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Karen Gavis
Craig Woolheater has a foot cast he believes to be evidence.
Karen Gavis | September 11, 2018 | 4:01am
Wearing a short-sleeved, plaid shirt and black-rimmed glasses, Craig Woolheater didn't look much like a hoaxter.
The 58-year-old Euless resident and co-founder of the Texas Bigfoot Research Center sat at a picnic table in Arlington's River Legacy Park recalling how he was just a kid visiting his grandparent's house in Fort Worth during the summer of 1969 when the "Lake Worth Monster" was making headlines.
"We were a week-and-a-half away from landing on the moon, and on the front page was about some creature that was seen out at the lake," Woolheater says about whatever it was people say they saw that summer.
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Lots of towns have localized "monsters" that are sighted near bodies of water, Woolheater says, and people have different names for them, such as the Lake Worth, Turkey Creek or Big Cypress Bayou monsters, but they're generally regarded as some type of "bigfoot."
Woolheater, who's gearing up to host the 2018 Texas Bigfoot Conference on Oct. 19-20 in Jefferson, Texas, was fascinated by the Lake Worth Monster as a kid, he says, even trading another kid for a book with a chapter about bigfoot. His interest was further piqued by The Legend of Boggy Creek, a 1972 docudrama about a bigfooted creature around Fouke, Arkansas. The movie, which was popular on the drive-in circuit, grossed $25 million.
Then on Memorial Day weekend in 1994, while driving back to Dallas from New Orleans, Woolheater says he thinks he may have seen one himself.
"I know what it wasn't," he says, adding that "it was something I didn't have a reference for."
Woolheater and his girlfriend at the time, along with another passenger who was asleep in the backseat, were driving along Highway 71 around 11:30 at night. The weather was nice, and they were in an unlit, swampy area about 10 minutes south of Bunkie, Louisiana. To the right was a tree line about 35 feet out, he says, and that's where they saw something walking parallel to the road about halfway to the trees.
"It's something that's about seven foot tall," he says. "It's covered with hair. The hair looks gray in my headlights. And it's actually moving. It's walking.
"It's something that's about seven foot tall. It's covered with hair. The hair looks grey in my headlights. And it's actually moving. It's walking." – Craig Woolheater
"As we passed it," he continued, "we both turned to each other and simultaneously said, 'Did you just see what I just saw?' and we said, 'Yeah.'"
Woolheater, who works as a water conservation consultant by day, says the figure had been walking forward with its back to them, kind of slumped over with its head down. He says he wanted to do a U-turn and try to get a closer look, but his girlfriend said "Hell no!"
Woolheater didn't talk much about what he saw until he got on the internet in 1997 and was able to connect with others who had similar experiences. And that's pretty much what the Texas Bigfoot Conference is all about. In October, Bob Gimlin, a living legend among bigfoot researchers, will come to Jefferson for the first time for a catered tribute dinner and program on Oct. 19. Gimlin, a rancher who will turn 87 the week of the conference, is world famous among bigfoot believers for the one-minute, 35mm Patterson-Gimlin film that captured what appears to be a bigfoot-like creature in 1967 in Northern California.
The conference, which will run Friday night and all day and into the night on Saturday, will also feature "evidence" such as foot casts as well as T-shirts, bigfoot paraphernalia and DNA collection kits. Another catered dinner will be available Saturday night, along with a special screening titled American Monster Tour by cryptid investigators Ken Gerhard and Lyle Blackburn. VIP tickets cost $75 for each day of the conference and will include reserved seating, dinner and presentations. Those planning to go should buy their tickets early, Woolheater says, because the event sells out.
A few cities have tried to lure the Texas Bigfoot Conference away from Jefferson in the past, Woolheater says, but he's brought the event home where it began.
"That's where his mom started it," says girlfriend Tammy Allen, who helps with the conference, which is about three hours east of Dallas and draws hundreds of people annually to the town of about 2,000 people.
"Jefferson has now been declared the Bigfoot Capital of Texas as of this year," she says.
Woolheater says a Texas Bigfoot scholarship fund in honor of his mother, Dona Reed, who died in 2009, was established last year for Jefferson High School students studying some brand of science.
"I never would have been able to start this thing and get the ball rolling if it hadn't been for my mother and stepfather's assistance," says Woolheater of the former bed-and-breakfast owners.
"There's a history of sightings in that area," he continued. "It's not far from Caddo Lake, which has a history of sightings."
Woolheater says Native American legends about bigfoot persist and there are documented accounts of Texas sightings in the 1800s. While everything's basically theories with no proven facts, he says he's talked to hundreds of people from all walks of life, including people in law enforcement and the military, who say they've seen a bigfoot. There are even tales, he says a bit unassuredly, "of women being dragged off and mated with bigfoot."
A preacher once told Woolheater that he'd been driving with his wife along a desolate road in a Ford pickup when a bigfoot crossed the road in front of them causing him to slam on the brakes to keep from hitting it. Woolheater says the minister told him the creature was so close that its hand grazed the hood of his truck and he later regretted selling the truck "because it had been touched by bigfoot."
"I feel like at least a percentage of those people were relaying the truth as they knew it about what happened to them." – Craig Woolheater
"I feel like at least a percentage of those people were relaying the truth as they knew it about what happened to them," says Woolheater, adding that some people might be lying, hoaxing, impaired or misidentifying known wildlife or humans, but even if one person is truthful "there's something out there that's unexplained and uncatalogued and undiscovered by science as far as we know."
Woolheater believes the creatures are pretty rare, but he says there would have to be a breeding population to sustain the number of sightings reported in North America. And like any wildlife, they'd need an abundant water and food source as well as shelter, which he says explains why sightings commonly occur along waterways like the Red River and in heavily wooded areas.
Woolheater was living in a loft at Walton and Commerce in Deep Ellum when he began the Bigfoot Research Center in 1999, he says. He's since been approved for long-term camera projects through several governmental agencies. He's worked in conjunction with the National Park Service and Texas Parks and Wildlife as well as the National Forest Service. He's also helped with museum exhibits like "Bigfoot in Texas?" at the University of Texas at San Antonio's Institute of Texan Cultures.
Woolheater says for him, it's harder to believe that everybody is lying than it is to believe that there's an uncatalogued "bipedal hominid out there that lives in the woods."
He doesn't believe they're supernatural beings, he says, which would require him to try and explain one mystery using another mystery. And he insists that he wasn't an avid hunter, fisherman or outdoorsman, although he and a group of others did find 16-inch tracks with toes in a grassy meadow near Lake Tawakoni in 2001 in 30-something degree weather during a mist.
"My outdoor experience was as a Boy Scout," he says. "But I had seen something that I can't explain, and I was seeking answers.
"I don't know for sure 100 percent what it was," he continued. "I don't have a bigfoot arm that I can go get tested."
Allen says although she's never encountered a bigfoot, she has talked with respected scientists and researchers, none of whom have claimed bigfoot is out there, but have all said "I can't prove that it's not."
"There are scientists that are looking into this mystery that are collecting evidence," Woolheater says. "I mean, there are a lot of them who are probably behind the scenes because they don't want to risk their reputations. But there are some scientists that are involved in the search for bigfoot."
And for now, that search continues.
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Angela Salem Named to NWSL Best XI
PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Thorns FC midfielder Angela Salem was named to the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Best XI First Team, presented by Mastercard for the 2021 season, it was announced today. Goalkeeper Bella Bixby, midfielder Lindsey Horan and defenders Meghan Klingenberg and Emily Menges were named to the NWSL Best XI Second Team.
Salem, 33, appeared in 23 games (21 starts), tallying two goals and one assist in the 2021 campaign. The Akron, Ohio native was a three-time NWSL Team of the Month selection (August, September, October) this year and a 2021 NWSL MVP finalist. Salem led Thorns FC in minutes played this season (1779) and ranked eighth in the league for chances created with 43.
Bixby, 25, made her NWSL regular season debut in 2021 and recorded 16 appearances (all starts). A 2021 NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year finalist, Bixby posted a league-best 0.69 goals-against average and registered the second-most (9) shutouts in the league. The Milwaukie, Ore. native set a new league record for most consecutive shutout minutes (269) to begin a NWSL regular-season career, and was selected to the NWSL Team of the Month for July.
Horan, 27, recorded two goals and finished tied for the team lead in assists (3), making 14 appearances (all starts) for Thorns FC this season. The 2018 NWSL MVP has been selected to the Best XI twice (2018, 2019) and earned NWSL Second XI accolades for the second time (2017, 2021). The Golden, Colo., native led Portland in aerials won (47) this season, ranking fifth in the league.
Klingenberg, 33, received her second NWSL Second XI selection (2017, 2021) after playing in 22 matches (20 starts) during the 2021 season. The Pittsburgh, Pa., native earned NWSL Team of the Month honors in July and finished the season tied for the team lead with three assists. Klingenberg led the team in chances created (49), ranking fifth in the league.
Menges, 29, appeared in 21 matches (20 starts) for Thorns FC this season, and tallied her first career assist. The Garden City, N.Y. native helped anchor a backline that registered 13 shutouts during the campaign, setting a new club and league single-season record. A 2016 NWSL Best XI and three-time Second XI (2017, 2018, 2021) selection, Menges was a NWSL Defender of the Year finalist for the 2021 campaign.
2021 NWSL Best XI First Team (listed by position, alphabetically by last name): Goalkeeper: Kailen Sheridan, NJ/NY Gotham FC - Defenders: Alana Cook, OL Reign; Caprice Dydasco, NJ/NY Gotham FC; Sarah Gorden, Chicago Red Stars; Carson Pickett, North Carolina Courage - Midfielders and Forwards: Jessica Fishlock, OL Reign; Ashley Hatch, Washington Spirit; Margaret Purce, NJ/NY Gotham FC; Trinity Rodman, Washington Spirit; Angela Salem, Portland Thorns FC; Eugenie Le Sommer, OL Reign
2021 NWSL Best XI Second Team (listed by position, alphabetically by last name): Goalkeeper: Bella Bixby, Portland Thorns FC - Defenders: Emily Fox, Racing Louisville FC; Sofia Huerta, OL Reign; Meghan Klingenberg, Portland Thorns FC; Emily Menges, Portland Thorns FC - Midfielders and Forwards: Bethany Balcer, OL Reign; Rachel Daly, Houston Dash; Lindsey Horan, Portland Thorns FC; Sydney Leroux, Orlando Pride; Ifeoma Onumonu, NJ/NY Gotham FC; Mallory Pugh, Chicago Red Stars
The Best XI First Team and Best XI Second Team are based on a weighted voting scale comprised of players (50%), owners/GMs/coaches (20%), media (20%) and fans (10%).
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A New, Leather-Wrapped Add-on For Thrustmaster Racing Wheels
March 16, 2015 by Shilpa Leave a Comment
New York City, March 16, 2015 — Thrustmaster is adding to its racing product ecosystem with the new TM Leather 28 GT Wheel Add-On: a detachable GT-style wheel wrapped in hand-stitched leather, compatible with all Thrustmaster T-Series racing wheels (the T300 RS, T300 Ferrari GTE, T500 RS, Ferrari F1 Wheel Integral T500 and TX Racing Wheel Ferrari 458 Italia Edition).
Superior materials for the ultimate in comfort: leather and metal
The wheel's entire circumference – an impressive 11 inches/28 cm in diameter – is wrapped in genuine hand-stitched leather, going yet another step further in delivering truly pitch-perfect driving sensations. Taking the same approach as that employed by automakers for high-end models, the wheel's leather wrapping covers a molded polyurethane ring and an internal hoop made of steel. The result is a more flexible touch for enhanced comfort, along with improved transmission of driving sensations and of Force Feedback effects, in particular.
Apart from leather, another prominent design feature is brushed metal (for a truly racing-inspired look and feel) – used for the wheel's central steering plate and sequential paddle shifters. The paddle shifters are mounted on the wheel and are a generous 5.1 inches/13 cm tall for easy access no matter where the user's hands are positioned. A very high-end tact switch is incorporated into each paddle shifter, for an extended life cycle of more than 10 million activations! And the icing on the cake: despite the use of these superior materials, the wheel has been designed by Thrustmaster's R&D teams to weigh just 2.2 pounds/1 kilogram, thereby optimizing inertia and ensuring even more responsive Force Feedback.
The GT wheel par excellence: refined and effective
The TM Leather 28 GT Wheel Add-On is an indisputably GT-style accessory: it features an understated yet sporty design, with a clear focus on effective driving performance. The wheel's 2 paddle shifters are incredibly easy to access, while the shape of its brushed metal central steering plate has been optimized for its complete set of controls: 6 clearly-identified action buttons within reach of the user's thumbs, a 3-position rotary switch with a push function in the central position, and a multi-directional D-pad.
Equipped with the Thrustmaster Quick Release system, the wheel is easy to detach (allowing users to quickly switch between different wheels from the Thrustmaster product ecosystem), and is compatible with all Thrustmaster T-Series racing wheels: T300 RS*, T300 Ferrari GTE*, T500 RS*, Ferrari F1 Wheel Integral T500* and TX Racing Wheel Ferrari 458 Italia Edition*.
The Thrustmaster TM Leather 28 GT Wheel Add-On will be available at a suggested retail price of $149.99. Get an early look at the wheel at the Thrustmaster online shop, starting in March.
* Sold separately.
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Sod the fuel prices with one of these.
There was a thread. . .
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Where do all the campervans go???
What are you up to tonight???
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Road Tax Exempt ex NHS vehicle..?
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Minds on Fire
Review of Conduit, Summer
Vince Corvaia
Conduit, at first glance, looks like an oversized airline ticket that Salvador Dali threw up on. I mean this in the nicest possible way.
Literary magazines come and go, but how many have for its cover a female flamenco dancer dangling from a parachute? OK, maybe six. But so much is going on here that the flamenco dancer is in danger of not being noticed. We have "CONDUIT" (a mix of upper- and lower-case letters, but all the same size) running along the left edge of the cover from bottom to top in some kind of computerese, almost as if you could turn the magazine over to find hanging chads sticking out of the back cover. For those fussbudgets who prefer to read from left to right, the title also appears "normally" in the upper right hand corner. Above it are the words:
WORDS & VISIONS
FOR MINDS ON FIRE
The issue number, 21, appears centered on the red parachute. In a semi-circle around the dancer at the bottom of the cover are the words
DANCE, SPORT, MOMENTUM
Undulating earth tones provide the backdrop to most of this. In other words, there's an awful lot going on, and we haven't even opened the magazine yet. The back cover features the flamenco dancer filling the scene, but facing the other way and faded out, while both the undulating waves and an undulating cast of contributors run over her. At the top of the back cover is the first contributor's name—Dante Alighieri (yes, that Dante Alighieri)—and at the bottom is the price. For the math-impaired, "$10" is followed by "TEN BUCKS."
Why have I spent so much time and space on the cover of this magazine? Because I dreaded actually opening it and confronting the inside. But confront we must. . . .
It's important that I mention the masthead first. Six of the names appear on a baseball diamond. The editor is on the pitcher's mound, as he should be. But alone in the outfield, above all the others so that it is the first name you're drawn to, is Randall Heath. He of course is the Art Director.
It's also important that I mention the next page, which is the Contents. The left column lists the names of the works. So far, so good. The next column lists the contributors. But the right column, where you would expect to find, oh, I don't know—page numbers—we are confronted with words in keeping with BODIES IN MOTION, so that "A Brief History of Mexican Wrestling" appears on page backhand and "Four Poems" appears on page hole in one. Dante himself appears on page serve. At the bottom of the Contents page is this "note on pagination":
"The pages of Conduit have been assigned words that are arranged alphabetically. Any resemblance, actual or metaphorical, between the word and the author is purely coincidental, unless, of course, it isn't."
I have to turn the page and report that this literary magazine has letters to the editor. Here is an excerpt: "Thank you for putting a little handwritten note at the bottom of my last rejection. That was sweet of you." The letters have a preface, of which this is a part: "If the people want more disturbing poetry, we'll give it to them. If they don't want more disturbing poetry, we'll give it to them."
Now flip through the magazine, and your eyes might chance upon a few stray words here and there. These are mostly poems, and, for the most part, experimental. Four entries of microfiction by John Edgar Wideman. Three interviews – one on basketball (Wideman), one on boxing (Jonathan Ames), and one on dance (David Neumann).
But primarily this seems to be a vehicle for the artists, who are very good. Their names are Andrew Auten, Kurt Kauper, Kate Nichols, Bianca Stone, Scott Vincent, and Scott Dolan. Nichols has a particularly alluring oil on linen called "Plunge 2, 2007."
You can find it to the left of page flutter.
Conduit is a triumph, if not an assault, of style over substance. To actually review a poem (sorry, Dante) seems irrelevant. However, to do justice to hardworking poets, I want to focus on one poem that did stick in my memory and which I believe represents the whole. It's Noah Gershman's "Forget about Bananas." Here is an excerpt:
There are no more bananas
and forget about lambs.
Forget about animals and vegetables


