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This post is a three-in-one. We thought the three stories just belonged together, like Leonardo's perpetual motion wheel sketches (shown above). First off; we have a report that a planned climate impact assessment field trip to the arctic by an international team of scientists will be joined by oil prospectors (we wish it were via The Onion; but it's not). In a second item, it was "quietly reported" this Easter that the US set a new annual CO2 emissions record, for the reporting year 2004 (translation; "quietly reported" = ignored by US media). Let the show begin. Ladies and Gentlement, in the first ring, from The Guardian: "British scientists are at loggerheads with US colleagues over a controversial plan to work alongside oil companies to hunt for fossil fuel reserves in the Arctic. The US Geological Survey is lining up a project with BP and Statoil to find oil and gas in the Arctic Ocean, under the auspices of a flagship scientific initiative intended to tackle global warming". What happens if you accidentally find a sign of oil? It might not really be oil so it's OK. "BP said it was not using the research to prospect in the Arctic and that geological surveys could be misleading: "Very often it's intended to get you an indication, not necessarily of oil in a particular place, but what there might be in adjacent areas. You only find oil and gas if you actually drill." " And in the second ring..which is 'beyond petroleum'...we learn from The Independent: that "The United States emitted more greenhouse gases in 2004 than at any time in history, confirming its status as the world's biggest polluter. Latest figures on the US contribution to global warming show that its carbon emissions have risen sharply despite international concerns over climate change. The figures, which were quietly released on Easter Monday, reveal that net greenhouse gas emissions during 2004 increased by 1.7 per cent on the previous year, equivalent to a rise of 110 million tons of carbon dioxide".

And what of that third story? LONDON, April 19 (Reuters) - "The world's first offshore gas field powered entirely by renewable energy has started up in the UK North Sea, project owners Shell...and ExxonMobil ... said on Wednesday. The Cutter project in the southern North Sea uses a platform powered by wind and solar energy that produce zero carbon dioxide emissions, the firms said in a statement". We'll spare you the rest..

But we do have some innovative ideas along these lines. First is wind powered oil drills in the arctic. Of course when the wind goes down you're stuck.

So maybe the polar bears, which soon will be lacking sufficient ice to stand on, can be put to work making electricity for the drills.

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This spectacular installation is found at the Clark Shoes headquarters in South England. The display, which was designed by ROSO, represents dust particles floating within two beams of light, something many of us are familiar with from our own homes.

Inside each light ray are 7,500 sparkling bits of dust, suspended from 36 wires. The sunbeams traverse the Clark building’s 4-story courtyard, which measures 25 meters by 7 meters.

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Earlier, Trend Hunter featured customizable helmet covers for scooter helmets.  Now, twe're featuring full motorcycle helmet covers from the same company.

In addition to looking stylish, these covers can protect your helmet from scratches.  Now you have a new way to add a hint of cool to your attire.

The helmet covers are sold for about 25 euros.

Implications - With the rise of style consciousness, even the badass biker populace is looking to revamp their iconic black get ups. Even in a motorcycle riding life, looking good is still a priority. Since they're not covered by any car doors and windows, the rider provides the opportunity for designers to create full outfits that can provide both style and protection.


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The Made in Sweden Mailbox ushers in a whole new look for letter drops. While traditional postboxes are often appreciated for their timeless look and nostalgic existence, this design proves that a facelift was bound to occur. As streets, homes and other neighborhood elements are updated, it is only natural that extraneous items are as well.

Designed by Pascal Charmolu, the Made in Sweden Mailbox is streamlined and lockable. Crafted out of fiberglass, it will not only protect letters from all sorts of wicked weather, it will come out of it untouched as well. While it sports a slim slot to ensure that only mail is dumped inside, the lid is removable for larger packages. It is available in two sizes and nine glossy color finishes.


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Repos Fertile Sits Man Between the Artificual and Natural Realms

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Where technology was long moving in the direction to emancipate itself from its dependence on nature, projects like this Repos Fertile lawn chair strive to bring modern man back to a place where the industrial world overlaps with the organic one. While positioned on this perch, a person can contemplate the part that he plays between these different but connected worlds.

House.Work assembled this sturdy outdoor armchair using recycled stainless steel grilles that bear a resemblance to the bodies of shopping carts. A PVC fabric seat stretches from backrest to bottom and provides a little extra padding between the sitter and hard metal. Gaping caged voids give the Repos Fertile is substantial frame and they were designed to become trellises for the climbing plants around the piece.


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The Voss H2O +02 bottle brings together two human essentials - water and oxygen.

Designed by Jonathan Pearson, the Voss H2O +02 concept bottle comes with a built-in aerosol canister that dispenses fresh oxygen while drinking water simultaneously.

Voss H2O +02 provides fresh air for those living in polluted city areas and the aerosol can cool the bottle so it doesn't need to be refrigerated.

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Houston Dynamo have acquired the services of Nathan Sturgis from Toronto FC.

The 24-year old defender/midfielder goes to the Robertson Stadium in exchange for a conditional draft pick in either the 2013 or 2014 drafts which now goes to Toronto.

Sturgis, who kicked off his MLS career with LA Galaxy in 2006 before spending time with Real Salt Lake and Seattle Sounders, will provide some depth to Dynamo head coach Dom Kinnear's roster for the 2012 season.

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Sunderland will appeal Stephane Sessegnon's red card according to manager Paolo Di Canio.

The Benin international was sent off with around 20 minutes left of Monday night's 6-1 loss at Aston Villa for an apparent stamp on Yacouba Sylla but Di Canio feels it was a harsh decision.

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The League of Women Voters of Fremont, Newark and Union City is participating in OneCareNow, a grass roots campaign to educate Californians about the deplorable state of health care in California and what can be done about it. Over 7 million Californians do not have insurance, and many more are underinsured.

"The League of Women Voters of California and the League of Women Voters of Fremont, Newark and Union City, along with thousands of others, support single payer universal health care as a viable solution for all Californians," says Miriam Keller, President of LWVFNUC.

The OneCareNow campaign is holding health care awareness activities in 365 cities throughout California. The campaign started in August 2006 and will continue until August 2007. Every day for 365 days, one city in California will be asked to support the concept of making sure that all Californians have health care. February 12, 2007 is the day devoted to Newark, May 5th is Union City's day and the local league is planning an aggressive outreach event for July 29, 2007 in Fremont.

We support Senate Bill 840, titled "The California Health Insurance Reliability Act", authored by Senator Sheila Kuehl. "This landmark legislation provides fiscally sound, affordable and comprehensive coverage via single payer universal health insurance for all Californians," says Syeda Yunus, LWVFNUC Healthcare Specialist.

The League just completed a cable program where we interviewed Andrew McGuire, Director of the OneCareNow Campaign and Dr. Jacob Eapen, a physician who serves on the Board of Washington Hospital. These distinguished guests discussed the pros and cons of the Health Care various proposals and SB 840 clearly stood out as the better option. The program will air on Comcast's Cable Channels 27 in Newark/29 in Fremont on Wednesdays @ 7:30 p.m. Please review the program for further details about their discussion.

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Awarded a contract for operation and maintenance of Union City Transit and Paratransit to MV Transportation, Inc. from Oct 3, 2009 through Jun 30, 2012 with the option to extend for up to an additional two years. The cost for 9 months [Oct. 3, 2009 to Jun 30, 2010] is $1,845,434 and for FY 2010-11 and FY 2011-12 will be $2,528,137 and $2,642,494, respectively. Services will be funded with local Transportation Development Act, State Transit Assistance and ACTIA Measure B operating grants and passenger fares. Other Federal, State and local operating grants will be pursued as they become available. There will be no impact on the General Fund.

