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1. The Positive aspects of Employing Foreign exchange Trading Robots
Foreign exchange Trading Robots have grow to be more and more well-known among traders in the financial marketplace. These automated methods offer you a number of benefits that can drastically improve your investing encounter and improve your odds of good results.
To begin with, Fx Buying and selling Robots remove the need to have for manual buying and selling, conserving you time and effort. With these robots, you can set up predefined parameters and enable them execute trades on your behalf. This means you can carry out other responsibilities or even enjoy some leisure time although the robotic handles the trading approach.
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Lastly, Fx Investing Robots can evaluate huge amounts of knowledge and execute trades considerably faster than a human trader at any time could. They have the capability to keep track of numerous forex pairs at the same time, determine investing possibilities, and execute trades in a make a difference of seconds. This velocity and performance can be critical in the quick-paced entire world of forex buying and selling, where prices can change quickly.
In conclusion, the positive aspects of making use of Forex Investing Robots are apparent. They conserve you time, eliminate psychological bias, and provide quick and efficient trade execution. By incorporating these automated programs into your investing method, you can improve your odds of accomplishment and master the artwork of currency trade.
2. How to Decide on the Correct Foreign exchange Investing Robot
When it comes to picking the best Forex trading Buying and selling Robot for your requirements, there are a few key elements to contemplate. By having the time to consider these aspects, you can ensure that you select the proper robot to support you in your forex exchange endeavors.
First of all, it truly is essential to evaluate the functionality heritage of the Forex trading Trading Robotic. Appear for a robotic that has a verified keep track of record of producing regular income over a considerable interval of time. This will give you confidence that the robot has the capability to produce dependable results.
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Finally, consider into account the assist and updates offered by the robot’s developers. The Forex industry is dynamic, with consistent modifications and updates. Therefore, it really is crucial to decide on a robot that delivers normal updates and ongoing assist. This assures that your robotic stays up to date with the most recent industry conditions and continues to purpose optimally.
In conclusion, deciding on the correct Fx Trading Robotic requires cautious thought of its efficiency history, customization choices, and the help presented by its builders. By maintaining these elements in head, you can choose a robotic that fits your trading wants and improves your potential to grasp the entire world of forex trade.
3. The Dangers and Limitations of Foreign exchange Trading Robots
Absence of Human Selection Making: 1 of the primary risks associated with Forex investing robots is their incapacity to make nuanced choices like a human trader. These robots rely on predefined algorithms and do not have the capacity to adapt to modifying industry circumstances or unexpected activities. As a end result, they may possibly fall short to respond properly to unexpected industry shifts, perhaps major to losses.
Dependency on Programming: Forex investing robots work based on the programming and guidelines presented to them. Whilst this can be an benefit in conditions of executing trades efficiently, it also signifies that any flaws or errors in the programming can have considerable consequences. Even small coding problems or incorrect information inputs can end result in incorrect investing conclusions, creating fiscal losses.
Limited Adaptability: Foreign exchange trading robots are developed to comply with specific approaches or indicators. However, they could battle to adapt to new market circumstances or adopt option investing methods. This deficiency of versatility can be a limitation, especially in the course of times of higher volatility or when industry developments deviate from the normal patterns. Without having human intervention, these robots might fall short to modify their techniques appropriately.
To summarize, Forex trading robots arrive with inherent risks and limitations that traders need to have to contemplate. The absence of human choice-generating, reliance on programming accuracy, and restricted adaptability can all effect their performance in navigating the complexities of the Forex market. Even though these robots can provide ease and automation, it is crucial to be informed of their limitations and cautiously assess their suitability for personal trading ambitions.


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"13" is the fourteenth episode of the TV-series Danny Phantom.
The answer is given when Jack tests his new genetic lock that opens the Fenton Ghost Portal only by the press of a button through a Fenton family member. Unfortunately Jack (while showing it off to Maddie and Jazz) pushes it one too many times, releasing one ghost per button press. A ghost named Johnny 13 and his girlfriend Kitty race for the portal on his motorcycle.
Telling his shadow, an intelligent entity known simply as Shadow, to keep the portal open, Johnny races in before it closes. Unfortunately, they barely just make it while the portal closes and zaps Kitty. Unable to maintain a solid form, she spreads her energy to her jacket, ring, and scarf, telling Johnny to find a host to wear it so she can conceal herself in that body. Kitty heads back to the Ghost Zone while Johnny vows to find a body, which he quickly does when he eyes Jazz upon entering Earth.
The carnival is approaching and Tucker manages to ask a girl out. Unfortunately his technology is off putting and she leaves, viewing him as a techno geek and upsetting him. Meanwhile, Danny encounters Johnny 13 and loses the battle as well as the ghosts he caught previously when Johnny's Shadow destroys a lamp post that hits the Thermos as Danny rolls to safety.
At the carnival, Danny tells Sam and Tucker about his recent encounter with Johnny. Sam asks Tucker to use his PDA only for him to be picked on by Dash and Kwan. Tucker has finally had it with being labeled a "techno geek" so instead of helping, he tries to find another nickname for himself.
Meanwhile, Johnny sends his Shadow to move a truck (which Tucker was standing next to), making it crash towards the roller coaster support railings. Danny rescues the inhabitants in the roller coaster, but the coaster itself heads straight for Jazz.
Occupied with the rescues, Danny unfortunately doesn't make it in time, but luckily Johnny saves her life. Immediately she expresses gratitude and develops a crush on him.
Johnny then offers Jazz Kitty's scarf while Danny watches the two, unhappy with their sudden budding relationship. Tucker in the meantime faces the problem of now being labeled "Bad Luck Tuck" by his peers after walking under a ladder and into Dash's fist.
Danny and Jazz's roles are reversed when he ends up being the overprotective sibling over her due to their rambunctious decisions. As such, he is absolutely livid when he sees Johnny's bike parked near his home, and even more so when Johnny nearly kisses Jazz (after offering her Kitty's jacket).
Wanting to be alone together, Jazz takes Johnny to the basement where she shows off the Fenton Ghost Portal. Jack and Maddie come in after Danny rats her out, stating unauthorized people are not allowed in the basement, prompting Johnny to leave.
By school the next day, Danny is concerned over being in the same thought bubble as his parents while Tucker tries to convince others he is not bad luck, only for Johnny's Shadow to cause even more for him by making him accidentally toss his spoon into a wasp's hive, causing nearly everyone in school to be stung. After school, Danny sees Jazz drive off with Johnny on his bike and gives chase.
Johnny spots Danny and sends his Shadow to attack, the dark creature ultimately trying to suffocate him. Johnny in the meantime offers Jazz Kitty's ring, asking her to be "his girl."
Danny manages to break free from the Shadow through his ecto ray, figuring out bright light weakens it. He heads to the local movie theater where Sam suggests to Tucker to get a new image to reduce his "bad luck" status at school. Meanwhile, Danny manages to send the Shadow away through the light of a movie projector.
Johnny again asks Jazz about the ring, which she is thrilled to have. Just as he almost slips it on her, Danny flies by, turns human, and lands right in front of the two. Upset that she was spied on, Jazz rats him out to Jack and Maddie who pretend to punish Danny but secretly praise him for spying, not trusting Johnny as well.
The next day, Tucker is now a goth, thanks to Sam, but refuses to wear the make-up associated with it while Danny continues worrying that he is becoming like his parents and that his sister is dating a ghost.
Later that night, Jazz sneaks Johnny into her house and to the basement where he once again tries to give her the ring. Danny interrupts and shakes Jazz to her senses, causing the jacket and scarf she was wearing to loosen.
Johnny sends his Shadow to distract Danny while he forcefully slips the ring and clothes back on Jazz then makes her push the genetic lock button to open the portal where Kitty awaits. There, she absorbs the power to take over Jazz's body. Danny goes ghost and manages to take out the ring, causing the takeover to cancel itself out. Danny flies off with the ring and the Shadow gives chase.
Elsewhere, Tucker grows sick of the goth look and decides his original role as a techno geek is much better suited to himself, which Sam agrees to, having used reverse psychology to return Tucker back to the role he was meant to be in. They then get a call from Danny who needs Tucker's help.
Back at Fenton Works, Johnny locks up Jack and Maddie in their own room when they wake up, only to be freed when Danny flies through the door and the Shadow follows. Danny flies to the basement and gets the Shadow to destroy the Genetic Lock machine, closing the Fenton Ghost Portal. Angry, Johnny and his Shadow reunite and give chase to the Ghost Boy.
Danny lures Johnny's Shadow to a stadium where, with Tucker's help, he manages to light up the entire place making the Shadow disappear and for Danny to suck up a helpless Johnny. Jack and Maddie come afterwards, disappointed in not being able to deliver their own blow to him, although Maddie tells Jack that Danny is becoming just like him.
Jazz thanks her brother while Jack and Maddie admire Danny's similarity to them. As a reward, Jack gives Danny one of his jumpsuits, which is obviously too oversized for him, to wear by school the next day.
Unfortunately, this also makes him yet again a target for Dash and his friends, much to a relieved Tucker because he's not the new target anymore. In the end, Danny decides he needs a new image and asks Tucker if he can borrow his PDA, but Tucker tells him to get his own, making him have a bad ending.
- David Kaufman as Danny Fenton/Phantom
- Rob Paulsen as Jack Fenton
- Kath Soucie as Maddie Fenton; Concessions Kid
- Rickey D'Shon Collins as Tucker Foley
- Grey DeLisle as Sam Manson; Kid
- Scott Bullock as Dash Baxter; Clown Artist
- James Sie as Kwan
- Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Jazz Fenton; Girl
- Chynna Phillips as Kitty
- William Baldwin as Johnny 13
- Danny Phantom: Season 1
- Danny Phantom: Season 1
- Nickelodeon Fool-Proof Fun
- Many of the ghosts seen escaping at the beginning of the episode were among the large group of ghosts who fled from the Ghost Zone at the beginning of "Reign Storm."
- Allusions: See List of allusions
- Goofs: See List of goofs
- According to the credits, this is the last episode produced in 2003.
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If the 10 DUP MPs supporting Brexit (and officially supporting the government) had also voted with Theresa May and her ministers on 29 March, the deal would have been approved. According to the motion of 27 February, the defeat of the second significant vote means that the government must immediately submit a request to withdraw from the European Union without a withdrawal agreement. The request, which blocked a Brexit without a deal, was made on 13 March.   Two amendments to the proposal were put to a vote: the first, tabled by Caroline Spelman and which in no way categorically rejected the non-deal, was adopted in 312-308; The second, the „Malthouse Compromise,“ which supported the so-called „Non-Deal-Managed Brexit,“ failed 164-374. The British government said on Monday it was „ready to withdraw the insulting parties“ if a future relationship agreement could be saved. Later that day, Conservative MP Anna Soubry, when questioned by the Prime Minister, called on May to accept The Grieve amendment: „The Prime Minister says she wants a sensible vote on Brexit before we leave the European Union. Will she also be so good at this last moment that she accepted my right-wing Hon and learned of Amendment 7 from the friend, in a spirit of unity for all here and in the country?  May rejected the idea and said, „We were very clear that we would not launch legal instruments until this good vote had taken place, but the [Grieve] bill that is being drafted indicates that we should not implement these provisions and legal instruments until the withdrawal agreement and the transposition law have reached the code of law. This could be at a very late stage of the procedure, which could mean that we are not in a position to have the orderly and smooth exit from the European Union that we want.  After the withdrawal agreement comfortably succeeded in its second reading by 358 votes to 234, it is on track to complete its adoption by both houses of Parliament in time to allow Britain to leave the European Union at the end of January.
Two amendments were adopted. The Brady Amendment called on the government to renegotiate Northern Ireland`s backstop. It won 16 votes, backed by the Conservatives and the DUP against other parties in the House of Commons, but 7 Labour MPs backed it and eight Conservative MPs voted against. The Spelman-Dromey amendment expressed the desire of the House of Commons to avoid a Brexit without a deal. It received 8 votes, supported by all other parties except the Conservatives and the DUP, but with the support of 17 Conservative MPs. An amendment to pave the way for a binding law that would not prevent any agreement, the Cooper Boles amendment, failed by 23 votes. Three other amendments also failed.   The main motion (as amended) was then adopted without division. The House of Commons voted in favour of the withdrawal agreement by 329 votes to 299, which, after months of negotiations with Brussels and its backs, won a big victory for the Prime Minister.
The left side of the graph below shows how members of Boris Johnson`s cabinet voted on the deal in each of the three key votes. In other words, six of the seven high-level ministers who entered government as part of the Johnson administration voted against the agreement. But under May`s successor, things quickly changed. The 28 „Spartans“ of the European Research Group (ERG), who voted three times against May`s agreement, supported Johnson`s agreement, arguing that he had eliminated northern Ireland`s backstop, signalled the future gap with the EU and not the EU alignment, and introduced new protection measures during the transition period.

