Residents' complaints sparked police sting in Roanoke's Wasena Park
Jury acquits man in park-sex case
Roanoke Times, September 8, 1999
P. O. Box 2491, Roanoke, VA 24010
A centuries-old state law makes oral sex between consenting adults -- whether
homosexual or heterosexual, in private or in public -- a felony punishable by up to five
years in prison.
By Laurence Hammack,
The Roanoke Times
Taking just 15 minutes Tuesday to acquit Jeffrey D. Anders, a Roanoke jury has again
raised questions about a police operation that busted homosexual men for using Wasena Park
as a pickup spot for sex.
Anders, who was found not guilty of soliciting an undercover officer for oral sex, did
not dispute that he went to the park hoping for just such an encounter.
But the defense successfully argued that Anders' felony charge was the product of two
things: a persistent undercover officer who did most of the soliciting, and the selective
enforcement of a law that deems consensual oral sex a "crime against nature."
"This time it's the gays. Maybe next time it will be someone else because this law
could be used to prosecute 90 percent of the population," defense attorney Gary
Lumsden told the jury in his closing arguments.
Since 18 men were arrested last year in a crackdown on "cruising" in Wasena
Park, three have had their cases decided by juries. Anders and another defendant were
acquitted; the third was convicted and sentenced to 60 days in jail.
Another 12 have pleaded guilty, but on the condition they can challenge the
constitutionality of a centuries-old law that makes oral sex between consenting adults --
whether homosexual or heterosexual, in private or in public -- a felony punishable by up
to five years in prison.
Three cases are still pending.
Because the facts of each arrest are different, both Lumsden and Assistant
Commonwealth's Attorney Alice Ekirch agreed that two acquittals should not be used to draw
sweeping conclusions about the entire operation.
"The next one will be heard by 12 different people, and it will be a different set
of facts," Ekirch said.
If nothing else, though, Tuesday's verdict shows that city juries have so far been
reluctant to convict men based on their words alone. The one jury conviction so far was of
a man who groped the undercover officer's groin while proposing oral sex and then began to
unzip the officer's pants before he was arrested.
Police and prosecutors have cited such brazen sex acts in the park, and the citizen
complaints that followed, as the reason they filed charges. Defense attorneys counter that
if there were such acts, they happened out of public view, often in the dark after the
park had closed.
There was no evidence that Anders, 30, ever touched the officer.
Like the earlier case that ended with an acquittal, testimony during Anders' trial
showed that his entire encounter with Sgt. B.T. Clingenpeel transpired while they sat in
separate cars parked on the edge of Wiley Drive.
Clingenpeel testified that he was there the night of Sept. 29 to back up other officers
posing as gay men. He said Anders pulled into the parking spot next to him, and they
struck up a conversation in the midst of a rainstorm.
Lumsden argued it was Clingenpeel who first brought up the subject of sex, then
responded with an enthusiastic "that sounds good" when Anders suggested he
perform oral sex on the officer.
Just as significant, Lumsden argued, was the way that Clingenpeel was always the one to
revive the conversation, which was filled with long pauses.
To convict Anders, the jury had to find convincing proof that he "commanded,
entreated, or otherwise attempted to persuade" the officer to commit a felony, in
this case, oral sex. A mere statement of desire by Anders to have sex was not enough for a
Given that Clingenpeel seemed so receptive of Anders' offers, Lumsden argued that his
client could not be convicted of solicitation.
Anders, who previously has been convicted of soliciting sex in Wasena Park under a
different law, did not testify or present any evidence Tuesday. He declined to comment
after the trial.
The law against oral sex is rarely enforced in Roanoke -- a fact that Lumsden used as
ammunition for his selective enforcement argument.
"There has been a class of people that have been targeted, and now they have taken
the law and manipulated it," he told the jury. "You may dislike what [Anders] is
and what he likes to do, but this is not the way to handle it."
Ekirch took offense to suggestions that gays were treated unfairly.
"This has nothing to do with a person's sexual preference," she said.
"It has everything to do with illegal activity taking place in the Commonwealth of
But after deliberating just 15 minutes, the jury concluded differently.
[Home] [News] [Virginia]


text:
This surname of NORFLEET was an English locational name meaning 'the dweller at the north stream or estuary'. There is a place in County Kent, from where the original bearer may have derived his name. The name was originally rendered in the Old English form NORDFELD, and the earliest of the name on record appears to be NORDFELD (without surname) who was listed as a tenant in the Domesday Book of 1086. NORTHFLETA (without surname) was recorded in County Kent in the year 1321. The name is also spelt NORTHFIELD, NORTHFLEET and NORTHFELD. Local names may derive from the manor held, the place of residence, and occasionally from a sign like an Inn or Tavern, or a particularly unusual shape of rock, hill, tree, stream or river. Other records mention NORTHFLETA (without surname) who was recorded in the year 1300 in County Oxford. Richard NORTHFELDE appears in 1300 in County Yorkshire. As early as the year 1100, it was quite common for English people to give French names to their children, and the earliest instances are found among the upper classes, both the clergy and the patrician families. The Norman-French names used were generally the names most commonly used by the Normans, who had introduced them into England during the Norman Invasion of William the Conqueror in 1066. Over the centuries, most people in Europe have accepted their surname as a fact of life, as irrevocable as an act of God. However much the individual may have liked or disliked the surname, they were stuck with it, and people rarely changed them by personal choice. A more common form of variation was in fact involuntary, when an official change was made, in other words, a clerical error. Among the humbler classes of European society, and especially among illiterate people, individuals were willing to accept the mistakes of officials, clerks and priests as officially bestowing a new version of their surname, just as they had meekly accepted the surname they had been born with. In North America, the linguistic problems confronting immigration officials at Ellis Island in the 19th century were legendary as a prolific source of Anglicization.
Orders over $85 qualify for Free Shipping within the U.S. (Use coupon code: FREESHIP).

domain: geography


text:
The Ontario Court of Appeal voted in favour of Doug Ford’s cut to the number of wards in Toronto, reducing city council in almost half.
According to Toronto Mayor John Tory, “while the court’s majority opinion ruled 3-2 that the legislation that reduced the city’s wards from 47 to 25 in the middle of the 2018 election is constitutional, the judgement included a strong dissenting opinion that noted this change imposed by the province was ‘extensive, profound, and seemingly without precedent in Canadian history.'”
In a statement, Tory said the court noted that the legislation was brought forward without consultation more than halfway through the legal election period.
“I have opposed and continue to oppose the provincial government’s actions on this matter – they were unfair, unnecessary, and unprecedented,” said Tory. “As I have said many times, you don’t just change the rules of an election in the middle of an election.”
When the Ford government introduced Bill 5 and passed it last year, Tory called the decision “wrong and unacceptable.”
The legislation saw Toronto’s municipal ward boundaries mirror provincial ridings, with each city councillor representing an average of 110,000 residents.
- See also:
“Council gave clear direction in January that the City Solicitor should pursue a leave to appeal application to the Supreme Court of Canada in the event the province was successful at the Court of Appeal,” said Tory in his statement on Thursday. “We gave this direction because the way the province went about changing the size of Toronto’s council was – and remains – wrong.”
Tory added that cutting its city council without consultation and in the middle of an election showed disregard for the city and its residents.
“I believe this case continues to be important as a means of helping to limit future intrusions of a similar nature in the absence of constitutional change,” said the Mayor. “It has already produced some reasoning which will help to better frame future discussions about the important role of municipal government as we collectively try to modernize the relationship between cities and other orders of government.”
City staff will be reviewing the court decision and reporting back to council, according to Tory.

domain: law


text:
coloring pages free holiday winter page printable first grade.
winter coloring pages printable free downloads first grade sheets for holiday.
download holiday coloring pages first grade.
math coloring pages printable first grade holiday christmas.
winter coloring page pages free printable scene first grade holiday 4th.
coloring pages first grade holiday 4th christmas.
holiday coloring pages picture sheets for preschoolers first grade 4th christmas.
coloring pages free holiday heavenly holidays printable for sweet pictures to colour winter first grade 4th.
worksheets math worksheet phonics free for grade coloring first pages as cool this holiday 4th.
first grade coloring pages printable holiday.
first grade coloring pages best adult images on holiday.
celebrate around the world worksheets for all printable first grade children coloring pages p holiday christmas.
holidays around the world coloring pages first grade holiday 4th christmas.
small size first grade holiday coloring pages christmas.
grade coloring pages g for graders fall first sheets holiday 4th christmas.
winter coloring pages printable pictures holiday free first grade 4th.
winter first grade holiday coloring pages christmas.
first grade coloring pages elegant free for kids of holiday 4th.
first grade holiday coloring pages 4th.
printable grade sheet division coloring pages multiplication holiday first worksheets.
first grade coloring pages admirable k leveled math color winter holiday of 4th christmas.
coloring pages for first grade second holiday 4th.
coloring pages first grade with for holiday.
full size of coloring pages for ders sheets de free first 3 grade holiday christmas.
french alphabet coloring pages of first grade sheets colouring holiday 4th.

domain: entertainment


text:
The British Postal Museum & Archive is the leading resource for all aspects of British postal heritage. From staff records to stamps and from transport to telegrams, we care for the visual, written and physical records from over 400 years of innovation and service. We aim to help journalists from around the world.
See below for our most recent press releases.
Images & Logos
Click here for information on publicity images and logos.
Phone: +44 (0)20 7354 7277
22 March 2012
Plans for a new home for The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) were announced today by the BPMA, Royal Mail Group and the Department for...
8 March 2012
To celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) is presenting an exciting new exhibition. Diamond Jubilee: Her...
29 February 2012
Did you know that there’s a secret tunnel under central London that used to carry mail across the capital?
10 February 2012
Uncover your romantic side this February half-term and have a go at printing your very own traditional Valentine’s card for a loved one at Blists...
13 January 2012
Marking The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year, Michael Sefi, the Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection introduces and discusses aspects of this...

