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Baranya or Baranja (, ; , ) is a geographical and historical region between the Danube and the Drava rivers. Its territory is divided between Hungary and Croatia. In Hungary, the region is included into Baranya county, while in Croatia, it is included into Osijek-Baranja county.

Name
The name of the region come from the Slavic word 'bara', which means 'marsh', 'bog', thus the name of Baranya means 'marshland'. Even today large parts of the region are swamps, such as the natural reservation Kopački Rit in its southeast. Another theory states that the name of the region comes from the Croatian and Hungarian word 'bárány', which means ram of 'ovis'.

History

Historically, the region of Baranya was part of the Roman Empire, the Hunnic Empire, the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths, the Kingdom of the Lombards, the Avar Kingdom, the Frankish Empire, the Balaton Principality, the Bulgarian Empire, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, the Habsburg monarchy, the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary. For most of the 20th century, the region was divided between Hungary and Yugoslavia. Since 1991, it has been split between Croatia and Hungary.

The region of Baranya was settled by the Slavs in the 6th century, and in the 9th century, it was part of the Slavic Lower Pannonian Principality. Hungarians arrived in the area in the 9th century, and Baranya county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the 11th century. This county included not only the present-day region of Baranya, but also one part of present-day Slavonia, on the southern side of the river Drava.

In the 16th century, the Ottoman Empire captured Baranya, and included it into the sanjak of Mohács, an Ottoman administrative unit, with the seat in the town of Mohaç. Later the sanjak of Peçuy was created from the northwestern part of the Mohaç Sanjak. After Ottoman rule was established the area was settled by people from Bosnia. In the late the 17th century Baranya was captured by the Habsburg monarchy and Baranya County was restored within the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary. Under the Habsburgs the area was settled by Germans; the total number of German settlers who emigrated from different parts of Germany to Hungary between 1686 and 1829 is estimated at 150,000. The official name Danube Swabians has been used for this population group since 1922. Croats moved from Bosnia into Slavonia and Baranja en masse after the Ottoman retreat, and this population is today known as the Šokci.

In 1918, the entire region was captured by Serbian troops. The Great People's Assembly of Serbs, Bunjevci and other Slavs in Banat, Bačka and Baranja was an assembly held in Novi Sad on 25 November 1918, which proclaimed the unification of Banat, Bačka and Baranya with the Kingdom of Serbia. It would subsequently be administered by the newly created Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as Yugoslavia). For a short time (in 1918–1919), Baranya was part of Banat, Bačka and Baranja region, which was governed by the People's Administration from Novi Sad. By the Treaty of Trianon (part of the Versailles peace) in 1920, the Baranya region was formally divided between Hungary and the Yugoslavia, but de facto remained under the administration of the latter until 1921. On August 14, 1921, the Serb-Hungarian Baranya-Baja Republic was proclaimed. It included northern parts of Baranya and Bačka regions, which were assigned to Hungary by the treaty. On August 21–25, 1921, the Republic was abolished and its territory was included into Hungary, as was previously decided by the Treaty of Trianon. The northern part of Baranya in Hungary became the Hungarian Baranya county.

The southern (Yugoslav) part of the region was part of Novi Sad county between 1918 and 1922, part of Bačka Oblast between 1922 and 1929, and in 1929 it was included into the Danube Banovina, a province of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In 1941, the Yugoslav Baranya was occupied by Hungary, but it was returned to Yugoslavia in 1944. In 1944–1945, Yugoslav Baranya was part of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, while in 1945 it was assigned to the People's Republic of Croatia.

During the Croatian War of Independence in 1991 it came under the control of the self-proclaimed SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srem, which became part of the unrecognized self-declared Republic of Serbian Krajina. After the war ended (in 1995), it was peacefully integrated into Croatia in 1998, by the Erdut Agreement. According to the agreement, it was administered by the administration of the United Nations from 1996 to 1998, when it was returned to full sovereignty of Croatia. Today, it is part of that republic's Osijek-Baranja County.

Stifolder
The Stifolder or Stiffoller Shvove are a Roman Catholic subgroup of the so called Danube Swabians. Their ancestors once came ca. 1717 - 1804 from the Hochstift Fulda and surroundings, (Roman Catholic Diocese of Fulda), and settled in the Baranya. They retained their own German dialect and culture, until the end of WW2. After WW2 the majority of Danube Swabians were expelled to allied-occupied Germany and allied-occupied Austria as a result of the Potsdam Agreement.
Only a few people can speak the old Stiffolerisch Schvovish dialect. Also, a salami is named after these people.

Geography
Baranya is divided between Hungary and Croatia with the majority of the region lying in Hungary.  The Hungarian portion of the region coextensive with Baranya County, while in Croatia, it comprises only part of Osijek-Baranja County.  Contemporary Hungarian usage of Baranya usually refers only to the Hungarian section while the terms Drávaköz and Drávaszög ("Drava corner") are used for Croatian Baranja.

Hungarian Baranya

Some of the important cities and towns in Hungarian Baranya (with population figures from 2001 census):

 Pécs (158,942)
 Komló (27,462)
 Mohács (19,085)
 Szigetvár (11,492)
 Siklós (10,384)
 Szentlőrinc (7,265)
 Pécsvárad (4,104)
 Bóly (3,715)
 Sásd (3,570)
 Harkány (3,519)
 Sellye (3,248)
 Villány (2,793)

Croatian Baranja

Municipalities in Croatian Baranja (with population figures from 2001 census):
Beli Manastir (10,986)
Darda (7,062)
Bilje (5,480)
Kneževi Vinogradi (5,186)
Draž (3,356)
Čeminac (2,856)
Petlovac (2,743)
Jagodnjak (2,537)
Popovac (2,427)
Suburban settlements of Tvrđavica and Podravlje of the city of Osijek

The main settlement in Croatian Baranja is Beli Manastir with a population of 8,671 (2001 census). Most of the municipalities in Croatian Baranja have a Croat ethnic majority with a small Danube Swabians minority. The municipality of Jagodnjak has a Serb ethnic majority and the municipality of Kneževi Vinogradi has a Hungarian plurality.

Demographics

Hungarian Baranya
In 2001, the population of Hungarian Baranya (Baranya county) numbered 407,448 inhabitants, including:
 Hungarians = 375,611 (92.19%)
 Germans of Hungary = 22,720 (5.58%)
 Romani people in Hungary = 10,623 (2.61%)
 Croats of Hungary = 7,294 (1.79%)

Croatian Baranja

In 2011, the population of Croatian Baranja numbered 39,420 inhabitants, including:
 Croats = 23,041 (58.45%)
 Serbs of Croatia = 7,278 (18.46%)
 Hungarians of Croatia = 5,980 (15.17%)
 Germans of Croatia = 3,121 (7.92%)

Gallery

See also

Notes

Sources and references
WorldStatesmen - Hungary

External links
Baranja.org
Baranja Tourism
Tourist Organization of Baranja

Regions of Hungary
Regions of Croatia
Historical regions in Hungary
Historical regions in Croatia
Divided regions
Historical regions in the Kingdom of Hungary

