Well here we are, about 130 days (give or take) away from what some people believe is the end of the world. I don't understand what everyone is freaking out about. There are 2 very important reasons why I don't believe. The first reason is Matthew 24:36.
Hands down one of the greatest movies ever made. The world simply cannot end in 2012 because Rufus tells of a utopian society in the year 2866. We have so much to look forward to; it's a world where "be excellent to each other" is the law.
Also, check out those outfits. I mean who wouldn't love to live there?!
Okay, so maybe this isn't the most positive outlook for our future, but at least it shows that we have one. I would agree that the world ending now would be better than living in a world run by murderous cyborgs, but there is a bright side, people. Robots are awesome so long as SkyNet doesn't build them, and that won't happen until the year 2029.
There's plenty of time for preventive measures.
We've all seen the meme that's been making the rounds on Facebook about the world not ending because Marty McFly traveled to the year 2015. That future looked awesome. Let's make that future happen.
I am a little disappointed though, it is nearly 2013 and I can't understand why we still don't have hoverboards! I'm looking at you, Mattel. You have 2 years. Get to work!
Speaking of Memes, have you seen this one? My mind actually was blown when I first read it because I never factored in leap years before. The Mayans didn't account for them. Logically speaking, the world should have ended about a year ago. This argument should be enough to shut up any doomsday fanatic screaming about the end of the world.
However, if you happen to believe the world is about to end and no longer have need for all of your personal belongings, then I call dibs!
Do you think the world will end December 21, 2012?
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In this section we present the four commonest accommodation options in London: hotels, campsites, apartments and bed & breakfasts in private homes. We will broadly describe each one of the possible types of accommodations. We suggest you to make reservations in advance, that is to say, before departing from home because it is a city with high tourist affluence and it becomes hard to find accommodation in high season. We warn you that it is never a good idea to wait till you arrive in the city to start to look for accommodation: this will cause you too many problems that are easily avoidable with a minimum of precaution.
Hotels: London has hotels for a wide range of rates, form very cheap ones to very expensive ones. In general hotels are the most chosen and comfortable accommodation option for vacations. In a hotel you do not have to bother at all about all those disgusting chores that can be a setback from enjoying your vacations. When you stay in a hotel, you do not have to worry about the clothes, or tidying the room, or doing the shopping or about doing any other domestic chore that takes time you can spend visiting some of the thousands of places that this extraordinary city offers. Hotels will provide everything that you need and you will be able to fully enjoy your vacations without having anything else to worry about. You will even find the tourist information service these places offer to be very helpful: if you are a little at a loss how to get to a certain place or if you want to know which place to choose from a list of possible places, the hotels staff is perfectly qualified to assist you and to help you to make a good choice.
Campsites: It is the choice of those who want to make their stay in London as adventurous as can be. In general, campsites are far from downtown and to get to them you have to take the train, the subway or long distance buses. You can always find discounts between seasons if you want to make your travel to Europe as economical as possible. London campsites have the typical facilities of every good campsite: artificial light, bathrooms with hot water 24 hours a day, tents for rent, etc. This type of accommodation is the one most widely chosen by those who have travelled throughout Europe and England. However it is not the most recommended one if you just want to visit London. If you want to visit just the English capital and you cannot spend too much money, the next option will help you both spend little money and know much.
Bed and breakfast in private houses: This is a very affordable option economically speaking and it will connect you with the true London lifestyle. This service, offered by people who live either alone or with their families in big houses, consists of breakfast and a room to sleep; other meals as well as services like laundry and room cleaning can either be arranged separately or can be at your own expense. If you are interested in this type of accommodation you will have to contact the London Tourist Office where you will either be informed on who offers it or you will be put in contact with them. If you wish to know this city in depth, with its customs and its history, you will probably like this option.
Apartments: The last option we present is perhaps the least used. Renting an apartment during your vacation stay in London is quite hard a transaction compared with booking a hotel or renting a plot of land in a campsite, but it will undoubtedly be a good experience for you. When you rent an apartment in the city, you feel yourself like another resident: you do the shopping, wash your clothes, etc. Although it is true that most people prefer avoiding this type of home chores during their vacations, let's admit that the idea of being a Londoner for some weeks is not despicable. What is more, if you are thinking of visiting England's capital to meditate on moving there permanently, this option will bring you closer to the lifestyle that you would have if you effectively decided to move there.


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Le Loftel Hostel Chiang Mai is situated in Chiang Mai 200 metres from Wat Phra Singh. The property is set 400 metres from Chedi Luang Temple and a 6-minute walk from Suan Dok Gate. The property is located 500 metres from City Art & Cultural Centre. The hostel offers a continental or à la carte breakfast. Guests can enjoy a meal at the in-house restaurant which serves American cuisine. Three Kings Monument is 600 metres from Le Loftel Hostel Chiang Mai while Nong Buak Hard Public Park is 700 metres from the property. The nearest airport is Chiang Mai International Airport 3 km from the property.