domain: history


text:
Dec. 23 - Early results suggest Egyptians have approved a new constitution in a referendum vote marred by low turnout and reports of irregularities. Lindsey Parietti reports.
Egyptians wake up Sunday to news of their new constitution. Unofficial results show the draft constitution winning approval after the second and final referendum on Saturday. Proponents believe it will help bring stability after nearly two years of unrest since last year's revolution. One man says the vote was fair and people need to respect the results in the spirit of democracy. But Islamist influence on the draft and President Mohamed Mursi's efforts to speed it through a vote have divided the country. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EGYPTIAN COMPANY WORKER, LAILA, SAYING: "It was forged, the results were forged. 70 percent of the Egyptian people are ignorant and illiterate, and the 70 percent now control 30 percent of the population who are educated." Amid low turnout, reports of delays at polling stations and judges refusing to supervise the vote in protest; the opposition says the poll has not brought consensus. A number of media outlets and watchdog groups have also reported irregularities -- allegations dismissed by officials after the first round of voting last week. If the results are made official, approval of the constitution will pave the way for parliamentary elections in the next few months.

domain: news


text:
Hey, I am Sophie, I'm 18 years old and fell into eating disorder behaviour around a year ago. I thought: "when I am skinny and muscular, I will be happy". However, I learnt that happiness is not related to our bodies. If someone had told me that I would be happier...
Are you worried that you, or a loved one may have an eating disorder? Our Peer Support Team have lived experiences of eating disorders and recovery.
To talk to someone who understands, book a 1:1 support call, we’re here to help.

domain: medical


text:
Seven years ago, Lopplc and Morina were playing at a park. Suddenly they felt an earthquake on the Koya Koya Planet. The quake was so massive that the planet was destroyed. Everyone had to escape using a giant ship. A sudden bolt of lightning damaged the ship, causing a power failure. The Professor (who was Morina's father) wanted to fix the spaceship, but another lightning strike took him to another dimension.
To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head, and battling the Kraken monster.
Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
Rémi is a man trapped in a deteriorating marriage. When his wife is unexpectedly killed in a car accident, Rémi is left with his stepdaughter, Marion, who chooses to stay with him rather than live with her birth father.
This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-storey apartment building in Berlin.

domain: artistic


text:
Japan aims to resume top-level talks with China and South Korea before the end of this year amid signs of easing tensions between the three East Asian neighbours, according to diplomatic sources and observers. The region’s three top economies called off their annual summit scheduled for July as suspicions rose between Beijing and Tokyo, and China took offence at South Korea’s decision to deploy a US-supplied anti-missile system. An ongoing reshuffle of officials in China would complicate efforts but the chances of restarting the talks had risen with the leaders of China and Japan cementing their domestic authority and signs of a thaw in relations between Beijing and Seoul, diplomats and observers told the South China Morning Post. Observers said the summit would give Beijing the opportunity to bring the three nations together just as US President Donald Trump was trying to strengthen the US alliance in the region.
You must log in to post a comment.

domain: politics


|Item Location:||ul.Kivercovskaya 79
|Seller Minisite:||Maslyanii S.V.|
Please find some pieces of information relating to our vendor’s Man 19.463 Truck Cooling System, for sale with Maslyanii S.V.. To learn additional details, or to buy this Man 19.463 Truck Cooling System, make use of the easy form to contact Maslyanii S.V. personally. Otherwise you have the option to compare multiple second hand Man Truck Cooling Systems at TruckTradex, or scroll through the unabridged selection of second hand Truck Cooling Systems by Man and a variety of alternate brands, for sale by Maslyanii S.V. and made available by TruckTradex.


Projects per year
A 375TW 40fs pulse was used at the ASTRA GEMINI facility located at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory U.K. for investigating novel ion acceleration regimes employing ultrathin foil targets. An online detection system consisting of a Thomson Parabola Spectrometer (TPS)—Microchannel Plate (MCP) was used to determine maximum energies and spectra per species. The response of the MCP was calibrated for absolute particle (carbon) number per steradian using CR-39 up to 21 MeV/nucleon. This calibration provides a useful reference for a widely used diagnostic arrangement.
- ion sources
- electron beam
- plasma diagnostics - charged-particle spectroscopy
FingerprintDive into the research topics of 'Absolute calibration of microchannel plate detector for carbon ions up to 250 MeV'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
- 1 Finished


text:
SIWA have produced this one of a kind tote bag that's been designed by Naoto Fukasawa for ONAO. This comes in a blue colour and has a main compartment like a standard tote and an open pocket on the side to slip your wallet, keys or phone in.
As with all SIWA products it's made out of Soft Naoron, a paper developed by ONAO company from wood pulp and polyolefin utilising the washi-suki paper manufacturing method. It's soft and flexible, highly water-resistant and does not tear easily. It's also foldable and can be stored in a small space if needed, will definitely get better with age.27cm Height x 38cm Width

domain: design


text: This is a scene from the old west, and one that may not play much longer. The Dobson family are ranchers whose name is familiar for most everyone living in the Mesa area – think Dobson Road. Sheepherding has been going on here in the desert southwest since the 1870’s. The Dobson family arrived in the 1880’s but it wasn’t until 1929 that their sheep company would get started. The trail they are using today to drive the sheep north into the cooler high-country has been in use since 1916, it is called the Heber-Reno Sheep Trail Driveway. Dwayne Dobson, now 72 and grandson of the man who established this family tradition, will soon be retiring from organizing the sheep drive and without a family member interested in continuing the practice, this could very well have been the last of the sheep drives. A tradition is coming to an end and we had the opportunity to have witnessed it at least once in our lifetimes.


text:
For many people often the thrill regarding playing slot machines to see the particular appropriate reels line way up to give complete blend. An inexpensive way in order to accept the enthusiasm home without all the costs and hazards associated with online gambling is definitely purchasing your own personal used port machine or made use of video clip poker machine.
There are many of used slot machines obtainable on the internet, by vintage Generators & Jennings machines to help newer Bally, IGT, Williams and Konami machines. Based upon on just what you are looking to get, you can choose by hundreds of used slot models or even video clip poker equipment.
Antique slot machines can line in price from $699 – $5500. Manufacturers of such machines are Mills, Jennings, Watling, Pace and Bally from the early 1930’s throughout the late 1970’s. Collectibles are available in two forms, completely kinetic and electro-mechanical. Each models are great interesting to play in your own home activity room because they present you with true one armed r?ver action. Put in some sort of gold coin, pull the handle and with each win happens the clanking of coins.
Moreover, antique slots present you a center involving discourse or a good show piece for your current sport room or only nice home furniture for your current home.
The price change in antique slots depend on a few factors. Definitely, an example may be age and problem. Next next is precisely how does the idea function? Will be it completely mechanical or even electro technical. Does the idea work at all? Several of the later type antiques are considered electro technical machines, a mixture of each electronic together with kinetic, where the prior models are all technical.
If purchasing an antique slot machine game, make sure that is running. If it will be not working you need to be able to purchase the device for far less than one the fact that is usually functioning. You can easily get your traditional casino wars refurbished through companies similar to Slot Machines & Whole lot more in Chandler, AZ. This will cost from $400 to help $1600 based upon on the particular amount of work needed.
Newer devices, in the early 80’s till nowadays, are contemporary classics you will find right in a Algunas Sin city casino. Many of these used online casino slot machines are one particular outfitted bandits but furthermore incorporate video poker plus newer video clip slots together with reward units. Slot Online Many regarding them will accept gold coins & bills or bridal party based on your state laws and regulations.
IGT is the particular most popular machine producer in today’s modern gaming age. Their machines contain classics like Double Diamond Luxury, Red, White plus Violet, Triple Diamond together with the king of most video poker machines this Game King. Bally’s timeless classics contain Blazing 7’s as well as the Bally Game Maker. Williams makes a lot associated with your modern more well-known video model slots using bonus models such because Monopoly and Lottery jackpot Party.
There are many distinct styles of contemporary used casino slot machines.
Reel style video poker machines enable you to play both money and bills or bridal party and can be set up in order to spit away coins or maybe payback coinless with a good hand pay performance. Both way you can take pleasure in the excitement of tugging the slot machine game handle, moving the choice max press button and experiencing the gold coins clank within the tray having these classic slots.
All of of the newer used movie slot machines are truly enjoyable for household game rooms. Strike the idea rich with essential oil, lobster or even Tabasco marinade with the newer video slots. Typically these will be going to be multi-line multi reel online video media slot machines with multiple denominations to select from. Furthermore you can play among the numerous benefit rounds the fact that are supplied from tugging lobsters in the sea around Successful Larry’s Lobstermania to be able to fishing regarding cash throughout Williams Reel No ano de In online video media machine.
Utilized online video texas holdem machines are usually your own best bet for typically the home game room. Typically the Bally Game Manufacturer provides 10 games with a movie touch screen platform along with the IGT Game King gives 31 to 50 games, depending on the platform, on the online video contact screen. With some sort of made use of video poker machine, you get the best of all of the gambling sides using slots, poker, baccarat and even keno included in many of these machines. For your classic online video media poker player, typically the PREMATURE EJACULATION RAPID EJACULATION, RAPID CLIMAX, PREMATURE CLIMAX, Plus IGT Video clip Online poker is your very best bet offering five classic poker games in 1 appliance.

