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Oreo Australian Cattle Dog / Blue Heeler Louisville, KY
- Coat length
- Vaccinations up to date, spayed / neutered.
- Good in a home with
- Other dogs.
- Prefers a home without
BREED: Australian Cattle Dog
GENDER: Female, spayed
DOB/AGE: 12.24.16 - 4 years old
NOT GOOD WITH CATS
SECURE, VISIBLE FENCE REQUIRED
LOCAL LOUISVILLE ADOPTIONS ONLY PLEASE
FEE: $150 + $9.00 sales tax
If you know anything about cattle dogs, you know they love, love, love to run and can easily get out of a yard.
Oreo loves to play! She is dog friendly, but hates cats. She is a very sweet girl looking for a loving family who wants to go for walks…and go for walks…and then go for walks again!
Oreo is up-to-date on her immunizations and rabies and is microchipped. If you think you could give this sweet little girl a forever home, please go to the ADOPTIONS tab on our website, http://shamrockpets.com/, and download and follow the instructions to fill out an adoption application.
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Ask About Oreo
- Australian Cattle Dog / Blue Heeler
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February 25, 2008
at 12:14 PM
We just found out Topix is a finalist for CNET’s Webware 100 awards in the Search and Reference category. There are 300 finalists, but there will be only 100 winners –- and we need your help!
Please vote for Topix. They tell us you can vote for up to 3 finalists in each category. But, hey, why not vote just for Topix? And tell your friends to vote.
The winners will be announced on April 21, the day before the Web 2.0 Expo opens.
February 22, 2008
at 11:00 AM
Yesterday, for the first time, we received over 100,000 comments into the Topix forums in a one day period. When we launched this, I told the engineering team that it would be amazing if got to 10,000 comments a day. So, I wanted to provide a shout out here for the folks that have made this happen.
While commenting functionality and forums are hardly new, the fact that we have systems to auto-moderate, spam detect and scale to handle 100,000 posts per day, with forum threads of tens of thousands of posts, is a pretty neat trick. I don’t know of any other place on the web where this volume of posting occurs with the kind of functionality we provide. This is a great testament to the architecture and implementation that our engineers have put in here.
One of the most interesting aspects of running a place where millions of people interact is that you can get a good running start with algorithms and automated systems, but at the end of the day, we’ve found having people to look at the corner cases is critical for a healthy system. And keeping everything from going off the rails has been handled superbly from the folks here doing community management.
When journalists wring their hands and fret over anonymous commentary, or decry the presence of the masses linked to the pages of newspapers, it betrays their belief system – that only journalists can decide what is “news”, and that society is running off the rails with this …commentary...gaining traction.
The Internet empowers true many-to-many communication. It is *not* just another distribution medium for the products of broadcast media. Sure, it’s a great way to connect to people all over the world, and it’s been amazing at destroying the business model that paid for all of that content. But, really, the next step here is to empower everyone to talk to everyone else.
At Topix, we’re interested in giving people the ability to connect to other folks in their community, or community of interest. With over 100,000 comments a day coming in, and with participation from over 20,000 different communities every month, I think we’re on to something.
We’re all for helping publishers and the main stream media get in on this – and we’re providing commentary for all the Tribune publications, Media News, and LinTV & NBC’s television stations, amongst others. Lots of publishers already get it, and I’m excited to see that people are beginning to understand the inevitability of commentary connected to main stream media products.
There’s an important role for journalism and journalists here – to investigate and write stories, to fact check and provide a level of comprehensiveness that just isn’t the role of the commentariat to provide. But the Internet is empowering the average guy to put their opinion out there as well, and to engage with other people. And for my money, getting people to engage with each other is the big prize here.
The future is much more involved with engaging people to participate than it is in merely informing them of one point of view. I love my Sunday NY Times, and I love the local columnists in the SF Chronicle. But I really like the fact that the Chronicle beats the pants off of the NY Times in terms of giving their readers the ability to comment and engage with each other.
We’re excited to be powering that future – and with 100,000 posts per day, we’re really picking up some speed.
February 7, 2008
at 10:06 AM
I woke up this morning with a call from one of my board members asking me if I had seen the news about Google's new local news product.
Silicon Valley CEO nightmare right out of central casting, right? In our case, Google launching a local news product that is targeted down to the ZIP code level, something we've had a lock on since 2004, and one of our clearest differentiators. There are lots of people who provide metro level "local" news, but we've been unique in being able to provide hyper-local news, and Google entering this space is certainly a big deal for us.
Fortunately, we had our wakeup call around local news a couple of years ago, and it wasn't the looming fear of Google launching local news which kept us up at night..it was something entirely different. Here's the dirty secret of doing aggregated news around local...
Local news is not a search problem
If you take the totality of news created from the mainstream press (newspapers, radio, television stations), and do the back of the napkin math for all the local stories generated on a daily basis, here's what you get
1,440 local daily papers X 6 stories a day = 8,640
2,303 news radio stations X 3 stories a day = 6,909
1,686 television stations X 4 stories a day = 6,744
Total local stories per day 22,293
Number of populated US ZIP codes 32,500
We started by trying to add more sources. We added government, weather and industry sources, and then we added 25,000 blogs to the mix to see what we'd get. And, pretty much, they still didn't provide the breadth of coverage around local news, especially around small towns.
Don't like the news? Make some of your own!