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Bluegrass jammers? - DanH March 4, 2015, 10:23 am
Maria Castelazo's Bungalow - David Dagoli March 3, 2015, 11:35 am
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Noris - Liz Gomez March 4, 2015, 10:01 am
Sally & Dave at Palapa Joe's Wednesday this week - Sally and Dave March 2, 2015, 8:16 am
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Re: Sally & Dave at Palapa Joe's Wednesday this week - Sally and Dave March 4, 2015, 9:38 am
Lookng for winter rental - mary jo March 4, 2015, 8:18 am
Cushion Padding - Rick (Lyle's Dad) March 4, 2015, 4:16 am
Re: Cushion Padding - Jeanne March 4, 2015, 8:55 am
Looking for rental for next winter - Alison D March 3, 2015, 3:55 pm
Satsang with Mooji Wednesday March 4, 7:30 - Nansee March 3, 2015, 10:07 pm
Chanting group Tuesdays 11AM Casa Luz - Nansee February 27, 2015, 10:49 pm
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Re: Chanting group Tuesdays 11AM Casa Luz - joyce March 1, 2015, 2:49 pm
That is tomorrow, tuesday 11 AM! - Nansee March 2, 2015, 9:35 pm
Re: That is tomorrow, tuesday 11 AM! - Jo Anna March 3, 2015, 9:22 am
Re: Chanting group Tuesdays AND FRIDAYS 11AM Casa Luz - Nansee March 3, 2015, 9:59 pm
ephron's painting location - Judy Kaufman March 3, 2015, 8:57 am
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Re: ephron's painting location - Doris March 3, 2015, 9:31 pm
Women's Bible Study - Leia March 3, 2015, 11:39 am
Re: Women's Bible Study - Sandy March 3, 2015, 9:19 pm
THANK YOU EMONIE - Becci Starr March 3, 2015, 9:00 pm
Shared Taxi to PV, March 16 - Trisha March 3, 2015, 5:36 pm
Humans of La Manzanilla - Chayo - David Dagoli January 27, 2015, 10:46 am
Re: Humans of La Manzanilla - Chayo - Jo Anna January 27, 2015, 10:56 am
Re: Humans of La Manzanilla - Chayo - David Dagoli January 27, 2015, 12:38 pm
Re: Humans of La Manzanilla - Chayo - Carol Lopez January 27, 2015, 2:01 pm
Re: Humans of La Manzanilla - Chayo - Larry F January 27, 2015, 2:06 pm
Re: Humans of La Manzanilla - Chayo - Wayne Smith January 27, 2015, 3:16 pm
Re: Humans of La Manzanilla - Chayo - Art E March 3, 2015, 4:12 pm
Re: Humans of La Manzanilla - Chayo - Michael March 3, 2015, 5:08 pm
Baby Shower for Chef Ricardo and his wife Yessi - Leeza February 22, 2015, 8:56 am
Re: Baby Shower for Chef Ricardo and his wife Yessi - Jo Anna February 22, 2015, 9:50 am
Re: Baby Shower for Chef Ricardo and his wife Yessi - Ani Mac February 22, 2015, 2:39 pm
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Re: Baby Shower for Chef Ricardo and his wife Yessi - Mark S February 23, 2015, 8:41 am
Re: Baby Shower for Chef Ricardo and his wife Yessi - Leeza February 28, 2015, 2:18 pm
Re: Baby Shower for Chef Ricardo and his wife Yessi - Jan G March 3, 2015, 4:31 pm
Re: Baby Shower for Chef Ricardo and his wife Yessi - Kathy B March 3, 2015, 4:41 pm
JIVE class - response needed - Vicki and Robin March 2, 2015, 11:41 am
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Re: JIVE class - response needed - Vicki and Robin March 2, 2015, 8:49 pm
Re: JIVE class - response needed - Catherine March 3, 2015, 12:43 pm
share taxi/ride ZLO to La Manz March 6 - Dhyana February 27, 2015, 6:57 am
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Re: share taxi/ride ZLO to La Manz March 6 - Dhyana March 3, 2015, 12:00 pm
thank you Valerie - mark March 3, 2015, 9:45 am
Re: thank you Valerie - Andrew Morrow March 3, 2015, 11:50 am
Music at Palapa Joe's - Willy March 3, 2015, 10:33 am
Sheet Metal Work - Brenda H March 3, 2015, 10:14 am
mattress for Sofia - Linda Mandala March 3, 2015, 7:48 am
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Re: mattress for Sofia - Jo Anna March 3, 2015, 9:06 am
Re: mattress for Sofia - Sally and Dave March 3, 2015, 9:38 am
House Sitter Needed - Karen Yaeger March 1, 2015, 1:41 pm
Re: House Sitter Needed - america March 2, 2015, 8:57 am
Lagoon/sewage - Dave March 3, 2015, 8:54 am
senor mosca - dale p March 3, 2015, 8:20 am
CHILES RELLENOS at MOSCAS - Bob Zoller February 23, 2015, 5:48 am
Re: CHILES RELLENOS at MOSCAS - Dhyana February 23, 2015, 7:38 am
Re: CHILES RELLENOS at MOSCAS - Bob Zoller February 23, 2015, 3:28 pm
Re: CHILES RELLENOS at MOSCAS - amanda February 26, 2015, 9:46 am
Re: CHILES RELLENOS at MOSCAS - Bob Zoller February 26, 2015, 12:24 pm
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Re: CHILES RELLENOS at MOSCAS - Rennie February 23, 2015, 8:02 am
Re: CHILES RELLENOS at MOSCAS - Bob Zoller February 25, 2015, 5:37 am
Re: CHILES RELLENOS at MOSCAS - Dhyana February 27, 2015, 3:27 pm
Re: CHILES RELLENOS at MOSCAS - dale p March 3, 2015, 8:09 am
Sunset in the Sand - David Dagoli March 2, 2015, 9:11 pm
Re: Sunset in the Sand - Ron March 2, 2015, 10:29 pm
Noris Binet, Saturday March 7, 7:30 PM, Casa Luz - Nansee February 27, 2015, 5:21 pm
Re: Noris Binet, Saturday March 7, 7:30 PM, Casa Luz - Tim Boeve February 28, 2015, 12:39 pm
Re: Noris Binet, Saturday March 7, 7:30 PM, Casa Luz - Tim Boeve February 28, 2015, 3:35 pm
Re: Noris Binet, Saturday March 7, 7:30 PM, Casa Luz - Glenda Break February 28, 2015, 11:08 pm
Re: Noris Binet, Saturday March 7, 7:30 PM, Casa Luz - Alejandro Del Mar March 1, 2015, 5:48 pm
Re: Noris Binet, Saturday March 7, 7:30 PM, Casa Luz - Dhyana March 2, 2015, 10:50 am
Art, Healing & Spirituality presentation - Noris Binet March 2, 2015, 9:03 pm
taxi to the airport - Annette Langerhorst March 2, 2015, 8:44 pm
Men's Breakfast Wednesday March 4, 2015 - The Generals March 2, 2015, 8:33 pm
Casita size fridge for sale - Kathleen March 1, 2015, 6:58 pm
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Monday bridge results. - Charley March 2, 2015, 5:31 pm
WEEKLY SPECIALS~Chili Rellenos Tuesday and BBQ Ribs Friday - restaurante jesus,maria y jose March 2, 2015, 3:58 pm
doc in Melaque? - carole crews March 2, 2015, 12:30 pm
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Local Fish - Arleen March 2, 2015, 1:59 pm
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The post Pochettino calls for Eriksen to be given "freedom" amid Spurs contract uncertainty appeared first on Squawka News.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has urged Christian Eriksen to be given "freedom" to decide amid speculation regarding his long-term future at the club.
The 26-year-old Danish playmaker, who joined the north London club from Ajax in 2013, is set to see his present deal with Spurs expire at the end of the 2019/20 season.
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Eriksen joined Spurs from Ajax – where he registered 65 assists and 32 goals across 163 matches – in 2013. He's since gone on to make 258 appearances for Spurs in all competitions: bagging 63 goals and 80 assists.
No Spurs player has appeared more under Pochettino than Eriksen (221 matches).
Eriksen is one of four players to have made 200+ appearances under Pochettino alongside Harry Kane (218), Eric Dier (202) and Hugo Lloris (201).
Eriksen has created the most goals (68) under Pochettino at Spurs and is the side's chief creator.
Near ever-present this season, having only missed three Premier League outings – with two of those due to injury, Eriksen has been one of Spurs' most consistent performers.


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2016 Warrior Games Archery
Medically retired Air Force Master Sgt. Reese Hines competes in archery for visually impaired people during the 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., June 17, 2016. (Defense Department photo/EJ Hersom)
Air Force Master Sgt. Zarah Hartsock helps Air Force 1st Lt. Sarah M. Frankosky line up a shot during an archery competition for the visually impaired at the 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., June 17, 2016. Sound devices helped the archers aim at the targets. (Defense Department photo/EJ Hersom)
Archers compete in first visual impairment category at Warrior Games
By Shannon Collins
DOD News, Defense Media Activity
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AFNS) -- Wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans continue to break personal records and show fans and friends amazing feats and June 17 was no different, as archers competed in the first-ever visual impairment category at the 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games at the U.S. Military Academy.
Aaron Moffett, the Air Force assistant head coach, said officials created the new category to increase the number of people with visual impairments and provide more opportunities for people with any disability at the games.
Each athlete is blindfolded to level the playing field and has a stand next to them with a little notch or bolt. "They can hook their bow to that and place the notch hopefully on the same spot on their hand each time on the back of their hand and then that kind of tells them how they line up to the target, and then they're able to shoot based off of that," he said.
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The athletes also have a spotter or side coach who tells them where they hit the target and what color. Different colors are for different points.
Archery competitor Air Force 1st Lt. Sarah Frankosky injured her eyes in a skydiving accident and has double vision as a result. She said she was excited to have teammate Master Sgt. Zarah Hartsock's help.
"She's very relaxed and being with someone who's so calm, I knew I wouldn't get stressed," Frankosky said of Hartsock. "She's got amazing eyes. She's an amazing archer. When I asked her (to help), she said yes, and I was so thrilled. We'd never practiced together before, and we did pretty dang good."
Frankosky earned the silver medal in the category. She said at the trials that she was lucky if she could get an arrow to hit her own target, so she was thrilled with her results.
Medically retired Navy veteran Brittany Jordan asked her sister, Tiffany, to be her side coach. "You have to trust the person behind you and that was my sister, who I'm grateful to have," Jordan said. "You have to believe they're going to put you in the right spot, and you have to breathe and relax. If you tense up, you're not going to make it. I felt very confident out there. I didn't win but it was my first year, and I did my best. I'm very happy with the outcome. I'm going to practice this year, and I'm going for the gold next year."
Jordan is blind in her right eye and has 40 percent vision in her left eye due to her brain swelling a few years ago. She earned bronze in the visual impairment archery category. Her sister said she was proud to be her side coach.
"It was amazing; I had to keep her calm. We're sisters so we fight as much as we can just because that's what we do, so for us to be able to sit there and be calm for as long as we had to was amazing," she said. "I was so proud of her. She didn't lose her cool, and I was just happy to see her finish."
Jordan asked her sister to go up and receive her medal with her. "I was honored," Tiffany said.
Medically retired Air Force Master Sgt. Reese Hines asked his girlfriend and teammate, medically retired Master Sgt. Kyle Burnett to be his side coach.
Hines lost his right eye, had damage to his left eye, lost his right index finger, had major reconstruction to his right hand and nerve damage in both arms due to an improvised explosive device blast in Afghanistan in 2011. His challenge was not only the blindfold, but in choosing which arm to shoot with.
Hines said he grew up shooting archery for fun with his right hand, but after his injury he shot left-handed and hunted left-handed. "While practicing, I discovered that because my right hand had more sensation than the left, I could feel the tactile site off the stand and do it right-handed," he said.
Burnett said they met on a softball league and compete in all the sports together so they know each other fairly well. They've also been dating for nine months. She said Hines had only practiced with the blindfold four times and three of those times were at the Military Academy.
"Once we got it going, we got into a groove and we got everything locked down," she said. "I just did minor adjustments, me not telling him too much or too little information because he can't see during the competition."
Hines earned the gold medal during the competition.
The goal of developing the visual impairment category was to break barriers, Moffett said.
"The perception is you have to have sight to be able to do this, and we want to break those barriers," he said. "We want to show the world that people with any disability can still do whatever they want. We want to break that perception that a person with a visual impairment can't do an aiming sport. Just make some minor modifications and they're good to go.
"Let's continue to break barriers and show that people with whatever injury, illness or wounds can do whatever they want. We just have to figure out a way," he continued.
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The 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games opening ceremony took place at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, June 15, 2016. Created in 2010, the Warrior Games is an annual adaptive sports competition designed to showcase the resilient spirit of the nation's wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans from all branches of the military.
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SEMINARY,MS (WLBT) - A man has pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges after burning a cross. The incident happened on October 24, 2017 in Seminary, MS.
Louie Bernard Revette pleaded guilty to one county of interference with housing rights, a federal civil rights violation, and one count of using fire during the commission of a federal felony.
In his plea, Revette admitted that he traveled to what he knew to be a predominantly African-American residential area of Seminary, Mississippi. Revette admitted that he left the area, later recruiting a co-conspirator to build a cross to burn near the home of a juvenile victim.
The co-conspirator constructed the cross using materials from in and around Revette's residence. He placed the cross near the juvenile's home, and lit it on fire. Revette further admitted that he built and burned the cross to threaten, frighten, and intimidate African-American residents because of their race and color. He acknowledged that he knew burning crosses have historically been used to threaten, frighten, and intimidate African-Americans.


