Bitcoin might not be considered a currency in some circles and, right now, government agencies are starting to look at it as more of a speculative asset.
Although BTC is highly divisible, it has yet to take off as a method of microtransactional payments – a fact not helped by bitcoin's potential to skyrocket in price due to hoarding by speculators.
Dogecoin, however, has emerged as a favorite microtransaction method on reddit. In fact, most people get their first dogecoin via tipping on the community-oriented site. And that's all because of Dogetipbot.
Fifty DOGE is worth around two US cents. That may not be much, but it's the denomination that is enticing.
A comparable bitcoin valuation for the same two cents is 0.00004512 BTC, which is a bit hard to wrap your brain around and just looks messy. So what would people rather receive, 0.00004512 in BTC or a 50 DOGE tip?
And the process is simple. A message in a user's reddit inbox gives someone the option to accept or decline a tip.
A million of anything usually sounds like a large number. In the world of doge, that's about 1 BTC, however. Mohland says, though, that when there are fundraising efforts or charity drives, the amount can jump drastically.
Mohland adds that Dogetipbot is approaching a total of 150m DOGE tipped via reddit so far.
After tipping, donations are one of the biggest drivers of dogecoin's transactional nature.
Some of the best known examples of this include raising money for Indian Olympic athletes, the Kenyan water crisis and an accidental circumstance that led to a NASCAR driver getting 20m DOGE in race sponsorship.
In the latter instance, Alex Green – founder of Moolah, a cryptocurrency payments platform – typed in a 20m DOGE donation, instead of the two million he meant to send for Joe Wise's No. 98 Chevrolet sponsorship campaign.
The term 'shibes' is a dogecoin community term for people active within their sphere, and references the Shiba Inu dog type that is the coin's mascot.
Mohland says that reddit is just the beginning for Dogetipbot.
Tipping and donation campaigns have been significant in helping the reddit community increase the general acceptance of cryptocurrencies.
Dogetipbot 2.0, the newest version of the software, has its own internal ledger that calculates account deposits and withdrawals. So when people send or receive a tip, it's off the block chain. Only when coin is moved to an external wallet is the dogecoin block chain used.
The message that reddit users get when they receive a DOGE tip.
Dogetipbot 1.0 was simply a fork of a tipping client called altcointip, but that software was unable to handle the sheer mass of transactions through the tip bot.
This is the reason why Dogetipbot keeps an internal ledger of account deposits and withdrawals – to reduce strain on the system.
"We were using the dogecoin daemon for the longest time with version 1, but on the new version we have an internal ledger," said Mohland.
Mohland was initially a litecoin miner. When he heard about dogecoin, though, he pointed his scrypt rig in its direction and his wallet was soon bulging with DOGE.
"I thought [dogecoin] was hilarious, so I decided to point my miners at a dogecoin pool and got about three million dogecoins," he said.
It was the viral aspect that got dogecoin itself to where it is today, something that many startups pine for.
Mohland said that Dogetipbot just happened – there wasn't a whole lot of planning, and people in the dogecoin subreddit were asking for it. So he forked the altcointip client and then posted what he had done on reddit back in December 2013.


Brickstream's sensors have been considered the market leader in retail store people counting applications, the company claims over 175,000 units deployed in 60+ countries. Less than 2 years after Brickstream acquired retail analytics company Nomi to create an end-to-end retail analytics solution, Brickstream has spun Nomi back off and sold the remaining sensor business to Point Grey.
We spoke with executives from the company that acquired the people-counting sensors, Point Grey, about this and how the company is now positioning itself in the retail analytics market.
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While I anticipate some challenges in this pursuit (teachers may have trouble managing classrooms if they have many students with disabilities), I am hopeful for the future. I think it is important to support teachers with instructional strategies like the ones I have learned here and to help them promote students' positive behavior..
The coolest thing about being here is the opportunity to work with many wonderful people. My peers have extensive knowledge — especially when it comes to different educational experiences. I also enjoy my peers' variety of personas, and really cherish the time I have to work with them. They have truly widened my horizons and exposed me to many frameworks and theories I didn't know of before studying here.


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Sarah Lucas, one of Britain's most celebrated artists, who first came to prominence as a leading light in the generation of Young British Artists (YBAs), will curate a major exhibition at Firstsite in 2023 - and it's going to be very BIG.
Under the headline BIG WOMEN, the Colchester gallery will showcase work by leading female artists; Renata Adela, Fiona Banner, Kate Boxer, Yoko Brown, Angela Bulloch, Phillippa Clayden, Vanessa Fristedt, Maggi Hambling, Pam Hogg, Rachel Howard, Merilyn Humphries, Patricia Jordan, Princess Julia, Abigail Lane, Tory Lawrence, Millie Laws, Polly Morgan, Clare Palmier, Georgina Starr, Gillian Wearing, Sue Webster and Lucas herself.
The exhibition – which runs from 11 February to 18 June 2023 - promises a wealth of diverse artworks to enjoy - and a few surprises too.
BIG WOMEN: Curated by Sarah Lucas
Type:Art Exhibition
Lewis Gardens, High Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1JH
Season (11 Feb 2023 - 18 June 2023)
Firstsite, ColchesterFirstsite is Colchester's contemporary art gallery and winner of the Artfund Museum of the Year, 2021.