Two 2010 Toyota hybrid sedans will be purchased for use by the Public Works Director and the Economic and Community Development Director. Funding sources for the two vehicles are from Transportation Development Act and RDA Fund for a total of $52,769.98. Vehicles to be supplied by Fairfield Toyota.

Public Hearings

Approved mandatory requirements for green building and landscaping practices.

Approved the ML (Light Industrial) Zoning District regulations to restrict outdoor storage and to require that specified uses provide office and employee facilities in a completely enclosed building.

City Manager Reports

Reviewed Association of Bay Area Government's multi-jurisdictional local hazard mitigation plan.

Accepted United States Depart of Justice grant award of $1,494,992 to hire four police officers. The City's reserve funding will supplement the grant to fund Union City Police Department's Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving (COPPS) Unit. The COPS Hiring Recovery Program (CHRP) Grant is a four year grant intended to mitigate loss of nine sworn personnel due to cutbacks.

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magic_marty 03-15-2007 11:04 PM

copper sulfate question..
I have been doing alot of reading and came across this site where a guy said he has had great success treating parasites with copper products.The reason for the success he says is that copper kills any and ALL inverts including any living parasite such as flukes.

My question is will copper sulfate destroy the biological filtration in the tank?
And has anybody used it to treat parasites with positive results?

Also the site stated that it has no harmful affect on the fish like some meds do..By harmful i assume he meant side affects, stress, ect....

Also i read on a different site that copper can be removed over a period of time with water changes. Is that true? cause i read before that once copper is introduced to a tank that the tank can never inhabit inverts.

musho3210 03-15-2007 11:14 PM

copper is a very strong treatment that should only be used on diseases that only copper will treat. Yes once you introduce it to your tank it will be very hard if not impossible to remove. You can remove most of it by water changes and activated carbon but it will be on the ornaments and in the silicone that will leech out into your tank. Copper sulphate treatment is a big no no in reef tanks and shouldnt be used in freshwater tanks with invertebrate.

Lupin 03-15-2007 11:26 PM

Ryan has covered almost all questions.:) As for use to eliminate snails, this is highly inadvisable as you will have to deal with ammonia spikes caused by dead bodies of snails, some of which you may not be able to retrieve.:shake: The ammonia spike will eventually harm your whole fish population hence it is most preferable for most of us to simply avoid snails considered as pests, use fish as biological methods of control or do the manual picking up. I would prefer the first one.:lol: Heavens knows what my loaches had wrought when I introduced them to my planted tank along with the backstabbing pains on the back picking up the snails one by one.:sob:

magic_marty 03-15-2007 11:38 PM

Yeah thats why i was considering it to treat the tank to destroy all the inverts that inhabit the tank.I have no inverts in the tank such as snails,shrimp,crabs,ect... the only inverts that i believe are in the tank are the nasty ones (parasites) since copper kills all inverts it would destroy the parasites because they are also inverts.

But i am concerned about the biological filtration, will it destroy the bio-filtration??

musho3210 03-15-2007 11:48 PM

no, i dont think bacteria is a paracite :)

but do also note that once copper goes in its not comming out which means you will never be able to get inverts in that tank. If you are going to treat with copper use a quarantine tank as well. This is why most people prefer to stay away from copper treatments.

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Trucking will go into 2014 with two major safety proposals pending: electronic logs and a searchable database containing the results of driver drug and alcohol tests.

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D&T Trucking, Weatherford, Texas; Rowdy Farms, Southlake, Texas and Gila Hotshot, Odessa, Texas; have formed 1845 Oil Field Services, offering customers a suite of oil field logistics and one-call freight management capabilities. The company will be based in Weatherford.

The merger gives 1845’s customers access to a fleet of nearly 500 dedicated power units and a footprint that spans many of the major shale plays, including the Barnett, Eagleford, Haynesville, Woodford Shale and Permian Basin in Texas.

Tim Buffington, CEO of D&T Trucking, will assume the role of CEO for 1845 Oil Field Services while Rowdy Farms Founder Craig Gandy becomes 1845’s executive vice president of sales.

The strategic formation of 1845 was enabled with the financial backing of AVC Partners, a middle market private equity group focused on growing logistics and transportation businesses, according to a release.

Hallmarks of the new company include a state-of-the-art 24/7 live dispatch operation center and industry-leading logistics technology for tracking and reporting deliveries, according to 1845. The merger also creates more national opportunities for drivers, owner-operators, brokers and partners.

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To ensure that good quality, nutritious food is available to all, the store is offering reduced prices in exchange for volunteer work.

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Here’s a grocery store model more food markets should adopt!

Earlier this summer, a unique non-profit grocery store opened its doors in Minneapolis with the aim to help low-income residents afford healthy groceries. Founded by a former pastor of 14 years, the food market has adopted a new version of a traditional co-op model and is benefiting many families in the area.

As Twin Cities Daily Planet reports, the store is offering reduced prices on goods in exchange for volunteer work, in the hopes that good quality, nutritious food will be more available to all.

Founded by Kurt Vickman, the food market exists to help address and fix food insecurity in the area.

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“When people are poor, others don’t look at them as being able to contribute. But, everyone has something to contribute. Here they can feel proud instead of walking into … [a charity food shelf] with their heads down.”

When you mosey through the store’s aisles, you’ll notice that all items are marked with two prices: one for volunteers and one for non-members. To receive the 25% discount on regular prices, customers must sign up for a membership that commits them to a certain task or chore. Vickman assures Insight News that there’s plenty of work for everyone who desires to take part.

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Volunteers can take on jobs like bagging and stocking, or offer skills and services such as painting and repairs. They must also commit to two and a half hours per month.

The former pastor was inspired to start Good Grocer after the only food market in the Lyndale and Whittier areas of Minneapolis, Minnesota closed, leaving residents with few healthy options.

At first, Vickman opened a food shelf with the help of a few members from his church, but with that venture came quite a few challenges. One issue was that the food shelves could provide users with 10 – 20% off their food, but for the rest of their groceries, they would have to pay full price. He noticed many people struggling to pay for their groceries and knew there had to be a better method to help all.

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Kurt was inspired to create a space that fits somewhere between food shelf and full-priced grocery. That’s when the Good Grocer was born.

At present, there are about 375 members with the food market, and both volunteer parents and non-member customers can benefit from Good Grocer’s free childcare every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The grocery store was able to grow its business model, reduce employment costs, and benefit the local area thanks to donations from corporate partnerships and financial supporters.

The Good Grocer strives to emphasize the importance for fresh produce in a healthy diet, but more importantly aims to restore dignity to all people.

 “We want to provide dignity where people are contributors,” Vickman told Twin Cities Daily Planet. “We want to offer, not a hand out but a hand up.”

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For the next interview in the fortnightly People Behind KDE series we travel over to Germany to talk to the key to your personal information storage, a highly dedicated KDE-PIM developer (though hide any small animals when visiting his apartment!) - tonight's star of People Behind KDE is Volker Krause.

Age: 26
Located in: Aachen, Germany
Occupation: Student of Computer Science at RWTH Aachen
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Claim to Fame: Akonadi, KNode and various other stuff in KDE-PIM
Fav. KDE applications: Kontact, the KatePart, minicli
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In my spare time I'm currently working on Akonadi, the next-generation PIM data management framework. I also maintain KNode, KDE's news reader and try to keep an eye on KMime, KDE's MIME handling library.

