a PaaS offering targeting commercial vehicles, particularly trucks, using IoT data to improve performance. The offering uses sensors inside vehicles to collect data about fuel consumption, tire pressure, temperature, speed, and location. A Michelin team then analyzes the data to provide recommendations for fuel-efficient driving. This has led to higher customer satisfaction, loyalty and retention, and increased profits.
Driving value from mergers and acquisitions: When Stratasys purchased MakerBot, a startup manufacturer of desktop 3D printers, in 2013, it also acquired MakerBot's established 3D printing ecosystem, which continuously develops new applications for 3D printing. This effectively enabled Stratasys to crowdsource research and development data from the community and reduce its own inhouse R&D costs.
Responding rapidly to change: With a $2 billion orange juice business, The Coca-Cola Company must be able to minimize product inconsistencies due to variations in orange crops, sourcing, and seasonality. The company's Black Book model algorithm, developed by Revenue Analytics, crunches data from up to one quintillion data points, including satellite images, weather, expected crop yields, cost pressures, regional preferences, and detailed data about the 600 flavors that comprise an orange, plus variables such as acidity and sweetness. The result is a precise formula for how to blend orange juice for consistent taste, including pulp content. After a hurricane or freeze that affects crops, the company can re-plan in 5 to 10 minutes.
Monetizing data to achieve these types of impacts requires structure and discipline, but also sufficient space for exploration on the front end. It's helpful to start with workshops designed to conceive and refine ideas for innovating with information to drive new value streams.
For the broadest thinking, try to get business leaders, data architects, subject matter experts, and ideally representatives of key customer, supplier, or partner segments into a room together. Inspire them with other data monetization examples from inside and outside the organization and industry. Then allow them to explore available data sources and potential insights and/or external value within or at the intersection of those data sources. Ask questions like: What could we accomplish if we had additional data? What types of external data sources would enable that? Where could we add new sensors or OT sources to generate additional data that may provide valuable insights?
Then assess the ideas generated based on feasibility in order to prioritize those to be developed. This assessment should include a range of impact factors such as economic benefit, practicality, marketability, societal benefit, or ecological benefit. The feasibility assessment should also consider the complexity involved, including manageability, technology, scalability, and ethicality. It's important to make sure you vet the financial and systemic impact, as well as scalability, from a true operational perspective in an applied setting.
2. Manage data as an asset—and consider a chief data officer
Realizing value from data requires proven asset management principles and practices. In this context, that includes data science capabilities as well as enterprise data governance function and principles. But none of that will matter without the right leadership.
Our research has found that organizations with a chief data officer with the right level of influence, authority, and resources, reporting to the CEO or at least with a spot on the executive team, are four times more likely to be using data to transform business processes, products, or services. They are also three times more likely to generate non-monetary commercial value and seven times more likely to generate monetary value from data externally.
By contrast, organizations where the CIO still maintains ultimate responsibility for the company's data assets are only half as likely to be employing advanced analytics. In organizations without empowered CDOs, data quality and availability continue to be significant impediments to analytics.
Manufacturers should take note. From the results of the MLC's M4.0 data study, it appears they have some significant catching up to do. Only 7% of companies participating in that survey reported having a CDO who is responsible for data governance and strategy. Rather, most place data responsibility with an information technology (IT) head (the CIO or IT VP) or a joint IT/OT team. Further, 18% have no one with data governance responsibility and more than half of the participants in the study said they do not have any corporate strategy, guidelines, or plan for the way data is collected or organized across their companies.
Only 18% believe their company is "very capable" of analyzing the data it has.
Establishing true responsibility and accountability for all things data is the essential place to start. Once that is in place, you can then begin developing plans for maturing data and analytics capabilities across various areas, including strategy, technology and architecture, organization and skills, literacy, and culture.
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3. Measure and improve data's potential by focusing on the three degrees of value
You can't manage what you don't measure. Organizations tend to manage data volumes and speed, but most are missing the bigger picture. Few measure data quality characteristics such as potential value, business relevancy, cost, impact on business performance, market value, and impact on the organization. For example, research shows that only 11% of organizations know the cost of their data, 12% calculate the financial value of their data assets, and 21% measure the business impact of data quality improvements. Only 4% have developed ways of measuring data value in monetary terms with an assigned dollar value, and only 7% are now beginning to measure data value against data-driven services. Further, 30% don't have measures in place to value the increasing volumes of data that digital technologies create. On the other hand, companies with executive-level CDOs are three to four times more likely to formally measure the value of the company's data assets.
To help gauge and improve data's economic characteristics, companies should start by recognizing the three degrees of data value: realized, probable, and potential. The latter reflects the value that could be derived by applying data to all relevant business processes. Proper information valuation should include both foundational measures that can help improve information management discipline: the intrinsic value of information (how correct, complete, and scarce is this data?), business value of information (how good and relevant is this data for specific purposes?), and performance value of information (how does this data affect key business drivers?). Information valuation should also consider financial measures that can help manage and improve value (what did it cost to collect this data, or if we were to lose it?), market value (what could we get from selling or trading this data?), and economic value (how does this data contribute to revenue/expense savings?).
Generate value with your data—starting today
Manufacturers now have significant opportunity to understand and take advantage of data's unique economic characteristics. The good news is that they recognize this. All respondents to the MLC study said they believe data is either essential or supportive to their future competitive success.
This represents a substantial transformation for many manufacturers, but it is possible, and positive examples are out there. In fact, in all of our research, it was a manufacturing company, Textron, the parent company of Bell Helicopter and Beechcraft, Cessna and maker of other specialized technology products, that stood out as embracing the possibilities and potential of value of data so well.
"We no longer differentiate ourselves primarily via the performance of our products. Rather, we gain advantage from our ability to monitor enormous amounts of data from inside and outside our business, find insight in that data and act on it more quickly than our competitors," the company's director of global ERP and analytics said. "Our finance people used to chuckle about the idea of information as an asset. The reality is that for most employees, our business is data: 70% of our employees don't touch aircraft, but everyone touches data."
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Jack and Lexy pictured in photos.
The Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog is one of the last remaining breeds that are typical of the original bulldogs from England that were used as "plantation dogs," guarding, and watching these large tracts of land in the southern United States. They are of square appearance, powerfully built, agile, and athletic.
Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldogs are different and separate from the well known classic English Bulldogs and is not just a physical variation of another breed. These dogs exhibit all the bulldog features except in a more exaggerated form. They are taller with long straight legs, and a longer broad muzzle. Males are larger, heavier boned, and more masculine than females. They are used for working cattle, and catching wild hogs thus, their muscles are long, and powerful. They are never short, and stocky in build with bowed out legs or elbows. Their longer muzzle makes breathing easier while running. For example, their muzzle is never pushed in or flat like that of a Pug, Pekingese or Dogue de Bordeaux.
ALAPAHAS ARE NOT - Excessive barkers, nor are they prone to drooling they are a dry mouth breed.
ENERGY LEVEL: The Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog is a working breed, being very energetic, and athletic. They require regular physical activity however, they can be very inactive indoors, and will do well in an apartment if they are sufficiently exercised. They have great stamina. Go for a jog, let them run alongside as you're biking or follow behind while you're riding a 4 wheeler is great! Throw the ball and take them swimming, activity daily is ideal to help prevent destructive behavior from pent-up energy and boredom. They do well with at least an average-sized fenced yard, free space to run that's safe off leash. Regardless of the size of your home, as long as they can share it with you and are provided free play as part of their exercise that is needed by this breed is what counts, It's up to you to provide the time and space!
GROOMING: This breed is an average shedder. Slightly more noticeable during the seasonal changes. An occasional brushing to remove dead hair will cut down on shedding. Bathe once every two weeks.
COAT: Short to medium length fur; fairly stiff with a soft undercoat.
PURPOSE: Guardian, Protection, Companion, Sport, and Farm use.
OVERALL IMPRESSION: Being that of a grand, and powerful dog showing strength and alertness, yet also agile ,and athletic, and having an amazing endurance. This canine gives the impression of nobility.
HEAD: The face of the Alapaha should indicate intelligence, and alertness. The skull should be square or have a round appearance that's heavily muscled. The "stop" should be deep and abrupt.
minus 1/8 inch is acceptable.
EYES: Almond-shaped to round, medium-sized, set well apart. All colors are permissible.
EARS: "Rose Ears" Small to medium in size, carried close to the head, half perked with a forward roll.
BACK: Straight, not rigid or swayed. Length equal to height at shoulders.
TAIL: Strong at the root, and tapering to the hocks (in the rest position). The tail is carried over the back like a sickle when excited or walking. A "docked" tail is not permissible for the "Show Ring."
BONE STRUCTURE: Medium-to-heavy, to be able to carry a large dog.
FOREQUARTERS: The combined front assembly from its uppermost component, the shoulder blades, down to the feet should be muscular, and slightly sloping. The "fore-legs" are to be straight, and having webbed toes.
HINDQUARTERS: Broad with muscles tapering well down the leg to manifest speed, and strength, but not quite as large as at the shoulders.
Marcelle weighed approximately 95 pounds, was 24 inches at the shoulder, 22.5 inches around the head, and 33.5 around the girth.
Males average weight is 80 - 95 pounds. It can vary 10 pounds.
Average male height at withers is 23 - 26 inches with a variance of one inch.
Average Females are 60 - 75 pounds also with a 10-pound variance.
Females average height is 20 - 25 inches with a variance of one inch. Length being near height, and around the head about one inch smaller. Basically a square dog.
Colors vary with a great deal of pigmentation. Colors are white, white with blue merle, black, buff, brown, red, and a few brindles. Marble or glass eyes are preferred. No trimming of ears or docking of tails is acceptable.


