HP Omen 17t i7-9750H RTX 2070 Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB SSD review, including today's price to performance
Laptop product code: Omen 17t
Laptop announced date: 30th November -0001
Last reviewed: 10th August 2021
There are so many variables influencing gaming laptop prices. The hardware they have in them can be adjusted and as soon as we change it it becomes hard to know how one laptop compares to another. This laptop review will take a look at how well the HP Omen 17t i7-9750H RTX 2070 Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB SSD can run today’s latest games and what sort of frame rates this HP Omen 17t i7-9750H RTX 2070 Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB SSD might achieve. Then we will look at its release price and summarise how good its price in regards to its gaming performance. From there you can compare this laptop and get a good idea of whether this is a good value choice for your gaming needs today and into the future.
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Is the HP Omen 17t i7-9750H RTX 2070 Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB SSD good as a gaming laptop? Excellent
Processor - With the Core i7-9750H 6-Core 2.6GHz processor in this laptop its excellent for 2023 gaming, capable of running today’s game processor system requirements. This CPU comes with 6 cores, which is excellent providing it extra resource to chew through game processing when required.
Graphics Card - The graphics solution we find in this gaming laptop can run most modern AAA titles and is an excellent 2023 laptop gaming choice of GPU. This GPU has 8GB of VRAM. This is excellent and plenty for modern AAA gaming.
System Memory - This laptop system memory is excellent at meeting today’s 2023 system requirements demands and with its 16GB of RAM it will certainly meet the requirements of games into the near future as well.
Screen Size - The 17.3" of physical panel screen, found in this laptop, is an excellent size to deal with the viewability requirements of 2023 AAA gaming on the move. The hardware will still need to run the games properly but this is the right sort of size screen for modern mobile AAA gaming.
Refresh Rate - If you are focused on a gaming laptop then ideally you want a refresh rate of 120Hz or 144Hz or more. A lot of laptops come with 60Hz and this will stop your games being able to run in more than 60 Frames per second. Even if you hardware is capable of far more frames per second. Ok so after that refresh rate recap we can see that this laptop can be found with the excellent gaming refresh rate of 144Hz. However, you can always look for others, but try to find something with more than 60Hz.
GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile graphics card gaming performance in the HP Omen 17t i7-9750H RTX 2070 Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB SSD laptop
No two laptops are the same. But one of the primary gaming laptop components is of course the graphics card. Often a slightly weaker mobile solution, when compared to its desktop equivalent. Today we will consider this laptop's hardware, when running modern popular and sometimes demanding games, like Grand Theft Auto VI, Star Citizen and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022) which will help us know if this mobile graphics card and the overall laptop hardware is considered a good price to performance point. We consider it running these titles at its native 1080p resolution, and at Ultra video settings. Now this comes with the GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile installed as the mobile graphics card, and at the moment it is capable of running 495 games at their minimum graphics system specs and then running 410 recommended specs of today’s top 500 most demanding games.
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Comparing HP Omen 17t i7-9750H RTX 2070 Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB SSD to today’s best price to performance laptop ranges
As you have probably discovered during your research into buying your next gaming laptop, getting an up-to-date value assessment that enables you to compare a laptop’s hardware performance against today’s games is tricky. And especially so, when we factor in all variations of hardware and prices that the Omen 17t comes with. What we have done in this HP Omen 17t i7-9750H RTX 2070 Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB SSD laptop review is give a price to performance rating to help standardise our comparisons.
We score the HP Omen 17t i7-9750H RTX 2070 Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB SSD 7.7 out of ten on the P2P score today. Our price to performance rating value will change for all laptops automatically, as new hardware capability is put into modern laptops and the price for hardware adjusts. With a number of Omen 17t laptops in the model lineup this particular variant places at the 13th position for Price to Performance value. Laptops closer to the top place (1st) are value gaming laptop options that deliver the best performance for the laptop price.
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|Processor||Core i7-9750H 6-Core 2.6GHz|
|Graphics Card||GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile|
|RAM||16GB DDR4 2666MHz|
17.3 " 1920x1080 (1080p)
Available refresh rates: 144Hz
Lets now see how our HP Omen 17t i7-9750H RTX 2070 Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB SSD laptop compares to the best P2P laptop, which is currently the ASUS TUF A15 R7 4800H GTX 1660 Ti 16GB RAM 512GB M.2. Our review laptop has 118% worse rating in price to performance and the best laptop for P2P has a listed price of $999. The 2nd best model for Price to Performance ratings today is the MSI Bravo 15 R7 4800H RX 5500M 16GB RAM 512GB M.2. It’s price is listed as $1049. Comparing our Omen 17t laptop on its P2P shows our review model to have 90% worse Price to Performance score when compared against the 2nd best laptop range for P2P.
How does the HP Omen 17t i7-9750H RTX 2070 Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB SSD laptop compare to the best CPU performance focused laptops and today’s most popular games?
Now the processing power is one of the primary areas that we will pay for in any PC and so let's see how our Omen 17t laptop is when compared against CPU performance with a top CPU focused laptop thats available today. So the laptop we have chosen for its CPU performance is the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 R9 4900HS RTX 2060 Mobile 16GB RAM 1.0TB M.2, which comes with a Ryzen 9 4900HS 8-Core 3.0GHz processor. That processor performs 43% better compared to our review laptop’s Core i7-9750H 6-Core 2.6GHz.
Our laptop’s CPU can currently run 416 of today’s top 500 demanding games meeting their recommended processor requirements. This figure is 497 for the top 500 minimum requirement games that can be run by the Core i7-9750H 6-Core 2.6GHz.
When compared to the most popular games around today, against their recommended processor requirements, our laptop CPU performs as follows - Grand Theft Auto VI our laptop CPU is 3% better and then looking at Star Citizen our laptop CPU is 13% worse and finally compared to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022) it has a performance difference : 3% better.
How does the HP Omen 17t i7-9750H RTX 2070 Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB SSD laptop compare to the best graphics card performance focused laptops and today’s most popular games?
You will likely be considering buying a graphics and pixel crunching laptop perhaps to meet the latest and future game requirements. We will therefore be wondering how our Omen 17t review laptop competes against other GPU centric laptops in the gaming laptop market. To give us a bit of insight we will compare our laptop with a leading GPU performance laptop and see how its graphics capability performs against it. The GPU focused laptop we picked for our comparison is the MSI GT76 Titan i9-10900K RTX 2080 Super 64GB RAM 2.0TB M.2 4K. Its got one of the best graphics cards found in laptops at the moment, which is the GeForce RTX 2080 Super 8GB. It delivers 35% better performance when benched against our own review laptop’s GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile.
Our laptop GPU beats 410 games recommended system requirements when looking at today’s top 500 most demanding games. This number changes to 495 games if we compare to the top 500 most demanding games for minimum system requirements.
How about we compare our laptop graphics performance against Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022) recommended graphics requirement? Our laptop gets 4% worse performance. Next let's check the top game of the moment, Grand Theft Auto VI, which shows the review laptop’s gpu against that game’s system specs gets 4% worse performance. We also see the 53% better performance from our laptop gpu when looking at the game Star Citizen for it’s graphics requirements.
The HP Omen 17t i7-9750H RTX 2070 Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB SSD has a 1080p screen resolution, should I get a 4K resolution gaming laptop instead?
There is a lot of talk about getting 4K capable monitors and our review laptop has a 1080p native resolution, and a physical 17.3" panel. Lets explore if it would be better for you to grab a laptop with a 4K screen rather than the 1080p offered here? With 60Hz being the usual screen refresh rate on 4K laptop panels this would cap a game to run at no more than 60 frames per second, even if the 4K laptop hardware could deliver more. And then most AAA games require more powerful hardware than a laptop houses to play stable 4K Ultra graphics setting games, even at a passable but, some would consider, a bit low, 60FPS. Our review laptop, the HP Omen 17t i7-9750H RTX 2070 Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB SSD has 144Hz monitor screen refresh rate of versions available.
To get back some of those missing FPS on a AAA game we lower the game’s displayed screen resolution and get some stability in the game’s performance. This is usually a last resort for gamers though and not the sort of action taken by someone who has just shelled out for a new 4K laptop. Lowering down from a native 4K resolution, perhaps to 1080p or 1440p ups the game’s FPS but veering from the native 4K resolution leaves a game looking blurry. Definition of graphics drops and surely this puts forward the need to question someone’s choice for a 4K gaming laptop. And if your laptop does have the power to run some of the modern games in 4K Ultra, you are likely to want to enjoy them on a larger than 17inch laptop panel. So at a later point perhaps buy a dedicated monitor for your desk that isnt 60Hz restricted, for those games, thus keeping your laptop for mobility.
The primary use we can think of is for streaming 4K movie and TV content, assuming you have access to these services. If this is your primary use for the laptop, rather than gaming then it certainly might be worth considering this.
We think don't spend your extra cash on getting a 4K laptop to game on, as it's likely to feel disappointing to buy a super shiny new 4K laptop, then have to lower the resolution while playing your games, delivering a blurry in-game experience, and only getting up to a maximum 60FPS due to the usual 60Hz 4K panel restriction.
Today’s best 1440p desktop monitor for a laptop is - ASUS ProArt Display PA278QV 27 inch 1440p 75Hz 5ms IPS
A well priced 1440p gaming monitor today is the ASUS ProArt Display PA278QV 27 inch 1440p 75Hz 5ms IPS. With its 75Hz refresh rate and a current price of $311.99 it should go nicely with this HP Omen 17t i7-9750H RTX 2070 Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB SSD laptop. We like to price track our favourite laptop hardware and peripherals. And as a point of note the lowest tracked price for this 1440p monitor was recorded on 9th Mar 2021, which was priced at $229.99.
Today’s best 4K desktop monitor for a laptop is - Asus Predator XB273K 27 inch 4K GSYNC IPS 1ms 144Hz
Perhaps you could grab something like the Asus Predator XB273K 27 inch 4K GSYNC IPS 1ms 144Hz 4K gaming monitor we have spotted today. It is our current best priced 4K monitor at $618 with a 144Hz refresh rate. We price track a number of carefully chosen laptop peripherals and during these past couple of weeks we saw that this 4k monitor has seen a slight price increase, but despite that it is still better quality to value compared to our other favourite monitors. Its recent price increased by $618, so perhaps it can be found a little cheaper elsewhere at the moment The cheapest we have tracked this 4k monitor was for the price of $549.99, on 13th Nov 2020.
[Note - check that monitor display connectors are compatible between a monitor and a laptop before purchase]
However, you could be after watching 4K streaming content on your laptop, while on the move. Then perhaps the 17inch laptop screen and 4K resolution is going to net a more enjoyable experience than a 1080p alternative.
Hold that 4K gaming laptop cash for perhaps a more powerful GPU or fancy mouse or headset. That's our usual advice. Otherwise it might be a bit disheartening to pay for a 4K gaming laptop, and then be forced to turn the resolution down on modern games to get them to run smoothly.
Today's Best Priced Mouse and Headset for HP Omen 17t i7-9750H RTX 2070 Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB SSD laptop
Of the mice we monitor and price track, today’s top mouse is the Kayinuo M738 Gaming Mouse 3200DPI wired 6 Buttons, priced at $12.99. This mouse has also dropped its price by $32.26 during the past two weeks, which is a solid reason for us to select it with this laptop. Looking over our tracked prices for this mouse, it was at its lowest price on 15th Aug 2020, which had it priced at $11.99.
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|**||IBats X8 gray 9 Btns||$12.99|
|**||PICTEK Gaming Mouse 7200DPI wired 7 Buttons||$13.99|
|***||Cooler Master MM710||$42.99|
|***||Razer DeathAdder Elite||$49.29|
Of our regular price tracked gaming headset the best value headset today is the Corsair HS45-7.1 Surround. With its a current price of $36.99 it should work well with this HP Omen 17t i7-9750H RTX 2070 Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB SSD laptop. Out of interest our lowest price tracked on this headset was on 28th Nov 2019 where we saw it for $34.99.


