The 32-bit version of Nvidia Tegra K1 have generally received good reviews in terms of performance, especially GPU performance, and the company has also provided good developer's documentation and Linux support, including open source drivers for the Kepler GPU (GK20A) found in the SoC. But as initially announced, Tegra K1 with also get a 64-bit ARM version codenamed "Denver", and Nvidia provided more details at Hotchips conference.
The 64-bit Tegra K1 will still feature a 192-core Kepler GPU, but replace the four ARM Cortex A15 cores found in the 32-bit version, by two ARMv8 "Project Denver" cores custom-designed by Nvidia. The multi-core performance of the dual core 64-bit Tegra K1 @ 2.5 GHz may end up being equivalent to the quad core 32-bit Tegra K1 @ 2.1 GHz, but the single core performance will be much better thanks to a a 7-way superscalar microarchitecture (vs 3-way for Cortex A15), as well as 128KB L1 instruction cache, 64KB L1 data cache, and a 2MB L2 cache.
To further improve performance, Nvidia implemented a new technique called "Dynamic Code Optimization" that optimized frequently used routines into "tuned microcode-equivalent routine", and store then in a 128MB dedicated optimization cache in the main memory. The software is done by software the first time, as the optimization overhead is said to be outweighed by the performance gains due to optimized code. Dynamic Code Optimization works with all standard ARM-based applications, requiring no customization from developers, and without added power consumption versus other ARM mobile processors.
Adding new low latency power-state transitions (CC4 Cluster retention), extensive power-gating and dynamic voltage and clock scaling based on workloads, Nvidia claims their dual core 64-bit Tegra K1 processor will outperform existing quad and octa core processor on most mobile workload, and it should even rival mainstream PC-class CPUs with much lower power consumption. You can find some benchmark results below comparing Tegra K1 32-bit performance to Tegra K1 Denver, Celeron N2910 (Bay Trail), Apple A7, Qualcomm Krait-400, and Haswell Celeron 2955U.
Hopefully they will release a Jetson dev board this 64-bit and 4GB of RAM. That would be amazing. Then just to figure out how to boat up Fedora on it. It's interesting how they increased IPC for frequent code and improved finding for ILP. They moved out out-of-order logic into software and added in-order pipeline. Software (firmware) optimizing software (re-ordering, register renaming, etc). All that details in white paper ($0.0).


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How many times have the two US parties switched sides?
Every now and then, a question like this one gets answered by an explanation of the Southern Strategy. Now, I recently saw a quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln saying that the Democrats of his day were the Whigs of some time prior, and indeed one answer here states that the parties have switched several times.
So I wonder: How many times has a large coalition shift between the two major parties of the United States happened?
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The answer you link to doesn't exactly say that the parties "switched sides", it says that their coalitions and ideologies shifted over time, so the question isn't very clear to me. How large and rapid does a change need to be to amount to "switching sides"? – Brian Z Jul 6 '20 at 15:28
There is an issue with this question in it's oversimplification. A party is made up of a coalition of different positions. During the 20th century, the two major parties experienced a major coalition shift of which groups voted for them and thus the issues they found important. Primarily this was focused on minority Civil Rights, with the Republicans taking the white supremacist former Southern Democrats into their platform. But while they flipped on those issues, not every platform issue flipped. This question could be improved by asking about other notable 'coalition shifts' in history. – Tal Jul 6 '20 at 17:20
Cool images like this always come to my mind. – zibadawa timmy Jul 6 '20 at 18:14
The answer to this question is in the term "Party System". A party system is some stable group of political parties, poised in equilibrium - sometimes one wins, sometimes another does, but they generally represent the same things, are built from the same coalitions, and have their influences wax and wane but they can be viewed as being roughly the same thing over time.
...except when the Party System changes. And it's those breakpoints that you're talking about. With 1968 as the decisive year, the US transitioned from its 5th Party System (with Democrats in an uneasy coalition between northern liberals and southern 'Dixiecrats') to the present-day 6th Party System. Check out the Wikipedia article:
Roughly speaking, in the US, you had these:
(1) Federalists (Hamilton/Madison) vs Democratic-Republicans (Jeffersonians)
(2) Whigs (Henry Clay) vs Democratic-Republicans (Jacksonians)
(3) Republicans (born 1850, took power with Lincoln in 1860) vs Democrats (the South), through Reconstruction till 1896
(4) Progressives (Democrats, frontier/rural in South and West) vs Republicans (Northeast / business interests), till 1932
(5) Democrats ("New Deal", via FDR), pressing social-welfare and an expansionary State vs Republicans preferring small government and fiscal austerity, till 1968
(6) Democrats pivoting to a civil rights focus, earning the African-American vote en masse as Republicans' southern strategy seized the South for generations since.
(historians and political scientists disagree on precise start/end points, and might combine #3/#4 or #4/#5 into a single era.)
This leaves aside, of course, any political trends prior to the revolutionary war, or even in the Articles of Confederation period. But for our purposes, post-Constitution, the answer to your question is probably Five.
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Thanks. What do you mean by "but they generally represent the same things, are built from the same coalitions, and have their influences wax and wane but they can be viewed as being roughly the same thing over time"? – Tim Aug 27 '20 at 13:23
"Represent the same things": Both their policy positions (relative to society's status quo) and their "brand" characteristics / symbolic associations. "built from the same coalitions": The subgroups that make up the "big tent" of the political party, e.g. Republicans = fiscal conservatives + religious right + others. It's a statement about how much someone from the start of the party system would "recognize" the same party at the end of that party system. i.e., if it's not "a lot", then it might not be the same party system anymore. – Steve Estes Aug 29 '20 at 0:33
This is a myth that has been brought up several times in history. However an examination of history shows that this is not the case. The confusion comes from two factors: Social changes over time and the trying to fit in the ideologies of liberalism and conservatism into the two parties in discussion. In the end the political base of the parties have remained the same. I will focus on the so-called southern strategy that took place around 1966
Political Basis of the Democrat Party: Strong State government in comparison to the federal government. However the government should have a strong relationship with the citizens.
Political Basis of the Republican Party: Eliminating Slavery, weak government all around but still having a stronger state government in comparison to the federal government
The confusion of trying to fit the ideologies (Conservatism and Liberalism) exclusively into one party or the other is where most lay people get in trouble.
Like most groups of people, there is not one homogeneous belief in either party. There have been and always will be conservative democrats and liberal republicans. This has not changed, nor has any group has had more influence in the leadership of either party. By the time you get to the leadership level, ideologies have been compromised so often that there appears to be no difference...
Over time technology advancements and the ebbs-and-flows of economics and social norms change so that it is not possible to judge the ideologies of the past with the standards of the current era.
The main point of the case for the "switching" comes from the misinterpretation of the so-called "southern strategy". Democrats accuse republican political strategists of racially ignoring southern blacks and getting the vote of racist southerners by appealing to the racism of the south.
This ignores many of the realities of how the real world works, populations and social norms are never static, especially in the US where freedom of movement is one of the main pillars of American culture. What I mean is that it is too easy to ignore the numerous migrations of people with specific party loyalties. To summarize, in the century since the civil war to the days of the southern strategy, southern democrats moved north, northern republicans moved south, conservative blacks moved south and then after WW2 moved back north to urban areas and became democrats with conservative leanings and POOR.
Factors of migrations:
Reconstruction era carpetbaggers
Destruction of the southern farming economy
Freed slave migration north
Reconstruction migration of poor southern whites
Great Irish migration from Europe to the north
WW2 southern migration of industrial workers
WW2 ends and high minority unemployment forces northern urban migration
Mexican Revolution migration to southwest
There were other social/cultural issues that changed the make up of the parties. And I still don't mean Southern racist democrats deciding that the Republican party was more welcoming nor northern Republicans seeing that their ideals were better served by democrats.
Social/Cultural factors:
Victorian/Edwardian Generation dies and Greatest Generation comes of age
Suburban Living becomes more attractive to middle class
Radio/TV makes people more homogeneous, race wars and discrimination examples come to the living room
Vietnam war is seen as the democratic party's failure
The hippie movement is publicized and glamorized
AS a result, it is strange that the conclusion of the so-called southern strategy focuses on ignoring blacks when what it actually was the ignoring of the entire northeast, west coast and concentrating on middle class people in the mid west, plain states and south.
Both Parties divided that population by how they would vote. The Republican strategy was socio-economical while Democrat stuck with the racial/ethnic component. This strategy remains the same to this day. You will see that Racial/Ethnic divide is still Democrat while middle class is still the base of the republicans.
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Re "Vietnam war is seen as a democrat failure": it's unclear whether this is a typo or not. That is, is it saying "Vietnam war is seen as a failure of the Democratic Party", or "Vietnam war is seen as a failure of Western democracy" (i.e. in which case the typo democrat should be democratic). – agc Jul 18 '20 at 0:35
@agc democrat as in the democrat party – Frank Cedeno Jul 29 '20 at 19:54
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In keeping with the Mexican-inspired breakfast theme (see last year's breakfast tostadas), I bring you: breakfast nachos! Because obviously, as long as you slap an egg on top of something, you can totally justify eating it for breakfast.
In reality, this is more of a brunch dish. I can't really see anyone getting up before work and making a plate of nachos for breakfast, but on a lazy Saturday morning when you sleep in til ten, this is the perfect thing to get up for. So, really, less 'brunch' and more 'whoops I overslept, better have a late breakfast and then not have to bother with lunch'.
I made my own tortilla chips for these nachos (nowhere near as impressive as it sounds – literally just cut up some tortillas and grill them for a few minutes), but you could use shop-bought tortilla chips if you're in a hurry. I do think that the 'homemade' ones take these nachos to the next level, though!
Once you've got your tortilla chips, all you need to do is layer them up with black beans, grated cheese, fresh tomatoes and a generous dash of hot sauce (this one's my favourite!). Then once they're cooked, add a fried egg, some diced avocado, and another dash of hot sauce for good measure, and you're good to go. Easy peasy.
In an attempt to make this recipe quick enough to justify calling it a breakfast dish (because who wants to spend 45 minutes on breakfast?), I grilled my nachos rather than baking them like I usually do. It still works fine, but if you're not pushed for time, I do think that baking is better because it gets all the cheese in the lower layers nice and melty.
Cut the mini tortillas into triangles (I cut each into 8), and lay them out on a baking tray. Keep them in a single layer if you can, but it's okay if they overlap a bit. Spray them lightly with oil, and add a pinch of salt and pepper. Place under a medium grill (broiler) for a couple of minutes, until golden brown. Then, flip each tortilla chip over and repeat with the other side.
When the tortilla chips are ready, layer them up (on a baking tray covered in baking paper) with the cheese, tomato, black beans and hot sauce - I ended up with three layers of each. Place back under the grill (don't have the temperature up too high - you want to try to melt the cheese all the way through, rather than just brown the top).
While the nachos are grilling, fry your eggs to your preference - I did mine sunny side up. Also dice your avocado.
When the nachos are hot and crispy, top them with the fried eggs and diced avocado. Serve immediately.
Still got more eggs to use up? Make my ricotta and tomato tart!
Mouth watering! Breakfast nachos have caught my interest. I will ask my sis to prepare it for me. She will be happy, too.
Ummm….. you had me at breakfast nachos…. yes.
this is totally justifiable for lunch breakfast and dinner!
Oh my godddd, I want a giant plate of these right now!
Breakfast nachos are my go-to "one too many glasses of wine the night before" breakfast!! Love the look of these, I'll have to remember them for the next time that happens!
What a dish! I'd gladly eat this for breakfast, lunch, or dinner!
Yum! These look so good! And I agree that as long as you plop an egg on top, you can absolutely call it breakfast. I never would have though to make nachos for breakfast or brunch, I'm going to have to give these a shot over the weekend. Pinning!


