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To put Christian principals into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.
At the Y, strengthening community is our cause. We believe that lasting personal and social change can only come about when we all work together to invest in our kids, our health and our neighbors. That’s why we focus our work in three areas: youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.
- We believe that when we devote our full strength to the Y’s mission and cause, work in partnership with others, and build on our history of innovation, we can address the most pressing issues of our time unlike any other organization.
- We believe all people have potential. We believe active and connected families make for active and connected communities.
- We believe in a holistic approach to development, promoting healthy spirit, mind, and body.
- We believe that in a diverse world, we are stronger when we are inclusive and our doors are open to all.
- We believe in honoring our mission, living our cause, acting in accordance with our values, and placing the greater good above self.
We are eager for your feedback and comments regarding the information that has been provided for your benefit. It is your Y’s way of increasing communication among our members and participants and to the community at large.
The YMCA of Western Monmouth County is a mission driven, value based, non-profit organization that has served the communities of Western Monmouth County for over 120 years. Our doors are open to all community members who wish to take advantage of the varied selection of programs and services available to them. The YMCA is governed by a Board of Directors; volunteers who reflect a wide variety of our community members. Together, these individuals develop policies and procedures for the staff to implement. We are a unique organization and through our “Y Cares Program” are able to offer programs and services at reduced rates to all the members of our community regardless of their financial status.
The YMCA of Western Monmouth County is comprised of five branches throughout our service area: Freehold YMCA, Freehold Borough YMCA Community Center, Camp Topanemus, Hightstown–East Windsor YMCA and Old Bridge YMCA. We also operate Outreach Programs, After-School Care Programs, and Senior Programs utilizing schools, senior living facilities and other community venues throughout Monmouth, Ocean and Mercer Counties.
Again, welcome and thank you for visiting our site. Please take a moment to review all the different opportunities that are available through the YMCA of Western Monmouth County.


Predictive modeling of post bioprinting structure formation
Cellular particle dynamics (CPD) is an effective computational method to describe the shape evolution and biomechanical relaxation processes in systems composed of micro tissues such as multicellular aggregates. Therefore, CPD is a useful tool to predict the outcome of postprinting structure formation in bioprinting. The predictive power of CPD has been demonstrated for multicellular systems composed of identical volume-conserving spherical and cylindrical bioink units. Experiments and computer simulations were related through an independently developed theoretical formalism based on continuum mechanics. Here we generalize the CPD formalism to (i) include non-identical bioink particles often used in specific bioprinting applications, (ii) describe the more realistic experimental situation in which during the post-printing structure formation via the fusion of spherical bioink units the volume of the system decreases, and (iii) directly connect CPD simulations to the corresponding experiments without the need of the intermediate continuum theory inherently based on simplifying assumptions.


MCLEAN, VA. — Bruce D’Agostino, CAE, FCMAA, president and CEO of Construction Management Association of America (CMAA), said in a statement: “CMAA welcomes President Obama’s emphasis on rebuilding and enhancing our national infrastructure, and his recognition of the critical linkage between infrastructure and prosperity. We were pleased to hear him give infrastructure investment the same weight as education, research and development, and fiscal reform in charting the nation’s future.
“The critical distinction drawn by the president was between government spending and investment in value-enhancing assets like highways, rail, energy, and communications infrastructure. Much work needs to be done to convince both the Congress and the public of this difference so that we can move forward with critical investments that enhance our competitiveness and productivity.
“It is now up to all of us — the president, Congress, and industry — to work together to translate commitment into concrete action. This action must take such forms as a new long-term transportation strategy so that our states and localities can plan their own investments soundly. In addition, CMAA continues to support creation of a National Infrastructure Development Bank.
“Steps like these will help accelerate our rebound from the recent recession and generate the economic growth that will boost revenues and help address our debt and deficit challenges.”


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“CareCore National, LLC is at the forefront of providing healthcare solutions to the rapidly changing healthcare industry,” said Arlotta.
BLUFFTON, SC (PRWEB) June 20, 2012
CareCore National, LLC announced today that it has selected John Arlotta to head the organization as its Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Arlotta brings with him over 35 years of leadership in the healthcare industry. Prior to joining CareCore National, Mr. Arlotta was Special Advisor to General Atlantic, LLC a leading global growth equity firm. Previously, Mr. Arlotta served as Chairman, President and CEO of Denver-based Coram, Inc.
“We are fortunate to have someone of John Arlotta’s caliber and experience to lead CareCore National,” said Richard Weininger, MD, Chairman of CareCore National, LLC. “We welcome John’s experience and leadership to the CareCore community.”
CareCore National’s former Acting CEO, Doug Tardio will return to his previous role as President and Chief Operating Officer. “Doug’s guidance in leading CareCore since September 2011 has been of great value to the organization,” added Dr. Weininger.
“CareCore National, LLC is at the forefront of providing healthcare solutions to the rapidly changing healthcare industry,” said Arlotta. "I am excited to be part of this organization, building on its expertise, keeping focus on our customers and utilizing its experienced management team to help bring CareCore to the next level.”
Prior to Coram, Mr. Arlotta served as Chairman and CEO of NeighborCare Inc., a Baltimore-based public company with annual revenues of $1.6 billion. NeighborCare was in the business of providing pharmaceutical products and services to nursing homes. After joining NeighborCare in July 2003, he took the company public in December of that year. Mr. Arlotta has also served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Caremark Rx and as Chairman, President, and CEO of HealthCall Corporation. Mr. Arlotta is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and is a retired U.S. Army Reserve Captain.
About CareCore National
CareCore National, LLC (http://www.carecorenational.com) provides innovative healthcare solutions that improve quality of care. Our products address a wide array of healthcare services including radiology, cardiology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, sleep apnea, musculoskeletal care and lab services that touch the lives of over 45 million insured across more than 35 Commercial, Medicare Advantage, Managed Medicaid health plans, ACOs and Self-insured entities. CareCore solutions utilize the most innovative technologies in healthcare underpinned by partnerships with Cisco, VMWare, EMC2 and GemFire combined with clinical expertise from academic and community physicians from across the country. The company is headquartered in Bluffton, SC, and has more than 1300 employees.

