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NWW Photo Prompt: The Lake
August 31, 2015 August 31, 2015 / Gifford MacShane	/ 2 Comments
Once again, I'm coming in just under the wire for NWW's photo prompt from August 15. As before, I've created a scene that will be used in my Donovan Family Saga. Enjoy!
When morning came, Adam sat and watched the sun rise over the canyon walls. One moment, the shadows were deep in the darkling dawn – the next and the sun had burst over the rim, covering everything in a warm golden haze. The canyon sunrise is like life: you jump from dark to light in an instant, and sometimes you're caught unprepared.
He had spent most of the night pacing along the banks of the brook. He'd built a small fire when the night air became damp and chilly, and spread his bedroll out on the soft ground. But he nodded off infrequently and for short periods during the remainder of the night. When dawn began to break, he roused himself, made coffee and rolled a cigarette, then sat against a tree smoking as the sky turned suddenly blue.
There were biscuits and jerky in his saddlebags, but he wasn't hungry. He forced himself up, finished his coffee, and buried his cigarette along with the fire. The sun was already hot – too hot for April. He walked to the edge of the brook and inspected it closely. Clear and a few feet deep, it ran swiftly with the melting snow off the mountains. He bent to taste it: colorless, odorless and icy. He splashed it over his face and neck, wondering if it were the only water on this ranch.
He'd ridden deeper into the canyon last night, away from the cabin and the girl who was so much on his mind. He decided to follow the brook further west to get the lay of her land. Thinking the walk might clear his head, he left the horse behind. He stopped from time to time to smoke, and took notice of the prints of many animals: deer, fox, raccoon, and once the spoor of a big cat. Cougar or mountain lion, he supposed, then realized that he had seen no cattle.
He had walked about a mile when he noticed that the brook seemed to be running more swiftly. From the distance he could hear the sounds of falling water. He increased his pace and came upon a beaver dam and a rippling waterfall that he judged to be some eight feet tall.
He'd been on an incline for some time, and it was quite steep here. There were terraces and ledges between him and the brook, but he climbed them easily. At the top he stopped in his tracks, awed by the size and beauty of the lake before him. For over four acres it spread, deep and pure in a natural bowl. He gazed in silence for a long minute, then uttered one word,
"Arizona."
Like the sunrise, it caught him unprepared. But unlike the breaking morning, this sight soothed him. He slowly sat down on the rocky ledge. It was here that the cattle were – some two hundred of them. Here also the deer whose tracks he had seen, and even a small band of mustangs that had come down from the mountains to drink. Here the air was cool and clear, and the blue of the sky was reflected in the calm waters.
This Arizona. This land of surprises. What a wonderful place!
He wondered why the girl had never mentioned it. Could it be she didn't know? How far from the cabin could she have gone with her father so sick these past years? That dam, if he was right, was only a few years old.
It was a sizable inheritance. This lake and those cattle would put the ranch on a prosperous footing again. He jumped from terrace to terrace, hurried back along the trail, his singular purpose to surprise her. Then he stopped in his tracks. What if she wanted to leave this place and all its associated misery behind?
Thoughtfully, he saddled his horse and mounted, turned toward the cabin. He'd just have to convince her to stay.
NWW Photo Prompt: Palm Fronds
My second attempt at a photo prompt. Since it worked so well last time, I decided to write another vignette that can easily be converted into a scene in my WIP, The Winds of Morning. Kills two birds … (on the other hand, why kill them at all?) Enjoy!
As the small ship sailed into port, he heard his wife humming. It took him a moment to pick out the tune, but then John Patrick smiled and began to sing. His whiskey-flavored baritone seemed to float on the waves into shore.
The palm trees wave on high all along the fertile shore.
Adieu the hills of Kerry, I ne'er will see you more.
The hills of Ireland were so far away, but Savannah was right there before them. Warm and golden under the sun, with lush greenery and tall, tall trees. The city looked clean and crisp in the early morning light, and he hoped it would be better for them than Philadelphia.
Philadelphia – where every single "Help Wanted" sign said also "No Irish Need Apply." Philadelphia — a putrid, reeking city where people threw their garbage out onto the streets and walkways, and unleashed hundreds of hogs to forage through it at night. He'd been disgusted, though Molly had said simply, "'Tis better than waste." He'd agreed to a point, but he'd also heard her screeching like the fish-monger's wife when some of that refuse landed on her good walking shoes.
His song continued, the words coming without thought. His heart was heavy and hopeful at once. Savannah would give them more than Philadelphia. How could it give them less?
If you'd like to hear The Kerry Hills in its entirety, you'll find it here.
NWW Photo Prompt: DIMPLES
July 23, 2015 July 23, 2015 / Gifford MacShane	/ 11 Comments
Now that I've gotten a handle on this "blogging" thing, I've decided to participate in a Photo Prompt challenge. This prompt was created by North West Writers and new photos are posted bi-monthly. The current photo is near and dear to my heart. As this is my first "assignment", I thought I'd try something with characters I was already familiar with; the scene, and the lyrics contained in it, will fit beautifully into my second novel, THE WOODSMAN'S ROSE. The setting is the 1880s Arizona Territory; a masquerade dance is given for Irene Donovan's eighteenth birthday, which falls on Hallowe'en.
The band took a break and the dance floor was cleared for the children, who ran and jumped and chased one another merrily until many of them fell into exhausted heaps in the corners. Six–year–old Kathleen Flaherty was still going, though, and approached Daniel with a request.
"Would you play your fiddle for us?" Several voices chimed agreement.
"I don't have my fiddle with me, but maybe I could borrow the band's. Would that be okay?"
"Sure. But you'll have to be careful not to break it."
"I'll be real careful. Let's go ask them, shall we?"
Kathleen did the asking and the band's fiddle was delivered into Daniel's hands.
"What should I play?" he asked Kathleen.
"Rory and me can jig."
"Well, you go get him and I'll play a jig for you."
"RORY!" Startled, her brother jumped up from the floor. "C'mon, we're gonna dance!"
They took their places in the middle of the floor, Kathleen in her velvet dress, Rory in his kilt. He was several inches taller and as dark as she was fair. They stood perfectly still while Daniel tuned the instrument, and were ready with the first note.
Their little legs flew so fast it was hard to tell when their feet touched the floor. Their arms hung unmoving at their sides. They faced their audience, then each other, then turned and danced in a circle –- hop, skip, fling out the legs in perfect time with the music. Suddenly Norah Riley joined them in her petticoats, her brother Tim in his kilt, and they missed not a beat as they took on their new partners. Their faces were stiff with concentration. Kathleen's curls were flying around, Norah's petticoats looked like a bright, ever–changing rainbow. The boys skipped back to let the girls have the limelight, then took their own turn front and center.
They were dancing together again when the music ended. They were so still when the last note sounded, it seemed that they had never moved at all.
"Hurrah!" shouted Brian, clapping his hands against his massive thighs. Every voice echoed in praise for the children. "Start it up again, brother!"
As Daniel began to play again, Brian grabbed Irene by the arm and hauled her out onto the floor. Brian's dancing had more energy than grace, but his sister matched him step for step, her long slender body lithe as a fairy's, her feet touching the floor lightly each time he landed with a thump. The fringed hem of her dress flew up with each step, revealing the knees that had captured Jeff Scott's attention. Yet it was her feet they watched – so quick, so light, so graceful in movement. She seemed to be dancing on clouds.
Her parents joined the dance, then Frank led Patricia to the floor. John Riley asked his new bride, who laughingly refused him, then turned to Moira Flaherty. Daniel picked up the tempo and when he finished the song, they were all red–faced and panting.
Daniel saw his wife beaming at him, the tiny dimple in her chin deepened by her smile, and he began to play again. Sweet and soft, slow and loving, came the old Welsh ballad, and he played it for her alone. Though the floor was filled with dancers and a score of bodies moved between them, she heard the words from his heart to hers,
Of all the proud fellows, the proudest I'll be
When the Maid of Llanwellyn smiles sweetly on me.
It was the song that had won her heart, the song he had courted her with. That he had played for her at their wedding. And her heart responded now.
I love you, arrah. All will be well. Believe in it. All will be well.


Our Viennese Waltz at the Valentine's Day Show at Goldcoast Ballroom, February 14, 2013.
We teach classes and give lessons in ballroom dance at the Goldcoast Ballroom and at the Plaza Ballroom (addresses on our Contact Us page).
See our Calendar and Lessons pages for more information.