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High-Tech Titans Strike Out on Immigration Bill
Wilmington StarNews
WASHINGTON, June 24 — Bill Gates and Steven A. Ballmer of Microsoft have led a parade of high-tech executives to Capitol Hill, urging lawmakers to provide more visas for temporary foreign workers and permanent immigrants who can fill critical jobs.
Google has reminded senators that one of its founders, Sergey Brin, came from the Soviet Union as a young boy. To stay competitive in a "knowledge-based economy," company officials have said, Google needs to hire many more immigrants as software engineers, mathematicians and computer scientists.
The top executives of these and other high-tech companies have been making a huge effort to reshape the Senate immigration bill to meet their demand for more foreign workers. But they have had only limited success, as is often the case when strong-willed corporate leaders confront powerful members of Congress.
The Senate plans to resume work on the bill this week. Much of the debate will focus on proposals for granting legal status to illegal immigrants. But the sections of the bill affecting high-tech industries could prove to be very important as well.
High-tech companies want to be able to hire larger numbers of well-educated, foreign-born professionals who, they say, can help them succeed in the global economy. For these scientists and engineers, they seek permanent-residence visas, known as green cards, and H-1B visas. The H-1B program provides temporary work visas for people who have university degrees or the equivalent to fill jobs in specialty occupations including health care and technology. The Senate bill would expand the number of work visas for skilled professionals, but high-tech companies say the proposed increase is not nearly enough. Several provisions of the Senate bill are meant to enhance protections for American workers and to prevent visa fraud and abuse.
High-tech companies were surprised and upset by the bill that emerged last month from secret Senate negotiations. E. John Krumholtz, director of federal affairs at Microsoft, said the bill was "worse than the status quo, and the status quo is a disaster."
In the last two weeks, these businesses have quietly negotiated for changes to meet some of their needs. But the bill still falls far short of what they want, an outcome suggesting that their political clout does not match their economic strength.
Stephen W. Yale-Loehr, a co-author of a treatise on immigration law, said: "High-tech companies are very organized. They have numerous lobby groups. When Bill Gates advocates more H-1B visas and green cards for tech workers, everyone listens.
"But that supposed influence has not translated into legislative results," Mr. Yale-Loehr, who teaches at Cornell Law School, continued. "High-tech companies have been lobbying unsuccessfully since 2003 for more H-1B visas. It's hard to get anything through Congress these days. In addition, anti-immigrant groups are well organized. U.S. computer programmers are constantly arguing that H-1B workers undercut their wages."
The Republican architects of the Senate bill, like Senators Jon Kyl of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, thought they were doing a favor for high-tech companies when they proposed a "point system" to evaluate immigrants seeking green cards. The point system would reward people who have advanced degrees and job skills needed in the United States.
But the high-tech companies were upset because the bill would have stripped them of the ability to sponsor specific immigrants for particular jobs.
The companies flooded Senate offices with letters, telephone calls and e-mail messages seeking changes to the bill. Mr. Ballmer, the blunt-spoken chief executive of Microsoft, Craig R. Barrett, the chairman of Intel, and other executives pressed their concerns in person.
These advocates have made some gains, which are embodied in an amendment to be proposed by Mr. Kyl and Senator Maria Cantwell, Democrat of Washington.
Edward J. Sweeney, senior vice president of National Semiconductor, based in Santa Clara, Calif., said, "I've spent many hours in Washington talking with senators to get their support on this amendment."
Likewise, William D. Watkins, the chief executive of Seagate Technology, the world's largest maker of computer disk drives, said he met with five or six senators two weeks ago.
Under the Kyl-Cantwell proposal, 20,000 green cards would be set aside each year for immigrants of extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers and certain managers and executives of multinational corporations. The original bill would have eliminated the existing preference for such workers.
In addition, the amendment would give employers five years to adjust their hiring practices to the new "merit-based" point system for obtaining green cards.
"For the first five years, employers would still have a say," Ms. Cantwell said in an interview. "They could recruit the best and the brightest."
The number of green cards for employer-sponsored immigrants would gradually decline, to 44,000 in the fifth year from 115,000 in each of the first two years. No green cards would be set aside for employer-sponsored immigrants after that.
Many high-tech companies bring in foreign professionals on temporary H-1B visas. The government is swamped with petitions. On the first two days of the application period in April, it received more than 123,000 petitions for 65,000 slots.
The Senate bill would raise the cap to 115,000 in 2008, with a possible increase to 180,000 in later years, based on labor market needs.
Many high-tech businesses want to hire foreign students who obtain advanced degrees from American universities, and many of the students want to work here, but cannot get visas.
Under current law, up to 20,000 foreigners who earn a master's degree or higher from an American university are generally exempt from the annual limit on new H-1B visas. The Kyl-Cantwell proposal would double the number.
The amendment would also establish a new exemption, providing 20,000 additional H-1B visas for people who have earned advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering or mathematics from a university outside the United States.
The technology companies face a serious challenge from a different direction, as lawmakers of both parties worry about possible abuses in the H-1B program.
Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the Democratic whip, and Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, have a proposal that would overhaul the H-1 B program and give priority to American workers. Their proposal would also define, in great detail, the wages that must be paid to workers who have H-1B visas.
Mr. Durbin contended that some companies have used foreign workers to undercut the wages of American workers. And in some cases, he said, foreign workers come to this country for a few years of training, then return home "to populate businesses competing with the United States."
"The H-1B visa program is being abused by foreign companies to deprive qualified Americans of good jobs," Mr. Durbin said. "Some companies are so brazen, they say 'no Americans need apply' in their job advertisements."
High-tech companies said that the wage standards in the Durbin-Grassley proposal would, in effect, require them to pay some H-1B employees more than some equally qualified American workers who are performing the same duties.
The Government Accountability Office, an investigative arm of Congress, said that thousands of H-1B workers have been paid less than the prevailing wage.
One company, Patni Computer Systems, agreed this month to pay more than $2.4 million to 607 workers with visas after Labor Department investigators found that they had not been paid the wages required by federal law. The company's global headquarters are in Mumbai, India, and its American operations are based in Cambridge, Mass.

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Q: Exception not caught on -O2 I am currently adding some functions to the OpenTTD NoAI API. However, I have a problem which seems to originate from the OpenTTD code. The problem is that the code works on all systems I have tested it on, except for one.
In the ScriptObject::DoCommand method an instance of the Script_Suspend class is thrown. This should be caught in the ScriptInstance::GameLoop method. On one system, when the program is compiled with -O2 or -O3, the exception is not caught and the program crashes. It works fine on -O0 and -O1.
To debug the program I printed the stack trace at multiple points using the backtrace and backtrace_symbols functions:
Stack traces -O0
In Script_Instance::GameLoop
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN14ScriptInstance8GameLoopEv+0x156) [0x75f3ae]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN2AI8GameLoopEv+0xef) [0x52c455]
./openttd-build/openttd(_Z13StateGameLoopv+0xc26) [0x6a93a3]
./openttd-build/openttd(_Z8GameLoopv+0x7a) [0x6a967c]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN16VideoDriver_Null8MainLoopEv+0x19) [0x80ea6d]
./openttd-build/openttd(_Z12openttd_mainiPPc+0x145b) [0x6a7ff2]
./openttd-build/openttd(main+0x3a) [0x6bcebe]
/lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4) [0x3f0801d8a4]
./openttd-build/openttd [0x4f39f9]
In ScriptObject::DoCommand:
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN12ScriptObject9DoCommandEjjjjPKcPFvP14ScriptInstanceE+0x23a) [0x74b420]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN13ScriptCompany7SetNameEP4Text+0x81) [0x738d8d]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN9SQConvert19DefSQStaticCallbackI13ScriptCompanyPFbP4TextEEExP4SQVM+0x185) [0x5525d5]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN4SQVM10CallNativeEP15SQNativeClosurexxR11SQObjectPtrRb+0x334) [0x528fc4]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN4SQVM7ExecuteER11SQObjectPtrxxxS1_yNS_13ExecutionTypeE+0x6dc) [0x52348c]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN4SQVM4CallER11SQObjectPtrxxS1_yy+0xbc) [0x525992]
./openttd-build/openttd(_Z7sq_callP4SQVMxyyi+0x99) [0x4f88c1]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN8Squirrel10CallMethodE11tagSQObjectPKcPS0_i+0xf6) [0x7615c0]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN14ScriptInstance8GameLoopEv+0x326) [0x75f57e]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN2AI8GameLoopEv+0xef) [0x52c455]
./openttd-build/openttd(_Z13StateGameLoopv+0xc26) [0x6a93a3]
./openttd-build/openttd(_Z8GameLoopv+0x7a) [0x6a967c]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN16VideoDriver_Null8MainLoopEv+0x19) [0x80ea6d]
./openttd-build/openttd(_Z12openttd_mainiPPc+0x145b) [0x6a7ff2]
./openttd-build/openttd(main+0x3a) [0x6bcebe]
/lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4) [0x3f0801d8a4]
./openttd-build/openttd [0x4f39f9]
In Script_Suspend Constructor:
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN14Script_SuspendC2EiPFvP14ScriptInstanceE+0x8f) [0x73a81b]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN12ScriptObject9DoCommandEjjjjPKcPFvP14ScriptInstanceE+0x290) [0x74b476]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN13ScriptCompany7SetNameEP4Text+0x81) [0x738d8d]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN9SQConvert19DefSQStaticCallbackI13ScriptCompanyPFbP4TextEEExP4SQVM+0x185) [0x5525d5]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN4SQVM10CallNativeEP15SQNativeClosurexxR11SQObjectPtrRb+0x334) [0x528fc4]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN4SQVM7ExecuteER11SQObjectPtrxxxS1_yNS_13ExecutionTypeE+0x6dc) [0x52348c]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN4SQVM4CallER11SQObjectPtrxxS1_yy+0xbc) [0x525992]
./openttd-build/openttd(_Z7sq_callP4SQVMxyyi+0x99) [0x4f88c1]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN8Squirrel10CallMethodE11tagSQObjectPKcPS0_i+0xf6) [0x7615c0]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN14ScriptInstance8GameLoopEv+0x326) [0x75f57e]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN2AI8GameLoopEv+0xef) [0x52c455]
./openttd-build/openttd(_Z13StateGameLoopv+0xc26) [0x6a93a3]
./openttd-build/openttd(_Z8GameLoopv+0x7a) [0x6a967c]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN16VideoDriver_Null8MainLoopEv+0x19) [0x80ea6d]
./openttd-build/openttd(_Z12openttd_mainiPPc+0x145b) [0x6a7ff2]
./openttd-build/openttd(main+0x3a) [0x6bcebe]
/lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4) [0x3f0801d8a4]
./openttd-build/openttd [0x4f39f9]

Stack traces -O2
In Script_Instance::GameLoop
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN14ScriptInstance8GameLoopEv+0x19f) [0x7584bf]
In SciptObject::DoCommand:
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN12ScriptObject9DoCommandEjjjjPKcPFvP14ScriptInstanceE+0x26d) [0x74660d]
./openttd-build/openttd [0x116e700]
In Script_Suspend:
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN14Script_SuspendC2EiPFvP14ScriptInstanceE+0x7e) [0x735aee]
./openttd-build/openttd(_ZN12ScriptObject9DoCommandEjjjjPKcPFvP14ScriptInstanceE+0x2c0) [0x746660]
./openttd-build/openttd [0x116e700]

I noticed the stack trace in -O2 is a lot shorter. Could this be some kind of corrupted call stack and if so, what could it be caused by?
The compiler used is GCC 4.7 on CentOS 5.11.