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Instructional and Classroom Technology
Instructional Technology Centers (ITCs)
Also known as: Computer labs
ITS Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology
Where do I find a printer?
Find a study space or ITC
ITCs, or Instructional Technology Centers, are computer labs designed to provide students with campus-wide access to the University's academic computing resources and encourage departments to integrate computing into their academic programs.
ITCs are located in multiple locations on campus, comprising a network of over 1000 workstations available for student use. Wherever you are on the University of Iowa campus, there is an ITC nearby to meet your technology needs.
Many ITC locations offer printing abilities through print release stations.
Find additional support information at Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology ITC.
The Weeg ITC door will not shut and the alarm is sounding. What do I do?
What is the Van Allen Learning Commons and where is it located?
Where are ITCs located on campus?
I can't access the 24 hour Weeg ITC. What can I do?
Where is Adobe Creative Suite Software Available?
SketchUp Pro 2017 Licence Information
Software Titles Available in All Computer Labs (ITCs)
How to Reserve a Learning Commons Group Study Space Using Office 365
The Card Catalog system is not working. What should I do?
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Multiple Services - Service Announcement on Jul 6, 2021, 12:00pm - Jul 14, 2021, 12:00pm
Tuesday, July 6, 2021 - 12:00pm
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On July 13th, the following OneDrive features will be added to all Instructional Technology Centers (ITCs) on campus:
Automatic Sign-in: Users will automatically be signed in to OneDrive when they sign in to an ITC workstation.
Files On-Demand: This allows users to see and access files in the cloud and download them on-demand only when they need them, saving space on the computer.
Known Folder Moves: All files located in Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folders will automatically be stored in OneDrive.
Depending on the type of machine used (Windows vs. Mac), user experience will be different. Learn more about these updates in the new OneDrive Features support article.
Browse our list of available software titles.
ITCs, commonly known as computer labs, are located across campus and supported by Learning Spaces Technology group.
The ITS Help Desk provides support for the University community on IT services, technology and software.
Learning Spaces Technology Support Center
Support for UCR, ITC, Learning Commons, and TILE rooms
Printing in Computer Labs (ITCs)
Printing in Computer Labs (ITCs) and Libraries on Campus
TILE - transform, interact, learn, engage
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University Classrooms
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gWitster's quite particular in introducing great decorating ideas by pinning the best Pinterest can offer. His boards are finely curated, showing great home design so you can easily see ideas without plowing through scrambled egg recipes and sweet nail polish designs.
I must admit I have a big crush on gWitster and I bet you will, too.
As gWitster always says, "Muse me..."
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Because of this, your customer is not highly concerned about how to pay for the new roof since it's insurance proceeds covering most of the cost (less their deductible). This is highly unusual in most sales jobs.
The price for the new roof is mostly settled by the insurance coverage – it's not highly negotiable – unless they would like upgrades or other services outside the roof replacement.
Your customer's greatest concern is that they choose a really great roofing company that is reputable, does excellent work and has a body of evidence to prove it. The work is being done to their home. It's personal. This is an opportunity for them to upgrade their home with a new look or color or style. Picking the right company, the right roofing expert, is the highest consideration.
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> > wise for us to consider doing the same.
pay their own way for the day trip.
> > > the Professional fee (EUR 300).
> > attendance for those who plan later?
> attend after we fixed it.
board, when AFAICS the venue costs are largely fixed.