Arrows seem to be a big design trend these days. Whether it's on a bracelet. necklace, or all over your own instagram feed, arrows are everywhere. I recently added some to my gallery wall and was inspired by some of the ding backs, symbols and elements that I sometimes add to my own feed and see on others feed. If your wanting to do this to your own photos, make sure you download the app PHONTO!
So when this idea came to mind I called up my local friend from Hautala Couture and asked her to make some custom arrows for my gallery wall. I created a sample on photoshop elements, sent them over to her and she made it happen!
Here is my gallery wall coming together last year…..
Here it is after the added arrow elements and some other finishing touches….
How do you guys feel about the arrow trend? I personally LOVE it and can't wait to use it more:0) Happy Monday Homelovers!
I love the gallery wall! Simply beautiful!
oooh I am loving all the arrows that are going around right now and I am swooning over your gorgeous gallery wall. It looks even better with those arrows!!! PERFECT!!
This turned out perfect! It does help to have a really good looking family too… that always helps!
I think that your post with the arrows looks great and that the wall looks fantastic too! I love the number 5- looks like you do too!
Your wall looks gorgeous, I love the way you've painted the arrows on too! I've got this linked to my gallery walls roundup post as well today!
I'm in LOVE! This is so amazing. I have been trying to think of ways to use my Insta pics and this is on the top of my inspiration list! 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
Wow! How lovely is this!? You did a superb job, girl! In love with it all!
i absolutely love your gallery wall…found you from a handmade home's site. Ashley featured this project of yours! glad to meet you and hang out in your space here for a while.
I've been putting a gallery wall together for my front wall, and came across this on Pinterest. I have to tell you, yours is one of the best I've seen! I love that it's not just a shrine to your family with pictures. You have a lot to look at and have created art with it. It's fun, and I can see your personality through it. It's perfection!
New to your blog. Came over from Remodelaholic. Love the gallery wall. I haven't gone over the rest of your site yet, but I'm assuming that huge B&W is of your daughter? Absolutely gorgeous!
OMG cutest thing I've seen in a while! I need to do this for my house. I can't wait to get our family pics back so I can do this! Great blog!


So this was the first One Hour Game Jam I've participated in since I left Montreal. And while I came in 2 hours over the 1 hour mark, I'm quite pleased with the result.
The jam theme was "the floor is lava". And yes, I know my use of the theme wasn't particularly original. The main reason for going over the time limit was that difficulty balancing took longer than expected. I also wanted to get some audio in to signpost the direction of incoming fireballs (the game is much easier with headphones).
I've had a little feedback so far which I plan to respond to in the coming days.


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Innovation Grant Funding to Expand Access to Childcare in Beaverhead County
Press Release UMW
The University of Montana Western and its partners—Canvas Early Learning Center and the Early Childhood Coalition of Beaverhead County—are excited to announce receipt of a Childcare Innovations Grant to expand licensed, quality infant and childcare in Beaverhead County.
The $999,920 award is part of a state-wide initiative directed by the Early Childhood and Family Support Division of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. The University of Montana Western and thirty-one childcare providers across the state were chosen to develop and implement innovative community, area, region and/or business-based strategies to expand childcare availability for Montana families. Fundamentally, the grant supports working families, employers, and the local economy with expanded capacity to serve 16 infants and toddlers, 32 children ages 2-5, and offer after-school care. The center will be a signature program in the School of Outreach's lifelong learning portfolio.
The grant supports an innovative childcare co-op model that will offer an in-house sliding fee scale and expanded operating hours. The University of Montana Western's early learning center model will increase capacity to serve the community, the students of Montana Western, and lower income families. The shared objectives of the grant partners—University of Montana Western, Canvas Early Learning Center, and Early Childhood Coalition of Beaverhead County—are to provide a broad and overarching service to the community at large, to innovate novel approaches to accessing childcare and maintaining affordability, and to offer quality childcare in support of local workforce needs.
"This is a community and county-wide initiative that will expand capacity for families to have affordable access to an early learning center and will support the county's workforce," said Aaron Cashmore, UMW Early Learning Center Director.
Care and education programming are slated to begin this fall on the campus of Montana Western. Look for staff employment and child enrollment to occur in the months to come.
For more information, please contact Aaron Cashmore: 406-683-7320 or email aaron.cashmore@umwestern.edu. The UMW School of Outreach can also be contacted at 406-683-7537.

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The WDC review found Doyle has raised $1.15 million from out-of-state individuals in four years, from 2002 through 2005, and is only about $42,000 shy of raising more out-of-state contributions than former GOP Governor Tommy Thompson accepted during his last eight years in office – $1.19 million from 1993 through 2000 (see chart).
His Republican challenger, Mark Green, raised $117,000 in out-of-state funds since 2002, including $72,163 he accepted from 2002 through 2004 as a congressman and later transferred from his congressional campaign account to his state account to run for governor. Green's largest annual out-of-state contributions since 2002 came last year – $44,837 – when he formally entered the race for governor.
Green's largest batch of out-of-state special interest contributions came from lawyers, lobbyists and consultants who gave him $31,034 from 2002 through 2005. As with most Wisconsin candidates for statewide office, Green accepted the most out-of-state contributions from Illinois at, $49,966, followed by Minnesota contributors who gave him $15,666 and Virginia donors who gave him $11,000.
Illinois led in out-of-state contributions to Doyle – at $300,138 from 2002 through 2005. But Doyle also drew substantial out-of-state contributions from states other than Wisconsin's neighbors, most notably California which ranked second in out-of-state contributions to Doyle at $176,002 during the four-year period. Much of Doyle's California contributions came from investment companies, the health care and insurance industries and developers. After Illinois and California, Florida ranked third at $79,528, Texas fourth at $63,080 and Michigan fifth at $60,925.
In an unusual twist, members of one family represent Doyle's largest Wisconsin, as well as out-of-state contributors from 2002 through 2005. The family is leading an effort to build a controversial $800 million off-reservation gambling casino in Kenosha, a project that will eventually need a final okay from Doyle if it is approved by federal authorities.
Topping the list of out-of-state contributors was Nathan and Tina Cambio of Highland Park, Illinois, who gave Doyle $20,000 each from 2002 through 2005. Tina Cambio is the daughter of Kenosha businessman Dennis Troha, who has partnered with two Indian tribes to build the mega casino. Nathan Cambio works for one of Troha's companies, ATC Leasing. Meanwhile, Troha, his wife Natalie and eight other family members who live in Wisconsin and work for his companies contributed $152,500 to Doyle from 2002 through 2005, making them Doyle's leading Wisconsin benefactors.
All told, the Troha family members and company employees have given $236,842 in direct contributions to Doyle since 2002. In addition, Dennis Troha has contributed $50,000 to the Democratic Governors Association which plans to help Doyle's reelection campaign in November, and three members of the family have contributed a total of $25,000 to the state Democratic Party.
Over the past several months Doyle and Green said they would return thousands of dollars in contributions from top out-of-state contributors after WDC revealed the donors were the subject of federal or state investigations, indictments or other legal proceedings.
Last January, Green said he would return $8,013 from two Illinois contributors – Stuart Levine and Nicholas Hurtgen – who were among Green's top five out-of-state contributors between 2002 and 2005 because they were indicted on numerous federal corruption charges.
Recently, Doyle said he would return $10,000 in campaign contributions from attorneys in a New York law firm charged with paying kickbacks to people to sue corporations. Doyle also pledged to return a $5,000 contribution from an Illinois contributor because the governor received the contribution when the donor's company was negotiating an out-of-court settlement in 2005 with the state Justice Department involving a complaint about the company's business practices.
Out-of-state contributions to Doyle and Green between 2002 and 2005 made up about 14 percent and 6 percent, respectively, of their total large individual contributions. Out-of-state contributions to Thompson ranged from 8 percent to 16 percent of his total large individual contributions annually from 1993 through 2000, and averaged 12 percent annually during the period.


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Segue 2  è una galassia nana sferoidale (dSph) situata nella costellazione dell'Ariete alla distanza di circa 110.000 anni luce (circa 35 kpc) dalla Terra verso cui si muove alla velocità di 40 km/s. Ha una forma approssimativamente rotondeggiante con un raggio effettivo di circa 34 parsec.
Fu scoperta nel 2009 tramite i dati raccolti dallo Sloan Digital Sky Survey. È una galassia satellite della Via Lattea e quindi fa parte del Gruppo Locale

Segue 2 è una delle più piccole e meno luminose satelliti della Via Lattea (solo Segue 1 e Willman 1 risultano più deboli) con una luminosità intrinseca di circa 800 volte quella del Sole (magnitudine visibile assoluta di ~ 2,5), che è di molto inferiore alla luminosità della maggior parte degli ammassi globulari. Tuttavia, con una massa corrispondente a circa 550.000 masse solari, ha un rapporto massa/luminosità di circa 650 e ciò ha fatto ipotizzare che sia dominata dalla materia oscura. Uno studio pubblicato nel giugno del 2013 su The Astrophysical Journal ha confermato la stretta connessione con la materia oscura.