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Het Bourgondisch Huis is a specialist brochetterie that lets everyone create their own brochettes. Choose between the different kinds of meat and fish. While your brochette is being made, you can fill up your plate at the hot buffet and the salad bar, and you can also select a potato dish. All for an all-in price, drinks included - just don't forget to leave room for a dessert from the well-stocked dessert buffet.


On the agenda for the weekend is to dye Easter eggs with my preschooler. But before we tackle real eggs, I thought it might be fun to decorate some plastic ones. I saw a feature in Disney's Family Fun magazine of plastic eggs sporting a variety of hats and thought I'd follow suit.
May I introduce Mr. and Mrs. Egghead? These two are obviously Southerners, maybe Texans, given their headgear.
I made Mr. Egghead's cowboy hat using a paper egg carton, a small piece of cardstock and a bit of twine. I made Mrs. Egghead's Easter bonnet from a cupcake wrapper, felt trim and small paper flowers.
The couple is sporting border stickers from Echo Park's This and That collection. I thought the red triangle border sticker looked a bit like a bandana and suited our cowboy. I used a scallop border sticker for Mrs. Egghead to mimic a dress collar. I also used stickers and paper from This and That to build the house. The roof and door are Cosmo Cricket.
They're just about ready for Easter, I'd say. Have you decorated eggs yet this year? If so, feel free to link them in the comments here or on the Paper Issues blog. Our current theme is Candy Shop. We'd love to see your projects. Paper Issues also has a great giveaway on its blog. Saturday is the last day to enter.
I was so excited to finally get a box of October Afternoon's Sasparilla in the mail. It's such a fun and engaging line and I dug in the box right away to make something. I love the journaling cards that come with every OA line and as I fanned through them, the card that read, "Country Roads" struck me immediately. I believe that may be due to my childhood love of John Denver.
Way back when, kids had portable record players and LPs and the first album I remember spinning on my red, plastic record player was by John Denver and in particular, the song, "Take Me Home, Country Roads," which I played over and over.
So, armed with the Country Roads journaling card, some mini market alphas and a cute chipboard sticker of a pigtailed cowgirl strumming a tune, I had the basis for a card. Underneath, I added a kraft die cut and some burlap for a bit of texture and sewed it all together.
For my second card, I again used burlap as the base for a card front. This time, I paired the burlap with yellow and teal for a pop of color against the warm brown cardstock and patterned paper. Burlap makes me think of Autumn and I went with a Fall theme here. The patterned paper and teal button are Little Yellow Bicycle, the "enjoy" sticker is October Afternoon and the chipboard pumpkin is Bella Blvd.
This was my first time using burlap on cards and I found it really fun to use. Burlap's a great neutral base and I love the texture it gives. If you've made cards or projects with burlap, feel free to link them in your comments. I'd so love to see what you've done.
We're having the most beautiful spring here in North Carolina. The sun is out. The flowers are blooming and all over the neighborhood, I hear the hum of lawn movers. On days like this, it's impossible not to find myself wanting to create something bright and sunshiney.
The first card, "Let The Fun Begin," is a hodge podge of stuff laying on my desk and things I eyed on my Clip-it-up. This project started life as a color challenge to use yellow and pink. That's where I got the yellow base (Pink Paislee's Hometown Summer) and large pink scallop (Making Memories journal book).
Then I started poking around my desk, adding this and that. I had just gotten a 6x6 pad of Crate Paper's new Storyteller and I pulled the blue ledger from there. On top, I added a scallop border sticker from Studio Calico, a bit of twine from The Twinery and a trio of Crate chipboard birds. The sentiment sticker is from Amercan Crafts's new Dear Lizzy Neapolitan line. Love that collection! I nearly stopped there, but then decided the sun and kite stickers from My Little Shoebox would add just the right touch of whimsy. There, now the card feels complete.
The second card, "I Really Bike You," features Echo Park's paper and stickers. I love orange and blue together and took advantage of that combination here. To make the bicycle pop against the background, I whitewashed the paper with thin white acrylic paint. I used heart punches to make the clouds then sewed them on the card to make them look a bit puffy. The sun sticker had a sentiment that didn't fit the card, so I covered the wording by adding a plain yellow circle on top, then added my own sentiment with alphas under the bicycle.
I submitted this card to Scrapbook & Cards Today, the terrific quarterly Canadian magazine, and was delighted to see my card featured on its blog here. I hope you're having a beautiful spring day wherever you are.
I'm so excited this month to be a guest designer for Birds of a Feather Kit Co. I had designed for BOAF last year and was thrilled when Amy, the owner, invited me back to work with the March kit. I tell you: I was given a great month for my stint because this kit is jam packed with beauties from Authentique and My Mind's Eye.
I hadn't worked with Authentique before. I was so impressed with the beautiful papers. Not only did they look good, but they felt great too. The kit included the Genuine collection and the denim themed papers were easy to mix and match. The nice heavy weight of this paper made me think of winter and I had this photo of my son as a baby in a knit hat, all cozy in his stroller, for an afternoon at the park. So I played on the winter theme. Just pretend those little flowers on the white paper are snowflakes, will ya?
The background is one sheet of paper, Dependable. I used the A side (navy side) of Dependable for the outer frame, then carefully cut out the inner frame and flipped it to the B side (white side). I used a square of cardstock in between to hide where I had cut the paper, then stitched it all back together. I loved that the stiped paper in the kit (used as a banner here) mimicked the stripe in my son's stroller. Perfect! The Webster's trim is from a previous kit. It looked so cozy and was perfect here.
When my son was a baby, we nicknamed him, "Cheeks." I think you can see why, lol.
The March Birds of a Feather kit proved to be the most popular kit in the history of the club, selling out in less than 48 hours. This is a photo collage of the kit that BOAF sent me.
I can hardly wait to see what Amy has in store for the April kit. If you are interested in a kit club, check out Birds of a Feather here. The site also has a terrific forum with super friendly paper crafters and lots of great inspiration. You can find the Hen House here.
I'm super excited to have joined the Creative Team at Paper Issues, an Etsy store and challenge blog. There's such a variety of paper crafters on the team and you'll find tons of fun and inspiration on the PI blog and often prizes, too. We post a different theme every other week and everyone can play along. We hope you'll join us!
Our current theme is " Go Green or Go Home." For this you can use the color green, something recycled or something home inspired. Since St. Patrick's Day is around the corner, I decided to upcycle a treat box - green, of course - for the holiday and include a coordinating card.
To make the treat bag, I recycled a Martha Stewart paper container. The box was 3 inches on each side, the perfect dimensions for a 12-inch sheet of patterned paper. I used the Lucky Me line from Little Yellow Bicycle. I cut a strip of patterned paper 2 inches high by 12 inches long and scored it every 3 inches.
I adhered the scored strip to the Martha Stewart box, then used a 12-inch border sticker around the top of the patterned paper. I added a cellophane bag into the base, filling it with green Hershey's kisses. Then I folded the cellophane bag over and added a simple topper made from patterned paper. To complete the project, I used a cropadile to punch holes in the topper and threaded through a bit of ribbon.
To make the card, I used a Doodlebug die cut as my base, adding some Lucky Me patterned paper, an accordion flower from LYB's Paradise collection and a round journaling spot for the sentiment.
We'd love to have you play along in this challenge. Just link up to the Paper Issues blog by March 17.
A little more about my new team: The Paper Issues creative team includes a wide variety of paper crafters including: traditional scrapbookers, card makers, altered art artists, art journal keepers, Project Lifers, SMASHers, crazy junk pilers, mist flickers and those who have mastered a cutting machine. The newest members of the creative team are: Aimee Maddern, Amy Tsuruta, Audrey Yeager, Christine Heeren, Cristin Drewes, Heather Leopard, Izzy Anderson (that's me), Kate Vickers, Leah Farquharson, Lizzie Oakley, Lori Wilbanks, Marlene Gomez, Missy Gener, Nina Yang, Patricia Roebuck and Sarah Andreotti. You can find the announcement here.
Cosmo Cricket has a challenge on its blog this week to make something happy and sunshiney using the color yellow. For every project made and linked to its blog or Facebook page, Cosmo Cricket will donate $5 and a can of food to their local food bank. How awesome is that? I think we should load them up with all things yellow!
I really love the new Cosmo Cricket collections from Winter CHA, which feature wonderful shades of yellow. But those lines haven't made it yet to a store near me. Instead, I pulled out some patterned paper and chipboard from Delovely, one of my favorite happy CC lines, and made a sunny card.
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Colobot Model Converter
=======================

This program can be used to convert various 3D model formats to and from model formats used by Colobot.