The conclusion our users pointed us to, by sending us hundreds of stories a day through our feedback form, was that there wasn't enough coverage of most areas by the mainstream press or the blogsphere, and that the real opportunity was to become a place for people to publish commentary and stories -- because no one else was going to do it.
So, we launched the Topix forums, and two years and 25 million posts later, Topix has gone from being merely an aggregator of local news, to becoming the home of local voice on the web
60% of the "articles" on Topix are now "original", from scratch, posts not referring to a story
75% of the pageviews on Topix are on the commentary
So, with that shift, and those 25 million posts, we're actually a home for original content, and Google's main search engine is a great way to find that content. Also, for Google, there's a virtuous circle in sending people to places like the Topix forums -- some percentage of them end up participating and adding commentary, making the site better and "justifying" the algorithmical "decision" to send folks our way. We also added the ability for people to edit the news on Topix, and have over 3,500 editors. who are doing that on Topix so far.
Yes, it's always a concern when Google pops up on your patch. As Rich points out, we have great technology, more sources and four years of making this all work - but given the distribution that Google can bring to bear, what I'm really happy about is that we're more of a source, and therefore a natural partner to Google, than a sink for news searches and a competitor to them. Also, it doesn't hurt that the number one player on the web is validating that local is a place worth investment.
And, hey, Google -- if you ever decide that you'd like to add more content around localities (since we feel your pain around the lack of news in small towns), we have a couple of ideas for you...
There was some great coverage of Topix after this came out.
Valleywag posted a nice OpEd that I wrote about competing with Google
John Battelle shows me why he's a world class editor with the title to his blog post being what I should have gone with
Webbalert gave us major props vs. Google as well, and a phat screenshot, which was cool
Webworkerdaily also had a good overview of the space, worth taking a look, as well
And, gotta love Informationweek's Thomas Claburn's referencing the pointy end of Rich's post.
Finally, got some props from Mike on our handling of things...

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The story behind the quote: The quote comes from the incredibly popular film adaption of the book, The Princess Bride. While the film was a modest success when it came out in 1987, it only really gained success when it came out in home video. Even so, it’s not hard to see why the film was so popular as it was a children’s adventure film with enough wit and whimsy for an adult to enjoy.
The quote comes from the middle of the film. Westley/Dread Pirate Roberts (played by Cary Elwes) and Buttercup (played by Robin Wright) have just escaped the Fire Swamp only to run into Humperdinck and his soldiers. Westley wants to fight but, knowing he will probably die, Buttercup surrenders in the condition Humperdinck doesn’t hurt her rescuer. Humperdinck agrees but he still orders Count Rugen, his lackey, to throw Westley into the Pit of Despair instead. Count Rugen tells Westley he’ll take him to his ship. But Westley knows it’s a lie.
Geek wisdom: Real men always try to tell the truth, even though it may get them in trouble. Because the only way to develop trust is to be truthful.
The story behind the quote: This week’s quote comes the cult classic, The Princess Bride. The movie was originally a book with the same name. While only a modest success when it was released, it gained popularly when it came out on home video.
The quote actually comes a couple of times in the film. The first time it’s uttered with when Inigo Montoya (played by Mandy Patinkin) faces off against Westley (played by Cary Elwes). During their duel, Westley is knocked over a cliff but Inigo Montoya, being an honorable man, helps him up and lets his foe recover. While they both rest, he tells the story of how his father was killed by a certain six fingered man. As he dreamed of the moment he will finally face his father’s killer, he knows exactly what to say to him when they do meet.
The quote is then told again, several times, in fact, when Inigo Montoya does face off against the six fingered man, Count Rugen. Even though he was near death, when he finds out that Count Rugen is the man who killed his father, he regains his strength and battles him, delivering the quote numerous times.
Geek wisdom: When you put your mind to something and push through with it, there’s not telling what you can accomplish.The reason why Inigo Montoya became a superb swordsman and managed to defeat his foe is because, since he was a child, he had one goal in mind, and that was to be a swordsman strong enough to beat his father’s killer.

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According to the source, in Europe, began selling a new mini-computer company Giada. Device dimensions 130 x 128,5 x 26 mm and a volume of only 0.5 liters equipped with a processor Intel Celeron 2957U and Core i5-4200U. In the first case, the cost of a PC is equal to 210 euros, the second – 460 euros.
Giada i200 has two slots Mini PCI-E, and one mSATA slot SO-DIMM – the maximum amount of RAM up to 8 GB DDR3L. In the list of interface connectors products – HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.2, the standard port 3.5 mm headset, network RJ-45 connector, four USB 3.0.
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Over 100 participants attended the first moderated panel discussion in the PNWIS Source Test Professional Development series. Lynette Haller, Washington Department of Ecology, skillfully moderated the panel of three experts focused on source test planning, a crucial phase for ensuring a successful source test. The interactive panel discussion provided an opportunity for virtual attendees to submit questions and allowed the panel to expand on topics identified as critical to source testing planning. This included method selection, sampling time and volume, detection and quantification limits, test plan content and approval and selecting a testing services contractor. The panel provided different perspectives with Jason Bouwman, Northwest Clean Air Agency, representing the regulatory Agency perspective, Erin Strang, Phillips 66 – Ferndale, representing a regulated facility, and Kristina Schafer, Montrose, representing a testing services contractor.
The PNWIS Board wants to recognize the efforts of our moderator, panelists and volunteers in successfully implementing this first session. And thank you to our attendees for participating in this event. Registration is still open for second sessions of the series which will focus on testing and test observation, and report content and review.