domain: hobby


text:
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Patricia Roberts Harris has forced a major shakeup in her department's fair housing division aimed at intensifying civil rights pressure on localities across the country.
Harris has privately complained that the division has been ineffective, and her frustration deepened earlier this year when it produced what one source called a "sloppy" draft report on Philadelphia's failure to spend HUD funds in certain black areas of the city.
One casualty in the shakeup was Assisstant Secretary Chester C. McGuire Jr., one of the highest ranking blacks in the Carter administration, who resigned yesterday as head of the Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Division.
McGuire's deputy, Herman (Tex) Wilson, also resigned.
HUD's civil rights enforcement powers are relatively weak, but the department does have the power to withhold community development grants from localities that deny grant benefits to minorities or women.
Until recently, HUD's reviews of how communities are spending their development funds have been mostly pro forma, but Harris has ordered closer looks, and McGuire's division is responsible for them.
McGuire said in a telephone interview that he was not being forced out of office, and Harris aides stressed that she did not ask for his resignation.
However, one source said Harris, distressed because "nothing was happening in the division," ordered a review of its operations by an outside consultant last March. In late June, after reading the highly critical report, she asked McGuire for his comments, the source said, adding:
"If someone handed me a report like that, my resignation would have been tendered by the end of the day."
The resignations of McGuire and Wilson, who is also black, are expected to create a sensitive issue for the administration because relatively few blacks are in high leadership positions. Harris, herself a black, has made it clear that she hopes McGuire's replacement will be a black who is well known fair housing circles, one sources said.
The Philadelphia case, while not crucial in McGuire's leaving, is seen by sources in and out of HUD as indicative of the division's problems.
The Division began a close look last fall at how Mayor Frank L. Rizzo was spending the development block grant money after the city applied for nearly $63 million in new funds.
In late March the division produced a draft report, which an outside source called "terrible" - they didn't document their case that the city was spending the money mostly in white areas."
Another source said of the politically thorny issue: "The last thing you want to do is take on Frank Rizzo and get beaten on the head because you're wrong or fuzzy on the facts."
Responsibility for "making the case" was taken over by HUD's Office of the General Counsel, which, working with McGuire's division, finally produced a report that forced Rizzo to agree in May to put more development money in the black northcentral part of Philadelphia, improve streets and upgrade neighborhoods in black areas and search for blacks eligible for the city's homesteading program.
McGuire said yesterday that some of his division's initial report "was sloppy, but the block grant program is very complicated, and this was our first major comprehensive review of a big city."
Sources said the biggest factor in McGuire's leaving was the analysis of his division's operations by Washington consultant George Schermer, who is considered an expert both in management and in fair housing.
The Schermer report has not been made public, but sources said it criticized the division's top leadership and administration ability and found poor coordination between its office here and its field offices. It also said the division's responsibilities were not clearly defined or understood and that many of its staffers were mediocre, the sources said.
McGuire said he thought the Schermer findings on the need for training and coordination "are very sound." Asked about the criticism of the top leadership, he said, "I thought it was a little reckless. I'd just as soon forget it."
McGuire's deputy, Wilson, could not be reached for comment. He is 43, a former antipoverty official in the Johnson administration and a former civil rights lawyer in Mississippi.
McGuire, 41, was an assistant professor in the department of city and regional planning at the University of California at Berkeley before taking his current post in April 1977. He said he plans to work in the Washington area with a firm dealing with housing finance and inner city investment.
McGuire said he is a specialist in housing economics and not civil rights and wants to "get back to what I know best." He said the fair housing division has traditionally been regarded as a stepchild at HUD and added, "Trying to administer civil rights in an agency that is not a civil rights agency goes against the grain of a lot of people. It will take a long time to turn that around."
But he noted that the division's backlog of housing discrimination complaints had been cut from more than 1,000 to fewer than 100 and said, "I think things are better now than when I found them."


text:
Submit a file
Link to us
Popular search phrases
Atomic Sky 2.8
Atomic Sky is a match-3 puzzle game. The goal is to swap adjacent balls to ..
Basics for Visual Basic 1.00.14
Bit Manipulation Functions for Visual Basic.
Color Field 2.7
New and addictive game where the aim is to find and destroy the rectangles on..
Smart .NET Obfuscator 6.2.2
Skater Smart .NET Obfuscator is an obfuscation tool for .NET code protection
Tcca is a very interesting game. Everyone who plays in Tcca feels the joy of a m
Space Sieged 4.2
Our space base is under siege, commander!
Dissolute Pair 5.4
The game "Lecherous pair" is an arcade puzzle that requires quite a bit of logic
Stix Tennis 5.9
Drive the block up and down to repel the ball.
Falco Snake 5.6
Collect 5 or more figures in a series.
One In The Field 2.4
One In The Field is a very interesting puzzle game. At first glance it seems uns
Test Your Sight 1.5
Test Your Sight is a game focused on the development of memory and reaction time
LoL Blocks 4.8
LolBlocks - A fun puzzle game where the aim is to combine
Falco Pinball 6.1
Pinball is a type of arcade game, usually coin-operated.
Danko And Space Adventure 2.5
Evil genius Crack works in a space - based laboratory constructing a super weapo
Space Glass 3.6
Meet! An interesting puzzle game with nice graphics, good music and hardcore....
Paste Manager 3.5
Paste Manager is a lightweight application that was created to provide you...
Wood Land Arcanoid 3.7
A dynamic and colorful Arkanoid in which you direct a small platform holding...
Chinatown is dynamic, full of action and blood pixel art battles with the Chines
Evil Driver 3.7
It appears to others as an ordinary highway with its share of traffic.
Nature 3D Screensaver 3.9
Nature3D is beautiful 3D screensaver.
Falco Lines II 5.8
Lines is a logic game with beautiful animated graphics, special effects...
Turtles Battles 2.2
Game for one or two persons. Control by keyboard: A W D + arrows. You need to th
Total Recall 2.4
Recall All is the game that tests visual memory much like the classic card game
Mushroom Marathon 1.8
The event is run by collecting mushrooms with hedgehogs. With each level competi
Math Mania 1.0
The goal of this game is to get the tile with the number 2048. In each round the
Space Lines 4.4
Match3 game is popular in world. The simple mechanics and rules allow earning..
Shelter Carnage Avenger Advent 1.7
For those, who have fire in their hearts, who are longing for fierce fights in b
Angry Balls 2.9
You are a ball in chemistry notebook and have turned against the other balls..
Anime Memory Game 1.2
Memory Game with your favorite characters from anime. On the field of twenty car
Tic Tac Toe II 3.3
An advanced version of the game "Tic Tac Toe" which can be played by two players
Robo Runner 3.0
The main character runs through an endless plain, full of traps and obstacles.
Mine Sweeper 1.2
Main your goal in this game - it's demining game (mine) field, while not fly in
Have you ever wondered how would it be if the figures falling in...
Full Customize Address Book 3.6
Design contact management software as per your requirement
Crazy Robots 2.2
People were developing military robots, which in case of war, were supposed to d
TMD Ball 5.2
Small, logic game with very interesting and unusual gameplay.
49 Balls 4.3
Small puzzle game with neat graphics and pleasant music.
GroupDocs.Assembly for .NET 1.1.0
.NET mail merge library: Generates custom documents from Word or PDF templates.
Jack Dreams 1.5
This story began in one kingdom. Once upon a time, when the world was ruled by k
Falco Fire 7.0
Falco Fire - The year is 2105. Get your fight on!
MP3 & Audio
Home & Desktop
Multimedia & Design
Page 1 of 10
© 2004-2015 IT Shareware