Political machines provide an X-ray view of the give and take between voters, candidates, officeholders, and political parties. The best thing ever written about political machines is Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago by Mike Royko.
In Chicago, circa 1955, Richard J. Daley's Democratic machine made a fairly explicit deal with the (white) people of Chicago: votes were exchanged for "walking around" money and patronage jobs. How did the voters know the deal? "Democrat" was a brand name that you could trust.
At a national level in 2013, the branding is more complicated than a base exchange of votes for jobs. The party brand communicates both a set of policy goals and an ideological framework. Our trust in the brand is determined, in part, by how well elected party members do at turning the advertised goals into laws.
If, say, "The Midas Party" brands itself as a group of candidates who will turn lead into gold, they might do alright in an election or two. But when, cycle after cycle, voters are left with the same pile of poisonous metal, the Midas Party will cease to be. Would a party in 2013 promise successful alchemy?
York's story does not contain any examples of issues where Republican leaders in Congress have sold out conservatives to go along with Obama, because no such examples exist. But what looks from the outside like a record of perfect obstruction, from stimulus to health care to the Grand Bargain, looks on the inside like a record of appeasement and surrender.
The whole dialog between voters and candidate takes place in cloud cuckoo land. Cruz is defining success in absurd terms that can't possibly come true. The logical space where Cruz is more obstructive does not exist. There is no less there, there. This is how the party dies.


This large-scale painting on canvas dating from c.1950 was made by the Turkish artist Fahrelnissa Zeid while she was living in London. Zeid's practice of the 1950s combines aspects of informal abstraction with influences drawn from mosaic and stained glass designs inspired by Islamic and Byzantine traditions. Characteristic of her style at this time, Untitled shows a web of colours in a system of kaleidoscopic patterns. The interweaving lines produce numerous shapes and forms on the picture plane, resulting in a variety of multi-coloured, interlocking rectangular and triangular shapes with curved sides. The overall effect of the painting is one of dense geometry in motion and a sense of order bordering on chaos. The colour palette of black, green, blue and pastel pinks creates a sense of calmness and harmony. The painting has no particular focal point, but rather presents many centres that emanate across the composition. The result is a distorted and complex perspectival arrangement characterised by visual event and repetition. The composition resembles an explosive world or landscape suggestive of fractal geometry.
Zeid moved to London from her native Turkey in 1946, and the 1950s became one of the most productive periods of her artistic career. During this time she travelled extensively between London and Paris. In Paris she became part of the so-called New École de Paris, a group of international artists such as Jean-Michel Atlan, Jean Dubuffet and Serge Poliakoff among others, all of whom were exploring methods of informal and gestural abstraction. As in other works of the same period, in this painting Zeid drew upon Eastern pictorial traditions and spiritualism. She described her dynamic and spontaneous process of painting as follows: 'While painting, I find myself integrated to all living things … Then I lose myself and become a part of a superhuman creative process, which produces pictures like a volcano erupting lava and rocks. Mostly, I become aware of the picture only after it is completed.' (Quoted in Mansell 1990, p.12.) These comments underline Zeid's psychological and spiritual approach to her practice, in which she attributed great importance to intuition and mysticism coupled with a complete immersion in her creative ideas.
Zeid's practice was also informed by the geometry found in Islamic and Byzantine mosaics, the rhythm found in calligraphic motifs and the philosophy of Eastern esoteric traditions. Her compositions employ an abstract language that infuses these elements with explorations of the nature of line and the structural qualities of gestural techniques. Her concerns with gesture, process, shape and pictorial symbolism further reflect Zeid's exposure to American abstract expressionism and European gestural abstraction. Her work testifies to the tension between Eastern and Western artistic and cultural traditions and her own intense and at times turbulent personal experience. Zeid travelled extensively in Europe, accompanying her husband Prince Zeid el Hussein, a diplomat serving as ambassador in Turkey for his brother King Faisal I of Iraq. Ongoing conflict in the region from the Second World War onwards influenced her in a personal and artistic way. Her explorations of order and chaos, geometry and composition, surface and space convey her complex thinking and experience of being part of the changing world around her. Untitled can be seen to represent a moment of calmness and serenity. Having lived through the turmoil of the war years and a series of family relocations, Zeid's arrival in London in 1946 might have signalled the return to a peaceful period that followed the tumultuous conditions of conflict in continental Europe.
Philip Mansell, My Life Is a Serenade: Fahrelnissa Zeid (1901–1991), Istanbul 1990.
Fahrelnissa & Nejad: Two Generations of the Rainbow, exhibition catalogue, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul 2007.