La popolazione stellare, che ammonta a circa 1.000 stelle, è costituita principalmente da vecchie stelle formatesi più di 12 miliardi di anni fa con una metallicità molto bassa, tanto che la presenza di elementi pesanti è di 100 volte inferiore a quella del Sole. Pertanto è verosimile che le stelle di questa piccola galassia siano state tra le prime a formarsi nell'Universo. Attualmente non si osservano fenomeni di formazione stellare.

Segue 2 si trova nelle vicinanze dell'estremità della Corrente stellare del Sagittario e alla medesima distanza dalla Terra. Pertanto si ritiene che un tempo possa essere stata un satellite della Galassia Nana Ellittica del Sagittario o un suo ammasso di stelle poi separatosi.

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Voci correlate
Galassia nana sferoidale
Galassie satellite della Via Lattea
Galassie più vicine alla Terra
Gruppo Locale

Collegamenti esterni
SIMBAD - NAME Segue 2 -- Galaxy
NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE - NED results for object Segue 2

Galassie nane
Galassie sferoidali
Galassie del Gruppo Locale
Oggetti nella costellazione dell'Ariete

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Roy James Pack (born 20 September 1946) is an English former professional footballer who played as a full back.

Career
Born in Stoke Newington, Pack joined Arsenal in 1962. He later played for Portsmouth, making 91 appearances in the Football League for them, before playing in South Africa with Cape Town City. He spent the 1969–70 season with Oxford United, but left without making an appearance, due to injury.

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1946 births
Living people
Footballers from Stoke Newington
English footballers
Association football defenders
Arsenal F.C. players
Portsmouth F.C. players
Cape Town City F.C. (NFL) players
Oxford United F.C. players
English Football League players
National Football League (South Africa) players


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Women's Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018
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Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018
Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 - San Francisco
RWC Sevens 2018 - Sarah Goss
Ne wZealand captain Sarah Goss kisses the Rugby World Cup Sevens Championship cup on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
New Zealand's Michaela Blyde is HSBC Bank Top Try Scorer on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
France head coach David Courteix is Capgemini Coach of the Tournament on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
France's Coralie Bertrand is Tudor Breakthrough Player of the Tournament on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
New Zealand's Michaela Blyde is AIG Player of the Final on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
Rugby World Cup Sevens San Francisco 2018 - Day Two
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JULY 21: New Zealand players perform the Haka after winning the Championship match against France to win the 2018 Woman's Rugby World Cup Sevens at AT&T Park on July 21, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JULY 21: Team New Zealand celebrate after being presented with the trophy following their win in the Championship match against France during day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens at AT&T Park on July 21, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)
New Zealand celebrates the Rugby World Cup Sevens Championship win over France on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
Partia Woodman #11 of New Zealand is tackled by Fanny Horta #6 of France during the Championship match on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens at AT&T Park on July 21, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)
Gayle Broughton #9 of New Zealand is tackled by Montserrat Amedee #5 and Lina Guerin #12 of France during the Chapmionship match on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens at AT&T Park on July 21, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)
Michaela Blyde #6 of New Zealand is tackled by Fanny Horta #6 of France during the Championship match on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens at AT&T Park on July 21, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)
Coralie Bertrand #7 of France is tackled by Gayle Broughton #9 of New Zealand during the Championship match on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens at AT&T Park on July 21, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)
Marjorie Mayans #1 of France is tackled by Niall Williams #4 of New Zealand during the Championship match on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens at AT&T Park on July 21, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)
Gayle Broughton #9 of New Zealand is tackled by Montserrat Amedee #5 of France during the Championship match on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens at AT&T Park on July 21, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)
Match officials of the Championship final on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
France and New Zealand enter the Championship final on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
National anthem before the Championship final between New Zealand and France on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
New Zealand national anthem before the Championship final between New Zealand and France on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
France national anthem before the Championship final on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JULY 21: Ellia Green #12 of Australia dives over to score a try against the United States in the Bronze medal match on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens at AT&T Park on July 21, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)
Lauren Doyle #6 of the United States is tackled by Ellia Green #12 of Australia during day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens at AT&T Park on July 21, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)
Lauren Doyle #6 of the United States is pursued by Ellia Green #12 of Australia during day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens at AT&T Park on July 21, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)
Naya Tapper #7 of the United States is tackled by Charlotte Caslick #7 of Australia during the bronze medal match on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens at AT&T Park on July 21, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)
Jordan Gray #12 of the United States evades a tackle from of Emma Tonegato #5 Australia during the bronze medal match on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens at AT&T Park on July 21, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)
RWC Sevens 2018
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JULY 21: A general view during play on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens at AT&T Park on July 21, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)
USA's Lauren Doyle breaks through the New Zealand defense on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
New Zealand's Portia Woodman runs in a try against USA on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
New Zealand captain Sarah Goss fends off the USA defense on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
New Zealand's Tyla Nathan-Wong kicks off a conversion against USA on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
USA's Naya Tapper attacks against new Zealand on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
USA captain Nicole Heavirland leads the team onto the field before the match against New Zealand on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
France's players celebrate the win over Australia in the Championship semi finals on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
France's Coralie Bertrand races away for the match winning try against Australia in the Championship semi finals on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
France's Montserrat Amedee charges through the Australia defense on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
Australia's Emilee Cherry attacks against France on day two of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 at AT&T Park in San Francisco on 21st July, 2018. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby


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Meeting in Luxembourg between Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, Slovenia and Croatia
At the proposal of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Enzo Moavero Milanesi, the Foreign Ministers of Cyprus, Nicos Christodoulides, of Greece, Nikos Kotzias, of Malta, Carmelo Abela, of Slovenia, Miro Cerar and the Croatian State Secretary for European Affairs, Andreja Metelko-Zgombič, today met at the Italian Embassy in Luxembourg.
The meeting of the European Union Member States that border on the central-eastern shore of the Mediterranean opened with a tribute to Caterina Cornaro, a significant historic point of reference for the geographical area of all six Countries. The meeting offered the opportunity for a fruitful exchange of opinions on issues of common interest at the top of the EU agenda, also in view of the Summit of the Heads of State and Government scheduled for next Wednesday and Thursday. The discussion was constructive and recorded a considerable level of convergence.
The ministers agreed on the need to convene periodically for informal but efficient meetings on the most pressing issues, especially those related to migration flows and security. The next meeting will be held in Brussels on the sidelines of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in November.