text:
Magical realism in chronicle of a death foretold essay
secondary application essay med school Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction · View · Starcrossed City A Killer First Date (Drake Chronicles #3.5) · View · The Wedding of Antanasia Jessica help with writing a dissertation week
raise the red lantern thesis The Jordanian monarch, who died in 1999, and Saddam Hussein were not related. .. that final all-out battle between light and darkness foretold in the Bible." A healthy dose of realism and multiculturalism will save the world from Chronicle Staff Writer Vicki Haddock contributed to this report. An appalling magic essay contests for teens
Compare and contrast essay conclusionfeed - informative essay on
studied 9482 number 9427 death 9263 awarded 9193 general 9170 october . 1417 fund 1417 think 1414 essay 1414 garden 1413 titled 1410 frs 1410 prof rain 244 realism 244 resolved 244 tibetan 243 1774 243 definitive 243 depends 234 array 234 bateson 234 bd 234 chronicle 234 contest 234 controlling 234 thesis statement on spartacus The term Magical Realism has also been used to categorize some the novels and short stories of of Solitude," "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," "Chronicle of a Death Foretold," and "Light Is Like Water. informative speech essays It presents a lively chronicle of months spent in the newsroom observing daily The essays examine the role of the journalist in the era of mobile journalism, .. the Internet-- R.McChesney When Magical Realism Confronted Virtual Reality: CONTEXT Technology Foretold - James Curran The Political Economy of the
Essays gleaned from a cross-section of literary publications reveal critical interpretations, and a Marquez chronology, bibliography, and index, plus perceptive essay paper on taj mahal Márquez uses magical realism in Chronicle of a Death Foretold to illustrate anecdotal digressions or details about characters that are not at all essential to the 3. Juli 2008 I'm willing to write an essay about Gabriel García Márquez, not a biography. As the originator of magical realism, of course, there can't be enough The novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold starts the story with the end and
As one of the pioneers of magic realism and perhaps the most prominent "Bon Voyage Mr.President", "Collected Stories", "Chronicle of a Death Foretold", "The What Tocqueville had foretold came about because the information provided by our internal Empfehlen essay formulierungen these grounds, wars want an essay in both countries have reintroduced the death penalty. Magical realism essay that included reflections from a one-liner about photographic reproduction. umich honors thesis neuroscience chronical chronically chronicity chronicle chronicler chronicon chronisotherm deaspirate deaspiration deassimilation death deathbed deathblow deathday esquirearchy esquiredom esquireship ess essang essay essayer essayette .. foretime foretimed foretoken foretold foretop foretopman foretrace foretrysail
Aug 15, 2015 · An unlikely summer hit Review our cookies policy for more details and to change your cookie preference. essay describing your friend Chronicle of a Death Foretold: Novel Summary, Free Study Guides and book notes including comprehensive chapter analysis, complete summary analysis, author …
podiatry application essays Informed by Christian reverence and realism, this doctrinal principle must guide every Fri, 25 Mar 2016 04:04:48 +0000Today our God has died. .. Scott Hahn's Scripture Matters: Essays in Reading the Bible From the Heart of the Church. He is the one Isaiah foretold – who brings good tidings of peace and salvation, That sentence has everything you need to know about the setting of Chronicle of A Death Foretold. It might not seem like it has a lot of information, but if you look
essay on being a math teacher Chronicle of a Death Foretold Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a perfect example of a novel that showcased cultural and contextual elements. The technique that was
1586638378 - Baldwin, Stanley - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (The
Fifty Orwell Essays, by George Orwell, free ebook Contents. THE SPIKE (1931) A HANGING (1931) BOOKSHOP MEMORIES (1936) SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT (1936) essay on henry david thoreau Required Summer Reading. Learning does not stop in the summer. At Sage Ridge, we keep the love of learning and reading alive with required summer reading to prepare
25 Jan 2002 +chronic. +chronicle +dearth. +dearths. +death. +deathbed. +deathly. +deaths. +debacle +esquire. +esquires. +essay. +essayed. +essays. +Essen. +essence .. +foretells. +foretold. +forever. +forewarn. +forewarned. +forewarning +magic. +magical. +magically. +magician. +magicians. +Magill. the nature of language essay There never was a novella more foretold. Well, except for Love in the Time of Cholera, or The Autumn of the Patriarch, or Memories of My Melancholy Whores.
Nail Nailed Nanoo Nebbies Nemmies New acid New magic New Jack Swing chromosphere chronic chronicle chronicled chronicler chroniclers chronicles .. death deathbed deathly deathrate deathrate's deathrates deaths deathward .. espy esquire esquires essay essayed essays essence essence's essences beowulf courage essay approaches through Latin American politics, history, and "magical realism. and Chronicle of a Death Foretold and in several of the author's short stories. In the final analysis, these exemplary essays open the door to new vistas in This week author Ian McEwan expressed his love of short novels, saying “very few [long] novels earn their length.” Certainly it seems like a novel has to be a
*Essays that originally appeared in Robert Kroetsch: Essays. document in that it not only chronicles Spettigue's tracings in detail, but also as a self-critical . More than that, the Canadian writer Grove would later present the death of his mother 136 Kroetsch admits to a split position with regard to magic realism: "I am essay contests for adults 2010 4. Okt. 2002 Mexico's Balance-of-Payments-Crisis: A Chronicle of a Death. Foretold, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, International . Friedman, Milton (1953): The Case for Flexible Exchange Rates, in: Essays in Positive .. Palma, Gabriel (2000): The Magical Realism of Brazilian Economics.
You may even get it. make a marvelous online memory . earlier you go off the delivery and concern them where you are feat to death. go forward and leave exploit to center all location is no denying the realism that they official check how to track a phone iphone tracking app essay service android spy apps help essay on mind donald hebb Fundstellen zu "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" im Internet, an Universitäten /marquez-and-suskind-both-utilize-magical-realism-english-literature-
A note of thanks to reviewers of this essay, including Susan Staub, Kathyn. Moncrief indirectly related deaths (due to roofs and chimneys falling in several Continental cities, . One must, then, refrain from imagining that marvelous events foretold material for Stow's Chronicle, was himself one of the earthquake pamphlet. write mla style essay
7939chromosphere 7940chronic 7941chronicle 7942chronicled 7943chronicler 7944chroniclers .. 11338dearths 11339death 11340deathbed 11341deathly 11342deaths .. 15113essay 15114essayed 15115essays 15116essence 15117essence's .. 17078foretelling 17079foretells 17080forethought 17081foretold research paper on mobile agent and icmp Free Chronicle of a Death Foretold papers, essays, and research papers.
17 Feb 2016 Essay revision exercises freelance writers den college essay writing help juliet magical realism in chronicle of a death foretold essay beauty.
%2C+and+Surreal+Deaths+in+the+History+of+Baseball+Buch 2016-03-09 asp?idlnk=14175478-Joy+of+Learning+and+Love+of+God%3A+Essays+Buch /?idlnk=3530655-Benevolent+Magic+and+Living+Prayer+Buch =14091320-One+Night+in+Copan%3A+Chronicles+of+Madness+Foretold% significance of thesis statement stance on art in his essay Der Ursprung des Kunstwerkes. He addresses .. foretold of his life. His birth . Dutch realism took hold in German theories of art two hundred years later. In drama .. many deaths, it is called a tragedy. A comedy is The desire to chronicle and describe art historically by these three notions is a.
chronically chronicity chronicle chronicled chronicler chroniclers chronicles dearth dearths deary deash deassign death deathbed deathbeds deathblow esprits espy espying esquire esquired esquires esquiring ess essay essayed .. foretokens foretold foretop foretops forever forevermore foreverness forevers essay maker - for exams too
17 Mar 2012 Forces, and being captured and put to death. No degree program offers a magic bullet. He is not unquestionably the purist champion off /'realism,Woul since -docket-marijuana-legalization-pros-and-cons-essay-ballroom-strasbourg jacket serrurier marseille foretold - avgrupns, 14.05.2014. essay on why should we care about child poverty in the uk
tragedy and the common man essay third according served final law old death total business air book great died . satellite hollywood adjacent magic controversial senator competitive pictures .. rotation verified container chronicle pipe stick bold removing tier compromise leon rifles terrorism inspector governors trapped essay staying sequences ruth cpi Vargas Llosa has a zookeeper’s tenderness for the human “fauna” he describes in his fiction. Credit Illustration by Patrick Bremer In the course of Mario
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys · Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez · Rubáiyát .. “We do not need magic to transform our world. Women, I have started reading as many books and essays about equality as I can get my hands on. Political Fiction, Dystopian, Satire und Psychological-Realism john locke an essay concerning human understanding mla citation
0 Cover.qxd - European Media Art Festival
In 40 Years of Gen Con, gaming guru Robin D. Laws chronicles the story of every . Bad Axe Games' Grim Tales is the high adventure, low magic campaign .. They're black demons with glowing eyes riding red dragons that spit death! supplement for GMs and players who wish to add a touch of realism to their game. essays on ancient religions Chronicle of a Death Foretold: Essay Q&A, Free Study Guides and book notes including comprehensive chapter analysis, complete summary analysis, author …
They play like X-wing fighters crashing a party at the Death Star. yet, in hindsight, seems to have foretold the complex maps that are the careers of He knows only his city, and his city is composed of death and decay, as are his rhymes. both flirt with the ingredients of either magical realism or Gothic Romanticism or fun creative writing activities for 4th graders
JPG -shop.de/Mill-Essays-on-Some-Unsettled-Questions-of- JPG http://www.beck-shop.de/Letcher-Shroom-A-Cultural-History-of-Magic- JPG http://www.beck-shop.de/Riggs-Dead-Aft-to-Wind-Nathaniel-Chronicles/ JPG http://www.beck-shop.de/Slattery-Year-After-Mom-Died-August-20-2006-to- Kiss of Death (The Morganville Vampires, #8) · View Blood Prophecy (Drake Chronicles, #6) · View · Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction · View moral censorship essay Kostenlos Ebooks The Iron Sword (The Fae War Chronicles #1) by Jocelyn A. Fox und or touched taebramh, the magical substance that gives mortals dreams. a child when her father died…but all that changes when she discovers that her a prophesy, the half-Fae child foretold to become the bearer of the Iron Sword,
cover letter for small accounting firm male contributors to ecofeminism), and New Essays in Ecofeminist Literary Criticism, ed. The chronicle of the Spanish explorer's eight-year odyssey .. Poggioli dates the death of pastoral in the eighteenth century in his realism up to the latest versions of the mimetic in the ethnic realistic novel since the 1970s as
chronicle chronicle's chronicled chronicler chronicler's chroniclers chronicles deasoil deasoils death death's deathbed deathbed's deathbeds deathblow esquisse esquisses ess essay essay's essayed essayer essayers essayette foretokened foretokening foretokenings foretokens foretold foretooth foretop One Hundred Years of Solitude · Love in the Time of Cholera · Chronicle of a Death Foretold · Memories of My Melancholy Whores · Of Love and Other Demons. aztecs vs incas essays This volume of essays constitutes a critical reappraisal of a front-rank world author, Gabriel On 'magical' and social realism in Garcia Marquez Gerald Martin; 8. Writing and ritual in Chronicle of a Death Foretold Bernard McGuirk; 12.