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Mastodon: The Workhorse Chronicles (DVD)
The first official video from Mastodon is quite the packed collection of live footage, interview clips, band history, and videos. Now that the band has signed with a major label, it's only fitting that Relapse Records release this set to chronicle the first era of the band before they moved on to Warner Brothers. The live footage is especially valuable here, and although not one long, professionally shot gig as some would have wanted to see, it instead is culled from many live shows over the years, most shot from the audience, but does show the power of the band in a live setting through the years from humble beginnings to much larger venues. The interviews are where you really learn about the history of the band and get to know each member, and it's interesting to see how they morphed from hardcore & punk beginnings to a more technical progressive metal sound as they put together albums like Remission and Leviathan.
The three videos included here are a load of fun, especially "Blood & Thunder" complete with a slew of crazy clowns, ironically most were played by friends of the band. If you have been watching MTV's Hadbanger's Ball over the last few years since it came back on the air, you will no douby have caught this clip, "March of the Fire Ants", or "Iron Tusk", as the show ran them pretty regularly.
So, as the next era in the career of Mastodon begins, pick up a copy of The Workhorse Chronicles and see how everything led up to this point.
Deep Sea Creature
Slickleg
Call of the Mastodon
Shadows That Move
Battle at Sea
Hail to Fire
We Built This Come Death
Welcoming War
Crusher Destroyer
March of the Fire Ants
Mother Puncher
Ol'e Nessie
Trampled Under Hoof
Where Strides the Behemoth
Aqua Dementia
Blood & Thunder
Hearts Alive
I Am Ahab
Iron Tusk
Naked Burn
Seabeast
Interview Footage
March of the Fire Ants-video
Iron Tusk-video
Blood and Thunder-video
Added: May 31st 2006
Reviewer: Pete Pardo
Related Link: Mastodon Website


Jason Smith and Dan Farley might have bet against the Ducks basketball team in their March Madness brackets � but that doesn�t mean they weren�t happy to see the locals notch a �W� in their first game of the NCAA tournament.
The two Eugene men said they were both 100 percent in their brackets � until the Ducks� Thursday afternoon game against Oklahoma State, whom the University of Oregon handily defeated, 68-55. Still, both said they�d rather have a loss in their brackets than a loss for the Ducks.
Smith and Farley were two in a sea of Duck fans watching the big game at the Wild Duck Cafe on Villard Street, a stone�s throw from the Ducks� basketball home, Matthew Knight Arena. Also at their table was Daniel Anderson, who grew more confident in the Ducks� chances � they will next play Saint Louis University on Saturday � as the game progressed.
Some fans, meanwhile, were already looking further into the future � to next season and beyond. Although worried about the loss of key senior players such as Arsalan Kazemi and Tony Woods, they said they�re also hopeful about the returning players.
�We�re losing a couple of good guys, but there are a lot of freshman starters, and I think they�ll carry forward,� said Kate Karfilis, a UO graduate student.
Karfilis and three friends � all grad students � took time away from their work duties at the university to watch the game, knowing it would mean working longer into the night. The four talked about the season to date and what March Madness might mean for the Ducks down the road.
Farley agreed that, even after losing valuable players, the Ducks� future looks bright. �I have no doubt (Coach Dana) Altman will bring together a good, solid team,� he said.
Karfilis and many other fans said they were surprised at the Ducks� low No. 12 seeding in the tournament, but Thursday�s win over the No. 5-seeded Cowboys gave the team a chance to prove itself. To skeptics, Smith had a few words to say.
�If you watched the last two years and paid attention, you shouldn�t be surprised� by the Ducks� success, he said.
Playing on the national NCAA stage could let the rest of the country know there�s more to Oregon than football, fans said.
Not everyone at the Wild Duck came from as nearby as the university. Sandy and Jim Risley of Coquille happened to be in town for comedian Jeff Dunham�s Thursday night performance at Knight Arena.
�We�d be watching the game no matter what, but it�s a treat to watch it here with other Duck fans,� Sandy Risley said.


Because my daughter, who is ten, is a Littlest Pet Shop fanatic as well as a shopping fiend, this game is a great addition to our board game collection. Two to four players, ages 9 and up, can compete as animals – a dog, cat, monkey or bird – who race each other to buy items from each mall store, using treat tokens won from the Food Court along with directions from the electronic console, which operates on three AA batteries (not included). The console has two voices, a pleasant woman's voice that tells players how many spaces to move, or to go to the ATM to get more spending money, and a man's voice that warns when you've set off a security alarm or are at a store with a long line or that is out of stock. The first time we heard the man's voice it made us jump ("Wow!" he yelled when we pushed the console button) because we were so surprised, then we laughed that a game would make us jump like that. The console keeps track of each player's purchases when you swipe your bank card in the right slot – the other slot is the ATM – so if you forget to put a purple check mark marker on your card at each store, the console will let you know when you have bought everything you need to win. This also keeps players from cheating or arguing over who made which purchases, which is pretty handy for parents who don't want to hear their kids hollering about that sort of thing, or parents who can't remember (like me) what they bought because they are too busy trying to keep the cat off the game board.
Each store has a different item to buy, depending on your pet – if you are the dog, you can get a haircut at Squeaky Clean, or designer goggles at Glitter Pet, and you can learn to shake hands at Totally Talented. We had so much fun playing this that the morning after we bought it and played it for the first time, my daughter woke up asking to play it even before breakfast, which is a big deal for my donut and coffee loving child. One of our cats – the big fat one – kept interrupting us by stepping on the game board and sitting on our money, but that only added to the fun, even if it made me confused over my purchases, and it was a silly thing to be pulling money from underneath the cat like she was the ATM. The game board folds up to make a case with a handle to carry it around easily, so you can share the fun with your friends and their participating pets as well.
This is more fun than we expected, but not a surprise from Hasbro, which continues to keep us entertained. Littlest Pet Shop fan or not, we think most girls will like this game, and maybe a few boys as well.
Can you post more pictures of how you set it up? I would like to see how easy it is before buying because I have the original one and I want to compare the two. I really need to see if it is better. I hope that my request is not too much of a bother and even if you don't I will understand :).
Hi, Stumbled upon your blog seeking fashion tips. Dont you just love the internet!! Useful information everywhere, talking of which its Vogues 90th anniversary. Would you agree that they still lead the way?
I have an grown son who is a big fan of online gaming, especially World of Warcraft and a preteen daughter who loves Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato, and most Disney and Nickelodeon shows. We like to read manga, watch anime, play video games, and swim when the Ohio weather cooperates with us. We are currently obsessed with The Hunger Games: books and movie!


David is a graduate in Business Studies from Kingston University. He worked for many years marketing famous brands for blue chip companies such as Dairy Crest, GlaxoSmithKline(GSK) and Associated British Foods. After becoming Marketing Director for Associated British Foods, he went on to be Executive Director for London First, the influential business membership organisation whose mission is to make London the best city in the world to do business.
Currently, David is a partner of the Anglo-Sino Consultancy LLP which is securing inward investment from China for UK startups.


The Direwolf is an imposing werewolf whose mere presence causes terror amongst those nearby. The Direwolf is able to block a player from using their ability at night. The Direwolf is also able to mislead any Seer who checks them.
The Direwolf is seen as a member of the village by the Seer.
The Direwolf is not seen as a user of witchcraft.
The Direwolf is seen visiting by the Harlot/Stalker/Familiar.
Not being detected by a Seer, the Direwolf has some more freedom in their playing style. You may become a controversial character only to have you cleared by a Seer (and thereby giving the Wolfpack a kill target).
Some players are wary of the Direwolf, and in these situations being seen as village member alone will not guarantee your safety - especially if there are reports of Direwolf activity in the village. This is one of the reasons why some Direwolves wait until later in the game with using their ability.
The Direwolf is effective if they can block protective and/or visit detection roles, allowing the Wolfpack to kill valuable village members unhindered and without fear of being caught.
The Direwolf appears and acts very much like the Courtesan. It can be hard for the village to tell them apart.
The Direwolf does not attack their target and therefore does not trigger abilities like that of the Huntsman or Shaman.
If there are no killing wolves left in the Wolfpack, the Direwolf will become a normal Werewolf. The Direwolf is the last to revert, the Bloodhound and Bloodletter reverting first.
The Direwolf cannot block a Succubus, Djinn or any role with night-immunity. The Direwolf may block a Sleepwalker and Insomniac, even though these roles may not even be aware that they had a special ability at all.
If the Direwolf is blocked by another role-blocker, they will receive the normal "You were role-blocked last night" message, but the block will have no effect.
A Direwolf can be redirected by a Succubus.
The target of the Direwolf receives a message in the morning: "You were role-blocked last night, your night action did not take place." - even if they did not use their ability, or did not have an ability to be blocked.


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Learning how to make cloth napkins is fast and easy and can completely transform your table settings for that special occasion. Your stylish handmade cloth napkins will be the talk of your next dinner party or family get together.
You can sew these reversible napkins in under 5 minutes and they are fat quarter friendly.
The best fabrics to use for cloth napkins are pure cotton and linens that will absorb any mess. I like to use cotton quilting fabrics on one side and then an absorbent linen for the other.
Add 1/4 inch (6mm) seam allowance around the size you require and cut 2 equal fabric squares. Fabric napkin sizes can vary enormously in sizes starting at 9 inches (23cm) and going anywhere up to 26 inches (66cm) for large formal dinner napkins.
I like to cut my squares 14 inches which mean I can get 3 napkins across a 44 inch (112cm) wide fabric. You could also make dinner napkins from fat quarters of fabric.
FABRIC SAVING TIP: Plan ahead to get the maximum number of napkins from the width of your fabric.
Here is a YouTube video I made for you if you would like to watch how it is done. Make sure you subscribe to my YouTube channel for weekly sewing and craft videos.
Put your two fabric squares with right sides together and stitch around the outside with a 1/4 inch (6mm) seam and leaving a 2 inch (5cm) gap on one side.
Clip the corners and turn the napkin to the right side through the gap in the side.
Give the napkin a good press, making sure the corners are well poked out. Press the seam allowance at the gap to the inside.
Topstitch all the way around close to the edge 1/8 inch (3mm)) from the edge. This will close your gap.
Give it a final press with a steam iron and you are all set to start planning your dinner party. Have fun!