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Setting and a sense of “place” forms an integral part of many works of literature, at times influencing the characters and plots of a novel or play to the extent that the physical location presented to the reader or audience becomes just as important as the events that take place there. In some cases, the places described can be ones the reader is already familiar with; when I read novels based in London or the English countryside, for example, my own experience of these locations merges with their presentation in the work of literature to form an entirely unique perception. In other cases, however, literature can function to introduce the reader to a place quite unfamiliar to them – and this was the case when I read Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie.
Published in 1981, the novel deals with India’s transition from British colonialism to independence and the subsequent Partition of British India. Narrated by Saleem Sinai, born at the exact moment of India’s independence, the novel provides an extensive and highly vivid account of the events in the country’s history. Upon reading the narrative, I was thus left with a distinctive impression of a place I have never visited. Despite the narrator’s own admission that the novel may not be entirely historically accurate – indeed he acknowledges his misplacement of Ghandi’s death – the narrator is still successful in conveying the diversity of India and the rich social fabric of the nation. If anything, the fantastical narrative only worked to aid my perception of India as a mesmerizing and almost magical country, whilst the convoluted and at times confusing plot reflects the confusion and turmoil of this period in India’s history.
Throughout Midnight’s Children the reader is exposed to a plethora of locations: the novel opens in Kashmir, where Saleem’s grandfather Aadam fell in love with his grandmother Naseem, a place described as intensely beautiful and still pristine in 1915 when the story begins. Rushdie’s descriptions of the purity of the landscape give this place an almost Edenic quality, which seems fitting when we consider that it was here that Saleem’s (supposed) family history began. The sense of place found in Kashmir therefore reinforces the reader’s impression of Aadam and Naseem as founders of Saleem’s family as they seemingly parallel Adam and Eve, the founding family from whom, as narrated in the Bible, all other life began. The beauty of Kashmir as described at the opening of the novel also works to contrast starkly with the Kashmir portrayed later on during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 (which was fought largely over the control of this location). The presence of troops and weaponry in a place once so idyllic highlights the struggle in India’s history, and the fact that it occurs in a place so central to the narrator’s life further reflects the devastating impact of large-scale events on the individual citizens of the nation.
Yet Rushdie does not provide the reader with an insight into Kashmir alone; he also scopes across a plethora of cities of India. For example, the narrator provides us with a vivid account of the bustling, almost overflowing nature of the city in which he was born: Bombay. In one instance he declares time to be “as variable and inconstant as Bombay’s electric power supply”, indicating how the city is one of disorganization and mess, yet simultaneously full of life and where he feels at home. In addition to the description of whole cities, the individual locations Saleem recalls from his childhood are also of significance to the novel: the transfer of property at Methwold’s estate from the Englishman William Methwold to Indian Ahmed Sinai, for example, closely mirrors the political situation in India at the time. In the same way that the new residents of the properties are still aware of their previous owners, India must deal with the aftermath of British colonialism and the impact it has left. To this end, specific places function to give the reader a better impression of the city, or country – and the history that they embody– as a whole.
Furthermore, the descriptions of Bombay as a vibrant city could potentially be attributed to its plurality of language and religion, and this diversity is a key aspect of the impression of India I found in Midnight’s Children. However, when considering the portrayal of this country in the novel, it would be impossible to ignore the clear tensions hinted at, and at times explicitly stated, by the narrator. Whilst Bombay remained multilingual, the rest of India was organized into fourteen states and six territories based upon a common language, leading to protests in Bombay in February 1957 demanding the division of Marathi and Gujrati speakers. The conflict between India’s wealth of cultures and the desire to reduce and divide rather than embrace them is central to the development of the novel; the tensions between Muslim and Hindu religions, for example, are brought to light when a mob surrounds an innocent young man named Lafifa Das, scorning him for being a Hindu and calling him a racist. Through vivid descriptions of these events the reader is brought into this conflict and shown the struggle India faced in assimilating its diverse population.
This plurality of cultures is the impression of India that stuck with me most after reading Midnight’s Children. It seems coexisting diversity is an integral feature of the culture portrayed in the novel, and this is reflected in the Midnight’s Children’s Conference that gives the book its title. Due to their birth in the hour of India’s independence, the Midnight’s Children are all bonded telepathically, are able to communicate with each other through the “radio” of their minds. Their sheer number (1,001), alongside the fact that they are from all walks of life, provide a clear argument in favor of plurality and the acceptance of people from all religious and social groups. The narrator himself embodies this concept: technically of English blood, with a poor background yet a wealthy upbringing, he compares himself in one chapter alone to the Hindu Ganesh, Muslim Mohammed and Judeo-Christian Moses, demonstrating the many religions that played a part in the development of India.
Perhaps, therefore, Saleem Sinai himself can be said to be the embodiment of India: born at the dawn of independence and destined to break into as many pieces as there are citizens of the country at death, the events in his life closely parallel the development of India. He himself asserts that “to understand one life you have to swallow the world.” In gaining a sense of Saleem as a character the reader also gets a sense of India as a place: one of the fastest growing nations, with twenty-two official languages and many religions, the incredible diversity of India is brought to light by the extensive and fantastical narrative of Midnight’s Children and is embodied by the narrator himself as he guides the reader through this potentially unfamiliar place. When they finally close the novel, a sense of India – its geography, culture, and history – has been brought to life in their imagination.

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My knowledge of Tony Bennett was limited to the garish brassiness of his 1952 recording of “Because of You” – which my family had on a compilation LP of current pop songs in the early ‘60s – and the TV image of a large-headed man with a militarily-conservative haircut and a prominent proboscis. All of that changed, of course, once the Tony Bennett revival occurred in the early 1990s. The release of a string of outstanding albums, beginning with Bennett/Berlin in 1987 and continuing through to 1997 with his Tony Bennett on Holiday, cemented his reputation culturally – and with me – as one of the finest interpreters of pop and jazz standards that this country has ever produced.
This mixtape was made in the midst of that revival decade. I can’t really explain the “Collegiate Chic” graphic on the cassette insert, except to posit that the “charm & street-smart” tag line seemed to exemplify some of the personal qualities that make the man so endearing; you can hear both swagger and smiling occurring simultaneously on many of the songs here.
Approximate playing time: 79 minutes.
- “You Showed Me the Way” (1995)
- “Nobody Else But Me” (1964)
- “Steppin’ Out With My Baby” (1993)
- “I Wanna Be Around” (1962)
- “I’ve Got Just About Everything” (1964)
- “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” (1962)
- “When Joanna Loved Me” (1963)
- “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” (1992)
- “When I Lost You” (1987)
- “Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (and Dream Your Troubles Away)” (1964)
- “When Lights Are Low” (1964)
- “Just in Time” (1956)
- “Who Cares?” (1993)
- “A Sleepin’ Bee” (1959)
- “They Can’t Take That Away from Me” (1993)
- “When Do the Bells Ring for Me?” (1989)
- “Cloudy Morning” (1995)
- “There’s a Lull in My Life” (1964)
- “On Green Dolphin Street” (1964)
- “Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)” (1964)
- “It Had to Be You” (1964)
- “He Loves and She Loves” (1993)
- “You’re All the World to Me” (1993)
This playlist is available to listen to in its entirety (that is, all of the songs listed on the tape insert above, and in the order listed) over on Spotify (Some songs had to be left off of this blog version due to the overall length of the playlist. I also rearranged the songs on this blog version to excite its flow a bit.). Here’s the link.


