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Paprika Garlic Corn is a super side dish packed full of corn, paprika, garlic salt and butter. The perfect addition to any meal.
As I’ve talked about before, my husband plants a large garden, really large. This summer I promise to take pictures of the garden so you can see what I am talking about. There is always plenty of sweet corn in the garden. There is no way we would be able to eat it all as it’s picked, so, we roast the corn, cut it off the cob and freeze it to use all year long.
When I went to my freezer the other day, I noticed I had way more corn than I remembered. I also needed to bring a vegetable to Easter dinner, so I was on a mission to come up with a tasty corn dish and I came up with Paprika Garlic Corn.
If you don’t have corn in your freezer from your garden, you can easily buy some frozen corn and it will work in this recipe. My family really liked this dish, you will too!
- 4 cups or 2 - 16 oz. bags of frozen corn
- 3 tbsp. butter
- 1 tsp. paprika
- 1 tsp. garlic salt
- Defrost the corn, this can be done in the microwave if you are short on time.
- Once defrosted, strain the corn in a strainer and using some paper towel, press down on the top of the corn to drain the corn as much as possible.
- In a pan, over medium heat, add the butter. Once the butter is melted, turn the up to medium high and add the corn. Toss to coat the corn in the butter. Add the paprika and garlic salt, stir to combine. Continue to heat on the stove for 3-5 minutes, until the corn is heated through.
You can easily cut this recipe in half or double if needed.
Comments are loved and appreciated
Diane (@SimpleLivingEat) says
What a great simple way to liven up corn… thanks so much for sharing this with us on foodie friday. PInning.
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- Three areas of live music and cultural performances from 12-4pm!
- Over 20 homes/businesses featuringsculpture & outdoor art installations Scavenger hunt — with prizes!
- Grand finale starts at 4pm in frontof Rustik Tavern, including a Rumba Flamenco performance, a pig roast, and buffet of grilled delights!
- Children’s activities and the ArtistVillage!
All this — and more! — in and around1st Street & Rhode Island Avenue NW!
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Warhammer 40,000 - Squad Command
Platform: Nintendo DS
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- Published name in USAWarhammer 40,000: Squad Command
- Release date in USADecember 17, 2007
- Published name in EuropeWarhammer 40,000: Squad Command
- Release date in EuropeDecember 7, 2007
- Content ratingESRB: T
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Mitchell is best known as the author of Cloud Atlas and last year’s The Bone Clocks. While Cloud Atlas remains a must-read for many enthusiasts (despite a horrible film adaptation) because of its ambitious scope, cleverness, and story, last year’s Bone Clocks read more like a facsimile of a Mitchell epic. It also left some wondering whether Mitchell had lost his way.
Fear not, because while Slade House is short (238 pages) and tightly focused, it is not the heaving disappointment that Bone Clocks was.
The novel gets its name from a mansion in downtown London belonging to soul-sucking immortal twins, Norah and Jonah. It can only be accessed by an alleyway entrance that opens every nine years to let in another victim. The attacks, five in total, make up the chapters. The victims are all people with something called “psychovoltage” and are put through a trippy elaborate ruse in the mansion before getting their souls sucked. It seems that in Mitchell’s mind, a soul is only tenderized and ready to be consumed once the person has truly been screwed with.
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A reader reminds me that North Korea came up at some length in a September, 2008 presidential debate, where Obama said:
I was called naive when I suggested that we need to look at exploring contacts with Iran. And you know what? President Bush recently sent a senior ambassador, Bill Burns, to participate in talks with the Europeans around the issue of nuclear weapons.
Again, it may not work, but if it doesn't work, then we have strengthened our ability to form alliances to impose the tough sanctions that Senator McCain just mentioned.
And when we haven't done it, as in North Korea -- let me just take one more example -- in North Korea, we cut off talks. They're a member of the axis of evil. We can't deal with them.
And you know what happened? They went -- they quadrupled their nuclear capacity. They tested a nuke. They tested missiles. They pulled out of the nonproliferation agreement. And they sent nuclear secrets, potentially, to countries like Syria.
When we re-engaged -- because, again, the Bush administration reversed course on this -- then we have at least made some progress, although right now, because of the problems in North Korea, we are seeing it on shaky ground.
This is only to say, really, that foreign policy is hard, and there's a limit to how much a president can do.


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.. please bear with me, i’m tinkering with youtube settings to make the annoyingly wrong subtitles almost invisible — there’s no option to switch off the subtitles completely. now i’ve set on youtube both the text and background of the captions the same color and semi-transparent.. will see if it uploads/saves the video this way. maybe it only works for my own view of the videos — youtube has not specified that.
strangely, only the main camera videos show subtitles, while backup camera videos have none.. it should mean that the main camera or the wifi file-transfer adapter is producing the subtitles and adding to videos automatically. the manuals have no information about it, so i need to keep testing to find the source.
i’m still wondering where all these wrong subtitles are coming from. i decided to upload the full size video from the main camera. to transfer files from main camera i’m using a wifi device which is not original to the camera, and which has an option to reduce the file size eight times — it is perfect for sharing videos online, but perhaps also the source of the wrong subtitles.
a note: the main camera and backup camera are both chinese average-quality 4k (supposedly 4k, in theory) camcorders, but different models. due to my cheap android devices, which aren’t capable of viewing 4k/2k videos, i only shoot FHD and HD videos.

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The recent Durham report highlights the abrupt termination of the foundation’s investigation, leaving doubts about its sincerity and transparency, as well as multiple other criminal investigations. Although the investigations into the Clinton Foundation concluded in 2019 without finding any wrongdoing, there is persistent skepticism surrounding the foundation’s activities.
The Clinton Foundation, established by former President Bill Clinton, has been embroiled in numerous allegations and investigations. The recent Durham report exposes the sudden termination of the foundation’s investigation, leading to concerns about its credibility. Although these investigations concluded in 2019 without finding any wrongdoing, doubts persist regarding the foundation’s sincerity and openness. A source quoted by DailyMail expressed the need for a reexamination of these investigations through congressional hearings and public interviews with the field agents involved, emphasizing the urgency to shed light on the matter.
The Durham reports delve into Andrew McCabe, the former Deputy Director of the FBI, who played a key role in overseeing investigations regarding Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server and the alleged connections between the Trump campaign and Russia. The report also highlights James Comey, the former FBI Director, who led the investigation into Clinton’s email server and had involvement in the initial stages of the inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Furthermore, the report alleges that Comey issued a demand for the New York Field Office to “cease and desist” their investigation into the Clinton Foundation. Both McCabe and Comey have faced criticism and controversy, casting doubts on their objectivity and fostering skepticism surrounding the Clintons and their adversaries.
According to Breitbart:
As stated in Durham’s report:
According to another agent, the application lingered because “everyone was ‘super more careful’” and “scared with the big name [Clinton]” involved. 321 “[T]hey were pretty “tippy-toeing’ around HRC because there was a chance she would be the next President.”
Durham’s report also revealed that three separate FBI field offices in Washington, DC; Little Rock, Arkansas; and New York City, New York, opened investigations into “possibly criminal activity involving the Clinton Foundation” less than one year before the November 2016 presidential election.
One of these investigations was spawned by Breitbart News contributor Peter Schweizer’s book, Clinton Cash, which exposed the Clinton Foundation’s global nexus of influence peddling.
Speaking with the DailyMail, Schweizer said he received “a call from somebody from the New York FBI office after the book came out.”
As the report detailed:
According to Abbate, McCabe stated “they [the Department] say there’s nothing here” and “why are we even doing this?” At the close of the meeting, [FBI Criminal Investigative Division Assistant Director Joe] Campbell directed that for any overt investigative steps to be taken, the Deputy Director’s approval would be required.
Durham’s report also revealed that former FBI Director James Comey demanded, through an intermediary, the New York Field Office “cease and desist” their Clinton Foundation investigation.
Clintons and Democratic elites wield significant influence over the FBI’s targeting decisions. It alleges that Comey and other FBI officials orchestrated cover-ups on multiple occasions to protect the Clintons, while attempting to fabricate the Russian collusion claim to smear Trump. Republican elected officials need to demand accountability from the FBI and the Department of Justice (DOJ), arguing that they should not be trusted until they demonstrate political impartiality and resist corruption by high-ranking political figures like the Clintons.

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Loving the BDS stance. Are those in normal mode?
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Yes this is in normal mode. I actually roll in aerodynamic a lot now. The bds lift really made everything much softer with the fox rear shocks. I didn't realize how stuff the rear was until I lifted it. In aero everything is soft. It's a happy medium between stock and coilovers


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July 9, 2019
We are back again in the north of Spain, riding some of the most beautiful roads of the country. When ever I tell people about this fantastic St. James Way tour, that Edelweiss Bike has in the north of Spain, I keep hearing the same question: ...
June 30, 2019
The yougest need a power nap
June 2, 2019
Angela, Goddfrey and Johanna are hoping for everyone to come back: we'll always guide you everywhere! Thanks for the great week together!
May 17, 2019
Our last riding day of the 'Rome to Sicily' tour took us from Agricento to Catania. Unfortunately we got rained on half of the day and so we weren't getting many pictures to show you here on the blog. As if he wanted to show off ...
May 1, 2019
Beautiful weather to load the bikes in Mieming / Tirol to start the season
April 27, 2019
All the best and thank you all for a great two weeks in Japan!!
November 7, 2018
October 21, 2018
Our second rest day - A tour through the city of Lisbon
October 7, 2018
Day 6: North-West of Tineo & Bay of Biscay
September 30, 2018
Your tour guides Mike and Angela say thank you for riding with us through these beautiful Alps. Take care and stay safe until we meet again riding a motorcycle somewhere down the road
September 3, 2018
The last day - Kaprun back to Seefeld
August 24, 2018
We say a big thank you to all of you, it was great fun travelling through the Alps with you on this touring center. We thoroughly enjoyed the laughter we had together, you are great fun people. And we are looking forward to seeing you again on some ...
August 6, 2018
Day 13 - Kaprun to Seefeld
June 18, 2018
What a fantastic time we had with you guys!! We will never forget it and we are already looking forward to seeing you again. Angela and Michaela say thank you big time for your great company - All the best and always safe travels

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The University of Mary Washington women's lacrosse team fell at York College on Saturday, 10-6. The Eagles drop to 7-4 overall and 1-2 in Capital Athletic Conference play.
In the first half, York scored four goals before the Eagles found the net twice in the final 2:14 when Sabrina Elliot and Allison Davis each converted on a free position shot.
York opened the second half with three unanswered to take a 7-2 lead, but Mackenzie Maguire found the net to cut the deficit to 7-3. The two teams traded goals for the remainder of the game, with Maguire and Kate Smucker scoring on free position shots. Smucker scored again for the Eagles with seven seconds left in the game to bring the final score to 10-6.
York led in ground balls, 16-6, and in shots, 26-13. Hanna Ashby record 10 saves in goal for the Eagles, while the York goalies combined for four.
The Eagles are back in action on Wednesday at 4:00 pm as they travel to Christopher Newport.


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Birmingham dream-pop four-piece JAWS today announce the release of a limited edition photobook shot by close friend Peter Lally during their 2019 winter tour. The band have also confirmed a run of UK tour dates for November & December 2021; and announced the release of a previously unheard track – UNTITLED, recorded during the creation of the band’s latest album The Ceiling.
Available on Friday 28th May, the limited edition book includes intimate behind the scenes photographs and captivating images from the stage during the band’s 2019 tour dates in Bristol, Southampton, Oxford, Nottingham, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Belfast, Dublin, Leeds and Coventry.
Speaking about the book, frontman Connor Schofield elaborates: “Originally there was no intention to make a book, we had Peter out on the road with us taking pictures but we thought it would be cool to use all the photos from one period of time to create something physical rather than images just sitting on Instagram or my hard drive for the rest of time. We’re all really happy with how the book has turned out, and hope that other people can find just as much enjoyment out of it as we do flicking back through it.”
A limited number of copies will be available to purchase individually, and as bundles including limited edition t-shirts and prints.
“The track Untitled was recorded for our last album The Ceiling but just didn’t’ make the final track listing. It’s a track I’ve always loved, it reminds me a lot of our earlier stuff and I guess it’s a nod to that.” tells Connor.
JAWS will take to the road this winter for their first live dates since 2019. The band will play an extensive run of shows including dates in Bristol, Brighton, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Birmingham & London.
The band will perform at The Foundry in Sheffield on November 25th 2021.


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Collector: Sara Pinkham, Exhibition and Engagement Coordinator; Main Library Gallery, University of Iowa Libraries
Collection Name: A "Clucktion" of Vintage Chickens
"This collection of vintage ceramic chickens includes several that were passed down to me from my grandmother. I have added a handful over the years, including miniatures, and will undoubtedly add more. The chickens primarily appear to have been manufactured in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. While some are unmarked, others were imported from Japan by Enesco. The simple significance of these common collectibles is best understood by knowing a bit more about my grandmother, Margaret Keiner Freerking, and my great-grandmother, Edith Wessel Keiner (1888–1966).
Born in rural western Iowa in 1923, Margaret was one of nine children in a nomadic family. “We didn’t stay in one place very long,” she said. Her father would move the whole household multiple times per year, especially during The Great Depression (1929–1933), depending on where he could find work as a farm hand or on the railroad. They sampled life in several towns in western Iowa, and even spent a few months in South Dakota. The Keiner siblings rarely finished a school year in the same place.
Because they were so mobile, Margaret recalls having very few possessions as a child. When she was a young adult, her parents finally settled in rural Charter Oak in the early 1940s. Her mother, Edith, felt as though she could truly establish a home and have more things of her own. A small selection of ceramic chickens gradually began to populate the Keiner dwelling.
At some point in time, Margaret was the recipient of Edith’s chickens. The collection grew. Margaret’s husband, Lee, would sometimes present a set of ceramic chickens as a gift on holidays or special occasions. Decades later, most of the chickens were entrusted to me, one set at a time. My mom and sister also each have a few chickens, which were borrowed for this exhibit.
I’ve always had a fondness for chickens, whether in art or in real life. They are curious birds with their own unique language, who love nothing better than an excellent dust bath, a dessert of fresh berries, and room to explore in the sunshine. This collection reminds me of the simple joys in life – for chickens, and for Margaret and Edith."
Family photos: *click* to expand with captions
Featured collections items:
- 10 pairs of ceramic hens and roosters, including one set of salt and pepper shakers
- 7 miniature ceramic hens and roosters
- 1 unpaired ceramic salt and pepper shaker rooster
There are 28 total ceramic chickens on display. Most are unmarked by the manufacturer or importer, but some were imported from Japan by Enesco.
Want a better look? Guests can view Sara's collection on the First Floor of Macbride Hall, just south of Iowa Hall, starting September 22, 2021 through mid-March, 2022.


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Blundering Tories yesterday proved yet again they have no idea how to run the NHS with a shambolic attempt to reveal how many nurses they have sacked since the election.
Tory health minister Simon Burns had two stabs at the figures, dramatically revising it up, before Andrew Lansley stepped in with an even bigger number.
The bumbling Health Secretary was also jeered, heckled and branded a liar at the Royal College of Nurses annual conference where he astonishingly claimed he had boosted frontline staff despite the Coalition’s savage programme of NHS cuts.
At 7.50am clueless Mr Burns had claimed there were “about 450 less nurses” now, before admitting an hour later there were in fact “about 2,000 less”.
But by 11.45am Mr Lansley said the number was actually “nearly 3,000”.
Official government figures show the real figure is 3,619 fewer nurses since May 2010.
The Health Secretary later sparked fury the RCN conference in Harrogate when he suggested the number of nurses thrown on the scrapheap had been outweighed by an increase in doctors since the election.
The claim was greeted with shouts of “liar” in the packed hall and Mr Lansley was accused of “living in a parallel universe”.
RCN chief Peter Carter told him: “All this nonsense that there is more clinical staff now than there were a few years ago is simply not true.”
The group warned that more than 60,000 frontline jobs in the NHS, including thousands of nurses, were at risk because of spending cuts.
It said 26,000 workers had already lost their jobs in the two years to April.
And it claimed planned cuts included more than 400 in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, a similar number in Sandwell and West Birmingham, 675 in Blackpool and a 23% reduction in staffing numbers in South London up to 2015.
But arrogant Mr Lansley brushed off the warning and insisted overall it was managers and administrators who have lost their jobs rather than clinical staff.
He told the conference: “Across the whole of the NHS we have seen staffing levels reduce. But clinical staffing levels overall have gone up by nearly 4,000.”
Mr Burns added that the Government did not recognise the RCN figures.
Dr Carter also warned the Health Secretary, to loud cheers, that nurses were still furious with the Government for being ignored.
He said: “A lot of people in this hall are feeling that out there, by some of their employers, not all, they are not being treated with dignity, they are not being listened to, and they feel they are not being respected.
“You’ve had a highly professional and dignified encounter with the RCN, don’t take that as a kind of indication that things are fine. There is a great deal of unhappiness.”
Ed Miliband will today announce Labour is launching a new service, NHS Check, to allow staff and patients to report how cuts are affecting hospitals and surgeries.
He is expected to tell the conference: “Resources are being diverted away from the frontline, patients waiting longer for treatment, disruption and fragmentation.
"But the Government refused to listen. It ploughed on regardless.
“The Government have been acting like they are the masters, not the servants, of the NHS. They are not the masters.
“Our health service is owned by patients, professionals and the people.”

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BEIJING — The Chinese stock market bubble grew continuously through mid-June before undergoing corrections three times, the country’s central bank governor explained at a recent Group of 20 meeting in Turkey, signaling that its economy is already returning to normal.
Finance ministers and central bank governors from the G-20 nations gathered in Ankara for a two-day meeting that wrapped up Saturday. The People’s Bank of China released the comments of its governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, at the conclusion of the meeting.
China’s economic policies and responses to the market turmoil have faced international criticism. While acknowledging the bubble in Chinese equities, Zhou said that there has been no notable impact on the real economy, crediting appropriate government action. He emphasized that a string of policies, including the central bank providing liquidity, has helped to curtail systemic risk.
The Shanghai stock market soared 150% in the year leading up to June 12. Zhou pointed out that the balance of leveraged positions accelerated during that time, resulting in heightened undetected risk. Of the three ensuing corrections, he noted that the third in late August had a global impact.
Zhou also discussed last month’s yuan devaluation, saying that it was an important step in moving the currency toward a market-based rate. As the dollar strengthened amid expectations of a U.S. interest rate hike, Zhou said that the yuan’s effective rate had become too strong. Yet with no change in China’s economic fundamentals, he stressed that there is no foundation for continuing to devalue the yuan over the long term.
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Here is an interview with the incomparable Kevin Cannon (Far Arden) by the equally incomparable Jessica Abel (La Perdida and Drawing Words, Writing Pictures with Matt Madden). I’ve never had the pleasure of meeting Kevin face to face, but we did make a book together (Evolution). In this interview he explains how he and the also incomparable Zander Cannon (the team comprising Big Time Attic) work as the American equivalent of France’s Dupuy and Berberian. I always wondered how they coordinated their talents but was always too bashful to ask. The original video appears on the Drawing Words, Writing Pictures Blog.
I submitted my grades at 1:00 pm yesterday and by 1:15 pm I was working on a new page for Age of Elytra. Most of my comics work over the school year has been with Ant Edna and Wilbur in the 22-page photosynthesis story Gimme Some Sugar and the 8-page story Tag for Free Comic Book Day. The style for those was pretty spare and flat. It is fun to get all detaily again. I have restructured the story a bit since I last worked on it and I think we are looking at about six more chapters. My hope is to get the rest of it completely written and a big chunk of it penciled this summer. To celebrate the resumption of the beetle work, I am posting the page I did yesterday. I removed the dialogue, because I don’t want to ruin anything for you, but I can tell you this: something is happening.
Today was Free Comics Book Day and comic shops around the country were inundated with folks looking for sweet, free comic goodness. As has been my tradition for the last five years, I spent a big chunk of the day sitting at a table with fellow cartoonist Jarod Rosello at The Comics Swap in State College. Normally, I don’t have anything to give away for free, but this year Jarod had the brilliant idea to put together a free mini. So, along with our other fellow cartoonist Denny Connolly, we each put together an 8 page story for a 24 page extravaganza called Evolution of Adventure (the title wasn’t my idea, but i love it for obvious reasons). The cover was done by yet another fellow cartoonist Alexis Bennett. All in all it was a pretty nice package. We managed to unload all 117 copies (yes, yes, they were free, but people didn’t have to take one…). So, in the spirit of Fee Comics Book Day and for those of you who couldn’t make it (you know who you are), I am posting my story here. It features the return of Ant Edna and Wilbur.
As always, the spring semester is kicking my tail. So, in a desperate attempt to post something, I present a two page strip on SARS I did for a magazine called Your World: Biotechnology & You. This is one of a handful of strips I did for them a few years back. As a rare treat, it is in color! This strip was also part of the successful NSF grant proposal that eventually funded the production and testing of Optical Allusions.
The summary has been summarized. Now just three more pages and we can call this thing a wrap. Also, this this my 200th post (cue party horn and virtual confetti). As always, this page has been added to the rest of the story in the Whole Enchilada post.
Is it too much to hope for a little Kirby-inspired grandeur in a comic about photosynthesis? I hope not, because that’s what I was going for. Rubisco is a monstrously big cube of protein, but it is also relatively inefficient. I had always imagined it as a big, impassive galoot with lids at half mast. I also wanted something that make the page interesting and fun (to me, at least). For some reason Galactus and Ego, the living planet came to mind and the central image on the page popped into my head.
As always, this page also appears with the full story over at the Whole Enchilada.
Must…finish…before…classes start. I’m close. We just need to meet rubisco, take a quick spin on the Calvin cycle and then recap. I’m thinking three more page. Of course, I had originally envisioned this as a 4 page explanation of photosynthesis, so what do I know? In this episode Wilbur is reunited with his long lost noggin.
The entire photosynthesis story is archived in the Whole Enchilada post.
The X-Man Wolverine has never been one of my favorites. Maybe it’s because it didn’t seem fair. Most mutants only get one ability, but he got two: an impossibly potent healing factor and retractable bone claws that are housed in his forearm. The latter seems to require the former or he would run the risk of infection and severe loss of blood every time he popped his claws out.
Wolverine (c) Marvel Comics, artwork by Frank Miller. Image: Gustavocarra / Creative Commons License
In terms of a “healing factor,” The Field Guide to Super-Powers is replete with examples. Most of us are familiar with reptiles and amphibians that can regenerate lost tails and limbs. There’s even a newt (Notophthalmus viridescans) that can regenerate a lost an eye, for Pete’s sake. We’ll discuss some choice invertebrates below that also regenerate bits and pieces they’ve lost. So, healing factor identified in nature. Check. Let’s turn our attention to those ridiculous…er…fascinating claws.
Wolverine’s bony claws are housed in his forearm and pop out of his knuckles. As an added bonus, some really bad people coated the claws and all of his bones with unbreakable adamantium so these babies can cut through anything. What makes the ability particularly strange (and I realize we left strange behind some time ago, but bear with me) is that it requires Wolverine to do some self-inflicted damage since those claws must pierce his skin each time they are deployed. Obviously, he can handle it since he has the healing factor. But surely self-inflicted wounds don’t happen in nature, right?
In fact, there are a number of examples of critters that will do bodily harm to themselves if the circumstances are dire enough. Sea cucumbers will eviscerate themselves and sea stars will jettison an arm to evade predators. Both, of course, can regenerate what was lost, so these are extreme but survivable, measures. They are also dependent on their respective “healing factors.” Now I know what you’re saying: These are last ditch defensive measures. Surely, SURELY, routinely popping bones out of your skin as a weapon makes no sense at all in nature.
Except, of course, it does, when it provides a selective advantage. Case in point: African frogs of the genera Astylosternus and Trichobatrachus. I spotted these creatures as I was wandering around Cameroon (O.K., David Blackburn made the actually discovery, but I did stumble across this as I was browsing through an old National Geographic a couple of weeks ago in my easy chair). When disturbed, these frogs deploy a bony claw from the tip of its toe. The claw is usually held in place by a stationary claw rest. To use it, a tendon pulls the claw from its resting position and the tip of the curved bone pierces the skin. Snikt!
A bad attitude seems to come along with claws like these (it probably stings a little for the frog and Wolverine). When disturbed, these frogs apparently flip out, kicking and squirming in an attempt to inflict as many gashes as possible on their attacker. As the researchers who described this adaptation point out in Biology Letters, this is a truly unique adaptation. No other vertebrate has to pierce its own skin to use its claws.* Fortunately, the self-inflicted wound that results from their use is probably no big deal for the frogs since, like many amphibians, they do have that remarkable ability to regenerate tissues.
National Geographic (June 2009), Wildlife, page 22
* This is a unique claw, but other amphibians pierce their skin with other bones. When threatened, the ribbed newt Pleurodeles waltl can project poison-tipped ribs from their back.
Y’know, it it was 50 degrees outside right now, I would be walking round without a coat. But thanks to a delivery snafu, we are temporarily without oil and 50 degrees inside seems pretty doggone chilly. We are all in the office, huddling around the EdenPURE, all in all it is nice productive family time. Which brings us to today’s photosynthesis page, produced under the watchful gaze of Max and Jack (the disembodied head bit never gets old with them). It has been added to the full story in the Whole Enchilada archive.
On a completely unrelated note, the quote of the weekend goes to Jack. We curled up under blankets last night to watch the Sorcerer’s Apprentice and I couldn’t contain my frustration with the crappy science used to explain magic (my patience may have been worn thin by the cold…). So much elementary school science so painfully wrong (which wouldn’t have been so bad if the main character wasn’t, y’know, a physicist). Truthfully, I have no problem with magic in a movies or books (i.e. Harry Potter, Fablehaven, etc) just don’t try to make it believable. You can’t. It’s MAGIC. Anyway, when it was all over Jack innocently pointed out to me that, with regards to the explanation of magic, “Dad, without the stupid parts, they couldn’t have made the movie.” I completely agree. Ok, I feel better. Here’s the page…


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Laura Marling's 2015 album Short Movie was a new approach for the British folk singer; after four albums of introspective folk, she picked up an electric guitar and cast her gaze outwards. Two years on, with her sixth record, she's taking a new direction again. Semper Femina will be released on Marling's own label More Alarming Records on March 10, and retains the deeper, stormier sonic palette of Short Movie while intimately exploring themes of gender and sexuality. (It comes after Marling shared a podcast series on female creativity titled Reversal Of The Muse.)
“I started out writing Semper Femina as if a man was writing about a woman," she explained to The FADER in an email. "And then I thought it’s not a man, it’s me — I don’t need to pretend it’s a man to justify the intimacy of the way I’m looking and feeling about women. It’s me looking specifically at women and feeling great empathy towards them and by proxy towards myself.”
In the debut video "Soothing" — Marling's first self-directed visual, premiering above — the fresh tension that breathes through her new songs comes to life in clasping and recoiling bodies. "Soothing" itself is an eerie yet sensual listen. One moment it's sparse, the next it's swelling with strings, as Marling's lyrics push (You can't come in, you don't live here anymore) and pull (I need soothing).


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Slot is a term used for a narrow opening. A slot is often taken up by a wide receiver, but can be taken up by a running back, too.
Slot is also a term for a place in a machine or rink. It can be the keyway into machinery, or it can be a small hole for coins to be placed into.
Slot is also a term for an area in the offensive zone, between face-off circles. The name slot comes from a Middle Low German word, which means a groove.
In soccer, a slot receiver is a player who is allowed to line up on either side of the offense. They can run quick outs or slants, but can also be used to block defenders, protect the quarterback, and catch passes. This is especially helpful in the catch and run game.
Slot receivers may be mixed between both sides of the field, so that they create mismatches downfield. This helps them prevent the quarterback from being sacked. However, it can be difficult to cover a formation with more than three receivers on the field at one time.
Slot receivers are a common feature in NFL games. In some cases, they are used in place of a fullback. For example, Tyreek Hill is known for his ability to stretch the defense vertically, using pure speed.
In other cases, a slot receiver may be used as a check-down for the quarterback. If a defensive lineman breaks through the line of scrimmage, the slot receiver can pick him up.

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"Designed with the tattoo artist in focus and manufactured with the highest quality materials and components available. The Dragonfly is a state of the art rotary based tattoo machine with features that gives it several advantages compared to other tattoo machines.
The adjustable suspension system allows the needles hitting force to be adjusted, the low noise, the light weight, the needlebar retainer and the ability to accept standard grips, tubes, needles and power supplies with RCA or clipcord are some of the features and improvements incorporated in to the design without compromising the function or ergonomics.
All of these things and more put together in one package makes the Dragonfly the most complete tattoo machine ever made." -as quoted from inkmachines.com
Input voltage: 0 - 14 volt DC (max 14 DC)
Power connections: RCA or clipcord (max. clipcord end diam Ø1,6 mm)
Rpm range Stitches / sec: RCA or clipcord (max. clipcord end diam Ø1,6 mm)
Stroke length: 3,7 mm
Suspension stroke: 0 - 2 mm
Max. tube diam : Ø8 mm
Max. needle size: 50 magnum
Weight: 80 grams
Dimensions LxBxH: 90 x 21 x 75 mm
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Dit is een aantal algemene gereedschappen dat gebruikt wordt om aan dit apparaat te werken. Je hebt niet elk stuk gereedschap voor elke procedure nodig.
You may be able to find a solution to your problem at the following troubleshooting page.
Background and Information
Released in October 2016 the Ring Stick Up Wire-Free Outdoor Security Camera is the first generation of Ring’s dedicated outdoor security cameras. Featuring a squared off design, two-way audio, night vision, motion detection, and HD-quality video. This model can be identified by the SKU number 8SS1S6-0EN0 located on a white sticker in the lower right corner of the back of the device.
The Ring Stick Up Camera is a small, black, rectangular camera used to monitor activity outside the home. Video and audio recording are activated by a motion sensor contained within the device. Discontinued in 2018, it has been replaced by the second-generation camera marketed under the name Ring Stick Up Cam Battery. The newer device has a rounded rather than rectangular design.


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Comet explosions did not end the prehistoric human culture, known as Clovis, in North America 13,000 years ago, according to research published in the journal Geophysical Monograph Series.
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“The theory has reached zombie status,” said Professor Andrew Scott from the Department of Earth Sciences at Royal Holloway. “Whenever we are able to show flaws and think it is dead, it reappears with new, equally unsatisfactory, arguments.
I don’t think it was ever all that credible, and didn’t get the traction that, say, the blitzkrieg model of Pleistocene extinctions, which some have argued went through similar changes over time to continually account for new findings (lending it something of an air of un-falsifiability). Will try to find more detailed articles on it.


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INDIANAPOLIS (May 8, 2014) – A high-speed chase ended with a crash near Meridian and Maryland streets in downtown Indianapolis Thursday morning, injuring two people and resulting in the arrest of another.
Indiana State Police dispatchers said the chase began in Putnam County before going through Hendricks, Morgan and Marion counties. The pursuit reached speeds in excess of 120 mph on Interstate 70 and involved a stolen SUV from Illinois. State police said the man behind the wheel of a white Ford Escape, later identified as 23-year-old Torvon Davis, was driving erratically during the chase, passing cars on the right side of the interstate and even swerving at officers. At one point, Davis tried to hit an officer on a motorcycle, state police said.
The SUV got off of I-70 on West Street and hit a curb, damaging the left rear tire. The car proceeded onto Meridian Street, where an Indianapolis Metropolitan police officer had deployed stop sticks, which hit the vehicle’s front left tire. State police said the SUV broadsided a navy blue Ford at the intersection of Meridian and Maryland, causing the Ford to spin onto a nearby sidewalk and hit a woman on a bicycle. Jannelle Nordlund, 25, was pinned briefly underneath and had to be extricated. She went to IU Health Methodist Hospital due to complaints of pain in her foot. She is listed in stable condition. The driver of the Ford, 33-year-old Wyatt Luelf, was also hurt, police said, describing his injuries as minor.
Davis faces multiple felony charges, including resisting law enforcement with a motor vehicle causing injury, possession of a stolen vehicle, leaving the scene of a personal injury crash, criminal recklessness with a motor vehicle and battery waste on a police officer. Police said Davis will also face criminal charges in Putnam County and in Illinois.


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The Genie in your Genes by Dawson Church
Most of us probably grew up hearing that some things were so because it is ‘in our genes’. Whether it was our predisposition to be overweight, or depressed, or have a bad heart – or to be happy, or healthy, it was simply down to our genes.
The (quite disempowering) assumption was that there was pretty much nothing we could do it about as it was after all, in our genes!
Come along ‘The Genie in your Genes’ by Dawson Church which provides hundreds of scientifically researched examples of how that assumption is simply not true and how, in fact, we can and do affect our genes all the time. It has now been proven that “many genes are being turned on and off – every day – by your beliefs, feelings and attitudes. Every thought you think ripples throughout your body, affecting your immune system.”
Drawing on, amongst others, the work of Bruce Lipton (‘The Biology of Belief’) Dawson goes on to share over 300 scientific studies showing you how easy you can improve your levels of vitality and happiness across a range of diseases like AIDS, cancer and depression.
A fervent supporter of the benefits of EFT, Dawson also explores other Energy Psychology techniques, meditation and active relaxation techniques and concludes effectively that “DNA is not Destiny”; your genes may be a blueprint of certain characteristics but you have an enormous amount of power to turn genes on and off towards better physical, emotional and spiritual health.
The book covers such diverse topics as the placebo effect, the effect of prayer on healing, how your beliefs affect your health, how PTSD is treated successfully in a very short time, to name but a few. I found a good balance between laymen’s language and anecdotes and solid, scientific research.
Random quotes from this very inspiring work:
“If I told patients to raise their blood levels of immune globulins or killer Tcells, no one would know how. But if I can teach them to love themselves and others fully, the same change happens automatically. The truth is: Love heals.”Bernie Siegel, MD
“Several studies show that what one thinks about one’s health is one of the most accurate predictors of longevity ever discovered.”Larry Dossey, MD
Far from who and what we are being determined by our genes, we are rewriting the expression of our genes in every second, by our choices of what to do, say and think.
This research reminds us that we hold many of the levers of healing in our own hands. It makes us aware that it is not doctors, hospitals, acupuncturists, homeopaths, chiropractors, energy workers, or other health professionals who determine our sickness and health. They can tilt the balance, but not nearly as much as we can.
Our beliefs – true or false, positive or negative, creative or destructive – do not simply exist in our minds; they interact with the infinite probabilities of a quantum universe, and they affect the cells of our bodies, contributing to the expression of various genetic potentials.
Meditation has been shown to lower blood pressure improve resting heart rate, reduce the incidence of strokes, heart disease and cancer; diminish chronic pain; reduce anxiety and depression; and ameliorate many other diseases. If meditation was a drug, it would be considered medical malpractice for a physician to fail to prescribe it.
“Based on what we know of the plasticity of the brain, we can think of things like happiness and compassion as skills that are no different from learning to play a musical instrument or tennis…it is possible to train our brains to be happy.”Neuroscientist Richard Davidson
Prolonged stress will lead you to produce more cortisol (stress hormone). Prolonged relaxation will lead you to produce more DHEA (the most common hormone in your body and is associated with cell repair, many health-promoting function and longevity).
“If you dont break your ropes while you’re alive, do you think ghosts will do it after?”Rumi
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So yesterday I found out that my father is getting deported. Fucking sucks. I go back to my old demons and I deal with it by drinking alcohol and smoking weed. I didn’t want to think about my dad, my mom, or my brothers. I didn’t want to feel anything. I just wanted to be numb. He’s been gone for almost 5 years. He’s missed so much and the fact that he can’t come home kills me. It broke my heart when I went to see him yesterday and he started to bawl and apologize over and over again. Then having to comfort my mother as she’s trying to drive me back to my apartment and forcing her to eat. It was just a domino effect of uneasy feelings. It’s not fair. I want my dad home. I’m afraid for him when he goes back to Jamaica. I know people will be looking for him. I fear for his life.
I admit that I have “daddy issues” with not having my biological sperm donor around then having my step-dad getting arrested while I was still in high school. I felt that I needed to have some form of male attention, that would explain my promiscuity. Maybe not. Maybe I’ve just always been taken advantage of by the male population. I do think that if my dad was around things would be a lot different. My view on men would probably be different, but then again, his relationship with my mother was going downhill anyways. It sucks when I hear about girls that have close relationship with their dads and how they can’t wait to see them or shop with them. Anything. The most recent memory I have of him is talking to him on a phone looking at him through a glass. Nothing personal about it whatsoever. I can’t even give him a hug goodbye. He’s already missed so much and he’s going to miss even more…
Needless to say, I can’t break down because I have to stay strong for my mom, my sister, and my brothers. I’m used to this. Being strong for everyone. It takes a lot out of me. So that’s where the heavy drinking and smoking comes in. I don’t want to be weak. I don’t want to hurt. I don’t want to think about it at all. My heart hurts. My head hurts. I know I need to keep a happy face on though. I have to for my mom. I have to for my dad. I have to for my brothers and my sister.
They need me to be the back bone.
They need me to be strong.
On may 21’st 2011 “Judgement day” i will be in my room like.
On May 22nd 2011 i will be in my room like.
On October 21”when the universe is supposed to get gobbled up by fired”… ill be in my room like.
On October 22 2011 ill be in my room like
On december 21’st 2012 “End of time” Ill still be in my room like..
On december 22 2012 i will still be in my mutha Fuc*** room..
So Just STFU and stop making stories sit down take a break from your DRY ASS LIES!
- Goodmorning: One message saying goodmorning will help me throughout the whole day. Knowing that you thought of me when you woke up and wanted to make me smile makes me happy.
- Goodnight: A goodnight message gives me a reason to go to sleep smiling. I love the fact knowing I’m on your mind at night time before you fall asleep. It feels great to know they think about you before bed.
It’s so weird how everything becomes different once you’re in a relationship. Everyone wants to hit you up or profess their feelings for you. I don’t get it. I’m extremely happy in what I’m in. Sorry ladies and gents.


Ok, I've asked about the low ammo capacity of .22 pistols before and the answers I've gotten tend to center around the difficulty of double* stacking rimmed cartridges. Ok. I get that. But I still don't think it really explains an atrocity like this.
That's the magazine for a Ruger SR22. It holds 10 rounds only. The rest of its length is unused. That's nearly 40% of the length that could be used to hold ammo without double* stacking. Yet, inexplicably, it doesn't! Every other mainstream .22 pistol I've seen is the same. MkIII, Buckmark, 22/45, Mosquito, etc... I'm just not getting this. This simply cannot be an insurmountable technical obstacle. Does anybody know?
EDIT: Ok, a single stack is still a stack. I was referring to double stacking which I can visualize being a problem with rimmed cartridges. But once you've got a good single stack going, why can't it be taller?


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Billions of dollars in legal costs from a string of government settlements drove fourth-quarter profits down 7 percent at JPMorgan Chase, capping off a tumultuous year for the nation’s biggest bank.
On Tuesday, JPMorgan reported net income of $5.28 billion, or $1.30 a share, for the last three months of 2013, compared with $5.69 billion for the same period a year earlier. Revenue for the quarter, which penciled in at $24 billion, fell 1 percent over the prior year.
Earnings at JPMorgan reflect a year rife with legal battles that culminated in the bank paying the government $13 billion to resolve allegations that it sold faulty mortgage securities. Ending government investigations has cost the bank about $20 billion in the last 12 months.
JPMorgan’s quarterly results included a charge of 27 cents a share tied to legal costs, including the settlement with federal authorities over its involvement in Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. The bank agreed last week to pay more than $2 billion to resolve criminal charges that it failed to alert the government to fraudulent activities of its longtime client.
The bank took steps in the third quarter to brace for litigation expenses by squirreling away $9.2 billion, a move that led to its first quarterly loss under chief executive Jamie Dimon. It has also spent roughly $1 billion to improve internal controls that were at the heart of many government probes, including the Madoff investigation.
“We are pleased to have made progress on our control, regulatory and litigation agendas and to have put some significant issues behind us this quarter,” Dimon said in a statement Tuesday. “It was in the best interests of our company and shareholders for us to accept responsibility, resolve these issues and move forward.”
Despite the drag on JPMorgan’s profits, there were some bright spots in its earnings. Credit card sales volume rang in at $112.6 billion, up 11 percent from the previous year. Auto loan origination climbed 16 percent from the year before to $6.4 billion as car sales continue to boom.
Asset management shined, with a 12 percent increase to $2.3 trillion in client assets. But the investment banking business was battered by lackluster demand. Investment banking profits tumbled 57 percent on lower fee revenue.
Mortgage originations also fell -- by 54 percent to $23.3 billion — as fewer borrowers seek to refinance their home loans and rising interest rates scare off would-be buyers.
On Tuesday, Wells Fargo, the nation’s largest home loan lender, also reported a 37.5 percent decline in origination volume. Both banks said mortgage applications fell more than 20 percent during the fourth quarter.
Yet profits on home loans at JPMorgan were up 34 percent because of fewer losses on troubled loans and lower expenses. JPMorgan, like its competitors, has cut thousands of workers in its mortgage lending business amid dwindling demand.


Everyone is waiting to find out if Jessica Biel and her husband, Justin Timberlake, will ever have a baby, and last night she was very honest with us about the subject of motherhood. While at the premiere of her new film The Truth About Emanuel, Jessica also opened about getting acting advice from JT. Turns out he's her confidant.
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Our Bereavement Support Social Workers (Lisa McAulay, Jackie Massey and Tara MacDonald
HELPING people accept loss and supporting them in their grief is an important part of the work Little Haven Palliative Care do.
Our social workers have experience dealing with bereavement issues and provide one on one support to any of Little Haven’s patients or families who wish to access help through the palliative, caring and grieving process.
What grief and bereavement support is available?
- Grief and bereavement counselling
- One on one or join our support groups –
- Bereavement support social catch ups – bimonthly
- Access to complementary therapies
- Art therapy – One on one or Group
- Assistance in gaining access to specialist services if appropriate
- Invitation to the annual remembrance services
Who has access to these services?
All families and significant others of Little Haven clients have access to our Bereavement Support Program.
All services are provided on a no fee basis.
Little Haven holds regular informal bereavement support groups that are open to anyone who is dealing with loss or grief.
Coping with loss is discussed in a supportive and confidential environment, facilitated by experienced bereavement support staff Lisa, Jackie and Jodi. Topics shared may include dealing with loneliness, understanding the grieving process, adjusting to life without your loved one, taking next steps and finding meaning and reinvesting in life.


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Thrillcall teamed up with LA-based clothing label KILL Brand, along with Trace Cyrus (yes, that Cyrus) at this year’s Bamboozle Festival at The Meadowlands in New Jersey to bring the harmony of great fashion and great music together, with much success. Trace Cyrus, formerly of the band Metro Station, has re-emerged with a new project and a clothing line to boot. The project, named Ashland HIGH (after the area of Kentucky he grew up in), moves away from the pop-rock sound he previously displayed in favor of a more polished electro-pop sound. During our weekend of working together, I had the chance to ask Trace a few questions regarding all that he has coming up in the near future…
THRILLCALL: Ashland HIGH is quite the departure from the rock sound you previously had with Metro Station. What prompted you to venture more into the electronic side of pop music?
TRACE CYRUS: I just wanted to be creative with no boundaries. There’s a lot of stuff on the radio right now that is more on the electronic side, so I wanted to step into that market, so hopefully it’s a success.
THRILLCALL: When can we expect a release of material from your new project?
TRACE CYRUS: I’d say give it another at least 6 months. It’s not as much the songs I don’t have, it’s all the paperwork and getting all the bullshit out of the way. It’s on the way and everything is going smoothly, so I can’t complain. Just trying to get the perfect 10 songs for the album. I’ll definitely be touring before the album drops, so be on the lookout for that.
THRILLCALL: What was it like working with Loretta Lynn and George Jones on “Country Music Has The Blues”?
TRACE CYRUS: That was crazy because that was the first song I ever had songwriters credit on. I did it with my Dad, and that was the first song I wrote with my Dad too. Loretta and George sang on it… it was a crazy first experience, and it’s something I’m very proud of.
THRILLCALL: How did your clothing label, Southern Made Hollywood Paid come about?
TRACE CYRUS: I had the name in my head a couple years ago, I had a clothing line before that but just didn’t have the right people behind it. Once I met Jonny from KILL Brand, all the pieces fell into place. Like I always say, it’s about who you know and where you go. I met some of the guys from Runner Runner, and they put me into contact with KILL Brand, so that’s how Southern Made Hollywood Paid got started. Jonny and I are a team together, so whatever happens will happen.


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Improving the Overall Efficiency of a Pneumatic-Combustion Hybrid Engine by Adding an Intermediate Heated Tank
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
Published September 08, 2013 by SAE International in United States
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Several works have previously shown that the concept of pneumatic-combustion hybrid engine is an interesting alternative to the Electric Hybrid Vehicle, by leading to equivalent fuel savings for a probable lower cost. However, these studies have shown that the thermal insulation of the tank is a problem. Indeed, due to its size and its location, the adiabaticity of the pneumatic tank cannot be guaranteed. During a regenerative braking (pneumatic pump mode) the hot and pressurized air that is send to the tank cools, pressure drops and density increases. When reusing the air in pneumatic motor mode, the mass necessary to fill the cylinder is greater than the one that would have been necessary if the air was not cool at its stay in the tank. This phenomenon is the major cause to the quite low regenerative efficiency that has been observed on a prototype engine. This paper proposes and evaluates a solution to this problem by using an intermediate air tank heated by the exhaust gases while the engine operates in the conventional combustion mode. The proposed concept is developed in detail and 0D thermal and thermodynamic modeling is proposed. The fuel savings, for the NEDC and WLTP driving cycles under several thermal initial states of the intermediate tank, are estimated by numerical simulations. Finally, the influence of the intermediate heated tank size is investigated.
CitationBrejaud, P., Charlet, A., and Higelin, P., "Improving the Overall Efficiency of a Pneumatic-Combustion Hybrid Engine by Adding an Intermediate Heated Tank," SAE Technical Paper 2013-24-0075, 2013, https://doi.org/10.4271/2013-24-0075.
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- Trajkovic , S. , Tunestål , P. , and Johansson , B. Investigation of Different Valve Geometries and Vavle Timing Strategies and their Effect on Regenerative Efficiency for a Pneumatic Hybrid with Variable Valve Actuation SAE Int. J. Fuels Lubr. 1 1 1206 1223 2009 10.4271/2008-01-1715
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The Gädäli "Gämschi" is located at the beginning of the village, on the Furka Pass road. The apartment is on the south side (away from the road), with a beautiful view towards the Geren valley and the Saashorn.
The Gädäli is within short walking distance to the cross-country ski trail in winter, or to the biking and hiking trails in summer. There is an asphalted side road, along the Rotte, well suited for inline skating, biking or wheelchair rolling, away from traffic.
The old steam train to Gletsch, Realp starts about 100 m away. Also shopping facilities or a children's playground at the edge of the forest are nearby. In the neighboring village Obergesteln is a golf course. 8 km away is the Geschinersee. It is a beautiful recreational area and offers the possibility of swimming or standup paddling.

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Homomorphic encryption is a method of encryption that allows computations to be performed upon fully encrypted data, generating an encrypted result that, after decryption, will match the result of the desired operations on the plaintext, decrypted data. In other words, homomorphic encryption allows a user to manipulate data without needing to decrypt it first.
Daniele Micciancio states the problem that is solved by homomorphic encryption in a 2010 journal article entitled A First Glimpse of Cryptography’s Holy Grail:
Using standard encryption technology we are immediately faced with a dilemma: either we store our data unencrypted and reveal our precious or sensitive data to the storage/ database service provider, or we encrypt it and make it impossible for the provider to operate on it.
If data is encrypted, then answering even a simple counting query (for example, the number of records or files that contain a certain keyword) would typically require downloading and decrypting the entire database content.
IBM has shown the most interest in the development of this space thus far, presumably to bolster the security of its burgeoning cloud business. In October 2013 it was granted a patent entitled Efficient implementation of fully homomorphic encryption, but the use cases for the patent technology were limited, and IBM has been silent on its implementation of the technology since then.
MIT Researchers Guy Zyskind and Oz Nathan, advised by Professor Alex “Sandy” Pentland, have recently announced a project dubbed Enigma that makes a major conceptual step towards this “Holy Grail” of a fully homomorphic encryption protocol. From the white paper's abstract:
A peer-to-peer network, enabling different parties to jointly store and run computations on data while keeping the data completely private. Enigma’s computational model is based on a highly optimized version of secure multi-party computation, guaranteed by a verifiable secret-sharing scheme. For storage, we use a modified distributed hashtable for holding secret-shared data. An external blockchain is utilized as the controller of the network, manages access control, identities and serves as a tamper-proof log of events. Security deposits and fees incentivize operation, correctness and fairness of the system. Similar to Bitcoin, Enigma removes the need for a trusted third party, enabling autonomous control of personal data. For the first time, users are able to share their data with cryptographic guarantees regarding their privacy.
If Enigma is implemented properly, it could have a sizable impact on the way that many companies in data-sensitive industries (such as healthcare, insurance, and finance) store and interact with their customer’s data.
Enigma’s major disadvantage comes in the form of increased time and power (money) to perform these computations as distributing and operating on encrypted data is more complex than computing over plaintext. Enigma makes computation across a large number of nodes much more efficient than previous methods of multi-party homomorphic encryption, but it is still at least 20x slower than plaintext computation.
Again, we are faced with the classic tradeoff between cost and security.
"Simulated performance comparison of [Enigma's] optimized secure MPC [multi-party computation] variant compared to classical MPC." Source: Figure 4, Enigma Whitepaper.
There are currently a limited number of use-cases that we can conceptualize, but demand is likely to come from companies in industries with heavy government regulations regarding data privacy.
One use case would be for interactions between hospitals and health-care providers who store encrypted patient data as per HIPAA regulations, and the research & pharmaceutical companies that would benefit from access to this data for clinical analysis. Let us imagine that Hospital X is generating large amounts of sensitive medical data. Following industry best practices under HIPAA regulations, the hospital uses AES-256 to encrypt the data, and then stores it in the cloud. BigPharma, InsuranceCo, and University Y approach Hospital X, asking for permission to access and analyze the data.
Traditionally, Hospital X would have been required to first decrypt, then anonymize the data before granting access to a partner. Each of these additional steps is time consuming, and introduces complexity which increases the risk of compromising the data. With Enigma, Hospital X performs no operations on the data; it only decides whether or not to grant its partners access to the encrypted data.
Let us say that Hospital X grants University Y access to the encrypted data. Researchers from University Y specify the operations that they wish to perform on the data. Enigma then breaks the encrypted data into smaller chunks. Each chunk is processed by a separate computer, called a node. This method of problem solving is known as decentralized computing.
The benefits of decentralization are twofold: Firstly, if one node fails or aborts the computation prematurely, the other nodes can pick up and process the dropped computation. Secondly, if one node is compromised, the malicious agent will only have access to a meaningless portion of the data, and will not be able to reconstruct the entire dataset. As long as a majority of nodes are “good” (functioning and uncompromised), the computation remains flexible and secure. University Y obtains the final product without ever needing to access or handle Hospital X’s unencrypted data.
The scenario described above would be more expensive than simply trusting a third party compute solution, but it could be beneficial for a consumer-facing company’s reputation, or even mandated by the government as an addition to HIPAA or the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
Zyskind and Nathan suggest that Enigma could be used to “store, manage and use (the highly sensitive) data collected by IoT devices in a decentralized, trustless cloud.” How exactly the concepts of homomorphic encryption and secure multi-party computation might play out in the IoT and embedded systems space remains to be seen, but it is an exciting development in an industry whose future is tied directly to advances in security and privacy techniques.
Needless to say, we at VDC Research will be keeping an eye on Enigma, as its source code and scripting language will be released near the end of the summer.
View the 2017 IoT & Embedded Technology Research Outline to learn more.


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Young children love this time of year, and Summer contains live-action, colorful footage illustrating the exciting, natural highlights of the season. This DCMP video is a short 12 minutes, and designed for Grades K-3. Activities of plants and animals are explored.
Summer Safety shows some common safety hazards around the house. Also includes segments on summer injuries, bicycle and skating safety, heat injuries, water safety/CPR and drowning accidents, and bugs and bites.
Is your teen dreamy eyed this is summer? A Mid-Summer Night's Dream is a very pleasant experience that is awaiting him or her, and is part of the “Shakespeare: The Animated Tales” series. The beauty of cel animation is that it can make the implausible seem possible. So the spirits of the haunted wood and the bewitching transformations of Titania, Oberon, and the innocent tradesman Bottom come to life with a treatment that complements Shakespeare's spectacular imagery.
The decade that kicked off the 20th Century was responsible for two inventions that helped define the next 100 years. The airplane and the radio set the planet on a course to becoming truly a global village. Featured inventions include: the radio, the airplane, the disposable razor, the air conditioner, and the vacuum cleaner.
The decade saw The Great War, The Flu Epidemic and the Titanic disaster. Ten years into the 20th Century and the world is grappling with some serious growing pains. In a decade racked by conflict, there were inventions that made the world both safer and infinitely more dangerous. Featured inventions include: the parachute, the gas mask, the toaster, the Tommy Gun, and sonar.
The roaring '20s marked a decade of unprecedented prosperity. It's no wonder the inventions that defined the 1920s are all about entertainment and convenience. Motion picture and television are two of the greatest inventions since sliced bread - both of which were invented during this time. Other inventions featured include the rocket, the lie detector, and Einstein’s refrigerator.
In a decade dominated by the Great Depression, the inventors of the 1930s were desperately trying to make a living. They come up with some simple yet ingenious inventions that are still practical necessities in our fast-paced life. Featured inventions include: the helicopter, xerography, the parking meter, the walkie talkie, and the electric guitar.
It was a decade of big bands and big bangs. During the Second World War, the 1940s bring some of the greatest inventions of all time. And in the peaceful years that followed, all that inventing know-how would carry on in ways never imagined. Featured inventions include: the jet engine, the computer, the microwave oven, kitty litter, and the Crash Test Dummy.

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CD22 Mouse anti-Human, Brilliant Violet 786, Clone: HIB22, BD Optibuild
Mouse Monoclonal Antibody
Manufacturer: BD Biosciences 740970
The HIB22 monoclonal antibody specifically binds to CD22. CD22 is a 130-140 kDa glycosylated type I integral membrane protein present on the surface of mature B cells. CD22 is expressed in the cytoplasm of virtually all B cells except plasma cells. CD45RO antigen on T cells and CD75 antigen on B cells have been identified as ligands for CD22. CD22 has been reported to participate in B-cell activation and also as an adhesion molecule. Although the immunobiology of this antigen has not been fully elucidated, reports indicate that ligation of CD22 induces constitutive internalization of the molecule followed by complete degradation.
The antibody was conjugated to BD Horizon BV786 which is part of the BD Horizon Brilliant Violet family of dyes. This dye is a tandem fluorochrome of BD Horizon BV421 with an Ex Max of 405-nm and an acceptor dye with an Em Max at 786-nm. BD Horizon BV786 can be excited by the violet laser and detected in a filter used to detect Cy7-like dyes (eg, 780/60-nm filter).
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|Aqueous buffered solution containing ≤0.09% sodium azide.|
|The monoclonal antibody was purified from tissue culture supernatant or ascites by affinity chromatography.|
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Drainage Management Systems
Check it out: How a Northern Ireland farmer deals with tile tangles
January 7, 2021 By Bree Rody
Tangles can be one of the most awkward parts of applying drainage tile.
But one farmer in Northern Island has taken a DIY approach to solving this issue by creating a custom tool that allowed him to lay tile without the tangles. Now, he’s taking it national.
Easi-Reel is designed for a “one-man operation” and can handle coils of up to 72 feet. Its design allows users to load the coil upright, then lay it down on a flexible turntable that allows the tile to be continuously fed through as it moves along.
Donal O’Donovan of Coleraine, Northern Ireland, originally created the Easi-Reel for himself, but after word of his creation got around, requests came pouring in – and he soon created about 30 in half a year.
Now, Easi-Reel has its own site and is ready to serve drainage contractors in the area. So far, delivery is only to other parts of the U.K. as well as Ireland.
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Scheduling of liquid pipelines: An art or Science?
How can pipeline operators save money by taking as much of the guesswork out of their operations? Clever automation appears to be the solution according to veteran specialists Lars Larsson and Keith Ferguson.
Ramboll wins ZADCO deal
Ramboll Oil & Gas has been awarded a contract by Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) to study the integrity of 15 subsea pipelines in the Zakum field offshore UAE.
To LNG or not to LNG
Global oil prices have pulled natural gas prices down but between the needs of the Middle East’s producers and buyers further East, the question now is how to transport it in the most secure and cost-effective manner.
Swiber awarded EPIC deal in South Asia
Singapore's Swiber Holdings has won a US$100 million contract to provide engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPIC) services for a national oil company in South Asia.
Lloyd’s Register wins Johan Sverdrup consulting deal
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has signed a contract with Statoil to provide expertise on total risk analysis for the riser platform modification project at the Johan Sverdrup field which is forecast for production start-up in late 2019.
TechnipFMC awarded offshore contract in Brazil
TechnipFMC has been awarded by Statoil an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contract for the Statoil Peregrino Phase II Project in Campos Basin, offshore Brazil.


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I am passionate about Cooking & Baking.. "Inspire the Inner Chef in you"
"A recipe has no soul.. You must bring soul to the recipe"
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4- 5 chicken fillets cut up small 2 tablespoon ghee (Clarified butter) or butter Add 1 teaspoon ginger garlic (Onion is optional) Braise well Add 1 punnet sliced mushrooms Add 1 teaspoon or more mayonnaise for slight tangy taste (optional) Few drops of lemon juice (optional) 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon white pepper +-1 ½ teaspoon green chillies paste or green chilli powder Add 1 teaspoon Dhana jeera (optional) I like leaving it whitish but u can add a bit of tumeric
- Braise chicken with spices when soft add mushrooms cook 5 minutes add when almost done add a packet of mushroom sauce follow the instructions on the packet or make a paste with 2 tablespoon mazina 1cup milk/water (like you do for white sauce) or boil cook to the consistency of mixture you prefer (not too saucy) add green dhania (coriander) Roll out puff pastry and fill pies or use Small foil cups cut 2 rounds to cover Egg brush sprinkle sesame or poppy Seeds Bake at 200 * for 10 minutes then reduce temperature to 180* for 15-20 minutes Enjoy😉

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British rowers disappoint in Munich
Last updated at 11:47 01 September 2007
pre-tournament favourites Steve Williams, Peter Reid, Alex Partridge and Andy
Triggs Hodge finished fourth in the men's four at the World Championships.
The quartet, unbeaten since 2004, were well off the pace throughout before
crossing the finishing line in five minutes and 57 seconds.
New Zealand's Carl Meyer, James Dallinger, Eric Murray and Hamish Bond took
gold in 5mins 54.24secs, with Italian quartet Carlo Mornatti, Nicolo Mornatti,
Alessio Sartori and Lorenzo Carboncini claiming silver in 5:55.15.
The Dutch crew of Geert Cirkel, Matthijs Vellenga, Jan-Willem Gabriels and Gijs
Vermeulen were just behind in 5:55.49 to take third.
British pair Elise Laverick and Anna Bebington softened the blow with bronze in
the women's double sculls in a time of 6:57.74.
Chinese duo Qin Li and Liang Tian won comfortably in 6:54.38 with New Zealand's
Georgina Evers-Swindell and Caroline Evers-Swindell clinching silver in
The outcome was the same for Colin Smith and Matthew Langridge in the men's
coxless pairs after they came home in 6:31.06 behind runaway leaders Drew Ginn
and Duncan Free (6:24.89) of Australia and New Zealand's Nathan Twaddle and
George Bridgewater (6:30.19).
There was further disappointment elsewhere, however, as Matthew Wells and
Stephen Rowbotham finished one place outside of the medals in the men's double
The Slovenian crew of Luka Spik and Iztok Cop 6:16.65 pinched gold from
defending Olympic and world champions, Jean-Baptiste Macquet and Adrien Hardy,
of France, who were narrowly edged out in 6:16.93.
Estonian pair Tonu Endrekson and Jueri Jaanson finished ahead of the British
pair in 6:18.32.
Another British medal hope, Alan Campbell, was also forced to settle for fourth
in the single sculls.
The Northern Irish rower was always in contention but was unable to force his
way into a medal position after New Zealand's Mahe Drysdale claimed his third
World Championship gold medal.
Ondrej Synek of Czech Republic finished second with Olympic champion Olaf Tufte
narrowly behind to take the bronze.
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The Rookery CottageThis rustic cottage is a quiet retreat in the heart of the Middle Raccoon River Valley. Situated on our private acreage, the cottage overlooks a prairie and garden. With close proximity to Whiterock Conservancy, guests can easily access hiking and mountain biking trails or float the nearby river. A "rookery" is a nesting site for herons, a bird that prefers quiet, undisturbed habitat near water. And so the Rookery Cottage seeks to provide a natural escape from the daily grind.
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Video games often give players new worlds to dwell in as they run into a setting unlike their own. Within this list we’re going to shed some light on a few great science fiction based video game titles on the PlayStation 4. You’ll find all sorts of different video game titles from big triple AAA releases to small indie games among various genres. Take a look at our picks for the best science fiction themed video game titles on the PlayStation 4 down below along with letting us know your favorite science fiction video game within the comments.
Likewise, you’ll want to keep this list bookmarked as we’ll continue to update it through the consoles remaining life cycle years.
#25 The Technomancer
- Developer: Spiders
- Publisher: Focus Home Interactive
The Technomancer is a video game by Spiders, developers of Mars: War Logs and Of Orcs and Men. Set over a hundred years after the planet Mars is colonized by humans, players take control of a technomancer, a human with magical abilities revolving around technology.
Our protagonist Zachariah is on the run from the secret police, but it’s unclear just why he’s on the run. While trying to escape and searching for answers that will lead Zachariah to uncover a hidden past, players will find that there are a number of different routes to make their way towards the end of the game. Additionally, development team Spiders have also included five unique endings giving players a reason to replay the game upon completing their initial run.
- Developer: Digital Extremes
- Publisher: Digital Extremes
Developed by Digital Extremes, Warframe is a cooperative free-to-play third person shooter that puts players in teams of four highly sophisticated Tenno commandos to take on a host of enemies throughout the solar system. Players can engage foes in melee and ranged combat through a variety of weapons.
The game is as mentioned earlier a free-to-play title which can give players a similar gameplay experience to something such as the Destiny franchise from developers Bungie. With that said, players don’t have to rely on friends to jump on and play through the campaign as you can enjoy the game alone or with other online gamers.


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We take the Iron Man VR demo out for a spin, and find delightful superhero wish fulfilment and exhilarating flight, but slightly clunky combat.
Browsing: Virtual Reality
Jupiter and Mars is a beautiful game with an important conservation message, but that message sometimes gets lost in the “gaminess” of it all.
Blood and Truth uses virtual reality to make you the star of a high-octane cockney gangster flick, and it’s a wild ride indeed.
Everybody’s Golf pretty much has the arcade-style golf game corner locked down. With developer Clap…
Beat Saber combines all the best parts of rhythm games, virtual reality, and motion controls to create a fun, energetic game.
FromSoftware’s Deracine seems like a departure from their usual fare, but its haunting exploration of loss and regret is Miyazaki to a T.
Moss reimagines the timeless third-person action-adventure game for virtual reality, and delivers the most enchanting VR game to date.
Tiny Trax captures the simple joy of slot car racing, using virtual reality to push it to new levels of excitement and wonder.


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The Vanquish Zagato Speedster is based on the recent Vanquish S's platform which features increased spring rates, a thicker rear anti-roll bar, modified dampers and revamped hydraulic steering. The Shooting Brake, meanwhile, will be unveiled later in 2018, the British auto has confirmed. A standard Aston Martin Vanquish costs about £200,000, while the existing two Zagato models are thought to cost at least £500,000 and it's likely that the newest models will only be more expensive.
In response to the report , Kim Jong-un ordered the army to be ready to launch should he decide on a military action. Mr Kim said North Korea will conduct the planned missile launches if the "Yankees persist in their extremely unsafe reckless actions on the Korean Peninsula and its vicinity" and that the USA should "think reasonably and judge property" to avoid shame, the news agency said.
Prior to Mattis' statement, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Washington is ready to use the " full range " of its capabilities if provoked by North Korea. They have the land border with North Korea. "I hope they chose to stand with the rest of the world and the United States and create a diplomatic outcome here", Admiral Stavridis said.
Busch, a Democrat, made his remarks after hundreds of protesters gathered in Charlottesville over the weekend to decry a gathering of white supremacists to rally against plans to remove a Confederate statue. "All of that is to say that nothing about a decision like this is casual for me or for any of us", said Gray. "We can not let them define our future.
Robin Scagell, vice president of the Society for Popular Astronomy, said yesterday that this year's shower would be "decent". The display peaked in the United Kingdom on Saturday and into Sunday, but can be seen all around the world. In general, the Perseid meteor showers have 80 meteors an hour. "The Perseids can be very bright and often quite spectacular", said Mr Scagell. STARGAZERS had their eyes and lenses pointed skywards last night as meteors rained down over Dorset.
The Artificial Intelligence, as created by OpenAI, learned the gameplay all by itself, from the scratch. Was he indirectly comparing the OpenAI bot with AlphaGo? The OpenAI bot appears to run off a modified version of a genetic machine learning algorithm, meaning it evolves and learns as it plays and discards inferior versions of its code (the company wasn't specific with its language, but a programmer friend of mine who also plays Dota said it sounded like a genetic algorithm).


OTTAWA, Jan. 30, 2013 /CNW/ - The Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS) will bring tomorrow's physicians to Parliament Hill for its annual Lobby Day on February 4, 2013.
Medical students from across the country will meet with Members of Parliament and Senators to discuss health human resources and methods for improving access to health care in rural and remote regions. They will propose solutions such as the creation of health human resources projections and incentives to more effectively attract physicians to areas of need.
|| Monday, February 4, 2013
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
|| Room 2-2, National Press Building
The CFMS President Robin Clouston and Vice President Advocacy Thomas McLaughlin will be available for media interviews in English. Executive Vice President Jesse Kancir will be available for media interviews in French.
The Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS) is a national organization that represents over 7500 medical students at 14 medical schools across Canada.
SOURCE: Canadian Federation of Medical Students
For further information:
Miriam Lermer, Vice President Communications
Canadian Federation of Medical Students
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the hedgehog (and a watercolour doodle)
the Hedgehog on DVD last night, which is a wonderful French film, and I would highly recommend you check it out. Apart from the moving story itself, there were many scenes of crafting/drawing/filming/doing something creative - that being a (wannabe) creative person myself - I'm such a sucker for those! There's something about watching the flow and movement of something beautiful being created that's kinda inspiring, don't you think? Well I know I was inspired, because I got out a tube of black watercolour paint that I've had for a while but never used, and started painting Paloma (the little girl in the movie) before the movie was finished (and let me tell you, going back and forth between looking down at a piece of paper and up to read the subtitles is not recommended! I had to rewind and replay some scenes a few times to keep on track, haha..). It's not much of a "painting", but I had fun doing it, and that's what matters, right?
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American singer and actor known for songs such as Love Letters in the Sand, Ain’t That a Shame and films such as Journey to the Center of the Earth, State Fair, Goodbye Charlie and April Love.
Pat Boone Height, Weight & Body Measurement
Pat Boone has a height of 5 feet 10 inches. And, he weighs 65kg.
Pat Boone Net worth
Pat Boone is an American singer, actor and writer who has a net worth of $50 million.
Pat Boone facts
- Patrick Charles Eugene Boone is an American singer, composer, actor, writer, television personality, motivational speaker, and spokesman.
- He was a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s.


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Discovering The Inventive, Promoting And Surgical Procedures Side Of The Hospitality Industry
Tourism is the science and artwork of providing, organizing, helpful and amusing and enjoying visitors the concept and method ofappealing and accommodating, and relishing visitors in your web-site. It is actually a escalating field all over the world, with nearly every place experiencing a minimum of one tourism company and several tourist making your reservation for workplaces. Tourism in the land may be frequently a commercial process directed at providing adventure or fun to site visitors, or perhaps a totally public exercise, such as a celebration arranged for the whole township or communities. Some arranging is required before you could get started any tourist online business. After getting every little thing put together, vacation could be a very money-making and well-liked business.
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Carl Grace clock Tattoo
Pocket watch tattoo with a difference. Artist: Jesse Rix.
A pocket watch tattoo is something that I have been thinking about getting to memorialize my grandpa and having the hands set to his birthday. I think it would be beautiful.
I wouldn't get this tattoo here, but the tattoo itself is great! i want a clock/pocket watch tattoo and the saying is so cool. (also love the watercolor effect)
Nic Westfall, InkedMagazine, clock, pocketwatch, tattoo, ink, inked, tattoos, fantasy art, beautiful, photo, tusch, body art
pretty neat.... missing that special something but it gives me inspiration for my next tattoo idea!
Salvador Dali Melting Clock Tattoo by Cecil Porter wouldnt get this but i really like it
Salvador Dali Melting Clock Tattoo by Cecil Porter
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Color Palette Love - Coral Pink Don't know where I could put this but I love it
Add water to Elmer’s glue and brush inside of mason jar. Put glitter inside of the jars, and roll/spin the jar around until the glitter coats the sides. Add a tea light after it dries, and voila!
Spray paint cans in gold and copper colors.
Mason jar chandelier in backyard wedding.
Mason Jar Centerpieces