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The closing door.
Tareq sat down next to Mhumhi, one small hand still clinging painfully to the loose skin between Mhumhi's foreleg and ribcage. He used his other fist to rub his eyes.
Mhumhi himself tolerated it, mostly because he was unsure what to do or say at the moment, looking at the tense stalemate that had occurred between Kutta and Mini. Or at least from Kutta's end. He could feel the anxiety coming off his sister in waves. Mini was harder to read, as usual, her eyes bulging inscrutably.
Vimbo gave a soft grunt and pushed himself past Kutta, maging her stagger sideways a bit. He circled over to Mini and picked her up by her rump, half-dragging her to the darkened corner, where he lay down and set her between his forelegs. Mini did nothing but blink rapidly.
"Vimbo," said Kutta, with a trace of irritation in her voice. The hyena pulled his lips back a moment, then laid his head next to Mini.
"We'd better tell him what's happening, too," Mhumhi said, waving his tail. "He might want to…" He trailed off. He really had no idea what Vimbo might want to do. He could still smell the faint but unpleasant scent of singed fur coming off of his body.
Mini struggled to raise her chest and put one small black paw over Vimbo's muzzle, where it had quite a bit of free space.
"He should go with you," she said. "At least him. Me, I don't know."
"You should know," said Kutta. "Now. We don't have time-"
"Come with us, Mini," interrupted Mhumhi, wagging his tail. "We can't leave you here."
Kutta shot him a look.
"It isn't as easy as just coming with you," Mini said. "As your sister knows. I'm a burden, at this point, and I may well die at any moment."
"You keep saying that, but-"
"Well, I'm not lying," said Mini. "I do feel better thanks to those screamer things, but I think it's only a temporary solution-"
"It doesn't matter if it's temporary," said Kutta. "It only matters what you want to do. Do you want to stay here? Or travel back to the city?"
Mini licked her lips and made a snuffling sound.
"Let me ask Vimbo," she said, and then turned and spoke to him at length in hulker.
While they conferred, Mhumhi felt Tareq tugging at his loose skin.
"Ouch," he said. "What is it?"
Tareq merely wrinkled his face in together and put his thumb in his mouth.
"We haven't told him anything," Kutta pointed out, stepping closer to them. She licked Tareq's wrinkling forehead and he jerked away.
"He's just fussy over being tired," said Mhumhi, without much conviction. Mini spoke of her continuing life being touch and go, but it was always Tareq's that was really the most in question. Of course he had to wonder, yet again, if what they were doing was really for his benefit…
"Don't," said Tareq, pushing away Kutta's muzzle when she tried to lick him again. "Don't want it!"
"All right, Tareq," said Kutta, wagging her tail, and swallowed.
Vimbo gave a grunting giggle. They looked over at him and Mini again.
"I've told him what you told me," she said. "Though…" She gave a little wheezing sigh.
"He'll come or he won't," said Kutta. "That's fine."
Mini tilted her head.
"What went on with him earlier? He was with you two- now he's got these marks on him."
She turned and made a feeble attempt to lick at the burnt spot above Vimbo's top lip.
"He had an," began Mhumhi, then paused, unsure if "accident" was really the right way to put it.
Vimbo rolled his black eyes to look towards him. Mhumhi's bruised shoulder gave a little twinge.
"Did you know he could read, Mini?" he asked. "He, er, he went with us to the computers, and he tried to make words."
Mini gave a little yip, raising her head up as high as it would go.
"He tried to write?"
"Yes, that," said Mhumhi. "Sort of… He tried to say something, anyway."
"Well, what did he say? What was it?" Mini was squirming, trying to pull herself up, pushing against Vimbo's muzzle. Vimbo rolled his head back the other way and gave a little whine.
"He said…" Mhumhi tried to remember the exact words O had put to it. "He said, 'I don't want to be.'"
"I don't want to be what?" Kutta asked.
"I don't know," said Mhumhi.
"Don't know!" spat Mini, with such surprising vehemence that they all stared at her. "Don't know! Of course you know! What doesn't Vimbo want to be? Why did he want to come here in the first place!"
Mhumhi felt compelled to look down at his forepaws.
"He doesn't want to be a…"
"He wants to be a man," said Mini. "No, he is a man. He's been one the whole time. You ought to be aware of this."
Kutta gave a little snort.
"He's not-"
"Don't you say that," said Mini. She pushed her chest over the top of Vimbo's muzzle, ignoring his little utterances of surprise. "He is so. Of course he wants his body to match his insides. He came here thinking… he came here thinking that they could change him. It must be what all the bouda believe."
Mhumhi thought of O and the little plastic ring.
"I wonder if they could," he said. "They might…"
"We don't have time," said Kutta. "If he wants to stay here and try, fine. Tell that to him. We can send Henli the message. But we have to go."
Mini hesitated, now slumped over Vimbo's muzzle. Vimbo was blinking at her.
"He should go with you," she said. "He shouldn't stay here."
"What do you mean?" demanded Mhumhi. "You were the one who just said-"
"He shouldn't become a man!" snapped Mini.
Kutta bristled a bit.
"Isn't that his decision?"
"He'll die," said Mini. "He'll die, or be killed, or something. You know that they're all dying. He'd better stay a hyena. I'm not going to tell him to stay here!"
"Mini-" began Mhumhi, but she showed her teeth and gave a shrill growl. Vimbo grunted and pulled his muzzle back, leaving her on the ground.
"He's not your man, Mini," said Kutta. "He's not blowing up or anything."
Even Mhumhi thought that this was a bit callous, and looked reproachfully at his sister, but Mini showed little reaction to it.
"They're all going to die," she said. "It's a lost cause. I want him to stay four-legged."
"You don't have a right to keep that from him," said Kutta, angrily. "You're treating him like an animal!"
"A live animal," said Mini. "I'm not going to say anything to him. Communicate to him however you want, but…"
"If he's a hyena, he doesn't have much more of a chance of surviving in this city," said Mhumhi. "You know that, don't you?"
Mini looked up at him from her draggled position on the floor.
"But he has a bit more," she said.
"It's not right," said Kutta, but in a muted way, looking at Mhumhi. He could offer her little support. If Mini would not tell Vimbo, there was little they could do to change the matter.
"Why's he a man?" asked Tareq, rubbing his eyes again.
A sharp light seemed to form in Kutta's eyes.
"Tareq," she began.
Mini said something sharply in hulker. Tareq hesitated in his rubbing. His face wrinkled again.
"What did you say to him?" said Mhumhi, stepping closer to Tareq, feeling himself stiffen.
"What I'll say to you now," said Mini. "You need to leave. You don't have time for this sort of crises. Your window of opportunity is closing, isn't it? Go. Take Vimbo with you. If he wants to return later…"
"You mean to stay, then?"
That was Kutta, stepping close on the other side of Tareq.
"I deserve it," said Mini.
Mhumhi gave a shrill twitter.
"You don't-"
"Mhumhi," said Kutta, turning quickly to face him. "She's made her decision. She'll be safer here."
"I don't-" began Mhumhi again, but his sister nudged him with her shoulder, urgency now in her eyes.
"The jackals might already be here, at the door," she said. "Do you think Henli is going to wait forever? The screamers can look after Mini much better than we can- dragging her down this tunnel- and we need to think of Tareq."
Mhumhi squeezed his jaws shut, quivering with suppressed speech. Kutta was nudging Tareq back up on his feet.
Vimbo rose as well, nosing at Mini on the ground. She said a few words to him in hulker.
"Where are we going?" said Tareq, leaning heavily on Mhumhi's side for support. "Is Maha coming?"
"No, Tareq," said Kutta. "She's sleeping now. We're going back home."
Tareq put his head on Mhumhi's shoulder and made a sleepy noise.
Vimbo gave a little giggle, then lowered his rump as if he were going to sit next to Mini again. Mini turned her head and uttered a sharp yap.
"Looks like he wants to stay," said Kutta, and now it was Mhumhi's turn to nudge his sister.
Mini said some more words to Vimbo in hulker, angling herself away from him and growling. Vimbo stared at her, his nose hovering just inches from her small head, and then opened his jaws and put his mouth around it.
"Vimbo!" cried Kutta, and Mhumhi sprang forward with a growl. Vimbo lifted Mini up by her head, her forelegs swimming feebly.
Vimbo gave his head a small jerk, adjusting his grip closer to the neck as Mini struggled, then turned and gave Mhumhi a wide-eyed look with her still dangling. Mhumhi had moved very close, entire form bristling, letting loose real snarls.
"Put her down!" he spat.
"Mhumhi," said Kutta, behind him, sounding shaken. "I think it's all right, he's only trying to carry her-"
"Put her down!" snarled Mhumhi, who had been seized with a strange and terrible fear- for a moment he could not place it- but yes, of course, it was the sight of a hyena, carrying a small dog by the head.
Vimbo gave a little squeal and retreated back to the corner, still clinging to Mini.
"It hurts," whined Mini. "Stop that." She added some words in hulker. Vimbo made a garbled sound around her.
There was a shrill beeping sound, and they all jumped. Vimbo dropped Mini, who squealed as she hit the ground.
A light above the door to the dark room was flashing. Mhumhi sensed the whirring and rumbling of some great machinery beneath his paws.
"We're out of time," said Kutta. "Mhumhi- we have to go."
Mhumhi's gut was still churning, but his sister was right, they were out of time. He took Tareq's hand gently in his jaws and tugged him forward.
Vimbo gave a sharp grunt and bent to pick up Mini again, this time by her rump, even as she continued to whine and protest. He followed after Kutta.
Mhumhi pulled Tareq, sleeping and stumbling, through the red-lit door at the end of the dark room.
"Watch his head!" said Kutta, and Mhumhi glanced up and cringed at the sight of those dangling hooks above them. The top of Tareq's head just brushed one, making it swing slowly.
The space was now a narrow concrete corridor, hemming them in all around, so that they were forced to go single-file. Mhumhi let go of Tareq and let the boy squeeze behind him so that Kutta could lick his hands encouragingly.
He was glad for Tareq's hulker nose. The concrete space, though clean- those sharp hooks were especially clean, shining in the dim light- though clean, it smelled strongly of aged blood. It permeated the space, as did Mini's whimpers.
There was a grinding sound behind them, and Mhumhi jumped and tried to look back, a difficult task in the narrow space blocked by the bodies of his companions.
"The door's closing," said Kutta. Indeed, the light was growing even dimmer. Mhumhi felt his heart hammering faster.
There were small lights strung up against the ceiling, giving them just enough light to see by. Mhumhi felt the chill of the place sinking into his bones. It was like being back in the sewers again.
He stepped forward again. Blood and hulker were all he could smell, and he tried to breathe shallowly, through his mouth.
He led the little group through the concrete tunnel for a long time. Eventually Mini quit whining. Mhumhi, unable to look back, entertained a horrible thought that she had given up and died, but of course he could not think like that anymore. And he had a feeling that Vimbo would have made a commotion if she had.
He was just beginning to wonder if it would be like this the whole way back to the city- an entire day of traveling in the narrow, freezing, blood-smelling corridor- when the concrete opened up around him and into a broad thoroughfare.
It was not empty, either. No- lounging around the area were a vast group of screamers. There had to be at least forty or fifty of them. And they were all turning their heads towards Mhumhi, standing at the exit to the tunnel.
"Why'd you stop?" asked Kutta from behind him. Tareq was squirming, as if she were nudging him.
"Back up slowly," said Mhumhi, voice low. "Back into the tunnel."
One of the screamers gave a soft hoot. They were all looking at them now, some rising to their feet.
"Is it Dot?" whispered Kutta, who had at least grasped something of what was going on. Tareq wasn't backing up, leaving Mhumhi feeling painfully exposed.
"It's not Dot," hissed Mhumhi.
A few of the screamers were moving forward, their black eyes trained on him. They were uttering soft noises. Mhumhi's heart rate was elevating rapidly. They were not really dangerous, at least in terms of aggression, but when they got excited…
"Mhumhi, let us through," whispered Kutta. "It's all right. We'll just-"
From somewhere in the crowd, one of the screamers let out a shrill bark. Another joined in, and suddenly twenty or so of them added their voices in with ear-shattering screams.
Mhumhi cringed, flattening his ears. Suddenly something grabbed him by the scruff and dragged him forward. A group of screamers had been lurking around the side of the tunnel exit.
"Let go!" he barked, thrashing, and the screamer dropped him, howling its displeasure. Another grabbed him around the middle, and he pushed it away with his paws.
Tareq was wailing too, having been snatched up in Mhumhi's absence by an ardent male. He was pounding its chest with his hands. Kutta sprang forward, snarling, and lept to fasten her teeth around the male's wrist.
There was a flurry of howling and grabbing after that. Mhumhi struggled his way though, snapping at the eager hands grabbing at him, back towards Kutta and Tareq. The male had dropped Tareq and run away, shielding his wounded hand, but others were moving closer.
There was a loud whoop, and Vimbo ran out of the tunnel. Mini was not in his jaws.
The screamers seemed as a group unsure of what to do with the hyena, turning their wide blackened eyes towards him. Vimbo charged at the mass of them, lowering his head to give another loud whoop that echoed in the enclosed space. They scattered before him. Mhumhi saw many grasp hands with their companions in their fright, embracing and cringing.
Vimbo trotted in a broad arc, clearing the space, and then went over to where Mhumhi, Kutta, and Tareq were. His short tail was curled over his back.
"Thanks," said Kutta, wagging her tail at him, licking her lips, where there was still a bit of blood. Vimbo put his head down and grunted.
"Someone come pick me up," said a feeble voice from within the concrete tunnel.
"You just wait there a moment," replied Kutta, and shook herself. "Let's have the lay of the land first."
Mini's displeased whine floated over to them, but Mhumhi was inclined to leave her where she was for the moment as well. With the screamers more or less cleared away from them, he was able to get a better grasp of the new area that they had entered.
It seemed to be still a concrete tunnel- but a much larger one, with an echoing concrete ceiling. The track with the hanging metal hooks continued along above them, along a narrow catwalk that looked, to Mhumhi, flimsy and not as well-constructed as everything else in the area. There was a metal track at their feet, as well- long and straight, pointing away from them. It looked like the track that had carried the trolley back in Oldtown.
Vimbo trotted away from them and leapt up onto a wooden bench that Mhumhi had not noticed before. Next to the bench was a glass kiosk with a closed door.
"It's a train station," said Mini. Mhumhi glanced back to see that she had dragged herself to the entrance of the narrow tunnel. "Or trolley station… it must have used to carry the meat before they installed that high track."
"I don't really understand why they went this far away," said Kutta. "Isn't it pointless for them to have all this so far from the city?"
"To protect delicate sensibilities," said Mini, panting, a little heap of fur with a pink tongue.
"What does that mean?" asked Kutta, but Mini merely closed her eyes.
"It doesn't really make a difference," said Mhumhi. "We should keep moving."
"I don't know, it might," said Mini. "If we can call that train over, we might be able to ride- get to the city in half the time. Maybe even a quarter of the time."
"If we can get it," said Mini. "And if those things get out of the way."
Mhumhi looked back at the mass of screamers, still hovering and hooting back at the other end of the station. Behind them he could see that the tunnel narrowed again, but not nearly as much as it had before- more a dark concrete archway. There were swaying screamers packed within, as far as he could make out. There were definitely more than fifty.
"What are they all doing here?" asked Kutta. "There are so many… there must be more of these things than there are hulkers in the entire city. Did they really make so many?"
"I don't think so," said Mhumhi, pointing his muzzle. A little ways away from them, at the edge of the clear space that Vimbo had generated, were two very small screamers, clutching at a larger one. One of them looked at them and put its fingers in its mouth.
Tareq mirrored the motion, eyes wide, and spoke around his fingers.
"There's kids!"
"Cute," said Mini, in such a way that Mhumhi wasn't sure if she was being sarcastic or not. "They're breeding very well."
That last statement had certainly been loaded with irony. Now Mhumhi was beginning to pick out quite a number of little screamers in the crowd, nestled around their parents' long legs. He could even see some of the carrying little infants with swollen, closed eyes.
"They really are," said Kutta.
"What are they eating?" asked Mhumhi.
He had been half-jesting, but now he looked at them and wondered. What were they eating, down here? He couldn't imagine that the building they had just exited had enough food to nourish such a horde.
"Maybe each other," said Kutta.
"Let's not speculate," said Mini. "Doesn't matter. I suppose we could just try to call the train and hope the lot of them gets out of the way…"
"Mini," said Mhumhi, admonishingly. Mini gave a little sneeze.
"It's just a suggestion!"
"How would we call the train?" asked Kutta. "Is there a button, or something?"
"I would assume the controls are in that little thing," said Mini, twitching her nose in the direction of the kiosk. "We could send Vimbo through the glass."
"Or we could check the door," said Mhumhi. "Vimbo's nose has had a hard enough time up till now."
"Suit yourself," grunted Mini. "I expect security will be high."
Kutta gave a little snort and went with Mhumhi over to the kiosk. Vimbo made as if he were going to follow them for a moment, then hesitated and walked back to the tunnel exit beside Mini.
The door to the kiosk was closed with a simple latch, with a padlock securing it shut- however, it was open. Kutta reared up and twisted and tugged at it until she could pull it free. The door swung open for them.
Mhumhi wrinkled his nose. A foul stench had assaulted them the moment the door opened.
"Smells rotten," said Kutta, coughing.
Mhumhi felt bile rising in his throat. Inside the kiosk was a low bench, covered in buttons and levers. There was also a chair, and below the bench, a hulker.
"A dead hulker," he said, for Kutta's benefit. She cringed.
The hulker was curled up with its knees to its chest. Mhumhi thought it looked like it might have been male, but it was hard to tell. It was half-rotten, especially the bottom half, which had gotten dark and slimy against the floor.
"What's that smell?" Mini yapped, from far away.
"How'd it die?" Kutta said, to Mhumhi. "You think it got hurt, or…?"
"I don't know," said Mhumhi. He stared at the hulker, or what was left of it. "It doesn't look like it starved… maybe it got sick."
"Why'd it die in here? Didn't anyone come after it?"
Mhumhi swallowed. "That latch- the lock was in it on the outside, remember?"
Kutta fell silent in the face of this unpleasant revelation.
"I suppose it really doesn't matter how it died," she said, after a moment.
"No," agreed Mhumhi, feeling as though he'd like to get as far away from the matter as possible anyway. "I think we'll have to bring Mini over here, to see if she can operate these controls."
Kutta wrinkled her lips at this suggestion. "I'd rather not. Can't we figure it out on our own? At least one of these has to be the right one. What if we just try all of them?"
"That's a terrible idea," said Mhumhi, but without conviction. He stepped back as Kutta reared up to put her paws on the panel.
"I'll bet it's this big lever here," she said, pawing at the panel. There was indeed a very large lever there, nearly central. Kutta put her mouth around the end.
"Wait," said Mhumhi, and Kutta hesitated, turning one ear towards him.
"Oh," said Mhumhi, eyeing the dead hulker, "nevermind, just pull it."
Kutta made a garble of consent and yanked the lever downwards.
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"maging her stagger sideways" making
"You don't have time for this sort of crises." this crisis or these crises
"sleeping and stumbling," sleepy?
"The concrete space, though clean- those sharp hooks were especially clean, shining in the dim light- though clean, it smelled strongly of aged blood." the second "though clean" and the it after the comma are unnecessary
"some of the carrying little infants" them


