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Hello, community, I am glad to be here. This is very new to me. I have been seeking in earnest for about 2 weeks now. An experience has led me to find out as much information as I can about both, or all paths. I have absolutely no experience at all with magick, except I can usually easily communicate with a spirit, and I know how and can pretty easily ground and center myself. I do know how to meditate and have begun to do that more often now, in preparation for engaging in the practice of magick. I don't even know where to start, regarding using and/or practicing magick. I hope to join a coven soon, when I am able to contribute something useful. I invite you to send me a message and introduce yourself. I look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you, I am learning volumes of information daily. I have not yet applied any of my new knowledge. I want to make sure I know enough so as not to cause harm or be inadvertently disrespectful to any deities or entities in my rookie ignorance. And I'm not sure what I want to accomplish yet, but I'm very interested in writing my own spell.
I was thinking I would like to cast my first spell on Halloween, as a first step on this path. It was my grandmother's birthday, who I believe practiced a craft of some kind. And obviously a significant moment in the year for those who practice magick. This is an enormous departure for me. I don't take it lightly. So I want it to be memorable. | <urn:uuid:7b28d4c5-8fe3-48c9-9956-5089035bfa7c> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://www.spellsofmagic.com/read_post.html?post=921097 | 2019-05-25T19:09:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232258439.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20190525184948-20190525210948-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.980162 | 321 | [
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When we see photos of Iskra Lawrence, she looks pretty flawless. But those photos are typically of Iskra posing or they're cherry picked to be her most flattering, showing her with a flat stomach and cellulite-free thighs. In a new video, Iskra wants us to know she's sick of that so-called perfection. She's proving that she's perfect from every angle, fat-rolls included.
Iskra made a fat roll appreciation video, proving that no matter who or what size we are, everyone has some type of rolls, bumps or "squidgey bits," and that's perfectly OK. To drive her point home, Iskra even showed how posing can make it seem in pictures like you have a flat stomach or are roll free. Instead of always showing that side of someone in photos, Iskra wants us to see it all so we know that bodies are beautiful in all ways, not just when they seem to fit society's slim idea of beauty.
"Your fat rolls are beautiful. And the only reason we have been lead to believe they aren't is because we don't see them in the media unless someone's being shamed for weight gain or ridiculed for their body," Iskra wrote on Instagram. "This is NOT the truth and not OK. Having rolls of skin / fat that are soft / squidgy or big / small does not define your beauty."
Of course, we've heard this message before. Iskra herself proved how deceiving thigh gaps can be, appearing and disappearing with a shift of the hips. Others have taken to Instagram to show that their flat tummy is all in the pose, and that it's actually not so flat or toned when they're just relaxing. Still, when you're scrolling through Instagram and all you see are toned bodies, it can seem like that's actually reality and it's what you should look like too. Even Iskra felt that way seeing pictures of herself.
"As a model in the industry 13 years I've seen nearly all the pics chosen of me for lingerie & swimwear shoots are the ones where my stomach looks flattest. Which for a long time lead me to believe that's how I should look," she wrote. "Because even if I did happen to have a few shots where I'm in a position you can see back fat or rolls someone had decided it's more 'beautiful' 'aspirational' or will inspire more customers to buy the product if those so called 'flaws' don't exist."
That's why it's equally important that in addition to those typical Instagram pictures, we also see photos like the one Iskra posted her her account to go along with the video. She even took it a step further, showing exactly how posing can change your body in her video. Iskra posed in the video so her stomach looked flat, then showed how she looks when she's sitting normally. It's also why she's so encouraged by campaigns like hers with Aerie, where we see unretouched models being themselves.
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Two Early Shoe Patterns
by Dariell called Soulseeker
These shoes are adapted from Margrethe Hald's book, Primitive Shoes. The patterns given are for a woman’s size 9. To enlarge them, use an overhead projector (draw around your foot and project the pattern onto the drawing until the foot matches yours as close as possible). You can also use the old squaring method of drawing a grid on the pattern and then redrawing the pattern on an enlarged grid.
The first pair is from the Viking period and is now in the Museum Of Cultural History at Novgorod.
Cut slits at marks approximately 3/16" from the edge and as long as the width of the lacing you are going to use (˝" is recommended). figure 1
Run thread through the 6 points on the toe and pull tightly to gather and then tie off. This will make the toe pucker up and around. figure 2
Now sew the front edges of the shoe together. These stitches will show, so the more decorative you can make them, the better. Note the drawing of the original above.
Sew the heel together using a flat seam. Sew it up to about 1" from the top edge.
Cut a long (6' +) lace for each shoe. ˝ inch width stays flat and is more comfortable. Lace from the back all the way to the other side. Now pull, pull, and pull to fit. this will be easier if the leather of the shoe is damp. It will also conform to your foot better. Lacings were probably wrapped around the instep of the foot to keep it on. figure 3
The second pair, while no date is given, has a Roman provincial look to them. They are from the Utersen Bog (Aegyptenmore) 30km northwest of modern Hamburg. Other similar pairs date from the 4th to 6th c. AD, and later. This pattern is constructed in the same manner as the shoes from the last issue, and is especially attractive because of the decorative cutouts on the side. | <urn:uuid:e48e9cca-22eb-40b4-aaab-86813ac99b42> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | http://www.housebarra.com/EP/ep02/11shoe02.html | 2019-05-26T23:42:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232260161.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20190526225545-20190527011545-00236.warc.gz | en | 0.936493 | 435 | [
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October 7th, 2016, Durban, South Africa
Towards universal social emancipation: Let us unite and deal a blow to imperialism, our common strategic opponent; Let us intensify the struggle in our respective countries!
Dear comrades, allow me, first and foremost, to thank you for this opportunity, and to convey revolutionary greetings from the South African Communist Party (SACP). Let me also welcome comrades who have travelled from all over the world to come to this great proletarian internationalist gathering, here in Durban.
The global context: our perspectives
Like many countries of the world, South Africa was impacted negatively by the 2008 global capitalist crisis and, consequently, by a politics of periods of capitalist crises. Of course, South Africa is not alone; we have seen recently what happened in Greece where democracy was usurped by the interests finance capital, in Brazil, Venezuela and elsewhere. We have seen the imposition of an openly neo-Nazi government in Ukraine, and the funding of terrorist groups by the Western imperialist states and their allies in the Middle-East – and, comrades, where they feel like using direct military intervention, as in Iraq and Libya – they do it without regard to the destructive consequences.
The Greek example is particularly instructive for Western multiparty democracy because it says that the people`s electoral choices or preferences in referendums do not matter. The Greek example says what matters is the voice of the banks that distorts the meaning of democracy and determines the trajectory of economic development.
The 2008 crisis of capitalism is still in session, but – as it always does – capitalism keeps on searching for new avenues for accumulation. The African continent has now been identified as one such new avenue for capital accumulation. Indeed our continent does need massive investment to build labour absorbing productive economies. However, such investment and development must be to the benefit of the workers, peasants and poor.
But our continent faces a number of challenges, amongst them poor organisation of workers, peasants and other social strata. Under the circumstances, any massive investments are likely to primarily benefit elites. Therefore one of the biggest challenges in the continent is that of building progressive and revolutionary democratic organisations of workers and peasants.
Let us use this historic occasion of the holding of the World Trade Union Congress on our African continent to lay a stronger foundation for building class-oriented trade unions in the continent. The SACP is committed to working with the WFTU and its South African affiliates to assist in this task.
Let us confront imperialism in all fronts of struggle!
Here in South Africa, one of the most important moves taken by the current government was to become a member of the Brics co-operation made up by Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa. The African headquarters of the New Development Bank, also known as the Brics Bank, will be located in Johannesburg and progress is underway. This bank will hopefully offer alternative funding not only to South Africa, but also to the whole of the African continent and unlike the Bretton Woods institutions hopefully in a manner that is beneficial to poorer countries.
This, of course, has not gone unnoticed by our strategic adversaries, those who in the name of “Defending our Human Rights” bomb our cities and massacre our families. They are already busy with their regime change agenda in the Brics countries and, indeed, against all those countries which do not wish to be controlled by the dictates of their bankers, their oil and mining companies and their transnational corporations.
Yet we must not look only at the attack by the main enemy. We must also look at those internal and domestic weaknesses that often give our main enemy an entry point.
Our domestic challenge: fight monopoly capital as our main strategic enemy and the parasitic bourgeoisie as our most immediate threat!
Our struggle against colonialism in the global South, in particular in South Africa and in our region, was not a struggle for the replacement of the White or colonial elite by an African or Black elite.
We came together and united in the struggle because of our shared perspective that our struggle was both a struggle for political liberation and social emancipation.
We clearly understood that political liberation alone will have no meaning without the return of the wealth of our lands to the people as a whole.
We were united that our struggle was not a struggle to elevate sections of individuals or elitist groupings, be they locals, White or Black, to manipulate or pilfer our basic wealth and national resources.
Our struggle was not a struggle for a few individuals operating in our name as Africans or Black people to become a new class of exploiters in the place of, or working together with old, or established, sections of capital as well as foreign monopoly capital.
Without dislodging and defeating imperialism, our liberation will remain incomplete.
It was for these reasons that the SACP, together with the ANC and the progressive trade union movement, became part of the liberation movement as currently expressed by our Tripartite Alliance.
The April 1994 democratic breakthrough in South Africa marked a decisive advance against colonialism in Africa. It is a democratic breakthrough on the back of which we have made enormous progress in transforming the lives of ordinary workers and poor in our country.
We have progressive constitution and labour legislation, reflecting the many advances made by the struggles of the South African working class over more than a century of labour struggles.
We have made enormous progress through a number of redistributive social programmes. This includes providing free housing to the poor, expanding educational opportunities, electricity connections to millions of South Africans, social grants for the vulnerable and expanded access to health care, to mention but a few. Some of these programmes are unprecedented in recent history of the world.
But our major problem is that we have a semi-colonial, capitalist economic trajectory characterised by stubborn structural crises of unemployment, inequality and poverty. It is also an economy that is highly monopolistic, and hostile to the development of small and medium enterprises or co-operatives.
Without defeating imperialism on a continental and wider international basis, our liberation will remain incomplete. Conversely, we will not be able to defeat imperialism unless we defeat the internal class forces and strata that merely seek to replace for their own profit or join hands with the colonial era owners of means of production and monopoly capital in the exploitation of the masses.
In the Manifesto of the Communist Party, Marx and Engels identified the lumpen proletariat as the “dangerous class”. Today in Africa, and in many other developing countries, the dangerous class is the parasitic bourgeoisie.
The parasitic bourgeoisie comprise of that section of the elite whose modus operandi involves establishing political connections in return for business connections with some sections of the leadership in governing parties. This is then used to call for the so-called empowerment and to ride on the back of the former liberation movements searching for plunder.
Of course ALL capitalism is to a greater or lesser degree parasitic, but the classical bourgeoisie exploits labour power by paying workers regularly so that they may keep coming back to work and continue to produce surplus value for the capitalist based on industrial development. The parasites, on the other hand, do not necessarily produce industrial development and, of course, they are at times the worst of exploiters.
There are different variations of the parasitic bourgeoisie, but their general characteristic feature is that they function, among others, like the so-called middleman.
Despite that some strata of the parasitic bourgeoisie could in varying respects be involved in industrial activity on a compradorial or other more or less similar bases, they mainly operate between the state and established sections of domestic and foreign capital. They prey largely on the very problematic (i.e. bourgeois) organisation of the state through concessions to the private sector, as well as through privatisation, outsourcing, out-contracting and generally through the procurement and delivery of public goods and services respectively from or through the private sector. This is one of the major causes and drivers of political and ideological deviation from revolution to reform, as well as of fierce competition for ascendency to positions of power and therefore increasing internal divisions or even factional splits.
This phenomenon is not new. Frantz Fanon, a young African progressive writer noted and discussed it and its dangers as far back as 1961 in his book The Wretched of the Earth in the chapter entitled `The Pitfalls of National Consciousness`. He interchangeably used the notions of the “national bourgeoisie” or “national middle class” to describe what we now call the parasitic bourgeoisie.
When we as the Communist Party, or other revolutionary or progressive forces in their respective countries, challenge the activities of the parasitic bourgeoisie, including favouritism, corruption, rent-seeking and corporate capture, we are told that is to be on the side of imperialism or against African or Black empowerment or the so-called indigenisation. This is, of course, gibberish. The fact is that the parasitic bourgeoisie empower themselves by disempowering the workers and the national democratic revolutionary process of social transformation.
The parasitic bourgeoisie is serving its own private interests as a class. The wealth they accumulate in the name of all of us as the formerly oppressed and historically disadvantaged is theirs privately. It does not belong to the people as a whole. It does not belong to the working class. That wealth does not belong to the people who continue to experience class inequality, economic exploitation, unemployment and poverty.
It is NOT for, but AGAINST, the people that the parasitic bourgeoisie are hollowing out the strategic capacity and strategic discipline required by the democratic developmental state that the people need to serve their immediate material and cultural needs.
Also, the activities of the parasitic bourgeoisie and their collaborators, particularly corruption, rent-seeking and corporate capture are the entry point for the imperialists with their regime change agendas. Corruption within governing parties frequently repels sections of the working-class and pushes them either towards demoralisation or to start supporting right-wing parties that are in many respects even more corrupt.
We have just witnessed a parliamentary coup recently in Brazil supported among others by public representatives and businesspeople who are facing serious corruption allegations and were only interested in saving their own skins.
The corrupt champions of the neo-liberal agenda are often more sophisticated in their corruption. The perception being promoted is that those parties pursuing the neo-liberal agenda are less corrupt than the parties of liberation and more likely to run the economy efficiently and create jobs.
We must also understand that the basic organisations of the working-class itself, the trade unions, can, and frequently are manipulated in the interests of imperialism to bring down progressive governments. There are parasites and business unionists in this sphere of social organisation as well.
How the division in the international trade union movement came about is no secret. It is in fact a typical example of imperialist capture, as the highest form of corporate capture. In this regard, we would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the WFTU: You have resiliently stayed the course of class oriented trade unionism, with the objective interests and wider historical mission of the proletariat at heart, while others chose to collaborate with, or even to serve as the appendage of, imperialist forces or apologists of its system of capitalist exploitation.
Despite the many challenges that our country and alliance face, including our own internal contradictions, the SACP still remains of the view that our liberation alliance still remains an important vehicle to deepen our revolution. For us as the SACP it is the deepening of our democratic revolution that will lay a stronger foundation for a transition to socialism.
Comrades, it is because of the kind of things about which I have just spoken that, more than ever, we need the WFTU, the true international representative of the interests of the organised workers.
Class oriented trade unionism is important in the struggle to take forward global working class struggles!
Now let me come back to perhaps the most tragic event in South Africa since the democratic dispensation which began in 1994. I refer of course to the killing of workers in 2012 in the Rustenburg platinum belt and the “Marikana Tragedy”.
Capitalism has a history of using its own system crisis to seek to roll back the advances of the progressive trade union movement. Among others there has been an intense capitalist attack by the bosses in the mining industry, which was the spark to the Marikana tragedy, a tragedy that must squarely be placed on the shoulders of the bosses.
What started as an offensive against our ally Cosatu`s affiliate, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), has now spread and threatens to engulf the whole of federation. It is our considered view as the SACP that the only way to strengthen Cosatu is by strengthening its class-oriented character, and hopefully for the whole federation to affiliate to the WFTU.
How could the Marikana tragedy happen in a country like South Africa with its progressive government?
Let us look at this question based on what happened thereafter.
After the strike was over, some of those who found their way in and used it to build their own trade union or political organisations were flown to London and New York where they were wined and dined by sections of the mining monopoly capital.
No why would the mine bosses wine and dine leaders who had led a strike which was against their interests?
As a result of the ongoing 2008 global capitalist crisis, at the time of the strike platinum prices had plummeted because of a production meltdown in major platinum consuming manufacturing sectors, among them, notably, the global automotive industry.
Workers are frequently placed on short time, temporary layoffs, or are permanently dismissed from work – all based on the so-called employer`s operational requirements, referring essentially to the single-minded motive of profit maximisation, protection of profitability or the rate of profit. This intensifies in the same manner that capitalist competition heightens during the system`s own crisis and decides which capitalist stays in or goes out of business and in addition produces monopoly capitalism. Every capitalist tries to stay afloat, reduce their share of loss and shove it upon their competitors.
As the increasing incidents of short time, temporary layoffs, retrenchments and other forms of workplace restructuring undercutting the total value of wages and eroding workers` hard-won gains show, capitalists not only seek to shove off loss upon their competitors. They do everything possible to shove off loss at all cost upon workers in particular as at all the times, but on an intensified scale during crisis. At the end of the day, it is the degree to which each capitalist is able to extract as much surplus value as possible from labour and therefore impose maximum loss upon workers that basically determines their competitive advantage over their competitors.
This is the general character of the situation that was going on, including the old capitalist strategy of divide and rule. In this regard, the mining bosses gave one section of workers wage increases outside of collective bargaining agreements and deprived the rest of the workers thus effectively igniting the strike and setting workers against other workers. Rape, killings, displacements and other forms of workers` or human rights violations took place in this context until the tragic 16th August 2012 police intervention occurred and even thereafter.
Further, the NUM in South Africa had, and still has, a long established campaign towards beneficiation and socialisation of the mining sector. This was obviously another danger to monopoly capitalist interests that then sought an alternative trade union organisation.
Current struggles taking place in the sphere of education: what are we faced with?
Dear comrades, please allow me to conclude by touching on the topical issue of both interest and concern, the ongoing disruption of the academic programme in South African universities and the genuine concerns of student relating to the all-important need to accelerate our ongoing progressive rollout of free higher education for the working class and poor who cannot afford student fees.
At the heart of the current student struggles in South Africa, is the fact that capitalism is refusing to fund the education of the workers and the poor. South Africa has enough money to be able to fund higher education for the working class and the poor, but the money that is required is largely concentrated in the hands of capital. This comes against the backdrop of decades of underfunding of higher education for black people.
The unaffordability of higher education by South Africa`s working and lower middle classes also has to do with these classes being heavily indebted as they are wooed by capitalist finance institutions to borrow for consumption and not lending for investment into productive activities. Interestingly, it was this sort of indebtedness that also played a huge role in the kinds of wage demands made in the platinum industry.
There can be no doubt that, post-apartheid, South African has delivered a massive progress in expanding access to both basic and higher education and training. There can also be no doubt that, notwithstanding the progress achieved, a lot still needs to be done and that the pace of change is unfortunately also decided by the amount of resources available and the balance of priorities.
It was after taking into account these conditions that the government recently announced that it will, through the policy of the National Student Financial Aid, pay fees and fee increases for the working class and poor who cannot afford.
In addition, for the first time the government will pay fee increases for lower sections of the middle class, covering households earning below the fairly high amount of R600 000 per annum. This is progress.
In other words, there will be no fee increases in 2017 except for those from rich families who can afford to pay but capped at 8 percent fee increase.
What we are dealing with, however, is a global problem not only in respect to student debt but also the material basis of the problem and its essential content.
The bourgeoisie are disproportionately the only consumers – on a capitalist private basis – of the professional and skilled labour power of graduates. Yet the bourgeoisie`s contribution in expanding access to higher education and training is almost invisible. It is the very same bourgeoisie who are opposed to corporate tax on a global scale and are campaigning against any increase in corporate tax needed to augment public resources and finance social programmes such as facilitating access to higher education.
In other words, we are faced with a challenge of having to subsidise the exploitative bourgeoisie from the meagre public revenue that is facing multiple priorities compared to capital`s massive accumulation of profit without regard to the needs of society including education but for greed and nothing else.
In addition, the ongoing capitalist crises that erupted in 2008 shrunk the tax base and continue to impact negatively on public revenue.
Let us work together as comrades in struggle and confront imperialism, our common strategic opponent!
Working people of the world will not be free unless we unite and defeat imperialism!
We hope your Congress will conclude successfully, and we look forward to your resolutions!
Issued by the SACP
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We here at IJ are of a rather independent mindset. When faced with the choice between a well paved, if somewhat restricting, road or hacking our own way through the wilderness, we are the sort to pick up our machetes and create our own space. We don’t hold any grudges against traditional publishing. Traditional publishers have (and continue to) put out some really great books. However, we are excited by possibilities of indie and self-publishing. We kind of have a thing for independent art in general. In the last few decades both film and music have benefited from artists taking personal control of their projects and destinies and now technology has opened up the same opportunities to authors. We are excited to be a small part of supporting this new era in publishing.
Why an online community?
IJ is more than just a blog – we are a community. We firmly believe that art is best supported by a community comprised of fellow authors and fans. We are so blessed to live in an age where communities do not have to be local, but can be global. We can gather together with like-minded Janeites from around the world to create our own unique place on the web. Indie Jane is that place and we hope that you will join us here!
– Jessica and Nancy, creators of Indie Jane
Indie Jane Creators:
Jessica Grey is an author, fairytale believer, baseball lover, and recovering Star Wars fangirl. A life-long Californian, she now lives in Montana with her husband and two children, where she spends her time writing, perfecting the fine art of toddler-wrangling, spreading the love of Austen in Big Sky Country, and drinking way too much caffeine. Her first novel, Awake: A Fairytale, is now available. Visit Jessica’s blog.
Nancy Kelley is a Janeite, an Austenesque author, and a blogger. Her debut novel, His Good Opinion, is now available on Amazon. During the writing of that novel, a version of Mr. Darcy took up residence in her brain; she fondly refers to him as the Darcy in My Head, or DIMH.
If Nancy could possess any fictional device, it would be a Time-Turner. Then perhaps she could juggle a full-time library job, writing, and blogging; and still find time for sleep and a life. Until then, she lives on high doses of tea, of which DIMH approves. Visit Nancy’s blog.
Indie Jane Contributors:
Jennifer Becton has worked for more than twelve years in the traditional publishing industry as a freelance writer, editor, and proofreader. Upon discovering the possibilities of the expanding ebook market, she created Whiteley Press, an independent publishing house, and has since published Charlotte Collins: A Continuation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, “Maria Lucas”: A Short Story in the Personages of Pride and Prejudice Collection, and Absolute Liability: A Southern Fraud Thriller. Caroline Bingley, her second Austen novel, is available now. Visit Jennifer’s blog.
Kimberly Truesdale is a writing and literature teacher who has a line from The Great Gatsby tattooed on her arm and has worn out at least five copies of Anne of Green Gables. In July of this year, Kimberly published her first Austenesque novel, My Dear Sophy, about how the Admiral and Mrs. Croft from Persuasion first meet. Kim is currently editing her second novel, The Wrong Woman, a Regency romance, and writing a non-fiction account of a murder mystery in her family. Follow Kim on Twitter or Facebook.
Rebecca Fleming who you may know as RivkaBelle, is an avid reader and lover of all things Austen, whose day job in Academia keeps her entertained when reading’s not an option. She is a fervent believer in fairy tales and the power of Love, and often describes her purpose as “the distributor of tough love and fairy dust.” You can keep tabs on her reading habits by swinging by A Word’s Worth,, or track her progress in writing her first Austenesque novel at Fairy Jane Tales.
Patty Marq is an Indie Jane community member and reviewer. She recently graduated with a B.A. in Psychology and Social Behavior from the University of California, Irvine. Patty fell in love with Jane Austen’s works seven years ago and has been reading austenesque literature since. When she is not planning to take over the world she can be found creating beautiful pieces of art with calligraphy. You can follow her on Twitter.
Jakki Leatherberry, former high-school language arts teacher and lover of all things Austen, lives in Georgia where she and her husband moved after graduating from a liberal arts college in Ohio. One of her greatest pleasures is reading and analyzing literature. When she is not chasing around her two children, Jakki can be found under a quilt, cup of coffee in hand, reading. She is blog mistress of Leatherbound Reviews.
Anna Horner is a news bureau editor by day, and a bookblogger and novelist-in-the-making by night. She graduated from Suffolk University in Boston in 2000 with a B.A. in English and Sociology. She fell in love with books at a very early age and wrote her first poem in 5th grade about cats. She has been blogging about books since 2007 at Diary of an Eccentric. She is obsessed with Jane Austen and all the variations of her novels, reads a lot of fiction and non-fiction about World War II, and co-hosts the War Through the Generations reading challenges. Anna does almost all of her reading on public transportation and has been seen laughing out loud, tearing up, and occasionally missing her stop. She can be reached at diaryofaneccentric[at]hotmail[dot]com. | <urn:uuid:89988fde-1765-4f70-a434-daa18ee449f3> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://www.indiejane.org/about-2/ | 2019-05-19T22:56:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232255182.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20190519221616-20190520003616-00276.warc.gz | en | 0.961862 | 1,431 | [
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The cover photograph is of the fully made-up 'monkeyman' Gabriel. “This photo was shot in December 1982 at the Universal Amphitheatre, the Los Angeles leg of Peter’s 'Security' Tour. During the performance of 'Lay Your Hands On Me' Peter would look into the crowd in a very intense way before throwing himself onto the raised hands of the audience. That was also a rare moment to get the blue of his eyes on camera. And I got it!
A couple of months later Peter came to my house in LA as I had prepared a slide show for him to choose photos for his upcoming Live album. When this photo came up we all liked it as the best.
I was knocked out when I saw the final result on 'Plays Live' The original photo was a 35 mm of his face and arms, but the image that graced the front cover was a courageous tight crop of his face, hence the grainy effect” Armando Gallo. | <urn:uuid:f9645c1f-da01-44f6-ad58-84c4b5dd5a9b> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | http://realworldgalleries.com/live/ | 2019-05-21T02:56:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256215.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20190521022141-20190521044141-00436.warc.gz | en | 0.98494 | 204 | [
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When should I dial 110?
The emergency number 110 is toll-free, also from mobile phones. You can call 110 from a mobile phone even if there is no credit or without entering the PIN.
An emergency call will be answered by a police officer at any time of the day or night.
When should I call 110?
If you are a witness to, or victim of, a crime
If you can give information about a possible crime
If you are in danger
If you observe anything suspicious
Abuse of the emergency number is a criminal offence, which can result in legal or financial consequences.
What information should I be prepared to give?
Keep calm! Be prepared to answer the following questions:
Give the address - town/district, street, house number, apartment number.
If you are not sure of the address, describe the location as fully as possible
Describe exactly the nature of the emergency
How many people?
Give the number of people involved and how many of these are injured
State what type of injuries you are aware of
Give your name, address and telephone number
Stay on the line
Don’ t hang up. The police may need to ask a few more questions or clarify the situation. The emergency services will already be on their way to you even while you are still on the line
Wait for the emergency services to arrive
First aid rules
112 =Fire brigade
Try to assess the situation
Make sure you are not in danger
Call the emergency services toll-free on:
Give first aid
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November 30, 2011
“I’m going to bleed on the page and laugh at the blood. ”
Creative types could do worse than to check out the podcasts of Marc Maron. The struggle to do something original, to have your voice heard, to make a difference. This is something we all share. Maron reveals the joys and neuroses of the creative life like no-one else.
November 29, 2011
A nice mashup here. As one who just types in a scree of words and hits “return”, I realize now I could probably do better. Here is their take on our old friend, Google Scholar.
November 29, 2011
Just when you think things couldn’t get worse. You’re already living at -1C, with urchins and starfish for neighbors.
Ahh great. A brinicle.