For details and to register, go to the Source Tests Workshop page on pnwis.org (click here).


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With the help of expert tutors, the Centre for Lifelong Learning at University of Strathclyde have developed an exciting range of classes to help keep you busy this Autumn!
Have fun discovering Edinburgh on this quirky, self-guided, heritage walk with a treasure hunt theme from Curious About!
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is hosting one of artist Ellie Harrison’s four Early Warning Signs.
Fore! The Fore Play Crazy Golf team have launched another cracking venue to eat, drink, play and up your selfie game in the heart of the Capital!
Global Lab is an open community of creativity and co-learning, hosted by the Scottish International Storytelling Festival
This autumn, world-renowned tapestry studio Dovecot brings the work of internationally acclaimed Japanese textile designer Sudō Reiko to Scotland with an innovative exhibition.
This exhibition is in collaboration with the Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation to celebrate what would have been film special effects superstar Ray Harryhausen's 100th birthday year.
Sunny, funny and with more ‘tra la la las’ per square inch than any other opera in the canon, The Gondoliers is a joy from start to finish. Catch it at the Festival Theatre this Autumn!
Let your hair down at the end of the week with fabulous Friday fun at The Stand Comedy Club Edinburgh!
The Thunder Girls is a new play with songs – starring Beverley Callard, Carol Harrison, Gary Webster and Coleen Nolan. Hang on to your seats at the reunion dinner from hell!
Drawing on our outstanding typewriter collection, this exhibition features a range of machines, including an 1876 Sholes and Glidden typewriter which was the first to have a QWERTY keyboard.
Choose How U Move East Ren is running between the 17th May and 31st October 2021! Join the programme today, get active & earn fantastic rewards to support your local community!
Join two plucky radio actors as they tackle Bram Stoker's classic tale Dracula, play 15 characters and grapple with cutting edge 1950s technology recorded at Eastwood Park Theatre!
Free, fun and fantastic! East Renfrewshire Libraries run several interactive song, rhyme and story Bookbug sessions!
East Renfrewshire Council HSCP run several walking groups throughout the week perfect for beginners upwards!
Bring your headtorch and join the Whitelee Countryside Rangers for a walk on the wild side this Halloween!
With Hallowe'en not too far away, Carolside PTA and I Love Clarkston are celebrating one of the best holidays of the year, with a charity Scarecrow Trail!
Revisit the time that fashion forgot as you sing and dance along with the ultimate 80's party band at Dalmeny Park House Hotel on Friday 29th October!
All About Barrhead have announced that their Big Barrhead Scarecrow Festival is making a return for 2021 and they're inviting all residents and businesses within the town to take part!
Join the Whitelee Rangers on their free weekly parent & baby walking group which meets every Friday morning at 10am at Whitelee Windfarm Visitor Centre!
Don't miss behind the scenes stories from Still Game and more as Ross Owen hosts An Evening with Still Game stars Gavin Mitchell and Sanjeev Kohli!
Come along to our colourful and entertaining family-friendly exhibition to explore the stories hidden within some of our fantastic paintings.
Artisan Fridays is a weekly hot & cold food market, held every Friday on Kirkcaldy High Street!
Let us take you on an epic adventure! Follow in the footsteps of intrepid explorers to discover exotic lands and fantastic voyages through our hands-on, family friendly exhibition!
Enjoy Halloween as a family this year at Dobbies Dunfermline with terrifying treats, creepy craft activities and ghoulish games!
Are you really brave? Then Horr'Ore is the Halloween event for you. Created within the eerie woodland at Lochore Meadows.
This exhibition is a study in photography and film of the human stories underpinning Hull’s distant water trawling industry, its demise and legacy, by photographer and filmmaker Simon Sharp.
Check out the new monthly craft market at The Mercat Shopping Centre, Kirkcaldy. There's something for everyone!
Pacifico are back by very popular demand after their tremendous performance last February!
Spook'Ore is a family friendly Halloween event at Lochore Meadows. Something for everyone and don’t worry it’s not that scary!
Comedy stars Louise McCarthy and Gayle Telfer Stevens are 'back in the overalls' as Scotland's favourite cleaners 'The Dolls' return with a brand new show, catch it at the Alhambra Theatre!
Take half an hour out to cultivate inner peace and enjoy the rest of the day with an inspired and positive mind on one of Kadampa Meditaion Centre's Lunchtime Classes!
A Play, a Pie and a Pint's Autumn season will return to Oran Mor on September 6th with another twelve brilliant plays!
Alex Dordoy presents 'The Weather Channel' a new solo exhibition at The Modern Institute focussing primarily on landscapes!
Join At The Flix for their Halloween drive-in movie event with films shown on the world's largest outdoor LED screen in the grounds of Loudoun Castle!
Jim Steinman's award winning musical Bat Out of Hell will be making its Scottish premiere at the King's Theatre Glasgow this October!
Browse the stalls and bag yourself a bargain at the twice weekly City Markets Bridgeton Cross Retail Market!
This beautiful exhibition features thirteen works by Joan Eardley one of Scotland's most remarkable artists working in the post-war period!
With 21 stops where you can hop on and off to visit some of the city's leading attractions, City Sightseeing Glasgow is the perfect way to explore Glasgow!
Kelburn Estate's Haunted Forest team presents CULT, an immersive horror experience, new for Halloween 2021!