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The March 18th edition of Friday Night SmackDown will be broadcast live from the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC.
Kofi Kingston will be going it along in his match tonight, as his partner Big E is currently out with a broken neck. Kingston will be facing Ridge Holland on SmackDown. The biggest WrestleMania match in history will also see the build continued as both Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns will be appearing live on the blue brand.
On the March 11th episode, a 6 man match that was meant to see Baron Corbin, Madcap Moss and Jinder Mahal face Drew McIntyre and The Viking Raiders did not take place due to a pre-match brawl. The tag team match has been promoted for the March 18th SmackDown.
The following matches and segments have been announced to take place on the show by WWE:
- Brock Lesnar will collide with WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns
- Kofi Kingston vs. Ridge Holland
- Naomi and Sasha Banks vs. Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan
- Drew McIntyre and The Viking Raiders vs. Baron Corbin, Madcap Moss and Jinder Mahal
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eSIM stands for embedded SIM. It is a type of SIM card embedded in your smartphone that you can not physically remove. It uses software installed on a computer chip rather than an integrated circuit on plastic. Changing your phone number or cellular network means reprogramming the built-in software.
eSIM cards have made things easier for smartphone users since they arrived in 2017. People no longer need to carry multiple physical SIM cards around. An eSIM slot can hold up to eight or more virtual SIM cards, and you can switch between them anytime.
Which phones support eSIMs?
eSIMs are relatively new, having been around for less than a decade. For now, eSIM support is limited to premium smartphones that cost significant amounts. You’ll find it in most newer iPhones and high-end Android phones like the Samsung Galaxy.
eSIM adoption is growing more in developed than developing or underdeveloped countries. This situation is expected because of the relatively high price of smartphones supporting eSIMs. However, as with all technological developments, it starts from the more affluent countries before spreading to other countries as manufacturing costs decrease.
eSIM adoption is growing rapidly and increasingly creeping into mid-range and low-end smartphones. Within the next decade, expect common smartphones to start having eSIMs. Within this century, we may do away with physical SIMs altogether and switch exclusively to eSIMs because of the benefits.
Every iPhone that Apple released since 2018 supports eSIMs. They include:
- iPhone XR
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone SE 2 (2020)
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 Mini
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 Mini
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone SE 3 (2022)
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
Samsung produces the most popular Android phones, including the high-end Galaxy brand. The first Galaxy smartphone to support eSIM was the Note 20 Series, released in 2020. Many other Samsung phones have joined the fold, including:
- Samsung Galaxy S23
- Samsung Galaxy S23+
- Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
- Samsung Galaxy S22
- Samsung Galaxy S22+
- Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
- Samsung Galaxy S21
- Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G
- Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G
- Samsung Galaxy S20
- Samsung Galaxy S20+
- Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
- Samsung Galaxy Note 20
- Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G
- Samsung Galaxy Fold
- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 5G
- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 5G
- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4
- Samsung Galaxy Z Flip
- Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 5G
- Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4
Google is the world’s most popular search engine. It’s also the creator of the popular Android operating system. The company offers a lineup of high-end Android phones called Pixel, many of which support eSIMs. They include:
- Google Pixel 2
- Google Pixel 2 XL
- Google Pixel 3
- Google Pixel 3 XL
- Google Pixel 3a
- Google Pixel 3a XL
- Google Pixel 4
- Google Pixel 4a
- Google Pixel 4 XL
- Google Pixel 5
- Google Pixel 5a
- Google Pixel 6
- Google pixel 6a
- Google Pixel 6 Pro
- Google Pixel 7
- Google Pixel 7 Pro
Many Android phones from other manufacturers also support eSIMs, including:
- Motorola Razr 2019
- Huawei P40
- Huawei P40 Pro
- Huawei P50 Pro
- Huawei Mate 40 Pro
- Oppo Find X3 Pro
- Oppo Reno 5A
- Oppo Find X5
- Oppo Find X5 Pro
- Rakuten Mini
- Rakuten Big-S
- Rakuten Big
- Rakuten Hand
- Rakuten Hand 5G
Many tablets and laptops also support eSIMs, but that isn’t the article's focus.
How to check if your smartphone supports eSIMs
There are two main ways to set up an eSIM on an iPhone; Carrier Activation or Quick Transfer. In the former, your mobile carrier assigns an eSIM to your iPhone at the point of purchase. In the latter, you transfer the SIM from a previous iPhone to a new one in a few steps. Either method is simple to follow.
Some mobile carriers can assign an eSIM to your iPhone when you purchase it. This usually occurs if you buy a carrier-locked iPhone in the United States or from carriers in other countries and provide your cellular plan details for automatic activation.
If your carrier assigned your iPhone an eSIM, follow these steps to activate it:
1. Switch on the iPhone.
2. Wait for a notification that says "Carrier Cellular Plan Ready to Be Installed" and tap on it.
3. Tap Continue at the bottom of the screen, and the eSIM will automatically be activated.
4. Make a call with your iPhone to verify that the eSIM has been activated. Contact your carrier for further assistance if the call doesn’t go through.
These are the steps to transfer an eSIM from an old iPhone to a new one:
1. Go to Settings > Cellular > Add Cellular Plan on your new iPhone.
2. Choose a cellular plan to transfer from another iPhone and tap Transfer From Another iPhone. Note that both smartphones must have iOS 16 or later for this feature to work.
3. Check the instructions on your previous iPhone to confirm the SIM transfer. Tap Transfer and enter a verification code displayed on the new iPhone to confirm.
4. Wait for the activation of the cellular plan on your new iPhone. Your previous SIM will be deactivated on the old iPhone once the new one activates.
5. Sometimes, a banner may appear on your new iPhone that says "Finish Setting Up Your Carrier's Cellular Plan." Tap this banner, and you will be redirected to your carrier's webpage for further instructions to complete the transfer.
If your mobile carrier doesn’t support native Carrier Activation or Quick Transfer, you’ll need to scan a QR code to activate your eSIM.
Follow these instructions if you’re setting it up for a new iPhone;
1. Tap Use QR Code when you get to the Set Up Cellular screen.
2. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup process.
Follow these instructions if you’re setting it up for an old iPhone:
1. Launch the Camera app and scan your QR code.
2. Wait for the "Cellular Plan Detected" notification and tap it.
3. Tap Continue at the bottom of the screen.
4. Tap Add Cellular Plan. You’ll be prompted to enter an activation code given by your carrier. Enter it to complete the activation.
Alternatively, you might need to download your mobile carrier’s app from the App Store (via Wi-Fi) and follow the instructions to activate your eSIM.
You can also activate an eSIM manually by following these instructions:
1. Contact your mobile carrier and get the eSIM details you need to enter.
2. Head to Settings and tap either Cellular or Mobile Data.
3. Tap Add Cellular Plan.
4. Tap Enter Details Manually at the bottom of the screen and provide the details issued by your carrier.
You can convert a physical SIM on your iPhone to an eSIM. Follow these steps:
1. Go to Settings > Cellular on your iPhone.
2. Tap Convert to eSIM (if you don’t see this option, your carrier doesn’t support converting physical SIMs to eSIMs directly).
3. Tap Convert Cellular Plan.
4. Tap Convert to eSIM.
5. Wait for the eSIM to activate. This activation automatically deactivates the physical SIM card.
6. Remove the physical SIM and restart your iPhone to complete the setup process.