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    Calamares, the open-source distribution-independent system installer, which is used by many GNU/Linux distributions, including the popular KaOS, Netrunner, Chakra GNU/Linux, and recently KDE Neon, was updated today to version 3.0. Calamares 3.0 is a major milestone, ending the support for the 2.4 series, which recently received its last maintenance update, versioned 2.4.6, bringing numerous improvements, countless bug fixes, and some long-anticipated features, including a brand-new PythonQt-based module interface.
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    KDE Neon maintainer Jonathan Riddell is announcing today the immediate availability of the popular Calamares distribution-independent Linux installer framework on the Developer Unstable Edition of KDE Neon. It would appear that many KDE Neon users have voted for Calamares to become the default graphical installer system used for installing the Linux-based operating system on their personal computers. Indeed, Calamares is a popular installer framework that's being successfully used by many distros, including Chakra, Netrunner, and KaOS.

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Working moms with young children may be always strapped for time, energy and money. But Gwyneth Paltrow has a solution that worked for her — and might work for you: modeling.

"I always say this, but it really is such a perfect job when you have kids," Paltrow told WWD in a recent interview. The Iron Man 3 actress is the new face for Hugo Boss' fragrance Jour Pour Femme.

Is Anne Hathaway's look a hit or miss for May's red carpet report?

"I can only really do one film a year now because of my family and how it all works out," said Paltrow, who is mom to Apple, 9, and Moses, 7. "So it's so nice for me to be able to work for a great company. I'm going to Spain next week for two days so I still get to travel and meet really interesting people and have a work interaction. But it's not like I am out of the house for three months."

Paltrow, 40, has laid low in recent years. Her last starring film role was 2010's Country Strong. She won an Emmy the following year for her three-episode arc on Glee. "I wake up at 7 a.m., I get [the kids] fed, and I get them dressed in their uniforms, any bits of homework are finished," Paltrow told the magazine of her daily schedule. "[Then] I take them to school. I go home and I work for one hour on all the e-mails that come in overnight from L.A. I exercise from about 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Then, I work on [Paltrow's digital media company] Goop pretty much the rest of the day until I pick up my kids, and then they have various activities."

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Deathstroke Recap

Senator Hamilton Hill attends a re-election party at Hendon Hall in his honor in Bludhaven. Outside, the security guards wand the arriving guests. The elevator opens and a masked mercenary—Deathstroke—steps out and attacks the guards. He disposes of one and throws the other one into the ballroom.

The crowd panics and runs, and Deathstroke guns down one of the musicians. Deathstroke’s mercenaries arrive to stop Hill, who hides behind a table. Meanwhile, Deathstroke kills the remaining guards and drags the senator out while drawing his sword. Hill begs for his life and Deathstroke lifts his mask long enough for the senator to see his face. He mutters the name “Slade” and then Deathstroke decapitates him.

Later, Dick Grayson watches a newscast about the assassination. He then has Oracle replay Deathstroke’s departure and captures an image of the driver, William “Willy” Wintergreen.” Dick dons his costume and heads out into the city, tracking down Wintergreen. Wintergreen goes for his gun but the costumed Dick Grayson—Nightwing—easily disarms him and handcuffs him to a ladder. He asks for Deathstroke’s location, but Wintergreen denies knowing where the killer is. Nightwing breaks a finger and Wintergreen tells him that Deathstroke is at the Iceburg Lounge in Gotham. Before he goes, Nightwing secretly attaches a tracker to Wintergreen’s sleeve.

Back at his lair, a woman in a wheelchair comes in as Dick forges one of his razorwings and then throws it into the wall.

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WOFL-TV, the FOX O&O in Orlando, FL, has streamlined its news production with a variety of broadcast and post production systems from Avid Technology. The station went live with its new end-to-end digital workflow in April, after installing Avid products that add new efficiencies to the ingest, editing, storage, and playout processes.

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Crysis 2 DX11 patch coming June 27

Crysis 2 gets DX11 patch in just under a week
By: Anthony Garreffa | Gaming News | Posted: Jun 23, 2011 12:55 am

Just in time to make Crysis 2 relevant again, the DX11 patch is coming June 27. MyCrysis reveals that both the DX11-enabling 1.9 patch will also include the "High Res Texture packages" and will be available on Monday, June 27. The patch includes hardware tessellation support, which DX11 players will have to download. In order to see these spruced up textures, users will require 1GB of VRAM and a 64-bit OS.

The official change log is looking good;

Added Contact Shadows

Added DX11 benchmark level

Added DX11 support for Crysis 2 (the following features only work when downloading the optional DX11 package here):

Tessellation + Displacement Mapping

High Quality HDR Motion Blur

Realistic Shadows with Variable Penumbra

Sprite Based Bokeh Depth of Field

Parallax Occlusion Mapping

Particles Motion Blur, Shadows and Art Updates

Water Rendering improvements and using Tessellation + Displacement Mapping

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TRENDnet Launches the ProView Megapixel PoE Internet Camera

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TRENDnet Launches the ProView Megapixel PoE Internet Camera

TORRANCE, Calif. -January 7, 2010-TRENDnet, a best-in-class wired and wireless networking hardware brand, today announces the launch of the price-to-performance category leading ProView Megapixel PoE Internet Camera, model TV-IP522P.

The ProView Megapixel PoE Internet Camera transmits real-time video over the Internet at up to 1280 x 960 SXVGA resolution. Manage up to four video profiles and record megapixel H.264 quality video while simultaneously streaming content to a compatible 3GPP mobile phone. No need to install this camera near a power source, power and data are received through a single Ethernet cable using Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology.

Manage up to 32 cameras from TRENDnet's ProView camera line with the included complimentary camera management software. Advanced features include Samba client support, motion detection recording, email alerts, scheduled recording sessions, H.264/MPEG-4/MJPEG image compression, 2-way audio, input/output ports, a removable CS mount lens, 16x digital zoom, four video profiles, and a built-in SD card slot to store video directly to a memory card. The camera's extruded aluminum housing has top and bottom mounting points and it comes with a wall/ceiling mounting kit.

"The ProView Megapixel PoE Internet Camera boasts a compelling blend of enterprise class features," stated Sonny Su, Technology Director of TRENDnet. "It is well positioned to gain significant market share within the IP Camera Megapixel sub-segment."

The ProView Megapixel PoE Internet Camera, model TV-IP522P, will be available from online and retail partners in early March.

The MSRP for the TV-IP522P is U.S. $249.99.

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ADATA Durable HD710A USB 3.0 Portable HDD for Mac Review

ADATA Durable HD710A USB 3.0 Portable HDD for Mac Review
Mac user? Get out and about? Need a portable hard drive that is water and shock resistant? Take a look at ADATA's Durable HD710A.
By: Tyler Bernath | Enclosures/Externals in Storage | Posted: Jun 11, 2015 2:17 am
TweakTown Rating: 87%Manufacturer: ADATA

For those of us that use the OS X platform on a daily basis, you know that rugged storage solutions are few and far between. With many solutions built upon the Thunderbolt platform, in the lab today we switch gears and look at the latest USB 3.0 powered solution from ADATA that combines tremendous storage capacity and top tier durability.

