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Sepecat Jaguar models in 1/72 scale
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Hasegawa has issued as of today the best kit of the Jaguar in 1/72 scale. Their first kit of a Sepecat Jaguar Gr Mk 1/A single seater was released around 1985. It was a very fine kit with recessed panellines, crisp plastic and pretty good. But the airbrakes have raised details, no perforations.
Two types of noses and tails are in the kit. The RAF Jaguar kit has the vertical tail with RWR receivers and the laser designator nose of the kit. But the airbrakes, although separate parts, have no holes in them. It is a tidious job to open them all up.
It had decals for:
The exhausts are a bit undeep. The
cockpit is very basic with a crude seat and decals for the instrument panels.
Stores in the kit are Magic air-to-air missiles (for the French Armee de
l'Air kit release) , BL755 bombs with their pylons which look good enough
but in the kit there are NO fuel drop tanks. The overwing pylons for the
missiles are a bit crude. Also a rather thick ladder and a pilot for a
diorama as well is in the kit.
Hasegawa issued also a two seater
kit, which was a large improvement compared to the Heller Jaguar (that
also had parts for a two seater). Many parts are common with the single
seat kit. Here the Hasegawa E / T.mk2 is seen:
In this kit decals are for:
(5) Jaguar A
One French Jaguar A in "Languedoc" markings was made more recently, using the very nice special kit decals. It was issued in 1994 and bears all common parts and comments as noted above.
The lower surfaces were given a mix coat of light grey with some drops of silver mixed in. The camouflage lines are well distinguishable and "sharp", the green was hand painted. The area on top of the fuselage, nose sides and of the vertical tail of the special markings were masked and given an undercoat of mat white. This will be better for the decals. Black edges are seen on the intake and leading edges of wing and tail.
White markings clearly seen on pictures so these were hand painted on the wing as seen on pictures.
I also made another Hasegawa kit as
Jaguar ACT test aircraft, see page 7....
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Xenia Deli is a Moldovan fashion model. She lives in Los Angeles, California. Xenia Deli was born in Basarabeasca, Moldova. She studied literature, graduated from the first course of the Moldovan State University, and planned on becoming a teacher. She also attended modeling school. During a program for modeling students, Deli competed in a ‘Beach Bunny’ contest and was one of three finalists. The brand invited her to represent them in their advertising campaign.
he has been featured on several fashion magazine covers, including Elle, FMD Magazine and Sport Illustrated of South Africa. She also starred in music videos, including “Thinking About You” and Justin Bieber’s “What Do You Mean” in 2015.
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Time in Malaysia
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Just because they stopped making new episodes of Melrose Place and Beverly Hills 90210 doesn’t mean that the L.A. singles scene has been tapped out: The city has the highest percentage of people who have never been married on our list. Housing can be expensive and the traffic is the nation’s worst, but that just makes people-watching at the traffic lights one of the city’s unmentioned pleasures. L.A. offers easy proximity to both beaches and mountains, some top museums, trendy restaurants and one of the nation’s liveliest music scenes. Though there are plenty of good jobs in finance and entertainment, area job growth comes in at a lackluster 33 on our rankings. –Dan Ackman
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That's the question that comes to mind in light of this latest bit of Aroldis Chapman news. The Reds are in Pittsburgh right now to play the Pirates, and according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Chapman's downtown hotel room was robbed late Tuesday night. But that's not all:
Officers who were dispatched to the hotel found a 26-year-old woman tied up and crying.
Security guards told officers that they were alerted by two guests who heard a woman screaming for help.
The guests, who were staying in a room on the same floor, went into the hallway to see what was going on found the woman with her hands bound by cloth napkins, police spokeswoman Diane Richard wrote in a news release.
The unidentified woman is from Silver Spring, Md. She was described as "the hotel guest of a male who attended the Pirates baseball game and who was not present at the time of the incident." Police said the woman answered a knock at the door from a man who identified himself as hotel maintenance who wanted to fix a toilet. The man entered and demanded to take things, and when the woman refused, he tied her up and stole "jewelry, clothing, a computer, credit cards and ID cards."
The last two weeks have certainly been bizarre for Chapman. Hours after a game last week, he was driving 100 miles from Cincinnati in a direction away from the city when he was arrested for allegedly doing 93 mph and driving with a suspended license. And just before that, he was hit with an $18 million lawsuit by a man serving a 10-year prison sentence in Chapman's native Cuba. That man, Danilo Curbelo Garcia, accuses Chapman of having been "an informant" for the Cuban government. The suit also says Chapman falsely accused Curbelo Garcia of human trafficking as part of a plan to help Chapman escape from Cuba several years ago, before Chapman actually defected in 2009.
So, let me rephrase the question: Who is chasing Aroldis Chapman?
[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; photo via AP]
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In fashion, a great portfolio can make it or break it. As your first chance to leave a lasting impression, the assemblage must demonstrate your strengths and abilities, all while serving as a strong representation of your work, versatility, market awareness and unique point of view.
Focused on the technical aspects of photo manipulation, students who successfully complete this course will be able to construct powerful and compelling portfolio images that fully represent their design identity.
The course runs for a duration of 30 hours over the course of two months and is divided into bi-weekly meetings.
Open to both students and the public, Polimoda’s One Shot courses are practical paths aimed at developing and refining basic skills required by the industry today.
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Clayton and Talea met in high school, and although they didn’t start dating until 7 years later, they are now completely in love. The couple wanted to theme their engagement session around “glamping”. Having a small lake park near where they live, they were able to make their vision come alive. The pictures, taken by Lorena Burns Photography, turned out perfect and we are so excited to share their Plaid Picnic Engagement with you! Even their little dog was able to get into the pictures – and how photogenic is he?!
How did you two meet?
What was your first date like?
We went to dinner and a movie and then sat by the lake and talked
Tell us about the proposal.
Clayton took me to The Dallas Arboretum in the evening for their 12 Days of Christmas exhibit. The park was all lit up by Christmas lights so it was beautiful. He took me to a gorgeous secluded garden and asked if I wanted my “last Christmas present” and popped the question.
Tell us about the ring!
It’s a beautiful round diamond setting with a halo and half eternity micro pavé diamonds on the band
How did you know she/he was the one? How long had you been planning to propose before you actually popped the question?
I just couldn’t imagine going through life and sharing all the new experiences and adventures with anyone else. I just couldn’t imagine life without her. I was planning on proposing the year before, but nothing was going the way I planned.
What is your favorite thing about each other?
I love that Clayton is so kind and giving. He is the kind of person that if he’s late to work, but sees someone having car trouble on the side of the road, he will stop even if it’s raining.
My favorite thing about Talea is her compassionate and caring nature.
Can you tell us a little bit about your wedding plans so far?
Our wedding theme is the 20’s and our colors are dusty mint, dusty rose, and gold. We will also be adding literary elements (romantic classical literature) since that is the grooms favorite past time.
What are you most excited about when thinking about your wedding?
We are both most excited to finally be married and start our lives together. We have been together for 5 years so it’s been a long time coming. We are second most excited about the cake lol
What was the inspiration behind your engagement photo shoot? Where did you have your pictures done and why did you choose it?
The inspiration was glamping (glamorous-camping). Since our pictures were taken in the fall we decided to go with a fall theme just make it a little more elegant. Our pictures were taken at a small lake park in Kaufman, TX that our photographer chose and we are so glad she did because it was a perfect setting.
Photography: Lorena Burns Photography | Make-up Artist: Crystal Andrade
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Simon Cowell was reportedly kissed by an X Factor USA contestant at the recent auditions.
The judge joined fellow stars Demi Lovato, Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio at the New Orleans tryouts this week but was surprised to be smothered with kisses by an unsuccessful auditionee.
According to E! News, a pair of singing hairdressers failed to make it through their audition but asked the judges for some consolation.
"The guy asked the judges if he could give the girls a hug," a source said. "After hugging all the judges - Kelly even said what a good hugger he was - Simon held his hand out to shake hands and the guy instead just gave Simon a bear hug.
"His singing partner, who was on stage, was jealous and she ran straight up to Simon, grabbed his face and started kissing him all over his cheek and neck - Simon couldn't escape it!"
The insider added that Cowell also received some unexpected female attention from a Charleston auditionee's 83-year-old grandmother.
"[She] took a liking to Simon and insisted on sitting on Simon's knee while her granddaughter auditioned," the source revealed. "Simon turned bright red!"
The third season of X Factor USA will air later this year on Fox.
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3.6 If you wish to cancel your order either before or after you receive the Gift Voucher, you must notify SK Chase within the Cancellation Period that you have decided to cancel the contract. The easiest way to do this is to contact SK Chase in accordance with clause 4.1. If you decide to cancel by email, your cancellation will be effective from the date you sent SK Chase the email.
3.7 Should you cancel the contract within the Cancellation Period, SK Chase (on behalf of The Chesterfield Mayfair) will then refund you the price you have paid for the Gift Voucher(s) within 14 days after the day on which SK Chase receives the notice of cancellation from you (irrespective or not of whether you have received the Gift Voucher.)
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4.1 If you have any questions relating to a purchase you are considering or how to redeem your Gift Voucher, please contact The Chesterfield Mayfair. If your query relates to payment please direct your queries to SK Chase.
You can contact The Chesterfield Mayfair at +44 (0) 20 7491 2622/[email protected] and SK Chase at 0344 371 0071 or [email protected]
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Wondering how to lower alkalinity in pool? Most people deal with the issue of having low alkalinity in the pool. In all, if you need to raise your alkalinity, you will have a bit of a more manageable project on your hands. When it comes time to lower your pool alkalinity, the project can be a little more delicate.
Let’s look at some of what causes this high pool alkalinity and what you can do to fix it.
What Is Alkalinity in Water?
Alkalinity in pool water is a measure of how basic or how acidic the water is. If your alkalinity is high, it means that your pool water is very basic. The alkalinity and the pH are very closely tied together, and when you change one, you will undoubtedly impact the other.
Why Should You Bother Lowering Alkalinity?
Most of the time, total alkalinity will lower on its own. This is a great thing about this issue, but it is vital to get your alkaline levels checked as soon as possible. When the alkalinity is off, the ph levels are also going to be off.
With the high total alkalinity, you run a risk of building scale in your pool filter and pipes. This scaling will build up in your circulation system and reduce water flow. When water flow is reduced, the swimming pool will be subject to more bacteria and algae growth issues making the water cloudy and high in calcium hardness.
Causes of High Pool Alkalinity
Before we get started fixing your pool chemistry, let’s figure out how you got to this position in the first place. There are a few reasons that your pool alkalinity level could be too high.
1. Overdoing the Pool Shock
Pool shock is known for being a highly alkaline substance. If you have just shocked your pool, chances are the total alkalinity could be on it’s way up just because of this. When you start the chlorine shock process for your swimming pool, make sure that you are using the proper amount.
2. Increase in pH
As we mentioned, alkalinity and pH are going to go hand in hand. If your swimming pool just experienced quite a few extra users, chances are your pH level could be a little off. The pH levels in your pool are often affected by people that are swimming in the pool and the lotions and oils that come off of them.
3) Water Source
Did you add water to your swimming pool? Chances are the issue could be stemming from the water source. Sometimes, the water you are putting in the pool has high total alkalinity, affecting your swimming pool water. There won’t be too much you can do about this except to keep a close eye on the pH and TA (Total Alkalinity).
How to Test Your Total Alkalinity Readings Accurately
The majority of the time, you need to lower your total alkalinity; you will have to deal with muriatic acid or sodium bicarbonate. Neither of these is all that fun to work with. It certainly makes sense to ensure that your total alkalinity in your swimming pool needs help before you start adjusting these levels.
Use pool test strips or a test kit to understand the pH and alkalinity level in your pool or hot tub. Test kits give a much more accurate water test and can check for levels of free chlorine, total chlorine, bromine, calcium hardness, and cyanuric acid.
The testing should not be done directly after shocking your swimming pool. We would also retest in 24 hours before starting to use acid to lower the pH and alkalinity.
- Features a photometer which gives you a digital reading of test results.
- Water resistant housing and carrying case provided.
- Tests Free Chlorine, Total Chlorine, Bromine, PH, Alkalinity, Calcium Hardness, and Cyanuric Acid.
- Uses liquid reagents for all test factors except Cyanuric Acid, which uses tablets.
How to Lower Alkalinity in Pool
There are a few methods that you can use to lower the high alkalinity in your swimming pool. Pool owners should always follow all safety precautions when lowering high alkalinity.
1. Muriatic Acid
Muriatic acid is the most common way to lower alkalinity. When you add muriatic acid to your pool, you will need to be very careful. Adding muriatic acid takes some serious safety precautions if you want to avoid injury.
The first step is always to get a baseline for your pool’s chemical balance. Swimming pools and hot tubs will change quite quickly, and you want to make sure that you really need to add muriatic acid before doing so. Once you see what your levels are, you can start calculating the amount of acid required.
We highly recommend diluting the acid in a bucket before you add it to your pool. Put some water in a bucket, add the muriatic acid, and then put this into the deep end of your pool. It would be best if you let your pool pump run for the first half-hour after placing the muriatic acid in the pool.
If this acid were to land on pool surfaces, it could do some real damage. Make sure that you don’t let the muriatic acid fall on the bottom of the pool, or it will start to deteriorate your pool. Make sure that you follow all safety precautions when working with muriatic acid.
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2. Sodium Bisulfate (Dry Acid)
Sodium Bisulfate is usually sold as a way to lower the total alkalinity in your pool without having to use muriatic acid. The sodium bisulfate is usually sold in the pool supply store, and although it can be useful, it is almost always a more expensive way to lower total alkalinity.
With Sodium Bisulfate, you won’t have to deal with a liquid form of acid, and it can help to make sure that you don’t get splashed with dangerous and highly toxic material.
Suppose the above methods of lowering total alkalinity do not appeal to you. In that case, you can wait for the high pH and high alkalinity levels to drop on their own and regain the right balance of acidity. This can take quite a while, and it may not be something that you are willing to do, but it should eventually work out.
Tips for Achieving Lower Pool Alkalinity
The best thing you can do for pool maintenance and to keep your pool water alkalinity in check is to keep checking on your pool water. The alkalinity range will likely be affected after the pH is affected. If you can keep your pH level within range, your alkalinity levels should also be fine. This will help prevent staining and corrosion.
Also, make sure that you are checking your chlorine levels and shock levels often. If you happen to use too much chlorine or shock, you can raise the alkalinity levels unknowingly. Using too much cyanuric acid in your pool can also cause the TA level to be too high while lowering ph levels.
Another great way to bring your pH levels back up to normal is to aerate the water. Something as simple as a small fountain is enough to do the trick, and it’s aesthetically pleasing.
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- Fully adjustable water spray height and direction; instructional video on this page shows how to quickly adjust
- Fits most 1.5-inch threaded return fittings, please check your pool’s fitting for compatibility
Lower Alkalinity in Pool FAQ
What Can I Use to Lower the Alkalinity in My Pool?
There are several pool care methods to lower alkalinity in swimming pool water. The methods are adding muriatic acid, adding sodium bisulfate, or waiting for the water chemistry to adjust itself. Lowering the pH is going to occur when you lower the total alkalinity of the water. You will want to make sure your total alkalinity is not higher than 120 parts per million.
Can You Use Baking Soda to Lower Alkalinity?
No, Sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) is going to increase the alkalinity in your pool water. If you add baking soda to the water, you may end up making this issue worse for yourself and your pool equipment. Always take a water sample before adding anything to your pool to ensure that you will not make your problems worse.
Does Chlorine Lower Alkalinity?
As we mentioned, when you shock your pool, the TA (total alkalinity) can increase. However, if you are using your regular chlorine tablets, granular chlorine, or liquid chlorine, it should help keep your TA in check. When chlorine is dissolved, it can help to lower the TA in your pool.
Will Alkalinity Decrease on Its Own?
Alkalinity levels will eventually decrease on their own. The amount of time that this takes to happen can be a while. If your total alkalinity is above 120 ppm, you may want to lower it before damage is done to your pool.
What Should Be Adjusted First, Alkalinity or PH?
It is nearly impossible to lower the alkalinity without decreasing the pH in the pool. Work on getting the alkalinity levels in check, and then you can increase pH if necessary.
How to Lower Alkalinity in Pool Without Affecting PH?
You are going to affect the pH level when you add muriatic acid and change the TA. This is a known fact. The only thing you can do to keep the pH level more in check is to turn the pool pump off after adding the muriatic acid. Be careful doing this as it could cause damage to the pool walls or floor. Most people find it easiest to lower the TA and then work on ways to raise the pH. This entire process can take a bit of time.
Can You Swim in a Pool With High Alkalinity?
The most important thing when it comes to swimming is to ensure that the chlorine level and the pH level are within a safe range. If these levels are where they should be, you should swim even if the TA in the water is too high. If you are ever concerned about your water’s safety, you can have it tested at a local pool supplier to be sure.
For over 15 years, Sean Moore has been sharing his love and enthusiasm for swimming pools and hot tubs with everyone he knows. His goal is to help everyday people DIY their maintenance to save money by teaching how to properly take care of your equipment, safely and correctly balance chemicals, and extend the life of your water oasis.
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Young people may be at greater risk from flu virus this year
May 12, 2014
Younger people may be at greater risk from flu virus this year
Younger flu victims aged 18-64 years may be at greater risk from this year’s flu virus, warn health experts at the National Influenza Specialist Group (NISG).
Sixty percent of those hospitalised for influenza in the recent US winter were in this younger age group.
Virus expert and NISG spokesperson, Dr Lance Jennings says that, although influenza activity overall is still at about normal inter-seasonal levels in New Zealand,the A (H1N1) virus strain, which was predominant in the US this winter, could also be prominent in our flu season.
“This particular virus can lead to serious complications for younger, previously healthy people, but the good news is it is covered by the 2014 vaccine. So we strongly advise people to talk to their doctor or nurse soon to arrange a flu vaccination, which is free for many people.
Younger people with heart conditions, asthma, respiratory conditions, diabetes, kidney disease, cancer, smokers, the obese and pregnant women are at risk of greater complications from influenza.
“Often people in these groups consider themselves fit and healthy and not at risk. But the flu virus can make their existing conditions far worse and can lead to serious illness or even death.”
Winter usually sees influenza cases increase.
“People tend to stay indoors and come in close contact more as the temperatures drop and they are more likely to spread the influenza virus. So it’s a good idea to immunise now for best protection. It can take up to 14 days from vaccination to build immunity,” advises Dr Jennings.
Influenza vaccinations are free for New Zealanders from a doctor or nurse until the end of July if you are in one of these groups:
• People aged 65 and
• Anyone under 65 years of age (including children) with long-term health conditions such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, respiratory disease (including asthma), kidney disease and most cancers
• All pregnant women
• Children aged from six months and up to five years of age who have been hospitalised for respiratory illness or have a history of significant respiratory illness.
Additional information about Influenza and
The 2014 seasonal influenza vaccines for New Zealand include two new World Health Organization recommended strains based upon the strains most likely to spread and cause illness in people this season. These are not new or novel viruses. The composition is:
• an A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)-like virus;
• an A/Texas/50/2012 (H3N2)-like virus;
• a B/Massachusetts/2/2012-like virus.
Contrary to a widely-held myth, you cannot get influenza from the vaccine, as it does not contain any live virus. Occasionally some people, when vaccinated, are incubating another viral illness coincidentally but their symptoms are not caused by the vaccine.
Influenza or ‘flu’ can be a serious illness – it’s more than a “bad cold. Anyone can catch it – even the fit and healthy.
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Wellness may just be the buzzword of the decade, as boutique fitness takes a luxurious turn and mindfulness becomes top-of-mind concern. For those who have already opted in—or those who are looking to jump-start their fitness goals—these hotels offer the latest in wellness programming thanks to partnerships with the industry’s leading brands.
Arlo Hotels, New York City
New York boutique hotel brand Arlo offers just about everything you need to give your fitness game an upgrade through their wide menu of partnership programs at their locations in New York’s SoHo and NoMad neighborhoods, but perhaps the most intense is their collaboration with Dogpound. The boxing-based gym is famous for shaping the heavenly bodies of Victoria’s Secret angels and even Hugh Jackman—so expect to work up a serious sweat. If you’re looking to work out without leaving the hotel, Arlo also offers a range of pop-up programs, including rooftop yoga from Yoga Shanti and surf-inspired interval training from Surfset NYC.
Four Seasons Hotel Milano, Milan, Italy
Think of it as the fitness fanatic’s version of sightseeing: at Four Seasons Hotel Milano, guests can sign up for a personal running tour of the city with a professional Nike Coach. Starting at 90 Euro for a one-hour session, each run is customized to the guest’s own fitness level and goals and ends with a stretching session back at the hotel gym, located onsite at the converted 15th-century convent. For an extra wellness kick, take a few laps in the pool or book a treatment at the hotel’s Patricia Urquiola–designed spa to cap your workout.
The Ritz-Carlton, Boston
While boutique fitness behemoth Equinox has plans for its first hotel in the works (it’s set to open at New York’s new Hudson Yards development in 2019), visitors to Boston’s Ritz-Carlton hotel can already get in on the sleek brand’s approach to wellness. Guests at the Ritz are offered full access to the 114,000 square-foot of Equinox Sports Club Boston, which features a spa and Marc Harris Salon, in addition to the latest workout gear and a slate of group fitness classes from barre to Zumba.
The James Chicago
Located just steps from Chicago’s famed Magnificent Mile, The James offers a holistic take on wellness that doesn’t even require leaving your room. Curated by Ruby Warrington of The Numinous, the Four Bodies Wellness Program offers ways to tap into your physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional wellbeing, all from your room’s TV set with programs designed by top experts. Choose from in-room TV workout classes by Aerospace co-founder Michael Olajide, Jr.; stream jet lag-curing kundalini yoga sessions by Guru Jagat; book-on-demand reiki healing; or look inward with complimentary access to the INSCAPE meditation app.
1 Hotel South Beach, Miami
South Beach’s bikini bodies are as famous as its Art Deco architecture, so is it any surprise the eco-conscious, LEED-certified 1 Hotels Miami location has one of the most challenging fitness programs in the hotel industry. The company’s Florida location is home to the first-ever Spartan Gym, a spinoff of the grueling Spartan Race. The 14,000-square-foot facility offers an obstacle course along with group fitness classes and personal training centered on athleticism, endurance and strength.
The Westin Tokyo
There’s no need to pack your gym gear if you want to stay on track while staying at The Westin Tokyo; the hotel is just one of many Westin locations that offer fitness gear lending from New Balance. Call up the concierge to receive sneakers and freshly laundered clothing (the socks are yours to keep) within just 15 minutes, then head to the on-site gym or out for a run. You can choose from a self-guided 5k or 3.2k run using a curated map, or sign up to join the RunWESTIN Hotel Running Concierge for guided runs along the Meguro River.
Fairmont Pacific Rim, Vancouver
Don’t worry if you forget your workout gear when staying at the Fairmont Pacific Rim. The hotel, located in the heart of Vancouver’s financial district, is just one of the brand’s Fairmont Fit partnership with Reebok, which provides complementary apparel and equipment to Loyalty Members at Fairmont locations around the globe. At Fairmont Pacific Rim, you can balance your workout in the 24-hour fitness center with relaxing treatments at the Willow Stream spa or a meal at Botanist, a restaurant focused on locally sourced ingredients. If you’re looking to explore, contact a Bike Butler to arrange for a day on the town on your own BMW bicycle, complete with customized set-up, plus helmet, water bottle, basket, bike lock, and riding map.
Charlotte Marriott City Center, Charlotte
An M Beta travel innovation lab in Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte Marriott City Center offers some of the hospitality giant’s most cutting-edge offerings. The FLEX fitness program offers more than just contemporary gym facilities—guests also have on-demand access to local fitness boutiques, including aerial fitness at AIR Charlotte and cardio-strength workouts Coreology Charlotte.
Ocean Resort Casino, Atlantic City
The first-ever Hyatt Unbound Collection property to incorporate an Exhale Spa outpost, the newly opened Ocean Resort Casino on the Atlantic City boardwalk includes the brand’s famous relaxation offerings along with cardio, barre and yoga classes, plus options for private training. For those looking for serious results, the spa also offers transformational programs ranging from bridal boot camp to a complete skin reset.
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90. Filipino Brunch at EATS Kitchen And Bar
Easy like Sunday morning.
Anne Marie Panoringan
Behold the beginning of our 100 Favorite Dishes of 2016 listicle! Every day through the publication of our Best Of 2016 issue (and sometimes, twice a day), we'll be bringing you our favorite dishes across Orange County, leading up to the best in the land. Enjoy!
Locating a better-than-average brunch menu can be difficult in a city historically known for chain options. But when a restaurant not only recruits the right chef, but gives him some creative freedom, delicious things tend to happen. In this case, a kitchen executive incorporated some of his culture into the menu at EATS Kitchen inside Hotel Irvine.
Served during Sunday brunch service, Jason Montelibano's homestyle entrees give a nod to his Filipino heritage. Chicken adobo over steamed rice is sweet, salty and comforting, yet so simple. Silog (breakfast combo) choices are either steak or pork, accompanied by that familiar sunny egg that you want to break over a mound of garlic fried rice. If hot soup in hot weather appeals to you, order the lugaw— a ginger and scallion flavored broth containing soft-boiled egg, bits of fried garlic and pulled chicken. But be sure to arrive closer to 10 a.m. than 2 p.m., as families start rolling in after Sunday service.
91. Mexican Chocolate at the Pie Hole
92. Biscuits at James Republic
93. Mushroom Flatbread with Kale and Kumquat Salad at Lemonade
94. Mexican-Style Gelatins from Santa Ana's Gelatina Goddess
95. Hot Pastrami Caesar Salad at Bruxie
96. Jalapeño Pupusas at Las Cazuelas
97. Meatball Sliders at Fresh Brothers
98. Buffalo Cauliflower at Mead's Green Door Cafe
99. Raindrop Cake at Sunmerry Bakery
100. Doughrito at Surfin' Donuts
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This rare nomad from the North rarely ventures far south. Snowy Owls have nearly a six foot wing span and spend their winters hunting the tundras of the Arctic.
Made in the USA, the Jingle Bird is a unique example of American Folk Art wind chimes. Jingle Birds are cast in resin and hand painted from original designs by award-winning artists and decoy carvers, Jim and Joan Seibert of Cape May, New Jersey. Each piece is hand painted with weather resistant paint for lasting beauty. Jingle Birds can live outdoors!
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Brandon poured some coffee from the coffee pot percolating on the counter next to the front desk. He turned on the TV to the network news and using a rag wiped off the counter around the cash register.
Clarice opened the front door as a young man wearing a baseball cap came in and put his suitcase down. " Good morning Mr. Marcotte" she said as she waved around the customer. " I'll go get the cleaning carts ready".
Brandon smiled at her as he printed up a checkout confirmation. " Checking out already Mr. Myers".
" Yes, we're on our way to Denver today" he replied as he put the two room keys on the counter and signed the checkout form.
" I hope the room was satisfactory" Brandon asked as he took the checkout form and shook the customer's hand goodbye.
If you died today, are you absolutely certain that you would go to heaven? You can be! TRUST JESUS NOW
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2: "Families are like fudge ... mostly sweet with a few nuts."
3: MAKING MEMORIES
5: Skiing in Vail with the Bonds | "The friends we meet on the path of life make the trip worth while."
7: EASTER | happy | Spring Time
8: so many | Each memory we keep with care means future happiness to share.
9: LIVE WELL LAUGH OFTEN LOVE MUCH
11: Happy Father's Day
12: Life brings simple pleasures to us every day. It is up to us to make them wonderful memories. ~Cathy Allen
14: Summer Time!
17: Royal Caribbean Cruise Phoenix Vail
20: Trick or Treat
21: Trick or Treat!
22: HAPPY BIRTHDAY
23: Josh 7 years old Emma 10 years old
25: It's The Little Things In Life That Matter
26: Holiday Memories Warm Even The Coldest Of Days
27: Family Is The Best Part Of
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30: NEW YEAR | HAPPY
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RUGBY Jim Evans, 79, Rugby, formerly of rual Wolford, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, in a Rugby nursing home.
He was born Sept. 16, 1934, to Norman and Pearl Evans, in Rugby. He married Nettie Jane Haugen March 26, 1954, in Leeds.
Survivors: wife; sons, Jerry, Bismarck, Todd, North Bend, Ore.; two grandsons; and sister, Sandra Gronos, of Arkansas.
Funeral: Today, 11 a.m., Bethany Lutheran Church, Rugby.
Burial: In the spring in Wolford Community Cemetery, Wolford.
Visitation: Today, one hour prior to the service, in the church.
(Anderson Funeral Home, Rugby)
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National Conference (NC) MLC Vijay Bakya on Wednesday alleged that the government was unable to check power pilferage in the state, saying the department was not in a position to charge tariff from the consumers despite e-metering in place.
"It is a paradox that despite e-metering, the government is unable to stop pilferage and charge actual tariff from the consumers, as tempering with meters is common place," said Bakya, while seeking reply from the minister concerned in the legislative council.
He also raised a question over the government's commitment to ensure un-interrupted power supply to metered areas.
Raising a supplementary, Congress MLC BR Kundal said that the department's complacent attitude have put consumers in a quagmire, that has resulted in accumulation of arrears and penalties mounting to lakhs of rupees since the past 5-6 years.
Ajay Sadhotra, in his reply, informed that the government is committed to ensure uninterrupted power supply to metered areas.
He said that due to losses sustained on account of illegal hooking, pilferage and theft resorted to by the consumers; the department has issued curtailment scheduled of two hour power supply in metered areas.
The minister informed that in the non-metered and partially-metered 11KV feeders, eight hours of normal curtailment is being carried out. He said that even chief minister had issued a statement in the House that curtailment is linked with transmission and distribution
(T&D) losses, which are still around 53%.
Sadhotra said that regular power supply was also affected due to breakdown and outage of grid stations due to natural calamities, vagaries of weather, and failure of electrical equipment, adding that all such outages are attended on priority to ensure power supply to all affected areas.
"There should be no pilferage of power from the areas which are metered, but then it is human proficiency in discovering the methods that the power theft happens," said Sadhotra.
On the accumulation of pending arrears and the penalties suffered by metered consumers, Sadhotra said that 1.52 lakh regular users were paying bills accordingly, and a system is in place for gradual recovery of the dues.
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Once you or your youngster is sick and all you care about is reduction, you’ll perk up at any promise a pill bottle makes. However, probably the most significant danger of homeopathy is that it typically delays the usage of correct scientific analysis and actually effective medical treatment. Homeopathic remedy works with your physique’s personal therapeutic powers to result in health and properly being. Diseased tissues :Some homeopathic medicines are prepared using tissues or secretions containing micro organism, viruses, and other microorganisms.
You may find homeopathic medicine available for widespread ailments such because the common cold and flu, as well as for different more critical issues equivalent to nervousness, despair, and even most cancers. Britain’s health minister (in 1994), Dr. Brian Mawhinney, said, “Complementary drugs has generally proved widespread with patients, and a latest survey found that 81 p.c of sufferers are glad with the treatment they obtained” (16).
From this, Hahnemann came to believe that every one efficient medication produce symptoms in wholesome individuals just like these of the ailments that they treat, in accord with the “regulation of similars” that had been proposed by historical physicians. Along with in search of care from this unnamed Sikh physician, Cher sought therapy from a French homeopathic physician, Dr. Marcel Dinnet.
Nevertheless, these treatments have been used for centuries and decades of anecdotal evidence exhibits that many individuals’s signs do, in truth, enhance after receiving homeopathic medicines. About 60 p.c of homeopathy customers concomitantly received standard medicines. In different words, medication which trigger particular symptoms can be utilized to cure diseases which trigger the same symptoms.
Virtually 96 p.c of the obstetrical departments supplied homeopathic medicines for obstetrical care. What’s considered to be the most complete assessment of homeopathic treatments ever carried out was printed in 2005 in The Lancet, after researchers investigated dozens of research and case reviews regarding the practice’s effects. Although PubMed and numerous other indexing techniques have bigger databases, they do not arrange the body of scientific evidence in keeping with illness names and do not provide analysis or critique of studies.
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This item from Diamond Antiques is now in the Shop Backroom
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Fabulous Large Wedgwood Cobalt Jasperware Pitcher
We have offered here a fabulous Large Wedgwood Cobalt Jasperware Pitcher. This one has "The Sacrifice" scene around the sides and a grape cluster and leaf motif around the top rim. The Pitcher is 6 1/4" from spout to handle, and stands 8 1/4" tall. The bottom is marked with an early Wedgwood Mark, which dates from 1891 to 1910. This one has no chips or cracks, but does have some old water stains in the bottom of the inside. It makes a stunning Jasperware Pitcher in a large size.
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How to cook
Beat the eggs with the sugar using a mixer.
Add the oil and flour in portions, by stirring in the meantime. Sift the flour in advance and add the baking powder and baking soda.
Add the fanta, vanilla extract, lemon peel and chopped walnuts.
Stir until a smooth mixture is obtained.
Grease the sponge cake tin with a little oil and heat the oven. Pour the cake mixture, by separating about two or three spoons of it, to which you will add cocoa. Add the cocoa mixture and stir gently to create patterns.
Bake it at 390°F (200 degrees) until it's fully baked. You can reduce the oven during baking to 360°F (180 degrees).
Check the readiness of the cake with a wooden stick.
Cool the finished cake and sprinkle it with powdered sugar. The Sponge Cake Delight is ready.
Wonderful sponge cake recipe - emjoy!
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Arturo Garcia was in the 3-D Studio demonstrating relief techniques and painting in 3-D in April 2018 . Images courtesy of the artist and David Zalubowsky.
Megan Farlow: What will your demonstration at the DAM be like? What can visitors expect to see?
Arturo Garcia: I will be painting with oils on canvas using pallet knives as my preferred tool. The technique I will be using creates a three-dimensional effect allowing the oils to pop out from the canvas and in some instances casting a shadow of their own from the thick layers of oil paint.
Megan Farlow: How has your background influenced you as an artist?
Arturo Garcia: I was raised in mid-western Mexico in the state of Jalisco where I grew up watching the Huichol Indians weave tapestry, clothing, and I also was taken by their yarn painting. The colors they used were an explosion of life. Their back-strap loom weaving seemed like an endless universe of color. My soul was taken by their art and the way they brought light with the combination of these magnificent arrays of turquoise, the many variations of magentas, and different hues of greens, blues, and yellows. My art definitely has a direct influence from the Huichol art, not in the form or technique but in the use of color.
Megan Farlow: Can you comment on the different impact painting may have on the viewer when compared with 3-D artworks such as sculpture?
Arturo Garcia: My technique is a subtle rebellion to its two-dimensional sentence. It's the painting saying, "I'm getting up! I am detaching and creating a life of my own." And that becomes possible the moment you see the paint casting its own shadow. It is when you go wow! And you can actually feel its life in your fingers when you run them across the painting.
Megan Farlow: You use incredibly vibrant colors in your work, what inspires your color choices?
Arturo Garcia: I place each color intuitively. It's almost as if they call on each other and tell me where they want to be. As I said before, the influence from the Huichol Indians of Jalisco is in my pallet. I have those colors engraved in my brain, and in my soul. To me color is life. The beauty of life.
Megan Farlow: Lastly, who or what inspires the subject matter of your work?
Arturo Garcia: That part of art is in constant change. It's an ongoing revelation. I never know where I'm going to be going next so it's always a surprise, almost a gift. I paint what I see around me and what I see in me. I go through periods when all I want to paint is wildlife, or sometimes trees, or as is the case now, landscapes. It changes and I never really know what is going to be the next thing. I just obey the silent calling. One day, out of the blue, I wake up thinking of painting canyons and that is all I think about until I actually do it. Of course this is not really coincidental or an impulse. It seems to follow a visit to a place or a book or a dream, as might be the case. Once immersed in the subject matter I do some investigating. This can be visiting places, reading books, or in some cases, field work.
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Suitable for those who desire a private office space in an enclosed area within a shared office workspace. Our private offices come in multiple configurations to suit every business need. Seating capacity ranges from 1-10 pax, and differ by location.
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Health Information Management
Did you know that in the healthcare field there is a numerical code assigned to every medical procedure, condition and disease? Health Information Management professionals assign those codes based on physician diagnoses, and attention to detail is essential.
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The Phone Tree Bible Study Group
Welcome to The Phone Tree!
What is The Phone Tree Bible Study Group?
The Phone Tree Bible Study Group is an online bible study group that is dedicated to studying the Word of God. We are a passionate group of Christian women and men who are in pursuit of the Most High God.
Who is The Phone Tree Bible Study Group for?
The Phone Tree Bible Study Group is for any person who is serious about growing in the grace and knowledge of the LORD and in His Word.
This bible study ministry is dedicated to reaching people wherever they are. We realize that life can often get in the way, and as such, many are not able to participate in structured or traditional bible study programs. When this happens, not only is there a missed opportunity for spiritual growth, but there is also a missed opportunity for connection and accountability.
The Phone Tree Bible Study Group is for all who are unable to participate in traditional bible study programs or other small group studies, as well as for those who are able to participate. It is for the stay-at-home mom or dad, the third shift worker, the unemployed individual who needs a Word from the LORD, the sick and shut-in, and the list goes on and on.
We want you to know that it is possible to experience a fresh explosion of faith with the Word of God in an innovative, atypical, and refreshingly new way. We believe that there are a number of ways to reach and teach those who are in need of the Word of God.
Can anyone join The Phone Tree Bible Study Group?
Yes, anyone can join The Phone Tree. It is open to all people, no matter their background. We simply encourage an honest, open conversation about Jesus Christ and a heart that believes that the Word of God is truth.
Can men participate in Phone Tree discussions, studies, etc.?
Absolutely! Men are certainly welcome to participate in any of the discussions, studies, or chats that we have here at The Phone Tree.
How do I join The Phone Tree Bible Study Group?
You may join The Phone Tree Bible Study Group by signing up for one of our bible studies, subscribing to The Phone Tree Bible Study Blog, commenting on one of our many posts related to various Bible-based topics, joining a Table Talk discussion/chat on a particular book, or connecting with us via email.
What exactly does The Phone Tree Bible Study Group study?
The Phone Tree Bible Study Group studies a variety of topics, all of which are based on the Word of God. Our bible studies include, but are not limited to, book/scripture reviews, geographical explorations, Word studies, bible character studies, and concept studies. We use formal studies from various Christian authors, such as Beth Moore, Max Lucado, Priscilla Shirer, Dr. Tony Evans, Mary Kassian, Chip Ingram, Kelly Minter, Sheila Walsh, and many others. We also take part in book chats and book club discussions centered around inspirational messages meant to encourage Christians in their daily walk.
How does The Phone Tree Bible Study Group work?
The Phone Tree works in many different ways. It has several branches, each with its own function and purpose.
The Phone Tree Bible Study Group Blog serves as the online spiritual education and encouragement branch. It allows women and men in our group and outside of our group to freely communicate with each other on a number of subject matters related to the various posts that are listed. It provides spiritually relevant information and resources to those who are interested in starting their own bible study ministry and just don’t know where to begin. It provides activities and ideas for personal spiritual growth and development. It also provides access to ENCOURAGE, which is a page dedicated to providing information on Christian fiction and non-fiction, as well as EDIFY, which contemplates everything and nothing and features blog posts from various writers.
The Phone Tree Connection
The Phone Tree Connection is the live conference call feature that is associated with specific Phone Tree bible study lesson series. At special times during the year, as a new bible study is featured, participants may join in on a phone call and participate in the bible study or simply seek a prayer partner to stand alongside them.
How does The Phone Tree Connection call work?
Participants are provided with a number, as well as a webpage link to access The Phone Tree Call. Those who join in on the direct call can take part in a live bible study discussion. Those who join in via the web may listen in, as well as type their questions or comments in the provided chat space.
How can I connect with The Phone Tree Bible Study Group? You can connect with The Phone Tree via mail, email, The Phone Tree Bible Study Blog, or by phone.
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Woodpecker Damage to Siding
Our house recently suffered some woodpecker damage on the siding. I am attaching a picture that shows the damage — this is the side over the garage (north). There’s also some woodpecker damage on the front facing (east) siding. While otherwise the siding on these two sides of the house is in fine shape, I did notice that the other two sides show some rot/aging related deterioration. The house was built in 1987. I am trying to figure out if repairing, that is, filling up the holes & replacing the damaged sidings, will do the job, or if it needs to be completely replaced.
Even with just repairing the woodpecker inflicted holes/chips, I have had a multitude of suggestions. One said, epoxy, another said, wood filler, another said, bondo. (One contractor told me plainly that it is an urban myth that Woodpeckers attack siding due to rot or bugs, he said, it is just a mating ritual — pecking on the siding makes more noise than pecking on the trees).
If I go the replacement route, should I just do a like for like replacement or should I opt for the fiber cement siding that has been recommending. While I appreciate the durability of fiber cement, there are two issues I would love an opinion on:
1) It seems to me that even the inexpensive siding I currently have lasted pretty long, though in the 27 years it was probably painted 3-4 times. Is it true that with fiber cement I would not need to worry about another painting job for the next 15 years? And the siding itself will hold strong for 50 years?
2) I am assuming that fiber cement (Hardie variety) will be much heavier than the planks I have right now. Will the foundation of our house be strong enough to support that kind of additional weight all around?
Any insights would be highly appreciated,
Sorry to hear of your recent woodpecker damage. I hope I can be of some service in helping you resolve your home maintenance problems.
You appear to have a reverse board and batten plywood siding often branded as T-111 siding. This type siding may be either 3/8 inch thick or 5/8 inch thick. If your siding is 3/8 inch thick, it most likely has some other type sheeting behind it such as 1/2″ plywood, located at the corners, in conjunction with 1/2″ fiber board or possibly 1/2 inch styrofoam sheeting, located in the central sections of the walls. If this is the case the plywood sheeting provides lateral bracing for the wall framing as required by code and the fiber board or styrofoam, which is less expensive than plywood, is used to maintain a level plane upon which to apply the siding and also adds about R 1.5 insulation value.
5/8 inch thick plywood siding is strong enough to provide the lateral bracing required by code and may be attached to the studs with only a vapor barrier underneath. If this is the case any siding you replace it with must also meet code requirements for lateral bracing or a suitable code compliant sheeting such as plywood or OSB must be installed under the siding.
There are three reasons why a woodpecker may be damaging your home. It may be pecking to make noise to attract a mate and warn off potential rivals, it may be looking for food, or it may be trying to build a nest. (source ~ Audubon)
Carpenter bees often bore holes in homes to hibernate and rear their young. Carpenter bee larva are a favorite of woodpeckers. The following posts from my blog may help you determine if bees are attracting woodpeckers to your home and provide some insight on how to prevent both bee infestations and woodpecker damage. Bee Observant of Bee Damage and Woodpecker Damage
If the damage is not too great it is perfectly acceptable to repair either water damage or woodpecker damage using a good wood filler such as Bondo wood filler, which is thicker and less prone to oozing than Bondo auto body filler. (if areas to be repaired are golf ball size or smaller Bondo-auto body filler will work just as well) This post,Woodpecker Damage Repair,
Without personally examining your siding it would be improper for me to advise you on whether to repair it, or replace it with the same or a different siding. I can however discuss some options that may help you make a more informed decision for yourself.
T-111 siding is still available and with proper maintenance is an excellent product. It will need to be thoroughly caulked and painted to maintain a pristine condition but a normal home painting schedule should be sufficient. Another possible alternative is LP SmartSide Panels. SmartSide panels are available in both structural and non-structural versions and have a good warranty. A normal home painting schedule should still be maintained.
Hardie and other cement fiber products are a good choice in siding but there is often too much emphasis placed on how maintenance free they are. Because cement fiber siding itself does not require painting as often as some other types of siding, home owners are often lulled into neglecting proper maintenance on their home. Many modern paints when properly applied can protect a home for fifteen or more years on individual surfaces. Most houses should still be painted every seven years or so anyway, not because the paint has failed but rather the caulk joints around the windows and doors and where the siding meets corner boards or other trim boards. The siding and often dissimilar materials in these joints expand and contract at different rates due to heat, cold and humidity levels resulting in caulking failure and water infiltration. Joints where brick molding meets window or door sills are a prime example of areas that start to decay prematurely due to caulking failure.
Cement fiber siding is quite heavy but the foundation and framing on any properly constructed home is more than sufficient to support the extra weight.
Good luck with your siding project.
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New NHCS policy, parent's public record request, target teacher's in-class materials and speech
Not long after Katie Gates, a parent of a former Ashley High School student, won her appeal to have the bookStamped effectively removed from the district’s high school curriculum, she put in a public records request asking for more information on the district’s teachers. At the same time, the Board of Education is moving forward with a policy to put additional scrutiny on what materials teachers use and what they say in the classroom.
On September 19, Gates filed a public records request, asking for every high school English teacher’s syllabi for the fall 2023 semester. She requested the following courses: AP Language and Composition, AP Literature, and English I-IV (both honors and standard).
She also focused on specific teachers, asking for syllabi for middle school teachers from Murray and Myrtle Grove middle schools. WHQR reached out to those teachers for comments, but none responded.
When WHQR reached out to Gates for comment as to what her more recent concerns were, she said, “No comment, just doing due diligence.”
As for the New Hanover County Board of Education members, most of them didn’t respond when asked if the public could anticipate more hearings on the removal of specific curriculum materials or books.
However, Board Member Stephanie Walker said of the public records request, “It looks like harassment of teachers to me.”
Professional conduct policy: restricted 'concepts'
Walker said the same about a proposed policy update, unveiled on the same day as Gates’s request. Policy 7205 is one that guides ‘Standards of Professional Conduct’ for teachers and staff.
Introduced by the Policy Committee Chair Josie Barnhart, the proposed policy seeks to “ensure dignity and nondiscrimination” by targeting a number of concepts deemed inappropriate. The policy bans any employee from teaching them or “compelling students, teachers, administrators, or other school employees to affirm or profess belief” in them.
Some of the banned concepts are ideas that clearly fly in the face of constitutional protections, like suggesting one race or sex is inherently superior to another, or that anyone should be denied equal protection under the law.
But others are quite similar to arguments made by writers who view U.S. history through the lens of race. For example, one concept — “The United States was created by members of a particular race or sex for the purpose of oppressing members of another race or sex” — could certainly be a paraphrase for the contentious argument made in Nikole Hannah-Jones’ introduction to theNew York Times’ 1619 Project, where she wrote, “one of the primary reasons the colonists decided to declare their independence from Britain was because they wanted to protect the institution of slavery.”
Here’s the list of concepts:
- One race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex
- An individual, solely by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive
- An individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of his or her race or sex
- An individual's moral character is necessarily determined by his or her race or sex
- An individual, solely by virtue of his or her race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex
- Any individual, solely by virtue of his or her race or sex, should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress
- A meritocracy is inherently racist or sexist
- The United States was created by members of a particular race or sex for the purpose of oppressing members of another race or sex
- The United States government should be violently overthrown
- Particular character traits, values, moral or ethical codes, privileges, or beliefs should be ascribed to a race or sex or to an individual because of the individual's race or sex;
- The rule of law does not exist, but instead is a series of power relationships and struggles among racial or other groups
- All Americans are not created equal and are not endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
- Governments should deny to any person within the government's jurisdiction the equal protection of the law.
During the meeting, there was some discussion as to where some of this policy had originated. WHQR reached out to the district to clarify that issue. According to spokesperson Russell Clark, “the district has reached out to the attorney and will have further discussions with the board.”
As reported by Port City Daily, the language comes verbatim from House Bill 187, filed in February. Two of the co-sponsors were Republican Representatives Carson Smith, from Pender County, and Frank Iler, from Brunswick County. The bill passed the House in March, but has been in Senate committee since then.
This proposed policy further states, “The willful breach of the standards in this Policy shall subject a teacher or licensed employee to license suspension or revocation.”
In reaction to this proposed policy, AP Ashley English teacher Kelli Kidwell said, “I'm troubled because the language is so vague. There are so many multiple ways to interpret it. It's like a mini-headed Hydra; there are so many ways that they can come at people. And so I just don't see how this could stand with the First Amendment. It doesn't seem logical.”
Kidwell taught the AP Language and Composition teacher that Gates' child took and became the target of Gates' accusations during the public hearing on whether to ban the book Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You — which was part of Kidwell's curriculum.
Kidwell said other teachers who have seen the proposal are not happy with it.
“I think that most teachers are angry right now. It's insulting and disrespectful. We are professionals. We have a college degree, and we do our job to the best of our ability over and over again each day despite obstacles,” Kidwell said.
At the Stamped hearing on September 1, school board members, split mainly between party lines, could not agree on facts about Kidwell’s AP scores or how the book,Stamped, came to be in the library and in her classroom. The board also struggled with more subjective issues.
For example, during the hearing, Gates claimed Kidwell was trying to make White students feel bad by reading the book, Stamped. Kidwell said she didn’t say that, nor was her aim to make students feel guilty about their race. She added that people are responsible for their own feelings.
These proposed policy stipulations could result in similar subjective debates by the district's administration and board. For example, a teacher discussing racism could be construed as trying to tell their students that, “an individual, solely by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive.”
Policy committee members Bradford and Barnhart agreed to pass the policy along to the full school board for a first reading.
The Right's increasing interest in what and how teachers teach
When Gates first took issue with Stamped in early December 2022, she sent an email to Kidwell, informing her she had “notic[ed] the School Board and Lt. Governor Mark Robinson’s assistant who will be reporting this to the F.A.C.T.S commission.”
At the Stamped hearing, Board Member Stephanie Walker asked her about this email to Robinson. She said, “I absolutely submitted this to him. I had to report this.”
When Robinson unveiled his "Indoctrination in NC Public Education" report in August 2021, with North Carolina State Superintendent Catherine Truitt and North Carolina Senator Michael Lee standing behind him, he said his report was only the “beginning of taking a serious look at what’s going on inside our public schools.”
For example, at the board’s April Town Hall, Bradford told a parent who was upset about his third grader learning about racism, to “report this type of teaching so that staff and the board could investigate it.”
Not all constituents felt the same way, however. Another speaker, addressing the board during the Call to the Audience period, said, "Hey y'all, I just want to go on record and say as a mixed race person in America I definitely experienced racism in third grade so like whatever that's real whether you want to believe it or not.”
Below: Policy 7205
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LaVar Ball isn't surprised by the recent scandal rocking the college basketball landscape.
The outspoken father of Lonzo and LaMelo Ball revealed he's been constantly approached with offers from apparel companies as his sons have been growing up, but that he's had zero interest in accepting what he considers to be low amounts.
"Every summer," LaVar said on the CBS Sports Flagrant Two podcast. "They keep coming every summer to get me to say 'yes.' They offered you money, they offered to take care of the AAU team, they're gonna give everybody uniforms, everybody shoes. I mean, it's just, any kind of way.
"But see the word got out that LaVar don't need that," he added. "Someone even had a false accusation that said, 'Oh LaVar asked me for $200,000.' I was like, 'Wow, that's funny.' What am I gonna do with $200,000? After I've bought a car and paid some bills I'm stuck right where I'm at. So $200,000 ain't gonna do nothing."
Federal charges were brought against 10 people this week in a corruption probe linked to NCAA basketball, including the director of global sports marketing for Adidas, who was accused of funneling money to high-profile recruits.
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Jubal is wearing the Shock Collar this morning! Today's question: If you're familiar with Popeye, you know whenever he's in trouble he eats a can of spinach to regain his strength. But in the early comics, he got his power from something else that he kept on his ship that was considered a good luck charm. What was it?
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Wells RNLI lifeboat aborts training exercise to rescue fishing boat
It may be just before Christmas but the task of saving lives at sea doesn’t stop fopr the volunteer crew of Wells RNLI lifeboat.
While in the middle of a routine training exercise, the lifeboat crew were called upon by the UK Coastguard to rescue a small fishing boat that had suffered engine failure.
The 24ft leisure craft, Patsy Lou, was heading for Grimsby from Wells to lay up for the winter. Five miles north of Wells her engine stopped working. The two-person crew radioed UK Humber Coastguard to alert them to their situation.
The UK Coastguard contacted Wells lifeboat and at 9am this morning (Sunday 18 December) the lifeboat crew immediately called off their planned exercise and the all-weather boat diverted to the disabled fishing boat whose crew radioed that their water pump had stopped working.
The lifeboat took her in tow and brought her back to Wells Harbour, her home port, and put her on a mooring. Thankfully no one was hurt in the incident.
RNLI media contacts
- John Mitchell, Wells RNLI Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer, on tel 01328 710882, mobile 07831 103166, email email@example.com.
- Tim Ash, RNLI Public Relations Manager (London/East/South East) on 0207 6207426, 07785 296252 firstname.lastname@example.org
- For enquiries outside normal business hours, contact the RNLI duty press officer on 01202 336789
Key facts about the RNLI
The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates over 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 142,700 lives.
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Stressed? Meditation may help
Did you know? Eighty percent of Americans are stressed out by their jobs, according to a recent survey by Everest College. The survey also showed a 10 percent increase from the previous year.
A spokesperson for the survey said that a troubled economy has brought on budget cuts, layoffs and longer hours. All these factors can lead to poor compensation, an overwhelming workload and a struggle to find work-life balance, experts say.
With so many employed Americans stressed out, is there anything they can do to relieve their anxiety?
A recent, small study found that regular doses of meditation might prevent work-related stress and burnout. The study, published in the Permanente Journal, examined teachers and support staff working at a therapeutic school for students with severe behavioral problems.
A random selection of the employees took Transcendental Meditation (TM) courses that were provided by certified instructors. Typically, this type or meditation involves a person sitting with his/her eyes closed for 20 minutes, twice a day and were asked to think about a specific mantra or sound.
Before starting the courses, they were asked questions to assess their stress level, depression and burnout. Four months later, the same questions were asked.
Examination of the data showed that after four months, the stress levels among participants fell from 39 to 34 on a 40-point scale. According to the study authors, the participants who meditated reported that they felt less stressed and more energetic within only a few days. For those who didn’t take the meditation courses, their stress levels rose two points during the same time period.
“Stress from work can affect employee’s mental and physical health,” says Lori Lovell-Knouse, director of the Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center in Downers Grove, Ill. “Meditation is a great way to cope with the day-to-day pressure.”
Lovell-Knouse says that using meditating as a relaxation technique can release stress that has accumulated in the system and can also prevent stress from getting into the system. Additionally, she says meditation has been known to lower high blood pressure and decrease tension-related pain.
“If you can’t commit to 20 minutes twice a day, try 20 minutes once a day as a start,” Lovell-Knouse says. “You may start noticing that giving your mind some time to rest helps you feel peaceful overall.”
About the Author
health enews staff is a group of experienced writers from our Advocate Health Care and Aurora Health Care sites, which also includes freelance or intern writers.
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An unprecedented opportunity to own a brand new apartment in the beautiful Rusutsu resort, offering world class skiing, golf, and so much more!
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There aren’t many fruits that are in-season during the colder winter and early spring months. And for those of us who like to stick to locally grown, sustainably farmed foods, this presents a problem when it comes to cooking up our favorite meals or mixing up a delicious cocktail.
But not all Hope is lost! (See what we did there?) Grapefruit is one of the few fruits that is in-season in the winter and early spring, which is why concocting a refreshing Hope Greyhound is the perfect cure for those winter blues!
To make this invigorating cocktail, simply combine 2 ounces of Hope Cane Vodka with 4 ounces of freshly squeezed grapefruit juice in a chilled Old Fashioned glass filled halfway with ice cubes. And no need for simple syrup (after all, that’s most likely the culprit behind those painful hangovers). Hope Cane Vodka is so sweet, it will mask any tartness created from the grapefruit juice.
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Charles Schwab explores the mystery behind 'Generation X'
If you were born between 1961 and 1981, you have probably heard the name "Generation X." The title of a novel by Douglas Coupland, a band fronted by Billy Idol, and a groundbreaking sociology textbook, "Generation X" also became the moniker slapped on the generational cohort that was bookended by the demographic wave of the baby boomers and the coddled generation comprised of the baby boom's children. In other words, Generation X was the neglected "middle child" of the late twentieth century: undereducated, over medicated, and generally pissed off, this group has become famous for its unwillingness to allow itself to be defined or demographically manipulated. It's also fairly well-known for its tendency to live in Mom and Dad's basement well into its thirties.
Over the years, marketers, demographers, and pundits have refused to leave Generation X alone, choosing instead to constantly poke and prod at it, seeking to uncover a generational identity that could be placed in opposition to the Woodstock generation, presumably as a lead-in to an inter-generational caged fight that would pit boomer selfishness against X-er self-loathing and the boomer "cause of the moment" mentality against Gen X's supposed apathy.
The latest contestant in the "let's define a generation" game is Charles S. Schwab. Just when x-ers thought it was safe to pretend that they don't have a generational identity, the recent "Charles Schwab IRA" study of over 5,000 25-to-40 year olds, has determined that Generation X is comprised of six distinct financial subgroups (the titles, by the way, are mine. I liked them better than "group 1, group 2, and so forth). Unsurprisingly, I know people in each batch. Do you?
Paycheck to Paycheck: According to Schwab, 25% of Generation X-ers live from paycheck to paycheck. They try to avoid racking up debt, but are unable to really put any money away. They are predominantly female, live on a strict budget (85%), and are very pessimistic about their personal, financial, and professional future.
The Grasshoppers: Schwab identifies 17% of Generation X as "spend now, pay laters." This group is spending considerable amounts of money, running up debt, and generally (61%) banking on a bright, beautiful future in which the money fairy will make everything okay. Predominantly male, they're also assuming (57%) that Social Security will still be solvent when it comes time for them to nose up to the trough.
The Dropouts: Unsurprisingly, 15% of Generation X has opted out of pursuing a consumerist lifestyle. At the bottom of the earnings pile (57% earn less than $50,000 a year), this group tends to avoid credit cards, is willing to pursue some risk in its retirement portfolio, and is quite happy living with less money, thank you very much. (Not that I know any of these people.)
The Wealthy Gamblers: Bucking the overall generational trend, another 15% of Generation X has apparently found its way to high incomes. Actively planning for retirement, this group is willing to take considerable financial risks in its pursuit of the big money. 96% are optimistic about their future.
The Ants: Another 14% of Generation X is apparently financially secure, but also financially conservative. They seek reliable, low-yield investments. 82% say that they are more likely to plan for the future than live for today.
The Overwhelmed: Finally, 13% of Generation X is confused and overwhelmed, yet optimistic. This group is, in some ways, the female answer to the "Grasshopper" group. They are dealing with considerable debt, often have variable-rate mortgages, and are generally in a very difficult position. Nonetheless, they remain optimistic about their futures, and 75% have a vision of where they want to be in ten years.
So there you have it: six nifty, generation-defining groups for you to choose from. Does any of this sound familiar?
Bruce Watson is a freelance writer, blogger, and all-around cheapskate. His long-term plans include working until he dies.
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Today was what will likely be the last gigantic battle of Dominion. We killed 170b and lost 15b~ of shit, our enemies sacrificed upwards of 60 caps and TCUs are onlining within the next two hours in ZXB-VC, the Entrance to Delve. We have our foothold, we’ve kicked down the door, and we’re in.
-Blawrf McTaggart to all at 2015-04-08 23:59:11.908198 EVE
As I sat at the office yesterday working on an issue from a customer, the war in Delve reached a crescendo as the final time for the system ZXB-VC counted down. Our foes had already lost several systems in Delve up to this point. But those losses, while indicative of the way the war was going, were not all that important; those were tolerable losses.
But ZXB was different.
ZXB has a station in it, a place the CFC could turn into a forward staging system within Delve, making the commute to conquest all that much shorter. And it was also the staging system of our foe, so their forces were already on hand, ready to defend. Capital ships battled and subcap fleets clashed as I sat at my desk at work. I pulled up a Twitch stream at one point and saw a mass of titans engaging the station.
The CFC won even with Brave and a drifter battleship assisting N3. According to the narrative over at TMC (EN24 apparently declined to cover the battle at this time) the total combined losses for both sides added up to at least 153 billion ISK (or just ove 4.1 million WoW gold at today’s exchange rate) with losses tilted heavily against N3.
The war could be far from over. There are 78 more conquerable systems in Delve held by N3, with 44 stations, along with twelve NPC systems, each of which has an “open to all” station from which the enemy could stage to prolong the fight.
On the CFC side we are, of course, hearing the usual “hostiles are evac’ing to low sec” rumors. And while the latest alliance updates from Darkness and The Kadeshi say that the fight will go on, N3 does appear to be under considerable pressure with the hammer of the CFC capital fleet hitting them in Delve, the Reavers burning fields in Querious, and now Pandemic Legion, having been hired by the CFC, going after N3 holdings in Esoteria and Feythabolis. There might be more fights or it might be time for N3 to pull back into a tighter defense, if peace is out of the question.
So CFC Sky Marshall Blawrf McTaggart (who was getting some attention over at Polygon during the fight) might end up being correct in calling this the last gigantic battle during the era of Dominion sovereignty, because, come June, CCP says it will be rolling out a new set of sovereignty mechanics. Gone will be the SBUs and myriad of timers and what not, and in its place we will have the Entosis links and an attempt to meet some goals laid out in early March.
The Dominion expansion changes will be thrown down.
At this late date I think it is safe to say that the Dominion sovereignty changes, if not universally reviled, are at least not viewed as an ideal way to run the whole conquerable space aspect of EVE Online. There are voices from all parts of the game asking for change.
So, as we approach the June changes, it seems like an appropriate time to look back at Dominion and what CCP was trying to do back in late 2009.
Fortunately Sugar Kyle already has a post up, as part of her review of EVE Online expansions, that goes over the Dominion expansion.
I was there and playing the game when this dropped, but barely remember a bit of what came out. But I wasn’t in null sec at the time and I was probably paying more attention to the Siege of Mirkwood expansion that was landing in LOTRO at about the same time.
So sitting here in 2015 reading the Breaking the Chains Dev Blog that speaks to the planned changes for Dominion brings about an eerie sense of… well… not exactly déjà vu, but certainly a feeling of familiar ground.
You can pull some quotes out of CCP Abathur’s 2009 post that would fit right into the current discussions of null sec sovereignty. At one point I was flipping between that dev blog and the March 2015 sov dev blog and I lost track of which one I was reading.
Perhaps my favorite quote in the whole 2009 document is this one:
…there is no one thing that causes more consternation amongst players than the seemingly endless task of shooting towers.
Okay, I know that in the pre-Dominion scheme of things, towers were how sovereignty was held, so the reasons to attack them have changed, but I’ll be damned if the seemingly endless task of shooting towers has abated one bit. In Reavers we shoot towers night and day. There are people who have become connoisseurs of tower configuration, and I hear each tower we hit critiqued on coms as we reinforce it. (Sometimes module locations even contain a message.)
More on point, there is this quote:
No matter what happens, there will always be important things to shoot. The key is finding a balance between allowing smaller gangs of raiders to disrupt the day to day operations of your space against requiring massive battleship and capital fleets to actually remove you from the same space. Conquest of space in Dominion will differ greatly from what exists currently, as will the ability of roaming gangs to cause an ‘AFK Empire’ no end of frustration.
Just as raiders will be presented new opportunities to create havoc, aggressors intent on all out conquest will have to carefully weigh their plans and make decisions on what and where to attack first. Strategies that work in one system may completely fail in the next. Defenders of space in Dominion will have new ways of defending their space as well. These tools will not replace a proper defense force but they will provide new and exciting options which ensure that not every fight is the same and will reward investment in military infrastructure.
You could almost pull that directly forward into the 2015 dev blog and have it make sense in the context of the current discussion. I am looking forward to the June changes myself… a little bit of chaos can be fun… but a little voice in the back of my brain is saying, “This time for sure!” in a mocking tone. We shall see.
Anyway, the war in Delve is still on for now, Reavers are still roaming Querious, Pandemic Legion has its contract for the other side of N3 space, and CCP’s sovereignty changes are still a ways out. There is plenty of time left for another big battle or two if both sides want it.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Big Ten also likes conference champs
By ESPN.com staff
The Big Ten is holding its spring meetings in Chicago this week, and it appears the thinking among administrators is in line with what the Pac-12 athletic directors and commissioner Larry Scott said two weeks ago: Any potential college football playoff needs to prioritize teams that win their conference.
|Ohio State's Gene Smith and Pac-12 members seem to agree on a criteria for future playoff teams. |
Adam Rittenberg over at the Big Ten blog chatted with Ohio State AD Gene Smith, who was unequivocal about his top priority:
"The conference champion piece," Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said. "We're a collegiate environment, and we've set everything up for competition to be conference champions, and we have it in every single sport that we have. ... When you go through your conference and you win your conference championship, that's pretty strong."
Other parties at the table in this playoff debate favor a "Four best teams plan," one that would only ensure the process remain just as subjective as the present BCS standings.
The good news is there is plenty of room for compromise between the folks who are right (winning a conference championship matters) and those who are wrong (let's pretend we can rank the four best teams).
The Pac-12 blog is on record supporting the "Top-six plan": Conference champions would be required to be ranked in the top six of the final rankings in order to earn automatic berths in the four-team playoff. If four conference champions aren't ranked in the top six, then the highest ranked at-large teams would fill however many voids there are.
But there's wiggle room here:
[Nebraska athletic director Tom] Osborne told ESPN.com that there has been "a lot of discussion" this week about having the top three conference champions and the highest-ranked at-large team in the four-team playoff. This model would give access to a team like reigning national champion Alabama, which didn't win its league or its division but finished No. 2 in the final BCS standings and beat LSU for the title.
"I don't think you can say all four placements are conference champions," Smith said. "You have to leave some room for that type of scenario, that best high-ranked team that is not a conference champion has some room to get in there."
Of course, you can immediately see how this could get controversial. What happens if a fourth conference champion has the same record as a more highly rated at-large team? Further, we still don't know the rating system -- the old BCS rankings, a new ratings system, a selection committee, etc.
The good news is that the Pac-12 and Big Ten are aligned on their thinking: Any playoff format needs to give priority to teams that win their conference championship.
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Iraq war veteran Specialist John Ackley, who served in Iraq with the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division in 2009 and changed her gender afterward, is asking the military to allow transgender people to serve on duty because she wants to enlist again.
Ackley, who know goes by the name Ashley, was denied her request to re-enlist, and said in an interview with CNN on Wednesday that when she first contacted officials expressing her desire to rejoin the National Guard, they were happy to have her back on board – until she mentioned that she was living as a female now, which ruled her out for re-enlistment.
Lt. Col. Kevin Olson, a spokesperson for the Minnesota National Guard, sent a statement to CNN that stated that transgender people are considered to have a disorder, which is why they are not allowed to serve.
"A history of, or current manifestations of...transsexual, gender identity disorder to include major abnormalities or defects of genitalia such as change of sex or a current attempt to change sex...or dysfunctional residuals from surgical correction of these conditions render an individual administratively unfit," the statement read.
"I thought it was funny, and almost ironic. This didn't just prop up, this gender identity disorder has been an issue my entire life. But I manage to, with this 'disorder,' serve for six years and have a successful tour in Iraq," said Ackley, who has reportedly undergone hormone theraphy.
The vet revealed that it was not actually impossible for her to still be called up for service – she has been placed on an Army reserves list, meaning that in a worst-case scenario, she could be called on to help – but she does not believe such a thing is likely to happen.
"We are not broken. I have been reached out to by many, many prior service members who are now going through this transition, who have had very distinguished careers. I believe we are just as capable as any other person supporting our country," Ackley added.
She shared that although it is logistically impossible for transgender people who have not yet had sexual reassignment surgery to serve in the Army, she is at least fighting for post-surgery individuals to be granted those rights.
Last year, when the U.S. military removed its "don't ask, don't tell" policy and allowed homosexuals to serve openly in the military, a civil rights group that includes transsexuals and cross-dressers asked to be granted the same privileges as well.
"Our position is that the military should re-examine the policy, the medical regulations, so as to allow open service for transgender people," said Vincent Paolo Villano, spokesman for the 6,000-member Center for Transgender Equality.
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Illinois Sen. Barack Obamas selection of Sen. Joseph Biden (Del.) as his running mate understandably is being analyzed in excruciating detail for its political impacts: Will it unite the Democratic Party? Will he help the ticket in the election? Will his prior disagreements with Obama, for example, on the war in Iraq, help or hurt Obamas campaign?
These are all important questions. But the larger question for voters really is: What would he bring to the job if their ticket is elected? As weve learned, particularly during the past eight years with Dick Cheney, a vice president who is smart, aggressive, experienced and is respected by the president can have a major impact on our lives.
Biden is clearly all of those things. So if the Democratic ticket wins, how would he approach the job?
I got a chance to see his approach up close one day in early September 1999, when I was U.S. ambassador to Romania. In the aftermath of NATOs success in stopping ethnic cleaning in Kosovo, Cabinet members and Members of Congress stopped in Bucharest to thank the Romanians for their support of NATO and get a feel for where the Balkan region was going in its aftermath.
Unlike some of the other visitors whose approach was helpful but remarkably relaxed, Biden was a whirlwind of inquiry, analysis and commentary from the time he landed at Otopeni airport.
On the 20-minute drive into the city, he quizzed me on Romanian attitudes, the status of various government leaders and the inside story on Romanias foreign policy toward Slobodan Milosevic, who was still in power next door in Yugoslavia. Because Biden has known all the major Romanian leaders since the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, the questions were Ph.D. level, not Romania 101. That was remarkable in itself since he is no specialist on Romania; he could do the same, landing in dozens of nations around the world.
In his meetings with President Emil Constantinescu and others, he thanked them sincerely for their support for NATO and then he drilled right in on Milosevic: How strong did they think he was in Yugoslavia after the war? How did they evaluate the various leaders of the democratic opposition there whom he asked about name by name, since he knew each of them personally, too. Unlike the Bush administration, which has been accused of tailoring its version of the facts to match its policy, Biden was trying to learn the facts firsthand to figure out what would be the right U.S. policy.
He also exuded a passion for helping the Serbs leave the failed path of ethnic war for a democratic future. Between meetings, I got a running commentary on his discussions with Bill Clinton as the president had struggled with the tough questions of when and how much military force to use in that war. In the end, air power and diplomacy won the day for NATO. There was no ground invasion and not a single U.S. soldier died in combat.
But Biden was already concerned that the worlds first observation of the extraordinary precision of Americas new high-tech weaponry, particularly launched from the air, would create destabilizing fear in countries like China. Just months after the Kosovo war had ended, he was looking around the next corner while not losing focus on the immediate issues.
In most of our meetings, Romanian leaders reiterated their strong interest in joining the NATO alliance. At lunch at my house with opposition party leaders, one of them said that NATO membership was important to their country for a reason Id never heard before.
If were in NATO, we wont have to worry about NATO attacking Romania over our relations with our Hungarian minority the way you attacked Yugoslavia, he said. Since Turkey has been in NATO for decades, you let them do what they want with the Kurdish minority.
Biden, visibly angry, rose from his chair, leaned across the table, and said: If thats why you want to get into NATO, Ill make sure you never do!
Cooler Romanian heads assured Biden and me that the gentleman was being misunderstood and they were committed to good relations with their Hungarian minority. And in fact they were right. When the opposition came to power a year later, the Hungarian party in Romania supported government. And in 2004, Romania did join NATO with Bidens support.
What struck me, beyond the stupidity of that one Romanian comment, was the frank, sincere, passionate statement Biden made of U.S. policy. He knew when to say the right thing in the right way. And the Romanians clearly respected him for it.
The most extraordinary meeting we had was with Petre Roman, president of the Romanian Senate. He had been prime minister in the early 1990s, so of course Biden had met him before. Biden thanked him for Romanias help in Kosovo and then grilled him on Serbian politics, a subject on which Petre Roman was an expert. In fact, the Serbian democratic leader whom Roman urged the U.S. to work with became the driving force behind defeating Milosevic in the 2000 elections and bringing pro-Western democrats to power in Serbia, where they are today. Biden asked the right guy the right questions.
But as we came out of the meeting, Biden said to me, Whats that guy so upset about? He looks the way I felt when I chaired my last Judiciary Committee meeting. He was referring to 1994, when the Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate, relieving Biden of his chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Hes got some big problem on his mind. Do you know what it is? he asked me.
I was amazed. Without knowing the latest inside Romanian domestic politics, Biden had read Romans body language and knew he was talking to a politician under incredible stress.
In fact, Petre Roman was under great pressure because the public support for the coalition government, which included his party, was plummeting. Roman was worried about his partys survival in the next election in 2000. Several months later, he brought down the government, replaced the prime minister and took over the foreign ministers job himself.
Romans party survived the next election, though it went into opposition. But Roman himself was deposed as party leader less than two years after the meeting with Biden.
My question was: How does Biden do it?
I still want to know.
Joe Biden has better intuition about other politicians, American or foreign, than any elected official Ive ever met.
Even more than his decades of experience, that gift will help a President Obama with his ambitious domestic program as much as it will help in protecting Americas security.
Jim Rosapepe was U.S. ambassador to Romania from 1998 to 2001.
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If you purchase a backordered item, it will most likely ship within 10 days. If it is a large order or unique item, it may take longer–and if that’s the case, I will contact you directly with a more specific lead time. If you have a deadline (i.e. birthday, holiday, or some other time-sensitive event), please just send me an email and we can try to make something work!
Yes! If you happen to be in the Joshua Tree area, you are welcome to pick up your order from my studio directly. Please select “Local Pickup” from the shipping options; once I receive your payment, I will contact you with details about picking up your order.
Yes! Please see the Shipping Details section for more info.
Nooo! I’m so sorry! If a package arrives damaged, please send a photograph of the item (as it arrived, still in the box, if possible) within 48 hours of receiving the package. I will gladly file a claim with the shipping service, and make you a brand new item, or issue you store credit–whichever you prefer.
I try to use recycled packing supplies as much as possible when shipping items. As we all know, styrofoam packing peanuts are environmentally disastrous–however, they are one of the best things to use to safely and economically package large shipments of fragile items. I collect second-hand packing peanuts from friends, family, and a few businesses and reuse them for my orders. This also goes for bubble wrap and newsprint–so please don’t be alarmed if these packing supplies don’t look brand new in your shipment! I make sure to only use second-hand packing supplies that are in near-perfect condition, so that your order will arrive safe and sound.
If you are a Los Angeles-based business or individual who receives packing peanuts, bubble wrap, or plastic air pockets (the ones that are delivered with nearly every Amazon purchase), I would LOVE to take them off your hands! Just send me a message and I will gladly come pick them up from you.
Yes! Please contact me.
Yes! Please contact me if you’re interested in selling my wares in your shop and would like to see a line sheet.
No, I do not offer gift wrapping, but if you are buying an object as a gift, please write the recipient’s name in the “Order Notes” box during checkout, and I will personalize their thank you note included in all shipments.
Most items are food-safe and glazed with nontoxic glazes. If an item is not suitable for food due to porosity, non-food-safe glazes or oxides, or for any other reason, I will make clear note of it in the description of the item. All items are dishwasher- and microwave-safe; however, most items I make are not oven-safe, unless explicitly stated in the product description.
Most likely, it will–and that’s what’s so wonderful about handmade goods, especially ceramics. Objects will vary in size (though only very slightly), due to the nature of working on the wheel, and the fact that I am not a robot. Glazing can vary subtly too.
Still have a question? Contact me!
US: Customers have the option to choose either USPS Priority or USPS Priority Express shipping. Orders are processed and shipped out 1-3 business days from the receipt of payment. All shipments are insured for full value, and are trackable. If you would like to require a signature upon receipt of your package, please make a note of it in the “Order Notes” box during checkout.
INTERNATIONAL: All international orders are shipped via USPS Priority Mail International. Orders are processed 3-7 days from the receipt of payment. Please note that international customers are responsible for all duties and taxes in the destination country.
Large orders: If you are ordering several items, or one particularly large item, I am happy to ship via UPS or FedEx–as they are usually cheaper than USPS for heavier shipments. If you have an account with either carrier, please provide the account number in the “Order Notes” box during checkout. Being able to bill the shipping costs directly to you will assure that you get charged the correct shipping amount immediately, and make the entire shipping process a lot easier! :)
Shipment issues: ZZIEE Ceramics is not liable for lost or stolen packages, and will not be held responsible for additional shipping charges incurred if packages are returned to my studio due to customer absence, errors in shipping addresses, or package refusal. I cannot provide refunds or exchanges for lost, stolen, or refused packages post-delivery.
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Superheroes in Crisis
Adjusting to Social Change in the 1960s and 1970s
Publication Year: 2014
Published by: RIT Press
Title Page, Copyright, Dedication, Series Page
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Foreword: Comics and Storytelling
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The human condition is one that seems to insist on the need to invent stories. In ancient times, oral storytelling explained the powers of nature and the origins of self. Stories soothed, frightened, and inspired people, but perhaps most importantly, they entertained...
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In April 2011, the Internet was atwitter with reports that an important American had seemingly turned against his country. A U.S. leader and icon had decided to renounce his American citizenship, and this action had confused and angered a large number of U.S...
1. The Early Years: Original Heroes
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Both Superman and Batman were created and debuted during the Great Depression, and because of this, the characters’ personalities were a reflection of the era’s hopes and fears. The two comic book superheroes were designed to grapple with nemeses that...
2. Middle Age Changes
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On January 20, 1961, John F. Kennedy took the oath of office and became the thirty-fifth President of the United States. The young leader delivered a speech that day which symbolically marked a paradigm shift. Kennedy famously stated...
3. The Early 1970s—Self Doubt and Worry
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The great baseball philosopher (and catcher) Yogi Berra once famously said, “You got to be very careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.”1 Many Americans entered the 1970s not knowing where they were going, and afraid of...
4. Where Do We Go From Here? 1975–1979
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The second half of the 1970s began very differently than the first half had. While 1970 had commenced with trepidation and fear, many Americans believed that the nation could adjust to the 1960s political and social changes and create a better society. The events...
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In an often discussed scene in the 2004 Quentin Tarantino film Kill Bill 2, David Carradine’s title character, Bill, gives an impassioned speech about Superman. Bill attempts to explain his actions during the two Kill Bill films by using the Man of Steel as a metaphor. He soliloquizes: ...
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Page Count: 142
Illustrations: 6, some color
Publication Year: 2014
Series Title: Comics Studies Monograph Series
Series Editor Byline: Gary Hoppenstand
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Hirafu Village will again see a boast in local amenities for the coming season and beyond with a supermarket set to open it’s doors in the first week of December.
The Niseko Supermarket and Deli will be located on the ground floor of the commercial space in Shiki and will stock a wide range of quality goods including: fresh meats, dairy, vegetables ( some organic ), fruit, bread, kitchen and bathroom supplies, baby supplies, locally produced cosmetics, wines beer, spirits, champagne, regional sake and more.
Ben Harding from Niseko Black is the driving force in the new venture. He wants to improve the infrastructure of the area and provide visitors with an option to shop locally for a wide range of products and daily groceries, without the need to visit Kutchan.
There will be several other new businesses opening in the space including a Teppanyaki restaurant which will also offer a breakfast and a lunch buffet as well as a spectacular a la carte dinner menu.
To catch the latest information on the developments underway in the lead up to winter here in Niseko please subscribe to our blog or follow us on Facebook or Twitter
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The facelifted Skoda Very good is because of make its debut later this month, and the automaker has teased its refreshed third-generation flagship through a design sketch, providing a glimpse of what to anticipate.
The L-shaped LED daytime operating lights seem comparable in form to these on the 2015 automobile, although the headlamp seems to consist of various parts throughout the housing. Elsewhere, the grille is now a extra imposing merchandise and now sits straight adjoining to the headlamps, whereas it was beforehand book-ended by sections of the entrance bumper.
The grille additionally options rows of dual chrome parts as in comparison with the 2015 automobile’s singular line. In the meantime, the entrance foglamps are slimmer on the 2019 design sketch, and the chrome strip that bridges the 2 foglamps now loop across the foglamps.
Being a mid-lifecycle replace, the facelifted Very good ought to proceed to make use of the Volkswagen Group’s MQB platform, albeit with updates. It will likely be the marque’s first to supply a plug-in hybrid choice courtesy of the 1.four litre TSI petrol-eletric powertrain from the Volkswagen Passat GTE, in keeping with Autocar.
The facelifted Very good may even achieve inside revisions just like these utilized to the Skoda Scala hatchback, the place wi-fi cell system integration for Android Auto and Apple CarPlay is prone to be commonplace match throughout all variants. It has additionally been reported that Skoda’s personal revised infotainment system may even allow over-the-air updates and new cell app capabilities.
The submit 2019 Skoda Very good facelift teased in design sketch Auto Reviews & New Cars on Paul Tan’s Automotive Information.
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By Charlie Sheen
(as told to Alex Belth)
I was born in New York but I’ve lived out here in L.A. since I was three. But I’ve always rooted for the Yankees. I also rooted for the Reds because my dad was a big Reds fan. Reggie was one of my childhood heroes and the reason I learned to hit left-handed. He took the world center stage in the Bronx. I was 12, 13 the perfect age. I remember the Reds sweeping the Yankees in ’76 when I was with my dad in the Philippines on Apocalypse.
But the first time I actually went to Yankee Stadium was in 1991. My dad was shooting in Pittsburgh and I flew in the nigh before he wrapped. He was a doing a movie-of-the-week or a mini-series. We decided to do a baseball pilgrimage. We went to game at the old Three Rivers that night. I think we saw both Bonds and Van Slyke go yard. After the game we got on the elevator to leave and Joe Morgan walks on. I happened to be wearing a Reds hat. And I had met him briefly at some point back in the day. He shook my hand and gave me a hug and I introduced him to my dad who was so impressed that I knew Joe Morgan.
The following morning we got out on the road and we took a road trip to Cooperstown to the Baseball Hall of Fame. We visited the Mecca. The next morning we drove to New York and went to a game that night at the Stadium. It was a trip because if I’m not mistaken they were playing Texas. Fifty-five has always been a recurring number for me and the first guy up was Brian Downing and he was wearing 55. You’d have to look it up if it was Downing but it was 55. I just remember thinking, “Wow, of course my first game and the first hitter would have to wear 55.”
We had a great time at that game. Pretty sure Mattingly hit a three-run bomb in the eighth to put it out of reach. When one of the security guys comes to us afterwards and says, “You guys want to see Monument Park?” Everybody’s gone and we got a private tour. Then we’re walking back across the field and I say to my dad, “Hey, let’s go to the dugout. Let’s see what this looks like from the players’ perspective.” So we’re sitting in the dugout and I look under the bench and there’s a ball wedged-up under one of the seat supports. So I pull it out and based on the tint of the ball—it had red clay on the stitches, it didn’t say ‘practice’ on it—I’m convinced that it was a used in a game. It was a foul ball that shot into the dugout and stayed there.
We kept it. I had to leave New York the following morning. I was digging through my stuff at the hotel room and I couldn’t find the ball. I’m like, Great, dad kept it. Okay, it was his first game, he’s entitled. So I’m on the plane the next day and about halfway through the flight I’m going through my carry-on and there’s the ball in a little plastic bag. It said, “Hey Charlie, Thanks for taking me out to the ballgame.” There was such a cool, full-circle feeling about that trip. Then of course, finding the ball on the plane. I still have it of course.
The other memory is a little bizarre. Went to a game in ‘96, mid-season before they started making their move. Took a buddy of mine, David O’Neill. He’s a director and a writer and an old friend of mine. We were in a box but he had never been there so he said, “I’m going to go see what this place is like, I’m going to go walk around.”
Comes back with a foul ball that he has caught off the bat of Paul O’Neill. What are the odds? And, another example of him being about the fifth person I took to their first game that got a foul ball. I’ve been to what, a thousand games in my life. Never even touched one.
I bought out the left field bleachers in Anaheim in the mid-‘90s in a game against Detroit. I bought 2,600 seats in the left field pavilion and I sat out there with three friends. I was going to force the hand of the baseball Gods and that didn’t even work. Nothing. Four balls hit the wall that night. And the next night, I watched on television as like maybe four or five landed not just in the section but pretty much in my seat of the day before. It was one of those reminders that you can’t force the organic flow of the American Pastime.
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It may seem like an afterthought or an add on, but accessories are the icing on the cake. They can make the systems safer, easier to operate, give them a longer life span and ultimately make the product more useful. Multi-Shifter has numerous accessories and options that fulfill this need. These are available in most cases, through Service Parts ordering, or as Options when new systems are purchased. Check with your Regional Sales Manager, or give us a call in the Corporate office at 1-800-457-4472.
Safety Wear Kit – Preventing injury on the job is everyone’s goal. The Multi-Shifter Safety Wear kit can help to achieve it!
Acid Spill Clean-up Kit – Accidents happen. They are unavoidable. These kits are OSHA required and sometimes sold with a new system purchase. But just in case it happens more than once……….
Manual Battery Watering Tank – Sometimes simple is the best! Our bargain watering unit is designed to mount on your Multi-Shifter vehicle. Saves you steps and saves you time!
HydroPure Water De-ionizer and Fill Station Wall Mounted – Using de-ionized water is a simple and effective way to maximize battery life.
Anti-Collision Kit – This accessory kit provides for the safe movement of your Multi-Shifter vehicle. A combination of sensors, lights, horns and mirrors are combined to prevent collision with other objects and machines.
Laser Alignment Units – Always know where you are with these laser alignment modules. The vertical alignment module pinpoints exactly where the vehicle magnet is centered, and the horizontal alignment module to indicates when the vehicle bed is at the correct roller height.
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Influencer Marketing is BOOMING! Everywhere you look on social media, a new influencer is uprising and making brand deals. There are numerous Influencer Marketing Agencies and platforms to illustrate how the booming industry continues to gain momentum. It is easy to reach out to an influencer via private messages and inviting them to the business for a product sample and a few freebie campaigns. But, influencer marketing has always been a bit of a grey area when it comes to the actual rules and regulations. Criticisms levelled in terms of influencer marketing that it is unregulated; known as the Wild West of the marketing world; believing influencers are fraud, have fake followers and non-disclosure of paid-for relationships is rife.
Understanding influencer marketing guidelines is vital. Some companies like Confluencr – An Influencer Marketing Agency, are well versed and implement the campaign under the hood of regulations. But for most of the influencers and marketing agencies, it is often unsure of what they have to disclose when and how to do so.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has clear rules about influencer marketing. It is also a classic code of ethics that needs to be watched out for. If someone caught pulling what customers perceive to be cheap tricks, the impact of the campaign and some of the trust of your loyal customers are a goodbye.
Rules to follow in influencer marketing from an influencer and brand perspective-
What Influencers Need To Do-
- Influencers should not talk about their experience with a product or service if they haven’t actually used it as they say.
- Influencers must disclose relationships between themselves and the brand if its a sponsored content. They can do so by adding hashtags like #sponsoredpost #sponsored or #ad to their captions.
- If an influencer is paid to review a product but had a horrible experience, they cant say that it was good. They cant lie. This will lead to false content.
- Youtube influencers must put the advertisement disclosure in the actual video
- According to the FTC’s official influencer guideline, it’s not enough to just put it in the description because its too easily missed. The same is true for other video content on all social media platforms.
What Brands Need To Do-
- The one big rule that brands need to be particularly aware of that influencer doesn’t, is to not intentionally use unrepresentative testimonials to misled customers.
- A universal principle is that the consumers should be able to identify when they are being advertised to and those ads should be decent, legal, honest and truthful.
- Giving influencers with contracts that contain the rules of disclosure and any other salient regulatory points.
- Selecting responsible influencers is the main duty of a brand. This can be done by checking for follower’s fraud, disclosure non-compliance, etc.
- According to a study, one-third of brands are not labeling their influencer marketing as “sponsored content” because they believe that this may have a negative impact on consumer trust. But they need to understand that influencers, even though they are compensated, are looked upon as relevant sources of information. It should not matter if they are tagged as “sponsored content”. If they have a strong following, consumers will still come.
- There needs to be a plan that allows non-compliant posts to be pulled as soon as an error is noticed or a complaint is received.
Statistically, 54% of consumers say that they do not see sponsored posts by influencers as negative. The brands that are not following the guidelines need to get acts together and follow the rules. The rules are put in place to guide marketers. If not followed, it leaves marketing, brands, and advertisers looked upon in a negative way. Not revealing an ad is sponsored content that could be more damaging to a brand in the long run. As influencer marketing continues to evolve, the marketers will also continue to evolve with it. Influencer marketing is becoming pivotal in any broad digital marketing strategy, or social media campaigns. Therefore it is up to marketers and influencers to keep the activities ethical.
Influencer Marketing company like Confluencr goes onwards hand in hand with being authentic and ethical. The company blends the brands and influencers, with fine regulation towards the consumers.
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Patson Dzamara is a leadership coach, author, political activist and analyst based in Zimbabwe.
Saturday the 18th of November 2017 shall forever be remembered as the day which inscribed.
The past few days have left me awestruck. I witnessed many things I have never.
That Robert Mugabe divides opinion is not contestable. Whatever views anyone possesses about him, what.
Zimbabwe’s current political conundrum is hinged on Zanu PF’s weakness and the opposition’s confusion. Zanu.
The stage for a transition in Zimbabwe is set. Even exogenous factors are in sync.
That Mugabe together with the majority of his incorrigible minions are in the sunset of.
That Robert Mugabe’s name is indelibly inscribed and embellished in the hall of Africa’s revolutionary.
For a number of years Zimbabwe has been meandering in the corridors of confusion, leadership.
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Please, you can stop with those congratulatory emails, telephone calls, Facebook messages, tests, and Twitter DMs. I already realize that I have won the much-coveted award: the Weekly Standard's "Twitter of the Day." On a daily basis, the staff of that conservative magazine reviews tens of millions of Twitter messages—"tweets," for those in the know—in order to identify that one very special less-than-140-character message deserving of their notice. We salute them for this hard work. After all, it does entail much sacrifice. Were they not poring over all the world's Twitter feeds, they could be reporting on Dick Cheney's hourly observations regarding national security. Thankfully, Cheney has not yet begun to tweet—he's dithering on Twittering—for were he doing so, the rest of us would not stand a chance to win this particular prize.
What won the judges' fancy was this tweet of mine:
And hundreds of millions don't. RT @GOPLeader: AP: ‘Thousands rally’ to protest Pelosi #healthcare http://bit.ly/1JUFJP #Housecall #killbill
I was responding to a message that had been sent out minutes earlier by Republican House minority leader John Boehner, who was celebrating the arrival at the Capitol of thousands—yes, thousands!—of conservative citizens who were willing to yell and scream and hold signs of hate to beat back the emerging health care reform legislation.
The award citation, written by Michael Goldfarb (who last received attention in these digital pages for confusing disagreement with treason), was direct and simple in its reasoning:
Good point, Corn. Just like the hundreds of millions who didn't march on Washington for civil rights or to end the war in Vietnam. Or the hundreds of millions who didn't take to the streets to protest the Iraq war. Or the hundreds of millions who didn't vote for Barack Obama. The silent majority strikes again!
Who knew that Goldfarb could perform such an exquisite imitation of Stephen Colbert? His portrayal of a right-wing fan of twisted logic, who is unable to discern the purposeful excess of my winning Twitter message, was spot-on. (Hooray for you, sir.) Of course, just such a person would suggest that the presence of a few thousand angry conservatives trumps the massive electoral majority assembled by President Obama in last year's election. And just such a person would also ignore the inconvenient fact that both houses of Congress are controlled by sizable Democratic majorities that were placed there by millions throughout the land. And just such a person would most certainly claim, all evidence to the contrary, that the thousands who were bused by conservative outfits to this mid-day gathering represent the true majority of this great country.
Given Goldfarb's bravura performance—inspired by my few meager words—I can only humbly say one thing: I accept.
You can follow David Corn's postings and media appearances via Twitter—as Michael Goldfarb knows.
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Owen Paterson's GM dream will make it harder to feed the world
20 June 2013
Ahead of Owen Paterson’s speech, 20 June 2013, Soil Association Policy Director Peter Melchett comments:
"Owen Paterson’s GM dream will make it harder to feed the world. The British Government constantly claim that GM crops are just one tool in the toolbox for the future of farming. In fact GM is the cuckoo in the nest. It drives out and destroys the systems that international scientists agree we need to feed the world. We need farming that helps poorer African and Asian farmers produce food, not farming that helps Bayer, Syngenta and Monsanto produce profits."
If you would like to arrange an interview with one of our spokespeople, please contact the press office:
Natasha Collins-Daniel, Press Office Manager – 0117 914 2448 / 07827 925380
Holly Black, Digital Communications and Press Officer – 0117 314 5170
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Phytochemicals – The Secret Key To Good Health
When your time is limited, learning about nutrition is probably quite low down on your priorities list. You might know a little about the main nutrients (carbohydrates, fats and protein) and you may have heard the odd snippet or two about the vitamins. However, I bet you’ve never heard of the phytochemicals. In this article I’m going to be discussing why learning about the phytochemicals is definitely worth five minutes of your time and how you can incorporate the phytochemicals into your diet in less than five minutes a day.
A 5 Minute Introduction To The Phytochemicals
The phytochemicals are health boosting nutrients that act in a very essential similar way to vitamins and minerals. The key difference is that vitamins minerals are essential and you cannot survive without them. Phytochemicals are not essential but they greatly enhance your health. Some of their main health benefits include:
1) Acting As Antioxidants: Antioxidants are substances in food that keep your body’s cells safe from free radicals. Free radicals are harmful compounds that get released during oxygen based reactions inside your body and can accelerate the ageing process, increase the likelihood of you developing chronic diseases and much more. Studies have shown that almost all the phytochemicals are powerful antioxidants and can keep your body’s cells safe from these nasty side effects of free radicals.
2) Keeping Your Skin Healthy:Many skin care products push the fact that they use natural plant based ingredients instead of unnatural chemicals. If you take a closer look at the ingredients in these products then the chances are that these plant based ingredients are actually phytochemicals. The reason these phytochemicals are used in skin care products is because studies have shown that phytochemicals can prevent acne, prevent eczema, prevent psoriasis, protect against ultraviolet (UV) damage, reduce the visible signs of ageing and much more.
3) Keeping Your Vital Organs Healthy:The phytochemicals give your vital organs a real boost. Studies have shown that they can strengthen your brain, your eyes, your heart, your kidneys, your liver and more.
4) Protecting Against Chronic Disease: Although no one knows for sure what causes chronic diseases, phytochemicals appear to offer protection against them. Research has revealed that eating a diet that is rich in phytochemicals can reduce your risk of contracting cancer, diabetes and heart disease.
Add The Phytochemicals To Your Diet In Less Than 5 Minutes Per Day
There are thousands of phytochemicals out there. However, many of these phytochemicals can be found in similar foods. By incorporating these foods into your diet you can quickly start to add large amounts of phytochemicals to your diet and enjoy the benefits listed above in little to no time at all. The list below outlines some of the best ways to quickly add phytochemicals to your diet:
1) Have Berries & Oatmeal For Breakfast: Do you remember when blueberries were named as the ultimate super food? What about when everyone went crazy for Acai berries? Whilst the hype around these berries was a bit over the top, there was a reason that these berries started getting so much attention – berries contain extremely high levels of a group of phytochemicals called anthocyanins. Eating berries and oatmeal for breakfast a few days each week is a quick and easy way to incorporate the anthocyanins into your diet. Simply heat some butter, milk and oats in a pan, simmer for a few minutes and then top with berries.
2) Drink More Tea:Green tea is another super food that seemed to be everywhere a few years ago. The reason for all the interest in green tea is that it’s a brilliant source of the phytochemical group – flavan-3-ols. Whilst green tea contains the highest levels of flavan-3-ols, black tea and oolong tea are also a very good source. Therefore, by simply drinking more tea (black, green or oolong) throughout the day you can fill your body with flavan-3-ols. Preparing and drinking tea doesn’t take long – you just boil the kettle and brew it up in a cup. However, if you are really pushed for time you can brew up a large thermos flask of tea first thing in the morning and then drink it throughout the day.
3) Start Eating Soy Beans With Your Lunch & Dinner: Soy beans are yet another food that have shot to super star status in the past for their cancer preventing properties. The secret behind their cancer fighting powers is a group of phytochemicals called isoflavones. The good news is that isoflavones can be added to your diet in virtually no time at all – simply include some soy beans with your lunch time salad or use them as a side vegetable with your evening meal a few times each week.
4) Start Adding Olives To Your Diet: The Mediterranean diet is believed to be one of the healthiest diets in the world. Studies have suggested that the main reason it is so healthy is because it incorporates lots of olives, olive oil and extra virgin olive oil which are an exclusive source of the phytochemical group – tyrosol esters. The good news is that you can incorporate the tyrosol esters into your diet pretty easily and enjoy their benefits without going completely Mediterranean. Olives can be added to salads or used to complement certain hot foods whilst olive oil and extra virgin olive oil can be added to sauces and used to garnish fish, meats and vegetables.
5) Snack On Oranges: Citrus fruits are one of the best sources of a group of phytochemicals called flavanones. By snacking on an orange once a day you can add the flavanones to your diet and the best part is it takes less than a minute to do so.
I hope this article has shown you that the phytochemicals are worth your time no matter how busy you are. Brewing a flask of tea first thing in the morning, sprinkling a few berries on your oatmeal at breakfast or garnishing your meats with extra virgin olive oil before you cook them are all tasks that take very little time out of your day but can do wonders for your health. So make sure you take the extra five minutes each day to incorporate the phytochemicals into your diet and start enjoying a healthier, happier life.
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Before the 45° hyperextension became so popular, this was the premiere exercise to strengthen the spina erectors, unfortunately horizontal back extension machines are very uncommon today, but if you have one I suggest utilizing it.
It’s a simple exercise that can be regressed or progressed readily.
Once you’ve gotten strong with Bodyweight, add weight at the chest or behind the head.
This exercise does work the glute deals at the same time, you get glute strength with back strength. For that reason it’s usually better to program these on a lower body day.
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Dr Kinsella is a consultant psychologist with extensive experience both within the NHS and Private Sector. She is a Psychotherapist, Workshop Leader and Mindfulness Trainer and to date has delivered over 150 mindfulness courses. She has also trained NHS clinicians and other psychotherapists in the mindful approach.
Dr Amanda Kinsella DPsych, MSc, Bsc (Hons) is a registered HCPC practitioner psychologist (PYL29565) and chartered member of the British Psychological Society (158342). She is a Consultant Psychologist, workshop leader and mindfulness trainer with a wealth of experience within the NHS, Private and Business sectors.
Within her clinical experience she developed the first UK clinical research adaptation of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for the regulation of negative affect for alcohol dependency. Amanda is a skilled practitioner and the first UK psychologist trained in Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP). She has also held various positions as a trainer, supervisor and university lecturer. She holds certificates in the mindful approach and has been trained by authors: Professor Zindel Segal and Professor Alan Marlatt.
Amanda has a specialist interest in men’s mental health. She has developed a men’s action recovery service: MARS, with support from Dr Alastair Pipkin. This pioneering pilot champions men’s mental health and supports men with engagement and access to psychological therapies within secondary complex care. Dr Kinsella’s work was recently acknowledged within the North West Boroughs Health Care NHS Foundation Trust Star Awards, where she reached the finals of innovation star of the year. It was during this time that a special collegiate bond developed between Dr Kinsella and Dr Pipkin around the shared values of promoting access to evidence-based psychological care for all. This has resulted in Dr Pipkin joining the team as Clinical and Operational Director, where they are excited to offer a range of Continued Professional Development workshops for professionals and bespoke retreats for local individuals.
Dr Kinsella is passionate about mental wellness and preventative mental health, which reflects in the ethos for Mindful Psychology. She is an expert in the mindful approach and the benefits for all across psychological, relational and physical wellbeing. Her vision was to create a holistic centre and she is very proud to have succeeded in creating an inviting, inclusive and progressive space in Newgate Street, Chester. The base is surrounded by the historic medieval walls and completed with a unique city garden retreat space, which complements the meditative spaces and bespoke consulting rooms. She is well respected for her warm and empathic style. She approaches her work scientifically and has the ability to put complex psychological models across in accessible language both in her workshops conferences and media appearances. She is also an experienced supervisor and welcomes enquiries from her peers.
Her company provides the public and businesses access to one-to-one and group psychological support from expert psychologists with decades of experience within the NHS and private sectors. The successful Mindful in Action wellbeing programmes are unique to her company and are the first in the northwest to combat stress, and foster resilience and emotional health. This has been adapted to not only be Covid safe for up to 8 participants, but is specifically addressing the need for psychological support in these uncertain times. Her clinic is within a unique setting right in the heart of Chester city centre providing an unrivalled holistic environment for all.
If you would like to meet Dr Kinsella or enquire or a member of the team then please book your complimentary consultation.
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We offer a free 15 minute introductory call;
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Lawyer: Camden teen killed by police car responding to McDonald's call
CAMDEN - A Camden County Police officer was responding to a report of a homeless man sleeping in a McDonald's restaurant when his patrol car fatally struck a city teenager earlier this year, according to a lawyer for the victim’s family.
Officer James Lopez was driving at more than twice the speed limit when he hit 17-year-old Nerreada Robles in a crosswalk at East State Street and Harrison Avenue on the night of Feb. 13, says the attorney, Jeffrey Fritz.
The lawyer also alleges the police vehicle’s siren was not activated, and that department policy called for Lopez to drive “at moderate speed and proceed with caution” in response to the restaurant’s call for assistance.
"Obviously, the family's extremely distraught," Fritz, who represents the victim's parents, Nydia Robles and Jose Perez, said Thursday.
Fritz provided details of the accident in a letter to the state Attorney General’s Office, asking it to investigate Robles' death and to present evidence to a grand jury.
He made the request after the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office said it had reached a “final decision not to criminally charge the officer” in connection with the death of Robles, a senior at Woodrow Wilson High School.
The prosecutor’s office made its decision on March 21, but did not publicly announce it at that time.
The Courier Post learned of the prosecutor's action after requesting an update on the case earlier this week.
The decision followed “a thorough investigation,” said Alexandra McVeigh, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office.
Fritz contends a state law, which took effect 13 days before the teen's death, calls for an independent prosecutor to oversee investigations into deaths caused by police acting in their official capacity."
He says the county prosecutor's office should not be reviewing a death caused by a county police officer.
He said the state has not responded to his March 26 letter.
A spokesman for the Attorney General's Office declined to comment.
In the letter, Fritz said Lopez struck the girl in an unlit crosswalk shortly after 10 p.m. as he responded to a complaint "that a homeless man was asleep in a McDonald's restaurant at closing time."
He said the prosecutor's office had found Lopez was driving 57 mph upon impact with Robles, whose body was "thrown a great distance."
The speed limit in that area is 25 mph, the attorney said.
"At that time, he reportedly was driving without activated sirens," said Fritz.
He said a surveillance video reportedly showed the vehicle's emergency lights were activated, but that "several witnesses" asserted they were turned on only after the crash.
Fritz's letter said two tickets were issued to Lopez on March 7 for careless driving and failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.
But he said the prosecutor's office reported no evidence of crimes like reckless driving or death by auto.
Among other findings, the prosecutor's review determined Lopez was not intoxicated or using a cellphone at the time of the accident, and that he had maintained his lane, according to the letter.
But Fritz argued the prosecutor's office had failed to consider other indicators that Lopez drove "at a highly reckless speed, without utilizing the appropriate precautions for public safety, given all the circumstances."
He noted the county police department requires officers to drive "in a safe and controlled manner at all times."
He also said the call from a downtown McDonald's was coded as a "Priority 2 CFS response," meaning an officer is needed at the scene, "but the need does not warrant an emergency response."
Under police department policy, officers responding to priority 2 calls "must travel at only moderate speeds and proceed with caution," the letter said.
"There is no evidence these policies were followed here at all and that certainly may constitute evidence of recklessness," wrote the Philadelphia attorney.
Police spokesman Dan Keashen said Lopez "will remain off the streets pending an organizational internal investigation into the accident and the officer’s actions on the night of February 13.”
Jim Walsh: @jimwalsh_cp; 856-486-2646; email@example.com
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This is the last time I will ever write about you. I’ve given you pages, chapters, BOOKS of my life…but now it’s time for me to write a new story now. One without you in it.
I’m ready to do that now. But to start a new chapter, you must first close the old one.
For years I asked God to bring closure to this relationship with you…or if not closure, at least a little clarity about what it all meant. This on again, off again, never quite together, never quite apart, yes and no, back and forth relationship. What was your greater purpose in my life, if not to be my forever love? It just didn’t make sense to me. But then again, I guess that’s what faith is all about: Trusting God and moving forward anyway, even when it doesn’t make sense. And that’s what I did. For seven long years. I thought I knew the ending. I thought I knew God’s plan.
But I was wrong.
Instead of walking down an aisle to you, I walked down a long, often heartbreaking path with you…one that tested me, challenged me, tried me, and always, always pushed me closer to God. I spent years trying to get closer to you, but God in His infinite wisdom knew that what I really needed was more of Him. And that’s what this relationship represents to me. It’s what it will always represent to me: A giant question mark in my life that pushed me ever closer to the One who is the answer…the One who is the beginning and the end…the One who loves me enough to heal any wounds left by someone who could never quite love me enough. It wasn’t until I was willing to finally surrender you 100% to God that He was able to show me the reason for you. The bigger picture. The purpose of every tear, every disappointment, every one of the seven long years I spent waiting for you to love me back.
You see, my almost, not quite, love…the number seven in the Bible represents “completion.” And God showed me early on in that seventh year of you and I that it would be the year of our completion, one way or the other. And over the course of that seventh year, the meaning of our relationship came completely into focus: You weren’t the one I was meant to share my life with. You never were. You were the one who was there to teach me how to share my life, my whole life, my whole heart and soul, with God. Completely and unequivocally, holding nothing back.
“Pursue Me the way you want a man to pursue you, Mandy…” God had whispered into my heart during one of our many quiet times.
You see, my almost, not quite, love…there came a day when my eyes were opened to the fact that the way you had been with me for all those years -- wishy-washy, lukewarm, undecided, half in, half out – was the way I had been with God. Never fully committed. On fire one day and ice cold the next. Unwilling to invest my full self into the relationship. How it must have broken His heart.
The same way you broke mine, over and over again.
And one final time, on a summer day of that seventh year, when you looked me in the eyes, and finally told me once and for all: I don’t love you.
You could have told me that at any point during those seven long ears…but you didn’t.
And you know what? I’m glad you didn’t. Because the further away you pulled from me…the closer you pushed me to God. Oh, the conversations I had with God that started off about you but turned into intimate, precious, communion with Him about every topic under the sun! I spoke, He listened. He spoke, I listened. So many heartfelt, transparent, real, raw, candid moments I shared with my precious Jesus…all because I was driven to my knees in prayer about you and for you.
So you see, my almost, not quite love: I don’t regret you. How could I? We had some beautiful moments over the years, yes…but the moments I had with God as a result of our not-so-beautiful moments are ones I will cherish forever. No, I don’t regret you. You taught me how to embrace the Beautiful Uncertainty of my life and to trust that nothing, absolutely nothing bad can happen to me that God can’t find a way to turn for good.
You taught me that giving one’s heart away is always brave, regardless of whether or not the other person chooses to accept it.
You taught me how to love myself better. You taught me how to love other people better. And most of all, you taught me how to love GOD better.
Without you, I might not be the woman I am today.
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THIS ASSIGNMENT IS GENDER-RELATED and authentic.
Please see the attachments for examples, expectations, and grading Rubric details.
Final Project: Training Program Design Project
Guidelines: You have been hired to consult at a large corporation on these two projects:
1. Design a training course to help employees deal with gender issues at work.
2. Write a report reflecting on how your course will improve understanding and ways of relating among employees.
culture and history: describe cultural and historical influences on conceptions of gender and other forms of diversity
gender differences: discuss research findings on gender differences and similarities in aggression, achievement, and communication.
relationships: identify gender issues in friendships and romantic relationships
gender expectations: explain the impact of gender, gender role expectations, and gender stereotypes on work roles and physical and mental health
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|Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander star in “The Light Between Oceans.”|
Derek Cianfrance has brought us two of the most heartbreaking films in recent memory with “Blue Valentine” and “The Place Beyond the Pines.” The writer/director’s previous works have proven him to be an auteur with an eye for realism and a nag for telling sprawling stories about complicated people in complicated situations. And while his latest, “The Light Between Oceans,” seems to be right in his wheelhouse, the film is never quite able to be much more than a gorgeous oil painting filled with award-worthy performances.
Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, “The Light Between Oceans” begins by introducing us to Tom (Michael Fassbender), a hardened and all-together numb war vet who has come back to Australia in search of peace and quiet. Tom, who resides on the coast and works the lighthouse, soon meets the adorable and impossibly hopeful Isabelle, played by Alicia Vikander. Tom and Isabelle quickly fall in love and get married with dreams of raising a family together. The two spend their time picnicking and frolicking along the coast. The pink and blue horizons matched with the sheer openness of the southern Australian coastal setting are awe-inspiring. Cianfrance clearly had a desire to embrace the flaws and complications of nature while filming and the movie is better for it. The wind covers each scene like a blanket as the newlyweds prepare for their first child.
Their glee is cut short though thanks to not one, but two devastating miscarriages. Isabelle’s youthful spirit is sapped and while the couple tries to come to grips with the loss of their second baby, they’re interrupted by a seemingly miraculous discovery—an infant in a dingy washed up on shore. A baby wrapped in cloth and crying profusely catches Tom and Isabelle in a moment of desperation in which they both agree to raise the child as their own. And while this decision results in a blissful and joy-filled few years for the little family, it begins to weigh heavy on Tom when he discovers Hannah (Rachel Weisz), a local mother who had lost her daughter at sea just four years prior.
“The Light Between Oceans” is a film about good people making bad decisions. It’s about consequence and regret and where love fits in to all of that. The pain that these characters feel is palpable and without question, however as the film starts to wind down there is a sense of emptiness. Perhaps the extremely linear story could have benefited from being told out of order or with flashbacks. While the three leads are all fantastic, Fassbender’s Tom is a bit underwritten. There’s a coldness to his personality (or perhaps a lack of personality) that makes some of his decisions hard to understand. And while Vikander is fantastic and completely sympathetic, Weisz was the real scene-stealer. Not only was her performance subtle and heartbreaking but her character is admirable in more ways than one and serves as one of the film’s few good decision-makers.
Masterful camera work and stunning imagery help to elevate the melodrama. Derek Cianfrance knows how to shoot a gorgeous film and these actors know how to sell the emotion necessary, but due to a dragged out second act and an overly quick resolution, “The Light Between Oceans” can’t quite break through into ‘must-see’ territory.
3 out of 5 stars.
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Happy Monday Sweet Friends
It's great to be sharing my Inspiration Post with Sasayaki Glitter using this adorable image by Naz Smith called Library Girl.
She was a joy to work with and she's actually one of my new favorites. I love books, always have and I have been known to have my own home library overflowing with lots and lots of books. In my mind - there is no such thing as too many books. LOL!!
I colored Library Girl with the following Copic Colors:
E000, 00, 11, 13, 15, 18
R37, 56, 59, 89
White Gel Pen
Here's the link to Library Girl in the Sasayaki Glitter Etsy Shop:
I used various cardstocks to create the background and fussy cut Library Girl and added her on top of the cardstock.
Thanks so much for stopping by - I always appreciate it and your sweet comments.
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DECEPTION PASS STATE PARK, Wash. - I was told the paddle to the cabin would be short. I didn't expect it would be shorter than the time it took to lift the kayak off the Subaru and into the water. That was more strenuous.
DECEPTION PASS STATE PARK, Wash. — I was told the paddle to the cabin would be short.
I didn’t expect it would be shorter than the time it took to lift the kayak off the Subaru and into the water. That was more strenuous.
A few lazy strokes here, some pauses to snap pictures of the Deception Pass Bridge there, and what do you know? Welcome to Ben Ure Island. Paddling time: five minutes. No sweat. No heart-pulsing paddle on the famed rough waters of Deception Pass. That would come later.
We sometimes find the most wonderful escapes when we least expect them.
That’s what Ben Ure Island was like for me. It’s located in Washington’s busiest state park, which for me is code for screaming kids, barking dogs, crowded campgrounds and too many hikers flooding the trails — hardly my idea of a tranquil getaway.
I expected the worst.
Ben Ure Island is located east of the iconic Deception Pass Bridge, across from Cornet Bay on the north shore of Whidbey Island.
It was late spring — shorts-and-sandals weather — when a buddy and I reached the rocky bank at low tide. I couldn’t hear anything except birds rustling in the shade of madronos and Douglas firs. There were no other muddy footprints on the dirt trail but ours.
In a park that draws about a half-million visitors in July alone, I had stumbled on what might be its least-tramped patch of land.
I didn’t just pay $100 for a night at a cabin. I got my own island for the night, with views of Mount Baker and the blue water of Deception Pass.
This I could get used to. This I loved.
Ben Ure wasn’t always this quiet. In the late 1800s, the rowdiness of all of the drunken loggers at a dance hall and saloon would echo across this forested island. Trader Ben Ure used the island to smuggle in illegal Chinese immigrants for manual labor around the region.
During the past two decades, the state park has bought 8 of the 10 acres on Ben Ure Island, including the cabin on the southwestern corner that is now available for rent.
To give the four private homes on the island privacy, the state park allows public access to just cabin renters (maximum two people per stay) with only kayaks or other nonmotorized boats allowed to and from the island.
The legendary roar of the tides can be a thing of beauty to watch from the park’s North Beach but hell to be in. The powerful current gets up to 8?knots through the narrow channel. Boats have been capsized and lives lost.
We intended to paddle during slack tide, only we had lollygagged around the deck too long before we left. We got more than we bargained for.
We paddled across to Strawberry Island, the water sparkling like pop bottles on the roadside. The water was deceptively calm.
We hadn’t noticed the tide was pulling us out farther toward Deception Island, in Rosario Strait. Beyond that: the wide open — and often wild — Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Luckily, we escaped before the current picked up speed. It took us 15 minutes to paddle out, but 45 minutes to paddle back.
On the island, there’s only a quarter-mile trail that’s accessible to the public, and the cabin, 12 feet by 24 feet, is smaller than your average fifth-floor walkup. The futon, when converted into a queen-size bed, takes up the living-room space.
I enjoyed the spacious deck during the last light of the evening.
We laughed, ate some smoked salmon, drank a little whiskey and got loud, just like those drunken loggers and traders in the saloon more than a century ago, back when smuggler “Pirate Kelley” roamed these islands.
The seclusion, Ranger Jack Hartt said, “almost brings you back to the days of the pioneers. You truly feel like it’s your island for that time.”
For one night, it really felt as if it were mine.
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UK businesses can now sign up for the first smartphone payment acceptance trial' and be the first in the world to accept Chip & PIN credit and debit card payments with their smartphone.
The CardEase Mobile application uses a certified PIN pad in connection with a BlackBerry smartphone.
Businesses operating outside the 'normal' retail environment who need to accept payments on the go, such as exhibitors, tradespeople, mobile retailers, beauticians, and delivery services, can now accept Chip and PIN payments on their mobile phone, without the hassle of cheques or cash. Provided they have a mobile signal or WiFi connection, a smartphone, and the special Chip and PIN pad, card payments can be taken anywhere, anytime.
In its final development stage, CreditCall is now looking for businesses who would like to test the smartphone Chip and PIN payment terminal in the real world. The app will initially be installed on BlackBerry CurveTM, BoldTM and TorchTM smartphones, with a version operating on Apple's iOS and Android following in the first quarter of 2011.
To be considered for the trial, following requirements need to be met:
- Have a credit card merchant account with one of CreditCall's partner UK acquiring bank
- Own a BlackBerry smartphone connected to one of the UK mobile phone operators
- Be prepared to provide weekly feedback to CreditCall on the service.
- Currently handling at least 5 card transactions a day
Interested businesses can register online on CardEaseMobile.com.
The PIN pad and app will be provided by CreditCall together with full training and hotline support.
Spaces are limited. The sign up deadline is Friday, 17th December 2010. Successful applicants will be contacted directly in early January with the trial starting by February 2011. The trial is scheduled to run for two months, with participants being able to continue to use CardEase Mobile once fully certified and accredited. Terms and conditions apply.
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2020-09-18T06:33:37Z
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Which Table Stores Pay Date In Payment Batch ?
(Doc ID 2594080.1)
Last updated on OCTOBER 06, 2019
Applies to:Oracle Incentive Compensation - Version 12.1.3 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
What table stores the Pay Date details of a Payment Batch ?
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2021-07-26T05:11:33Z
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Looks like I’m sort of being forced by WordPress to adopt a blog page as a home page. That being the case, I’ll use it for announcements of finished projects and perhaps upcoming ideas or progress updates. Actual stories will have their own pages to make them easier to find.
All that said, let me re-post what I said already on the “About” page:
Welcome to my blog. This little spot will host a variety of erotica. Most if it will have a sensual domination flavor to it. Some of it will be more mainstream, and some of it will be fan fiction from science fiction, fantasy and superhero settings. Variety is the spice of life after all. In all cases, my goal is to present reasonably believable characters and intelligent, sexy stories. Read, enjoy, and tell a friend too.
Actual stories can be found in the menu at the top
CONSTRUCTIVE comments are always welcome and encouraged. Writers, like performers, thrive on feedback, especially positive feedback.
AS a final note there; if you’re into more hardcore BDSM, I don’t need comments saying that’s the only true or valid form of domination and submission. It comes in many flavors and all of them are equally valid so long as it’s safe, sane and consensual.
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2023-06-01T15:35:40Z
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Writer of young adult historical fiction. Decent speller. Still reads the comics every morning. Can make a stellar casserole from any five random ingredients. Christian before Christian was cool. Knows the secret SCBWI handshake.
All written material and some of the images on this page are copyright and may not be reproduced without permission.
Top illustration by Vera Neville from Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace. In case you're wondering, one of the girls has just stolen the other's man and is showing off that she's wearing his pin. No fear: the one who got dumped is going to find a better man later in the book.
Friday, May 22, 2009
From the Library of Congress Civil War Photo Collection.
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Laura Mercier Smooth Finish Flawless Fluide ($48) for Fall 2014 is a new 12 hour wear, oil-free foundation that’s introduced to the Laura Mercier permanent collection this autumn.
Laura Mercier has a knack for releasing foundation products often which is something I LOVE about the brand. Brands concentrate on seasonal color a lot and are always updating their shadows, blushes, lipstick, and more but I think concealer and foundation is a product you’ll see launch around the New Year if you’re lucky. Not the case with Laura Mercier! The brand has a great track record of launching a new foundation or concealer product twice sometimes even three times in a year and it’s something I adore as it means they are right on top of current trends (like the fluid foundation trend you’re currently seeing from many brands and that you’ll be getting with this new Smooth Finish Flawless Fluide) and also who doesn’t like to try something new right?
The appeal of Laura Mercier Smooth Finish Flawless Fluide is obviously the promise of 12 hours of wear but it also claims it’ll blur the look of imperfections and give your skin a smoother appearance.
Slight hiccup for us dry skin folk as it has a matte finish but does promise it to be natural looking. It acts to even out skin tone, minimize pores, and has a hydro-brilliant technology that uses reflective water and natural silica to create a true to color shade that’s sweat, water, and humidity proof!
Laura Mercier Smooth Finish Flawless Fluide is available in 24 shades and available now at Sephora.com and launching on counter shortly.
Will you be trying it?
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- Height: 8m
- Ascents: 1
- There is no known route history.
Located in Kotečnik approx:
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Learn about creating circuits.
Check out what is happening on Huda mravljica (note there is an unresolved system issue where ascents logged before 2010 are not displayed in the stream below). If you just want to see beta then click on view ascents with beta.
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Blog from a group of kids from the JL Stanford Middle School
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
This week, we have made a tremendous amount of progress. The world is starting to look like JLS. We have been using the /fill (fills a rectangular area of a certain substance) and the /clone (duplicates an area and pastes it somewhere else) commands to speed up the process. We have finished from the flagpole to the 300s wing, as well as most of the Gym (all we need is the ceiling). We have been working really hard in and outside of class, pausing only to post messages around the school (i.e. LEADERSHIP = SWAG). This week, we hope to set up the bios of the staff, finish up to the 600s, wing, finish the gym, contact Mr. Sperry about putting it on the JLS Website, outline the thousands islands, and start the directions to the different classrooms. It will be an action packed week, and it will leave us with only the finishing touches to complete. Next week, we hope to share a complete and explorable model of JL Stanford Middle School.
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Sexy mom Stephanie handles her spineless hubby without mittens. She causes him to wear a male chastity belt to demonstrate who's really the boss. She doesn't miss any opportunity to humiliate him. E.g. suck a black stranger's cock and make him watch. Hot!
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Sienna, a defiant robot-battling arms merchant, lives on a post-whole-world destroying Earth. At the point when the urban areas begin to fall under the control of the A.I. Scourge, a hyper-weaponized robot armed force, Sienna chooses to leave the Earth… Continue Reading
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Press ReleaseHistory makers,
we change the world
Dr. Gerald Stokes, DTS Chair, wrote column at Mail Business Newspaper …Press Releaseㅣ2020-07-20 11:49
Written by Dr. Gerald Stokes, Chair of the Department of Technology and Society at SUNY Korea
The interest in artificial intelligence (AI) around the world and here in Korea is justifiably high. The exponential growth in computing power over the past six or more decades is incredible. The prospect of having a machine that is as intelligent as a human with an even larger memory, complete access to the internet, and incredible reliability is compelling, yet …
The study of AI has taken several paths. One path has been to identify tasks that a computer might do that demonstrates intelligence. This has resulted in some interesting accomplishments. AI has conquered its human competitors in games like Chess and Go. These games are considered among the most complex humans play and have always been thought of as demonstrations of intellectual prowess, if not intelligence.
Another path has been to develop “expert systems”, codifying the decision processes of skilled human practitioners in a set of rules that can be faithfully and infallibly executed. More recently, with “big data” we can train algorithms to make decisions as we would, capturing our implicit intelligence as embodied in past decisions. The goal of these efforts seems to be to create an intellectual peer that can act independently on our behalf. We already have robots that carry out repetitive tasks in manufacturing such as replacing humans on assembly lines. Why not take on increasingly complicated tasks like medical diagnosis or driving a car?
The drive to create an autonomous intelligence seems to be a core aspiration of AI research. This effort comes with a nagging fear that perhaps someday this “intelligence” might begin acting on its own behalf. The root of this dilemma or set of concerns is the conflation of artificial intelligence with autonomy. This conflation breeds a whole host legitimate concerns about robotic self-awareness, ethics for and by robots, and ultimately robotic rights. These are all intriguing topics … but should autonomy be the aspiration for this important field of research?
Rather than asking what is intelligence? We might rather ask when are humans the most intelligent? My answer is simple. It is when they are acting collectively and cooperatively. One can easily ask the question, “What about mobs?” or other dysfunctional groups. Noting that there are also dysfunctional geniuses, I contend the idea is worth exploring, nonetheless. This could be viewed as an extension of the “Wisdom of the Crowd” concept introduced and discussed by James Surowiecki. But the nature of the partnership is different.
In partnership with a human or humans, AI is more of an ancillary intelligence(A*I) than an artificial intelligence (AI). This also recognizes that AI, or A*I, derives great power from all the connections it has to the assets that can be found on the internet. It too brings a crowd to the table of analysis and decision making.
More critically it clarifies the roles in the relationship. The human is the decider, not the autonomous AI. The human is advised by the A*I and the decision is better. However, it is still the human’s decision, not that of some entity that cannot take responsibility. Notice that I have dropped the term “robot” and am only speaking an AI or an A*I, independent of whether either could carry out physical actions in the real world.
This transformation to A*I is already present in many of the applications we see now around the world. They are embodied in many everyday things like Apple’s Siri, vehicle GPS systems, IBM’s Watson, and an impressive set of “assistants” such as Samsung’s Bixby. They are just the beginning. As interfaces, voice and facial recognition, sensor integration, and 5G enabling connectivity improves, the possibilities are staggering. Situational awareness will be heightened in a way that will change every business and social interaction. Your A*I does not forget a face, a meeting or details of a contract or transaction. It could improve human interaction in ways hard to imagine. It will cause us to rethink education, privacy, and our presence in the world.
In education, we were traumatized by the invention of the electronic calculator. Now we teach how to use it. What about our personal A*I? Will we train students on how to use it? Starting at what age? And privacy, each personal A*I shares assets with others. Will there be a conversation amongst our A*Is without human intervention? Very tempting, and probable, it seems.
The temptation will show up elsewhere. Our faith in the A*I builds confidence in the autonomous AI it could become. My car does a good job of lane detection. It makes sure I do not follow too closely and knows the way to my destination. Why can’t I just let it do the driving? We must be cautious as we allow our A*I evolve into an AI in the real world. The transition cannot be construed as a transfer of responsibility.
In contemplating the rise of the robots, the science fiction author Isaac Asimov formulated three laws of robotics. “(1) A robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. (2) A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. (3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.”
Perhaps there should be a fourth law that
states: Every robot must have a human being that is responsible and accountable
for its actions. This is the necessary condition for a transition from A*I to
AI. I think the appropriateness of this is clear for driverless cars and
anthropomorphic robots, but it has deeper ramifications. What of the “robots”
that review immigration records, approve loan applications, conduct police
investigations, or make medical diagnoses. These are clearly areas for our A*I
partner to work with us, but are these decisions appropriate for autonomous AI
Our growing faith in and dependence on our A*I friends and partners, whether humanoid or just an analytic computer, can make us lazy. We may be tempted to default on our role as the accountable decision maker. We must either understand and accept our ultimate responsibility or resist the temptation to so easily grant autonomy.
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Read the original article on Mail Business (Korean)
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The €40, 000 grant was awarded by the Road Safety Authority (RSA), in association with the National Programme Office for Traffic Medicine (NPOTM) following a competitive process.
Dr Carol Sinnott and Dr Colin Bradley, Department of General Practice at University College Cork, will lead a team of five researchers, representing UCC, the ICGP and the Alzheimer Society of Ireland.
The research project ‘Talking to patients with cognitive impairment about fitness to drive: Current approaches and possible improvement strategies for a general practice setting’ will investigate driving with cognitive impairment. Its main purpose is to look at how patients with cognitive impairment and GPs manage the discussion around safe driving.
Prof Desmond O’Neill, National Director NPOTM emphasizes the importance of research in the area of cognitive impairment and driving,
“A part of the success of the [Traffic Medicine] Programme on Medical Fitness to Drive in Ireland stems from its roots in evidence-based practice. It is very important that we develop research in traffic medicine in Ireland which is reflected in clinical practice, and we are delighted that this comprehensive project on cognitive impairment and driving is the focus of the first RSA Research Award in Traffic Medicine, as this is an emerging and very relevant topic to road safety and patient care.
One of the main aims of the Traffic Medicine Programme is to keep people mobile for as long as possible. In older people, driving facilitates independence, social engagement and interaction, and is a contributor to quality of life and well-being. Over one in ten adults aged over 50 years have mild or moderate cognitive impairment. Difficulties discussing fitness to drive can be compounded by the presence of unacknowledged or undiagnosed cognitive impairment (usually due to dementia and related syndromes, such a mild cognitive impairment). However, communication techniques can be taught and can improve patient care in general practice.
Declan Naughton, Road Safety Authority welcomes today’s announcement,
“The RSA is delighted to be involved with this project. Research that provides an evidence base for future policy is critical. This research will give us an insight into the engagement between drivers and GPs at a time when drivers may be feeling vulnerable. Understanding and responding to any barriers to this conversation, happening in a positive environment will benefit both drivers and their doctors.”
Both the approaches currently used by GPs and the experiences that patients with cognitive impairment have had when discussing fitness to drive with their GPs will be explored by carrying out separate sets of interviews with patients or their carers. The data from both sets of interviews will then be merged and used to develop new training materials for GPs. This research will address an urgent need for better communication strategies, which will help GPs discuss cognitive impairment and fitness to drive in a positive proactive way and encourage early assessments of fitness to drive which will maximise safety for the patient and other road users nationally.
Dr Carol Sinnott, co-lead of the research team is looking forward to beginning the study, “We are delighted to have been given this wonderful opportunity to investigate an area of traffic medicine that is so necessary and is intended to help to keep people driving safely for longer.”
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Sr. Windows Server Administrator - Bilingual (Korean/English)
- Ridgefield Park, NJ, USA
Woongjin, INC. is looking for a Sr. Windows Server Administrator for a multi-conglomerate company known all over the world. This is your opportunity to play a key role in providing support and running with the big dogs if you haven't already.
WOONGJIN INC is a rapidly growing team who provides a range of unique, exceptional, and enhanced services to our clients. We have a strong moral code that includes the service of goodness without expectations of reward. We are motivated by a sense of responsibility and servant leadership.
· Provide system administration technical support for the Windows server systems in a multi-platform environment.
· Experience on Global AD migration, Federation expert level
· Experience on SCCM on Image deployment, SCEP, Deployment on Windows, Mac and Linux
· Provide guidance to the utilization of the Windows Operating System.
· Good Troubleshooting technique on AD, SCCM, Events, System, Application, Security layer.
· Excellent skill on Windows Updates, GPO managements, PowerShell, Batch, VBscripts.
· Provide consulting and technical advice and problem resolution and new implementation for development of application programs and system interfaces.
· Continuously document and share system information with fellow associates as configuration, program or technical changes are made or occur.
· Provide hands-on, informal training and knowledge transfer to fellow associates.
· Support urgent case (including non-office hour and weekend)
· Hardware, Sever, Storage, backups technology knowledge
· Optional : Office 365, Azure, AWS
- Korean/ English Bilingual required
- PowerShell Script Must
- Provide technical support in using these Windows domain tools:
- Active Directory Users and Computers
- Active Directory Services
- Server Manager
- Domain Group Policy Management
- Domain Name System (DNS) Server
- Domain Replication.
- Provide system administration support with these Microsoft Server technologies:
- SCCM Server
- Windows clustering
- Windows Server Update Services and support
· Optional Application skill set
- Dell Compellent Experience
- VMware vCenter, Horizon & WebSphere.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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The Way to Yesterday & Shades of a Desperado
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- United States
More informationTwo paranormal romances from New York Times bestselling author Sharon Sala
The Way to Yesterday
What if you could turn back time? Suddenly, Mary O’Rourke can—and so her husband and baby girl are alive and well. Now she has to keep them that way. But is this new life—in which they are the family she’d always hoped they could be—a dream? Mary didn’t care. For six years she’d prayed for a second chance and she isn’t wasting a second of it!
Shades of a Desperado
Night after night, the visions kept Rachel Brant from sleep—a hard-eyed outlaw straight out of the old West, claiming her as his woman. Though she knew it was madness, she longed for that dream to become reality... Then, in one stunning moment, it was—by a flesh-and-blood man who stirred her soul just as her dream lover had.
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Last year, after the three-year association with Tata ended, there was a possibility of Chennai losing out on hosting South-Asia's only ATP tournament as there wasn't a title sponsor. That didn't happen. The State government stepped in and, along with a consortium of sponsors, ensured that the event stayed with the city in its new avatar as the Chennai Open.
In a way, the new set-up has helped, say those involved with the event.
"The involvement of the crowd, players and the business community was higher this year than any other year," said Mr Ravi Krishnan, Managing Director, IMG-TWI South Asia, which organises the event. And with the tournament being renamed Chennai Open, there is a feeling of pride among the city's residents, he added.
The aspect of multiple sponsorship enabled companies such as Saint Gobain to get associated with a sport, something it has not done in the country until now. The company's Managing Director, Mr B. Santhanam, said Saint Gobain decided to take part because it is based in Tamil Nadu and "felt it would be a useful thing to do."
But having got in as one of the Gold sponsors (who spent Rs 50 lakh each), it decided to piggyback on that and increase its exposure on Ten Sports (which has the telecast rights), buying airtime over and above what was allotted for sponsors. It used the advertising budget to be the presenting sponsor on television.
While the jury is still out on whether advertisers have been able to target audiences effectively through this event, Mr Santhanam said the one-off association with sport has created goodwill for Saint Gobain in the city.
According to an official of Indian Oil Corporation, a Platinum sponsor (which spent Rs 1 crore), the tournament was an opportunity to build its brands, more so because it caters to foreign markets such as Sri Lanka and West Asia.
Indian Oil has been sponsoring matches in the satellite circuit for quite a few years now and also has national players such as Prahalad Srinath on its rolls.
For the tournament, the company focused on its premium fuel to target upmarket customers.
On the court, the company sponsored the speed guns at both ends of the court and also had a speed gun stall where people tried out their serves; anyone serving over 100 km per hour was given a gift, the official said.
With the Tamil Nadu government also being a sponsor, contributing Rs 1 crore, the State tourism department's logo with the tagline `Enchanting Tamil Nadu' was displayed in the stadium, instead of the government logo which is used only in official functions, said Mr Shaktikanta Das, Commissioner, Tourism Department.
Apart from the mileage that the government got with its logo in the backdrop of the courts, Ten Sports, which telecast the Open internationally, aired hourly spots of the tourist attractions in the State. "We expect that the TN brand as well as the Chennai Open will be familiar to tourists in other countries and they will make the connect now," he said.
Among the other Platinum sponsors were Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank and United India Insurance — all Chennai-headquartered. The other Gold sponsors were the Murugappa group, Sundaram Finance, L&T, Chennai Petroleum Corp and SAIL.
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Pataki’s Downtown legacy
Even if George Pataki is not campaigning in Iowa a year from now or is not in a smoke-filled Minneapolis room in 2008 angling for a spot on the G.O.P. ticket, his 12-year rule as New York’s governor will still be judged largely on his record in Lower Manhattan after 9/11.
Letters to the editor
The Penny Post
An odyssey with Homer
By Andrei Codrescu
An ancient Greek audience listened all night to Homer. In the morning, minds full of Calypso’s sinuous hips, Circe’s beguiling sigh-songs of globular delight, the clang of terrible weapons, and, most of all, a world-classical hangover, your typical Homeric audience straggled home through the dew-fresh grass of the Aegean hills, transformed into believers in epic poetry.
Fire can’t stop hot sales
Trapeze heroes up for award
Let there be lights
Gifts for ‘Masters of the Universe’
This lane’s for you
Downtown Express photo by Jefferson Siegel
“Africa Rising,” a sculpture by Barbara Chase-Riboud, always decorates the lobby of the Ted Weiss Federal Building in Lower Manhattan, but it was a particularly fitting display last Saturday for the African Burial Ground National Monument’s annual Kwanzaa celebration. Turnout was light for the event.
Downtown Express photo by Elisabeth Robert
Jennifer Sakas, who was working near the Twin Towers at the Burlington Coat factory Sept. 11, 2001, wrote a message on a beam for the Freedom Tower Sunday in Battery Park City.
Tower’s beam draws personal stories, as visitors draw marks on history
By Skye H. McFarlane
It didn’t look like much from the outside an off-white steel beam atop a plywood platform inside a gravel-covered construction site. Yet people came from as far away as Texas, Florida and Ireland to see it, to touch a piece of the future and to remember the past.
Eight members are appointed to new Chinatown Empire Zone board
Mayor Bloomberg two weeks ago named eight members to the new Chinatown/Lower East Side Empire Zone Administrative Board. The board was established last year to stimulate private investment, development and job creation through financial incentives and tax credits.
City lets Trump resume work; partner admits mistakes
By Lincoln Anderson
Donald Trump and partners resumed work building the foundation for the Trump Soho condo-hotel at Spring and Varick Sts. Wednesday following the discovery early last week of human remains at the construction site.
Big money pushing children’s group to smaller space
By Theresa Juva
The sorrowful drone of the saxophone melted out from an open door onto the dark street as a small crowd gathered inside around tubs filled with bottles of beer. The children were gone for the day, but their presence remained.
From comedian to filmmaker
By Steven Snyder
There’s a sense of inevitability a mix of fatalism and destiny at the center of Woody Allen’s best films. Somewhere behind all the silliness, all the self-deprecation, all the angst, there’s the sense of a filmmaker trying to grab hold of the sand that is our lives, and draw out the fleeting wisdom to be gained as it slips through our fingers.
‘Apple Tree’ stands tall among this year’s revivals
By Scott Harrah
The Roundabout Theatre Company is one of finest resources in New York theater because they revive lesser-known musicals from yesteryear and introduce them to a new generation.
A few cures for Christmas musical kitsch
By Michael Clive
Colds, flu and Seasonal Affective Disorder have nothing on a pandemic that overruns us every year, contaminating public spaces and defying attempts at control. Yes, like a tide of toxic treacle, the commercial glut of Christmas pop music is back, giving rise to symptoms including nausea, rage and violent antisocial urges.
Hotels bullish near Wall St.
By Skye H. McFarlane
Lower Manhattan’s construction surge is no longer limited to condos and commercial office space. Research from New York City’s official tourism agency shows that Downtown is in the midst of a major hotel-athon, with the neighborhoods south of Houston St. now second only to Midtown in new hotel developments.
I saw Santa riding a pedicab
By Priya Idiculla
It was a breezy Sunday afternoon at Washington Market Park. There was the usual assortment of tots tumbling around the park, throwing and kicking soccer balls.
Cornering the market on bike security in Tribeca
By Tequila Minsky
While walking down Greenwich St. you can see two rows of contraptions running parallel to Hubert St. along side 390 Greenwich. Even as balmy fall breezes turn to soggy moody days and winter chills the air these unusual looking things are put to use; they’re bike racks provided by Citigroup.
School’s spikers get up early after late start
Continuing upon their landmark athletic season, the Manhattan Academy of Technology Dragons added another first: the first girls volleyball team in school history.
Art books for pockets deep and small
By Stephanie Murg
If bookstores were people, Barnes & Noble would wear sensible shoes, The Strand a tweed jacket rundown at the elbows, and Taschen well, Taschen would rock a Victor & Rolf runway sample and smell slightly of sin.
Land grab: man versus nature at GAS’s group show
By Shane McAdams
It is often said that art is one of the best windows through which to view the wider cultural landscape. If this is true, you would expect to see a lot of art that reflects what seems to be a growing, palpable concern about our country and who’s in charge of it.
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’Twas The Night Before... The Flea Theater commissioned award-winning playwrights Christopher Durang, Len Jenkin, Roger Rosenblatt, Elizabeth Swados & Mac Wellman to create short plays based on the classic holiday poem. Expect an evening of spirited riffs featuring a company of emerging artists delivering holiday cheer with a Downtown twist. Dec., 13-16 at 10pm, Dec. 20-30 at 8pm and 10pm. Thru Dec. 30. $20. 41 White Street, 212-352-3101.
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Posted By cvc on September 22, 2016
CalNeva Broadband is in search of Installer/Technician to work in the Gualala-Sea Ranch area.
Installer / Technician needed for Cable TV, High Speed Internet and Telephone services.
Must have valid CA drivers license and a good driving record.
Full time position, regular pay increases, 401K and health insurance available.
Perform underground and aerial cable service installations and disconnects.
Analyze, maintain and repair coaxial drop system, phone wiring and data network equipment and service.
Digging, lifting, climbing and crawling on a regular basis.
Must be comfortable with tight spaces and heights.
Install Cable customer premise equipment while maintaining an accurate and complete inventory of all company issued equipment.
Educate customers about products and services, and present them with service upgrade opportunities.
Perform personal computer software configurations.
Identify defective customer equipment.
Will train the right person.
ONLY clean, hardworking and motivated need apply.
CalNeva Broadband, 38958 Cypress Way, Gualala, Ca. 95445
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Big firms should report environmental impact : UN panel
UNITED NATIONS/OSLO (Reuters) - Big companies should report their impact on the environment in addition to their earnings under a U.N. plan to boost economic growth and ease poverty by 2030, according to recommendations by a panel of world leaders released on Thursday.
Slowing climate change and protecting the environment should be at the core of global development, said the 27-member panel, led by British Prime Minister David Cameron, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
"There is one trend - climate change - which will determine whether or not we can deliver on our ambitions," the report said. "Without environmental sustainability, we cannot end poverty; the poor are too deeply affected by natural disasters and too dependent on deteriorating oceans, forests and soils."
The report - handed over by Yudhoyono to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York - recommends 12 so-called illustrative goals to replace eight Millennium Development Goals that were aimed at reducing poverty and hunger. Those goals were agreed to by world leaders in 2000 and expire in 2015.
The goals recommended on Thursday will be the basis for a two-year debate among the 193 U.N. members on a development agenda for 2015 - 2030. Like the Millennium Development Goals, which included a bid to halve extreme poverty, any specific new numeric targets will be non-binding.
Among the recommendations, the 69-page report says large businesses should be obliged to report social and environmental impacts, in addition to their financial accounts. About a quarter of businesses now make environmental reports, it said.
"We suggest that a mandatory ‘comply or explain' regime be phased in for all companies with a market capitalization above $100 million equivalent," the report said. "The same principle should apply to governments. National accounting for social and environmental effects should be mainstreamed by 2030."
Last year, Britain became the first country to force major companies to publish their greenhouse gas emissions in corporate earnings reports. The requirement applies to 1,800 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Jim Leape, director general of the World Wide Fund for Nature, said this was a welcome change from the earlier goals which he said had barely addressed the environment.
"Nearly fifteen years on, there is finally recognition that poverty cannot be eradicated and the well-being of people across the globe cannot be secured without addressing the grave pressures on the environment," he said in a statement.
The U.N. panel proposes goals for 2030 such as doubling the share of renewable energy in consumption, phasing out harmful fossil fuel subsidies and doubling the rate of improvement in energy efficiency from buildings to transport.
About 13 percent of the world's primary energy comes from renewables such as hydropower, wood, solar and wind power, according to the International Energy Agency.
The panel said it was not presenting a "prescriptive blueprint ... The suggested targets are ones for humanity to aspire to. They would not be legally binding, but they can be monitored closely," the report said.
The United Nations had hoped to set specific 2030 goals in areas such as water, food security and energy at a summit last year in Rio de Janeiro. But governments fell short, distracted by the global financial crisis and unrest in the Middle East.
"We envision a world in 2030 where extreme poverty and hunger has been ended. We envision a world where no person has been left behind, and where there are schools, clinics, and clean water for all," the panel said.
The report said the Millennium Development Goals had made a lot of progress in reducing poverty. Even so, the 1.2 billion poorest people account for only 1 per cent of world consumption while the billion richest consume 72 per cent, it said.
And it pointed to threats, including climate change. "We must act now to slow the alarming pace of climate change and environmental degradation, which pose unprecedented threats to humanity."
The full report can be seen at: www.post2015hlp.org
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Top 5 Canada Day Events
A little something for everyone, here are our favourite ways to celebrate Canada's birthday in Hamilton
1. Bayfront Park
200 Harbourfront Drive (activities also taking place at Pier 4 Park - Leander Drive, west of Bay St. North
The Details: July 1st from 6pm - 10pm (fireworks start at 10pm). Food trucks, face painting, balloon artists, music and family friendly activities.
Age Rating: All ages, but with the late start for the fireworks it may not be the ideal choice for young children who are used to an early bedtime.
$: There is no admission but don't forget to bring cash if you want to enjoy some food truck fare. Also, Welcome Inn Community Centre’s Food Bank will be on hand to collect donations and non-perishable food items at the Bayfront and Pier 4 Information Tents. For more information, visit www.welcomeinn.ca
Why We Love It: This is the big one in the city of Hamilton, THE Canada Day event, so it's definitely worth checking out. There will be food trucks offering something for everyone's taste (grilled cheese and ice cream sounds about right for my kiddos!), activities to enjoy, music to listen to and of course the waterfront for hours of playing and exploring. And of course the night ends with a fantastic fireworks display over the water to end it all off. One of the best parts of this event are the free shuttles offered by the city http://www.hamilton.ca/hsr-bus-schedules-fares/schedule-routes-maps/canada-day-shuttle. There is also free secure bike parking being offered as well as free vehicle parking in the bayfront park lot, however vehicle parking is limited and often full by 7pm so the shuttle may be your best bet.
Kids Will Love: This is definitely the biggest and best fireworks the city has to offer so it offers a "wow factor" your kids won't get elsewhere. For those kids who aren't into crowds and are just wanting to watch fireworks a great alternate option is to take a stroll down the bayfront path towards Princess Point. There are multiple spots with benches (bringing your own chair is a good idea too) along the path where you can still see the fireworks and avoid the craziness of the crowds.
Good To Know: This event runs rain or shine but in the case of more extreme weather such as lightning please call the Events Hotline on July 1 only for Cancellation Information at 905-546-4646. The city is asking that you leave your four legged family members at home for this event since they can be easily scared by fireworks (this is good advice for any event with fireworks!).
2. St. John United Church Canada Day Festival
195 East 38th Street
The Details: July 1st from 5:00pm-9:00pm (fireworks start at 9). Bouncy Castle, obstacle course, cliff hanger slide, face painting, popcorn, music, cotton candy, activity stations, sports tournaments and a BBQ (small fee for the BBQ).
Age Rating: All ages
$: There is a small fee for the BBQ
Why We Love It: This is a great choice for families who maybe don't want to go as large scale as the Bayfront Park festivities but are still looking for something that includes the traditional Canada Day fireworks. There will be plenty of fun for all ages here and it's the perfect opportunity for residents of the neighbourhood to connect with their community.
Kids will Love: Free cotton candy and bouncy castle... need we say more?
Good To Know: This church is within walking distance to Concession Street, the mountain brow and Mountain Drive Park, so if you need a break from the festivities or are looking for something to do before you head over at 5 there will be plenty of options close by for dining, strolling and playing.
3. Wild Water Works
680 Van Wagners Beach Road,
905-547-6141, ext. 5007 or 1-800-555-8775
The Details: July 1st from 11am-8pm. Celebrate Canada at Wild Waterworks with flags, pins, stickers and cake! Join in the fun with Canada themed games and contests.
Age Rating: While all ages are welcome at the park we wouldn't recommend this for very small children - the 3 and up crowd will likely get the most out of it.
$: Prices range from free for children aged 2 and under up to $22.35 +tax for general admission. For Canada Day only receive $3 off admission at the gate if you're wearing red and white. Service persons will receive free entry.
Why We Love It: What better way to welcome in summer than with a whole day of swimming, splashing and playing in the water. We wait a long time for hot days here in Canada so this is the perfect way to enjoy what will (hopefully) be the first of many summer scorchers! Also, if mom and dad's idea of a perfect Canada Day is a quiet evening to yourselves with well worn out kids asleep in their beds, this is all but a guarantee that you'll get that.
Kids will Love: Waterslides, wave pool, lazy river and Squirt Works (ages 0-9) means there is a wide variety of water fun no matter what your little fish are into. Also, there's going to be cake on Canada Day - it's like the most gigantic pool birthday party ever!
Good To Know: There are 3 concessions that offer food and beverages but to save money you are also allowed to bring in your own cooler with a picnic lunch - just don't bring in any glass, knives or alcohol. There are also essential items like towels and sunscreen that you can purchase on site in case you forget.
4. Rotary Club of Dundas Canada Day Pancake Breakfast & All Things Pan Am Celebration
Dundas Driving Park 71 Cross St., Dundas, Hamilton ON,
The Details: July 1st from 8 am – 12 noon. Music, Canada Day greetings, zumba and salsa with a soccer/Pan Am theme and face painting.
$: $7 adult, $4 child, $20 for a family of 4. Price includes pancakes, sausages, juice, coffee, tea and cake.
Age Rating: All ages.
Why We Love it: If you have kids that tend to get up before 6am like some children that we know (not naming any names here...) then this is the perfect way to get out and celebrate Canada Day on the earlier end of things. With a yummy breakfast and lots of entertainment it will be a fun filled morning that will have you home in plenty of time for an afternoon nap. It will also leave you with the afternoon and evening open to do as you wish which is a bonus with families who run at a slower pace.
Kids Will Love: If getting to eat both pancakes and cake in the same morning isn't exciting enough, Dundas Driving Park is home to two playground areas, a splash pad and a wading pool. This is a can't miss for almost any kid.
Good to Know: There is plenty of on site parking as well as washroom facilities. If you're not ready to go home at the end you can stay and enjoy the park or head into downtown Dundas for some dining and shopping.
5. DIY Celebrations at Home
The Details: So technically not an event but this is a very budget friendly option and perfect for families who aren't into being out with a big crowd. Just do as you please and celebrate Canada with your family in whatever way you like. This is the perfect day for running through the sprinkler, BBQing some hotdogs and writing your name with a sparkler (you know you did it as a kid!).
Age Rating: All ages
$: As much or as little as you want to spend.
Why We Love It: For some of us, days all together as a family are a rare commodity and having an unscheduled day is just what's needed to recharge and reconnect. There's something really special about creating holiday traditions that are all your own that can carry on for years down the line.
Kids will Love: Kids don't always need a big outing to have fun, some of their best childhood memories will be made right in their own back yard! Load up the freezer with popsicles, maybe get a fun new outdoor toy (like this one from Giant Tiger ,http://www.gianttiger.com/product/647705.do?sortby=availableOnlineDescend&from=fn) and let them run wild. We promise they'll have a blast!
Good To Know: Please be courteous when setting off fireworks in your neighbourhood. Wrap up your displays before 11pm and consider choosing ones that aren't incredibly loud - the neighbourhood children, pets and parents will appreciate it more than you know. Fireworks can be purchased at everyday retailers such as Giant Tiger, PartyMax, Walmart and Costco (even Dollarama has sparklers!). There are also a number of temporary locations for fireworks retailers throughout the city. More information can be found on the following sites:
(Didn't find an event that suits your family? Remember we have even more events listed here!)
Did we miss your favourite in our Top 5? Is there a hidden gem we're missing? We want to know about it! Send us an email,, contact us via Facebook or Tweet us. Your suggestions may find their way into our honorable mentions at the end of the week!
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TECHNICAL NOTE 3 ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER FERTILITY RATES
1 There were 67,400 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 0-4 years in the 2011 Census, which is the highest number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children of this age group ever counted in the Census. This represents an increase of 11,800 from the 2006 Census which counted 55,600 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 0-4 years. Possible explanations for the increase include a higher fertility rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander females during 2006-2011 than was observed during 2001-2006, and an increased propensity for parents to identify their children as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin in the 2011 Census than in the 2006 Census. For further information about changes in propensity to identify, refer to the chapter Changing Propensity to Identify as Being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Origin between Censuses.
2 While fertility levels for the period 2001-2011 can be estimated using birth registrations, it has been found that birth registrations routinely underestimate the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. To determine whether there was a higher fertility rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander females during 2006-2011 than was observed during 2001-2006, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) looked at fertility using two different methods.
3 Fertility levels can be estimated from the 2006 and 2011 Censuses (with an overlapping period from 2001-2006) using the 'own-children' method (for information about the 'own-children' method, refer to paragraphs 24-28 in the Explanatory Notes). Using Census data and the 'own-children' method, the total fertility rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander females was an average 2.5 babies per woman for the five years from 2001-2006, and an average 2.4 babies per woman for the period 2006-2011. Despite the accepted limitations of the 'own-children' method, it does show that the average levels of fertility estimated across the two time periods were broadly similar.
4 It is also possible to examine the number of children ever born to females aged 15 years and over in the 2006 and 2011 Censuses. The number of children ever born to a particular woman is a measure of her lifetime fertility experience up to the point at which the Census was collected. Although it is not a good indicator of the current level of fertility, it is a reliable measure of completed fertility of women aged 45-49 years, as almost all women have had all of their children by the time they reach that age. Since young women are in the early stage of their reproductive life, it is much more informative to focus on changes in the older age groups in which women have nearly or already had all of their children (that is, those aged 40-44 years and 45-49 years).
5 Looking at the number of children every born, there were no significant changes in the fertility levels for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in the older age groups between 2006 and 2011, with the average number of children ever born increasing from 2.58 to 2.59 for women aged 40-44 years and declining from 2.66 to 2.63 for women aged 45-49 years.
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The vehicle in your driveway is head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to all the cars, trucks, and SUVs these days. Your Plymouth dealership isn't the only place to locate trusted parts to repair your Scamp. It's not every day that you discover you need a replacement Distributor Rotor to repair your automobile. While it may not be difficult to find replacement parts for Plymouth vehicles, these days the necessity for nothing but the highest quality are required to maintain your automobile.
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Procuring new Plymouth parts from www.carpartsdiscount.com means you are taking advantage of the highest quality original and aftermarket replacement Scamp parts on the internet. Get your Scamp back on the road with the best repair parts from the experts at Car Parts Discount. Buy all the car parts you will ever need from carpartsdiscount.com and save time and money on all your upcoming repairs. If your car or truck was built in 1983, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, then you will find the correct Plymouth Scamp Distributor Rotor parts right here.
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The zones of discrimination for M-Score is as such:
An M-Score of less than -2.22 suggests that the company is not an accounting manipulator.
An M-Score of greater than -2.22 signals that the company is likely an accounting manipulator.
During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Garmin Ltd was -1.19. The lowest was -3.31. And the median was -2.47.
The M-score was created by Professor Messod Beneish. Instead of measuring the bankruptcy risk (Z-Score) or business trend (F-Score), M-score can be used to detect the risk of earnings manipulation. This is the original research paper on M-score.
The M-Score Variables:
The M-score of Garmin Ltd for today is based on a combination of the following eight different indices:
|M||=||-4.84||+||0.92 * DSRI||+||0.528 * GMI||+||0.404 * AQI||+||0.892 * SGI||+||0.115 * DEPI|
|=||-4.84||+||0.92 * 0.93||+||0.528 * 0.9677||+||0.404 * 0.8665||+||0.892 * 1.0707||+||0.115 * 1.0254|
|-||0.172 * SGAI||+||4.679 * TATA||-||0.327 * LVGI|
|-||0.172 * 1.0456||+||4.679 * -0.0358||-||0.327 * 1.2333|
|This Year (Mar15) TTM:||Last Year (Mar14) TTM:|
|Accounts Receivable was $426 Mil.|
Revenue was 585.394 + 803.306 + 706.283 + 777.848 = $2,873 Mil.
Gross Profit was 344.122 + 430.848 + 398.246 + 444.485 = $1,618 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,500 Mil.
Total Assets was $4,543 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $436 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $77 Mil.
Selling, General & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $531 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $824 Mil.
Long-Term Debt was $0 Mil.
Net Income was 66.793 + 210.245 + -146.834 + 181.983 = $312 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -43.526 + 17.094 + -12.186 + -19.704 = $-58 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 81.655 + 145.017 + 142.342 + 164.179 = $533 Mil.
|Accounts Receivable was $427 Mil.
Revenue was 583.221 + 759.695 + 643.637 + 696.563 = $2,683 Mil.
Gross Profit was 330.834 + 394.638 + 352.889 + 383.64 = $1,462 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,387 Mil.
Total Assets was $4,739 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $417 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $76 Mil.
Selling, General & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $474 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $697 Mil.
Long-Term Debt was $0 Mil.
1. DSRI = Days Sales in Receivables Index
A large increase in DSR could be indicative of revenue inflation.
|DSRI||=||(Receivables_t / Revenue_t)||/||(Receivables_t-1 / Revenue_t-1)|
|=||(425.65 / 2872.831)||/||(427.457 / 2683.116)|
2. GMI = Gross Margin Index
Measured as the ratio of gross margin in year t-1 to gross margin in year t.
Gross margin has deteriorated when this index is above 1. A firm with poorer prospects is more likely to manipulate earnings.
|=||(GrossProfit_t-1 / Revenue_t-1)||/||(GrossProfit_t / Revenue_t)|
|=||(430.848 / 2683.116)||/||(344.122 / 2872.831)|
3. AQI = Asset Quality Index
AQI is the ratio of asset quality in year t to year t-1.
|AQI||=||(1 - (CurrentAssets_t + PPE_t) / TotalAssets_t)||/||(1 - (CurrentAssets_t-1 + PPE_t-1) / TotalAssets_t-1)|
|=||(1 - (2500.307 + 436.104) / 4543.279)||/||(1 - (2387.495 + 417.164) / 4738.914)|
4. SGI = Sales Growth Index
Ratio of sales in year t to sales in year t-1.
Sales growth is not itself a measure of manipulation. However, growth companies are likely to find themselves under pressure to manipulate in order to keep up appearances.
5. DEPI = Depreciation Index
Measured as the ratio of the rate of depreciation in year t-1 to the corresponding rate in year t.
DEPI greater than 1 indicates that assets are being depreciated at a slower rate. This suggests that the firm might be revising useful asset life assumptions upwards, or adopting a new method that is income friendly.
|DEPI||=||(Depreciation_t-1 / (Depreciaton_t-1 + PPE_t-1))||/||(Depreciation_t / (Depreciaton_t + PPE_t))|
|=||(76.326 / (76.326 + 417.164))||/||(77.467 / (77.467 + 436.104))|
6. SGAI = Sales, General and Administrative expenses Index
The ratio of SGA expenses in year t relative to year t-1.
SGA expenses index > 1 means that the company is becoming less efficient in generate sales.
|SGAI||=||(SGA_t / Sales_t)||/||(SGA_t-1 /Sales_t-1)|
|=||(530.787 / 2872.831)||/||(474.129 / 2683.116)|
7. LVGI = Leverage Index
The ratio of total debt to total assets in year t relative to yeat t-1.
An LVGI > 1 indicates an increase$sgai= in leverage
|LVGI||=||((LTD_t + CurrentLiabilities_t) / TotalAssets_t)||/||((LTD_t-1 + CurrentLiabilities_t-1) / TotalAssets_t-1)|
|=||((0 + 824.261) / 4543.279)||/||((0 + 697.108) / 4738.914)|
8. TATA = Total Accruals to Total Assets
Total accruals calculated as the change in working capital accounts other than cash less depreciation.
|=||(NetIncome_t - NonOperatingIncome_t||-||CashFlowsfromOperations_t)||/||TotalAssets_t|
|=||(312.187 - -58.322||-||533.193)||/||4543.279|
An M-Score of less than -2.22 suggests that the company will not be a manipulator. An M-Score of greater than -2.22 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.