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Home News Pauley Parrette Reveals 'Multiple Physical Assaults' On Twitter Following 'NCIS' Exit
Pauley Parrette Reveals 'Multiple Physical Assaults' On Twitter Following 'NCIS' Exit
Stephen D Foster Jr
Former NCIS star Pauley Perrette spoke out on Twitter this week about "multiple physical assaults," prompting questions of whether these assaults occurred on the set on the hit CBS procedural.
Perrette portrayed iconic character Abby Sciuto for 15 years and decided to leave the highly popular series this year, her final episode having aired last week.
This week, Perrette posted a series of tweets suggesting that she wasn't treated well on set and addressed "lies" written about her in the tabloids and the powerful "machine" working against her.
I refused to go low, that's why I've never told publicly what happened. But there are tabloid articles out there that are telling total lies about me. If you believe them? Please leave me alone. You clearly don't know me. (Sorry guys, had to be said)
— Pauley Perrette (@PauleyP) May 13, 2018
Maybe I'm wrong for not "spilling the beans" Telling the story, THE TRUTH. I feel I have to protect my crew, jobs and so many people. But at what cost? I.don't know. Just know, I'm trying to do the right thing, but maybe silence isn't the right thing about crime. I'm… Just… ?
There is a "machine' keeping me silent, and feeding FALSE stories about me. A very rich, very powerful publicity "machine". No morals, no obligation to truth, and I'm just left here, reading the lies, trying to protect my crew. Trying to remain calm. He did it.
I've been supporting ant-bullying programs forever. But now I KNOW because it was ME! If it's school or work, that you're required to go to? It's horrifying. I left. Multiple Physical Assaults. I REALLY get it now. Stay safe. Nothing is worth your safety. Tell someone.
Did Perrette leave NCIS because she was bullied and assaulted? And, who is the "he" she is referring to?
We may have to wait for those answers, but CBS issued a statement to CNN on Wednesday in support of the actress.
"Pauley Perrette had a terrific run on NCIS and we are all going to miss her. Over a year ago, Pauley came to us with a workplace concern. We took the matter seriously and worked with her to find a resolution. We are committed to a safe work environment on all our shows."
Perrette thanked CBS for their support.
I want to thank my studio and network CBS They have always been so good to me and always had my back.
Until she is willing to share more information, however, we won't really know the entire truth. But, for now, it has us wondering what the hell was going on behind the scenes of NCIS.
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'I am often accused of being too exacting with sets and properties, of having things made, just for the sake of authenticity, that will never appear on camera. Even if I don't request this, my crew does it for me anyway. The first Japanese director to demand authentic sets and props was Mizoguchi Kenji, and the sets in his films are truly superb. I learned a great deal about filmmaking from him, and the sets is among the most important. The quality of the set influences the quality of the actors' performances. If the plan of a house and the design of the rooms are done properly, the actors can move about in them naturally. If I have to tell an actor, "Don't think about where this room is in relation to the rest of the house," that natural ease cannot be achieved. For this reason, I have sets made exactly like the real thing. It restricts the shooting, but encourages that feeling of authenticity.'1
'The task of the lighting technicians is an extremely creative one. A really good lighting man has his own plan, though he of course still needs to discuss it with the cameraman and the director. But if he does not put forth his own concept, his job becomes nothing more than lightning up the whole frame. I think, for example, that the current method of lightning for color film is wrong. In order to bring out the colors, the entire frame is flooded with light. I always say the lightning should be treated as it is for black-and-white film, whether the colors are strong or not, so that the shadows come out right.'1
1 These notes were published by Toho Company Ltd. in 1975 as advice to young people considering a career in filmmaking. They are taken from: Kurosawa, Akira. Something Like an Autobiography. Translated by audie E. Bock. Vintage Books, 1983.
2 These are taken from: Kurosawa, Akira. Something Like an Autobiography. Translated by audie E. Bock. Vintage Books, 1983.
3 These notes are taken from: Richie, Donald. The Films of Akira Kurosawa. University of California Press, 1996.
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What King Charles' Fingers Say About His Health, According to a Doctor
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How long will it take for Charles III to be crowned king?
Charles earned the title of king when his mother, the queen, died, but he has to wait to officially be crowned king.
King Charles III immediately became England's ruling monarch when Queen Elizabeth II died. One of his first duties as the head of the royal family was to issue a statement following the queen's death. His crowing will officially make him the head sovereign, but some wonder if King Charles' fingers indicate a health issue that could shorten his reign. A doctor weighs in with possible explanations for his highness' swollen digits.
Charles had his formal accession ceremony two days after the queen died, but it could be several months until Charles is officially crowned. The elaborate coronation celebration is likely to feature leaders, politicians, and public figures from around the world. Planning a large ceremony with an international guest list could take several months. The queen waited more than a year before she donned the crown.
Monarchy rules state that the person next in line to the throne ascends immediately to avoid a suspension of power. A group of high-ranking officials and religious leaders made the proclamation when Queen Elizabeth died.
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What King Charles' swollen fingers say about his health, according to a doctor
Charles' fingers might look painful and unusual, but a doctor said several relatively benign could be the cause.
King Charles swollen fingers have been caught on camera many times over the years. His ascension to the throne brought renewed interest in his digits. Could the redness and swelling point to health issues?
"Edema is a condition where the body starts to retain fluids in the limbs, normally the legs and ankles, but also in the fingers, which causes them to swell," Dr. Gareth Nye, a senior lecturer at the University of Chester, told the Daily Star. "Edema is a common condition and mostly affects people over the age of 65 as the ability for fluid control is restricted."
An overly salty diet or other medications could cause finger swelling. However, Nye said that Charles' fingers aren't necessarily a sign of poor health.
Nye, who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, according to his University of Chester profile, also indicated arthritis could be a cause for Charles' swollen fingers. "Fingers usually become stiff, painful, and swollen, and although medication can help with the pain, the swelling can remain," he said, per the Star.
How many countries does Charles rule, and who would succeed him on the throne?
"There certainly aren't any immediate health concerns to be concluded from swollen fingers and is most likely a sign of his age," Nye said.
King Charles III — fingers and all — will follow the longest-serving monarch in England's history. Will he reinvent the monarchy? Or will he hew closer to established traditions, as one royal staffer predicts? Time will tell in what manner he rules.
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Nye said King Charles' fingers aren't a sure sign of poor health. Yet whenever Charles' reign ends, the clearly-defined line of succession to the throne weaves across two generations, per the royal family website:
What we know now is he reigns over countries around the world as the head of the British Commonwealth. Canada, Australia, Guyana, Belize, the Bahamas, Jamaica, and New Zealand remain part of the commonwealth outside the United Kingdom.— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) September 10, 2022
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Live Resin is a cannabis concentrate that gets its name from the freshness of the cannabis plant from which it's made. Unlike the majority of cannabis products, Live Resin extract is made from plant material that hasn't been dried or cured. The starting plant material used for Live Resin includes fresh flower buds and sugar leaves; the large fan leaves and stems are excluded. The flash-freezing process helps preserve the most desirable compounds and retain the full flavor of the originating cannabis plant. Concentrate enthusiasts tend to gravitate toward Live Resin for its more flavorful and aromatic dabbing experience.
When producing Live Resin, the primary goal is to capture the massive essence and aroma of the live cannabis plant. Products extracted using the Live Resin process — flash-freezing the cannabis plant material, then extracting it — are associated with high-quality and flavorful concentrates. Bypassing the typical drying and curing processes allows for a greater proportion of essential oils. These essential oils, technically called terpenes, are the compounds responsible for the distinctive flavors and aromas in cannabis, and other characteristics to be expressed in the final product.
What does Live Resin look and feel like?
You'll find Live Resin extracts in a variety of colors and forms. The type of cultivar, or strain, used for the concentrate affects a lot of the chemical and physical characteristics of this extract. Live Resin is chock full of terpenes, and in greater proportions than other concentrates. With all the additional essential oils, the consistency is typically more fluid than other concentrates. The more terpenes, the runnier and more malleable the concentrate. The most common consistencies of Live Resin are sap, sugar, badder, budder, and sauce. Shatter, which has a brittle consistency, is difficult to make from the Live Resin process; the liquidity of terpenes prevents the concentrate from having a hard, rigid quality.
What's the difference between Live Resin and Sauce?
Imagine a raw cannabis plant growing tall in the sunshine. In its raw form, a cannabis cultivar has a unique cannabinoid and terpene profile. Full Spectrum Extracts are a type of cannabis concentrate that aim to capture as much of the full cannabinoid and terpene profile of that raw cannabis plant as possible. The goal is to acquire all the active molecules within the trichome gland without any alteration. Depending on how the plant is processed, Live Resin can be considered a Full Spectrum Extract. Not all Full Spectrum Extracts are produced from fresh frozen plant material. Kief, for example, is a full spectrum concentrate, though it uses cured rather than fresh frozen cannabis as its starting plant material.
You'll want to keep the aromatic bouquet and full flavor of Live Resin for as long as possible. Preserve the potency and quality of your Live Resin by keeping it away from heat, light, moisture, and open air. An airtight and lightproof container is best to help maintain its texture and consistency, as well as protecting the cannabinoids from degradation and preventing the terpenes from evaporation. If you're in the market for good Live Resin containers, look for concentrate storage containers made of silicone or glass. Silicone has another perk: it's easier to scrape sticky concentrates from it.
Light and temperature can speed up the breakdown of your Live Resin. Keep it stored in a cool environment, ideally in the refrigerator, or even just a cold room. After each use, be sure to close your Live Resin's container securely. Leaving your Live Resin out in the open makes it vulnerable to a loss of potency, and can result in a change of color, texture, and taste.
You can consume Live Resin by "dabbing." Dabbing uses a particular type of water pipe called a "dab rig," or simply "rig," as well as a flat bowl called a "nail." Nails are produced from materials that can withstand higher temperatures than glass bowls used for smoking flower.
For Live Resin, use a dabber with a spoon-shaped tip, as opposed to a flat-tipped dabber that's used for most other extracts. To take a dab, preheat the nail with a gas-powered torch — typically butane. The temperature of your nail is important. A nail that's too hot means you may be combusting the delicious flavor and positive effects. A nail that's too cold means you're not vaporizing your Live Resin or not activating the cannabinoids or terpenes enough. The optimal temperature range for dabbing Live Resin is between 315 and 400 degrees Fahrenheit (about 157 to 204 degrees Celsius). It's recommended to err on the side of caution and heat your nail toward the lower end of that range to really maximize the flavor potential of your Live Resin.
Once the nail reaches the correct temperature, turn off the torch and safely set it aside. Use the spoon-style dabber to drop your Live Resin onto the nail. When the Live Resin comes in contact with the hot nail, the extract quickly vaporizes. As the vapor emerges from the nail, inhale through an opening on the opposite end of the rig.
Live Resin can also be sprinkled on a packed bowl of flower in a glass pipe or wrapped around a joint or blunt. The combination of cured flower and Live Resin extract gives you a heightened experienced, as well as a flavor with extra zest.
The development of the current Live Resin production method was pioneered in 2013 by cannabis cultivator William "Kind Bill" Fenger, and EmoTek Labs founder and cannabis entrepreneur, Jason "Giddy Up" Emo.
In 2010, Kind Bill started the first legal grow operation dedicated exclusively to producing concentrates in his home state of Colorado. During a harvest, he considered the possible outcomes of producing extracts from the cannabis plants he was actively trimming. He supposed that the aromas coming from the freshly harvested plants were richer and more desirable than cured nugs. He hypothesized that if he could extract the plant when its terpene profile was at its peak — before the drying and curing process — he could produce a concentrate with the same pungent aroma of the live plant.
Kind Bill's initial attempt at creating Live Resin was with the Original Diesel cultivar, also known as Daywrecker Diesel #1, or Underdawg. After flash-freezing the plant material, he used it to produce a Butane Hash Oil (BHO) extract. The resulting extract, though flavorful and aromatic, was dangerous to make, produced a small yield, and was aesthetically unappealing. During these days, Shatter was king, and "if it didn't shatter, it didn't matter." While he found it to be one of the best-tasting cannabis extracts he'd ever tried, the technology to improve yields and safe production techniques didn't yet exist.
In September of 2013, Giddy Up installed an extraction unit at the production facility for A Cut Above, a medical dispensary in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The extraction unit was EmoTek Labs' OBE-Dos model, a closed-loop extraction device designed for commercial manufacturers producing high-quality wax and shatter. The dispensary employees, having trouble with their new OBE-Dos unit, hired Kind Bill as a consultant for technical support.
Upon meeting Giddy Up and seeing the OBE-Dos unit, Kind Bill was certain the technology would allow him to develop an effective extraction method. For more than a month, Kind Bill and Giddy Up collaborated on the extraction technique, experimenting with various strains and approaches.
Since its creation, Colorado and California have become the hub for locating and acquiring Live Resins. With its fragrant smell and full flavors, Live Resin has grown in popularity from its Colorado origins to Canada and Europe. It's now a product associated with top-shelf quality, and is a favorite among concentrate connoisseurs, with production and distribution continuing to rise.
Why does Live Resin skip the drying and curing process?
The typical process for preparing cannabis for extraction includes drying or curing the raw plant material. Ingesting fresh cannabis won't give you a strong high. Drying the harvested cannabis prepares flower to be exposed to heat and to decarboxylate the active compounds that produce the psychoactive and therapeutic effects by removing the moisture accumulated during the cultivation process without degrading or evaporating the terpenes. The goal is to prepare the flower to be consumed for its psychoactive and theaturpetic effects without sacrificing all of the flavor and aroma.
The downside to the drying and curing process is that you're bound to lose some terpenes in the process. Terpenes give us the unique tastes and smells of cannabis cultivars, from piney to skunky to citrusy, and also change the character and intensity of users' highs. When cannabis buds are fresh, they contain their highest level of terpenes. During the curing process, where cannabis is left to dry for an average period of seven (7) to ten (10) days, the most volatile terpenes evaporate and change the overall flavor profile of the flower. A 1995 study from the University of Mississippi measured the differences in the amount of terpenes from a fresh cannabis plant to those that had been dried over various lengths of time. Researchers found that drying a plant for a week at room temperature resulted in a 31% loss of terpenes.
Terpenes are classified by size, or more accurately, the number of chains of isoprene units on the molecule. The University of Mississippi study measured and reported on two particular classes of terpenes in the cannabis plants they used in their research: monoterpenes, which have two isoprene units, and sesquiterpenes, which have three isoprene units. Both of these types of terpenes evaporate as the cannabis plant cures, but not at the same rate. During the study, monoterpenes evaporated faster, while sesquiterpenes evaporated more slowly due to their larger size. When the cannabis plant was at its freshest, it was composed of 92.48% monoterpenes to 6.84% sesquiterpenes. A week later, the ratio changed to 85.54% monoterpenes to 12.64% sesquiterpenes.
The monoterpene-to-sesquiterpene ratio affects the flavor profile of cannabis, as well as any concentrates made from it. Monoterpenes like myrcene, limonene, linalool, and terpinolene are commonly associated with hops, citrus, lavender, and eucalyptus — the floral, fruity, and aerial flavors in cannabis. Sesquiterpenes like caryophyllene and humulene are commonly associated with basil, black pepper, cloves, and cinnamon — the spicy flavors in cannabis.
Live Resin, using fresh cannabis plants at their peak amounts of both sesquiterpenes and monoterpenes, is able to provide a dabbing experience with more floral, fruity, and aerial flavors than concentrates made with nug run or trim run cannabis.
Terpenes have also been shown to aid — even heighten — the effects of THC, CBD and other cannabinoids. In a study published in 2011 by the British Journal of Pharmacology, Dr. Ethan B. Russo wrote about the entourage effects of cannabinoids and terpenes. For example, myrcene — an essential oil found in hops, bay leaves, and cardamom — is commonly found in cannabis. Research supports a hypothesis that myrcene, in combination with THC, may yield the familiar couch lock experience. Terpenes can really boost and amplify our experiences with cannabis.
When Kind Bill was harvesting his plants in the early 2010s, he strongly believed it'd be worthwhile to somehow harness the aroma and flavor of fresh cannabis. The proof is in the resin: the potency and flavorful richness of Live Resin has established it as a sought-after and very desirable concentrate.
How is Live Resin made? What is the Live Resin process?
WARNING: THE MANUFACTURING OF LIVE RESIN AND OTHER CANNABIS CONCENTRATES SHOULD ONLY BE PERFORMED BY PROFESSIONALS AS THESE PROCESSES CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
The Live Resin process typically uses a liquefied petroleum gas, such as butane or propane, as a solvent. Ethanol or carbon dioxide (CO2) are also solvents used for making extracts, but to a lesser extent.
The cannabis plant material is harvested and is frozen immediately. You can flash-freeze plant material by either slowly dipping it into a cold insulating cylinder filled with liquid nitrogen, or placing it in a cooler with dry ice on the bottom. If using a cold box, the temperature of the container should ideally be steady at -40 degrees Fahrenheit (-40 degrees Celsius).
Packing the material column with the frozen plant material.
Applying very little heat to the solution to promote the vaporization of the solvent.
Chilling the solvent tank to recondense the vapors.
Another critical difference with the Live Resin process, compared with other types of extractions, is the temperature of the vacuum purge. The goal is to retain and keep as much of the essential oils as possible and prevent their evaporation. In order to do this, the processors use a vacuum oven set at just 65 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit (about 18.33 to 23.88 degrees Celsius). Crumble, by comparison, is purged at a temperature range of 110 degrees Fahrenheit to 135 degrees Fahrenheit (43.33 degrees Celsius to 57.22 degrees Celsius).