The HD710A, launched just a few short weeks ago, is the latest in the line-up of durable storage solutions from ADATA. This portable hard drive features Time Machine support for all OS X platforms, while offering capacities of 1 and 2TB. Additional features include dustproof, waterproof and shock resistant capabilities confirmed by this solutions IP68 certification along with MIL-STD-810G 516.6 as well. Compatibility of this solution extends to Mac systems with a USB 3.0 port

MSRP of the ADATA HD710A is listed at $99.99 with a three-year warranty.

Packaging for the HD710A carries an image of the drive to the right with capacity listed at the bottom.

Scope of delivery for the HD710A includes a quick start guide and the drive itself.

Looking over the drive, you will notice it's the same design as the original HD710. The drive is capable of holding its cable around the perimeter of the enclosure, while the bottom right corner protects the drives USB 3.0 connection.

Moving the port protector over, you gain access to the USB 3.0 port.

To start off testing, we set up the HD710A to get a broader comparison sample. As you can see above the drive was capable of 119 MB/s read followed by 118 MB/s write.

Moving over to OS X 10.10, the HD710A produced 116 MB/s read and 113 MB/s write, on par with similar solutions we have tested on the OS X platform.

Price to Performance ironed things out for us putting the HD710A in the fourth spot in our chart.

The HD710A is quite a solid solution for any Mac user looking for portable storage with capacity. Durability is on a top tier level with the drive being triple protected within the enclosure. Adding to the durability is the drive's IP68 certification denoting the drive can withstand extremely dusty environments without an effect on the drive with additional capabilities of being submerged up to 1.5 meter for 60 minutes.

Performance of the drive was quite good. In our testing, we were able to reach speeds up to 119 MB/s read and 118 MB/s write with our Windows platform, while the OS X platform reached slightly lower numbers at 116 MB/s read and 113 MB/s write.

Price / Performance for the HD710A was rather good and with the large sample size in our chart we found the latest solution from ADATA to be in the top five at 95.2%.

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100 Years Later

What happened when Breaking dawn finished? What happened to the Cullens after the Volturi misunderstanding?
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Garrett POV

So this is the life I chose to lead, vegetarianism, all for the love of my beautiful wife. I have to admit I do like this life better, I like the cultured and civilised feel to the life I am leading, I like not having to move around and staying in the Denali, and above all else I love the love we share; in the family and also with the Cullen's.

When I came to help out an old friend, in Carlisle, I knew my life would probably change, but never to this degree. I thought that all of us, except for those who would be forced into subservience by Aro, would be killed. But in the end, we came out on top, miraculously. I had always scoffed at Carlisle's actions and beliefs that there is such thing as God, for us anyway, but I have just started to believe him. It seemed that good will always win against bad, I used to think myself bad just for the lifestyle I led, what I did but there was no way I would have been able to stop myself from killing humans without outside help. I constantly thank this new found God for everything, and above all else I thank him and ask him to keep Carlisle safe, without him as my friend I would be back to the feral adventurer of a century ago, and I also thank God for bringing Kate into my life, because without her I would also be that man.

We're hunting the bland deer of North Washington; Eleazer, Jasper and I. I may not be as accustomed to this diet as the others but I do know taste, and deer's do not have much. Denali is much better, with the caribou, which are just as bad, and we have more mountain lions or bears in one week than the Cullen's would in a year. I have slipped up a couple of times in the past century, but speaking with Jasper, Emmett, Edward and even Esme I know that it is common, we choose to live the moral life and so we have to take into account the difficulty of this right path; the twists, the turns, the highs, the lows, all have lead to the man I am now. Leaning my head to the fallen deer's neck, Kate's face swims into my head, smiling at me on our wedding day over eighty years ago, and I smile into as the deer's blood fills my mouth, if this is what it takes to see her smile like that every day I will continue to do it until the end of time.

Jacob POV

I needed to get out of the house, I was sick of Em's constant swearing, and Kate's constant laughing. Don't get me wrong I loved them both like the next person but I liked hunting better, than hearing these along with Esme's shouts from the upper floor and Carlisle's chuckles at her. I have been feeding my human half more in the present situation so I needed to go wolf, hunt for this form instead of my other. Bella and Alice were a few feet ahead of us; Nessie and I. Alice was talking energetically, as was always the case with my vampire sister, about some weird fall fashion show that had just shown in Paris. Bella couldn't care a less! She would nod, smile, and pretend to look interested but inside I knew, as did every one, except maybe Alice that she wasn't paying any attention in the slightest.

Nessie and I careened off and started to run just as we came across the scent of a small herd of deer, by the sounds of it, there was four. I found them before Nessie, me having four legs, and Ness had the perfection and a degree of vampire natured running but also a small degree of human. She pressed her hand to my head that was up to my shoulder and rubbed gently showing me pictures of the first hunt we had together. She was about a month old, she had just learned how to walk, but not just walk but run and dance. So yeah, we had run through the forest and I had phased in front of her and expected her to either run back into Bella's waiting arms or start to cry, but as with her mother, she always surprised me, she had laughed, a peal of bells, and ran towards me, jumping onto my back. As we were reliving this I located the deer and she sprinted off in the direction of them, me just behind her.

She feasted first, placing her mouth to the crease of the deer's neck and its shoulder and just as I was finally able to satiate my wolf form, placing my teeth to its vein, two familiar minds phased into my own; Leah and Seth. Seth was reliving seeing Haley a few minutes ago as Leah was doing with Justin. I was happy they had found the person with whom they would spend the rest of their lives, and all, especially Leah, she was actually a fun joint-beta to my alpha. However, if I didn't have Nessie I think I would have screamed and ran far, far away just to get away from the love and protectiveness that one of us feels for our loves. I can remember it with Sam, Jared, Paul and Quil but that never meant I was used to it, if anything that was the part of pack life I used to hate.

Shut up, Leah. Seth thought internally, I guessed they hadn't heard me yet.

What's your problem, Seth? Leah snarled.

I went to bed, dreaming about Justin last night, can you give it a rest?

I always do with Haley!

Ahem! I brought their attention back to me, the invisible alpha, if not they would probably meet up with one another and start a fight.

Oh, Hey Jake! Leah sounded shocked; I must have guessed correctly that they were too wrapped up in their own lives to remember about me.

Hey Hey Jake! Haven't heard from you in a while. Seth thought, while replaying a few months ago that we had last met and probably two weeks since I had last been in wolf form. How are the Cullens? He asked, like always his truce with Edward was just as strong, if not stronger than it was before. He still loved Bella, and had started to love Emmett, Carlisle and Kate, once she visited just as much as Edward. It told me that Bella was right in what she said a long time ago, "Werewolves and Vampires can live peacefully," I used to think it was creepy. I mean seriously a werewolf hanging out with a leech, but I had married into the family and they were my family and I loved them as such, especially Alice, Bella, Carlisle and Esme. Rosalie was still the thorn in my paw, Emmett was a doufus, but a doufus that was my big brother, Jasper was not yet a big brother but more along the lines of a close friend as was Edward, my father-in-law.

Jake? Who the hell is getting all sentimental now? Leah scoffed, trust her to take interest in my thoughts now.

I ignored her, answering Seth. They're okay, man. I'm guessing Haley is fine too? And Justin, Leah?

Hey! What is it with you two? And the others I have become so used to listening to the people who have imprinted for years and now I have someone, I can't? I mean it I feel like I'm falling in love with Nessie when you're in alpha form, and I don't like it!

Leah might as well have been invisible about the amount of attention her brother was paying to her. Yep, Jake, Haley is fine!

Good to hear! "Jake?" I heard Ness call from my side. I guess that's my cue to leave, guys.

Okay, Jake! Seth laughed. Hey, tell Edward I said hi, ‘kay?

Sure thing, kid.

I went to phase back but just before I released I heard Leah scoff another time. ‘Tell Edward I said hi, ‘kay?' She laughed in a perfect imitation of her brother.

Shut up, Leah! He snarled and it was time to phase before I had to witness them tearing each other to bits.

Tanya POV

"Ooh, and over here is my new BMW," Rosalie gushed, grabbing Carmen's hand whom grabbed mine pulling us both over to the red car that looked very similar if not the same as her last one. Carmen saw this too, her eyes moved over the sheet, under which we both knew her old car was hidden, she sighed, catching my eyes, and rolling hers as Rosalie continued to admire her new car, whether the "horse-power" or the "top-speed", I would hope she knew that neither me nor my sister weren't paying attention but once she started on cars she was beyond impossible to stop, almost like Alice was on clothes.

"Ooh, and over here is Alice's new car," she screeched, pulling me over to the car which of course we would identify as Alice's, the fact that it was bright purple and fast.

"Rosalie," I heard call from the door, and I looked over just as Rose and Carmen did to find Esme standing there smirking at the sight of a tired looking Carmen. "Emmett is looking for you. He is considering running off, he lost, again," she added with a smile and a twinkle in her eye. Rosalie sighed; she looked longingly at her BMW and ran out of the door, not before adding, "I will tell you more later."

Carmen smiled after her and when she was invisible to us, Carmen and I let out synchronised tired sighs. Esme hid a laugh behind her hand, looking on sympathetically. "Edward heard your thoughts from upstairs Tanya; he said you might need some help." Carmen laughed as I bounded over to kiss the matriarch of the Cullen's on the cheek, "Thank you for that help!" I screeched. All three of us, left the garage quickly in case Rose came back and started once again and we walked slowly towards the house.

When we walked through the front door I had a look around at who was here and who wasn't. I could hear Emmett grumbling far away probably on the other side of the river and out of the line of wandering eyes. Kate and Garrett obviously could hear this too, as both were bent over, clutching each other and their sides for support due to laughing. When we walked through the door Carlisle's face split into a gentle, genuine smile, his eyes only for his wife and she walked eagerly into his open arms, placing her face in the crook of his neck as he did with hers. Alice and Bella sat off to the side of where Edward sat watching the television, Alice doing all the talking and Bella nodded, pretending i thought to look interested. Jasper, Eleazer, Nessie and Jacob were not back.

I went over and sat on Edward's left, winking to him as I sat, his face split into a soft crooked smile that looked to me to be a bit chagrined. I still had the same effect on him, even though he had found his soul mate. I may have been over zealous many years ago but when you love a person you would do anything to see the other person happy. His smile relaxed somewhat looking more genuine and he mouthed, "Thanks," to me.

Jacob walked through the door not a minute later, he sighed as Nessie went and sat by Bella and started to talk. "Seth says hi," he directed at Edward. Who just laughed back.

"Oh, I know. I was just on the phone with him." He explained as Jasper and Eleazer came back through the door. Alice bounded over to Jasper as Carmen did with Eleazer, at which point Emmett and Rosalie come into our eye line out of the big glass window/wall in the Cullen's house. Rose was dragging him by the arm with an encouraging smile on her face, and he just looked embarrassed and a tiny bit pissed. Kate and Garrett noticed their incoming just after the rest of us and started to laugh even harder. Emmett stopped in his tracks going to turn and head back into the forest put Rosalie, tenaciously, physically dragged him into the sitting room, sitting him down next to me and turning to give Kate and Garrett and stone glare. Garrett cringed further into his seat and sobered his laughing up quickly save a slight shaking of his shoulder and a few chuckles that he tried to make silent, Kate, on the other hand, laughed all that much harder.

It seemed when looking around the Cullen's living room that we had a complete family, both our nuclear family and our external family. Each, except me, had found their soul mates in this world but there was always the nagging feeling that our family is not as complete as it should be. Irina was not with us. Oh god, how I missed my sister. I had been told repeatedly by Kate that Irina, although none of us would wish it upon her, went the way she would have wanted to go, saving her family's life. That she did. She was now with her soul mate, in Laurent, if she would take him back, in the afterlife and they would stay together forever more.

Eleazer POV

I know the Volturi too well to think that this is over with them, and I know Carlisle does too. Even though I know he pretends for the sake of his wife, and children, that everything will always be okay. I have this nagging suspicion and I know that he will also, that all will come crashing down once again. I am constantly waiting for the day to come where the Cullen's will phone us, or there will be a knock on the door and the nine Cullen's along with Jacob will appear at it with hopeless, strained and scared looks upon each one of their faces. However, we are family. There is no way, in my beliefs, that family will not help family. And even if we weren't family, we are as much a part of the vampire world as the next coven/family and we will both go together into that encompassing darkness, associated with the Volturi and try once again to come out on top. The day has come where we all may be able to live without the Italian scum of Volterra. Edward's head nods up and down from where he is sitting watching the television and I know he is listening to me. However, there is no way I will not make the most of the happiness while it lasts.


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BEIRUT — Syria’s Western-backed opposition called Saturday for U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State extremist group as the jihadists captured three northern villages, putting them within striking distance of a mainstream rebel stronghold.

Islamic State fighters have overrun nearly a dozen towns and villages in Aleppo province this week, crushing what little resistance they have encountered.

Those gains threaten rival factions’ supply lines to neighboring Turkey and squeeze the mainstream armed opposition’s position in the country’s largest city, Aleppo, which is also under assault by President Bashar Assad’s forces.

With the mainstream rebels’ foothold in Aleppo becoming increasingly precarious, the Syrian National Coalition urged the international community to “quickly support the Free Syrian Army with weapons and ammunition” so it could “defend its people.”

“We call on the international community to use the American air force, or those of any other country to support the Free Syrian Army,” the Coalition said in a statement on Saturday, referring to the group’s military wing.

The Coalition has long appealed for more robust military support from the West to help in its fight to oust Assad, and more recently to counter the rise of Islamic extremists.

But the group’s appeal Saturday appeared aimed at capitalizing on the recent U.S. aerial intervention in neighboring Iraq, where American military aircraft have targeted the Islamic State group as the militants advanced on the largely autonomous Kurdish region and threatened Christians and other religious minorities.

But President Barack Obama has long refused demands for similar action in Syria, fearing it could draw the U.S. into an increasingly complex and bloody civil war.

The Islamic State group, which moved aggressively into Syria in early 2013, has carved out a self-styled caliphate in the territory it has seized in northeastern Syria as well as northern and western Iraq.

The group has added to the territory under its control, taking over the village of Maled near the town of Marea in Aleppo province late Friday, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

An activist in the area who goes by the name of Fayez Abu Quteibah said the group also captured two other villages near Marea — Hamidiyeh and Sonbol.

Those gains come days after the extremists overran several other villages and two towns in Aleppo province. The extremist group’s ultimate goal appears to be Marea itself, a stronghold of the once-powerful Islamic Front rebel group, which has been fighting the jihadists since January.

“If Marea falls, this will open the road for them (Islamic State group) to march toward all parts of northern Aleppo,” Abu Quteibah said via Skype.

The Observatory said Islamic State fighters shelled Marea on Saturday with mortar rounds.