Basic usage
-----------

To convert one format to another you need to run this program in terminal.

```
converter.py [switches]
```

The most basic case is when you just specify files. Actual format will be determined by extension. For example, extension "obj" means Wavefront .OBJ format and "mod" extension means old Colobot binary format.
To specify input file you use "-i" switch and to specify output file you use "-o" switch. For example, to convert .obj file to new Colobot text format, use can use following command:

```
converter.py -i box.obj -o box.txt
```

You can specify formats manually with "-if" and "-of" switches. They mean input and output formats respectively. You can also add parameters using "-ip" and "-op" switches. For example, by default text Colobot format version 2 is used for output. If you need version 1, you need to add output parameter like this:

```
converter.py -i box.obj -if obj -o box.txt -of new_txt -op version=1
```

Batch mode
----------

Batch mode allows you to process multiple files at once. "-i" and "-o" switches are ignored and files are added using "-add" switch instead. You can also make a list of files, put them in text file and use "-addlist" switch to add entire list of files at once.

Files are specified either as single file using "-add filename" or as two files using "-add filename1:filename2". In first case, *filename* specifies input filename and output filename will be guessed based on output format. If output format is not specified explicitly, convertion cannot be performed and warning will be issued. In second case, input filename is *filename1* and output filename is *filename2*. Output format will be guessed based on filename extension if not specified explicitly with "-of" switch.

Examples of usage:

```
converter.py -batch -add model1.obj:model1.mod -add model2.obj:model2.mod
converter.py -batch -of old -add model1.obj -add model2.obj
converter.py -batch -of old -addlist models.txt
```

models.txt file:

```
model1.obj
model2.obj
```

Command line switches
---------------------

Switch                             | Description
-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------
-add *filename*                    | Adds single file for batch mode processing. Output filename will be automatically found if possible.
-add *filename1*:*filename2*       | Adds single file for batch mode processing. Output filename specified explicitly.
-addlist *filename*                | Processes file *filename* and adds each line exactly like *-add* switch.
-batch                             | Enables batch mode for processing multiple files.
-ext                               | Lists all available default extensions and exits.
-f                                 | Lists all available formats and exits.
-i *filename*                      | Sets input file name to *filename*.
-if *format*                       | Sets input format to *format*.
-ip *name*                         | Adds input format parameter *name* with no value.
-ip *key*=*value*                  | Adds input format parameter *key* with value *value*.
-o *filename*                      | Sets output file name to *filename*.
-of *format*                       | Sets output format to *format*.
-op *name*                         | Adds output format parameter *name* with no value.
-op *key*=*value*                  | Adds output format parameter *key* with value *value*.

Supported formats
-----------------

Below are listed all formats supported by this converter. A given format can have read only, write only and read/write access. Read only means you can convert this format to something else but not into it. Write only means you can convert other format to this format but can't convert from it. Read/write means you can convert to and from this format. Format might have assigned default extension.

Format name      | Extension  | Access     | Description
-----------------|------------|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
default          |            | depends    | Default format that uses filename extension to determine actual format
colobot          |            | read/write | Default Colobot format (currently: old binary format)
old              | mod        | read/write | Old Colobot binary format (.mod files) version 1.2 only
new_txt          | txt        | read/write | New Colobot text format
obj              | obj        | read/write | Wavefront .OBJ format

Format specific options
-----------------------

- old
  - *dirt* - specifies dirt texture number, defaults to 0
- new_txt
  - *dirt* - specifies dirt texture name, defaults to none
  - *version* - specifies format version, defaults to 2
- obj
  - *flipX* - flips axis X during import/export
  - *flipY* - flips axis Y during import/export
  - *flipZ* - flips axis Z during import/export

State specification
-------------------

Colobot meshes specify internal state of each triangle that changes behaviour of rendering engine. You can specify state in material name like this: *Material name [state]*. *state* has to be a list of numbers or state names.

Valid state names are listed in table below. Some states are not properly documented and have unknown effects.

Name                | Code    | Description
--------------------|---------|---------------------------------------
normal              | 0       | Normal texture
ttexture_black      | 1       | Texture with black color transparency
ttexture_white      | 2       | Texture with white color transparency
ttexture_diffuse    | 4       | Texture with transparency
wrap                | 8       | Wrap mode
clamp               | 16      | Clamp mode
light               | 32      | Completely bright
dual_black          | 64      | Dual black ?
dual_white          | 128     | Dual white ?
part1               | 256     | Part 1
part2               | 512     | Part 2
part3               | 1024    | Part 3
part4               | 2048    | Part 4
2face               | 4096    | Render both faces
alpha               | 8192    | Transparency with alpha channel
second              | 16384   | Use second texture
fog                 | 32768   | Render fog
tcolor_black        | 65536   | Black color is transparent
tcolor_white        | 131072  | White color is transparent
text                | 262144  | Used for rendering text
opaque_texture      | 524288  | Opaque texture
opaque_color        | 1048576 | Opaque color

Changelog
---------

- 1.6
  - added batch mode for processing multiple files
  - added console messages for converted files
- 1.5.1
  - added support for reading old Colobot format version 1.2
- 1.5
  - added support for writing Wavefront OBJ files
  - added switches for *obj* format
  - added base for COLLADA format (not yet useful)
  - added *-ext* switch
- 1.4
  - more refactoring
  - split some code into additional file
  - changed way of registering and accessing formats
  - added registering of filename extensions
  - added *default* format that chooses appropriate format by filename extension
  - added filename extensions: *mod*, *txt* and *obj*
- 1.3.1
  - added support for writing old Colobot model format files
  - added parameter to specify dirt texture
- 1.3
  - code refactored
  - added simple and extensible API for format conversion
  - added command line switches
- 1.2
  - code refactored, split into separate files
- 1.1
  - added alternate state specification
  - default output format version changed to 2
- 1.0
  - state specification in material name ("Material [state]")

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No, I Won't Be 'Upgrading' My Wedding Ring
Ashley Austrew
A fed-up mom shared a powerful post in defense of small wedding rings
A good marriage has nothing to do with the size of your ring, but unfortunately not everyone sees it that way. Engagement rings and wedding bands are a status symbol for some, and if you happen to have a small stone or opt for something non-traditional, there's often no end to the rude comments you'll get. One Minnesota woman was tired of family and friends asking when she plans on "upgrading" her modest ring, and that's why she fired back in a powerful post that will have women everywhere nodding along.
Rachel Pedersen is a mother of two who recently shared a photo on Facebook of her "less than 1/4 carat ring" and says she's frustrated by the rude things people say about it. She writes, "Friends and family often ask me when I'm going to have it 'upgraded'…. After all, it doesn't represent the level of success we are achieving. I've even had one person say, 'You could wear a bigger ring for important events, so people don't think you're not successful.'"
Like most sensible people, Pedersen realizes that her ring isn't meant to be a status symbol. She asks, "Since when did the size of someone's ring become an indication of success? For me, the ring is SO much more. My ring symbolizes a whirlwind, storybook, 'make you sick' love story."
Pedersen explains she and her husband met at a diner, fell in love, and got married all in the span of two weeks. "He worked as a window washer, and I was a single mother," she writes. "We couldn't wait for the future. So we didn't. 13 days after meeting, we eloped. I didn't even THINK about a ring until my husband surprised me before the ceremony. He drained his savings to gift me with a small token of his love."
If you've got a big ring or you've never had the displeasure of being around people who are rude enough to comment on the size of your jewelry, it might be hard to believe that this actually happens — but it does. I'm living proof. Like Pedersen, my husband and I got married shortly after meeting. We didn't have a lot money, but we also just don't care much for fancy things, so we found a craftsmen on Etsy who made us two matching titanium bands for less than $100.
Judging by the reactions I get to my ring, you'd think wearing a plain metal wedding band is the equivalent of stealing money from a charity on Christmas. People in my family act like my ring is a sin and constantly ask when I'm getting my "real" one. I've even had strangers tell me they didn't realize I was married since I'm "not wearing a ring" — apparently, a woman's wedding ring doesn't exist at all unless it's covered in diamonds.
Like Pederson, I have no plans to "upgrade" my ring. It holds deep, personal significance for me, and I see no reason why I should apologize for something I love so much. There's nothing wrong with wanting a big, fancy ring, but that's not everyone's cup of tea, and no one should be made to feel inadequate for something as insignificant as the size of a diamond. Jewelry is fun, but real success is a healthy relationship with the person you're committed to — that has nothing to do with the kind of ring on your finger.
H/T Daily Mail