Kim Dy just used the biggest stage of the UAAP to announce who Kim Dy is.
In a winner-takes-all Game 3, facing the blue juggernaut known as Ateneo Lady Eagles, Dy found it in her to deliver.
Dy put up a team-high 17 points and earned Finals MVP honors, but what mattered most for the third year player is a proper send-off for her seniors.
Dy entered La Salle team which had just won three straight titles in the UAAP Women's Volleyball tournament, but her first two years were not as illustrious as the Lady Spikers lost two straight to Ateneo in the championship rounds.
On Saturday, they got their revenge as the Lady Spikers ended their two-year drought with an impressive 19-25, 25-21, 25-16, 25-16 triumph at Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Now that Dy is emerging as the next face of La Salle volleyball, she quickly shrugged off such distinction and insisted the Lady Spikers would always play as a team.


Riverbrooke, located in the City of Suwanee in Forsyth County, has approximately 200 single family homes. Residents of this close-knit community can walk along paved sidewalk paths and use such amenities as the community swimming pool, tennis court or playground. Riverbrooke is also located close to Highway 141. Students attend Settles Bridge Elementary, Riverwatch Middle and South Forsyth High schools in the Forsyth County School District. Home prices range from $200K to $300K.


If you only had four days to spend in Perth, what would you do? Here are some ideas to get you started to give you a real local's view of Perth.
The city is synonymous with endless beaches, pristine white sand and the clear, warm waters of the Indian Ocean, so it makes sense to kick off your visit with a tour of the iconic seafront destinations.
If the weather's good (which it's likely to be given the city's fab Mediterranean climate), you can easily spend the better part of a day basking in beachside bliss or lunching at an oceanfront cafe. Odyssea, Bib & Tucker, the Shorehouse and Island Market Trigg are just a couple of local hot favourites.
You could spend another day uncovering the city's past and visiting places of interest that tell the story of its growth and development into a thriving modern capital. Perth City is compact and easy to navigate, plus there's free public transport in the CBD so getting around is a breeze.
Plan the day to include notable attractions like the Perth Mint (their Heritage Tour is a must), get your culture on at the Art Gallery of WA and take a look inside the magnificent newly renovated State Buildings precinct in the city's historic heart.
A short stroll from the CBD on the banks of the Swan River is the Bell Tower - one of the world's largest musical instruments and home to giant bells from St Martin's in the Field in Trafalgar Square. It is well worth a visit and from there, you can check out all that Elizabeth Quay has to offer as well as follow a fascinating street art trail.
You shouldn't miss the 400 hectare Kings Park, which is Perth's most famous attraction and also one of the largest and most beautiful inner city parks in the world. It is rich in Aboriginal and European history and home to the spectacular Western Australian Botanic Gardens where over 3 000 species of native wildflowers and plants are on display.
Many tourists visit the State War Memorial and the gallery shop, Aspects of Kings' Park which has a vast choice of contemporary art, jewellery, accessories, homewares and collectibles - but there are plenty of lookout points and scenic trails if you venture a bit further beyond the crowds.
Another day should be allocated to discovering Fremantle - a separate port city adjacent to Perth which boasts an impressive collection of well-preserved 19th century buildings and other heritage features.
Fun fact: Fremantle Prison, which is fascinating to visit, is Western Australia's only World Heritage Listed building!
'Freo' offers an eclectic mix of artisanal food, craft beers, lively markets, quirky boutiques, an eclectic music, arts and festival scene and it's easy to spend a day walking the historic streets and enjoying the area's warm - and often eccentric - hospitality. Don't just stick to the usual tourist path though. Head off to some of the local beaches outside of the main area and spoil yourself with some great coffee and sweet treats at the many trendy cafes hidden down the laneways.
Plus there's plenty of shopping!
Freo is known for its unique character which is reflected in the city's art galleries and studios, plus you'll find a huge range of exquisite jewellery, accessories, hand-crafted gifts and souvenirs in the popular shopping arcades and markets.
Sometimes, it's the lesser known attractions in a city - the hidden gems that only a select few know about - that make a trip really special. That's why a day of your itinerary should be spent discovering more of Perth's unique attractions such as Caversham Wildlife Park, the Swan Valley and what is quite possibly the city's best-kept secret of all - the Bickley Valley.
This scenic valley is characterised by winding roads, sweeping vistas of natural forest, orchards and vines plus for wine lovers there is a host of boutique wineries, charming cellar doors, cideries and restaurants cooking up fresh, local produce.
In fact, orchard tours are particularly popular in this area not only because they provide amazing photographic opportunities among the beautiful blossoms in spring and rainbow-coloured leaves in autumn but they offer a variety of options for picking fruit direct from the farms. Fruit-picking season in the Perth Hills runs from around the middle of November through to May, and you can choose from a range of delicious options including pears, apples, cherries, persimmons and even chillies (and yes, they are a fruit!).
The valley is only 30 minutes from Perth City (yes, you read that correctly), but with so many fascinating places to visit and delicious treats to sample, you'll probably want someone else to take care of all the hard work. Like choosing the best places to go. Planning the best route. Making bookings. Driving. And organising everything. Book a private tour if this appeals to you!
Perth has a lot to offer and ideally you need more than a few days to experience it all. Especially if you want to visit the world famous Quokka's on Rottnest Island! But however long you have, I hope these tips for things to do in Perth in 4 days has been useful.
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Mitchell Athletics News
MBB Trio Named to NABC Honors Court
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) today announced the 2018-19 NABC Honors Court, recognizing those men's collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the past season.
Baseball's Solimine Enjoying All-Star Season in PGCBL
Following a stellar first season with the Mitchell College baseball team, starting pitcher Ryan Solimine is continuing his success in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League this summer.
MBB Earns NABC Team Academic Excellence Award
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Mitchell College men's basketball team was one of 151 programs recognized by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) on Thursday as the organization announced the sixth annual Team Academic Excellence Awards, created by the NABC Committee on Academics.
Chad Johnson Named Head Coach for Cross Country
NEW LONDON, Conn. – Mitchell College has named Chad Johnson as head coach of its men's and women's cross country programs.
Men's & Women's Soccer Open Online Team Stores
The online team stores for the Mitchell College men's and women's soccer teams are now open!
Mariners Land 15 on NECC Winter/Spring Academic All-Conference Team
MARSHFIELD, Mass. - A total of 194 student-athletes, including 15 from Mitchell College, were named to the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Academic All-Conference Team for the 2019 spring semester.
MBB's Santiago Named NECC Senior Student-Athlete of the Year
MARSHFIELD, Mass. – Mitchell College senior Domenico Santiago was selected as the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Male Senior Student-Athlete of the Year, as announced by the conference on Tuesday.
Five Mariners Claim All-Region Baseball Honors
NEW LONDON, Conn. – Five members of the Mitchell College baseball team received all-region honors from various organizations over the past week.
Mitchell Claims Second Straight NECC Champions Cup
MARSHFIELD, Mass. -- For the second year in a row, Mitchell College earned the New England Collegiate Conference Champions Cup on the men's side for its top performances in conference regular-season and tournament play.
Mitchell Athletics Wraps 2018-19 Season with Senior Banquet
NEW LONDON, Conn. -- The Mitchell College Department of Athletics held its annual Senior Banquet last week and handed out several major awards.
Baseball Falls in NECC Title Game
NEW LONDON, Conn. – Second-seeded New England College won the 2019 New England Collegiate Conference Baseball Championship by a 2-1 final over top-seeded Mitchell College on Monday afternoon at Alumni Field.
Mitchell, NEC Advance to NECC Championship Title Round
NEW LONDON, Conn. – Top-seeded Mitchell College and second-seeded New England College advanced to the title round of the 2019 New England Collegiate Conference Baseball Championship on Saturday.
Baseball Opens NECC Championship with Win Over ENC
NEW LONDON, Conn. – Top-seeded Mitchell College scored six unanswered runs to post a 6-1 victory over fourth-seeded Eastern Nazarene College on Thursday afternoon in the 2019 New England Collegiate Conference Baseball Championship at Alumni Field.
Elms Eliminates WLAX in NECC Championship First Round
CHICOPEE, Mass. -- Sixth-seeded Mitchell College saw its season come to an end in the first round of the 2019 New England Collegiate Conference Women's Lacrosse Championship, falling by a 21-6 final to fourth-seeded Elms College on Tuesday night at Leary Field.
Baseball Closes Out Regular Season with Win at Coast Guard
NEW LONDON, Conn. -- The Mitchell College baseball team scored seven runs in the eighth inning, all with two outs, to rally past Coast Guard Academy by a 14-5 final on Tuesday afternoon in the regular season finale for each program.
Baseball Sweeps NECC's Major Awards, Places 10 on All-Conference Teams
MARSHFIELD, Mass. – Mitchell College swept the major awards and had a total of 10 players named to all-conference teams by the New England Collegiate Conference on Tuesday morning as the league announced its annual baseball honors.
WLAX Trio Garners All-Conference Recognition
MARSHFIELD, Mass. – Three members of the Mitchell College women's lacrosse team were named to New England Collegiate Conference all-conference teams on Tuesday afternoon, as announced by the league in its release of annual awards.
Two From Softball Earn All-Conference Honors
MARSHFIELD, Mass. – Two members of the Mitchell College softball team were named to New England Collegiate Conference all-conference teams on Tuesday morning, as announced by the league in its release of annual awards.
Softball's Vachon Tabbed NECC Player of the Week
MARSHFIELD, Mass. – Mitchell College senior Suzanne Vachon was named New England Collegiate Conference Player of the Week for the sport of softball, as announced by the league on Monday morning.
Baseball's Cochrane, DelaCruz Receive NECC Weekly Honors
MARSHFIELD, Mass. – A pair of Mitchell College baseball players were recognized by the New England Collegiate Conference on Monday morning.
Baseball Sweeps Elms on Senior Day
NEW LONDON, Conn. – The Mitchell College baseball team closed out the New England Collegiate Conference slate with a pair of victories over Elms College on Sunday afternoon, winning by final scores of 12-4 and 3-0 at Alumni Field.
WLAX Fights Back but Comes Up Short at SVC
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The Mitchell College women's lacrosse team wrapped up the regular season on Sunday with a 14-11 New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) loss to Southern Vermont College at Shewcraft Field.
Softball Swept in Season Finale at Newbury
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - With the final postseason berth in the New England Collegiate Conference Championship at stake, the Mitchell College softball team came up on the short end of 8-6 and 14-10 finals at Newbury College on Sunday afternoon.