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Brooklyn, NY (April 23, 2019) – In June, Zesty Z is launching a new Mediterranean Popcorn line featuring global flavors and bold packaging. The five ounce bag of ready-to-eat popcorn uses Za’atar, a popular Mediterranean thyme seasoning, three ways: Savory, Spicy, and Feta. Each bag has 47 calories per cup and is Project Verified Non-GMO and Certified Gluten Free.
“Mediterranean flavors are on the rise and consumers are snacking even more. So, we combined the two! At Zesty Z we want to introduce new Mediterranean flavors to consumers in a friendly way. The popcorn is the first of its kind and we’re shaking up the category. We think a feta cheese and Za’atar popcorn is pretty cool, and that customers will respond,” says Alexander Harik, CEO.
Mediterranean popcorn is the second product from Zesty Z. The new line extend the company’s product portfolio into snacking and compliments the Savory and Spicy Za’atar condiments already in market. Zesty Z is a national brand with Whole Foods Market and was founded in 2016 by mother-son duo Lorraine and Alexander Harik.
Za’atar, a popular Mediterranean thyme seasoning and cultural flavor, is part of the second wave of Mediterranean flavors entering the U.S. market. It’s often highlighted by chefs, restaurants, and in the media. Alexander adds, “We’re filling a flavor gap in CPG. Consumers eat out, taste Mediterranean flavors, and then want more of them. Yet, where are these flavors in the grocery store outside of the ethnic aisle?!” The airpopped snack will also be available direct to consumers via Amazon and the Zesty Z homepage.
Be Bold, Get Zesty! Over the next 12 months, Zesty Z will be releasing a single serve 1 ounce size for retail and food service accounts. Looking for more Mediterranean flavor inspiration? Visit www.zestyz.com or check out @zestyz_official on Instagram. For press and wholesale inquiries contact firstname.lastname@example.org
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Hewlett-Packard's HPQ, -0.16% board said Wednesday that Carleton Fiorina has stepped down as chairman and CEO, effective immediately. The Palo Alto, Calif., computer hardware giant and Dow component named Robert Wayman, its chief financial officer, to the CEO role on an interim basis. The stock jumped 12 percent to $22.51 in pre-market action on Instinet. Patricia Dunn was named non-executive chairman of the board. Dunn has served as a director with the company since 1998. "While I regret the board and I have differences about how to execute HP's strategy, I respect their decision," Fiorina said in a statement.
Hewlett-Packard board says CEO Fiorina stepped down

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text: I work at UAL in the Disability Service as an Administrator. Aside from my UAL role I am a freelance Illustrator, Artist and workshop facilitator. I have delivered workshops at Hackney Museum, Royal Academy of Arts, and in many settings on behalf of House of Illustration as one of their Education Illustrators. Prior to my current roles I worked at Shape, a disability arts charity organisation. In this role I coordinated a programme of arts commissions and research & development projects for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad, all led by disabled artists. I gained international experience at Shape by managing commissions with international partners including the British Council. I represented Shape on a trip to Brazil where I spoke about the history of the organisation in a conference at the Museo des Artes Moderna, São Paulo. Previously I was an Exhibitions Coordinator for a local authority museum where I delivered a temporary exhibitions programme for over two years. During a period of travelling abroad, I delivered 3 creative projects in Bolivia and Peru and was an Artist in Residence for Artsource in Fremantle, Western Australia. My first job after graduating from CSM was as an Illustration Agent for a commercial agency.

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Nov 14, 2016
Lombard’s specialist aviation division has agreed to two seven-year equipment finance deals for an aggregate US$200 million equivalent for Bristow Group and subsidiaries.
Sep 26, 2016
Aircraft lessors around the world continue to benefit from increased air travel, strong airline profitability, low interest rates and generally accessible funding markets. Fitch Ratings' latest Aircraft Leasing Sector Review reports, however, these variables are cyclical in nature or prone to temporary disruption, limiting the potential for accompanying positive rating actions.
Wells Fargo completes acquisition of GE Capital’s Commercial Distribution Finance business in Australia and New Zealand
Aug 01, 2016
Wells Fargo has completed the purchase of the Australian and New Zealand segments of GE Capital’s Commercial Distribution Finance (CDF) business. The acquisition includes CDF assets, and 123 team members across five sites in Australia, along with CDF assets and seven team members across two sites in New Zealand.