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Загальні відомості
 Омитська сільська рада утворена в 1945 році.
 Територія ради: 39,007 км²
 Населення ради: 290 осіб (станом на 2001 рік)
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Belgian detective extraordinaire, Artemis Arinae, is set to enjoy a holiday cruise along the river Nile when tragedy strikes once more. All the passengers and staff aboard are suspects, and the murder count is growing, will Arinae's little grey cells identify the murderer in time?
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I had a date with Mickey tonight. Yay! We ate at Outback. Not our favorite place but when you have gift cards you go. We each found something we liked this time. Then we ran some errands only to find out that two of the three pharmacies we tried were closed. Huh. While at Target we decided to look around in their furniture and home dec departments. We came across a few things we just had to get for the kids' bathroom. It is in desperate need of a facelift, meaning some color. Here's the start.
The shower curtain has great colors that appeal to all the kids. (The dark stripe is chocolate brown. It's hard to tell.) I think I'll eventually paint the walls a nice lime green. But before I can do that I'll have to remove some wallpaper in the other half of the bathroom. It's going to look awesome. Anyone want to help me take down the wallpaper?
Um, I guess I will volunteer or is that a given?
I love it! The colors are nice and bright. I would be happy to help you, just let me know when you want to do it.
Looks Great! I think the bathroom looks fresh and much younger (facelift).
Oh, I LOVE all the colors! Have you ever painted a room green before? We painted Ella and Tucker's room green when we first moved into our home and were totally shocked at how BRIGHT it was! And since then I've heard multiple people with similar stories. So, I guess this is just a warning that green on walls may be a little more than your expecting. I definitely suggest picking a shade lighter than your first instinct! But, at the same time, I love color, so I totally say go for it!
Kelly, I've painted four rooms green and have loved how all of them turned out. Before buying paint I tape up the color sample I like (I know that doesn't cover a big area but it helps me) to get a feel for how that color will work in that specific room. I try it on all the walls too because each wall has different light.


Yep, you heard it right, Cheetah & Leopard are the new stripes! Like I always say go big or go home and paint a leopard wall that is. You know me, I'm not one for the normality of solid colors and I will try most anything once. the magical thing about paint is you can always paint over it! You've seen my home and my walls are anything but normal, I got zebra murals all over this joint and I love-it! Animal prints are nothing new and most people wouldn't mind them on a pillow or two but I say think outside the box and paint something! I am supplying you with the inspiration and all you have to do is put the plan into action. Even if Cheetah and Leopard is not your thing, do whatcha like!
This is the boldest move yet, leopard on the outside? I'm not even sure bout this one.
Hello there, I love almost everything not sure about the house either. Thanks for sharing.
Agreed Barbara, that homeowner is a die-hard fan of Cheetah, for-sure! Thanks for stopping by.
I agree SpicyCanela...the house may be just a tad too much.
Thanks for dropping a line SpicyCanela and agreed the house is one step to far.
Leopard, cheetah, zebra and stripes bring it on, I'm all about mixing and matching. <3 animal prints!
Talk dirty to me Chris!


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I have studied silversmithing with several tutors and attended workshops in enamelling, mokume gane, and general silversmithing. I have learned to facet and do lapidary work and have attended glass bead workshops.