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You will need to choose between copper and stainless steel as your material of preference before building a moonshine still. Whilst a copper still exudes that traditional as well as royal appearance while additionally conducting heat very quickly, it's really a serious pain to maintain in the longer run because potent alcohols can corrode this alluring metal. Even though stainless steel provides a commercial feel for the still as well as conducts heat at a slower rate, it is practically maintenance free in addition to corrosion free and will surely last for years on end when designed with the right technological plans. Your home ethanol generation can even be carried out employing a basic pot distillation still which is attached to an ethanol distillation column equipped with copper mesh or even ceramic raschig rings to prevent contaminants from transferring upwards into the connected tubing which is used to transport ethanol vapors towards the condensation apparatus.
A GOOD pot distillation still using a copper pot or perhaps a stainless steel milk can will probably be your safest and cheapest wager while building a moonshine still if you are a complete novice in the world of alcohol distillation. You can assemble a matching column to fit over the pot or can and after that attach any copper or stainless steel tubing which coils on the other end whilst being cooled using running water via a water jacket or perhaps using cold air. This would cause the vapors to cool off and also condense back to more powerful liquid ethanol that can then become accumulated inside a collection vessel located on the other end on the coiled pipe. You might require to weld, solder, and even braze the copper or stainless steel still, and should be technically capable to perform these types of procedures in order to put together an entirely secure still which will last for many years on end. If, however, you're panic stricken merely soon after taking a look at the moonshine still plans, in that case opting for a readymade still that is small as well as straightforward to take care of should be your simple strategy to distillation of alcoholic beverages in your own home in a totally safe as well as competent manner.
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Awesome Comics was created by comics super star Rob Liefeld, creator of the billion dollar Deadpool franchise for Marvel, plus many other top X-Men related characters.
Awesome's first comic, Youngblood, launched as the first Image Comic, by Platinum CEO's Scott Mitchell Rosenberg's Malibu Comics, became the first independent comic book to ever hit #1 on the sales charts.
The characters of Awesome Comics have appeared in over a hundred million comics in more than 20 languages worldwide, showcasing the work of creators like Alan Moore, Jeph Loeb, Jo Duffy, Chris Sprouse, Dan Fraga, Steve Skroce, Chuck Dixon, Jae Lee, Marv Wolfman, Rick Veitch, and Alex Ross.
Awesome was launched in 1992 as part of a comic book revolution, when the seven top-selling Marvel artists made headlines by defecting en masse from Marvel Comics to Scott Mitchell Rosenberg's creator-friendly Malibu Comics, known for its innovative marketing and broad, effective distribution. In a unique new arrangement, the artists — Erik Larsen, Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Todd McFarlane, Whilce Portacio, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino formed Image Comics, a partnership of several different studios, including Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios, Mark Silvestri's Top Cow Productions, Todd McFarlane Productions, and Jim Lee's Wildstorm Studios.Image's comics were distributed by Malibu while Image got up and running as its own company.
The news rocked the business world (click here for an article in the Los Angeles Times business section on the defection) and revolutionized the comics industry, setting new standards for creator control and ownership. The first release from Liefeld's Extreme Studios, Youngblood, was the first Image comic, distributed by Malibu and achieving record-breaking sales. Youngblood was the first independent comic to become a number-one best-seller, and, along with other Extreme Studios titles like Supreme, Badrock , New Men, and Kid Supreme, regularly commanded a position in the top ten on the sales charts.
Extreme Studios later broke off from Image, and was renamed Awesome Comics. In 1996 Awesome gained a new publisher: writer-producer Jeph Loeb, known for his work in hit feature films and television series like the WB's Smallville, and regularly in WIZARD Magazine's list of the top 10 hottest writers in comics for his best-selling work on Batman, Superman, and Spider-Man. With additional financing from Platinum Studios Chairman Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, with whom Liefeld had worked at Malibu, and Film Roman CEO John Hyde, Awesome Comics remained a comics innovator, continuing the popular Extreme series, as well as launching great new titles like Coven by Loeb and artist Ian Churchill.
Awesome Comics won great critical acclaim for the radical reinvention of the Awesome Universe by comics master Alan Moore (creator of Watchmen, V For Vendetta, From Hell, and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen), including his epic reimagining of the world of Supreme—hailed by Entertainment Weekly as a "graphic novel you really oughta get your hands on." Moore created a complete history for the Awesome universe, recreated titles like Youngblood and The Allies, and introduced many new characters and concepts, including the Stormbirds, Twilight, The League of Infinity, Doc Rocket, and the Conquerors of the Uncanny, to name just a few. Added to the hundreds of existing Awesome characters, these concepts and storylines will drive new comics creations for years to come.