Fire brigades, as opposed to specific industries, must cover all types of fire risk in their intervention zone. The choice of a foam concentrate is a true challenge since it directly impacts the logistics and the operating methods of the fire fighting services.
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The solid class A risk requires the use of a wetting type additive that quickly puts out fires in depth and limits the risks of re-ignition.
The liquid - class B "hydrocarbon" type risk requires a so-called film generating or AFFF foam concentrate (Aqueous Film Forming Foam) to put out the fire using a direct jet at a long range. Nevertheless, as more and more fuels have additives, the fire risk is changing. Sometimes these additives can be assimilated to liquids miscible with water and require AR type adapted foam concentrates.
The liquid - Class B "polar solvent" type risk requires a versatile or AR foam concentrate (Alcohol Resistant). These foam concentrates are also effective on class B fires of the "hydrocarbon" type, either combined with the AFFF action, or using a gentle or indirect application.
The toxic vapour risk can be contained using a foam specially designed by BIOex for products that react to water. This action makes it possible to contain the vapours while emergency services are being organised.
Industry uses an increasing number of raw materials that are miscible with water. The fire risk from polar solvents is therefore increased in traffic accident interventions identified as the major risk by many emergency services. The use of an AR foam concentrate is therefore imperative.
To face all 4 of the risks listed above, and to guarantee effectiveness on all types of intervention, BIOex has specially developed ECOPOL : a multi risk ecological foam concentrate.
Formulated to be 100% fluorine free, it meets current ecological concerns. Fire brigades are in fact convinced of the ecological impact of the foaming products they use and are modifying their operating methods in favour of ecological foam concentrates.
BIOex has been the partners of many fire brigades for over 15 years and is attentive to their operational needs to offer an adapted management of foam concentrate stocks.