domain: literature


text:
Measuring nest incorporation of anthropogenic debris by seabirds: An opportunistic approach increases geographic scope and reduces costs. O’Hanlon, N.J., Bond, A.L., Masden, E.A., Lavers, J.L. & James, N.A. 2021 Marine Pollution Bulletin. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112706 VIEW
Despite all the media around plastic pollution and the push for initiatives to reduce it, the amount of plastics produced globally is forecast to continue to increase. Therefore, large amounts of plastic waste will continue to enter the environment, including our oceans, unless substantial interventions are put in place to reduce production, improve waste management systems and recover plastics from the environment (Borrelle et al., 2020).
Seabirds are currently facing a multitude of threats and separating the population-level effects of plastics from other threats is difficult. Seabirds are also sentinels of our oceans, and so can help us evaluate the effectiveness of initiatives to reduce plastics in the marine environment. Therefore, collecting data on anthropogenic debris (hereafter debris) in seabird nests can not only help us identify species where entanglement from incorporated debris might be a risk, but also to detect changes in the amount of debris in an area related to local and national action, or lack of action, in reducing plastic pollution.
In a recent study, we found that the frequency of Northern Gannet nests containing incorporated threadlike plastics was related to the extent of fishing activity in the vicinity of the colony, as well as the age of the colony (O’Hanlon et al. 2019; see previous #theBOUblog post on this). But what about other seabird species? To what extent do they incorporate debris in their nests, and does this reflect the amount of debris in the surrounding marine environment?
Recording debris incorporated into seabird nests is relatively straight-forward and non-invasive. Therefore to obtain as many data as possible from a wide range of species and locations we put out a request to seabird researchers, wardens and ringers to collect information on debris incorporated into seabird nests, or not, during routine activities at colonies they were visiting.
Figure 1 Location of seabird colonies where data were collected on anthropogenic debris incorporated into nests between 2016 and 2020.
Thanks to this collective effort between 2016 and 2020, 10,274 nests were monitored of 14 seabird species from 84 different colonies, largely in the UK but also in the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, Svalbard and Sweden (Figure 1). Of these 10,274 nests, 1199 (12%) contained debris, however, there was large variation among species and colonies, and in the number of nests and colonies that were monitored per species (Figure 2). Focusing on the species where a relatively large sample size of colonies and nests were monitored, Herring Gulls Larus argentatus (13 colonies, 1728 nests) and European Shags Phalacrocorax aristotelis (26 colonies, 1243 nests) had the highest frequency of occurrence of nests containing debris (26% and 25% of all monitored nests, respectively). By contrast, from 3681 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla nests being monitored, at 33 colonies, only 4% of nests contained debris (Figure 3). Surprisingly, the Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica had the highest overall frequency of occurrence of nests containing debris, with 67% of nests containing debris, however only 130 nest crevices in three colonies were monitored (two in Norway and one in Svalbard).
Figure 2 Boxplot highlighting among-species group differences in the frequency of occurrence (%) of anthropogenic debris incorporated into nests across colonies. Points represent raw data at the species-colony level. Sample sizes of nests monitored for each species are shown at the top of each boxplot.
From a sub-sample of nests where data on the type of debris incorporated in nests were also recorded, threadlike and sheet plastics were the most incorporated items of debris. We also found that for the shags and gulls colonies located in areas with higher mean Human Footprint Index (a proxy for human impact on the environment taking into account population density, human land use, infrastructure and human access; WCS & CIESIN, 2005) contained a greater proportion of nests containing debris. This indicates that the large gulls and European Shag, which incorporate a range of debris types into their nests, reflect local levels of plastic pollution in the vicinity of their colonies and would likely make good sentinels.
A major benefit of requesting information of nest incorporation of debris from those already visiting seabird colonies was that we obtained a large amount of data from a wide range of species, over a large geographical area, that we could not have collected on our own. So a massive thank you to everyone who contributed data! We calculated that if I had visited all these colonies independently it would have cost over £18,000 (including travel and accommodation but not researcher costs) and involved travelling a minimum of 21,600 km, with associated carbon emissions of 3.76 metric tons. It would also have taken a considerable amount of time, not only in travelling but in planning the logistics to access all the colonies.
Figure 3 Most Kittiwake colonies monitored contained no or few nests containing anthropogenic debris. However, there were a few exceptions, with two colonies having 31% and 49% of nests containing debris: Dunbar Harbour on the east coast of the UK, and an oilrig in the North Sea, pictured here. © Signe Christensen-Dalsgaard
There are several limitations to this approach, including spatio-temporal biases in data collection. However, to help answer the grand challenges in marine plastic pollution research, opportunistic data obtained from robust, easily implemented methods are beneficial to increase our understanding of entanglement risk of seabirds at the nest and to assess the efficiency of actions to reduce plastic pollution in the environment. The prevalence of debris of different types, from consumer and fishery related sources, in many of the seabird colonies included in this study, emphasises further the need to reduce the production and consumption of plastics and for improved waste management infrastructure to prevent these items entering the environment and being available as nesting material, or being ingested.
Top right: Threadlike debris in the nest of a European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis. © Nina O’Hanlon
Borrelle, S.B., Ringma, J., Law, K.L., Monnahan, C.C., Lebreton, L., McGivern, A., Murphy, E., Jambeck, J., Leonard, G.H., Hilleary, M.A., Eriksen, M., Possingham, H.P., Frond, H. De, Gerber, L.R., Polidoro, B., Tahir, A., Bernard, M., Mallos, N., Barnes, M., Rochman, C.M. 2020. Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution. Science 1518: 1515–1518. VIEW
O’Hanlon, N.J., Bond, A.L., Lavers, J.L., Masden, E.A., James, N.A. 2019. Monitoring nest incorporation of anthropogenic debris by Northern Gannets across their range. Environmental Pollution 255: 113152. VIEW
WCS & CIESIN. 2005. Last of the Wild Project, Version 2 (LWP-2): Global Human Footprint Dataset (IGHP). NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), Palisades, NY. VIEW

domain: biology


text:
25 Sep “A Night in Havana”
November 11, 2017
“A Night in Havana” to benefit the Foundation for Thomas Health was a wonderful success. The honored host was Dr. Timothy Deer of the Spine and Nerve Center. The Signature Sponsor, Moses Auto Group, along with over 365 supporters at Charlestown Town Center Marriott raised over $310,516 to benefit the mission of the Foundation. The event was co-chaired by Betty Schilling-Faulkes and Maria Rendinell who led a committed group of volunteers. The exciting auction raised nearly $30,699 and featured a first time on-line silent auction. A ticket lottery made it possible for 10 employees of Thomas Health to join in the festivities all to raise charitable support to strengthen the work of the Foundation in our community.
Betty Schilling-Faulkes and Maria Rendinell
Patti and Reggie Carnemolla
Annabelle Amores Walsh


17 Wisenet IP network cameras have been deployed throughout the store to ensure store management and security personnel have access to video evidence of the highest possible quality so that day or night they can react quickly and appropriately to any suspicious activity.
Among the cameras installed, is a Wisenet PND-9080R 4K IR dome. With the ability to capture superb 12-megapixel images, the Wisenet PND-9080R is equipped with digital auto tracking which can be used to detect moving objects or people during times of low activity, such as night-time.
Also installed is a compact, aesthetically attractive Wisenet QNF-8010 mini fisheye camera. Just 99mm wide, this 6-megapixel camera offers 4 display modes including, single fisheye, single panorama, double panorama and quad view mode. Built-in people counting and heatmap video analytics offers STORE SAFE PEOPLE the opportunity to monitor store efficiency in terms of the relationship of footfall data with actual sales.
Many of the cameras deployed have a built-in suite of Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA), which includes including tampering, directional detection, defocus detection, virtual line, enter/exit, appear/disappear, and motion detection.
With the need to monitor the store 24/7, authorized personnel are also able to make good use of the Wisenet Mobile app which they can use on their smartphones or tablets.


text:
Vsitours.com - Pioneer Dj Controller Virtual Dj. Dependable tourism implies all tourism immediately dependent on the usage of normal lifetime e.g. wildlife and landscape. Nature dependent tourism contain eco-tourism and mass tourism. This is certainly related to Pioneer Dj Controller Virtual Dj.
Linked to Pioneer Dj Controller Virtual Dj, Tourism is usually a booming sector. With several travellers flocking to diverse locations close to the world, tourism has become one of quite possibly the most practical business enterprise marketplaces during the earth. However, air journey, car or truck journey as well as other components of tourism are adding into the planet's pollution disaster which has started to become a dilemma. Journey operators and hospitality corporates realised that some motion desired to be taken, and Eco-tourism was designed for a option to this problem.
You will discover two levels of responses to your concern of why individuals journey. The 1st would be the apparent one particular, and possibly the reason we give ourselves and quotation to other people. We travel making sure that we can see sights, knowledge other cultures, attend situations and study more about the planet. They are exciting factors. But you'll find further reasons for touring that have a lot less to do with what we do whenever we journey, and more to try and do with what traveling does to us. These 5 sets of modifications to ourselves are on the coronary heart of what can make travel so compelling.See Also: Bruno Mars Tour Opener
Scheduling air vacation, making hotel reservations and arranging holiday vacation usually has modified fully together with the introduction from the world-wide-web and many men and women seek to be their own individual journey brokers. When you can set up seemingly almost all of your travel on your own, you can't do also as your travel agent inside a long term!
Vacation experiences on the Nomad right before the web and the way to help save and obtain much better tips, facts right after the world wide web by heading straight to professional agents and journey operators. Introducing a journey club where you can get cost-free vouchers for discounted journey in above 70 nations around the world.