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5 Things to know about Badgers vs. Nebraska in Big Ten tournament
The season of redemption has reached the postseason and unlike last year, the Wisconsin Badgers of this season are firmly in the NCAA tournament. There's no need to win the Big Ten title to get to the dance.
Of course, that doesn't mean the Badgers won't want to showcase themselves by winning the whole tournament either.
Wisconsin will step on to the United Center court for the first time in the Big Ten tournament on Friday afternoon. Across from them will be a red-hot Nebraska Cornhuskers team, who have won twice — including an upset of No. 5 seed Maryland — to get here.
So, what do we need to know about this matchup and the Badgers in the Big Ten tourney in general? Let's get it going.
5: Nebraska and the 55-point mark are vital to this game
Wisconsin is one of the best defensive teams in the country this year, ranking 4th in defensive efficiency according to KenPom.com. That doesn't bode well for the Nebraska Cornhuskers though, because they've only managed to top 55 points in 7 of the 13 previous matchups since joining the Big Ten.
All four of the Badgers losses to Nebraska since they joined the league have come with Nebraska scoring more than 55 points (58 being their lowest in a win over UW). The Huskers are averaging a meager 57.9 points per game against UW overall since joining the B1G.
The Badgers have also held Nebraska to 55 points or less in four of the nine wins in the series since becoming league foes.
4: The Badgers are the No. 4 seed in the Big Ten tournament
Let's just say this program is coming back home when it comes to postseason play, shall we? After all, the Badgers have been amongst the top 4 seeds in the conference tournament in 16 of the last 18 years.
By earning those seeds, one would think the Badgers have a history of success in the tournament or something? Is that true? Let's find out together.
3: Wisconsin has won 3 Big Ten tournament titles.
That may not seem like a lot, but for those of us who are in our 30's and can still remember the days without a Big Ten postseason tournament that number is a lot. UW won tournament titles in 2004, 2008 and 2015. So, math tells us they are likely due for another banner to be risen in to the rafters at the Kohl Center.
Wisconsin has not been a slouch in the tournament overall either, having played seven more times in the title game and owning a .571 record in the history of the tourney.
2: Happ's continued run at history
We all know that Ethan Happ is historically good. But, did you know that Happ is on pace to be just the 2nd player in the last 20 years in all of D1 basketball to average 16 ppg, 10 rpg & 4 apg.
Right now, Happ is averaging 17.8 points, 10.4 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game — so he's well on his way to achieving that mark.
As for the matchup with Nebraska, Happ is averaging 14.2 ppg, 9.2 rpg and 2.6 apg in five games against them. If he's going to stay on track for his record-breaking season and career, he'll likely have to duplicate if not exceed most of those numbers.
1: The Badgers own the Big Ten's best March winning percentage in last 6 seasons
Winning titles only happens by winning games and the Badgers have a very long history of doing that in March. So much so that its 29-9 (7.63) mark is the best amongst all Big Ten teams during games played in the month of March.
When you say Wisconsin in March, you said it all.
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Badgers basketball lands pair of 4-star players in 2021 class
Witnessing a win over the Northwestern Wildcats must have done the trick, because two of Wisconsin's biggest targets in the 2021 class both committed on Sunday.
First to commit was the more surprising name, as Top247 point guard Chucky Hepburn.
110% Committed 🔴⚪ pic.twitter.com/I9A69jTLdq
— Chucky Hepburn (@ChuckyHepburn) September 29, 2019
The No. 23 ranked point guard and No. 141 ranked player in the country per the 247Sports composite rankings chose the Badgers over offers from Minnesota, Nebraska, and Creighton. He also was beginning to see interest from some of the bigger names in college basketball, but chose to pick a team that had been on him for awhile.
"I called coach Gard 30 minutes ago and committed," Hepburn told Badger247. "The education part was really great. I loved all the academic advisors are part of the basketball program and how they work with them.
"With the basketball side, I fit perfectly with the system they run. I feel like the assistant coaches will help me get where I want to be, because they all played professionally before."
But, not long after that news broke, word of the biggest target on UW's list committing would break as well.
Wisconsin would add 4-star forward Matthew Mors to the mix as well.
Mors comes to the Badgers ranked as the No. 115 player in the country and the No. 22 power forward in the nation as well.
The Badgers had been on Mors since his eighth grade year and the persistence paid off, despite other offers across the Big Ten and Big 12 coming to him.
Mors chose Wisconsin over names like Creighton, Iowa State, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, TCU, and more.
With these two pledges, the Badgers have solidified their 2021 recruiting class rather early and they hit on all their top priority prospects as well.
Hepburn and Mors join fellow 4-star player in 6-8 power forward Chris Hodges. With three 4-star players to their name, the Badgers currently own the No. 1 recruiting class in the country.
Yes, Wisconsin isn't likely to own that No. 1 ranking by the end of the class, but there's no doubt that the Badgers have done something special in the 2021 class.
It is a huge statement for head coach Greg Gard after the program missed out on some massive in-state names in the past few classes. Many had begun to wonder if the Badgers could ever hit on big targets with Gard as the head coach.
Those thoughts should be put to rest with this class and how the Badgers closed out the 2020 class prior to this.
It should also be noted that assistant coach Joe Krabbenhoft was the lead recruiter on each of the last four overall commitments for the Badgers, including 2020 names Steven Crowl and Ben Carlson.
Of course, we won't know for a while how these big recruiting numbers stack up once they get on the floor for some time. But, winning on the recruiting trail like this puts the Badgers in a much better spot to be competitive for a very long time than previously thought.
Carlson commits to Badgers 2020 basketball class
It appears the 2020 Wisconsin Badgers basketball class has come to a close.
A day after forward Steven Crowl committed, we now have word that top target Ben Carlson, a fellow Minnesota native, has committed to the Badgers as well.
The four-star center chose the Badgers over a who's who of basketball offers in the Midwest including Ohio State, Xavier, Stanford, Purdue, Creighton, Iowa, Colorado, Minnesota, Iowa State, Kansas State, Wake Forest, and others.
Much like Crowl, Carlson took his official visit to Madison earlier this month for the Central Michigan football game.
Carlson comes to the Badgers as the No. 15 ranked forward in the entire country per the 247Sports composite rankings, the No. 82 ranked player overall and with a .967 grade from the composite.
He was high up the Badgers list for a long time, even as they targeted other highly rate options at forward like Jalen Johnson. However, as the board began to shake out, it was clear the Badgers wanted Carlson no matter what Johnson or anyone else was going to do in this class.
It appears that the relationship that Carlson formed with the current roster while on his visit is what put the Badgers over the top in this lengthly recruitment.
"A big focus was on getting to know the players, so I hung out with them a lot," Carlson told Badger247. "They talked about how the coaching staff tells you straight-up how everything is going to be, they don't sugarcoat anything. They told me about how much they liked it there."
"I had a pretty good idea of how Wisconsin was going in," he continued. "The biggest thing was getting to know the players and I really liked them. I know about the history and the campus, but getting to know the players was big for sure."
Adding this type of nationally known name to an already big class is huge for the Badgers. In fact, UW has the No. 4 ranked class per the 247Sports composite team rankings.
It would be the highest the Badgers have ever finished in the rankings, with the 2006 class under Bo Ryan the next highest at No. 20 in the country.
Wisconsin is getting easily one of the most skilled big men in the class and an instant impact type of player. What has been a question mark up front could easily be a strength of this team quickly thanks to Carlson and Crowl's commitments to the class.
Badgers add 4-star center to 2020 basketball class
What could be a historic recruiting class for the Wisconsin Badgers got another boost on Tuesday as 4-star center Steven Crowl verbally committed to the Badgers.
He went on his official visit this past weekend and apparently it was all he needed to see.
I am excited to announce my decision to further my education and play basketball of the university of Wisconsin Madison. I want to thank my family, coaches and friends who have all supported me along the way and helped make this dream come true #gobadgers #Committed pic.twitter.com/K73t3P6wUg
— Steven Crowl (@steven_crowl) September 17, 2019
Crowl has since cancelled trips to other contenders like Colorado, Iowa, and Northern Iowa. He also had an offer from the in-state Gophers and was thinking about a visit there.
However, his official visit for the Central Michigan football game weekend was all he needed to pull the trigger on a commitment to Gard and the Badgers.
Crowl joins an already loaded Badgers 2020 class that includes in-state star Johnny Davis and his twin brother Jordan Davis, as well as the No. 25 ranked point guard in the country according to the 247Sports composite rankings, Lorne Bowman.
This class also already has preferred walk-on Carter Gilmore, who chose that offer over other mid-major D1 offers and saw his recruitment pick up considerably in the July evaluation period.
While his name wasn't a hot one on the recruiting trail, he was a late riser and currently sits as the No. 102 ranked player in the class overall and the No. 17 center in the nation per the 247Sports composite rankings.
The St. Paul, Minn. native is also continuing the pipeline of players coming from the cross-border rival Gopher state. He comes from the same AAU program — Minnesota D1 — that produced both Tyler Wahl and Nate Reuvers.
With Crowl in the fold, Wisconsin has added 12 players from the state of Minnesota in the 247Sports composite era, according to Badger247.
When you take a look at Crowl's film, what you see is someone that has begun to both physically and mentally mature. He's got the skill set that UW likes out of their bigs as well, with a nice looking shot from the outside.
However, what you also see on tape is someone that may need to take a year to adjust to the college game and that may be perfectly fine with the coaching staff as they still will have Nate Reuvers and Tyler Wahl to work with up front as starters.
It will be interesting to see how Crowl digests the speed of the college game early on. If he can adjust to that and the physicality, he may indeed find himself in the rotation quickly though.
He is certainly in the mold of what has become the classic Wisconsin big man.
Former Badger Jon Leur traded to Milwaukee Bucks
They say you can always go home, and for one former Wisconsin Badger he's coming back to a state he called home for four years.
Former Badgers forward Jon Leuer was traded early on Thursday morning from the Detroit Pistons to the Milwaukee Bucks. In exchange for Leuer, the Bucks gave up the 30th overall pick in tonight's NBA Draft and traded away Tony Snell.
Last season, Leuer played in 41 games for the Pistons and made just one start. He averaged 3.8 points and 2.4 rebounds per game in his ninth season in the NBA.
Leuer is a very similar player to Snell, but comes at a much more team-friendly salary.
In trading away Snell, the Bucks free up an additional $4 million in salary this year and another $12 million next year.
This could be seen as a way for the Bucks to pony up the big money that Khris Middleton wants from the team in order to stay in Milwaukee.
As for Leuer, he is 17th on the all-time Badgers scoring list with 1,376 points to his name. He also finished his career with 551 rebounds.
Leuer's final season in Madison was his best statistically, as he helped lead the 2010-11 Badgers team to the Sweet 16. He averaged 18.3 points and 7.2 rebounds per game that year.