Susan Colon took this photo of an old farm building just outside of Oak City.
■ Sycamore Chapel Baptist Church, 1610 Farmville Blvd., will host a food pantry from 8-10 a.m. Participants will receive a box of food. Contact Debra Watson, co-pastor, at 758-7110.
■ The Armor of God Christian Church, 2648 Mill St., Winterville, will host a food distribution from 10 a.m. to noon. Call 746-8403.
Greenville Fire/Rescue will host its annual Chili Cook-Off from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Fire/Rescue Station No. 1, 500 South Greene St. Chili, hot dogs, banana pudding and baked goods will be available. All proceeds will benefit the United Way of Pitt County. Visit GFR on Facebook.
The Eastern North Carolina Blood Donation Center will hold a blood drive from 1-6 p.m. at ECU's Clement Hall on E. Fifth St. The Donation Center, located at 700 Cromwell Drive, will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Blood donors are needed. Walk-ins accepted; appointments preferred. Visit www.redcrossblood.org.
The Stroke Support Network will meet from 6-8 p.m. at the Vidant Medical Center Rehabilitation Center Classroom, 2100 Stantonsburg Road. Contact Jordan Sheets at 847-0571.
The Greenville Toastmasters Club will meet from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Edwin W. Monroe Conference Center, 2000 Venture Tower Drive. Toastmasters International is a world leader in communication and leadership development. Newcomers are welcome. Contact Ryan Y. Samia at 850-341-2089 or visit www.toastmasters.org/ or www.gville.toastmastersclubs.org.
Greenville PFLAG, a local group in support of gender and sexual minorities, will meet from 7-9 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 131 Oakmont Drive. Parents, friends, family, allies and LGBTQ individuals are all welcome. Contact info@greenvillepflag.org.
■ First Christian Church, 2810 E. 14th St., will hold the 11th Annual Fine Craft and Art Sale from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday. The sale will feature original hand-crafted holiday gifts, jewelry, pottery, wood and wearable art. Bakery items and Brunswick stew also will be available. On Saturday, chicken barbecue plates will be for sale. Proceeds go towards missions.
■ St. Peter Creative Fellowship Craft Group will hold a craft festival from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday at St. Peter Catholic Church, 2700 E. Fourth St. The festival will feature crafters, artists, product vendors, baked goods and homemade soup. Call 940-8199.
■ The annual Holiday Art Sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.,m. on Saturday at the Jaycee Park Center for Arts and Crafts, 2000 Cedar Lane. This multi-artist sale will feature pottery, illustrations, knitting, crochet, paintings, quilts, baskets and sculpture. There is no admission fee. Call 329-4546.
The ECU Retired Faculty Association will present the first of its 2018-19 series of public forums at 3 p.m. on Tuesday in the second floor classroom of the ECU Physicians Family Medicine Center, 101 Heart Drive. The speaker will be Peter Francia, widely published ECU political science professor and director of the HCAS Center for Survey Research, who will analyze the results of the 2018 congressional and state elections. The public is invited to attend the lecture and the question and answer session that will follow. Contact yarbrought@ecu.edu for more information.
The Pitt County Board of Health will meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday in the Commissioners Auditorium, 1717 W. Fifth St. Contact Betsy Wallace at 902-2442 or betsy.wallace@pittcountync.gov.
Sign-up continues for the Bethel Christmas Parade to be held at 10 a.m. on Dec. 8 in Bethel. Entry is free. Bands, floats, autos, walking units, church groups and more are welcome to participate. For more information or to sign up, call the Bethel Town Hall at 818-0891 or visit the Bethel-NC Christmas Parade on Facebook.


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Collecting diecast autos consists of buying particular gadgets based mostly in your specific interests, such as airplanes, cars, trains, ship fashions, etc. Twelve months after Project CARS took the digital racing world by storm, Project CARS' Game Of The Year Edition is now available. In 2016, Project CARS will proceed to blur the lines between gaming and reality by extending the prevailing SMS-R (SMS Racing) initiative into the world of Time Attack. Shortly after World War I, though, elevated export tariffs, inflation, and rising anti-Semitism in Germany eroded the company's dominance. In 1983, the company added an attire division, founded a division known as A.E. Planning (later Bandai Visual), and launched its first authentic characteristic film, Daws, which got here out in the fall. Although it is nice to see Bandai Namco's love for the Digimon series in Japan, right here in North America, we're disadvantaged of those video games more often than not. On a sad be aware, in October 1997 Bandai founder Naoharu Yamashina handed away on the age of 79.
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He was replaced by a Bandai veteran, Takashi Mogi, who had earlier helped salvage several troubled subsidiaries. Introduced in in 2006, the UK Time Attack Championship has grown into the most important and most skilled Time Attack event on the planet. In 1880 they began to make their first toys: success was huge and in a number of years the manufacturing facility became an important for toy manufacturing on the earth.
Bandai continued to sponsor quite a few cartoon packages on television, notably Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, in which five young women used the power of the moon to fight aliens, and Crayon Shin-Chan, a program about a mischievous preschooler that was watched by viewers of all ages.
Both Bandai and Apple had high hopes for Pippin, because the Power Rangers phenomenon was in decline and Apple was more and more dropping its market share to Windows-based mostly tools. Digimon World Re:Digitize for the PlayStation Portable was one other great recreation, which by no means bought a western launch and let's not overlook Digimon Adventure either. Eventually, Japan grew to become the reputable tinplate tin toy producing heart, leaving behind Germany in the aftermath of World War I. In the summer season, Bandai purchased Tsukuda Original Co.—a doll, toy and software maker—to assist broaden the agency's choices. In January, Bandai announced it had agreed to be acquired by Sega Enterprises, the Japanese video game producer.
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Encyclopedia of Health Communication
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From the dynamics of interpersonal communication between health professionals and clients to global command-and-control during public health emergencies that cross international borders, the field of health communication bridges many disciplines and involves efforts from the micro to the macro. It involves navigating personal, cultural, and political complexities and an ability to distill complex technical science into quickly and easily understood terms for ready distribution by the mass media--or to an individual patient or to the parent of an ailing child.
Despite an abundance of textbooks, specialized monographs, and academic handbooks, this is the first encyclopedic reference work in this area, covering the breadth of theory and research on health communication, as well as their practical application.
Nearly 600 original articles are organized A-to-Z within a three-volume set to provide comprehensive coverage of this exciting field, including such topics as theories and research traditions; evaluation and assessment; cultural complexities; high risk and special populations; message design and campaigns; provider/patient interaction issues; media issues; and more.
All articles were specifically commissioned for this work, signed and authored by key figures in the field, and conclude with cross reference links and suggestions for further reading.
Appendices include a Resource Guide with annotated lists of classic books and articles, journals, associations, and web sites; a Glossary of specialized terms; and a Chronology offering an overview and history of the field.
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Hong Kong Arts Centre's April Exhibition, Falling Into A Trance: Solo Exhibitions by Man Fung-yi & Mok Yat-san, featuring the latest sculptures and installations of the artist couple Man Fung-yi and Mok Yat-san, will be going to transform the exhibition venue into the setting of an "artist family" for visitors to discover the versatility of Hong Kong sculptors.
The Exhibition's Opening Ceremony successfully took place this evening (April 3, 2014). Officiating guests included Mrs. Cissy Pao Watari, BBS, Honorary President and Chairman, Arts Programme Committee, Hong Kong Arts Centre; Ms. Florence Hui Hiu -fai, SBS, JP,. Under Secretary for Home Affairs; Mrs. Nancy Lee, Chairman, The Friends of the Hong Kong Museum of Art and Ms. Candy Chuang, Chairman, Treasure Auctioneer Limited.
Man Fung–yi will exhibit her works orderly at the gallery, reflecting her way of making home. Her recent works Weaving Intimacy For My Mother: Thousand Water, Thousand Eyes, Thousand Mountains & Thousand Flowers, Girl-land, Embroidery Of Happiness and Weaving Intimacy: A Suspended Moment represent the interrelatedness of art and life as a female artist/wife/mother/daughter/sister.
Mok Yat-san will showcase Relieving Anxiety, Taking Up Residence, Arising Continuity & Birth in Pure Land of his latest series Falling Into Trance which incorporate the motifs from landscape, like blue lotus, swallow and butterfly, to depict his endless fascination, concern and re-shape of nature, for instance, the ever-changing cloudscape and melting stones. As a male artist/husband/father/home guardian of this artist family, he creates a scene of courtyard in Chinese style with tangible strength, masculinity and stability that welcomes the viewers to visit and interact with his sculpture installation.
Both Man and Mork think that while concentrating on art creation, artists sometimes will reach a stage of trance, in which reality interlocks with fantasies, secular world merges with unforgettable memories, to give birth to inconceivable future imagination—an ephemeral yet eternal stage.