Foreign investors purchased over 350 billion won ($306 million) worth of South Korean internet giants Naver and Kakao’s shares in October amid their strong preference for growth stocks in emerging markets due to unfavorable factors in the US market, data showed Sunday.
According to data from the nation’s sole bourse operator, the Korea Exchange, offshore investors had purchased a net 187.4 billion won and 164 billion won worth of Naver and Kakao shares, respectively, as of Friday.
This marked the first time that foreign investors’ monthly net stock buying surpassed 300 billion won since the 365.1 billion won observed in July last year, the data showed.
The figures also represented a sharp turnaround from an earlier selling binge. During the last nine months of this year, foreign investors sold a net 1.52 trillion won and 351.7 billion won of Naver and Kakao shares, respectively, while retail investors bought a net 1.8 trillion won and 1.59 trillion won.
Market watchers attributed foreigners’ recent trend toward buying Korean tech stocks to the tightening business environment for global tech giants such as Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google.
Earlier this month, US Democratic lawmakers called on the US Congress to rein in the country’s tech giants’ businesses, making it harder for them to acquire others and imposing new regulations to safeguard competition.
“Amid the escalating debate over applying tougher rules on the US tech giants, offshore investors’ interest is likely to move toward emerging markets’ growth stocks such as China’s online retailer JD.com and Korea’s Naver and Kakao,” said Kim Soo-yeon, an analyst at Hanwha Investment & Securities.
Choi Yoo-june, an analyst at Shinhan Financial Investment, said the rosy outlook for Naver and Kakao had attracted foreigners to begin scooping up the local shares.
According to the latest forecasts from financial market tracker FN Guide, the two internet giants are expected to report strong third quarter earnings.
Naver is projected to post about 1.82 trillion won in sales for the July-September period, up 9.3 percent from a year earlier, while operating profit is estimated to surge by 36.7 percent on-year to 276.3 billion won over the period.
Kakao is expected to log 1.02 trillion won in sales and 116.2 billion won in operating profit in the third quarter, soaring 30.5 percent and 96.7 percent on-year, respectively.
Another factor was the weakening dollar, which drove foreign investors away from the US market and to emerging Asian markets.
The Korean won closed at 1,147.4 won against the greenback on Friday. Within this month, the value of the dollar has dropped by 22.1 won. Due to the weakening trend, foreigners purchased a net 1.14 trillion won worth of shares from the main bourse Kospi market this month.
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There are a lot of cease dog barking collars obtainable, and quite a few of them are excellent. To assist you to select the best one on your canine, we now have researched the market so that you simply can discover out which ones are one of the best. Here are our evaluations of five bark anti-collars which may be obtainable in the marketplace at present.
Since most giant dog breeds are natural protectors of their family and territory they have a tendency to bark lots when they feel threatened. An anti-bark collar helps train your dog when the proper time to bark is acceptable. Some of the bark collars come with a distant so you possibly can management the activity while others react on their very own when it detects your dog’s barking sample.
- If your dog barks to get you to play with him, teach him to bring a toy and sit in entrance of you.
- This ends in them barking or growling aggressively towards the supposed menace to point that they want to keep away from their territory.
- This collar has a waterproof design with a chargeable battery, so it’s secure for outdoor use.
- To do this you should have the ability to modify its degree of sensitivity.
- You love your pet so you would possibly be continuously interested in offering it the schooling it must behave properly each time.
- Like all fashionable anti-bark collars, it acknowledges the sound source and isn’t activated if canines bark close by.
- When the canine gets the unhealthy scent of the spray, he can understand that he has carried out one thing incorrect and automatically stops the aggressive barking or any sort of annoying habits.
Battery ranges, solidity, and effectiveness all come collectively here. You want the collar to find a way to last for a reasonable amount of time in order that it could effectively restrain your dog from barking. [newline]Excessive charging and refillings will only add extra to your bills and time – which isn’t beloved by anyone. So, for ensuring security issue primarily you’ll be able to choose the corporate which is associated with both Electronic Collar Manufacturers Association or the PETT . Both of those associations make positive the optimum safety of all types of canine collar.
However, dog bark management collars could be effective for even probably the most persistent of barkers, especially when you’ve run out of different choices. They work well for canine who bark whereas their house owners are at work or bark at neighbors and different stimuli which are close by. Dog bark control collars work finest when used together with rewards coaching. For instance, put the collar on the bottom setting and wait on your dog to bark.
The YS600 is absolutely waterproof and outfitted with plastic shielded 5/8″ Enhanced Contact Points. If you are looking for fast results to handle your pooch’s barking downside, the intuitive anti-barking collar by ZENNO is your choose.
Dog Bark Collar: Finding It Cheap
It is very high-tech, with an anti-injury chip, a digital adjustment screen, and a false barking detector. Though it’s the most powerful collar to minimize back barking, it does not go overboard.
You use the clicker to mark the exact moment your dog performs a desired action, and each click is adopted by a reward. This can improve communication with your canine and help your canine be taught quicker.
Rechargeable canine collar with overload protection rechargeable bark collar full charge in 1 to 2 hours for about 12 days. It helps your canine learn how to cease barking with extremely low voltage. I can guarantee you, a refund isn’t an possibility as the software will live past expectations. It is a choice that left me wondering what was within the seller’s mind once they offered it at such an affordable value. When choosing a collar for your canine, the very first thing to contemplate is the breed. Most bark collars work by way of sensors that require shut contact with the dog’s neck. If the bark collar doesn’t fit snugly on your dog’s neck, its effectiveness might be considerably decreased.
For example, a canine who barks territorially in response to the sight of strangers approaching will usually only achieve this when in his own residence, yard or automotive. By contrast, a dog who habitually alarm barks may vocalize when he sees or hears strangers approaching elsewhere, too. Although territorial barking and alarm barking are slightly completely different, the suggestions under apply to each issues. Dogs interact in territorial barking to alert others to the presence of visitors or to scare off intruders or each. A canine might bark when he sees or hears folks coming to the door, the mail carrier delivering the mail and the upkeep person studying the gasoline meter. He might also react to the sights and sounds of people and canines passing by your house or house.
This Is The Way You Fix Your Broken Bark Collar
For occasion, your dog is at the yard and other dogs in the neighborhood are barking. Even in case your canine just isn’t barking, the gadget ‘hears’ the barking noise and, thus delivers a correction. Your poor hapless dog shall be confused as to what it did incorrect to deserve a correction. As we have mentioned, most manufacturers design their gadgets based mostly on the burden of canine. Some put the minimum at 3 pounds and the maximum at a hundred and twenty and even a hundred and fifty kilos. Unfortunately, a canine might weigh over 100 kilos yet its neck circumference is that of a 50-pounder.
A lot of patrons have praised the collar for its almost instant effectiveness and its affordability. It even appears to work for downside barkers and dogs who are particularly tough to coach. One buyer also commented by saying that this collar was very useful as a training device for her Chihuahua.
As soon as your dog’s rear end hits the ground on the spot, say “Yes! Say “Go to your spot,” present your canine a deal with, and then throw the deal with onto the spot where you’d like your dog to go. By the tenth time, attempt pretending to throw the treat so that your dog begins to maneuver toward the spot on his personal. As soon as he’s standing on his spot or rug, throw him the treat. As your dog catches on, you can cease making the fake throwing movement best bark collars for medium dogs together with your arm and simply give him the cue, “Go to your spot.” Then wait till he does and reward him. Excessive barking because of separation anxiousness occurs only when a dog’s caretaker is gone or when the canine is left alone. You’ll usually see at least one different separation anxiety symptom as properly, like pacing, destruction, elimination, depression or other signs of distress.
Some collars could be too huge or bulky for a dog that small, so seek for the smallest, most light-weight option. Humane bark collar with 2 modes – in 96% circumstances help lower canines barking by automatic performance with 7 safe phases of sound and vibration. Beeps and vibrations are switching automatically based mostly on the amount of dogs barking, increasing after every bark.

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Bentley Dog and Co.
Bentley, a Black Russian Terrier is the inspiration behind this boutique online shop based in Christchurch.
Bentley's mum found a gap in the market for "Bentley sized" pets. Because big dogs love to look stylish tooo!
This is me- Bentley. Aren't I gorgeous? Photo courtesy of Bentley Dog and Co
Each product is hand sourced and picked with quality and style in mind for the discerning pet (and owner) with the Bentley seal of approval.
Below are a few of our favourite products hand selected by Sapphires discerning sniffer.
I mean, seriously, who DOESN'T want to go for walkies wearing one of these??
And, after walkies - rest your paws in one of these. Did someone say donuts????
And no bed would be complete without a toy or two!
Want to know more? Head on over to the Bentley Dog and Co website for a look around


Getting new tires but don’t know how to figure out the size? Filling your tires up with the air they’ve lost in the cold weather but don’t know how much to put in? Or just want to learn something new? Well, the information on the sidewall of your tires can be hard to decipher, but we’re here to help show you how to read your tires!
We’ll start with the numbers that indicate the size of your tire. The letter “P” labeled in this picture with a green color is the Service Description. This lets you know what kind of use the tire is intended for. Obviously it is meant for the road, but there are different letters and combinations they use. P stands for passenger car, LT stands for light truck, ST is for special trailer, and T stands for temporary. So, if you have any type of car or SUV (excluding trucks), then your tires will most likely be marked with a P, and if you look at your spare tire for either your car or SUV it will most likely have a T.
The second part is the number “235” labeled with yellow writing in this picture. This number simply represents the tire width in millimeters up and over the tires tread.
This number “55” is what’s called the aspect ratio. That ratio is made up of its section height divided by its section width. We already know its section width is 235 millimeters, so this particular tire’s aspect ratio says that its height is 55% of its width. The lower the aspect ratio the lower the sidewall height, which makes for better handling.
The next letter “R” refers to its internal construction and stands for radial construction. You will see an R on 99.9% of tires now-a-days because it’s been the industry standard for about 25 years. The only exception being certain large trucks that still use Bias-ply tires, represented with a B instead of an R.
This number, 19 in our case, stands for the rim diameter in inches. This means that this tire will only fit on a 19-inch rim.
The next marking is kind of a two-in-one. The number that comes first represents the tires load index. And a tire’s load index is exactly what it sounds like: how much weight can that one tire carry. So, from here you need to do two things. First, you need to look at your number on the Load-Carrying Capacity Per Tire chart. According to the chart, our number 101 can carry 1,819 pounds. Secondly, you need to multiply that number by the number of tires on your vehicle to get a total amount of load capacity you can carry. So, the vehicle that this tire belongs to would have a maximum carrying capacity of 7,276 lbs.
The second part of this marking is a letter; a V in this case but it may be different on your vehicle. This letter indicates the speed rating. And just as you had to refer to a chart with the number, you have to do the same for the letter although this chart is not as extensive and can be seen below.
Here is a complete list of the various tire speed ratings, and their associated letters:
S = 112 mph
T = 118 mph
U = 124 mph
H = 130 mph
V = 149 mph
*Z = Over 149 mph
W = 168 mph
Y = 186 mph
(Y) = Over 186 mph
*Used to be the highest rating
The number that corresponds with V is 149 mph. That means that this tire can handle speeds up to 149 mph for a sustained period of time. If you go above that speed your tires won’t necessarily explode but it is certainly not recommended for safe driving.
The next set of markings aren’t really necessary to know how to read your tires – but may be interesting at the same time – are important to the Department of Transportation (DOT) and are referred to as the Tire Identification Number (TIN). The TIN is made up of sets of letters and numbers. The first two letters/numbers are always representative of the manufacturing plant. Each plant gets a two digit code – whether it’s one number and one letter, both numbers, or both letters – and it will always be the first two markings you see to the right of DOT. The next part will be a two digit code indicating the tire size. The middle four letters, JAIR in our case, identify the tire brand. And finally the last four numbers tell you what week and year the tire was made. For our example, it was made during the 37th week of the year 2006.
There are certainly other numbers on the sidewall of your tires including maximum tire pressure (which is not the same as recommended tire pressure), temperature rating, traction rating and others. These are just making you aware that the tire, if used outside of those specifications, may not perform favorably.