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Substack Archive
Author: Thord D. Hedengren
Author, designer, developer, and editor of Switch to iPad, among other things.
These are our favorite apps of 2021 (#79)
By Thord D. Hedengren NewsJanuary 19, 2022
The 79th issue of the Switch to iPad newsletter outlines our eleven favorite apps of 2021.
It's 2022, and you just know you'll mistype that as 2021 for a couple of months. This issue is still in 2021, though because I wanted to share my favorite apps of last year. That's not to say that all of these apps were actually launched last year, rather the ones I've used, and enjoyed, the most. There are no games on this list, and I've also decided to cut out streaming services like Netflix and Apple Music, for example, as well as default apps. I've also limited this list to eleven apps because why not?
📧 Switch to iPad issue 79 is a paid issue. Do consider signing up for the complete list, with our reasoning for each app. (And if you don't, we'll be tweeting the list on the @switchtoipad account later this week.)
Matt Waller built ToDon't in Swift Playgrounds on his iPad
By Thord D. Hedengren FeaturesJanuary 13, 2022
Folks, we've reached a milestone. People have been wanting to build apps on their iPads for a long time, and Apple delivered with the recent update to Swift Playgrounds. This update lets you design, build, test, and even publish full apps to the App Store. There are caveats, obviously, but this works so well that Matt Waller of Cephalopod Studio managed to release his new app ToDon't.
This is a really big deal, so let's hear from Matt himself.
How did that iPad mini holiday work out in the end? (#78)
The first issue of Switch to iPad in 2022 has just reached subscribers. It's all about how that iPad mini holiday worked out for yours truly, something you might recall that I wrote about in #77.
It's been a slow couple of weeks for me. I didn't put in many knots until after New Years, and then it was mostly client things that (still) requires a Mac to work. Some of these even require an Intel Mac, due to stupid IT reasons, but that's the life of a digital consultant.
Anyway, these are the things I've used my iPad mini for during the holidays.
1. Writing.
2. Reading.
3. Gaming.
4. Light communication.
5. Note-taking.
📧 Switch to iPad #78 requires a paid subscription (currently $5/month or $50/year). You can read it, and sign up, here.
See you in 2022
By Thord D. Hedengren NewsDecember 26, 2021
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas, or whatever it is you celebrate this time of year. For me, the days between Christmas and the New Year celebrations, are ideally spent contemplating, resting up, and making plans for the future. That's not possible every year, for me, due to client work, but this year it is, and I'm going to enjoy it. Chances are that means I'll end up writing, or even building, something when I get bored, but that's fine. It's the freedom of not doing things that I love the most.
It's iPad mini for me this holiday (#77)
This year's last full-length newsletter tells the story about how I'm going iPad mini only this holiday season. There's a reason for this, obviously, and it isn't that I've sold all my iPads, if anyone thought this.
I'm doing a little experiment this holiday season. You see, I've left my iPad Pros and their Magic Keyboards at home, and decided to just bring my iPad mini to the cabin. I'm going to call it a cabin, but it's really a small house, there's a sauna, Wi-Fi, and everything. This is where we go on holidays, and when we want to get out of Stockholm.
Anyway, I left my professional iPads behind. I did this for two reasons:
1. I want to know how far I can get on just the smallest iPad in Apple's lineup.
2. This holiday season, I'm going to try not to work so much, with no agency work planned at all.
Granted, you can get everything done on any iPad, as I've talked about before. That doesn't mean it's necessarily easy, especially if you're used to that beautiful 12.9" screen from the M1 iPad Pro.
📧 Switch to iPad #77 is for paid subscribers only. I would be oh so happy if you'd consider a subscription. Thank you!
I'm back to using Pocket
This is not a review, but rather, a follow-up on Switch to iPad #70, where I wrote about read it later services. There, I mentioned upstart Matter, which has some pretty compelling features, and is, by far, the best read it later app to store Twitter threads. I've been using Matter since before #70, and I liked it, except for this:
What's worse, Matter is by far the lesser reading experience on an iPad, even the new iPad mini, which is pretty much perfect for reading text on. It's not that they parse the text bad, it's just not a very readable layout.
I'm confident this'll change. This layout works perfectly well on an iPhone. They'll surely add typographic settings as well, something that both Pocket and Instapaper has, which means you can tailor your reading experience as you see fit. Even Safari's Reader feature has some basic options there, so I'm sure Matter will add it.
Read the Switch to iPad gift guide (#76)
It's that time of yeah, and that means figuring out what to give the iPad lovers. That's what Switch to iPad #76 is all about.
Have you picked out your Christmas, or whatever it is you celebrate, yet? I've mostly done so, surprising myself. If you're in a bind, here are some gift ideas for the iPad lover.
And no, this list won't contain iPads, Apple Pencils, Magic Keyboards, or any other official accessory. I think that's been done.
📧 Switch to iPad #76 is free for all to read. My gift to you, if you will.
How I wrote a book on my iPad (Switch to iPad #75)
By Thord D. Hedengren NewsDecember 8, 2021
This week's issue of the Switch to iPad newsletter is close to my heart, and the result of months of writing. You see, I recently wrote, edited, and sent a book to a publisher, using nothing but my iPad, as you'd expect from yours truly.
You might not know this, but when I'm not going on and on about the benefits of the iPad as your primary computing platform, or working at my digital agency, I write books. Those books used to be of a technical nature, about things like WordPress and other digital stuff, but I actually write fiction too. If you're interested, you can find short stories by me in two anthologies, Cthulhu Lies Dreaming and Haunted Futures, as well as on some other places.
I write novels too. If you've been following me on Twitter this Autumn, you probably noticed me doing some sporadic updates with the #amwriting (and later, #amediting) hashtags, as well as some dedicated hotel writing sessions. I've been working on a manuscript, in Swedish, so I won't be sharing any excerpts, for a publisher's call. It's done, it's edited, and it's been sent in. Yay me, and all that jazz.
Naturally, this whole thing was done on an iPad, and I'd like to tell you about it.
🆓 Switch to iPad #75 is free for all to read, so no subscription needed. I'd very much appreciate it if you considered one anyway, obviously. Thank you!
Yoink – a review
By Thord D. Hedengren ReviewsDecember 7, 2021
There was a time when iOS and iPadOS was less evolved, and you needed something commonly called file drawer apps to bounce files around. If you wanted to upload an edited image to a web interface, but you had your edited photo in Pixelmator, you were kind of stuck. It was a mess, filled with workarounds and the like, before the Files app we have today, but honestly, afterwards too because even though it's getting better, Files isn't what it should or could be.
So, you installed a file drawer app, and shared (using the share sheet) your files to said app, and hoped that whatever app you wanted to move the file to would support importing it. I've written about that in the past, in one of the earliest issues of the Switch to iPad newsletter (please subscribe).
Fast-forward to today, and the Files app will actually do for most people. You can easily get to the most recent files added, which means that downloading and/or saving a file of any kind to Files will make it easy to find. And the Files app has the benefit of being tightly integrated into iPadOS, meaning that it's easy to, say, upload a file in a web interface from the Downloads folder.
Does that mean that there's no room for file drawer apps anymore?
Oh, no, there definitely is.
The 2021 App Store Award winners
Every year, Apple announces the App Store Award winners. These aren't necessary the most successful or downloaded apps, but apps that Apple feel stand out.
The 2021 iPad app of the year is LumaFusion, a video editing app that definitely stands out. It's a great choice, so well done, Apple.
The 2021 iPad game of the year is Marvel Future Revolution. It's a freemium game that I haven't tried yet, but I guess I should, given the fact that it won this award.
The journey to a better computing life starts now! Switch to iPad — edited by full-time iPad evangelist Thord D. Hedengren — will help you get the most out of your iPad, and who knows — maybe you'll make the switch completely? Learn more →
Copyright © 2022 Thord D. Hedengren and TDH For The Win AB. We don't claim to own any of Apple's trademarks.


With this in mind we asked six of our panel working mums how they find time to wind down during their busy schedules. If you're struggling to find the time yourself, maybe give one a go. YOU time is important time. Health is wealth, ladies.
Dani – Veterinary Nurse, from London. Professional Cake Maker and Mum of two.
Kristy – Associate Director, Perth. Mum to one toddler.
Sarah – Media Account Director, Sydney. Mummy to a one year old boy.


Hindustan Times reported that at 9.35 pm the fire control room was alerted about the incident in Katra Dulia — the area had more than a thousand wholesale garments shop. A senior official from the Delhi Fire Services reportedly said the fire fighters took quite some time to douse the flames.
The official further stated that no casualties were reported since the incident occurred in the night. Councillor Ravi Kaptan said that the place was not a residential area, or several casualties could have been reported.
Kaptan further that crores of goods have been destroyed in the fire — besides, a three-story building behind the Katra Dulia area collapsed. This collapse might lead to delays in fire fighting.
It took over four and a half hours to douse the flames. The reason behind the fire is yet to be ascertained. The police has started a probe.