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Investigation into Freezing-Thawing Durability of Low Permeability Concrete with and without Air Entraining Agent
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The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of low-permeability concrete, made with reduced watert-to-binder ratios (w/b) and/or supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), on the need for air entrainment to achieve freezing-thawing (F-T) durability.
In the present study, concrete mixes were made with different types of cement (Types I and IP), with or without fly ash replacement (15%), with different water-to-binder ratios (w/b =0.25, 0.35, 0.45 and 0.55), and with or without air entraining agent (AEA). All concrete mixtures were controlled to have a similar slump by using different dosages of superplasticizer. The rapid chloride permeability and F-T durability of the concrete samples were determined according to ASTM C1202 and ASTM C666A, respectively. The air void structure of the concrete was studied using the Air Void Analyzer, RapidAir, and porosity tests (ASTM C642). In addition, the general concrete properties, such as slump, air content, unit weight, and 28-day compressive strength, were evaluated.
The results indicate that all concrete mixes with proper air entrainment (ASTM C231 air content ≥ 6%) showed good F-T resistance (durability factor ≥85%). All concrete mixes without AEA showed poor F-T resistance (durability factor < 40%), except for one mix that had very low permeability and high strength. This was the concrete made with Type IP cement and with a w/b of 0.25, which had a permeability of 520 coulombs and a compressive strength of 12,760 psi (88 MPa). There were clear relationships between the F-T durability and hardened concrete properties of non-air entrained concrete. However, such relationships did not exist in concrete with AEA. For concrete with AEA, good F-T durability was associated with an air void spacing factor ≤ 0.28 mm (by AVA) or ≤ 0.22 mm (by RapidAir).
Freeze-Thaw Durability of Low-Permeability Concrete
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Jerusalem ~ Acts 21:14 – 22:30
Poster for Acts 13-28
to locate Jerusalem on a map
to communicate the main events that happened when Paul returned to Jerusalem
Paul travels from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
Paul's third missionary journey is over and he is following the prompting of the Holy Spirit to go to Jerusalem knowing that trials await him. He will be visiting Herod's Temple, which is the same temple Jesus visited. Keep in mind that Paul studied under the Pharisee Gamaliel. It is quite possible that Paul was around when Jesus taught in the temple or turned over the tables of the money changers. The scriptures do not tell us these things, but I have a feeling that Paul knew quite a bit about the teacher named Jesus.
Main Events of the Story:
Paul arrived in Jerusalem and he visited with the church including James, the brother of Jesus. He told them about the events of his journeys and his ministry to the Gentiles. The brethren of the church were overjoyed and glorified God! The brothers sobered down and told Paul that the Jewish Council would want to meet once they heard that Paul was back in town because people had been accusing Paul of teaching Jews to forsake Moses and their customs. But they had a plan!
Paul was to go into the temple with 4 Jewish brethren who were ending their time of vows. These vows were probably Nazirite vows which Jews would take periodically for different reasons. Some examples of people with Nazirite vows from scripture would be Samson, Samuel, and John the Baptist. During their time of vow, the Jews would not drink anything from grapes and would not cut their hair. So Paul was to go with them and pay for the men to have their heads shaven, which would show the temple leaders that the vows were complete and that Paul really did still abide by the Jewish customs.
The plan failed. A handful of Jews from Asia were in the temple when Paul arrived and they began to stir up the crowd accusing Paul of teaching all men to be against the Jews and for allowing Greeks into the temple to defile it. The men grabbed Paul, all the city was disturbed, and they dragged him out of the temple and the doors were shut. While the Jews were seeking to kill Paul, the Commander of the Garrison heard about the uproar and immediately he and some soldiers went to the area. They stopped the beating of Paul, placed him in two chains and asked the crowd who this was and what he did. There were conflicting answers so that the Commander could not "ascertain the truth" so he started to take Paul to the barracks. When they got to the stairs, soldiers had to carry Paul because of what the mob did to him. As Paul is leaving, the crowd begans to say, "Away with him!"
Paul would not have missed the gravity of this moment. The soldiers were taking him to the Antonia Fortress which is across the Court of the Gentiles from Herod's Temple. The staircase the soldiers were using would take Paul up to the very platform where Pilate presented Jesus to the multitude.
Paul asked the Commander if he could speak to the crowd. Once given permission, Paul got the crowd quiet and then proceeded to give his testimony. He told his story, but when he got to the part about Jesus telling him to go to the Gentiles, the mob began to yell and scream. They yell out, " Away with him! He's not fit to live!" Wow. Talk about being in the footsteps of Jesus…
The Commander took Paul into the barracks and prepared him to be scourged. While bound, Paul asked, "Is it lawful for you to scourge an uncondemned man?"
"Are you a Roman?
"Hmmm…I had to pay a lot of money for my Roman citizenship."
"I was born a Roman citizen."
Immediately Paul was unbound, but the Commander still wanted to understand what was going on. He released Paul, but commanded the Chief Priests and the counsel to appear before him and Paul was to stand before them.
And thus the trials begin.
Life Application:
It is quite possible that Paul literally stood in the footsteps of Jesus. Paul knew that suffering was going to take place in Jerusalem. But he went anyway and he went boldly in the Lord. He knew who he was. He knew the calling God had placed on his life and he was not ashamed. Paul knew that his life was temporary, but that eternal life with Jesus was waiting for him. Paul did not have his eyes on what was in front of him. His eyes were on the Prize, the Goal, the Truth, the Son.
What about you? Are you willing to take a stand for Jesus? Are you ashamed? What are you focused on?
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Discussion in 'General Science & Technology' started by Dinosaur, Nov 24, 2012.
On the contrary, it proves that gravity is relative to location. If I did the same experiment on the Intenational Space Station, I'd get a very different result.
The space station is falling around the earth.
Obviously people expecting gravity to prove their points, subscribe to the "I think therefore I am" antiquated philosophy of reality. Maybe it is an absolute reality, and they are correct.
However in my post I demonstrated that there are 2 camps interpreting the Many Worlds Interpretation. Some view it as an imagined state that eliminates the dreaded need for collapse within the interpretation and is purely to make the math seem fair. There are others who really believe that Many Worlds do exist where our every action is being lived out by some alternates of us.
For the record I do not believe in this Interpretation but many do.
Does this mean gravity is failing to detect those created Universes in their alternate dimensions? I guess if they are other dimensions then they would not recognize our gravity.
Proposed Interpretations may sound like woo to many people if they even understand it. I doubt you could walk into many crowds and attempt to explain the MWI and not get a few chuckles.
If the MWI is correct then really we should be saying "gravities" not "gravity", as there would be many in all the dimensions.
Quick note: @ Sideshow. Mass attracting Mass experiments would measure the same on the space station as on earth, it is not relative. Speed can be relative depending on viewpoints, but Gravity cannot fit that category.
...Think about the POV of a very large number of people generally considered to be sane & intelligent.
My point was that the perception of gravity is relative. Whether or not there "is" an absolutely real thing called "gravity" is irrelevant. Any effects that we can test - and all of our tests depend on our perception - will be relative ot our point of view.
One part of gravity that is always left out, is gravity induced pressure. Pressure is force/area such as PSI of pressure. This aspect of the gravitational force is absolute in terms of its inpact on matter.
For example, the atom iron, at the surface of the earth, but at the temperatures of the earth's core, will be a vapor. But in the earth's core it is a solid. These phases are not relative to observational reference, but is an absolute function of gravity induced pressure and temperature.
If you orbit the earth, these phases will remain the same to you, since they are not based on your ego-centric reference but based on an absolute amount of mass in a given geometry. If look at the iron in your own reference its state, will tell your reference. It will also tell me the limits of your references.
The core of Saturn may contain solid hydrogen or solid water. The observation of these phases do not depend on whether I am on the earth or in space. This will still be the same even looked at from another galaxy.
Much of the relative reference stuff is based on only assuming space-time and not doing an energy balance like I did with pressure and temperature.