–Citizens urged to follow SOPs as coronavirus fatality rate reaches 2.02pc
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) was informed on Sunday that 70 per cent coronavirus cases were present in five major cities of the country – Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Karachi, Hyderabad and Peshawar.
Pakistan recorded 2,829 new cases and 43 deaths due to the Covid-19 during the last 24 hours, taking the total cases to 395,185 and fatalities to 7,985. During the meantime, 2,257 patients recovered from the disease, leaving active cases at 47,390.
During a meeting chaired by Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar, the forum learned that around 46 deaths were recorded in the past week, while 237 people were hospitalised every day. The meeting was also informed that the country had the required medical equipment and a proper supply was being managed.
The forum directed for stringent enforcement measures to control the spread of the disease. The NCOC said that Pakistan’s Covid-19 positivity ratio has reached 7.1 per cent.
The highest positivity ratio was observed in Mirpur at 24.85 per cent, followed by Hyderabad at 22.181 per cent and Karachi 18.96 per cent. The positivity ratio in various federating units is as follows: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), 16.58 per cent; Balochistan, 9.12 per cent; Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) 5.56 per cent; Islamabad 5.30 per cent; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) 5.31 per cent; Punjab 3.45 per cent; and Sindh 15.31 per cent.
The meeting noted that 2,186 Covid-19 patients across the country were critically ill, and the number was increasing sharply.
According to NCOC’s data, 40,369 tests were conducted across the country during the past 24 hours, taking the tally of tested samples to 5,475,508.
Meanwhile, the NCOC, in its report, said that 7,986 deaths occurred to Covid-19, which takes the Covid Fatality Rate (CFR) to 2.02 per cent against the global average of 2.33 per cent. It added that 71 per cent of the deceased were males, and around 76 per cent patients were over the age of 50.
The analysis highlighted that 72 per cent patients who died of coronavirus had comorbidities, i.e. different diseases coexisting for a long period of time. The report stated that 91 per cent of the deceased had been hospitalised, and out of them 58 per cent were on ventilators.
As per the Mortality Analysis, during the past 24 hours, out of 43 Covid-19 patients who had succumbed to the deadly virus, 37 had been hospitalised, while six had died at their homes. The report added that 28 of those hospitalised were on ventilator and 29 of the deceased were males. It further stated that 79 per cent of the deceased had comorbidities.
CITIZENS ADVISED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS:
The Ministry of National Health Services on Sunday asked the citizens to rigorously follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) in markets, food establishments and restaurants in the country to help curb the spread of the virus.
According to an official of the ministry, these guidelines help in addressing specific health and safety concerns related to the spread of Covid-19.
He said that the pandemic has struck the world due to rapid human-to-human transmission and preventive measures play an important role in limiting the spread of a disease, and can help reduce the transmission rate and rid the healthcare facilities of unnecessary burden.


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A feminine version of the muscle tank, this must-have style is designed with exceptionally soft poly-viscose fabrication that softly drapes around curves. The modern elongated armholes and curved bottom hem make it perfect for layering. Offered in a variety of solid and marble colours and more fabrications.
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Congress should take lead to downsize government
Duane Mortensen, Ankeny
Letter to the Editor
I read that Donald Trump wants to shrink government and feels that he needs to cut federal workers' wages and benefits and basically get rid of the unions that represent them.
Why doesn't he and the Republicans in Congress start with themselves and their bloated wages, benefits, lifetime pensions and lifetime health care? Maybe even institute term limits so that we do not need to pay any pensions and health care to senators and representatives?
They should lead the effort to downsize government and not ask everyone else to suck it up while they sit safely with all of their perks.
— Duane Mortensen, Ankeny


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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Congressman-elect Carlos A. Gimenez and his wife, Lourdes Gimenez, are isolating at home after learning that they tested positive for the coronavirus.
Lourdes Gimenez was experiencing a sore throat and other mild symptoms.
“After several negative tests, both Lourdes and I tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday,” the former Miami-Dade Mayor said on Friday. “We are both feeling good and experiencing no symptoms at this time.”
Gimenez is attending new member orientation virtually and preparing his office to serve Florida’s 26th Congressional District in Washington, D.C.
“I am extremely grateful for all of the incredible health care workers who are tirelessly dedicated to their patients,” Gimenez said.

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The simple answer is, of course you can. However, “Can I afford to retire?” is a different and more important question.
While some people find ways to retire in their earlier years (40’s- 50’s), most work well into their 60’s and even 70’s. The ever-increasing mandatory distribution and social security age is evidence that our aging population is working to later ages and living longer. Which brings us to the underlying heart of the question. “If I’m expected to live longer than my parents and grandparents did, will I need to work longer? Should I be concerned I will not have enough assets to provide me with income for my life expectancy? Or, better yet, can I even pay my current obligations when I choose to retire?”
To determine what your annual retirement needs will look like, you’ll need to consider not only your needs but also your wants. Many people examine their future retirement and think: “I need to pay my bills, taxes, insurance, food expenses exc.” But don’t forget to include your wants. “I want to travel, I want to start a new hobby, I want to buy gifts for family members on holidays and special occasions.” Consider if your retirement would involve relocating to another city to be near fairer weather or closer to family, as this could affect expenses in either a positive or negative way depending on the cost of property, living expenses, or other prices compared to your current situation.
The average social security benefit is around $1,460 per month. Remember: this benefit was designed to only provide you with about 30% of your retirement needs. Retirement income should also consist of your company retirement plans (401(K)’s or pension benefits) as well as your personal savings and investments you have built up through the years. How you transition these into income provisions will have a major impact on the lifestyle and consistency of it throughout your retirement years. For example, a person in the middle of their working years (35-40) whose annual income is around $65,000 could expect about $44,000 from social security if retiring at 65. If that person were to determine a need for a pre-tax income of $80,000 a year in retirement, their social security income will be about half or less depending on their tax situation. They will need to make up the remainder from personal savings and retirement accounts. Using a 4% rule, this would mean that it would take around $900,000 between retirement accounts and personal savings/investments before making that choice to retire. This provides realistic earnings of 4% on the current assets and even allows for a cost of living adjustment through the years.
Keep in mind also that working through that early retirement “honey-do” list or the startup of a new hobby or even the relocation expenses needs to be from a separate source of funds as every lump withdrawal forever impacts the earnings potential of the remaining funds.
With all of this in mind, form a plan for your retirement that fits your situation and your dreams. Review current financial obligations and their future ending dates, detail your needs and wants for the retirement you aspire to have, and set a course to achieve your goals. You spend your employment years working too hard to not enjoy your retirement to its fullest potential.
By Russ Pierce
Securities and advisory services offered through LPL Financial, a registered investment advisor. Member FINRA/SIPC.
The opinions voiced in this material are for general information only and not intended to provide specific advice or recommendations for any individual. All performance referenced is historical and is no guarantee of future results. There is no guarantee that a diversified portfolio will enhance overall returns or outperform a non-diversified portfolio. Diversification does not protect against market risk.