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Jordan Rubin – The Maker's Diet
Case Study #3: Jordan Rubin – The Maker's Diet
Before the Campaign
Jordan Rubin is the founder and former owner of Garden of Life, a nutraceutical company in West Palm Beach, Florida. Garden of Life products can be found in most health and supplement stores like GNC, Whole Foods etc., covering categories that include:
Foundational Nutrition
Living Nutrients
More than 70% of Garden of Life's $19 million in annual revenue in 2003-2004 came from online sales, based on an average purchase of $50 . The company wanted to expand its market exposure and increase the average amount clients spent on monthly product purchases to $100.
The Best-seller Campaign
Our strategy was to create a diet book around Jordan Rubin's personal philosophy and to tie the nutraceutical products into this diet, and then to use this book to add credibility to Jordan Rubin and to expand his company's audience. The result was The Maker's Diet.
We devised a three-pronged marketing approach.
Book: Make The Maker's Diet a New York Times best-selling book
Advertising: Use print and radio advertising to create the "ground" support.
Public Relations: Use both a traditional PR firm and a Christian PR firm.
Garden of Life came up a with a new and improved product offering, which current clients would find irresistible but only cost $100, and included a copy The Maker's Diet. In order to leverage Garden of Life's existing customer base, we approached each of its online retailers with a special offer. We would help these online retailers increase their customers' average monthly reorder purchase to $100, but we would pay commission only on the first $75 for the following few months. The remaining $25 would go to the purchase of the book from a book retailer (including shipping and handling).
This promotion helped generate sales of more than 20,000 copies of the book, which launched The Maker's Diet to number-one onto the USA Today best-seller list, and onto the New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-seller lists.
We then leveraged the best-selling success of the book through $1,000,000 in health and diet-related magazines and radio advertising on Christian radio stations.
On top of the expansive advertising campaign that saturated both Christians and those invested in living healthier lives, two PR campaigns added more punch in the first year following the book's release by generating thousands of reviews and interviews.
The complete marketing, PR and advertising campaign helped increase Garden of Life's gross revenue to over $70 million in one year. Between 2004 and 2010, The Maker's Diet sold more than 800,000 copies.
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I met Lisa via the partnership between M&S and ERCOL and we have worked together on a number of projects. She recently won the converted DESIGN GUILD MARK for the SVELTO, which will go on to become another design classic within the ERCOL range.
I think I'd come as part of a toy dairy farm, complete with Wellington boots, and accessorised with a cup of green tea, and a notebook with a mechanical pencil.
Of course it's impossible to control the course of any aspect of your life, but I think I took steps to increase my chances of getting my foot on the ladder to a career in design.
I chose a degree course which included a year in industry. This was the most valuable year of my degree. I learnt so much from being in studios, working on real products, producing presentations, for real retailers and getting real responses.
Then, once I finished my degree I didn't wait for my ideal job to present itself; I wrote to several companies who I'd love to work for expressing my interest. Ercol kept my CV on file, and almost 2 years later, whilst I was working as a lighting designer for a high street supplier, Ercol got back in touch inviting me to come for an interview.
Once you are working for a company of course you surrender some control of your design life to them; they set your briefs, and you must work with the companies manufacturing strengths and heritage in mind. The challenge, and what I really enjoy is to add your own stamp, and keep the ideas fresh and moving forward.
I like chocolate best when it melts easily on your fingers. But I like cheese to be cold from the fridge. I'm told that's the wrong way around.
Design-wise I like to imagine the type of home the range I'm working on is destined to end up in, rather than focusing solely on the individual products, particularly during that daydreamy early sketching stage.
I also believe the best designs come from a collaborative approach. I don't presume to know the best way to make everything I design. The craftspeople around me at Ercol have a vast many more years of combined furniture making experience and if I have what I consider to be good idea I'll seek their advice. Often there is a fairly straightforward solution- although sometimes it takes a little head scratching and a few good nights sleep for the best solution to become apparent. But there is always a way, and this collaboration allows us to keep pushing ahead with new ideas.
No one event; my childhood influences led me that way I suppose.
My father works on a lathe, my aunt and uncle are upholsterers, my fathers father made walking sticks and most of the furniture in his home. I was surrounded by production and creativity on one side of the family. And I spent weekends and evenings with my brother and cousins on my mothers side of the family, on their dairy farm, building dens, tree platforms, sledges, dry stone walls and damming up streams. We had a lot of opportunity to experiment and build things.
I wanted to find a career that incorporated my childhood love of sketching; I used to say I wanted to be a draw-er, not an artist which eventually led me to study design.
I remember my first A-level product design brief- a Memphis inspired piece of flat pack furniture. It was a perfect introduction to furniture; freedom to experiment with form, colour, and pattern with the challenge of engineering a method of putting the product together. I guess from then I was hooked.
There's so many products out there that I'm envious of, products I'd love to have been involved in.
Off the top of my head, one of these is the String system by Nisse Strinning. To come up with something that is so functional, customisable, and expandable, that can be adapted to work in so many different applications and environments, and that still manages to look good in every one of them - that's the dream.


Native to the eastern Himalayas and south western China, where they live in forests.
They feed almost exclusively on bamboo. A female can eat approximately 200,000 bamboo leaves a day. They may also eat eggs, birds and insects.
They are solitary animals who are active at night. Red Pandas mark their territory using scent from glands located on the soles of their feet.
The female has 1-2 young after a gestation period of 90-150 days. The longer period is when the fertile egg lies dormant. The young stay with the mother until they are 1 year old.
Red pandas are rare in the wild and their numbers are continuing to decline. This animal is already extinct in 4 of the 7 Chinese provinces. Reasons for this decline in numbers include poaching for fur and pet trades, competition from domestic livestock loss and fragmentation of habitat through deforestation. They are also hunted by their natural predators including the majestic snow leopard.


A preliminary finding presented at the Endocrine Society's conference last month could prompt parents to read product labels more closely. The unpublished research suggests that shampoos, soaps and body lotions containing lavender and tea tree oils -- commonly added for their aromas and marketing cachet -- may cause hormonal imbalances and breast growth in young boys.
The study was carried out by scientists at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) after a Denver pediatric endocrinologist reported abnormal breast development, known as gynecomastia, in five boys, aged 4 to 7, who used products containing the oils. The symptoms subsided after the boys stopped using the products.
The Test NIEHS researchers Derek Henley and Kenneth Korach tested the effects of lavender and tea tree oils on human breast cancer cells. They found that both oils mimicked estrogen (a hormone that promotes the development of female breasts) while reducing the activity of androgens, which inhibit such growth. "Boys are getting a double hit," said Korach, who added that this hormonal imbalance may explain the Denver cases.
The Caveat Steven Dentali, vice president of scientific and technical affairs for the American Herbal Products Association, a trade group, said it's premature to worry, given the paucity of clinical evidence and many questions that the lab work left unanswered. Still unknown, he said, are the tolerable limits of use and the specific compound in these oils that may be producing the observed effects.
While they acknowledged that more studies are needed, the NIEHS investigators said they hoped their preliminary research would alert doctors and parents to the possible association. They advised parents to discuss any fears about herbal oils with their pediatrician. Parents who notice potentially related symptoms in their boys should also report them promptly to their physician.


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Cybercom targets embedded systems
Demand for Cybercom's embedded systems services is skyrocketing, so Cybercom's Stockholm operation is expanding in this area. Cybercom has cutting-edge expertise in embedded systems, hardware design, and software development.
Product development occurs quickly in the telecom sector where product cycles are usually short. In recent years, new usage areas have exploded, and new products and services have been continuously released. Cybercom's embedded systems unit develops applications and communication software for mobile devices, network simulators, and communication equipment.
"Embedded systems is one of Cybercom's core businesses," says Anders Franzén, MD for Cybercom in Stockholm. "Over the years, we've gained extensive experience in this area, and our applications range from operation/control systems and production-testing applications to signal processing and environmental measuring instruments. We have experiences from various sectors, and we'll now put extra focus on embedded systems."
Cybercom's strength lies in its customer propositions that cover many areas and include the entire chain from pre-study, design, development, testing, and quality assurance to final product launch. Cybercom's product development capabilities includes embedded systems, electronics, hardware design, radio communication, and software.
"Cybercom understands how products and systems are used," says Jyri Jöe, embedded systems manager at Cybercom in Stockholm. "We create technical solutions that provide outstanding functionality for end customers and develop software for mobile device functionality. Cybercom also develops support systems for embedded systems and participates in standardisation for device management – the workflow between terminal manufacturers, operators, and distributors that assists users in upgrading to the most recent mobile device software."
Cybercom is dedicated to testing and verification of mobile terminals and platforms. The company developed an outsourcing concept where Cybercom manages regression testing, interoperability, and network signalling.
Find out more, contact:
Anders Franzén, MD, Cybercom Sweden East, +46 70-526 75 15
Jyri Jöe, embedded systems manager, Cybercom Sweden East, +46 76-527 67 77
Patrik Anshelm, acting IR and communications manager, Cybercom Group, +46 70 971 12 84
The Cybercom Group is a high-tech consultancy that offers global sourcing for end-to-end solutions. The Group established itself as a world-class supplier in these segments: portals, mobile solutions, embedded systems, e-commerce, and business support systems. Thanks to its extensive industry and operations experience, Cybercom can offer strategic and technological expertise to these markets: telecom, Internet, and media (TIM); banking and financial services; automotive; national defence; and the public sector. The Group employs about 1850 persons and runs projects worldwide. Cybercom has 27 offices in 11 countries. Since 1999, Cybercom's share has been quoted on the OMX Nordic Exchange. Find out more at: www.cybercomgroup.com.