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Gas prices rose over the past three weeks for the first time since October. The Lundberg Survey reports the nationwide average price for regular is now $3.32 a gallon.
That's up about seven cents since the last survey released on December 21st. The lowest average price is in Salt Lake City, where a gallon is going for $2.76. Gas prices are highest in Long Island, New York, with an an average cost of $3.75 a gallon.
Here in Wichita Falls the cheapest gas can be found at the Sam's Club off the Kell Freeway. A gallon of regular will cost you $2.86.
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One of the best amateur varieties - tomato "chio-chio-san"
As is known, amateur grades are such,the fruits of which you will not see on the shelves of stores. As a rule, such vegetables or fruits are grown by amateur gardeners. It concerns many vegetables. And not the last place among tomatoes, for example, is the amateur variety - the tomato "chio-chio-san."
This variety is mid-ripening (its ripening timevaries from one hundred and ten to one hundred and twenty days). Tomatoes of this variety are high-yielding, because in the process of growth a powerful, rather tall bush is formed (its height can reach a height of one and a half meters). On each bush can be up to fifty to sixty fruits, the weight of each is at the same time thirty-fifty grams. Thus, from one bush it is possible to remove about twenty kilograms of tomatoes. The size of the fruits is small, the shape is plum, the color is pink, and the taste is very sweet and juicy, they have a wonderful dessert taste. Of these, magnificent salads are prepared, they can be eaten raw, in all sorts of vegetable assortments. Juices from tomatoes of this variety are distinguished by excellent taste qualities. And separately it must be emphasized that the tomato variety "chio-chio-san" is suitable for various types of canning.
In general, tomatoes have a number of medicinalproperties, which are determined by the presence of nutrients in them. As a rule, the tomato "chio-chio-san" contains 0.6 milligrams of mineral salt, various vitamins (ascorbic acid (vitamin C) from fifteen to thirty milligrams, thiamine (vitamin B1) and ribovin (vitamin B2) from 0.06 to 0,07 milligrams, provitamin A - about 2 milligrams). In addition, the fruits of tomato "chio-chio-san" contain nicotinic acid, organic acids (quite a bit apple and quite a lot - lemon), carbohydrates, as well as folic acid and biotin. From this list it is clear that the tomatoes "chio-chio-san" are not only delicious, but also very useful.
In tomatoes, especially mature, contains quite a fewa large amount of carotene. But it must be emphasized that if the fetus overrides, the amount of carotene decreases dramatically. Experts say that in order to satisfy the daily requirement of a person in vitamins, it is enough to eat one hundred and fifty-two hundred grams of tomatoes a day, especially tomato "chio-chio-san".
If you decide to grow tomatoes of this sort, thenyou should know that they are thermophilic crops. They can be propagated by seedlings, and less often by sowing in open ground. But in order to be sure that your tomatoes, chio-chio-san; will rise and bring you an abundant harvest, it is best not to experiment and use seedlings. As a rule, seedlings begin to grow in early March in small nutritious pots. And after fifty-five or sixty days, the sprouted seedlings are planted in the open ground. In the event that the seedlings are formed earlier and the weather conditions are favorable, you can plant it on the beds, without waiting for an average period.
If the spring is not very warm, then you can coverseedling with a film. According to experts, tomatoes of this variety can be planted after other plants, such as, for example, root crops, pumpkin or legumes. But after potatoes, aubergines or peppers planted tomatoes is not recommended.
If the tomato "chio-chio-san" you are interested (and thismust happen necessarily), you need to know one more very important positive quality of these vegetables. The fact is that they are tolerant to any diseases, especially such as late blight. Do not act on them and external factors, such as drought, for example.
Thus, we can say with confidence that the tomato variety "chio-chio-san" is indeed one of the best amateur varieties. And the more it is pleasant that it is the product of our selection.

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Army General Under Investigation for Lavish Spending
A 4-star general in the U.S. Army is under investigation for living large, spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer’s dollars.
FOX News Radio’s Steve Taylor reports from Washington:
Gen. William Ward headed the Army’s Africa command until last year. He’s close to retirement, but still on duty at the Pentagon. Allegations are that he spent lavishly on himself, family members and others, on travel, hotels and other pricey things.
Pentagon officials say the investigation could lead Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to demote Ward before retirement, which might cost the General more in lost retirement pay than he’s alleged to have spent improperly.
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Helped me learn difficult topics: I would study the most difficult topics by waking up early, while studying at school, this helped me learn and understand the difficult topics better. waking up after a good nights sleep, also helped me remember things better while studying and this was very beneficial and helped me gain better grades.
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It has taught me self discipline: Self disciple is very essential to achieve good results, and increase productivity. The many benefits of waking up early has encouraged me and has to maintain this good habit.
Time management: Time management is very essential in this fast paced world for achieving better results. Waking up early helps us manage time better and and provides us the required time needed to work at things in a better way. It helps you finish your work on time leaving us some extra time, and does not keep things rushed.
Waking up early has helped me work at my weaknesses: I did have some weaknesses, and really was eager to work on those-still keep working on those, waking up early gives me the time required to work in these areas.
Leaning new things: Waking up early has helped me learn new things, as I like learning new things, I love to work on areas I have never read about of never had the time to learn. This way I get to spend enough time needed to learn new ways, and methods.
It helped me get some ME TIME.
It helped me enjoy natural beauty.
It helped me be thankful for all that I have received.
It gives me time to meditate and relax.
It gives me time to exercise.
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An electric slip ring assembly is used to conduct electrical power and signals throughout a continuous 360-degree rotation. In some applications, it is also important to have some means of indicating areas or specific positions within a 360-degree range of motion. This can be done in a variety of ways depending upon the actual number of positions or areas required, accuracy, and if the positions need to be set permanent or programmable. With simple applications, such as a single “home” position on a small crane, amusement ride, or indexing table, UEA can incorporate a laser-cut cam plate into the center core stack of rings and insulators in the slip rings. As the slip ring rotates, a roller on a spring-loaded arm follows the contours of the cam and actuates a small single-pole, double-throw switch. An accuracy of +/- one degree is achievable and repeatable with this design, and up to three areas can be defined over the 360-degree rotation with one cam. Another cam can be added for additional defined areas but adds additional height to the overall slip ring assembly.
For more than 25 years, UEA has offered the option of a continuous rotation potentiometer that supplies a unique signal for any point during the 360-degree rotation of the equipment. Normally supplied with a slip ring assembly, potentiometers provide an analog signal that is converted by customer-supplied software, such as a crane Load Moment Indicator (LMI) system, into a specific rotational position. The LMI system uses the rotational position, boom angle, boom extension, and weight of the part being lifted to give the operator information to fully utilize the crane capacity while keeping within the working limits. For example, when the outriggers are extended to support a crane during a lift operation, they are not normally square in pattern, a typical crane can lift more over the front and rear of the machine than over the sides, and the LMI can provide feedback to the operator. Potentiometers are a vital part of the LMI safety system for lifting, but they also provide another safety feature that is not available with the cam and switch system. Crane operators can use the potentiometer position signal to mark specific crane positions as a stop or setpoint. This feature is particularly important if the crane is working close to buildings, power lines, etc. By establishing swing limits, the LMI system automatically warns the operator if they if the boom swings close to the danger points.
As technology has continued to evolve, UEA has seen a shift from potentiometers to encoders. These are most frequently used on mobile or construction equipment with similar needs to those supplied by the potentiometers. Because this equipment operates on a Controller Area Network (CAN) communications system, the encoder becomes another sensor on the system positioned on the center of rotation. As more engine controls and remote sensors adopt the CANopen or J1939 output, the use of this type of encoder will become even more popular. In a crane application, the encoder provides precise information about the location of the boom so that the system can calculate a maximum extension for the load being lifted. Without the encoder, lifting a heavy load with the boom extended too far could cause the crane to tip over.