The mean-looking blacked-out Indian Chief Dark Horse arrives in Australia in May 2015 at $26,995 ride away. Indian Motorcycle external relations manager Robert Pandya talks us though the bike's features in the above video.
That makes the solo-seated bike $2000 cheaper than the "entry-level" Chief Classic, even though it has all the same goodies such as ABS and cruise control.
The Dark Horse should appeal to those who love the tradfitional looks of the Chief but find they are just too darned pretty and want something tougher and meaner looking.
This year, Indian made the Chief range even prettier with traditional two-tone pastel paint. It looks great, but it doesn't turn everyone on.
Brands such as Harley and Ducati have had a lot of success in the past with "dark" models with matte black paint and some riders love no other colour than black.
So Indian has listened and produced the Indian Chief Dark Horse with the same Thunder Stroke 111-cubic-inch engine, running gear and standard features such as keyless ignition, ABS, and dual exhaust.
But gone is any hint of pastel paint or chrome which saves about 10kg in weight.
The original Dark Horse was built from 2010 to 2013, but this is the first Dark Horse under the new stewardship of Polaris Industries, owner of Indian Motorcycle.
"The Dark Horse is a bike that will separate its riders from the rest of the pack, and we think the Dark Horse Challenge will do the same," he says.
Indian is also rumoured to be releasing a "Springfield" model in August at the 75th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The name is a reference to the company's original home in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Ok, so there's your problem.
Most modern factory paint jobs don't have the "shiny syndrome" on matte finishes.
Which satin black bike did you own? I have experienced the same thing.
However, most modern satin paints don't polish up like you said.
I'm pretty sure Polaris (Indian and Victory) is one of the manufacturers using this new paint process.


It is Garden Blogger's Bloom Day again! On the 15th of each month, we gardeners with blogs share a few bloom photos from our gardens.
Here in the Mid-Atlantic USA (USDA zone 7) on the DC-MD border, we had an especially nasty winter until two days ago, when spring sprung out and the birds sang and bulbs burst into bloom!
I cut a bunch of sweet-smelling daffs to enjoy at my desk while I lay out the next issue of the magazine.
So what is blooming today in YOUR garden?
Thanks, Lea, and you too!
No matter when they start, it's always a great thing to see spring colors popping through the ground! I'm sure it's the start of a gorgeous spring for you.
You are so right, Betty, such a relief after our unusually cold winter this year. Happy Gardening!
Lovely daffodils...Spring is the magical sentiment that rejoices your heart.


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Election results: What you need to know
Micah Pickering
When reading the results of the upcoming election it is important to realize the rules regarding how the candidates are elected. There are two races in the parish that have more than one open position and multiple candidates running for them.
The DeRidder City councilperson at large has two positions open with six candidates in the race, and the Merryville alderperson race has five positions open with 10 candidates in the race.
The Louisiana Legislature has conditions for how winners are calculated in races like these.
Those conditions are listed in Revised Statute 18:511A which states, "A candidate who receives a majority of the votes cast for an office in a primary election is elected. If there are two or more offices of the same character to be filled, the number of votes necessary to constitute a majority shall be greater than the result obtained by dividing the total votes cast for all of the candidates by the number of offices to be filled and dividing the result so obtained by two.
"If more candidates receive a majority than there are offices to be filled, those of such candidates receiving the highest total of votes shall be elected, to the number required to fill all of the offices.
"Any votes received by a withdrawn candidate or a deceased candidate shall be void and shall not be counted for any purpose whatsoever."
For example, if there are 1000 total votes cast in the DeRidder councilman at large election, a candidate would have to get more than 250 votes to be elected. In the Merryville alderperson election if 1000 total votes are cast, a candidate would have to get more than 100 votes to be elected to one of the open positions.
Candidates running for the two available councilman at large seats in DeRidder are Michelle Pierce Bennett, Narayan "MK" Dokwal, Michael D. Harris, Vincent Labue, Chance Lewis, and Billy Spikes. Candidates running for the five available alderperson seats in Merryville are Mark W. Allen, Rodney Farris, Daniel R. Ferguson, Amanda Dawn Pointer, Dale Reinhardt, Alison Page Robberson, Sara Barnes Sellers, Shelia Lanier Smith, Darrell Thompson, and Jay Williamson Jr. Elections will be held on March 24th.