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Prologue (Ebon Hawk Adrift)
Peragus II Mining Facility
Citadel Station
Nar Shaddaa
Dxun
Onderon
Korriban
Dantooine
Master of the Palace
Dantooine & Citadel Station Redux
Malachor V
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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords is the sequel to the acclaimed Knights of the Old Republic. It's set in the Star Wars universe five years after the ending of the first game.
You follow the story of a Jedi who was exiled from the Jedi Order. The Order was almost wiped out by the Sith and you wake from unconsciousness with a mission to seek out the last few remaining Jedi.
Gameplay mechanics are virtually the same as Knights of the Old Republic although there are some notable additions such as the option to choose a fighting style while wielding a lightsabre. The mini-games of the first game are back, including swoop bike racing and Pazaak.
The full Knights of the Old Republic 2 walkthrough includes the original content plus the Restored Content mod which adds much more content that was left out in the original release.
Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords was released in 2004, one year after the release of the original game, Knights of the Old Republic. It received positive reviews after it's release although the game was left unfinished as LucasArts forced the developers, Obsidian, to finish the game within 16 months. This unfortunately meant that not only where there many bugs but that large sections of the content had to be cut from the game.
Star Wars fans got together and released a mod for KOTOR 2 called the Restored Content Mod. It cleared up around 500 bugs and added much more content. The walkthrough above assumes you have the Restored Content mod for KOTOR 2 installed.


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A 555 timer IC, operating in the one-shot mode, is triggered by light striking photoresistors. These normally have a resistance of several megohms but, in the presence of light, that resistance drops to several hundred ohms, permitting current from the six-volt source to flow in the circuit. The R-C combination shown gives an on-time of about two minutes. Photoresistors PC3 and PC4 are mounted at heatlight-height. When headlights illuminate the photoresistor, the timer starts. That actuates a relay, RY1, and the lights are turned on.
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Ron Dugans
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Ron Dugans (born April 27, 1977) is an assistant football coach on the Florida State Seminoles and a former wide receiver who played his 4-year NFL career with the Cincinnati Bengals. Dugans was a standout receiver at Florida State where he won a BCS Championship in 1999 season in his final season. Dugans caught five passes for 99 yards and two touchdowns in the 2000 BCS Championship Game. Dugans was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Bengals. He signed a deal with the Houston Texans but never played with the team. Prior to joining Georgia Southern Eagles' staff under head coach Chris Hatcher Dugans spent the 2005 and 2006 seasons with Florida State as a graduate assistant working with the wide receivers and the strength and conditioning program. In 2010, he was hired by Charlie Strong to become wide receivers coach at the University of Louisville. In 2014, after four years at Louisville and Charlie Strong's departure to The University of Texas, Dugans returned home to Florida to become WR Coach for the University of South Florida. In 2016, Dugans joined Mark Richt's staff at the University of Miami and was co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach. In January 2019, Dugans was released by new Hurricanes coach Manny Diaz and hired as the wide receivers coach by Coach Willie Taggart at his alma mater, Florida State.
(1977-04-27) April 27, 1977 (age 42)
205 lb (93 kg)
Tallahassee (FL) Florida A&M
NFL Draft:
2000 / Round: 3 / Pick: 66
Cincinnati Bengals (2000–2002)
As coach:
Florida State (GA) (2005–2006)
Cincinnati Bengals (AST) (2007)
Georgia Southern (WR) (2008–2009)
Louisville (WR) (2010–2013)
South Florida (WR) (2014–2015)
Miami (FL) (WR) (2016–2017)
Miami (FL) (Co-OC/WR) (2018)
Florida State (WR) (2019–present)
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Personal lifeEdit
On September 5, 2008, a crash involving his daughter's school bus killed his daughter Ronshay, aged 8. There is now a national Don't Drive Drowsy Week (the first week of September) in memory of her death.[1]
^ Mamdooh, Sally (September 1, 2014). "Man raising awareness of drowsy driving after daughter's death".
Ron Dugans bio - Georgia Southern University Eagles Athletics
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ron_Dugans&oldid=901983194"


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The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics 7 Books Boxed Set Collection
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'Mere Christianity'
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'The Great Divorce'
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C. S. Lewis's works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year, appealing to those seeking wisdom and calm in a hectic and ever-changing world. Each volume is written with the lucidity, warmth and wit that has made Lewis revered as a writer the world over.
From 'The Problem of Pain' – a wise and compassionate exploration of suffering – to the darkly satirical 'The Screwtape Letters', Lewis is unrivalled in his ability to disentangle the questions of life. His writings offer hope, wisdom and a true understanding of human nature.


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Иларион Грузијски (+882.) - светитељ, пореклом из богате кнежевске кахетске породице Донаури.

Са дванаест година пострижен је у манастиру који је подигао његов рођени отац у области Кахетија, из којег се са шеснаест година преселио у манастир Светог Давида Гареџиског. Живео је тамо десет година. Са тридесет година постао је игуман новог манастира, али је убрзо отишао да се поклони светим местима.

Проживевши 17 година у Јорданској пустињи, вратио се и саградио манастир за своју родбину из родитељског дома и сам се настанио у манастиру Давид Гареџи, коме је поклонио половину свог имања. Убрзо је отишао на Олимп, где је провео пет година; затим је посетио Цариград (данас Истанбул) и Рим, и, после трогодишњег боравка у Солуну, преминуо је 882. године.