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Data Security – Thinking Outside The Firewall
Ask anyone professionally involved with computers and the Internet and they will readily acknowledge the vital importance of data security. Security experts are also quick to point out that cyber attacks are increasing at an astonishing rate. Though somewhat self-serving, their observation is practically an understatement!. However, the biggest concern near future may not be the high number of attacks. But rather the sophistication of the intrusions and the growing points of entry that must defend. So, it is the time we took a closer look for ourselves at this moving target called Data Security.
Historically, amateur hackers and disgruntled company insiders have posed the biggest threats to computer networks. In fact, more than one-third of all corporate cybercrime is due to unauthorized access by insiders. From the outside, potent viruses like the Nimda worm and Code Red were merely the notorious products of pesky amateur programmers.
But things can change quickly, especially in the post-9/11 world of network security. Hosting industry is facing the specter of attacks from highly motivated expert programmers bent on cyber-terrorism. We just don’t know what new kinds of blended threats we may face. That’s disturbing when you understand that data security is a reactive technology – which means that threats have to become known before developers can defend against them. Unfortunately, this potential new wave of hackers comes at a time when the traditional firewall may soon become obsolete – no matter how good it is. With the proliferation of wireless networks and virtual private networks, intruders will be able to use these connections as well as Web protocols to gain access to sensitive data without the need to breach perimeter defenses such as a firewall.
Approach to start thinking outside the firewall
So what’s the answer? Well, developers have realized that it’s time to start thinking outside the firewall. One approach is the development of early-warning systems that use heuristic analysis, rather than known virus signatures, to detect abnormal behavior. Thus the ability to react to a previously unknown threat in real time.
A company called Entercept has a product that uses heuristic analysis to recognize abnormal network activity and immediately block server resources from the attack. It is quite a leap forward from merely generating a log and notifying system administrators hard pressed to react nearly fast enough to avoid serious harm.
Automatically Apply Secure patches
To deal with guarding multiple points of entry on today’s networks, Internet Security Systems has been developing their Real Secure platform to automatically apply software patches to both servers and clients whenever vulnerabilities identified. In theory, administrators would no longer have to apply patches manually but instead would rely on a self-healing platform that functions similarly to the human immune system in that it identifies threats and fights back in real time.
Block Crooked Insiders
Still, even these radical measures aren’t much defense against the determined insider attempting to steal company secrets or divert funds or stocks. One company, Savvydata, Inc., aggressively targeting this type of threat with a security program called RedAlert, specifically designed to block crooked or angry insiders from doing harm. RedAlert protects sensitive data from access, printed, emailed, copied or saved to a disk by an unauthorized employee on the network and provide a secure audit trail. It can also lock down data in unaccounted for laptops. Although it may not be able to block an executive with high-level access, it will generate an alert and leave a clear audit trail as a deterrent.
Conclusion – start thinking outside the firewall
With the rapid evolution of today’s hardware and software. It would be naïve to expect that today’s tried-and-true firewall solutions represent the endgame in network security. But rest assured that quantum leaps in applications of safety are rapidly becoming available to deal effectively with tomorrow's unknown threats hopefully. Always re-evaluate security measures and get better informed on new security tools available to protect sensitive data.


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Rainbow Harbor is again slated to be the Mainland home of the Transpacific Yacht club. The Harbor is located just off Downtown Long Beach with the pre-race festivities all within walking distance. The City of Long Beach has graciously offered to provide some complimentary berthing in Rainbow Harbor for yachts participating in the Transpacific Yacht Clubs 2015 race to Hawaii. This space will be complimentary to participants from July 6th through the time of the yacht’s start date for the race.


With the acceleration of urbanization process, large-scale demolition and maintenance of the road surface have been started all over the country. The pavement maintenance needs to use the cold recycling machine. Let's learn about it!
Generally speaking, the roadbed will be damaged when the pavement is subjected to heavy traffic for a long time. In order to eliminate this damage, it is necessary to carry out structural maintenance on the whole pavement. The road cold recycling machine reuses all the milling materials, and its economic treatment mode makes the cold recycling construction of foamed asphalt become a pioneering solution, and finally achieves the environmental protection and economic role.
Composition and working principle of pavement cold recycling machine
Composition: pavement cold recycling machine is the main equipment in asphalt pavement cold recycling construction, which is generally composed of power system, transmission system, working device, spraying system and control system.
工作原理：路面冷再生机向前行进时，转子向上旋转铣刨原路面材料，同时， 水通过软管从路面冷再生机连接的水车中输送过来，并在路面冷再生机的拌和仓中喷洒。水的输送量通过微处理器控制的泵送系统准确控制，以达到需要的含水量。铣刨转子将水与铣刨料充分拌和。液体稳定剂，例如热沥青 (冷再生机自带泡沫沥青发泡装置，可将热沥青加热到160- 180 °C，与少量水混合发泡)可通过专门设计的喷洒嘴被喷洒到拌和腔；粉状稳定剂如水泥需按设计添加量事先洒布在路面冷再生机前的路面上，路面冷再生机将粉状稳定剂与再生料和水一次性拌和。如遇再生层原级配不良的情况，可在再生前将所缺少的部分集料洒布在 路面上，通过与旧料拌和来改善原路面材料的级配。
Working principle: when the road surface cold recycling machine moves forward, the rotor rotates upward to mill the raw road materials. At the same time, water is transported from the water truck connected with the road cold recycling machine through the hose, and is sprayed in the mixing bin of the road cold recycling machine. The water delivery capacity is accurately controlled by the microprocessor controlled pumping system to achieve the required water content. The milling rotor fully mixes water and milling material. Liquid stabilizer, such as hot asphalt (cold recycling machine) with foam asphalt foaming device, can heat asphalt to 160-180. (C, mixed with a small amount of water) can be sprayed into the mixing chamber through a specially designed spray nozzle; the powder stabilizer such as cement should be sprayed on the road surface in front of the pavement cold recycling machine according to the design amount, and the powder stabilizer is mixed with recycled materials and water at one time. If the original gradation of the recycled layer is poor, the missing aggregate can be spread on the pavement before regeneration, and the gradation of the raw pavement material can be improved by mixing with the old material.


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The Walk for Life Foundation organises the annual “Swimming for Life” event, bringing together the practice of sport and raising awareness about breast cancer.
The swimmers who participate in each edition of this solidarity event may be amateurs, aged from 12 years old up to the master category with no age limit, which makes it an open event for the whole community.
This event involves more than just a competition and is organised as an opportunity to meet to go swimming and share experiences and social support for people affected by breast cancer.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed that Nigeria spent about N122.9bn to conduct the 2011 general elections.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, Chief Press Secretary to INEC chairman, Mr. Kayode Idowu, said that N9bn was saved from N131.4bn initially budgeted for the exercise, adding that N66.3bn was spent on recurrent expenditure while capital expenditure gulped N56.6bn.
According to him, “Contrary to lingering speculation, the actual cost of the 2011 elections, including all costs involved in the voter registration exercise, is N66.3 billion for recurrent expenditure and N56.6 billion for capital expenditure – making a total of N122.9 billion or, if you like, $800.6 million at an exchange rate of N153.5 to $1 which prevailed at the time.”
“This represented a saving of N9 billion on a total of N131.4 billion that was appropriated.”
“INEC has, thus, been looking at cost-saving international best practices that can be adapted to Nigerian peculiarities without exposing the system to abuse,” he added.
Commenting on the recent Federal Executive Council approval of N2.1 billion budget for INEC to produce 33.5 million Permanent Voter Cards that would be issued to registered voters, Idowu said the approved fund was for the second batch of PVCs.
The PVCs, he said, would be used by the 73.5million eligible voters registered by the commission during the exercise conducted between January-February 2011.
On whether there was any need for the new PVC project, he said the history of Nigeria’s electoral system proved that it was important.
“The PVCs will replace the cold-laminated Temporary Voter Cards that were issued during the voter registration exercise in 2011.
“Experience has shown that these temporary cards are not only fragile, but also susceptible to abuse by unscrupulous persons, who were in the past reported to have illicitly massed up the cards and put them in the hands of cronies to use in manipulating elections.
“Procedures put in place by INEC since the 2011 General Election have considerably lessened the susceptibility of these cards to such abuse.”
He promised that the new PVCs that the commission would soon issue to registered voters are more protected as it would be swiped with a card reader at the polling unit to ensure 100 per cent authentication and verification of the voter before the voter is allowed to vote.
He said with this, only a legitimate holder can present the card at a polling unit to cast his/her vote, while an illegitimate holder can be detected and prevented from using the card.
On cost, Idowu said each PVC would cost N65 per card and that each would have an average life span of ten years.