Citing a letter written by the FIRS Chairman, Mr. Tunde Fowler, to the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, the paper reported that the amount generated in the first quarter of this year is N393.39bilion in excess of what was generated in the first three months of last year.
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) generated N1.17trillion in the first quarter of 2018 from the collection of different tax types.
A report published by The Punch stated that the sum represents a significant leap over the N778.19bn recorded in the first quarter of last year.
The breakdown of the revenue collection shows that Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT) collection rose by 91 per cent from N338.29bn in the first quarter of 2017 to N644.76bn in the first three months of this year; while Company Income Tax (CIT) rose by 30 per cent from N155.57bn to N202.16bn.
An aggregate of N269.09bn was collected as Value Added Tax (VAT) in the first quarter of 2018, compared to N221.38bn in the first quarter of last year, representing a 22 per cent difference. Stamp Duty collection jumped by N1.43bn from N3.08bn to N4.45bn, while Capital Gains Tax (CGT) recorded a 179 per cent rise from N110.94bn in the first quarter of 2017 to N309.17bn in the first quarter of 2018.
However, the education tax collections fell by N8.06bn in the first three months of this year to N25.87bn from N33.93bn in the first quarter of 2017. Similarly, the National Information Technology Development Fund (NITDF) levy plunged by nine per cent, as only N163.6m was generated in the first three months of 2018 compared with N179.17m realised in the first quarter of 2017. Similarly affected was the consolidated revenue, which dipped by N931.37m from the N25.7bn recorded in the first quarter of last year to N24.77bn in the first quarter of this year.
The FIRS Chairman, in the letter dated April 9, informed the Finance Minister that the FIRS has been implementing various strategies to improve revenue generation and develop new collection-boosting initiatives. He expressed optimism that the strategies and initiatives will yield fruit before the end of this year.
According to Fowler, the FIRS collected a total of N4.03tn in the 2017 fiscal period, representing 82.38 per cent of the government's target of N4.89tn for the year.
An analysis of the revenue collection performance indicated that taxes from non-oil sources accounted for 63 per cent, while oil tax accounted for 37 per cent of the total.


As we gather in our homes this Thanksgiving, I am reminded of the concept of "house churches," which has had somewhat of a resurgence in our world as of late, mostly in China and in other places where Christians are being persecuted. House churches are defined groups of Christians who regularly gather for worship in private homes. The group may be part of a larger Christian body, such as a parish, but some have been independent groups that see the house church as the primary form of Christian community.
I recently talked with Jim Buckman, a missionary-at-large and a church planter in the New Jersey area, who explained that his approach to building churches was to start in the home. People feel more comfortable in their homes, they are surrounded by loved ones, and they are not caught up the structure of the organized church.
60 Minutes recently ran a story about The Influencers, those young millennials who are making videos on the internet and are hired by major corporations to influence the buying habits of millions of people all over the world. One commentator noted that a single video posted by an Influencer had more power and reach than any TV commercial, newspaper ad and magazine spread combined could ever garner.
The story reminded me of what Malcolm Gladwell explained in his book The Tipping Point about "connectors," who are the people in a community who know large numbers of people and who are in the habit of making introductions. These relatively few "connectors," Gladwell said, serve as "agents of change" across a wide swath of economic, social and cultural arenas. These connectors led to the rise of the rise and popularity of Hush Puppy shoes in the mid-1990s, for instance.
The spiritual birth rate just went up by one.
I was at a seminar last year in which the topic was birth rates and how the birth rates among Christians have gone down, while the birth rates among other religions have risen substantially.
Sadly, this lower birth rates among Christians has led to fewer churches and lower membership within those churches.
Statistically, the fact of lower birth rates cannot be denied. But it got me to thinking that just looking at the physical birth rate does not show the whole picture.
I have long been fascinated with birds. In fact, in eighth grade I declared that I wanted to be an ornithologist and I did my entire science fair project on which birds ate what types of seeds and suet from various types of feeders. Our family's backyard became a bird Shangri-La for a time.
Then I have recently realized that that I have many bird-themed items in my home that I look at every day.
And it is something that Martin Luther urged strongly and the reason why he wrote the Small Catechism.
So how are we to go about that in our busy lives?
One suggestion is right there in the Scripture. Do it "when you rise" and "when you lie down." Gather together as a family in the morning and before bedtime to pray and read Scripture and talk about how God helped you through the day and how God will give you strength for the day ahead.
One of my favorite books growing up (and I think my mom's too) was the Dr. Suess tale I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew. When the hero in the book stubs his toe, he decides to find a less troublesome place to live. Soon he's off on a journey "to the City of Solla Sollew, on the banks of the beautiful River Wah-Hoo, where they never have troubles! At least, very few." One image ingrained in my mind is of the main character sleeping on a bed of huge fluffy pillows. He never finds Solla Sollew, but in the process he gains strength to face his problems head on.
That book came to mind recently when my doctor friend John Eckrich told our Bible class at church about areas of the world that researchers have called "Blue Zones." They are places where people live into their 90s and more and are healthy and vital into old age. The seven "Blue Zones" are Sardinia, Italy; Okinawa, Japan; Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica; Icara, Greece; Oland, Smaland, and Skane, Sweden; and Loma Linda, California. They sound kind of like Solla Sellow, but I assure you that they are real places.
My mom gave me this little plaque during a stretch when I was unemployed for several years after college and unable to land a full-time job.
The image of a squat and forlorn little bird and the text of 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 seemed to capture my predicament at the time exactly.
But I have kept that plaque and referred to it often through the years when I encountered other struggles and trying times that my 22-year-old self could never have imagined.
It reminds me that the Word of the Lord can meet us again and again with the same words in whatever plight we may be experiencing and their effect on us can be just as powerful and uplifting as it was before.
Wangerin spoke of the poor widow whom Elijah encountered in 1 Kings 17 during a time of drought. Though she had only "a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug," she trusted Elijah when he said, "For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth'" (1 Kings 17:12, 14). She made a little cake for Elijah and then something for her and her son. And by the grace of God, "The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah" (1Kings 17:15).


