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rolling kitchen chairs features a couple of usual elements, and also chief among them is the standard design for a galley cooking area– these rolling kitchen chairs typically include a narrow passage situated in between two identical walls. Usually, one wall functions cooking parts consisting of the oven and also any other smaller sized stoves, in addition to storage space components. The other wall is typically house to the sink as well as any other cleaning components, plus more storage. rolling kitchen chairs generally removed the otherwise periodically featured island between the two wall surfaces, as this can be an obstacle to activity within a particularly little room.
If you’re developing a rolling kitchen chairs or wanting to renovate an existing one, it’s most likely that work one for you will be to make the most of the room you need to work with. Kitchen area lore mentions that the suitable width of a galley kitchen area aisle is about 4 to 6 feet– however whether your rolling kitchen chairs is dead on keeping that measurement or even smaller sized, you can develop an extra reliable area and add style attributes that can broaden the area visually.
There are plenty of tricks that can help you expand the look of depth, elevation as well as size in your rolling kitchen chairs, and also the very best method to begin is at the bottom. Firstly, make sure that floor boards run lengthwise, to produce the illusion of a longer kitchen room. If you plan to showcase a backsplash or other wall surface layout, consider preparing the ceramic tiles against the floorboards’ positioning– this will help to produce the illusion of depth in the area. Finally, consider increasing cabinets or devices off the flooring– if they’re flush, the entire area will certainly appear shorter, but raising them somewhat will offer the appearance of an area with more height.
You could additionally take into consideration hiding devices completely, behind cupboards or with paneling that mimics the appearance of your cupboard layout. Clean lines provide the perception of a larger space, whereas multiple appliances organized throughout the space could make it appear chaotic. The note regarding tidy lines could apply to cupboards also– you’ll wish to maintain these as straightforward and also basic as possible, since any kind of elaborate layouts might offer to crowd the space.
When it comes to color pattern for your rolling kitchen chairs, light and bright is an excellent suggestion– lighter colors tend to open areas, whereas darker ones create a comfy feel but could make a little space really feel claustrophobic.
Finally, consider adding reliable storage alternatives like careless Susans, cabinet door coordinators and high pantry storage space to your small galley kitchen. This will assist make sure that everything you need to store is nearby however organized efficiently behind closed doors.


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House price growth in London has fallen to 7.6 per cent, the lowest level for 39 months, as affordability pressures and multiple policy changes aimed at investors weaken demand, according to the latest Hometrack UK Cities House Price Index.
Hometrack predicts growth of 4 per cent over 2017 with above average increases in large regional cities projected to offset low nominal growth in London.
The overall headline rate of inflation for the UK Cities House Price Index is currently running at 7.7 per cent, marginally higher than 12 months ago (7.3 per cent), and in line with Hometrack’s projection for 7 per cent capital value growth over 2016.
Transaction volume growth over 2016 is expected to range from +8 per cent to -10 per cent, reflecting varying underlying market conditions across the UK. The cities where house prices are now decelerating after five years of high growth, such as London, Oxford, Bournemouth, Bristol and Cambridge, are set to record a 5 per cent contraction in sales in 2016. In addition to this, Aberdeen, which is continuing to see house price falls (-6.4 per cent per annum) is also expected to see a similar shift in activity.
In contrast, cities registering sustained growth in house prices are the ones expected to record higher turnover over 2016, with the greatest uplift likely in Birmingham, Leeds, Leicester and Nottingham.
Richard Donnell, insight director at Hometrack says: “In London and southern cities homeowners are facing the greatest affordability pressures, while the buoyant investor market has been impacted by fiscal changes, as well as tougher underwriting standards for mortgage borrowers.
“In larger regional UK cities, such as Birmingham and Manchester, affordability remains attractive and we believe there is room for further price growth over 2017. With this in mind, we predict that city level house price growth in 2017 will run slightly higher than the current consensus of 2-3 per cent, however this will largely be driven by the scale of the slowdown in London.”

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Spring: Vol VIII 2019 'What's On Your Mind?'
NOW AVAILABLE: Spring 2019 Issue of The Aggie Brickyard – What’s On Your Mind?
We are pleased to announce the Spring 2019 issue of The Aggie Brickyard, available on our website in high and low resolution. This issue is largely themed around What’s on your mind, a.k.a. the things that keep us up at night. We hope you find it interesting and worth a read.
Additionally, thanks to support from Truman and the GGE, we will have printed copies available shortly and will send out a quick announcement on when and where you might be able to find one.
As always, your feedback and submission ideas are always welcome.
Your Brickyard Editors
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The National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cyber Security is a national institution comprised of 17 (seventeen) employees in two departaments, as follows:
1. Electronic Certification Department
2. Cyber Security Department
The Department of Electronic Certification consists of two sectors, the Accreditation Sector and the Control Sector.
The Accreditation Sector is responsible for conducting registration and accreditation procedures for legal or natural persons that will provide the electronic certification service and trusted services.The Audit Sector is responsible for periodic audits and inspections of Qualified Trusted Service Providers.
The Cyber Security Department is comprised of two sectors, the Emergency Monitoring and Response Sector and the Standardization Sector. The Monitoring and Response to Emergencies Section is responsible for monitoring and responding to incidents in the area of cyber security.
The Sector of Standardization realizes the design and appliance of the minimal technical CIIs Operators for data security and computer networks.
The Support Services Sector is responsible for financial issues and human resources.


Above is video of the recently discovered 'Hot Coffee' code for Factor 5's PlayStation 3 title, Lair. The code was revealed to MTV's Stephen Totilo, in a recent in interview with the game's director, Julian Eggebrecht. As shown, simply enter "686F7420636F66666565" in the game's cheat menu, and you'll be treated to the above video.
Exciting, right? Yeah, not so much. No point in actually entering the code now that you've seen the video here, right? Eggebrecht also discusses (and defends) the game's controls, a sore point in many of the game's reviews:
Controls that work all of the time are so last-gen. More from Eggebrecht on Lair and more over at MTV's GameFile.


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Phil, we’d really prefer if you saved these for Liverpool – we’ll need them this season!
Last night, Brazil played Argentina in a crucial World Cup Qualifier and Coutinho did what he does best: cutting in from the left wing, beating a few men and curling into the top corner.
The goal, in a match where Lionel Messi, Neymar and the like were playing truly was a thing of beauty.
Neymar and Paulinho added further goals to make it Brazil 3-0 Argentina. Tite’s side top the South American Qualifying, but Argentina face a massive struggle to qualify, meaning a World Cup without Lionel Messi is a distinct possibility.
So long as Coutinho’s there though, we’ll be watching!


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ROCKEFELLER STONE BARNS CENTER FOR FOOD & AGRICULTURE
In Westchester County, NY, Stone Barns occupies an 80-acre site of historic farmland. The 1930's barn complex has been renovated to create the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, with a focus on production of food for a restaurant on site. Design work included a new entrance and roadway system and creation of exterior spaces for demonstration of crops, an herb garden for a restaurant, and a large multi-purpose courtyard. The design team strived to protect the vital farm vernacular that is a part of the site's history while adapting the farm to twenty-first century uses.

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An academically-focused tertiary care center in Detroit, Michigan is seeking a Bone Marrow Transplant Physician Director to join their staff.
In this role, the Cellular Therapy Program (CTP)/BMT Physician Director will join three other BMT physicians focused on full scope of bone marrow transplants.
Job Will Entail:
- FACT Accredited since 2006, performing both autologous, and allogeneic related & matched unrelated donor transplants, along with cord blood stem cell and haploidentical transplants
- CAR-T Therapy Available
- Providers perform an average of 90-100 transplants per year
- Dedicated transplant unit with 20 beds available
- Large Referral base: CTP Program Embedded in Division of Hematology/Oncology with 27 providers
- Program is supported by APPs, nursing staff, technical/lab personnel, a psychologist, social work, quality manager, research and administrative support
- To be housed in the new HFCI/Brigitte Harris Pavilion in 2020
- Administration of the Program; Overseeing professional and technical roles of each member of the program
- Will be responsible for clinical collection, processing, research and clinical trials
- Overseeing FACT accreditation
- Approximately 30% of the role will be dedicated to administrative duties
A minimum of 5 years of experience is desired.Overview:
Henry Ford Health System, one of the largest and most comprehensive integrated U.S. health
care systems, is a national leader in clinical care, research and education. The system includes
the 1,200-member Henry Ford Medical Group, five hospitals, Health Alliance Plan (a health
insurance and wellness company), Henry Ford Physician Network, a 150-site ambulatory
network and many other health-related entities throughout southeast Michigan, providing a
full continuum of care. In 2015, Henry Ford provided $299 million in uncompensated care.
The health system also is a major economic driver in Michigan and employs more than 24,600
employees. Henry Ford is a 2011 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient. The
health system is led by President and CEO Wright Lassiter III. To learn more, visit HenryFord.com. For more information or to apply for this position, all candidates must respond directly to Merritt Hawkins.

