SOLD FOR: $4,025
Make: Cooper Firearms
Model: 36 Custom Classic
Serial Number: 801
Year of Manufacture: 1990s-2000s
Caliber: .22 LR
Action Type: Detachable Magazine Bolt Action Rifle
Barrel Length: 24”
Sights / Optics: There is no provision for iron sights. The top of the receiver is installed with a pair of bases.
Stock Configuration & Condition: The stock is checkered AAA French walnut with a wood nosecap, capped pistol grip, straight comb, cheekpiece, sling studs front & rear, and checkered steel shotgun-style buttplate. There are a couple tiny compressions and a light mark in front of the bottom metal front tang. There are some scattered light handling marks. The checkering is sharp. The LOP measures approximately 13 5/8” from the front of the trigger to the back of the buttplate. The plate exhibits light wear. The stock rates in Excellent overall condition.
Type of Finish: Blued
Finish Originality: Original
Bore Condition: The bore is bright and the rifling is sharp. There is no erosion in the bore. In my opinion, this bore is a 10 out of 10.
Overall Condition: This rifle retains about 99% of its metal finish. The bolt is serial matching. There are a few faint marks, most noticeable on the top of the barrel toward the muzzle. There are light handling marks. There is standard operational wear. The screw heads are sharp. The markings are deep. Overall, this rifle rates in about Excellent condition.
Mechanics: The action functions correctly. The trigger is light and crisp. We did not fire this rifle. As with all used firearms, a thorough cleaning may be necessary to meet your maintenance requirements.
Box, Paperwork & Accessories: Included is a Cooper box with no label and a 5-round magazine.
Our Assessment: This is a Model 36 bolt action rifle from Cooper Firearms of Montana. Cooper made their way into the rifle market producing high-quality rifles at “affordable” prices, though their quality means that affordable is in relation to rifles such as Blaser, Dakota, and other high-end manufacturers. Beginning in 1990 a handful of former employees from Kimber of Oregon, with over 50 years in combined experience, set out to design and build the finest production rifles made in the United States. They have been known as one of the top makers of bolt action rifles ever since. This is a Model 36 dressed in their Custom Classic trim that features a 24″ barrel and blued finish. This one has some factory optional upgrades including French walnut, Niedner buttplate, and checkered bolt knob. The bluing is rich, the checkering is crisp, and the walnut has beautiful grain patterns. The fit matches the finish and this rifle just screams premium! Some brands claim their rifles are “the best”, “top of the line”, “the finest quality” but Cooper doesn’t need to say anything at all…their products speak for themselves. This is a gorgeous rifle that will make short work of paper targets and game alike while enhancing any collection lucky enough to have it. Please see our photos and good luck!
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I’m not sure if I’m finished with this, but I tried painting Aurora from Sleeping Beauty!
I saw the movie a few days ago and it brought back many childhood memories. So yeah… I’m happy with how it is right now, but I may go back and add to it.
The little sisters are precious.
Sometimes I’m too tired to remove my makeup and wake up with eyeliner on my forehead.
Happy Birthday Audrey Hepburn! 4.V.1929
I wanted to draw something digitally, but my arm was tensing too much. So, I just went to my sketchbook and scanned something. These are my doodles from sitting in my PoliSci class.
What do you do in a class which you already know the material?
Draw chubby Pikachus.
Henry is one of my favorites tbh
I took a whack at drawing an old and forgotten oc.

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Enjoy the debut of the new smash hit song entitled "Jew Joy", performed by the New York Boys Choir, under the direction of choir leader, arranger, & composer, Yitzy Bald. The song was featured at a live performances for three consecutive days, at which time, the choir performed this high energy song at seven different shows for their Sukkos tour. Feel the energy!
Verse: "We await the day, when all the world will know of you, they'll see your mighty hand, and say you're one and know its true, throughout our history, we lived in pain and suffering, despite it all we danced, and showed Hashem that we could sing!"
Chorus: "We've got the dance dance feelin', everyone! We've got the "Jew Joy" feelin', have some fun, we are the chosen nation, Hashem's son, so feel the joy and sing along!"

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Jude Terror is the Webmaster Supreme of The Outhouse and a sarcastic ace reporter dedicated to delivering irreverent comics and entertainment news to The Outhouse's dozens of loyal readers. Driven by a quest for vengeance, Jude Terror taught himself to program and joined The Outhouse. He instantly began working toward his goal of forcing the internet comics community to take itself less seriously and failing miserably. Ironically, our webmaster, whose website skills know no end, has very little understanding of social networks or how they work. Regardless, you can find him on Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr, but would probably have the most luck just emailing him.
Three more Nu52 originals bite the dust in August!
The Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban director may return for the first of a new trilogy set in the Potterverse!
The longest running female writer of Wonder Woman will join ne'er-do-well Ethan Van Sciver to kick off a new digital series starring the Amazon Warrior Princess!
We can't make out shit in the photo, but it's Romita, so...
Rick Remender will be writing the upcoming Avengers vs. X-Men sequel!
Lots of industry shockers coming out of the Diamond Retailers Summit in Vegas!
Oh no! They say he's got to go! Go go buy a bunch of digital comics from IDW for 99 cents or less featuring Godzilla! Yeaah-aaahh.
DC will bring together the worst parts of comics and social media for their August variant cover gimmick.
Cartoonist John Kovalic Found Cheesecake on the Back of His Daughter's Comic Book... But What Happens Next Will Something Something!By Jude Terror in News with Benefits on May 17, 2014
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Better late than never!
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Zeus Kerravala, vice-president of enterprise infrastructure at the Yankee Group said: "This market milestone signifies that IP telephony is becoming a mainstream technology throughout business organisations worldwide and solidifies Cisco's position as the leader in this fast growing market."
In August 2002, Cisco announced that it reached the one million milestone for IP phones, an accomplishment that took the company three and a half years to achieve. Since then, Cisco has shipped an additional one million IP phones. The Middle East has contributed to this total with two of the largest deployments in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) being recorded in Egypt and the UAE. Today, Cisco's next generation IP Communications systems are helping more than 8,500 organisations worldwide realise the strengths of IP Communications, offering the potential to increase productivity and business flexibility.
Andy Elder, director of marketing and channels at Cisco Systems Middle East and North Africa said: "There are significant and instant benefits from the deployment of mobility solutions such as IP telephony. This value proposition has proven irresistible to many of the region's largest organisations who are now enjoying cost savings and service enhancements which are directly impacting their bottom-line."
Only 10 of Gaza's 36 hospitals are currently even partially functioning

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Sorry in advance for the downer of a topic, and trigger warning clearly, but this is something I came across yesterday and it’s really troubling me. The Salt Lake Tribune published an article two days ago detailing a terrible approach BYU has in the way it handles rape cases. It’s a bit of a read, but I really encourage you to read it to get the full context of what’s going on.
For those of you who don’t click through, the basics are this: when a student at BYU makes a rape allegation, that student is also turned over to the Honor Code office to see if she was violating any honor code rules before the rape occurred. Let me restate that one more time to be sure it’s clear: a girl says she was raped. She tells the school. They tell the honor code office, and the honor code office looks into the rape, checking to make sure the victim wasn’t doing anything she shouldn’t have been doing before she got raped.
Doing what, exactly? Well, maybe drugs. Or drinking alcohol. Or getting too physical.
Because honor code. Can’t let those pesky students think they can get away with breaking the honor code just because they happened to have been raped afterward.
This is flat out unacceptable. Period. End of story.
First and foremost, it’s potentially telling the victim that the rape might have been her fault. “If you hadn’t been _______, then you wouldn’t have gotten raped.”
Sorry. This is never the case. Rape, by definition, is a person being forced to have sex against his or her will. A person could be lying in bed, clothes off, having a wild make out session with someone, and if that person suddenly changes her mind about what’s going on, then that’s it. Sex needs to stop.
“But what if she was dressed really provocatively?” “But she was totally leading him on.” “You can’t say it’s not partly her fault.”
I got a whole bucket full of Nope here for people making these sort of statements. Rapists rape. They consciously choose to ignore someone saying “no,” and have sex with that unwilling person anyway. Let me use a different example to make my point: say that I love fried chicken. It’s a well known fact that I just want to eat it about every day. And one day, my friend brings some of the world’s best fried chicken to school for lunch. I see it. I smell it. I want that chicken. So I reach over and grab it from his hands and scarf it down.
Not my fault, right? He knew I liked fried chicken. He shouldn’t have brought such great fried chicken for lunch. If he’d been smart, he would have brought oatmeal or a tuna sandwich. Right?
That makes no sense. It’s his chicken. He can offer it to me, but I’m not entitled to his chicken, no matter how much I like it or how great it smells. And say he thinks about offering it to me, but then I say something belittling, or he changes his mind? Do I get to eat the chicken then?
Why in the world would I have any “right” to? And who in their right mind would yell at him for bringing chicken to lunch in the first place.
With that out of the way, let’s talk about the other big problem BYUs approach in this situation is creating: it’s protecting rapists by discouraging rapes from being reported. If a girl knows she was out doing something against the honor code, and then she gets raped, she’s faced with terrible choice: report the rape and get kicked out of school, or stay silent and suffer and let the rapist walk around free.
How can BYU not see this is unacceptable?
The article has an interview with a girl who was on LSD right before she was raped. And she got kicked out for breaking the honor code. Not for getting raped, but for being on LSD. And sure, taking LSD can be a reason to be kicked out of the university, but BYU should look at it this way: if she really is an habitual LSD user, she’s probably going to get nabbed by the honor code sooner or later. Deal with it when it comes up later.
Because right now? You’re blaming the victim, and you’re discouraging people from reporting rapes. I get that you’re concerned girls will claim rape so that they don’t have to get booted for having sex, but statistics show false rape claims are few and far between. People know it’s a terrible allegation to make, and they just don’t make it without cause.
What would I like to see BYU do? Make a very public statement about how it abhors rape and will do everything in its power to ensure rapists are caught and prosecuted on campus. Give anyone making a rape allegation a free pass when it comes to the honor code. They’ve been raped, for crying out loud. Do they really need a lecture now on what they were doing before hand? Do they need to be “punished”?
Think this article is just a red herring? A one-off blip that doesn’t imply a larger problem? Then what about this article from 2003 that states 90% of rapes aren’t reported in Provo? Maybe there’s a connection? This article claims BYU’s a great place because it’s so safe. Maybe it’s safer than it seems because it discourages crimes from being reported? Think it’s just because it’s Utah, and there must be fewer rapes in Utah in general? Think again.
But all this is peripheral to the problem. There’s a clear right and wrong decision for BYU to make here, and they’re going with the wrong one. I hope it’s because they’re just tone deaf, and that they fix the problem quickly. Because I’d hate to think they pondered very long on this and still ended up with the current policy. Or that they leave it as is.
Very disappointed in my alma mater at the moment, and hoping they get a clue somewhere and fix this ASAP.


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Nowadays, playing games is commonly regarded as one of the most popular entertainments to relax. Supposed that you are a game master, you would like to share some special tutorials to guide other gamers to play games better and up to a level. Now professional game recording software is needed to assist you in capturing game playing process on your computer. But when you are looking for it, you must be confused as there are so many similar screen recorders for game players. To provide significant convenience, we here list 9 typical tools for your reference.
- #1 Joyoshare VidiKit
- #2 OBS
- #3 Action!
- #4 Bandicam
- #5 Dxtory
- #6 LoiLo Game Recorder
- #7 FBX
- #8 Nvidia GeForce Experience
- #9 Gecata by Movavi
1. Joyoshare VidiKit (Paid with Free Trial):
As an easy-to-use game recorder, Joyoshare VidiKit - Screen Recorder can capture games without frame drop. It supports plenty of formats, for instance, HD MP4, AVI, FLV, SWF, WMV, MKV, MOV, etc. Some popular output devices, like iPhone, Andriod, Xbox and smart TV are involved. It is capable of recording all your desktop activities, including online game videos, live chat, streaming movies, Skype calls, etc. You can customize the recording screen size as you like, capture game videos in full screen or preset the standard ratios.
Equipped with outstanding recording optimizer, Joyoshare VidiKit is well designed with flexible settings. You can decide whether to record gameplays with microphone sound or system audio, take screenshots anytime during capturing process, highlight cursor movements, or create a scheduled recording task by setting an specific date and time ahead of time. After your recording, you can also edit the game capture, like revising its file name and preview it.
Record gameplay on PC and Mac with no lag
Provide the best matched parameters for your output
Support 240fps and 4K, allowing to preset configurations
Capture game background music and add sound from microphone
Highlight cursor movement and clicks
Trim recorded game video clips and take snapshots
Supported OS: Windows XP and later; Mac OS X 10.8 and later
2. OBS (Free):
As a free and popular open-source, Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) attracts much attention from both new starters and senior professionals. With intuitive and simple interface, it shows all necessary information in your first sight, which will not require you to change any special settings. What you need to do is to choose game source that is going to be captured and start to record it.
OBS is supportable to output your game recording with MP4 or FLV format and keep high quality as well. It enables you to upload your game capturing to some popular websites, for instance, YouTube, Twitch, etc. Of course, you can directly save recorded game video on your PC for later playback. Most importantly, OBS is equipped with filters that assists in fast filtrating noise, meaning you can record game video without unwanted and unexpected sound included. You can feel free to enjoy this free game recording software on Windows, Mac together with Linux operating system owing to its great compatibility.
Filtrate unwanted noise
Act as both audio and video recorder
With advanced configuration
Free and open source with simple interface
Supported OS: Windows 8 and later, macOS 10.13 and later, Linux, BSD
3. Action! (Paid with 30-days Trial):
This video game recording software, Action!, is well designed with diverse attractive functions, which aim at helping gamers to record game video through gaming platform so that they have chance to enjoy their favorite game recordings under Windows operating system. Similar to some other game recording software，Action! can make full use of your computer's GPU to accelerate game video capturing process, which at the same time can alleviate the pressure of CPU.
Of course, it supports HD game recording video up to 4K resolution with live streaming service, which is to say, you can directly stream your game and record from Action! to YouTube, Facebook, Hitbox, etc. There are two available output formats you can choose for your game capturing, AVI and MP4. What is also worth mentioning is that you are allowed to add live annotation to your game video. It even enables you to edit your game recordings, such as slow motion and cropping. Its Time-Shift mode is also effective developed with a limitation of 10 minutes.
Use computer's GPU for acceleration
Come with 4K video recording and Time-shift mode
Support output formats: AVI and MP4
With live streaming service
HD game recording video
Supported OS: Microsoft Windows
4. Bandicam (Paid with Free Trial):
Here comes a simple but efficient game screen recorder, which is Bandicam. Easy-to-operate as it is, Bandicam is dedicated to offer good service for users. It is a suitable choice for new beginners. To record game video, you are entitled to choose a specific screen area to be captured, no matter how large and which region you want, you can increase it or decrease it on your desktop screen based on your requirements.
Specially, Bandicam is good at recording and saving game video in small size owing to its built-in advanced compression technology, which can guarantee lossless quality with 4K Ultra HD resolution along with 3840x2160 file. What's more, you have right to enjoy recording for 24 hours continuously. If you want, you can also make a scheduled task to start and stop recording. Bandicam can capture games straightly, have PC screen control, use a webcam or take advantage of HDMI connectivity to record. A completed game recording can be shared to YouTube with ease.
Simple to operate
With adjustable window screen
Built-in game video compression feature
Support 24 hours recording
4K Ultra HD resolution
Supported OS: Microsoft Windows
5. Dxtory (Paid with Free Version):
With a clean and tidy operating interface, Dxtory can work with high performance. It can bring great convenience to gamers to record game videos. Dxtory is widely used and well known for its excellent speed processing with the reason that it is able to acquire all date guiding to surface memory buffer. When it comes to recording function, it can give you a big surprise due to its robust audio settings, which allow you to capture two audio tracks simultaneously, taking microphone sound and game voice as an example, and edit it in separate after recording process is finished.
While for video settings, there are some options given to let you customize your game recoding, like video codec, sources, frames 10-120/second, format and size. Certainly, Dxtory can supply best video with high quality. You may satisfy this recording software as long as you ignore the huge size. When you try it, you can verify whether it will put heavy load to your GPU and CPU. Dxtory enables you to save screenshots at any time with various desirable formats.
Multiple customized options for video settings
Acquire all date elements directly
Light and simple
Support to VFW codec
Record two sounds simultaneously and edit them separately
Supported OS: Windows XP and later
6. LoiLo Game Recorder (Free):
LoiLo Game Recorder is another game recorder free that does good at recording types of gameplay on your Windows with minimal performance loss. It includes support for Motion-JPEG, which ideally keeps optimal balance between your game video quality and file size. Using this program, you can quickly record wonderful moments during the game and capture your own voice readily. LoiLo Game Recorder is able to export your files in HD. However, you should know that this freeware lacks compatibility with Windows 10 and only offers basic recording capability.
Record game footages and get gamers' sounds easily
Output and save videos in HD with reasonable file size
Make possible minimal loss in performance
Supported OS: Windows 7, Windows 8 32bit/64bit (not compatible with Vista, XP)
7. FBX (Free):
FBX is good game recording software that is specialized in recording web games, instant short videos and quality images. Its lag-free and non-stop recording draws much attention from game players. More than that, it has the ability to live stream without jerky motions. There is a remarkable editor in FBX that enables you to add captions, animated stickers, effects, GIFs and more. With it, you can make game recording a totally simple thing on your low-end PC.
Record game videos with high performance in HD
Offer users editor to enhance recorded videos
Can live stream and record at the same time
Supported OS: Windows 7, 8, 10 (64 and 32-bit OS)
8. Nvidia GeForce Experience (Paid):
With updated drivers and optimal playable settings, Nvidia GeForce Experience is commonly used as a game recorder for PC. Making the most of it, you can record and share your livestreams or game videos with whoever you want on Twitch and YouTube. Best of all, it adopts advanced NVIDIA ShadowPlay techonology to improve your recording experience without losing original high quality. Besides, Nvidia GeForce Experience supports nearly all popular games, such as Call of Duty, League of Legends, Minecraft, World of Warships, etc.
Use Nvidia Shadowplay techonology
Share livestreams and game videos easily
Use Nvidia GPU
Supported OS: Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10
9. Gecata by Movavi (Paid with Free Version):
Gecata by Movavi can function well as one of the best game recording software and streaming programs. It records your outstanding performances in gameplay and provides webcam to add your face, which is quite convenient, especially when you have a live stream. Apart from the background music, sound effects and dialogue, you can additionally capture your own voice by enabling the microphone. Handily, it comes with a game mode to help begin game recording automatically and use hardware acceleration to encode your video.
Save game video clips in 120 FPS and 4K
Use hardware acceleration
Develop dedicated game mode to capture gameplay
Overlay webcam video to game footage
Supported OS: Windows 7/8/10 32-bit or 64-bit
Which Game Recorder Is Best?
If you are a new starter, you can try some free game recorders with basic recording function. If you are a senior professional, you cannot miss some paid game recording software when you take all-in-one recording solution and comprehensive features into consideration. Anyway, only when you tried those game recorders by yourself can you find the best one that fit for your exact needs. May you enjoy your game recordings!


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Atmosphere and food here is great. Friendly staff. Convenient location. Great for.aome lunchtime grub. Definitely worth a visit.
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The waitress dropped our straw on the floor and then placed the straw back into the drink. She believed that this was acceptable and seemed annoyed that she had to refill the drink. When our burgers arrived the chicken inside two of them was cold,...More
Visited during shopping trip. Lots of choices on menu, options for vegan & vegetarian. Overall very good, with tasty fillings and sides. I felt my burger was a dry, and they are VERY hard to each, it either ends up squeezing out of the bun,...More
I have not eaten a better burger in years. I dropped in by chance, and I cannot fault this place for the food, choice, cheerful service and general attention to making me comfortable and happy.
As your starter for ten, one of our party is Coeliac but the menu says they do provide gluten-free buns.Good start you may say, but it went downhill from there. They must have been having a bad day. The gluten-free meal arrived last and astoundingly...More
Visited for lunch, the service was prompt and courteous with a meaty nicely seasoned burger accompanied by a cool glass of cider. My only comment would be for a wider range of bottled cider rather than a can to be available. Speed of service was...More
First time here and have been wanting to try it for ages. Great menu choices and really lovely waiting girl. The food was all delicious and portions were a good size. Enjoyed everything we ordered and would love to come back. Only down side was...More
We have visited here a few times when shopping in Solihull. We find the food really value for money and it's all handmade and delicious. I love the coleslaw. Staff are always polite and very attentive. I feel they deserve a really good rating as...More
I have been here twice in the past 2 weeks. The first time I ordered the Mexican burger which was very hot with all the chillies on top. I have a good appetite and struggled to finish my burger and rosemary chips. Xavi was waiting...More

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The Doughnut Bride and Groom
Available on the Etsy for custom orders to match your wedding colors and theme.
FREE SHIPPING IN U.S.
My Doughnut Bride and Groom Wedding Cake Toppers are super sweet and popular! So I'm offering them as a custom order at NO EXTRA COST! Match your wedding theme, colors, and style!
To start a custom order, go to my main page and hit the "Request Custom Order."
Give me specific information on colors, style of decoration, etc.
Options for Groom: Decoration color and style, frost color(usually chocolate), and top hat and bow color(usually black.)
Options for Bride: Veil or bow, veil and bow, just veil, just bow.
Options for Groom: Top hat and bow tie, just top hat, just bow tie.
~bow, bow tie, hat, and veil
You choose it!
Message me any questions, any time!
Doughnut Bride and Groom Wedding Cake Toppers by Samantha's Sweets! Part of my Sweet Love Collection~ This doughnut bride and groom are in love and ready to tie the knot!
~Hand sculpted polymer clay. These would look adorable on a sprinkled cake, classic butter cream cake, or a stack of delicious doughnuts! ~So unique and sweet!
Groom: 2 3/8 x 3 inches w/ top hat, stick approximately 4 inches long
Bride: 2 3/8 x 2 3/4 inches, stick approximately 4 inches long
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By Jim Rush
At the core of every growing metropolitan center is an effective and efficient transportation system. High-density population areas cannot exist if planners are unable to move goods and services quickly and reliably.
In the greater Los Angeles area, traffic congestion has historically plagued residents, but city leaders are addressing this need by building out a rail system that is changing the way people commute in Southern California. Under the purview of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), 87 miles of rail has been built that serve more than 360,000 riders daily.
As an indication of support and the demand for increased rail capacity and connectivity, two-thirds of the Los Angeles County voters in 2008 approved Measure R, a half-cent sales tax earmarked for transportation projects in the region. Measure R could provide approximately $40 billion in funding for transportation projects over the next 30 years.
“Approval of Measure R by the voters was a huge show of confidence and tells us that the public wants to expand the mass transit system,” said Dennis Mori, Executive Officer-Project Management at Metro. “We have 87 miles of rail in LA County, and Measure R will effectively double that over the next 30 years.”
Currently, Metro is planning three rail projects that are under construction or nearing construction: the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project, the Regional Connector Transit Project, and the Westside Purple Line Extension. All of the projects are scheduled to be in service by 2023, adding nearly 15 miles of track combined.
Metro began offering commuter rail services – a combination of light rail and heavy rail and surface and subsurface lines – in 1990 with the opening of the Blue Line, which stretches 22 miles from Long Beach to downtown Los Angeles. “That was basically the starting point for our system,” said Mori, who has been with Metro since 1982.
In 1993, Metro opened the first segment of the Red Line, which now connects Union Station to North Hollywood. The Red Line was extended twice, with the most recent segment opening in 2000. Following construction of the Red Line, Metro commissioned the Green Line (1995), Pasadena Gold Line (2003), Eastside Gold Line (2009) and Expo Line (2012). Metro inter-connects its rail system with a network of busses to provide transportation throughout the metropolitan area.
With support and funding of Measure R, Metro is in the midst of a new wave of projects that will continue to build out the system to increase its geographic footprint and its functionality. The projects include:
The $2 billion Crenshaw/LAX project consists of approximately 8.5 miles of new light rail infrastructure including bored tunnel, cut-and-cover tunnel, at-grade and elevated line along with eight new stations. The Crenshaw Line will extend from a terminus on Aviation Boulevard near LAX Airport to a new underground station near the Expo Line in downtown Los Angeles. Walsh/Shea Corridor Constructors was selected as the design-build contractor and was given NTP in September 2013. The line is expected to open for revenue service in 2019.
The Regional Connector project is a $1.42 billion, 1.9-mile underground line, mainly constructed by EPB TBM. This project connects the Metro Gold Line in the north and east to the Metro Blue Line in the south and the recently opened Expo Line in the south and west. The project includes the construction of three underground stations through the center of the city. Construction is anticipated to begin in 2014 with the line opening for revenue service in 2020. On April 24, Metro approved a $927.2 million design-build contract with Regional Connector Constructors (RCC), led by Skanska USA Civil West California District Inc. in partnership with Traylor Brothers Inc. Hatch Mottt MacDonald is the lead designer for RCC.
Westside Purple Line Extension
The Westside Purple Line Extension (formerly known as the Westside Subway Extension) is a $6.3 billion, 9-mile extension of the Metro Purple Line that is planned to connect from the existing station at Wilshire/Western westward through the Wilshire Boulevard Miracle Mile District, Beverly Hills, Century City and into Westwood, near the I-405 Freeway. The extension includes seven stations that will be built along the alignment. The tunnel will be about 22 ft outside diameter constructed by EPB TBM. The 9-mile project is broken into three sections. Metro is in the process of obtaining a $2.82 billion Full Funding Grant Agreement from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for Section 1 comprising 3.9 miles and three stations. Construction for Section 1 is scheduled for 2014-2023. An RFQ was issued in November 2012 for design-build teams using a best-value procurement. An RFP was issued in June 2013 to: Westside Transit Partners (Impregilo/Samsung E & C America/ Salini USA); Shimmick/Obayashi/FCC JV; Skanska/Traylor/Shea JV; and Dragados/Southland/Astaldi JV. Proposals have been received for evaluation and the award of the contract is expected in early summer 2014.
Tunneling in LA
Most of the new Metro tunnels will be bored through softground conditions using pressurized face TBMs. Although the ground formation is fairly well suited to tunneling, the area is known for its oilfields and naturally occurring gas. On the Westside Purple Line Extension, crews will be tunneling through tar sand formations. “The tar sands are a different material compared to what we have encountered before,” Mori said. “We know that gas levels are higher, so we have to make sure that we have a robust ventilation system and also we have to make sure that the contractors are familiar with constructing tunnels and stations in gassy ground conditions.”
To help gain a better understanding of the ground, Metro has constructed a test shaft next to the Wilshire/Fairfax station site. “We felt that it would be helpful to construct a test shaft during the procurement stage of the design-build contract so that any information we gained could be available during the bidding process,” Mori said. “This allows the design-build proposal teams to get a better assessment of the potential ground conditions, the design issues, the construction methods. Hopefully, that will reduce the amount of perceived risk and bring in better price proposals.”
Metro’s most recent tunneling project, part of the Metro Gold Line East Side Extension project, marked the first time the agency used a closed-face, pressurized EPB TBM. “After the tunneling was completed, we found that there was no measurable surface settlement throughout the entire tunneling operation,” Mori said. “Based on LA’s past tunneling projects you could expect some settlement – a quarter inch or half inch – so that was a great achievement.” Metro plans to use the same technology in conjunction with a single-pass, precast, bolted-and-gasketed concrete segment tunnel lining system on all three of its upcoming projects.
Additionally, all three projects are being delivered using design-build procurement. According to Mori, design-build offers advantages in schedule vs. traditional design-bid-build contracting by eliminating the procurement of the final designer and overlapping construction and final design. Metro also hopes to benefit by integrating innovation and cost-effective solutions brought by the contractor during the design phase. Again, Metro is tapping into the successes of the Metro Gold Line East Side Extension, which was also mostly procured using design-build. “That project came in on time and within budget – and with an outstanding safety record and less than 5 percent in change orders,” Mori said.
As Metro looks to the future and the area’s transportation needs, it envisions an integrated network of trains and busses playing a key role in moving large amounts of people quickly and efficiently. The ultimate goal is to provide public transportation to all business and population centers. The system has come a long way since it began providing revenue service in 1990, and there is still more work to be done.
Jim Rush is editor of TBM.


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There are thousands of things you can do each day.
You can get up early and exercise or sleep late.
You can do the minimal amount of work required or give each task a total effort.
You can choose to be happy and smile or be angry and frown.
You can spend time together as a family or allow everyone to go their own way each evening.
You can let your children be involved in every sport offered or choose to limit their participation.
You can choose to be on social media or shut it off when you are around people you love.
You can throw yourself into your hobbies or enjoy quiet evenings at home.
Life has numerous choices ranging from our attitudes, words, actions, and even reactions. The way to change your life is to acknowledge that you have a choice to live differently. Then make adjustments one decision at a time.

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To provide a consistent experience throughout the WP7 platform, it’s important to follow a common structure while placing buttons. Doing so will provide a consistent, and simple structure for users to navigate through.
It is also important to understand what the hardware and software will give you for free. Using these freebies, will mean that you tap into the muscle and mental memory that user develops when using their Windows Phone. For starters, all Windows Phones contain three hardware buttons—back, home and search. Understanding how these buttons are utilized throughout the system can mitigate issues within the UI and flow of your application.
Home buttons/back stack
Placing home button within your user interface deviates from the WP7 navigation model. While innovating on the platform is not necessarily bad, changing the expected interaction model of the platform can have a potentially negative impact. Specifically, you might be requiring the user to develop a new mental model, one that they may only apply in your application. Thus making your application and the platform feel harder to use.
Implementing a home button in your application may also cause a second issue, one that has a much more severe implication for your application. You might inadvertently create a scenario where a user can get stuck in an infinite (or near infinite loop) when using both your home and the product’s back button to navigate your application’s interaction. Specifically, if a user has to repeatedly rely on a home button to start tasks within your application, when they try to leave the application using the back button you might be forcing them to retrace every step they took in your application. That is bad. This loop may get worse if they use the back button to move from one application back through your application just to get to another. You should be sure that these issues does not occur in your application. If you absolutely believe you must have a home button test for these negative scenarios and do your best to eliminate them.
We understand that all applications have a different interactive flow, some more complicated than others, our recommendation is to try to keep the architecture of your application as shallow as possible and to leverage the use of list and pivots so the user can navigate back to the landing screen with few steps back and from there to previous launched apps. When in doubt try to mimic common elements and navigation structures already in the platform , you’ll be less likely to confuse the user.
Back and Close buttons
This one is simpler, it should be no “Back” or “Close” buttons at all within the user interface. Again, we give you a back button for free. So use that extra space to keep your app clean and simple.
Floating buttons within an application produces an inconsistent, confusing navigation. Utilizing the app bar is the best way to add actions on a particular page. When those icons/buttons couldn’t be on the app bar, be sure to place them consistently within your UI. Variable placement may interfere with content browsing—the icon may not even look like an interactive element. Therefore, an accidental tap from the user could lead to an unexpected result. Providing structure and incorporating an standardized placement for the main tasks on your app creates a familiar experience for the user, page after page. The WP7 library of common controls provide a consistent approach to implementing icons/buttons within your UI—we recommend to follow layouts suggested by the design guidelines in order to achieve interaction that is common throughout the WP7 platform.
– Alfred Astort
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SANTA CRUZ — A team from the UC Santa Cruz Baskin School of Engineering was named one of the six best performers in an international competition to find ways to use big data to develop more effective treatments for breast cancer.
Artem Sokolov, a postdoctoral scholar in a lab run by Josh Stuart, professor of biomolecular engineering, led UCSC Team DC-TDC, composed of graduate student researchers Dan Carlin, Evan Paull, Kiley Graim, Adrian Bivol, undergraduate Alden Deran, and staff software engineer Chris Wong.
The top six teams were honored with a total of $50,000 in cash prizes Friday at the 6th Annual RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics in Toronto.
Winners also came from Team NMSUSongLab from New Mexico State University, Team GuanLab from the University of Michigan, Team StochasticChaos from Johns Hopkins University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Team CGR from NCI and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in Beijing, and Team ABCD from Rice University.
More than 200 teams competed, with 100 making the final submission round, according to Richard Merkin, president and chief executive officer of Heritage Provider Network, which sponsored the competition with the National Cancer Institute.
Stuart thanked Oracle, which provided a gift to UCSC to develop new machine-learning approaches for cancer genomics analysis.
“I could not have sponsored the work otherwise,” he said.
The challenge, dubbed DREAM for Dialogue on Reverse Engineering Assessment and Methods, was to understand signaling cellular pathways in breast cancer cells and thus identify new therapeutic targets.
The Santa Cruz researchers proposed a solution that used heat-diffusion equations from physics and borrowed a theory from economics called “Granger Causality” to find correlations. They have been invited to submit a paper describing their methods for publication in Nature Methods.
“The DREAM competition is an incredible motivating force and a truly fun experience for all of us,” Stuart said. “As always, we remain hopeful that our efforts as a community of friendly competitors will lead to contributions in fighting this disease.”
The DREAM project has coordinated 27 challenges during the past seven years.
Stuart is helping to organize a new DREAM challenge to develop robust methods for predicting cancer mutations.
This challenge will merge the efforts of the International Cancer Genome Consortium and The Cancer Genome Atlas with those of Sage Bionetworks and the DREAM project.
Follow Sentinel reporter Jondi Gumz at Twitter.com/jondigumz

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Adopt Tuxedo a Black - with White German Shepherd Dog / Labrador Retriever /
Tuxedo (“Tux”) has the sweetest disposition and will brighten your days with his happy-go-lucky attitude. With him, you get the best of both worlds: He’s cheery, fun, playful and also loves calm and quiet time, wanting to cuddle up next to you. He wants to be by your side and experience life together. He loves all people and is good with children. We recommend kids 12 and up because he could accidentally knock down smaller children. Tux gets along well with other dogs. He has never lived with cats, but we did cat test him and it seems like he would do fine with them. He is almost 3 years old and weighs about 50 lbs. His Breed mix is likely Shepherd, Lab, Bully/Pittie. Tux is neutered, housetrained, walks nicely on leash, is up-to-date on vaccinations and microchipped. Tux is the epitome of resilience. Life was not easy for him before being rescued. He was abandoned in a remote area, with both of his hips out of socket. Tux’s body had compensated for this condition, and he was still able to walk and run, with a bit of a unique gait that’s adorable and adds to his charm. A visit to the veterinary orthopedic surgeon revealed that although he had good mobility and didn’t show signs of pain, he actually had a lot of discomfort in his hip joint area. Tux had learned to deal with it and acted as if the pain didn’t exist. Fortunately, a medical sponsor stepped up to pay for FHO surgery on both hips. The surgery on the first hip in November went perfectly. The final surgery on the second hip took place in January of this year. Tux recovered from that surgery like a champ! He no longer has hip joint pain and has full mobility. Tuxedo is a shining example that you can overcome obstacles and move forward to live life to the fullest! If interested in Tux, please send an email to: email@example.com and request an Application. DOB: 5.25.19*Weight: 50 lbs. Adoption Fee: $200Adoption Requirements: Application, Interview, Home Check TUX IS CURRENTLY BEING FOSTERED IN BAKERSFIELD, CA. FOR SERIOUS ADOPTERS, WE WILL MEET PARTWAY OR DRIVE TUX TO YOU TO MAKE MEET AND GREETS EASIER. *Age is always a guess with rescue dogs, but here at Paw Printz we believe everyone should have a birth day so when the vet guesses at their age, we work out what would be a good birthday for each dog and make it so!
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Microsoft has talked about the recent ratings for Minecraft for the Xbox Series consoles that happened on the USK and ESRB a few days ago, clarifying that this is routine and should not hype any fan’s expectations. Basically shooting down the chances of an improved port of the game coming.
Minecraft on Xbox Series? – No.
In a recent statement to VGC, Microsoft clarified that the ratings on the two rating boards are not indicative of anything and that this is routine for them. As such Microsoft has now tempered expectations with a statement issued to the publication:
“Given the number of platforms and geographies in which Minecraft is available, we periodically go through rating reviews and updates with different regional boards,” a spokesperson said. “This recent rating is not indicative of any new versions or platform support for Minecraft in the near future.”
Statment issued to VGC
Currently, Minecraft is playable on the Xbox Series and PS5 with the help of their Xbox One and PS4 versions via backward compatibility on both consoles, no native port is available for either console. Microsoft teased the Raytracing feature in 2020 and did show up briefly in a preview build, but ever since then the feature has been absent and no official update has been shared by Mojang or Microsoft.
We may still be far away from a future where we see Raytracing running for Minecraft on consoles, but fans are still hopeful for the feature to come in a future update, even though it has been over 3 years since the release of the new console generation with no proper update yet.

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Without Winston Churchill’s inspiring leadership Britain could not have survived its darkest hour. Without his wife Clementine, however, he might never have become Prime Minister. By his own admission, the Second World War would have been ‘impossible without her’.
Clementine was Winston's emotional rock and his most trusted confidante; not only was she involved in some of the most crucial decisions of war, but she exerted an influence over her husband and the Government that would appear scandalous to modern eyes. Sonia Purnell explores the peculiar dynamics of this fascinating but often ignored partnership as she presents the inspiring story of one of the most important women in modern history.
Held in celebration of the 75th anniversary of Winston Churchill becoming Prime Minister and the 70th anniversary of VE Day.

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A group of young players from Buxton Cricket Club popped in to High Street News in Buxton last week to say a special thank you for the business’ support. Newsagents Andy and Penny Chapman made a donation of £200 to support the club’s activities.
Andy said: “We always like to support community groups in Buxton and we’re delighted to help the club because of all the work they do to encourage young people to play.”
Club chair Neil Skitt said: “We’re very fortunate in the support we get from local businesses. We want to give all our junior players a new cap this season, so they can show their pride at playing for the town. This donation will go a long way to help.”


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Girls Cabin Dreams Buffalo Plaid Dress
Just in time for the Holidays! This adorable dress will be the perfect dress for Santa Pics. Plus it has pockets, every girls dream. Our little model is wearing the 5/6.
- 100% Polyester
- Hand wash, hang to dry
- Fits ages 3-8
- Dress is $37+gst Sale $20+gst
- By Sassy & Classy Kids Boutique

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A bonding proposal to use anticipated future federal funds to expedite highway construction projects is expected to be introduced Monday (Feb. 28) in the Idaho Legislature. Now in draft form, the proposal probably will be introduced to the Senate state affairs committee.
The ability to use GARVEE (Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle) bonds is a cornerstone of Gov. Dirk Kempthorne’s “Connecting Idaho” vision that he outlined in his January State of the State address. If Legislators approve the bill, bonds would be issued against future federal revenue to compress a 30-year highway construction schedule into about 10 years.
ITD staff analyzed the potential budget and construction implications that would result from GARVEE bonding and provided the information informally to legislators. ITD Director Dave Ekern and transportation board chair Charles L. Winder have been explaining the process to a growing number of elected officials and local organizations the past month.
“ ‘Connecting Idaho,’ ” will provide the tools and the direction we need to unite citizens and communities, link businesses and stimulate the economy, open the door to Idaho’s incredible beauty and build on its limitless recreational opportunities,” Ekern said recently.
The initiative will secure a place for transportation in Idaho’s future by building on its place in history.


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The Kingdom of Thailand draws more guests than any other nation in southeast Asia with its irresistible mixture of breathtaking pure magnificence, inspiring temples, famend hospitality, robust cuisine and ruins of fabulous historic the stupa-studded mountains of Mae Hong Son and the verdant limestone islands of the Andaman Sea, to the pulse-pounding dance golf equipment of Bangkok and the tranquil villages moored alongside the Mekong River, Thailand provides one thing for every sort of traveler.
Go native – The best approach to save cash in Thailand is to easily stay like an area. Take local buses, eat road food, and drink native beer. The common Thai lives on a lower than 7,750 THB per month in Bangkok, and on even much less in the nation aspect. In the event you keep at low-cost guesthouses and eat road food, you can spend as little as 335 THB per day.
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Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, can really feel like a shopping mall or 5-star resort. It affords 21 VIP suites and the mezzanine has a McDonald’s. On the ground beneath, folks line up to purchase lattes and Americanos from a Starbucks.
Backpack via the Kanchanaburi Province – Right here you will find a lush forest perfect for trekking, although the history of this area is slightly dark. The infamous Dying Railway is situated right here, linking Burma and Myanmar, which were constructed throughout WWII by prisoners of battle. That is also the place you’ll find the Bridge on the River Kwai, built utilizing POW labor and the topic of a both a film and a book. While it’s a haunting reminder, it is a vital a part of Thailand’s historical past.
Earlier than jumping into wedding planning, take time to read up on Thai culture and historical past, particularly … Read More
Among the causes for the rise in tourism within the Sixties have been the secure political ambiance and the event of Bangkok as a crossroads of international air transport. The lodge business and retail business each expanded rapidly because of vacationer demand. It was boosted by the presence of US GIs who began to arrive in the 1960s for relaxation and recuperation (R&R) during the Vietnam War 5 Concomitantly, worldwide mass tourism sharply elevated during the identical period because of the rising way of life, more individuals acquiring extra free time, and enhancements in technology making it potential to journey further, sooner, cheaper and in better numbers, epitomised by the Boeing 747 which first flew commercially in 1970. 6 Thailand was one of many first gamers in Asia to capitalise on this then-new pattern.
Buy beer at 7-Eleven – Shopping for beer at Thailand’s ubiquitous 7-Elevens and drinking exterior will … Read More
Bangkok, different places that draw vacationers from all across the world are Pattaya, Phuket, Ko Samui, and Chiang Mai. Other than these tourist locations, Thailand’s food can be one of the biggest points of interest. Thailand packages are now out there with varied tour operators with great deals, and in case you will have been trying to find a beautiful vacation spot to spend your subsequent holidays, Thailand and its exotic places would be an ideal selection.
Chiang Mai is a research in vibrant contrasts—here, historic temples (over 300) are as a lot of a draw as stylish bars, motels and restaurants. You may additionally find journey activities (like white-water rafting excursions) and a wide range of spas.
Food – Food is de facto low-cost in Thailand. Street food prices as little as 20 THB, though on common you may spend about 35-50 THB per meal if you need something … Read More

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Coping with Critical Life Situations : perspectives from Pentecostal Christians and Secularists About Coping with Critical Life Situations
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Few studies have been done on religious coping among the Pentecostal Christian movement in Norway. The aim of this study is to explore how a small sample of Norwegian Pentecostals and Secularists cope with critical life situations. This qualitative study includes data collected through semi-structured interviews with six Pentecostals Christians and six Secularists (defined as a person who has no religion or religious beliefs) coping with their problems.The most central theory used in this thesis is Kenneth Pargament’s coping theory based on the role of religion in sustaining meaning and hope in the face of adversity. The findings from the study show that the central difference between the two groups is who they turn to in the face of adversity. Pentecostal Christians exhibited positive religious coping by turning to God in times of difficulty. Religious coping was characterized by: Faith in God in whom they found security and strength. and through which they attributed significance and sources of meaning during adversity. The Secularists turned to family and friends, to enhance their capacity for self-regulation and stress management. Both groups differed in their ways of facing their problems, but at the same time they also had other similar ways of facing adversity which included turning to their loved ones such as family and friends and introspection (personal reflection) when faced with adversity and critical life situations.

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Whether your talking about sales, currency, or units of production, 5 million is a significant number. This number is even more important when talking about Mercedes transmission units, which are not a mere collection of casings, forks, and gears. The precision work that is required to build a transmission that need to withstand hundreds of pounds of torque and last decades meant that quality is the most important concern.
The Gaggenau plant, which is recognized as a competence center in the Mercedes production network, is responsible for producing three types of manual transmissions. The first is for the A- and B-Class cars that leave the assembly line in Rastatt and Kecskemet in Hungary, which have FSG type transmissions. Also produced in Gaggenau are the TSG type transmissions, which can be found in the Vito and Sprinter vans. The final type of transmission that Gaggenau makes is the NSG transmissions which are then shipped to assembly lines at Bremen and Sindelfingern, which produces the C- and E-Class.
Ever since 1981 Gaggenau had been producing light transmissions.Initially they produced the G-series transmissions until 2003 when newer transmissions phased in such as the NSG and FSG. In 2008, TSG type transmissions destined for Ludwigsfelde, Dusseldorf and Victoria in Spain were added to the product mix.
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Puerto de Vega Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(Spain – Asturias)
Puerto de Vega Spot ID:
Best: Swell NNW | Wind S
Sea Temperature Today is: 16.1 °C
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 14:14 Local time
For Aviles, Spain, 57 miles from Puerto de Vega.
At Asturias/Aviles Airport, 50 km from Puerto de Vega.
Overall Puerto de Vega Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in June
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The two graphs above are also combined in the single Puerto de Vega surf consistency graph.
|Contours:||Roads & Rivers:|| Select a surf spot from the menu
Use this relief map to navigate to Asturias surf spots and tide stations that are in the area of Puerto de Vega
Visitor Reviews of Puerto de Vega
Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Puerto de Vega:(click location name for more details)
|Closest break||Playa de Frexulfe||1 mi|
|Second closest break||Playa de Barayo||2 mi|
|Third closest break||Playa de el Moro||2 mi|
|Fourth closest break||Playa de Otur||2 mi|
|Fifth closest break||Playa de Navia||4 mi|
Wave buoys nearest to Puerto de Vega:
|Closest wave buoy||Gascogne Ouest Arcachon Buoy||139 mi|
|Second closest wave buoy||Brittany Buoy||286 mi|
|Third closest wave buoy||Sevenstones Buoy||452 mi|
|Fourth closest wave buoy||Channel Islands Buoy||472 mi|
|Fifth closest wave buoy||M3 Mizen Head Buoy||559 mi|
Tide stations nearest to Puerto de Vega:
|Closest tide station||Aviles||35 mi|
|Second closest tide station||Gijon||47 mi|
|Third closest tide station||Ferrol||82 mi|
|Fourth closest tide station||La Coruna||103 mi|
|Fifth closest tide station||Villagarcia||127 mi|
Ski Resorts closest to Puerto de Vega:
|Closest ski area||Leitariegos (Spain)||48 mi|
|Second closest ski area||Valgrande-Pajares (Spain)||60 mi|
|Third closest ski area||Fuentes de Invierno (Spain)||71 mi|
|Fourth closest ski area||San-Isidro (Spain)||72 mi|
|Fifth closest ski area||Picos De Europa (Spain)||86 mi|
Town and city forecasts close to Puerto de Vega:
|Closest city location||Aviles (Spain)||37 mi|
|Second closest city location||Oviedo (Spain)||44 mi|
|Third closest city location||Gijon (Spain)||48 mi|
|Fourth closest city location||Mieres (Spain)||49 mi|
|Fifth closest city location||Pola de Siero (Spain)||50 mi|
- The closest passenger airport to Puerto de Vega is Asturias (Aviles) Airport (OVD) in Spain, 49 km (30 miles) away (directly).
- The second nearest airport to Puerto de Vega is A Coruna (La Coruna) Airport (LCG), also in Spain, 144 km (89 miles) away.
- Third is Santiago Airport (SCQ) in Spain, 162 km (101 miles) away.
- Braganca Airport (BGC) in Acores is 189 km (117 miles) away.
- Vigo Airport (VGO) in Spain is the fifth nearest airport to Puerto de Vega and is 220 km (137 miles) away.


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CDC Expands Its Coronavirus Symptoms List
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention learn more about the Coronavirus, the organization has added more symptoms for us to watch out for.
For the past few months, the world has been warned that if any of us displayed symptoms of fever, cough, and shortness of breath, we should seek medical attention because we may be sick.
The CDC has just added six more symptoms to its list of possible indicators a person may have the virus. Those symptoms are: "chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, and new loss of taste or smell."
According to the CDC, it could take between two and 14 days for the symptoms to appear after a person has been exposed to the virus. If you or someone under your roof is experiencing any of these symptoms, you should seek medical attention if you are in an emergency situation and suffering from any of the following, "Trouble breathing, persistent pain or pressure in the chest, new confusion or inability to arouse, or bluish lips or face."
The CDC also reminds, "Call 911 if you have a medical emergency: Notify the operator that you have, or think you might have, COVID-19. If possible, put on a cloth face covering before medical help arrives."


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Abigail Williams, a strikingly beautiful seventeen-year-old. She is willful and a flirt. Her rebellion against society is expressed in her wayward behavior, which she transforms into a witch scare by going into fits and stimulating and coercing her girlfriends to do likewise. Abigail senses that the community of Salem, Massachusetts, is uneasy, that it suffers from societal tensions, and that it is prepared to believe that its internal divisions are the result of witchcraft. Abigail and her minions charge many of the most prominent people in Salem with practicing witchcraft.
Tituba, a black servant from Barbados who introduces Abigail and her friends to certain superstitious practices. It is her confession that leads to the witchcraft scare.
The Reverend Samuel Parris
The Reverend Samuel Parris, a stiff, intolerant man who is at first nonplussed by the eccentric behavior of the girls. Soon, however, he turns their antics into an indictment of the community. Interpreting their hysterical fits as sure signs of witchcraft, he exploits them to whip his congregation into line. Finding the witches becomes a way for this pious and credulous man to assert his authority.
John Proctor, a man who had a brief affair with Abigail. He does not believe that her fits are caused by the devil. Although he is estranged from his wife, who knows of his liaison with Abigail, Proctor resists Abigail’s advances, knowing that the consequence will be that he and his wife will stand accused of witchcraft.
Elizabeth Proctor, John’s estranged and unforgiving wife. Although her husband has admitted his lapse into sin and is thereafter faithful to his wife, his relationship with Abigail always stands between them. As husband and wife, however, they maintain their integrity and refuse to confess to the false accusation of witchcraft, even though their protestations of innocence result in a death sentence.
Giles Corey, one of Salem’s prominent citizens who opposes the charges of witchcraft and then is accused himself. Rather than admitting to a false accusation, he endures the torture of being crushed to death.
The Reverend John Hale
The Reverend John Hale, an expert in matters of witchcraft. He comes to Salem to set up the trials.
Thomas Putnam, a prominent Salem citizen and an argumentative man who turns his quarrels with his neighbors into a hunt for witches.
Mary Warren, one of Abigail’s friends. She tries to tell the truth, that the girls were only feigning possession by witches, but she loses courage when Abigail intimidates her.
Rebecca Nurse, one of the most devout residents of Salem. Despite her piousness, she is accused of witchcraft. Her conviction illustrates how widespread the hysteria and paranoia of the community have become.
Judge Hathorne, the hanging judge of the Salem witchcraft trials. Hathorne has little sympathy for the accused and takes his responsibility quite seriously.


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The protection of local water sources often falls to local governments and watershed agencies – with their influence over important areas of water management including land use planning, water and wastewater infrastructure and municipal water supplies. Local actors are particularly well suited to understand activities occurring within their own watersheds and develop locally-tailored solutions.
Over time, there has been an increasing trend to rely more on local action to manage our water resources. This movement, however, has occurred outside the national framework and without effective legislative and scientific support from senior governments. As a result, local actors are significantly under-resourced, leaving Canada’s water resources vulnerable to existing and emerging threats.


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Summer Songwriter Series featuring J. Fred Knobloch
When: 7 p.m. Saturday, July 13
Where: Brenau Downtown Center, 301 Main St., Gainesville
The only thing Mississippi native J. Fred Knobloch has ever worked in is music, he says. It’s a good thing he’s really good at it.
Since he started when he was young, Knobloch has written and performed many No. 1 country music hits. He has written songs for artists such as Faith Hill, Etta James, Kenny Rogers, Ray Charles and George Strait. He lives in Nashville with his wife, Kathryn and has two children.
He performed in the group SKB, which he formed with his friends Thom Schuyler and Craig Bickhardt and recorded hits that reached the top of the country charts.
Knobloch will perform some of those hits at Brenau Downtown Center on Saturday for the Summer Songwriting Series. He has recorded two albums, which included the No. 1 country top charts hit "Baby’s Got a New Baby."
The Times asks Knobloch about his accomplishments in music.
Question: How long have you been interested in writing songs?
Answer: I don’t remember not being interested in it. We started a band when I was 12 years old, and one of the first things we did was made up one of our own songs. It was a terrible song. I still know how it goes, and I will never play it for anyone. But it’s always been about original music to me.
This has always been a part of (my) DNA. I don’t know why, because it isn’t a family trait. But I always like to make up stories and stuff like that. Everybody (in my family) was a good joke teller and pretty loud, so I guess that kind of makes it work.
Q: When did you form the group SKB?
A:It kind of evolved from a publishing company that we had started called The Writer’s Group. We started that, I want to say ... the summer of 1984. Six months later, we had the No. 1, 2 and 3 songs in the country charts, so it was going really well.
We would go out, and one of the ways you’d promote your songs back then, more specifically (is) a particular company would take over a local club for an early show and play your new stuff. We started harmonizing and putting together a nice little show. We sang with Paul Davis, but we did like 20 minutes by ourselves ... we were really, really good that night.
We got an offer to do records for MTM ... we didn’t think of it as a group, but that’s what it became. So I didn’t join...fate enlisted me.
Q: How did Etta James, Faith Hill and Kenny Rogers hear about your songs?
A: You pitch them.
I knew Etta when I lived in L.A. I had gotten to see her a couple times and we met. Rosanne Cash had recorded (my song), but it didn’t come out. She would have heard it through Rosanne’s record of it.
As for Faith Hill, that was through just normal channels here in town. They hung on to it for about a year and a half and finally put it on the "Breathe" album.
It’s a time anyone would’ve wanted a Faith Hill cut. It’s a real cattle call.
I knew Kenny a little bit ... they’d had that track lying around. It didn’t make the (previous) album, so they just pulled that out and finished it for the U.S. for Africa (album).
Q: Your songs have appeared on the TV series "Melrose Place" and "Beverly Hills 90210," as well as in movies. How were you able to feature your songs on the screen? How did it feel to hear your songs on TV?
A: Both of those were quite a while ago, but I still see some residuals from the "Next of Kin" movie. Patrick Swayze is huge in Europe.
All of those cuts came through supervisor relationships. It’s just like here in Nashville, but it’s in L.A. They don’t go pitch songs for artists, they go pitch songs for movies. So it’s people who keep track of the scripts, who read the scripts ... we’d get a script a week.
It was a pretty elaborate and pretty intense effort of trying to get that done, and even with all that effort (we would) still only have about seven things to show for it.
It feels good, still. (But) this one scene...my song’s playing underneath, and (the character) slams the off button on the radio.
Sometimes it’s a mixed bag, but it’s always a thrill to hear your work anywhere.
Q: What do you hope the audience will take away from your performance?
A: Just feeling good. We’re making an artistic effort to get people to feel something that they haven’t felt before. Even if you’ve hear a song 100 times, you might be a different place this time when you hear it than you were the last time and it may mean something different. They kind of grow over the years for us, and hopefully they do the same thing for the people that like them.
We’ll play some new things that nobody’s heard and see what happens. Hopefully we won’t fall down coming on or off stage.


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Precious metal saw a decline across the board today in the New York session of trading.
Gold fell as much as $14.96 to $1092.44 by 10:00am in on Monday, where gold found its footing and started to rally for most of the rest of trading day. In the end gold cut its losses to 0.7% and closed just above support at $1102.
The Gold price in Europe also declined to €812 an ounce.
The precious metal Silver followed a similar pattern and ended $0.313 off its midmorning low of $16.597 with a loss of 0.5%.
Platinum lost $11.50 to $1598, and copper remained at about $3.38.
Gold Mining and silver equities fell over 2% at the open, but they then rallied back to about unchanged by early afternoon and ended mixed.
Treasuries rose a bit ahead of this week’s $118 billion worth of note auctions that begin tomorrow with $44 billion in 2-year notes.
The Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P followed select health care companies higher after Sunday night’s House approval of the health care bill.
There were no major US economic reports today. Tuesday at 10:00 EST brings Existing Home Sales for February (expected at 4,990,000) and the FHFA Home Price Index for January, expected down 0.9%. This report is not considered of high importance in regards to its affect on the Precious metals commodities.
Wednesday does bring about the US durable goods release, however; and this could start to show signs of where the US Currency and thus precious metals will trend.


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Man stabbed in head and chest during Redwood Village confrontation over woman
REDWOOD VILLAGE (KUSI) — A quarrel between two men over a woman ended with one man sustaining multiple stab wounds, according to police. The victim confronted the boyfriend of his ex-girlfriend, causing a fight to break out. The suspect remains at large after stabbing the ex-boyfriend several times in the chest and head, though the wounds are not considered life-threatening.
The incident occurred at 12:50 a.m. Saturday morning at 5400 Streamview Dr., according to San Diego Police Sgt. David Jennings. The 48-year-old ex-boyfriend was taken to a hospital for treatment and the suspect fled, Jennings said.
The suspect is described as a 5’8, 200 lb. black male who goes by the nickname "Mokie." He is bald and was last seen wearing a red and white shirt. Mid City detectives are investigating the stabbing and fight, Jennings said.