Fillet is not always the tastiest cut of the animal, but it's certainly the most tender for steak. It is also the easiest to work with. Serving a whole fillet for a dinner or party and much easier than you might expect - and it's really impressive. If you are entertaining this weekend, pop into Ryan Boon at de Warenmarkt and pick up a fillet for this easy, yet show-stopping recipe.
Ask Wynand, Pieter or Ryan to trim the beef fillet of excess fat and the silver skin.
At home, make the rub by mixing all the ingredients in a small bowl. Place the fillet flat on a chopping board with the smoothest side up. Neatly fold the tail of the fillet back onto the thicker part so you get a slab of meat an even thickness throughout. Tie the tail in place with a couple of lengths of soaked butcher's string. (Again, one of the butchers at the de Warenmarkt counter can do this for you.) Coat with a little olive oil to hold the rub.
Season all over with the rub. Create a medium indirect fire. Sear the fillet on four 'sides' for a minute each over the hot coals or gas burner coals. Now place it in the centre of the kettle braai, or on your indirect cooking spot. Cover with a lid and roast for 20 minutes. You can check for 'doneness' by prodding after 20 minutes and leave it longer if you want medium or well.
To cook in the oven, heat a skillet to smoking and quickly brown the fillet all over so it takes on some charring. Put the whole thing in an oven preheated to 200°C for 20 minutes. Prod for rare, medium well at intervals after 20 minutes. Rest for 10 minutes before carving. This is a great summer lunch, as it is actually best served at room temperature with a leafy green salad.


Security Descriptor (NT-Sec-Desc) is component of the Access Control Model-Microsoft Windows that contains security information specified when it is created, or default security information if none is specified.
Security Descriptor can be modified ONLY after creation.
Security Descriptor structure is a compact binary representation of the security associated with an object in a Microsoft Active Directory or Microsoft Windows as on a File System, or in other Data Stores.
An ACL contains a list of Access Control Entry (ACEs). Each Access Control Entry specifies a set of access permissions and contains a Security Identifier (SID) that identifies a trustee for whom the permissions are allowed, denied, or audited. A trustee can be a user account, group account, or logon session.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;

namespace Day20
{
    public class Range
    {
        public uint From { get; set;}
        public uint To { get; set;}
    }

    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("+-------------------------+");
            Console.WriteLine("| Advent of Code - Day 20 |");
            Console.WriteLine("+-------------------------+");

            const uint maxValue = 4294967295;

            var input = File.ReadAllLines("input.txt")
                .Select(x => x.Split('-'))
                .Select(x => new Range {
                    From = uint.Parse(x[0]),
                    To = uint.Parse(x[1]),
                })
                .OrderBy(x => x.From)
                .ToList();

            var ranges = new List<Range> { input[0] };

            for (int x=1; x<input.Count; ++x)
            {
                var prev = ranges.Last();
                if(input[x].From < prev.To)
                {
                    if(prev.To < input[x].To)
                        prev.To = input[x].To;
                } else {
                    ranges.Add(input[x]);
                }
            }

            uint? lowest = null;
            uint allowedCount = 0;
            uint prevMin = ranges[0].From;
            foreach(var range in ranges)
            {
                if(range.From != prevMin)
                {
                    var diff = range.From - prevMin - 1;
                    if(0 < diff && !lowest.HasValue)
                        lowest = prevMin + 1;

                    allowedCount += diff;
                }

                prevMin = range.To;
            }

            if(prevMin < maxValue)
                allowedCount += maxValue - prevMin;

            Console.WriteLine($"Lowest IP is {lowest}");
            Console.WriteLine($"Total allowed IPs is {allowedCount}");

            Console.WriteLine($"  -Glædelig jul!");
        }
    }
}

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Azur Kamara (born September 26, 1998) is an American football linebacker who is a free agent. He played college football at Kansas. He signed with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent. He has also played for the Carolina Panthers.

Early years
Kamara was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He moved to the United States at the age of 10, after his mother finally gained approval to send for her four children (there was a maximum of three children allowed). His mother had arrived 5 years earlier as a refugee from the First Ivorian Civil War.

He attended Central High School. As a freshman, he began playing American football for the first time. As a senior, he had 106 tackles, 25.5 sacks, 4 forced fumbles and one fumble recovery, while receiving All-conference honors.

College career

Arizona Western
Kamara enrolled at Arizona Western College. As a freshman, he tallied 45 tackles, 13.5 tackles-for-loss, 8 sacks, 4 forced fumbles and 2 fumble recoveries.

As a sophomore, he posted 30 tackles, 15.5 tackles-for-loss (led the team), 12.5 sacks, 3 forced fumbles, one pass breakup and one blocked kick, while contributing to the team reaching the NJCAA national title game.

Kansas
He transferred to the University of Kansas after his sophomore season. As a junior, he appeared in all 12 games with 3 starts. He registered 16 tackles (5 for loss), one sack, one quarterback hurry, one pass breakup and one forced fumble.

As a senior, he was named the starter at outside linebacker. He started 12 games, while making 51 tackles (sixth on the team), 6 tackles-for-loss (second on the team), 3.5 sacks and 4 quarterback hurries.

Kamara played with fellow Jayhawk Hakeem Adeniji in the 2020 Senior Bowl.

Professional career

Dallas Cowboys
Kamara was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys after the 2020 NFL Draft on April 27, 2020. On August 1, 2020, he was waived with an injury designation. After going unclaimed on waivers, he reverted to the Cowboys' injured reserve.

During training camp in 2021, Kamara, along with his mother, who attended a game of his for the first time, were featured on Hard Knocks as he battled for a roster spot. He appeared in nine games, playing mostly on special teams, and recorded three tackles. He was waived on December 20.

Carolina Panthers
On December 21, 2021, Kamara was claimed off waivers by the Carolina Panthers. On December 22, he was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list. He was activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list on December 28.

Kamara was waived on May 11, 2022.

Kansas City Chiefs
Kamara was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs on July 27, 2022. He was released during final roster cut downs on August 30, 2022. The following day he was signed to the practice squad. He was waived off the practice squad on September 6, 2022. He was later re-signed on November 1. He was released on November 29.

References

External links
 Kansas Jayhawks bio

Living people
1998 births
Ivorian sportsmen
Sportspeople from Glendale, Arizona
Players of American football from Arizona
American football linebackers
Arizona Western Matadors football players
Kansas Jayhawks football players
Dallas Cowboys players
Carolina Panthers players
Kansas City Chiefs players
Ivorian emigrants to the United States

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Q: Marketing cloud - Synchronised data from sfdc We have installed the Marketing Cloud Connector and are in the process of synchronising data from Salesforce to Marketing Cloud..when selecting our contact objects to synchronised in MC, there are several fields that are appearing that will  be synchronised by default that we cannot seem to be able to modify..is there a reason for that? Is there a way to only synchronised the fields we want? Is it a configuration we need to change in salesforce?
Thank you

A: Certain fields are used to set up the standard data model and are used Marketing Cloud internally. It's dependant on the Marketing Cloud Connector and these default settings cannot be modified.
Fields like Email, EmailOptOut, Contact ID etc are all part of the default set of fields will always be part of the Contact object when you want to set up the Synchronised Data Extension.
If you are going to be utilizing Marketing Cloud Connect, these settings are just something you'll need to live with. Though as there are many other limitations to the Connector, it's not very unusual that major businesses develop their own, custom 'Connector' between CRM and Marketing Cloud to have full control over what is synchronised.
This means that the regular features like Journey Builder canvas actions, creation of Individual Email Results and all like that need to be custom developed as well, so think twice before going that route.