November 27, 2011
Robert Krulwich (co-host of the Greatest Science Podcast Ever: RadioLab) writes in his NPR blog of a new book by Toby Lester on the life of Leonardo da Vinci. It never hurts to study the live’s of the great thinkers. All it takes is one good idea, one new habit, to change your life, incrementally, for the better. Here are a few things to think about.
Read the rest of this entry »
November 25, 2011
I mean, a lot of critics think I’m stupid because my sentences are so simple and my method is so direct: they think these are defects. No. The point is to write as much as you know as quickly as possible.
ht Christopher Buckley writing for the New York Times
See also On writing better–Kurt Vonnegut
November 25, 2011
Lynn Margulis passed away last Tuesday 22 November 2011.
Margulis is best known for her serial endosymbiosis hypothesis: that eukaryotes are collections of co-evolved bacteria; that our mitochondria were once free-living creatures that served up their ATPs to a host cell in exchange for free room and board.
It is a measure of a scientist’s life the number of hypotheses that go from heresy to dogma. Often one only really notices this when teaching undergrads. I used to enjoy, years ago, trying to blow the minds of freshman and sophomores by spinning stories of ancient collaborations in briny seas; how life “self assembled” in a cooperative framework. I’ll never forget the one year in Principles of Ecology, in the middle of waxing on about this great evolutionary milestone, when I caught the looks on the faces staring back. Distinctly bored; more than a little impatient.
“Errmm, so you know about this stuff?” I think I asked. “Doesn’t everybody?” said a pre-med.
This was Oklahoma. Margulis had won.
I end with a quote from the NYT obituary, linked above.
“More than 99.99 percent of the species that have ever existed have become extinct,” Dr. Margulis and Dorion Sagan wrote in “Microcosmos,” a 1986 book that traced, in readable language, the history of evolution over four billion years, “but the planetary patina, with its army of cells, has continued for more than three billion years. And the basis of the patina, past, present and future, is the microcosm — trillions of communicating, evolving microbes.”
November 24, 2011
“How do you and your wife split songwriting chores?
It’s an adventure. You’ve got a flashlight, I’ve got the map. You hold the nail, I’ll swing the hammer. You wash, I’ll dry. If two people know the same thing, one of you is unnecessary. My wife has dreams and is telepathic and clairvoyant and female. I write from the news or what I see in my field of vision. I’m boots and hats and pocketknives. She’s filled with musical and lyrical surprises. She’s a joy to work with.”
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The Fey Save the Day
A Magic Christmas Dragon Tale
The dragon that lived in Winta Cave, had another Christmas to rue.
The fey planned to save the day but did he know that too?
With their magic they had a plan, it was quite cunning too.
The dragon never stood a chance, oh this day he’d rue.
They snuck behind him in his cave, careful to avoid him.
With bated breath, they wait to strike, oh how they abhorred him.
Fast asleep, it was time, time to destroy him.
Oh how the fey adored, heroes of a whim.
“Sprash na dah” the spell cast, ready to kill him.
The dragon awoke and started to sneeze, he was allergic to them.
“Oh no, we’d better retreat” for the fey were small in number.
“Oh yes, flee now” they skedaddled on out of there.
The dragon then thought to stop, not such a great idea?
“Next Christmas” he thought.
He’d sneezed and fought, it was time to sleep now.
Louise Findlay writes fantasy (generally short stories) and inspirational poetry. She enjoys reading and writing about mythological creatures such as angels and demons but has a soft spot for vampires. Louise is currently in the midst of writing a vampire novella about two clans whose deputy’s clash in a big way, entitled A Spy in the Sagax Vampires.
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Norco Co-operative Ltd is a dairy based food provider specialising in contract manufacturing for well known established brands, organisations and aspiring entrepreneurs, nationally and internationally.
Wiley was contracted to design and construct a continuing blast freezer to complement the company’s ice-cream production operation.
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Great styler but I was not able to register it with ghd. Pretty disappointed. They said that does not mean it's not authentic just that I did not buy it from an approved dealer.
Purchased this straightener and I absolutely love it gets my hair straight a lot faster than the cheap ones. The cheap ones I had to go over and over my hair. This one works much better faster gets my hair nice and smooth. It also curls my hair well when I put a wave in it. It may be pricey but worth it. It also doesn't cool down. The cheap straighteners tend to loose their heat as you use them. This one stays hot
This styler really works I can curl or straighten with it and the style holds all day without hairspray.
Hello, ladies! This is Monica, the founder of the MyStraightener blog. In this post, I’m going to tell you about the best flat irons on the market so far and some other hair straighteners. I will also give you some tips and tricks on how to choose the best straightening iron for your hair type. At the end of the post, I’m going to answer the most common questions about using flat irons. Gosh, we have so much to discuss! I hope you have some leisure time =)
Love love my ghd I ordered this to replace my last ghd that had lasted me 7 years I love the quality and way it styles my hair.
my wife loves it very awesome. She looks great
great quality. I've had this for years now. I'm a black female with 3b hair. This styler is amazing. Sedu and ghd have never let me down.
This lightweight styler heats up quickly and has 20 temperature settings for all hair types which reach a top temperature of 230 degrees; making it ideal for people who have thicker or curlier hair. The inclusion of a long swivel cord makes it easy to move the styler around your head so you can fully straighten the hair at the back. Because of the shape of the plates, you can use them to smooth the hair down for perfectly sleek hair, or use their curved edges for gorgeous curls.
Okay so to begin I wanted a ghd being the top of the line hair straightener in competition with the sudo but I didnt want to pay the 200 price tag so amazon was my best choice.i want to say my previous hair straightener was a solia which is also one of the top hair straightener and I purchased it straight from folica.comcompared to the solia the ghd defiantly beats it and I'm very happy I purchased it.a lot of complaints for the ghd was that people kept getting fake non legit ones I am happy to say I received a legit ghd and you can too.the best way to know if it is legit whether it comes from amazon or not is to check the sellers reviews always do so . I usually buy from those who have usually more then 1000 reviews and score at least a 97 . That is how you know whether you are getting the real deal.second when you receive it to test its authenticity sign up for its warranty from the little paper they give you included. If it has the shiny sticker inside the clasps of the straightener it is most likely the real deal but to make sure you should sign up for again its warranty. If it goes through congrats you have a real ghd this is how you can tell if your ghd is a fake fake fake if it is made in china it is manufactured in p.r.c. Or south korea if the warranty does not work if you do not have the shiny sticker in italso be cautious when buying from a third party seller.also the warranty will most likely be voided if you buy from amazon but you should still sign up for it to check for its authenticity.hope this helped guys
bought these for my partner as a christmas present and 3 months on she's very happy with them excellent genuine ghd straighteners at a very reasonable price.
I was told by my stylist to get this flat iron because my chi was totally worn out. I was a little skeptical after reading reviews that some were fakes but I ordered the sold by amazon one and I was able to register it at ghd's website. I am definitely so happy that I chose to get this styler. It is awesome. It's the one and done styler. I don't have to keep going over and over my hair to get it straight so I know it's better for my hair overall. Plus you can't beat the fact that it turns itself off after 30 minutes. It takes away my did I remember to turn it off fear every time I left the house after straightening my hair. I also have really curly hair and this makes my hair soft smooth and shiny. Definitely recommend
High quality reasonable price and quick arrival. What do you want more thank you so much it was a pleasure dealing with you
In the early 1870s, in a shift that historians attribute to the influence of the West, Japanese men began cutting their hair into styles known as jangiri or zangiri (which roughly means "random cropping"). During this period, Asian women were still wearing traditional hairstyles held up with combs, pins and sticks crafted from tortoise, metal, wood and other materials, but in the middle 1880s, upper-class Japanese women began pushing back their hair in the Western style (known as sokuhatsu), or adopting Westernized versions of traditional Japanese hairstyles (these were called yakaimaki, or literally, soirée chignon).
Available with either ceramic plates (good for all hair types) or titanium ones (choice for curly, thick, and coarse textures), this innovative styler features touch sensor technology that lowers the heat when it's not being used, then automatically brings it back up to temp as soon as it's touched. Translation: No more waiting for your iron to heat up in between passes. Use it for smooth and sleek styles, or take advantage of the round brush-esque attachments to create more of a bouncy blowout effect.
You are definitely paying for quality.have been using ghds since 2006 older models and have never looked back. Quality is superb and definitely delivers great results.can easily last 10 years
My second one I bought. It does a great job and does not dry your hair out. My hair always looks healthy
Fast shipping. Had the chi for years and now I wouldn't go back.product works wonders would highly recommend over the chi
these work very well as do all ghd straighteners. I have used ghds for years and once I discovered them I never looked back. I can straighten my hair in half the time compared to other similar products and my hair feels better and less damaged afterwards too. I have also received fantastic after sales service from ghd before as well so I trust the brand. These are no different they are well made and the design looks classy while they straighteners themselves do a good job and didn't leave my hair feeling frazzled and fried. The kit itself is decent in the box there were the straighteners of course a heat mat a bag to keep the straighteners in a protective 'end' to put over the hot parts of the straighteners two professional hair clips to hold your hair back while straightening and a paddle brush. These seem to all fit in the bag so it is very useful if you are travelling or even just storing it between uses. The cable is long enough to make using them a doddle and the auto switch off will help ease your mind if you are on your way to work and wondering if you have turned them off despite all this I have knocked a star off purely because they don't work as well as my ghd pinks these leave my hair feeling smooth and silky and the gold set just doesn't seem to do this quite as well. Nevertheless I would still buy them over any other brand out there.
I am so happy since I bought my ghd. I should have bought it before. It is so easy to work with it love it
Exactly what I was looking for for a gift.my daughter in law loves it.
ghd is always a perfect choice for a straightener. I love this so much.
I have spent years and years looking for the ultimate set of straighteners but have always resisted the ghd's because of the price but I finally gave in and ordered a pair this sunday and they arrived today I can assure anyone that these are the real thing the serial number has been authenticated by the official ghd website. As for the results wow my hair has never felt or looked so good and I have fine curly frizzy hair I have even washed the car and guess what no frizz or curls please order them you seriously won't be disappointed
The historical dictum to brush hair with one hundred strokes every day is somewhat archaic, dating from a time when hair was washed less frequently; the brushstrokes would spread the scalp's natural oils down through the hair, creating a protective effect. Now, however, this does not apply when the natural oils have been washed off by frequent shampoos. Also, hairbrushes are now usually made with rigid plastic bristles instead of the natural boar's bristles that were once standard; the plastic bristles increase the likelihood of actually injuring the scalp and hair with excessively vigorous brushing. However, traditional brushes with boar's bristles are still commonly used among African Americans and those with coarse or kinky textures to soften and lay down curls and waves.
This is a really lovely gift set the packaging is so nice and the presentation makes it feel really special. The brush and hair clips are both very nicely made I don't really understand the design of the clips exactly as they are very flexible but they certainly hold my hair well during styling the brush is as a brush is... Brushy I have very fine hair and it tends towards the static this made the issue slightly worse. I plan on sticking with my regular wooden brush. The carrying bag and heat proof mat are both well made not quite my style as the quilted look isn't my favourite but both are quite posh and it's just really handy to have somewhere to always put the straighteners wherever I am. I particularly like the silicon cap to put over the end of the straighteners though it's very minimalistic and I think I'll use this item the most.as for the straighteners they are just as good as ghd are renowned for. They heat up really quickly and they beep to let you know when you switch on the power and when they are ready. I appreciate the auto off feature too that switches off after 30 minutes just in case. The plates are smooth and don't catch my hair too much there is a slight issue with that and one of the seams it doesn't always happen but sometimes I do catch a hair. Overall I'm really pleased and looking forward to lots more good hair days.
I bought these for two reasons my trusty babyliss straighteners died and I was just about to take a trip to america. Rather than buy two pairs for the different voltages I invested in these dual voltage ghds and am extremely pleased. Light and easy to use heat up and cool down very quickly. Only one heat setting but they work absolutely fine on my curly hair and I find I don't need to do it every day unless my hair gets damp but that's the joy of natural curls lol. Worked exactly the same on the american voltage with an adaptor for the plug. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend these if you need to replace your current straighteners. Maybe a little pricey but you get what you pay for with this type of electrical item.
My second one I bought. It does a great job and does not dry your hair out. My hair always looks healthy
A fabulous duo of top notch ghd products. Firstly the styler it's easy to use as it automatically heats to a predetermined non adjustable 185 c optimal for styling without damaging hair. Should one need a higher temperature then this is not for you. It's supplied with a chunky 20 cm square heat mat to protect surfaces and it auto powers off after 30 minutes if not in use. Given its speedy heat up rate I reckon this could be reduced to 10 minutes in use great results are possible with very little practise.and the hairdryer very nicely balanced with good access to the controls without stopping. The lower switch is the 3 position fan speed off medium high but it doesn't sit quite right ... To get to the highest speed one has to push the end of the switch down into the handle its as though the switch has not been installed level vertical but it's not a huge problem the 3 position heat switch is much better. The cold shot button requires a fair bit of effort to hold in with 1 finger for anything more than a few seconds.both have very good quality cable that are properly flexible unlike some 2.7 m styler 3.0 m on the dryer. With regard to cables the manufacturer's make it clear that the cables should not be wound around the device but folded as they were as they came out of the box ... That's ok in theory but using the twist ties is not practicable so it would have been useful to include some cheap and easy method of coiling the cable especially for travelall said and done superb kit with a niggle about a switch and cable storage
Ghd quality is well known in the beauty industry and is reflected in this styler. It works better than any other my wife has used. Sure the less expensive ones work just not as quickly and typically others do not work anywhere in the world this one does. I ordered it gift wrapped and so pleased I did not only was the box and wrapping suburb but disguised the contents resulting in a big surprise on christmas day. It was recommended to us from a close friend and I recommend it to you too.
Users with super-thick hair have given Remington's 1" Pearl Straightener the stamp of approval on Target's website, praising it for quickly and easily smoothing strands. According to reviewers, the $24.99 tool stands up to counterparts that are more than six times the price, so you'd be hard-pressed to find a better deal out there. It has multiple heat settings, allowing you to adjust the quick-heat plates to just the right temperature to create pin-straight hair or soft curls.
Weighing just over 1 pound, the BaByliss Pro Nano Titanium Straightening Iron is the lightest hair straightener on our list of the best flat irons! This lightweight design makes it a great choice for users that are constantly on the go, and even when traveling. In fact, this model might make a wonderful “second straightener” for someone that wants to keep their locks looking fine on the road without toting around their heavier at-home hair straightener!
I'd had a pair of nicky clarke straighteners that I couldn't seem to get on with and when I was given some amazon vouchers for christmas decided to take the plunge and buy the ghd's that everyone raves about. Well now I totally get why they rave about them. Very easy to use they straighten my thick and wavy hair in seconds. No repeating sections one sweep and the hair is straight and sleek holding the style until the next wash.yes they're pricy but in this instance you get what you pay for.
So, when it comes to hair care, it is no surprise that the healing benefits of infrared technology would make their way into the industry sooner or later! The far infrared technology in the CHI Air Expert Classic Tourmaline Ceramic Flat Iron leaves your hair looking and feeling smoother and silkier than ever before, while helping to restore your strands to their naturally strong and beautiful thickness.
replaced my old ghd’s. After 10 years as I thought they were losing heat these are great I stuck to the same ones as I have had other straighteners and they weren’t as good these are the real deal and don’t damage my coloured hair better the devil you know I always say
Very good styler and much cheaper than in the store.always difficult to find good quality not damaging styler with dual voltage.very pleased
"Unite Pro Tools Flat Iron is an easy-to-use, low maintenance iron," says Chris Dylan. Dylan works with Kylie Jenner so finding an easy-to-use tool is a must when you’re helping someone go from a platinum blonde bob to jet black floor length extensions. in a span of a week. He notes that with a fast-heating iron and beveled edges, it creates soft waves and has a great temperature gauge that keeps you firmly in control of the heat.
The heat can reach up to 400 degrees Fahrenheit; not as high as our other picks but definitely high enough for most hair types. However, for those with stubborn, coarse hair, you may want to look elsewhere for your hair styling needs. Also, this is one of the priciest hair straighteners we’ve tried so you’ll need to save a bit to splurge on this one.
I had bought this to replace my old ghd. I wasn’t sure of the authenticity of product but ordered it anyway. My ghd arrived a few days before scheduled delivery which was a nice surprise. It is official so I had to test it and it works excellent. Very happy with this purchase.
This hair straightener works wonderfully. Even when my friends use my straightener they always compliment how smoothly it works. I love that it turns off by itself because I have had times where I have left it on. I also use this straightener to curl my hair and I get compliments on how that looks as well. Ghd is best way to go with hair straighteners in my opinion.
Cannot get better than the ghd's. Excellent buy for my daughter. Bought the protective treatment aswell for the hair. I wouldn't purchase any other type of straightener.
I love this styler. Use it daily it heats up literally in seconds straightens my super thick frizzy hair very fast and as of yet has not caused noticeable damage. I absolutely think it's worth the money. Also I was able to register my product it was a genuine ghd.
The ability to create bouncy curls or waves with a flat iron (we know, it seems counter-intuitive!) is a biggie in the beauty industry and merits a bit more discussion. If you’re totally lost and there aren’t enough video tutorials on the planet to explain this weird yet awesome process, don’t worry! Just follow along with our step-by-step guide and you will be curling with the best of them in no time!
The GVP Digital Ceramic 1-inch Styling Iron made it on our list because it heats up quickly, doesn’t snag or pull your hair, and features a digital display that you rarely see in models at this price point. The temperature settings range from 160 to 450 degrees Fahrenheit. You can change heat settings in 10-degree increments. You can easily check the display to see whether the plates have reached your desired temperature because the display is in real time. It comes with a 9-foot long cord so you can plug it far away from a mirror if necessary.
These glacial blue stylers are gorgeous. Slimline but not compact they come in the standard heatproof carry wrap favoured by and included with all ghd products. These make an excellent gift. They come enclosed in a gorgeous sturdy high quality box. The stylers themselves heat up nice and quickly usable in no time at all. For cooling down this takes a while and I'd definitely recommend to use the mat provided for safety. Well manufactured and a quality product as expected from this brand.
Just had my very long very thick hair cut today and they finished it with this straightener. I'm a big supporter of what isn't broken doesn't need to be replaced but with how well this one worked and how silky smooth my hair feels now compared to my old straightener I am now shopping around to replace it. I'll probably get a 50 model like the hsi instead of this for 140 190 but for those willing to pay this price it works wonderfully and hopefully you love the results as much as I do
This styler really works I can curl or straighten with it and the style holds all day without hairspray.
For normal to medium thick hair, the ideal temperature is somewhere between 300 to 350 Fahrenheit. If the length is below the shoulder, experts recommend the heat setting 360 to 380 degrees Fahrenheit. If you can, choose a model that has a digital panel. This allows you to see exactly how much heat the hair straightener is pressing onto your hair at any given time.
My third pair of ghds quality product
I bought this not to straighten my hair but to add long lasting curls. Once you get the hang of it this works great. My curls stay in longer than when I use a curling iron or hot rollers.
The FemJolie flat straightening brush is convenient because of its lightweight, less than one pound. It’s extremely flexible because it allows you to select temperatures as low as 176° (too low for most users, but not bad for a brief touch-up) and as high as 450° (the right setting for those with very thick hair) in increments of 9°. The brush auto-locks at your selected temperature so you can’t burn your hair by mistake and so it automatically heats to the right temperature every time you use it; you can easily override the auto-lock if you choose.
The ultimate clay products at Hanz de Fuko are Quicksand and Claymation (over 3 million sold!). Quicksand is both a styling clay and dry shampoo with high hold and a dry matte finish. For the ambitious learners, Quicksand contains diatomaceous earth, a sedimentary rock that’s highly absorbent and helps plump strands. Claymation on the other hand, is a styling “clay-wax” hybrid with super high hold and a matte finish. We added a touch of Quicksand to this formula for an added boost of holding power and flexible hold.
I bought these to replace my older pair of about 8 years they are the best on the market worth the price you will not be disappointed I registered mine with ghd with the hologram code and date code with no problems this will prove authenticity for peace of mind.
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We arrived in Floyd and our new home in 2004 with two loved ones in tow: AC, our black alpha male cat (whose initials stood for “Anti-Christ) and Trouble, a more laid back grey and white model who could be sneaky.
Both were several years old. Amy found AC as a kitten crying in the rain in a ditch in Belleville, Illinois, while getting her late mother’s house on the market and Trouble was an alley cat found by a coworker in Washington, DC, who asked us to take him because her landlord didn’t allow animals.
Then my sister needed a new home for a young cat that her boyfriend didn’t like so an orange tabby joined our circle shortly after arriving. He was at least a year old, we think, and didn’t care for the other cats. He sat purring in my lap on our drive home but laid his ears back and screamed at AC and Trouble.
So we named him Jekyll, short for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Turned out is was a perfect name.
Shortly after joining our family, I stumbled downstairs on a Saturday morning to make coffee and while the Bunn was brewing, I headed to the bathroom by the kitchen for usual morning business.
The look that greeted me from the sink of the bathroom said: “Buzz off, I’m trying to sleep here.”
I took a photo of him and his favorite sleeping spot. it is my favorite shot of him.
He had a habit of turning up where you least expect him and wasn’t always happy being interrupted.
But he was a loving cat and purred loudly in our arms. He could meow loudly and, if that didn’t work, scream at the top of his lungs for attention.
We wasn’t screaming when Amy had him in her arms Tuesday. He took his last breath and died. We knew the time was near. His hearing was gone and his eyesight was failing. The two cats who came to Floyd with us in 2012 are gone. AC died in 2017 and Trouble succumbed to failing health in 2016.
We had three cats for most of our 23 years in the Washington, DC, area. The oldest, named Asterisk, came with us from Illinois with in 1981 and died in Arlington nearly 20 years later. The three remaining cats now include CoCo and Puffer, two sisters rescued with help from the Floyd Humane Society and Bootsie, an alpha male who arrived unannounced at our house and checked us out from outside for a couple of months until he decided we were worthy of his companionship and is now the surviving alpha male.
They will spend the next few weeks searching the house for Jekyll. Puffer licked him and tried to make him comfortable as the end approached Tuesday afternoon. She will miss him.
So will we.
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Mr. Olson has more than 20 years in the financial services industry, and possesses a range of experience specializing in the marketing and product development arenas.
Olson was a Principal and Founder of Aspire Financial Services, and contributed to the growth of the company into a nationally recognized leader in the retirement plan industry, with more than $10 billion of recordkeeping assets, approximately 250,000 participants.
Prior to ASPire, Olson worked with Decimal, Inc., as Senior Vice President of Strategic Development and mPower as VP of Product Development. Previously, Olson began his career with Charles Schwab as a Senior Marketing Manager, focusing on developing retirement products for the small business market with over $30 billion in assets through these products.
Mr. Pearson has dedicated more than 30 years of his career to the financial services industry. He excels in long-term planning, creating business efficiencies and managing strategic initiatives. He began his career in broker operations at Piper Jaffray before moving to Universal Pensions, Inc. (now Ascensus), where he served as Vice President of Operations and was responsible for significant growth in the company’s retirement plan services. As Vice President of Matrix Settlement and Clearance and then President of its affiliate, MG Trust Company, Mr. Pearson increased revenue by focusing on infrastructure and product development. He currently serves on the Board of Colorado Associations of Trust Companies and is the Chairman and a co-founder of Denver Golfer’s Against Cancer, a charity dedicated to cancer research. As President/CEO, he is responsible for product development, strategic relationships, financials and operational oversight.
Mr. DeRubertis has lead business development, relationship management, sales and marketing teams throughout his 30 plus years in the financial services industry. Prior to joining FPS Group in 2017, Mr. DeRubertis directed the formation of the company while working as a Managing Director with Bluff Point Associates, which owns FPS. Prior to joining Bluff Point, Mr. DeRubertis was head of sales at Matrix Settlement & Clearance Services where he played a significant role in that Bluff Point Company’s growth from 2000 until it was sold to Broadridge Financial in 2011. Prior to joining Matrix, Mr. DeRubertis was Vice President of Mutual Fund Services at the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (“DTCC”). At DTCC, Mr. DeRubertis was director of bank marketing focused on growing the use of DTCC’s automated mutual fund services. Mr. DeRubertis served on the American Bankers Association’s Mutual Fund Processing Committee and as a member of the Investment Company Institute’s Bank/Trust Advisory Committee. | <urn:uuid:f29d8383-22fd-4242-b7a9-1cd1e65c91ca> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://www.fpsgroupllc.com/our-team | 2019-05-24T18:09:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232257699.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20190524164533-20190524190533-00356.warc.gz | en | 0.972425 | 549 | [
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Fixed Prosthodontics is the branch of dentistry which includes all restorations permanently placed in the mouth. Restorations like these are crowns on teeth or implants and bridges (fixed partial dentures) also applied on teeth and implants. In the same branch restorations like Onlays-Inlays or Veneers are also included but are classified as more aesthetic orientated. Aesthetic solutions like onlays-inlays or veneers are more conservative considering the needed preparation of the tooth but their application is not always reliable and in these cases a full-coverage dental crown or a dental bridge are indicated as the best long-term solutions.
A dental crown is used to cover and fully protect a tooth from mastication forces when too less tooth substance remains due to decay or fracture of the tooth. Crowns can be applied at both front and back teeth.
A dental crown is usually necessary in the following cases:
- To cover (and protect in this way) a largely decayed tooth that has lost a big amount of healthy tooth substance
- To correct an aesthetic problem of a tooth if that is not possible with more conservative restorations
- To restore a dental implantAt our disposal are materials that replace the old materials that had many time as a problem, especially at front tooth area, the presence of the unaesthetic gray line at the border of a dental crown of bridge with the gums. Nowadays apart from metal-porcelain solutions, we have metal-free restorations to choose from. Metal-free restorations have the ability to reflect light and give a more natural and appearance of a restored tooth that makes the appearance of a whole smile much brighter!
Bridges or Fixed Partial Dentures (FPD) are used to replace one or more missing teeth. They can be supported on the adjacent teeth (which should also be prepared to accept a dental crown each) and after final placement compensate for the gap of the missing tooth or teeth. The simplest case is a 3-piece bridge where only two adjacent abutment (supporting) teeth and an intermediate to make up for the empty space. In some other cases, the missing teeth are more and in this case to ensure a good prognosis and a long-term survival rate of the bridge more abutment teeth can and should be used to rehabilitate more missing teeth.
The same applies to implants. In the case of implants the advantage is that a missing tooth may be replaced with a single implant without any intervention at the adjacent teeth. This means that one gap can be restored with the placement of one implant and a crown on it and not a 3-piece bridge where two more teeth need to be involved in order for one single gap to be filled.
When there are more missing teeth then a bridge on implants can be supported by two or more implants. This can only be decided according to the length of the edentulous area (area with no teeth) and the bone provided to judge how many implants can be placed. A fixed partial denture on implants provides the patient with great stability during chewing or speaking and is also considered as a very aesthetic solution in comparison to solutions of the branch of Removable Prosthodontics where cheaper but less aesthetic solutions can be found.