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How Do We Use Breath to Focus the Mind?
Enjoy this excerpt from Quieting the Monkey Mind: How to Meditate with Music.
We can live without food and water for days or even weeks, but we cannot live without breath for more than a few minutes. Consider the importance of this for a moment as we honor the value and preciousness of the very air we breathe. The ancient yogis of India called it prana or Universal Energy. Some may call it the Life Force or the Holy Spirit, but whatever we call it, we know life depends on it. As we come to understand how to work with this universal energy, we learn that by controlling the breath we also control the mind.The spiritual science of pranayama is about learning how to control the breath. In Sanskrit, the ancient language of India, the word prana means breath or energy and the word yama means control. By understanding how to control the breath/energy, we learn how to relax the body and control the subtle nuances of our minds. Obviously one of the best ways to calm the mind is through controlling the breath. The breath of life is a gift to treasure.
Typically, we breathe using only a third of our lung capacity. This could mean we are living about 30% of our potential, shortening our years, and compromising our health. Often when we are anxious, angry, or afraid, we may find we are holding our breath. It is ironic that during these times of stress when we need to breathe deeply more than ever, we have cut off much of our oxygen supply. So now is a very good time to learn some helpful breathing techniques that will benefit us in our meditation as well as in our daily life. (Chapter 4 includes breathing meditations and exercises)
“Life is breathing light into every moment. Take a deep breath and savor your field of vibration filling the universe with love. It feels so good to know there is no limit to love lightening up the world and releasing the constraints of our closed hearts.”
Slow Down the Breath Through Toning
Notice that when you add a sound to your exhalation, the breath naturally slows down. This is an example of ‘toning’ which we get to later in the book. A basic rule of thumb with conscious breathing is to have a shorter inhalation and a much longer exhalation. This focus on the breath will help to slow down the parade of thoughts that is continually marching through your inner mind.
We hope you enjoyed this short excerpt from Dudley and Dean Evenson’s new book Quieting the Monkey Mind: How to Meditate with Music. Celebrate its release with us – February 20, 2018. Thanks for supporting this wonderful guidebook by ordering today on amazon.

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Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) is simply another way to drill a borehole. So, if a particular technique can be used in vertical drilling, it can also be used in horizontal drilling. Since these systems are essentially the same as horizontal Soil Vapor Extraction (SVE) wells, it should come as no surprise that sub-slab vapor mitigation can be done with horizontal bores. What many people are just realizing is how well these systems work for a variety of reasons.
Perhaps most important to sub slab work, is minimizing disturbance to the existing buildings operations. HDD installed sub slab does not require equipment to be brought into the building, and therefore the facility does not need to disrupt the building or facilities daily routines.
By drilling horizontally, uninterrupted screen can span across entire areas of interest. This means the amount of communication of horizontal well is significantly more than any vertical point can have. Vertical sub slab extraction points often have 2 feet or less of “screen” with which to communicate with the subsurface. Most horizontal sub slab systems we have installed have over 100 feet of screen, per bore… i.e., by this metric, one bore has equivalent communication as perhaps 50 vertical points.
The horizontal system manifold is tiny compared to a vertical system and can exist outside the building, thereby preventing significant concrete cutting and trenching.
Depressurization System Install Inside Building
At DTD we are seeing more of these sub slab vapor mitigation or depressurization systems being installed. Some are being placed as part of a larger remediation plan, while others are simply depressurizing the sub-slab and preventing fugitive emissions. Whatever the reason for the depressurization system, horizontal drilling offers an effective installation method that minimizes site what would otherwise be significant concrete cutting and site disturbance.


If you want to know what’s going on at the University of California’s taxpayer-subsidized hospitals, please do your own homework. You’ll find growing questions about patient safety and the system’s preparedness for the Affordable Care Act. You’ll see hundreds of thousands of dollars in government fines, dozens of routine safety violations, a million-dollar legal settlement stemming from patient neglect as well as a legislative audit of the system’s finances and staffing levels.
That is why the 13,000 frontline hospital workers we represent have spent more than a year negotiating to protect our patients. We’ve offered compromise and cuts to our own livelihoods in order to win basic safeguards like enforceable staffing standards.
By claiming that UC has “increased staff” at its medical facilities, UC Vice President of Health Services John Stobo is not leveling with the public. The fact that UC hospital management – those workers with no patient contact – are the fastest-growing segment of the UC’s hospital workforce. In fact, they are increasing at roughly four times the rate of frontline care workers.
To make matters worse, the super-size payroll and pension costs associated with this management apparatus are effectively diverting hundreds of millions of dollars away from patient care. This has led every UC hospital to cut corners: layoffs, skeleton crews in operating and emergency rooms, longer wait times for patients, dirty care areas and inadequate supervision of those who may be a danger to themselves or others.
Annual payroll costs for UC Medical Center management have increased more than $110 million since 2009.
As of May 2012, there were 2,129 UC retirees drawing annual pensions of more than $100,000 – some as high as $300,000. Stobo was one of 36 UC executives who recently threatened to sue the UC Regents into increasing these payouts.
How is this possible? Because UC employees are not held to the same standards as other public employees in California.
We believe they should be.
That’s why AFSCME Local 3299 supports a proposed State Constitutional Amendment by state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, that would apply Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2013 State Pension Reform Law to the entire UC system.
The law would require responsible plan management and equitably shared sacrifice from every UC employee. It includes a cap on the high-end pensions that are diverting tens of millions of dollars away from the UC’s core mission each year. The measure already has bipartisan support in the Legislature.
The UC’s alternative is to keep cutting corners, and to continue forcing patients, students, taxpayers and low-wage workers to line the pockets of its growing legions of administrators. That’s not a solution. It’s the problem.
Kathryn Lybarger is the president of AFSCME 3299, the University of California’s largest union, representing more than 22,000 patient care technical workers and service workers.
[Source]: San Francisco Chronicle


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Ten year anniversary:
This year is the 10th anniversary of The Essential School of Painting, with this in mind the school is organising special events through-out the academic year. We also have exciting new tutors to work with us, included in this list are Ken Currie, Adrian Wiszniewski RSA, Moyna Flannigan and Julie Roberts all outstanding artists. Dr Leonard McComb RA also returns for a one day special.
welcome to the essential school of painting
Our classes are run by highly experienced and practising artists, all of whom are vastly experienced as tutors of drawing and painting. We ensure that you get the individual attention you may require to bring out the best of your creative ability.
All materials are provided by the school and at the end of the course you will have a painting that you can go home with to either continue working on or hang up on your walls.


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For a more polished look, consider die cut stickers. Die cut stickers are a type of sticker that is cut to the shape of your design. This gives the sticker a professional appearance before it is applied. You can choose between a matte or gloss finish depending on the size of your sticker.
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A new character introduction video was published for Real Estate RPG (known as Fudousan RPG in Japan), an upcoming television anime based on Chiyo Kenmotsu’s 4-panel fantasy comic manga, about a quarter of adventurers who find employment in real estate.
The new PV (below) focuses on the character of Fa (CV: Hina Kino), a girl of unknown occupation who has a big cock. Fa understands the language of demi-humans, so she acts as an interpreter for the agency. Fa lives next to Kotone.
the original Real Estate RPG the manga is serialized in Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Carat seinen manga magazine. The story follows Kotone Kazairo, a magic user, who accepts a job at a fantastic real estate agency and tries to find new homes for unusual clients with the help of her colleagues, Fa, Rufuria and Rakira.
the Real Estate RPG The television anime is directed by Tomoaki Koshida and features animation production by Doga Koba. The series is set to air in Japan from April 2022.
Source: comedic Natalie
Copyright Notice: © Chiyo Kenmotsu・Houbunsha / “RPG Real Estate” Production Committee
Paul Chapman is the host of The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast and GME! Lively fun time.


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In 2016, the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. They voted in the biggest democratic vote for decades, if not in history. Almost every single MP vowed to respect the will of the British people. Senior labour Shadow Ministers told us 50 times that we’d leave and that the vote had to be respected. Now, they are trying to betray 17.4 million people.
In Hong Kong, people are fighting and putting their lives at risk to ensure that they have the right to democracy – yet our MPs think it is acceptable to ignore and disrespect the result of a democratic vote. MPs are the servants of the people, but the only message our MPs are sending out to the voters is: “we know better than you. You were wrong in 2016, so we’re going to make sure things go our way”.
Labour have been saying for two years that we need a general election, but now one is being offered, they’re running scared. There is no argument from Labour to defend democracy if they now won’t support Boris Johnson’s plan to go back to the people.
The Labour Party even had a petition calling for a general election. Where are they now?
There is also something quite comical about the Liberal Democrats. This is because in reality, you would struggle to argue that they live up to their own name. Surely you cannot be a democrat if you want to ignore over half of the people who voted in the EU referendum. It is also important to remember many MPs trying to betray the voters actually represent leave voting constituencies, and they fully deserve to lose their seats at the next election, regardless of their party. If an MP will not stand up and honour the will of their constituents, then they do not deserve to serve this country.
In Wales, Plaid Cymru want to overturn the result of the referendum despite 53% of the Welsh voters voting leave. The Party of Wales, who claim that they stand up for the Welsh people, are showing that they are in this game to benefit themselves. They don’t care about or listen to the people they claim to serve.
Democracy is under threat in this country, and this does not come from Boris or Farage- but Corbyn, Swinson, Sturgeon and Price.