Have fun discovering Glasgow with a self-guided, heritage walk with a treasure hunt theme from Curious About!
Be immersed in a world of magic making your very own potions cocktail at The Root Of Magic!
After a sellout tour across the UK in 2019, Festival of The Dead returns to Glasgow for Halloween with their new show, Halloween Returns, on Friday 29th October!
Flair Gymnastics Club have just opened a new facility within The Pitches in the Southside of Glasgow and have a range of new classes available for kids 5+!
Fore Play Crazy Golf is the ultimate destination offering fun for grown-ups! They've got everything from bespoke, locally-inspired crazy golf to delicious drinks and the finest street food offerings!
Glee Club Glasgow's Friday Night Comedy is the perfect way to end the working week! Four superb stand-up comedians and a great range of tasty food offerings!
With the biggest climate change summit taking place in Glasgow, and the eyes of the world on our city, GlasGLOW is back with a brand-new, outdoor show!
Glasgow Central Tours offer you the chance to explore behind the scenes of Glasgow's most iconic and busiest landmarks, Central Station!
This is a 1.5 - 2 hour tour that will take you around all the main sites of the city, giving you an excellent opportunity to find out about Glasgow's rich history and culture!
Taken over the span of one year, 'Glasgow Photo Journey:1978' perfectly encapsulates the hardships, resilience and humour of the people living in our city at the time.
Good Move Glasgow run Health Walks right across the city which are suitable for all ages and abilities!
Multi award-winning Mischief Theatre return on tour with Groan Ups, their brand new comedy all about growing up, catch it at the Theatre Royal Glasgow in October!
Enjoy Halloween as a family this year at Dobbies Milngavie with terrifying treats, creepy craft activities and ghoulish games!
Join a Historic Tour of the University of Glasgow the fourth oldest university in the English-speaking world!
Would you like to know where the most Instagrammable spots are in Glasgow? Book an InstaTour and the guides will show you the best places in the city to take photos!
Lanterns on the Lake will perform live at King Tut's on Friday 29th October in support of their brand new 4th studio album 'Spook The Herd'!
This October, just in time for Halloween, Loch Lomond Faerie Trail will again be transformed into the Scary Faerie Trail!
19-year-old British singer-songwriter Mimi Webb visits The Poetry Club for an intimate show this October as part of her 'Dumb Love' tour!
Join Mr Dark as he makes his way cautiously through 'The City of the Dead telling tales of death, disease, bodysnatching, witches and witchcraft!
Platform Glasgow's community choir, Platform Singers, is now taking place online every Friday afternoon via Zoom!
Join The Root Of Magic on a Friday or Saturday for their Potions Cocktail Class for adults and be immersed in a world of magic!
Join Spin for a two hour pottery workshop and create at your own socially distanced table with staff on hand to help bring your vision to life!
It's time to get your game on! R-CADE is back open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday for all your retro gaming needs!
From refinement and elegance to fiery drama: discover some gems of the Classical era in the company of one of today's most compelling exponents of historical performance!
The Self Isolation Songbook short film documents musician Art Terry recording a song a day during the 2020 lockdown!
DJ and producer Shane Codd plays his first ever Scottish show on Friday the 29th of October at SWG3 Glasgow!
Things are about to get spoooooky at Silverburn this Halloween, dare you enter the Spooktacular fairground?
Are you afraid of the dark? Join West End Adventure this Halloween for a spooky moonlit paddle along a 250 year old working canal!
Walking Tours in Glasgow is now offering a Street Art tour! This mural and modern culture tour will show the beautiful street art pieces scattered around the city of Glasgow!
SWG3 has announced that one of electronic dance music's most legendary acts, 2ManyDJs, will make their return to the venue on 29th October!
This display is dedicated to the art of Beatrix Whistler (1857–96) and features a small selection of her oil paintings and sketches.
The Big Escape is a brand new interactive outdoor experience, played on your smartphone, which will turn Glasgow City Centre into a giant escape game!
The Blow Monkeys are on tour in 2021 to celebrate their 40th Anniversary, catch them at Oran Mor Glasgow on Friday 29th October!
The Dockyard Social brings together the best street food traders Scotland has to offer all under one roof... everyone is welcome from families and foodies, to dates and dogs!
Let your hair down at the end of the week with fabulous Friday fun at The Stand Comedy Club Glasgow!
Don't miss a jaw dropping night transporting you through the golden ages of ROCK when 'The History Of Rock' comes to the Gaiety Theatre, Ayr!
Face up to ghosts, spirts, trolls and the evil Cailleach (witch) in this shuddering Halloween Encounter at Loch Lomond!
Following on from a sell-out show at Broadcast as part of the last album tour, The Lucid Dream return in October with another gig at Stereo Glasgow on the 29th!
The Orb's Alex Paterson and Michael Rendall head out across the UK and Ireland this Autumn with Le Petit Orb (Live) performing a selection of their finest recordings as voted for by YOU, the fans!
Laugh til the tears run down your legs when Glasgow's finest comedians take to the stage at The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall!
Tron Theatre Company presents The Tempest, one of the last plays that Shakespeare wrote and undoubtedly one of his most outstanding works, their first piece of work for the new season!
The Waterboys will return to Scotland for two shows at The Barrowlands on Friday 29th and Saturday 30th October!
Join professional mind reader and historical witchcraft expert Cara Hamilton for a night you will not forget at Pollok House!