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Opinion: Counter-extremism laws will be anything but
By Adam Warner | Fri 15th May 2015 - 8:55 am
Less than a week into the new government and we are already beginning to see the signs of a Conservative party moving sharply to the right now that the Lib Dem shackles are off.
Announcing proposals for counter-extremism legislation yesterday, Home Secretary Theresa May said that she would implement 'banning orders for groups' who are 'actively trying to promote hatred ' and 'undermine British values'. Prime Minister David Cameron added that we have been a 'passively tolerant society for too long'.
A similar piece of legislation was proposed 3 times during the coalition but was rejected every time. Lib Dem MP Tom Brake today said that they were blocked because they were 'ill thought through, illiberal and will not tackle the problem they are supposed to'.
For starters, the proposal is flawed in principle. It is undoubtedly the case that these proposals undermine the key British value of freedom of speech. Whilst the Lib Dems hugely disagree with the views of radical fundamentalists like Anjem Choudhry, we will always defend their right to say it. That is a fundamental principle of democracy. If you partially stop freedom of speech, as these proposals do, you set a very dangerous precedent which can border on censorship and risks allowing a government to silence any voice of which it does not approve.
Pragmatically it is also hopelessly flawed. It is common knowledge that if you ban something it sends it underground where it cannot be regulated so effectively. Extremist views are best defeated by free speech. The demise of far-right groups in the UK such as the BNP and the EDL was largely down to an increased media exposure which highlighted the bigotry and extremism of their views. Had we, as a country, allowed this to fester underground without confronting it, it would remain unresolved.
To conclude the proposals do absolutely nothing to tackle the root causes of the problem of radicalisation and are instead a weak attempt at regulating the results. They are wrong in principle and will not work in practice. Expect a lot more of this over the next 5 years!
* Adam Warner is a Lib Dem activist in Worcester
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Opinion: Help, I've got lots of new members. What do I do? #libdemfightback
Another thank you email from Paddy
JohnTilley 15th May '15 - 9:12am
You make good points, Adam Warner.
You mention "…The demise of far-right groups in the UK such as the BNP and the EDL".
Was it the demise or have they just swapped their Jackboots for tweeds, fancy collars and frequent photo ops in pubs with a jolly pint in hand?
Check out the 2015 UKIP result in Dagenham for example.
The BNP vote in that seat ŵent down dramatically — guess who they voted for this time?
Sardo_Numpsa 15th May '15 - 10:21am
"Less than a week into the new government and we are already beginning to see the signs of a Conservative party moving sharply to the right now that the Lib Dem shackles are off"
Are you suggesting that the right have a monopoly on authoritarianism? Is Kim Jong-un being "right-wing" when he has political rivals executed with anti-aircraft guns? Were Rotheram council being "right-wing" when they removed children from the couple caring for them because they were members of UKIP?
How aboout "we are already beginning to see the signs of a Conservative party moving sharply authoritarian"
Anne 15th May '15 - 10:29am
Anjem Choudray and others say what they like but if I said the same towards them would probably be prosecuted. This is what makes everyone angry, as if xenophobia and racism only goes one way.
Manfarang 15th May '15 - 10:58am
Well of course! Do you think May wants a liberal society? They need bogey men, Islamics under the beds to replace those Reds. Conservatives want a fear factor.
Bryan Morton 15th May '15 - 11:16am
This is the issue above all else that persuaded me to re-join the party earlier this week. These and other Conservative proposals (think DRIP) are potentially hugely dangerous to basic freedoms – and I somehow doubt that Labour, who seem to be equally illiberal on this front, will provide the opposition required.
While the LD voice in the Commons in sadly greatly reduced, 101 members of the Lords provides another channel to make our opposition to these & similar proposals known. It's a channel we should be making full use of while looking to rebuild in the 'other place'.
AM 15th May '15 - 1:05pm
It seems to me that these "underground" groups (more likely to be online now) create echo chambers, where awful views go unmoderated, unchallenged, are multiplied and amplified. Add to this a sense of one-sided oppression and you have a powder-keg of hate…
Yet this is exactly the policy May's pursuing.
Please encourage ex-coalition members to come out and do the "I told you so" dance? I mean… give us and the media an insight into the twisted ideas being cooked up by our partners.
David-1 15th May '15 - 3:25pm
Extremist groups are the authoritarian's best friend. Other than the Falklands War, nothing benefited the Tories in the Eighties so much as the fear of IRA attacks.
Manfarang 15th May '15 - 4:32pm
David-1
They didn't get any benefit in the Eastbourne by-election.
Roland 15th May '15 - 11:27pm
Just to put this 'outrage' into context, the LibDems when in government were party to a clandestine amendment to the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) that came into effect on the 3rd of May and which was never debated in Parliament, which effectively exempt's GCHQ and other law enforcement agencies from criminal prosecution has exempted them from the prohibition on breaking into other people's laptops, databases, mobile phones or digital systems.
Robin Lynn 16th May '15 - 9:11am
Prime Minister David Cameron added that we have been a 'passively tolerant society for too long'. Absolutely! High time we became an actively tolerant society.
Ian Sanderson (RM3) 17th May '15 - 6:32am
I think Theresa May and those who think these sort of restrictions work should look back to the period when they were used against Sinn Fein, and see the long-term results. (Ministerial posts for Sin Feiners.)


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Q: html template wont render in python django I know this is a very noob question but need help with this when I try to render my product template it returns with this error , the first two pages were rendered correctly such as  about , home and contact but when I tried to add another app for my products page it wouldnt load.
#THE ERROR
Page not found (404)
Request Method: GET
Request URL:    http://localhost:8000/%7B%25%20url%20'products'%7D
Using the URLconf defined in trydjango.urls, Django tried these URL
patterns, in this order:
1. ^admin/
2. ^$ [name='home']
3. ^about/$ [name='about']
4. ^products/$ [name='products']
5. ^contact/$ [name='contact']
6. ^accounts/
7.^static\/(?P<path>.*)$
8.^static\/(?P<path>.*)$

The current URL, {% url 'products'}, did not match any of these.

#This is the structure
src
>> contact
>> products
   >> migrations
   >> templates
      >> products.html
>> profiles
>> migrations
>> templates
   >> about.html
   >> base.html
   >> home.html
   >> navbar.html

#from the products app this is the views.py

def products(request):
   context = {}
   template = 'products.html'
   return render(request, template,context)

#This is the config for urls

from profiles import views as profiles_views
from contact import views as contact_views
from products import views as products_views

urlpatterns = [
url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
url(r'^$', profiles_views.home, name='home'),
url(r'^about/$', profiles_views.about, name='about'),
url(r'^products/$', products_views.products, name='products'),
url(r'^contact/$', contact_views.contact, name='contact'),
url(r'^accounts/', include('allauth.urls')),

]

#and this is where I called it in navbar

      Products

A: Don't name the urls if it have a include, to do that go to the urls and add:
app_name='products'
urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^$', your_view.path, name='home'),

]

and the refer it to:
{% url 'products:home' %}

A: You also appear to me missing the closing '%' on the link template tag.
It should be
Products