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This week Patricia Kopatchinskaja performs the world premiere of Michael Hersch’s Violin Concerto, commissioned for her by The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra as part of her artistic partnership with them. Performances take place at concerts in St.Paul on 5, 6 and 7 November, as part of a programme which also sees Patricia play Beethoven’s Violin Concerto.
This premiere follows Patricia’s acclaimed interpretation of Thomas Larcher’s Violin Concerto last week at the Royal Festival Hall with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Markus Stenz. The Independent commented, “Patricia Kopatchinskaja excels in Thomas Larcher's extraordinary violin concerto; she brings a fiery originality to everything she plays.”
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RIO DE JANEIRO, March 9 (Xinhua) -- The New Brazilian Basketball league (NBB) started its fifth All-Star weekend on Friday.
The first day's gala show included dunk contest, three-point contest and the skills competition.
In the Sao Paulo city of Franca, Bauru's forward Gui wooed the crowd with a series of unique dunks, winning the competition. From slamming the ball wearing only his underwear to dressing up like Batman and dunking the ball, Gui beat out last year's champion Jordan Burger.
In only the second year of the skills competition, Franca's Fernando Penna successfully defended his title from last year, beating out Sao Jose's Fluvio, Tijuca's Gege, Vila Velha's Matheus, Liga Sorocabana's Diego Gomes and Bauru's Larry Taylor. Penna completed the obstacle course with the best time of 26.8 seconds.
Franca's veteran guard Helinho won this year's three-point contest, beating out Paulinho Boracini in the final round, scoring 21 points compared to Boracini's 11.
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The federal government is pausing its resettlement program for refugees around the world through early January 2022 to prioritize services for thousands of Afghan evacuees who are expected to exit military bases and arrive in cities across the country in the coming months, according to the U.S. Department of State.
The government is prioritizing some groups of refugees for resettlement with “urgent cases, cases with processing steps that will expire, family reunification cases,” refugees who already have travel arrangements made for November and December, and those who have Special Immigrant Visa status, an agency spokesperson told Arizona Mirror in an email Friday.
“This temporary approach will help expedite the resettlement of Afghans from safe havens to their new communities as part of Operation Allies Welcome between October 29, 2021, and January 11, 2022.”
Operation Allies Welcome is an effort coordinated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to resettle Afghan refugees who left the country during an emergency evacuation as American troops pulled out in August.


WSJ Michael Mukasey: 'The Memo and the Mueller Probe’
[WSJ] If the investigation arose from partisan opposition research, what specific crime is he looking into?
The memo released Friday by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence was the product of necessity, not choice. Even before its release, the debate over its provenance, motive and effect was obscuring the crucial point that it is the underlying facts the memo alleges that present the real issues.
The committee’s memo says that yet another memo, which goes by the cloak-and-dagger title "Steele dossier," provided at least part of the basis for a wiretap of Carter Page, a U.S. citizen who had volunteered as a foreign policy-consultant to the Trump campaign. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court granted the wiretap application from the FBI and Justice Department two weeks before the 2016 election. In order to obtain the warrant, the government had to show probable cause that Mr. Page was acting as the agent of a foreign power and that in so doing he had committed a crime.
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WARREN COUNTY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Warren County health officials are seeing an uptick in coronavirus cases. The county reported three additional cases on Sunday. County health officials believe the uptick stemmed from school districts, however, the county is having difficulties tracing exactly where the cases are coming from.
“We had I think, one day last week, we had nine cases in one day — that’s the most we had since May, six of those were students or school staff members,” says Director of Public Affairs for Warren County Don Lehman.
Lehman says four school districts in the county had confirmed COVID-19 cases. “We have two school districts who are remote right now, they’ll be remote this week. Queensbury Central School District has the concern and deal with some cases within their buildings. The hope is that this is just kind of a blip and they’ll be able to get it under control,” says Lehman.
“School officials are doing the best they can and they’re working very hard at it, but schools present difficult challenges because kids are often asymptomatic. They, their parents and their teachers often have no way of knowing they are carrying the virus until they infect somebody else who is more vulnerable to the virus.”Ryan Moore, Warren County Administrator
Lehman says the local school districts have been complying with the state’s COVID-19 safety protocols and is hoping to see the number of positive cases go down.
Moving forward, Warren County health officials will be handling each case on a day-by-day basis. “…Hopefully things will change this year in the winter when a vaccine is available,” says Lehman.
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Here's a photo of my new embroidered quilt before I threw it the washing machine to felt it. I'm very interested in the felting process and in the (quite often) lovely result. I followed Ju Ju's advice and purchased this book (after doing the deed). Well, I didn't know what I didn't know. I'll post the results sometime later this week. For now let's just say that fools rush in.


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“Songs Without Words” are quite common in the classical repertoire. So why am I calling this piece I’m sharing a carol without words? Because it sounds Christmassy to me. And so I share it (in the last hour and a half before it becomes awkwardly late to do so any longer), and invite any who think it should have words to see what they can come up with. It is a midi file to keep it small, created using the software Finale. An actual recording (using a keyboard or piano to create an mp3) would have produced a file rather large and hard to upload from home.
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This week we’re joined by Rebecca Bellan, a transportation reporter at TechCrunch. Rebecca covers all things transportation for TechCrunch including the tech and the people behind how people move throughout cities, and how companies bring sustainable mobility to the world. Previously, she has held positions at Forbes, CityLab, and The Atlantic.
During the episode today, Rebecca talks about pitch subject lines, the annoyance of follow ups, the uniqueness of writing about technology, and more.


Government CIOs and IT leadership face quite the undertaking when it comes to upgrading agency and department systems. With significant dollars and resources on the line, it’s no surprise the procurement process can be cumbersome. But even though the current request for proposal (RFP) process is clear and repeatable, it misses the mark when it comes to choosing solutions that will support agencies for years to come.
When government departments and agencies set up RFPs just to check specific boxes, they limit themselves to prebuilt solutions that are made for the masses. What public sector organizations would benefit from the most is an easily configurable procurement technology solution made for their unique needs. In this whitepaper from Vishal Hanjan, Industry Lead for Public Sector at Appian, you’ll learn how traditional commercial-off-the-shelf solutions open government departments and agencies to risk and what to look for instead.


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“Martha Is Dead” Report Confirms What was Censored on PlayStation Version
Yesterday was the release of LKA’s long-awaited psychological horror title Martha Is Dead. I wish everyone a good night. After experiencing this for more than five minutes, I don’t think I can stomach the ideal amount of sleep. Shudder.
It was revealed that the PlayStation version of the game would be “modified” to remove certain elements. However, it would still work on Xbox and PC. We now know what the changes are thanks to a report by IGN. I will reiterate the warning at the beginning of this article. The descriptions that follow could be considered spoilers.
Okay, so are we all okay then? Great. The PlayStation version eliminates interactivity from scenes where the player cuts and peels off the face of a corpse and where they cut the womb of a corpse with scissors. Additional content warnings are displayed at the beginning of the game. References to masturbation were also removed.
There’s also an option to turn on censorship, which removes all scenes of the face and womb cuts and any depictions or suicides. These changes only apply to the PlayStation version, but there is a censorship option for all platforms. This allows you to remove self-harm scenes that occur at the end of the game.
These changes were made because of Sony’s discussions. Neil Broadhead, head of marketing at Wired Productions, said they resulted from talks with Sony. He explained to IGN that the changes in content resulted from conversations with PlayStation during the launch. PlayStation supported us in minimising the delay caused by the slight delays in the production of the physical edition. The changes were not planned.
It is still unclear why Sony was so determined to enforce these changes. As IGN noted in their report, this type of thing rarely happens. Luca Dalco (founder and CEO of LKA) insists that PlayStation users will still have access to the entire story, despite the changes.
He told IGN that PlayStation users can still experience the story he’s trying to convey. “This is a complex topic, and the changes made [does not] affect the gaming experience.”
Martha Is Dead is now available on PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. The delayed physical PlayStation versions of Martha is Dead will be available in a few weeks.