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How to slow down the clock in your mind, by clearing the mechanism.
Speed exercise to increase the processing ability of the brain.
One of the methods taught in speed reading is showing paragraphs pass by your computer screen at tremendous rates, 10,000 words a minute, down to 5,000, 2,500, 1000, 750 by the time you get to 500 words a minute it seems really slow, and 300 words a minute is like watching paint dry. With practice, speed reading can be done by anyone. The average person reads about 200-250 words a minute, with just one week, or less of practice you can increase your reading speed by 100-300 percent with ease.
Let's look at another example using the batting range. You step into a super-fast pitch cage (100mph); the ball looks like a blur, after seeing ten pitchers whiz by, you move to the fast (90mph), or medium pitch (80). The ball now appears much slower coming at you, enabling you to see it clear and hitting it sharply, and if you went into the slow pitch (70mph) it would be like hitting a beach ball.
There are four speeds of time in descending order; the hour, minute, second, millisecond that we utilize in our clock world today. The hour is the mainstream default time used, and the one I am challenging is out of sync for the 21st century for the Information and Communication age, in affect it's like using 56k modem speed, dial-up to surf the web today, with a computer from 1999. Why would we do that? Well, if we didn't know that FIOS, cable or 3G wi-fi existed then dial-up and that old computer is just fine.
What if we could do the same thing with time itself, hmm... why not? It works for me already, and you can try it for yourself below.
There are 1000 millisecond's in a second, the same time used in the Olympics and in basketball games, what I have done using digital flash clocks is set up four speeds of time using milliseconds, seconds, minutes, and hours for demonstration and practice drills below. First though you have to "clear the mechanism."
Clearing the mechanism is about letting go of everything that is taking up parking space in your mind at the moment. The stuff that stops you from being more, robbing you of completing goals, clarity, discipline, energy, and purpose. When you 'clear the mechanism' like a racing horse that wears blinkers, it enables the horse to concentrate, run properly and not get distracted by the noise of the crowd, or other horses running next to them. The blinkers help keep the horse moving forward to the finish line.
Watch this short You Tube clip from the movie "For the Love of The Game", with Kevin Costner.
Being able to "Clear the Mechanism" of your mind allows you to see clear. You know what you need to do and you how to do it.
Lets begin on slowing down the clock in your mind.
Your mind is clear—your focus powerful—and your concentrating perfectly.
Let's move on to step 2. to the slower Seconds (90mph) and see how your brains manages this speed.
Your mind is clear and time has begun to slow. Concentrate now for twenty seconds on the ever slowing numbers counting up.The clock of your mind is now slowing down time even more.
The once fast seconds have been slowed in your minds eye down to workable and manageable units of time.5,4,3,2,1.
Let's move to step 3. and continue the slow down of time process.
Thinking in minutes is the real aim here today. The millisecond and second clocks are just exercises designed to force your brain beyond its current thinking for the 21st century, pushing the envelope ever further, allowing your brain to expand, much like pushing a muscle with more weight added to the bar.
The EMT and the day-trader are two examples of jobs that require to live inside the minute clock daily, where life or money can be lost inside seconds. For most, just thinking inside the minute clock is the goal, and getting you off the hour clock state of mind of centuries past.
Your mind is now expanding, as human potential becomes self-evident and clear. Time is on your side, and what you can do with all of your slow minutes is only limited by the excuses you can imagine. Time is your ally, your best friend, not the enemy, or for the reason you can't.
As the minutes have slowed in your minds eye, look at the flash clock below, these are how many minutes you have left in this day in time.
Ok, we are done with millseconds, seconds and minutes, now lets look at the hour clock. The hour below are based on the 24 hour system, the second best clock in our current time system today. Lets move to step four.
So there you have it, you have rid yourself from the outdated chronometer from the ancient worlds, and have move to the fiber optic equivalent for time in the 21st century.


So... we're having a great weekend at Sarah's house and I have lots to talk about! First let's start with yesterday at the mall.
Just a warning.... we're going to talk about bra's right now so if you don't want to know about that then please skip the next few paragraphs!
So, as I may have mentioned here (or not) I desperately needed a new sports bra (and possibly some normal bras as well) so when I saw that Victoria's Secret was having a great sale on sports bras I decided to check it out. First thing they did was offer to measure me so I figured why not.
Well... wow. So, when I was at my highest weight I was a 44 Double D. When I walked into VS's yesterday I was wearing a 42 Double D. They measured me as a 38 Triple D.... :o I didn't even know triple D was a size! And 38!! I can't remember the last time I was a 38! No wonder my bras are so unsupportive!
Anyway, I tried on the correct regular bra first and it looked so good and so much better than what I'm currently wearing (in fact the lady told me nicely that it was time to retire that bra... or burn it lol). Then I tried on some sports bras and wow... I have never in my life worn a more comfortable sports bra!! I didn't want to take it off!
So I got one sports bra, a great pair of sports pants for a huge discount and I seriously need to go bra shopping now because all of my bras are the wrong size!!
So, on to other topics... mainly food, protein and carbs. I've been working on clean eating since Monday and I'm not thrilled with it. Not due to the food or anything, in fact I'm loving the fruits and veggies that I'm eating, but I'm not liking the higher amounts of carbs.
As I posted during the last week I've really felt like crap all week. Partly it was from detoxing from junk, partly from weather but now, after considering it for a while and talking it out, I think it was partly from the way, way higher amount of carbs so I'm changing the plan a little again.
I still want to eat clean (at least 80% of the time) but I want to go back to the low carb (under 50 grams in possible). That means cutting back on the oatmeal which is fine. I'm actually going to call my doctor about seeing a nutritionist to help me get all this figured out (at my trainer's suggestion). I really do want to get rid of junk and crap food but I don't feel well when my carb counts are way higher. I spent the whole week exhausted, headachy and just not like me but yesterday was a low carb day and it just felt right!
Anyway, I'm going to keep figuring things out, experimenting, researching, planning and cooking but right now my focus will be low carb clean eating, which, having done a bunch of research online earlier, is definitely possible!
My current plan for food and cooking is three days. Make a shopping list and menu plan for three days, buy, cook and eat and then plan the next three days because a week sounds like too much right now. And I am definitely going to keep adding in veggies. Fruit is more of a dessert for me right now but veggies are perfect for filling in the gaps around the protein!
So anyway, that's it for now. I'll need to make some plans for Monday when we get home which is when I'll be back to my regular workouts but I did do a slow 40 minute walk today (didn't track it though :() and tomorrow we're doing Candlelight Yoga!
Hope you're all having a great weekend too!