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Vincent Tangorra of Bethpage has been missing since Thursday.
The Coast Guard suspended its search for Vincent Tangorra on Saturday. Tangorra has been missing since Thursday after having engine trouble with his sailboat. His empty sailboat was found on Friday nine mile off shore.
Tangorra, 56 of Bethpage, had been attempting to take his 37-foot sailboat down the coast to North Carolina for the winter. The retired New York City bus driver was forced to turn back after running into trouble with his engine while he was off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland.
According to a report from CBS News, Tangorra was last heard from on Thursday night when he spoke with his brother Ray Tangorra via text message. "I'm good. I'm going to make the trip slowly but surely," he told his brother. The boat was off the coast of Cape May when they last spoke, and he did not give any indication that there was a serious problem.
On Friday, Tangorra's Jet Ski –which he was trailing behind his boat and using as a personal life raft - was found adrift. The Coast Guard then began searching for Tangorra, and later found his empty Polaris sailboat nine miles off shore.
The Coast Guard continued their search through Saturday. They then announced that the search will be suspended until any new developments arise.
Tangorra's family is still holding out hope that he will be found. "If there's an opportunity to continue the search on our own, we'll do whatever we can to bring my brother Vinnie home," Ray Tangorra said.
Tangorra hopes that his brother might be found somewhere on shore, perhaps in a hospital.
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High Voltage by AC/DC (International Version)
The International version of High Voltage by AC/DC was their third studio album and was the bands first internationally released album. It was released on the 28th of September 1976.
I personally think this album, along with T.N.T. are so incredibly good, I find it hard to believe these guys nailed it so early in their careers with most of the tracks on these albums becoming all time Rock classics, such as, It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll), Rock 'n' Roll Singer, Live Wire, T.N.T. and High Voltage.
This version of High Voltage went platinum 3 times and has sold more than three million units in the United States alone. Which is not bad for an album that was considered an all time low for rock music by Rolling Stone magazine's Billy Altman.
Still with the same band members as T.N.T. including…
Bon Scott – lead vocals, bagpipes on "It's a Long Way to the Top"
Angus Young – lead guitar, backing vocals on "T.N.T." [7]
Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Mark Evans – bass guitar, backing vocals
Phil Rudd – drums
The album's track list is almost exactly the same as the Australian version of T.N.T. with the exception of the tracks, Rocker, which has been replaced with Little Lover and School Days (Chuck Berry) which has been replaced with High Voltage.
It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)
Rock 'n' Roll Singer
Can I Sit Next to You Girl
She's Got Balls
I put together a video playlist of the album for you. Wherever possible I tried to find live footage with Bon Scott performing, but some of the tracks are from the studio album and include a slide show of photos taken of Bon.
Just hit the play button once to listen to the entire album.
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The following photos are taken from my copy of the album cover and the inside CD slip, I bought my copy from Second Spin.com for about $6.00, it's the Remastered Digipak version.
High Voltage (International) by AC/DC
High Voltage (International) by AC/DC CD
High Voltage (International) by AC/DC P2
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GSHS transitions 47 students and staff to distance learning while GSES transitions 16 students and staff in unrelated cases
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — Glenwood Springs High School is transitioning 27 students and staff to distance learning because of a confirmed positive case of Covid-19. Because the individual with a positive case of Covid-19 was last at school on Wednesday, November 18, those quarantining will return to school on Thursday, December 3.
Glenwood Springs High School is also transitioning 20 students and staff to distance learning because of a separate confirmed positive case of Covid-19. Because the individual with a positive case of Covid-19 was last at school on Thursday, November 19, those quarantining will return to school on Friday, December 4.
Glenwood Springs Elementary School is transitioning 16 students and staff to distance learning because of a confirmed positive case of Covid-19. Because the individual with a positive case of Covid-19 was last at school on Friday, November 20, those quarantining will return to school on Monday, December 7.
All students and staff who have been exposed based on contact tracing have been contacted directly. In-person classes for non-impacted students will continue after the Thanksgiving break. The district cannot divulge names to protect patient confidentiality. The affected areas in the schools will be deep cleaned and disinfected prior to the return of non-impacted students and staff.


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Amsterdam: September 2019 - NEP is a global media technology giant with an enviable reputation for innovation. Quick to see the benefit of the cloud for its operations around the globe, NEP's centralized platform is based on an all IP infrastructure that allows the sharing of resources over multiple remote locations, such as production facilities, studios and external venues. IP installations are easy in theory, but efficient operation depends on the careful selection of some small but vital components. Not for the first time, a major broadcast facility has discovered how Anubis from Merging Technologies can fulfil a vital role. So convinced was the technical management team that this device would fit the bill, they placed an order for 50 units.
The Master Control Centre is located at Hilversum in the Netherlands and this is where technical decisions are made. NEP's Lead Solutions Consultant is John Guntenaar and his mission was to try to find one box that served a number of functions and provided the right features for NEP's Virtualized Editing Platform. Obviously, it had to be capable of working in an ST2110 environment and be able to receive and transmit AES67 streams. It also needed to provide a way to listen to the streams on headphones or speakers and be able to control the volume. A valuable added bonus was having on-board mic pre-amps for voiceover recording. The ability to handle a large number of streams that can be increased by adding additional Merging I/O was also nice to have, as was the fact that Anubis functionality is controlled by software that can be updated, allowing for development and expansion in the future. Lastly, Anubis is a robust desktop unit that looks rather neat. John Guntenaar added; "I spent a lot of time looking at various units that did part of the job, but my goal was to find a one-box solution if at all possible. I was intrigued when Jasper van Eif from MSV told me about Anubis. When we checked it out, we were really delighted that it did so much and that Merging was ready to make some small customization to tick yet more boxes for us."
Merging's President, Claude Cellier remarked; "Our original idea was that the Anubis Monitor Mission would appeal more to an existing client base that would already have other Merging I/O. What has surprised us is how quickly a number of major broadcasters have realized that Anubis is the perfect device for remote and centralized production in a complex IP environment. It is not often you can say that you are delighted to be proved wrong."
Jasper van Eif is the Sales Director of Merging's local distributor, Maarten Sound & Vision and the recipient of this significant order. Jasper has been involved in selling Merging products for many years and offered this opinion; "Anubis is an exciting product because it is not only very affordable, but we discover more applications every day. It is already remarkably powerful and extremely versatile for such a small box, but the really interesting element is the potential for future software development to manage different 'missions'. It is the salesman's dream product."
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Thanks to Conrad Caplin from Pronto CX for doing an awesome job in answering all the questions in Sports Geek Nation AMA.
Here's the highlight question from the Sports Geek Nation AMA with Conrad Caplin.
Conrad Caplin is the Co-Founder of Pronto CX based in Washington DC. He currently heads product and technical strategy department. Pronto CX transforms fan experience at sporting events, music festivals, and other mass participation events through smartphones, smart cards and wearables.
Conrad recently helped the Los Angeles Football Club roll out ticketing on Apple Watch and iPhone devices for a contactless ticketing services.
Hey Matt, yes you can absolutely distinguish between between different types of fans.
You can do this deliberately by creating different pass types that are then made available only to and used specifically by only those segments, or you can use a general pass and then make that distinction further downstream by inferring from a fan's behavior.
Ultimately because each Apple Wallet or Google Pay pass has a unique identifier and is associated with a unique user account, you are able to build very rich fan profiles over time… one tap at a time.
This progressive fan profiling is how you learn that I love hot dogs and you love nachos and our friend Mike drinks beer and always buys merchandise when he attends a game.
A key way one can capture this is via Apple of Google's automatic selection 1 Tap.
1 Tap is an example of Apple Pay's Automatic Selection at its finest. This terminal's dual mode configuration is referred to as 1 Tap, with both the Apple Pay credit card and let's say a team /venue's loyalty or member card being conveyed in a single tap. That means fans don't need to provide any personal/account information nor take a separate step to present a physical or digital member card (like a QR code from within an app).
One other thing I forgot to mention regarding season tickets is that the Apple Wallet or Google Pay contactless tickets are dynamic and can be updated real time. This also means that you can update tickets after each match with the ticket credentials, new images, and any other content necessary for the next one. This is huge, especially in sports like MLB where you have 81 home games. If architected properly, the end user should only need to add a pass to Wallet 1 time, and not for each game, and then they can just hold the top of their iPhone near a reader each game and just expect that it will work! And all of this doesn't interfere with existing mechanisms for tickets transfers or ticket sales.
How the project with LAFC started and how the project has gone so far especially feedback from fans in the stands?
What are your long term plans for the "modern mobile wallet"? What would be some of the challenges for expanding this tracking throughout an entire stadium?
What role do you think content plays in getting users to transact in a native mobile experience?
How the contactless ticketing system works with the leagues and teams specifically?
What percentage of teams/stadiums are having issues loading E-Tickets during entry into events?
See the full Sports Geek Nation AMA schedule for November.
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Transgender Athlete Hanna Mouncey Banned Because Teammates Refused for Her to be in the Showers
Before her transition in 2015, Hanna Mouncey represented the Australian football team as Callum Mouncey.
After transitioning, Hanna was blocked in the Australian Football League for her "strength, stamina, and physique." Hanna then joined the team in the Australian National Handball, where she helped her team get to the World Championship only to be blocked again.
Though some may consider Hannah Mouncey's story to be of a struggling heroism. Others consider the 6'2 220-pound transgender to be out of place.
Hannah Mouncey wrote an op-ed in StarObserver saying:
I can confirm that yes, I was left out of the team for the World Championships because there was a group of players within the team, supported by the team manager, who did not want me showering or using the change rooms before or after the game. This was in turn the sole reason given to me by our coach for my non selection.
In this same conversation, it was clear that our coach knew what she was doing would not be received well. Despite the fact that prior to selection I passed every fitness test given to me with relative ease, she assured me that she would tell people that I wasn't fit to play rather than the actual reason just given. She even acknowledged in that conversation how well I'd done in my rehab to warrant selection if the change room issue hadn't been a factor.
Hannah was told that she wasn't liked. "I later had it confirmed by someone else within Handball Australia who had done some digging that: 'From everything I've been told, you've basically not been picked because you're not liked.' And the reason I'm not liked is because I told our manager, and by extension those players, exactly where he and they could go in trying to tell me where I could change and shower."
At the moment, the International Olympic Committee allows trans athletes to compete as long as their testosterone levels stay at or below 5 nmol/L for 24 months. Hannah did not go through the blood test last year, though it is unclear why. One study by a Swedish university says that trans women can keep their testosterone levels for up to 24 months.
So what is to be done about this #Gayes? Is it kay for people like Hannah to be kept out of sports for the sake of cis women (someone who identifies as a woman and was assigned female at birth is a cisgender woman)? Should transgenders have their own team? Does equality mean gender doesn't matter and we should have a free for all? Comment a solution below and remember to play nice.
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Analysis: Think your Y2K efforts are error-free? Think again!
Glenn Ericson
So September 9, 1999 [090999 or 990909], the dreaded 999999 tests came and went. Was it a major event in your shop? If so, I'd like to hear about it.
Now the bad news---in an article entitled "More vendors reverse Y2K readiness status" that appeared in Computerworld online edition August 3, author Stacy Collett stated:
The number of software products reversing their Y2K-ready status is going up, not down, according to one Year 2000 compliance-tracking firm.
In July, vendors for half of the 125 software products evaluated made "negative" changes (58 percent) to their Y2K-ready status. That means the manufacturer has discontinued Y2K support or has released previously unknown Y2K issues.
That's much higher than the 33 percent average for this year and was unexpected because more businesses are nearing the final stages of Year 2000 remediation, said officials at Infoliant Corp., a Pittsburgh-based Y2K compliance-tracking firm.
A second trend is that Y2K vendors and services are now focusing on other areas, depleting available resources for the AS/400 world.
Labor Day has just passed and we're headed into the Final Quarter. Roughly 100 days remain to close your "legacy styles" and enter 2000 in a properly prepared manner. Grave concerns over this bad news, given the eye opening double-digit increase of 25 percent in products with late Year 2000 problems, is not one bit encouraging for that solution path.
Some questions you should consider: Did you thoroughly test, in all its stages, the software you have in use as Year 2000-compliant? Are you sure you did all you could do with those modifications or homegrown changes and remediations either by your staff or your package vendors? Are they truly free of Year 2000 bugs, kinks and idiosyncrasies?
While we change our testing methods to match the complexities of Year 2000, it remains extremely difficult to test every conceivable combination of code paths and conditions. These variables remain infinite, leaving room for embedded errors to remain undetected. Where do we start to overcome this built-in handicap?
You absolutely must make Risk Assessments and establish objectives cooperatively within your organization---assessments that will allow for the rapid resumption of critical, if not all, business operations. During disasters, tremendous uncontrollable outbursts of trauma and emotions flow counter to logically productive decision-making. To be prepared for the unexpected, every Year 2000 project must have a contingency plan.
Contingency plans require that knowledge of critical business priorities and processes are fully defined. This portion of the Year 2000 project will be a joint venture with representative skills and awareness of process from several areas and management teams. There's no way to go this one alone, no matter how much you want to! IT infrastructures would very likely include the continued support through contingency procedures of sales, receivables and payroll.
Contingency plans predetermine individual responsibilities and actions of team of resources: No last minute pressurized decisions or complex matrix of alternate chain of command, simply a clear path for operation during crisis. This is more than planned triage.
We all know Year 2000 will happen on the calendar on January 1, 2000. What is unknown is the first and last processing dates on which this boundary will be processed or crossed, causing incorrect or terminal results.
Keeping with this theme, how does IT maintain clean management of data once it's remediated and validated as correct? There are tools available to forecast when that first transaction falling in 2000 will occur. On the other hand you can forestall 2000 by another 28 years with tools that invoke encapsulation techniques such as MS4 Year 2000 from Millennium Solutions.
Both these types of offerings are inexpensive and good solutions and offer viable risk reduction toward the passage of 2000. Services and tools are available to minimize your risk as time abruptly terminates!
Business and General
All risk assessments must take a serious view and analysis of the probability of Year 2000 disasters on each segment and rate them accordingly: High, Medium, and Low. Next, rate the severity of the risk on an appropriate scale, followed by the anticipated duration of the problem.
Take a departmental approach to the problem and plan. In so doing, you'll get to observe the interdependencies that exist between them as you would between programs, applications, systems and companies within an enterprise. This can be taken further into your supplier and customer relationships and dependencies, establishing those that are most important, or single source relationships of high concern.
Moving through all the steps as carefully as possible is difficult. Using the tools and services at your disposal will help ensure the best possible outcome. Nothing in the Year 2000 project is old-hat. Use whatever resources you can afford to remediate, validate, verify, forecast, test and create solid contingency plans. Your efforts during Y2K might just determine what and where your next position is. You're writing your legacy and your future the way you wish to be remembered. Don't screw this one up: We're still trying to get over the bad Y2K rap in the public eye! GOOD LUCK!
Glenn Ericson is president and founder of Phoenix Consulting LLC, in East Elmhurst, N.Y. He specializes in Year 2000 and risk management issues.