Re-creating the look and feel of Ms Turner at her best, Totally Tina at the Pavilion Theatre Glasgow is one spectacular show!
This critically acclaimed major exhibition explores the development of Whistler's artistic practice, showcasing the strengths and richness of the Hunterian's collection and features major works!
If you are over the age of 65 and live in the North Lanarkshire area The Fair Play Foundation's Active@Home programme is the one for you!
Don't miss Anarchy, a terrifyingly unforgettable experience where terror rules and your fate can change with every turn, at M&Ds Scotland's Theme Park!
On Wednesday and Friday mornings The NCT Centre hosts a Baby & Toddler Cafe... come along and enjoy a cake and coffee while your wee one plays!
Explore the walking and cycling route between two of South Lanarkshire's historic buildings, enjoying local heritage, whilst benefitting your health and wellbeing!
From the 15th until the 31st of October ALL children visiting Clyde Valley Family Park will get to choose their own FREE pumpkin as part of their ticket and the park's Pumpkin Festival!
Don't miss Lanarkshire rock band, De Rosa, live at Lanternhouse Cumbernauld on Friday 29th October!
After his meteoric rise through the ranks, Scottish Comedy Award winner and viral sensation Gary Meikle is back with his second tour show, Surreal! Catch him at The Town House, Hamilton in October!
Join Get Walking Lanarkshire on one of their regular health walks! Enjoy the fresh air, meet new people and have a good blether!
Join the team at Lerah in Condorrat, Cumbernauld in October for their Halloween Bath Bomb Making Experience!
Enjoy Halloween as a family this year at Dobbies Sandyholm with terrifying treats, creepy craft activities and ghoulish games!
Between the 28th and 31st October terrifying characters will entertain and scare you from beyond the grave at Valley View at Gouldings' Haunted Maize Maze!
The masterful, outrageous and hysterically funny comedy legend Jim Davidson OBE embarks on his comedy campaign around the UK, stopping off at Motherwell Concert Hall on 29th October!
You'll think you're experiencing the Beatles live in concert when you catch Just Beatles at East Kilbride Village Theatre on Friday 29th October 2021!
Hugh MacDiarmid's Brownsbank brings together portraits by Alexander Moffat, landscapes by Ruth Nicol and poems by Alan Riach at Biggar & Upper Clydesdale Museum!
M&D’s is getting into the spooky spirit and is celebrating Halloween with the return of their ever popular Drive in Movies!
The annual Pumpkin Festival at M&D’s is a fantastic experience for the whole family featuring Pumpkin picking, Halloween themed games, spooky storytelling and more!
Join the Scottish Equestrian Hotel for a woodland adventure exploring their Gruffalo Trail on the ponies!
Tim Burgess will be performing two acoustic concerts at FRETS in the Strathaven Hotel on Friday 29th and Saturday 30th October!
Gorilla Complete Events are back and stepped it up a notch this Halloween with another horror maze event... Zombie Horror!
Daft Punk tribute act Daft Funk Live are heading to Paisley in 2021! Catch them at The Bungalow on 29th October!
Glenburn Heritage Group are hosting weekly drop in sessions where they are inviting current or former residents of Glenburn to come along, chat about their memories and share old photographs!
Enjoy Halloween as a family this year at Dobbies Braehead with terrifying treats, creepy craft activities and ghoulish games!
Get ready for an 'out of this world' experience when the Paisley Halloween Festival returns for 2021 between the 28th October and 1st November!
Free, fun and fantastic! Renfrewshire Libraries run several interactive song, rhyme and story Bookbug sessions throughout the week!
Shop from the best in Scottish Crafts and support your local makers when The Crafters Roadshow comes to Braehead Shopping Centre!
Breabach stop off at The Tolbooth Stirling as part of a UK tour in support of their new album!
Pumpkin picking, giant spider bales, fire pits and a trick or treat trail! Our fantastic ‘Halloween at Blair Drummond’ is back from 8th - 31st October!
Enjoy Halloween as a family this year at Dobbies Stirling with terrifying treats, creepy craft activities and ghoulish games!
Join Fintry Amateur Dramatic Society for Roaches Coaches, a radio comedy set in a small-town bus depot, in a magical time before COVID-19 was invented!
The S4C Weekly Lunch Club provides a light lunch plus entertainment or a fun activity. Come along and meet friends both old and new!
This exhibition showcases some of The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum’s remarkable art collection.
The Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum is delighted to welcome a major exhibition of works by Robert Mach.
Tommy Tiernan’s brand new show sees the 50 year old back onstage with an exhilarating mix of the highly personal and flamboyant storytelling that audiences love.
Join Clare Robinson for these Watercolour Classes at the lovely Lecropt Kirk Hall, Bridge of Allan!

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The residential real estate market in Bend, Oregon, continued in September to reach new heights for sales prices, but the increases remained modest.
In September, for the fourth month in a row, the median sales price of a home in Bend reached a record high. Although the market still appears to be strongly fueled by committed buyers and to be tilted toward sellers, some data points indicate the market might be leveling off.
September’s median sales price of $416,500 was up $2,500 from August’s median price. That’s a 0.60 percent month-to-month increase.
The first month of this record-setting run came in June, when we saw a 7.9 percent increase from the month prior. The increase in median price since then has been by less than 1 percent each month.