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Almost 300,000 adults have not come forward for the jab
Posted on October 13, 2021 by John O'Mahony • 0 Comments
Public health officials have revealed that the positivity rate for Kerry is at 15 per cent which is significantly higher than the national average of 10 per cent
CONCERN has been voiced that the Covid-19 test positivity rate in Kerry has been the highest in the country over the past week.
Senior public health officials have revealed that the positivity return for the county is at 15 per cent which is 50 per cent higher than the national average of 10 per cent.
The positivity rates for both Kerry and Waterford have now risen above long-standing virus blackspots of Donegal and Momaghan which now have a rate of 13 per cent, still above the national average.
The HSE National Lead for Test and Trace, Niamh O'Byrne, confirmed that positive cases have been increasing with the age bracket of those contracting the virus also rising.
She said more people in the 30-60 category than teenagers are now testing positive and there have also been outbreaks reported in residential care settings with residents and staff testing positive, in quite large numbers in some cases.
Health officials believe the most problematic contact points are social settings and in the home with birthday and other family celebrations causing problems.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 2,066 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and an alarming 26 deaths have been notified since last Wednesday.
Dr Ronan Glynn: Still just under 300,000 adults who have not come forward for vaccination
As of 8am today, 408 patients were being treated for coronavirus in hospital with 69 in intensive care.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer with the Department of Health, Dr Ronan Glynn, said while there has been a fantastic uptake of vaccinations, there are still just under 300,000 adults who have not come forward for the jab and a further 70,000 people have received just one dose of a two-dose schedule.
"The spread of disease in these 370,000 people is having a disproportionate impact on the profile of Covid-19 in our hospitals and intensive care units, with two out of every three people in intensive care not vaccinated," he said.
Dr Glynn added: "Choosing to get vaccinated is an act of protection for yourself – it may save your life – but it is also an act of solidarity with others. The more of us that get vaccinated, the safer we all are."
The majority of the remaining restrictions are due to be lifted on October 22 but, in advance of anything being finalised in that regard, NPHET will meet next week to discuss the rise in cases and related issues.
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Wildcat haven.
Tomkies, Mike
Dunbeath: Whittles Publishing, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs.
Some seven years after abandoning the life of an international journalist for a life in the wilds, Mike Tomkies began a remarkable experiment, rearing the most ferocious animal to roam wild in Britain - the Scottish wildcat. The true wildcat is now an endangered species and only to be found in inaccessible parts of the Scottish mountains. It may look like a giant domestic tabby, but with its bright red tongue and vicious claws, it is a formidable and fearless opponent of mankind. It is justly noted for being untameable. To begin with, Mike became the custodian of two spitfire kittens, found abandoned in a ditch when only a few weeks old. Even before they were fully weaned in his kitchen, they could be approached only with extreme care, usually with thick gauntlets as protection against the ravages of tooth and claw. He named them Cleo and Patra, and built them a sturdy natural pen between his lonely cottage and the west wood. The kittens were only seven months old when a spitting and snarling ten-year-old tomcat arrived from London Zoo to change all their lives. Mike resolved to breed a wildcat family and prepare them for a return to the wild., In the years that followed little of the scant scientific theory on wildcat behaviour was bourne out by his careful observations. An update of the lengthy appendix which discusses wildcat populations, history and research on the breed including issues of genetic purity is included in this new edition. Mike's extraordinary adventures in raising and releasing no fewer than three litters, two pure wildcat and one hybrid from a domestic male gone wild, are full of incident, at times hilarious, and deeply moving. The runt of Cleo's second litter demolished Mike's last defences by giving him her total trust and affection while fiercely retaining an utterly wild and independent nature, so he became first to 'tame' a wildcat. This unique story of communion between man and animal is taken from two books that have long been out of print - "My Wilderness Wildcats and Liane", "A Cat from the Wild" - revised and updated by the author and illustrated with many new photographs, all in colour.
Mike Tomkies
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Stage hard, with sustained slopes and descents with very good asphalt. Views unique to the Cadi and to the peaks of the Pyrenees French and Catalan.
Milder stage with an initial stretch neutralized to the Seu d'Urgell. This is followed by an assortment of secondary roads little traffic with spectacular views of Pedraforca.


wildcrafted sap of Croton lechleri trees from the Peruvian Amazon Drops.
May be applied topically to the skin. Can also be used internally: mix 5 to 15 drops in water and take twice daily.
Not for pregnant or nursing women, Keep out reach of children, If taking medication, consult with your doctor before using this product. These Statements have not been evaluate by the FDA, This product is not intended to "diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, not use if tamper resistant safety seal is missing or broke.


US lacks AAA political system fears President – needs a Governor-General?
When I was young and dumb, I flirted with republicanism, wrote Taki, The Spectator's High Life columnist on 12 June 2010 in "Right Royal Celebration".
Paul Kelly : If the GG was Head of State in 1995, why not now?
About a month ago Paul Kelly wrote an op-ed for The Australian discussing the upcoming visits by The Queen and the President of the United States.


Today, all I can say is "Man it is cold outside". Good day to stay inside. Love living in New England. My house was cold even with the heat on. It's like the furnace was working overtime just to maintain, getting rid of the arctic cold weather outside. Thank God we have a wood burning stove. As soon as I started burning the wood, nice and comfy cozy inside.
Today Lauren had first, her physical therapy session. We are very lucky our physical therapist comes to the house. We need to keep Lauren's body and muscle strong. No sitting around for her. Then right after that Lauren's visiting nurse came. Time to change her IV bag and have her vitals recorded. My son stopped over and said to me "It's like a revolving door, one leaves and the next comes in". I said "welcome to our world'. I'll take it, all the help is welcome.
On another subject, today is Lauren's second birthday. 4 years ago today we received the call for her new heart. So many thoughts, one being here we are again on the same date waiting for the same call. Lauren was able to get 4 extra years of life with this wonderful heart. That is a night I will never forget. And here we are, praying again for a call for Lauren's gifts of life, a new heart and now a new kidney. I know God will watch over her again, and give us back our daughter, healthy and ready to tackle life again.
Ok, I am going to ask again, "Are you an organ donor"? If now please consider signing up.