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Gateway Drug: Access Points to Fantasy Epics
April 10, 2020 August 26, 2020 Bronte CronsberryLeave a comment
Being a latecomer to an expansive fantasy world is often daunting and sometimes requires an unfortunate amount of trial and error to figure out where to begin. So, although authors may not have planned for their projects to end up quite so large it is still essential that their fantasy epics exist with some kind of structure to make them intelligible to readers arriving a little late to the party. The Forgotten Realms, particularly the extremely popular entries by RA Salvatore is a demonstration of the chaos that results when series organization becomes overly complex. On the other hand, the much less well-known Edge Chronicles by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell has a more accessible organization scheme. These of course are incredibly different series but ultimately their creators were facing the same problems about how to organize new additions to a series that was now more about a shared world than it was shared characters.
Although RA Salvatore is not the original creator of the Forgotten Realms he is probably the most well known author associated with the world. With his Icewind Dale Trilogy he introduced the soon to be famous character of Drizzt Do'Urden who would bring on the first of the numbering debates when his backstory was given its own trilogy after Salvatore finished writing the Icewind Dale Trilogy. The questions becomes whether new readers should start with the prequals and move through the series in the narrative order or to follow the order in which the books have been published. Clearly you can read the Icewind Dale Trilogy without having read the Dark Elf Trilogy that holds Drizzt's back story because those books didn't exist when the Icewind Dale books first appeared. However, in the minds of some fans the optimal reading experience starts with the first story in the narrative.
The Edge Chronicles, created by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, is a much more cohesive collection of books and because it targets a young audience has had to take into consideration the problems of unclear reading order. Like the Forgotten Realms books there are prequals, sequels and side stories that take place under the umbrella series label of the Edge Chronicles. Stewart and Riddell have made a choice to keep each series contained so that readers can start with any trilogy and not feel like they are missing out on some secret the narrator expects them to know. This is reflected in the way the series are titled, with the name of the main character and then numbering within that series. Some of the success of this system comes down the intended audience, the world of the Edge is much less complex than the Forgotten Realms and it is much easier for the authors to create reading experiences that are less reliant upon reading order.
All of the above discussion assumes that new readers are going to do some level of research to figure out where they are supposed to start which in and of itself is not guaranteed. The Forgotten Realms is a hardcore enough fantasy series that most readers coming it are probably familiar with the challenges of navigating fantasy books and would be more conscientious when picking up a book but the Edge Chronicles targets children who are most definitely not going to be frequenting forums to find out about reading order. So much of the challenge of conveying the complexities of books series falls on the design of the books themselves. The Edge Chronicles have the book number and the sub series listed on the spine. There is no attempt being made to convey larger series order and for children who are probably not thinking about the way the world of the Edge Chronicles is constructed this is probably the best solution. The book design of the Forgotten Realms is much less simple however, possibly because the books have been published over such a long range of time. I own a copy several of the books including a single volume edition of the Icewind Dale Trilogy from 1999 which just labels itself part of the Forgotten Realms series and a 2018 copy of Timeless which has "A Drizzt Novel" as its only series descriptor. The chronology of this series is already convoluted, and the book design does very little to assist new readers.
Expansive worlds are characteristic of many fantasy series and are at the heart of many fan's enjoyment of the genre. But there is often no easy way to access these books, the Forgotten Realms is a sprawling series with no clear start or end for new fans. Less complex series, targeting a younger audience, have dealt with some of these challenges through an understanding of their audience and the result, even for an adult reader, is much less frustrating. There is no way to go back and change old editions of a series like the Forgotten Realms but having more cohesion across new novels and editions would be worth considering. The first book a reader tries in a series of fantasy epics is their gateway to that world, and it is in the best interest of both the author and the publisher to make sure that reader doesn't feel like that door is locked.
Chris Riddell, fantasy, Forgotten Realms, Paul Stewart, RA Salvatore
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Image of Wonder Boys Summer 2021
Some of the more than 100 Arkansas Tech football players who participated in voluntary summer workouts pose for a photo outside the Hull Physical Education Building following one of their training sessions.
Legendary basketball coach John Wooden observed that the true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.
During summer 2021, with no one in the bleachers at Thone Stadium at Buerkle Field and nary a camera or microphone in sight, an unprecedented number of Arkansas Tech University football players were paying the price for success during voluntary workouts.
"We had 110 of our student-athletes enrolled in the second summer term…most in the history of our football program," said Kyle Shipp, who is beginning his second season as the head football coach at Arkansas Tech. "That tells you where they're at mentally. They're just ready to play football. They know that we're a better football program. They believe in what we're doing, and they know that if they do the things we're asking them to do we'll have a chance to win every week."
Arkansas Tech will begin its 106th football season by hosting Southeastern Oklahoma State University for a 6 p.m. Great American Conference contest in Russellville on Thursday, Sept. 2. Live coverage will be available on KCJC 102.3 FM and www.arkansastechsports.com.
The contest will be the first in 656 days for the Wonder Boys, who were 3-8 during the 2019 season. The 2020 GAC football season was canceled due to COVID-19.
The Arkansas Tech team that takes the field in the 2021 season opener will be a mix of familiar names and newcomers. One person who fits both categories is senior Jack Lindsey.
A transfer from the University of Arkansas, Lindsey is scheduled to start at quarterback for the Wonder Boys against Southeastern Oklahoma State. His most recent pass attempts came in the Razorbacks' 2019 season finale when he threw two touchdown passes against the University of Missouri.
During his senior year at Springdale High School, Lindsey completed 55 percent of his passes (201-of-365) for 2,226 yards and 16 touchdowns against only six interceptions.
"Jack has done a great job of coming in and being a team leader," said Shipp. "Guys follow him. He has a great football IQ. He has all the things you look for. We have four guys (Lindsey, Caleb Canady of Morrilton, Cade Yeager of Broken Arrow, Okla., and Jack Grissom of Eads, Tenn.) who can play at the quarterback position. All four of them have grown a lot in the past year. The quarterback room can be a weird room sometimes, but those guys have handled it so well. They all like each other, they hang out and they go play golf. It is a really fun group to have."
Senior left tackle Christian Maier of Muskogee, Okla., sophomore left guard Garrett Jaster of Sugarland, Texas, junior center Myron Henderson of Memphis, Tenn., junior right guard Jacob Cato of Miami, Fla., and redshirt freshman Cameron Hataway of Southlake, Texas, are the Wonder Boys' scheduled starters along the offensive line.
Henderson is taking on the starting center role after playing at guard earlier in his Arkansas Tech career.
"Myron's always been more of a center, but he was a little light," said Shipp. "He's put on some good weight and gotten stronger. He's worked really hard this year to do those things and has done a great job for us at center during the spring and during fall camp."
Senior Caleb Batie returns as the Wonder Boys' starting running back. He accumulated a team-leading 620 rushing yards in 2019.
No position in Arkansas Tech's offensive scheme requires a more varied skill set than the tight end/halfback spot. Junior Tucker Kennedy of Union City, Tenn., and sophomore Caleb Stokes of Russellville are listed 1-2 on the depth chart at that position.
"Tuck is like an old-school fullback," said Shipp. "He wants to hit you. He likes to hit you. He enjoys that. Stokes doesn't mind to hit you, but he'd rather catch the ball. They are two different guys, but they play well together."
Shipp also praised the hard work and leadership of tight end Caleb Dean of Norman, Okla.
Sophomore Brennon Lewis of Fort Smith, senior Trey Smith of Springdale and redshirt freshman Joyrion Chase of Marion are listed as starters at the wide receiver positions.
Arkansas Tech's leading returning receiver — senior Drew Wade of Pine Bluff (46 catches, 623 yards, four touchdowns in 2019) — will contribute on offense and as a returner on special teams. He was All-GAC honorable mention in 2019.
Defensively, Arkansas Tech has run a 4-2-5 scheme for the better part of the last decade. So, it was noteworthy when the preseason depth chart showed the possibility of having three linebackers on the field at one time.
"You'll see some differences," said Shipp when asked about the Wonder Boys' defensive scheme. "We will do some things defensively to make offenses think more."
Arkansas Tech also became bigger and stronger at the linebacker positions with the additions of Cameron McKasson, a 6-foot-3, 220-pound graduate transfer from William Jewell College who is enrolled in ATU's Master of Business Administration program, and Victor Hill, a 6-foot-2, 230-pound transfer from the University of Central Arkansas.
"We brought Vic in as a defensive end," said Shipp. "We got low at linebacker in the spring, so we moved him there and within about three days it was clear he might be our best linebacker. He is a very explosive, long kid who can make plays."
Senior Corey Chunn of Blytheville finished fall camp listed as the other starter at linebacker when the Wonder Boys are in a 4-3 alignment.
Senior Gio Williams of Denton, Texas, who made 51 tackles in 2019, is also expected to contribute at linebacker. He and his twin brother, senior defensive back Dio Williams, were limited participants in preseason camp due to COVID-19 protocols.
Scheduled starters in the secondary include senior Darryn Cain of Houston, Texas, who is ATU's leading returning tackler after he made 60 stops in 2019; junior Tyrus Fort of Rockwall, Texas, who accumulated 55 tackles in 2019; junior Denzel Washington of Monroe, La., who made 21 tackles in 2019; and two freshmen — Matthew Arnold of Texarkana, Texas, and Trayon Jones of Shreveport, La.
The possibility of having two freshman starters at cornerback does not faze the head coach.
"You think it's scary, but then you watch Trayon play and you realize he might be one of the best corners in our conference," said Shipp. "What I like about him as much as anything is that if he gets beat, it doesn't bother him. He goes right back out there and he's going right back after you. He redshirted and then had the COVID year, so Trayon's really a third-year guy. Matt's a year younger, but he will be fine. He's a physical kid. Hopefully we'll be able to rotate Dio in during the game and have what we need because we know Southeastern is going to throw it around."
ATU's scheduled starters on the defensive line are sophomore De'Veyon Smith of Mesquite, Texas, junior Carlos Gordon of North Little Rock, freshman Carson Holloway of Richmond, Texas, and junior George Brooks of Allen, Texas.
Junior Jesus Zizumbo of Springdale returns at place kicker after earning All-GAC second team honors in 2019. Zizumbo was 16-of-21 on field goal tries and 29-of-29 on point after touchdown kicks in 2019. His 16 made field goals established a new Arkansas Tech single-season record.
"Our kids believe in Jesus," said Shipp. "When he goes on the field, there's no doubt in their minds he's going to make that field goal."
Newcomer Aaron Winn is slotted to handle the punting responsibilities. A product of Summerville, S.C., Winn averaged 37.8 yards per punt over two seasons at NCAA Division I member Presbyterian College.
"I think (Winn) has a chance to be one of the better punters in the conference," said Shipp. "We also have a lot of guys back from our coverage and return units who played a ton for us in 2019, so the familiarity with what we're doing in those schemes should put us in a good place."
Visit www.arkansastechsports.com for more information about the 2021 Arkansas Tech football team.
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Mahindra Marazzo bags over 10,000 bookings in 45 days
20/10/2018 - 14:00 | Mahindra Marazzo, Mahindra | Yatharth Chauhan
The Mahindra Marazzo, which was launched on 3 September, has bagged more than 10,000 orders in just 45 days of its launch. The new model was introduced at an introductory starting price of Rs 9.99 lakh. Late last month, IAB learnt that the burgeoning demand for the new MPV has led to a waiting period of up to 45 days on select variants.
Regarding price positioning, the Mahindra Marazzo has been slotted between the Maruti Ertiga and the Toyota Innova Crysta.
Mahindra & Mahindra is said to be targetting monthly sales of 4,000 units of its new MPV. If required, the company can boost the production to 7,000 units a month in the next financial year.
The Mahindra Marazzo is powered by a new 1.5-litre mHawk turbocharged diesel engine that outputs a maximum power of 121 hp @ 3,500 rpm along with a peak torque of 300 Nm @ 1,750 - 2,500 rpm. The motor comes mated to a 6-speed manual transmission. The new model is built on a ladder-frame chassis but features a transversely mounted engine. The patented architecture enables the MPV to benefit from the robustness of the ladder-frame construction and a low ride height and flat floor that are typical of monocoque frames. The new model has an ARAI-certified fuel efficiency of 17.3 km/l.
The Mahindra Marazzo is claimed to have the least NVH levels in its class. The popular UV manufacturer has used crank-offset technology to minimise the engine vibration. An advanced dual mass flywheel technology reduces the engine rattle.
The aircraft-inspired surround cooling system of the Mahindra Marazzo is claimed to offer best-in-class cooling through diffused and direct airflow.
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The Mahindra Marazzo is available in four trims - M2, M4, M6 and M8. It's available in 7- and 8-seat configurations. It has been on sale in a price range of INR 9.99 lakh* to INR 13.90 lakh*.
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In Lima, Peru, the Peruvian Superior Court on organized crime has authorized the arrest of former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski last Wednesday, April 10. This is connected to an investigation of Kuczynski's involvement in a corruption scandal involving Brazilian construction titan Odebrecht that subsequently led to his forced resignation from office last year.
The Superior Court also authorized the two-day-long search of the 80-year-old former president's house in the suburb of San Isidro for any documentary evidence related to the case. Shortly afterwards, he was arrested. After a thorough medical check, he was brought to the police HQ in downtown Lima. For 10 days, the former president would be held for a period of 10 days for the crime of money laundering committed in the Odebrecht case.
Also known as PPK, Kuczynski claimed that the charges against him were motivated by political persecution towards him. Meanwhile, Odebrcht has recognized its place as the biggest graft scandal in the Latin American continent, which resulted in the dispensation of over $750 million bribes across twelve countries. These questionable acts were done to acquire infrastructure contracts. As a result of the scandal, Kuczynski became the first sitting president of Peru to resign over a scandal of such magnitude.
However, this had affected three previous presidents, such as Alan Garcia, and Ollanta Humala, and Alejandro Toledo, the latter facing extradition from the US for a $20 million Odebrecht bribe. The bribes made by the company have been paid to Peruvian officials since the year 2004, admitted Odebrecht. In spite of claiming to be persecuted, however, Kuczynski said that he is willing to fully cooperate with the prosecution in the investigation. The scandal also happened to involve opposition leader Keiko Fujimori, who is currently serving a 36-month preventive sentence while the ongoing investigations into the finances of her party continue.