How to set up eSIMs on Android phones
You have two main options to install an eSIM on an Android phone; scanning a QR code or entering the details manually.
1. Launch your phone’s camera or a QR code scanner app.
2. Scan the QR code provided by your mobile carrier.
3. Wait for the “Cellular Plan Detected” notification and tap on it.
4. Tap Continue at the bottom of your screen.
5. Tap Add Cellular Plan and wait for the activation.
1. Go to Settings.
2. Go to Network & Internet.
3. Tap the "+" icon next to Mobile Network.
4. Tap Next when the "Don't have a SIM card?" question pops up.
5. Tap Enter Code Manually and provide the SM-DP+ Address and activation code from your mobile carrier. You'll enter the code in this format: LPA:1$SDMP+ADDRESS$ACTIVATION_CODE.
Some eSIM data plans require users to change the APN settings on their Android phones. Follow these steps if you fall into this category:
1. Go to Settings.
2. Go to Mobile Networks.
3. Choose your eSIM data plan.
4. Tap on Access Point Names.
5. Tap Mobile Data Network and change the APN name to what your carrier requires.
After purchasing an eSIM plan from a mobile carrier, they’ll usually send a PDF document to your email or give you a printed copy. This document contains the QR code to activate your eSIM and a manual activation code; you can choose whichever option.
There are endless Android phones available, and the steps to activate an eSIM are similar to what we outlined above.
History of eSIM development
The origin of eSIMs traces back to 2010 when the GSM Association (GSMA) began discussing possibilities of creating a software-based SIM card. GSMA is a nonprofit body representing over 750 mobile carriers worldwide. It proposed a SIM card based on software embedded in an integrated circuit card (UICC) chip soldered on a smartphone. The idea was to do away with physical SIM cards for convenience and to reduce waste.
As of GSMA's proposal, UICC chips were primarily used in industrial machines. To solve this issue, the agency had to develop a separate UICC standard for consumer devices. It published the first standard in 2016, inviting smartphone manufacturers to adopt eSIMs.
Apple, the famous iPhone maker, was one of the first companies to mass-produce phones compatible with eSIMs. In 2018, it announced the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR, all compatible with eSIMs. Since that time, every phone it has released supports eSIMs.
The latest iPhones manufactured for American customers have ditched physical SIM cards entirely and rely exclusively on eSIMs. Those sold outside the US come with slots for eSIMs and physical SIM cards.
In 2017, Google released the Pixel 2 smartphone compatible with eSIMs. The Pixel 2 was the first smartphone with eSIM support, but only for people using the Google Fi wireless service in the United States. All the newer Pixels released since that time support eSIMs.
The first Samsung phone to support eSIMs was the Galaxy Note 20. This phone was released with an eSIM hardware component in 2020, but the software powering the eSIMs came with a software update released a year later. Many Galaxy smartphones released since that time support eSIMs.
For now, eSIMs are mainly limited to premium phones. You’ll hardly find a mid-range phone supporting it. However, expect eSIM adoption to grow massively with time. According to Statista, over 14 billion devices will have eSIMs by 2030, compared to 350 million in 2021. The same source values the eSIM market at $4.7 billion as of 2023 and projects an increase to $16.3 billion by 2027.
The writing on the wall is clear; eSIMs are here to stay and represent the future of mobile carriers.
How eSIMs work
SIM stands for “Subscriber Identity Module.” It is a small chip that stores customer identification information and instructions for connecting your phone to a mobile carrier. The data it stores include user identity, location, contact lists, text messages, security keys, etc.
Without a SIM card, you won’t be able to make calls or connect to the internet via cellular networks. Typical SIM cards consist of a chip placed on a plastic surface. They are easily removable and swappable. Embedded SIM cards are different; the chip is soldered on your smartphone instead of a separate plastic surface. It comes together with the phone and isn’t removable or swappable.
If you want to change your phone number or network carrier, you only need to reprogram the software for your embedded chip instead of swapping SIM cards. You do this by scanning a QR code, and you’re good to go.
An eSIM allows you to install multiple carrier profiles simultaneously. You can store up to eight or more eSIMs on the same phone and use two phone numbers simultaneously. This figure won’t be possible with physical SIM cards, as no smartphone has enough slots to hold up to eight at a time.
Advantages of eSIMs
Occupies less space
Space is critical on smartphones. A small inch of space could be the difference between a smaller processor and a bigger, more powerful one. eSIMs occupy less space on smartphones than physical SIM slots, giving manufacturers leeway to add more hardware components to benefit users.
eSIMs are easier to activate than physical SIMs. You only need to scan a QR code to activate an eSIM, whereas you need to place a physical SIM manually and ensure it's in the correct position.
The same applies when switching from one SIM card to another. An eSIM lets you do that at the click of a button. In contrast, you need an ejector pin to open your smartphone’s SIM tray to remove a physical SIM card and replace it with the new card you want to use.
Good for traveling
eSIMs are the best option for frequent travelers to maintain a connection to cellular networks. If you have an eSIM, you don’t need to buy a new physical SIM card each time you travel to another country. You can simply scan a QR code to install a new network profile and delete it when you leave the country.
eSIMs are not removable, unlike physical SIM cards. If your phone gets lost or stolen, you have a higher chance of tracking its location through an eSIM card than a physical SIM card that someone can easily remove.
Disadvantages of eSIMs
The number of phones that support eSIMs is limited. Currently, support is restricted to premium and high-end phones that cost significantly. If you want eSIM support, you’ll have to pay substantially for a premium phone.
Do eSIMs cost more than physical SIM cards?
No, they are cheaper. eSIMs cost less than physical SIM cards because the hardware component comes embedded with your phone. You don’t have to pay for a physical SIM card whenever you want to change your phone number or mobile carrier. The entire setup works via software, primarily by scanning a QR code and changing a few settings.
Do eSIMs incur roaming charges?
Roaming refers to using your mobile carrier outside its network range. You may travel to another country or a faraway place within the same country, and your carrier doesn’t have networking equipment there. Roaming allows you to continue accessing your cellular services by connecting to another carrier’s network. Your mobile carrier will charge extra fees for this connection to compensate the carrier whose equipment you tap into.
eSIMs allow you to enjoy data roaming without swapping SIM cards. Some mobile carriers do not charge eSIM users for roaming, while some do. If you fall into the former category, you can browse the internet, make calls, and send SMS messages at your usual rates while roaming. If not, you’ll pay extra fees for these services, which can be steep.
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Judith Levi and Katya Lipovetsky: The Identity Paradox: How Our Multiple Identities Both Divide and Unite Us
Opening Thursday, December 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Identity Paradox: How Our Multiple Identities Both Divide and Unite Us
In this exploration of universal identity issues—which are at the core of innumerable conflicts around the world— Prof. Judith Levi presents insights about identity she has derived from 20 years of working in German-Jewish dialogue and reconciliation. These insights address the complexity of our identities, how they influence our “reconciliation readiness,” and how we can use our identities to unite instead of divide us—by refocusing on our common humanity. Katya Lipovetsky, Israeli Director of Cultural Affairs, will present how Israelis’ complex identities are embodied in Israeli society today—how they collide at times, and come together at other times, with the other complex identities around them. A Q&A session follows.