Elba Lubrication Inc.,USA focuses on building the highest quality lubricants and backing it up with uncompromising customer and technical services. They are recognized as one of the best leader in synthetic lubricant and their product of over 540 products can service almost any industrial application.
The company was created by a group of enthusiastic people who have been working for major oil companies for many years. More and more they didn't feel comfortable with the culture within these companies; slow, large and very impersonal. During the last couple of years, major merges between oil companies have made things even worse.
Along with finding solutions to unique lubrication problems, their research staff is constantly evaluating the latest base stock and additive technology to provide our customers with the best lubricants on the market.
The company has the flexibility to choose from the entire range of high-quality base stocks available to formulate the best lubricant for each application. Elba's commitment to an ongoing research and development program keeps its products on the leading edge of lubrication technology.
Elba is the leading manufacturer, formulator and packager of a complete line of Specialty Lubricants/Food Grade lubricants for a wide range of industries. They market their brand of Elba Lubes through a worldwide network of Industrial distributors. The firm utilizes the latest in lubricant technologies.
Elba lubrication Inc, sincerely focus on their business, extending presence worldwide and meeting the demands of their customers – no matter what the business of our customers is. The company's products have the reputation of being problem solvers, as they are known to handle the most extreme lubricating conditions.
"Depending on your requirements we can draw from our extensive catalog of stock products, or we can develop a custom formulation that specifically meets your needs. Our lubricants are available in a wide array of container sizes or we can offer custom packaging," says Jason Well, the Sales Director.
The following should serve to enable you to discern an application and address it in the proper manner, making the proper recommendation for usage. Elba Greases are suited for most of the applications you encounter and will perform much better than the grease already being used, especially if there are lubrication problems encountered due to friction-related heat and wear.
When it comes to water resistance, dropping point, mechanical stability, shear, oxidation, rust and corrosion protection, pump ability, dispensable and anti-wear capabilities, no other multipurpose grease can compare on either quality or price. Their products are truly the all-temp/water resistant/anti wear grease of the new millennium. It saves and pays to use Elba greases.
Obtaining optimum Extreme Pressure (EP) performance without sacrificing efficiency or cleanliness is a delicate balancing act for gear oil additives. The additive chosen needs to be carefully designed for the extreme nature of the varied industrial applications. This allows for acceptable gear oil life to ensure maximum production and reduced downtime.
Industrial gearboxes operate in different environments. As a result, the oil may be exposed to variations of extreme temperatures, loads and contaminants. Elba gear oil additive package has been formulated specifically to meet those challenges. Formulations containing Elba gear oil additive package maintain a high level of cleanliness helping to protect gear components.
Elba Lubrication Inc is also thermally very stable to maintain performance in the toughest applications and environments. In addition, the excellent EP performance of Elba gear oil is maintained across a broad range of viscosity grades providing the right balance of efficiency and durability for optimum performance.


Ardashir I, a king of Persis, defeats the Parthian king Artabanos IV and two years later is crowned as the first Sasanian king in 226 AD. His son, Shapur I, expands the borders to include all of modern Iran and parts of Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the Gulf Coast of the Arabian peninsula. 400 years of war with Rome, Kushans, Chionites and Hephthalites takes its toll and in the mid 7th century the Arabs overrun the Sasanians, replacing Zoroastrianism with Islam.