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Tacoma: Kurt Cobain Relics and Another Nirvana Venue
I'm not quite done with Tacoma. I mean, for a start, I wanted to put up just the one photo of the Tacoma Dome. Beyond being the location for a number of shows the Nirvana boys attended, its other claim to Nirvana tale fame comes from the link to the song Polly — Gerald Friend abducted his victim after a show here, grim. Hence, only one photo and a desire to focus on perkier things…
Bob and John drove me round to the former location of Legends. Back in late 1989 John had been chatting on with Kurt and they decided it would be cool to have a show featuring Machine and Nirvana together. Ryan (photogenic gentleman kneeling with the dog in yesterday's photo) designed the well-known flyer for the January 20, 1990 show at Legends — label/management involvement is how Tad ended up tucked into the running order.
It's nice they've preserved the exterior of the building — it's a classy style — but the exterior has become, yes, you've guessed it; a car park. It's another thing that unites the U.S. and U.K., the tendency to slam tarmac down over everything — I'm sure I'm paraphrasing from somewhere "they took culture and built a car park over it." John recalls the upper floors being used by various gangs with access via the back windows. He even lived there at one point with a friend for a few nights when life had taken an unsteady turn. The other photo here is the bricked in and painted over entrance to the backstage areas where the bands loaded and unloaded their gear.
Now, as ever, anything placed online will always end up snatched and gone before one has a chance to blink. Well, a strong desire to be respectful here and preserve privacy for those kind enough to show me a number of items of their private property. I used to live in a town called St Neots it's in Huntingdonshire; claims to fame? A fellow who shot the British prime minister on May 11, 1812, the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated, came from St Neots. Funnily enough, his name was John Bellingham (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bellingham) — Bellingham being a town up the road here in State of Washington (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellingham,_Washington) where Nirvana played in 1992 — isn't the world full of great coincidences? There was also a small skirmish during the English Civil War and there's a rumoured ghost of a Cavalier stood looking out the ground floor bathroom windows to watch over the river for the approaching Roundheads. The story of greatest relevance here, however, is that there was a Priory on the site of the present-day Priory Park dedicated to Saint Neot. There's another Saint Neots (take a read, and let's be fair, he's one of the less impressive saints… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Neot,_Cornwall ), however, down in Cornwall and they claimed to have relics of said saint. The only way I can describe it is that a crack commando unit of monks was dispatched from Huntingdonshire all the way across the country to Cornwall where they launched a raid on the religious establishments there, stole whatever they could and dashed back home — a less-virtuous A-Team of religious fervour.
Why am I telling you this except for my enjoyment of the tale? Well, its an indication of the hysterical reaction to religious relics back then. Items said to belong to, to have been worn by, to be from the body of a sacred individual were venerated, stolen, traded, acquired by royalty and full pilgrimages were launched across national borders to visit them. When viewing the items below I had to snigger from my faint sense of absurdity; it's more or less what I've done here.
John brought out items sent to him by Kurt Cobain. They're kept securely in an undisclosed location of course and frankly they're not historical items, they're things given to him by a dear friend who died — they deserve to be treated with that reverence and care, as if they were leftovers from one of your own dead loved ones.
This is John's copy of the Love Buzz/Big Cheese single accompanied by Kurt's note saying how pleased he is to have it out, poking fun at his band and simultaneously saying he's a little disappointed by it only being a run of 1,000 copies. I've half covered it with a shot of King Buzzo to ensure it can't just be copied and faked.
Brilliantly John's dad even managed to keep the packaging in which Kurt (Kurdt) sent it to John back in 1988; a bit smudged, smeared and grimy but there it is – 25 year old some-day-superstar mailing.
These two photos do exactly what they say on the tin; one is the copy Kurt made for John of the January 23, 1988 demo session, the other is the copy of the Bleach sessions. John says that Krist told him in 1992 that they had been worried for a time that John's battered old cassette was the only copy left of Big Long Now until they finally learned that the master was in Jack Endino's possession.
There's also the last note Kurt wrote to John in late 1993 backstage at a show – the last time they saw one another. I didn't photograph it. Tracy Marander also gave John prints of a number of her photos of Kurt, you'll see the date on all of them plus her record of when she took them. Here's a couple, again, I just cut them off if they were already well known shots…
We'll leave it there I guess…Other shots of Tacoma? Ooooo…Let's see…
Couple more shots of the port…
This is the old fort up at Point Defiance…
This is wicked graffitti posted in honour (and to amuse) my dear little sister Sophie who is presently occupying my rooom back in London while I'm away and having a well-deserved break. She's the artistic one among we four siblings…
And this…Is a pretty fish.
Posted on September 11, 2013 Author nsoulsbyCategories Nirvana Maps and Locales
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Erik Berry says:
Hey dude–great tour diary. Are you paraphrasing Joni Mitchell "Big Yellow Taxi"? It's a good one.
"They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum
And they charged all the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em
Don't it always seem to go?
You don't know what you got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise and they put up a parking lot."
From memory proud to say. Enjoy your trip and travel safe.
Thanks for the cheery thought! What a bittersweet sentiment…You're right though, I'll have to give someone the access and get them to keep paying for it…
I've got most of the graphics and all the text…If it didn't crash the server I'd be sharing it out more with pleasure.
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This safari traces the western Rift Valley, from the Virunga volcanoes to the Rwenzori mountains. Seeing some of the last remaining 700 mountain gorillas in the world is a fantastic experience and this safari takes you to three gorilla parks – PNV in Rwanda and Mgahinga and Bwindi in Uganda. It offers an opportunity to track gorillas five times, twice in PNV, once in Mgahinga/Nkuringo and twice in Bwindi. PNV in Rwanda has five habituated gorilla families and tracking most groups in the afro-montane forest usually takes only a few hours. You can also climb a volcano, visit the remains of Dian Fossey's grave or visit the endangered golden monkey. Mgahinga, in Uganda, is a great place to appreciate the unique Virunga volcanoes and it has one habituated family. Sometimes this group moves across the border and you can track gorillas at Nkuringo in Southern Bwindi instead. You can also climb a volcano or go for a nature walk, visit the endangered golden monkey or go birding. Bwindi in Uganda has four habituated families and the gorillas there live in thicker tropical forest and tracking is more challenging as the hillsides are steeper. You can also go for nature walks to see birds, monkeys and orchids.
Continue to Ishasha (roads permitting) and go on the hunt for the tree-climbing lions lounging on old fig trees. Further north see the great game of Africa in Queen Elizabeth National Park - elephant, lion, buffalo, hippo, and leopard. Track the fast moving and elusive chimpanzees in Kyambura Gorge. See the rich wildlife and array of birds on the Kazinga Channel. Fly out from Entebbe.
On safari clients stay 3 nights at Volcanoes Virunga Lodge, 2 nights at Volcanoes Mount Gahinga Lodge, 3 nights at Volcanoes Bwindi Lodge and 3 nights at Mweya/Jacana.
A choice of three short safaris can be added at the end: Sipi and rafting (4 days), Chimps on Ngamba Island (3 days) or Wildlife in Murchison (4 days).
Met on arrival at airport and transfer to Kigali. Briefing on your safari. After lunch depart for PNV at 2pm. The journey north goes through the beautiful terraced hillsides that characterise much of Rwanda's landscape, gradually climbing to the base of the awesome volcanoes, sometimes with as many as five peaks visible. O/N: Volcanoes Virunga Lodge (FB).
Either go gorilla tracking again in Parc National des Volcans (on payment of supplement at the time of booking), or visit the golden monkeys or drive to Gisenyi, visit Ross Carr's orphanage and Lake Kivu or climb the Visoke/Muhavura volcanoes, or trek to Dian Fossey's grave, or visit the local school, community projects or walk to Lake Bulera. O/N: Volcanoes Virunga Lodge (FB).
Either go gorilla tracking again, this time in Mgahinga/Nkuringo, (on payment of supplement at the time of booking), or climb the Muhavura or Gahinga volcano, or go for a nature walk, visit golden monkeys in Mgahinga. O/N: Volcanoes Mount Gahinga Lodge (FB).
Drive to Bwindi through the Switzerland of Africa, with the road winding through many hills and valleys, with distant views of the volcanoes and lakes. Alternatively look for monkeys and birds near the river by the Lodge or go for a community walk. O/N: Volcanoes Bwindi Lodge (FB).
Either go gorilla tracking (subject to permit availability at time of booking), walking up steep densely forested hills before finally coming across the gorillas camouflaged in the vegetation. An inspiring moment! Tracking in Bwindi requires stamina and can often take most of the day. Alternatively go for a leisurely nature or community walk. O/N Volcanoes Bwindi Lodge (FB).
Leave for Queen Elizabeth National Park. Either drive via Ishasha, home of the tree climbing lion, roads permitting, or take the alternative route through cultivated expanses. Time permitting, go for an evening game drive O/N: Mweya/Jacana (FB).
Drive to Kampala; enroute stand on the Equator, bargain at the roadside markets and see the royal drum makers. Freshen up in day rooms at Windsor Lake Victoria Hotel in Entebbe until transfer to the airport for return flight (HB).