Each of the three months before September, the year-over-year increase in the monthly median sales price was at least 10.5 percent. Comparing September 2017 to the same month the year before, however, the median price was 8.0 percent greater.
Inventory of homes in Bend rises
Turning from sales price to the supply of homes, we see more evidence that the Bend real estate market might be nearing a peak. The inventory of homes for sale in September was 5.7 months – the highest since September 2014.
In previous blog posts, we’ve noted that the overall inventory of homes in Bend is skewed by the supply of homes at the high end of the price spectrum. That remained true in September, but even at more modest price ranges, inventory increased in September.
Homes in the $425,100 to $525,000 range had an inventory of 3. 4 months in September. That is the highest inventory in that price range of Bend real estate since we saw a 4.8-month stock of homes in January 2016.
Only in price ranges more than $725,100 did September’s inventory exceed 3.4 months.
As a reminder, the inventory signifies the length of time it would take to sell all of the homes currently on the market given the current pace of sales. A common dividing line between a seller’s market and a buyer’s market is six months of inventory.
Prices generally high in September
It’s also worth noting that in three of the previous four years, the September median sales figure turned out to be the highest month in that calendar year. And the average days on the market in September was 114 days – considerably lower than in July (141 days) and August (136) but higher than in September 2016 (104).
As we head deeper into fall and the winter, which is traditionally a slower season for real estate, having an experienced, ethical Realtor on your side can make all the difference in the satisfaction you take from a real estate transaction. My knowledge of the Bend real estate market can work to your benefit, whether you’re in the market for a home or considering selling. To learn more about how I can assist you in your transaction, contact me at (541) 383-1426, or visit Bend Property Search to connect with me through my website.


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NHK SPECIAL - Jared Diamond's Rise of the Third Chimpanzee
Will We Be Visited By Aliens? / Can We Eradicate Genocide?
Episode 5 | 49m 20s | Video has closed captioning.
This time he discusses space exploration and the discovery of habitable extrasolar planets, which hold the possibility of life. If aliens visited, would they come with friendly intentions? Then he explores our own species' shocking capacity for murder, war and genocide, and the "us vs them" mentality we share with other animals, including our cousins the chimpanzees.
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1. Play video by simply touching a screen icon corresponding to the video; Built-in 15 inch (4:3) TFT LCD screen; Easy-to-install on supermarket shelves, desk top, showcase, wall and lift, etc.
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The US Federal Trade Commission released a report yesterday regarding mobile apps that are aimed at children. It has been investigating kids titles from both the App Store and the Google Play marketplace, and has found that there has been little done over the past few years to address privacy concerns. These apps are still collecting kids’ data, and sharing it, without their parents’ knowledge or consent…
From the FTC report (via MacRumors):
“Staff examined hundreds of apps for children and looked at disclosers and links on each app’s promotion page in the app store, on the app developer’s website, and within the app. According to the report, “most apps failed to provide any information about the data collected through the app, let alone the type of data collected, the purpose of the collection, and who would obtain access to the data. Even more troubling, the results showed that many of the apps shared certain information with third parties – such as device ID, geolocation, or phone number – without disclosing that fact to parents. Further, a number of apps contained interactive features – such as advertising, the ability to make in-app purchases, and links to social media – without disclosing these features to parents prior to download.”
This isn’t the first time the government has called the intentions of kids app developers into question. Last year, the FTC looked into Apple’s in-app purchasing platform after parents reported iTunes bills of $1000+ due to misleading game info. Kids were doing things like buying 1000 magic cherries for $99.99 in real money, unbeknownst to their parents. This actually led to a security change in iOS 4.3.
As far as privacy goes, we’ve long been aware of the issue with it on mobile devices. And to help combat the problem, Apple recently introduced new features in iOS 6 to help users understand which apps are asking for their personal data. And it’s also banned developers from using intrusive UDIDs, and has given users a way to limit ad tracking. But there’s obviously still some major concerns here.
What do you think parents, are you concerned about your kids’ privacy while they’re on your iOS devices?


A hundred years ago the acronym PTSD or the words “post-traumatic stress syndrome” would have meant nothing. The term used to describe what soldiers faced after living through the horrors of war rattled the ears: it was “shell-shock.” Words far less clinical but no less devastating to those who endured the trench warfare and unrelenting battle fatigue of the First World War.
In England, as in other countries, hundreds of servicemen—often hastily tried—faced not treatment but a firing squad, for offenses labeled as “cowardice” or “desertion.” Shot at Dawn at the National Memorial Arboretum is a tribute to the legacy of these young men of Britain and the Commonwealth, many of them only boys, their honor finally reclaimed.
The memorial was designed and installed by sculptor Andy DeComyn in 2001, in recognition of the injustice faced by the soldiers. The public’s positive response may have played a role in the government’s decision in 2007 to grant a pardon to the victims of a system that failed to recognize the effects of prolonged exposure to such brutal combat and constant shelling.
A group pardon had been resisted by some in the past, including Prime Minister John Major in 1993, but in 2006 Defense Secretary Des Browne led the cause to pass the Armed Forces Act of 2007, granting a pardon to all 306 men and boys who had been “shot at dawn” for desertion or cowardice. There was one catch though—the pardon had no effect on the sentences themselves, which were not expunged. As one Member of Parliament asked during debate, “Are we entitled to ask what it does do?”
Still, the symbolism has gone a long way towards healing old wounds and erasing decades of the unwarranted but shameful shadow of untreated shell-shock.