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Walking through a carpet of Spring Western Australian wildflowers near Wave Rock, under a bright blue sky, listening to the wind in the Sheoak trees, you will come across a magnificent, prehistoric rock formation. You will marvel at the size and shape, eroded by the weather over millions of years. This is Wave Rock. waverock.com.au
No visit to the Wheatbelt is complete without a visit to Wave Rock. There are many Points of Interest along the way, so either chart your course before leaving, or keep a look out for signs – phone coverage can be a little sketchy at times. Be sure to stop in at the dog cemetery. Rather interesting and a bit of a tear-jerker.
And do try to fit in a drive along the Tin Horse Highway. It’s a real crowd pleaser.
But nothing draws a crowd like the magnificent Wave Rock itself. It is a truly unique experience and if you’re coming from Perth – worth the drive. There is a fee, but for people staying at the caravan park – Wave rock is free! The track to the wave itself is easy enough for most fitness levels and of course the photo opportunities are endless.
There are a few access points to the top of the rock. This is a bit more physically demanding, though plenty of folk seemed to manage up the stairs with no problems. Obviously caution is recommended, particularly near the edges – it’s a long drop.
Appropriate footwear is recommended when the weather is wet, it can get slippery up there. The views are spectacular as is watching the sun setting. It’s quite breath taking and no doubt rather heavenly to see during spring when the wildflowers put on a show.
Be sure to take the walk trail to Hippo’s Yawn and if you’re feeling adventurous explore the rock itself. There are a few nooks and crannies for amateur rock climbing if you are keen.If not there is a bench conveniently placed right in front of the hippo’s mouth. Plenty of photo opportunities and if you’re not up for a walk along the trail, it’s only a quick drive from Wave Rock. The car park is nice and close too.
Set off early for a day trip, though there is something to be said for the gorgeous Wheatbelt sky at night. Accommodation options include the Wave Rock Caravan Park, the Wave Rock Motel and the Wave Rock Resort. Even if you don’t plan on staying be sure to visit the resort where visitors can experience Lake Magic – a salt water lake supposedly similar to the Dead Sea. It was still under construction on a recent trip, but promises to be a unique spot to visit when in the area (Hippo’s Yawn walk trail will also lead you to the resort.). Mulka’s cave is another one to check out and only 15kms from Wave Rock.
Food can be purchased from the Wave Rock Café or click here for more options. Open 9am – 5pm though probably best to contact them for kitchen hours if you’re looking for an afternoon meal. This is also the entrance to the Wildflower gift shop, Lace Collection, Miniature Soldier Museum and the Wildlife Park. Entry fees apply for all except the gift shop.
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The dust has settled after Skype’s mid-August meltdown. Millions of users around the world lost service for up to two days, producing much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Everything appears to be back to normal now, barring the odd Skype-borne virus. But we wondered.
What really happened when the lights went out in Skype-world? Could it happen again? Could it last longer next time? Can we still trust Skype?
I talked to the company’s director of operations, Michael Jackson—and for a reality check, polled Martin Geddes, the evangelist of Teleapocalypse and chief analyst with UK-based STL Partners, the consulting and research firm behind the Telco2.0 initiative. Skype also took a crack at explaining everything on one of its blogs.
To its credit, the company takes full responsibility for the outage—despite early reports that tried to make Microsoft the villain—and it appears to appreciate the impact the incident had on users.
“Two days is a long time; we’re the first to admit that,” Jackson says. “Clearly there are businesses and people who depend on this service. They’re wondering, is it going to happen again? Can we rely on Skype in the future? So I guess we have to regain that trust point—the same as any company that lets its customers down. We’re going to do our absolute utmost to try and make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
The company did give paying customers—SkypeOut, SkypeIn, Skype Pro, and voicemail, users—an extra week of service, though initially it appeared it was only giving credit for the period of the outage. Geddes felt this was the one false step in the company’s post-meltdown public relations effort.
“That was the finance department speaking,” he says of the initial offer. “It’s not anything from the heart, it’s not an apology. They should have said, ‘Here’s a week’s credit or a month’s.’ It would be better if they offered nothing. This is an insult, really.”
Skype users apparently didn’t feel that way. According to Jackson, usage numbers very quickly bounced back, with log-ons on the following Tuesday about the same as the previous week. The seasonal upswing with school starting in September also exactly mirrored the previous year, he says.
What caused the outage?
It’s much clearer now what happened and why.
Early on the morning of Thursday, August 16, Microsoft launched a mass online update of Windows computers to add security patches and other bug fixes. Soon after, Skype noticed an unusual number of users were having trouble logging in.
Skype users don’t really log in the way users in a conventional client-server network do—in a peer-to-peer network, there are no central servers—but they do have to validate their Skype clients and credentials against the network.
The problem in this case was a dearth of supernodes, the user computers the company commandeers to manage the peer-to-peer network and specifically the validation process. Without them users can’t log in.
The software agreement you sign when you install Skype client software gives the company permission to use some of your computer’s processing and bandwidth capacity. Each supernode handles about 300 nearby users. Skype configures five in each cell for redundancy. So with upwards of nine million users online, it takes something like 150,000 supernodes to make Skype work.
The software automatically selects the most reliable computers with the fastest Internet connections to be supernodes. The trouble is, when a supernode goes away temporarily, as thousands did when Microsoft automatically rebooted them after the patch, it no longer qualifies to be a supernode, at least until it proves its reliability all over again.
So millions of Skype users’ computers were rebooting after the update and most were trying to reconnect to Skype. The few supernodes left standing couldn’t handle the traffic. Geddes compares it to a denial of service attack on a conventional network.
“There’s some truth in that,” Jackson says. “It’s a combination of a lack of availability of [super]nodes—they were all full—and the fact you can’t become a supernode until you log on to the network. And there aren’t enough clients available to become nodes because they can’t log on. So it’s more a catch 22 than a [denial of service].”
But why did this Microsoft update “catalyze,” as Jackson puts it, such a catastrophic reaction in the Skype network? Microsoft regularly updates and automatically reboots users’ computers.
“This patch caught a larger percentage of computers and it was a deeper reset,” Jackson says. “We hadn’t seen this before. We’d seen perturbations in the network [after other Microsoft updates], but put them down to just that, perturbations. We never thought it could be this kind of a domino effect.”
The internal gremlin
The other factor—the real culprit, Skype now says—was a resource allocation algorithm in the client software that could not adapt to such a set of circumstances. Instead of clients “backing off” on their attempts to validate on the network when supernodes weren’t immediately available and waiting for the ship to right itself, they kept hammering away, trying to log in.
“We just never thought that supernodes could ever not be available to this level,” Jackson says. “Once engineers could see that that’s what had happened, it took about eight minutes to repair [the offending piece of code].”
Could it happen again?
Fixing the code should prevent the same thing happening again under similar circumstances, but the network actually righted itself on its own, he points out.
Should Skype have known something like this could happen? Jackson says yes. The Microsoft update and reboot was a “legitimate action,” he says, and the “way of the world.” So Skype should have been prepared.
Some might dispute this. Why does Microsoft automatically shut down computers at all, given the risk—at the very least—of unsaved user data being lost? Why not perform the update and pop up a message that users would find when they came back to their computers, instructing them to reboot to complete the process?
But Jackson goes out of his way to absolve Microsoft and even praise the company on two counts. It initially took seriously the possibility of its own culpability, that something in the patch was preventing the Skype network from recovering, he says. And it was very responsive to Skype—including convening a “SWAT” team at 8 a.m. on the Thursday morning to help trouble shoot.
“It wasn’t anything they did,” Jackson says. “But they were hugely helpful. I was really impressed.”
Geddes has an interesting take. One of the trade-offs with peer-to-peer networks, compared to client-server networks, he points out, is that they trade off manageability—especially the ability to manage endpoints—for scalability. It’s the nature of the beast. He also notes that P2P is still “a new, immature” technology and that Skype is feeling its way forward, much as early Internet service providers had to do.
“The Skype folks couldn’t do a test of millions of users re-logging in,” Geddes says. “So Microsoft did the test for them, and it failed.”
Jackson insists that a simple fix to the resource allocation algorithm, which will force clients to wait when they encounter a similar situation and re-validate in an orderly fashion, will prevent the same thing happening. “[The network] wouldn’t break. The time period [outage] would be some minutes rather than hours.”
The August melt-down was a wake-up call for Skype, though, he says. Following an in-depth post mortem of its own, the company has assigned engineers the task of anticipating other potential network-wrecking circumstances, and figuring out ways to prevent them.
As for regaining users’ trust, Jackson is candid and realistic. “We screwed up” he says. “Everybody gets a second chance. We just can’t abuse it.”


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Villa Marie Christmas Play
Wednesday, December 20th, 2023
St. John the Apostle School
7601 Vine St, Lincoln
Open to the public, no cost to attend.
The children of Villa Marie will be performing a special Christmas play which is sure to bring you joy and get you into the spirit of the season. The play will last approximately 30 minutes and will be followed by refreshments.


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On Wednesday I showed off my desk and some random crafting things that were on it that I would hope would someday soon be projects. There were quite a number of things there to be done and I'm pleased to announce that I actually did some of them.
The Fine Print: Teacup flowerpot stamp by Stampin' Up, dies by Spellbinders, paper and brads from my stash. Bottom card all products by A Muse Studio. Stamps used--"Sending My Love" and "Sweet Love," cardstock used--grapefruit chevron print, slate, grapefruit and sugar, other supplies--heart trio dies and gold sequin.