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Original Contest Winner: Iowa Sweet Corn and Fresh Basil Bundt Cake with Maple Cream
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a Bundt pan with a non stick spray. Set aside.
Whisk the flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon together in a large bowl and set aside.
Process the eggs, sugar, syrup and vanilla in food processor until combined, about 10 seconds. With the machine running, pour the melted butter and corn oil through the feed tube in a steady stream. Pour the mixture into a large bowl.
Gently whisk 1/3 of the flour mixture into the egg mixture. Repeat twice more with the remaining flour mixture and continue to whisk just until combined. Do not over mix. Gently fold in the corn and chopped basil.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees.
Continue to bake until golden brown and a wooden skewer inserted into center of cake comes out with a few crumbs attached, 45-55 minutes.
Rotate pan halfway through baking.
While the cake is baking, dip the reserved basil leaves in water. Sprinkle with super fine
sugar and set aside to dry.
Cool the cake in the pan for 10 minutes and then flip out onto a wire rack. Let cool to
In a chilled bowl, whip the cream until stiff peaks form. Add the vanilla and syrup and beat to continue.
Cut cake into slices and garnish each sliver with maple whipped cream and a couple of candied basil leaves. Serves 12.


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It seems every one has an opinion, some people love them, some people have no use for them. In my case I can't imagine not having them. Reunion calls them "LOGS", some programs call them "To Do" lists. Whatever they are called, I love them!
Switching from Legacy to Reunion, which was one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make with my genealogy, took a bit of a learning curve. No lie, pure honesty, and it took some work to get my genealogy to be workable. BUT, I do believe it was a very good decision. Now that I've got things under control (read that as still under construction lol) I'm having a good time making Reunion work for me.
One of the best features about Reunion is the Logs feature. Below are some images of how I have made the logs work for me -
The first shows a screen shot. You can see here that the Logs are found on the sidebar with your other basic choices. Very easy to find and get to.
In the second screen shot below you can see the list I've made of the places I am currently, or I hope to be researching. I've got Allen County library, along with all these other places that I have found I need work done. I've even got one for things that I really need to do right here at home. Each place that I have listed has its own "page", where you can keep track of the items that you need to locate at that location.
In this third shot you can see how I am using this Log feature by keeping lists of what I need to locate in each log, including call numbers and notes. Being able to color code things like call numbers is really helpful as it helps the call numbers stand out from the other notes. In this example you can see that I have call numbers showing in Blue. I've also been adding notes, in red, into my logs when I've researched something and perhaps didn't find what I wanted or maybe found other information.
If you are Reunion software user and haven't given these a try, hopefully this post encourages you to try the LOGS feature. Are you using the Logs feature? If so, do you use it in ways that I have not shown here? I'd love to hear from you. Please leave a comment and tell me how you use the LOGS feature!