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College Park Scholars Announces Creation of Rebecca Basena Kampi Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Mayu Mishina February 12, 2021
Rebecca Basena Kampi. PHOTO: Sade Ayinde
College Park Scholars has announced a new scholarship, the Rebecca Basena Kampi Memorial Endowed Scholarship. Open to Scholars alumni in their third year of study at the University of Maryland (UMD), the award honors the life and memory of Rebecca Basena Kampi, a Public Leadership Scholars alum who died from a car accident in 2018. The scholarship was established by her family.
A 2015 graduate of UMD, Basena Kampi was a happy, vivacious person who was aptly nicknamed, "Sunshine." "She would walk in a room and you'd feel her energy—the happiness, the joy. She was a magnet," says her mother, Monica Basena.
"I immediately think about Rebecca's contagious smile and upbeat spirit," agrees Kia Weeden, coordinator of staff development and services for UMD's Department of Resident Life. Weeden served as Basena Kampi's informal supervisor when the latter worked as a Resident Life program assistant. "She always made me laugh and feel enlivened."
Beyond her infectious spirit, Basena Kampi had a deep compassion for others and a desire to help those around her. As Weeden observes, "Rebecca believed in uplifting and empowering those around her. She often made fellow staff members and campus visitors feel both special and heard."
Indeed, Basena Kampi's many accomplishments centered on helping others: She raised funds for children in the Darfur region of South Sudan. She volunteered at her former high school, in Columbia, Maryland, to provide career services support and help students prepare for college. Though her college degree was in international business and marketing, after graduation, Basena Kampi sought positions that allowed her to support and build a professional and fulfilling experience for those around her.
"Rebecca lived to enhance the life of those around her, and she was committed to serving marginalized populations," says Brent Hernandez, director of student services at the UMD School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, who got to know Basena Kampi when he worked as assistant director at College Park Scholars.
In that vein, the Rebecca Basena Kampi Memorial Endowed Scholarship will provide support for undergraduate students in the College Park Scholars program who demonstrate leadership and a commitment to public service or community work focused on producing social change. Preference will be given to those in the Public Leadership Scholars program.
"College Park Scholars is proud to be able to offer a new award that accords so strongly with our core values. That this award will carry Rebecca's name is fitting, and I'm thrilled that her legacy will live on in Scholars," says Marilee Lindemann, executive director of College Park Scholars.
Scholars program has special meaning for family
College Park Scholars was reportedly the first community Rebecca Basena Kampi (bottom left) found at the University of Maryland. Her family also has special ties to Scholars, with her older brother, Isaac (top row, fourth from left), having gone through Life Sciences Scholars, and her younger brother, Julian (top row, third from left), currently in Media, Self and Society Scholars. PHOTO: Jasmine Hardy
Basena Kampi's family chose to base the scholarship in College Park Scholars for the special ties it had to Basena Kampi and continues to have for her family. Scholars was the first community Basena Kampi found on campus, according to her family. Moreover, the program served to reinforce and further develop Basena Kampi's values. "The Public Leadership Scholars program has students of varied backgrounds, interests and majors—but they are all united by the desire to serve their communities," observes Monica Basena.
Further, Basena Kampi's siblings are Scholars: Her older brother, Isaac Aziramubera, was a Life Sciences Scholars alum. Her younger brother, Julian Basena, is currently a student in the Media, Self and Society Scholars program.
"Rebecca was intelligent, thoughtful and caring. Her legacy lives on in the lives of those she touched," says Hernandez.
Going forward, her legacy will also be embodied in the scholarship that now bears her name. "For our family, friends and all those she met, Rebecca changed our lives for the better," says her family. "It is our hope that, through this scholarship, future Scholars who embody her passions are given the same opportunity to change lives as she did." The first award of the Rebecca Basena Kampi Memorial Endowed Scholarship will be made in fall 2021.
Donors wishing to support the scholarship may donate to the Rebecca N. Basena Kampi Memorial Endowed Scholarship.


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Home » Politics » Chad Wolf Resigns from DHS After Criticizing Trump Mob's Assault on Capital
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Chad Wolf Resigns from DHS After Criticizing Trump Mob's Assault on Capital
by Chris Jennewein 1 week ago January 19, 2021
Chad Wolf in San Diego. Photo by Chris Stone
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told his staff on Monday he was stepping down, the latest senior Trump administration official to resign following last week's deadly mob attack on the Capitol.
The Department of Homeland Security press office said Wolf would leave his post at 11:59 p.m. on Monday. Pete Gaynor, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will take over as acting secretary, the office said.
President Donald Trump withdrew Wolf's nomination to be permanent homeland security secretary last week after Wolf publicly criticized the mob assault on the Capitol as "unconscionable" and implored Trump to strongly condemn the violence.
According to news reports, Wolf told his staff that it was his intention to serve until the end of the Trump administration, but he decided to resign immediately because of "recent events, including the ongoing and meritless court rulings regarding the validity of my authority as acting secretary."
Wolf has been serving in the position in an acting capacity for more than a year.
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Custom Google Android figure commission for a very patient client.
I was contacted by a client from France who liked my artwork and wanted to commission me to create a custom Google Android figure to add to his collection. I have never worked on that platform before, so this was a new experience for me. He gave me free reign to do as I wished.
"Dragon Droid" was created from my traditional dragon design – I just really like that design and the smooth flat round body of the Android figure meant it was an excellent surface to do intricate designs. I added more intricate elements to the dragon and threw in a flame coming out of the mouth, with the fuku kanji indicating good luck and the cherry blossoms for life.
Red and gold paint are shiny while the black paint is a matte, which makes the red and gold really pop. I also included 2 sets of antennas, the standard Android ones in red and a custom pointy pair in black.
Thank you to the client for this commission, possibly my last custom…!


The path of a Forex trader can be riddled with many a difficult and life altering decisions. Alright, that might be a bit of an Exaggeration, but the decisions you take as a Forex trader can have long lasting impact on your finances, reputation as a trader etc.; so naturally any decision you make in this field has to be weighed appropriately with all pros and cons in mind with proper awareness of all important indicators affecting the trade.
However, getting the hang of all these and develop an innate sense of foolproof trading might take years for any trader, because practice and experience teach us any lesson the best.
Nonetheless, you can cut your losses short and make some notable profits, even in your beginner phase.
One of the fundamental mistakes beginners make in Forex trading is treating it as get rich quick scheme. What is most important in this field is preserving your capital rather than making profits fast, so don't plunge in head first with all your capital as this might lead to you making unrecoverable losses.
Rather set up a demo account first. Practicing on a demo account with virtual money and simulated market atmosphere helps you get the much needed experience and developing a systematic and consistent trading style, and most importantly confidence in your decisions.
Even seasoned traders go back to demo accounts from time to time when they have hit a dry spell. Demo accounts from reputed sources have a solid Web Presence and IT (Web design) presence today, so it is rather easy for a beginner trader to find a trustworthy one today.
Another way to increase your chances of success from your experience is by maintaining a journal of all your actions and their consequences.
Review these on a monthly basis in the least; this will help you further consolidate a stable trading style.
The very name foreign exchange implies the nature of the trade, i.e. trading in foreign currencies, and as any currency is affected by a number of national and international events, a trader has to be on top of all news about such events.
However, how do you deal with such news? When do you act on them? These are the most confusing parts of the game.
Often traders make their own deductions about the effect certain important socioeconomic events will have on the market and take a course of action presuming a certain result.
But the market is rarely that predictable, and in such a situation a trader who acts ahead of time, risks to lose the most.
In fact, acting immediately after a news headline that turns the market into a volatile place is also not a good idea. The traders need to wait out their time and act only after a definitive trend has developed in the market.
As mentioned above, currency of any land depends on a large number of national and international factors; the more important the currency, the larger your trading base, the more indicators you have to be aware of.
A Forex trader might often find himself overwhelmed by the amount of data he has to deal with and this more than often leads to a costly oversight resulting in irreparable damages.
One of the best solutions to the current technological revolution has thrown up to make the lives of Forex traders easy is the option of Automated trading.
In automated trading, computers work ceaselessly and can deal accurately with an endless base of data, in a very short time. They also cut down the role emotions play thus raising the play of logic in our decisions by many times.
Thus automated trading saves you both time and money, thereby helping you succeed more than you would have on your own. Such tools are seeing widespread Web Presence and IT (Web design) development today.
From foreign exchange to adverstising agency – all are taking advantage of it.
These steps will help a forex trader, no matter how much time he has spent in the business, and help her/him hit a higher success rate.
Sam Payn is a leading financial blogger. From online finance forms to leading blogs – he writes for them all.
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Yuri Yankelevich and The Russian Violin School
May 25, 2019, 4:25 AM · The Russian Violin School after the revolution in 1917 was little known to the West as few violinist were allowed to travel freely outside Russia at that time. The Hungarian violinist Leopold Auer, who taught at St. Petersburg from 1868 to 1917 left a strong legacy behind when he fled the Soviet Union. His former students and assistants who remained in the country continued his legacy and became part of the new Violin School that produced many successful violinists.
The Russian School is a broad term. According to Masha Lankovsky, it represents a combination of foreign and native elements over many centuries. Many people associated the Russian school with the Russian bow hold as described by Carl Flesch in his book "The Art of Violin Playing". However, there was no evident to that and Auer himself claimed that there should be no exact rules in how to hold the bow.
Yuri Yankelevich taught at the Moscow Conservatory. He started as an assistant to Abraham Yampolsky, who himself studied with Sergei Korguyev, a former student and assistant to Leopold Auer. Yankelevich's analytical nature and strong pedagogy intuition allowed him to publish some of the most important research on violin pedagogy. Read about two of his original essays published in the book "The Russian Violin School: The Legacy of Yuri Yankelevich" HERE.