Православна црква га празнује се 19. новембра. Иларион се бавио преводом Светог писма и аскетских књига на грузијски језик .

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Leesville Airport is a city-owned, public-use general aviation airport located  west of Leesville, a city in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Due to the small size of Leesville Airport, it has been assigned the three-letter FAA location identifier of L39, but has no corresponding IATA or ICAO designations.

Leesville Airport is listed as a "Local/Basic" airport in the 2017-2021 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems Report. Between 2017 and 2021, it was expected to receive $4,914,250 in developmental funding.

Facilities and aircraft
Leesville Airport covers an area of  at an elevation of 281 feet (85.6 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway: 18/36 is 3,807 by 75 feet (1,460 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface.

For the 12-month period ending September 22, 2016, the airport had 15,000 aircraft operations, an average of 41 per day: 67% local general aviation (10,000), 20% itinerant general aviation (3,000), and 13% military (2,000). At that time there were 15 aircraft based at this airport: 93% single-engine (14), and 7% helicopter (1).

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One main hindrance for students of Samskritam is the "gender" of the word. Is it "aascharyam" or "aascharyaH"? Is it "pAtram" or "pAtraH"? The main problem is only with akaArAnta puMlinga and napumsakalinga. The strIlinga and non-akAranta can usually guessed with our background knowledge of our mother tongues. The problem happens since our Samskritam learning is based on knowledge apriori. It used to be the practice to learn the nAmalinga-anushAsana, ie the amarakosha - the thesaurus of Samskritam words committed to memory before learning much of grammar. The amarakosha pretty much provides a guidance on gender of words, which becomes easier to grasp later on. We do not learn amarakosha now, instead we straight-way try to reason out why a word is in what gender. Add to this our knowlege of other Indian languages, where the words may have morphed. For example, kriShNaH, yogaH - all have become almost feminine-like AkArAnta in Tamil (kriShnA, yogA) or in Hindi, where the akArAnta has disappeared. The improper learning technique yields to misunderstanding the language for its difficulty.
No matter how much comfort you get buying books online and reading reviews, there is nothing like visiting the local brick and mortar bookshop, drinking coffee and reading some books, which you might never want to buy. The world history or reference books come under this category for me. Reading through the history books, we repeatedly come across the term "dark ages". But it was only Europe, unlike Southeast Asia, who was in dark ages for about 12 centuries. She started tasting intellectualness around 15th century and the period after that produced several European philosophers - Francis Bacon, Spinoza, Hegel, Voltaire, Nietzche, Kant, Schopenhauer - each describing their world view with their own new found logic. A few agreed with each other, but many mostly disagreed. Many philosophic context words were invented or redefined, almost a new vocabulary was required by the end of it all. But nobody was as direct as Schopenhauer put it. Kant, despite his brilliant work, beat around the bush a lot, what could have been said in a few words. Unlike Kant, Arthur Schopenhauer in his "World as will and representation" starts off with a sutram-like definition - "The world is my view". He goes on to declare in his introduction that if the reader is not acquainted with Vedanta, he/she would hardly understand his own work. After many definitions and redefinitions of logic, it is interesting to observe that logic is, in fact, illogical.
That's how yudhiShTra responds to a question by yakSha, in the world's first Jeopardy! The yakSha prashna episode is a collection of questions where the gender of a word can be quickly glanced upon. While the questions are simple, the answers are quite extra-ordinary. Just like the modern Jeopardy, yakSha hurls questions from an extremely wide range of categories - physics, cosmology, material sciences, spirituality, dharma, psychology, behaviour, sobriquets, abstracts, concepts, geography and what not! yudhiShTra's responses are equally varying and astonishing: material things are compared against concepts, hypothetical questions are answered with technical acumen, abstract questions are put into context with solid references. It is impossible for a non-advanced civilization to come up with answers like "Mother is heavier than Earth" or "Dharma protects the one who protects it". Many answers seem anti-modern-science in a casual reading, but a thorough understanding of words, etymology and context are necessary to correctly interpret them.
Towards the end yakSha asks two very simple questions. yudhiShTra's responses to these stretches the mind beyond imagination, takes it to exosphere and suddenly drops off like a hot potato in astonishment and disbelief, only not to parachute-land but crash back into senses. You kind of get the feeling of a jolt at halting suddenly after a wild thrill ride.
कः पन्थाः ? asks yakSha. "What is the road?" I would have just asked back "To where?".
Yudhishtra's first utterance is "tarkaH apratiShTaH". A quote on which vyAkhyAna can be done for hours I guess. "Logic is baseless". Logic has been the considered the greatest employment of human intellect since Aristotle, Plato down to the European philosophers, who have spent their lifetime only in logic. But Yudhishtra dismisses it curtly - Logic is limited, baseless and cannot be relied upon.
"srutayo vibhinnAH" - vedA-s say different things! "na eko rShiH yasya matam pramANam" - There is not a single rishi whose word is an authority! Its just a poetic way of expressing that vedA-s are interpreted differently and every rishi worth his beard has an opinion. "dharmasya tattvam nihitam guhAyAm". The truth about dharma is hidden in a deep cave! What the Huh? Where did dharma come from? What does it have to do with logic or vedas or roads? Each rishi is attempting to explain what is "dharma", but nobody has a single opinion about it and nobody really knows what dharma is. And then he finally ties them all beautifully - "mahAjano yena gataH saH panThaH" - the road travelled by great people is the one to follow (for mokSha)! The great ones have already figured it out, you just follow the road paved by them. yakSha was not even asking about a physical road! That is the fault of translation or misunderstanding of contexts. Even in English we use the term "Road to the future" or "Path to the future", but that is not what striked us first!
Then comes a final punch, a seemingly innocuous question, the one that we ask everyday and get mind numbing answers from TV, media, google, facebook and so many leaking outlets of information bombarding us from all around. Ironically, thats the last question yakSha asks - का वार्ता ? - "What is the news?"
asmin mahaa-moha-maye kaTaahe - In the frying pan of ignorance of this world, using the Sun as fire (sUrya agninA), day and night as fuels (ratri diva indhanena - the word "Indane" - the Indian lpg/oil/gas company comes from the word indhana "fuel"), with seasons as the ladle (mAsa-rtu-darvI-parighattanena), kAlaH (the time), pacati (cooks) bhuTAni - the living beings.
Yes. Time puts us all in ignorance-coated non-stick tawa and keeps cooking us like papad - when done, takes us and tosses aside, puts the new papad in.
You've really got to hold yourself to a higher standard than this.