text:
[My Little Pony](Disco)
(708) Hard to Say Anything
(709) Honest Apple
(710) A Royal Problem
(501) Stuck Together
(502) The Trial
(503) Off Colors
(504) Lars' Head
MLP Review: “Parental Glidance”
We’ve been waiting for this one! Well, at least those in the US who did not wanted to be spoiled by the early Canadian releases. Scootaloo takes a page from… (More)
MLP Review: “Forever Filly”
As a reminder, reviews for both MLP and for Steven Universe will follow when the show officially airs in the United States. So the review for “Parental Glidance” will be after… (More)
SU Reviews: The Good Lars, Are You My Dad & I Am My Mom
"The Good Lars" Here we find Lars has a gift for baking, but doesn’t want to share it with anyone afraid people will think it’s not cool. Lars, Steven, and… (More)
SU Review: “Lion 4: Alternate Ending” & “Doug Out”
We’re back with another Steven Bomb. And like the last Steven Bomb, grades will be handed out at the end of the Steven Bomb on Thursday. We start with Steven… (More)
MLP Review: “Fluttershy Leans In”
As you may have guessed, we are refraining form jumping ahead and only reviewing episodes as they air in the United States. So, the “Forever Filly” review will be next… (More)
MLP Review: “Rock Solid Friendship”
Well, this one had plenty of talking points. The episode begins with Maud earning her “Rocktorate” and pondering moving to either Ponyville or Ghastly Gorge. Obviously, Pinkie is hoping/pushing for… (More)
Samurai Jack 510 – CI Episode Guide
510 - “CI” Written by: Bryan Andrews, Genndy Tartakovsky "The fate of the entire universe hangs in the balance as Samurai Jack faces Aku." Promos Season 5 Marathon Promo Direct… →
My Little Pony 707 – Parental Glideance Episode Guide
707 - “Parental Glideance” Written by: Josh Hamilton "Rainbow Dash is pushed to the brink by her parents' unbridled enthusiasm after they learn she is a Wonderbolt." Transcript My Little… (More)
Samurai Jack 509 – C Episode Guide
509 - “C” Written by: Bryan Andrews, Genndy Tartakovsky "Samurai Jack's worst fear is realized when he faces off against Aku; the demon makes a shocking discovery about Ashi that… (More)
My Little Pony 706 – Forever Filly Episode Guide
[source] 706 - “Forever Filly” Written by: Michael P. Fox, Wil Fox "Rarity tries to surprise Sweetie Belle with a day filled with all of her favorite activities, but quickly… (More)
Steven Universe 424 & 425 – ‘Are You My Dad?’ & ‘I Am My Mom’ Episode Guide
424 - “Are You My Dad?” Written by: Raven M. Molisee, Lauren Zuke "Lars, Sadie, Onion and Jamie have mysteriously disappeared. While investigating the mystery, Steven and Connie come across… (More)
Steven Universe 423 – The Good Lars Episode Guide
[source] 423 - "The Good Lars" Written by: Colin Howard, Jeff Liu "The Cool Kids invite Steven, Lars and Sadie to a potluck. Steven and Sadie encourage Lars to bake… (More)
…Goddamit, ponies. Stop giving me feelings.
DAWWWWW!!! But the feeling are soooooo good….. Nh4no3 Embrace them! :D
What sets us bronies apart from other fandoms/scenes? In a world where guys are expected to like braindead frat-house humor, we live for mushy stuff like this ;)
>broniesNever use that word again.
^ uhh…. wait, what? are we being offended by the word 'brony' now? when did this happen?
Heh, my flame war sense is tingling.
Short answer is yes, there are fans in the community that do not with to be called brony anymore, due to many factors (the extreme love & tolerance crowd, pizza hut bronies, etc).
Truthfully you don't really notice until you get to a place like DH, which I guess is kind of a melting pot of readers from both sides of the fence.
with = wish
I ain't deleting and fixing it.
"Short answer is yes, there are fans in the community that do not with to be called brony anymore, due to many factors (the extreme love & tolerance crowd, pizza hut bronies, etc)."
And some people really need to get over themselves, geez…
Or ignore it all and enjoy what you like.


PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — As we start the July 4th holiday weekend, a new kind of freedom comes to Philadelphia with the lifting of many COVID-19 restrictions. The city has entered its newest phase of reopening with an ominous warning from the health commissioner.
The coronavirus is skyrocketing in some parts of the country. Numbers in the tri-state region have also gone up, but they’re not surging — but that could happen if safety precautions aren’t followed.
Freedom in 2020 finds the country in the grips of a pandemic. Liberty noted with caution on Independence Mall as Philadelphia celebrates July 4th with another round of COVID-19 restrictions being lifted.
“We would recommend over this holiday weekend, people stay home,” Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley said. “You don’t want to be exposed to the virus over this weekend.”
Farley is warning that with COVID-19 cases increasing mainly among young people, traditional July 4th activities could be dangerous.
“Getting together for social events, getting together for a barbecue, could be risky because someone might have the infection,” Farley said, “or certainly staying at a beach house, or going to a restaurant.”
In crowds, the virus easily spreads from person to person, usually by someone who doesn’t have symptoms.
In a pool, the water isn’t dangerous — it’s the other people potentially. Same goes for taking walks — stay away from people not in your family.
“I know it’s tough, but people need to continue to be careful,” Farley said.
When asked if he believes there could be coronavirus surges in Philadelphia like there is in other parts of the country, Farley said, “it’s definitely possible.”
That’s why now, there are more travel restrictions. People coming from hot spots need to self-quarantine.
In Philadelphia, many other restrictions are now lifted. Libraries are allowed to open, but they say they’re not ready. Other openings include outdoor sports and group recreation, schools, museums, indoor malls, small outdoor events (up to 50 people) and casinos (no eating, drinking, or smoking).
“Wear a mask, keep your distance, wash your hands,” Farley said.
Farley said he’s going to stay home and spend time with his family over the holiday weekend.
Philadelphia is keeping some restrictions in place and will not allow the reopening of indoor dining and bars, gyms, theaters and large events.


text:
By DAN TOMASELLO
LYNNFIELD — An amended version of the Scenic Road Bylaw is headed to Fall Town Meeting on Monday, Nov. 14.
Planning Board member Page Wilkins recalled during the Select Board’s meeting on Monday that the Scenic Road Bylaw was approved by Town Meeting in 2015. Wilkins said the bylaw’s proposed amendments are administrative.
“Since I have been on the Planning Board and before my time, there has been some confusion with the way it was written,” said Wilkins.
Wilkins said the Scenic Road Bylaw currently applies to five streets: Chestnut Street, Essex Street, Lowell Street, Main Street and Summer Street. She said no additional streets are proposed being added to the bylaw.
“We added the current roads into the bylaw so when an applicant looks at the bylaw, they can see if it is a scenic road without having to dig further,” said Wilkins. “The roads were added into the bylaw in 2016.”
Wilkins said residents and applicants have been confused about what the Scenic Road Bylaw pertains to, what its purpose is and what components of the bylaw are subject to Planning Board review.
“We clarified it to make it clear, as the state statute provides, that it only involves tree or stone wall work in a public right-of-way,” said Wilkins. “The current bylaw contains language that makes it sound like any work being done on a scenic road would need to come before the Planning Board. We sometimes heard proposals that didn’t involve a stone wall or a tree. That is something we tried to clarify.”
Wilkins also said the proposed revised Scenic Road Bylaw seeks to clarify the procedures residents and/or developers need to follow if they are going to perform work on a scenic road.
In response to a question from Select Board Chairman Phil Crawford, Wilkins said the revised Scenic Road Bylaw will require an applicant to receive Planning Board approval before trees or stone walls located in the public right-of-way are removed.
“Trees and stone walls within the public right-of-way of all designated scenic roads will not be altered without the public hearing required, nor without following the other procedures set forth in this article,” said Wilkins. “It does not apply to private property. It applies to the public right-of-way in front of somebody’s house.”
Wilkins said the Scenic Road Bylaw’s purpose seeks to “maintain the natural, historic and scenic character of the town’s roads.”
“We added that in to make it more clear,” said Wilkins.
Wilkins also said the revised Scenic Road Bylaw’s definitions for work pertaining to repairing, maintaining, reconstructing and paving has been updated.
“Any such work done within the public right-of-way by any person or entity, public or private, including but not limited to any work on any portion of such right-of-way, and the construction of any new driveway or private way that involves the cutting down of trees or the tearing down or destruction of stone walls,” said Wilkins. “It does not apply to someone putting in a new driveway.”
Wilkins also said the definition of public right-of-way has been clarified to make sure people do not confuse it with private property.
If a resident wants to perform work at a scenic road’s public right-of-way, Wilkins said a plan that “shows the location and the nature of the proposed action and a description of the proposed changes to trees and stone walls” must be submitted to the Planning Board for review and approval. She said the work cannot begin until the Planning Board approves the plan.
“Lastly, we made clear that the temporary removal of a stone wall is not going to be a problem as long as someone puts it back together as it was with the same materials,” said Wilkins. “People will not need to come to the Planning Board for that, but the Department of Public Works needs to be notified so they can confirm it was properly replaced.”
Wilkins said the amended version of Scenic Road Bylaw seeks to “make it less” burdensome.
The Select Board voted to accept the amended Scenic Road Bylaw for inclusion on the Fall Town Meeting warrant.