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Montgomery soccer Olympian helps clinch Deaf World Cup
When Becca Toler left the United States in June, it was to represent her country in the U.S. Deaf Women's Soccer Olympic World Cup.
Montgomery soccer Olympian helps clinch Deaf World Cup When Becca Toler left the United States in June, it was to represent her country in the U.S. Deaf Women's Soccer Olympic World Cup. Check out this story on montgomeryadvertiser.com: http://on.mgmadv.com/2a5qFdp
Rebecca Burylo, Montgomery Advertiser Published 1:38 p.m. CT July 18, 2016 | Updated 11:58 p.m. CT July 19, 2016
Former Huntingdon coach to play in Deaf World Cup Rebecca Burylo
Becca Toler and the U.S. Deaf Women's National Team wins the Olympic World Cup in Italy.(Photo: Contributed)
She and her teammates clinched the championship once again and they left Italy with another undefeated finish in the World Deaf Football Championships.
US Deaf Women's National Team win World Cup
Becca Toler and the U.S. Deaf Women's National Team wins the Olympic World Cup in Italy. Contributed
Being born deaf, Toler has always been told that she would never be able to pursue her dreams. She refused to listen and now her dream of competing at the highest level in the sport she loves is no longer a dream – it's her life.
Sweeping Russia in the final game, 3-0, Toler, a former assistant soccer coach at Huntingdon College, helped her teammates defend their Cup from 2012. That year, Russia was their toughest competition. This year just proved how much she and her teammates had improved their game, Toler said.
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Montgomery soccer Olympian heading to World Cup
"The last game against Russia was tense,"Toler said. "We had already beat them earlier in the tournament 4-1, so we were feeling confident.
"With Russia though we never let our guard down. We always know we have to win it and nothing is going to be given to us."
When the first goal in that game was scored off the corner in the final game by her teammate, Emily Cressy, Toler was "pumped and excited." She knew they could go all the way. The final countdown was a moment she wished she could capture forever.
"It was so unreal that we stayed undefeated once again!" Toler added. "It was a breathtaking moment jumping up and down surrounded with my teammates cheering that we won!
Deaf, 25-year-old Toler and her teammates are using their platform as champions to bring awareness to the deaf community. They got the attention of soccer celebrity and goal keeper, Hope Solo, and the other members of the U.S. women's national team. They sent them several messages of support in sign language over Twitter.
Toler and her girls returned the gesture with each one signing "Thank you," back to Solo.
The U.S. Deaf Women's National Team, part of the nonprofit USA Deaf Soccer, is coached by head coach Amy Griffin and assistant coach Joy Fawcett. Both played on the U.S. national team with Mia Hamm when they became World Cup Champions in 1991.
Toler, a goalkeeper, joined the team in 2011. A year later, the team won their fifth world title – Toler's first. Playing on the world stage in Turkey they faced Russia and edged out a 1-0 victory. To repeat that is unbelievable, Toler said.
"There have been many wins in my soccer career, but when you win for your country, wearing red, white and blue, the taste of victory is all the more special," she said.


and it stopped be because the system thought it was spam. I was adding Cocoon.io to the list of making APK easy.
Upp minimap pro : the best plugging ever. EVER EVER. Yet , you said the game crashed while play testing (when loading a saved file). It seems to still crash after having deployed the game (on mac OSX). How to solve this issue bro ?
It seems that it doesn't send the informations to the game system variable. The same as in play testing but in deployed games. So sad because it is an awesome plugin man.
This is going to be a stupid question but I'm a noob so here goes; How do you activate your mini-map? What plugin command do I use?
It's in the help area. In the plugin settings, click "help"
Hey dude! I saw a video on your NES tileset. Is there a way I can still get it? Much appreciated thank you!
Hey I finally submitted to the horror contest last night. I know It's a day late, but I couldn't figure out how to get the upload to work until then. Turns out The file size was way too big because I hadn't excluded unused files in the download. I hope you'll still include it as a submission, but I understand if you decide not to.
Sorry, I never got a notification that you replied. It's a little late at this point to submit it, but thanks for considering it.
Hello William I have been wondering what software do you use to make your music?
Hi, William. I was wondering, could you please do a first impresions video on my project? I would love to hear your thoughts on it.
I see. Thank you for replying though. Everyone else that I've asked just ignored me.
Plus, Do you have steam, Lore?
Hi. I'm Crimson. I love your youtube videos which help me on the making on a game I'm working on called Delta Destiny. By the way, do you know how you can loop music? If so, I need your help.
Hey! Just wanted to thank you for the awesome music pieces you've been uploading!
Both yes and no, the directional options in Database > Tileset > Passage(4dir.) doesn't work properly, I don't know if they've gone gotten around to fixing that yet, but the last time I tried it, it only worked with X and O, none of the directional thinkgs worked at all, porting over events from VXA doesn't nessesarely work, even though you use the same eveents and stuff like that, you know the more in-deapth stuff.
@FrozdY Have they been fixed?