The long-delayed launch of the Windows Vista operating system cut into fiscal second-quarter profits at Microsoft Corp., which reported a 28 percent drop in earnings Thursday despite decent revenue growth.
In the last three months of the year, earnings fell to $2.63 billion, or 26 cents per share, from $3.65 billion, or 34 cents per share, during the same period last year.
Analysts polled by Thomson Financial expected the Redmond, Wash.-based software maker to post a profit of 23 cents per share.
Revenue rose to $12.5 billion, a 6 percent gain from $11.8 billion in the year-ago quarter. Analysts were expecting just shy of $12.1 billion in sales.
Microsoft shares fell 64 cents, 2.1 percent, to close Thursday at $30.45 on the Nasdaq Stock Market, ending an uneven day in which the stock also hit a 52-week high of $31.48. In extended trading after the earnings release, the stock was back up to $31.45.
Although Windows Vista and Office 2007, the latest editions of Microsoft's flagship products, do not hit the consumer market until Tuesday, they have been available for businesses since Nov. 30, two-thirds of the way through the company's second quarter.
Even so, Microsoft's "client" division, responsible for Windows, posted a 25 percent drop in sales to $2.59 billion. And the business division, which includes Office, saw a 5 percent drop to $3.51 billion.
The falls were expected, because Microsoft had warned that it would be deferring $1.6 billion in Windows and Office revenue from the second quarter to the current period. That was done to account for coupons that recent computer buyers could use to upgrade existing software to Vista and Office.
In addition to the revenue deferral, Microsoft's profits were trimmed by $1.13 billion, or 11 cents per share, because of the upgrade-coupon program.
A huge reason for Microsoft's overall revenue gain was the performance of the entertainment and devices division, which includes the Xbox 360 video game console. That unit saw revenue hit $2.96 billion, a 76 percent jump. The unit lost $289 million, however, roughly even with last year.
Microsoft also updated its outlook but appeared to give analysts little reason to alter their expectations.
In the current quarter, Microsoft predicts earnings of 45 cents to 46 cents per share on $13.7 billion to $14 billion in revenue, helped by the deferrals from the second quarter. Analysts already were expecting 46 cents per share and $14 billion in revenue, according to Thomson Financial. For the full fiscal year, which ends June 30, Microsoft foresees earnings of $1.45 to $1.47 per share, with revenue of $50.2 billion to $50.7 billion. That was slightly ahead of the estimates already held on Wall Street: $1.45 per share and revenue of $50.5 billion.
For the first half of its fiscal year, Microsoft earned $6.10 billion, 61 cents per share, on revenue of $23.4 billion. In the comparable period a year earlier, Microsoft's profit was $6.79 billion, 63 cents per share, with revenue of $21.6 billion.


A: Email your new 500 yd swim time in the format mm:ss to 500yardswimtime@gmail.com by October 1st.
A: The pool depth is 10 feet at the deep end and 3ft at the shallow end.
A: The pool temperate is usually kept at 83 degrees.
A: No, but there is water available to athletes at the transition area.
A: Yes, there will be 5 minutes in between waves. During this time, athletes are welcome to warm up. More time may be available if lanes open sooner from the prior wave.
A: Yes, there is a spectator area. Spectators will not be allowed on the pool deck. They can keep their shoes on.
A: No. You may stop and rest during the swim. It is recommended that you rest at the wall.
A: Yes, the locker rooms will be available from 7:30 am until 1pm.
A: Yes, however, your swim time does not stop while you are changing. Also, you MUST exit the pool through the east end of the pool to get your swim time.
A: Swimmers will start in numerical order, lowest bib number first. Swimmers will be sent off 5 seconds apart. Your race time is based on your starting position. You must start in your correct position even if there is no one in front of you.
A: There will be 2 volunteer lap counters at the end of each lane. When you have one length (25 yards) to go, they will signal you with a kick board. That signal means it is time to get out when you reach the next wall. Our volunteers do their best to be accurate with their counting, but sometimes with 4 swimmers in a lane things can get a little crazy. We recommend that you also count your laps. 3 heads are better than 2!
A: Yes, but your swim time will not stop until you exit the pool area. You can not leave and come back in during the race.


Welcome to Chidambaram, a spiritual and heritage city. It is one of the growing cities in Tamilnadu. It greets us with industries, Annamalai University and Lord Nataraja blesses us here in the form of a Cosmic Dancer. Below are some of the specialties in Chidambaram.
Lord Shiva is worshiped in various forms. One is the form of a Cosmic dancer. Also called as 'Koothan', who is the god for bharathanatyam. He blesses us in the Ananda Thandava position along with Sivagami Amman. Natarajar temple is the location for one of the five elements of nature (Ether @ agayam). The other locations are: Earth - Ekambareswar temple in Kanncheepuram, Water - Jambukeshwar Temple in Thiruvanaikkaval, Fire - Arunachaleswarar Temple in Thiruvannamalai. Air - Sri Kalahasti Temple in Andhra Pradesh.
The Kalahasti, Kanchipuram and Chidambaram temples are on a straight line which is truly an engineering, astrological and geographical wonder.
Chidambaram Natarajar Temple is one of the few temples where both Shiva and Vishnu are enshrined under the same roof. Govindarajar @ Vishnu blesses in the reclining pose with Sridevi, Boodevi, Karthikeya, Brahma and others.
On the account to decide who is superior in Siva and Shakthi, a dance competition is performed in Chidambaram in from of Lord Vishnu and Brahma. To win Lord Shiva performed 'OORTHAVA THANDAVA' which is a pose by raising the leg above the head. This pose cannot be performed by ladies due to modesty. Shakthi, became very angry due to the defeat. She was pacified by Lord Brahma and hence is seen with four faces. She is also famously called as Vadapathra Kali Amman.
Mariamman is the goddess for rain and soil. She also is the goddess who is worshiped for curing chicken pox. As she is the goddess for curing summer diseases, she is mostly worshiped with milk pots, turmeric and neem leaves in summer.
Below are the various places around Chidambaram. Please do not miss to visit.
This is the second largest magrove forest in the world (first is spread across West Bengal and Bangladesh). This is a eco friendly picnic spot which helps nature in various ways. Please don't miss the boating through the mangrove forests which is truly an exciting experience. It is 15 kms from Nataraja Residency.
Famously known as Kaviri Poompattinam, which was once a capital for Cholas. This served as a port for the Cholas to reach out to various foreign lands. The town was destructed by Tsunami around 1500 years ago. It is 45 kms from Nataraja Residency.
1. Aruthra Darisanam celebrated in margazhi.
2. Aani Thirumanjanam celebrated Uthram Nakshathram in Aani.
3. Natiyanjali celebrated around Mahasivarathiri.


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Never mind being able to continue being a Pharmacist, they probably wouldn't be as good as an ordinary person later on.
The Pharmacist road of these two people had really been destroyed!
"How could this be... How could this be..." Pu Lisi slumped in a chair and collapsed. He stared blankly ahead and he could not believe that he had personally ruined the Pharmacist path of his disciple.
If only he hadn't mistaken the potions the two people had drunk as Slow-acting Potions, their fate would not be this miserable.
All of this was the result of his own conceit.
Pu Lisi's hands were shaking. He stared at that pair of hands which had destroyed the future of Shangguan Xiao and Luo Fan in a very bitter mood.
"Find Shen Jue! Shen Jue must have a way!" Fang Qiu was scared silly by everything he had heard. Disregarding Pu Lisi's existence, he anxiously looked at the Head of the Priest Branch.
"That potion was concocted by Shen Jue, so he certainly knows what exactly it is. He must have a solution! There must be a solution!" At this moment, Fang Qiu could not care about others. He absolutely couldn't let Luo Fan meet a mishap while he was under his own hands, otherwise Luo Family would absolutely let him live a life worse than death!
"I will go and find him, I will go and find him!" Fang Qiu murmured and stumbled out of the room.
Pu Lisi sat without a word on the chair. His eyes were full of desolation.
The Yeats students, who were arrogant before, had long been frightened by everything in their sight.
Never in their dreams had they expected that the match which was not worth mentioning in their eyes would actually evolve into the present situation.
And what was even more unexpected was that the potion that a Holy Roland School's freshman student had concocted could incredibly be mistaken by Pu Lisi who was a Master Pharmacist.
Fang Qiu ran all the way to the Pharmaceutical Branch to find Shen Yanxiao, but even after rummaging throughout the whole school, he still did not find even a strand of Shen Yanxiao's hair.
At this moment, Shen Yanxiao was not in Holy Roland School. She was in the casino lounge enjoying the care of the three animals.
Unable to find Shen Yanxiao, Fang Qiu had almost gone mad. He had to lower his head and beg the Dean of Holy Roland School, Ouyang Huanyu, to take action.
For a time, all the mentors in Holy Roland School were sent out to find traces of Shen Yanxiao.
Unfortunately, they didn't know the existence of Phantom's stronghold, which also represented their fruitless efforts.
Early in the next morning, when Shen Yanxiao returned to Holy Roland School together with the three animals, there was already a great mess.
The first mentor, after discovering Shen Yanxiao's figure, immediately screamed and ran around to report.
The four fellows, who had been left alone at the gates, exchanged glances with one another with a baffled expression.
"What's wrong with them? What the heck?" Yang Xi raised his eyebrows looking at the aggrieved figures of that crowd running all the way around. He opened his mouth pensively.
"I think there's a show waiting for us," Qi Xia smilingly said, and his smile had a hint of cruelty.
Shen Yanxiao swept the three a glance and stepped forward, "Let's go and take a look."
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