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And now, all the film, game, and comic news that’s fit to print. Star Wars Episode VII finds a director, THQ auctions off big name game franchises, Nintendo unveils new Wii U titles, The Sixth Gun gets an NBC pilot, and Rob Liefeld writes a screenplay.
And now, all the film, game, and comic news that’s fit to print. Gremlins might be getting the reboot treatment, Cuarón's Gravity gets a release date, Dead Island: Riptide offends with crass Collector's Edition, fan campaign gets JRPG localized, the X-Men become an all-female team and the internet loses its shit, and DC Comics cancels a boatload of titles.
Heading to Toronto's Gamercamp this weekend? Take a look at some of the incredible games from around that world that will be playable at this weekend's event.
Sound Shapes and Dyad are leading an evolution of music in games.
We spoke with Matt Levitan, director of marketing and public relations for PlayStation Canada, about Sony’s strategy for the upcoming holiday season.
Toronto’s Jonathan Mak and Shaw-Han Liem have finally released Sound Shapes, their attempt to further blur the line between video games and music. We’ve already spoken with them about how the project materialized and heard about Mak’s possibly surprising opinions about building a game with traditional platforming at its core. But how does the game actually… shape up?
We had the chance to speak with game designer Jon Mak and musician Shaw-Han Liem earlier this summer, to discuss their new game Sound Shapes. While an extremely loud demo of Dyad played behind us, we talked about their process, Mak's hatred of platformers, the game's musical backbone, and much more.

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MFS Series 256 conventional panel, it is a single wire communication panel with the zone capacity of 18nos. This panel is generally used in residential, commercial and industrial area. The panel can be installed with Modular unit on each zone. Also, we can connect 25 detectors on each modular.
- Size: L 250 mm*H 220mm*W 70mm
- Weight : 3.500Kg
- DC supply: 24 V
- Zone capacity: 24 NOS
- Silent Key: To turn OFF siren sound. Press the ‘SILENT’ button and after pressing that key the red LED near to ‘SILENT’ button will be ON and siren sound will be OFF.
- Reset Key: To reset the entire system.
- Test Key: To test the working condition of control panel whether it is in working condition or not. After pressing Test key, the siren connected to all modular will be ON.
- All Call: This key is used to test all Speakers of talkback sequentially, whether it is in working condition or not.


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CORRECTION: In a recent update on April 18, 2018, we discussed a report that was published by CBN News that stated that a new law was allegedly being proposed in California that could have resulted in the bible being banned from the state. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, among many other sources such as Politifact and Snopes, this report was proven false. The original report cited by CBN stated that a new California bill would prohibit the sale of the Bible in the state of California which many blogs and outlets reported.
According to the San Diego Tribune, The claim that such a bill could ban the sale of the Bible or other Christian books took off after remarks Assemblyman Travis Allen, R-Huntington Beach, made on One America News Network in April. According to Politifact, California bill AB 2943, a measure that puts strict limits on programs that aim to change a person’s sexual orientation. The legislation, which passed out of the state assembly and over to the Senate, bans any “advertising, offering to engage in, or engaging in sexual orientation change efforts with an individual.”

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I go through phases. Somedays I feel like the person I’m supposed to be, and then somedays, I turn into no one at all. There is both me and my silhouette. I hope that on the days you find me and all I am are darkened lines, you still are willing to be near me.
i’m awful. but awful rhymes with waffle, so it’s not that bad
That half-hearted struggle to stop your relatives from giving you money.
“No no, really no, I won’t take it, please no…okay thanks.”