As a little girl grows up without her daddy, she often lays under a tree thinking about what he is up to. Her parents think she is too young to understand where he is, but she understands he is a soldier. She longs for his return, and each time he does, her heart is full of peace, and happiness until the time comes when he can stay for good.
This book was written and created in support of a local nonprofit called The Alpha & The Omega Retreat, Inc. Their mission is a great one! It is our first book created as a way to support local business and missions.


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Q: asp.net save textbox on redirect I am new to ASP.net and I am trying to save the state of some textboxes on redirect. I have a dashboard interface with drilldown. The main dashboard page has a date range option (textbox for both start date and end date) for the information displayed and I need to save the date range chosen by the user. I know that I can put the info into a session variable to use in the page that I am redirect to, but when I hit the 'go back' button on the drilldown page it returns to the main dashboard page and the textbox value is lost. I ahve also tried saving the viewstate, but could not get that to work either. What is the best approach to solving this problem?
edit: In case it matters, I am actually using the jQuery $(location).attr('href', url); to do the redirect because some of the chart objects I am using cover html or asp hyperlinks in IE.

A: You're on the right track.
On your redirect page, you're checking for the session variable, right?
Why not check for it on your original page too?
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Original page Onload:
IF NOT String.isnullorempty(Session("date")) THEN
   me.start_date.selectedvalue = Session("date")
END IF

A: So to clarify your question: you need to persist the selected values of the Date textboxes for when the user navigates back to the page.
The reason why ViewState does not work is because you have navigated away from the page. The ViewState is transported or "remembered" by inserting it as base 64 encoded data in the page, so as soon as you leave the page it is gone forever.
What you need to do is persist the data to Session as you were. Then in the Page.Load event handler of the dashboard page you check for the presense of the saved info in Session, and if it is there then populate it back into the textboxes, otherwise use a default.
If you are going to use Session to communicate values between pages then i would suggest you use static constants as the key to each piece of info, something like this:
public class MySessionKeys
{
    public static string DateStarted = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();

    public static string DateFinished = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
}

and in the aspx page:
protected void Page_Loaded(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Session[MySessionKeys.DateStarted] = myDateStartedTextBox.Text;
}

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Brighton Council may refer to:

 Brighton Council (Tasmania) in Australia
 Brighton Borough Council in East Sussex, England, abolished in 1997
 Brighton and Hove City Council in East Sussex, England, formed in 1997
 District Council of Brighton, South Australia, Australia

See also
 City of Brighton (disambiguation)
 Brighton (disambiguation)

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LOUISVILLE, CO–(Marketwired – May 27, 2015) – GlobeImmune, Inc. (NASDAQ: GBIM) today announced top line results from the GS-4774 Phase 2 study in patients with chronic hepatitis B on long term viral suppression with an oral antiviral treatment. In this study, patients treated with the highest dose of GS-4774 plus ongoing oral antiviral therapy (OAV) did not show a reduction in hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) at week 24, the primary endpoint of the study, but at 48 weeks had a mean -0.17 log10 reduction of HBsAg compared with a -0.04 log10 reduction in the OAV alone group (p=not significant). Three patients receiving the highest dose of GS-4774 had HBsAg reductions between -0.94 and -3.89 log10 at 48 weeks. There was no difference in HBsAg reductions between the two lowest dose groups versus the control arm at 48 weeks. Further characterization of the T cell response to GS-4774 and association with HBsAg changes are ongoing.
GS-4774 was found to be generally safe and well tolerated, with injection site reactions identified as the primary adverse event. Data from this trial are expected to be submitted for future presentation and publication.
Chronic HBV is the most common serious liver infection in the world affecting approximately 400 million people. While approximately 80% of acutely infected patients clear the virus without treatment predominantly through a T cell immune response, there is currently no cure for the vast majority of chronically-infected patients. Untreated chronic HBV infection is associated with significant increase in related diseases, including liver cirrhosis, hepatic decompensation and liver cancer. Mortality is also increased for patients with chronic HBV infection, with 25-40% of patients dying from complications of liver disease.
GS-4774, exclusively licensed to Gilead Sciences, Inc., is a therapeutic vaccine engineered to activate an HBV-specific T cell immune response to eliminate, or clear virus from, cells containing HBV. The GS-4774 Tarmogen expresses a fusion protein utilizing sequences of the hepatitis B virus contained in the four major HBV genotypes worldwide. GS-4774 is being developed to increase the HBsAg seroconversion rate or cure, when used in combination with oral antiviral therapy.
GlobeImmune is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing products for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases based on its proprietary Tarmogen®platform. Tarmogens activate the immune system by stimulating cellular immunity, known as T cell immunity, in contrast to traditional vaccines that predominately stimulate antibody production. To date, Tarmogen product candidates have been generally well tolerated in clinical trials for multiple disease indications and are efficient to manufacture. In May 2009, the Company entered into a worldwide strategic collaboration and option agreement with Celgene Corporation focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of product candidates intended to treat cancer. Under this agreement, Celgene exercised their option to take an exclusive worldwide license to the GI-6300 Tarmogen product series targeting brachyury. In October 2011, the Company entered into a worldwide, strategic collaboration with Gilead Sciences, Inc., to develop Tarmogens intended for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B infection. For additional information, please visit the company's website at www.globeimmune.com.


The black Premium Jacket Case for Cyber-shot RX100, RX100 II, RX100 III from Sony is a two-piece polyurethane case designed specifically for RX100, RX100 II, RX100 III, and RX100 IV digital cameras. Its snug, durable build protects your camera from scratches, the elements and damage due to impact. The bottom half of the case screws to the camera's tripod socket and remains on the camera while shooting. The top half, which covers the lens, slips over the camera and attaches to the base with two snap buttons. The mounting screw features a female 1/4in-20 thread allowing the camera to be mounted to a tripod with the jacket still attached. The Sony logo is embossed on the front of the jacket and a removable, adjustable shoulder strap that attaches to the case's two strap lugs is included.


After a Job Interview, What Should A Job Seeker Do Next?
Waiting after a job interview is harder than everybody thinks of—wretched hours of staring at the phone and checking your email; doggone days of doing nothing but to watch TV; nearly losing your sanity after thinking and rethinking of what has gotten wrong with your answers to hiring personnel's questions. Not everybody knows it has a name: post-interview anxiety.
Since everything written here is not just for you to ditch your anxiety while waiting after a job interview but also to increase and improve yourself, there are three promises you have to keep before you follow the tips below: first off, do these as a means of keeping your passion alive, and not just merely making you competitive for the job market; second, stop thinking about the salary, as it follows soon after; and last, always believe that there are far more productive things to do than staying at home and checking your mail every now and then.
Go out and look for an established professional organization that can widen your network and broaden your knowledge in your field of expertise. It's not just passing time after a job interview, it's also a way of rekindling your passion for the work you do. Participate actively and make a lot of friends. Who knows you may come across with somebody who is looking for exactly what you have to offer. The best thing about joining organizations is not just that you are able to learn continuously, you will also be able to exchange ideas with people of the same interests.
Attending seminars is second best after entering a professional circle. As this activity is not just done only after a job interview, it also keeps you updated, interested, and enthusiastic about the field you're in. The most sought after professional is the one who keeps his mind open to possibilities and innovations. Waiting for a call after an interview cannot do that, so does being employed.
Hobbies may not have anything to do with your professional identity, however, maybe even after a job interview, it gives you the break you most needed. Waiting can stress you without noticing. Hobbies will build your confidence and it adds up to your talents. Having fun boosts your creative energy and keeps you interested in life. Go dust-up that old guitar, or thrill over extreme sports, whichever makes you happy. At the end of it all, it's not making for a living that counts; it's living a life.
No matter how perfect fit is the job posting, don't stop looking after a job interview. Instead, keep on searching for other opportunities. Your prospective employers are doing the same too. Prove your worth. Believe that if ever your application gets rejected, it's their loss and not yours. Be open to other employers, the more applications you pass, the greater your hope is and the greater the probability of finding the best employer for you.
Stretching some bones and muscles will relieve you from all the physical and emotional distress of waiting for a call after a job interview. Breathing some fresh air and keeping on track with your physique is more important than any job. Good health will not only make you feel good about life; it will also make you appreciate more of what you have despite on what is missing. Love yourself and the career you want will follow. Whenever you're stuck on the game of job hunting, always remember that there are few more important things than having a job.