We're at the dawn of a new age of computing.
Moving forward, using machine learning to optimize media quality for real-time communications is going to be critical.
You always need some level of accuracy, but how precise you need to be really depends on the application.


Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) smartphone was launched in January 2017. The phone comes with a 4.70-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 720x1280 pixels.
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) is powered by a 1.6GHz octa-core processor. It comes with 2GB of RAM.
The Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) runs Android 6.0 and is powered by a 2,350mAh non-removable battery.
As far as the cameras are concerned, the Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) on the rear packs 13-megapixel camera. It sports a 8-megapixel camera on the front for selfies.
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) based on Android 6.0 and packs 16GB of inbuilt storage that can be expanded via microSD card (up to 256GB). The Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) is a dual-SIM smartphone.
Connectivity options on the Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) include Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, GPS, Bluetooth v4.20, NFC, Headphones, and FM radio. Sensors on the phone include accelerometer, barometer, and proximity sensor.
The Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) measures 135.40 x 66.20 x 7.90mm (height x width x thickness) . It was launched in Black Sky, Blue Mist, Gold Sand, and Peach Cloud colours.


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The UNSC Forward Unto Dawn is a Charon-class light frigate that served on the frontlines during the final days of the Human-Covenant War under the distinguished command of both Admiral Hood and Commander Miranda Keyes. On November 17, 2552, the Forward Unto Dawn participated in the successful assault against the Prophet of Truth's dreadnought as the Covenant hierarch attempted to activate the ancient Forerunner portal. After successfully defeating the Covenant Flood on the Forerunner Ark, the Master Chief, Cortana, and Arbiter Thel 'Vadam used the Forward Unto Dawn to escape. During the attempt, however, the portal collapsed, severing the Dawn in two, sending only part of the ship containing the Arbiter back to Earth.
The aft section, still containing the Master Chief and his AI companion Cortana, floated in uncharted space for nearly five years. Eventually, it was pulled into the mysterious Forerunner fortress world of Requiem.
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Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Blu-Ray/DVD
Set against the backdrop of a United Nations Space Command (UNSC) military academy, a group of cadets are training to be the next generation of leaders in the UNSC's ongoing war with insurrectionists in the outer colonial planets.
Halo 4 marks the start of a new chapter in the iconic franchise that's shaped entertainment history and defined a decade of gaming.


The term "due diligence" refers to the investigative process on the claims and potential of a startup with the aim of providing prospective investors with all material information regarding the offered securities, without a material misstatement or omission in the circumstances, prior to making an investment.
When it comes to early stage startup investment the task is event more challenging as there are not existing revenues streams to assess and to further project.
There are two types of due diligence: 1) the fact checking 2) the strategic assessment.
While the first is the basis of any due diligence, the second is not executed by all organizations and its implementation varies significantly across different assessment companies.
The task is not as easy as you might think as the chance is that these numbers are just fake as already covered here.
Other areas of the assessment vary according to the industry and can include customer and partner commitments, budget, regulatory need and approval, IP, organization structure, governance, formal documentation, product specs, market profit pool….
Here is where the assessment gets thought-provoking. Here is where a proper due diligence can represent the additional value for making an investment decision.
This is the delicate process of converting unknowns into calculated risks.
The screaming commences on the team, the market and the product. The first defines if the startup has the potential to deliver on its promises and the other two are crucial to understand the financial appeal of the investment. In case of a positive outcome, the scope spreads to cover legal, financial aspects, timing and exit strategies.
Checking numbers is not anymore enough to properly deliver this task. What is assessed here is the logic of the overall proposition, the business sounding of the idea that the company wants to bring to market and they way it's thought to be done. Each statement needs to be questioned, each assumption should be challenged, and alternatives scenarios have to be considered.
Who should execute the due diligence?
You will receive different answers to these questions.
Our belief is that to produce a valuable assessment, the analyst needs to have experience in the industry of the analyzed startup as well as multiyear experience in startup assessment and investment.
And this is just the start. The right person to conduct due diligence is somebody who is not satisfied to simply read a pitch but he's someone who logs in as a customer in the portal of the startups, speaks to their customers (if any), leverage on its network to grasp buzz about the company and its founders, asks additional questions, requires further data and signs off only when he has a certainty that his assessment has all the needed information.
This is the type of analyst you should rely on when considering a startup investment.
It's important to note that in any strategic due diligence there is endogenous subjective factor of the person conducting the assessment. The analyst could be influenced by the way the CEO speaks or his reputation, by the technology used, by the feedbacks heard about the company…the influencing catch are unlimited. And subjective factors cannot be removed; however, they can be mitigated. Due diligence conducted, independently, by more than one expert are the best way to ease any subjective influence as it harder that multiple experts will be affected by the same catch.
For more information about Bloomio's Due Diligence see here, while the full list of Bloomio's expert is available here.


On the State Automated System of the Russian Federation "Vybory"
The use of the State Automated System of the Russian Federation "Vybory" during the preparation and conduct of elections and a referendum is one of the guarantees of the realization of the rights of Russian Federation citizens based on the assurance of the openness, authenticity, promptness and fullness of the information about elections and a referendum.
This Federal law regulates the relations which arise when the State Automated System of the Russian Federation "Vybory" (hereafter "GAS 'Vybory'") is used in the preparation and conduct of elections and a referendum, in the course of the operation and development of GAS "Vybory" and when it is used for dealing with tasks unrelated to elections and a referendum.
(14) "legal force of a document" means a property of a document in GAS "Vybory" which, under the federal laws, allows documents to be used separately or together with other documents for the performance of legally significant acts.
2. The other terms and concepts which are used in this Federal Law in relation to the preparation and conduct of elections and a referendum have the same meaning as in the Federal Law "On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum."
Article 3. Legal Framework for the Use, Operation and Development of GAS "Vybory"
The legal framework for the use, operation and development of GAS "Vybory" is formed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Federal Constitutional Law "On a Russian Federation Referendum," federal laws "On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum," "On the Election of Deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation," "On the Election of the President of the Russian Federation," this Federal Law, federal laws "On Information, Informatization and Protection of Information," "On Electronic Digital Signature," other federal laws, decrees of the President of the Russian Federation, resolutions of the Government f the Russian Federation, normative legal acts of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
Article 4. Main Principles of the Use, Operation and Development of GAS "Vybory"
(11) when GAS "Vybory" is used in the conduct of elections and a referendum inadmissibility of its connection to other information systems and communications networks which are not used in GAS "Vybory."
Chapter II. Status of GAS "Vybory"
Article 5. Status and Purpose of GAS "Vybory"
1. GAS "Vybory" is a federal automated information system functioning on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Article 6. Powers of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation with Regard to the Use, Operation and Development of GAS "Vybory"
1. The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation is the state customer in respect of GAS "Vybory" laying down the requirements to the use, operation and development of GAS "Vybory," subject to federal laws.
(8) exercise other powers provided for by federal laws.
3. The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation may delegate some of its powers with regard to the use, operation and development of GAS "Vybory" to the Federal Center of Information Technologies under the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
4. Acting within the scope of its competence the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation shall adopt normative legal acts on the issues connected with the use, operation and development of GAS "Vybory."
Article 7. Powers of Election Commissions of the Subjects of the Russian Federation, Election Commissions of Municipalities, District, Territorial Election Commissions, Referendum Commissions with Regard to the Use, Operation and Development of GAS "Vybory"
(3) acting within the scope of their competence adopt acts on the issues connected with the use of GAS "Vybory."
Article 8. Structure of GAS "Vybory"
1. The structure of GAS "Vybory" shall correspond to the system of election commissions.
(3) complexes of automation facilities of municipal, district, territorial election commissions.
3. GAS "Vybory" may include complexes of automation facilities of precinct election commissions supporting their activity, including the voting process and counting of votes in elections, a referendum.
1. The Federal Center of Information Technologies under the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation (hereafter "Federal Center of Information Technologies") is a state institution supporting the use, operation and development of GAS "Vybory." The Federal Center of Information Technology shall be a legal entity and shall act in accordance with the Statute of the Federal Center of Information Technologies under the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
(7) exercise other powers in accordance with the Statute of the Federal Center of Information Technologies under the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
(3) dealing with tasks unrelated to elections and a referendum, subject to the established procedure.
2. The information center of the election commission of a subject of the Russian Federation shall act on the basis of normative legal acts of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, normative legal acts of the election commission of the subject of the Russian Federation, organizational, normative, technical and methodological documents of the Federal Center of Information Technologies.
1. The system administrator shall organize and manage operation of the complex of automation facilities in an election commission, referendum commission.
2. System administrators who organize operation of complexes of automation facilities in election commissions, referendum commissions of the subjects of the Russian Federation, territorial election commissions, referendum commissions shall be employees of the information centers of election commissions of a subject of the Russian Federation and civil servants of a subject of the Russian Federation.
3. A system administrator who organizes operation of the complex of automation facilities in a district election commission for elections to the federal bodies of state power, bodies of state power of the subjects of the Russian Federation, bodies of local self-government shall work under a labor contract concluded for a definite term with a relevant election commission of a subject of the Russian Federation for the period of election campaign.
4. A system administrator shall be trained and retrained for the right to operate a complex of automation facilities and shall receive an appropriate certificate, subject to the procedure established by the Federal Center of Information Technologies.
Chapter III. Legal Force and Authenticity of Documents Prepared with the Use of GAS "Vybory"
Article 12. Conditions for Imparting Legal Force to Documents Prepared with the Use of GAS "Vybory"
1. A paper document prepared with the use of GAS "Vybory" in accordance with federal laws shall acquire a legal force after it is signed by appropriate officials.
2. An electronic documents prepared with the use of GAS "Vybory" shall acquire legal force after an electronic digital signature is applied thereto by appropriate officials.
3. A protocol, summary table of vote returns, other summary documents prepared in the electronic form with the use of GAS "Vybory" shall acquire legal force in the procedure set forth in Clause 2 of this article after mandatory verification of the authenticity of all primary electronic documents on the basis of which the summary electronic document was prepared, with said verification to be carried out in the established procedure by means of public keys of electronic digital signatures.
Article 13. Arrangement to Ensure Authenticity of Documents Prepared with the Use of GAS "Vybory"
1. Data shall be entered in GAS "Vybory" from paper documents and from electronic documents electronically signed by appropriate officials.
2. The entry of data in GAS "Vybory" from paper documents results in the formation of an electronic document to which electronic digital signatures shall be applied by appropriate officials. The correspondence of data of the electronic document to the data of the paper document shall be confirmed by a computer printout to be signed by appropriate officials and filed together with the reporting documentation. The entry of data in GAS "Vybory" and formation of an electronic document bearing electronic digital signatures shall be registered in a special log.
3. An electronic document shall be transmitted to the higher election commission, referendum commission with the use of GAS "Vybory" only after the authenticity of electronic digital signatures on each document to be transmitted is verified with the aid of public keys of electronic digital signatures. The verification results shall be confirmed by a computer printout of the verification protocol. This printout shall be duly signed by appropriate officials and filed with the reporting documentation. Transmission of data to the higher election commission, referendum commission shall be registered in a special log by the lower election commission, referendum commission.
4. The authenticity of electronic digital signatures on each electronic document received by the higher election commission, referendum commission from a lower election commission, referendum commission shall be verified with the aid of public keys of electronic digital signatures. Verification of the authenticity of the received electronic documents shall be confirmed by a computer printout of the verification protocol. This printout shall be duly signed by appropriate officials and filed with the reporting documentation. The verification shall be also registered in a special log.
5. The lists and formats of documents to be entered in GAS "Vybory," processed by GAS "Vybory" and retrieved from GAS "Vybory", the procedure for the execution, presentation, transfer and receipt of these documents, the procedure for the application of an electronic digital signature shall be established by federal laws, normative legal acts of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
Chapter IV. Complexes of Automation Facilities and Information Resources of GAS "Vybory"
1. The property comprised in complexes of automation facilities, which has been created or acquired at the expense of federal budget funds, shall be federally owned.
2. The Federal Center of Information Technologies shall, under a gratis use agreement, transfer the property comprised in complexes of automation facilities to election commissions of the subjects of the Russian Federation, in the composition and quantity required for dealing with the tasks of GAS "Vybory" on the territory of the given subject of the Russian Federation.
3. Changes in the composition of the property comprised in complexes of automation facilities (expansion, upgrading, replacement of separate parts, elements and other changes) shall be made by a decision of the Federal Center of Information Technologies, provided such changes do not affect the integrity and serviceability of the fragment of GAS "Vybory" and GAS "Vybory" as a whole.
4. The record-keeping procedure for the property comprised in GAS "Vybory" shall be established by federal laws and normative legal acts of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
5. Copyrights on the software and databases of GAS "Vybory" shall be regulated by federal laws.
The bodies of executive power of the subjects of the Russian Federation, bodies of local self-government and the officials of these bodies (at the place where complexes of automation facilities are to be set up) shall make arrangements for provision, under a gratis use agreement, of premises, equipped with means of communication and power supply systems, to an election commission, referendum commission to set up and operate complexes of automation facilities; for guarding of these complexes; for safe storage and operation of these complexes, subject to relevant standards.
Article 16. Composition of Information Resources of GAS "Vybory"
(6) other information stipulated by federal laws, normative legal acts of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
Article 17. Legal Regime of Information Resources of GAS "Vybory"
1. The information resources of GAS "Vybory" shall be state property regardless of the level and method of their formation and utilization.
2. The information resources of GAS "Vybory" containing personal data shall be federal information resources regardless of the level and method of their formation. The information resources of GAS "Vybory" containing personal data shall be formed, stored and used under the conditions of confidentiality in the procedure established by this Federal Law, other federal laws, normative legal acts of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
3. The information resources of GAS "Vybory" which do not contain personal data and are formed at the expense of federal budget funds shall be federal information resources. Federal information resources shall also include the information resources of GAS "Vybory" which do not contain personal data and are formed at the expense of federal budget funds and budget funds of a subject of the Russian Federation in the conduct of elections to the federal bodies of state power and a referendum of the Russian Federation. The procedure for the formation, transfer, copying, duplication and storage of said federal information resources, for the access thereto and their use shall be established by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
4. The information resources of GAS "Vybory" which do not contain personal data and are formed at the expense of the federal budget and budget funds of a subject of the Russian Federation, save the information resources of GAS "Vybory" formed in the conduct of elections to federal bodies of state power, a referendum of the Russian Federation, shall be under joint jurisdiction of the Russian Federation and the subject of the Russian Federation and shall be information resources under joint jurisdiction. The procedure for the formation, transfer, copying, duplication and storage of information resources under joint jurisdiction, for the access thereto and their use shall be established by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation with the concurrence of the election commission of the subject of the Russian Federation.
5. The information resources of GAS "Vybory" which do not contain personal data and are formed at the expense of budget funds of a subject of the Russian Federation shall be information resources of the subject of the Russian Federation. The procedure for the formation, transfer, copying, duplication and storage of information resources of a subject of the Russian Federation, for the access thereto and their use shall be established by the election commission of the subject of the Russian Federation.
6. The work on the formation, transfer, copying, duplication and storage of the information resources of GAS "Vybory", provision of the access thereto shall be carried out by the Federal Center of Information Technologies, information centers of election commissions of the subjects of the Russian Federation, district, territorial election commissions, referendum commissions, in the procedure established by this article.
7. Should the integrity of the information resources of GAS "Vybory" be broken or any component part (parts) thereof be lost or if the contents of such information resources are distorted, relevant election commissions, referendum commissions and information centers of election commissions of the subjects of the Russian Federation shall take measures to restore the lost part (parts) and contents of the information resources at the expense of the party at fault, which is to be identified in the procedure established by federal laws.
Article 18. Access to Information Resources of GAS "Vybory"
(3) officials of bodies of state power, government agencies, bodies of local self-government who are allowed access to such information by federal laws.
2. The right of access to the information resources of GAS "Vybory" of all levels, which do not contain personal data, shall be exercisable by members and personnel of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, personnel of the Federal Center of Information Technologies.
3. The procedure to be followed by the persons indicated in this article and other users when accessing the information resources of GAS "Vybory" shall be established by normative legal acts of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation and normative legal acts of election commissions of the subjects of the Russian Federation, depending on the level of elections.
Article 19. Development of GAS "Vybory"
1. The issues relating to the development of GAS "Vybory" with due regard for its effective linking with state, departmental and other information and telecommunications systems shall be dealt with under state programs approved by the Government of the Russian Federation and measures carried out by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation within the limits of the funds allocated for these purposes.
2. Linking of GAS "Vybory" with the information and telecommunications systems of the chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation shall be carried out with the concurrence of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation under state programs approved by the Government of the Russian Federation.
1. GAS "Vybory" may be used for tasks unrelated to elections and a referendum subject to federal laws, normative legal acts of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
2. The procedure for the use of complexes of automation facilities, information resources of GAS "Vybory", means of communication, other facilities supporting GAS "Vybory" by bodies of state power, government agencies, bodies of local self-government and other organizations to deal with tasks unrelated to elections and a referendum shall be established by federal laws, normative legal acts of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
(3) preservation of the established configuration of complexes of automation facilities.
Chapter VI. Information Security in GAS "Vybory" and Supervision Over the Use of GAS "Vybory"
Article 21. Arrangements to Ensure Information Security in GAS "Vybory"
1. Information security in GAS "Vybory" shall be ensured by means of organizational and technical protection measures and by supervision over the use of GAS "Vybory."
(10) establishment of responsibility for violation of the rules for the use and operation of GAS "Vybory" and its fragments.
3. Information security measures in GAS "Vybory" shall be carried out by organizations licensed for relevant kinds of activity.
Article 22. Use of Communications Networks in GAS "Vybory"
1. Information exchange in GAS "Vybory" shall be carried out with the use of the resources of the public communications network, departmental and other comminations networks, in the procedure established by federal laws.
2. The operators of communications networks used for information exchange in GAS "Vybory" shall be responsible for the quality of the provided services, subject to federal laws.
Article 23. Supervision over the Use of GAS "Vybory"
1. When GAS "Vybory" as a whole, its fragments, complexes of automation facilities are to be used for the preparation and conduct of elections, a referendum, an election commission, referendum commission shall form a team to supervise the use of GAS "Vybory", its fragment , a complex of automation facilities (hereafter "supervisory team"). The supervisory team shall include voting and non-voting members of the given election commission, referendum commission. The supervisory team shall elect one of its member to be head of the supervisory team.
2. The supervisory team shall exercise control over compliance with Russian Federation laws on elections and a referendum, other normative legal acts regulating the use of GAS "Vybory."
(9) submit proposals and remarks to a relevant information center.
4. When discovering wrongful actions (omissions) and other infractions of the personnel operating complexes of automation facilities in the given election commission, referendum commission the supervisory team shall immediately inform the chairman of the election commission, referendum commission of these facts and shall make proposals as to how they are to be corrected. The checkups carried out by the supervisory team shall be recorded in the reporting documentation of the information center.
5. Observers and members of the press shall be allowed access to the premises of the information center by a decision of the chairman of an election commission, referendum commission agreed with the head of the supervisory team.
6. In the period between elections and a referendum supervision over operation of complexes of automation facilities shall be carried out by relevant election commissions.
1. Members of election commissions, referendum commission, personnel of election commissions, referendum commissions, including personnel of information centers of election commissions of the subjects of the Russian Federation, other persons who participate in technological processing of the information contained in GAS "Vybory" and have the right of access to the information resources of GAS "Vybory," other persons who unlawfully interfere or attempt to interfere in the operation of GAS "Vybory" shall bear disciplinary, administrative, criminal or financial responsibility in accordance with federal laws.
2. Persons who have the right of access to the information resources of GAS "Vybory," including the personal data, who receive and use this data shall bear responsibility for the violation of the rules for protection, processing and use of this information in accordance with federal laws.
3. Decisions and actions (omissions) of bodies of state power, bodies of local self-government, their officials, as well as decisions (omissions) of election commissions, referendum commissions and their officials, system administrators which resulted in the infringement of the rights and lawful interests of citizens may be appealed to a court.
Chapter VII. Funding of GAS "Vybory"
Article 25. Funding of the Use, Operation and Development of GAS "Vybory"
1. Allocations for the use, operation and development of GAS "Vybory" shall be provided for in the federal law on the federal budget for the coming financial year, the law of a subject of the Russian Federation on the budget of the subject of the Russian Federation for the coming financial year, the normative legal act of the body of local self-government on the local budget for the coming financial year.
2. Expenditures on the use, operation and development of GAS "Vybory" for the informational support of the preparation and conduct of elections and a referendum of the appropriate level shall be financed from the federal budget, budget of a subject of the Russian Federation, local budget.
3. Expenditures on the joint use, operation and development of GAS "Vybory," including maintenance of system administrators, shall be financed from the federal budget in the procedure established by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation and from the budget of a subject of the Russian Federation.
4. Expenditures on the use of the property comprised in GAS "Vybory" and its other resources for tasks unrelated to elections ands a referendum shall be paid by users under agreements to be concluded between the Federal Center of Information Technologies and the users.