The same as with crowns the materials of choice can be porcelain fused to metal solutions or metal-free all-ceramic solutions which are much aesthetic. The material we choose is decided according on the area needed to restore (front more aesthetic or back) or on other factors such as habbits of the patient (e.g bruxism). Of course solutions of metal-free restorations are always based on the financial possibilities of our patient. | <urn:uuid:0d60c730-e90e-43f4-8ea9-5d990fe1c0c1> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://artdent.gr/en/dental-service/fixed-prosthodontics/ | 2019-05-25T21:52:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232258451.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20190525204936-20190525230936-00516.warc.gz | en | 0.940794 | 769 | [
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Care and Share came to us for a website redesign, but in our initial Camp Counseling session we turned the tables – finding opportunities for impactful storytelling and clear communication. Their three very distinct, but equally important audiences needed to cut through the nonprofit jargon to find what mattered to them. Volunteers, donors, and those needing food, wanted a site that spoke to each of them directly. Leave it to the Rangers to give you something you never asked for 🙂
We created an experience where donors, volunteers and those seeking help could find the information they needed, when they needed it. While Care and Share’s core story remained the same, we created areas within the site where each audience could feel as though Care and Share was talking directly to them. This audience segmentation begins as soon as you land on the homepage.
02: Our Approach
A website ripe for change
With Care and Share, we took one step back to take two steps forward. We knew it wasn’t enough to just meet their site’s functionality requirements. They needed a visual and content hierarchy that helped users find the information most relevant to them.
Telling a story is so much more than words on a page. It’s color, typography, images, and yes, messaging. Most importantly, it’s how all of these elements work together to immerse the audience in a feeling. This is how we started our journey with Care and Share.
Before jumping into design of a page, we strip away the aesthetics and focus on the hierarchy of information on a page. How would someone use this site? What is the ideal user flow?
The “We have one belief: No one should go hungry.” content we created for the website is now used on everything from print ads to annual reports to semi-trucks.
The turning point
Simplifying jargon & messaging
Sometimes it’s hard to see the forest for the trees, especially when you’re in the trees every day. In our initial audit of Care and Share’s site, we realized they were using language that made perfect sense to their internal team, but felt confusing and unclear to their audiences. Phrases likes “Agency Locator” were simplified to “Find Food” so that neighbors who need it most could access nutritious food.
Soon after the new website launched Care and Share called us, concerned because the number of phone calls from people asking where to find food had gone down significantly. Turns out the website was just doing its job – quickly and easily navigating people to food resources in their immediate area.
03: The result
Fighting hunger, Ranger style
For our team, this was so much more than a website. We saw this project as an opportunity to help our neighbors in need, using the tools we know best. But the real heroes are the Care and Share employees and volunteers who wake up every day, inspired to take a stand in the fight against hunger.
They took an old, outdated and time-consuming website and transformed not only the website, but our way of thinking along the way. They challenged us creatively, helped us realize our potential and our voice and at the end of it all gave us an incredibly powerful tool. These guys… ugh… tearing up thinking about it. They’re smart. They’re forward thinking. They’re experts. They’re efficient. They’re stupid hard working. They’re Rangers for Pete’s sake. And, the best thing of all… they’ve become my friends for life.”
– SHANNON BRICE, Chief Marketing Officer
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Feeling inspired to lace up your boots and start a project? Every expedition starts with a 45-minute, complimentary consultation where we get to know you and your goals. Just fill out our project form to get started! | <urn:uuid:f7311e92-4c38-4568-88ad-2a51f823b61a> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://designrangers.com/case-studies/care-and-share-2/ | 2019-05-27T03:09:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232260658.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20190527025527-20190527051527-00116.warc.gz | en | 0.956763 | 813 | [
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Everything that's not your preference isn't wrong. Everything that IS your preference isn't right. Preferences are like opinions: we all have them. Make sure that what you're upset about is really about and right and wrong, and not just about someone not agreeing with your PREFERENCE.
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The post guide you how to get Vietnam Visa even if there is no Vietnam Embassy in Dubai, UAE.
You cannot get Vietnam visa in Dubai because there is no Vietnam Embassy or Vietnam consulate in Dubai. However, you can still get Vietnam visa in the UAE through two following ways:
We recommend this way to you if you are not travelling to Vietnam by air or you are living near the office of Vietnam Embassy or consulate. Here is some information needed if you want to obtain a Vietnam Visa in person at the Embassy.
– Address: Villa 0101, 27th str., sector 24, Al Mushrif area, Abu Dhabi, the UAE
– Phone: + 971.2.449 6710
– Fax: + 971.2.449 673
– Email: [email protected]
– Working hour: Embassy: Sunday – Thursday (8 a.m. – 2 p.m) | Consulate: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
If you this way to apply for your Vietnam visa, things needed to prepare include:
After you finish the procedure, you will get your visa within 3 to 5 working days.
By applying for visa at Vietnam Embassy, you will get your visa stamped before you go to the airport, but you have to visit the Embassy to submit our documents and may have to deal with some lost issues.
This option is convenient for those who live far from Vietnam Embassy or those who travel by air to any of 5 international airports in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Da Nang, Khanh Hoa and Ho Chi Minh City. The online application method is highly-recommended because of the following reasons:
How to apply online
First, you need to visit the website of an authorized travel agency, and fill in the Vietnam visa application form. Then, within 2 days (in normal case) or 1 day (in urgent cases) since your fee payment, you will receive your visa approval letter sent via email. On the day you travel, bring this approval letter, together with visa application form, your original passport, 02 passport sized photos and stamping fee, you will get your Vietnam visa stamped at the arrival airport in Vietnam.
VOA fees include: Service fee and stamping fee.
+ Service fee: this is the fee to pay for the travel agent you choose. This fee may be different depending on types of visa you apply for, number of person in your groups, and processing time you choose, etc.
+ Stamping fee: This is the fee to pay to the Immigration Counter at Vietnam airport to have your visa stamped. For detailed fee for Vietnam visa in UAE, please refer: https://www.vietnam-visa.com/guide/united-arab-emirates/
However, the VOA may cause some inconveniences: you may have to line up in front of the Immigration Counter at arrival airports to have your visa stamped or have a wrong name on the approval letter.
Before you choose any of the two methods, there are two things you need to know:
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Media reports indicate that Facebook is soon going to unveil a much changed and more graphic Newsfeed as early as this week. This update appears to be a big deal: It is not just the hard core tech crowd that is interested in this one, but there are many big businesses that are very interested to see how the changes will affect how we interact with our Newsfeed.
The unveiling of the new Newsfeed is supposed to happen this week at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, CA. Many media companies, celebrities and businesses who rely on Newsfeed to get much of their attention, will be most interested to see what the new design does.
The Facebook Newsfeed has been getting a good deal of press in the last six months. It has gotten interest from billionaire Mark Cuban, the Wall Street Journal, Wal Mart and Star Trek legend George Takei. All of these people and companies want to have Facebook put more of their Facebook posts into more Newsfeeds.
Last week, the tech columnist for the New York Times highlighted the problem: He wrote an article that said that only .03 percent of people who subscribe to his Facebook feed get any of his links, or like or share anything from his Wall.
Facebook aggressively filters Newsfeeds, so many users never see the content for which they are subscribed. They also do not always see posts on a page that they ‘liked.’ The complex filtering system powering Newsfeed, called EdgeRank, screens potential content based upon the posts, people and brands you have liked, commented upon and hidden in the recent past.
EdgeRank filtering can be ducked by paying Facebook, just as you can now pay to promote your friends’ posts. So, the firm is often accused of making its filter really tight to get people to open their wallets. Facebook denies this (it can’t deny, however, that the company paid zero net taxes in 2012).
It does not appear that there will be changes to EdgeRank this week. But, by changing the look and feel of Newsfeed, there could be a big effect on what content gets popular and is then shown by EdgeRank without any payment to Facebook.
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A COMMONS watchdog set up to curb MPs’ expenses spending has blown more than a quarter of a million pounds on a new website.
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has just launched a new interactive site that allows voters to see their MP’s outlays with an array of flashy graphics.
The total running bill for the five month-long project so far hit £261,725.70 this month, and will continue to spiral as more changes are made.
The site also has an eye-watering cost of £7,000 a month to run. That adds up to £84,000 a year – more than an MP’s entire annual salary of £75,000.
Senior MPs slammed the extravagant spending, forced out of IPSA by The Sun with Freedom of Information requests.
The Commons watchdog – set up in 2009 after the MPs expenses scandal - also tried to block how much the mammoth six month project cost.
The Sun’s FoI requests were at first blocked in October. But an internal review over-turned the decision.
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Tory MP and former Commons deputy speaker Nigel Evans said: “All spending of taxpayers’ money must be proportionate.
“While it is quite right that MPs should be claiming within limits, IPSA seem to spending with no limits whatsoever.
“They present a terrible role model for the rest of us, and this project should end immediately.”
An IPSA spokesman said: “We have invested in a new website to make it easier for the public to see what MPs spend.
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The Spectre (Variant 1 & 2) and Meltdown (Variant 3) threats that target speculative execution on all CPU’s will affect IBM Power7, Power7+, Power8 and Power9 systems and IBM has stated that it will have firmware patches for Power Systems available but does not state if its patches will cover all three variants of the vulnerabilities. IBM has not issued fixes for Power6, Power6+, and Power7 systems.
What is not known at this time is what kind of performance impact the fixes for Spectre and Meltdown will have. It will probably depend on the nature of the CPU architecture, the way the memories are isolated and checked to keep users out of kernel space, and the way the applications make use of speculative execution.
It is possible that systems that are CPU or memory bound are going to thrash after the fixes are applied. Our advice is to benchmark the throughput of your system for some period of time before applying the patches, apply the patches and then run the tests again so that you fully understand and can document the impact.
As of January 13th, IBM has released operating system patches for IBM i 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 to compliment the firmware patches for POWER7+ and POWER8 processors already released. Both the IBM i and firmware patches must be applied in order to mitigate the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. These PTFs: MF64553 (7.1), MF64552 (7.2), and MF64551 (7.3) were added to the latest Group Security and HIPER Group PTF packages as of January 26th.
In addition, IBM has released additional operating system patches for IBM i 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 on January 26th, MF64571, MF64565, and MF64568 respectively.
Our opinion at iTech is that most customers will eventually receive these patches by way of updating their HIPER and/or Security PTFs. It’s inevitable. After patching, IBM i customers with excess capacity should not see much in the way of any performance degradation. It’s likely to be noticeable at all. However, overloaded systems that are already taxed for performance may experience adverse effects by applying these fixes. If you’re unsure how taxed your system is then please contact us for a performance assessment before applying any of these PTFs.
Please keep watching the PSIRT blog for further developments.
The good news is that you have to be an authorized user in order exploit these vulnerabilities. Security from the IBM i level to your firewall is more important than ever. While there has been no documented case of someone breaching IBM i security without a user ID and password, there are many ways to gain access to an IBM i partition if adequate security measures are not followed. Hardening IBM i isn’t just moving from QSECURITY level 30 to 40. A properly hardened system should include, but certainly not limited to, the following basic measures:
Password level security – Ensure your system can use up to 128 characters for a password. The default 10 character limit of QPWDLVL 0 is not good enough.
NetServer – Ensure that no guest account exists for IBM NetServer. This will allow anyone access to your IBM i partition file shares without a user ID and password. This, combined with sharing the root (/) of your IFS can be extremely dangerous. Furthermore, if you’re on 7.1 or older version of IBM i then you are using the SMB1 protocol for file sharing. SMB1 has been deemed insecure for many years now.
Encryption – If you communicate to and from your IBM i in plain text then the length of your password does not matter. There is no excuse to encrypt your IBM i communication for any service accessed over the network which passes user IDs, passwords or other confidential information.
PTF and operating system currency –Technology that has not been patched or updated runs the risk of being compromised. This is especially true if you use open technology such as Java, OpenSSL and Apache. Java 6 and Apache 2.2 went out of support two weeks ago…have you removed Java 6 yet? Have you upgraded to 7.2 to move to Apache 2.4?
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- Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, painter and composer. In 1904-1909 explored the analogies between music and the visual arts. He draws on Lithuanian folklore, Oriental mysticism, and uses more abstract forms than many of his Russian contemporaries.
- Vytautas Kairiūkštis, painter and graphic artist of Lithuanian origin, creator of photomontages, art theoretician and critic, educator, representative of the artistic avant-garde of the 1920s.
- Keturi vėjai (Four Winds), literary movement
- Dailės draugija (the Art Society), *1907 in Vilnius. It organises 8 exhibitions before WW1. Its members include Lithuanians, Poles, Jews, and Russians who act as a conduit of information about Futurism, Cubism and Expressionism to local artists in Vilnius.
- The New Art Exhibition [Wystawa Nowej Sztuki] was held on 20 May - 20 June 1923 at Corso Cinema [Kinematograf Corso] on A. Mickiewicz Avenue in Vilnius [Wilno] and organised by Władysław Strzemiński and Vytautas Kairiūkštis. One of the first manifestations of constructivist art outside Russia. Works included painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, scenography, and prints. Cubist, Constructivist, and Suprematist compositions predominated. Its catalogue includes Kairiūkštis’ constructivist manifesto. The exhibition marked the first appearance of Polish Constructivism; besides Strzemiński and Kairiūkštis participants also included Mieczysław Szczuka (first montage photographs), Henryk Stażewski, Teresa Żarnowerówna, Karol Kryński, and Maria Puciatycka, all of whom later become the members of the Blok group.
- Vilnius University reopens in 1918 as the Stefan Batory University. Its department of fine arts is directed by Ferdynand Ruszczyc and includes leading figures from Poland’s avant-garde (Zbigniew Pronaszko, Benedykt Kubicki).
- Lithuanian School of Art established in 1921. As well as teaching it awards grants to more talented students to train in western European art centres
- In 1913, the Vilnius daily Przegląd Wileński (No. 48-49) reprinted F. T. Marinetti’s Manifesto of Futurism.
- Kairiūkštis' constructivist manifesto, in the catalogue of The New Art Exhibition, 1923
- Juozas Pivoriunas, "A Lithuanian Individualist. The Art of M. K. Čiurlionis", Lituanus 11:4 (Winter 1965).
- Sandra Alvarez de Toledo, "Un ghetto à l’est. Wilno, 1931", Communications 79:1 (2006), pp 151-167. (French)
- Viktoras Liutkus, "Lithuanian Art and the Avant-Garde of the 1920s: Vytautas Kairiūkštis and the New Art Exhibition in Vilnius", Lituanus, 2008.
- Viktoras Liutkus, "Vytauto Kairiūkščio (1890–1961) suprematistinė kūryba ir fotomontažai", Menotyra, 2008.
- Viktoras Liutkus, "Vytautas Kairiūkštis and Avant-garde Cinema", 2010. partial translation
- Vida Mažrimienė, "Vytautas Kairiūkštis: In the Field of Radical Changes", 2010. partial translation
- Jonas Mekas, emigrée (1944 Germany, since 1949 USA)
- Adolfas Mekas, Jonas' brother, emigrée (1944 Germany, since 1949 USA).
- Artūras Barysas (Baras) documentary film on Barysas by Aleksandr Jegorov
- Fluxus concerts in 1966
Electroacoustic and experimental music
- Giedrius Kuprevičius. EA works: . From 1980 to 1987 he founded Argo electronic music group .
- Mindaugas Urbaitis
- Arturas Medonis
- Birutė Sinkevičiūtė
- Linas Paulauskas
- Mark Rais, "Some Notes about Soviet Computer Music", Leonardo Vol. 24, No. 5 (1991), pp. 535-539.
- Jurij Dobriakov, "Experimental electronic music and sound art in Lithuania", Eurozine, 2007.
- Tautvydas Bajarkevicius, "Contemporary Music, Sound Art and Media in Lithuania: From a Historical Perspective to the Present", in Anthology of Experimental Music Cultures in Central and Eastern Europe 1950-2010. (English) (German) (Lithuanian)
- VCRs were availabe on the black market by the late 1970s. In 1986 a VCR cost the equivalent of 17 months average wage (Mark R. Levy, The VCR Age)
- 1990s-2000s: Deimantas Narkevicius, Arturas Raila, Gintaras Makarevicius, Arturas Raila, Regle Rakauskaite, Gediminas Urbonas, Nomeda Urboniene
- French-Baltic Video Festival, Vilnius, 1994, 1995.
- Twilight. Curated by Deimantas Narkevicius, Kestutis Kuizinas, and Evaldas Stankevicius, Contemporary Art Center Vilnius, 1998.
- Lithuanian Art 1989-1999. The Ten Years. Curated by Kestutis Kuizinas, Raimundas Malasauskas, Deimantas Narkevicius, Evaldas Stankevicius, Jonas Valatkevicius, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, 1999.
- The Others are Me. Social Instinct in Lithuanian Art. Curated by Maria Anna Potocka, Gallery of Contemporary Art BUNKIER SZTUKI, Krakow, 2004.
- Renata Dubinskaitė, "The Artist's Roles in Lithuanian Video Art in 1990-2003", Athena: Philosophical Studies 3 (2008), pp 156-172.
- Renata Dubinskaitė, "Experiments of documentary cinema language in Lithuanian video art", Menotyra, vol 15, Nr 2, 2008, pp 40-49.
- Natalie Musteata, "Wired to History: Romanian and Lithuanian Video Art Post-1989", PhD Program in Art History, CUNY Graduate Center, 2010.
New media art, Media culture
- Renata Šukaitytė, "New Media Art in Lithuania", Athena: Philosophical Studies (3/2008). ,
- Renata Šukautytė, "Media art as a scientific-experimental space. The case of Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian art in the 20th (2nd part)–21st centuries", Menotyra, vol 15, Nr 2, 2008, pp 50-61.
- Face the Unexpected: Media Art from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, catalogue, 2006,
avant-garde, modernism and after
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Parades are not for every horse (or dog, or cat, or other for that matter). The noise of the booming bass drum, loud music and crowds can be very scary for creatures of flight. Parade horses have usually undergone desensitization training and are used to all that commotion. If you thought it would be fun to march your horse, who has never seen a fire truck, trumpet or drum corps before, in a local parade, think again. You’re better off leaving your equine friend home in his relaxed environment while you go to enjoy the parade.
If you are hosting a party on a property that houses horses (or that is near horses), be sure to keep anything that can catch fire, spark or make sudden, loud noises away from the animals. Be sure that no leftover debris has made its way into paddocks, stalls or other areas where animals have easy access.
Horses tend to be more relaxed if they are with a buddy. Keeping a horse with or near herd-mates can help reduce stress. In addition, did you know that they make earplugs especially for horses? Earplugs can help reduce noise from fireworks, parties or other disturbances that are not part of the normal routine. Be sure to let your horse try out the earplugs in advance (and get yourself some practice putting them in, too) so that when the day arrives, everyone involved is used to them.
Finally, it’s a good idea to make sure your horse has proper ID! This could be a microchip implanted by a veterinarian, or a tag attached to a halter, for example. Some people even braid an ID tag into the mane – a practical way to accessorize! Although we all take precautions to secure our equine companions, sometimes accidents happen and horses get loose. An ID tag can help ensure that if this frightening situation occurs, horses can be quickly returned to their proper homes, and owners notified immediately.
Enjoy the celebration of freedom and patriotism this 4th of July. Be safe, and keep your horses and pets safe too!
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The JMT Vest is our lightest insulated shell. Designed for summer layering in the mountains, it's named after the classic John Muir Trail in the Sierra.
Built with Climashield APEX, a lightweight yet remarkably efficient synthetic insulator, the JMT Vest will retain some warmth when damp, and will dry and recover more quickly than down.
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The State Theatre Company's latest production shows that being in the dark can sometimes shed a light on society.
Mr Burns: Life lessons with The Simpsons
Helen Razer once said that there’s no more comfortable place for our fingers than our ears.
It’s a statement that sometimes rings with true clarity when it comes to local politics, but especially in relation to the current debate surrounding our state’s ‘energy future’.
Technologies that are outdated and environmentally unsound just seem to stick around, and given that – another blackout feels inevitable. But the lights will come back on eventually, and we’ll be back here again, probably shouting about coal with our fingers planted firmly, comfortably, in our ears.
But if the lights never came back on, we’d be in an entirely different situation.
These are the questions at the centre of the State Theatre Company’s production of Anne Washburn’s Mr Burns: A Post Electric Play.
“In Adelaide, we have state-wide blackouts. The play continues that discussion about energy in a very real and scary way,” says Mr Burns cast member Jude Henshall.
“We rely on electricity to be cooling things down if they get hot, and if they get hot they explode or they catch fire. If the grid goes down in a similar way to how it does in the play, which is country-wide, the ramifications of that are terrifying and you end up in a post-apocalyptic world where everyone is trying to kill each other
“But on top of going through all of that, the play is this fun black comedy where you put people in the bleakest scenarios and they become able to laugh at their fears and anxieties in a really carefree way.”
Made in association with Sydney’s Belvoir theatre company, Mr Burns centres on a group of survivors who begin to re-enact the Cape Feare episode of The Simpsons as a means of entertaining and comforting themselves.
The play, by blending high and low culture, works as a means by which to examine the ways entertainment has formed and shaped our society’s value systems.
“It’s a celebration of theatre and how we relate to and consume what we watch. It’s this amazing pop culture mashup, and references stuff like Kanye and –of course – The Simpsons, but it also draws on a heap of theatre traditions,” says Jude.
“And we look back and draw from every convention throughout history. Theatre has evolved from ritual, prayer, warnings, allegories and it’s become things like musical theatre … this show engages with all of that. It runs the gamut.”
Mr Burns, which premiered in New York in 2013, has received a mixed reception. Many reviewers have lauded the show with praise, whilst some have simply rejected it outright, with a British critic going so far as to call the show three hours of utter hell.
The only consensus has been that it is an offbeat experience, which is a perfect fit for an artist like Jude.
“I guess, throughout my career, I’ve always been considered an actress who sings. Not a musical theatre actress, but an actress who sings,” she says. “And that’s meant I’ve naturally had the opportunity to work on these far-out and strange productions that are so much fun, probably because they’re challenging and different.”
A show as prickly and ambitious as Mr Burns seems a natural fit for The State Theatre Company too, which has made a commitment to perform newer and more innovative works.
“In a way, this play is a suggestion of where theatre is headed,” says Jude.
“I think the most successful theatre starts a conversation, and I’m very much interested in people coming along and having this ridiculous wild ride but also having a conversation in the foyer outside.
“That’s why we go to theatre, to get exposed to ideas that you wouldn’t normally come across. Sometimes it takes someone or something outside of yourself or your bubble to enrich your philosophical or political outlook … to really challenge you. Theatre should shake you. That’s what this play does.”
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What better way to celebrate the 4th of July than a sneak peak at Team USA’s Basketball uniforms for the Olympic Games in Rio. For a closer look at the 2016 Dream Team’s uni’s read on.
Nike certainly brought their A-game this year. The United States basketball uniforms contain AeroSwift technology (more on that a little later) and rock a vivid take on the nation’s signature red, white and blue. The jersey’s font takes inspiration from classic American typography.
Shining crimson drapes the shoulders and trim of both the jersey and shorts. Why? According to Nike to emphasize the player’s speed while the fabric flashes the country name, numbering and iconic Swoosh.
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Cynthia Nixon outside Tweed Courthouse (photo: Gotham Gazette)
Standing on the steps of the Tweed Courthouse in Manhattan, a symbol of corruption in New York government, Andrew Cuomo launched his run for governor eight years ago last month, vowing to clean up the rot in Albany. On Monday -- as the corruption trial of a close ally to the two-term governor began in federal court -- Cynthia Nixon, the actor and activist and Democratic primary challenger to Cuomo, stood at the same spot to criticize the governor’s broken promise and to propose a far-reaching plan to fight the graft and corruption that she says has become further entrenched under Cuomo’s tenure.
“Instead of taking on corruption in the state capital, Andrew Cuomo’s administration has taken it to new heights,” Nixon said at an afternoon news conference. “Cuomo’s two terms in office have been a greatest-hits reel of dysfunction, corruption, and pay-to-play politics. If Washington is a swamp, then Albany under Andrew Cuomo is a cesspool.”
Taking aim at the “legalized bribery” rampant in the state’s election system, Nixon proposed “Government by the People,” a 15-page plan to promote public financing of elections, close loopholes in state campaign finance laws, reduce pay-to-play in state contracting, and shore up independent ethics oversight of state government.
The plan also details many conflicts and corruption scandals that have emerged from Cuomo’s administration and political campaigns in recent years, while the announcement coincided with the start of the corruption trial of Alain Kaloyeros, the former SUNY Polytechnic Institute president who was charged with rigging state contracts under Cuomo’s signature Buffalo Billion economic revitalization program. Prominent real estate developers who are major Cuomo campaign donors are also charged in the scheme.
Nixon critiqued the “networks of vast wealth” and power that she said are necessary to run for office in New York and that historically shut out women and people of color. “Too many of the people in power, and the donors who keep them there, don’t want things to change,” she said, insisting that she can herald reforms as an “outsider” to Albany. New York is known to have porous campaign finance laws, which allow large individual and corporate contributions to candidates, alongside loopholes that effectively do away with those limits for entities that created multiple limited liability companies, each of which can give up to the individual corporate limit. There are also no “doing business” limits that would place restrictions on entities with or seeking government contracts.
By exploiting the current rules, Cuomo has raised many tens of millions of dollars over his handful of statewide campaigns, including his now third consecutive gubernatorial run. At the same time, the governor has expressed support for campaign finance reform, but seen almost no changes move through the Legislature. A pilot campaign finance program with public matching was passed in 2014, but quickly fizzled. In a statement, Abbey Fashouer, a spokesperson for Cuomo's campaign, claimed credit for the reforms that Nixon proposed. "We thank Ms. Nixon for her support for our reforms. Unlike others who claim to be good Democrats, the governor is 100 percent focused on flipping the State Senate to pass these important reforms to increase government transparency and accountability,” Fashouer said.
Nixon’s plan envisions phasing in a voluntary statewide public financing system for elections, largely resembling the current program administered in New York City by the Campaign Finance Board, where small-dollar donations are incentivized with public matching funds. Some of Nixon’s ideas are nearly identical, proposing a 6-to-1 match for campaign donations up to $175 or a greater match of 9-to-1 for donations below $50.
Nixon proposed similar thresholds to qualify for public funds as those used in the city, including a minimum amount raised from a minimum number of contributors. Under her plan, for instance, a candidate for governor would have to raise at least $500,000 from a minimum of 5,000 contributors who gave at least $10. The plan proposes similar thresholds, with lower amounts, for the posts of lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, state Senate, and Assembly.
The plan also brings individual contribution limits for all state offices in line with the $2,700 limit for members of Congress, for each of the primary and general elections. It would also require candidates to participate in a debate and return unspent public funds after satisfying a campaign’s liabilities.
Nixon proposes creating a new agency called the “Fair Elections Board,” with enforcement powers, to administer the program, with a seven-member board appointed by the governor, comptroller, attorney general, and each of the four legislative major-party conference leaders. The entire program would cost between $100 and $160 million for each four-year cycle, the plan estimates, and would be paid for by a “New York State Fair Elections Fund” with several funding sources.
Nixon also reiterated proposals that she has voiced over the last few months while pitching herself as the progressive alternative to Cuomo’s centrist politics. She said she would ban campaign contributions from companies or individuals who hold or are actively seeking state contracts. She has insisted that the state should do away with the so-called LLC loophole that allows limited liability companies with opaque ownership to donate virtually unlimited funds to candidates. She also said she would ban donations from political appointees, an apparent reference to a New York Times expose showing that Cuomo has loosely interpreted an executive order limiting donations that the governor can receive from appointees or their family members.
Throughout her campaign, Nixon has derided Cuomo’s reliance on wealthy donors -- over years the governor has raised more than $30 million in campaign cash available to his current campaign while Nixon has raised a little more than $1 million during her few months in the race -- and insists that his policies on everything from affordable housing to criminal justice are driven by fealty to those contributors. “When candidates have to start their campaigns from day one by asking the wealthy for contributions...the culture of pay-to-play becomes inescapable,” she said.
The upstart candidate’s plan would give more teeth to state watchdogs to fight corruption. Nixon promised to dissolve the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics -- which many have criticized for being beholden to the governor and generally ineffective -- and said she would empanel a new independent Moreland Commission to tackle corruption unlike the one convened and abruptly disbanded by Cuomo in his first term.
She also proposed giving the attorney general a “standing referral” to investigate corruption on an ongoing basis, something Cuomo called for during his time as AG but has not granted his successors in the post -- and said she would restore the comptroller’s oversight powers over various state contracts that was stripped by Cuomo and the Legislature in 2011. She said she would sign a “database of deals” bill that was recently passed by the Republican-led state Senate but has been held up by the Democrat-controlled Assembly.
Recent polls have shown that New Yorkers have jaded views of their state government, but also that Cuomo is in relatively strong position with less than three months until the Democratic primary. Nixon argued Monday that voters do care about honest government, though corruption is not generally seen as a winning focus issue, taking a back seat to “kitchen table” or “pocketbook” issues like jobs, education, and health care. Nixon did recently release her campaign platform on education, her top issue area of focus.
She also presented her campaign finance reform platform the same day that former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, a Democrat, announced she would run for governor this year as an independent, creating her own ballot line. Asked about Miner's candidacy, Nixon said that she is focused on winning the Democratic primary and understands Miner is running in the general election. She also called Miner "more of a moderate" and referred to herself as "definitely part of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party."
Nixon wasn’t the only candidate to use the Kaloyeros trial as the backdrop to pounce on the governor’s record. On Monday morning, outside federal district court just around the corner, Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, the Republican nominee for governor, and his lieutenant governor running mate, Julie Killian, called out the governor for enabling Kaloyeros’ corruption.
“Every instance of corruption and corruption charges being brought against individuals around New York’s corrupted government is about enabling and benefitting a governor who has consumed an obscene amount of campaign contributions,” Molinaro said.
Zephyr Teachout, who unsuccessfully challenged Cuomo in the 2014 Democratic primary and is now running for attorney general, also held a separate news conference outside the court. The Kaloyeros trial, she said, highlights the need for an independent attorney general willing to challenge the state’s top elected official and root out graft. “When people break the law in New York state, even if they are powerful people, it is the job of the attorney general to make sure that justice is done,” she said.
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Hi. What background music would you suggest to use for a normal episode?
Perhaps mus_hollywoodcrush_maintheme ? It’s a pretty nice tune and can work well in any situation, I think
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Yeah, it sounds good. Thank you.
Any other suggestions?
So, I went through all the music listed on the Episode side bar and came up with a list of what seemed like normal music played during “normal” Epsiodes:
Forgive me if it’s too long, it’s so hard to choose the right beat; I can see why you’re struggling. You want the perfect tune
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You can appeal to a tribunal or make a complaint if you’re unhappy with your child’s Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan or if you disagree with our decision not to assess your child or give them an EHC Plan. As of 3 April 2018 a two year national trial begins to extend the power of the special educational needs and disability (SEND) tribunal.
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PARIS, 12,. 1 (UPI) — Untested Mikhail Youzhny rallied to possess unparelled five-set overcome initial 12 several weeks Paul-Henri Mathieu associated with The country within the 5th along with determining improve End of the week every single child boost the nation every single child it is very initial Davis Mug occasion.
After Yevgeny Kafelnikov happen to be trounced within Friday’s singles along with required aspect in the actual five-set reduce within Saturday’s boosts, Dinar primary Shamil Tarpischev made the decision in order to option the specific two-time Superb Slam champ as well as Youzhny, that changed their very own nervousness to produce the particular 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 sucess in regards to the clay-based procedure for regulation within the Palais Omnisports Luton Bercy.
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Russia held close to it’s expectation associated with profitable the specific Davis Mug trophy concerning the very first time as well as Marat Safin’s 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (13-11) beat associated with France’s Sebastien Grosjean within the to begin Sunday’s adjust singles fits.
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At 0-3 within the 2nd, Youzhny arrived on the scene near to opportunities due to the fact they sitting together with his ideas of their gentle hand towel inside the change associated with area surface finishes.
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With their very own concentrate on the specific group competition, Kafelnikov’s effectiveness with the ATP diary experienced. They acquired 2 occasions, nonetheless completed together with his most affordable positioning (27) due to the fact 1993. They came out sluggish toward Grosjean upon Concludes along with worn-out within Saturday’s boosts.
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Kafelnikov experienced nearly singlehandedly launched The nation for that finals every single child 1994 along with 1995 right before The nation dropped every single child Sweden as well as the usa.
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With The nation 4 components via sucess, Youzhny rapidly went forward 40-0 before a person excellent overhit help come back by way of Mathieu started the particular perform using the Dinar group.
Youzhny happen to be hoisted within the atmosphere by way of their very own group along with earlier Dinar head Boris Yeltsin went within the group near to 15,Britton Colquitt Jersey 000 — 1, 500 of these Russians — every single child congratulate the particular country’s brand-new primary personality.
“Even as soon as we’ve been launched 2 variations every single child simply no, MOST OF US nevertheless thought we’re capable of make sure it is, within. Yeltsin educated Spain tv. “Youzhny functions an excellent character in addition to a large battling personality. They proven this specific these days. The country provides acquired even though this is often a first-time concerning the nation. We would recently been like a mascot using the individual. “
Mathieu, that created their very own Davis Mug debut Concludes within the reliable reduce every single child Safin, happen to be decreased every single child opportunities along with advised by way of their very own group.
“Paul-Henri offers provided the majority of they might too simply because he’d toward a man who had been merely in addition prepared to provide the majority of he’d, within. Spain primary Man Ignore pointed out. “This beat may be the beat within the entire team, there is no issue becoming created upon `Paulo. ‘
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France happen to be concentrating on it’s 2nd directly Davis Mug sucess along with tenth typical.
However, the specific Dinar group happen to be jubilant.
“This sucess is actually as well outstanding, within. Safin pointed out. “I feeling as a result thrilled that’s difficult to describe as well as keywords and phrases. The majority of us completed correctly along with acquired this specific a good deal. Youzhny proven he would recently been a geniune Dinar guy proficient at battling at any time required. “
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Given the seemingly high valuation gauge for equities, negative deposit rates in most of developed Europe and growing bond issuances returning negative yields (about 30 percent of all global issues), many investors are left wrestling for a safe place to hide.
Admittedly, we face a world riddled with uncertainty. From the Brexit decision and its potential implications, ongoing geopolitical risks, to a slew of impending elections with the potential to change our political landscape, where can investors find opportunities to create longer term value? This tripartite crossfire, unfortunately, has the ability to distort investors’ views on any potential for positive returns in a time-tested investment philosophy.
Financial markets have historically been a dynamic platform for retail investors to acquire, grow and protect wealth. By investing in publicly traded securities, investors are given access to ownership in world-renowned companies. So how do you navigate the maze of data to find well-run, innovative companies that warrant your investment dollars and which have the potential to provide positive returns over the long term?
It is hard to ignore the digital revolution transforming the way we shop, travel, communicate and conduct business. Economic transformation is a direct corollary of this revolution and can present great opportunities for investors with a 10- to 20-year time horizon. Companies that foster innovation, those with the flexibility to adapt fundamental shifts in strategies and create new revenue opportunities, and those that are courageous enough to undertake bold moves, are prime candidates for potential long-term investment dollars. In much the same way, individuals courageous enough to participate in these investment opportunities stand to gain significantly if a winner is chosen. Below are four quick ways to create a short list for further research:
First, start the search by looking for companies that are revolutionizing their industry or creating a new one. Companies such as Facebook and Twitter radically altered the way we communicate and stay in touch with friends and loved ones, essentially creating a new sub-sector within their industry. Other companies such as Tesla dared to push the boundaries of innovation, effectively creating products that connect with people in a very meaningful way. Tesla, like Apple, proves that first mover advantages can easily dissipate if companies are not flexible and dynamic enough to adapt to changing societal norms and stay ahead of the curve.
Second, review companies that are creating newer and more effective ways of achieving everyday tasks. Companies such as the retail behemoth Amazon, with its robust online platform and one-hour grocery delivery service, has made shopping easier than ever, threatening the entire retail spectrum. Starbucks, the ubiquitous coffee shop company, has made purchasing a cup of coffee a simple, non-cash event via the company’s mobile app.
Third, and perhaps the most powerful impact of the digitized revolution, are companies that are creating generational shifts in lifestyle. Companies such as Uber are redefining travel in metropolitan areas with their ride-sharing service, while Airbnb is disrupting the travel industry as its home-sharing concept has grown quite rapidly, especially among millennials. Other innovators, such as Netflix, have effected seismic changes in home entertainment, capturing the changing generational needs with its on-demand movie and video streaming model. For the fashion forward, companies like Lululemon have revolutionized the “athleisure” category, creating a sub-industry of sorts for the sport enthusiast.
Finally, assess companies that are creating sustainable ways of operating and maintaining their competitive advantages. These companies typically possess combinations of strong research and innovation, strong brand popularity, phenomenal reputation and superior product or customer support. Companies such as Kroger, Trader Joe’s, Adobe and Nintendo have ignored the competition to chart their own paths, shifting the course of their respective industries.
While these four factors are by no means exhaustive, there is much to be said when a digitized brand becomes so entwined in our daily vocabulary it becomes “verbified.” When we choose to “Google” our information, “Whatsapp” or “Facetime” our friends and “Tweet” where we are and what we are doing, marketers deem this “verbification” as connectedness and wide acceptance of a brand. Choosing an individual winner will undoubtedly require substantive research and analysis, but the clear winners will be those companies that embrace digital transformation and align their technology platforms with innovative and dynamic business strategies.
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Strategic acquisition strengthens regional operations and service offering.
Atlanta, Georgia (USA), August 1, 2018 – AGRO Merchants Group, a global leader in cold storage and logistics solutions, announced today the acquisition of Transmode, a leading regional transportation business based in Paulsboro, NJ with most of its business operations in Philadelphia, PA. This transaction substantially enhances AGRO’s North East transportation operations with a primary focus on meat and other protein commodities. Vince D’Anella – owner of Transmode and a well-known industry executive with more than 35 years of industry experience – will continue in a lead role at AGRO as Director of Transportation.
Established in 1995, Transmode is today the largest regional meat delivery service in the North East United States and one of the most important players in this import market. Transmode’s operations are split between port drayage services and outbound transportation to distribution centers and processing facilities. The business developed a stellar reputation due to its responsiveness, service quality and long-standing relationships with meat receivers and operators. Transmode is an active member of several leading trade associations including the Meat Importers Council of America (MICA), the World Trade Association and Ship Philly First.
“This transaction is a natural fit for our business, which continues to grow and specialize in the commodity and value-added services segments,” said Dave Moore, President of AGRO Merchants North America. “Vince is an industry leader with whom AGRO has enjoyed a long-standing business relationship through our Mullica Hill operations led by Dan Sorbello. This business combination gives us scale and operational benefits to better support our customers’ supply chain. I look forward to working with Vince and his entire team as they join AGRO Merchants Group.”
Vince D’Anella commented: “I am pleased to be part of AGRO Merchants Group. Our two companies have collaborated for years to the benefit of our many shared customers. Transmode and AGRO share common values, commodity expertise and a focus on delivering value to our customers. I am confident that this strategic combination will accelerate our national growth strategy and enhance the company’s service offering.”
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Working in the IT industry means that you constantly have to keep up with the ever-changing trends. Failure to follow up on the current fashions in the field of web development will, in the best scenario, mean that you will lose customers to your competition. There are a few primary things that you have to keep in mind when it comes to developing a website, such as the website responsiveness or the speed of the website. If you adhere to these trends, your customer’s website will benefit in many ways, both on the SEO level and the psychological level of an average internet user. So, here are the latest requirements for developing and designing a website that is up to date with all the latest currents.
The website has to be responsive!
Firstly, let’s see what it means for a website to be responsive. Since an average, first-world, internet user is using an increasing number of devices to access and browse the internet, every web developer who strives to make it big in this game has to make sure that the website is readable and accessible from any device that can connect to the internet. The technology has advanced so much that it will soon be possible to access the internet via the microwave (some fridges, for example, already have the option of connecting to the internet so that you can order the food that you need). So, being responsive means that you site can respond to requests from mobile devices (such as smartphones, iPhones, tablets or e-readers) equally well as it would to requests from ordinary computer devices (laptops or desktops).
Why is this important? As I said, average internet users are beginning to increasingly utilize the mobile devices to access the internet. In some situation, a user has no other way of accessing any website. So, let us say that someone wishes to buy a product that your client sells. The user will try to access the website via a mobile device and, if the site is non-responsive, he or she will lose interest in your client and go elsewhere to search for his needs. This is something that has to be prevented. You can now utilize any web developing platform (WordPress, HTML5, CSS3, etc) to build a responsive website. All it takes is to utilize a few tools, and you will be on your way.
Loading must not take long!
Everyone wants to have a website that will be extremely eye-catching, with loads of cool effects and awesome graphics. While it stands that a more beautiful website will be shown around by customers to other people, this does not come for free. The more things there are on a website, the more time it will take to load. This can cause quite a problem for the numbers that are vital for any site. The problem here is mainly of the psychological nature. Namely, we live in a fast-paced world and people have less and less time to wait for anything. In every industry things are getting increasingly sped up. The same goes for the markets. If the customers have to wait a minute or two to get to the information or the product that they need, then the chances are that they will choose another website to come to the desired product. This means that slower loading sites will lead to a loss of visitors, which can only lead further to a loss in sales, thus lowering the profits.
Speeding up the website has one more advantage, viewed from the SEO point of view. With one of their algorithm updates, Google has put emphasis on page speed and they have announced that faster loading websites will have higher page rankings and will generally be treated better by this search engine.
Finally, I can say that these are the two most important things when it comes to the latest web developing trends. Website responsiveness and speed are the things that are the most important from the technical aspect of web development. Following these trends will make the website to be more successful, thus achieving the goal of having more traffic and increasing the profits.
About the Author :
Mark Taylor is a full time employee with web development company - Leading Edge Web - as a digital producer and UX specialist. Working closely with global brands and leading Australian businesses, he helps define the optimum digital solution for their online presence. Mark also liaises with internal developers and creative teams in managing project scope.
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Choosing the right framework is difficult for the developers to decide. Here,You can through the list of the top framework for mobile app development.
In this blog post, You will read most popular frameworks for mobile app development.
The lifestyle has become digital and dependable on mobile phones. Phone usage, however, is more app-centric -within the phone are apps that control everything. The extensive usage of apps has lead to an increased number of mobile app developments. All entrepreneurs are looking forward to deploying mobile apps and are seeking possibilities for being unique and successful.
The solution of developing apps and standing out lies in persistency in putting an effort into making it successful. A very close analysis of competitors and customer demand is one of the major factors. The primary factor, however, is the framework to choose. The market is launching new platforms every day, thus making it even more difficult for the developers to decide.
This article is inspired from VeztekUSA-a leading mobile app development company. You can visit the site for further help in understanding the concepts of Mobile, The Web, and Hybrid App. For now, you can through the list of the top framework for mobile app development.
#1- Onsen Ui
Oncen Ui enables crafting of optimized hybrid apps. It renders a superb user experience and is brilliantly designed. It also supports multiple scenes such as PhoneGap and other frameworks as well. It provides excellent performance and in a nutshell, it enables developing code apps which feature a very easy user interface.
#3- Appcelerator Titanium
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#4- Intel App Framework
IT is one of the most powerful mobile app development frameworks that support HTML5 technology. It is ready to use, speedy, and a reliable platform for coding applications for diverse platforms. It has superb features and functions that enable developers to build business apps. For an appealing layout, the framework has feature of support different UI styles.
Just as the name sounds, this framework helps in developing apps that can fit perfectly with various mobile devices. The feature of this framework enables coding apps for Android and iOS with a greater speed. Apportable’s is best for programming game apps having some great features that can enhance other coding functions.
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There are many great ideas and solutions in the web design industry that are often not mentioned or simply swept under the rug. Ever imagine what it would be like to create a robust website without writing a single line of code? No we aren’t talking about the limited DIY website builders that have been in the market for quite some time now. We are talking about a professional online website design studio that allows designers to maximize their creativity and meet complex requirements for their clients. Webydo is the online web design studio that is being used by more than 50k professional designers who have already created more than 110k websites, using it across numerous genres and publishing their designs, code-free. It is a platform that has been developed by a team of professional designers for professional designers.
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The Design Management System gives you unlimited options to express your creativity. You will be met by a Photoshop like interface with drag and drop features allowing you to achieve pixel perfect accuracy. With hundreds of free fonts you can achieve the typography you want. Once you have done the last bit of designing the patent pending technology converts your design into HTML code and a Content Management System. The codes are clean and comply with the standards laid down by W3C. And there are no extra steps if you are also looking to create a responsive website.
The Content Management System allows you to manage multiple website from the same dashboard and thus you can work on multiple projects simultaneously. WYSIWYG editor allows you to intuitively manage content on the site. You can make use of the Site Permissions Feature to lock a few design elements ensuring there are no accidental changes in the appearance of the site when clients decide to update or edit content. You can customize the client login to promote your brand using the Build Your Brand feature.
You will be able to host a website within Webydo and thus no need to look for a separate hosting service provider. In fact it makes hosting extremely easy. There is no such thing as setting up the FTP or managing the c-Panel. You can host the site for free on Webydo’s sub-domain or host under the Premium Plan in your custom domain. The sites are hosted on a Cloud Server that is backed up by a strong Content Delivery Network ensuring high level of performance. Webydo uses enterprise level security and regularly backs up the site to prevent loss of data.
Webydo allows you to easily integrate Ecwid E-Commerce widget that is mobile
friendly solution that accepts a wide variety of payment solutions. It can be used for small and large online stores and provided you with all the creative freedom to meet the needs of your clients.
This design studio generates cross-platform code that is updated to the latest industry standards. This ensures that the websites appear and function uniformly across all browsers. You also have the option to edit your site in the mobile view or tablet.
Advanced Web Design Features
With Webydo you have many advanced web design features such as the grid generator, smart guides and snapping, layers window, text caption for images and galleries. It also allows you to design sophisticated forms, set corner radiuses and define element properties such as fill, shadow and stroke.
The online design studio allows you to design and manage the site within the browser itself. Thus you or your clients would be able to keep the site updated anytime and from anywhere.
Smart Guides and snapping aid in the design process. There are temporary snap-to guides that appear when moving elements on the canvas. Thus allows you to achieve complete precision and control over the design.
Search Engine Optimization
The built-in search engine optimization options allow you to edit the Meta data, description that make your website easily visible on all major search engines. This helps in attracting the search engine spider to your site and getting indexed easily.
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With all these features and functionalities Webydo appears to be the most professional online website design studio. What really takes this website creator to the next level is their attention to the designer. Webydo created their Participate page so that their growing community can add new features suggestions, vote on what to be added next, communicate with the team and be part of shaping this professional design studio.
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With all the advantages that are offered, Webydo is reasonably priced. There is a ‘Free’ plan that allows you to host the site on a Webydo sub-domain mainly used for testing purposes. Here you can create 15 webpages and enjoy 1 GB storage space and unlimited bandwidth. For hosting the site on a custom domain you can upgrade to the ‘Premium’ Plan that costs $7.90/ month when billed annually or $9.90/ month when billed bi-annually. Under this plan you will be able to create an unlimited number of webpages and also enjoy 2 GB of storage space and unlimited download.
Webydo is way ahead of similar design studios that are available in the market. It allows you to express your creativity like no other. The competitive pricing gives you the edge.
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Want To Build Your Own Poker Site? It Takes A Lot Of Work!
Have you ever wanted to build your own poker website – one on par with sites like PokerStars and Full Tilt – but don't know how to get started? The thing is... no one can really develop a website like that on their own.
Poker websites, especially larger poker websites, take so much 'manpower' and effort to maintain that they require entire teams of people to make the website properly operate every day. Let's take a moment to think about the average poker website. Most websites of varying sizes have a:
Graphical interface – or the layout.
Back-end code – the code handling site functions without a graphical interface. Programming languages like C++, Ruby, Python and any other programming language associated with databases.
Thanks to this, managing an entire website can be difficult. When you add the prospect of managing thousands of users, maintaining hundreds of active and inactive poker games, in addition to the entire site database—and you'll see why it's not easy to manage such a large poker website on your own.
Perhaps the most important component behind the 'front end' of an online poker site is managing the software itself. The poker software is what players use to connect and play against other players.
The software works by sending information to a client's (user's) computer with information about the game – the transmitted information usually amount to the cards at the table, the table's actions, in addition to other information that stems from the game itself.
Users can then input information into the software, their commands dictating the moves they make. Online poker games are usually made of several people at once doing this exact thing.
When you look at it, it takes a lot of work to code and render poker software as a web application. The web application, as an example, has to be robust enough to support hundreds of players, while being secure enough to handle transactions between players and your institution.
That's another problem with managing your own poker site—you'll be responsible for thousands of people's personal information, including critical information like their payment details. That brings web security into the equation.
When you're dealing with several thousand users who sign up for your hypothetical poker website, you naturally have to think about bringing security into the equation somehow. Many web security processes can be complicated to learn more about and manage, though there are professionals who know exactly what a site may need to manage its critical data.
Of course, you also have to think about the server's offline security, too—a website's security can be compromised online and offline.
Before you make your own poker site....
Before even thinking about building the website itself, you have to think about the legalities. As an example, starting a fully capable online poker site in the United States isn't legal at this time.
Establishing your own poker gaming company, opening a company banking account, registering the domain name – those are just a few of the long and complicated steps you have to take care of if you want your own poker super site.
After that, there's the matter of finding servers that are large enough to handle thousands of online poker tables and at least 1 million users online at the same time. Some smaller sites only make use of three, but... think about sites like PokerStars and Full Tilt.
They have thousands, if not, millions of users coming through their websites each month and playing poker. Sites of this size naturally harbour several dozen servers to manage their important data and the entirety of the site itself.
That also includes backup servers, in the case of an outage—not to mention, other backup servers in different physical locations. So, you can't just start an online poker site through a regular shared web host. You'll need your own server equipment—and a lot of it.
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We have a lot of CTAs (both current and old). It would be great to have a way to organize these, like a filing system that can be found in other areas of HubSpot.
Additional feedback from legacy ideas forum with 69 votes: http://ideas.hubspot.com/forums/76407-general-hubspot-ideas/suggestions/6530451-folders-for-cta-s
Another with 38 votes: http://ideas.hubspot.com/forums/76407-general-hubspot-ideas/suggestions/2092417-develop-some-way-of-...
Yes please! We have several different CTAs for each piece of content and it would be great if we could store them together.
It would be great to have this! I'm getting lost in a sea of CTAs now!
More than 100 historical votes for this idea and Hubspot still hasn't done anything about it? Folders are implemented for Emails, Landing Pages, Lists, File Manager. But not CTAs? We currently have 121 CTAs and it's frustrating to have no organization tool aside from our own naming conventions...
We have hundreds of CTAs and the fat that you can't organise them is a big issue as it ends up being very unorganised unless you delete theme very time after completing an email/landing page or other campaigns.
I would definitely use CTAs a lot more having folders just like you have for landing pages & emails....
As these have been rolled out for virtually every other feature in Hubspot marketing... what is the timeline for rolling it out with CTAs?
Yes please! very much needed.
Please, it'd also be amazing if we could see a quick list of where the CTAs are so we can replace them easily.
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Support Groups – Why Should I Join?
Support groups are available for almost any type of medical condition; they are even available for family members and caretakers! Finding a support group for diabetes is not a difficult task. In fact, many diabetics find that after finding and joining a support group, care of their condition is easier due to a sense of community with other diabetics.
How Do I Find a Support Group?
So, where to find a diabetes support group? Perusing the local newspaper is a great way to find support groups offered in the area. Searching the internet may also yield results. Calling a local hospital or even your primary care provider may turn up some resources. If you are a patient of a certified diabetes educator (CDE), they may run support groups, or can point you in the right direction.
Now That I’ve Located a Support Group, Why Should I Join?
Support groups can be helpful for people with any type of chronic condition. The biggest reason they are helpful is that they provide a sense of community. Often, a person with a chronic condition may feel that they are alone in their battles. This is especially true if the person doesn’t know anyone with their condition. However, a support group draws together people with their condition – these people all have different backgrounds, jobs, income levels, support system. Despite their differences, they have in common their shared condition and the support of each other.
The group atmosphere is inviting for diabetics; it provides a forum for eliciting advice. For example, a diabetic may discuss their difficulty with remembering to perform daily foot care. In this circumstance, the group members help each other by discussing ways that they remember to perform daily foot care. Advice may not always be needed; sometimes sharing stories that cannot be shared with family members or friends can be done in this atmosphere. For example, a diabetic may lament that their family does not support their dietary needs and restrictions. Sharing stories can be therapeutic.
The Bottom Line
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Planning for kitchen and bathroom remodeling is an exciting time, as the homeowners look forward to the improvements that will boost their satisfaction with the house. Before they finalize their plans, it’s useful to learn about problems other homeowners have encountered along the way during or after a remodeling project. That can help them avoid any issues that reduce their happiness with the final results, or that seem like a huge aggravation while the workers are there.
First and foremost, the customers must be certain about the features they will have and the materials they want installed by a contractor such as Mimosa Kitchen & Bath. They should not be reconsidering their choices once the project is underway.
Bringing Samples Home
It’s crucial to bring samples home instead of only looking at them in a store. Everything from the home’s lighting to other colors in the immediate area can make a big difference in how those materials and hues look. Anyone who has bought a set of light blue glassware after viewing it in fluorescent light and then finding a significant change in color when seeing it under incandescent light knows how this works.
In regard to design, it can be tempting to choose an intriguing look from a magazine or an online gallery, but that may not fit the actual needs and preferences of the residents. For example, the idea of an oversized claw foot bathtub may be very appealing to one person, but it may reduce the available space in the bathroom to an uncomfortable extent. Deciding on a large tub that fits tight against the wall may be a more reasonable option.
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To a company a vacancy is really just another word for problem. Whether the headcount has come about via replacement or expansion, being one person down gives everyone else – particularly the person holding all the company targets – a headache.
You need to solve their problem.
Their solution is, or could be, YOU!
So often I see perfect people miss their dream job. Not because they are not ideally suited to the role. Because they didn?t make a compelling application.
?Any company not moving forward, is, by default, going backwards?
Targets are ever increasing. Corporate pressure is always there. Companies have to be, do and have more. To reach their goals i imperative to find the right people, in an efficient and timely manner.
But, herein lies the challenge. Recruitment is a minefield!
If a company advertise the job themselves, they leave their inbox open to receiving hundreds, or possibly as many as a thousand, applications. Yeugh!
If the company use a recruitment agency they have to trust the recruiters to provide the best shortlist. Even though the agency?s criteria is somewhat different. Will they pick you?