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After seeking out a restaurant that was quaint and without a 2 hour wait, someone referred me to Trio in the Emporium. My husband and I had a delightful lunch there, and we were so impressed, we decided to return there for dinner. Both meals were delicious, and our server, Katrina, was exceptional! I think our evening server was Bradley. He was also surperb.
The prices were very reasonable, and the flavors were amazing. I especially loved the chicken salad sandwich with fruit. The crab cakes and New York strip steak were also very good. The atmosphere was upscale yet relaxed.
We hope everyone visiting Mount Airy have the opportunity to enjoy this fine establishment!

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Three days into the ongoing strike by public sector doctors, patients abandoned in hospitals nationwide, yesterday, cried out that they were dying slowly, and prayed for God's intervention to settle the rift between the government and the striking doctors.
While Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State appealed to the doctors to stop using strike as a means of fighting for their demands in the interest of innocent Nigerians, the doctors on their part accussed government of playing hide-and-seek with them.
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Health to urgently engage the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, and Ministry of Health with a view to bringing the ongoing industrial action to an end.
Vanguard visited public hospitals in Lagos. From Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH; General Hospital, Gbagada; Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Metta, to Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, were lamentations as patients, who refused to relocate, have been abandoned to their fate.
New patients were denied admission, while elderly ones who refused to leave were offered skeletal services by nurses and other health workers not affected by the strike.
Seeking divine intervention
Some of the patients were seen praying for God's intervention.
At the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, patients stood in front of Accident and Emergency Unit, praying to God to touch the heart of both government and the striking doctors.
One said: "Our God in heaven, listen to our cry and come to our aid. Arrest the heart of doctors and government to end the strike. We are dying slowly on daily basis."
At other wards, some patients that spoke to Vanguard insisted that whether the strike continued or not, they had nowhere else to seek medical attention.
They claimed their medical needs were peculiar and could not easily be handled at private hospitals.
One of them, who identified himself as Clement Odia, and had been on admission since January, said he was not in a hurry to relocate to any private hospital for financial reason.
'Am going nowhere'
He said: "I came here since January because of my broken hand. You do not expect me to leave now because I am almost healed. If I have to go to private clinic, where is the money? Also, they may not be able to take care of my situation, so I am staying here."
Another patient, who spoke on condition of anonymity, accused doctors of aggravating his pain.
He said: "I know if government answers them, in another six months same doctors will ask for more allowances. No doctor has attended to me since yesterday."
Lagos NMA speaks
State chairman of NMA Lagos, Dr. Francis Faduyile, blamed government for the ongoing strike, accusing government of destabilising already established health system.
He queried why government should agree to make other professionals, who are not doctors, as consultants?
"Everyone knows what consultant stands for in medicine. What will a nurse or pharmacist be consulting? Do they own patients in the hospitals?"
Also speaking, Public Relation Officer, NMA Lagos, Dr. Peters Ogunjobi, accused government of playing hide-and-seek with doctors, saying the strike would continue since the government had decided not to listen to the doctors.
Meanwhile, Governor Fashola has appealed to the doctors in the country to stop using strike to fight for their demands in the interest of innocent Nigerians.
Fashola spoke at the second convocation ceremony of the Lagos State College of Health Technology, Yaba, saying fatalities from such industrial actions negated their professional calling.
Fashola argued that those that invented strike in the Nigeria health sector did it for the sake of their patients not themselves.
He said: "Medical workers from the lowest level to the highest in the chain of command and team are like gods on earth. Only sick people know your importance."
Fashola noted that workers in other sub-sectors of the nation's economy were not satisfied with their remuneration, but did not hold government to ransom.
Also, the House of Representatives yesterday waded into the strike as it mandated its committee on health to urgently engage NMA and the Ministry of Health with a view to bringing the industrial action to an end.
The House, in plenary, gave the committee two weeks to report back.
The House, while appealing to NMA and its members to call off the strike, also urged the Federal Government to do everything possible, as a matter of utmost urgency, to have the crisis resolved in the interest of Nigerians.
Related story: Video - Nigeria's medical sector goes on strike


There’s two of us running this site, Mike and Elisa Liddell. Mike is the literary buff, and Elisa is the photographic junkie. From the poetry of Sassoon to the joys of Infrared photography, we cover an eclectic mix of topics!
But why INEDITA? Well, it’s an old word meaning ‘unpublished articles’ or ‘undelivered lectures’. Not just old, but not often used these days. Apparently its heyday was in the 1700s!
We’re not entirely new to running websites, but we ARE new to WordPress (as the books in the cover photo show!) So it is a learning experience for us both. We’ve divided the site into 4 main areas: Literature, Photography, Photography Blog and Miscellany (for the bits that won’t fit in the other three) Links through to the four sections are in the top menu – we hope that you will enjoy exploring what we have to offer.
We also have articles published on our sister site: Universal Theorist run by our good friends Frank and CeCe Maddlone, in Maryland USA.
Flickr holds Elisa’s online Photo Gallery
© 2019 Mike & Elisa Liddell


|The Matrix JG 36C is a full size AEG Assault Rifle. It is an exact copy of the famous Tokyo Marui 36C and features a precision metal barrel, metal magazine, metal internals, integrated sight, folding stock, hand guard battery compartment and adjustable Hop Up. The 36C is the compact variant of the popular German 36 assault rifle. The combination of small size, power, and reliability makes this potent weapon a great choice for commandos and special forces units around the world. Comes complete with: gun, manual, magazine, loader, cleaning rod, rechargeable battery and charger. Dimensions: 500 mm long, 2650 grams. Velocity: 330-350 fps. Magazine: hi-cap 470 rd magazine. Tokyo Marui compatible magazine. Gear box: Matrix Version 3 Metal Gear Box. Battery: Mini Type. Maximum effective range: 120 feet. Note: This is a replica, not a real gun! All Airsoft guns have a bright orange tip and/or clear plastic bodies as required by law. Orange tips may not be removed! Airsoft replicas are not made or authorized by makers of real guns unless specifically stated. Use of the name of a real gun and/or real gun maker is solely to assist in identification and does not imply any affiliation with or approval by any real gun maker.


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Success in the highly competitive world of chain restaurants requires not only meeting customer expectations but also efficiently managing operations across multiple locations. This is where Foodie and POWERED BY FOODIE come into play, offering chain restaurant owners the opportunity to enhance customer loyalty, streamline operations, and boost sales across their network of restaurants. In this article, we will explore how these two solutions can be effectively harnessed by chain restaurants to achieve success.
Advantages of Foodie: Elevating the Chain Restaurant Experience
1. Streamlined Ordering: Foodie simplifies the ordering process for customers with its user-friendly interface and contactless ordering capabilities. Customers can easily view menus, place orders, and make payments by scanning the restaurant's QR code, ensuring a consistent and convenient experience across all locations.
2. Loyalty Programs: Foodie's robust loyalty program features provide an advantage for chain restaurants by encouraging repeat visits and building a loyal customer base. Consistent rewards and incentives can be offered across all branches, enhancing brand loyalty.
3. Centralized Customer Engagement: Foodie allows chain restaurants to engage with customers through personalized campaigns and instant feedback at a centralized level. This enables a uniform and efficient communication strategy across all locations.
4. Cost Savings: Chain restaurants can significantly reduce expenses by eliminating the need for printed menus and streamlining the ordering process. Additionally, Foodie's reservation management and multilingual menu capabilities can lead to cost-effective operational efficiencies.
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POWERED BY FOODIE: A Unified Digital Identity for Chain Restaurants
1. Custom Branding Across Locations: POWERED BY FOODIE offers the opportunity to create a customized mobile application that reflects the unique brand identity of a chain restaurant. Consistency in design and user interface across all locations reinforces brand recognition and trust.
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A Winning Combination: How Foodie and POWERED BY FOODIE Unify Chain Restaurant Operations
Imagine a chain restaurant that seamlessly integrates Foodie for in-house ordering and customer engagement across all its branches. Simultaneously, the restaurant offers a branded app powered by POWERED BY FOODIE for customers who prefer remote ordering or exploring exclusive deals and loyalty programs. This combination ensures a consistent and convenient experience for customers, regardless of their preferred dining method or location.
A Recipe for Chain Restaurant Success
In the competitive landscape of chain restaurants, success hinges on meeting customer expectations, maintaining consistency across locations, and building lasting relationships with patrons. Foodie and POWERED BY FOODIE offer chain restaurant owners a powerful recipe to achieve these objectives while boosting sales and enhancing customer service. By integrating Foodie's innovative features for in-house and remote ordering with the branding and infrastructure provided by POWERED BY FOODIE, chain restaurants can thrive across their network of branches. Embrace this powerful combination to elevate your chain restaurant to new heights of success, ensuring a consistent and exceptional dining experience for all your valued customers. Discover the power of Foodie and POWERED BY FOODIE in driving success for chain restaurants.


CONSTANTINE- The regional theatre of Constantine was named Monday after late malouf singer Mohamed Tahar Fergani (1928-2016) by Minister of Culture Azzedine Mihoubi.
ILLIZI- The minister of Culture Azzedine Mihoubi said Sunday, in Illizi, that film studios will soon be created in the South of the country in order to promote the Algerian cinema.
ALGIERS- The Mask of Gorgon, a rare archaeological piece, is being temporarily exhibited at the National Museum of Antiquities, pending the construction of a new museum in Annaba (600-km east of Algiers), where he will be transferred, said Thursday in Algiers Minister of Culture Azzedine Mihoubi.
ALGIERS-An international colloquium on the life and work of the Algerian writer, anthropologist and linguist Mouloud Mammeri opened Friday in Algiers in the presence of 30 more than 30 Algerian and foreign researchers.
ALGIERS- Algeria is to take part in the seventh Old Towns Festival to be held in December in the Mauritanian town of Tichitt, the ministry of Culture said Thursday in a statement.
ALGIERS- Minister of Culture Azzedine Mihoubi has announced Sunday that Algerian cinema would be celebrated at Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia, due to be held from 4 to 11 November, said the Ministry in a statement.
ORAN- Minister of Culture Azzedine Mihoubi paid tribute to late artist Houari Aouinet who was buried Saturday afternoon at Ain Beida cemetery, insisting on the man’s modesty and simplicity.
ALGIERS- The minister of Culture of Angola Carolina Cerqueira started Monday, a four-day working visit to Algeria, in which she will meet with State officials and will visit sites relating to the sector of culture in various provinces, said the ministry of Communication in a communiqué.
BATNA- Minister of Culture Azzedine Mihoubi said, at the opening of the international festival of Timgad late Thursday and early Friday, that the 39th edition confirms that the festival is "the most prestigious artistic event in Algeria."