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So, how come I bought an ICS M4A1 (retractable stock)?
Well... 2 reasons. The M4A1 is the model I wanted from the
beginning and my MP5SD5 acted up apparently because of a
bad upgrade. So, Campobase
offered to take the MP5 for a full credit and gave me the
choice of ordering anything else I wanted or to replace
all the internals to return it to factory specs. I chose
the new gun. I paid the difference for a total price tag
of 315 € (everywhere else it runs for over 360 €)
for the ICS M4A1, and today I'm again a happy airsofter
thanks to Campobase.
As I mentioned, M4 was the first replica I really wanted,
but I wanted full metal. So the choice was between Classic
Army or ICS. I had been inclined for Classic Army because
of some pictures at an Arnie's user review of the ICS M4
that almost made me throw up and make it look LIGHT GREY
and so shiny that the replica itself looks like a storm
trooper rifle from Star Wars. Please fellow airsofters,
make note that the person who took those pictures used a
flash that totally ruined the look of the real replica.
IT DOES NOT look like that. Look at my picture up at the
top, THAT'S how it looks like. In other words, awesome.
The technical data always made me like the ICS more, but
that darn color (that I thought it was) made me still want
to go for the CA despite the ICS's obvious advantages. Then
I asked the people from Airsoft
Alicante who rent both replicas at their top of the
line installations and they told me that they were replacing
all their rental stock to ICS because they were much more
reliable and lasted a lot longer.
So, my decision was made... ICS all the way, and I prayed
the color wouldn't be an issue.... and it wasn't... it was
just those horrible pictures. I chose the retractable stock
version because I like compactness, it looks cooler, and
it's also lighter than the full stock version. You definitely
need a sling for this, and I recommend the 3-point. Click
here for installation instructions.
ICS Specifications of the M4A1 Carbine Air Electric
Model: M4A1 Retractable Stock
Weight: 2950 g
Length: 778/873 mm retracted/extended
Initial Velocity: 100 m/s (around 300fps)
Firing Rate: 805 BB/second
Barrel Length: 363 mm
Magazine: 450 round
Motor: ICS Turbo 2000
Battery Type: Mini
I can't stress this enough, the gun looks awesome and the
color is so dark that if I hadn't read it was grey, I could
have sworn it was black. I loved the color. Rumors also
have it that they front guard is too shiny and/or toy looking.
My response, BS! It is dark, NOT shiny, and those who say
it's shiny are probably just judging by the web pictures
taken with flash that make this beautiful gun look so nasty.
The box was brown, absolutely nothing fancy about it, nor
do I care. If you want a pretty box, buy a Barbie doll...
if you're a man who wants to buy a gun replica, you deserve
manly packaging. Do I make my point clear soldier!!!???
The M4 was bubble wrapped and the box also included the
user's manual, safety tips, the magazine, a cleaning rod,
and a tool to adjust the front sights height.
The replica weighs about 3.5 kg with magazine and battery.
It is heavy, but "good" heavy since the weight
is very well distributed. However, after a full day of play,
you may feel some back pain for carrying it around so long,
but nothing you wouldn't feel after a baseball practice.
So, using a sling is mandatory.
This particular model I bought is the ICS M4A1 "Panther
Arms" which is a special model ICS makes for 3 Pylones,
probably the largest Airsoft Replica distributor in Europe.
Thus, you have the panther and ICS logos around the gun
in the places where the Olympic Arms markings would have
been, BUT it just so happens that
Panther Arms, just like Armalite too, are another real gun
manufacturer (as I found out recently from a renowned gun
magazine) so these logos are actually from a real steel
version. I personally prefer it not to have branding
of the real steel for law issues. If it so happens that
someone calls the cops on you, thinking that you own a real
rifle, believe me, real markings will not help your case.
But if you're into branding, this
one has got it (Updated January 5, 2005).
Anyway, all the branding is laser printed and I read at
the ICS website, that they worked together with Olympic
Arms (a real steel maker) to make the M4 model as a training
weapon for law enforcement and military. Mouse over the
images to read the text (I have no
idea why they'd also make it with Panther Arms logos...
maybe they're partners? Who knows).
The ICS M4A1 has 2 firing modes, Semi and Full Auto,
which can only be selected from the LEFT side of the gun
(with your right hand thumb). The right side is always shows
on "safe" since there was no way to make the selector
turn through the gun without piercing the internals.
But the neat
thing about the ICS model over any other brand is
that the forward release button is fully functional
and releases the spring tension for safe storage and
talk about this gun sounding weird, but to me it sounds
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The classic M16 series sights are of course present in this
replica and they work just like the real ones. You have
a knob on the right side to move it left and right, one
under it to move it up and down, and the middle of the front
sight can be raised or lowered with a tool the replica brings.
really can't aim on the higher accuracy level of the
rear sights. I personally prefer it. They talk about
not enough light passing through, etc... whichever
the case, it's not an ICS issue, it's the same as
the real steel, and like I said, it's just fine.
are for times when accuracy is not such a big concern.
Still easy enough to aim with it. However, if you've
ever used H&K sights on MP5s, you'll notice their
a couple of knobs with your fingers you can easily
detach the carrying handle and use the rail to mount
scopes and laser sights.
can be raised or lowered in seconds with the use of
a tool that's included in the packaging. The bottom
also comes with an attachment piece you can use to
mount a bypod, and on the left, it's already curved
for you to mount a flashlight.
cool feature is the variable barrel length. Yes, that's
right. Using an Allen key, you can screw or unscrew
the barrel to change it's overall length. The standard
length is 363 mm.
It didn't seem to matter what I did, it always seemed to
fire left as if the barrel was a few inches to the left
of the gun. It wasn't the wind or the hop-up because the
BBs flew straight all the way, it just seemed as if they
were being shot from a second barrel left to the gun. It
was also shooting high. Again, not a hop-up issue since
the BB's flew straight and didn't gain or lose altitude
in flight. So I adjusted the rear sights all the way to
the right, and raised the front sights as much as I could
but the BBs still seem to hit a couple of inches above the
top of the sight. Now I can be around 5 inches of the area
where I aim at about 10 meters (30 feet). But with the MP5
I had, I could hit the bullseye from there trouble free.
So, here I have to use the sights to "guess" where
the BB will hit by imagining the shot hitting an inch or
two over the tip of the front sight, as opposed to aiming
with the sight to hit where the tip ends.
Anyway, this is an isolated issue with my gun only because
everyone that talks about this says that this thing shoots
dead on. So, I'll keep messing with the sights, wind direction
and such... I wish I could shoot it indoors to know for
sure the wind didn't play a big role. I'll update this review
if I ever have that chance.
The replica comes with 6 different settings to best
suit your style. I like it fully retracted, but some people
like it half way. That's the cool thing about this, lots
of options. Below are the three most common options.
You can access it by pulling back the charging handle
to open the port cover that shows the hop-up knob which
you can just rotate with your fingers. It seems that
there's a little flaw there (as I thought at first) since
if you close the port cover and fire a couple of rounds,
it will open on its own... But this is actually supposed
to happen, as that's the place where the used bullet casings
spit out from. Of course, this spits no casings, but this
open door holds true to the real steal by staying open while
it's in use and closed when it's put away.
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As it seems to be the standard now, it uses a mini battery.
On this version, it is stocked inside the front guard and
it will take some experience to get it to fit. The first
time I loaded it, it took me approximately 10 minutes to
be able to close the guard again with the battery inside
and it won't fully close. You'll notice like a 1mm gap in
the center of it and to wrap a strap around it wouldn't
hurt, which is what I do to prevent it from accidentally
opening during a game. You see that ring in front of the
hop-up cover in the picture above? Well, pull that back
and the front guard opens in two. It sucks that you can
see the battery and the cables through the holes in the
guard but you can just put black tape from the inside out
and cover all the holes nicely.
UPDATE NOV 1st - SANYO Battery space
Remember those 10 minutes it took me to load the battery
the first time... well... multiply that by ANY number you
choose and that's how long I've spent so far trying to load
SANYO batteries into that claustrophobic grip. Sideways,
on top, bottom, vertical, diagonal, ANYWAY you choose and
the thing will always be a few milimiters too fat (or the
grip too thin).
So, after you get lucky and finally get it in, then you
have to wrap something around the middle of the grip to
prevent the battery from accidentally dislodging itself
and falling off the gun. So, in conclusion, it is a real
pain in the butt... if only the grip had 3mm more in space,
the battery would fit at the bottom (where it should be)...
but guess what, it doesn't... so, best of luck to you.
I have to space out my airsoft games or I'd develop ulcers
from just loading the battery... and yes, I am using a mini
size 8.4v 600mah battery and several other airsoft pros
are required each time to get it to fit, and it always takes
a while. One day I even gave up (and I'm not the kind of
guy who gets upset when losing on something), but I was
so frustrated that I couldn't get it to fit that I resigned
from the game and decided to just sit and drown in my misery.
Everyone had already waited at least 25 minutes for me.
UPDATE NOV 13th - Battery space frustration
experience PART II...
I now use a G&P 9.6v 600mah battery and it fits just
fine... it's thinner and it takes just a few seconds to
put it in and secure it in place (I was using a SANYO battery
before). Even if I wanted, I don't think I could use that
sanyo battery again, so I'll stick to the G&P one which
gives me a faster rate of fire, the frustration is gone
and I can now get ready in just a couple of minutes. END
How long will a 600mah battery last? Well, I have an article
about that one, but as quick reference, I can tell you I've
counted over 1200 rounds shot and still the battery would
keep on rocking.
Innovation = Modular designed gearbox
This gearbox is constructed by two parts - upper gearbox
and lower gearbox. The entire top cylinder and piston assembly
is separate from the gear and motor section, this revolutionary
modular design help users to exchange the suitable modular
easily in a skirmish and do the accurate maintain or repair.
Modular piston assemblies increase the convenient of upgrade
the firepower in a skirmish. More
info here >
How to open, change, upgrade, etc? Well, the gun comes
with an illustrated manual that nicely explains how all
of this is done. You wouldn't be doing it without owning
the replica, so there's no point in talking about that here.
I personally still havent had to do it, and don't plan on
doing it either.... the gun shoots too well to try messing
VIDEOS (right click, save target as)
video shows the how the hop-up port cover opens
when you fire. This is true to the real counterpart
as this is where the brass ejects from the gun
and stays open when in use.
video shows the magic of the forward assist
button to release spring tension. Also, it's
a good video to HEAR how the gun sounds. I love
video shows how the magazine rattles as you
shake the gun around.
A tighter magazine wouldn't be a bad idea.
Despite the mentioned design flaw of the front guard that
could drop the battery unless wrapped with something else
and that's too tight for batteries to easily fit, I am very
happy with my purchase, with the forward release button,
and the full metal construction. I know this replica will
last me for a long LONG time and has proven to be the envy
of many, hehehe...
This review was brought to you
by this website's administrator, Alex Alvarez (aka
August 28, 2005. Athens, Greece.
Hellas Airsoft Founder and


Spurweed – Control
Q: Three years ago a weed appeared in our yard. Around Easter it will have little spurs on it that stick in your feet. My grandchildren and I like to go barefooted but this year my yard is full of it. I want to get rid of it before the spurs come.
A: Spurweed, Soliva pterosperma, invokes all sorts of ugly words from those who step on it. It’s not the same plant as the grassy sandspur, Cenchrus incertus, which makes folks on the Georgia coast hop and swear.
Both plants are annuals but your spurweed is a broadleaf plant whose seed germinate in fall and the seedlings grow slowly in winter. You could use a broadleaf pre-emergent (click for sources) herbicide in September to prevent the seeds from sprouting.
Another easy time to control it is in early spring, the first week or two of March. Spray the plants a couple of times with one of the broadleaf weed killer (click for sources).
If you can keep the plants from maturing and making burs for two summers, you should have the problem licked.
Sandspur Control (the grassy plant)


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Today Mrs Johnston and I took a wee wander from Kingsbarns to Crail, on the look out for Caves and shells.
Teepee building in the garden today. Young Johnston has a new bedroom.
landscapes lost, abandoned, forgotten, mythic
By Tim Broken
Sharing From A Sincere Heart
All About Woodworking Plans and Projects
Climbing, Outdoors, Life!
Words and Pictures from the Middle East & Balkans
Traveling Fashion Designers 🌼
A keen reader with a passion of writing,plus a fashion freak with an additional thirst of adventure
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Based on story Misery, (Sadness) by Anton P. Chekhov. Story about desperate cabman and people around him taht doesnt understand his misery. This was final film on 3rd year of studies.
story by: Anton P. Chekhov
adapted by: Hadzi-Aleksandar Djurovic
direced by: Hadzi-Aleksandar Djurovic
cinematographer: Milos Kodemo
colorist: Nemanja Jovanov
composer: Sasa Mirosavljevic - Don
cast: Nenad Gvozdenovic, Danijel Sic, Jelena Skondric, Dragan Djurisic, Andrej Sepetkovski, Aleksandar Matic, Tijana Kondic, Sasa Joskimovic, Andrej Sepetkovski, Nikola Djurisic.