And in the most mature cases, automated remediation through orchestration. You heard it here first friends (or probably not)—this is the future.
This pretty postcard alone makes developing a strategy to get to that ITOM summit worthwhile. However, as someone who has lived and breathed ITOM over the past few years, I have come to realize that there is also a less obvious, intrinsic value that is realized on the journey of deploying an ITOM strategy—and these are the hidden wins no one's really talking about. Now, sit back, and listen to the wisdom of a grizzled, (ahem), I mean, rugged ITOM trail guide.
Give you a comprehensive view of your assets and the services they support.
Aggregate all of the events from the monitoring tools you're using today.
Support automation or integrate to allow for automation using third party tools.
Now that we are packed for the journey, let's get started. Here's what I've experienced as I've implemented ITOM in ServiceNow for my clients.
Discovery is typically IT's first foray into the ITOM world. It's the most logical place to start since, when implemented correctly, Discovery gives IT a clear and concise view of the current assets in service and many important attributes about each asset. The intrinsic value of getting to this true "basecamp" is that along the way, the team gains an understanding from a network standpoint, of the scope of what they want to find.
Many teams think they've already reached basecamp, but they actually haven't. For example, some organizations have a spreadsheet that contains what they believe to be a comprehensive list of the IP ranges they want to discover. They think they're all set to start their ITOM journey. Then they realize that there are sly little pockets of devices in places that aren't tracked or haven't been kept up-to-date. Sorry, keep going. Not there yet.
Another common roadblock is a lack of consistent credentials/permissions throughout the environment. Especially in the case of SSH and/or SNMP credentials, that may or may not be able to be mass 'pushed' to multiple devices. Yet another is FW communication that doesn't allow the ports for discovery traffic to go where it needs to go. Do not pass go, do not collect $200. You haven't made it to basecamp yet.
So how do you know if you've arrived at true basecamp? You'll know because you will be able to see the full mountain in your view. All of your assets will be accounted for and….with Discovery, you'll be able to actually KEEP IT THAT WAY!
Come back for our next installment where we journey further up the ITOM mountain, passing through Service Mapping, Event Management, and Orchestration, and reaching all the way up through Cloud Provisioning. Stay the course and learn how the journey keeps making us stronger as we work those ITOM muscles (what doesn't kill us, am I right?), not to mention that view that just keeps getting better.


"A Hijacking" (Kapringen, Denmark 2012) ) is a film about a Danish cargo ship that is hijacked by Somalian pirates in the middle of the Indian ocean, directed by Tobias Lindholm. On board are seven men who are held captive. Three of the men are allowed on deck: the cook, the captain and the mechanic.
Most of the film concerns the negotiations made by the owner of the ship, a Danish multimillion-dollar concern. The CEO Peter C. Ludvigsen (Søren Malling) is a very rigid and controlled Danish man in his 50's. We learn about his emotionless negotiation power in a deal selling with Japanese businessman at the beginning of the film. He's a hard bargainer and maybe that makes sense when you are dealing with another corporate entity, but not with the lives of seven men. These men are onboard a ship with sordid and unsanitary conditions for almost 4 months. The Somalian negotiations are conducted through an interpreter named Omar. All negotiations are done by telephone or fax machine.
The Danish firm calls in an Australian consultant who suggests that the negotiations be done with someone not personally involved with the firm. It's hard to believe that Peter is more than remotely interested in his men, but more in parting with the companies hard earned money. He does not take the consultant's advice that it will be hard for him emotionally to negotiate with the Somalians. But in two scenes he shows what he really has under wrap – when he yells at his wife who brings him clean shirts and tells her to go home, and when he gets stressed out once during the negotiations which elicits gunshot on the end of the line.
The Danes first offer is 250 thousand dollars whittled down from a demand of 15 million dollars from the pirates. Even with the Japanese they at least kept themselves in the million dollar range to match their demands. The cool CEO and corporate headquarters with black and white office design contrasts with the sordid conditions of the boat at sea where it is hot with swarming flies and sweaty men held at gunpoint for most of their journey.
The cook Mikkel Hartmann (Pilou Asbæk) is the heart of the film whose care for his daughter and wife, his crewmates and his captain are obvious. We get to see very little of the other men held captive, one who seems to be a young teenage boy.
The Somalians are portrayed as ruthless and trigger-happy. It is a difficult tightrope for the filmmaker to walk through with not only contrasts between the parent company and the cargo ship but between the pirates and the captives but the result is masterly. "A Hijacking" is extremely engaging and the suspense is relentless.


Ramsey, NJ – November 11, 2014 – Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) today announced a strategic alliance with Inofile to distribute Kno2™, a clinical document exchange platform that enables patient care facilities to securely exchange vital patient information via the cloud using scanners, multi-function devices and health information networks. The relationship includes an exclusive Kno2 user interface that is integrated into the Konica Minolta bizhub® multifunctional printer (MFP) control panel offering a user experience not available with any other MFP manufacturer.
Kno2 is available through Konica Minolta's EnvisionIT Healthcare solution portfolio, a comprehensive suite of products, software and services designed specifically to address the challenges facing healthcare facilities. Integrating Kno2 with Konica Minolta bizhub MFPs allows healthcare customers to capture, exchange and receive patient information or other documentation in healthcare-compatible formats with a variety of health information exchanges, including Surescripts, the predominant health information network; Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems; and outside providers or partners. This provides healthcare facilities with an on-ramp to Meaningful Use Stage 2 requirements with secure messaging to pass patient data across healthcare providers for timely, accurate, efficient and cost-effective delivery of care.
Kno2 has also earned certification in Konica Minolta's bizhub Extended Solutions Technology (bEST) program. An integral part of bizhub OP (Open Platform), the bEST program enables a seamless interface between bizhub MFPs and software applications residing on a PC or server.
Inofile technology creates vital links to simplify healthcare. Its groundbreaking software solves one of the most complex and overlooked problems facing healthcare, transforming unstructured medical information into a common, standards-based format. Inofile connects the healthcare continuum with simple, cost effective technology designed to integrate into any patient care setting. Learn more at www.inofile.com.
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Марау () — муниципалитет в Бразилии, входит в штат Риу-Гранди-ду-Сул. Составная часть мезорегиона Северо-запад штата Риу-Гранди-ду-Сул. Входит в экономико-статистический микрорегион Пасу-Фунду. Население составляет 40 006 человек на 2008 год. Занимает площадь 649,300 км². Плотность населения — 50,8 чел./км².

История
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Tails of the City Mouse
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Miscellaneous Identities (school years)
Altos Art (1980) vivid Media Series (1985) Clinton Auto Leasing (1988) Eric Glader (1984) LA Zoo (1986) Syndecrete (1985) Skandinavisk (1986) Angst Inc (1986) Sendmail (a997)
Miscellaneous Illustrations (school years)
The following illustrations were mostly from my days at Art Center, though some are from UC Berkeley. They're from a variety of projects.