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I was at the range breaking in my new 239 and needed another box of ammo. I asked for a box of .40 and the guy gave me this brand I've never heard of. It ran well at first...then went "bang--bang---pop". I noticed the slide never cycled so checked and had a case (fired) but not eject. So cleared it and went on shooting and then had another couple fail to eject with this brand so stopped using it. I had already fired a box of Seller-Benoit fmj, Winchester Ranger T, HST and Ranger Bonded with no problems so I'd say it was the ammo.
Anyone else run into problems with Geco? I think I'll pass on using it for range ammo any more.
I’ve only used it in 9mm and a little of the 45. I’ve gone through about 4 or 5 cases of it - mostly 124Gr. No issues at all. I’m currently halfway through a case of the newer white boxed stuff, no issues yet.
I have not had a problem with this ammo, but have with Fiocchi FMJ. Underpowered loads. Quality control issues. It happens.
I've used several cases(1000 rd) in 9MM 124 gr. and several cases of .380. Never had a problem with either. S&G Ammo has some good pricing on Geco right now.
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I've shot a good bit of Geco and never had any issues. I think it's a top tier ammo producer. I suppose anybody can have a bad batch, but I'd be more suspect of where it came from or how it was handled. Did the box look brand new? Worn or dirty? Where did you buy it?
I guess it was just a bad batch from the sounds of other experiences here so I may try it again if I can find it cheaper than that box ($20). Nothing about the box or shells showed any obvious issues.
Another satisfied Geco user.
According to SG Ammo for 2020 the Geco name is being phased out and it will be sold as Norma.
RUAG Ammotec owns these and other brands.
I bought a 1000 rounds in early January. I have 400 left. Zero problems out of 3 different nines.
If I get a good price I would not hesitate to buy it again.
When i first picked up my mpx carbine circa 2016. I ordered 3 cases of geco 115. They were drastically under powered for the mpx. Constant failures to eject. Tula 115, wolf 115, and other cheap ass ammo ran fine. Geco was a pain.
I ended up using it in pistols, with much the same issue. At the time i did not have a chrono, i bet they ere under 900fps, as most were clearly not supersonic.
I had geco 45 prior to that in ct, and thought it ran fine. Now i read the reviews more carefully.This message has been edited. Last edited by: DSgrouse,
Never had problems with GECO 115 or 124 FMJ.
No issues with Geco in 9mm across all my pistols either, only noticed they leave more powder residue/run dirtier than other manufacturers so now I only use them in my polymer guns.
On the other hand, Their .45 fmj works fine and I even use them for my Wilson’s for plinking.
The GECO 124gr is Swiss made with bi metal jacket. That is some good stuff. The 115gr is made in Hungary.
Just an FYI: I shot up a box and a half of Geco 115 gr. 9mm today. If anything my Geco was hotter than my handloads and CCI Blaser I was shooting for groups.
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I've used GECO, mostly 9MM and 38 Super. Never an issue of any kind.
I see this is a month or so old but I am bored...
NO issues ever with Geco 9mm 124gr, 38 spl or 32ACP. I have shot a lot of it. In fact Gecco and Selior and Belot are the cleanest ammo I have found.
Gecco is also a little hotter than others. I have used it in my Hungarian Frommer Stop that requires a 7.65 hot load that is no longer made (from what I have read) Gecco 32 ACP works fine in it. Others won't cycle the slide consistently.
West German Sig P220, P6, P226, BDA
Shot 1000s of rounds of GECO 124Gr. rounds thru an UZI and Sterling SMGs over the years,never a problem.
GECO used to be an excellent brand when it was made in Germany, NORMA (Sweden) as well. I am not so much a fan since the Ammotec takeover of these companies. Now when you buy GECO (and I assume Norma) it could be made at any RUAG plant.
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I only have some 45ACp and it was first class.
Always possible of bad run or incompatibility with your weapon although I have never had that happen to me ever with any handgun ammo.
I have had some mismatch of rifle ammo to some gas guns but that can be a normal occurrence.
I’ve used 9x18 Makarov, 9mm Luger, 45 acp. Never had an issue with this manufacturer.
I shoot a lot of GECO in .32 and 9mm. Good ammo - have a fair amount in .22, good ammo always goes bang and decent grouping from my 10/22 - but it is dirty. The .32 and 9mm has been reliable cannot recall a failure.
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First lady Michelle Obama will travel to Panama City Beach, Fla., on Monday to meet with members of the community and discuss the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the White House announced this afternoon.
The first lady will begin her visit with a briefing by officials and local leaders. She will then speak to the Panama City Beach community at an open event in the early evening, White House officials said.
It remains to be seen if areas farther west will be as blessed as Panama City Beach since well, that's where the oil has been. Northwest Florida has seen several of its pristine beaches fouled with tarballs, oil mousse and sheen. But for the most part, Panama City Beach has gotten off fairly well. Just a few miles east on US 98, Fort Walton Beach and Destin got hammered pretty hard. Navarre, Pensacola Beach and Gulf Breeze have gotten hit even harder.
Alabama and Mississippi shores have both been fouled as badly or worse than Pensacola, and of course the bulk of the shoreline damage done by spilled crude is on the Louisiana shore, where nearly 300 miles of contiguous shoreline see oil beaching almost daily. The image below is a screenshot of the JIC's mapping tool, ERMA. Click it for the full screen version.
Note the legend to the right, showing the latest observations of beached oil. Areas with blue lines along the coast have no beached oil observed. In fact, there hasn't been oil coming ashore in Panama City for days, and the latest projections of the slick's trajectory through the weekend show the oil will be miles and miles and miles to the west.
You watch, though--when she does her little dog and pony show for the crowd on Monday night, she'll talk about a "devastating impact" she's never even seen.
What a joke.
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Safe Boating on the Muskoka Lakes Private Buoy Regulations are for those whose cottages are located in busy boat traffic areas, therefore it is a good idea to set out private buoys to remind boaters of the rules of speed and safe distance from shore.
If you do, be sure you are adhering to the following regulations.
Private Buoy Regulations: Canada Shipping Act
Statutory Orders and Regulations (SOR) 99-335
1. In these Regulations, “private buoy” means a buoy that is not owned by the federal government, a provincial government or a government agency.
2. These Regulations apply to every private buoy other than private buoys used to mark fishing gear.
Keep a Safe Distance
3. No person shall place in any Canadian waters a private buoy that interferes with or is likely to interfere with the navigation of any vessel, or that misleads or is likely to mislead the operator of any vessel.
4. (1) No person shall place a private buoy in any Canadian waters unless:
(a) the part of the buoy that shows above the surface of the water is at least 15.25 cm wide and at least 30.5 cm high;
(b) the buoy displays, on opposite sides, the capital letters “PRIV” that are
(i) as large as is practical for the size of the buoy, and
(ii) white when the background colour is red, green or black;
(iii) black when the background colour is white or yellow;
(c) the buoy complies with the requirements set out in Canadian Aids to Navigation (TP 968) published by the Canadian Coast Guard in 1995, as amended from time to time;
(d) the buoy displays, in a conspicuous location and in a permanent and legible manner, the name, address and telephone number of its owner;
(e) the buoy is constructed and maintained in a manner and with materials that ensure that it remains in position and retains the characteristics specified in paragraphs (a) to (d); and
(f) the buoy’s anchor is constructed and maintained in a manner and with materials that ensure that it remains in position.
(2) The owner of a private buoy placed in any Canadian waters shall ensure that the information required by paragraph (1)(d) is accurate at all times.
5. If there is a need for increased visibility or better identification of a buoy for safety and the prevention of accidents, the Minister of Transport may order the owner of the buoy to modify it according to the requirements set out in the Procedures Manual for Design and Review of Short-range Aids to Navigation Systems (TP 9677), published in March 1989 by the Canadian Coast Guard, as amended from time to time. SOR/2002-19, s. 1; SOR/2010-27, s. 1.
6. (Previous Version) No person shall place in any Canadian waters a private buoy that has a light unless the light remains lit throughout the night and meets the requirements referred to in paragraph 4(1)(c).
Removal of Buoys
7. The Minister of Transport may remove from any Canadian waters a private buoy that does not comply with these Regulations.
From: Private Buoy Regulations
Statutory Orders and Regulations
CANADA SHIPPING ACT, 2001
Abiding by these Safe Boating on the Muskoka Lakes – Private Buoy Regulations regulations will keep you out of trouble. Happy Boating.
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Whether you’re young or old, there’s no better feeling than learning to play an instrument. While many attempt to learn the guitar, it is unfortunately very common for beginners to give up after only a couple of months. Guitar lessons with an instructor can be expensive and it can be frustrating if you’re not seeing progress immediately. That’s where ChordBuddy steps in, offering one of the easiest and quickest ways to learn to play the guitar in 60 days or less. Simple, effective, and affordable, this guitar learning device has shown great success among beginner guitar players of every age. Use this handy guide to learn everything you need to know as a beginner guitarist. You’ll be playing your favorite song in no time at all!
While there are in fact a number of songs you can play with simply the Em and Am chords, I know you're going to want a little bit more than just that. If you're still working on those first two chords, that's okay, they might take a bit to get comfortable with. Bookmark this page, work on the chords for a bit, and come back when you're ready for a few more. I'll still be here!
4.) Check the guitar’s string height by pressing down on the first, second, and third fret. You should be able to do so with minimal effort. Come to the 12th fret and press down. The distance from the top of fret to the bottom of the string should be no more than three times. If it is five times, the guitar may have a warped neck or too high of a bridge.
Intermediate Guitar Class - Open to all ages, from age three to one-hundred sixty-three, but an audition or permission from the instructor is required. This class is intended to be challenging. Topics covered may include movable bar chords, song forms, repertoire development, fretboard mapping, improvisation, and other advanced techniques. New classes start every month and may be repeated as often as you like. Cost is $85 per month (4 hours).


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Register details: East Central Block 89218B P47
Acreage: approximately 1.68 acres
The area lies to the north of Rose Hill and East of Shoal Bay. It is of medium density with several upscale properties along the coast and inland, located away from the main road and is accessed from the Island Harbour main road, via a marl surface road on the west.
Reserve Price: US$100,000
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A Taste of Franklin will be held in downtown Franklin this Friday through Sunday, August 3-5. Enjoy all the activities this local festival has to offer.
At dusk on Friday night kids of all ages should bring their chairs and blankets to Bandstand Park for a showing of the movie “Angels in the Outfield” at 9 pm.
Friday and Saturday take a stroll down Liberty Street or through Fountain Park and listen to the unique sounds of organ grinders – sponsored by DeBence Antique Music World. DeBence, home to some of the oldest and rarest musical instruments in the world, will be open for tours Friday and Saturday as well as special $5 tours on Sunday.
Saturday morning stop by the 12th St Island to sample and indulge in all of the wonderful goods offered at Farmer’s Market. There will be recipes distributed, raffles, and tastes for the public. Saturday at 7 pm the eight semi-finalists compete at the Taste of Talent Vocal Competition in Bandstand Park.
On Sunday, bring your appetite down to Fountain Park for a Taste of Franklin! Sample foods from local restaurants and enjoy children’s entertainment, antique sales and the jazz and blues sounds of Catro. Motorcyclists can cruise-in and park on 12th Street Island. Make your way over to Bandstand Park at 4 pm for the Taste of Talent Vocal Competition Finals!
If you have questions about A Taste of Franklin, or any other Franklin festivals, visit www.franklinpa.gov or call (814) 437-1619, ext. 123.

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I'm inspired by the places I go, and the animals and people I meet.
In my work, you will see my love of the art of form, for companion and wild animals and for the shapes I see on the river and sea.
From my background in theatre, creative arts, and as a heritage professional, I'm interested in capturing images and meaning. My creative practice spans from the spoken and written word, through to the art of images, making jewellery, books and containers for stories that record our lives and journeys.
I make art books, images, whimsical tiaras and jewellery that sings of the land and sea. I hope that you enjoy my work, and happily take on ideas for special commissions and projects. Most of all, I love animals, people and Cornwall. I hope that you find some of that love in my work.


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Been DJing since the seventies, Started out spinning Disco in the 70's and got into Hip Hop &amp; Freestyle during the eighties and added a heavy dose of House during the 90's. Today I play Old School, Hip Hop/RnB, Top40/Mainstream, Dance and Club, House, Salsa, Regaeton and occasionally reggae. Always looking for something new to add, but don't want to lose what i already do. I love Spinning on VDJ Radio, gives me a chance to learn other styles and make friends with dj's from all over the world. I typically spin 2-3 hours everyday, recently moved to digital,and loving it, started using time code vinyl, don't like jog wheels! but still like to spin on true vinyl every once in awhile!