Before “The Big Life”: Ann Shoket’s career had humble start
Former editor-in-chief of Seventeen magazine talks rejections, American Lawyer, and the Mass. Conference for Women
December 7, 2017
Ann Shoket, the author of “The Big Life” and previous editor-in-chief of Seventeen magazine, talked with the Raider Times via Skype in anticipation of the annual Mass. Conference for Women.
This will be her first year in attendance at the conference. She is eagerly anticipating signing copies of her book and hosting a panel which she describes saying, “I am hosting a panel with some very serious bad-ass babes about how do you live life on your own terms, how do you craft a life that feels unique and special to you that isn’t about following one straight forward path in the world, about building a life of meaning, about overcoming obstacles … and building a life of meaning.”
The question of how one can become so successful is something Ann explained over the course of the interview. It takes hard work, determination, and a lot of failure to achieve what she has over the course of her career; being editor-in-chief for seven years of a highly celebrated magazine to releasing a best-selling book. These achievements have allowed her to work with celebrities such as Beyonce, Kendall Jenner and her sister Kylie.
Shoket attended New York University to study English and creative writing in hopes of becoming a novelist. After a while, “I had this wake-up call in which I realized that being a fiction writer would be a shortcut to financial disaster and loneliness.” From there, she applied to jobs at magazines, where rejections upon rejections piled up.
“I had every bad experience you could possibly have in those early days of applying to jobs,” she said. When I hear from young women that my work has had an impact on them, that’s what makes all of the struggle and all of the hard work that I put in worth it.” — ANN SHOKET
When I hear from young women that my work has had an impact on them, that’s what makes all of the struggle and all of the hard work that I put in worth it.”
— ANN SHOKET
Her first job was at The American Lawyer magazine, where she worked as an assistant to the president of the media company. This magazine was where many budding journalists got their start.
“I didn’t know that at the time, I was just desperate for a job,” she said.
Despite getting this job out of sheer desperation she shared that “one of the important things I learned was by listening to how other people reported their stories.”
After all of her troubles, she finally got the job of editor-in-chief for Seventeen magazine. Ann believes that the most important part of her job as an editor is to have conversations that matter with young women, and to uncover emotions, feelings, and stories that otherwise wouldn’t get told. She said, tearing up, “I believe in the power of young women and when I hear from young women that my work has had an impact on them, that’s what makes all of the struggle and all of the hard work that I put in worth it.”
She still holds on to the rejection letters from years past “as a badge of honor of how hard I worked in those early days.”
Ann Shoket has inspired young women across the country and she hopes to continue to do so at the Mass. Conference for Women.
–Dec. 7, 2017–


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To promote or not to promote
That is the question.
Whether ‘tis nobler in the minds of artists
To shove their art down the throats of captive Facebook friends
And flood the web with endless Pinterest posts
Or suffer the slings and arrows of lesser sales
And by doing so,
To die a figurative death
To die, to sleep, perchance to dream
Of fame and fortune
For when we shuffle off this mortal coil
Have we left our mark?
Have we made this place better for our being here with our art?
Aye, there’s the rub…….


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It appears the entire world is acquainted with microfinance nowadays, and that’s a superb factor in my ebook. A lesser recognized idea, nonetheless, is small and medium enterprise (SME) financing, which involves loans to businesses fairly than to individuals. In the context of SME financing for the creating world, companies that obtain loans concentrate on creating jobs within the growing world and/or offering goods and providers that benefit individuals within the developing world. Mortgage sizes are a lot bigger than microfinance loans, however every loan has the potential of reaching lots of or 1000’s of individuals relatively than one particular person or one small group of entrepreneurs.
We’ll give to the animal shelter this year. We got a kitten there last Christmas eve day. We’ll buy a present for that. I like the concept of sending an anonymous reward card to someone we know who is struggling financially. Last 12 months as a substitute of shopping for toys for toys for tots we purchased toys for my mother to offer to 2 boys that live in a rental property that my mother owns. My mom has a form heart and has handed it on. We’ve helped this family over the years. I gave them books to assist get the boys began in reading. The books and time their mother spent reading with them paid off. Both boys are great readers.
Faculty Interns: Many college students who plan to go into various professions (corresponding to accounting or public relations) want internships with a purpose to graduate. These usually are paid positions (although I’ve had nice luck recruiting interns for non-paid positions in competitive settings), however the pay is entry-level. You could need to submit paperwork for them, so they’ll get a grade, but in return, you’ll normally get a smart, highly motivated workers member who offers you their best work for a semester or two.
It was a little bit of a watch opener, they certainly know how one can do their ‘Brocante’ selling in France, I will be trustworthy when I mentioned ‘yes that shall be a pleasant option to spend a Sunday morning’ I was anticipating about three tables stuffed with junk, which we might rapidly dismiss, a quick meander across the city and then a pleasant chilly beer at the nearest cafe.
A Japanese company wished to start competing with a well-known German producer of precision equipment. Confident that they’d remain the most effective on the planet, the Germans allowed the Japanese executives a site visit. The Japanese noticed, went home, and, on the first day of opening their meeting line, had it operating faster – producing more every day – than the Germans might manage.


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This paper addresses the trajectory tracking control problem for small-scale unmanned helicopters with model uncertainties. In particular, we propose a robust control scheme that is decomposed into a position and an attitude control modules, operating in a cascaded form, and does not depend on the explicit knowledge of the value of the model parameters. Exploiting the concepts and techniques of prescribed performance control, each module guarantees trajectory tracking with prescribed transient and steady-state response, despite the presence of external disturbances, such as wind gusts and ground effect phenomena. Additionally, a novel reformulation of the translational dynamics reveals a sufficient condition for closed-loop stability and allows us to extract the appropriate attitude commands straightforwardly. Moreover, the derived control algorithms are of low complexity and thus can be efficiently implemented on low-cost, aerial embedded systems of limited power and computational resources. Finally, the efficacy of the proposed control scheme is verified via extensive experimental studies using an autonomous small-scale helicopter.
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One of the many ways Donald Trump is shaking up the Presidential election is through is views on Social Security.
While many of his rivals are happy to talk about cutting Social Security, Trump has been an outspoken supporter of the program.
“It’s not unreasonable for people who paid into a system for decades to expect to get their money back. That’s not ‘entitlement’, that’s honoring a deal,” Trump has said.
If elected, Trump says he won’t touch Social Security – other than to make it stronger.
But there’s one Social Security cut he can’t stop.
In fact, this cut will already be history before the Presidential election is over…
On April 30, President Obama and Congress will shut down two Social Security loopholes, called File and Suspend; and Restricted Application.
Closing these two loopholes will cost 32 million Americans up to $60,000 in extra Social Security benefits.
That’s like taking away two Social Security checks a year – every year – for the rest of your life.
Unfortunately, this cut is already law. There’s nothing anyone can do about it – including Donald Trump.
However, if you think might be eligible to receive this money then you need to act quickly – or miss out on these benefits forever.

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It’s November and winter is just around the corner. Aoi Mashiro continues to work at the antique store Kura in Kyoto’s Teramachi-Sanjo shopping district, alongside the owner’s grandson, Kiyotaka Yagashira. Nicknamed “Holmes,” he’s a young Kyoto man with a bit of a wicked streak.
One day they’re visited by a famous kabuki actor named Kisuke Ichikata. Minamiza Theatre’s annual grand show is coming up in December and Kisuke has received a threatening letter. The next day, Kiyotaka and Aoi go to watch him on stage, where he suffers a serious injury. Unrequited love, illicit affairs, hidden feelings—the mysteries continue through Christmas and New Year’s in Volume 3 of Holmes of Kyoto!