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Wrestling is a form of combat sport involving grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two (occasionally more) competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position. There are a wide range of styles with varying rules with both traditional historic and modern styles. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into other martial arts as well as military hand-to-hand combat systems.
The term wrestling is attested in late Old English, as wræstlunge (glossing palestram).
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Famous quotes containing the word wrestling:
"We laugh at him who steps out of his room at the very moment when the sun steps out, and says: "I will the sun to rise"; and at him who cannot stop the wheel, and says: "I will it to roll"; and at him who is taken down in a wrestling match, and says: "I lie here, but I will that I lie here!" And yet, all laughter aside, do we ever do anything other than one of these three things when we use the expression, "I will"?"
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
"There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wrestling is not sport, it is a spectacle, and it is no more ignoble to attend a wrestled performance of suffering than a performance of the sorrows of Arnolphe or Andromaque."
—Roland Barthes (1915–1980)


Originally named for a location in George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, this blog began as a place to showcase foods from the world of Westeros. Years later, the journey from the crossroads has led to other fictional realms, such as the much loved Azeroth from the World of Warcraft.
Think of this as a gathering place, where denizens of countless fictional settings can come together and share a trencher of stew or some delicate pastries. So pull up a stool, order a mug of ale, and enjoy your visit to The Inn at the Crossroads.
The world of George RR Martin's Westeros is rich in descriptions of delicious foods. This is a collection of recipes for those dishes, lovingly crafted over a period of several years, and organized by region.
Bring to life the flavors of Azeroth with the Official World of Warcraft Cookbook. With fan favorites like Dirge's Kickin' Chimaerok Chops, Bloodberry Tart, and Mulgore Spice Bread, this collection will keep even the hungriest raiding party Well Fed!
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Exhibit Managers Speak: What Do We Want?
People like me—exhibit managers—get tons of advice from various sources telling us how to do our jobs—faster, smarter, better. I've noticed this advice often comes from people who have never done our jobs. Guess what? Another voice needs to be heard in this somewhat one-sided conversation; it's our voice, explaining what we want—and need—to do our jobs better. It's a voice that rarely gets heard—and I would like to have my say. I don't for a minute think I'm speaking only for myself.
Here are some answers to the question: What do exhibit managers want?
To stop having to prove we are more than tacticians, more than the people who decide on the color of the booth carpet or who create staff lunch schedules.
Respect for our budgets and commitments. Our programs should not be the first item on the chopping block when budget cut-backs are announced. We never want to hear, "Oh let's just take the money from the trade show program" again.
An end to the countless "oh you get to travel and stay in nice hotels" remarks. Wow, they're getting old.
Inclusion on strategy discussions. Too much is riding on what we do for us not to have a seat at the table. We know the actual physical faces of the customers.
Access to marketing data so we can make it actionable.
Reasonable response times from our colleagues. Don't make us chase you down to find out what time you're arriving in the trade show city—or worse, nag you about approvals for layouts or graphics.
An end to complaining about things we obviously can't control: temperature in hotel rooms, noise on the street, food offerings in the exhibit hall, the color of the aisle carpet.
Support from sales. We're not taking the reps out of the field—we're giving them access to more prospects and customers than they could possibly see in a typical day.
The complete scope of content assets across channels so we can bolster already existing campaigns and build on awareness created by other media.
The elimination of silos in the company. They block collaboration–and we need to be collaborative, not combative. See #9 for how this could work to everyone's advantage.
Procurement to ask us to explain the difference between buying creative services and buying commodities.
Lunch with procurement once in a while; we really should get to know each other better.
Product teams to understand we are creating experiences, not just putting "stuff" in our booth. We have choices—and limitations. We would like everyone to understand how it works.
Transparency in charges for services. Dare I say "drayage"? We need full disclosure from show management before we sign a contract because our careers are on the line.
Understanding from our finance department that we were not being short-sighted– we were not given published rates for some services before the show.
Open dialog with show organizers so that all of us can be more successful.
Agreement from show management that we are not just buying space; we are buying access to customers—and that access should be included in the price of the booth. Don't come back and try to sell us attendee lists.
Respect for the long hours our position demands—and the weekend work required.
Staffers to be working the exhibit when they are scheduled—and the rest of the attendees from our companies to stay on the outside of the carpet line.
To work with the vendors we choose, the ones we vet, the ones who really understand our business and who give us the support we need.
Feedback! Lots and lots of constructive feedback.
A compliment if it's deserved—or at the very least, a thank you. Our jobs cross many invisible lines, and we do our best to make the crossings smooth.
Open attitudes to new ideas and technologies; we really don't have to continue to do things the way we've always done them. And if these new ideas help us measure ROI better, YES!
Intelligent internal discussions about budgets, about scaling costs from show to show, about developing multi-use assets that can be used on the show floor as well as in the field. And more.
I'm not going to sign this. Yes, maybe because I really don't want people in my company to think they are singled out. But primarily because I don't believe I'm speaking only for myself, but for all of us in this position. We love our jobs, and if you believe in trade shows, you'll help us excel in what we do.
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I'm a trade show exhibit manager who chooses to remain anonymous—primarily because I don't believe I'm speaking only for myself, but for all of us in this position. We love our jobs, and if you believe in trade shows, you'll help us excel in what we do.


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Doc Watson On Mountain Stage The legendary bluegrass singer and guitar player visits West Virginia's most revered stage. Listen to Watson perform with banjo player David Holt and Mountain Stage bassist Steve Hill.
West Virginia Public Broadcasting presents live concerts: folk, country and the blues
Doc Watson On Mountain Stage
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Doc Watson performs on Mountain Stage.
"Way Downtown"
"Shady Grove"
"Whiskey Before Breakfast"
"Nine Pound Hammer"
"T for Texas"
"Fisher's Hornpipe"
"Rain Crow Bill"
"Sittin' On Top of the World"
"Steel Guitar Blues"
"The Train That Carried My Girl From Town"
Doc Watson is, as Mountain Stage host Larry Groce notes in his introduction, an American music legend. Born in 1923 in Deep Gap, North Carolina, Arthel "Doc" Watson has made over fifty records and has influenced more than one generation of traditional and roots musicians. Even at 87 years old, no one can pick like Watson, who runs through a string of his most-loved and recognizable material. He's accompanied by David Holt on banjo and Mountain Stage bassist Steve Hill.
Watson collaborated with Holt on an album titled Legacy. The three-disc set includes three hours of music and candid interviews with a 72 page companion booklet. "Rain Crow Bill" and "Steel Guitar Blues" were not heard in the radio broadcast.
This Mountain Stage performance was originally published Oct. 11, 2010.
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JCPenney bath towels are available in so many options that may make you confused to choose. When you are going to purchase any bath towels, the first thing to consider is the fabric. In fact, all towels come with the fabric weight. A GSM number is a way to measure it.
For example, if the towels have lower GSM, it means that your JCPenney bath towels option is lighter and thinner. This type of towel is perfect for a gym bag. This towel is also great for a beach vacation. If you want to use JCPenney bath towels for your master or guest bathrooms, it is great to have thicker GSM towels.