Virginia Ruth Raney passed away Monday, April 8, 2019 in her daughter's arms in Anchorage, Alaska at the age of 85.
Virginia was born March 21, 1934 in Ada, Oklahoma to Arthur Mormon Raney and Thelma Pample Smyth Raney. Virginia graduated from the Calvin public schools. She was a caregiver for many years. She was a member of the Pentecostal Holiness Church until it closed and then become a member of the Freewill Baptist Church. Her passion was riding her Harley up to the age of 78. Virginia loved working on the farm, mowing and taking care of the land. She was known to help anyone in need and lived life to the fullest!
Virginia was preceded in death by her parents and two siblings, brother Mitchel Raney and sister Betty Jean Clay.
She is survived by her children, son Mike Troup and wife Sarah of Calvin, Oklahoma, daughter Mary Troup of Anchorage, Alaska, son Mark Troup and wife Joy of Monett, Missouri, and son Todd Collard and wife Candi of Calvin, Oklahoma; grandchildren Chris, Christina, Dustin, Jessica, Travis Troup,Tessa Mayo, Candis Bishop, Elizabeth Whittington, Marcus, Marty, Derek and Wyatt Troup, Brittany Mullins, and Chelsea, Clyde, and Carley Collard; thirteen great-grandchildren; sister Wanda Blankenship; brother Don Raney; and numerous other relatives and friends.
Funeral service will be 3:00 PM Saturday, April 13th , at the Calvin Auditorium, Calvin, Oklahoma with Pastor Jim Lawrence officiating. Dinner will be 4:15 PM at the Freewill Baptist Church.
Pallbearers are Travis Troup, Austin Troup, Dylan Yockey, Marcus Troup, Marty Troup and William Tarlton. Honorary pallbearers are Chris, Troup, Avery Troup, Jimmy Ayers, Garrett Martin, Cody Whittington, Bryson Troup, Layne Collard, Liam Collard, Derek Troup, Wyatt Troup, Dustin Troup and Ahrian Troup.
Interment will follow at the Calvin Cemetery.
Services are under the direction of Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home Holdenville, Oklahoma.


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Recruitment, Integration & Retention of Synagogue Members
Since the time of Abraham, Jews have been engaged in the process of embracing the guest and welcoming the traveler. It was Abraham's acts of chesed that brought the Jewish people into being. Today, the synagogue community needs to emulate Abraham's values of hospitality and welcoming when addressing the needs of both prospective and current members. Synagogue communities need to argue for every Jewish soul.
Although nearly 80 percent of North American Jews join a synagogue at some point in their lives, about half of them leave, usually in three to five years, often right after celebrating their child's bar or bat mitzvah. Ending this exodus would immeasurably strengthen Jewish life. Doing so will require the creation of a synagogue whose message of Torah is so inspiring, whose spiritual energy is so transforming and whose web of kinship and caring is so embracing that no one who enters its gates will ever consider forsaking the holy community that it provides.
Many of our congregations serve as role models in this regard. When asked to share their best practices and candid insights regarding the synagogue's roll in membership recruitment, integration and retention, thousands responded. Although many synagogues offer rich worship experiences, profound Torah studies, and transforming social justice programs, if those same synagogues are not welcoming and hospitable places, Jews will either never join in the first place, or they will become a part of the revolving door membership rolls. Synagogues can close that revolving door by fashioning themselves into face-to-face communities of intimacy and warmth. Synagogues, in mirroring Abraham's acts of chesed, need to support individuals in the deep experiences of life, not permitting them to face a crisis alone.
It is during times of personal transition when people are most vulnerable to either embracing their synagogue communities or rejecting them. For example, although 10,000 four-year-olds are enrolled in our nursery school programs, fewer than 4,000 make their way into synagogue kindergartens. The drop out rate after nursery school exceeds that of the post b'nei mitzvah drop out rate. Similarly, "empty nesters" in their 50s too often drop their temple membership when they drop their child off at college. College tuition costs drain the discretionary income of many empty nesters and they tend to eliminate membership from those organizations and programs that provide little meaning in their lives. Although living in a world that offers them Viagra, hormone replacement therapy and pep talks on how hip it is to be fabulously fifty, these empty nesters seek spiritual meaning in their lives.
We know from our success stories, that when synagogues devote time and energy to educate, involve, embrace and integrate new members into the fabric of their sacred communities, retention becomes less of a challenge.
The synagogue will only thrive when it extends a loving hand to each and every Jewish soul, both synagogue members and members yet to be. The primary work of welcoming strangers, embracing seekers and involving current members is done by empowered laypeople who become ambassadors of Judaism.
THEREFORE, THE UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM RESOLVES TO :
Call upon its synagogue communities to follow Abraham's example by lifting Jews out of their aloneness and to help them establish true community whose message of Torah is inspiring, and whose spiritual energy is transforming;
Urge its member congregations to send their membership chairs to a special training program through which they will become certified Membership Fellows, and will gain community-building skills to create a membership structure that recognizes and attends to the three components of lifelong membership: recruitment, integration and retention;
Promote to congregations a two-year action plan to help Membership Committees reach out to, attract and engage the 20 percent of North American Jews who have never joined a synagogue by:
Offering Taste of Judaism Courses;
Sponsoring ads for membership and classes in local newspapers; and
Calling upon temple leaders to enhance Outreach by inviting unaffiliated friends to join them at worship services and synagogue program;
Urge synagogue communities to provide prospective and new members with the appropriate resources that will assist them in finding meaning in synagogue life, including:
Establishing an "Ambassadors Program" that matches new members with longtime members;
Guiding new members to that part of temple life that responds to their unique Jewish concerns; and
Appointing hospitality chairpeople whose role includes making certain that prospective, new and existing members, especially single individuals, do not spend Shabbat meals alone or attend Shabbat services by themselves;
Encourage congregations to recognize the potential for membership attrition especially during individual and family life-cycle transition points, such as:
Leaving the synagogue following a child's graduation from synagogue pre-school;
After a child's bar or bat mitzvah;
Following a change in marital status (marriage, divorce, or loss of a spouse/partner); and
Becoming an empty-nester;
Assist congregations in:
Creating a warm and welcoming environment starting with those who make the first impression on members and prospective members;
Developing and implementing news ways to continually engage, and reengage, congregants in synagogue life;
Becoming, like many of our Movement's most welcoming congregations, face-to-face communities of intimacy and warmth; and
Urge synagogues to implement the Union's William and Lottie Daniel Department of Outreach and Synagogue Community's new guide, "The Life Cycle of Synagogue Membership" whose resources include diagnostic exercises, programmatic suggestions, membership ads and forms, new member interviews and an interactive computer CD of membership programs and ideas.


At least 80 people die of heroin abuse in Russia every day, with the vast majority of supplies coming from Afghanistan.
Though Moscow and Kabul have agreed to take joint action to halt the drugs tsunami rolling in from Afghanistan, the opium production in the region continues to grow, so Moscow has also offered to work with NATO and the US to stem the tide.
"I must constantly spend enormous amounts of money on drugs in order to feel well," says drug addict Anna Kharitonova who has been hooked on heroin for seven years. She has to inject herself at least six times a day.
She has already been hospitalized nine times. Now she looks for salvation at a special religious centre in Moscow. She is one of many who come for spiritual advice and to pray for strength.
Russia is one the biggest consumers of illegal drugs. Out of the estimated two million heroin addicts in Russia, most are hooked on opiates which originate in the poppy fields of Afghanistan.
The drugs are brought to Russia through Central Asia. Once the heroin is manufactured, it's virtually impossible to stop it getting through the vast 7,500 km border with Kazakhstan.
"A one kilo package of concentrated heroin holds more than 200,000 injections. Packages bear the brands of Afghan drug cartels. We made a special pack of cards, which has 180 cards with the brands of cartels in Afghanistan. Together they produce 1000 tons of heroin annually," informs the Head of Russia's Anti-Narcotics Service Victor Ivanov.
Russian officials are asking the international community to help, as Afghanistan produces 94% of the world's heroin.
"Since the moment NATO forces entered the country, production increased forty-fold," continues Ivanov.
Workers at the Moscow rehab centre say they are overwhelmed with the number of people who ask for their help. In Russia at least 30,000 people die each year due to drugs. In a country with a shrinking population it's a statistic it could well do without.
A long term strategy focusing on border patrol and law enforcement must be enacted says drug expert, Vyacheslav Scherbakov from the University of Interior Ministry.
"Heroin problem in Russia cannot be solved in 1-2 years," said Scherbakov.


You can easily create a map of Costa Rica cantons using Mapline. Costa Rica's population is more than 4.3 million. The largest canton is San José, the capital of the country, is considered to be the most populous canton. It has a population of 288,054. On the other hand, the smallest is Turrubares with 5,512 residents. In terms of size, the largest canton by land area is San Carlos. It spans 3,347.98 km2. The smallest is Flores at 6.96 km2.
Using Mapline, you can easily create a map of Costa Rica cantons. Costa Rica is divided into 7 provinces which are further divided into 81 cantons and still divided into districts. Cantons are headed by local government (mayors and representatives). Garabito Canton is the last new canton added last 1980.
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Here is an easy chicken recipe that is going to make your family think you slaved over a hot stove for hours. I recently served this cheap chicken recipe with mashed potatoes, frozen greens, mini ears of corn on the cob and stove top stuffing. This whole meal with all of the side dishes can easily be made for less than $2.50 per person.
Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, brown the chicken in the canola oil.
While the chicken is browning, Whisk together the soup and sour cream in a medium bowl.
Pour over the soup mixture over the chicken parts. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until the chicken is done, about 25 minutes for boneless, skinless breasts.