When planning a trip to amazing Costa Rica for a travel experience of a lifetime, you may wonder which season is the absolute best for visiting. Jake Sasseville, CEO of Imiloa says, “You may be surprised to learn that it's not quite what you think.” While some countries have four seasons, Costa Rica only has two, Green and Dry.
Summer in Costa Rica begins in January and ends in April. It's a great time to visit the country because it's the drier period, meaning you're less likely to deal with rain. However, a short period between Costa Rica's dry and green season is the “shoulder” season (May-August). Arguably, that’s when Imiloa’s weather, and Costa Rica’s weather, is at its best.
Some assume that August-November is a rainy washout. At Imiloa, that’s not the case. We generally see sun from 6am to 2pm on these days, with a high likelihood of thunderstorms and gorgeous, settling rain in the afternoon. This is perfectly paced for meditation, intuitive and other workshop-based retreats where outdoor activities can be done in the morning and afternoon can be for spa and integration experiences, on campus excursions, sound healing, kitchen classes and more.
Because not everyone knows the weather is decent, Costa Rica is often less populated, providing visitors with the opportunity to explore and enjoy new experiences without long waits at the airport or crowds at tourist attractions.
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- A press conference by a group calling itself, ‘Movement for Bawumia’ has been cancelled abruptly
- The presser was scheduled for noon, today, Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in the Ashanti Region
- Organisers of the presser have been picked up and sent to the Regional Police Command
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Armed police officers stormed a press conference by a pro-NPP group calling itself—'Movement for Bawumia’.
According to a report sighted on Starrfm.com.gh, the presser was scheduled for noon, today, Wednesday, May 26, 2021.
It was meant to address issues surrounding the Akufo-Addo administration’s latest “no-nonsense” stance against illegal mining vis-à-vis the burning of excavators and other equipment seized at galamsey sites.
Starr News’ Ashanti Regional correspondent, Isaac Bediako, who was at the presser reported that the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator stormed the event with six armed police officers.
The organisers of the presser were whisked to the regional police command after close to an hour meeting with the armed officers.
Duncan Poku Boateng, the Ashanti Regional Coordinator of the pro-Bawumia group told the media that the armed officers stormed the presser with the explanation that they gathered intel about an impending attack on the organisers.
“I don’t really know why the police and the national security will come in to stop us. I have been told to report to the regional deputy commander which I will do after speaking to you,” he said.
In other news on YEN.com.gh, police at Akyem Abomosu in the Eastern Region have been captured on camera physically assaulting a suspected notorious robber with a broom.
In the clip sighted by YEN.com.gh on the Twitter page of Starr FM, the police officers could be seen hitting the head of the suspect, identified as Olentei, multiple times with a broom whilst in handcuffs and sitting on a chair.
The suspect fell from the chair onto the floor while the police continued assaulting him.
YEN.com.gh gathered that Olentei was apprehended two weeks ago after attacking the family of a Pentecost pastor in the Akyem Abomosu community.
In a separate development, inmates at the Sekondi Central Prison are refusing to take the meals being served them, YEN.com.gh has gathered.
This is in protest of the GHC1.80 entitled to each inmate at the prison as a feeding allowance per day.
The amount covers their breakfast, lunch, and supper.
Confirming the protest to Accra-based Citi FM, the prison’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), DSP Nester Adjetey Cyriano said the protest began on Sunday, May 23, 2021.
He said the inmates were livid with the poor quality and quantity of the food being served them.
“…When we served them their meals, and they refused to take it. It was porridge. And then they got agitated and were saying that the food we have been serving them is not sufficient, and it’s not quality enough,” DSP Cyriano said.

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It's been a while since I made my last tea bowl. A lot has happened in that amount of time. I was thinking about not making tea bowls anymore, because so few people even know what they are. Really though I enjoy them even if nobody else does.
My father passed away on Father's day, and I later found out that he watched my postings on the blogs that I write. This above all made my postings worth while. Thanks Dad.
I have since the last tea bowl posting, moved my studio to our place in the country, Moulton, Texas. We bought a used clay mixer and pug mill. My husband is making the clay I am throwing from scrap clay, that I pick up at the studio. I am mixing a cone 7 clay with a cone 10 clay, and firing at cone 8. So far I have been pleased with the out come. I have also learned to make my own glazes, and I am firing manually in an electric kiln. These tea bowls should look different than any of the others that I have ever made:)


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Over the years, we have paid attention to designing a series of organic molecules acting chromo and fluorogenic behaviors for specific target ions. A novel coumarin-based fluorogenic probe bearing the 2-picolyl unit was developed as a fluorescent chemosensor with high selectivity and suitable affinity in biological system toward Cu2+ over other cations tested. The fluorescence on-off mechanism was studied by femtosecond time-resolved fluorescence (TRF) upconversion technique and ab initio calculations. The receptor can be applied to the monitoring of Cu2+ ion in aqueous solution with a pH span 4-10. To confirm the suitability of the ligand for biological applications, we also employed it for the fluorescence detection of the changes of intracellular Cu2+ in cultured cells. The results indicate that the ligand should be useful for the fluorescence microscopic imaging and the study on the biological functions of Cu2+.
The electrochemiluminescence (ECL) efficiency and radical stability of pyrene, a poor ECL luminophore, are markedly improved as the number of peripheral multidonor units increased in a series of compounds. Photophysical and electrochemical studies and theoretical calculations have contributed to the understanding of the ECL enhancement, which is a step forward in the development of new light-emitting materials.


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Alitalia finds new suitors
Alitalia said late Monday it’ll pursue preliminary takeover talks with six parties including Air France-KLM Group, Deutsche Lufthansa and private-equity firm TPG as the government proceeds with efforts to sell the loss-making carrier.
The remaining interested investors in Italy’s national airline include domestic low-cost rival Air One, Russia’s OAO Aeroflot and a group represented by Italian lawyer Antonia Baldassare, Alitalia said in a statement. On Tuesday Alitalia said the shareholders in the Baldassare consortium include Safna, Engineering SpA, Aermar Srl, Mivtach Shamir H. Ltd, I Viaggi del Ventaglio SpA and Reficere Srl.
The Italian government has been trying to sell its 49.9% stake in Alitalia for the past eight months. The airline, which is losing at least €1 million a day, initially attracted a flurry of buyers, including some of the parties that declared an interest again on Tuesday, but they dropped out one by one over the summer citing restrictive conditions imposed by the government and a lack of access to its books. (see full story). Chairman Maurizio Patro last month told Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 in an interview that Alitalia intended to get in touch again with all the parties that had shown an interest in the initial auction. The list published late Monday is the result of the renewed contacts.
Air France-KLM and Deutsche Lufthansa, Europe’s first- and second-largest airlines, are involved in the bid process for the first time. OAO Aeroflot, Air One and TGP (formerly known as Texas Pacific), had quit the earlier auction. Prato briefed the airline’s board on the takeover options Monday. The airline is seeking to complete the sale “in the shortest possible timeframe.” Shares of Alitalia have declined 22% so far this year. They were last up 3.2% in Milan morning trading. Air France-KLM shares slipped 0.5% in Paris. Lufthansa shares inched 0.3% higher in Frankfurt.
The statement published late Monday didn’t specify whether the government had dropped some of the conditions that caused the auction to collapse the first time around in order to woo back suitors. These conditions included maintaining certain staff levels, continued operation of some routes and traffic rights regardless of profitability, preserving Alitalia’s identity, and not selling certain Alitalia interests for three years. Last month Prato unveiled a survival plan under which Alitalia would reduce its international hub activities at Milan’s Malpensa airport while expanding its low-cost and cargo operations there. The plan drew a sharp outcry from local politicians and officials.
As part of the plan, Alitalia said it aims to carry 28.7 million passengers in 2010, up from the 25.5 million expected this year. It targets earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortization and rental costs of 11% in 2010 compared with the 2.6% achieved in 2006. Alitalia lost €211.1 million ($296.3 million) in the H1 of the year, and a total of €625.6 million last year. (marketwatch.com)
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Thanks to her friend Nathan, Sarah discovered the Androidify app.
This is exactly as it sounds. You can create little customized versions of the (normally) green Android device mascot.
Sarah could do this. For. Hours. In fact, she has. She creates them, and then she tells me all about their back story and why they're dressed the way they are. I can't keep some of them straight, but she does!
Here are a few of her favorites.
The "Ready for Duty" collection(I'm not clear on the use case for Bluetooth during martial-arts practice, but otherwise, we're all geared up and ready to go, including missiles!)
The "Urban Style" collection(Sarah loves the parrot. And the tattoos. And, she says of the one on the bottom right, "Mom, his shirt is, like, a pun! Do you get it??" Sigh.)
The "Family" collection
(Yes, this is me, and Chris, in Android style.)
We're linking up today with Money-Saving Monday!

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Post by phantomstar57 on Jun 16, 2017 15:01:28 GMT -5
Hello all NEW BLOOD fans who are artistically inclined! Since I have yet to create a Chapter header illustration for Chapter Fourteen, I decided to have a contest!
Only a couple of rules: 1.The art must be your own work, however, you may incorporate any of the images associated with NEW BLOOD into your illustration. 2.You may enter up to three pieces of art. 3.It must be related to the events in Chapter 14, which is FINALLY completed!
The Winner will get their work posted as the banner header for Chapter Fourteen.
Remaining entries will be posted in the Art section of my Author's page!
The Deadline is SEPTEMBER 14, 2017, a month after my 3rd Anniversary of my joining the forums!
I hope I see many entries in the next few months. Contest is now officially open!!
To enter all you nee to do is post your entry below as a reply.
SN: Title of Art piece: Artwork
WINNER! Pencil drawing by Mintedstar/fur! Check out the art Chap 14 of NEW BLOOD.
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🍄🎶✨Brambleheart✨🎶🍄: least favourite real life cat? probably a mean calico i met who up and scratched 7 year old me out of nowhere when i was trying to pet it (it seemed 100% fine with me beforehand).... so real life mapleshade lol
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