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The first thing to remember while writing the main body of the article is that it should be relevant to the subject or the title of the article. The key to writing a good feature article is to select the proper venue for your article and then to write the article directed at that audience.
It is on reading the headline of the article, that the reader decides whether to proceed and read the entire article. That little article turned into one of my most popular articles for reprint in other publications. It will help you treat them naturally. I was working as the associate editor of employee communications and had just written and published a huge article in the employee newspaper about life insurance tax law.
Increase Your Publications Odds The bulk of my magazine writing is done on assignment. Can you summarize the point of the article into a single sentence? Use WhiteSmoke's dictionary and thesaurus to find the precise language you need for your article 8. The professional stance is to show flexibility to the direction from an editor.
You want your reader to walk away knowing exactly how to make that Thanksgiving dinner on a shoestring budget, execute that rugby tackle or locate great accommodations. A body elaborates the topic.
Continue researching your article, but don't start writing until you've heard from the editor, who might suggest a different direction, other sources, or even a different subject 6. Articles on lifestyle and entertainment can have innovative and experimental titles.
Terry Whalin Blank page. You have the ability to use colloquialisms, first person narrative and a conversational tone in your article. Does the publication accept query letters or prefer full manuscripts?
After you have studied the publications, then write the publication for their writers guidelines. What's a query letter? Write out the different points for your outline.
The biggest compliment I ever received came from an employee at the Equitable Life Assurance Society. Collect everything you have gathered and put it in a folder, an electronic document, a notebook or whatever you like.
If you do this, you may end up on the black list of authors. It basically answers the question, why should you of all the writers get this assignment? One of the main differences however, is that a feature article is designed to be written in a way that the information is not time-based, but is timeless.
Take the step and begin to fill that blank page with words. You can find the address for the publication usually on the masthead of the magazine under editorial offices.
The first question to ask is: Several years ago, I had queried a number of magazines about writing on listening to the Bible on tape. Finish on-time and to-length--follow the writing guidelines, provided by the editor, in the magazine, or on its web site, exactly Jacobi regularly teaches at Folio seminars which is where editors of the major magazines get additional training.
Periodicals include magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals.MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities.
This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook (8 th ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page. The process of writing a feature article for a magazine is not much different from writing an article for a newspaper or newsletter.
One of the main differences however, is that a feature article is designed to be written in a way that the information is not time-based, but is timeless. The key to. In the format for writing a newspaper article, it is essential to mention the writer's name and the date of the article in the days, months and year format.
Thus, we conclude that only a good article can guarantee the satisfaction of the readers. * Handbook of Magazine Article Writing (Writer's Digest Books). Here is a compilation of some of the best articles about magazine writing from past issues of Writer's Digest magazine.
Aug 27, · Edit Article How to Write a Magazine Article. In this Article: Article Summary Sample Articles Generating Article Ideas Crafting the Article Revising the Article Community Q&A Magazine articles can be a big boost for seasoned freelance writers 62%(24).
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11. 26. 17 by Dom Galeon
/Earth & Energy
Study Predicts That After 2030, Every Other Year Will Bring Record-Hot Summers
Three in four people could be exposed every year to deadly heatwaves by 2100.
/ Earth & Energy/ Climate Change/ Global Warming/ Heat Waves
Record-Hot Summers Ahead
Remember those historically hot months we've had recently? Well, those might soon be the norm in the United States, Canada, the Mediterranean, and pretty much all of Asia. In the next couple of decades, it will become almost impossible to enjoy summers in these areas, according to a study published in October in the journal Earth's Future.
By using a particular environmental "fingerprint" analysis called Wet bulb Globe Temperature, which measures "the effect of environmental temperature and humidity on thermal comfort," researchers found that these record-hot summers are likely to occur 70 times more in the future than they did in the past 40 years.
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Concretely, this translates to some 50 percent of summers occurring in the 2030s to be warmer than record-hot summers in the past 40 years. It doesn't stop there. Almost every summer from 2050 onward will be hotter than what we've currently been experiencing — and we've had some pretty warm ones recently.
"In the last 10 years, summers have become noticeably warmer," co-author Francis Zwiers, director of the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium at the University of Victoria in Canada, told Motherboard in an interview. In fact, Zweirs added, "[p]arts of China and East Asia are already experiencing record warm summers."
Indeed, in this summer alone, a catastrophic heat wave dubbed "Lucifer" has plagued Europe, causing devastating forest fires in Portugal. Then, California also had its prolonged hottest summer ever, hitting triple-digit temperatures similar to those experienced last February in Oklahoma. Perhaps not suprizingly, 2017 has been predicted to be the warmest year ever, and that says a lot considering that temperatures were record-high in 2016.
A Human Problem
The new study contributes to previous research that establishes a clear connection between recent warming temperatures and our use of fossil fuels. A still-to-be-published U.S. government report found global average temperature increase since 1951 is influenced by human activity. The record-hot summers, in short, have been caused by so-called "anthropogenic influence" on environmental conditions.
"We're more than 95 percent certain human emissions of CO2 (carbon dioxide) and other greenhouse gases are the primary cause," Zwiers said. "The evidence is extremely strong."
Commenting on the study, Camilo Mora, an ecologist from the University of Hawaii at Manoa confirmed the findings to Motherboard. "This paper shows how fast this rise in deadly heat is happening," he said in an email. Nothing can explain this rise in deadly heat other than anthropogenic influence of the climate."