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Galahs are a member of the large Australian family of parrots. While they aren't as colourful as some of these parrots, they are, nonetheless, an extremely attractive part of the family with their pale pink crests, soft grey upperwings, whitish rump & the rest of the bird, a bright salmon-pink to rose-red breasts. The galahs, in our area, tend to gather in smallish groups of five or six who, usually, are seen busily moving about grassed areas looking for seeds. So when I heard an unusual (to me) tinkling & whistling sound coming from the wonderful, & very large, ghost gum tree, in a neighbouring yard, I had to go & see what was making this rather attractive sound. Turns out, it was a larger flock of galahs with more than twelve birds. Was hard to see them at first as they were hidden, high up, in amongst the leaves of the crown branches of the tree. It is normally the roost tree of a large flock of rainbow lorikeets, so it was different to see galahs perched in its branches. Every so often, most of them would take off & fly around, chattering away, then fly back to the tree.
There are also, earlier images taken of a pair of galahs at the birdbath next door. The male flew there first then when he was sure it was safe he signalled with a whistle to his partner. The other images were taken at my daughter's backyard & are of some visiting galahs.


Thank you for your interest in becoming an ISDA member. Your membership in Iowa State Dairy Association is a direct investment in the future of the dairy industry in Iowa.
Open to any individual actively dairy farming by producing milk or raising heifer replacements.
Available to any individual not actively dairy farming but has interest in the Iowa dairy industry.
Please fill out the form below to join or renew your individual membership. If you prefer, you can instead download a membership form, fill it out and return it by mail.
I wish to opt out of the ISDA Producer Membership. I understand that by checking this box I opt out and will lose the right to the benefits provided by the ISDA.
Membership is subject to board approval. While membership dues to Iowa State Dairy Association are not tax deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes, a portion may be tax deductible as ordinary and necessary business expenses. However, the portion of membership dues that represents nondeductible lobbying activities of Iowa State Dairy Association is not tax deductible. The nondeductible portion of your dues is 40%.
Membership is open to any company or association interested in the Iowa dairy industry. All Corporate Members are given free ad space in our newsletters and your website is linked to the ISDA website.
Please fill out the form below to join or renew your corporate membership. If you prefer, you can instead download a membership form, fill it out and return it by mail.
Platinum Level - $2,500/yr - members are given a free full page ad (9.5 h x 7.5 w) in biannual newsletter, the option to share two articles in the biannual newsletters, a link to your company website on the ISDA home page, rotating ad on our website, rotating feature in our bi-weekly email update, a free booth at our annual meeting with premium location, and your company logo will go on all newsletters and email updates.
Gold Level - $1,000/yr - members are given a free ½ page ad (4.75 h x 7.5 w) in biannual newsletter, the option to share one article in the biannual newsletters, a link to your company website on the ISDA home page, one quarterly rotating ad on the website, rotating feature in our bi-weekly email update, a free booth at our annual meeting, and company logo will go on all newsletters and email updates.
Silver Level - $500/yr - members are given a free ¼ page ad (4.75 h x 5.5 w) in biannual newsletter, link to your company website on the ISDA home page, a free booth at our annual meeting, and company logo will go on all newsletters and email updates.
Bronze Level - $250/yr - company logo will go on all newsletters and email updates and a link to your company website will be posted on the ISDA home page.
While membership dues to Iowa State Dairy Association are not tax deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes, a portion may be tax deductible as ordinary and necessary business expenses. However, the portion of membership dues that represents nondeductible lobbying activities of Iowa State Dairy Association is not tax deductible. The nondeductible portion of your dues is 40%.


Ernest Nister [&] E.P. Dutton, c. 1906. 1st edn. Oblong 8vo. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (pages separated from boards - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. , illus with 12 coloured plates and drawings by T. Butler-Stoney (Tarrant (previous owner's neat pencil inscription on front paste-down).	More about THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN.
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Collectors opening packs of 2015 Topps Update will note a new insert set—one that's getting a promotional push from Major League Baseball.
"Pride & Perseverance" celebrates Major League players from the past and present who have triumphed in spite of disabilities that have come their way. Update released on Wednesday, which marks the 70th anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. It also honors 25 years of the Americans with Disabilities legislation.
Last year, the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society (PBATS) proposed a special card series, featuring players with disabilities, within Topps' 2015 set.
Singles, lots and sets of 2015 Topps Pride and Perseverance are on eBay.


Pennsylvania is the fifth largest state in the U.S and industry insiders are poised for its medical cannabis market to explode once sales begin. They are still in the preparation stages of launching this market, but things are progressing extremely quickly. In fact, it's one of the only places where lawmakers have actually managed to be ahead of schedule.
Let's take a moment to talk about how they got to where they are today.
In 2016, Senate Bill 3 passed by a margin of 149 to 46 in the House, and 42 to 7 in the Senate, and it allowed medical patients to possess up to a 30 day supply of cannabis. It did not allow for home cultivation, and Pennsylvania does not accept patients registered in other states. To become a patient, individuals must receive a recommendation from a physician who is registered with the state and has completed the required training course, and they must register with the state.
Unfortunately, both flower and edibles are prohibited. Consumption is limited to pills, oils, gels, creams, ointments, tinctures, liquids and forms medically appropriate for vaporization. So there are many options for patients to choose from, but as we've seen in New York, people are going to demand flower and edibles at some point.
Pennsylvania has a particularly long list of qualifying conditions to become a cannabis patient and includes ailments with ambiguous definitions, so patient numbers have been predicted to be in the hundreds of thousands. The list includes, ALS, autism, cancer, Crohn's disease, epilepsy, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, Huntington's disease, inflammatory bowel disease, intractable seizure, multiple sclerosis, neuropathies, Parkinson's disease, PTSD, severe chronic or intractable pain of neuropathic origin or severe chronic or intractable pain in which conventional therapeutic intervention and opiate therapy is contraindicated or ineffective, sickle cell anemia, spinal cord damage, and terminal illness.
The business regulations in this state have been described as very heavy. Rules governing cannabis businesses are extensive, detailing operation requirements for testing, packaging, labelling, advertising, zoning, transportation, security, record-keeping and more. All licensed businesses must implement an electronic inventory tracking system that's accessible to the state, and dispensaries are required to have a physician or pharmacist on-site at all times. These businesses are however allowed to operate for profit.
Application and licensing fees are moderately priced, posing no barrier to businesses who wish to enter the market. Dispensaries will pay 5,000 USD for an application, and 30,000 for a license with a 5,000 renewal fee. However, they must have 150,000 in liquid capital. Cultivators will pay 10,000 for an application, and 200,000 for a license. A grower would have to have 2,000,000 dollars in capital a quarter of which must be liquid. These aren't the cheapest rates for applications and licenses in the country, but they certainly are not the most expensive.
Spectators expect this market to be large, due to the extensive list of qualifying conditions, which includes chronic pain. Patient numbers are expected to be anywhere from 100,000 to 200,000 once the market matures. This is coupled with expectations that once sales begin dispensary sales could be as high as 100 million.
As it stands, 50 dispensary licenses and 25 grower or processor licenses will be issued in Pennsylvania. Each dispensary license holder is authorized to open up to three storefronts, meaning a maximum of 150 dispensaries will be allowed to open throughout the state. Several of the 27 current dispensary license holders have chosen to open multiple locations, with a total of 52 dispensaries expected to open shortly after the program launches.
Additionally, four of the 12 grower or processor licenses and six of the 27 dispensary licenses have been granted to out-of-state companies.
Medical cannabis sales are expected to begin in April if the state keeps up the blistering pace of work that to date it has been executing. Industry spectators are excited for the final unveiling of this market and rightly so. It's going to be huge.


State Rep. Juliana Stratton, D-Chicago, a candidate for lieutenant governor, defended running mate J.B. Pritzker Wednesday, a day following the billionaire candidate's apology for making disparaging remarks about African-American politicians in taped conversations with former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
"But we also point to the things that countered what happened nine years ago and show all the things that (Pritzker's) done throughout his career and all the things we've done on the campaign trail and all the things we expect to do for the people of Illinois once we defeat this failed governor we have now," Stratton said.


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