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The Fun in the Sun Bag comes in your choice of cellophane bag which can be tied with curling ribbon and contains:
- single sunburst glitter body tattoo
- fidget spinner
- tropical fish puffy sticker sheet - assorted designs
- flip flop key ring - perfect for hanging off your pencil case, adding to your collection or use it as the real thing
- optional sweets
4 popular items for girls!

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With the release of Harry Styles’ new album, it is safe to say that he has taken the world by storm. Since the debut of his first solo album in 2017, Harry Styles has graced the cover of Rolling Stone, modeled for Gucci, toured the world, starred on Saturday Night Live, and most iconically, owned the Met Gala with his astonishing outfits.
Harry Styles has never been shy to the public. After his audition on X Factor UK in 2010, he became a heartthrob to millions of teenage girls all over the world. Although the judges were extremely impressed by him, they thought Harry would be more successful in a boy band. Subsequently, Harry joined the band, One Direction, with his former bandmates Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, and Liam Payne. One Direction placed third overall, but their story did not end there. The boy band dominated the music industry from 2010- 2016.
On September 11, 2011 the boys debuted their first single, What Makes You Beautiful, one of the most well-known songs of this generation. The band sold 153,965 copies of the single and reached the Top 5 on the singles charts in various countries. The band continued to produce a variety of albums until Zayn Malik left the boy band. The four remaining members continued to tour the world and produce one last album, but after that One Direction was officially over.
Not long after One Direction’s breakup, Harry Styles decided to pursue a solo career. In 2017, he released his album, Harry Styles. The album included 10 outstanding songs. Fans were ecstatic that the beloved band member continued to produce music. His original song, “Sign of the Times,” reached the #1 spot on the iTunes chart in under twenty minutes. One year after his solo debut, Harry Styles starred in Dunkirk, which was eventually nominated for an Academy Award. Business Insider noted, “Formerly part of One Direction, Styles has branched off into being one of the biggest solo performers in the world, and now he’s showing he has acting chops as well.”
One Direction fans and others were gravitated towards Styles’ music and attitude. He lives by the saying “treat people with kindness.” Pierson Beveridge, sophomore, stated, “Harry Styles is very inspirational because he’s just unapologetically himself. The way he spreads kindness and uses his phrase inspires me to make sure that I do the same. He is not afraid to do what he wants even when it comes to things like painting his nails and/or wearing women’s clothing.” Something that sets Styles away from other artists is his unconditional support towards those part of the LGBT+ community. Throughout his tour, he donated a large portion of his proceeds to the Pride Campaign. Furthermore, he openly waves pride flags at his concerts and even helped a fan come out to her mother.
Fast forward to present time, Harry Styles released his second solo album, Fine Line, on December 13, 2019. This album includes a variety of 12 songs including up-lifting, happy music and those that describe his hardships. Styles told Rolling Stones, “I think ‘Lights Up’ came at the end of a long period of self-reflection, self-acceptance. Through the two years of making the record I went through a lot of personal changes. I just had the conversations with myself that you don’t always have. And I just feel more comfortable being myself.” With the recent release of his new album, the public falls more and more in love with Styles and his work. All 12 of his songs made it on the Top 20 of Spotify’s Charts.
As Harry Styles puts it, “You have a choice where you can either be all right to someone or you can be a little bit nicer, and that can make someone’s day.“ He has made the public fall in love with him between his beautiful songs and loving personality. Everything he does and stands for is absolutely inspiring.


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Fergus was originally created in the late 1990's he is a bay horse with four white socks, a blaze and curiously expressive Google eyes. He is famous the world over in print as well as on tee shirts and other merchandise, but it is Facebook where he has the greatest impact, amassing hi depress of thousands of followers. Now in recognition of his growing fan club Abernethy has amassed this beautifully illustrated book features her best loved cartoons and some new ones created just for the book which will be familiar to his fans plus some new ones.
This book, surely the first of many features a foreword by Australian horseman, bush poet and international entertainer, Guy McLean. Guy and his horses have achieved national acclaim in Australia over the past 15 years and his talented horses (especially Nugget) have had their names chanted in front of 20 000 people at Royal shows such as Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide shows, as well as Guy’s favourite, The Brisbane Ekka, where for the last nine years Guy and his team have performed in front of well over a million people. They are currently based in Texas where he is following his dream of performing worldwide. As McLean says of the book and its larger than life superstar, “Fergus, transcends the gap between adult based wit and childlike humour. Each horse, like Fergus has its own individual wit, character, attributes and show the same kind of self that he exhibits.”
Jean Abernethy has been producing equestrian related drawings, portraits and cartoons for more than 30 years. She has illustrated several books and instructional articles, technical know-how drawings and diagrams. The book begins with a thank you to Santa for bringing Jean her first pony, an early demonstration both of Jean’s wit and deep and life-long love of horses.
Those who know Fergus will undoubtedly be keen to know more about the amazing woman who created Equus Hilarious, aka Fergus. In the early pages of the book we learn how the author became the horse woman she is today, written in an easy to read style, Abernethy tells the readers about her first pony, brought by Santa, Dusty. Once Jean outgrew Dusty she bought, with her own savings, a very green weaning colt, as she says in the text the two youngsters taught each other.
As well as telling the reader about the horses in her life Jean lays bare her frustration with teaching herself to draw, copying every illustration in the school books she could find. At school Jeans most used exercise book was the one used for sketching - always horses. She sketched constantly, exploring and experimenting with drawing - horses of course. In her drawings Jean stove to perfect both anatomy and a comical way of drawing.
After school she enrolled on an Equestrian related course in the Humber college in Ontario, Canada, which she loved, but still the artist in her was fighting to come out. Eventually as is its way fate took a hand and she was given a commission to do some illustrations for her tutor’s career projects. Eventually Jean gave in and shifted to an art degree at Ontario College of art.
During her time there Jean learned all about the various mediums available to artists and began to develop her skills. While at college Jean sold equine related comics and illustrations. The book shows some of Jeans early illustrations, even as a novice artist her skill at drawing cartoons is clearly obvious.
In the early 90s Jean’s comics strips began to appear in some horse publications in the United States and Canada around which time she began to draw a horse with big googly eyes which she named Fergus thinking that the U could be switched with a horse shoe for the title of the cartoon when it appeared in magazines.
It was when social media arrived that in 2012 Fergus found his way onto Facebook and was exposed to the whole world. Fans began to contact Jean saying how much Fergus reminded them of their own horses, something, Jean says could not be a higher complement.
One of the early drawings that graced the front of a teeshirt was a fledgling version of Fergus dragging a handler. Fergus is saying “You can lead a human to knowledge but you can’t make it think!” Something very true, from a horse’s point of view and one that gives a clear demonstration of Fergus and his attitude to life.
In this first treasury, Fergus is accompanied by a whole parade of other horses and ponies, from Jean’s work who have the same wry sense of humour in regard to mankind as Fergus. There is Grace, the pony, Hugh, the Clydesdale, Ditto the foal, Dottie the Appaloosa mare, Kase the Friesian and Art the Paint horse all whose attitude to life will make reader’s smile as they see their own horse’s attitude. There is also a cast of humans who are the unwitting victims of Fergus’s keen and enthusiastic educational style.
The book is divided into sections, grouping together some of Jean and her fan’s favourite cartoons.
‘The Ridden Word,’ features a huge selection of hilarious comic strips featuring riding including many about horses spooking and not standing to be mounted, all of which, we learn from Fergus are a horse’s way of training the rider to pay attention to them. Fergus’s look of wide eyed amazement when he finds his rider on the ground yet again is priceless and one that will be familiar to many riders as they hit the deck.
‘The Flies Have It’ is a section on the bothersome life of horses plagued by flies. One particularly brilliant one shows Fergus’s rider showing him an article in a magazine about fly control, Fergus, in his wisdom tells her that the flies aren’t reading the magazine articles.
‘Horse Wisdom’ is an hilarious look at the horses’ take on life. Their view on the comings and goings of the humans who care for them and the fences and locked doors that are meant to contain them is one that really will be familiar to anyone who has spent any time around horses.
‘Barn Smarts’ features horse related quips, including the reviewer’s personal favourite where Fergus is used as a bulletin board. The child’s mum spends so much time at the barn her daughter writes a message on Fergus as it is the only place she knows it will be seen.
‘Sweet Companions’ are words of wisdom from the horses as they chat to a whole host of barn animals and pets.
‘Wonderland’ covers what the herd gets up to when the ground is snow covered.
Jean Abernethy clearly knows her horses and their humour. This entertaining book will doubtless hit a note with many riders who try to juggle home life and horses. The book is lively and colourful that will entertain anyone with an eye for a horse. It can be read through at a single sitting, or dipped into at will where the reader will always find something to giggle at. This book is highly recommended, although it’s the wrong time of year now, this would be a perfect stocking filler for Christmas or a wonderful birthday present for anyone who has any contact with their own Equus Hilarious.
by Jacqui Broderick of Lavender & White Publishing
To purchase a copy please visit Quiller Publishing

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Below is a list of news items for the City of Moorhead with the most recent items at the top. If you would like to see news for a certain category, you can select it from the the drop-down box labeled (All Categories). Any news older than 90 days is automatically archived and removed from this list.
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Results of Day One of Busted by the Bus
Law Enforcement from the Moorhead Police Department, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, and the MN State Patrol worked a four hour block focusing on distracted driving today. Officers acted as spotters as they rode on a school bus provided by the Moorhead School District. Other officers stopped drivers radioed in by the spotters who were violating MN distracted driving laws. The goal was to increase driver’s awareness around school buses and to enforcement distracted driving laws which often leads to driver’s committing school bus stop arm violations.
Officers stopped thirty-two vehicles during this enforcement day. Fourteen citations were issued to drivers for distracted driving. For comparison, last year’s first day of Busted by the Bus officers stopped seventy-five vehicles during that enforcement day. Twenty-seven citations were issued to drivers for distracted driving. Even though we noted less traffic on 8 St today than last year, we hope the reduced numbers signifies improved safety oriented thinking and drivers are now able to ignore the temptation of using their phone while driving.
Busted on the Bus will be back again next week.
Officers in Clay County will continue to focus on distracted driving violations through April 30.
Capt. Deric Swenson 218.299.5186


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Fab Friday / Equine Art Show
July 14 @ 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM PDT
GATES OPEN: 30 minutes prior to first simulcast race | FIRST RACE: 6:30 PM
Grab a beer and get down with your bad self – it’s a Fabulous Friday!
$2.50 Bud and Bud Light on Track Level
Live music by the Fabulous Murphtones
Enter for your chance to participate in the $1,000 Horseshoe Toss. Throwing a ringer might lead to a big score!
EQUINE ART SHOW Track Level
Presented by the Washington Thoroughbred Foundation, Washington Thoroughbred Breeders & Owners Association, and Emerald Downs
“The Horse and a Whole Lot More”
Come browse a variety of horse-themed art mediums.
Open daily 10 AM – 2 AM
Featuring 15 of your favorite table games!


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The South Korean president has been invited to travel to North Korea, following a formal invitation from the country’s leader Kim Jong Un, according to a Blue House spokesman.
- Wildfire in South Jersey forest now 45-percent contained
- Biden says he’s considering a gasoline tax holiday
- What to know about birth control as Americans await Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade
- Delaware road trip scavenger hunt: Can you spot all 11 roadside attractions around the state?
- Rollover truck creates rocky situation in Christiana

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Four years ago, Dawn Noble of La Provence in Rockport organized ten stores to open late on a Friday night to accommodate holiday shoppers. That number grew to 25 and now there is a record 56 shops and eateries throughout the downtown that will be open tomorrow night until 8, with shops offering various promotions or light refreshments. The festivities start at 4 p.m.
“Regulars and locals have been asking me if we were going to do it again, and it’s more fun as more stores get involved and promotions change,” Noble said. “A lot of stores are doing straight discounts, some are doing raffles, and some have other ideas.”
The idea is to create the atmosphere of a New England village, “straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting.” As is traditional in Rockport, the town has removed parking meters, which are replaced with miniature Christmas trees secured atop poles, illuminating the streets below.
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Eventide Fine Art Gallery will host its holiday reception Saturday, Dec. 8, from 5 to 8 p.m. at 63 Main St. in Essex. The exhibit includes new works by gallery artists and photographers including Teri Canelle Eramo, Marion Hall, B.J. Wayne, Phyllis Kaplan, Susan Luca, Pattie Owen and Dennis Sheehan.
Local Colors Artists’ Cooperative at 121 Main St. in Gloucester welcomes the public to its annual holiday exhibit with many gift ideas through Dec. 31. Original art includes paintings, photographs, jewelry, furniture, stained glass, mobiles, pottery, fiber arts, metal arts, mixed media, holiday ornaments and greeting cards. The shop will offer light refreshments on Ladies’ Night tonight and Men’s Night on Dec. 13.
Flatrocks Gallery’s holiday open house takes place Saturday, Dec. 8, from noon to 8 p.m. The current show has been described as “fresh, wonderful and fun.” The gallery has a distinctive collection of local crafts worthy of being memorable gifts. Ten Pound Island Books and Celia’s Flower Studio will add to the festivities. The gallery is at 77 Langsford St. in Lanesville, Gloucester. Open noon to 5 p.m. Thursday to Sunday and by appointment. Call 978-879-4683.


The tents won't go up, the canoes won't be launched, and the tree house, it seems, won't be built following an outcry from residents seeking to halt construction in an Arlington County park.
Community members mobilized in February to prevent the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority from adding a tree house, campground and new stage to Potomac Overlook Regional Park along the George Washington Memorial Parkway.
The changes, opponents contend, would require trees to be cut down and could endanger wildlife and animal habitats around the park.
"The community is deeply committed to the long-term health and well-being of the park," said Michele Woodward, a member of an opposition group, Potomac Overlook Preservation Association. "We're all working together to protect this little jewel of a natural forest."
Plans for the future of the park were unveiled by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority on Feb. 25 and, at the time, included the addition of a rock wall, zip line and more parking for park patrons. The changes would have encouraged recreation and bolstered the park's amenities, officials said.
But community members immediately rejected the project and the changing of the park's landscape. They said they had not been included in the planning process and demanded park officials abandon their plans, even after officials agreed to scrap the rock wall, zip line and parking expansion.
Paul Gilbert, the regional park authority's executive director, said many aspects of the proposed plan were good ones, however, and that the process "simply got off on the wrong foot" because residents were organizing against it before the authority could even hold public hearings.
"While it was our intention and our actions to seek public input before we moved forward with any of these ideas, many in the community read our meeting minutes and reached the conclusion that we had made final decisions," Gilbert said. "In truth, we had not done any site-specific planning or determined the ultimate feasibility of these ideas."
The misunderstanding, Gilbert said, prevented the authority from ever being able to have a conversation with the community because opinions had already been formed. Now, the authority is expected to delay some of the proposals "for a year or so," said Paul Ferguson, one of two Arlington representatives on the authority.
That delay comes as good news to Woodward, who plans to remain on the Potomac Overlook Preservation Association to ensure the future protection of the park.
"I raised my children there," she said. "It's where they learned about the seasons. We've seen foxes and deer. It's a living, breathing resource."


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Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! is a satirical, retro-futuristic comic strip that chronicles the (mis)adventures of the lantern-jawed, lunkheaded, and sometimes childlike Brewster Rockit, captain of the space station R.U. Sirius, and his crew of misfits. Under Brewster’s brave and eternally-optimistic leadership, Pam is the tough and pragmatic second-in-command, Cliff is the completely unqualified engineer, Dr. Mel is the scheming science officer, Agent X is the mysterious government agent who gives them their orders and hides their existence from the world, and Winky is the cute, luckless kid who manages to get hurt a lot.
Andy and his wife, Flo, live out the epitome of functional dysfunction. From the pub to the bedroom, Andy’s misadventures paint an indelible portrait of an extremely British battle of the sexes. Join Andy and Flo as they bicker their way through life. Their banter can be hostile, caring, sarcastic and adorable: the perfect ingredients for a lasting marriage.
Newlyweds Cathy and Irving navigate the treacherous waters of couple-hood. From pampered pets to prying parents, they’ve got a lot to learn! Wedding or not, it’s still all about Cathy - she personifies the young career woman and her typical daily obstacles. Ice cream, panic attacks, stress and love are all in a day’s work. We read, we identify, we laugh. Who could ask for more?Cathy is the Everywoman. She deals with diets, self-esteem, in-laws, and letting her husband know that she is the boss. Everyone can identify with her shopping, bills, taxes, planning for the future and coping with her husband’s incessant computer golf games. Whether you are a newlywed, single, or have been married for decades, all will enjoy the daily predicaments of Cathy and Irving.
The legendary hero Tarzan enjoys the distinction of starring in the first adventure comic strip, the first continuity strip and the first strip to appeal to readers for multiple generations. Some of these storylines date back decades, but the ape man's adventures never get old.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Gary and Glenn McCoy’s delightfully absurd comic panel takes superheroes, office humor, huggable animals and twisted relationships, blending them in a bizarre marriage of Gary Larson, The New Yorker, Conan O’Brien and Mad Magazine. Both award-winning humorists and cartoonists, this duo creates a one-of-a-kind comic panel.
The Flying McCoys
Glenn McCoy and Gary McCoy
Invisible Bread is a comic strip with comics about practically everything! Join the people in the Invisible Bread universe and see how normal, everyday situations can quickly transform into situations that are anything but normal.
Lynn Johnston's heartwarming tales of everyday life have made the Pattersons North America's most beloved cartoon family.
For Better or For Worse
Thatababy's philosophy can be summed up quite neatly: To keep his parents on their toes. This new comic strip stars - well, a baby, of course, and the mother and father in charge of raising him. Thatababy's premise is as fun and instantly accessible as its crisp, colorful art: It's a baby's job to drive parent's crazy. You may recognize Thatababy as a finalist and runner-up in the Amazon Comic Strip Superstar contest that ran on Amazon.com in the fall of 2009. Thatababy received glowing reviews from the contest's celebrity panel of judges.
Whatever your athletic interest, golf, baseball, running, or basketball and whether you haven’t picked up a ball since high school or you’re a serious sports fanatic, everyone can see the humor and irony highlighted by In the Bleachers. Steve Moore helps us laugh at ourselves and those in the professional spotlight by drawing attention to the comedy of sports.
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Online poker has developed into a great way for poker players across the world to take pleasure from the sport without leaving their properties. There are sites to play for that fun of it and others in which you play legitimate money.
If you are interested in playing poker with a more competitive level you can take part in with a lot of money tournaments where you enjoy the very best players all over the world. There are many online poker rooms, you could make your collection of the most effective of them. Watch out for sites in which you are given a welcome bonus for your first-time of play. Good way to start out and find out how it goes!
You most likely are not a poker player and have never played before, but you will find online poker sites that basically give you a texas holdem guide with the poker lingo plus a live poker school where a resident pro will provide you with advice. You can take advantage of this tuition several days weekly at certain times for the day that you will find online.
Why online poker rooms, once you could rather go to a venue and connect with friends for a game of poker? The fact is that you can find many more online poker rooms than you'll find local ones. The price of the 2 can not be compared. To set up an online venue can be a poker online indonesia fraction of the expense of erecting a building. It also provides for players to experience for lower stakes and it is often a wonderful spot to actually learn the overall game.
Many times it is embarrassing to try out poker in the establishment if you're still a beginner. Online is a completely different thing - it is possible to play free games until you are ready to experience for cash. You can start joining along with tournaments with a low level and in time discover the ropes of the action. You might be an advanced player and would like to take part in with advanced tournaments. Imagine relaxing in your own personal armchair and playing an internet poker tournament with all the greats all over the world.
A common feature that numerous sites are offering is admission to real-life poker tournaments - they may be called satellites. Many players have won large amounts of cash and still have also made names for themselves as in a major way poker players at these tournaments. Online poker sites bring in the enormous amount of revenue, and statistics show that totals grow each year. There are numerous on-line poker sites that can be enjoyed. Browse through them and judge those interest you prior to deciding to register with any one of them.
There is usually the question of fraud, and exactly how safe it is to experience poker online. It is difficult to express what precisely proceeds behind the scenes, but there are gaming businesses that make use of major auditing firms like PricewaterhouseCoopers to ensure that everything is above board. There are probably sites that get away with fraud it really is difficult to be certain those they may be.