What Is A Patrol Rifle? Alleged Gun Utilized In Boulder Taking Pictures
Any qualified officer carrying a patrol rifle within the subject shall keep the weapon in a patrol ready condition till deployed. A rifle is taken into account in a patrol prepared condition when it has been inspected by the assigned officer, the hearth selector swap is within the protected place, the chamber is empty and a completely loaded magazine is inserted into the journal nicely. The shotgun is among the most underutilized instruments available to officers as a result of their coaching has did not instill confidence of their talents and eliminate the hesitation they have in the direction of firing the shotgun.
- Of explicit concern is the truth that 40% of these officers have been murdered by suspects with long weapons (24 rifles/1 shotgun).
- Officers will take part in single and a number of goal engagement, transferring goal engagement, choice reaction problems, and handgun transition.
- This exercise just isn’t scored and the space is at the discretion of the trainer.
- Two of those targets might be mounted side by aspect for each shooter.
- The largest problem is getting officers snug with rifle dealing with skills similar to working with a sling, working the selector/security lever, reloading, and clearing malfunctions.
- This course teaches individuals tips on how to successfully instruct principles of marksmanship, rifle nomenclature, and operation.
Andy is enthusiastic about coaching and sharing the information he has gained all through his years as a Texas Peace Officer and his experiences with the Officers he trains. Shooting from either side of cover is apparent, but one of many largest training points to think about is the mechanical offset when leaning out round cover. If the rifle is canted barely, what might appear to be a clear sight image may, in reality, end result within the muzzle of the rifle remaining behind cowl.
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The amount of mechanical offset will range from rifle to rifle depending on the sights or optics mounted on the rifle. If we measure from the center of the barrel to the middle of the optic, this will tell us our mechanical offset. So, from zero to ten yards, the bullet goes to impact about 2.5″ low. An teacher as soon as told me, “I can’t think about an officer ever firing greater than 25 yards in an urban setting, so we should sight our rifles in at 25 yards.” How many places in your world extend additional than 25 yards? Parking heaps, hallways in schools or hospitals, your house property, and plenty of different places can prolong well past 75 feet. However, there are particular insights officers must know after they carry a patrol rifle.
Insert the total magazine aggressively to make sure that it’s properly seated, pull on the journal to confirm and hit the bolt release to chamber a recent spherical. It sounds simple, but many shooters have to spend extra time working this skill to turn out to be more environment friendly. All indoor rifle qualification firing might be carried out at a range that accommodates a distance of 25 yards between the shooter and the target.
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Likewise, regulation enforcement officers are placed in grave peril when confronted by felons in possession of this type of weaponry. This is especially true when they’re instantly outgunned upon arrival at a deadly encounter. Magazine fed semi-computerized rifle that makes use of and was manufactured for the usage of removable magazines with sling, 3 magazines, magazine pouches, acceptable cleaning gear and one thousand rounds of ammunition. Detachable optics are acceptable however rifle must have iron sights that co-witness through the optic.
After retiring from the San Antonio Police Department, Andy was employed as a Continuing Education Instructor at a local faculty law enforcement training academy. Andy continues his schooling by attending coaching in the course of the yr, staying current in Law Enforcement trends and finest practices in techniques. He is a TCOLE Firearms Instructor and a TEEX Patrol Rifle Instructor.
No modification shall be made to any patrol rifle without prior written authorization from the Rangemaster. Any patrol rifle discovered to be unserviceable shall be faraway from The rifle shall be clearly labeled as “out of service” and details regarding the weapon’s condition shall be included on the label. We are at present accepting requests to sponsor NRA Law Enforcement Instructor Development Schools.
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This college increases the talents and data of legislation enforcement firearm instructors involved in educating lengthy-range scoped rifle packages. This college compresses the handgun instructor school to three days and adds 2 days of shotgun teacher coaching. Student classroom shows, hid-carry training, and unconventional shooting positions are replaced with shotgun marksmanship and handling classroom presentations and range work.
Zeroes will be checked first day of class however, zeroing time is limited. This college is designed for the choose-fireplace firearm with full-automated capability and applies to both submachine weapons and rifles. Classroom shows cowl tips on how to educate fundamental fundamentals of marksmanship, dealing with, zeroing, practical vary drill improvement, and legal responsibility points.


In a tragic mishap, a driver of an iron ore-laden truck died after he was hit by a hyva while repairing his vehicle's flat tyre alongside the main road in Basudevpur area of Bhadrak district late on Tuesday night.
The mishap occurred near Chudamani temple when the truck suffered a flat tyre. The driver stopped the vehicle alongside the road to change the tyre. Seeing him, driver of another truck also stopped there to offer help.
When the drivers were busy changing the flat tyre, an over-speeding hyva, laden with stone chips, hit the trucks. As a result, the driver who was changing the tyre got crushed under the wheels of the hyva. The driver who had stopped to help him also suffered injuries in the mishap.
The injured was rushed to Basudevpur community health centre for treatment.
On being informed, personnel from Chudamani Marine Police station reached the spot and launched a probe. The identity of the deceased and the injured truck driver is yet to be ascertained.


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Containerization is a modern technology that has drastically transformed the software deployment process. It involves packaging software applications and all their dependencies into a single, self-contained unit known as a container.
So, what is a container?
A container is a package containing all the necessary components required to run an application. It makes it super easy to move your app from one environment to another. You don't have to stress about compatibility issues or anything like that. For instance, a developer can quickly move the app from their laptop to a production server without any hassle.
Here's a concrete example to illustrate this:
Imagine you're developing a web app with Python. You're using a particular version of Python and a set of libraries to run it on your laptop. When it's time to deploy it on a production server, all you need to do is take the container from your laptop and move it to the server. The container bundles all the dependencies, so you can be sure that the app will run the same way on the server as it did on your laptop. This holds true even if the server has different libraries installed or runs a different version of the operating system.
This is a huge advantage over traditional approaches to software deployment. In particular, it eliminates the headache of compatibility issues. With containers, you can rest assured that the application will function as intended, regardless of where you deploy it.
Containers can also be a lifesaver when you have multiple teams working on different parts of an application, each with its own set of dependencies. In this scenario, containers allow you to package your dependencies into separate containers and then integrate them easily into a single application.
By isolating each component in its own self-contained environment, you eliminate the risk of compatibility issues between different parts of the app. Each container can run independently without affecting the functionality of other components. This makes the whole process more streamlined and efficient.
In short, containers provide a simple, reliable way to package and deploy applications. They make it easy to move the applications from one environment to another without any compatibility issues.
Now that you have a good understanding of what containerization is and the problems it solves, let's dive into one of the most popular containerization technologies — Docker.
Docker is one of the most widely used and well-known containerization technologies. It provides a platform for building, deploying, and running applications in containers.
The key components of the Docker platform are:
- Docker CLI: The Docker CLI (Command Line Interface) is the client-side component of the Docker platform. It is used to create and manage Docker containers.
- Docker Daemon: The Docker Daemon is the server component that implements Docker’s core functionality. It exposes a REST API, which the Docker CLI communicates with. This allows the CLI to perform various actions such as starting, stopping, and listing containers.
- Docker Registry: A Docker registry is a centralized repository for storing and distributing Docker images. You can think of a Docker image as a template or blueprint that contains all the necessary instructions to create a container. By default, Docker is configured to search for images in a public registry called Docker Hub.
Now that we've discussed Docker, you might be wondering how it all works. Specifically, what does the containerization process with Docker look like? Let’s explore that now.
Containerizing Applications With Docker
Containerizing an application with Docker involves several steps:
- Preparing the application code and the dependencies: The first step is to gather the application code, libraries, and any other dependencies the application needs to run.
- Create a Dockerfile: The next step is to create a Dockerfile. It describes the application and tells Docker how to build it into an image. At a high level, the Dockerfile specifies the base image to use, the instructions to install the dependencies, and the command to run the application. It serves as the blueprint for building the container image.
- Build the container Image: After creating the Dockerfile, the next step is to build the container image using the docker build command. This command takes the Dockerfile as input and produces a container image as output. The image created contains all the necessary components to run the application.
- Push the image to a registry: Once the container image is built, it can be pushed to a registry (such as Docker Hub) for sharing and distribution. This allows others to easily download and run the containerized application.
- Run the container: To run the containerized application, the container image is pulled from the registry and run using the docker run command. This creates a new instance of the container that runs the application.
- Share and deploy: Finally, once the application is containerized, it can be easily shared and deployed across different environments, without worrying about compatibility issues or infrastructure dependencies.
If you are looking to jumpstart your Docker journey, our course Docker Training for the Absolute Beginner is a great place to begin.
Now that we've discussed how containerization works with Docker, let's take a look at the benefits of this technology
Benefits of Containerization.
Containerization provides a number of significant benefits, including:
- Portability: Containers provide a way to move applications between different environments with ease. For instance, you can transfer your app from development to production, or from one host operating system to another, without any hassle. Thanks to containerization, you no longer need to worry about compatibility issues.
- Isolation: Containers provide a separate environment for each application and its dependencies. This means that each container runs as an isolated unit on the host operating system. This reduces the risk of conflicts or interference between different applications. Isolation also improves the stability and security of the overall system. By separating applications into isolated environments, you can limit the potential impact of any issues or failures, such as a security breach or a crash. If you want to troubleshoot issues in a specific container, you can do so without affecting other containers or the host operating system.
- Resource efficiency: With containers, when you run multiple applications on the same host system, they share the host’s operating system. This means you don't need to allocate resources to each application individually, as you do with virtual machines. This results in significant cost savings.
- Scalability: Scalability refers to the ability to handle increasing amounts of traffic, and containers make it incredibly easy to scale your applications. For example, let's say you have a web application that's suddenly become very popular. With traditional methods, you would need to manually add more servers to ensure that the app can handle the increased traffic. But with containers, you can simply add more copies of the app in a matter of minutes. This automatically distributes the load across the copies. And if traffic suddenly drops, you can simply remove some of the copies. Containers make it easy to scale up and down, depending on your needs.
To sum it up, containerization helps us package software applications and their required dependencies into containers. And containers make it easier to deploy applications across different environments.
Docker is the most popular containerization platform to build and manage applications using containers. This all adds up to a better and faster software delivery process and more stable applications.