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Longleat Festival of Light on Blue Peter
Published on 17th December, 2014 in Uncategorized
Longleat's Festival of Light is set to have a starring role on CBBC's Blue Peter Christmas special on Thursday 18th December.
The popular children's programme followed the build process for the spectacular illuminations which are spread over 30-acres of the Wiltshire attraction.
During filming presenter Lindsey Russell helped out with a number of the structures including helping to place tiny bottles filled with coloured liquid in to the mythical qilin creatures, laying out some of the thousands of porcelain plates for the giant dragon and lowering the final section of the 20-metre-tall Temple of Heaven in place.
She then returned to lead a special 'Blue Peter switch on' with the help of local school children and a Girl Guide group.
"Lindsey really got involved in the build process and seemed to have a great time," said Longleat's Steve Mytton.
"The team even created their very own illuminated Blue Peter badge which features in the show," he added.
A total of around 7,000 individual lanterns, 15km of silk and a dazzling 40km of LED lights have been used to create 20 different scenes.
The highlights of the spectacular event include the 70m long dragon made up of 23,000 lit porcelain cups, bowls and plates and mythical creatures called 'qilin', which are each made from over 65,000 glass phials filled with coloured liquid.
The outdoor extravaganza also features a 20m tall Chinese temple, huge traditional Chinese masks, a family of life-size pandas in a bamboo forest, elephants and other animals including zebras, lions, flamingos, crocodiles, giant frogs on lily pads and giraffe.
In total, 30 tonnes of steel has been used to build the frames for the illuminated structures.
A team of 100 highly-skilled craftsmen from the village of Zigong in China's Sichuan province spent six months creating the structures which will remain at Longleat until January 4th.
Blue Peter, featuring the Festival of Light is to be transmitted at 5:30pm on Thursday 18th December on the CBBC channel.
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Browse: Home / 2015 / November / Student Veterans Recycle Cargo Containers for Hydroponic Agriculture
Student Veterans Recycle Cargo Containers for Hydroponic Agriculture
Ryan Anderson, left, and Bret Timmons, right, are veterans of the Marine Corps and agriculture students. They are turning cargo containers into hydroponic agriculture pods.
Student veterans Bret Timmons and Ryan Anderson have transformed a corner of AGRIscapes into a hotbed for plant research.
The agriculture students converted two cargo containers into hydroponic pods. The Marine veterans wanted to create a place where students could do their own research and grow plants without fear of outside contamination in a mobile, self-contained, cost-effective production facility.
"Small seeds, diseases, fungus or bacteria could wreck the soil or hurt the plants," says Anderson, a plant science major who was born in Fontana, and raised in Idaho Falls.
"We wanted it to be as clean as possible so we don't to go in and spray the plants," says Timmons, an agricultural science student from Phoenix, Ariz.
Timmons' and Anderson's efforts are just the latest example of how student veterans are making an impact at Cal Poly Pomona.
A native of Phoenix, Timmons enlisted a year after high school. He spent four years as a Marine infantryman, including a tour in Iraq. Born in Fontana, Anderson grew up in Idaho Falls, enlisted right out of high school, and spent five years in the Marines as an electronics and optics maintenance technician before joining the construction industry.
Coming from the Marines into a campus environment was an adjustment for both men.
"It doesn't run like the military," says Timmons, who came to Cal Poly Pomona to study plant science, having developed an interest with plants at his family's ranch.
"In the military, there's a command structure. If you outrank someone and order them to do something, it gets done. Out here, that guarantee is taken away. You can't mandate anything, and that uncertainty is frustrating," added Anderson, who transferred from Saddleback College to study landscape architecture, but discovered he liked plant science more because of his interest in sustainability.
While many of their younger, fellow students are still figuring out what they want to do, Timmons and Anderson knew what they wanted: the hydroponic pod project was an opportunity to get the most out of their educational experience.
Timmons had spent the summer at Archi's Acres in Escondido, a small farm that runs a program with Cal Poly Pomona to train veterans and ag students in hydroponics and organic farming.
"You come out of it with a business model and everything you need to start your own small business," he says.
Although the greenhouses at AGRIscapes have hydroponic systems, the space is limited and often used for faculty projects. Students did not have a dedicated space for their own hydroponic projects.
But Anderson found out about a student enterprise program that allows students to start a business with help and resources from the university.
The two students conceived the idea of creating hydroponic pods out in cargo containers at AGRIscapes and obtained the support of the plant sciences department, including Anderson's advisor, Assistant Professor Aaron Fox, and the College of Agriculture.
"This matches well with the college's strategic goals, provides opportunities for the two students – as well as others – to participate in a new and pertinent form of urban agriculture, and particularly the learn-by-doing philosophy we have here at Cal Poly Pomona," says Professor Valerie Mellano, chair of the plant sciences department.
The two 40-foot-long shipping containers cost $4,000 each and were paid for by start-up funds from a faculty member and funding from the Veterans Sustainable Agriculture Training program. The plant science department and the nursery at AGRIscapes are providing the other supplies.
But the students had to modify the containers before they could grow anything inside, especially so they could regulate the climate.
Anderson's engineering and construction experience came in handy.
"The general, hands-on knowledge for tools and understanding measurement were important," he says. "If you've been in the construction industry or been a craftsman, you kind of have to plan out the building process before you start going at it."
He and Timmons installed framing in the containers and arranged for a company to spray the container walls with 3 ½ inches of foam insulation. They cut a window in the side of one container so visitors can see what is growing without contaminating the plants; the other container is windowless, permitting the students to grow mushrooms that thrive in the dark.
Anderson and Timmons had an air conditioning unit and artificial lighting installed and put up racks to hold the tubs and bag where they will grow their produce. They also installed an AutoPot self-watering hydroponic system, thermometers, oxygen sensors and fans that operate around the clock.
Timmons plans to grow cilantro, black kale and basil, while Anderson will grow oyster mushrooms in bags hanging from the racks. He chose oyster mushrooms as his crop due to their short production cycle, high yield potential and preferred flavor profile. Anderson believes he can grow 600 pounds of mushrooms a week.
"We can pack it in pretty deep. We've got racks from floor to ceiling," he says.
Although the two student veterans will learn much from planting and growing, they have already benefited from the experience of building the hydroponic pods. The project required them to learn more about agribusiness. Timmons plans to sell his produce to a restaurant chain, while Anderson will sell his to a mushroom grower.
In addition, the two have had to network with suppliers and work out deals for equipment. Both sides stand to benefit, the students say.
In exchange for the equipment, students can provide suppliers research information, Timmons says.
"We're more than happy to do a write up with findings about how the system works," he says.
"The companies can say to prospective customers, 'If you want to look at the system in action, you can swing by Cal Poly Pomona, make an appointment with the nursery at AGRIscapes, and see it," Anderson adds.
Timmons believes entry-level farmers can run the hydroponic containers, regardless of their location or access to land; the containers can even function in extreme environments where conventional farming is impossible. The systems use less space, water, fertilizer and pesticides than typical farming practices.
He also was contacted by an investor who wants to sell hydroponic pods as a system, which might turn into some consulting work.
"I've built a container from the ground up," Timmons says. "I know what it takes, what you have to do, and what you need."
The students' efforts even attracted the attention of University President Soraya M. Coley, who brought a congressman out to visit the project.
"When the college president knows you by name and shows an interest in your work as a student, it makes you feel like what you're doing is valuable and making a difference," Anderson says.
The hydroponic pod project will help educate the public on agriculture, which was the main reason AGRIscapes was created in 2001.
The cargo containers will remain part of Timmons' and Anderson's legacy at Cal Poly Pomona: they will stay at AGRIscapes, even after Timmons and Anderson graduate, giving future generations of students a chance to learn about hydroponics, urban agriculture and research.
"I find it very satisfying. It's something I could finish and leave my mark," Anderson says.
"I can come back as an alumni and old man, and I can look at the next generation and say, 'You should take advantage of that,'" Timmons says, 'because I built it.'"
The campus community can visit the containers at celebration from noon to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 17. The projects will move into production after that and access will be limited.
The containers are in front of the greenhouses at AGRIscapes, near the Farm Store.
Those interested in finding out more can also visit their Facebook page.
Posted in News | Tags Agriscapes, Agriscapes at Cal Poly Pomona, College of Agriculture, hydroponic, hydroponics, plant science, plant sciences department, recycling, sustainability, veteran students
Agriscapes, Agriscapes at Cal Poly Pomona, College of Agriculture, hydroponic, hydroponics, plant science, plant sciences department, recycling, sustainability, veteran students


Congratulations to Campus Common who launched their new website on Dec 5th. Campus Common manages a low-rise student rental in Toronto directly across from Ryerson University.
Along with our rental listings module to help Campus Common show their availabilities, their new website is complete with a local amenities map, testimonials, and gallery which they conveniently manage through The LIFT System.
Explore all the exciting new features at www.campuscommon.ca.


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World Statistics Day is an international day to celebrate statistics.  Created by the United Nations Statistical Commission, it was first celebrated on 20 October 2010.  The day is celebrated every five years.

, 103 countries celebrate a national Statistics Day, including 51 African countries that jointly celebrate African Statistics Day annually on 18 November. India celebrates its statistics day on 29 June, the birthday of the statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.  The Royal Statistical Society in the UK also launched its getstats statistical literacy campaign on the same day at 20:10 (on 20.10.2010).

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External links
 Official site 2020
 Official site 2010

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October observances
Recurring events established in 2010

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