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The third type, the koniocellular-projecting (K) cells , only relatively lately became a focus of attention and their function Lapatinib clinical trial is as yet poorly understood. The studies of Kuffler  pointed out that retinal ganglion cells depict the visual space in a concentric ��on�� and ��off�� manner. Although these studies were not carried out in primates, since then it has been established that the same principle stands for primates as well . An ��on�� zone is defined as the part of the receptive field, which upon stimulation with a suddenly appearing light stimulus, evokes an excitatory response (spike train) in the given cell. An ��off�� zone evokes the same response upon the disappearance of that stimulus.
The direction- and motion-sensitivity of retinal cells were first described by Barlow and Levick  registering the electrical activity of ganglion cells extracellularly.Pathways Inhibitors,Modulators,Libraries originating in retinal ganglion Inhibitors,Modulators,Libraries cells project on the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of the diencephalon, traditionally Inhibitors,Modulators,Libraries considered to be part of the thalamus, while applying more strict anatomical criteria it is part of the metathalamus . As discussed later, in connection with tectal pathways, retinal ganglion cells also project upon the superficial layers of the superior colliculus (SC, optic tectum in lower vertebrates) as monosynaptic afferents. The lateral geniculate body of primates consists of six layers. The concentric on/off receptive field arrangement is to be found here as well. That these cells should be directionally sensitive is quite unlikely, however, they may serve as input to higher order cells exhibiting that sort of sensitivity.
Which LGN cells have a role in movement detection remains an open question. The four dorsal layers comprise the neurons of the parvocellular system. These neurons are color-sensitive, while they exhibit no special sensitivity to luminance Inhibitors,Modulators,Libraries modulation, that is, their contrast-sensitivity is low. The remaining two layers belong to the magnocellular system. Cells here respond to a wide spectrum of light, and they exhibit no color opponency. Cells receiving wide-spectrum chromatic input are highly contrast sensitive . Isoluminant chromatic stimuli have but little effect on motion sensation , which does not support the role of the parvocellular layers in motion perception. Figure/background segmentation in these layers is poor too .
Therefore, the magnocellular cells of LGN layers 5 and 6 are more likely candidates. These cells primarily Carfilzomib respond to transient stimuli.In primates, LGN projects upon V1, the primary selleck chem Perifosine visual cortex. Parvocellular and magnocellular systems bifurcate in V1, where (in primates) directional sensitivity first appears, in the cells of cortical layer 4C . From here, motion information is transmitted toward the dorsal stream, via layers 4B and 6.

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Do Wingly charge a commission on the flights?
Wingly charges a commission of £10 + 15% of the total booking price (+VAT). This is paid fully by the passenger and Wingly is completely free for pilots to use.
If you have any questions, you can contact us directly at email@example.com or by phone on +447708405306. We are available from Monday to Friday from 8:30 to 17:30.
Can clubs and schools post flights on Wingly?
Whilst cost-sharing will always be the mainstay of Wingly’s operations, with Wingly Pro we now have permission from the CAA to offer commercial flights and trial lessons on our platform too. With over 150,000 monthly site visits and a database of ...
How does Wingly make money?
Wingly is completely free for pilots to use, however we do charge passengers a 15% plus £10 commission on each booking made. We also have several external partners such as Bose Aviation, Diamond Aircraft, Jeppesen, Pooley’s and Total. If you have ...
How do I pause my flights from being listed on Wingly?
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What types of flights can a pilot do and where can they fly?
Pilots are free to post local flights, landaways and one-way flights - the only restriction to this being that CFI-approved pilots with under 100 hours are only allowed to post local flights. If you have any questions, you can contact us directly ...
Can I use my pilot account to book flights as a passenger?
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After putting in the structure of my cedar raised garden bed, I have been gradually filling it with layers of compostable material along with the soil I had taken out. This is called “sheet mulching” or “lasagna gardening” and is a great easy method to enrich the soil. In its most complete form, sheet mulching includes laying down cardboard or newspapers on top of whatever is growing on the ground (lawn, etc.) without any digging required. But since I wanted to have a deeper root zone in this raised bed, I did weed the soil and dig down deeper. Autumn is an excellent time to sheet mulch because the bed will have all winter to decompose and be ready for planting in the spring.
This is a form of composting in place, so you alternate layers using amendments rich in nitrogen (called “green”) or carbon (“brown”), but it also depends on what you happen to have in your yard. A basic permaculture principle is that waste is just nourishment for another part of the life cycle. So we are taking “waste” and giving it a chance to grow food next year. We have lots of leaves in our yard, so that is an important source of “brown”, and we also live within a half hour of the beach, so we use seaweed gathered at the shore as a source of “green.” I had a chance to go to Kettle Cove on Sunday to gather a bunch.
Here is my list of layers from the bottom (5 inches below ground level) up, with some photos along the way:
- soil from the site
- rock dust: I added some handfuls of rock dust, which adds trace minerals (I had collected a bucket-full a few years ago from a local quarry.)
- a bit of old seaweed, collected earlier this year.
- leaves mixed with a little bit of grass clippings, from Margy’s leaf collecting.
- a few branches (I remembered this from my hugelkultur adventures) These are good for water retention, slow release of nutrients—I just added a few, and then buried them in the leaves—I could have done a lot more, but also didn’t want to limit the roots.
- more soil
- After my trip to the beach, I added more fresh seaweed, a generous layer of it: seaweed is a great source for nitrogen, potassium, phosphate and magnesium, and many trace minerals. Note, I also added the second layer of cedar planks to bring it to its full height of 11 inches.
- more dried leaves with a little bit of grass clippings
- composted coffee chaff (which was in a barrel we kept next to our compost bin to add after kitchen scraps: after a couple years it composted itself!)
- more soil
- a couple inches of composted manure: we have a pile of it from last year, but we have to sift it because it has become full of roots.
- green cuttings from garden cleanup.
- leaf mould from leaves left in a barrel for a couple years
- more leaves to top it off.
And today it is complete! The rest will be done by winter, and soil creatures and time.

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Seniors more likely to have discussion if they go to geriatric clinic versus general internal medicine clinic
TUESDAY, July 5, 2016 (HealthDay News) — A minority of older adults who visit primary care providers have documented discussions about driving, according to research published in the June issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Marian E. Betz, M.D., M.P.H., from the University of Colorado in Aurora, and colleagues conducted an observational retrospective medical record review involving a random sample of 240 older adults (aged 65 years and older) from three primary care clinics (geriatric, hospital-based general internal medicine [GIM], and community-based GIM).
The researchers found that the oldest participants and those with more medical diagnoses visited the geriatric clinic, and they had a median of four visits in 2014 (compared with three in GIM clinics). The proportion of participants with documented discussions about driving was higher in the geriatric and GIM hospital clinics compared with the GIM community clinic (28 and 19 percent, respectively, versus 7.5 percent). There was no correlation between medical diagnoses that could impact driving, which were prevalent, with the frequency of discussions. Participants who went to the geriatric clinic or had a primary care provider younger than 45 years or who worked fewer than six half-day clinics per week were more likely to have one or more documented driving discussions in 2014, in multivariable analysis.
“Strategies to support routine and preparatory conversations about driving should incorporate these findings and might vary among clinic settings,” the authors write.
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We are developing "SIF Response Time" calculations for an Oil and Gas application for which I am looking for some guidance on how to establish the "response time" of 3051S transmitter in terms of which all parameters / lags need to be added to it. Below I have separated my query into specific questions:
I can provide more details in response to the queries above.
Many thanks in advance for your help in this.
In reply to Megan Wiens:
To respond to your above questions:
1. The safety response time for a SIF is the value that relates to overall process safety time, accounting for the final element, logic solver, and sensor response times. For a sensor (in this case, the transmitter), response time is the delay between a change in pressure on the isolator and when that change is reflected on the output. Considering this, the safety response time of the sensor and dynamic performance of the sensor are the same. The published values for dynamic performance and safety response time are different because they account for different conditions: the published dynamic performance value of 100 ms is true at 75 deg F, while the published safety response time of 1.5 seconds accounts for a “worst case” scenario (for example, at extreme ambient conditions, with certain fill fluids, etc.). The published safety response time is a very conservative number to ensure the response time of the SIF can meet the needs of the application.
Diagnostic response time (or the diagnostic test interval) is separate from safety response time (or the dynamic performance of the sensor). Safety response time is the response time for the process, while diagnostic response time is the response time for transmitter self-checks. So, if a problem is detected in the process input, the next process reading output will be to an alarm state. If a problem is detected in the transmitter itself, the output will alarm on the next diagnostic update.
2. The Advanced Diagnostics suite is an optional feature available on the 3051S, and these diagnostics monitor for issues external to the transmitter. The main diagnostics contained in this package are:
- Loop Integrity – to detect issues in the entire electrical loop, from the transmitter to the host
- Plugged Impulse Line – to detect blockages in impulse piping that prevent the transmitter from having visibility to changes in the process
- Process Intelligence – to detect abnormal conditions in the process, such as pump cavitation or distillation column flooding
When configuring Advanced Diagnostics, the user can choose whether a diagnostic trip will drive the analog output to its alarm state or simply generate a HART alert. Certain self-diagnostic capabilities come standard on all transmitters and will always drive to an alarm state when tripped, such as if a sensor module failure is detected.
3. The published 1.5 second safety response time is the “worst case” time delay for the entire 3051S series of transmitters, but note that this value applies to the transmitters only. It does not account for additions to the transmitter such as seals, capillary, or flow elements that may increase response time. Response times for these more complex sensor assemblies can be calculated using a tool like Instrument Toolkit, which can be downloaded here.
4. The safety response time already includes the update rate.
5. Damping changes the response time of the transmitter by smoothing the output if there are rapid input changes. Therefore, damping will impact the safety response time because it will take more time for a change in the input to be reflected in the output.
I hope this is helpful. Please feel free to reach out here with additional questions, or email me at email@example.com.
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I love my HTPC, which I build over 5 years ago. Much to my surprise it is still very capable of playing full HD and to some extend even 3D movies. But alas it is time to start thinking about a new smaller setup. Right now I have the Antec Fusion case with a mATX board in it. Which served well over the years.
Unfortunately the design of the mATX in combination with my ATX does not allow me to use the SATA ports properly (they are sorta sticking out to the side and into the case). So the hunt is on again for a new HTPC setup. Well not everything has to be brand new, I have a working digital tuner card as well as a relatively new graphics card for hardware acceleration. So this was my current setup, which I loved:
- Antec Fusion V2 case
- Gigabyte MA69GM-S2H motherboard, a bit old but working (could use replacing maybe?)
- AMD Athlon XP2 6000+
- Asus EAH5750 Formula
- 6 GB Dual channel DDR3 memory
- Harmony Remote
- SATA 160 GB Samsung HD
- FloppyDTV digital tuner card
- LG Blu-Ray player
So I’m not looking for anything fancy any more. I will be moving at least the FloppyDTV an LG Blu-ray player over to the new case. And preferably the graphics card unless I can find an onboard one with equal performance and HD decoding skills. So what are my new requirements:
- The case has to be smaller then my current one (I like the Fusion but it is to big for my likings)
- The system has to be as quite as possible (so minimal fans or big fans moving at low speed)
- It has to have an IR port to receive the Harmony signal
I’m sorta already stuck, and I’m only looking for a new case so far. Am I the only one looking for a small case for a HTPC that is at least a bit stylish, that does not need to have a display.


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When it comes to Eurovision national selection competitions, Germany always puts on one of the best. So it wasn’t surprising on Thursday night to have several songs and singers during their ‘Unser Lied für Stockholm‘ that could quite easily have done well at Eurovision 2016.
Case in point, this song and performance from Gregorian with ‘Masters of Chant‘, which was unusual enough (and cheesy enough and epic enough in true Eurovision style, frankly) that it could have done well at Eurovision 2016.
The eventual winner of Germany’s national selection, of course, was Jamie-Lee Kriewitz and her now-Eurovision 2016 entry ‘Ghost‘ and, yes, she should do very well.
But do watch Gregorian with ‘Masters of Chant‘ in the video below. They gave a very worthy performance.
- Lycoris Recoil English dub stars Lizzie Freeman, Xanthe Huynh, Jennifer Losi and more - August 9, 2022
- Listen to Rupert Holmes’ ‘Escape (The Piña Colada Song)’ from Better Call Saul, Season 6, Ep. 12 - August 9, 2022
- Listen to Alanis Morissette’s ‘Ironic’ from Roswell, New Mexico, Season 4, Ep. 9 – still cool after all these years - August 9, 2022


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Black History Month Art Exhibit Reception - 1-3 p.m., Texas Tech University Library.
African-American Education Summit - 8:15 a.m.-5 p.m. Merket Alumni Center on Texas Tech campus. "Saving Our Selves/Saving Our Students," with Nikki Giovanni performing. 742-5777.
African-American Education Summit - 8:15 a.m.-5 p.m. Student Union Building Allen Theatre on Texas Tech campus. "Meeting of the Minds," including speakers Nikki Giovanni, Dr. Jawanza and others. 742-5777.
Banquet and Awards - 6:30-9 p.m. Merket Alumni Center on Texas Tech campus. A night of poetry and jazz with Nikki Giovanni and Brad Leali. 742-5777.
"Klan-Destine Relationships: A Black Man's Odyssey into the Ku Klux Klan" - 8 p.m., Allen Theatre, Texas Tech. By pianist Daryl Davis. Tickets $10 for general public, free to Tech students, $5 for other students. 742-3610.
African-American Education Summit - 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Texas Tech School of Law. "It it is to be-It is up to me," an educational seminar empowering educators and administrators to educate Afican American and Hispanic youth. 742-3990 ext. 274 or 742-3657 ext. 256.
Iles Elementary Book Fair - 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. Iies Elementary, 2401 Date Ave. 766-1928.
Second Annual Black History Month Educational Honor March - 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. March begins at MLK Boulevard and Parkway Drive to proceed to MLK Memorial at Canyon Lake Park. In honor of the memory of influential African-Americans of the past, present, historical and local. Bring posters and wear historical and local icon tee shirts.
"Old Fashion Church" - 5-6:30 p.m. One Way Church of God in Christ, 1510 East 15th St. Celebrating black history the old-fashion way.
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Be “leaf” in yourself…so you won’t “fall” behind.
(did I just hear you groan)
I hope not…because who doesn’t love “acorny” joke.
Even though sometimes they can be kind of “squirrly.”
….except for this one (hee hee)
Happy almost fall and have a “gourd”eous day. 🙂
It’s trash to treasure day today here on the blog and I’m joining some of my friends for some fun “trashformations.”
And the best part of mine….it came out of the trash.
We had just finished cutting plenty of this for the house and there were extra molding odds and ends.
I saved them from the trash and thought….“I “can” turn them into something.”
And I was right.
Here’s my something that I finally made…..
…sure glad I kept on “truckin’.” 🙂
(total aside: don’t you love it when the jokes are so bad that you have to underline them)
DIY Wood Block Letters
random pieces of wood molding
random paint colors leftover from projects
Step 1: Cut random pieces of molding to different sizes
Perfection is not the goal.
(total aside…I love any project where perfection is not on the list of supplies)
Step 2: Paint pieces with random paint colors left over from projects
The more random…the better.
If it looks too uniform….the paint isn’t random enough.
Distress random painted pieces of molding with sandpaper.
Step 3: Hot glue random chip board letters
I chose capital letters and lower case letters.
Then hot glue the letters to the pieces of molding.
(total note to self: take more pictures of random chip board letters….they look like pieces of art)
You can spell fall or joy or your name or a quote or even a fall joke.
The sky’s the limit.
I don’t want to “squash” any ideas you might have.
Total pun intended. 🙂
and a guest host will be post our favorite Trash to Treasure projects.
This month At the Picket Fence is joining us!
Hope you like trash as much as we do!

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No worries about transfers, I moved and I'm back in Mount Pleasant. I am now in the Mount Pleasant east area (I used to be in west). It's crazy being back in the branch again especially since it feels like I just left. I would share with you about my new area but it's all about the same, President Ortega, same chapel, same apartment, etc. My companion is Elder H and it's his 3rd transfer in the field. He is from Chicago but recently before his mission moved to North Dakota.
So in Mount Pleasant I'm back on bike and it's been hot and humid out here. We cover most of DC in the East Area (all of the east side of DC and a little bit of the west side). There are 3 companionships in the branch 2 Elders and 1 Sister. The branch seems to being doing well. We have some good investigators here and I've really enjoyed starting to get know them. It's fun being back which was definitely a surprise to me. Not sure what you want to know about here since I was in DC for 7 months already. We had 2 investigators and a less-active member come to church this week which was awesome. We brought one of our investigators to the VC this week and we had a great tour with her. In the end we watched the Joseph Smith Prophet of the restoration video which she really enjoyed. I've been working with Elder Haggard to get the area in a bit more order so we can work hard and get everything we need to done.
Tell Matthew I wish him the best of luck for tech week and his eagle project. Both should be great.
Yep. Same place. I just serve in a different area. Same apartment and everything I'm just in the other room
Elder Braden Dahl

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