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Making a toy fishing rod is a great way to encourage your children to get outside and learn about the natural world. Fishing can be a fun and rewarding hobby, but it can also be intimidating for young children who may not know where to begin. Creating a simple toy fishing rod is an easy and enjoyable way to introduce your children to the world of fishing.
To make a toy fishing rod, you will need some basic supplies. These include: dowel rods in various sizes, thread or yarn, scissors, duct tape, and plastic lures or small toys.
You’ll also need something to put the lures on such as wire or string. Once you have all the supplies together, it’s time to start building your own toy fishing rod!
First, you need to decide which size dowel rod you want for your rod. Smaller rods are better for younger children as they are easier to manage while larger rods are more suitable for older kids.
Once you have chosen the size of your dowel rod, it’s time to add some decorations! You can use colorful thread or yarn to wrap around the handle of the rod and even add some ribbons if you like.
Once you’ve got the handle decorated, it’s time to attach the line. Using wire or string, tie one end of it securely around one end of the dowel rod and then tie the other end onto a plastic lure or small toy. Now that your line is attached, use duct tape to secure it in place so that it won’t come loose while kids are playing with their new toy fishing rod!
Finally, you can use scissors to cut off any excess line at both ends of the rod so that it looks neat and tidy. And now your toy fishing pole is ready for playtime! With this simple DIY project, you can create hours of fun and learning opportunities for your little ones as they explore nature at their own pace with their very own homemade toy fishing pole.
Conclusion: Making a toy fishing pole is an easy and enjoyable way for kids to learn about nature and have fun outdoors! With just a few basic supplies like dowel rods, thread or yarn, scissors, duct tape and plastic lures or small toys – anyone can create their own homemade toy fishing pole in no time at all!


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Six Must-See Marvels of Modern Middle Eastern Architecture
The Middle East is renowned for many stunning contemporary buildings, with the world's finest architects, like Zaha Hadid, leaving their fingerprints on some of the regions most iconic structures. Here are six of the best.
1. Cayan Tower, Dubai, UAE
There are 20 skyscrapers in Dubai taller than Cayan Tower, but the 306m-high, 75-storey structure, is the world’s tallest twisting tower. Turning 90 degrees from top to bottom, the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill-designed luxury apartment building is one of the most remarkable in an emirate known for its arresting architecture.
2. King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre (KAPSARC) in Riyadh, opened in 2013, is an institution purpose-built to serve as a hub for research into the energy challenges facing the planet. With such a noble goal, it is fitting the Zaha Hadid-designed KAPSARC’s “hexagonal prismatic honeycomb structures” – five buildings populate the 70,000sqm campus – are reminiscent of the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars.
3. Tabi'at Bridge, Iran
Iranian architect Leila Araghian’s Tabi'at Bridge (Nature Bridge) in Abbas Abad in northern Tehran, completed in 2014, is one of the most impressive architectural achievements in the Middle East in recent years. The largest pedestrian overpass in Iran, the multi-level 270-metre construction straddles one of Tehran’s major highways, the Modarres Expressway, to connect Taleghani Park and Abo-Atash Park. "There are multiple routes from one point to the other, encouraging pedestrians to wander and get lost on this bridge," says Araghian.
4. Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE
Burj Khalifa is the world’s tallest building. Completed in 2010, the 828-metre, 163-floor skyscraper in Dubai is the most iconic structure in the Middle East. Its architect, Adrian Smith, formerly of Skidmore Owings and Merrill now of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, also designed Jeddah Tower, currently under construction in Saudi Arabia. If Jeddah Tower is completed on schedule in 2020, at 1,000m, it will be 172m taller than the Burj. Until then, Burj Khalifa retains the record.
5. Kuwait National Assembly Building, Kuwait
Completed in 1982, Kuwait National Assembly Building, in Kuwait City, seat of the country’s elected National Assembly, is the oldest building on this list, but it cannot be ignored. Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, the Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning designer of the iconic Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, it is a masterpiece.
6. Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi
With its 82 white marble domes and four 107m-high minarets, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi is the largest mosque in the UAE. Envisioned by HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, ruler of Abu Dhabi between 1971 and 2004, inspired by architectural styles from across the Middle East and designed by British, Italian and Emirati architects, the gleaming titan has space for 40,000 worshippers. Completed in 2007, it is a masterwork of modern Islamic architecture and a fitting tribute to the “Father of the Nation”.


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The name High Contrast needs no introduction any more… though when a young, fresh-faced Lincoln Barrett signed on the dotted line back in 2000 he was a complete unknown. Signed on the strength of his mini-disc demos, the Welsh wonder has smashed his way through the D+B scene and has become one of its iconic and much respected heroes.
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Freedom is in the Mind
What is freedom? Whatever your answer; you’re right. Franklin Manor isn’t here to disagree with you. You are smart enough, intuitive enough, to decide what freedom is for you.
My thoughts? Freedom is in the mind. It has nothing to do with politics. You vote for candidates based on your perception. Your perception is your own made up story about the world you see. Social media is crawling with negative content, and vultures preying on opinions. Here’s a question, have you ever changed anyone’s mind by arguing with them? We call freedom so many things. The words and symbols we use are vague and essentially mean nothing. My question is; how do you feel in this moment? Is your heart happy? Are your thoughts powerful?
Furthermore, how do we keep our individual expressions of freedom and still be united as a people?
Unity — it’s such a big concept. Unity is the understanding of oneness and community. The idea that no one is better or more important, than anyone else.
Each individual brings something valuable to the whole. But everyone combined is more powerful than the individual. Yet, I see separation all around us, all the time. The belief that we are individuals who are isolated from each other, couldn’t be further from the truth. Yet, everyone buys into the illusion of disconnection, especially here in Los Angeles. Greed, fear, and corruption, all stem from the idea that we are separate from each other. It’s obvious that most people feel alone in the herd. Being an “individual” is beautiful in the context of unity, but ugly in the realm of separation.
Think of unity in the form of a beehive. Bees depend on unity. It’s the only way they can survive. If humans went about life united, we would all be rich. Not one person excluded, not one person hungry.
Franklin Manor believes when your individuality serves the whole, there are new possibilities for music, art, and society at large. When your individuality serves the ego, there is misery and suppression. There is no truth in being more than, less than, or separate from your own people.
Franklin Manor encourages you to be your sexy self. Go big. Speak your mind. Don’t let people hold you back from expressing yourself. On the same token, don’t hold other people back from their own individual expression. Individuals united are stronger than individuals apart.