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CORPUS CHRISTI - The state of Texas is looking at an $18 billion budget shortfall. Corpus Christi city departments are preparing budget scenarios with cuts as deep as 30 percent. School Superintendent Scott Elliff has declared now the time to recalibrate because there'll be no increase in state funding of schools next year.
We know there's a train wreck coming ..., Elliff said Monday at a budget workshop.
Are you listening, Nueces County Appraisal District staff?
The appraisal districts staff has proposed a nearly $1 million budget increase, mostly to upgrade its downtown headquarters. That's a 15 percent jump.
Consider the timing of this request: a down economy, an estimated 1.5 percent drop in property values inside the city limits, pay cuts and job losses in the private sector, and foreclosures.
There's also the matter of the new-building debacle from the last budget cycle. Remember, the appraisal district had to refund the bulk of $2.8 million it had accumulated in a building fund, from surpluses captured from five years of padded budgets. Instead of explicitly pointing out to the member taxing entities that they were entitled to refunds from the overages, the district found a letter-but-not-spirit-of-the-law manner to meet the obligation of informing the entities without their realizing they had been informed, by burying it under a paperwork mountain. (Reporting by Sara Foley of the Caller-Times alerted the taxing entities and soon after they sought the refunds.)
Now the plan is to add 15 percent to a previously padded budget to fix up the headquarters that the staff had hoped to unload while moving into a new building.
Were sure the staff will have a worthy explanation at an appraisal board meeting at 5:30 p.m. today. This certainty is an article of faith because the appraisal district hasn't fulfilled a Caller-Times request for recent building committee reports.
That 15 percent hike, by the way, will have to come from the folks who are trying to figure out which of our city services to cut, how much to raise our taxes and fees, and how to recalibrate our children's educations.
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When Sam rescues a draft horse from the auction, she feels great. But her father is set on having no more horses, mustangs or not, and she takes full responsibility. As she runs around, trying to find a good owner of the gentle horse, a mysterious thing is upsettting all the animals, and everyone is mystified. Winter is harsh and the mustangs have very little food. Sam immediately sets up an idea for that problem.
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What Sam dreads above all is speaking in front of the school Student Council to present her commmunity project. She has a great idea, and it just might help the mustangs. With the help of Jake Ely and the powerful draft horse, she sets up her community plan to help save the Phantom from a cold death.
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New Photos of ‘The Simpsons’ LEGO Set Reveal the First Must-Own Toy of 2014
For 25 years, 'The Simpsons' has been an inescapable part of American culture, an omnipresent mirror of our world that reflects all of our greatest hopes, fears and idiosyncrasies. Naturally, something as prominent and marketable as that has managed to worm its way into every kind of merchandising opportunity available, but everyone's favorite yellow family has crossed into the final frontier.
Yep, Simpsons LEGOs are on the way.
Following a few low-res images leaking online, LEGO, partnered with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products, has released a collection of hi-res images to give us an exhaustive look at the first of what we hope to be many 'Simpsons'-themed sets: 742 Evergreen Terrace (aka the home of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie). In addition to the principle family members and their domicile, the set includes the family car and next-door neighbor Ned Flanders. As you can see in the images, the attention to detail is exquisite.
Also on the way is a special LEGO-themed episode of the show itself, which will air in May. Details are unknown at the time, but the press release says that the episode will depict the show's cast of characters in LEGO form. Is it too much to hope that it's all stop motion with actual LEGOs? We can dream, right?
The set will officially go on sale on February 1, 2014 and it will retail for $199.99, a price that will separate the real Simpsons fans from the posers. A line of Simpsons LEGO minifigures will roll out in May, with those retailing for $3.99 a pop. We hope that sets for the Kwik-E-Mart and the Nuclear Power Plant can't be too far off. After all, we'd be the last to scoff at the chance to build all of Springfield out of LEGOs.

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Waves Grit Out 3-1 Victory Over Cal State Northridge to Open Conference Play
Josh Taylor delivers second-straight 20+ kill performance, while Maurice Torres boosts the Waves' offense with 16 kills.
Jan. 11, 2012
MALIBU, Calif. – Behind stellar performances from Josh Taylor and Maurice Torres, the #10 Pepperdine men’s volleyball team put a halt to #11 Cal State Northridge’s comeback attempt and pulled out a 3-1 (25-18, 25-19, 16-25, 26-24) win to open Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play.
The Waves (2-1, 1-0 MPSF) took a commanding 2-0 lead before the Matadors (1-3, 0-1 MPSF) stopped Pepperdine dead in its tracks with a 25-16 win in the third set. The home team played catch-up in the pivotal fourth frame before reclaiming the lead and putting the set away 26-24 to clinch its first league win of the season.
Taylor (Honolulu, Hawaii/Punahou School), a freshman outside hitter, led the Waves for the third-consecutive match, and put up 22 kills to bring his season average to 4.69 kills/set. Taylor added eight digs and was errorless on serve receive in tonight’s effort.
Junior opposite Torres (Riverside, Calif./Orange Lutheran) handed in his best performance of the season, with 16 kills earned on a .393 hitting percentage. The hard hitting server tied a career best with four aces, and added five digs and four blocks to his stat line.
Julius Hoefer paced CSUN with 21 kills and Charlie Condron led his team’s defense with nine digs.
The Waves dictated the first set, thanks in part to a sizzling .667 hitting percentage highlighted by 14 kills on 18 swings and just two errors. Torres was a perfect 5-for-5 on the attack and did his part on defense with three blocks. Pepperdine limited the Matadors to a .143 clip to put the first set away 25-18.
Cal State Northridge answered the Waves’ 3-0 opening run in set two with a 4-0 run to take a brief lead. Pollock evened the score with a kill, one of seven he would have on the night. The teams traded points until Torres stepped up to the service line to hand out back-to-back aces to put his squad up 11-9. Although the Waves would extend their lead to 15-11, the Matadors would fight back to a tie at 17-all.
Taylor then sparked a 4-0 run with two kills and en pointe serving before another round of back-to-back service aces from Torres put the 25-19 win in the books for Pepperdine.
With the momentum seemingly heading in Pepperdine’s direction, Cal State Northridge stormed its way back into the match during set three. Led by Hoefer’s seven kills and hitting for a .357 team hitting percentage, CSUN recorded a 25-16 win to avoid the sweep.
The Matadors continued to set the offensive rhythm in the fourth stanza, but Pepperdine’s persistent defense prevented the visitors from forcing a fifth set. Taylor collected six of his eight digs in set four alone, in addition to pacing the offense with seven kills. The back-and-forth affair featured seven lead changes and 13 tie scores that lasted until the very end.
Tied a 23, Taylor came up with the solo roof to give the Waves match point, but Hoefer was able to erase it with a kill and knot the score at 24.
The Matadors put Pepperdine back on top with a service error. In what turned into a marathon point, Pollock tried to put the ball away but the CSUN blockers promptly returned it the Waves’ side of the net. With a heads up save, Pepperdine got another crack at it, this time with Torres on the attack. Although CSUN blocked the ball back over the net for a second time, the ball landed out of bounds to give Torres the kill and clinch the match for Pepperdine.
Outside hitter Beau Vandeweghe (Carlsbad, Calif./La Costa Canyon HS) came in off the bench with a kill and a block, while libero Ryan Plueger (Los Angeles, Calif./Harvard-Westlake) picked up a pair or digs and his first career kill with a well-placed free ball.
Pepperdine returns to action this Saturday, Jan. 14, when they host #5 Long Beach State (2-1, 0-0 MPSF) inside Firestone Fieldhouse at 7 p.m.


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A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after an elderly woman was stabbed in North London.
Police were called out to Morant Place in Wood Green yesterday afternoon.
A 79-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
More top news
The London property market is expected to be the hardest hit as buyers sit it out to see how the economy will be affected.
The former London mayor paid tribute to David Cameron just hours after the Prime Minister announced his resignation.
The pound crashed to its lowest level in 30 years as Britain voted to leave the EU.


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Dave Chappelle delivers a speech at his prestigious alma mater that reflects on his comedy roots, his rise to fame and why artists should never behave.
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