The memorial consists of a statue of a blindfolded young soldier tied to a stake, modeled on the likeness of 17-year-old Private Herbert Burden, who had lied about his age to join the military. The figure stands with 306 wooden posts bearing the names of the serviceman who were executed, unbearable suffering their only crime.
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The National Memorial Arboretum is in Staffordshire, in central England. It's open to the public every day (except Christmas) from 9am to 5pm, and until dusk during the winter months. There is no entrance fee except for parking (£6.00, which goes to maintenance), but donations are welcome and greatly appreciated.


Craig vehicle theft suspect faces new charges
November 4, 2011
A suspect in an August vehicle theft faces new charges for allegedly assaulting an officer while in custody at Moffat County Jail.
Joseph A. Galvan, 20, of Craig, is charged in Moffat County District Court with two counts of second-degree assault, a Class 4 felony, as well as two counts of resisting arrest and four counts of obstructing government operations, misdemeanors.
Galvan was allegedly in the jail halls Sept. 26 and became unruly when detention employees instructed him to return to his cell, according to court documents.
He was subdued, but he was able to wrap his feet around an officer's legs and trip him to the ground, according to records.
An ambulance crew responded to examine Galvan and the officer, but no injuries were reported.
Galvan has been in custody since mid-August for his alleged involvement in the theft of a 2001 Lexus from the driveway of Craig residents Joel and Janet Sheridan.
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Galvan is charged in the auto case with first-degree motor vehicle theft, a Class 4 felony, and trespass of an auto, a Class 5 felony.
He was scheduled to be arraigned for the vehicle theft charges Monday in district court before Judge Michael O'Hara, but the case was continued due to the new charges.
Galvan is now scheduled to be arraigned for both cases at 1 p.m. Nov. 21 in district court before Judge Shelley Hill.
He remains in custody and is represented by public defender Douglas Wilson.
A second suspect in the alleged vehicle theft pleaded guilty to trespass of an auto.
Alicia Colvin, 31, of Craig, entered her plea during her arraignment Tuesday in district court before O'Hara.
She is represented by public defender Hillary Perry.
A second charge of first-degree motor vehicle theft was dropped, according to court records.
Colvin is scheduled for sentencing at 11:30 a.m. Jan. 10, 2012, and could face one to three years in prison.
Jon Pfeifer, Moffat County deputy district attorney, is prosecuting Galvan and Colvin.


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Quick question about art - for those of you with kids who are gifted in art, do you try to channel it with classes and instruction or do you provide materials but hold back instruction? Up until this point she's not been in any type of class or camp because I've wanted her to explore her passion without "pruning". Thoughts?
There was a time when I thought my youngest was gifted in art. Now I look back and see that it was mostly just passion, focus, and her general intellectual giftedness allowing her to master certain media and skills at a younger age, to develop an artistic aesthetic to fairly sophisticated levels as a very young kid. She spent a year at age 3.5-4.5 immersed in watercolour painting and turned out some really remarkable stuff. At 9, well, she draws and paints well, but the art obsession was replaced by others and I wouldn't say she's particularly gifted as an artist.
Anyway, the gifted adult artists I know have all talked about how important it is to steer clear of art classes of the "how to" variety. These tend to constrain children's artistic sensibilities, reduce their creativity, reduce their engagement with their artwork, and funnel them into very rigid thinking about what constitutes "good art." Kids this age have a tendency to very black and white thinking, are hard-wired for mimicry and are driven to want adult approval. All of which tends to lead them into cookie-cutter-style art if they're in instructional situations. My artist friends have told me that they spent a year or more at art college having to "unlearn" all that how-to-draw-or-paint-properly stuff they absorbed in middle childhood and adolescence to unmask the raw creativity they once had as young children.
There is a textile artist who lives near us and occasionally runs workshops for children 8-12. They are the ideal art class for kids if you ask me. The instruction is more along the lines of guidance and inspiration, and is very open-ended. She works a lot on awakening the kids' sensibilities on how to see. Noticing the character, the balance, the juxtaposition of shapes or colours, the stark contrast here, the way the eye is drawn first here and then along this line here... She introduces the kids to a variety of media and to appropriate ways to use the media, suggests techniques, but really REALLY encourages them to be their own people, to pour their own ideas into what they're creating. She does this by creating an atmosphere that's calm and incredibly respectful, a few suggestions to get balls rolling, and then using that same graciously observant eye to validate what the kids's efforts produce. She never measures things against some implied external standard of "good." Her comments honour what is true and interesting about each child and each child's work, and there's genuine respect and pleasure in her observations. "I know you said this was an accident, how thick this part was. But do you see how the green part over here pulls the eye and balances it out? I really like how that works. It's a very bold piece with a lot of strength."
These art classes have been wonderful for introducing my kids to media and techniques and ideas they might not have encountered otherwise, thus freeing them up for more exploration and experimentation. They have been a wonderful way to show them that art is important stuff that real grown-ups take seriously and do for a living. They've been a great way to feel a part of a creative community.
But I think the wrong sort of art classes can be quite damaging to a child's artistic impulses. So I would be very careful to vet any prospective classes beforehand. Find out about the aims of the class, the philosophy of the instructor and the inter-personal atmosphere.