Lucy Letby's parents skip sentencing in show of solidarity for their cowardly killer daughter after attending court every day
- Susan, 63, and John Letby, 77, have been regularly attending the ten-month trial
- But they were not present for final verdicts last Friday and failed to turn up today
Lucy Letby's parents did not turn up to see their daughter sentenced after she was confirmed as the most prolific child serial killer in modern British history.
The nurse's parents, Susan, 63, and John, 77, were a constant presence during her ten-month trial at Manchester Crown Court and attended every day.
But they were not present for the final verdicts last Friday, and again failed to turn up this morning for the sentencing hearing as she was given a whole-life order.
Mr and Mrs Letby had been so determined to hear all the evidence against their daughter that they relocated to Manchester from their home in Hereford.
But earlier last week, Mrs Letby broke down in court as the guilty verdicts began to be returned, crying out: 'You can't be serious. This cannot be right.'
John and Susan Letby, the parents of nurse Lucy Letby, arrive at Manchester Crown Court on Thursday last week (August 17, 2023) - the last time they were in court for the case
Lucy Letby last week refused to return to the dock as the jury continued to return verdicts
Lucy Letby's parents John and Susan Letby arrive at Manchester Crown Court last Thursday
Lucy Letby is pictured as a child (left) and following her graduation (right) in December 2011, which her parents marked with an announcement in their local paper, the Hereford Times
Last week, Letby refused to return to the dock as the jury continued to return verdicts and the court was told she did not want to take any part in her sentencing hearing, and would not follow the hearing via video-link from prison.
She again refused to attend court today, despite being brought there in a prison van.
The nurse murdered seven babies and tried to kill six more while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit between 2015 and 2016.
Investigators suspect Letby had told her parents scant detail about the crimes she was being accused of before it was laid out in front of them in court.
A source told the Daily Mail last week that Letby's mother was distraught when she was arrested in 2018 – wailing, crying and even telling police, 'I did it, take me instead,' in a desperate bid to protect her.
At the time of Letby's arrest, her parents' neighbours told The Times that the family were devastated.
One was reported as having said: 'She's an only child. Do I have to say anymore? I just feel for them so much. I feel so helpless that there is nothing we can do.'
Retail boss John and Susan, an accounts clerk, raised Letby as an only child in a 1930s semi-detached home in a cul-de-sac.
They still live in the same house - which they bought shortly after their marriage - and holiday in Torquay three times a year, taking Letby with them right up until she was arrested in July 2018.
Nothing suggests Mr and Mrs Letby were anything but caring parents who showered their daughter with love from the moment she was born - five months after they married in July 1989.
Growing up, Letby was a 'delight' to her parents - neighbours remembered.
She had a part-time job at WH Smith in the city, and her parents were immensely proud when she became the first in their family to go to university.
May 2, 2013 - John and Susan Letby leave Manchester Crown Court after Letby gives evidence
November 11, 2022 - John and Susan Letby at Manchester Crown Court as the trial continues
October 4, 2022: John and Susan Letby at Manchester Crown Court just before her trial began
Lucy Letby listens to the verdicts being read at Manchester Crown Court on August 11
When she attained her honours degree they marked her graduation, in December 2011, with an announcement in their local paper, the Hereford Times.
Alongside a picture of her wearing a mortarboard and clutching her degree certificate, they wrote: 'Letby Lucy BSc Hons in Child Nursing. We are so proud of you after all your hard work. Love Mum and Dad.'
A similar announcement, with an accompanying photograph of Letby as a young child, was also placed in the same newspaper to mark her 21st birthday.
But texts Letby exchanged with colleagues hinted she sometimes felt smothered by her mother and father and guilty about moving away. She explained they missed her and hated her living alone.
She appeared to speak or text them every day and described them as 'suffocating at times'. She told one doctor friend who was considering moving to New Zealand that she could never do that as it would 'completely devastate' them.
'Find it hard enough being away from me now and it's only 100 miles,' she said.
In a message to another friend, she wrote: 'My parents worry massively about everything & anything, hate that I live alone etc.
'I feel bad because I know it's really hard for them especially as I'm an only child, and they mean well, just a little suffocating at times and constantly feel guilty.'
Ms Letby sometimes broke into tears in court during the trial and appeared anxious during breaks when her daughter was undergoing particularly tough periods of questioning by the prosecution.
As the guilty verdicts were returned, Ms Letby broke into a series of anguished sobs which continued even after she had left the court.
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Common name(s): summer hyacinth
Hardiness ratings: USDA zone 6~7 - 9~10
- Wikipedia. Online encyclopedia entry (if defined).
- Google images. Web search for photographs.
- GRIN. Taxonomical details, with common names, distribution, and synonyms.
- The Plant List. Taxonomical lookup
Links for Galtonia candicans
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- BBC Gardening - Plant profile with horticultural details and garden uses. (1 photo)
- Dave's Garden PlantFiles - Profile page with horticultural basics, and member-contributed photos and comments. (zone 7-9) (2 photos)
- Digging Dog Nursery - Catalog page with descriptive information (zone 6b)
- Ontario Rock Garden Society - Germination information
- PlantzAfrica - Features South African plants, with photos, description, distribution and ecology, and uses.
- Rob's Plants - Plant profile with basic horticultural information and often personal observations. Also seed germination records. (zone 6/7-10) (6 photos)

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text: Dog-tired. Cat nap. Early bird. What do these expressions have in common?We say we're "dog-tired" when we’re simply exhausted. And cat naps might be the answer to make up lost sleep. With a good night's rest, you might even become an early bird. But if your pet actually is a dog, or a cat, or even a bird, restful sleep can be hard to come by. Because these pets can make it hard for you to "sleep tight" each night.

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What do Kirk Cousins's year-by-year stats tell us about 2021?
The Vikings' QB said he's watching all of his career film to learn more about his game... what about his yearly numbers?
By Matthew Coller
If Packers president Mark Murphy can describe Aaron Rodgers is a “complicated fella,” we could call Kirk Cousins a diligent fella.
Cousins has been known to seek out every possible edge, from working with the Vikings’ analytics folks to hiring a mental coach to keeping his notes from every game and on and on.
Cousins revealed this week that this year’s offseason project was to watch back his entire career on film.
“That time looking at tape through the winter and spring, and even now as I go home through the summer after next week, I do think that it’s helpful now to see what has worked in the past, what I want to make as a staple for myself as I move forward…also where I have improved and where I need to improve,” Cousins said.
The Vikings’ QB explained that he wanted to “study, create cutups and really build some volume” that he could reference going forward. He set himself up with the film at his house so he could study it without going to the facility.
“Evaluation certainly comes from your coaches, day-in and day-out, but there’s also got to be an ability to self-evaluate and say, ‘I like what I’m doing there; keep doing that,’ or, ‘That’s not good enough — I want to improve that,’” Cousins said. “I think being self-led and being tough on yourself, too, can really help you as you watch tape that you put out there.”
Cousins also explained that watching the tape as a whole made him think more about getting the most out of his teammates and adapting how he plays to what they do best.
“You realize that the way Pierre Garcon ran a route or Desean Jackson ran a route, that affects you in the way you play and the way you think, and then you come to a new team and you’re trying to tell Adam Thielen to run a route that way, and he’s saying, ‘No, I don’t do it that way,’” Cousins said. “So just the process of then learning those players and saying, ‘OK’ and understanding that you always have to be aware of what your teammates do well and try to put them in those positions to be successful.”
Interesting stuff, right?
My first inclination when I heard Cousins’s comments was to consider repeating an abridged version of the exercise — to watch games from each season and write about them. But last year, I did a similar piece and talked with Cousins about his first career start and how far he’s come. You can read that here if you missed it.
So what other way could we investigate the course of Cousins’s history to learn about his future? Well, through the numbers.
Let’s have a look year by year at some of the in-depth stats that can point us toward where he’s changed and what trends might point us toward what’s to come…
One comment Cousins made about his film analysis pertaining to his early years as an NFL quarterback is absolutely backed up by the stats: Washington had to be patient with him because there was more bad than good.
“I’ve watched myself in ’12 and ’13-14 and think, ‘Man, I’m such a better quarterback now,’” he said. “I can’t believe that the coaches didn’t just cut me when I did that and made that mistake. I can’t believe they were patient with me. Because nowadays looking back, it would just be unacceptable to myself, allowing myself to play that way or make that read or make that throw or that decision.”
Over his first three seasons, Cousins won just two of nine starts, threw 18 touchdowns and 19 interceptions and produced a 77.5 rating. He graded well by PFF standards in 58 attempts as a rookie and then looked very much like a replacement-level QB in 2013 and 2014, scoring a 51.4 (out of 100) and 58.1 in those years, respectively. For comparison’s sake, those grades would be lower than Drew Lock’s last year and about on par with Nick Mullens.
Even if it was a small sample size early on, few QBs who play that way ever find themselves in a position to become a full-time starter, much less have an eventual jump to being in the top half of the league consistently.
You would need a microscope to find the flickers in his 2014 season. Cousins did average 8.4 yards per attempt and suffered from an unfortunate string of drops (receivers dropped 12% of his passes) but his turnover-worthy play rate was seventh highest in the NFL among QBs with at least 100 drop backs.
That’s generally a tough thing to fix, yet in 2015, reducing turnover-worthy plays made all the difference in Cousins emerging as an NFL starter. He dropped from 4.8% of his throws being “turnover-worthy” by PFF standards to 3.2% in 2015. That rate has surprisingly remained constant through the rest of his starting career.
More than anything, his early struggles and eventual growth suggest that being a diligent fella pays off.
When we talk about Cousins’s career, we generally begin with “since 2015.” That’s when he won the starting job in Washington out of training camp and started his first full season. The first three years were mostly periodic starts mixed in between Robert Griffin III and Colt McCoy. The 2015 season is the point in which we can begin comparing apples to apples with his subsequent full seasons.
One of the most interesting things about Cousins’s career has always been the ups and downs that he goes through each year. We often just look at the final results and determine what type of season a QB put together but in the case of 2015, he started remarkably slow and then got blazing hot in the second half. That happened in 2020 as well. Here’s his cumulative QB rating after each week in 2015 and after each week in 2020:
This exact pattern is not followed through every season of Cousins’s career but there’s always been some version of it. Through eight games in 2017, his rating was 102.0 and then he managed just an 85.8 rating the rest of the way. In 2018 he started hot and ended cold as well. In 2019, it was a slow start and hot middle of the season.
Is this the case with every quarterback that generally grades in the upper-middle part of the league? It would appear so. Derek Carr’s 2020 season, for example, started out with a 110.0 rating over the first half of the year and 92.8 in the second half. Matthew Stafford had a 92.4 rating through eight games last year and 100.7 the rest of the way.
The elite QBs have less of this issue. Tom Brady, for example, was at 103.1 through eight games and 101.2 in games 9-16.
The natural follow-up question here is whether there’s a way to mitigate the cold streaks.
What’s interesting here is that it should already be happening by virtue of Cousins playing better football than he did in 2015.
In his first full year as a starter, he posted a 73.9 PFF grade. In 2020, his grade was a much better 83.5.
Some of the under-the-surface numbers show us that Cousins was protected by his scheme. He ranked No. 1 in passer rating with play-action and ranked No. 1 in yards per pass attempt on screens. His PFF grade without play-action has jumped from 68.0 in 2015 to 80.0 last year.
However it’s worth wondering how much the passing environment plays into some of these numbers. In 2015, the league-wide passer rating was 90.2 and last year it was 93.6 — a pretty big jump over just a few seasons. The nearly 10-point difference in PFF grade only resulted in Cousins being 14th in 2015 and ninth in 2020. His 83.5 would have been good for a top five grade in 2015.
Last year’s road games were also easier on quarterbacks, which may spin the numbers a little. In 2018 and 2019, Cousins’s non-play-action PFF grades were still better than 2015 but only by a few points at 73.6 and 74.2, ranking him 16th and 11th.
The league is also succeeding more with play-action than ever. Six years ago, Cousins was one of only five QBs over a 110 QB rating on play-action throws. Last year there were 13 over 110 and 16 over 109.
Looking through the lens of 2015 shows us that, while many of the same things that are true of Cousins now were also true about him as a first-time starter, Cousins has improved at a similar rate as the league has improved. That could explain why the hot/cold streaks aren’t much different.
Another thing that’s noticeable in terms of the hot streaks is Cousins’s ability to absolutely demolish bad defenses. In 2015, he played the 31st and 32nd ranked defenses in QB rating against and posted 124.7 and 158.3 ratings against them. Of the five games he took on top-15 defenses in QB rating allowed, he registered ratings under 90 four times.
Last year the Vikings played five games against top-15 pass defenses and the only win came versus Green Bay when Cousins threw 14 passes (though he did play well in the Vikings’ 52-33 loss to New Orleans). So the schedule seems to play a role in his streakiness.
What does all of this mean for 2021?
Cousins will have to continue to improve in order to get the same amount of production because the league isn’t likely to get worse at quarterbacking. But the Vikings play against the No. 1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14 and 15th ranked defenses in QB rating allowed from 2020 and even if some of those defenses can’t repeat their performances, offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak will still be tasked with finding ways to reduce the impact of good coverage on Cousins.
How can that get done? Maybe 2016 has some answers…
For a quarterback who has been remarkably consistent in his numbers from year to year as a starter, the 2016 season stands out because Cousins threw for 4,917 yards, which is more than 600 above his next best season. Washington ranked 21st in rushing and finished 28th in yards allowed on defense, putting Cousins in position to be the driving force of the offense.
Cousins’s second full season as a starting QB was the only time in which his team has ranked in the top five in Expected Points Added through the air. Since 2016, every team that has reached the Super Bowl has had a top five passing EPA. So while other seasons have graded higher by PFF, none have been as productive as 2016.
One part of his impressive numbers from 2016 is similar to 2020: With a bad defense, Cousins often played from behind. More than 3,000 of his yards in 2016 came while trailing. Likewise, 2,701 of his 4,265 were racked up when trying to come back.
That doesn’t exactly mean he was the “garbage time” king in 2016 or 2020 though. It might point us toward a different conclusion: When offenses are forced into a position to have Cousins throw often, it can yield net positive results, even if there is a down side (as we talked about in 2015 with cold streaks).
When the score was only separated by one score (which made up 447 of Cousins’s attempts in 2016), Cousins still averaged 7.9 yards per attempt, which was only topped by Matt Ryan, Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Alex Smith and tied with Russell Wilson. Washington as a team produced the third best yards per play in one-score situations.
They were seventh in team yards per play in the first halves of 2016 games while calling 304 passing plays to just 179 runs, per Football Reference.
Unlike 2015, the 2016 version of Cousins pushed the ball down the field. His average depth of target was a career high 9.4 yards per throw and he produced his biggest big-time throw percentage (5.1%). Last year those numbers were 8.7 ADOT and 4.3% BTT.
There’s one very interesting wrinkle to Cousins’s 2016 production that differs greatly from his time in Minnesota: Sacks.
While his time-to-throw was nearly identical, PFF graded Washington as the seventh best pass blocking unit in 2016 whereas the 2020 Vikings scored 29th.
A quick aside that’s noticeable: Pass blocking has gotten harder since 2016. Only three teams last season graded above 75. In 2016, 20 teams were above 75. Repeating Washington’s 2016 performance in front of Kirk might not be possible even if the Vikings improve the O-line greatly this year.
But it wasn’t just pass protection that helped Cousins. New PFF data shows that Cousins was responsible for just 4.8% of his own pressure in 2016, which was the fourth best in the league. Last year, he was responsible for 15.3% of his own pressure.
Subsequently his sack rate was 3.7% in 2016 and 7.0% last season.
It’s hard to put a finger on why he was responsible for so much more pressure last year than in 2016. We can only speculate that maybe he had fewer answers within the scheme or was concerned about the offensive line breaking down but it’s clear that is a necessary fix for 2021.
All said and done, 2016 had some of the same ups and downs as all of the other seasons. Washington lost four of its last six games to fall short of the playoffs and a top-rated pass defense slowed Cousins in Week 17 to eliminate them from the postseason. But 2016 provided a sample size of impressive output from a roster that was stacked around Cousins and leaned into passing the ball as the driver of the offense.
We shouldn’t expect to see anything similar to that in 2021 but there is a case based on his 2016 results to pass more often early in games.
Cousins’s 2017 season is the answer to what happens if the Vikings have a bunch of injuries to their weapons. From 2016 to 2017, Cousins lost Pierre Garcon and DeSean Jackson and Jordan Reed played only six games. That pushed Jamison Crowder into the WR1 role with Ryan Grant, Josh Doctson and Terrelle Pryor making up the rest of the group.
Combined with the loss of weapons was injuries on the offensive line that sunk Washington to 26th in pass blocking by PFF.
That’s not to mention that Sean McVay left for Los Angeles.
Cousins dipped to 18th by PFF grade and to a 93.9 QB rating, his lowest as a starter.
There isn’t a ton to take away from 2017 other than: 1) We learned the floor for Cousins. When it all goes wrong, the team can still rank 16th in scoring but there’s a threshold that’s too much to overcome to make the postseason. 2) He still ranked second in play-action, giving credence to the idea that even under bad circumstances, Cousins can still thrive with play-action.
Speaking of which, the 2018 season was a test case for what happens when the offensive coordinator asks Cousins to play in a dropback offense rather than a play-action scheme. John DeFilippo only dialed up play-action throws on 20.8% of passes in 2018, in comparison to 31.1% in 2019 and 28.7% last year. Cousins was still very successful in play-action but without it he only averaged 6.7 yards per attempt.
The consistent theme throughout this look at his career numbers is that under advantageous situations, Cousins can blow the roof off. In 2017 and 2018, with some things that weren’t in his favor, we see a decided dip from 2015/2016 and 2019/2020.
Again, this is true for many quarterbacks. See: Goff, Jared.
But it feels more pronounced with the peaks and valleys. When things went sideways in 2017, Washington fell out of the playoff race. Same for 2018 when Cousins had a stretch of three losses in four games and he didn’t produce a PFF grade higher than 61 in the three losses. That leaves little room for error during the good stretches. A kicker can’t miss three field goals or a defense can’t give up 400-plus yards passing to the Rams, for example.
We also saw in 2018 that speeding up Cousins’s delivery with more quick throws didn’t exactly correlate to fewer sacks or less pressure. He was still sacked 40 times and had the second most total pressured dropbacks. Interestingly, however, the offensive line was responsible for 89.8% of the pressure. That appears tell us that the 2018 line was not designed to handle a huge amount of dropback passes and speaks more to the offense being a misfit for Cousins.
That said, not all of the 2018 ideas were bad. More than 50% of Cousins’s passes were between 0-9 yards in 2018 (fourth most). That dropped to 46% last year despite Cousins grading as the fifth best short passer in the NFL by PFF grade. He also produced just four turnover-worthy plays when throwing short and had a 111.1 QB rating (third best).
As much as the Vikings want to hit on throws downfield, their short game was effective when used last year. And it’s one of the areas where Cousins has improved since his early starting days. He graded 19th on quick passes in 2016.
Over the last two seasons the Vikings have settled into a system that works for Cousins but doesn’t lean heavily on him. Between 2019 and 2020, Tom Brady threw 690 passes in the first halves of games while Kirk Cousins threw 471 times in the first half. He ranked 17th in first/second quarter passes in 2020.
Cousins is part of a trend in the NFL of teams that are run-focused but aim for high efficiency in the passing game. Ryan Tannehill’s resurgence has been based around this idea. Jimmy Garoppolo, Jared Goff and Baker Mayfield also fall into this category.
But there’s a question of whether a more conservative gameplan with an eye on explosive plays can take the Vikings to the next level. Despite pushing the ball downfield, Cousins was only 18th in big-time throw percentage last year. His average depth of target was 14th. That means he isn’t being particularly aggressive in an offense that already isn’t aggressive by nature.
The only season in which Cousins ranked in the top 10 in big-time throws was 2016, by the way. With Justin Jefferson and Adam Thielen being either on par or better than Garcon and Jackson, there’s a strong case for ramping up that aggressiveness again.
So here’s what we learned:
— Cousins’s ups and downs are standard for QBs of his ilk but mitigating the downs, especially against good competition, could widen the margin for error in games where he plays well. How they go about that will be a conundrum for Cousins and Kubiak to solve.
— Cousins has improved over the years but the league is not static, so he’ll need to continue to raise the level of his game to stay on par with an ever-improving passing league.
— Cousins brought more pressure on himself in 2020 than other years. That has to be resolved or the impact of an improved offensive line will be limited.
— The Vikings’ QB has been the benefactor of remarkable receiving talent in every season since 2017 and when it wasn’t present, his performance slipped. The Vikings having no backup plan at receiver for Jefferson and Thielen is questionable.
— Cousins was effective in the short passing game, which was reduced over the last two years.
— Because Cousins isn’t an aggressive QB by nature, manufacturing aggressiveness may be the only way to reach the “next level.”
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This is one of those cases of a movie that should have worked way better than it did. Just the very idea of watching Earp and Mix solving some murder mystery in Holywood sounds incredible and fun to watch. However, Edwards' screenplay never truly finds its identity, floating between Neo-Noir, Western and Comedy. Maybe paired in Noir-Western or Comedy-Western it would've worked better: it just didn't know wheter to take itself seriously or not. That is, however, the only real problem with it. The production and time setting is awesome, with a shoutout to the costume design. Mix's especially. The colors are a sight to see, creating a warm-hot feel to the movie, reminiscent of the Western, but in a Noir setting. Mancini's soundtrack is one of the best I've ever heard. Perhaps as a consequence of the film's lack of true identity, Mancini went every which way with it. His "Sunday west" bits combined with more somber and serious tracks - reminiscent of his work on Touch of Evil (1958) - just complete each other so well. Willis is in a point in his career that is intersting to watch. Even before his greatest hit (and masterwork) Die Hard (1988), in which he hadn't found his persona yet. Still, he looks and sounds much like the star he would become months later, with a touch of Mix-cowboy in. He is a very "light" presence on-screen, and in the good way. McDowell is always a convincing actor, and his "Happy Hobo" Alfie Alperin is quite fun to watch - especially given the parallels to another Happy Hobo, Chaplin's The Tramp - but he isn't given a lot of screen time, and from the very beginning, it's quite clear that he is the villain. But the highlight of the film is the veteran James Garner. His incarnation of the legendary frontier lawman Wyatt Earp is (albeit anachronistic) one of the best. In my opinion, only second to Kurt Russell's in Tombstone (1993). That "hawk-eyed" archetype that Earp basically defines in pop-culture was very well-captured by Garner - even out of his "natural habitat" of the west. Sunset is a very fun, lighthearted buddy movie. It is a great movie that should have been an all time classic, yet it somehow feels right. It's a one-of-a-kind curio piece. And my heart says it deseves more recognition. Give or take a star or two.


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As Americans pause this Saturday to mark the 9th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorists attacks, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) recently filed a lawsuit challenging the government’s policy of using drones to kill American al-Qaeda terrorists.
Both groups filed suit on behalf of the father of Anwar Al-Aulaqi, an Islamic cleric living in Yemen who is believed to have ties to the Fort Hood massacre, the foiled Christmas Day “underwear bomber,” and the attempted Times Square bombing. It has been reported that Al-Aulaqi has been placed on the government’s “kill lists,” though the administration, naturally, is not discussing the issue publicly.
The groups argue that targeted strikes of U.S. citizens by military drones are prohibited by both international law and the U.S. Constitution. Vince Warren, the Executive Director of CCR, stated in a press release that the “United States simply cannot execute people, including its own citizens, anywhere in the world based on its own say-so. The law prohibits the government from killing without trial or conviction other than in the face of an imminent threat that leaves no time for deliberation or due process.”
The lawsuit is a publicity stunt in which the groups frame the debate as one over the execution without trial of an American citizen abroad by his own government. But they go even further in their complaint by arguing that international law prohibits all “targeted killing of individuals,” whether U.S. citizens or not.
The larger issue for the ACLU and CCR is not so much the citizenship but rather the location of the person targeted. Unless the terrorist is in an actual zone of armed conflict, “targeted killing amounts to the imposition of a death sentence without charge, trial, or conviction.”
Their goal, made explicit in their complaint, is to stop drone attacks on all terrorists, regardless of citizenship, “except in circumstances in which they present concrete, specific, and imminent threats to life or physical safety, and there are no means other than lethal force that could reasonably be employed to neutralize the threats.”
Outside of press releases, the issue of whether the targeted terrorists are U.S. citizens or not doesn’t matter to the ACLU and CCR, nor should it. A terrorist is no less a terrorist because he happens to be a U.S. citizen. His goal of destroying the American infidels by any means possible is indistinguishable from that of other terrorists, and our response should likewise be indistinguishable.
The war for terror is being waged by both Americans and non-Americans, and it would be irresponsible for us to attempt to distinguish among terrorists in the field based on their nationality. While captured American terrorists may be entitled to rights under the U.S. Constitution that are not applicable to foreign terrorists, U.S. citizens who are actively engaged in treason do not enjoy a constitutional right to be treated any less harshly than their fellow terrorists.
Nor does the Constitution or international law require that the United States, or any other country, stop the pursuit of terrorists simply because they are currently not engaged in pitched battle. Even liberal legal academic and current State Department legal advisor Harold Koh argues that individuals “who are part of such an armed group are belligerents and, therefore, lawful targets under international law.”
The ACLU and CCR fail to understand, as the Left too often does, that terrorism is not a law enforcement act that can be handled by ordinary prosecutorial tools. Nor are terrorists only engaged in terrorism when they actually blow things up or find themselves in a shoot-out with U.S. forces. Those who are actively engaged in planning attacks, raising money, and recruiting new soldiers are no less terrorists simply because no bullets happen to be flying or bombs going off at that time.
There are factors, of course, that should be considered before a missile strike is ordered. As Koh has noted, the administration considers “the imminence of the threat, the sovereignty of the other states involved, and the willingness and ability of those states to suppress the threat” before a strike is ordered.
Additionally, the administration already notifies the bipartisan leadership of the congressional intelligence committees in advance of any drone attack. Furthermore, under congressional supervision, there should be sufficient reviews and checks built into the process of designating kill targets to ensure reliable intelligence.
In the end, the nationality and location of the terrorist do not make a terrorist, his actions do. And if he is actively engaged in waging war on the United States or its interests, our nation has the right to defend itself by taking the war to him and eliminating the threat.
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MONMOUTH, Illinois - The Prairie Fire men's golf team took first place at the Fighting Scot Invite over the weekend.
Knox went into Sunday with a six stroke lead after shooting a first round 311. The Prairie Fire used a 290 second round to win the tournament by a decisive 21 strokes.
PranavNandakumar took home medalist honors with a two round score of 145. Jake Schabes and Eddie Brees (149) tied for third place. Gabe Newman also placed seventh with 151 total strokes.
"This was a great victory in a tough weekend," said head coach Brady Kreiter. "The weather didn't cooperate yesterday, but we came out today determined to maintain our lead and we had a great round to win pretty easily."
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