And humankind could end up reaping what it has sown. Warmer climate, while harmful for the environment in general, would cause more than just extreme discomfort for us humans. Zwiers told Motherboard that this would lead to more heat alerts in the cities, causing them to resort to aggressive cooling strategies most summers.
The warmer temperatures could also potentially upset our supply of electricity, as people resort to using cooling systems (electric fans and air conditioning units) more often when it is hot, leading to a larger energy demand. It doesn't stop there, however. In many places in Asia, Zwiers added, the heat would be to much to bear, making it dangerous to work outside.
In a separate study published in June in the journal Nature Climate Change, Mora and his colleagues pointed out that some 30 percent of the world's population already suffer from potentially deadly heat for 20 days or more annually. The numbers would only go higher if carbon emissions aren't dramatically decreased. Possibly three in four people could be exposed every year to deadly heatwaves by 2100. The temperatures could become so bad that one would long for the words of House Stark — "Winter is coming" — to actually happen.
Theses studies should serve as eye openers for many on the realities of a warming planet, but hope is definitely not lost. Efforts to combat human-induced CO2 emissions continue on both the national and local levels, as well as in the business sector, in a number of countries. We should encourage more to join this work so that carbon emissions targets, such as those set by the Paris Climate Agreement, are met before things become even more difficult to manage.
Tornado Watch
Tornadoes Like Kentucky's May Be Getting Stronger Due to Climate Change, Scientists Say
Climate Change Chats
How to Talk to Your Family About Climate Change
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Dark Future
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The Ocean Is Losing Oxygen. This Scientist Says More "Dead Zones" Will Soon Follow.
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Human Menagerie
Pop Used - LP ST 11294 EMI
1974 Original With Custom Inner Sleeve. Cut Out Hole. Appears Unplayed. "Indulging For The First Time In Cockney Rebel's Debut Album -- And One Uses The Word "Indulging" Deliberately, For Like So Much Else That's This Delicious, You Cannot Help But Feel Faintly Sinful When It's Over -- Is Like Waking Up From A Really Weird Dream, And Discovering That Reality Is Weirder Still. A Handful Of Human Menagerie's Songs Are Slight, Even Forced, And Certainly Indicative Of The Group's Inexperience. But Others -- The Labyrinthine "Sebastian," The Loquacious "Death Trip" In Particular -- Possess Confidence, Arrogance, And A Doomed, Decadent Madness Which Astounds. Subject To Ruthless Dissection, Steve Harley's Lyrics Were Essentially Nonsense, A Stream Of Disconnected Images Whose Most Gallant Achievement Is That They Usually Rhyme. But What Could Have Been Perceived As A Weakness -- Or, More Generously, An Emotionally Overwrought Attempt To Blend Byron With Burroughs -- Is Actually Their Strength. Few Of The Songs Are About Anything In Particular. But With Roy Thomas Baker's Sub-Orchestral Production Driving Strings And Things To Unimaginable Heights, And Cockney Rebel's Own Unique Instrumentation -- No Lead Guitar, But A Killer Violin -- Pursuing Its Own Twisted Journey, Those Images Gel More Solidly Than The Best Constructed Story. The Human Menagerie Is A Dark Cabaret -- The Darkest. Though Harley Has Furiously Decried The Band's Historical Inclusion In The Glam Rock Pack, There's No Separating The Nocturnal Theatrics Of "Muriel The Actor," "Mirror Freak," Or "What Ruthy Said" From At Least The Fringes Of The Movement. The Difference Is, Other Artists Simply Sung About Absinthe And Sweet Ipomoea. Harley Actually Knew What They Were. Unquestionably, He Drew From Many Of The Same Literary, Artistic, And Celluloid Sources As Both David Bowie And Bryan Ferry, The Only Performers Who Could Reasonably Claim To Have Preempted His Vision. But He Went Far Beyond Them, Through The Berlin Of Isherwood To The Reality Of The Weimar; Past The Fritz Lang Movies Which Everyone's Seen, To The Unpublished Screenplays Which No One Has Read. And Though Harley Might Not Have Been The First Cultural Genius Of His Age, He Was The First Who Wasn't Content To Simply Zap The Prevailing Zeitgeist. He Wanted To Suck Out Its Soul. And He Very Nearly Succeeded." Dave Thompson, All Music Guide.... more details
Pop New - LP ST 11294 EMI
Sealed 1974 Original With Custom Inner Sleeve. Cut Out Hole. 5 Stars. "Indulging For The First Time In Cockney Rebel's Debut Album -- And One Uses The Word "Indulging" Deliberately, For Like So Much Else That's This Delicious, You Cannot Help But Feel Faintly Sinful When It's Over -- Is Like Waking Up From A Really Weird Dream, And Discovering That Reality Is Weirder Still. A Handful Of Human Menagerie's Songs Are Slight, Even Forced, And Certainly Indicative Of The Group's Inexperience. But Others -- The Labyrinthine "Sebastian," The Loquacious "Death Trip" In Particular -- Possess Confidence, Arrogance, And A Doomed, Decadent Madness Which Astounds. Subject To Ruthless Dissection, Steve Harley's Lyrics Were Essentially Nonsense, A Stream Of Disconnected Images Whose Most Gallant Achievement Is That They Usually Rhyme. But What Could Have Been Perceived As A Weakness -- Or, More Generously, An Emotionally Overwrought Attempt To Blend Byron With Burroughs -- Is Actually Their Strength. Few Of The Songs Are About Anything In Particular. But With Roy Thomas Baker's Sub-Orchestral Production Driving Strings And Things To Unimaginable Heights, And Cockney Rebel's Own Unique Instrumentation -- No Lead Guitar, But A Killer Violin -- Pursuing Its Own Twisted Journey, Those Images Gel More Solidly Than The Best Constructed Story. The Human Menagerie Is A Dark Cabaret -- The Darkest. Though Harley Has Furiously Decried The Band's Historical Inclusion In The Glam Rock Pack, There's No Separating The Nocturnal Theatrics Of "Muriel The Actor," "Mirror Freak," Or "What Ruthy Said" From At Least The Fringes Of The Movement. The Difference Is, Other Artists Simply Sung About Absinthe And Sweet Ipomoea. Harley Actually Knew What They Were. Unquestionably, He Drew From Many Of The Same Literary, Artistic, And Celluloid Sources As Both David Bowie And Bryan Ferry, The Only Performers Who Could Reasonably Claim To Have Preempted His Vision. But He Went Far Beyond Them, Through The Berlin Of Isherwood To The Reality Of The Weimar; Past The Fritz Lang Movies Which Everyone's Seen, To The Unpublished Screenplays Which No One Has Read. And Though Harley Might Not Have Been The First Cultural Genius Of His Age, He Was The First Who Wasn't Content To Simply Zap The Prevailing Zeitgeist. He Wanted To Suck Out Its Soul. And He Very Nearly Succeeded." Dave Thompson, All Music Guide.... more details