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(words and music by Rick Springfield)
I know just what you're doing
You don't want to put the hurt on someone
You've been trying to convince yourself
You're better off if you just turn and run
But I'm gonna hold on tight
I've got a feeling
You'll only happen once to me
And no one not even you
Is ever gonna make you wrong for me
Or are you looking for a price to pay
Is that your master plan
I'll do everything to make you stay
I've got to make a stand
I'm not afraid
I don't know where you're going
But I know what you've got on your mind
And I think your fear is showing
You don't leave things like fear behind
And I hate to be the one
To break it to you that
We're only human after all
I can mend a broken wing
I'll give you everything I have
You used to be the one
Who used to be so strong
What happened to your rationale
Your heart is on the line
It happens all the time
(total playing time: 4:03)
Song Facts:
This song appears on the following releases:
Hard to Hold (soundtrack), Best 21,
Best of Rick Springfield, The Encore Collection, Behind the
Music: Rick Springfield Collection, The Greatest Hits Alive (as part of a Medley) The Best of Rick Springfield (Japan), Anthology (written in rock), We Are The '80s.
According to US
This has got to be my favorite song off of the Hard to Hold CD. I love the haunting sound of the intro...the way Rick's voice kind of cracks when he sings "I know just what you're doing, you don't want to put the hurt on someone" like he knows he's the "someone" who is going to be hurt. But by the next line, I'd swear he was talking about himself ..."you've been trying to convince yourself you're better off if you just turn and run" (I like to think he's referring to himself here, because for the life of me I cannot fathom a woman wanting to run away from this man). Then the tone of his voice changes - you hear the urgency "I'm gonna hold on tight, I've got a feeling you'll only happen once to me - and no one not even you is ever gonna make you wrong for me", like he knows the woman who is running away from this relationship is smarter than him, and he's not going to succumb to the guy-dumbness that sets in when commitment looms.
My favorite verse is when the tempo changes: "And I hate to be the one, to break it to you that..we're only human after all. I can mend a broken wing...I'll give you everything I have" sigh. I love this man.
Goofy teenage story time. I was in a drama class in high school when Hard to Hold came out. We had an assignment to lip synch a song. Guess what I picked? Hey - no surprise it was a Rick song, but it was Don't Walk Away. Now we were graded on everything, not just how good of a lip-synch we did (Which btw, mine was excellent-down to every breath if I do say so myself. ) but also appearance. So I came to class in black pants, white shirt and long black coat, complete with my hair messed up and my dad's long black "funeral" coat. It helped that I also had my hair cut very similar to the way Rick was wearing it at this time...dare I say it, mullet-ish. I also added stubble on my face with the aid of my eyeliner pencil. For anyone who saw Rick touring that year, this was the look he sported at the beginning of the show, and my presentation copied the long walk, the hand motions....all I needed was the smoke machine special effects. Yes, I was a sick puppy even back then. I got an A though!
I think this song fits well in the movie where it is played. I just hated that they cut the whole middle of the song out! I had bought the album before I saw the movie (naturally) and DWA was already becoming an often played favorite. I was so glad to see it released as a single. - Michelle P
I love this song, although it's not my favorite on the cd. Every time I hear it, I think of the "park scene", long dark coat, Rick looking so sad. I'm not a big fan of the saxophone, but I absolutely love it's use in this song. I've also always liked the way he says the word "fear" "you don't leave things like fear behind". - rlh
I love this song. Like so many of Rick's songs it applied to where I was at that time. It came out at a time in my life when I was having like an inner war with myself. Whether to stay in a hopeless relationship or move on. Don't walk away. Make a stand. I can mend your broken dreams. Better off if you just turn and run. All phrases I understand.
I love how it starts out with the melancholy sound of the horns. It just really sets the mood for this song. You know how an artist creates many works over the course of their career? I really believe that this song is one of Rick's masterpieces. This song is perfect. The music, the words, the way he sang it with such passion and wisdom. - Elizabeth S.
OH THIS SONG!!! This has got to be my number one favorite song of Ricks, if I had to choose one. It comes in close to a few others, but it does and will always hold a special place in my heart, for a few different reasons. One being, this was the very first song Rick performed at my very first concert at the age of 14. I'll never forget that light in the middle of the stage with all of the smoke coming down from the ceiling and all of a sudden there was my man!! I just can't explain in words how excited I was to see him at the moment.
The beginning sax/keyboard combo just kills me every time and it really does do a number on me. I don't know why, but it almost gives me chills. Every word he sings and every lyric in it or so totally awesome and I can really really relate to this song from many aspects of my own life. I guess that is why it is so special to me and it really gives me a source of comfort. Basically, I just want to believe that I hear it in a way that tells me to never give up on anything, although it was written for different reasons (part of a movie script) it seems like something Rick would have experienced once or twice in his own life. Love, love love it!! - Amy L.
Man, I love this song. I love the desperation in his voice, and I love to hear how the sax seems to cry, lamenting for what once was. Rick's voice is pleading, delicately insistent, and raw. It's the most beautiful song of a tortured lover. It makes me not want to walk away from whatever it is he is singing about...it really pulls at the heartstrings. I would love to hear the full version of this song live, and I would love to be sitting in the front row to catch each facial expression as he sings it. Even that little bit of 80's synth going on is subtle yet trance-like. I'll never find the right words to due a review of this song justice, so I will just stop here, and put the song on repeat just one more time. I cant seem to walk away from it! - Kat M.
Why is it that Rick Springfield can make me really love and appreciate the sax? It sounds amazing in this song. This has got to be one of my favorite Rick tunes. (in my top 30 at least). The opening of the song is like a set-up for what�s to come. Rick is a master at creating an opening �scene� for the story he�s about to tell. The instruments here (I think I hear keyboards mixed in with that sax) are beautiful. It has an almost �eerie� sound to it, but a sadness too. I�ve always been one to fall for sad, sappy songs�and especially a song like Don�t Walk Away, in which Rick conveys so much pain and desperation in his voice. The lyrics have a way of cutting you to the bone, even though they�re catchy and have the sing-along factor.
I have to laugh when I hear Rick say that he is not much of a singer! He hasn�t a clue how great his voice really is. His voice is crisp and clear and perfect in this song, and it melds beautifully with the music in the first verse. I like the pleading in his voice with the word �no� in, �And no one, not even you is ever gonna make you wrong for me.� The chorus sounds so convicting to me. He�s telling her, �I�ll do everything to make you stay.� I�m not sure who Rick was singing about in this song, but he sounds like he had a real message here. It reminds me of Love Somebody in a sense, because of the message. Sometimes I feel that DWA is my favorite track from Hard to Hold, and other times I think it�s Love Somebody. Rick had some seriously great music on this soundtrack, regardless of what critics or people say about the movie. His song writing always amazes me!
I love the line, �I�ve got a feeling, you�ll only happen once to me.� Rick pegs that feeling many of us have/had/or hope to have, that this person is �The One.� He doesn�t care what others have to say about the relationship, he intends to �hold on tight.� It�s like Rick was �in tune� with this woman�he knew she was afraid of commitment. The opening line is great---�I know just what you�re doing, you don�t wanna put the hurt on someone. You�ve been trying to convince yourself you�re better off if you just turn and run.� It�s like she was denying the love that was right in front of her. When I hear lines like this, various images come to mind. I can picture the scenes from the movie where Diana was �running� from their relationship, and all the while she was in pain from her dad�s death. But I also remember scenes from Rick�s video and how there were several women who �ran� from him too. (which I still find very strange! LOL) Then there�s the images of his performance on Beat of the Live Drum (in which he�s a bit awkward, but cute, dancing on the catwalk. And specifically out-of-place-looking, performing without his guitar in hand!) I also just hear a man who was desperate to hold on to the love he�d found, and was trying to convince the woman to stay. He says it so well!
The chorus is so in-your-face with not only the lyrics, but the faster, louder sound to the music. �Don�t walk away, or are you lookin� for a price to pay, is that your master plan?� I like how Rick is saying that although SHE is scared and running, he is �not afraid.� He�s willing to take some chances with love this time. He even tells her he�ll �do everything� to make her stay. Sounds tempting Rick! LOL I love how Rick�s voice fades off into the sax just before the 2nd verse. Beautiful!
Another great line---�And I think your fear is showing, you don�t leave things like fear behind.� I feel he�s telling her that he can see she really wants to stay, (she�s vulnerable and her emotions are showing through). But she�s just afraid, and even if she runs from the situation, the fear will still go with her. It�s not something you cannot escape from. It will follow you�
The line that captivated me the most with this song when it came out, and still does, is when he says, �I can mend your broken wing, I�ll give you everything I have. Don�t walk away.� That line grabbed my heart and held on, and since that time, this has been one of my favorite Rick songs. I love how he wants to try and �save� her from herself. The funny thing is, for all these years I thought he was saying �mend your broken dream,� and that�s what I�ve been singing. One of those misheard-Rick-lyrics. LOL! But I just learned (thank you for pointing that out, my fellow Rick fan!) that the word he uses is actually �broken wing.� I like the sentiment there. I see that either way---�wing,� dream---it makes sense and gives me the same feeling about what he�s saying. He loves this woman enough to help �heal� her and give all of himself, if only she�ll stay. She was that important to him. Sweet! (Yep, I�m a hopeless romantic!)
Another line that jumps out for me is when he tells her, �I hate to be the one, to break it to you that, we�re only human after all.� It�s interesting hearing Rick say that. I like how he has a way of �humanizing� himself in his music, especially when rock stars are often seen as super-human�or someone much different than ourselves. But he�s right��we�re only human after all.� He understood that she could not be perfect.
I think the synth towards the end, about � of the way through, is a really cool effect! It adds to the whole indecision and struggle of the song, along with Rick�s voice breaking in a few times, �Don�t walk away.� The keyboards are a biggie in this song. Then we hear something that sounds almost like a spiraling sound when the chorus kicks back up. I find that sound effect appropriate with the �story.� The music is brilliant! It has a killer beat you can dance to, and lyrics that are easy and catchy to sing along with. It�s a masterful combination of sounds and beats that fit together very well, jumping back and forth throughout the whole song, from fast and upbeat to slow and mellow. I would LOVE to see Rick do this one live. Of course, he�d have to have a guest sax man at his shows. ;-) -
Kelley Pearson