The Syrian government, meanwhile, carried out airstrikes on two of the localities the extremists overran this week, hitting Akhtarin and Dabiq, the Observatory said. There was no immediate word on casualties or what was targeted.

On Friday, the U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions on six men for recruiting or financing foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria, and threatened additional sanctions against anyone supporting terrorist groups.

The Security Council also demanded in a unanimously adopted resolution that the Islamic State group and al-Qaida-linked groups disarm and disband immediately.

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titleHi folks! Today I’ll be profiling (link, wiki entry). This is a very good site to have open while you raid. It has a large database of boss guides, covering virtually every boss in all the available content. Simply select the dungeon you’re crawling from the left dropdown menu, and then select the boss you’re trying to figure out. They’ll have the basics about the bosses abilities, as well as more advanced strategy that can help you get your group’s first kill.

If you’re the payin’ sort, you can get animated guides, and if you’re the writin’ sort, you can try your hand at writing a guide. Take a look at this new Coliseum boss– no guides yet. I remember when Wrath and Ulduar were first released, Bosskillers had a promotion where they would pay something like 100$ for a good guide on a new boss.

Till next time!

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Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara was born in Kainakary, south India, in the early 19th century. The youngest child in a large and devout family, he opted to serve the Lord by becoming a priest. As such, he shares with two others the honour of starting one of the largest congregations for men in India, the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate. Kuriakose’s early life was modest and unassuming. He was staunch in his devotion to Mary the Immaculate, as well as inspired by the Carmelite tradition which claimed the prophet Elijah as its founder. Kuriakose was later to take the name ‘Elias’ when he made his final profession. He opened the first CMI house in Mannanam, followed by more seminaries, schools and a home for the aged. The training of catechumens and holding retreats for priests and lay people were also taken up by the CMI fathers, beside the setting up of printing presses and publishing houses to produce educational and devotional literature. Kuriakose also helped to bring uniformity in the celebration of the liturgy and edited a breviary and a liturgical calendar. Not content with establishing an order for men, he also co-founded two institutes for women, the congregation of the Mother of Carmel and the Congregation of Teresian Carmelites. And those three congregations which he founded are among the most dynamic in the Indian Church today.
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ODBC is a standard database access method developed by Microsoft Corporation. ODBC makes it possible to access data from any application, regardless of which database management system (DBMS) is handling the data. ODBC is based on the Call-Level Interface [CLI] specifications from X/Open and ISO/IEC for database APIs and uses Structured Query Language [SQL] as its database access language. The functionality of ODBC involves the insertion of a middle layer, called a database driver, between an application and the DBMS. The purpose of the database driver is to translate the application’s data queries into commands that the DBMS understands. To access an ODBC database, you must have the appropriate ODBC driver for the database you wish to access. To access data provided by a data source, a connection to the data source must first be established. All data access is managed through that connection.

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The ODBC architecture has four components:

  • Application. Performs processing and calls ODBC functions to submit SQL statements and retrieve results.
  • Driver Manager. Loads and unloads drivers on behalf of an application. Processes ODBC function calls or passes them to a driver.
  • Driver. Processes ODBC function calls, submits SQL requests to a specific data source, and returns results to the application. If necessary, the driver modifies an application’s request so that the request conforms to syntax supported by the associated DBMS.
  • Data source. Consists of the data the user wants to access and its associated operating system, DBMS, and network platform (if any) used to access the DBMS.

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Deep in the forests and deer parks all round the UK, tensions and testosterone levels are rising.  It's time for the red deer rut.  The rutting season is a period when the biggest and strongest male (stag) rounds up a group of females (hinds) for mating.  Of course every other male deer has the same ambition, but there's only so many females to go around.

In order to maintain control over a group of females the dominant stag must constantly drive away rivals.  The stag announces his superiority over other males by constantly bellowing out an echoing roar, which sounds something like a cross between a chainsaw and a burp.  I guess if we had to shout for days on end like these guys do we'd end up making a similar noise.

Sometimes shouting is not enough, and when contenders approach the females they need to be chased off.  Occasionally fights between males can break out, and this can lead to some serious clashing of those magnificent antlers

Red deer are our largest native land mammals.  They can weigh up to 190kg.  In fact they're one of only two native species of deer in the UK, the other being the Roe deer.

Don't Get Stuck in a Rut

If you go to watch the rutting deer make sure you keep at a safe distance.  If you take a dog be sure to keep it on a lead.  You definitely DON'T want to get between the stag and his females.  Those antlers are sharp, and getting charged by an angry stag can be bad for your health.

Where to See the Red Deer Rut

Be sure to check details before visiting.  Some locations require permission for access and some require permits for photography.  Deer parks are good locations to observe the rut as the deer are used to having people around them and it's often possible to get much closer than you would in more remote locations.

Richmond Park, Surrey
Bushey Park, Middlesex
Wildwood Trust, Kent
Bucklebury Farm Park, Berkshire
Ashton Court Estate, Somerset
Arlington Court, Devon
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
Chatsworth Park, Derbyshire
Bradgate Park & Swithland Wood Country Park, Leicestershire
Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire
Wollaton Park, Woolaton, Nottinghamshire
Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire
Lyme Park, Disley, Cheshire
Jedforest Deer Park, Northumberland
Margam Country Park, Port Talbot
Beecraigs Country Park, West Lothian
Glengoulandie Deer Park, Perthshire
The Highland Wildlife Park, Inverness-shire
The Scottish Deer Centre, Fife
Isle of Jura, Argyllshire
Gosford Forest Park, County Armagh

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Maryland Track & Field BIO
Emily VandeWater

2016 Outdoor: Big Ten Postgrad Scholar...Academic All-Big Ten...competed at eight events...ran the 200m, 800m, and 1500m events...clocked season-best 29.64 in the 200 at the Maryland Invitational (3/26)...posted season-bests in the 800 (2:17.67) and 1500 (4:42.12) at the Larry Ellis Invite (4/22-23)...crossed the line in 4:55.70 in the 1500 at the Big Ten Championships (5/13-15).

2016 Indoor: Competed at five events...member of third place 4x800 team (9:09.06) at Penn State Relays (1/9)...19th in the 800 (2:28.20) and 10th in the 600 (1:42.96) at Terrapin Invitational (1/30)...ran 4:53.12 in the 1500 and 5:14.82 in the mile at Armory Track Invitational (2/5-2/6)...went 2:17.03 in the 800 and 3:02.08 in the 1000 at SPIRE Invite (2/12-2/13)...member of 10th place DMR team (12:06.69)  at Big Ten Championships (2/26-2/27).

2015 Outdoor: Competed in one event…ran 4:42.44 in the 1500m to finish third at the UTEP Springtime Invitational.

2015 Indoor: Placed fourth in the mile (5:06.69) at the Penn State Relays…placed second in the 800m (2:18.05) at the Terrapin Invitational…won the 1000m (3:00.30) and took second in the mile (5:02.74) at the Tiger Open…ran a season-best 2:12.33 at the Armory Track Invitational…placed first in the 1000m (2:55.56) at Navy’s Sweetheart Multi-Mix Madness…was a member of the Distance Medley Relay that finish eighth at the Big Ten Championships.

2014 Cross Country: Competed in one event… placed 55th over 5K (29:49.86) at the Mount St. Mary’s Duals.

2014 Indoor: Season-best time of 2:15.79 in the 800m to finish seventh at the Kehoe Twilight...placed 14th at the Sam Howell Invitational (2:16.05)...finished fourth at the UTEP Springtime Meet (2:20.93)...notched a season-best time of 4:46.96 in the Sam Howell Invitational...placed 38th at the ACC Outdoor Championships (4:48.67)...finished seventh at the Maryland Invitational (4:51.69).

2013 Outdoor: Finished 15th in the 800 meters at UCF Invitational with a season-best time of 2:15.02…Finished 3rd in the same event at Maryland Invitational…Season-best mark in the 1,500 meters in ACC Championships Prelims (4:38.80)… Member of the 4x800 relay team that recorded the fastest time in Maryland outdoor history (8:44.24) at Penn Relays.

2013 Indoor: Season best time in the mile at Night at the Armory (5:14.52)...Placed 11th...Competed in the 800 meters at VT Elite (2:18.33)...Placed 21st

2012 Cross Country: Participated in three events as a freshman... Collegiate debut was strong as she finished 3rd overall as Terps took top seven individual places at UMES Lid-Lifter... Went 20:19 over 5K course... Eighth on the team and 71st overall in 24:57 on Navy's 6K layout at the Salty Dog Invitational... Was 45th overall in 24:24 at the Blue & Gold Invitational as Terps finished second as a team at Delaware.

Before Maryland: National Honor Society member ... Indoor and outdoor track captain as a junior and senior ... XC team captain as a junior ... Indoor Baltimore County 800m, 1600m and 4x400m Champion in 2012 ... Outdoor 3A MD 1600m State Champion ... Member of XC 3A Maryland State Championship team junior and senior year ... Four-time First Team All-County in XC and three-time First Team All-County in indoor and outdoor track ... Holds Hereford High School's records in DMR, 4x800m and 4x400m.

Personal: Parents are Keith and Robin ... Father ran track at the University of Wisconsin, Madison ... Biggest sports thrill was winning the MD (3A) 1600m State Championship ... Majoring in kinesiology and plans on entering the health field.
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As a Junior in 2009: Captain of stingy Maryland defense that surrendered a mere 9.11 goals per game...First Team Regional All-American and Third Team All-American...named to ACC All-Tournament team after helping aid the attack and tallying five groundballs and two caused turnovers in the championship game against Duke (4/26)... second on the team with 31 ground balls and added 15 caused turnovers... notched multiple groundballs on nine separate occasions...won four draw controls versus Penn State (4/3) in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge...also contributed on the offensive side of things, registering ten goals and four assists while starting in all 22 games...scored two goals in Maryland's win against Princeton (5/16).

As a Sophomore in 2008: Started in all 20 games she appeared in for the Terrapin defense...tallied 26 groundballs and 20 draw controls.

As a Freshman in 2007: Appeared in 16 games ... forced four turnovers while picking up three ground balls and three draw controls ... secured a draw in the NCAA quarterfinals at Penn (5/19) ... one caused turnover and ground ball in the NCAA first round against Yale (5/13) ... one ground ball against Virginia (4/27) and at Virginia Tech (4/22) ... one caused turnover and draw control at Richmond (3/7).

Prep: Three-year letterwinner in lacrosse at Easton High ... led the team in goals and assists as a sophomore (44g/18a) and senior (49g/22a) ... also has a team-best 239 groundballs in those two seasons ... high school All-America honoree in 2004 ... team captain as a junior and an all-conference first team selection ... helped team to the conference and regional titles in 2003 ... played club for CCLax and was a member of the All-Galaxy team.

Personal: Karissa Jillian Taylor was born September 16, 1987 in Dallas, Texas ... is the daughter of Kibby and Steve Dalton ... has an older brother, Nathan, and an older sister, Neisha ... lists parents as the people she admires most ... major is family science ... chose Maryland over Georgetown, North Carolina, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins and Princeton.

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Free-Position Caused
200716/0 0 00 0 0-0 43
200821/210 0 0210-0 1627
Total 59/43 10 438381-4 35 61
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Study Abroad in Africa - Informational Meeting

Students interested in studying abroad in Africa through UNC''s Study Abroad program are encouraged to attend an informational meeting from 1-3 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, in Spruce C (University Center). Be sure to bring questions and take full advantage of learning how to internationalize your education at UNC.

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Dr. Finelli Welcome to the Department of Biology and Marine Biology!

Whether it's using cutting edge technology to decode the molecular basis of cell function, SCUBA diving to measure the impact of global climate change on coastal habitats, or building virtual ecosystems to uncover hidden connections, students and faculty in the Department of Biology and Marine Biology are engaged in scientific inquiry across the range of the life sciences. Students in our department pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in both biology (BA, BS, MS) and marine biology (BS, MS, PhD) that emphasize hands-on involvement in research and take advantage of our coastal setting and first-class facilities including the Center for Marine Science.continued >>

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History of MSW Stores

What's up everyone.

Since MSW is coming on the 6th of September, and most definitely we will see a release of a brand new MSW store, I tihnk it's a good idea to have a little recap on the history of MSW stores.

But before we do that, I shall take a little time to... introduce myself.
Thanks to our lovely new writer, HATECHAINMAILS aka Josefina, I came to realize that I totally forgot to do this and jumped straight to business.

My name is Vanessa, I've been on Stardoll since 2010, and my favourite activity is to make Stardesign fashion and interior items. And jewellery too (and sometimes it's almost pretty!).

I am DawnRenesmee
And you can find me HERE and alleviate your curiosity.

In real life I'm a PhD student with a background in criminology, psychiatry, and ancient history.
Yeah, I love studying.

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This one. I will definitely say that it's my favourite. Perhaps, it's not for the clothes' quality, or whatsoever, but it's because it was the FIRST MSW store that came out, and it was the FIRST MSW store that I personally saw, and hence, it is indeed very special to me.

On my memory, the yellow dress was inspired by Alexander McQueen's real life version, and it was highly popular back in the days.
Not to mention the Save the Future shirt that was almost on every Catwalk winner.

And, of course, the silver tiara.

I have to add that the ethnic crown was my personal favourite item and I wore it to run for MSW.

The second round came in, and being honest, I only liked the interior. But it was still a great time to run for MSW.

In terms of clothes, it is by far my least favourite collection that made me cringe every single time.
The fuchsia gown (and the silver dress) was definitely the most popular item in that year's release.

What made this year great, is that first Stardesign Hair artworks found their way to broad audience, and it was such a fun time to participate because you never knew who's gonna come up with what.

The blue background was a pleasant change.

Once again, that was a cool year to run because after the previous MSW, more and more designers mastered their SD Hair skills, and we got to see more stunning masterpieces.

In terms of the store release, it was definitely better than the previous one, but I still didn't end up buying a single thing.

I liked this release. Can't say it was perfect, but even better than what was released in 2012 and 2013.
The black gown was a hit, and I personally saw nearly all of my Stardoll friends wearing this one often.

My second to most favourite releases.
More black stuff.

Me likes black.

I think in this release there are more hits than misses, and that's quite impressive.
Now, you don't have to agree with whatever I say, but I still think that this release was pretty much the most decent release. And I felt like all the pinks, whites, greys, and blacks made a good colour palette.

(Still digging that black floral gown)

So what're your thoughts on this?
What was your favourite MSW store?

Any cool memories to share?

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New Music: Rome Cee – By The Pound

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Starting 2016 off right, Rome Cee dropped this new track “By The Pound.” The beat has a woozy kind of atmospheric sound that I think works well for Rome. He tends to pack a lot of words into his bars and simpler beats do a great job to highlight his wordplay and let his vocals come forward. I also like that it sounds very current. Rome can go old school and do the 90’s sound but he is equally as strong or maybe even stronger at rhyming over more progressive tracks. As he says in this hook this is Rome Cee stripped down and on to better things.

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New Music – RomeCee – SEVENCEES: Small Batch No. 1

Rome Cee drops his EP, SEVENCEES. We posted a few of the tracks from it but hearing it all together it’s clear that Rome had a really focused approach to the sound of this project. Very chill vibes with some knockin’ drums and a poignant message about what’s going on in the world that Rome inhabits.

A great portion of the SEVENCEES Tape was wrote during Baltimore’s perilous times as seen during riots, protests and backlash towards the city’s Mayor resulting in a collection of dark and spiritual concepts. The backdrops are provided by seven different up-and coming producers and a guest appearance from fellow Baltimore artist Rickie Jacobs.

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New Music: Rome Cee – The Kraken

Got this joint sent to me from the homie Rome Cee. It’s produced by saptune and has a mellow contemplative vibe that allows Rome to paint the picture of a what’s going on in our home town from the perspective of someone that has lived in streets of Baltimore’s west side. The issues surrounding the plight of B’more are complex and you can rely on Rome to bring a subtly to the events that only someone as well rounded and thoughtful as he can do.

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The aim of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme is to assist Member States in integrating “employability skills” in national education systems. Through the development of skills and access to technical and vocational education, governments can lay the basis for a stronger society and a more resilient economy.

In line with EFA Goal 3 related to “appropriate learning and life skills.” by promoting long–term strategies and solutions, inclusive and right based approaches; UNESCO aims to strengthen its assistance to Member States in improving national TVET systems and supporting development of national normative frameworks and standards for TVET.

Priorities such as:

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  • promotion of equity, especially in relation to gender,
  • arresting the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic,
  • supporting rural communities and people in disadvantaged groups, encouraging north-south and south-south cooperation and assistance in the development of countries in transition and those in emerging from crisis and conflict.

Are given to TVET initiatives.

The Convention together with Revised Recommendations concerning Technical and Vocational Education occupies the foremost place among UNESCO’s standard –setting instruments in the field of vocational education. It provides normative legislative framework and essentials elements of the technical and vocational education with international obligation.

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Building a Place to Learn

It’s not unusual for college students to be up at 2 a.m., whether cramming for tests, finishing essay papers or hanging out with friends. UNF electrical engineering student Noel San Antonio often finds himself spending late-night hours on the computer, but he’s not working on last-minute assignments or chatting online. He’s e-mailing people halfway across the globe in the Philippines, making future plans for an elementary school he helped build back home.

When Noel San Antonio came to UNF as a transfer student in 2006, he was already knee-deep in plans to open a new school for preschool and kindergarten children in the Filipino farming town of Bulacan, not far from his hometown of Manila. It was something he’d been passionate about for a while. But through his studies at UNF, San Antonio discovered a deep yearning to accomplish more than he’d originally intended for the project and to get things done sooner rather than later.

“It was when I was taking Circuit Analysis I with Dr. [Jerry] Merckel that I started taking the whole thing very seriously,” he said. “He challenged me as his student to think about what I want to be, what my main goals and objectives are for school, for my career and for lifelong learning. He really motivated me to move forward on the project.”

In Dr. Susan Vasana’s Intro to Digital Systems class, when San Antonio was working on a class project focused on using engineering and technology to impact global and societal environments, he decided the school in the Philippines was his top priority. He ended up leaving UNF and getting on a plane to the Philippines mid-semester to focus on his passion.

“When I began to think about the project in terms of its global and societal impact, it gave me more motivation to go back home to work on it more,” said San Antonio, 34. “I also needed to develop the pre-K and kindergarten curriculum and to ask for the support of my family and friends.”

“Noel was a quiet and bright student. Before the [midterm] exam, he told me he needed to go to the Philippines. He didn’t tell me the true reason at that time,” Vasana said. “While many students did wonderful presentations, Noel didn’t present. He went to work on it in the real world instead.”

San Antonio’s passion for building the school, St. Anthony Development and Learning Center of Bulacan, stems from his own experiences growing up in an impoverished neighborhood in Manila. He and his family of six faced daily hardships, having lived in a tiny makeshift house constructed of corrugated metal and wood.

“Our entire house was about the size of this office [12-feet by 15-feet],” said San Antonio, now a junior. “There were always children running around on the streets, no matter what time of day or night.”
Overcrowding in the Philippines was a problem on the streets and in the public schools, with as many as 60 children assigned to each classroom. School conditions were often unsafe and unsanitary.
“In the wet season, sometimes we would have to sit in the basketball court or under a tree for lessons because the school was flooded,” he recalled.

Today, 60 children in Bulacan have a better place to learn, thanks to San Antonio’s efforts. With the help of friends from high school, family members, generous donors and Bulacan citizens, he helped build St. Anthony’s, a two-room schoolhouse that opened in July 2006.

San Antonio also urged Flagler County Schools in Florida to donate computers and textbooks. Now, school children sit at their own desks, create artwork with donated supplies and receive free medical and dental support. They proudly wear colorful uniforms made by San Antonio’s mother, a dressmaker in Manila. Two qualified teachers earn $1,350 per year.
San Antonio arranged all of this while attending college 9,000 miles away from home.

A quiet and understated guy, San Antonio doesn’t like to take credit for the endeavor, saying it was a group effort involving many people. But he does admit that ever since he was a young boy, he’s had a personal drive to succeed.

“I just do whatever it takes,” he said. “I know I could do better in college, but since this project is my priority, I have to do this now.”

San Antonio came to the United States on a National Science Foundation scholarship after traveling for a decade as a missionary in Australia, Asia, Africa and Europe. During that time, he discovered the huge gap in opportunities for children from country to country and decided he’d dedicate his life to helping others.

Asked what kind of a student San Antonio is, what makes him tick and how he’s been able to accomplish so much in the Philippines while attending UNF, Merckel put it quite simply: “Good student. Passion. Vision.” As an engineering professor and associate dean of UNF’s College of Computing, Engineering and Construction, Merckel describes San Antonio as a quiet leader on a mission and a person who brings people together with his passion.

San Antonio’s next goal is to raise $11,000 to construct a second school building this summer, add classrooms to include 1st through 4th grades and hire more teachers. UNF education professor Dr. Elizabeth Fullerton will help develop the curriculum for the new grades. Eventually, San Antonio would like the school to include all elementary and secondary grades, with seven buildings, 14 teachers, two support staff and sports facilities.

Although it’s not easy to juggle his humanitarian efforts, college coursework and an internship at G.E. Aviation, a manufacturing engineering company in Jacksonville, he plans to do well at all three. Upon his graduation next spring, San Antonio hopes to stay in Jacksonville to work full time as an electrical engineer — but he says he will always work to help others in need.

“My compassion goes to young people in the Philippines and other countries who don’t have the opportunities I’ve been given. Whatever I have that’s extra, I will always give to them.”


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Sonora Union High School District

County schools chief says more cuts are needed

TMAP to the rescue

Storm watch

Rain, snow, wind, slides, crashes and closures abound

Inauguration 2017

Two Mother Lode Republicans to attend D.C. ceremonies

Diamond celebration

Longtime Sonora residents Charles and AraMinta Clyde celebrate 60 wedded years

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