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How Does The Season Play Out?
By Scipio Tex Oct 4, 2010, 10:00pm CDT
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Now that we know a bit about Texas and the teams remaining on our schedule, it's time to play the guessing game about how it will all play out and handicap our chances to play in a bowl game carried on any channel other than ESPN Deportes.
We're unranked, with a 3-2 record, and the view isn't pretty from here. The offense is in the bottom third of FBS and our defense - though technically Top 10 - has us wanting more. Special teams are a Jackson Pollock canvas of ineptitude. The "We're Texas" birthright to a ten win season looks shaky right now. Several games we've counted as sure wins in the preseason now look challenging, if not daunting.
Let's see how the the schedule plays out and try to project which way this thing breaks.
at Nebraska
at Kansas State
Nebraska is already being pencilled in as a loss by many.
Their defense promises to savage our offense like a terrier on a sweat sock and they can run the ball and do option type thingies with Martinez that can glamor our defense into enough brain lapses to get points on the board. I also boldly predict that their crowd will be hysterical in their bloodlust and in their desire to gain a decisive 2-8 record against us in Big 12 play. This is a likely loss, but Nebraska will put the ball on the grass, our bye week gives us extra prep time on defense, and they have a roadie to Kansas State to sweat this Thursday. There would be something particularly sweet about this Texas team upsetting them in Lincoln; with Nebraskans suiciding by harvesting combine by the dozens.
I exhaled in relief when I was reminded that our game against Iowa State is at home. Yes, that's where we are right now. They're well coached, they just laid into a Tech team we struggled mightily with, and they can run the ball. Amusingly, they have about the same quality resume we do at this juncture in the year. But. This. Can't. Happen.
A loss to Iowa State at home?
- gratuitous shot -It's not like we're Nebraska. - gratuitous shot -
You know what I wrote about being relieved that Iowa State is at home? That goes for Baylor too. RGIII is a magician, a win over Texas is the kind of thing that can add three more years to Briles' contract - keeping him stocked in Propecia well into the next century - and they just blew the doors off of Kansas 55-7. This game is interesting. It has no business being interesting, but it is. I'll take a win. Any win. If I were Briles, I'd rank Texas #6 on my coach's ballot the week before playing us just to see if I can make Mack Brown blow a gasket, forcing him to revisit the 2008 debacle in vivid PTSD flashbacks.
And now it's time for a road game against Longhorn kryptonite: Kansas State. A team that historically doesn't even have to be good in order to beat us. Kansas State can run the hell out of the ball with Daniel Thomas despite having a spare at QB, an OL full of 2 stars, and minimal outside receiving threats. It's almost as if you don't have to possess overwhelming athletic advantages at every position to run offense. I can assure you that they will out coach us, but we're better than they are player for player. Flip a coin. Preferably one heated up with a lighter onto the forehead of the KSU mascot, the heated metal lighting his mohair polyester blend costume, turning him into a sprinting fireball of pyrotechnic idiocy.
Oklahoma State is a game I'd pencilled in during preseason as a confidence-inspiring blowout, the game where Gilbert puts it together, throws for 350 and 4 TDs against a willing defense, we see the light turn on, setting us up for an undefeated tear down the stretch, including a bowl win. I suppose that could still happen. It's just that our offense seems locked in at 6 yards per attempt and 230 passing yards on 38 attempts no matter the opponent. Although that statistic obscures 250 yards of vital horizontal yardage. I like how we match up with them on defense and I think the Tech game is a reasonable comp for how we'll fare. Again, I'm glad it's in Austin, and yes it's sad that I keep writing that. After the game, OSU QB Brandon Weeden hooks up with a 44 year old triple divorcee at Maggie Maes and ends up retiring in Costa Rica.
Mark it down - the Florida Atlantic Owls will not come into Austin and push us around. We will win this game. Cocky? Overconfident? That's just how I roll. If anyone knows where I can find a Florida Atlantic message board, I say we start terrorizing them now.
Texas A&M looks like a competitive game. Tim DeRuyter is an excellent hire at DC and though he isn't playing cards with a full hand of defensive talent, a pair of 5s is usually sufficient to take Greg Davis' pot. His ability to disguise and bring pressure is something we won't handle well. A man holding his index finger over his lip and claiming its a moustache and talking in a falsetto is sufficient disguise for Greg Davis. Oh, DAD! I didn't recognize you! Prankster.
The Aggies do have massive issues on their OL and that's likely their undoing on offense unless Johnson puts on his dual threat hat and plays an amazing game as he did last year in College Station. They've certainly got the skill players to make you pay.
Doing this exercise proved to me how few sure wins we have and that's scary.
7-0 is possible, as is 2-5, but neither is happening. 6-1, 5-2, or 4-3 seem most reasonable down the stretch.
Right now, my pyramid of loss concern goes:
@ Nebraska
@ Kansas State
A&M, Oklahoma State, Baylor, Iowa State
I'm pleased we have 5 of our last 7 at home. Assuming we split our two roadies, and then drop one of A&M, OSU, ISU, Baylor at home, that leaves us with a 8-4 record and a likely trip to the Alamo or Holiday Bowl.
I can't wait to play Northwestern or Oregon State. Riveting stuff.
Am I wildly optimistic or embarrassingly pessimistic?


1-3 Final A; 4/7 + Next BT SF; Rest out.
1/5 + next BT to SF; Rest out.
1/6 + 3 next BT to SF; Rest out.
1/3 to Final; Rest out.
1/2 + next BT to Final A; 3 x 3rd, 4 x 4th, 2 x 5th BT to Final B; 2 x 5th, 4 x 6th, 2 x 7th BT to Final C; 2 x 7th, 4 x 8th, 2 x 9th BT to Final 4, 2 x 9th and Fastest Times from Heats to Final 5, Next Best Times to Final 6.


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Q: Ancestry db:migrate I am trying to install the Ancestry gem but I am having problems with rake db:migrate.
I am following the instructions on the Ancestry github page. After I have done rails g migration add_ancestry_to_message ancestry:string
I am editing the migration file (following railcast #262) to be:
class AddAncestryToMessage < ActiveRecord::Migration
  def self.up
    add_column :messages, :ancestry, :string
    add_index :messages, :ancestry
  end

  def self.down
    remove_index :messages, :ancestry
    remove_column :messages, :ancestry
  end
end

When I then run rake db:migrate I am getting the following error:
==  AddAncestryToMessage: migrating ===========================================
-- add_column(:messages, :ancestry, :string)
rake aborted!
An error has occurred, this and all later migrations canceled:

SQLite3::SQLException: no such table: Shipmgr: ALTER TABLE "Message" ADD "ancestry" varchar(255)

Tasks: TOP => db:migrate

I have tried this on a newly created rails app and on an existing rails app but I am still unable to get this to work. Does anyone have any advice on this issue?

A: You should try changing the migration class name to the pluralized (table) form 'Messages':
class AddAncestryToMessages < ActiveRecord::Migration

or, more accurately, change the migration generator command to:
rails g migration add_ancestry_to_messages ancestry:string

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