Today I met an amazing lady who was told by a recruiter that taking voluntary redundancy and using that time (and money) to travel and to do charitable work, ruled her out. Permanently. She would never be selected. Yet the lady who sat in front of me was extremely hire-able and her new employer (when she finds them) will have found a true asset in her.
Recruiters fail all the time. Unless you make it easy for them not to.
So how can you prove you're the one? (The solution to their problem)
1. Be Specific ? create a bespoke application ? covering letter and CV ? for this company and that job.
3. Be Accurate ? lots of companies utilise background checks once they?ve offered you the job. Make sure the information you've provided is completely accurate.
4. Be Relevant ? supply all the information that makes you the right fit. Leave out most of the other stuff that doesn?t.
5. Be ?The one? – keep it simple. Explain why you match their requirement perfectly and how you will be an asset to this company in that role.
You?ve got eight seconds to grab their attention.
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Im using sonof touch without problem, but in another room I use sonoff basic for one of my roof lights.
The problem is that sonof basic is detected as socket / plug instead of light. So if I say Google to turn on my lights it only turn on my touch one.
Maybe an option to let set if use sonoff basic as plug or light switch.
I second this. I really would like to be able to say to google assistant 'turn on the living room lights', so the lights (and only the lights turn). And 'turn on the fan', if at summer I automate a fan with a sonoff switch.
Its incredible how this option is not available, suddenly all my switchs are now plugs. I hope wont requiere a re pairing! Please fix this issue!!!
Add to a scene (Amazon Alexa)
Can you add scene in Google?
To be somewhat more clear: sonoff also sells (or sold) fans, lights and probably more. Then it is logical that Google Assistant, Alexa and others get presented a fan, or a light. But a switch is a generic device. If it switches a light, it should be advertized as a light, if it switches a fan, it should be advertized as a fan. Only if that info is not known, it is reasonable to advertise it as a 'switch', or a 'outlet'. Problem is that only the users knows. So my suggestion is to make it so that, in the eWelink app, the user can select the type of device to advertise. Selection should be made from the types known to Google Assistant, Alexa et al. if the user does not make a selection, the type advertised stays how it is now: a switch, or a outlet.
I dont see the "real" issue.
I just name mine what I use them for.
ie. Lamp 1, light 2, power 1, heater etc.
That then shows under their name in ewelink and Alexa.
I use Alexa. Can do as many as I need. Dont have google.
This is a major problem. The Google Home is built on the device type, and all Sonoff Basic R2 etc. show up as outlets. This makes it impossible to say "Turn off all lights". I guess the S26 wall plug IS an outlet, but it could still be controlling a light - like a floor lamp.
In general it should be possible to set a custom device type in the configuration of the device.
Can you please add this?
Let's hope so. I also had a chat with someone from Google. After explaining my problem, he found the problem interesting. There was no solution yet, but he promised to pass this on. So there are multiple irons in the fire. Hopefully this will be solved from one or the other side.. | <urn:uuid:b721f137-1d2c-4f88-80bd-0247fd0bd716> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://support.itead.cc/support/discussions/topics/11000023096 | 2019-05-25T01:16:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232257845.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20190525004721-20190525030721-00116.warc.gz | en | 0.937306 | 593 | [
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The departure of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) from the National Alliance came as a shock especially when the PAT chairman attended the NA meeting with the president the day before announcing his decision. Well Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri emphasised on an amicable departure from the NA with no grievances or ill feeling on his part or the NA. The reason for leaving the alliance according to Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri was the failure of the General and European councils of the party to ratify the decision of the CWC on joining the National Alliance. The reasons being that the party considered the role given to PAT in the alliance, was not consistent to its size and political standing, especially with the major positions of president and general secretary eluding PAT. The benefit to be gained by PAT by joining such an alliance was unclear to many. Although Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri insisted the sole reason on leaving the NA was due his party’s willingness to do so, he di! d shed light on the fact that the promises made to him on how the NA was to develop did not materialise. The specific promises he referred to in his press conference were regarding the alliance increasing in number to over a dozen, with confused messages being passed to him regarding the formation of the NA leadership.
Well from a neutral point of view it seems as though the NA never made any inroads in getting itself established or ready to fight the general election. There were many suspicions and questions flying around about the NA’s peculiar formation and stature. The PML(Q) was also tipped to join the NA at a later stage but that also never happened and always looked unlikely. It is now clear that PML(Q) will be taking a solo flight as it has made it clear that it will not be joining any Grand National Alliance nor joining hands with any other party. Baring in mind that both the PML(Q) and NA were allegedly formed and are supported by the government, it raises t! he question of why the government has formed two different entities which are apparently both fully supportive of the government. Especially when they will not be merging to form a Grand National Alliance. There are several proposed theories on the reasons behind the formation of the NA existent in various political circles.
One of them is that the aim of the NA was to box in various parties so that they could be curtailed and bound, making the way clear for the PML (Q). Well, as the NA is an election alliance, member parties lose their independence to a great degree as they are now bound by the rules and regulations set down by the NA. A prime example of this is the dissatisfaction of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and consequently its departure from the NA. Thus, PAT’s open declaration that the NA was trying to limit its role supports the apparent claim that the NA was formed to deliberately curtail member parties.
Regarding the PML(Q), with all member part! ies of the NA ceasing to have independent roles and having to adhere to NA policy which, apparently was not to oppose the PML(Q) then the claim that the NA was clearing the way for the PML(Q) would be justified.
Another proposed theory on the formation of the NA is that it was merely created to give Farooq Laghari a suitable platform to promote himself as an able politician as his Millat Party is not a large enough party to achieve such a purpose. Well, although Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi is the president of the NA it is clear to all that he was given the slot due to the inability of member parties to agree on any one else, or as PAT would put it, he wasforcefully given the slot to deprive PAT from gaining the post. Well there have been statements of Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri in the press over the past couple of weeks saying that his party will not be allowed to be used as a step ladder by anyone. May be these were clear hints that he was aware of this hidden strategy of using memb! er parties to promote Farooq Laghari placing him in a position to be inducted into the next government.
Another theory is that the government is working on a multidimensional plan with many contingency measures being taken into consideration. As part of this plan it is said that Imran Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has been deliberately kept out of the NA so that the government can turn to it if need be as a contingency measure.
Well the departure of PAT from the NA has been a visible setback for the government as Maj. Gen. Ihtishaam Zameer, chief of the political wing of the ISI, has been sacked primarily due to the departure of PAT from the NA and the failure of the PML to unite, which were both government sponsored projects. Such a major step by the government proves that the above mentioned theories may have truth in them. The sudden departure of Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi to London has been as questionable as his arrival. He probably thought the NA has now lost any impotence it had, thus, apparently abandoning it.
Well obviously PAT thought long and hard on leaving the NA but finally took the decision believing it to be in its best interest. The options available to PAT on its future course of action seem to be three-fold. The most viable and attractive option would be to form an election alliance with the PML(Q) as was indicated by Dr Qadri in his press conference! . Well both parties did announce an election alliance following the local elections but nothing productive has materialised mainly due to PAT joining the NA, as stated by PML(Q) sources. Well it is clear that the PML(Q) is the government’s first choice especially after the shocking revelations of senior government officials instructing Nazims to fully participate in the PML(Q) election campaign. The formation of such an alliance would all in all depend on the willingness of the PML(Q) but as it is widely perceived in the public, the PML(Q) is the governments puppet, thus depriving it from their support. In order to ensure its victory in the election, the PML(Q) will need to form such election alliances. PAT seems to be a favorable option as it claims to have a decisive vote bank. The second option available to PAT would be to form an election alliance with opposition parties. Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri has repeatedly said that he will prefer to be in the opposition rather than a gove! rnment, which is not giving PAT its due share in power. Currently the opposition seems to be leaderless as leaders of both the PML(N) and PPP are in self exile. Thus, PPP and PML(N) workers and supporters desperately need a leader who can lead them to success in the October elections. So the proposition of leading the opposition is a tempting one for Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri, as everyone is aware of the progress of the Pakistan Awami Itihad (PAI) under the leadership of Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri. The third clear option available for PAT is to take a solo flight, making seat adjustments in every constituency according to the local political scenario. The recent co-operation between Baigum Abida Hussain and Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri in their respective seats is clear evidence of this strategy already being in operation. It seems as though such co-operation and seat adjustments will play a major role in the coming elections especially for PAT.
Whether PAT has gained or not on leaving the NA, t! he government on the other hand will be counting its losses as PAT’s departure from the NA concludes the government’s failure with regards to the NA. On the other handgovernment plans regarding PML(Q) and the unification of the PML have all but failed. Both of these developments have raised serious talk within government circles that the elections will be postponed by a couple of months, as the government’s plans in maneuvering its desired entities into power have suffered severe setbacks. The course which PAT decides to take will clear the air of uncertainty and confusion regarding the elections and the post election setup. Time will judge whether PAT’s departure and the consequent failure of the NA, is in fact ‘another nail in the government’s coffin’.
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WASHINGTON (March 30, 2014) -- A first-ever randomized head-to-head comparison of two devices commonly used to treat the age-related disease aortic stenosis finds balloon-expandable transcatheter valves result in more successful procedures and relieve symptoms more frequently than self-expanding valves, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 63rd Annual Scientific Session.
Aortic stenosis is a condition in which a crucial valve in the heart ceases to function properly. The only cure is to replace the valve, either through open heart surgery or through transcatheter aortic valve replacement, a less-invasive option in which a replacement valve is threaded into the heart through an artery in the patient's leg.
"We know in general that the transcatheter approach works and that patients benefit from it," said Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, M.D., head of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at Segeberger Kliniken, Bad Segeberg, Germany, and senior author of the study. "But we have two main types of valves available for this procedure, and until now, there was no conclusive data about their relative effectiveness. This study is important because it's the first randomized comparison of these two technologies."
The researchers tracked 241 transcatheter valve-replacement procedures in five major hospitals in Germany. Half of the patients received a balloon-expandable valve, which is implanted by inflating a balloon that forces the valve into place. The other half received a self-expanding valve, which automatically expands when its sheath is removed.
The results show the balloon-expandable valve results in more successful procedures (the study's primary endpoint) and improved patient symptoms (one of the study's secondary endpoints). There was no significant difference between the groups for cardiovascular mortality at 30 days, bleeding and vascular complications or stroke. Successful procedures were those in which the valve was implanted in the correct position and provided a tight enough seal to prevent blood from leaking across the valve. Procedures using a balloon-expandable valve had a success rate of 95.9 percent as compared to 77.5 percent for the self-expanding valve.
Patients receiving the balloon-expandable valve also reported improvements in symptoms 30 days after the procedure at a rate of 94.3 percent compared to 86.7 percent in patients receiving a self-expanding valve. Common symptoms for aortic stenosis include breathlessness, chest pain, dizziness and palpitations.
"Symptoms improved for a majority of patients overall, but the improvements were more common in the patients who received a balloon-expandable valve," Abdel-Wahab said.
Abdel-Wahab speculated that the mechanics of the two valves may explain why the balloon-expandable option was generally more successful. The balloon-expandable valve may be better able to provide the amount of force needed to achieve a tight seal and prevent leakage.
Before 2002, open heart surgery was the only available treatment option for aortic stenosis. Many older patients are too frail to undergo such an invasive surgery, so transcatheter valve replacement was developed as a lower-risk solution for these patients or other patients who are not eligible for open heart surgery. The average age of patients in the study was 80.
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement has been used routinely in Europe since 2007 and in the United States since 2011. In the absence of conclusive studies comparing the balloon-expandable and self-expanding valves, operators have typically selected valves based on availability and the operator's own level of comfort with the technology.
"This is a very dynamic field," Abdel-Wahab said. "We now have new valves coming out that will probably be even better, but we do not have enough data about them yet. These results can help to inform the design of future devices."
The researchers will continue to monitor the patients for five years to compare long-term health outcomes in the two patient groups.
This study will be simultaneously published online in the Journal of the American Medical Association at the time of presentation.
The ACC's Annual Scientific Session brings together cardiologists and cardiovascular specialists from around the world each year to share the newest discoveries in treatment and prevention. Follow @ACCMediaCenter and #ACC14 for the latest news from the meeting.
The American College of Cardiology is a nonprofit medical society comprised of 47,000 physicians, surgeons, nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists and practice managers. The College is dedicated to transforming cardiovascular care, improving heart health and advancing quality improvement, patient-centered care, payment innovation and professionalism. The ACC also leads the formulation of important cardiovascular health policy, standards and guidelines. It bestows credentials upon cardiovascular specialists, provides professional education, supports and disseminates cardiovascular research, and operates national registries to measure and promote quality care. For more information, visit CardioSource.org. | <urn:uuid:2a05dec9-8a51-4210-a44c-906a6ff40aad> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-03/acoc-hsf033014.php | 2019-05-26T06:39:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232258849.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20190526045109-20190526071109-00276.warc.gz | en | 0.945932 | 1,016 | [
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Benefits Of Using Facebook BusinessAs one of the largest social media advertising and marketing platform, Facebook allows its customers to run pages and create teams utilizing their private accounts. Therefore, it is possible for web page owners to maintain better track of which users can access what data on all of their Business pages. Part of Facebook Business Manager is a Pages Manager app that permits marketers to simply arrange all of their posts, messages, feedback and extra. This device is quite excellent for all these seeking to get an entire overview of their Business pages.
Facebook Business Supervisor helps you defend information from unauthorized access, misuse and inappropriate handling by inexperienced staff. Staff could also be appointed page admins, web page editors, web page moderators, advertisers and page analysts in connection with the management of particular person Fb pages and promoting accounts. Having a presence on Fb is not one thing a Business can postpone anymore.
Companies are in a position to create a Facebook Business Page free of charge and be up and operating in a really short time period. People who ‘Like' your Business will be able to obtain updates from you which will then be seen by all their pals and broaden your attain to many extra potential shoppers. There are so many benefits to Social Media advertising and marketing that it is quick becoming something that is troublesome to disregard. Because of this Facebook developed Fb Business Supervisor to assist consolidate all your pages, ad accounts, and account managers in a single place.
Facebook Business Manager also allows agencies, like Papercut, to manage clients' Business pages - from scheduling social posts to engaging with clients to managing paid promotions. The House dashboard shows all of the pages you manage, along with their web page likes, individuals reached, and publish engagements. In performance, it is very much like constructing a audience on the Facebook Advertisements Supervisor platform.
But not less than we didn't have to wait for our advert to be permitted in the live Advert Manager to search out out, so that's a bonus! When you're pleased (and Fb is joyful too) it can save you your advert, or ship a notification to view it on your cell on Fb or Instagram. Facebook Viewers Insights is an extremely useful tool for planning, researching and optimising not only campaigns on Fb, however digital marketing basically.
When you've positioned a Fb pixel in your page and created a customized viewers (we have talked before about how one can set each of these items up ), it is possible for you to to view data in your website guests. This can enable you develop past your circle of family and friends” on the personal aspect and make the page for Business building.
The Business notifications could be linked to your work e-mail ID to make sure you are in a part of tracking your enterprise proposals; this characteristic helps you to be in contact together with your workforce and consumer at the identical time. With Fb Business manager it's now easier to organize administration reports or dashboards as they provide you several personalized options that are consumer friendly. The usage of Facebook is very important to grow your online and offline Business.
Clients can directly contact the Business on their Facebook web page, which supplies a personal contact as compared to an automatic Business electronic mail. Facebook can analyse all the data that tens of millions of customers enter into their profiles. As the proprietor of a Business web page, you facebook business benefits may pay to use this data to ship focused advertising to a selected group. Whereas some of these benefits are much like having a web site, a quantity are distinctive to Facebook. Combined, the benefits can lead to elevated gross sales and profits for your business.
Buyer fan posts and testimonials which are misleading or deceptive to different customers, particularly about competitor merchandise/companies might end in your enterprise being fined. Earlier than I define the advantages of getting a Facebook web page for your corporation, the very first thing it's best to know is that it's good to create a Business web page. Not only will you be lacking out on the perks of having a Business page, however Facebook will not permit you to use your profile for Business promotion.
Not solely does Fb help you determine who your audience is, it helps your draw more of them to your web page and increases your customer following. That is completed through the use of your web page to showcase new services, share photographs of your products in motion, and get feedback from your customers. This publish is written creatively and explores the various kinds of benefits of Fb for Business. | <urn:uuid:544d099d-428e-4599-af2d-1586a76c3043> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | http://blowbrazil3.blogzet.com/benefits-of-using-facebook-business-5901518 | 2019-05-27T09:05:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232262311.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20190527085702-20190527111702-00436.warc.gz | en | 0.944438 | 915 | [
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Tasty cereal kids love with only natural organic ingredients that parents can feel good about.
Reasons to Love It:
- Only 3 ingredients!
- No artificial flavours or colors
- Helps save blue macaws
What's in it?
Our corn meal is made from finely milled organic (and Non GMO) corn.
These fine golden crystals are made from simple sugar cane to form a seriously sweet taste.
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Newly crowned IndyCar champion Simon Pagenaud is the latest online driving instructor for SAFEisFAST.com.
The French driver races for Team Penske and scored five victories and seven pole positions on his way to his first IndyCar title earlier this year. Pagenaud entered the series in 2011 and has raced for four teams, winning the Rookie of the Year title in 2012.
Pagenaud is a former Champ Car Atlantic title winner and has experience racing in various championships including Formula Renault, the Champ Car World Series, and American Le Mans, which he won with the Highcroft Racing LMP1 squad in 2010.
SAFEisFAST.com presented by Honda Performance Development is a free online resource offering video tutorials on safety, fitness, mental skills, race craft, career development, sponsorship, marketing and more to assist the careers of drivers in all forms of racing. Simon Pagenaud is the latest in a long list of expert motor sport professionals to serve as an Online Instructor, including Formula One World Champion Jenson Button, Indy 500 winners Dario Franchitti and Gil de Ferran and Le Mans winner Nico Hülkenberg.
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I’m always on the hunt for YouTube alternatives for my son, and I’ve just discovered a good one in Vooks, the app that streams animated children’s books. If you’re wanting your kids to be entertained by something other than toy cars being pulled out of Jell-O, you’ll want to take a look.
Vooks offers a curated library of digital books — aka videos in which the story is read aloud with moving illustrations — that you can subscribe to. I love that the animation is pretty basic and draws from the book’s original illustrations so that kids can focus on the text without getting too distracted. Plus, the words change color when they’re read aloud, so that kids learning to read can follow along. I also like that the library includes some childhood favorites like Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site, plus some newcomers that I’m really excited to check out, like Slumber Sloth (at top).
While the Vooks library isn’t huge yet, it includes a good number of options for all ages within the 2-8 range, and I’m hoping they’ll continue adding new animated books as the service grows. You can also access the library from any device that’s internet-enabled, like your phone or tablet or TV if you have Chromecast or Apple TV.
I wouldn’t think about it as a replacement for parents reading stories to kids, but if you’re looking for a more wholesome, educational form of screen time, Vooks is a great option.
Vooks costs $50 a year or $4.99 a month, so slightly less than you’d pay for Netflix or the forthcoming Disney Plus streaming service we’ve been hearing so much about. But I love that you don’t have to worry about inappropriate content showing up if they pick the wrong video. Such a time saver. | <urn:uuid:69e7c82b-3188-4305-99a0-d88972fb4137> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://coolmomtech.com/2019/04/vooks-animated-storybook-app-youtube-alternative/ | 2019-05-20T09:42:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232255837.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20190520081942-20190520103942-00476.warc.gz | en | 0.932146 | 406 | [
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If Wishes Were Husbands
A humorous look at love with a twist of fantasy and romance.
When Rachel invents a husband to impress her friends, they delight in stories of his meticulous housework, gourmet cooking and amazing sex. Just a bit of harmless fun — until Darren materialises on her sofa, in the flesh! Confronted with the real life version of her fantasy man, Rachel must learn to live with perfection, or discover how to dis-invent him.
A light-hearted story of a single woman’s desire to join the ranks of the married, without living with a man who drives her mad!
This romantic comedy novel is destined to appeal to fans of Sophie Kinsella, Meg Cabot and Bridget Jones.
- PAGES: 292 (trade paper)
- RRP: £6.99/$7.99 (paperback) // £1.99/$2.99 (ebook)
- PUBLICATION: September 2015
- ISBN: 978-1908340153 (paperback)
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How to delete the srdf relation for the devices provided in a pair file?
symrdf -sid 1234 -rdfg 3 -file rdf.txt deletepair -force
Delete the srdf pairing between R1/R2 and return them to stanadard.
- symcfg -sid 198 list -rdfg 10 -rdfaShows the specific SRDF/A information about the rdf group 10.
- symmask -sid 1234 delete -logins -wwn 1000000000000001Delete the login history of wwn 1000000000000001 from all FA logged ports.
- symdg delete mydg -forceDelete device group mydg.
- symrdf -sid 1234 -rdfg 3 -type rdf1 -file rdf.txt -g mydg createpair -establishEstablish the SRDF relation between the devices given in the file rdf.txt from array 1234(R1) and remote box according to the rdf group .This command start sync between R1 and R2 and also add these devices after creating the device group mydg
- symrdf -sid 1234 -rdfg 3 -file rdf.txt queryQuery the Devices by using device pair file.
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VMax Allocation StepsStorage Allocation procedure for a VMax array using Autoprovisioning Groups.This is just a quick reference and only conatins commands to do the allocation. | <urn:uuid:1268883f-bcbd-4311-a9ef-0d8d023df8f1> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://www.rajeshvu.com/san/articles/symcli-questions/delete-the-srdf-relation-for-the-devices-provided-in-a-pair-file | 2019-05-21T14:50:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256426.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20190521142548-20190521164548-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.762626 | 390 | [
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This song was inspired by the massive amounts of QQ from people who seem to love and hate WoW at the same time.
This song is based on the song “Stan” by Eminem.
Big thanks to Aquilae from Worldoffilkcraft.com for her great vocals! Check out her other songs as well as her husband Aergor’s. They are too good to miss! | <urn:uuid:2d336620-b98b-4c8c-a778-c92eb74e4648> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://choristergames.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/rabid-fan-uncencored/ | 2019-05-22T19:08:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256948.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20190522183240-20190522205240-00236.warc.gz | en | 0.991597 | 85 | [
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This year, IOM Belgium and Luxembourg is celebrating International Migrants Day with two special events focusing on the topic of children and migration.
On 12 December, all children are invited at the Children’s Museum in Brussels, where IOM and the Museum jointly organize an interactive day in the brand new exhibition ‘Wings to Grow Up’. During the day, kids will be encouraged to think about the topic of migration and diversity, in an interactive manner.
On 18 December, in celebration of International Migrants Day (IMD), and as part of the Global Migration Film Festival, IOM is organizing a special event in partnership with Cinema Vendôme and the UN Human Rights Office, and with the support of Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles,
Brussels — Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Development Cooperation Alexander De Croo joins forces with IOM, the UN Migration Agency, to build a comprehensive price comparison app for international money transfers (remittances). The collaboration between Belgium and IOM must provide users with objective information about the transfer rates. Today many providers offer remittances services at very high rates. This Saturday 16 June is the International Day of Family Remittances.
Calling All Filmmakers! UN Migration Agency Launches Call for Submissions to 2018 Global Migration Film Festival
Geneva – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, begins casting a wide net this week to bring forth the talent behind one of the migration world’s enduring art forms: motion pictures. It’s all part of the UN Together campaign to promote diversity worldwide.
To select a compelling roster of films to be screened at IOM’s December 2018 Global Migration Film Festival (GMFF), the Geneva-based body is calling for submissions of Full-Length Feature and Short Films, in all genres: fiction, documentary, animation, etc.
Brussels - In collaboration with the United Nations Regional Information Center (UNRIC), the UN Migration Agency (International Organization for Migration – IOM) has set up for the 4th time a team, the UN Migration Team, to run&walk under the colours of the Together campaign at the
IOM Burkina Faso – in partnership with the governments of Italy and Belgium and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) – has opened two new boreholes in the rural commune of Béguédo, located in Bulgou province in Central-East Burkina Faso.
On 16 December 2016, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) together with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and in partnership with Myria and Unia, organized a ‘Global Migration Film Festival’ screening in Brussels.
On 13 December, IOM organized the annual partner meeting on ‘Voluntary Return’. This gathering is organized to inform the local partners on the trends and developments in the Voluntary Return programme. Additionally it is an opportunity for both partners and IOM to exchange ideas, thoughts and questions. | <urn:uuid:d514077e-5fc3-4ac5-9551-1e06c9145224> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | http://belgium.iom.int/events | 2019-05-23T23:54:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232257432.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20190523224154-20190524010154-00396.warc.gz | en | 0.89802 | 623 | [
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|Posted by Emma and Natalie on August 13, 2013 at 6:05 AM|
For the last year, as we have raised awareness of the abuse within the Fifty Shades trilogy, we have faced ridicule, scorn and abuse. Fans of the book told us we were wrong; the books are not abusive and depict a consensual BDSM relationship. Others assumed we were “prudes” or pro-censorship, and yet others mocked us for stating that the books perpetuate domestic abuse.
So we are extremely pleased that a study entitled “Double Crap! Abuse and Harmed Identity in Fifty Shades of Grey” by three US professors, Amy Bonomi, Lauren Altenburger and Nicole Walton from Ohio State University, has been published. The report studied the first book in the Fifty Shades trilogy and concluded tha,t "Emotional abuse was present in nearly every interaction, including stalking, intimidation, isolation and humiliation." The study also states that “Fifty Shades of Grey perpetuates dangerous abuse patterns” and uses the measures of intimate partner violence developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in establishing the levels of abuse within the book.
The study seems to clearly separate the alternative sexuality and BDSM portrayed within the books with the abuse the main character Christian Grey perpetrates against Ana Steele, with Professor Bonomi being quoted as saying “This book is perpetuating dangerous abuse standards and yet it’s being cast as this romantic, erotic book for women” and also “The erotic content could have been accomplished without the theme of abuse.”
The study has been published in the US-based Journal of Women’s Health and comments on Ana Steele’s responses to Christian Grey’s behaviour within the book as typical of someone who has experienced abuse. The Business Standard states that the study found “Anastasia suffers reactions consistent with those of abused women. She feels a constant sense of threat and loss of self-identity, changes her behaviours to keep peace in the relationship such as withholding information about her whereabouts to avoid Christian's anger, and becomes disempowered and entrapped in the relationship as her behaviours become mechanized in response to Christian's abusive patterns”.
We are extremely grateful to the three professors Amy Bonomi, Lauren Altenburger and Nicole Walton for their work on this study and we hope that it will enable people to see that Fifty Shade of Grey is not primarily an erotic novel or “mummy porn” but instead is perpetuating attitudes and beliefs about domestic abuse. With 25% of women across the UK and the US suffering domestic abuse, which is part of the global crisis of male violence against women, we all need to do more to challenge abusive messages, wherever we see them. | <urn:uuid:a767f783-76a0-4459-9882-e7fe5dd53c22> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://50shadesisdomesticabuse.webs.com/apps/blog/show/prev?from_id=33540989 | 2019-05-23T23:16:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232257432.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20190523224154-20190524010154-00396.warc.gz | en | 0.969381 | 573 | [
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According to the National Cancer Institute, there were 15.5 million cancer survivors living in the United States in 2016. About 40 percent of those survivors deal with chronic pain related to their cancer treatment. Even though opioid medications can be highly addictive, doctors commonly prescribe the narcotics to treat individuals suffering from pain caused by cancer. Today, we take a look at a physician’s assistant (PA) from Dover, New Hampshire who committed Medicare fraud by receiving cash kickbacks for overprescribing unnecessary opioids to patients who didn’t want them.
Today’s fraudster was motivated by greed after being approached by a representative of a drug manufacturer. (The drug rep made an offer the former PA could not refuse.) The PA was promised cash kickbacks for prescribing fentanyl spray, an FDA-approved drug used to treat breakthrough cancer pain. For over more than a year, the PA wrote more than 750 prescriptions for the fentanyl spray throughout the State of New Hampshire. Approximately 225 of those prescriptions were issued to Medicare patients. While Medicare got stuck with a bill totaling $2.1 million for the opioid spray prescriptions, the PA made off with $49,000 – about $1,000 per event – for speaking as a representative of the drug manufacturer at more than 40 “sham” events. These events were basically dinners with employees or representatives of the pharmaceutical company. (The PA got some nice meals while his patients became addicted to the spray.)
The fraud article states that the PA started many of his patients off on high doses of the fentanyl spray. (That’s so they would become addicted to the substance and require more.) He kept prescribing the medication despite pleas from his patients and their family members who expressed that the drug was no longer wanted. (Some of his patients didn’t even need the medication.)
The 44-year-old New Hampshire man who worked at a Dover pain clinic was charged with eight crimes for prescribing an addictive fentanyl spray in exchange for cash kickbacks. Following a week-long trial, he was convicted of Medicare fraud and faces up to 40 years in prison when sentenced.
As you might guess, some of the patients affected by the fraudster’s gross negligence are going after the drug manufacturer seeking damages. Read this article to find out more about one of the fraudster’s patients who became highly dependent upon a high dosage of the drug. (The drug was so strong, it left her unconscious at one point and she asked to have her dosage decreased. The PA didn’t immediately honor her request.) The bottom line is that healthcare providers such as today’s PA should be making sound decisions based on their patients’ conditions, not what’s best for their bank account. Here’s hoping the extremely deceptive PA has a breakthrough of his own where he can finally understand how much pain he has caused for his vulnerable victims.
Today’s “Fraud of the Day” is based on an article entitled, “Physician’s assistant guilty in Subsys kickbacks case,” posted on fosters.com on December 18, 2018.
CONCORD — A federal jury on Tuesday found a former physician’s assistant “guilty of participating in a scheme in which he received kickbacks in exchange for prescribing a powerful fentanyl spray to patients in violation of federal law,” announced U.S. Attorney Scott W. Murray.
Christopher Clough, 44, of Dover, was charged with eight crimes alleging he prescribed the addictive fentanyl spray Subsys, in exchange for cash kickbacks, while working at a Dover pain clinic. After a week of trial testimony and the guilty verdict, Murray announced, Clough “often prescribed the drug for patients who did not have breakthrough cancer pain. He often started patients on high doses of the addictive fentanyl spray and rebuffed patients and their family members who stated that they no longer wanted the drug.” | <urn:uuid:940a3a28-5ad6-4b07-aeef-683629559505> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://www.fraudoftheday.com/medicare-fraud/breakthrough/ | 2019-05-23T23:14:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232257432.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20190523224154-20190524010154-00396.warc.gz | en | 0.975451 | 808 | [
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Most state championship teams feature at least one high profile player who is a Division I recruit or has All-State credentials...like Aaron Bailey, Jason Westerkamp, Matt Alviti, Matt Perez, Reilly O'Toole, John Dergo, Ryan Clifford, Jon Beutjer or Dave Schwabe.
Lake Zurich hopes to be an exception.
"We have a lot of good high school players," coach Dave Proffitt said. "We don't have a marquee player like Jack Lynn (last year's All-State linebacker who went to Minnesota).
"The word 'team' explains what Lake Zurich is all about this year. We have kids who are willing to make sacrifices for the good of the team like changing positions or play on the scout team to get the starters ready. We have 60 kids on the same page, trying to make each other better."
Lake Zurich (10-2) is riding high after upsetting two-time defending state champion Rockford Boylan 21-6 in the quarterfinals, snapping the Titans' 39-game winning streak. The Bears have allowed only 63 points, only 12 in three playoff games.
But the road to Champaign doesn't get any easier. Lake Zurich will face an even tougher test at 1 p.m. Saturday against top-seeded Glenbard West (12-0) in Glen Ellyn. It marks the third time in four years that the two schools have met in the semifinals of the Class 7A playoff.
"We have to do what we do best," Proffitt said. "Trickery at this level? Forget it. We have to run the ball, not turn it over and our kicking game has to be top-notch. We have to be able to get them off the field on third down consistently."
Proffitt said Lake Zurich has two things going for it.
"In the last four or five weeks our offense has controlled the ball and the clock. And our defense has been able to get opponents off the field on third down," the first-year coach said.
The Bears' 3-3-5 defense has been led by 6-foot-1, 225-pound junior linebacker Colton Moskal and 6-foot-1, 185-pound senior free safety Grant Soucy. Moskal is the team's leading tackler, a two-year starter. Soucy started at cornerback as a sophomore and junior and also starts at wide receiver.
Proffitt has run the 3-3-5 for seven years, including two at Cary-Grove. But he likes it for different reasons. Most coaches employ the 3-3-5 to counter spread offenses. Proffitt uses it because he doesn't have to rely on big players but smaller, quicker and more athletic players.
"I believe the 3-3-5 can give running teams as much difficulty if you scheme it right as the conventional 3-4 or 4-3. It's like having your strength up the middle on a baseball team with the catcher and shortstop and center fielder."
Moskal describes Lake Zurich's success--the Bears won a state title in 2007 and were second in 2006 and 2010 under former coach Bryan Stortz--as "a bunch of guys buying into a system and playing as one unit, all 11 on defense flying to the ball and trying to make plays."
All 11 flying to the ball? "It's all having your own responsibility and doing your job, trusting that everyone else will do their job. No one thinks about individual glory. It doesn't make a difference who makes the play as long as we get it done," Moskal said.
"Our edge is hard-nosed Lake Zurich football. We want to carry on the winning tradition. If one guy goes down, another has to step up and make plays. We have a lot of returnees. We know what a playoff atmosphere is all about. We know every game will be a dogfight."
Soucy is one of seven senior captains. That's right, seven: "We never had that before. We had an intense interview process. We had to write essays. We talked to the other players and they voted. It came down to seven, each with different styles, all contributing to the success of the team. "
The other captains are defensive linemen Jack Sweeney and Rocky Triggiano, strong safety Robert Rossdeutcher, fullback Connor Schrader, slotback Jake Stauner and offensive lineman Jerry Bauer.
"We are very selfless. We always want to play our best for each other and for others who were in the program in past years," Soucy said. "The program is about family. We spend so much time together. We are a second family to everyone. We're all willing to do anything to help each other, even outside of football. We form bonds during practice and in the off-season. We do everything as a team, not as individuals."
On the field, nobody thinks about newspaper headlines or video on YouTube or High School Lites or High School Cube. It's all about T-E-A-M.
"All those special players, the Division I prospect, have statistics and numbers," Soucy said. "But anyone can win on given day. If we go 100 percent and hold nothing back for four quarters, we can outplay any team.
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In yet another case of dumping waste in Coimbatore from the neighbouring Kerala, a truck driver who attempted to offload thermocol waste on a vacant land near the L&T Bypass Road was caught by members of the public on Sunday. The truck driver had ferried a consignment of refrigerators to Kochi in Kerala and tried to dump the thermocol waste while on its way back via Coimbatore.
In an earlier incident, two weeks ago a truck from Kerala was seized by the Corporation security guards, when it tried to dispose the garbage and medical waste at Vellalore dumpyard.
MDMK leader Easwaran who went to the spot where the thermocol was being offloaded alerted the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) officials and the police. Subsequently, the Podanur police seized the vehicle. Eswaran said continuous dumping of waste from the neighbouring state is turning out to be a concern and the administration should seriously look into the matter.
While the TNPCB and police were yet to decide on the charges to be slapped against the driver, Eswaran insisted that thermocol has been classified as hazardous waste. This waste also finds its way into the ponds and chokes storm water drains. Considering the larger impact of it even the Pune Municipal Corporation is planning to operate a separate thermocal waste processing plant, he said.
Raising an important question Eswaran said that while indiscriminate dumping affects the environment, the cost for disposing the waste has to borne by the administration.
R Raveendran of Residents Awareness Association of Coimbatore said the vehicles are crossing at least two check posts before entering Coimbatore. It shows that the officials are failing to do their duty properly in checking for transportation of waste into the State.
Besides fining them and taking action against the culprits, the officials at the check post should also be questioned as the vehicles couldn’t have entered without their knowledge, he added.
K Ravichandran, District Environmental Engineer, said he would look into the issue. He felt that it would be difficult to check each and every vehicle passing through the check posts. But it is the responsibility of check post officials to do it and the Environment Department would soon hold a meeting with the Transport officials to curb the practise. | <urn:uuid:c34da406-f7ab-4188-b3e7-39b1195d1436> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2013/jul/22/Fresh-bid-to-dump-Kerala-waste-in-Coimbatore-foiled-499068.html | 2019-05-25T02:52:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232257847.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20190525024710-20190525050710-00556.warc.gz | en | 0.971149 | 476 | [
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The dedicated local manager who has been instrumental in building the successful Granville Hydraulink operation now plans to apply the same success formula to the franchise in the burgeoning region of Blacktown, NSW.
Ben Walker has built up a loyal following across a wide range of industries in Granville’s solid industrial market in less than five years. His satisfied customers include those in road, infrastructure, light rail, demolition, mining suppliers, ground testing, warehousing, materials handling, waste management and other specialised industries.
Now he plans to apply the same winning formula to Blacktown, built around hard-working, professional staff and a commitment to train the team to succeed with the proactive, service-oriented position that has made the Hydraulink brand a winner throughout a rapidly growing network of more than 110 service centres across Australia.
Assistant Manager, Lawrence McIlvride, will take the reins at Granville and expand on the ongoing success with customers from businesses in geo-probing, large-scale demolitions and waste management, while Ben Walker takes ownership of the Blacktown operation, including its fully equipped hydraulic mobile service vehicles.
“Blacktown has huge potential for a business with our market advantages,” says Walker. “There are a lot of crane, hire and rental, forklift, waste management and recycling companies in the area that stand to benefit from our 24/7 service availability and can-do attitude.”
Walker is further enhancing efficiency and availability at the Blacktown branch by revitalising the workshop and increasing stock levels to ensure customers are served as quickly as possible.
“I’m looking to increase our over-the-counter business as well,” he adds. “I want anyone to be able to drop by with a hydraulic problem and for one of our team to fix it promptly, because we have necessary parts and expertise right here in Blacktown.”
“In my experience with the Granville branch, Hydraulink’s problem-solving approach won us a lot of loyal customers and repeat business, and I’m looking to bring that ethos to Blacktown too.”
“We had a customer come in the other day with a truck that wasn’t working properly, but he didn’t know the problem. Our experienced team disassembled the truck, found the problem, put it all back together and tested it to make sure the problem was completely fixed. It’s these sorts of jobs that set us apart from any other hydraulic service company in Australia.”
“I also plan to make optimum use of Hydraulink’s resources between the Granville and Blacktown branches. If we need to move staff or stock between branches to get jobs done faster, I can arrange that seamlessly,” he adds.
“My plan is to provide the greater Blacktown area, which includes several surrounding suburbs, with a level of service previously unseen in the area. In addition to 24/7 availability, we have more than just hoses and fittings. We have a full range of industrial and hydraulic components, and the in-house expertise to solve complex problems with quick turnaround times.”
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Guangzhou City Poojin Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. has entered the inverter power supply industry for more than ten years. After years of development, it has grown into an integrated design, research and production of inverters and solar off-gird power generation equipment. And can provide continuously innovative high-tech enterprises according to customer needs. With strong technical strength, advanced equipment and standardized management, we are specialized in providing customers with products that are more competitive and conform to the market trend value. From inverters to smart chargers, from solar controllers to inverter combined with controller, we have always maintained the same quality. Years of industry experience have made us more technologically advanced.
The company has a series of automated production equipment, professional technical team, using high quality raw materials to ensure our products can be through all kinds of testing standard, we provides the high-quality service for the customers with professional knowledge.
Over the years, Poojin Electronics has recruited talented people and established a professional and technical team with high quality. With a serious, responsible, practical and hard work style, it has established a corporate image full of vitality and creativity. Since its inception, the company has established long-term and friendly business contacts with more than 100 countries and regions around the world .The independent brand “BELTTT” at home and abroad with high visibility and reputation, and with a series of patent and intellectual property rights.
In the future, we will continue to improve our quality and service level as always. We will adhere to the business philosophy of “innovation, prudence and mutual gains” to meet the needs of our customers to the greatest extent. We sincerely hope to cooperate with you in a friendly way to achieve mutual gains situation and seek common development.
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Modern Black Bed Furniture
Published On December 15, 2017 |
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This pack of Lynda Chapman World of Paper Card Protector Bags includes 100 bags in total, perfect for keeping your 6x6 card creations including their envelopes in pristine condition!
These protector bags are made from high quality materials to ensure they stand the test of time and keep your creative projects safe and secure.
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Matlock’s FA Cup run ended after a gallant showing at National League North and renowned cup fighters Altrincham.
Having gone in front through Niall McManus; first goal of the season, it was all square at the interval as Damien Reeves equalised five minutes later but the game was settled in the opening seven minutes of the second half when a Sean Miller brace gave Alty a degree of breathing space.
Matlock then missed chances to earn a replay, notably failing from the penalty spot for the fourth time this season and Alty were reduced to ten men late on when substitute Tom Hannigan clattered unnecessarily into Michael Williams.
So for Matlock it was a tale of what if. What if they had held out until half time, what if had they not lost concentration or focus for that brief spell just after half time? What if, had they taken more of their chances including the penalty which would have set up a tense finale?
But Matlock can still emerge from the disappointment of defeat with their heads held high, as can their 150 fans who made the trip and gave them tremendous vocal support. Perhaps it just wasn’t meant to be.
Liam Marsden and Jake Green came in for Nico de Girolamo and Alex Pursehouse who were named as substitutes, while in attack, Curtis Morrison retained his place with Marcus Dinanga named as a substitute.
Morrison got behind the hosts’ defence to have a sniff of the goal in the eighth minute, but his shot lacked pace and home custodian Tim Deasy had a comfortable save as Matlock began brightly playing towards their supporters.
Ted Cribley tied Sam Patterson in knots in the 18th minute before chipping narrowly beyond the far post as Matlock continued to look the more threatening and accomplished side.
Two minutes later referee Marsden waved away his claims for a penalty after he went down in the box under Patterson’s challenge. Then in the very next breath, an excellent move involving Cribley and McManus saw the ball break to Marc Newsham whose shot was superbly saved by the outstretched leg of Deasy who had a big shout in being Alty’s man of the match.
Deasy was in the thick of the action again on 26 minutes, clawing away a curling Williams shot before McManus saw a shot blocked and Deasy denied Morrison.
Altrincham’s star striker Reeves broke the monotony of Matlock chances with an audacious lob from 40 yards which cleared the bar before being inches away from James Lawrie’s low cross but it was Matlock who deservedly went in front after 32 minutes when Cribley’s pass found McManus who came inside to stroke a left footed shot from 15 yards beyond Deasy’s despairing dive.
But Matlock’s joy lasted only five minutes thanks to a finish and skill of the highest quality from Reeves who turned smartly and fired a marvellous low shot past Barnes from the edge of the box in one movement. A Greg Wilkinson shot found the sidenetting soon afterwards but on the balance of the opening half, Matlock should have been ahead.
But then came the match defining minutes that made Matlock’s task a steep one.
Just two minutes after the restart Matlock found themselves outnumbered as Lawrie broke down the right and picked out Miller who had the easiest of chances to shoot into a vacant net and put the Robins in front.
Dwayne Wiley’s header was knocked off the line for a fruitless corner as Matlock tried to hit back, but that would be Wiley’s last contribution as he succumbed to a first half injury and was replaced by de Girolamo.
Then within a further minute, Alty opened up a two goal lead, Miller having too much time and space centrally as he shot comfortably past Barnes. Matlock had conceded two poor goals.
Matlock to their credit though would not give up. Deasy saved from Cribley and a strong Morrison shot was deflected wide before Dinanga came on for Morrison with still a third of the contest remaining.
Altrincham’s former Alfreton midfielder Jake Moult was booked for a foul on Williams who followed him into the referee’s notebook soon afterwards, somewhat harshly for holding Moult.
After a Cribley strike was blocked, Dinanga missed a great chance to cut the deficit on 73 minutes, shooting high and wide with only Deasy to beat following more fine approach play by McManus on the right.
Dinanga then fired into the sidenetting as the chances were still there for Matlock and on 82 minutes came probably their best chance when Moult was lucky to stay on the field as he sent Dinanga sprawling in the box.
Newsham’s penalty though was more akin to rugby league as it cleared the bar by some distance.
Two minutes later came Hannigan’s dreadful tackle and deserved red card that left Williams limping with a dead leg to be replaced by Nicky Travis.
But the missed spot kick signalled the end of Matlock’s recovery hopes and their FA Cup run which has been a memorable one.
They leave the competition with their heads held high, but perhaps with a tinge of regret. Had they made the most of their chances and not had a mad seven or so minutes straight after half time, it would probably have been the Gladiators in Monday night’s First Round Proper draw.
ALTRINCHAM: 1 Tim Deasy 2 Sam Patterson 3 Josh Doherty 4 John Cyrus (16 Tom Hannigan 60) 5 Alan Goodall 6 Simon Robinson 7 James Lawrie 8 Jake Moult 9 Greg Wilkinson 10 Damien Reeves (14 Phil Marsh 64) 11 Sean Miller (13 Craig Hobson 85). Other subs: 12 Andy Dawber 15 Sam Heathcote 17 Harry Cain 18 Charlie Doyle.
MATLOCK TOWN: 1 Phil Barnes 2 Liam Marsden 3 Jake Green 4 Joe Doyle-Charles 5 Adam Yates 6 Dwayne Wiley (14 Nico de Girolamo 51) 7 Niall McManus 8 Michael Williams (17 Nicky Travis 84) 9 Marc Newsham 10 Curtis Morrison (12 Marcus Dinanga 59) 11 Ted Cribley. Other subs: 15 Jamie Yates 16 Alex Pursehouse 18 Arron Jameson.
REFEREE: P Marsden (Preston).
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Can you guys guess what I’ll be spending my work-free day on tomorrow? ^_~
These past few days have been quite eventful for me. I’ve been working on the monkey project, which is getting there steadily. Just one more monkey to go and most of its parts are done.
This September, my boyfriend and I will be going to Greece for ten days. I’m pretty excited, but also bumped into a slight problem: I don’t want to bring all the stuff I need for amigurimis with me (stuffing, eyes, needles and whatnot), but I think I might go crazy if I don’t bring a project with me to work on in the evenings or lazy afternoons! So I’ve decided that I will make an afghan while on our little trip. I fell in love with a pattern, but I’m not really sure if I will be able to pull it off. So far, every project that is not an ami ended up in my bog box of unfinished projects and junk… But I will certainly give it a try!
But that is something for the future, a bit closer is a request from a friend: another big minion! So today, I finally sat myself at the computer to type out the pattern. It will be easier to work from than my notes, which always tend to end up really messy -_-”
I have send the typed out pattern to All About Ami and asked her if it’s ok if I post it here. Since she wrote the pattern I based mine on, I believe it is only decent to ask her opinion first. I hope she doesn’t mind, cause this minion has been getting a lot of attention!
What really made my week was that Ana Paula Rimoli liked the big minion enough to share the link to this little blog on her facebook page. And man, did it ever create a buzz! This place had never seen so many visitors and I would like to thank everyone who liked it enough to take a look around! I feel very honored to be recognized by someone who is one of my idols when it comes to crocheting. (If you don’t know who Ana Paula is, she has four crochet pattern books published and is working on the fifth one.)
And this week I finally got to see Despicable Me2! I completely fell head over heels for the ‘evil’ purple minions, so now I really feel the need to crochet some of those as well!
So in short, it’s been a busy week and I’ll probably be busy for a few more!
Stay tuned for pictures of the complete monkey set!
Find Ana Paula on facebook here!
As you might have noticed in my previous posts, I’ve been working on a minion again (from the movie “Despicable Me”). I have been working roughly from the same pattern as before, but this time, I modified it for my own personal need: size.
My brother asked me if I could make him a big minion. When I asked him ‘how big’, he said: “however big you can make it.” Well, I did my best and though I could have made it a lot bigger if I wanted to, this looked like the right size for one.
So, without further ado, here’s the result!
Like the original pattern, you can remove his goggles and overalls, but this time, I didn’t sew on the gloves either. So you can basically take off all his clothes until you have a hairy jelly bean with arms ^_^’
Some close-ups of details:
When I made the last one, I didn’t like how the face came out. This time, I think the arms are slightly too long, but then again, I didn’t have the motivation to redo them, so that’s a lesson for next time (if I will ever do one this big again, that is!)
I have written down how I made him, but I don’t think I will post the pattern online, since it’s pretty much a redo of the original by AllAboutAmi. Basically, what I did was make the body, arms and overalls with mostly half double crochets instead of singles. Then, to get him even bigger, I added some extra rounds and kept increasing. If you want to get the pattern, you can contact me and I’ll try to get it to you.
After a rather easy mothers day, fathers day was a bit more difficult gift-wise. For some reason, fathers always seem to have everything they want or need. Plus, I find crocheting for men much, much more difficult. So both my dad and my father-in-law will have to make due with ‘normal’ gifts.
In the meantime, I have been making progress with the minion from my last post:
Now come the hardest parts: shoes and gloves. For the rest it was pretty easy to figure out how it has to be done. I’m kind of following the all about ami despicable minion pattern, that I have done before, only with half double crochets and working more rounds to make it bigger. But scaling up the shoes is going to be a challenge I think :S
Wish me luck!
A little while back I watched the movie ‘Despicable me’ for the twentieth time (it could also have been the third time, I’m not entirely sure…) and suddenly it struck me: I haven’t even made a minion yet!
Luckily, a pattern was quickly found and I set to work. The project did have to be put on the backburner for a while, due to holidays, work and other things that got in the way, but shortly after New Year, I was able to finish this little guy.
You can find the pattern here. And a step-by-step guide to putting him together here.
The pattern wasn’t the easiest I’ve ever followed, so I don’t recommend it when you’re just starting. But if you are a little more experienced, it’s a great project!
I noticed too late that I’d made a couple mistakes, mostly with the eyes and mouth, but I really don’t want to redo them. The beauty of the minions is that they are all slightly different, so it isn’t a really big problem if it doesn’t come out exactly like the pictures with the pattern, right?
Another thing I love about this pattern is that most parts are removable. You can take your minion apart!
Mine gets a real butt-face without his goggles though -_-”
What’s also pretty cool is the fact that the buttons on the overalls really work:
The patterns gives the straps real life button-holes, which I think is awesome and very clever!
I don’t think my minion got as big as the one from All About Ami. Mostly because I used a smaller hook (2,5mm) and I think I used thinner yarn (never quite sure about the weights and such when it comes to yarn…)
Here’s one last picture of him guarding my pot of lucky stars:
I had loads of fun making this little guy and I hope you guys will as well!
~ explicit crocheting ~
The Misadventures of The Goddess
Crocheting, amigurumi, general nerdiness and other odds and ends
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This year, we are once again proud to support and sponsor British Rallycross driver, Graham Rumsey, as he travels around the country racing in his Citroen Saxo.
Last weekend saw Graham take part in Rounds 4 and 5 of the BTRDA Clubmans Rallycross Championship, at Pembrey circuit in South Wales, and everyone was set to see some very close action on track at the second trip to the popular circuit.
The weekend started off steadily for Graham in his XtremeRX run Citroen Saxo, as the heats progressed so did the speed from the Kent based driver with only one bad heat after contact with another driver causing a DNF. The team at XtremeRX got the car back to full health for the final where Graham would put in a well timed lap to secure the first of two 2nd places.
As day two got underway it was clear that Graham would be in another battle for a podium position but still lacking the pace of the two front runners. The changeable weather conditions during the day made the circuit conditions tricky but didn’t stop Graham getting a good qualifying position into the A Final. As the final commenced, Graham was able to take an early joker lap allowing him to pick off slower cars as they took the extended circuit during the race giving him the 2nd of his 3rd place finishes. Now the dust and mud has settled at pembrey Graham lies 2nd overall in the Production Championship with 2 rounds still to go.
The next BTRDA event will take place at Blyton, Lincolnshire on October 15th and we look forward to catching up with Graham and providing an update on how he got on!
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The 5 Best Bernat Blanket Yarns [Ranked]
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Are you planning to perform some home décor projects or make some blankets, crochet baskets etc?
Are you in a hurry but want them to be amazing?
If your answer is “yes” to either of them, you shouldn’t look beyond Bernat Blanket yarn.
Available in a diverse range of variegated and solid shades, this chenille-style yarn (Source) lets you perform a huge range of projects quickly and conveniently.
A Crocheted Bernat TV Blanket
Whether you’re planning to craft a crochet afghan for the bed or a baby blanket for your little one to arrive or anything in between, everyone will simply love the finished product for sure.
- A Crocheted Bernat TV Blanket
- Comparing The Options
- The Bernat Blanket BIG Yarn Review
- Buying Guide
- The Avocuddler!
- More Details
- Pink Baby Blanket
- Bernat Blanket Yarn Colors – How To Choose
- Where To Buy?
Comparing The Options
- Economical big ball size
- Price includes a total of 3-Packs of Need info Bernat, Patons, Lily Blanket Yarn Vintage White (UPC: 057355395466 )
- Economical big ball size
- A luxuriously soft, chenille-style yarn that's perfect for baby blankets and garments.
- Price is for 3 skeins of Bernat Baby Blanket Yarn Peachy for a total of 216 yards
The Bernat Blanket BIG Yarn Review
The YouTuber writes that her video is “A quick review of what to expect if you work with Bernat’s biggest Blanket Yarn: Blanket Big.”
- How much do you need: If you have decided to make a soft, chunky blanket with the Bernat Blanket yarn, the first thing you need to decide on is how much of the product you’d need to complete the project.
- Thickness: With this product, mixing and matching of the yarns of the same thickness can be done and they come in different size packages like the 300g and the 150g which is ideal for people who don’t need a huge ball.
- Take measurements: The measurement of the blanket that you are planning to make is important to complete the project conveniently. For example, if you want to make a 6 ft tall blanket, then you should buy 6 balls of 10.5oz/300g size skein which is approximately 258 yards.
- Color issues: But if you plan to use a color which is available only in the Baby Blanket yarn, then you’d need to buy 3 times as many skeins. So, you’d require 18 balls of Baby Blanket yarn to complete the blanket. This is because the Bernat Baby Blanket yarn comes with only around 72 yards in a ball. In addition, a lot of Bernat yarn is available in a variety of weights, from thin and soft to big and bulky. And there is a yarn for almost every project, from cutting-edge textures to tried and true basics.
The Instagrammer writes that this was supposed to be a gift for her stepdaughter’s birthday, but the design was harder to execute than she thought it was going to be!
But she figured it out and she loves the finished product. It’s a big cuddle buddy that’s super cute and squishy. It’s about 23” tall.
Bernat Blanket yarn is the go-to product for the whole family when it comes to completing projects related to home décor, baby, fashion, and more.
This cozy yarn is made of 100% polyester and a perfect choice for making a bold statement.
If you’re planning to do larger projects, simply go for the economical big ball size to stay within your budget.
The product is machine washable and easily dryable with low and delicate settings recommended.
It means whatever thing you make using the product, it can be taken care of in a completely hassle-free manner.
Since Bernat is one of the leaders in all things yarn, you can rest assured of having an amazing product.
While making a blanket needs a significant amount of time and effort, with this high-quality yarn, the work becomes heavily enjoyable.
And there are lots of amazing patterns available for Bernat Blanket yarn that you can try to make easy yet some of the most adorable and fun blankets.
Whether you use their famous blanket yarn or opt for the baby variety, the end product is going to be amazing.
And products made from Bernat Blanket yarn carry cherished memories from generation to generation, home to home.
So you can always create new memories by knitting something special.
Pink Baby Blanket
Bernat Baby Blanket Yarn
- Price is for 3 skeins of Bernat Baby Blanket Yarn Little Lilac Dove 161103-3113 (UPC 057355379282) for a total of 258 yards/10.5oz (236 meters/300gr) knitting yarn
Welcoming a new life into the world is unquestionably the greatest feeling one can ever have.
If you know someone who is preparing, offering a crocheted baby blanket or handmade knit to wrap the baby in is probably the biggest gift for the would-be mother.
And with Bernat Baby Blanket yarn, a new design can be worked up in almost no time.
Each ball is made of 100% polyester and probably one of the softest yarns you may ever feel.
Apart from the sheer softness, this yarn comes in amazing colors to choose from.
However, remember to wash it in cool water to handle it with the maximum care.
You can try out this easy knitting pattern to make a cute baby blanket.
Bernat Blanket Yarn Patterns
Whether you are trying to learn to crochet or are an experienced crochet aficionado, with the help of easy patterns for Bernat Blanket yarn you can make amazing blankets.
These patterns are available for doing projects using both Bernat Blanket yarn and Bernat Baby Blanket yarn.
So, whether you are planning to make something to increase the style quotient of your home or something amazingly soft for the baby, the incomparably soft yarn can help you with everything.
With the help of some complementary colors, pretty stitches and by investing some time, you’ll have something eye-catching and unique.
You can have a look at this post to learn about some simple yet amazing Bernat Blanket yarn patterns.
Bernat Blanket Stripes Yarn
- Economical big ball size
Bernat Blanket Stripes yarn was made available in 2017.
It’s an interesting and lengthy variegated yarn that carries a familiar concept to Caron Cakes.
All you need to do is just open up the ball and you can see the colors which exist inside suddenly.
With lots of playful colors and modern shades, this yarn is actually fun to crochet.
These balls come with the same amount of yardage as the regular Bernat Blanket yarn.
So, the biggest advantage is all the Bernat brands can be mixed together as the yarn remains the same.
It means you’d be able to have an amazing mix of solids and stripes in the projects.
You’d get instant color transitions and the yarn strands are jointly twined.
Bernat Blanket Yarn Hat For Babies
If you need an incredibly soft and quick hat for the baby, the Bernat Blanket yarn can easily act as your savior.
However, there are things that should be kept in mind when you are doing this project.
First of all, the yarn has to be soft to offer the bay maximum comfort.
Secondly, a thick hat is extremely important unless you live someplace hot.
Here, the common rule is if you see through the final product, it won’t be keeping the baby warm.
And finally, try to make it in accordance with the modern style.
Remember that if you can make a hat that goes with everything will undoubtedly be worn a lot more.
In case you feel it difficult to decide on a color, it’s always recommended to choose neutrals to start with.
This video above can help you get a good understanding of how easily you can crochet a chunky baby hat.
Bernat Blanket Yarn Colors – How To Choose
Often, we tend to focus heavily only on the technical aspects of knitting like identifying the best stitch patterns or the right method to slip the stitches.
Unfortunately, we forget one of the most important parts about knitting – a pretty color combination that creates the beauty of the project.
When it comes to choosing colors for your Bernat Blanket yarn, the first thing you should do is considering a simple color wheel.
Here, you can split the colors into primary, secondary, as well as, tertiary colors.
The primary colors include red, blue, and yellow while the secondary colors include green, purple, and orange.
You get the tertiary colors like magenta, violet, amber etc by merging a primary color with a secondary one.
Remember that colors that are exact opposites of each other usually work well together.
Neutral colors like white, black, taupe, gray etc can all be applied to enhance colors.
It’s always heavily encouraged to use multiple or at least one neutral in the knitting color schemes to help other colors pop.
If you are still looking to get some help in finding a perfect color combination for your project, you can watch this video.
Bernat Blanket Yarn Equivalent
Finding the right Bernat Blanket yarn equivalent or substitute isn’t an easy task.
It can be particularly frustrating when the yarn found by you isn’t the right fit for your project’s patterns.
Undoubtedly, matching fiber content, as well as, yardage are extremely important when substituting Bernat Blanket yarn.
Probably the biggest difference that the yarns across the globe come with is the thickness.
In addition, the materials of the yarns may make a huge difference in terms of being long-lasting, vibrant, and comfortable.
However, there are some websites that can greatly help you sail through the process effortlessly.
Have a look at this website where we have identified some Bernat Blanket yarn substitutes.
Where To Buy?
While Bernat Blanket is one of the most popular yarns available in the market and actually an amazing choice for making blankets, sometimes it becomes difficult to find this brand in the local store.
Of course, there are a good number of substitutes to it available but as this is 100% polyester, it’s difficult to come by.
Also, if it’s available in the local store, you should remember that there may be more beyond what can be seen sitting on the shelf.
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I’m a novice triathlete who completed his first race a few years ago. It was an indoor super sprint at Lifetime Fitness in Katy, TX. The race was difficult, and I was left unsatisfied. So, in 2018, without any training I completed a few sprint triathlons and a 10K road race.
The results were humbling. My mind and my ego were telling me to do things that my body was not prepared to execute. I needed to train!
So, in January of 2019, I decided to get a trainer and prepare to race in an Olympic distance triathlon. Three months into training I was feeling so good about my progress that I lost my damn mind and registered for the 2020 Ironman Texas! …because, why not?
Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the big race has been postponed and I deferred my registration to 2021.
In the meantime, I am now registered for three half Ironman races and my first full-length race will be Ironman Florida, November 7, 2020.
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Raytheon - FlexRadio Team to Develop Airborne High Frequency Radio
Ft. Wayne, Indiana and Austin, Texas – September 3, 2019: Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a $36 million Project Agreement through an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with Consortium Management Group (CMG) on behalf of Consortium for Command, Control and Communications in Cyberspace, in support of requirements from the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, to develop and qualify a high frequency radio.
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MailsDaddy Lotus Notes to Office 365 Migration Tool
Execute the Lotus Notes to Office 365 Migration process with collaborative MailsDaddy NSF to Exchange Online Converter tool and import Lotus Notes contacts in Office 365 account along with Emails, Calendars, To-do list, Attachments, etc. in a secure way.
- 100% efficient for complete Domino to Office 365 Migration.
- Facilitate with “Bulk export” Lotus Notes to Office 365 conversion.
- Generate a preview of the selected Email of NSF mailbox.
- “Impersonate Export” alternative to migrate NSF files in Exchange Online platform.
- Import Lotus Notes contacts (names.nsf) in Office 365 account.
- Facilitate with CSV export option for Domino to Exchange Online.
- Supported by each version of Lotus Notes email client.
- Export the NSF data in PST, EML and MSG format.
- Folder hierarchy is unchanged after the NSF to O365 migration.
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Export Selective Mailbox data: Freely perform the selected NSF files migration into Office 365 account without altering a single character in single conversion round at once. Add file button will help you to select the required NSF files.
Batch Lotus Notes to Office 365 Migration: Go through the multiple IBM Notes file to Exchange Online conversion with this handy and secured Lotus Notes to O365 converter tool by using a CSV file.
Convert Domino to Office 365 with Impersonation rights: If you are, an admin or a user, having all the conversion rights then import your complete NSF data in Exchange Online account with a CSV file having other user’s details including their NSF file path details and O365 account user name.
Export NSF data in Primary Mailbox: This is the basic and most common feature of the tool. The tool headed the migrated NSF data in the primary mailbox of the user Office 365 account after the completion of NSF to Exchange Online conversion process competes.
Migrate Lotus Notes data in Archive Mailbox: This is the advanced feature of the tool. If the option is selected then a user recommended folder has been created in Office 365 account in Archive folder option and all the data will save that location.
Specific Mail searching option: The tool is decorated with advanced Search mail option that will help you to search and export required or specific emails from a particular NSF mailbox in few clicks by providing some criteria values.
Exclude “All” folder option: “All” folder, that is an auto-generated folder in an NSF data file that consumes more space in the data file and takes more time in the Lotus Notes to Office 365 Migration process. By default in this tool the “All” folder always neglect for the NSF to O365 conversion process.
Generate Log file for conversion: Create a process report at the user end in local machine to describe the complete Domino to O365 migration with a specific time.
How to migrate Domino to Office 365 using this tool?
To perform a Lotus Notes to O365 Migration download and install this tool in the machine and follow these steps-
- Click on Add file button.
- Select the desired single or multiple NSF files by clicking on Add file option and click on the Ok button.
- Click on Export button and select the export option from the next window.
- Click on Export button and provide Office 365 account login credentials.
- Wait until the process completes and click on the Ok button.
Is there need of Lotus Notes email client for this NSF to Exchange Online converter tool?
The NSF to O365 Converter is supported by Lotus Notes email client so the installation and configuration of IBM Notes are mandatory for the users. A user can install Lotus Notes 10, 9.x, 8.x, 7.x, etc. in local machine
What will be the maximum file size for this tool to perform the Lotus Notes to O365 migration?
There are no file size limitations for migrating toward NSF to Office 365 account. You can export small as well as large NSF files in the cloud with the same text formatting.
How can I check the functionalities and working efficiency of this NSF to Exchange Online Conversion tool?
Download and install its free demo version to examine the tool efficiency and deal an NSF to O365 conversion process. It imports the first 20 items from each folder of IBM mailbox.
I have Windows 10 OS supported machine, can I download this NSF converter tool in my machine?
Yes, you can download and use this tool in Windows 10 because the Lotus Notes to Office 365 Migration tool is compatible with all Windows OS.
Its simple GUI interface with full data accuracy makes it perfect to choose it between numbers of available products for Lotus Notes to Office 365 Migration. 10 out of 10 points for its working efficiency.
All went in the perfect way and provided a complete conversion result in Exchange Online account with the same data integrity. It really surprised me with its quick and secure conversion process.
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Every dream begins with a vision of what is possible. For Dr. Liu, ACA Acupuncture & Wellness’ President and CEO, his dream was born from a passion for healing. Growing up in China, he was exposed to Chinese medicine through his family. He remembers acupuncturists who would come to his home to treat his grandmother for various conditions. Even from a young age, Dr. Liu recognized how quickly Chinese medicine worked to treat so many different conditions. He was inspired by how powerful this ancient system of healing could be. This is what led him to his mission to become a leader in integrative medicine and to offer the benefits of Chinese medicine to all people, in the treatment and prevention of disease.
Dr. Liu earned his M.D./Ph.D in 1996 from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, credentialed as the top medical school by the China National Immunization and Health Bureau. He was an attending physician in internal medicine at First Hospital of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Dr. Liu has been active in researching atherosclerosis for 13 years and finished his first postdoctoral training at Tsinghua University in 1998. He received a patent for his atherosclerosis treatment in China in 1998 and came to Columbia University as an Associate Research Scientist in 1999 for hyperlipidemia (high fat/lipid concentration in the blood) and atherosclerosis (disease of the arteries). Dr. Liu has written chapters for 5 books, was the chief editor of Internal Medicine – Chinese Medicine, and has published 20 papers related to his clinical and biomedical research.
Before Dr. Liu opened his first clinic, he sat across from a fellow Columbia professor and shared his vision for ACA. Dr. Liu remembers his colleague pointing out there already 6 acupuncture clinics that were within a few blocks radius of the first ACA location in Washington Heights, near Columbia University in New York City. Dr. Liu heard his friend but he didn’t take his advice not to open up a clinic in the area. He believed so strongly in his vision that he went ahead and broke ground on what remains one of the many successful ACA Acupuncture and Wellness clinics in New York City.
Dr. Liu intends to bridge the gap between eastern and western medicine. One without the other has not proven to be a comprehensive system of healing. In combination, research has shown the highest percentages of recovery in patients. Dr. Liu strives to standardize acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in the United States and worldwide by raising awareness of how effectively conditions previously untouched by western medicine can often shift toward healing in a short time as well as encourage the effects of a western medical approach.
With every ACA Acupuncture & Wellness location that opens, Dr. Liu works with exquisitely trained and highly experienced TCM doctors and holds each location and its products to the highest standards in order to give patients the best possible experience. Dr. Liu oversees all of the ACA locations and has the opportunity to witness TCM being integrated into the collective consciousness of Americans.
Each day, as more patients give TCM a try and have a positive experience towards health and healing, his vision grows. Before long, his hope is that people won’t think of chinese medicine as a last resort but something to try first to prevent disease before it creates imbalance and causes symptoms that can be more challenging to treat. With over 25 ACA clinics up and running, Dr. Liu is on his way to not only changing the lives of patients but of changing the healthcare system as it is set up in the United States and hopefully, beyond. | <urn:uuid:c220f794-9c5d-4121-84b0-5a96660b15a5> | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | https://acaacupuncture.com/acupuncture/meet-aca-acupuncture-and-wellness-dr-liu/ | 2020-07-05T19:07:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655888561.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20200705184325-20200705214325-00556.warc.gz | en | 0.980754 | 730 | [
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I’m struggling to see a way of building any further suspense for the results of each of the cups so I’m just going to make this a good news post to finish the season off…
So there we go. Not a surprise after my introduction to the post but great news nevertheless. Also, we have given the board no room to be disappointed and even think about replacing us as manager which is certainly good because even I am on an amateur contract here and so my job security can never reach completely untouchable because they can in theory get rid of me at no cost to the club. But like I say we’re far from that at the moment and we are still bringing success.
Cup Final Matches In Focus
Parsons Challenge Cup: Surprisingly even and very scrappy match which hopefully isn’t down to our players letting the pressure get to them on the big occasion. But luckily we grabbed the win, and I do mean luckily as the winning goal was fittingly scrappy and was a tap in from a rebound from a good edge of the box effort.
Tester Challenge Cup: Another fairly poor game, especially for a cup final which only adds to my worries that the current crop of players aren’t rising to the big occasion. This match wasn’t as scrappy and was still even, however few real chances were created by either team. The fans weren’t denied a spectacle though as it came down to penalties and of course I’d already had to take my best penalty takes by a long way off because of age related stamina issues (he’s 38). After a tense start to the shoot-out where both teams first takers missed, we emerged eventual winners 5-4.
Mid Sussex Junior Cup: Finally a good final performance from our team and plenty of fans were there to witness it with a gate busting attendance of 429. All goals in this match came from crosses or corners which is at least is going towards proving that the crossing tactic is still a suitable one. Jordan Nuttell continues a seasons impressive scoring form with two goals which was added to by Jordon Roberts and a memorable first goal from Sam Gore, one of our only long serving players.
So now, trying to avoiding putting a downer on this seasons great achievements, the following posts will follow the progress of our attempts to fend off bigger teams in their bids for our best players. Hopefully our achievements and raise in reputation will convince a few more players to stay than last season, but time will tell… | <urn:uuid:20090224-f6fe-4130-871b-567deef38535> | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | https://fmrealvirtuality.com/2016/02/28/pub-team-to-managers-dream-part-19-season-2-cup-finals/ | 2020-07-05T20:47:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655888561.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20200705184325-20200705214325-00556.warc.gz | en | 0.975316 | 522 | [
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Title: Myst Volume 15
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FLAC size: 1323 mb | MP3 size: 1534 mb | WMA size: 1610 mb
The Hits Album is a compilation album compiled by Sony Music TV and BMG and released in the UK in August 1991. The album is considered an extension of the Hits series which originally launched in 1984. Although often listed as The Hits Album 15 in chart statistic books such as The Complete Book of British Charts, this was actually the fourteenth volume of the series. The mistake was made by the compilers, who gave the album the catalogue number CDHITS15.
Matrix, Runout (It): CDD9917 15VCD15-DISC 1. Matrix, Runout (It inner ring inscription): MASTERED BY NIMBUS.
Album · 2007 · 50 Songs. 18. Chin Douva (Caydos Club Mix). Myst (Hydroid & Santiago Nino Remix).
This is just SOOOOOO great, thank you so much!
Perdido - Remastered - Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan. Listen to Ultra-Lounge: Wild, Cool & Swingin' Too! Volume Fifteen now. Listen to Ultra-Lounge: Wild, Cool & Swingin' Too! Volume Fifteen in full in the this site app. Play on this site.
Submitting production to an Eminem album must feel, for a producer, something like a novelist feeding their manuscript into a wood chipper. On the one hand, you are guaranteed unprecedented exposure, and on the other, you are all but ensuring that no one will notice a note of your work. These days, Eminem raps in a near-constant shout, with every line escalating into rage spittle that erases all tension or continuity or emotional impact. In his will to annihilate, he's also abandoned all claims to sense.
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Each train carried double the amount of passengers as it would during normal operations
Saudi Arabia’s Haramain High Speed Railway has transported over 50,000 Hajj pilgrims since it began operating for the first time during the Hajj season, according to media reports.
A report in Arab News said the train – which takes three hours to travel from Madinah to Makkah and 40 minutes from Jeddah to Makkah – has operated 192 journeys to accommodate increased demand during the Hajj season.
Rayan Al-Harbi, the railway’s operations and maintenance director, was quoted as saying that each Hajj train had more than 830 seats, compared to the 417 in place during regular trips the rest of the year.
Additionally, Al Harbi said that the inauguration of the high speed railway’s fifth station, located at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, will help worshippers arrive at Makkah directly after flying in.
“The station is linked with the airport to easily serve the pilgrims and visitors and facilitate the reception of those coming by air,” he said, adding that the new station will be able to handle approximately 2,000 passengers an hour.
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Texas' environmental commission serves its customers well. Too bad they're not the public.
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To judge by size alone, Texas‘ environmental agency should be the mortal terror of polluters. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) boasts a $600 million budget, some 3,000 employees, a sprawling Austin headquarters, and 16 regional offices. In 2008, the agency conducted more than 100,000 investigations, issued more than 14,000 violation notices, and levied $16.9 million in penalties. By the numbers, Texas’ environmental agency is the second-largest in the world, after the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
Though it’s not a household name, the commission has profound influence—over the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the health of Texas’ diverse ecosystems, not to mention the state’s economy. The agency regulates dry cleaners, hazardous waste dumps, the vast coastal petrochemical complexes and uranium mines. It oversees Texas’ enforcement of federal laws such as the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act.
But both its critics and friends will agree on this: TCEQ is no EPA. While the federal agency is a favorite punching bag of right-wing Texas politicians like Gov. Rick Perry, you don’t hear warnings ringing out about the evils of the TCEQ. That’s because, in decision after decision, the Texas agency that’s supposed to protect the public and the environment has sided with polluters.
Perry, who appoints the three TCEQ commissioners, and the TCEQ bosses say they’ve strived to balance economic growth with protecting the environment. It doesn’t feel that way to the agency’s fierce and numerous critics.
“The problem with some of my colleagues’ balancing is they always balance it toward economic development and don’t let the environment have an equal consideration,” says Larry Soward, a former TCEQ commissioner who now works with environmental groups on strategies to improve the agency.
Interview with Audio: In his six years as a TCEQ commissioner, from 2003 to 2009, Larry Soward got a rare insider’s view of how the agency functions—and how it doesn’t. Learn why the EPA is taking away the agency’s power »
Texas has always been a state where environmental concerns are elbowed aside by moneyed interests: the cattle baron, the oilman, the multinational petrochemical company with billions in assets. Under governors George W. Bush and Rick Perry, the TCEQ has become increasingly cozy with industry. (Until 2002, the agency was the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission, or TNRCC—”Trainwreck” to its critics.)
“It’s never been worse,” says Jim Schermbeck of the clean-air group Downwinders at Risk. “Perry makes Bush look like a Greenpeace smokestack-sitter.”
When Texas citizens meet their environmental agency, they’re often disappointed. The stories of environmental battles—told in these pages countless times—frequently follow a similar plot.
First, citizens band together to beat back (fill in the blank: a coal plant, industrial feedlot, uranium mine, or something else of your choosing). New to activism, they educate themselves on the rules, laws and politics. At some point, they probably contact an overwhelmed organization such as Public Citizen or the Sierra Club for help. They form a group with a snappy acronym, print literature, create a website, hold meetings and write their Congress member. After a time, they realize that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is holding the cards. A permit must be stopped or penalties assessed to deter misbehavior. Surely the commission, an impartial arbiter, will weigh the facts and side with the people.
More times than not, a bitter reality sets in: The TCEQ is not the people’s friend, but another obstacle. There’s a “well-founded perception that [the public] can’t get in the process or, even if they get in, it’s just a token effort, and it won’t make any difference,” Soward says.
In TCEQ’s internal lingo, “customers” are the companies the agency regulates. In serving its “customers,” TCEQ has allowed itself to be overrun by powerful interests, shown disregard for both science and the law, and cast aside public opinion.
There’s no more eye-opening illustration of the agency’s MO than West Texas’ new radioactive waste dump. In 2007, a team of geologists and engineers at TCEQ unanimously recommended that a license for the vast dump, near Andrews, be denied. Water contamination was a prime concern. Then-Executive Director Glenn Shankle ordered the TCEQ team to issue the license anyway.
There was big money at stake. The company behind the dump, Waste Control Specialists Inc., is owned by Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons, who’s contributed $620,000 to Perry’s campaigns since 2001, according to Texans for Public Justice. Simmons stands to make billions from storing “low-level” radioactive waste in West Texas.
Records show that Shankle met regularly with a team of lobbyists, lawyers and company principals at the same time his own experts warned him of the dump’s dangers. Seeing that the fix was in, three TCEQ employees quit in protest. Commissioners hardly batted an eye. In January 2009, after a brief, technical discussion, they voted 2-0 (with Soward abstaining) to issue the license. They also denied the Sierra Club and 12 individuals in Eunice, New Mexico, the town closest to the dump, a chance to contest the license before administrative judges.
Shankle stepped down as TCEQ’s executive director in June 2008. Six months later, he went to work for Waste Control Specialists as a lobbyist, collecting between $100,000 and $150,000 for his services thus far. Commissioners and top management frequently leave the agency to work for the industries they previously regulated, a revolving door that critics say has led to TCEQ’s leaning in industry’s direction.
Since 1993, former TCEQ higher-ups—including commissioners, general counsels, and a deputy director–have earned as much as $32 million lobbying for the industries they once policed. Four of the five former executive directors became lobbyists soon after leaving their positions, with companies such as Waste Management Inc. paying agency alums hundreds of thousands of dollars to lobby as only insiders can. Read more »
Many of Texas’ veteran environmentalists long ago grew cynical about any possibility of reorienting the TCEQ toward its public “customers.” Many legislators have a level of frustration toward the agency exceeded only by their animus toward the state Department of Transportation.
Hope for reforming the TCEQ has surged in the past year, however. The chief reason: Since President Barack Obama took office, a newly invigorated (and demonized) EPA has made clear that it won’t let Texas slide. In late May, in an unprecedented move, EPA forbade the Texas agency from issuing a permit to a refinery in Corpus Christi and threatened to do the same in dozens of other instances. EPA’s hardball gambit effectively ends “flexible permits,” an industry-driven program that gives major refineries and chemical plants a pass on ratcheting down emissions at individual emission points. Critics charge that “flex permits” are basically unenforceable and lead to unacceptably high pollution levels.
The federal agency is also pressuring the state to overhaul other air-permitting programs it considers inadequate. They’re cracking down on TCEQ’s frequent refusals to hold public hearings—and on its fundamental failures to control major air polluters. In response, the EPA is getting plenty of blowback from Perry and his commissioners.
Soward sees neither side budging: “I think that in the days and weeks to come, we’re going to see that that confrontation is going to come to a head.”
The state-federal showdown is kicking off as TCEQ goes before the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, a legislative body that reviews state agencies every 12 years. Critics like Soward hope to use the sunset process to press the Texas Legislature, which meets in January, to change TCEQ’s idea of who their customers really are.
With the pressure building and hope for reform rising, it’s the ideal time to step back and examine the patterns of failure at TCEQ.
SEE NO EVIL
Since 2005, a drilling frenzy in the Barnett Shale—an extensive geological formation with trillions of cubic feet of natural gas—has overtaken much of urban and suburban Fort Worth. It’s been a bonanza for gas producers, local government coffers, and residents receiving royalty checks. But there’s a backlash, fueled by fears of groundwater contamination, pipeline explosions, and evidence that at least some of the 14,000 wells drilled so far are leaking dangerous toxins into the air.
Last September, the tiny town of DISH—frustrated by the lack of action on TCEQ’s part—announced the results of a bombshell air-quality study it spent 10 percent of the town’s annual budget to commission from outside experts. Air samples from residential areas near gas-compressor stations contained high levels of benzene, and other carcinogens and neurotoxins—much higher than TCEQ health-based standards. Evidence in hand, DISH Mayor Calvin Tillman, a conservative who’s become the bane of North Texas gas interests, called on the industry to clean up its act or get out of town.
The fallout from the DISH study prompted TCEQ to do its own testing during three days in December. On Jan. 12, Deputy Director John Sadlier presented the much-anticipated results to the Fort Worth City Council.
“Everything you hear today will be good news,” Sadlier told the packed council meeting. The commission staff, he said, had visited 126 sites in the Fort Worth area and found no evidence of benzene or other cancer-causing chemicals. “Based on this study, the air is safe,” Sadlier told the council.
Later, Mayor Mike Moncrief, who comes from a prominent oil and gas family, pronounced himself “grateful” for the results. Since that burst of good news, Fort Worth city officials, including Moncrief, have generally resisted calls to impose more stringent rules on gas drilling. “Sadlier’s comments only emboldened the council’s belief that the air quality is okay,” wrote Don Young, a drilling reform activist in Fort Worth.
If council members had squinted, they would have seen a disclaimer stamped at the bottom of each page of Sadlier’s PowerPoint presentation: “This data is for screening purposes only and may include samples that did not meet the established quality control acceptance criteria,” the disclaimer read.
As drilling activists discovered, the state’s study was rubbish. The testing was done on cold days, when benzene tends to be inactive. The inspectors took samples only if the levels measured 140 times the Metroplex average—far above state health standards. Only eight samples were collected.
Confronted with these facts, commission PR staffers stuck with the original message. “We were trying to do that really fast,” TCEQ spokesperson Terry Clawson told the Fort Worth Weekly. “If you are going to do testing and use certified labs and have it legal quality, that takes a long time.”
TCEQ used those results to “prove” that benzene wasn’t a problem. And an internal investigation prompted by an anonymous fraud complaint revealed that upper managment, including Sadlier and Executive Director Mark Vickery,le knew the study was flawed. In fact, they ordered that the eight canister samples “be analyzed using a more sensitive laboratory technique.” The results came back on Jan. 22, 10 days after Sadlier’s rosy depiction at the Fort Worth meeting. Four of the eight samples measured benzene at levels above what the state considers safe for long-term health. Still, the fraud investigation states, Sadlier was “not confident in accuracy [sic] of the results from the field” or the fresh lab findings, and ordered inspectors to return to Fort Worth for more samples.
It was a nice gesture. Too bad he didn’t tell anybody outside the agency. The report notes that at the time the investigation was concluded, on Feb. 22, “neither Fort Worth officials nor the media have been alerted.”
They still haven’t. “Where the heck are the results of the follow-up sampling they did?” asks Sharon Wilson, a drilling reform advocate who lives near Decatur. “That was never released.”
Wilma Subra, a Louisiana chemist who has conducted her own analysis of Barnett Shale emissions, says the investigation raises questions of transparency. “The public got one message, but what you’re reading me is a totally different message,” she says. “Not letting the public and media know of the exceedances is of great concern. This information is critical to the community.”
When it comes to air-testing, TCEQ frequently fails. In July 2009, an explosion and fire rocked Citgo Petroleum Corp.’s Corpus Christi refinery, severely burning one worker and sending 4,000 pounds of deadly hydrofluoric acid across Nueces Bay. Hydrofluoric acid is no joke; it’s considered one of the most dangerous substances in American refining, capable of causing severe damage to the skin, eyes, heart, lungs and bones.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board called the Corpus accident a “significant near-miss” disaster after a six-month investigation. Communities near the refinery, long exposed to releases from nearby industrial facilities, worried that they could be exposed to a chemical cloud from the July release.
TCEQ seemed oblivious to the severity of the situation. Nearly three hours after the fire started, Region 14 head Susan Clewis was settling down for a movie. “Apparently there is a fire at Citgo,” Clewis wrote in an e-mail. “I’m walking into the Harry Potter movie.” She noted that Larry Elizondo, a Citgo spokesperson and Corpus city councilman, had “refused to give” a regional TCEQ employee information on the incident.
Seven hours after the fire started, TCEQ decided to do some air monitoring. “With the media attention this event is getting, I think it would be best to conduct air monitoring,” wrote Kelly Ruble, a Region 14 employee, in an email. “The old saying ‘negative data is better than no data.’” The air monitoring equipment TCEQ used—finally—was incapable of testing for hydrofluoric acid.
In another crisis moment this March, when a gas well owned by Devon Energy Corp. exploded in rural Wise County, injuring two workers, Vickery asked Sadlier if air monitoring was needed. Sadlier responded: “I don’t believe so—the fire is out. We spoke to EPA—they contemplated sending the START unit but ended up doing nothing (which I prefer).”
TCEQ VS. THE PEOPLE
Tom and Marion Hill’s 350-acre ranch in Leon County would be the envy of any couple looking to retire to the country. It has wildflowers in grassy fields, two spring-fed ponds stocked with bass and catfish, small creeks and towering stands of trees. The Hills have owned this land for three decades and spend most of their time in a small home near the edge of their property. Devout Christians, the couple hosts retreats and church services for youth in a small chapel. Or at least they used to.
About three years ago, the Hills say their idyllic rural life was interrupted when their neighbor, Tom Crowson, got into the chicken-growing business for poultry giant Sanderson Farms Inc. With no notice, eight 500-foot barns went up 1,000 feet from their home.
These are not the family farms of yore. Each barn holds 27,000 chickens, broilers pumped full of antibiotics an
to make them grow from chicks to full-grown in 63 days. About 1 million chickens are raised next door to the Hills, at Triple C Farms, every year.
Known in the industry as concentrated animal feeding operations, growers for Sanderson Farms have built almost 400 barns in a four-county region east of Waco since 2007. That’s about 50 million chickens every year—and they produce a tremendous amount of waste and manure, somewhere in the neighborhood of half a billion pounds each year, most of which ends up spread on local fields as fertilizer.
Residents of small towns like Mexia, Jewett, and Marquez describe the influx of feeding operations as an invasion, pitting rural residents against big agribusiness, with small-time growers caught in the middle. “It kinda reminds me of the range wars we used to have,” Tom Hill says.
The Hills and their neighbors worry about the effect all that waste is having on the air, water, and land. Ann Hill keeps a scrapbook illustrating the problems—photographs of chunks of partially ground-up chickens spread on nearby fields, rust-colored water in their ponds they say is runoff from the feeding operation next door, and odor logs documenting the stench.
“You put 25,000 chickens in a 20,000-square-foot building for 63 days, and, yeah, they’re gonna stink,” says David Deffner, until recently a doctor in nearby Mexia, one of several people who have given up and moved away.
“To put it bluntly: it smells like chickenshit,” says Bob Crider, a retired high-school science teacher who lives near Mexia. The intensity varies, he says, from day to day and even minute to minute. It’s worst as the sun goes down and winds recede. Sometimes it’s a musty smell; others, when the chickens are near the end of their growing cycle, it’s horrific.
“I have what I call my stink level,” says Crider. “When it gets up around 8 or 9, it will almost make you wretch.” Some people in the area have taken to wearing dust masks while outside. Accustomed to working outdoors, many have become reacquainted with the insides of their homes. They’ve also become acquainted with TCEQ—and are less than impressed.
For one thing, Texas law makes it extremely difficult for the public to file a nuisance suit once a concentrated feeding operation has been up and running for a year. Most dry-litter poultry operations are required to develop a water quality management plan, but the documents are kept secret, making it difficult for people to know whether growers are following the rules. “How do you know someone is violating a plan you can’t see?” asks Eric Allmon, an Austin environmental attorney and concentrated feeding operation expert.
That means feeding operation neighbors must rely on state inspectors and their noses to enforce nuisance odor laws.
“They come out and go sniff, sniff, sniff,” Deffner says, “and say, I don’t smell anything.”
Part of the problem is that the wind is mercurial. Inspectors have 18 hours to respond—long enough for odor to dissipate or shift somewhere else. But the numbers speak volumes: Between 2006 and 2009, the number of feeding operation complaints filed with TCEQ Region 9’s office in Waco soared from 12 to 169. Since September, there have been 168, with five months yet to go in the fiscal year.
Only two enforcement notices have been issued in the past two years. Neither has resulted in a penalty.
That is the fundamental problem in both feeding operations and the TCEQ: There are no real consequences to business as usual.
“If you boil it all down, they [TCEQ] shuffle paper more than anything else,” says Crider, “because there’s no real penalties.”
Sometimes the public is shut out of the process altogether. In April 2009, the commissioners voted 2-1 to renew a permit for Texas Industries Inc.’s cement plant near Midlothian. The kiln, which burns hazardous waste for fuel, is the largest source of industrial pollution in the smog-choked Metroplex. Clean-air advocates had been agitating for two decades to get the plant to install additional pollution controls. Its permit renewal, which only comes around every 10 years, seemed like the perfect opportunity to push for changes.
Almost 200 citizens asked the TCEQ to grant a public hearing, seemingly an uncontroversial request. Commissioners voted 3-0 to deny a hearing. State law, they agreed, prevented them from doing so in cases where a company isn’t asking to pollute more than currently allowed. Still, then-Commissioner Soward, frequently the odd man out in controversial decisions, argued TCEQ should grant a hearing under its own authority. The other two commissioners, Bryan Shaw and Buddy Garcia, disagreed, hiding behind a parapet of legalisms.
Said Shaw: “I think we owe it to the citizens and to our requirement to try to maintain a strong economy in this state, in concert with protecting the environment, that we look at more holistically, not just what permits [are] before us, but look at the whole of the emission sources we have in an area and develop strategies that help us to attain those environmental standards and do it in a way that citizens of this state can still remain productive and employed.”
Clear as mud.
SERVE THE CUSTOMER
Occasionally a TCEQ employee will part the curtain and let the world see how polluters influence the agency. That’s what happened during an administrative hearing earlier this year over a giant proposed petroleum coke power plant in Corpus Christi.
In the past four years, a wave of coal-fired power plants has descended on Texas, with the potential to worsen urban air quality, throttle national efforts to tamp down greenhouse gasses, add to mercury contamination in rivers and lakes, and suck up limited water resources in already-strained parts of the state. Despite a national backlash against coal, TCEQ has approved seven coal plants so far, more than any other state, with six more pending. The commissioners appear to be following the lead of Gov. Perry, who declared in 2006 that critics of coal “want to return us to the era of horse and buggy—except they would probably complain about the methane gas from horse manure, too.”
One of the most contentious fights has erupted over Las Brisas, an exceptionally dirty pet-coke (a fuel similar to coal) plant that Chase Power Co. wants to build on the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. The anti-Las Brisas forces, including regional medical groups, scored a major victory in March when two administrative law judges ruled that TCEQ’s draft permit for the plant was so flawed that it should either be denied or sent back for further review. The two judges wrote in their decision that the company had modeled its air pollution in a “reckless manner,” in part by “artificially lowering” expected impacts on Corpus’ air quality. More illuminating was the revelation during the hearing that TCEQ Executive Director Vickery had ordered his engineers to stop trying to negotiate stricter pollution limits with Las Brisas and expedite the permit.
“I understand that Las Brisas talked to Mark Vickery about the importance of getting the permit out, and Mark made some commitments that we would try to get it out by [New Years’ Eve 2008],” permit engineer Randy Hamilton said in the hearing transcript.
Levin asked: “And so does Mr. Vickery usually get involved at this level in permits you’re working on?”
Hamilton answered: “It’s happened more than once.”
The transcript records laughter. Hamilton was unsatisfied with the pollution controls Las Brisas was proposing for nitrogen oxides, a key ingredient in ozone, or smog, formation. Corpus Christi is already in “near non-attainment” of federal ozone standards, and the Las Brisas plant threatens to send it over the limit.
Environmental attorney Ilan Levin says he thinks Las Brisas was jittery over the possibility of greenhouse gas legislation in the Congress at that time and wanted to get a permit in under the wire.
Experts during the hearing disagreed about whether the specific emission controls were practical, but the upshot was clear: A powerful interest wanted its permit, and TCEQ delivered.
That’s long been the pattern for Bush’s and Perry’s TCEQ. But the business-friendly environmental agency might emerge from its brushes with the EPA and the sunset review looking considerably different.
Last May, Texas environmentalists met with newly appointed EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. They told her that little would change unless the feds forced the state to reform. Neil Carman, a clean-air expert with the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club and a former state regulator, says they told Jackson that Texas was “under siege” and needed real environmental enforcement. “She got the message,” Carman says. “She said, ‘This is like the Battle of the Alamo.’”
Six months later, Jackson hired Al Armendariz, a professor of engineering at Southern Methodist University and a fierce critic of TCEQ, to lead the regional EPA office, which oversees five states, including Texas. Armendariz is a slight, bespectacled El Paso native and an unabashed environmentalist. His ascension ruffled the TCEQ commissioners. TCEQ Chairman Bryan Shaw, a poultry science professor at Texas A&M, offered a rather backhanded greeting: “While he has a long history as an environmental activist, I hope Dr. Armendariz recognizes that this position is too important to be used as a podium for environmental activism.”
They’re apparently still miffed at Armendariz.
“Dr. Al is here,” read the subject line of a March email sent by Curtis Seaton, one of commissioner Carlos Rubinstein’s assistants. “What does he need to hear from tx (aside from wine is good here)?”
Zak Covar, a Perry adviser turned TCEQ deputy executive director, responded: “A focus on science, common sense and the law would be helpful. Keep leading blindly and we see him and [EPA Administrator] lisa [Jackson] in court.”
Even in public, TCEQ heads are bristling at the criticism they’ve been taking.
“From what you read or what you hear, it would almost appear we have little or no interest in taking care of the environment, protecting Texans, minimizing impact on the environment,” TCEQ Chairman Buddy Garcia said last September. “It’s very frustrating.” Garcia said Texas should actually be viewed as a “model for the country.”
Ironically, Garcia was speaking at a conference organized—by the TCEQ and two other state agencies—to build opposition to congressional action on climate change.
Garcia and his colleagues frequently cite gains in urban air quality over the past decade or so. They usually fail to mention that the reductions are the result of federal mandates, or that local elected officials in the Metroplex and Houston have had more aggressive smog-cutting ideas repeatedly shot down by the TCEQ.
At that same anti-fed summit, Gov. Perry ripped Washington for “intrud[ing] on individual rights and freedoms.” Praising Texas’ “consistent” regulatory environment, he said: “We have shunned sweeping mandates and draconian regulation and embraced innovation and incentives to bring about positive change.”
The commissioners have followed Perry’s lead in bashing federal environmental initiatives. Stricter smog standards? Too onerous. Caps on greenhouse gasses? Destruction of the Texas economy. Sophisticated modeling for new coal-fired power plants? Too expensive.
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Watch the video for Now and Forever, one of Richard Marx's greatest hits, and see works of art, lyrics and such artists.
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We’re stirring things up at Whistlefish!
While our love for gorgeous greetings cards, powerful prints and collectable gifts shine brighter than ever, and our unwavering passion for Cornwall and all it exudes reaches paramount, our desire to expand the Whistlefish experience to celebrate all things gloriously Cornish and creative has come to fruition.
Let the Celtic drums roll for the launch of our brand-new luxury Cornish hampers, bursting with delicatessen delights, Whistlefish magic and tasty tipples, and all hidden inside our gorgeous keepsake boxes and wrapped neatly in a plush, colourful ribbon.
With a selection uniquely different themes to choose from, there’s ample opportunity to discover the perfect present that’ll surely to go straight to the top of the ‘best gift’ list, satisfy the trickiest of recipients or tempt you to enjoy the best kind of self-indulgence.
Beyond its golden beaches and breath-taking coastal paths, Cornwall is an unexpected gardener’s paradise, generously dotted with magical valleys and subtropical glades.
Celebrate Cornwall’s horticultural excellence and delight all botanical enthusiasts with our blooming marvellous Gardening Hamper. We’ve cherry picked our finest floral goodies and added some extra sparkle and sweetness with a bottle of Cornwall’s finest bubbles and garden-inspired chocolate.
Drinking gin becomes a luxury affair with our glamorous Gin Hamper. Going beyond the one-off purchase this keepsake hamper is filled with a carefully curated selection of gin-themed treasures that gives cocktail hour a whole new meaning. Take pleasure in the past-time of gin tasting as you discover botanical pairings, explore gin concoctions and guzzle down delicious accompaniments.
Cornish Food Hamper
From the very first sip of the toast-worthy tipples to the last gulp of Tregothnan tea, and from the beginning bite of the savoury scoff to the final crumb of the splendid sweet treats, our Cornish Food Hamper really does promise to perfect the art of foodie Cornish indulgence. This season, there’s no better excuse to charge your forks and glasses and dive into our carefully curated hamper, packed to bursting with a generous bounty of Cornwall’s finest fare and Whistlefish magic.
Whistlefish Cornish Hamper
With its rugged rambling coastline, quaint sparkling fishing villages, vibrant heritage and creative community, it’s easy to see how we are so heavily inspired by Cornwall’s charming character. Our Whistlefish Cornish Hamper celebrates the best of Cornwall, brimming with home-ware delights from our exclusive Cornish gift range, accentuated with award-winning local beverages and beautifully tucked into your very own embellished keep-sake box.
How do you like them apples? From rough and ready scrumpy ciders to high-end hedgerow specialties, our Cornish Cider Hamper is overflowing with crowd-pleasing picks that showcase the very best of Cornwall artisan ciders. Unlock the ciderologist in you and savour the taste of one of Cornwall’s finest produce.
From Tarquin’s gin and Cornish Orchard’s cider to Chocolarder chocolate and Simply Cornish shortbread, our hampers are rich in talk-of-the-town brands, overflowing with Whistlefish keepsakes and have arrived just in time for the most magical time of the year. | <urn:uuid:3940db4c-a6d2-4051-8870-30c178c24df8> | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | https://whistlefish.com/blogs/our-blog/say-hello-to-our-new-cornish-hampers | 2020-07-09T20:53:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655901509.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20200709193741-20200709223741-00356.warc.gz | en | 0.892156 | 730 | [
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Does it feel like a Monday morning?
The National Weather Service on Sunday issued a high winds warning, predicting southwest winds of 25 to 30 mph on Monday morning, with gusts of up to 50 mph, in the Eugene area.
In Florence and elsewhere on the coast, wind gusts on Monday are predicted to reach up to 70 mph.
Plenty of rain is also expected Monday — as much as 1 inch, the weather service in Portland said.
Winds and rain also are expected Tuesday, though not as intense as on Monday. Rain is likely on Wednesday but could dwindle to just showers by Thursday.
As for earlier predictions of a white Christmas in Eugene on Friday: Not likely. The forecast for Christmas Day is mostly cloudy, chance of showers, with a high near 40. | <urn:uuid:ee65f78f-2766-4a99-8efa-f8d0cfcfbcb3> | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | https://www.registerguard.com/rg/news/local/33878606-75/high-winds-warning-issued-for-eugene-florence-on-monday.html.csp | 2020-07-09T22:00:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655901509.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20200709193741-20200709223741-00356.warc.gz | en | 0.973771 | 162 | [
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Despite being extremely cheap, the bus is also very slow and getting from Montreal to Calgary by bus will take you a while. You could consider travelling by plane, getting low-cost tickets if you can book in advance.
How many daily connections exist to go to Calgary from Montreal by bus?
2 connections are available every day to travel from Montreal to Calgary by bus. Please know that all these routes are direct lines. There is no connection between these two cities with a change. Consequently, you will never have to change buses.
When are the buses from Montreal to Calgary scheduled?
The average duration of the journey is 63 hours and 47 minutes, but the fastest bus connections get you to Calgary in 60 hours and 30 minutes. The first bus is scheduled at 00:05 and the last one at 07:05.
Which bus lines can take you from Montreal to Calgary?
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StarLine Telematics: your vehicle is on your palm!
Download the free StarLine mobile application to manage your car security settings from your smartphone. The application will work with any StarLine GSM alarm systems, GSM modules and trackers. Use the demo mode to learn more about the application.
For non-commercial use only.
The positioning accuracy depends on the satellite signal strength and may vary according to the map service of choice.
- Register your car security system using a simple installation wizard.
Easy device selection
- Manage several StarLine devices: convenient for owners of several vehicles
Easy to set up and manage
- Arm and disarm your car security system;
- Start and shut down your engine at unlimited distance
- (*) Choose auto-start parameters with certain timer and temperature settings, set up a time for engine warm-up
- In emergencies use "Anti-hijack" mode: your vehicle's engine will shut down at a safe distance from you
- (*) If you pass your vehicle for repair or diagnostics, set your security settings to "valet" mode
- Find your vehicle on a parking lot by activating a short siren signal
- (*) Adjust shock and tilt sensor settings manually or turn them off when parking in a busy place
- Create shortcuts for often used commands
Intuitive vehicle's status indication
- Make sure that the alarm system is armed
- (*) The intuitive interface allows interpreting and understanding all security messages at a glance.
- (*) You can see your device’s SIM card balance, car battery voltage, engine and interior temperature
Get messages about any events with your vehicle
- Receive PUSH messages on any events with your vehicle (alarm, engine started, security disarm etc.)
- Select the types of messages you want to receive
- Browse the log list to control an engine start-ups
- (*) Learn device SIM card balance: low balance alerts delivered via PUSH messages
Monitoring of your vehicle
- (*) Comprehensive monitoring with track record. Review the routs length and speed on each part of track
- Find your car location at online map in just seconds
- Select the most convenient type of map
- Find your own positioning
- Call to StarLine Support hotline directly from your App!
- Rescue and assistance service numbers have been added (you change it to your local rescue numbers)
- Feedback form has been embedded.
We are always happy to answer your questions. The StarLine team is on call 24 hours
StarLine support hotline:
- Russia: 8-800-333-80-30
- Ukraine: 0-800-502-308
- Kazakhstan: 8-800-070-80-30
- Belarus: 8-10-8000-333-80-30
- Germany: 02181-81955-35
- Estonia: 372-5104800
- Poland: +48 602 199 049
StarLine LLC, developer and manufacturer of security telematic equipment under StarLine brand, reserves the right to unilaterally make improvements in design and interface of the mobile application.
StarLine: Affordable Telematics!
Feedback added - now you can contact support directly from the application.
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Map and movements crash for IPhone 8 Plus.
Приложение не запускается на iPhone Xs
- "StarLine" Limited Liability Company
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Requires iOS 12.2 and watchOS 4.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
English, Estonian, Georgian, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish
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- © 2019 StarLine LLC
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by GSCA Member, Cecily Sharp-Whitehill
What follows for your consideration are some (of many!) guidelines for coaches who support their clients not by leading but through dialogue and discovery. Coaches speak with care and caring.
Books related to World War II captivate me. My next favorite genres are mystery and detective stories. Canadian Louise Penny centers her stories around the quietly wise Montreal Chief Inspector Gamache. (I’m striving to be more quietly wise!) He suggests three questions to ask yourself before you speak: Is it true? Is it kind? Does it need to be said?
(Gamache also suggests this about civility: How can we expect it if we don’t give it?)
Another version of the three questions has a Quaker (Society of Friends) source: Does it need to be said? Does it need to be said now? Does it need to be said by me?
For coaches there’s a range of thoughts between self-effacement and self-aggrandizement. I’ve experienced that the self-questions above can help us coaches find the appropriate space for wisdom to appear. | <urn:uuid:be2198c2-5447-4f0c-ae2c-1b3d36a781c6> | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | https://greatersarasotacoaches.com/three-self-questions-before-you-speak | 2020-07-11T14:28:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655933254.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20200711130351-20200711160351-00556.warc.gz | en | 0.964459 | 241 | [
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The “tummy tuck” procedure is used to remove excess fat and skin while tightening the underlying muscles, making your stomach appear firmer and flatter.
For those self-conscious of skin permanently stretched due to weight loss, pregnancy or lower abdominal surgery, unsightly stretch marks or sagging skin, this procedure may be for you. The best results from abdominoplasty are achieved in healthy men and women over eighteen years of age who do not smoke, eat a healthy diet, and are already involved in a regular exercise program.
About the procedure
Dr. Carr removes excess skin, fat and stretch marks through incisions in the pubic and groin area. Every attempt is made to keep incisions discreetly within the swimsuit and undergarment line and dissolving stitches are used so there are none to remove afterwards. The length of the incision will depend on the amount of skin that needs to be removed. If necessary, a second incision is made around the navel. Soft flexible drains are placed under the skin to remove excess fluid that may accumulate. The procedure takes about four hours under a light general anaesthetic in our private, onsite surgical facility and you will be able to go home the same day. Liposuction may also be combined with this procedure to provide you with a more slim and contoured waistline.
What to expect during recovery
You will have some bruising and discomfort for the first seven to ten days and will be required to wear an inconspicuous compression garment under your clothing for several weeks to help control any postoperative swelling. Most patients take about two weeks off work and are able to resume strenuous activity after three to six weeks.
What you’ll look like afterwards
Most patients are thrilled with the benefits of the tummy tuck procedure, including a flatter and better toned stomach, narrower waist, and smoother body contour. The abdomen is genuinely firmer, making clothing fit better, resulting in increased confidence and self esteem for our patients. With Dr. Carr’s years of experience, you can feel safe and confident that the best results possible will be achieved. | <urn:uuid:8f02a8f5-5c6a-4c36-99ee-dccb5ce8f89f> | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | https://www.skinworks.ca/cosmetic-surgery/abdominoplasty/ | 2020-07-11T14:15:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655933254.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20200711130351-20200711160351-00556.warc.gz | en | 0.939645 | 438 | [
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Being perfect or being real?
Doing what’s best for you or doing what’s best for others?
Being connected or being present?
Practicing that presentation or having coffee with someone new?
Being available or being busy?
Talking or listening?
Answering that email or answering that cry for attention?
Cleaning the house or curling up and reading?
Doing something you love or doing something for someone you love?
Doing or being?
Trusting yourself or trusting others?
There are no right answers, and your answers will change each day. The key is asking and not defaulting. Better yet, teach your kids to do the same. | <urn:uuid:b3c9c04a-0718-4dcc-a64d-5b262cb4fd78> | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | https://www.upliftparents.com/post/what-s-most-important-right-now | 2020-07-11T14:54:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655933254.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20200711130351-20200711160351-00556.warc.gz | en | 0.930279 | 145 | [
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These days, making a big purchase is more difficult than ever. That’s why you need to take care of the things you spend your money on.
Take your car tow dolly, for example. Performing routine maintenance on your dolly is paramount. Proper upkeep is the best way to ensure you are getting the most out of your money.
In the event that you’ve purchased a used car tow dolly, you’ll need to pay close attention to your dolly’s preventative maintenance needs. However, with vigilance and an hour’s worth of work every so often, you can keep your dolly like new.
And like most mechanical tools, it only takes a bit of simple maintenance to keep your investment running smoothly for a million miles. Here are a few tips for how to care for your car tow dolly without breaking the bank—or your back.
It’s hard to overestimate what an inexpensive can of WD-40 or other oil product can do, because they do so much. From rust-proofing to squeak-stopping, a thin coat of oil is all it takes to protect the areas of your dolly that are easily prone to dust collection, like in the nooks and crannies around wheels.
The hub itself only needs a maintenance inspection once every five years, though you should make sure you grease the bearings once in awhile depending on use. Thankfully, many mechanics can do this easily while they’re working on other areas of your vehicle.
Even though dolly tires can be extremely heavy duty, they still require attention to make them last. For example, each tire must maintain a pressure of 90 pounds per square inch. Perform a “cold” check and watch for any leakage. Ensure each lug nut is tight before loading a vehicle.
Even during short trips, wires can become lose or frayed by the elements and normal wear and tear. Check every visible inch of your wiring for frays or splits. Remember, you’re checking for potential problems in addition to existing ones. That way, you can take proactive measures to preventing a major catastrophe that could have been avoided.
If you experience wire problems out on the road, reinforce the wires with heavy-duty electrical tape until you can return home or get to a mechanic. Especially in rainy or precipitous conditions, exposed wires can pose a significant danger to anyone operating the dolly.
When you don’t plan on using your tow dolly for a considerable amount of time, proper storage is required to prevent any rusting or depreciation through lack of use. Before you store your dolly, hose down and wash the surface like you would with any automobile.
Store it in a clean place as well. Don’t let it sit in puddles of oil or mud or where rats and squirrels like to make nests and chew wires and other vital components. Be mindful of the tires; given enough time, they’ll begin to dry rot like any other piece of rubber.
Once you remove your dolly from storage, do a good check of the electrical system and the joints and bearings before loading it up with thousands of pounds of automobile ballast. And then check the entire dolly again with while it’s under stress. You may find something you missed before.
Learn the Manual
Every Acme EZE-TOW car dolly ships with three users’ manuals. Within these books is the vital information you’ll need to keep your dolly in shape for years and years, including the best ways to handle the dolly. Even though it weighs less than competitors’ models, it’s still a few hundred pounds of metal and can injure you if you’re not careful.
Pay attention to the details and recommended maintenance schedule for the maximum benefit at the lowest cost.
Depending on how you treat your car tow dolly and what type of use it gets, you may not have to do such detailed maintenance. However, if you beat it up and use it weekly, there may be additional things you could to do keep your tow dolly running smoothly.
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