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Shah Rukh Khan has said that the box office success of Chennai Express has made all his hard work worth it.
He told the Hindustan Times: "When the film released and by Monday, Tuesday when we all got to know how is it doing and the reaction of the audiences, that made me feel that the years I have spent in the industry have proved successful.
"The hard work that you do, the time that you spend and sometimes the good and the bad that you face, become worth it when you have a film like this.
"I am an actor and before films, I was in theatres. I do the film exactly how the director tells me to. Whichever role I am given, I give it my best and it is not like it is out of my comfort zone.
"I am also a producer. And if a comfort zone worries me, then I might as well make my own films. But I like to do films the way a director wants me to and I feel happy. So, there is no such thing as a comfort zone for me."
Khan said earlier this month that he feels "grateful" and "blessed" by the fact that people have enjoyed Chennai Express.
The actor has previously commented that he tries to avoid emulating his earlier career successes.
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Physical theatre company, Gecko, is back in Bristol with a darkly humorous piece of theatre that deals with mental health, relationships and, ultimately, humanity. Institute is a Dystopian offering that captivates and questions a world that we can’t quite grasp but that, at the same time, we understand.
The stage is an office/hosptial, dominated by oversized filing cabinets out of which memories jump. Martin, played by Gecko’s artistic director, Amit Lehav, and Daniel (Chris Evans) are bonded through … we’re not quite sure what. As both men (there are only men in Institute) talk on the phone to two unseen and nebulous characters, their words, mumblings and actions become cleverly entwined and boundaries are blurred. Movement and dance bring a special energy to the stage in visually stunning choreography that’s not far from hypnotising.
Ryan Perkins Gangnes as German speaking Karl and François Testory as French speaking Louis are revealed and, if at first it seems that they possess The Power, they soon morph into disturbed carers, relaying that we all have our own disquiet, our personal anxieties. I’d be lying if I said I always understood the story unfolding before me and, finally, the audience is left dangling on a frustrating knife-edge but that didn’t stop me being mesmerised by the whole experience. Institute is bold and honest, urging us to be mindful and, crucially, to look after each other.
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As a creative I see differently through my eyes and am inspired by our everyday surroundings. My collection includes nature, color, textures, patterns and so much more.
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The search for his wife, Rachael Saunders continues
‘People! It’s payday!! We need to get bills settled! What the hell?? Is it my imagination or is this starting to occur more often…?’ a tweet read.
The national bus strike has taken its toll on commuters. In a video, some are seen fighting for a place inside a taxi.
Ostbo was at a restaurant with friends when she went for a walk at the nearby Myoli beach in Sedgefield.
ANN7 employees with appointment letters say they will not resign, but will stay with the company until their next new job in August.
The catch-22 situation is if the party recalls him there will be open clashes, but if he stays the ANC will lose votes in the 2019 election.
Meanwhile, Numsa reject claims that businesses would suffer if the R20 per hour was raised, as executives earn massive salaries compared to workers.


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The greatest superstar of Bollywood?
Mumbai, March 18 Sukhwinder Singh has sung a 22-minute song for actor-producer Aamir Khan’s TV… more »
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I’ve had the chance to show my 2004 Mazdaspeed Miata a little love recently, so I though I’d take the time and post a list of what’s been done to it up to this point.
Since this is my daily driver, my goals have been to improve the car, without sacrificing it’s ability to be a comfortable, and usable car. To that end, any mods must either improve its comfort or usability, or improve performance without compromising anything else.
- Flyin Miata full intake kit
- Manual boost controller set to 10psi
- Ebay 27x7x2.5 Intercooler
- AutoEXE muffler
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Ultimately, the car will see a Bell Engineering ecu reflash which will allow it to use the larger injectors, allowing me to upgrade to a better turbocharger when the stock is in need of replacement, along with a 15″ set of wheels, and a Flyin Miata downpipe. That combo of mods should put the car at around 250rwhp, while staying very driveable, quiet, and passing smog.


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The unraveling of eighteen-year-old Luna Kane’s haunted past begins in the winter of 1988, when her dying great-grandfather, a self-proclaimed faith healer, claims he hears phantom owls crying in the night.
“Them owls, like music. Can you hear the music?” he implores her in his final moments, triggering Luna’s repressed memory of her dead mother’s obsession with Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin’s legendary guitar wizard. Desperate to learn the truth about her mother’s suicide, to tease fact from family lore in order to weave her own personal narrative, Luna embarks on a pilgrimage from her family’s farm in the pines of eastern North Carolina to England, to search for the man whose music her mother held sacred, Jimmy Page.
I was given a digital arc of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thank you Christy Alexander Hallberg and Livingston Press. This book will be published on October 20th 2021.
Set in Full River, North Carolina in the 1980s, Searching for Jimmy Page is the coming of age story of troubled teenager, Luna.
Luna’s mother, Claudia, committed suicide when Luna was still a child and Luna’s main memories of her revolve around a love of lavender incense and Led Zeppelin. She was convinced Jimmy Page was hiding messages to her in amongst the lyrics.
The author does a fantastic job of setting the scene and time in which Luna’s story takes place, weaving in mentions of Led Zeppelin songs and albums, tarot cards, magic mushrooms, tie dyed clothing, Formica tables and beanbag chairs to help you easily visualise the world she describes.
The other townspeople of Full River are religious and shocked by the fact Claudia committed the unforgivable sin of suicide. Luna has carried this societal prejudice towards her and her family alongside her bottled up grief, cutting herself and trying to cope with her feelings as best she can, eventually throwing herself into writing, which her mother had always said she was good at.
Luna discovers that Claudia attended a Led Zeppelin concert right around the time Luna was conceived and her friend Connie suggests that maybe Jimmy Page is Luna’s mystery father and that is why Claudia was so obsessed with him. Connie even thinks there is a resemblance. Luna has many questions she would like answered and embarks on a journey to London to find out the truth. She is dogged in her determination for answers and her need for closure. Through this experience she finds herself a family but it may not be quite what she was expecting.
Hallberg’s conversations between the teenage friends and between Luna and her grandmother and mother are believably realistic. Her lyrical prose is well-suited to her scene-building descriptive passages:
The Full River Greyhound station is like every other small town bus station in America: cheap linoleum floors with scuff marks and gravel residue that crunches underfoot; crinkled potato chip bags stashed like footnotes under metal chairs, wads of gum stuck to the bottoms; dingy white walls, reminders of the days when travelers chain-smoked over Styrofoam cups of stale coffee while they waited for a bus to Anywhere But Here, the smell of Camels and Winstons lingering in the building’s brittle bones.
Sometimes, however, I felt that the turn of phrase was too sophisticated for a teenager, albeit a budding writer who loves to read:
I felt like an apostate come back to the fold, except the only divine inspiration I garnered derived from grandeur, not God—the ornate stained glass windows, coruscating in the feeble lamplight; the elegiac beauty of sepulchral chambers of kings and queens; Gothic arches, swooping upward like hands in prayer; Chaucer’s tomb and the stone slabs lodged in the floor of the Poets’ Corner memorializing writers I revered, and the sense of trepidation I felt at treading over them.
I highly recommend this moving story to lovers of coming of age stories, troubled teens finding themselves despite complicated family situations, fans of Led Zeppelin music and ‘80s nostalgia.
Readers should be prepared for the following themes: suicide, teenage self-harm, cancer.
About the Author
Christy Alexander Hallberg is the author of the novel Searching for Jimmy Page, forthcoming October 2021 from Livingston Press. She is a Teaching Professor of English at East Carolina University, where she earned her BS and MA in English. She received her MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from Goddard College. She is Senior Associate Editor of North Carolina Literary Review and a former editor of #FridayFlash at Litro USA. Her short fiction, creative nonfiction, book reviews, and interviews have appeared in such journals as North Carolina Literary Review, The Main Street Rag, Fiction Southeast, Riggwelter, Deep South Magazine, Eclectica, Litro magazine, STORGY Magazine, Entropy, storySouth, Still: The Journal, and Concho River Review. Her flash story “Aperture” was chosen Story of the Month by Fiction Southeast for October 2020. The editors of the Best Small Fictions anthology series chose it for inclusion in their 2021 issue.
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“Family has played an integral role in my passion for Led Zeppelin and Jimmy Page, and in the evolution of this novel our family lore looms large. Protagonist Luna Kane’s great-grandfather is named after and inspired by my maternal great-grandfather, Jesse Baker, who died in 1946, long before I was born. I know him only as an enigmatic family legend, this man my grandmother told me took a mail order course on faith healing because he believed he could cure his wife, my great-grandmother Emily, of breast cancer. That story has stayed with me and crept into my own stories, especially Searching For Jimmy Page, the novel that is the culmination of a life steeped in the music, myth, and magic of Led Zeppelin, a fascination that began when I was a teenager in the mid-1980s, with a fortuitous viewing of the band’s concert film, The Song Remains the Same, on MTV with my mother and older brother Steve, who was a huge fan of the band. It is the story I was always meant to tell.“Christy Alexander Hallberg