Jennifer Melton, one of the founding members of Zip 37 Gallery, enjoys using loud colors to illustrate her cartoonish paintings of everything from paper dolls to tropical wildlife. At this light-hearted exhibit, Melton will apply that signature style to acrylic paintings of dessert dishes. These appetizing pieces will pair nicely with the sweet treats served during the opening reception on August 10.
Fri 6-9 p.m., Sat-Sun 12-5 p.m.


Sunday is Father's day and I have spent the week sorting my dad's card and pressie and Stu's. I realised the other day that Card Factory are just like Funky Pigeon where you can personalise their cards and send them to who you need to but they are so much cheaper....For Valentines day I got Stu a hammer with a few words engraved and I have got my dad one for Father's day....He is into DIY so I'm sure he'll love it.
That hammer is fab. My handyman hubby would love it! I've left it a bit late for fathers day but will add it to his birthday gifts! There is so much going on in school at this time of year that it can get a bit overwhelming at times.
I love that hammer Kim, such a thoughtful idea. Sports day will be bittersweet I bet, lots of lasts but lots of new beginnings to look forward to as well. The next few weeks sound like lots of fun !


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package garoonclient

import (
	"encoding/xml"
	"io"
)

const scheduleURL = "/cbpapi/schedule/api"

// ScheduleGetEventsByTarget

type ScheduleGetEventsByTargetRequest struct {
	Header   RequestHeader
	Start    string
	End      string
	User     string
	Group    string
	Facility string
}

type baseID struct {
	ID string `xml:"id,attr"`
}

type ScheduleGetEventsByTargetResponse struct {
	Events []ScheduleEvent `xml:"returns>schedule_event"`
}

type ScheduleEvent struct {
	ID          string                  `xml:"id,attr"`
	EventType   string                  `xml:"event_type,attr"`
	PublicType  string                  `xml:"public_type,attr"`
	Detail      string                  `xml:"detail,attr"`
	Description string                  `xml:"description,attr"`
	Version     string                  `xml:"version,attr"`
	Timezone    string                  `xml:"timezone,attr"`
	EndTimezone string                  `xml:"end_timezone,attr"`
	AllDay      string                  `xml:"all_day,attr"`
	Members     []Member                `xml:"members>member"`
	DateTimes   []ScheduleEventDateTime `xml:"when>datetime"`
	Dates       []ScheduleEventDate     `xml:"when>date"`
}

type ScheduleEventDateTime struct {
	Start        string `xml:"start,attr"`
	End          string `xml:"end,attr"`
	FacilityCode string `xml:"facility_code,attr"`
}

type ScheduleEventDate struct {
	Start string `xml:"start,attr"`
	End   string `xml:"end,attr"`
}

type Member struct {
	User     User     `xml:"user,omitempty"`
	Group    Group    `xml:"group,omitempty"`
	Facility Facility `xml:"facility,omitempty"`
}

type User struct {
	ID   string `xml:"id,attr"`
	Name string `xml:"name,attr"`
}

type Group struct {
	ID   string `xml:"id,attr"`
	Name string `xml:"name,attr"`
}

type Facility struct {
	ID   string `xml:"id,attr"`
	Name string `xml:"name,attr"`
}

func (r ScheduleGetEventsByTargetRequest) MarshalXML(e *xml.Encoder, start xml.StartElement) error {
	p := struct {
		Start    string  `xml:"start,attr"`
		End      string  `xml:"end,attr"`
		User     *baseID `xml:"user,omitempty"`
		Group    *baseID `xml:"group,omitempty"`
		Facility *baseID `xml:"facility,omitempty"`
	}{
		Start: r.Start,
		End:   r.End,
	}
	if r.User != "" {
		p.User = &baseID{ID: r.User}
	} else if r.Group != "" {
		p.Group = &baseID{ID: r.Group}
	} else if r.Facility != "" {
		p.Facility = &baseID{ID: r.Facility}
	}
	return e.Encode(buildRequestStruct(
		r.Header,
		"ScheduleGetEventsByTarget",
		p,
	))
}

func ScheduleGetEventsByTarget(r *ScheduleGetEventsByTargetRequest) (*ScheduleGetEventsByTargetResponse, error) {
	resp, err := sendRequest(r.Header.BaseURL+scheduleURL, r)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	return parseScheduleGetEventsByTargetResponse(resp.Body)
}

func parseScheduleGetEventsByTargetResponse(r io.Reader) (*ScheduleGetEventsByTargetResponse, error) {
	var resp ScheduleGetEventsByTargetResponse
	err := parseResponse(r, "ScheduleGetEventsByTargetResponse", &resp)
	if err != nil && err != ResponseTagNotFoundError {
		return nil, err
	}
	return &resp, nil
}


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You'll be centrally located in Milan with a stay at this apartment, you'll be 8 minutes by foot from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. This apartment is 0.4 mi (0.7 km) from Leonardo da Vinci Museum of Science and Technology and 1.5 mi (2.5 km) from Castello Sforzesco.
Make yourself comfortable in your air-conditioned apartment, which features a refrigerator. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. The bathroom has a shower and a hair dryer. Conveniences include a coffee/tea maker, housekeeping is provided once per stay, and a microwave can be requested.


Well, since no one's commented on this one yet, I'll say it.
Also, first! Always wanted to do that at least once. I'll stop now.
It's almost like we aren't the very first performers ever at this venue they built for such purposes! Imagine!


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William Penn State Forest is a Pennsylvania State Forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #17.  The main offices are located in Elverson in Chester County, Pennsylvania in the United States.

The forest is named for William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania. It was originally named "Valley Forge State Forest", for the camp at Valley Forge in the American Revolutionary War. Valley Forge State Park was the first state park in Pennsylvania, and the headquarters of the state forest were located there as well. The state park was transferred to the National Park Service and became a federal park in 1976 for the American Bicentennial. The state forest retained the Valley Forge name for thirty one years.

After the July 1, 2005, realignment of Pennsylvania State Forest Districts, what was then Valley Forge State Forest and District #17 acquired the northern parts of Berks and Lehigh Counties from Weiser State Forest and District #18. In August 2007, "In a bid to eliminate public confusion over the name of the federal park and the state forest district, the Bureau of Forestry renamed the Valley Forge State Forest District in honor of one of Pennsylvania's first conservationists -- William Penn."

William Penn State Forest is located on  in six tracts:  in Lancaster County;  on Little Tinicum Island in the Delaware River in Delaware County; and  of the Goat Hill Serpentine Barrens in Chester County. Also included are the David R. Johnson Natural Area in Bucks County and the Gibraltar Hill and George W. Wertz Tracts in Berks County. District #17 also includes Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, and Philadelphia counties.

History
William Penn State Forest was formed as a direct result of the depletion of the forests of Pennsylvania that took place during the mid-to-late 19th century. Conservationists like Dr. Joseph Rothrock became concerned that the forests would not regrow if they were not managed properly. Lumber and iron companies had harvested the old-growth forests for various reasons. They clear cut the forests and left behind nothing but dried tree tops and rotting stumps. The sparks of passing steam locomotives ignited wildfires that prevented the formation of second growth forests. The conservationists feared that the forest would never regrow if there was not a change in the philosophy of forest management. They called for the state to purchase land from the lumber and iron companies and the lumber and iron companies were more than willing to sell their land since that had depleted the natural resources of the forests. The changes began to take place in 1895 when Dr. Rothrock was appointed the first commissioner of the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters, the forerunner of today's Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed a piece of legislation in 1897 that authorized the purchase of "unseated lands for forest reservations." This was the beginning of the State Forest system.

The first parcel of land that became William Penn State Forest was acquired in 1935 when the state bought  of land in Lancaster County from the heirs of the Cornwall Iron Furnace fortunes. The first  contained the Cornwall fire tower which was built in 1923. The second land acquisition did not take place until November 1982 when Little Tinicum Island in the Delaware River was purchased at a cost of $100,000. In December 1982 a second tract of land was purchased. The Goat Hill Serpentine Barrens, consisting of , were purchased for $239,500 with financial aid from the Nature Conservancy. Both Little Tinicum Island and the Goat Hill Serpentine Barrens are home to unique ecological habitats.

Neighboring state forest districts
The U.S. states of New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland are to the east, south and southwest, respectively
Delaware State Forest (north)
Michaux State Forest (west)
Weiser State Forest (northwest)

Nearby state parks
Although no state parks are located within William Penn State Forest, there are fifteen state parks in District #17:
Delaware Canal State Park (Bucks and Northampton Counties)
Evansburg State Park (Montgomery County)
Fort Washington State Park (Montgomery County)
French Creek State Park (Berks County)
Marsh Creek State Park (Chester County)
Neshaminy State Park (Bucks County)
Nockamixon State Park (Bucks County)
Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center (Berks County)
Norristown Farm State Park (Montgomery County)
Ridley Creek State Park (Delaware County)
Benjamin Rush State Park (Philadelphia County)
Ralph Stover State Park (Bucks County)
Susquehannock State Park (Lancaster County)
Tyler State Park (Bucks County)
White Clay Creek Preserve (Chester County)

See also
Philadelphia Lazaretto

References

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 Note: Map showing districts after the July 1, 2005 realignment
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 Note: shows William Penn State Forest in Penn Township as an unlabeled green area, north of Interstate 76 and on a road in Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 156.

River islands of Pennsylvania
Valley Forge State Forest
State Forest
Protected areas established in 1935
Protected areas of Berks County, Pennsylvania
Protected areas of Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Protected areas of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Protected areas of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania


Vice President Joe Biden delivered a clear message to Iran, saying Saturday the U.S. was willing to talk, but will act to isolate and pressure Tehran if it does not abandon its nuclear ambitions and support for terrorism.
In a sweeping speech to international leaders and security experts here, Biden said the U.S. will strive to act preventively to avoid having to choose between the risks of war and the dangers of inaction.
But he held out the option that the U.S. could take pre-emptive action against Iran if necessary to stop crisis before they start. The U.S., he said, will "continue to develop missile defenses to counter a growing Iranian capability, provided the technology is proven and it is cost-effective."
At the same time, he said that if Tehran gives up its nuclear program and stops backing terrorists, there will be meaningful incentives.
"We will draw upon all the elements of our power - military and diplomatic, intelligence and law enforcement, economic and cultural - to stop crises from occurring before they are in front of us," Biden told the gathering in his 25 minute address.
Biden's speech laid out for the first time to an international audience the Obama administration's foreign policy tenets, and emphasized diplomacy and cooperation. He also warned allies that they will be expected to share the burdens of fighting extremists and bolstering weaker governments and poor nations.
"America will do more, that's the good news," said Biden. "But the bad news is American will ask for more from our partners."
His comments came a day after Larijani sternly declared that the Obama administration must admit past wrongs before there can be reconciliation.
"The old carrot and stick policy must be discarded," he said, alluding to Western threats and offers of rewards to coax Iran to give up nuclear activities the West views as threatening. "This is a golden opportunity for the United States."
Reaching out to close another rift, Biden said it's time to repair relations between the U.S. and Russia.
He said NATO and Russia should cooperate to defeat the Taliban and al Qaeda. But he warned that the U.S. will continue to have differences with Moscow, including opposition to its efforts to carve out independent states in Georgia.
Biden's comments come just days after Kyrgyzstan announced it will shut down American access to the Manas air base, which the U.S. uses to resupply troops in Afghanistan. The decision came when Kyrgyzstan's president was visiting Moscow, hours after securing more than $2 billion in loans and aid from Russia.
As part of his effort to spread responsibility, Biden told the leaders that the U.S. needs their help in taking the detainees now held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
He repeated President Obama's vow that the U.S. will adhere to its values, not torture, and will close the detention center that has spurred such criticism from European allies. But he added that allies must work together to combat extremism, and one way other nations can help is to take responsibility for some of the suspected terrorists at Guantanamo.


Creating a mini-makeover for a kitchen with the wow factor is easy to accomplish with a minimal budget. The budget can expand as you wish. Easy changes be made to the kitchen to achieve a new look rather quickly.
When cabinets are in great condition, it can be fun and simple to change the cabinet hardware knobs and pulls. This switch can be as inexpensive as you like depending on the hardware chosen. Hardware changes can be based on different shapes, as well as different finishes.
If the kitchen cabinets are looking a little rough, painting or re-varnishing with stain or lacquer will give the appearance of new cabinets. You may choose a new color for the cabinets or repaint or re-varnish with the same color. Either is perfect for a kitchen face-lift. Depending on the condition of each cabinet, it is best to do a light sanding to get rid of any marks, dents, or small gouges in the wood. When choosing to re-varnish cabinets sanding is mandatory, as this eliminates the old coat of varnish.
When using paint for cabinets, after the light sanding, apply a good primer to further prepare the wood for the paint. The primer readies the wood to take the coat of paint by smoothing the surface and readying the wood grains for an optimal outcome. If the cabinets are metal, priming with an excellent primer is crucial to the painting process. This will allow the new coat of paint to remain on the cabinets longer, with no peeling of the paint.
If the kitchen contains windows, blinds, curtains, and/or valances may be changed to a new color scheme. This new pop of color will be pleasing to the new look of the kitchen. Replacing towels, wash cloths, hot pads, and oven mitts to color-coordinate with the blinds, curtains, valances, or cabinets colors is another fast way to bring a small, but enjoyable change.
Painting the walls is an excellent way to transform the color palette of the entire room. Choose any color you feel will bring cheer and light to the kitchen for a fresh look. Choosing pale to mediums hues of yellow for paint casts a sunshine bright look if the kitchen has fewer windows. Choosing any light hues of pastels will always brighten a room tremendously, in addition to making the room appear larger.
For some tastes, a darker room can actually suit the kitchen well when there are plenty of windows for natural lighting. If there are few windows or no windows, be sure to have an abundance of artificial lighting. Choosing one wall to be a darker hue and the other three walls yo be a lighter hue is a good way to accent the kitchen. It can also bring attention to decor chosen for the dark wall, in particular.
Changing the back-splash can give the kitchen a wonderful new look. Using subway tile, glass panels, or metal tiling for the back-splash will create and help set the mood desired for the kitchen. You can coordinate any and all changes made to the room with the back-splash change.
The simplest change of all is to replace your current decor. Wall and counter-top decor can be quickly replaced with new trends in decor. This includes changing small appliances, useful containers, and canisters that may set on the counter to ones in different colors. Switching out decor pieces can be done easily without changing anything else in the room. It can be done cost effectively and as often as you please.
Some ideas for the changing the decor can include opposite hues of the color chart resulting in a stunning, fabulous completion of design to the kitchen mini-makeover. For example; using yellows with purples, reds, blacks, or greens will look great. With yellow walls consider purple floral designs or pictures that contain purple hues. Choose whatever type of look you want. Some examples are: modern, victorian, asian, shabby-chic, or rustic. For any look you want to achieve, it is possible to find the perfect decor.
Another great color combination for decor is light blues with lavenders, yellows, or light greens. Red or burgundy walls with black decor can make a lovely statement. Corals can be mixed with blues, reds, or various oranges, as well. Combining decor pieces of terra-cotta pottery with these colors can achieve a western look. Variegated shades of pink with blacks, blues, yellows, or purples will all add pizzazz to the definition of the kitchen look.
Consider adding decor that has different metallic looks, also. Bronze, antique bronze, and brushed bronze can giving an interesting, texturized look. Gold, antique gold, brushed gold, silver, brushed silver, or brass metallic looks also work well. Matching the metallic decor with cabinet hardware of the same hues will give a cohesive decorating approach.
Another fast change for the makeover is to install new sink hardware, New faucets that match the cabinet hardware are fantastic. There are many different kinds of faucets to choose. Some are standard with two knobs for hot and cold water. Some are one lever to turn on the faucet and for temperature control. There are faucets that have sprayers included. Some included sprayers detach from the faucet arm to better reach items you may be washing in the sink or for filling pots and pans with water.
For a little more change, choose a different set of daily dishes, silverware, and drinking glasses. Pick out coordinating place mats, napkins, and napkin rings. Then, set places at your kitchen table, counter, or nook with the new place settings for meals. Add a new set of salt and pepper shakers, and a creamer pitcher with a matching sugar bowl to the center of the eating area.
New major appliances or new dining furniture can also add a nice appearance to your kitchen makeover. This is a more costly renovation. Yet if your appliances are older, purchasing a new refrigerator, stove, and/or a dishwasher is always a good investment. A new set of furniture is always a welcome improvement, also. A new microwave, can opener, mixer, blender, and food processor in coordinating and matching colors can be chosen, as well.
For older flooring, it does not necessarily need to be replaced. For vinyl flooring, use a cleaning brush or pad with a scouring cleaner to remove old stains and grime. For tile, use a good grout cleaner with a brush. If you have wooden or laminated flooring scrub it with wood soap, then dry it well. Next, place a coat of fresh wax atop the flooring. Buff the wax until it shines. This can also be done for vinyl flooring that has lost its sheen.
No matter which of these ideas are chosen to be incorporated into the kitchen mini-makeover, a fresh look is always uplifting. You may choose one or two of these ideas to implement or three or four of the ideas. You may even choose to implement several of the ideas. The end result will be bound to be pleasing and give you a WOW decor for your kitchen. Happy Kitchen Mini-Makeover!


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The Garden of Sonic Delights Barry D. Truax
The Garden of Sonic Delights (2015)
The Garden of Sonic Delights
The Garden of Sonic Delights invites the listener to enter an imaginary soundscape (one that Murray Schafer might describe as a "soniferous garden") richly filled with sounds that may remind us of the actual sounds of water, wind, insects and birds. Our visit will take us through the afternoon until the next morning, hopefully leaving us delighted and refreshed.
multiple soundtracks
Hardware used:
Original recordings from the World Soundscape Project Tape Collection. Sound processing realized with Soundhack convolution and Chris Rolfe's MacPod software.
Spatialization created by Harmonic Functions' TiMax2 matrix mixer, marketed by Outboard Inc (UK).
The piece was commissioned by the Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre (BEAST) for the 2016 BEAST FEaST, and realized in 48 channels at the Technical University, Berlin, and the composer's private studio.
April 2016, The Garden of Sonic Delights was premiered at the 2016 BEAST FEaST at the University of Birmingham, UK
Song of Songs (1992) Lawrence Cherney
Bamboo, Silk And Stone (1994) Mei Han
The Ghostly Moon (2008) The Orchid Ensemble
The Ghostly Moon
Powers of Two (1995) (excerpt)
Powers of Two
Androgyne, Mon Amour (1996) Robert Black
Androgyne, Mon Amour
Thou and I (2003) William George, Steve Maddock
Thou and I
Bamboo, Silk And Stone (1994) (excerpt) Randy Raine-Reusch
DISContact! II, 2, 20
DISContact! II
Sequence of Later Heaven (1993)
Sequence of Later Heaven
Pacific (1990)
Infinity Room (2019)


Written by Helen Hackwell on Wednesday, 14 November 2012.
Date nights are not something my husband and I generally indulge in. Unless you consider eating Chinese takeaway off our coffee table whilst watching The Walking Dead a romantic interlude. So when the opportunity arose to dine out together, I jumped at the chance. I'm not sure what I was most excited about; eating dinner off a table that sits higher than 50cm or the opportunity to get dressed up.
Choosing an outfit was remarkable simple, I had a new dress from Mint Velvet that I was dying to wear and the previous week I had won a pair of gorgeous black boots from Wallis, both ideal for a stylish yet comfortable date night outfit.
The bag was kindly lent to me by my lovely friend Lucy (aka The Luxe Life) and is from Stella McCartney. The dress itself has beautiful detailing across the front and for that reason I chose not to accessorise the outfit with a necklace, sometimes less is indeed more. The cute zip tassel is the only decoration needed on these elegant chic boots.
Mint Velvet is without a doubt my favourite brand of the moment. Creating a clothing range that encompasses 'relaxed glamour' was the goal they originally set out and have undoubtedly since achieved. Mint Velvet are firm believers that fashion should work with your life, so their collections will take you from 9-9, whatever you're doing, with a few "relaxed glamour" tweaks along the way. This video takes you through 5 days, and nights, of Mint Velvet style.


Jared Scharff, for those who are no familiar, is a producer, writer and the guitar player for Saturday Night Live! Yes, you heard me right, he plays guitar for SNL. I don't know about any of you readers, but personally, I grew up watching SNL and still do to this day. So I would say Jared has a pretty awesome dream job. Aside from his playing on SNL, Jared has his own artist project called Pearl Lion.
Believe it or not, Jared has a pretty diverse musical background, and he actually started out playing drums. He came from a musical family, so it was an obvious path that led to playing with many bands through high school and college. Jared mentions that he was a Jazz performance major for a while, and quickly realized he hated it. Jazz was not his thing, but luckily he did not give up on music entirely. The one mainstay that he swears by is taking private lessons, saying that it is the best thing to do as a musician. It needs to be a combination of jamming along to your own music and with other musicians as well as lessons for the musical theory.
So the question that is on everyone's mind… How did Jared Scharff become the SNL guitar player?! Well, he was actually recommended by the previous guitarist to audition in 2006. It started out with Jared sending some YouTube videos to the bandleader Lenny Pickett, and ended up with an impromptu audition "hang". He ended up getting a callback and had a more serious audition with all the other potential guitar players and obviously got the job! Thus, the rest is history. Jared goes on to say that the job has launched him into having the opportunity to play with many other amazing musicians including Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, and Mick Jagger.
Besides playing on SNL, Jared has his own artist project called Pearl Lion. It is an instrumental project that he dubbed as being anti shred. Which I for one am pretty thankful for, there is enough shred music out there. This is a more personal look into Jared's life via music from all of his experiences over the years. It is a combination of vibey instruments and keys with rhythmic beats and guitar tracks. I would highly recommend giving it a listen. To give everyone a little taste of Jared's playing here is a solo guitar performance.
Lastly, our very own Andrew Swift showed Jared Scharff a Universal Audio Apollo interface. Which if any of you have never checked out, you need to. They are awesome interfaces, great amp simulators and different microphone options plus effects. Additionally, they respond very well to your playing and you can really push the tone. Andrew went ahead and showed Jared just a few amp simulators to give him an idea of what was possible! I know there is somewhat of a heated debate on using amp simulators over an actually amplifier but this thing really sounds and reacts like a true amp. Universal Audio is really changing the game in terms of interfaces and amp simulations.


Discussions are in work within the board. We'll update everyone when we can!
Topic: ProSolo Test 'n Tune???
Re: ProSolo Test 'n Tune???
Will there be a test 'n tune course this Friday morning (April 5)?
Practice starts yes. Test course no.
Glad you were able to make it out after attending the Starting Line school last year. We hope to see you again in the future!
I registered for Intermediate. Haven't run with TinA before, or Autoclub... so pointbys on straights seems like a reasonable balance currently.
I'm without my SSC ride for January's event so if anyone wants a tire warmer for Sunday (or maybe Saturday) let me know!
Topic: Planning ahead: got an HS seat available for the Fontana Pro?
Re: Planning ahead: got an HS seat available for the Fontana Pro?
I have a 2016 Fiesta ST with Koni's, Mountune Catback exhaust and the proper 16x7 wheels. The only thing it is missing is tires.
I wasn't planning on competing in it but I will be driving it to the event (I'm likely running SSC). Shoot me a message if you'd like to know more.
Mike Simanyi wrote: Could you design a course that doesn't adversely affect competition in SSC?
Sure thing, slow 180 degree switchbacks up the hill it is!
I had my doubts Saturday but Sunday sealed the deal. Excellent course and a great way to end a great season! Let's keep up the creativity next year!
I'm happy to help out in the morning Sunday though!
Can't make Friday but I'm happy to stay after and help with the changeover if you still need people.


Next weekend, the long-standing gaming and geekiness expo, rAge, makes its Cape Town debut. Once starved for conventions of this ilk, people who live around The Mountain now have two annual geeky expos to look forward to. We're nt here to talk about the other one though – because rAge is nearly upon us.
Kicking off next Friday, rAge Cape Town at the GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World in Goodwood will offer a host of fun things for geeks and their families to do.
It'll certainly be fun. As you may or may not know, we've got 10 sets of family passes for the event to give away, courtesy of the events lovely organisers. Here's who's won.
Angus Pollock, Wihan Cahill, Dwayne Riedel, Akhona Mbenyana, Leroy Burgess, Roger Odendaal, Enrico Cottee, Ashley Barnard, Kuben Govender and Tasneem Carlse.
To the ten of, congratulations – and please keep an eye on your mailboxes (and your spam filters). We'll be mailing you soon to get your information.