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Granada 1-0 Real Madrid: Ronaldo own goal gifts Andalusians three precious points
Cristiano Ronaldo sensationally scored in his own net as Real Madrid slumped to a shock 1-0 defeat away to Granada on Saturday night.
In trying to head clear a corner from Nolito, the Portugal international inadvertently deflected the ball past a stunned Diego Lopez. The reigning Liga champions, led by a determined Ronaldo, tried desperately to rally, but substitute Karim Benzema squandered a gilt-edged opportunity to snatch a point in the dying seconds and the hosts held on to claim a win which lifted them out of the bottom three.
Los Blancos had scored nine unanswered goals in their two previous Liga outings, against Valencia and Getafe, and another landslide victory was envisaged against a side languishing in the relegation zone and led by a new coach in Lucas Alcarez, who had had just two full days to prepare his side for the visit of the champions.
However, Madrid looked sluggish right from the off, perhaps still feeling the effects of a draining Copa del Rey semi-final first-leg clash with Barcelona in midweek. Indeed, they did not fashion a chance worth of mention before falling behind in the most surprising of circumstances midway through the first half, Ronaldo heading a corner from Nolito past his own goalkeeper.
Desperate to make amends for the first own goal of his professional career, the Portuguese twice tried his luck from distance with 30-yard free kicks, but on both occasions, he was unable to test Tono in the Granada goal.
Yet those speculative long-range efforts were the best that Madrid could muster during an opening 45 minutes in which neither side managed to register a legitimate shot on target.
After such a tepid first-half display, Jose Mourinho unsurprisingly elected to make a couple of substitutions during the interval, sending on Benzema and Jose Callejon in place of Gonzalo Higuain and Sami Khedira.
The changes did not have any great impact, though, because while Madrid dominated possession, they continued to struggle to break down a Granada defence that was being wonderfully well marshalled by Diego Mainz.
Ronaldo did call Tono into action with a low drive from just outside the area that goalkeeper parried away for a corner, and repeated the feat with 19 minutes to go – but again to no avail.
Madrid really should have snatched a share of the spoils late on after Tono could only parry Callejon's shot into the path of Benzema. However, the Frenchman inexplicably fired wide from less than five yards out, even though there was only one Granada defender protecting the goal.
A late equaliser would have been desperately harsh on the hosts, though, who were full value for a shock victory which significantly boosted their bid to beat the drop, while at the same tame severely damaging Madrid's hopes of overhauling city rivals Atletico Madrid in second place.
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The Mars Volta - Amputechture // Limited to 1250 on 180g Blue Vinyl 2xLP
NOTE: If you're in Europe, there is a Red/Gold version of this album, ltd to 3000, available HERE!
Not long ago we posted about an exclusive version of The Mars Volta's debut full-length De-Loused in the Comatorium which had become available through ShopRadioCast…
…well, it looks as though they're continuing this with an exclusive pressing of the band's third studio album Amputechture!
Originally release back in September of 2006, Amputechture would become the final appearance for drummer Jon Theodore and presents the first studio album to feature guitarist/sound manipulator Paul Hinojos (At The Drive-In, Sparta). Of some serious note, John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) plays lead guitar throughout this release.
Check it out via Spotify down below!!
The Mars Volta - Amputechture 2XLP
Expected release date is 10th Jun 2014
Record Label: Music On Vinyl
Amputechture is the third studio album by American progressive Rock band The Mars Volta, originally released in 2006. Produced by guitarist and songwriter Omar Rodriguez- Lopez and spearheaded by vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the album marks the final appearance of drummer Jon Theodore, and is the first studio album to feature guitarist and sound manipulator Paul Hinojos, formerly of At The Drive-In and Sparta. The album also features Red Hot Chili Peppers' John Frusciante on rhythm and lead guitars, whose presence leaves Rodriguez-Lopez open for more intricate work on production, which resulted in a heavy and dynamic record.
The Mars Volta remain continual contenders for the mantle of most experimental high-profile metal groups. They push the boundaries of extreme production, like with their long periods of dynamics that rise ever higher, followed by an explosion of release. Amputechture is a near-legendary release by one of the most intriguing bands in Rock.
Vinyl Color: 180 Gram Blue (LTD 1,250)
A1	Vicarious Atonement
A2	Tetragrammaton
B1	Vermicide
B2	Meccamputechture
C1	Asilos Magdalena
C2	Viscera Eyes
D1	Day Of The Baphomets
D2	El Ciervo Vulnerado
Phil Desjardins 2014/05/08
So... They'll have to release Frances the Mute now right?... Right?
TheLotusOperation 2014/05/08
I dunno, the original pressing may end up being cheaper, but I still hope so too.
David 2014/05/13
The original pressings are going for 100€+ . The 'glow in the dark' package is way beyond that. So i'll take a re-issue over that any day.
Haha, I was actually kidding. I forget that it doesn't translate to type very well! Frances is my favorite of theirs, I really hope they do a nice repress of it w/the "decoder" song and all.
Yeah i guess they should have all the rights as all up to Octahedron were pressed by the same Label. A nice , not to expensive 3LP set would be pretty cool :D
Benny Disco 2014/06/04


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require 'test_helper'

class UsersSignupTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest

  test "invalid sign up information" do
    get signup_path
    assert_no_difference 'User.count' do
      post users_path, user: {name: "", email: "valid@example.com", password: "123", password_confirmation: "456"}
    end
    assert_template 'users/new'
    assert_select 'div#error_explanation'
    assert_select 'div.alert-danger'
  end

  test "valid sign up information" do
    get signup_path
    assert_difference 'User.count', 1 do
      post_via_redirect users_path, user: {name: "pennyhan", email: "pennyhan20102010@sina.com", password: "password", password_confirmation: "password"}
    end
    assert_template 'users/show'
    assert is_logged_in?
    assert_not flash.nil?
  end

end


Excellent weather and river conditions saw plenty of campers out over the easter break and pretty well all of them were happy with what they caught.
The weather forecast for this weekend is going to much the same as last weekend,and all the rivers in our area are algal free!!!!
- One camp at Belsar Island landed several cod ranging from 60 to 78cm on trolled 120mm lures and on bait, along with a heap of undersize cod.They also landed several good size yellas and worms,shrimp and small yabbies.
- Mick from the Boundary Bend store reported that there were plenty of cod and yellabelly caught on all your baits and also on lures last weekend.
- Campers at Kenley saw plenty of cod of various sizes caught on yabbies,grubs,worms and shrimp.James Cottis sent me a couple of photos of the 9 cod and a 40cm yella he had caught over the weekend.
- There were plenty of legal and smaller cod caught in the Swan Hill area, with one boat fishing near the P.I. caravan park landing two cod at 56cm on cheese on saturday.Aiden Drendel landed a 104cm on a Oargee Lure and a 90cm was landed near Caelli Lane on a lure and further out at Brooks Lane,a 83cm cod was also landed on a trolled lure.The yellas were a little on the quite side but there were a some around 33cm caught on shrimp and worms.
- Vickie from the pub reports that there were plenty of cod caught in both the Wakool and Edward rivers over the weekend with a 68-70-86 and a 1.10mtr caught on bait.She said there were some nice yellas caught mainly in the Wakool on yabbies,shrimp and worms..


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