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In a NASA simulation of a fictional reveal, Unusual York City was once hit with an asteroid packing 1,000 times the destruction of the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
The exercise, which was once phase of the “Nationwide Near-Earth Object Preparedness Procedure and Action Plot” published by the White Residence, played out at the the 2019 Planetary Protection Convention in College Park, Maryland, final week. It was once a worst-case reveal displaying what would occur if a giant region rock crashed into Earth in 2027.
Paul Chodas, the NASA engineer who designed the exercise, told AFP the simulated asteroid and its monstrous outcome is “extremely no longer going” but he wished “the factors to be exposed and discussed.”
In the reveal, an asteroid that originally had a 1 in 10 probability of hitting Earth becomes a possibility. The 140-260 meter asteroid had a projected affect over Denver, Colorado. So, the simulation team launched spacecrafts to deflect it. But a fraction of the asteroid broke off and persevered to hurl toward North The united states. The rock, then 60-meters in dimension (about 197 feet), was once over The the giant apple. An asteroid that dimension is big ample to devastate a city. At the close of the exercise, the entirely method to place Unusual Yorkers was once to evacuate Unusual York City.
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A 60-m fragment of (hypothetical) asteroid #2019PDC is headed straight for Unusual York, and evacuations are below method.
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“This exercise is precious in that it continues the work currently in development to call key questions and factors for this low probability but high final outcome reveal,” acknowledged Leviticus Lewis of the Response Operations Division for FEMA in a statement.
Asteroids are the entirely natural failures that shall be averted, Rüdiger Jehn, the European Bother Agency’s Planetary Protection Train of job, great. Which manner, there are technical ways to deflect them sooner than they reach Earth.
Lindley Johnson, NASA’s planetary protection officer, acknowledged in a statement that “these workout routines glean in actuality helped us within the planetary protection neighborhood to imprint what our colleagues on the be troubled administration aspect favor to understand. This exercise can assist us form extra sparkling communications with each and each completely different and with our governments.”
No recognized asteroid poses a distinguished possibility of affect with Earth over the following 100 years, per NASA.
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American stock markets fell today, as European stock indices witnessed a significant decline due to fears of a second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic. This potential return to crisis levels of infection could delay the global economic recovery that has been anticipated – or hoped for – in second half of the year.
The New Zealand dollar fell significantly, with the New Zealand dollar hitting its lowest level since July 20 at 0.7390, following the disappointing New Zealand employment data for the second quarter, the employment rate fell by 0.2% against expectations of a 0.7% rise. This is the first time that New Zealand's employment rate has been down for two years, and the positive thing that unemployment fell to 4.8% at its lowest level in eight years.
The most significant move today was a drop-in oil prices from a two-month high of 50.40$ a barrel to 48.30$ as ample global supplies countered strong demand, as well as expectations of a continuing fall in US crude inventories.
As usual, markets are looking to the US non-farm employment data on the first Friday of each month to monitor labor market improvements and the impact on the Federal Reserve rate hike. The Bank of England and the Reserve Bank of Australia will also be in the spotlight. Below are the highlights of the week's important economic data.
This week, there has been a lack of significant economic data. The start was in Australia, when inflation figures slowed in the second quarter of 2017 unexpectedly, with the consumer price index rising 1.9% year-on-year, while rising 0.2% quarter-on-quarter. The Australian dollar rose throughout the week against the US dollar, to a two-year high of 0.8064.
We will have a new trading week, events and new economic data. This week, the focus will be on the USD and some events that will have a direct impact on it and whether it will recover or continue to weaken after failing to pass the health care law and market uncertainties about Trump's ability to achieve his electoral promises. Discover the most important market drivers during the week:
This week witnessed several important economic data and events that had a significant impact on market movements. The following are the highlights of these movements and their reasons:
The Australian dollar bounced higher again to opening levels after falling in early trading, following Australian labor market data, which came within the expectations adding 14,000 jobs in June and participation rate rose to a 17-month high of 65%. The reason of declining of AUD is the downward revision of the employment change index and unemployment rate. The AUDUSD is now approaching its daily high of 0.7988, which is also its highest level in more than two years.
The economic calendar was not full of major economic events today. Most of the moves was in the trading range since of the beginning of the week, as markets awaiting a number of economic data tomorrow, as the Bank of Japan's monetary policy decision is likely to remain unchanged, plus that markets will also be looking closely at the ECB's statement and whether Draghi will give any hint on tightening monetary policy or easing the monetary easing program.
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Colorado and Washington become the most recent states to legalize marijuana.
While, these states may have declared it legal. The Federal Government still condemns the use of the drug. The growing issue of legalizing pot could not be too far away for the State of Ohio.
Currently, two groups are trying to get the issue on the ballot.
Muskingum Behavioral Health’s Executive Director said that we could be voting for medical use or recreational use by November.
"Now is the time for Ohioans regardless of how you feel about it now is the time to start looking into these issues," said Steve Carell from executive director Muskingum Behavioral Health. "It’s not just simply as I’m for pot or I’m against pot. It’s not that simple. There’s a whole lot more that goes into it here."
Carell said that when you look at the facts states having legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes have seen an increase in crimes like assaults, child abuse and impaired driving.
He said that to make the drug legal is should have to go through testing by the Federal Drug Administration.
"Let’s get the testing done," said Carell. "If you want to look at medical marijuana does it really do what people said it does. We cannot mistake pot makes me feel better, meaning that pot makes me well."
Carell said that just like with any drug some are recreational users of pot, some abuse the drug and others are addicted.


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