Garmin Ltd has a M-score of -2.80 suggests that the company will not be a manipulator.
Altman Z-Score, Piotroski F-Score, Accounts Receivable, Revenue, Gross Profit, Total Current Assets, Total Assets, Property, Plant and Equipment, Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization, Selling, General & Admin. Expense, Total Current Liabilities, Long-Term Debt, Net Income, Non Operating Income, Cash Flow from Operations
Garmin Ltd Annual Data
Garmin Ltd Quarterly Data
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Washbay Button Top 12x12 FT - 1/2 Inch Kit
Horse Stalls, Wash Stalls, Grooming Areas, Wet Areas
Our 12x12 foot Washbay horse stall mat kit features interlocking rubber tiles with a button top surface texture that provide traction in wet areas. The non slip rubber Washbay Button Top kit contains 1/2 inch thick component pieces ready to assemble for your specified area size. Custom size kits are also available.
Our mats will never pack or crush like sand or crumb-filled beds and are completely non-absorbent for easy cleanup, and are simple to install in any environment. In addition to reducing bedding expenses, the Washbay Button Top 12x12 ft x 1/2 inch stall mat kit will insulate against cold and dampness and will not roll, buckle, or curl.
Assembled dimensions of 12x12 ft kit: 11 ft 10-1/4 inches by 11 ft 10 inches by 1/2 inch. Kits are available in 10x10, 10x12, 12x12 ft, and also in custom sizes.
Hose off to keep clean. Use neutral Ph cleanser.Shipping
Ships by freight, shrink wrapped on pallets.
Please review our shipping disclaimer.
|SF per Item||144.00|
|Packaging||Shrink Wrapped on Pallets|
|Number of Pieces per Package Type||6|
|Interlock Loss||0.00 feet|
|Material Density||Shore A 65|
|Surface Finish||Button top|
|Surface Design||Solid color|
|Installation Method||Interlocking, dry lay|
|Border Strips Included||No|
|Manufacturer Warranty||12 year limited|
View Installation Instructions PDF
View Cleaning and Maintenance PDF
View Warranty PDF
View Specifications Data Sheet PDF
View Flammability Test PDF
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View Material Safety Data Sheet PDF
Customer Product Reviews
Just what I wanted and expected! Looks great too!
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June 17, 2014 15:20:16 GMT
Rumor has it, Kim will get a helping hand from her new husband Kanye West to relaunch her music career.
It seems that Kim Kardashian is getting ready to resurrect her pop career. She just posted on Instagram a picture that showed her in a studio sitting on a high chair and facing the mic. "Excited about this new project #ComingSoon #KimKardashianGame," she wrote.
"Kim has told pals she's keen to be taken seriously as a vocal artist. She's started vocal coaching and songwriting lessons and set up meetings with record companies," a source told The Sun. "Kanye will advise on the project, which he's given his full backing."
The mother of one, who just married her baby daddy Kanye West last month, released her debut single "Jam (Turn It Up)" in 2011. The single was a flop, and Kim vowed to never hit recording booth again. "I'd never [make another single], that was just for fun, and for charity," so she said back then.
Update: Turns out it's not a music gig but a video game project as Kim posted an image of the animated version of herself hours later. "Sneak peek from my upcoming project! Super excited about this! #KimKardashianGame," so she said.
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SCI FI Channel has begun casting for its original movie CAPTAIN DRAKE, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. Adrian Paul (HIGHLANDER) will play the title character Frances Drake, who sets out to discover the Tree of Life. Newcomer Sofia Pernas will play his ill daughter, whose life he's trying to save. Temuera Morrison (ONCE WERE WARRIORS) will play Drake's rival, the Spanish pirate Sandovate. Wes Ramsey (CHARMED) will play Drake's first mate Peter, who loves Drake's daughter.
David Flores is the director with Rafael Jordan writing. Jeffery Beach and UFO Films' Phillip J. Roth are the producers. The TV movie is set to debut late 2008.
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OURWORLD | SMASH OR PASS EDITION! w/ Mary Spade
Support on Patreon
69 likes and I’ll smash Mary… (｡◕‿◕｡)
I’ve done over 150 ourWorld videos. About 40 of those videos are rating outfits. And because I don’t want my content to become stale, I will be switching up my style starting next week. It will be very different from what many of you have become use to.
These videos have always accompanied my projects outside of YouTube. Specifically, ourgemcodes (located at www.ourgemcodes.com), is a site I began in 2010. For a couple years, the site was neglected due to my focus on video projects and developing. From now on, however, I will label everything I created under ourGemCodes LLC. GameCardPower is a brother site.
If you’d like to support my projects, please visit my site daily. I update quite often with news relevant to me. And with enough support, I will be able to make a couples gaming app along with disability technologies to help the visually impaired.
Are Mary and I dating?! Good question.
(( This video was suggested by The Hulk… ))
☻☺☻ R I D E T H E W A V E ☻☺☻
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Toby Fox – Undertale (Chime Remix)
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Mini Cooper Engine Accessories
Featured Engine Accessories Products
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Surprisingly good quality for the price. Adheres nicely and hasn't shown any signs of fading. Shipping time was just over a week. Thank you guys.
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40 reviews 4.5 out of 5 stars
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I spent years writing application software for the elegant, excellent-for-its-time Palm OS. Unfortunately, Palm lost the war. Fantastic engineering, horrible marketing, no business savvy. This past summer I reluctantly gave up my Treo for an ATT Tilt with WM6. WM6 is typical Microsoft – horribly bloated, slow as molasses, confusing as hell. A ton of cheap / free apps available. Although pretty hopeless as a phone, the browser / e-mail client work great.
An example of annoying….in WM6’s Calendar, if you mark an event for a time period (say 10-11 AM) on a given day, the calendar displays a tiny caret on that day on your monthly calendar so you know you’ve got something going on at a glance. However, if you mark an event as an “All-Day” event (99% of mine are all-day), WM6 displays nothing on the monthly calendar view to remind you at a glance. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!
The one thing that really pissed me off most about the WM6 experience was you have to BUY and use Microsoft Outlook in order to sync the Tilt with your PC. I gave M$ my $50 while holding my nose and tried it for 6 months. Outlook is also typical M$, i.e. horribly bloated, slow, and infuriating.
I just bought a new laptop and, whilst gagging as I waited for almost 1 gig of M$ Office to download so that I could install Outlook, I stumbled upon a British app called BirdieSync, which supposedly allows sync-ing WM6 with Thunderbird and Sunbird. There’s a free trial, and the software costs €19.95 (about $30 US). I gave it a try.
Installs in a jif.
Difficult to configure, no doubt because M$ makes it as difficult as possible.
Sunbird blows the Outlook calendar away (duh), and of course comparing Thunderbird to Outlook is like comparing a Porsche 911 Turbo to a Buick.
A few tips:
1) BirdieSync installs a submenu in both Sunbird and Thunderbird under TOOLS. Most of what can go wrong can be solved in those menus. When the Activesync process fails, the error messages are usually pretty useless, but the answer can usually be found in the TOOLS -> BirdieSync submenu.
2) BirdieSync is very particular about time zones. In order to sync Sunbird properly, the time zone on your WM6 device must be EXACTLY the same as in Sunbird -> Tools -> Options -> Time Zone.
3) When configuring Activesync (Tools -> Options) the usual suspects (contacts, calendar, etc) apply only to Outlook. For BirdieSync, “Cards” means the Address Book in Thunderbird, “Events” means the Calendar in Sunbird, and “Mails” means the e-mails in Thunderbird.
4) On the BirdieSync site, there’s a sentence in the support section saying “please consult the FAQ, almost any question you’ve got is already answered there”. I found that to be true. Getting everything syncing properly took me a solid hour of futzing around, and every seemingly complicated question I had was indeed answered (sometimes a bit cryptically) in the FAQ.
5) Unlike Palm Desktop and Outlook, if Birdiesync encounters a problem while sync-ing, it won’t warn and continue. It warns and then sits down in the middle of the highway like an obstinate camel and stops dead. You must correct the error condition, then unplug the USB sync cable, then re-connect the cable, and then re-attempt sync. Not necessarily a bad thing, but different, so be aware.
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Punpun’s grade-school sweetheart just left school, but he falls in love with the new student, Aiko Tanaka, at first sight. He hopes Aiko will like him because of his dream: to study space and help mankind migrate there. (She sends him mixed signals.) Meanwhile, Punpun's mom is in the hospital. His dad said she was attacked by a burglar, but then dad disappeared. Punpun doesn’t really want her to come home: he likes being taken care of by his Uncle Yuichi, who taught him how to talk to God. After school Punpun and his friends hunt for pornography, which may lead them to the scene of a horrible murder.
It’s worth noting that Punpun and his family members are drawn in a cartoony style as birds, in a world that is otherwise very recognizable and realistic. Punpun is quiet and hardly ever talks, but no one seems to notice this or his strange appearance. And when he talks to God, God appears as a silly, radiantly smiling Japanese man with an afro. It’s all a bit strange. And deadpan.
Publisher’s Rating: M+ for Mature. Contains violence and sexual situations.
Why I finished it: I was reading it in Seattle’s Seatac airport when I went to pick up my friend Richard a few nights ago. A shy, young baggage handler for Alaska Airlines went out of his way to strike up a conversation with me about it. He went on and on about how much he loved the whole series, and especially how dark it gets in later volumes as Punpun grows up. We ended up having a great conversation about manga and bonded over our love of One-Punch Man. I read this to see why he loved it so much, and I’m going to keep reading it to see how much darker and weirder it can get.
Readalikes: My favorite teen-relationship manga of all time is Minoru Toyoda’s five volume Love Roma, about the socially awkward Hoshino and his relationship with the girl he loves, Negishi. Hoshino’s lack of embarrassment is both charming and cringeworthy, and my favorite awkward moment takes place after someone gives Hoshino a condom. The occasional awkwardness of their relationship reminded me a bit of Punpun and Aiko.
Is there a difference between first love and true love? Judy Blume’s groundbreaking novel about teen sexuality has a fresh new look.
The bed is brass, covered with a patchwork quilt, and “nice and firm,” Michael says, “in case you’re interested.”
Katherine is interested.
Katherine and Michael are in love, and Katherine knows it’s forever—especially after she loses her virginity to him. But when they’re separated for the summer, she begins to have feelings for another boy. What does this say about her love for Michael? And what does “forever” mean, anyway? Is this the love of a lifetime, or the very beginning of a lifetime of love?
Henry's life is all messed up. His dad took off and didn’t leave any contact information. Henry's mom is miserable, working crappy shifts as a waitress. His boyfriend killed himself. Aliens keep abducting him. He is secretly messing around with a boy who bullies him. And now he's going to be an uncle because his idiot brother was careless with birth control. Henry can't understand how anyone could even consider bringing a baby into such a messed up world.
Why I picked it up: One of my library system’s teen vloggers raved about this book and convinced me to read it.
Why I finished it: Though they can't speak English, the aliens convey something important to Henry -- he will decide the fate of the Earth. It is due to be destroyed in 144 days. To save it, all he has to do is push a button. But for the life of him, Henry can't think of a good enough reason to do it.
Readalikes: In one of Henry's disaster scenarios, he talks about a Dr. Andrew Smith creating a species of super-bug cockroaches that take over the world. This is a reference to Grasshopper Jungle, an apocalyptic YA science fiction masterpiece in which sixteen-year-old Austin struggles with complicated feelings for his best friend, out of control hormones, and giant insects ripping the heads off everyone they meet. It is both a gruesome horror story and one of the most revealing insights into a teenage guy’s mind ever written.
Young Nasreen has not spoken a word to anyone since her parents disappeared.
In despair, her grandmother risks everything to enroll Nasreen in a secret school for girls. Will a devoted teacher, a new friend, and the worlds she discovers in books be enough to draw Nasreen out of her shell of sadness?
Based on a true story from Afghanistan, this inspiring book will touch readers deeply as it affirms both the life-changing power of education and the healing power of love.
Catherine “Kate” Middleton was born in January, 1982, to hardworking parents. She has always been athletic and competitive as well as beautiful. People could have dismissed her as just another pretty face except she captured the eye of Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge. Yes, THAT Prince William -- the good-looking older son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. The two of them met at St. Andrews Academy and dated for nearly a decade before William decided to ask her to be his bride and the future Queen of England. This is a beautiful story of how a former field-hockey player now turns heads as a gracious, poised princess. Giving Queen Elizabeth her first great-grandchildren, George and Charlotte, Kate has captured her favor as well as hearts in the UK and across the world.
Why I picked it up: I have always enjoyed reading and watching news about the British royal family. I cried when Lady Diana Spencer married Prince Charles, and cried even harder when she died in 1997. I wanted to know who Kate was and why she was being compared to her late, great mother-in-law.
Why I finished it: Prince William and Princess Kate seem like a normal young couple raising two adorable kids. Obviously they have a ton of responsibilities as members of the monarchy, and Prince William had the added duty of being an officer in the Royal Navy, but the two seem most content when they are together. It’s apparent they are smitten with one another and totally in love with their children.
Queen Elizabeth didn’t exactly embrace Lady Diana as her successor, but she seems to have her grandsons’ best interests at heart. She has taken Kate under her royal wing, and is molding her into a future queen. In fact, it’s rumored that Queen Elizabeth gained respect for Kate when she broke up with William after he partied too much and didn’t seem vested in their relationship. She realized Kate was not going to be pushed around, and knew that Kate had the resilience and backbone to be Queen.
Readalikes: Kate: The Making of a Princess by Claudia Joseph is the tale of commoner Kate Middleton catching the attention of Prince William. It is not a fairy tale because the couple had the ups and downs like any other, but it seems they will have a "happily ever after." Diana: Story of a Princess by Tim Clayton and Phil Craig is the true account of how the awkward, shy nursery school teacher was courted by Prince Charles, and how she became the "People's Princess.” It’s no wonder Prince William found a strong, nurturing woman to marry.
Read the cult-favorite coming of age story that takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its glory. Now a major motion picture starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a funny, touching, and haunting modern classic.
The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky, Perks follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.
A #1 New York Times best seller for more than a year, an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults (2000) and Best Book for Reluctant Readers (2000), and with millions of copies in print, this novel for teen readers (or “wallflowers” of more-advanced age) will make you laugh, cry, and perhaps feel nostalgic for those moments when you, too, tiptoed onto the dance floor of life.
Issa Ibrahim had an unusual family. His father was a nightclub musician and womanizer while his bohemian mother threw parties and smoked marijuana at their house. He and his brothers and sisters all got caught up in drug use to some degree, which didn’t help Issa’s mental state. He began to imagine that God was speaking to him and that he was Jesus Christ. After finding occult books in his mother's bedroom, he became convinced he had to exorcise the demon that was in her. In the course of attempting this, he broke her ribs and choked her to death. He successfully pled insanity, and ended up spending twenty years in a state mental hospital. This is his account of his fragile state of mind leading up to the crime, the trial, and his time at the hospital.
Why I picked it up: I remember when John Hinckley shot Ronald Reagan, and then spent time in a mental hospital after a successful insanity plea. I was just old enough to understand the concept that someone could be mentally ill and not able to differentiate right from wrong. I wanted this book to help me understand an insanity plea from the point of view of the mentally ill person.
Why I finished it: This book was entertaining because of its look at how mental hospitals function (and dysfunction). At times Issa is a braggart, talking about the two staff women that he had sexual relationships with. Other times he is as down as can be, talking about how his family is still angry at him for what he did. He has had to live with the consequences of his actions, especially after his mental illness and depression were treated. He rails against the policies and politics at the hospital which kept him there for two decades when he could have been out earlier. And on top of all of this Issa is an artist -- his work has been featured at many galleries and even in a documentary about talented people behind bars.
It’s perfect for: My friend Jens, who is a bit of a black and white thinker, to see if it would change his view of the insanity plea. Presented with details of the crime, he would believe that Issa should have been sent to jail, but I think seeing the world through Issa’s eyes, and learning about his experiences in the hospital, will convince him that Issa (and perhaps others) aren’t merely criminals who are faking it.
And Tango Makes Three is the bestselling, heartwarming true story of two penguins who create a nontraditional family.
At the penguin house at the Central Park Zoo, two penguins named Roy and Silo were a little bit different from the others. But their desire for a family was the same. And with the help of a kindly zookeeper, Roy and Silo get the chance to welcome a baby penguin of their very own.
Selected as an ALA Notable Children’s Book Nominee and a Lambda Literary Award Finalist, “this joyful story about the meaning of family is a must for any library” (School Library Journal, starred review).
Hundreds of years after the robots have conquered earth and wiped out all life in the galaxy, “life” is dull for the robot victors. D4VE is bored with his office job. His boss, FR4NK, is about to fire him. His wife 54LLY is leaving him. She's going to let him take care of their son -- newly arrived from the factory -- but the video-game-playing, defiant teenage robot has no respect for this dad even though he’s a robot war hero. And then the K'laar arrive. Their queen needs all the earth's core energy in order to breed. D4VE is the only one who can save the planet.
Publisher's rating: Suggested for Mature Readers.
Why I picked it up: Gene knows my taste for cleanly drawn, silly science fiction graphic novels. This was perfect.
Why I finished it: The story is total Hollywood: war hero bottoms out, finds new purpose, and saves the day. But it was the amusing details that kept me going, like how robots will swear using the names Jobs or Gates, and the fact that robots wear clothes (rumpled suit and tie for D4VE, skimpy lingerie for buxom robot strippers) and get stuck in traffic in their flying cars.
It’s perfect for: Brian, who has a juvenile sense of humor, and would, like me, laugh the frequent bathroom humor, like when D4VE calls the oddly shaped aliens "butthorns," or the fact that his son watches robot porn.
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BRASILIA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Brazil and the United States ratified their
plan on Thursday to establish industrial plants in Haiti. This would enable the
duty-free export of products to both countries and thus support Haiti's
During a meeting in the Foreign Ministry's Itamaraty Palace, Brazilian
Foreign Minister Celso Amorim and U.S. Commerce representative Ronald Kirk
agreed to advance the implementation of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity
(HOPE) program created by the United States.
The two countries are part of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti, which
was initially established to stop the social and political crisis in 2004.
Amorim told Xinhua in a press conference that the fundamental motivation of
this initiative was humanitarian, "to aid Haiti's economic development through
sustainable production activity."
This mechanism would allow Brazilian companies in Haiti to export products
to the United States without paying customs fees, and vice versa.
The agreement would benefit Haiti as well as Brazilian and U.S. companies,
On Thursday morning, President of the Brazilian National Confederation of
Industry (CNI) Armando Monteiro Neto said the Brazilian textile companies were
interested in establishing themselves in Haiti under the framework of the HOPE
The Brazilian industries also requested an adjustment to the HOPE program,
such as giving Brazil the status of "beneficiary."
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A European luxury fashion maison, known for its intricate ready-to-wear, is looking a dynamic regional Retail Manager to join its Singapore office.
Reporting to the General Manager, you will drive retail excellence, performance and expansion across the SEA and Oceania network.
- Define retail and operations strategies to achieving business goals for the region
- Elevate the entire boutique ecosystem (excellence and efficiencies in people and product, from front- to back-of-house) to deliver defining client shopping experience
- Drive successful boutique opening projects in the region
- Retail management experience in luxury fashion house is mandatory
- Ability to travel frequently across the SEA region
- Independent with strong go-getter personality
Argyll Scott Asia is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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New Santa Monica mall going for the upscale
Since designing Santa Monica Place mall more than three decades ago,
Frank Gehry has become a world-renowned architect and Santa Monica has
become one of the most lively and thriving beach cities.
The suburban-style mall, however, languished in time, walled off from the increasingly vibrant street life.
Now a developer is betting the shopping center can become hip again. Macerich Co. spent $265 million to rip the mall at Third Street and Broadway down to its steel foundations and rebuild it as a three-story outdoor shopping venue.Next Friday, after more than two years behind construction barriers, the new Santa Monica Place will open to the public.
Because of the still-challenging economic environment, it will be one of only a few major shopping centers in the U.S. to open in 2010. What's more, the 550,000-square-foot Santa Monica Place will be decidedly upscale.
It will have Nordstrom and Bloomingdale's department stores, white-tablecloth restaurants, a food market and a mix of mostly high-end retailers. It will in effect extend the popular adjacent shopping district, the Third Street Promenade, another block.
The old mall, anchored by Macy's, performed above industry standards, said Arthur Coppola, chief executive of Macerich, but sales fell far short of what they could have been. The affluent Westside — even with all its pricey boutiques and fine restaurants — is "under-served" with luxury shopping opportunities, he reckoned.
"It was a very ambitious plan to shut down a regional shopping center already [grossing] $400 a square foot" every year, Coppola said, "but it had the opportunity to be so much more."Read the full story here.
-- Roger Vincent
Photo: “It was a very ambitious plan to shut down a regional shopping center already [grossing] $400 a square foot” in sales each year, said Arthur Coppola, CEO of developer Macerich Co. "But it had the opportunity to be so much more.” Credit: Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times
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This exfoliating champion is your coffe in the shower. With moisterizing power of shea butter combined with coffee grounds.. you get the best of both worlds.
Coffee - Soaps that contain coffee actually have inflammation reducing effects due to the antioxidants, that they contain. This way inflammations on your skin are gently reduced and treated with the soap bar.nti-aging, Calming, Exfoliant and Cellulite Reduction.
Coffee Grounds - When added to a soap bar or a body scrub, finely ground coffee beans can rid the skin of dry, dead skin cells and restore it to a more radiant and smooth appearance. Coffee, by stimulating blood flow, improves circulation and consequently the appearance of the skin!
Activated Charcoal - helps to absorb excess oil, dirt, product buildup and harmful bacteria from your skin, all of which are leading causes of common breakouts. Charcoal also works as an anti-inflammatory, absorbing substances that inflame the skin so it can prevent redness and leave you with cleaner, clearer skin.
Bentonite Clay - works like a sponge on your skin. It absorbs dirt and oil, like sebum. Too much sebum can lead to acne. The antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties may help your skin heal.
- Body Bar
- Small batch
- All natural
Our soaps are cured for 4-6 weeks to create a good, hard, long lasting bar of soap.
Due to the nature of handcrafted items, variations in color and texure may occur. No two bars are the same.
Ingredients: Coconut oil, palm oil, olive oil, canola oil, castor oil, coffee butter, jojoba oil, coffee, coffee grouds, bentonite clay, activated charcoal, fragrance, coffee beans
4-5oz per bar
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