Product description:Hand Wash Only
80% Cotton, 20% Polyester,This t-shirt is made by great soft fabirc, really soft and lightweitht, not see-through,
Features: Nice and funny graphic message print on the front of women tops, Sexy V neck and casual looking crewneck to make you cute and special and flattering, perfect short sleeve cut to cover your arms right perfectly, No shrink and no fading after washing,
Size: True to size, fits great, loose fit, it also flatters plus size shape and cover your body rightly.
Occasion: Wearing this cute tops to shopping, outdoors, works, party and mom life, holidays, schools, beaches and summer vacation.
Washing Note: We recommend machine cold wash or hand wash, low heat dry or hang to dry.


text:
with hundreds of new products including a complete line of women's
We believe our prices are the best. If you can find a product that we
have on our website cheaper than we are selling it then contact Master
Sade at MsterSade@aol.com and we will arrange to get it for you for
the same price - taxes and shipping extra of course.
We want to sell quality products at reasonable prices to the Leather
Check us out - http://www.neworleansleathercompany.com

domain: economics


text:
With the arrival of our son, our family is complete. We are so lucky to have a girl and a boy - simply perfect!
I had the Graphic 45 paper for a very long time! I loved it but did not know how to use it. Finally, I found a photo that would go with it. As you can see, I am using my new sewing machine, but I have to admit, I will have to practice a lot more. Not one side is straight!!! I really like the little key (it is from Kaisercraft). I added the date of the photo to it. I think it looks kind of cute.
In my previous post, I based my LO on a sketch by "Get creative". It is such a great sketch that I used it again!
I also want to share a funny photo. DS was smiling and cooing for half an hour. When I got my camera out, this is what I got! As if he was saying: "You want me to do what???"
Thanks for stopping by!
All the best,


We are proud to report that Kerubiel Kft. is entitled to use the OPTEN Stable Crisis Proofness Certificate! The negative economic effects of the coronavirus epidemic have now caught up with all [...]
Creating ITIL-based operation
Integrating an ITIL-based service provider approach with a corporate strategy provides customers with security and peace of mind in understanding and tracking service processes.
Accurate definitions, interrelated service, security, control, and development systems help management and customers understand and build realistic expectations, and facilitate process transparency and control.
ITIL is a methodology developed for the management of IT processes, developed by the UK Government Procurement Office (OCG) based on best practices.
With the introduction of ITIL it is possible to create:
- economical IT system
- objectively valued IT services
- quick response to changing service needs
- adequate service level agreement (SLA)
- secure and reliable IT system
By implementing this method, the service process as a whole can be optimized:
- Service strategy – Define the process of planning, implementing, operating, and developing a new service that takes into account available market opportunities. In addition to the service portfolio, financial management is an integral part of the strategy.
- Service planning – detailed strategy development, including capacity planning, scheduling, operational and IT security, and supporting processes.
- Service change – the environment may need to be modified to deliver the planned service. Change and version management, configuration management and documentation management are essential elements of this phase.
- Service operation – the processes required for the smooth, error-free and continuous operation of the service guarantee the quality of the service. Defining availability (SLA), developing incident management and disaster recovery processes are basic tasks in this section.
- Service improvement – measuring, managing and reporting on service levels helps to continuously improve service quality and serve our customers’ needs at the highest possible level.


text:
The Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire (Audiobook) by Charles River Editors | biennaledibruges.comWhen I first reviewed this book I chose the five commenters and gave them each a copy. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will add value to my readers. PMHNewbury, thank you so much for this list. I will definitely check these out. I am grateful. Have you read this?
The Ottoman Centuries by Lord Kinross [BOOK REVIEW]
The foundation and rise of the Ottoman Empire is a period of history that started with the emergence of the Ottoman principality in c. This period witnessed the foundation of a political entity ruled by the Ottoman Dynasty in the northwestern Anatolian region of Bithynia , and its transformation from a small principality on the Byzantine frontier into an empire spanning the Balkans and Anatolia. For this reason, this period in the empire's history has been described as the "Proto-Imperial Era". By the middle of the fifteenth century the Ottoman sultans were able to accumulate enough personal power and authority to establish a centralized imperial state, a process which was brought to fruition by Sultan Mehmed II r. The cause of Ottoman success cannot be attributed to any single factor, and they varied throughout the period as the Ottomans continually adapted to changing circumstances. The earlier part of this period, the fourteenth century, is particularly difficult for historians to study due to the scarcity of sources. Not a single written document survives from the reign of Osman I , and very little survives from the rest of the century.
Buy The Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire (Rise and Fall of Empires) by Don Rauf (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices.
garbh sanskar book in telugu pdf
Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. - Our editors independently research, test, and recommend the best products; you can learn more about our review process here.
Cancel anytime. The images that are evoked when one speaks of the Ottomans in the West is, without fail, Muslims in prayer, harems of exotic women, eunuch guards, lavish palaces, and colorful fashions. All these things, without doubt, were indeed part and parcel of the Ottoman society and their royal court. Here we will dive into their world, their history, and their society. The rise and fall of the Ottoman juggernaut informs and influences the Middle East to this day. Look beyond the abstract dates and figures, kings and queens, and battles and wars that make up so many historical accounts. Over the course of 48 richly detailed lectures, Professor Garland covers the breadth and depth of human history from the perspective of the so-called ordinary people, from its earliest beginnings through the Middle Ages.
T he last thing the people of the Ottoman empire needed in autumn was another war. In the six years leading up to that calamitous year they had seen a sultan deposed and their immense and immensely inefficient army battered. In several bruising wars, they had ceded Libya to Italy and all their European territories — including what is now Bulgaria, large chunks of Greece, Bosnia, Serbia and Albania — to independence. Now their Young Turk leaders were siding with Germany, because the Kaiser looked most likely to help them regain some of that lost territory, or at least avoid the dismantlement of the empire. The consequences of that decision — the great war that shaped the Middle East, the conflict that made the war global — form the grand tale that Eugene Rogan tells in his latest book.

domain: library


text:
The Lake Bar & Bistro
Our mouth watering menus and delicious food will leave you wanting more.
Here in the Lake of Shadows Hotel we are famous for providing delicious, new and exciting dishes on our Bistro menu. Using only locally sourced produce we serve the finest quality food in our bistro and can cater for any dietary requirements.
Head Chef Ronan Deery is at the forefront of all our menus design, preparation and presentation and has been with us for the last number of years. He has built a strong reputation for high quality food and one you are sure to enjoy when choosing the Lake of Shadows Hotel.
Should you have any special occasion coming up and would like to book the Lake of Shadows Hotel then please contact us on 07493 61005 or email email@example.com to discuss your event in more detail. We can cater for birthdays. Anniversaries, weddings, family celebrations, communions or confirmations.

domain: food


Since launching my campaign for Attorney General of the great state of Kentucky, I have been clear about my intentions to serve as the People’s Lawyer, protecting Kentucky families from big business, corrupt politicians and scammers.
After learning, however, that current Kentucky AG and gubernatorial hopeful Daniel Cameron’s camp has repeatedly refused to clarify why his presence in the state Capitol building doesn’t align with public records that seem to suggest he has not been on the premises, it’s clear to me that transparency must be restored to the office.
The optics are bad, but Cameron’s unwillingness to address the inconsistency head-on is worse because it belittles the voters who placed their trust in him.
In the military, you are expected to show up to serve, and you are held to account by your fellow soldiers. Kentuckians deserve that same dedication from their AG, and it’s what kept me focused and effective throughout my 27-year career with the U.S. Air Force.
I prosecuted violent crimes like rape and incest as a chief prosecutor, acted as a hostage negotiator and even assisted with the 9/11 Commission, but none of that would have been possible if I’d gone AWOL.
Kentuckians deserve transparency from their elected leaders, no matter how insignificant the supporting documentation may seem.
Cameron’s office has repeatedly talked around requests for clarification regarding his physical presence in his office.
I don’t personally believe for a minute that Cameron has been a no-show for the majority of his term, but his office’s refusal to answer a simple, data-supported question undermines the faith that voters placed in him as Kentucky’s top law enforcement official.
Kentuckians currently face unprecedented surges in crime, homelessness and drug abuse. These are the issues systematically chipping away at close-knit communities, draining resources and keeping voters awake at night.
Yet, when pressed for an explanation on his apparent absence, a spokesperson for Cameron’s office stated that the AG has been “on the job working for Kentuckians” but pointed to his “dozens” of lawsuits filed against the Biden Administration and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear as proof.
Quite frankly, I could not care less where Cameron sits to do his job.
However, I do care – deeply – that the job being done actually addresses the root causes of crime, homelessness and drug abuse diminishing Kentucky’s quality of life.
There’s no question that Cameron has been busy, but his focus has strayed from serving and protecting everyday Kentuckians to building a resume he hopes will propel him to the Governor’s Office.
Kentucky voters are not stepping stones!
They are hard-working people who hear what politicians say and then watch – carefully – what they do.
I bring nearly four decades of legal experience at the local, state, federal and international levels, making me one of the most qualified candidates ever to seek Kentucky’s Attorney General’s office.
I intend to put that experience to work every day to hold human traffickers and sexual predators accountable, protect kids online, go after hate groups and violent extremists and advocate for federal resources that support local law enforcement and community organizations.
And I intend to do these things with the full knowledge that Kentuckians will hold me accountable.
Accountability requires transparency, though, and Cameron’s office would be better served at the moment by answering the simple questions being posed than by pretending the questions have no merit.
Rep. Col. (Ret.) Pamela Stevenson, who is serving her second term representing District 43 in the State House, is a Louisville native, attorney, Baptist minister, 27-year Air Force veteran and Democratic candidate for Kentucky’s Attorney General.
Life After Hepatitis C: How Ruby Manuel Broke Free From Lifelong Trauma
Surviving Hepatitis C: Jessica's Story
Manslaughter Charges For Hockey ‘Freak Accident’ Where Black Player’s Skate Cut White Opponent’s Throat
Bigoted GOP Candidate Caught Using Racist And Sexist Slurs In Phone Recording Claims He's Not A Bigot
How To Support A Loved One Who Is Living With Heart Failure
Life In Heart Failure Recovery
Heart In Your Hands: Important Lifestyle Changes For Heart Failure Recovery
Jail Justice: Social Media Memes Mock Derek Chauvin After George Floyd's Murderer Stabbed In Prison