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Books & Spoons Review for STRANDED WITH THE NAVY SEAL by Susan Cliff
For one navy SEAL, danger and passion are brewing in paradise
Working on a cruise ship was supposed to be the perfect distraction for chef Cady Crenshaw. Instead, it made her the perfect target. Abducted and thrown overboard into foreign waters, she has only one shot at survival…and it comes at the hands of an irresistible ally.
Navy SEAL Logan Starke's protective instincts were locked and loaded the moment he met Cady at the ship's bar. When a violent struggle to take down her captors leaves Logan and Cady stranded on a deserted island, he leaps into rescue mode. But the hot sand and the even hotter attraction between them can't be denied…and temptation could be the deadliest threat yet.
A riveting survival story where the hero and heroine don't only have to survive the savage kidnappers but also the unforgiving nature of the stranded island out there in the middle of nowhere.
This story took my breath away and had me on the edge with many dangers and threats the main characters faced during their time on the island. The tension is high as time just goes by and there is no way to escape, no way to find their way back to the civilization, no way to avoid each other and the burning attraction building between Cady and Logan.
Chef Cady Crenshaw is a tough and capable heroine who is not afraid to stand up for herself. She has sass and attitude but also sweetness and passion. She can be hard-headed yet there is a tender heart inside her that she guards with the stubborn exterior.
Navy SEAL Logan Starke knows more about survival than most. He is cool and calm under pressure, yet he is a passionate, kind, considerate man who takes care and protects those he cares about or are trusted to his care. His biggest challenge on the island is to stay professional and not to touch Cady like his heart, mind, and body are yearning to do.
The primitive surroundings make the flaming desire burning between Cady and Logan an intensely sensual game that puts them both on the edge. The heat factor is high, the sexual encounters are voluptuous, the hunger they have for each other just growing with each touch, as the devotion and admiration take root in their hearts.
Logan and Cady's fight for survival is a captivating and enthralling story. There are so many elements bringing the intensity to a new level, from the personal conflicts to the physical challenges of the island to the deathly threat of the pirates. I was glued to my kindle as every twist in the story brought a new challenge making it impossible to put the book down. The island and survival enticed me, as well as the budding relationship and the demands the environment put them under. I felt a deep connection to both Logan and Cady, even though I could not comprehend a couple of the tantrums Cady had.
A mesmerizing, intriguing, and intense story of endurance and survival in the most challenging circumstances. The allure of the attraction and desire is irresistible, even as the danger and deadly threat hide behind each and every corner
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"A collaboration of cabin experts has developed an idea that they believe could reduce boarding and deplaning times on a B737-800 by five minutes. The premise is simple: by doubling the aisle width from 16in to 32in, sufficient space will be created for passengers to move past as others stow baggage, and for wheelchairs to access the aisle easily, all contributing to passengers being seated in less time. The solution is also fairly simple: the extra aisle width is created by 'compressing' all three places in a seat triple by around 2.6in.
The discomfort of the narrowed seat is only temporary, as once boarding is completed, when crew are checking the backrest and table positions prior to take-off, they press a button on the aisle seat, which activates a mechanical actuation system, expanding the seats to their full width and latching them into place. Should any passengers not fit within the narrowed seats, their seats could be expanded earlier. After landing, the aisle-sidse passengers can push the button to release the latches, narrowing the seats for deplaning.
The seat has been devised as part of the PASSME project (Personalised Airport Systems for Seamless Mobility and Experience), a project aiming to address the ancipated increase in demand for commercial flights in Europe by 2050.
Optimares is developing the primary seat structure, with Almadesign working on the styling of the seat, DLR providing simulation, and TU Delft also working on testing and development. The partners believe the seat design is viable and they are currently going through the patent process. Indeed the mechanical actuation system uses standard components already used in the seating industry and adds only a 5% weight penalty, which could be offset by the operational benefits.
The partners do not anticipate any major certification issues as the system is only deployed when the aircraft is stationery, and it has been designed in accordance with FAA/EASA regulations.
A prototype of the seat has been tested at TU Delft's labs within a mock-up B737-800 fuselage, and the partners report that the results matched their simulations, indicating a five-minute reduction in turnaround time for a standard single-class configuration with 180 passengers."


We provide our students many opportunities to practice your craft and give you the close attention dance training requires. Find out how to schedule a visit, learn about upcoming recruitment events, and discover the process of applying and funding your education at Radford. Come sit in on a class, attend a performance and talk to our students.
What is required for admission to the program?
To be considered for admission into the dance program, a prospective student must attend an audition. There are usually 3 auditions held throughout each year. Click here to schedule an audition with us.
The audition consists of a time to observe/participate "a day of RU dance" with our current dance majors; an audition class consisting of both classical (Ballet) and contemporary (Modern Dance, Jazz) dance technique forms; and a presentation of a 2-minute solo. Additionally there will be time for prospective students and families to meet and speak with current students, faculty and the department chair.
To reserve a spot, click here. For additional questions, please contact the department by email or call (540) 831-5186.


Austin Energy is developing an innovative metering and billing shared solar solution for hard-to-reach solar markets that include multifamily affordable housing, low-income residents, renters, and non-profits. The Shared Solar Pilot Program is exploring our ability to enable more cost-effective solar installations on multi-tenant properties for our low-to-moderate-income customers.
In most common solar installations, an on-site solar photovoltaic (PV) system must be electrically connected behind the meter so that customers can receive the solar power and the associated Value of Solar (VoS) credits on their bill.
In individually-metered multifamily properties, solar can be complex and costly to install, meter, and wire behind each unit's individual electric meter. The Shared Solar program aims to alleviate the problems of cost and complexity by allowing a single on-site solar PV system to serve multiple units in a building.
To do this, Austin Energy will use the utility's Meter Data Management System to enable virtual, proportional metering of a single PV meter. With this technology, multiple residential electric accounts in a multifamily property will be able to receive a prorated portion of Value of Solar credits from an on-site solar PV system.
All Value of Solar credits from the PV system's production will be allocated to the residential units in the property — in proportion to the unit's square footage — and will lower the tenants' electric bills.
Projects were selected for participation in the pilot program and systems have been installed. Austin Energy is in the process of vetting the functionality of the virtual, proportional metering solution within the billing system. Once sufficiently proven, Austin Energy plans to open the Shared Solar program for general participation.
Austin Energy is no longer accepting applications for new participants.


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from ceilometerclient.common import http
from ceilometerclient.v2 import alarms
from ceilometerclient.v2 import event_types
from ceilometerclient.v2 import events
from ceilometerclient.v2 import meters
from ceilometerclient.v2 import query
from ceilometerclient.v2 import resources
from ceilometerclient.v2 import samples
from ceilometerclient.v2 import statistics
from ceilometerclient.v2 import trait_descriptions
from ceilometerclient.v2 import traits

class Client(object):
    """Client for the Ceilometer v2 API.

    :param string endpoint: A user-supplied endpoint URL for the ceilometer
                            service.
    :param function token: Provides token for authentication.
    :param integer timeout: Allows customization of the timeout for client
                            http requests. (optional)
    """

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """Initialize a new client for the Ceilometer v2 API."""
        self.http_client = http.HTTPClient(*args, **kwargs)
        self.meters = meters.MeterManager(self.http_client)
        self.samples = samples.SampleManager(self.http_client)
        self.statistics = statistics.StatisticsManager(self.http_client)
        self.resources = resources.ResourceManager(self.http_client)
        self.alarms = alarms.AlarmManager(self.http_client)
        self.events = events.EventManager(self.http_client)
        self.event_types = event_types.EventTypeManager(self.http_client)
        self.traits = traits.TraitManager(self.http_client)
        self.trait_descriptions = trait_descriptions.\
            TraitDescriptionManager(self.http_client)
        self.query_samples = query.QuerySamplesManager(
            self.http_client)
        self.query_alarms = query.QueryAlarmsManager(
            self.http_client)
        self.query_alarm_history = query.QueryAlarmHistoryManager(
            self.http_client)

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Global sales from tea exports by country totaled an estimated US$7 billion in 2018.
Overall, the value of tea exports fell by an average -10.9% for all exporting countries since 2014 when tea shipments were valued at $7.8 billion. Year over year, global tea exports depreciated -13.6% from 2017 to 2018.
Among continents, Asian countries generated the highest dollar worth of exported tea during 2018 with shipments valued at $4.1 billion or close to three-fifths (58.8%) of the global total. In second place were African exporters at 21.9% while 15.1% of worldwide tea shipments originated from Europe.
Much smaller percentages of exported tea came from North America (2.4%), Latin America (1.5%) excluding Mexico and the Caribbean, then Oceania (0.2%) led by Australia and New Zealand.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for tea is 0902.
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of tea during 2018.
The listed 15 countries shipped 84.5% of global tea exports in 2018 by value.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing tea exporters since 2014 were: Taiwan (up 159.7%), Japan (up 89.1%), China (up 40.3%) then India (up 16.3%).
Those countries that posted declines in their exported tea sales were led by: Sri Lanka (down -55.2%), Vietnam (down -48.7%), Indonesia (down -19.4%), Argentina (down -18.3%) and Poland (down -14.2%).
For the complete listing, see the section Searchable List of Tea Exporting Countries below.
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for tea during 2018. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country's total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the surplus between the value of each country's exported tea and its import purchases for that same commodity.
China has the highest surplus in the international trade of tea. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms China's strong competitive advantage for this specific product category.
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for tea during 2018. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country's total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the deficit between the value of each country's imported tea purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
Pakistan incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of tea. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights the country's strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for tea-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful demand.
Below are global tea-processing conglomerates that represent established players engaged in the international tea trade. Their home country is shown within parenthesis.


Whilst 30% of all developers in the survey were targeting Windows Phone, that doesn't quite account for the majority of those whose main language is C#. Also, [tweetable]more than half of the developers targeting Windows Phone are Hobbyists and Explorers[/tweetable] – i.e. those not working on mobile apps full time. If we focus on full time professional mobile developers, as we will for the rest of this article, then just 50% of those that use C# as their main language are primarily targeting Microsoft platforms. Apple's iOS (with 23% of developers) and Google's Android (14%) are in fact more popular targets than Windows 8 (10%). So, how do developers use C# on other platforms? With cross-platform tools, particularly Unity and Xamarin.


A simple gesture from a stranger made my day, and we want you to do the same for other patients.
When you are in the hospital, mail delivery is a highlight of each day. I have a big box full of cards from when I was sick. Most are from friends and family, some are from friends of friends, and a couple are from strangers. One morning I noticed a handmade card on my breakfast tray. It was Valentine's Day, and I had been in the hospital almost one month. It was such a pleasant surprise, a touching and happy way to break up the daily routine.
Join us in the first Dig Pink® Tour Hospital Cards Project! We will have a card drop box at each official Dig Pink Tour Stop, and the cards will be sent to oncology wards at hospitals in the city where each tournament is held.
Tell them about yourself (How old are you? Do you have any siblings and/or pets? Where are you from?, etc.)!
Sign the card with your first name and your club name (ex. Northern Virginia Volleyball Association (most patients won't know what NVVA 13-1 means)).
Turn it into a club event! Bring some snacks, card making materials and create beautiful wishes for patients in the hospital. The cards will go to all cancer patients, not just those with breast cancer. There is no limitation on the number of cards a team may submit. Take photos while you make them and we'll share them on the Side-Out Facebook page and pass them along to the hospitals, who may use them in hospital newsletters! Side-Out will be collecting cards at Capitol Hill Classic, Colorado Crossroads, Big South and the Nike Mideast Qualifier.
For more information about the Dig Pink Tour, visit digpinktour.org.


The Honours College gives talented, motivated students the opportunity to challenge themselves even more by offering an extra programme (Bachelor 45 ECTS - Master 15 ECTS) that is followed in addition to the regular Bachelor's or Master's degree programme. You can participate without paying extra tuition fees. The main aim of the Honours programme is to develop talent and initiative!
Admission to the programme is by selection, since the number of places (around 300) available on the Bachelor's Honours Programme is limited. In order to quality for admission to the Bachelor's Honours Programme, you must meet these minimum requirements.
The top 10% of students on the Bachelor's degree programme (based on the study results) are invited to apply. Students who have not received an invitation can also apply (on a 'wild card' basis). If the student can convince the Admissions Board on the basis of his or her CV, letter and an explanatory meeting that he or she is sufficiently motivated and suitable for the Honours path, the Board may decide to admit the student.
the student is keen to explore the boundaries of his/her own discipline and look beyond them.


One of the most exciting accessories companies in the industry at the moment is Mr. Fox. Since the company was launched, the focus has been on especially well-made cufflinks but also a wide range of pochetter, scarves and ties. We have looked more closely at the company's news in 2015.
You could, for the first time, read about the brand here at Manolo during last year when we interviewed the founder Adrian Azodi.
Since then, the range of Monsieur Fox broadened considerably and has launched several series of pocket squares designed with the specific theme.
The Mashrabiya Collection is designed with inspiration from the Arab craftsmanship with the same name and have been filled with a range of colors that can be picked up from the rest of the outfit. Handkerchiefs are produced in 70% thin wool and 30% silk which provides both stability and luster.
It continues on this path with designs and not just patterns. Although these designs are not visible when they are carried in the Pocket, it is something very charming with that you can have a beautiful scene that only you as the carrier is aware of and has selected. In addition to the subjects tend to give the press a great handkerchiefs color effect since they contain irregular areas of color and pattern.
The favorite Around the World in the colours orange and Burgundy. An extremely underrated combination, for example, blue, green, Brown or beige.
Or why not in turquoise and Burgundy. Perfect for lighter sommarkavajer.
Ties claims a relatively small part of the business but is still produced by hand in Italy. It has chosen to focus on either plain versions in grenadine, shantung and kashmir or printed silk in more classical self tip-performance. The latter have just as the company's overall, a strong focus on color and pattern.
One of the company's ties in vintage silk.
Although the summer is not the term that most strongly associated with scarves so there is actually a lot of moments when a thin wool/silk scarf can be perfect around the neck. Sommarscarfsen is both bright and colorful which just as with handkerchief can be an interesting way to break out of an otherwise sober colours.
The Caravan scarf from the company.
Patterned scarves in bright colors.
One of the funniest news according to us, so-called Lapel Chains that you introduced. A chain to attach the lapel and which runs down into the breast pocket. It can be a way to keep track of Home key, or just a small inconspicuous detail among flowers and logos that otherwise tend to adorn the jacket lapels.
Rose gold plated silver chain from Monsieur Fox.
Or in silver if you prefer.
The chain together with the handkerchief and tie.
If you want to see products firsthand has Shoe Company a certain range of above all handkerchiefs from the company. Otherwise send Monsieur Fox worldwide from their online shop.
Founder Adrian Azodi during the last Pitti Uomo.


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In the Digital Info Age, How Can Reporters Protect Their Sources? Conference Nov. 29
Ghislaine Maxwell's Conviction Can Survive a Juror's Disclosure — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter '79 Bloomberg.com
New Year, New Amendments — A Commentary by Amy Kapczynski '03 Law & Political Economy Project
Yes, Colleges Favor Some Rich Kids. It's Just Math. — A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter '79 The Washington Post
Biden May Face Midterm Reckoning on Supreme Court Reform The Hill
Reporters often find it necessary to protect the identities of their sources. Before the age of digital technology, that secrecy was easier to achieve, but now, because communications between reporters and sources are subject to greater surveillance, confidentiality is threatened.
If source confidentiality remains crucial to journalism, what measures are available to protect it, which ones are being used, and which ones are actually effective?
These are some of the questions to be discussed at the "Protecting Journalism: Anonymous and Secure Communications for Reporters and Sources" conference being held Thursday, Nov. 29, at Yale Law School. Sponsored by the Information Society Project and the Knight Law and Media Program, the conference will bring together journalists and technologists to discuss the security needs of journalism; current practices among reporters; the merits and pitfalls of the available technology; and what more can—or should—be done to protect communications of this nature.
The conference will be held in Room 127 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. It is free and open to the public. It will consist of three panel discussions: "The Gap Between Security Risks and Security Practices," "The Faith in Anonymous and Secure Communications," and "The Tradeoff Between Security and Usability."
A complete list of panelists, the schedule, and registration information are available on the conference website.
Bryan Choi, Thomson Reuters Fellow and LAMP director, is co-organizing the conference with ISP Visiting Fellow Nabiha Syed '10. For more information, please contact them at bryan.choi@yale.edu or nabiha.syed@gmail.com.
Carmen Reinhart, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of The World Bank Group, will deliver a lecture titled "Central Banks and the Inflationary Aftermath of COVID-19" on Feb. 7, 2022.
Professor Monica Bell '09 Receives AALS Derrick A. Bell Jr. Award