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PHILADELPHIA - Here are five things you need to know ahead of Tuesday night's game against the Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center.
1. The Canadiens are coming off tough loss to the Chicago Blackhawks over the weekend. Claude Julien's troops put 48 shots on Blackhwks starter Corey Crawford, but couldn't solve him in a 2-0 defeat at the Bell Centre. The Habs are having scoring trouble at a critical point in their season. They've netted just six goals in their last six outings. Following Tuesday's morning skate in the City of Brotherly Love, the veteran bench boss indicated that he wouldn't be making any lineup changes.
2. This will mark the third and final meeting between the Canadiens and Flyers this season. The two teams split the first two games. The Canadiens won the most recent encounter, posting a 5-1 victory on February 21 at the Bell Centre. That night, Brendan Gallagher registered the first hat trick of his NHL career, while Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Tomas Tatar also found the back of the net. Tuesday night's game will be the first in Philadelphia this season.
3. Goaltender Carey Price has been stellar of late. Even with a 1-2-0 record in his last three starts, Price has kept the Canadiens in games time and again. During that stretch, the Anahim Lake, BC native boasts a 1.69 goals-against average and a .940 save percentage.
4. The Flyers picked up a big win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday night. Forward James van Riemsdyk tied things up with just 19 seconds left in regulation time, before Sean Couturier scored the game-winning goal in overtime. With the victory, Scott Gordon's squad is just three points back of the Canadiens for ninth spot in the Eastern Conference. Captain Claude Giroux leads the Flyers with 76 points, while Couturier is the club's top goal-scorer with 29.
5. Puck drop on Tuesday night is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET. You can watch the game on TSN2 and RDS, and listen to all the action on TSN Radio 690 and 98,5 fm. Following the game, the Canadiens will return home to battle the New York Islanders for the second time in seven days.


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If you are one of those ladies, don't fret – with the right garment and the appropriate women's waist belt, transforming your shape into more of an hourglass figure is super easy.
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You've probably encountered this situation more than once—you're franticly getting dressed for an event whether it's a date, party or a work event—and you're not completely happy with your chosen outfit.
Before you start tearing through your closet for another dress, knot on a skinny belt- Adding a belt to a dress is that finishing touch to your ensemble.
See how Olivia, Taylor, Jessica and Eva (or their stylists) know how to turn their fashionista on in a flash.
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Paint with all the colors. The simplest way to make an outfit look different or polished is to add a belt in a different color. The general rule is to match your belt to your shoes, but you can also wear a belt in an unexpected color, such as red or royal blue, with a casual outfit.


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Olivia Linn is a freelance illustrator and designer from Denmark. She has a BFA in Illustration from Savannah College of Art and Design and has lived almost one third of her life in the United States. Whilst living in New York City, Olivia worked as a freelance illustrator and designer for a range of reputable advertising, publishing and greetings companies, producing work for a vast variety of applications on a daily basis.
Growing up in Denmark, Olivia spent much time in the forests, observing plants and wildlife. "I finds nature to be the purest and most beautiful form of life". Her art reflects these important and personal experiences, frequently referencing natural motifs and Danish folklore. Olivia's extensive travels and exposure to a vast array of different cultures has also heavily influenced her work.
Her goals are to continue to grow as an artist and to develop her illustrative style and skill set. "I love the diversity of working in different markets and with people from all over the world, I see myself continuing my career internationally".
Olivia has recently relocated to her home country, Denmark, and feels inspired by the change of scenery.


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