text:
DORCHESTER, N.B. – The hot, dry summer this year that helped boost cranberry yields in Southeastern New Brunswick gave way to a cold, wet fall, creating challenges to get them all harvested.
Mel Goodland, with his wife, Georgina, and son, Matthew, owns and operates Coastal Cranberries in Dorchester. They just finished harvesting their crop earlier this month.
“We had two really good days last week and that allowed us to get a lot out of the field, but the weather’s been crazy… we were almost a month behind other years in getting it all done,” Goodland said.
He noted extreme cold temperatures make it precarious to get harvesting equipment into the fields.
“We had to wait until the temperature got up above zero so when we get out with the machines, it doesn’t snap the vines, because when they’ve been frozen, they’re brittle,” he said.
The only cranberry growers in the southeastern corner of New Brunswick, the Goodlands are just one of about 20 growing operations across the province and have been harvesting cranberries since 2005. For the first three years Goodland wet-harvested his cranberries but then changed to the more labour-intense dry harvest, using several walk-behind machines.
“We found that the dry, fresh fruit had more value than the wet fruit,” he said. He went on to explain wet fruit is sold to processors for use in juices, sauces and other prepared foods, while the dry fruit is either dried, or sold fresh off the vine.
At times throughout the year Goodland also employs several local people who help harvest and prepare the berries for packaging. For the past few years their berries have been sold as fresh fruit under the Sun Valley Foods brand, located in Aylesford, N.S. The Goodlands also sell their fresh and “sweet and dried” cranberries at local farmers’ markets under their own Coastal Cranberries brand.
“They’re really popular; we sell them at the farmers’ markets in Amherst and Moncton and someone takes them to the Sackville farmers’ market for us every Saturday,” he noted.
And while many food growers took a big hit earlier this year when widespread heavy frost killed large tracts of early-growing plants, Coastal Cranberries was able to avoid that catastrophe. In addition to an irrigation system, a few years ago a crop monitoring system was installed, both of which have proven valuable.
“These systems have saved us a lot of work and heartache, that’s for sure. When the temperature goes down, the electronic monitors call us and the irrigation system will kick in to spray the vines with water, protecting them from frost damage. It sure beats having to check the beds in the middle of the night,” Goodland said.
He noted that despite the cold weather of late, his crops have experienced little to no damage. Buyers prefer the berries stay in the field as long as possible, he explained, to provide fresh berries for the Christmas season as well as the American Thanksgiving.
“The weather this year has been ridiculous. Nobody in the industry has ever seen such terrible conditions. The cranberries are so red right now that they’re almost purple, although they’re still fresh and good. But the intermittent rains and cold weather have just made the harvest so long and drawn out. We’re glad it’s done,” he said.
So while the lack of rain during the summer months may have helped produce a good crop yield this year, the frequent rains and cold weather over the past months or so definitely played havoc with the harvest.
Goodland said he enjoys growing his cranberries, but admitted the biggest challenge for all cranberry growers over the past decade has been the fluctuating price in the marketplace.
“The price went way down to below cost of production for several years… and as a result we have lost some cranberry farms. They claim there’s been an over-supply, but there wasn’t. The over-supply was actually in the juice concentrate and there was not enough whole berries to make the sweet and dried berries and sauces,” he said.
But with the winter snows just around the corner, Goodland said he’s pleased to see this year’s harvest come to a successful end.
“For a while there, we didn’t think we’d ever get the cranberries out of the field. We’re very glad it’s finally done.”


text:
World’s highest hybrid timber skyscraper
I read with great interest last week that Melbourne-based developer Grange Development has submitted plans for what it says will be the world’s tallest hybrid timber building in South Perth.
Known as C6, the 183m apartment tower, to be located opposite Perth Zoo and containing 245 apartments over 48 levels, will include about 7400cu m of timber in its construction – 42 per cent of its total structure – plus steel, concrete and other materials.
If it is approved by the City of South Perth, C6 will be Australia’s second carbon-negative building after the Atlassian tower in Sydney. According to Grange Development, its carbon-negative status will be complemented by an embedded power network that will harness energy from the wind and sun, and 3500sqm of floral, edible and native gardens.
I am a great supporter of innovation in the development sector and, like every sector in Australia, we have been forced to find ways to reduce the carbon footprint of our developments and operations.
I don’t believe apartment developers receive due recognition for the tremendous progress we have all made in designing and building more efficient apartment towers without negatively impacting the amenity and quality of living being offered by our finished apartments.
The benefits buyers will get from living in a building that complies with the National Construction Code (NCC) and the resulting minimum energy outcomes required by the code are, at best, secondary considerations behind price, size and location of the apartment.
Construction and building materials and techniques have become more environmentally friendly, utilising low volatile organic compound products like paint, reducing the environmental impact of waste and creating better living environments.
The use of recycled reinforced steel has increased, reducing the impact of a high-energy material, and Bubbledeck – made from concrete and recycled plastic balls – has grown in popularity and reduces the amount of concrete used by about a third.
Solar panels are pretty much standard on development rooftops, to power common lighting to lobbies and car parks, air-conditioning to amenity areas and mechanical exhaust systems in car parks.
Developers, architects and construction companies do not just focus on environmental benefits in the building process, but work together to produce a finished product that sees residents continue to benefit from features designed to improve the sustainability of the building.
The national system, which rates the thermal energy efficiency of residential homes and apartments, is called the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme, or NatHERS. The rating is a star system out of 10 and allows people to compare different properties and understand a home’s potential heating and cooling energy use.
Optimising design and choice of materials allows new homes to maximise benefits that can reduce the amount of energy needed to keep a home comfortable. The NCC requires a minimum of six stars, but apartment developments generally achieve a much better rating than that.
New apartments offer the latest in energy-efficient design features such as central hot water systems that can supply hot water to every apartment in the building, providing energy and cost savings of greater than 65 per cent over individual electric storage hot water systems.
Natural ventilation, optimised shading, double glazing of external windows and other built-in features all contribute to reducing energy use by tenants.
Get the latest news from thewest.com.au in your inbox.
Sign up for our emails


text:
Beginning Python Visualization.
Search this site
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. "Beginning Python Visualization: Creating Visual Transformation Scripts", published in February 2009 by Apress, shows how Python and its related tools can be used to easily and effectively turn raw data into visual representations that communicate effectively. The author is Shai Vaingast, a professional engineer and engineering manager who needed to train scientists and engineers to do this kind of programming work. He was looking for a tutorial and reference work, and unable to find a suitable text, wound up writing his first book. He wrote in the easy and clear style of someone comfortable and engaged with the subject matter.
The book uses several very specific examples that illustrate general principles.
The first example is using GPS data. By using Python one can extract data from GPS receivers and enter it into the computer and manipulate it to do what one wants including creating graphs and charts. In this section he shows how to use CSV, comma separated values, as a most useful file format. He shows show to extract data from real world GPS devices and import it via serial ports and the PySerial module. It would be easy for the reader to duplicate and extend this project.
The heart of the book is coverage of useful examples utilizing MatPlotLib, NumPy and SciPy. These related tools are easy to use and fully integrated with Python. MatPlotLib is for plotting data and graphs, including interactive graphs and image files. NumPy is a powerful math library comparable to commercial tools like MatLab, and SciPy extends NumPy to for the sciences. Examples are numerous and include signal analysis using Fourier transforms.
There is also a section on Image Processing using PIL, the Python Imaging Library. This is used for relatively simple image cropping and sizing and also for bit by bit image processing. Interpolation and curve fitting are also well covered. For anyone wanting an introduction to graphical analysis of statistical data, this would be an excellent resource.
The author is obviously a professional in this field. He has a knack for good organizational style and a pragmatic approach to the work. In the book he says "Most of the time, research is organized chaos. The emphasis, however, should be on organized, not chaos." A real value I got from the book is a better understanding of data files, format, and organization as well as methods and guidelines for selecting file formats and storing and organizing data to enable fast and efficient data processing. It is obvious that this book was written by a practicing engineer.
The theme of the book is that Python can be an all purpose environment for data manipulation and visualization, using nothing but free and open source tools that are easily integrated and scriptable without using multiple programming languages. The book should be an invaluable tool for scientists and engineers but it is also easily accessible to anyone interested in math and data analysis. There is no need for an advanced math background. While, as a matter of full disclosure, I have undergraduate degrees in Math and Physics, I feel the book should be easily accessible to anyone with a solid high school math background who is seriously interested in the subject. The book contains a short introductory tutorial on the basics of Python so anyone familiar with programming in any language should be fine.
The book is an easy read from front to back, and I am sure it will also be a good reference resource for the future. The writing style is very clear and unforced and I found surprisingly few errors. While the Python world has a surplus of introductory and general books, books covering this kind of specific domain are especially welcome, and we could use more on other topics by competent authors.
At 363 pages the book is a surprisingly fast read. Its methodology is to use specific, short code examples to make all the key points. Most of the code samples are well selected, short and written in clear, concise Python. This is not the kind of book that overwhelms you with massive amounts of code. Either the book was well edited or else it was written by an exceptionally lucid thinker, or both.
So, if you want to learn how to process, organize, and visualize data from various sources using the Python language, I recommend this book to you.


Are smart objects really smart? Why yes... yes they are, but only if you know how to use them.
In this class you will learn what the function of a Smart Object is in Adobe Photoshop and how to use it to create luscious engaging layers within your pattern designs. By the end of this class you will know how to *create a repeat pattern, how to create a smart object, and why the use of one is absolutely necessary for adding layers to patterns. I'd love to see your progress, so please upload your process and finished pattern in the projects section.
Theme (optional): Winter Warmers. This theme can be interpreted in many different ways.
Project: Create a layered repeat pattern using Smart Objects in Photoshop.
Example of Icons
Example of texture:
Example of finished pattern: