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School of jumping silver carp. Photo by Ryan Hagerty, USFWS.
Eastport, Mississippi — This stretch of the Tennessee River is considered the most aquatically biodiverse in the nation, teeming with sportfish and at-risk snails and mussels.
Locals boast that Pickwick Lake, where Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee come together, is “the smallmouth bass capital of the world.” Catfish and buffalo fill commercial angler’s nets. Marinas lining the reservoir’s roads attest to Pickwick’s huge economic impact. Yet the Tennessee River, and a way of life, is under siege.
The silver carp, a voracious, fast-moving and highly invasive species ravaging the Upper Mississippi River, has set its sights on the Tennessee, Cumberland, Yazoo and other Southern streams.
Reservoirs downriver in western Kentucky, for example, have been invaded by carp which out-muscle juvenile bass and other filter-feeders for food. Last November 75 silver carp were gill-netted by biologists at Pickwick; other trips, though, turned up no carp. The carp’s DNA was even discovered last fall in Guntersville Lake – 140 miles upriver from Pickwick.
Adding insult to injury, the silver carp, aka “flying carp,” can also jump 10 feet out of the water and smack fishermen, boaters and skiers.
And there’s more: the black carp, another highly invasive Asian import, appears to be following on the heels of the silver carp as it gobbles up mussels and snails.
Jimmy Dees manages the Eastport Marina. Photo by Dan Chapman, USFWS.
Not if Angie Rodgers, Dan Schwarz and a platoon of federal and state biologists from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico have their way. Rodgers and Schwarz, with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are tracking the carps’ upstream push.
Of immediate concern for the Mississippi-based aquatics experts: an invasion of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway which allows passage to Mobile Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
Angie Rodgers and Dan Schwartz ready to search for silver carp on Lake Pickwick. Photo by Dan Chapman, USFWS.
Silver, black and two other carp species were imported from Southeast Asia in the 1970s to help clean catfish farms and wastewater treatment ponds of weeds and parasites. Flood waters helped them escape an Arkansas farm. The fish headed up the Mississippi River and into the sinew of tributaries that reaches into 31 states and Canada. Locks and dams don’t always impede their march.
Adult black carp. Photo by Ryan Hagerty, USFWS.
The silver (and bighead) carp’s notoriety mostly centers on tributaries to the Great Lakes and fears that it could damage the region’s multi-billion dollar a year fishing industry. A fisherman contracted by Illinois officials caught a carp last summer 10 miles below Lake Michigan.
Now, it’s the South’s turn to worry. Crappie, bream and black bass abounded across many of the lakes and oxbows in Mississippi’s Yazoo River basin 20 years ago. Fisheries’ biologists surveyed four oxbows last year and discovered that silver carp made up 90 percent of the fish stock.
The fish, which can reach 40 lbs, traveled up the Ohio River and into the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers landing en masse in lakes Barkley and Kentucky about a decade ago. Bass fishermen increasingly complain of fewer landings and blame the carp.
Silver carp. Photo courtesy of the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee.
Tech and Murray State University tagged more than 100 silver carp in Kentucky Lake and 10 in Pickwick. Underwater acoustic telemetry will determine which way the fish are headed. The first round of results is expected by summer.
Not far behind, black carp were caught within the last year on lakes Barkley and Kentucky – their southernmost foray to date.
Silver and black carp pose a double-barreled threat to a river’s ecosystem. Silver eat plankton – algae and other microscopic organisms – the basic food source for native fish. Black, aka molluscivores, have human-like molars and prey upon snails and mussels, many of which live across the Tennessee River basin and are listed as threatened or endangered.
Asian carp, in general, can consume up to 20 percent of their body weight daily.
Fish biologist holding bighead carp. Photo by Ryan Hagerty, USFWS.
The Tennessee River watershed is blessed with aquatic biodiversity – and cursed with threats from runoff, pollution, development and invasives. The study tallied the total number of fish, crayfish and mollusks across 290 water basins. It also factored how many of those species were at-risk, threatened or endangered.
Pickwick Lake topped the list. Wheeler Lake, 70 miles upriver, came in second.
In all, the Tennessee River system is home to dozens of state or federally protected mussels (including the Southern combshell), crayfish, snails and fish (like the pygmy madtom).
Yet more than mussels and fish are at risk. Ask Johnny Robinson, a commercial fisherman who gill-nets across Pickwick Lake.
Locals also worry the sportfishing industry will suffer if the carp conquer Pickwick.
Dangerous too. Boat motors and other loud noises spook silver carp who then jump clear out of the water. Anglers and skiers, increasingly, tell of the big fish flying into their boats or knocking them over. A decade ago a silver broke the jaw of a teenager riding an innertube on Lake Chicot in Arkansas. Stegall was guiding on Lake Ferguson three years ago when a 30-pound carp jumped over his boat.
Service biologist Angie Rodgers. Photo by Dan Chapman, USFWS.
Rodgers and Schwarz, the Service biologists, idled the jon boat in Indian Creek, a cove feeding into Pickwick Lake. Ten silver carp were captured, tagged and released here last November. Rodgers checked a telemetry gauge that tracks the carps’ movements.
“This is the front line in the war on silver carp for Tennessee and the Tenn-Tom waterway,” she said, as a blue heron passed overhead.
Fish and Wildlife and other federal agencies work closely with states to combat the carp. It’s a maddening and expensive challenge. The U.S. Corps of Engineers, for example, recommends spending $275 million – electric barriers, noise generators, a new lock and channel – to keep Mississippi River carp from the Great Lakes.
Service biologist Dan Schwarz. Photo by Dan Chapman, USFWS.
In addition to research by Tennessee Tech, the state, the Service and USGS are considering “noise barriers” at various dams along the Tennessee River. High frequency sound waves would be blasted at the carp to keep them from advancing further upriver.
Tennessee created a legislative task force to bring attention to the carp. The commission directed fisheries officials to subsidize commercial fishermen and wholesalers, maybe paying the former five cents per pound and the latter a few pennies. Kentucky runs a similar, and successful, program that pays fishermen a nickel per pound to switch from catfish and buffalo to Asian carp. | 2019-04-23T00:35:31 | https://www.fws.gov/southeast/articles/a-war-in-the-water/ |
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My baby has a black eye. I mean that in the literal sense, not that his reputation was besmirched or anything like that.
I‘m told that he climbed onto a basket (toys are kept in plastic baskets at daycare) and fell off the basket, face-first onto a block. Apparently there was blood and crying. Daycare called my husband, who went there and checked on Punkie. Then my husband called me and told me what happened. He also tried to warn me that he seemed alright but it looked bad.
I know getting a shiner was very painful for Punkie and being injured for the first time (aside from a couple of bruises) was probably very scary for him. But he’s okay now. He was a little clingy for a few days, but he really is okay now.
Now that I know he’s okay, I can admit that this whole episode was very upsetting to me, on several levels. First, my baby was hurt. I regret very much that someone else, not me, was there to comfort him and clean him up. This is a really emotional thing for me, I guess.
Second, I didn’t know until my husband had gone to daycare and then called me. So, the kid’s mother is the last one to know that Punkie is bleeding from the eye. We had considered this type of situation when we chose this daycare. We knew that this daycare was highly recommended and that it was very close to one of us during the day and that one of us could be there quickly if needed. It all made such logical sense in the abstract. When Punkie hurt himself, everything went as we had planned . . . and that, it turns out, feels terrible.
Three, I can’t stand that I’m so upset with myself over this – the kid is fine. For real. And here I am, three days later, still stewing over it and whining on my blog. Look at the photo I posted above – he’s smiling. That photo was taken 3 hours after the injury happened and he’s smiling. How serious could the injury be? Serious enough to make me a nut case, apparently.
Oh, but why is he smiling, you ask? This brings us full circle to my first point – he’s smiling because his mommy (me) picked him up from daycare that day and he wanted nothing more than to be hugged and held by her. And I wasn’t there when it happened – someone else was. Someone who doesn’t love him cleaned up the blood, held ice on his face, and snuggled with him.
The good news is that he’s okay now. He has a shiner that my dad can have a good laugh over (“[Punkie] is a boxer for Halloween,” “you should see the other guy,” etc.) and it’ll be a topic of fond conversation in the (distant) future, when we all look back at the photos from my sister’s wedding and see a smiling, black-eyed baby in a bow tie.
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Oh no mama! I hope you heal as quickly as Punkie.
When my little guy was almost two, I took a ladies weekend with my mom and sisters-in-law (about two hours from home). My husband took the baby to my parents’ house (about two hours in the other direction from home) to spend time with Grandpa. When I arrived back home on Sunday, I hopped out of the car, so excited to see my guys, and my husband’s face crumpled. Our little one had broken his leg on a slide the day before! My husband, my dad and my brother all trucked the baby over to the ER, sat through appointments and cared for him that night. After consulting with several nurses, who were also mamas, he decided not to call and ruin my weekend.
This parenting thing, especially the full-time working mama thing, is so hard. And also, so awesome. I made a decision early on to let go of any guilt that might come with the career business. Because I know in my heart that I am a good and caring mama. And, also, I know that for so many reasons, I’m a better mom because I’m a working mom.
To be fair though, my mother-in-law and husband take care of our son at home. So he hasn’t had to do daycare. I know from friends what a stress that can be and wish you luck!
Oh no! That’s horrible 😦 Here I am whining about some rug burn under Punkie’s eye and your baby broke his leg. I’ve been eying the slide at the playground lately – they’re really high up in the air now that I am looking at it with a new perspective.
Thank you for the encouraging message. Most days are good. The doubt and guilt sometimes creep in when I’m not looking, but I agree with you.
I would have thought a tunnel slide would be more safe because the kid can’t fall over the edge! So, I DIDN’T know that. And I doubt that all those people did too – it’s just so easy to say “I knew that” after the fact. I hope your son is better or on the way to being better now. | 2019-04-22T18:04:18 | https://thelawyergetsakid.com/2014/10/30/black-eye/ |
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Note : From 11 Jan 2019 onwards no refund will be available, but participants can choose option A or B.
1. A specific request for Transfer or Cancellation must be sent to [email protected] as per the timelines specified. You will get a confirmation for the request immediately.
2. Payment for Option C and D will be made 10 days after the event is over.
3. Same rules will apply for part cancellations too.
Venue is located in the heart of the city, easy to approach from any place.
The spacious hall presents a perfect ambience for a workshop on Happiness. Cluster/group seating makes interaction easier and more meaningful. | 2019-04-25T04:23:46 | https://happinessnow.co/details |
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How schools, families, and community can work together to support healthy active living.
With a revised curriculum for Health and Physical Education has come not only new expectations to help keep learning current and connected to students real lives, but Ontario teachers also have a new set of five Fundamental Principles of which to guide their teaching. These Fundamental Principles can act as a self check for teachers to personally evaluate their instructional practices and teachings. In order to support the understanding of these Fundamental Principles I’ve had the pleasure of supporting Ophea (the provincial subject association for Health and Physical Education) create a variety of tools to share the Fundamental Principles including a series of conversation starters videos which teachers can use to self-check and promote best practices.
This past week the first of five videos was released. The topic is on Fundamental Principle number one, “Health and physical education programs are most effective when they are delivered in healthy schools and when students’ learning is supported by school staff, families, and communities”. Check out what some leaders in Ontario H&PE have to say, and how they bring this Fundamental Principle to life in and out of the gym and health room.
Make the Most of Your Rest Days. | 2019-04-26T07:55:36 | https://catchingheather.com/2015/09/10/how-schools-families-and-community-can-work-together-to-support-healthy-active-living/ |
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3)Can you also list how many fast streamers were recruited for the Finance, Economics, HR and commercial streams each year for the last 5 years. | 2019-04-22T02:47:14 | https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/fast_stream_success_rates |
Occult Forum.org • View topic - crossroads ritual substitute for papa legba?
crossroads ritual substitute for papa legba?
does anyone know of an in house ritual . I have an altar . I would like papa legba to show himself . unfortunately I cant do the crossroads ritual because I cant use my legs. thank you .
Re: crossroads ritual substitute for papa legba?
Have you considered direct path instead of a rituals?
Just for the sake of the argument, if any of the half-breeds past or future feels like criticizing, yes, theoretically in pure technical sense it is possible to bridge with pure will alone but it's very unlike anybody around could achieve that much focus and channel that much energy without actually moving a finger.
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The above warning definitely applies to the Loa, they can get testy when called on outside the traditional Vodou order of service. They are also closer to this plane than other spirits so it's not very hard to reach them. Luckily as the intermediary spirit, Atibon Legba is usually more patient and approachable with non-initiates so you could probably at least contact him without problems. Plenty of people in my community do. I wouldn't recommend making requests or opening his veve without advice from a mambo or houngan though.
If you are talking about the infamous nine day "crossroads ritual" in Southern US legend, it is not Legba who appears but another spirit often mistaken for him. | 2019-04-23T02:52:33 | http://www.occultforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=73&t=40966&p=522762 |
Of all the troubling events of the past weekend in Boston, perhaps the most ominous development was Joba Chamberlain’s Friday evening start, in which he pitched like a much older man, walking four and striking out two. Naturally, various broadcast crews spent the weekend wondering if this meant that Chamberlain should be sent back to the bullpen, where he threw harder. Guys: reduced velocity and a loss of control does not indicate that a pitcher is starting or relieving. Reduced velocity and a loss of control indicates that something is wrong. Any argument that Chamberlain is now hoarding his stuff as a starter is purely suppositional and highly unlikely, and Chamberlain’s role is less important at this moment than the possibility that he might be hurt.
Steven Jackson is on the roster purely so the Yankees can bring a full complement of players out to the foul line during the national anthem. It is painful to watch Joe Girardi manage games so as to get them into the hands of his so-called dependable veterans, pathologically avoiding the kids now on the roster. This is 180 degrees removed from the Girardi of a year ago, who did so much to revamp the bullpen after years of Joe Torre kiting from veteran to veteran. For some reason, Girardi doesn’t seem to be willing to do it again. Yet, the team isn’t winning and the pen isn’t helping, so whatever he’s trying to do in getting those pitchers reestablished, and in some cases re-reestablished requires rethinking.
Because even if Alex Rodriguez comes back tomorrow, he could be out again the day after. That could be for any reason, not just his hip. A pitch could fracture his hand in his first plate appearance of the season, and the Yankees would be right back where they were. This is what we call insurance. You don’t think your house will burn down tomorrow, but you pay the insurance, just in case. There will be no time this season where it will be safe for the Yankees to have so little depth at the hot corner, just because life is unpredictable. Meanwhile, playing Angel Berroa at third clearly means you’re not altogether serious about winning. Playing Cody Ransom meant that too, but it was marginally worth trying — though not without a safety net. It is stunning how little Yankees management learned from last season’s injuries.
…If Sidney Ponson could hold the Tigers to three runs over eight innings, as he did on Sunday, the Yankees should be okay in this series.
? In a previous entry, I said that no one can win the NL East. Allow me to add the AL West to that formulation as well.
? Dear Angels: Can the Yankees offer you 1.5 pitchers for your own apparently despised 3B/SS Brandon Wood? With affection, Brian Cashman. Dear Rockies: Can the Yankees offer you .5 pitchers for your own redundant third baseman Jeff Baker? Respectfully, Brian “Manpower Shortage” Cashman. Dear Mike Blowers: All is forgiven. Please come home. With sincere regret, Brian “I Didn’t Work Here Then” Cashman.
? Best wishes to Braves All-Star Brian McCann as he heads for the DL trying to cure his blurred vision. We know from bad vision at the Pinstriped Bible, and we feel for you, Brian. McCann is apparently off for a second Lasik surgery.
? It seems odd how quickly the Twins decided that Carlos Gomez was a defensive replacement rather than a starter, especially when Mike Cuddyer and Delmon Young aren’t giving them anything special at the plate. Just because Cuddyer is the rare Twin under a sort-of pricey contract doesn’t mean he has to play. As for Young, at this point the hype, always out of balance to the actual product, should no longer blind anyone to the realities of the player. The Twins, by the way, possess several mediocre third baseman that can actually play third base, and yet they have no current use for. Just sayin’.
? Are we off the Marlins’ bandwagon yet?
? Given that Reds’ left fielders have combined to hit .171/.275/.300 to date, why not run Micah Owings out there every once in awhile? Is Laynce Nix really going to do that much better?
.630. His strikeout-walk ratio I during the streak is 10-1. Hey, Rudy Jaramillo: what are you teaching these guys? | 2019-04-21T07:17:16 | http://pinstripedbible.mlblogs.com/tag/steven-jackson/ |
Posted on April 26, 2017 by Chloe K.
Posted on April 9, 2017 by Chloe K.
This past weekend I had the chance to visit Gyeongju which is located about 40 minutes North of Ulsan. Gyeongju is rich in history and even richer in beautiful scenery. However, it wasn’t always known as Gyeongju. Its early name was Saro which was the capitial of Silla, an ancient kingdom from 1st century BCE to 10th century CE. While most of the kingdom has been destroyed from war three structures and the artificial lake that was created still stand as beautiful ruins. Our next stop was to the tombs that were left preserving the royals. Korea has only excavated one tomb, Cheonmachong, and decided that they found enough artifacts that there was no need to ruin the others. Cheonmachong is not famous for the person who was buried there, in fact they have no clue who it is, but rather for the flying horse drawn onto a horse’s blanket. This symbol can be found all over the city from shop windows to billboards. Our last stop was to the water wheel that is deemed the founding place of tourism in Korea. After the water wheel was built next to a lake stores and hotels started moving in and tourism boomed.
Gyeongju is also known for having a wonderful cherry blossom festival but sadly the trees there hadn’t bloomed yet, but lucky for me because the ones in Ulsan are in full bloom and just as pretty as ever! The Cherry Blossom trees only bloom for two weeks during the whole year and bring beauty to everything around them. Most cities will hold a festival commemorating this time. As much as I could describe to you the trees I believe that pictures will do them more justice than I could!
Posted on March 29, 2017 by Chloe K.
I have officially been in South Korea for a month and I have to say it’s stealing my heart. One of the best things about the University of Ulsan is that they offer a simple conversation program for Korean students to practice English, Spanish or French from the exchange students who are native speakers. I cannot thank the University enough for choosing me to be a part of this program for the semester.
While practicing English is the main focus with my three groups that I meet with three hours each per week, they are so excited to show me their city and the surrounding ones! From movie nights and coffee shop dates the men that I am a conversation partner are making this experience all the better. However my two favorite memories so far have been 1) a beach trip to Daewanggyo National Park which offers an incredible bridge that connects a look out point on the rocks in the ocean to the mainland (pictured below) and 2) a pet café located just down the street from the University.
Aside from making memories with my tutees, the other exchange students and I have had quite the time getting to know each other and going on adventures. Located within Busan (about 45 minutes away) are several Buddhist temples and we took a day trip to Hongbeopsa Temple. Upon arrival we were greeted by grounds that are covered in sculptures, waterfalls, lanterns and so much beauty. At Hongbeopsa specifically you are welcomed to the temple by the largest Buddha I have ever seen. During our day at the temple I witnessed several traditions. The main one being the Prayer of 108 Prostrations. During this time those within the prayer room bow 108 times cleansing their minds during each bow. It is said that during each bow your mind and body become more of one and take away the thinking mind and return it to the natural mind. Upon entrance in the Hall of 1,000 Ancestors we found temple workers creating hand-made lanterns for the upcoming celebration of Buddha’s birthday. The simplicity that the lanterns start as and then created into an immaculate creation is more than awe worthy. Words simply cannot describe the beauty that was found that day at the temple.
Posted on February 27, 2017 by Chloe K.
Arriving in Ulsan five days ago has left me with plenty of time to feel like I have become a native to the city. Although I know this is highly untrue, the city offers a homey, secure feeling that you would find in Maryville. However, Ulsan is very different than our tiny Midwest town.
Ulsan is a large metropolitan city located on the southern penesula of South Korea. There are 1.2 million people who call the city home with roughly thirty thousand of them being international. The locals are friendly and understanding of the language barrier that is between us and they are willing to help (we even had a lady call her daughter to translate for us so we could order dinner)! They care much about their appearance and the persona they put off outside their homes. Due to this there are many beauty stores and salons and several coffee shops on each block.
One of the major differences between here and home is that there seems to be hardly any traffic laws. Speeding, cutting people off, making u-turns in the middle of traffic. You name the law and someone Ian probably breaking it. Not to mention that side streets have parking on either side of a one lane street that traffic flows both directions at the same time while sharing the road with pedestrians. Unlike at home people do not stop for those walking!!
While I feel very safe and at home already, some of the other exchange students from California and myself have joked that this is the Asian Los Angeles. The brightly lighted store fronts mixed with the array of people walking the strip makes for a comforting feeling you’d find in the American city.
The past five days have been wonderful and I cannot wait to see what the rest of my time here has to offer. Photos to come next post! | 2019-04-24T20:49:47 | http://blogs.nwmissouri.edu/studyabroad/author/s517645/ |
On March 29th, 2012, actress Lee Si Young published a post with the title of “Can say so?” on DC Inside for Wild Romance online community forum.
And then Lee Si Young wrote in response to the message left by a fan, “I bet my hand that Rooftop Prince will overtake MBC’s The King 2 Hearts in terms of viewership ratings.” The bold statement attracted the attention of netizens.
Many netizens commented, “This is a very dangerous statement,” “Lee Si Young is not cautious,” and so on.
The post has been been deleted by Lee Shi Young. | 2019-04-26T15:44:53 | https://dramahaven.com/lee-si-young-bets-rooftop-prince-will-victorious-over-king-2hearts/ |
The Melton Community Lottery is getting ready to celebrate Easter by giving away an Amazon Fire HD8 with Alexa!
Find out who is standing for elections in your local area on 2 May 2019.
On Thursday 2 May residents in the Melton Borough will go to the polls to have their say on who represents them at a local level. | 2019-04-21T20:31:45 | http://www.melton.gov.uk/news/archive/2019 |
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, has told Parliament that government has no option of returning the former Guantanamo Bay detainees because they were granted refugee status under the Mahama government in July 2016.
According to her, the agreement signed between the government of Ghana and United States of America indicated that, while the US has no obligation to the detainees after the initial two-year agreement, Ghana has the responsibility to integrate the two into the Ghanaian society.
The two detainees of Yemeni nationality, Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby, who were in detention for 14 years after being linked with terrorist group Al-Qaeda, were brought to Ghana in January 2016, for a period of two years.
“The government at the time granted the two detainees refugee status. This followed a request by National Security to the then-Chairman of the Ghana Refugee Board. They were issued a decision letter dated 21st July 2016, recognizing their status as refugees,” Madam Ayorkor Botchway narrated to Parliament on Wednesday.
“Accordingly, government is constrained to explore any further options at this time, and will await an in-depth examination of the matter by the appropriate agencies,” Madam Ayorkor Botchway added.
Meanwhile, the Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, assured government the Minority will cooperate in finding a lasting resolution to the matter.
“I get the impression that the honourable Foreign Minister is asking for more time for the government to decide. We can assure them that we will be willing to work with them so that we can find a permanent solution to this matter. We will engage in politics that you can be assured its not opportunistic, and will be in the national interest as we find a permanent solution to this matter,” Mr. Ablakwa said.
The statement said the two may leave the country after the two-year period, suggesting the decision was in their hands.
The move to host the two in the country was criticized by many observers including the then-in-opposition New Patriotic Party, who described the two as a security threat despite assurances to the contrary by the US.
According to the judgment, the government needed the approval of Parliament before entering into any international agreement, just as in the case of the two detainees.
When the matter came up for discussion in Parliament, the House was informed that the agreement was reached under a note verbale and Memorandum of Understanding.
A note verbale is a piece of diplomatic correspondence prepared in the third person and unsigned. Parliament subsequently ratified the agreement for the two for detainees to be in the country.
An International relations analyst, Dr. Vladimir Antwi Danso, wants government to take immediate steps toreturn the two former Guantanamo Bay detainees to where ever they came from.
“They were given two years to stay in Ghana, and the two years have elapsed, what next. And for me they have to leave the country. They must be made to leave by the tenets of the agreement. And agreement tells how its termination can be. So I don’t see why this thing cannot be done, because if they are not made to leave, the security implications are dire,” he told Umaru Sanda on the Point Blank segment on Eyewitness News on Tuesday. | 2019-04-21T10:17:34 | https://thenewcrusadingguideonline.com/gitmo-2-cant-go-back-govt/ |
After a year away, he was back where he belonged.
Offensive lineman Derek Dennis returned to Calgary last off-season after being released by the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Immediately, the 2017 Offensive Lineman of the Year was back in his familiar spot, anchoring one of the best lines in the CFL.
“It’s like when you leave home for the first time to go to college,’’ Dennis mused. “You find yourself away, in a different environment. You have to adjust to new and different ways.
“Then you get the chance to come home again, after realizing how much you missed it, how much you maybe took it for granted in some ways. You come back remembering who you are again and what you’re all about.
“That’s what this feels like for me.
Dennis started at left tackle for all 18 regular-season games as well as the Western Final and Grey Cup. He was part of an offensive line that was tied for the CFL lead in fewest sacks allowed with 27. Dennis was a West Division all-star and was the team’s nominee for Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman. Taking on the best pass rushers in the league play in and play out, Dennis was able to protect Bo Levi Mitchell’s blindside with incredible efficiency, allowing very little pressure and never being flagged for holding.
Dennis showed of his determination and toughness all season as he played each and every game with an injury to his knee. During the season opener against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the 30-year old destroyed the bursar sack in his right knee, crystallizing pieces of it into extra bone.
Obviously, his decision to delay the operation paid off as he was able to help his team go to their third straight Grey Cup and bring home the hardware.
Check out some of our favourite Derek Dennis photos from this past season! | 2019-04-24T17:52:18 | https://www.stampeders.com/2019/03/21/year-review-derek-dennis/ |
Are you ready for some football? Now, we know a Fombag is a little too big to throw around like a football… but it’s certainly the ideal seat for game day! If you plan on throwing a Super Bowl party, then you need to get moving. You can worry about the pizza, chips, drinks, dip, and other snacks later. If you want your party guests to be comfortable while they watch the Super Bowl, then you need to order your Fombag soon!
We’re looking forward to Super Bowl XLV… after all, it’s being held in the new (and gorgeous, if we do say so) Cowboys Stadium in Texas. And this stadium is quite the spectacle! In fact, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is offering tickets to tour the facility in the 18 days surrounding the Super Bowl (Jan 24-Feb 10). For forty dollars, you’ll get a 90 minute behind the scenes tour of Cowboys Stadium. The tour includes a trolley ride and access to the players’ and cheerleaders’ locker rooms. This is the largest domed stadium in the entire world. This year marks the third time that the Super Bowl will be in Texas.
What if the Super Bowl were held on a Fombag? | 2019-04-25T22:52:49 | https://blog.fombag.com/2011/01/02/fombag-for-the-super-bowl/ |
The storm last week left us with a little clean up in the yard. Lots of good firewood there.
We'd forgotten about this Calla Lily until this bright pink bloom popped out and said, "Look at me! Look at me!" And then, over night, the first handful of ripe raspberries appeared. Gonna be a good crop this year, Yum! | 2019-04-19T20:19:25 | http://www.cedarhousequilting.ca/news/archives/07-2016 |
Claes Samuel Annerstedt was born at Tuna manor on 23 March 1799, and is a distant relative of mine. He lived a very interesting Life, and therefore he deserves to be mentioned at this webpage.
At an early age Claes Samuel went to sea, and at the age of 14 in 1813 he served as a cadet onboard the Swedish 74-gun ship of the line, Gustaf den Store (the ship was formerly known as Konung Gustav IV Adolf, see painting above), during an expedition in the Baltic Sea. The following year he served in the same capacity onboard the 70-gun ship of the line Konung Adolf Fredrik and later the same year onboard the frigate Galathé.
In early 1815, 16 years old and still a cadet, Claes Samuel accompanied the Galathé on a expedition to the Meditteranean Sea, where the Swedish ship was ordered to protect Swedish merchant ships from being captured by pirates from the so called Barbary States in North Africa. The expedition left Karslkrona on 15 May 1815 and returned back home on 23 July 1816. There had not been any threats from pirates, but the journey had been rough, mainly because of severe weather. After the return to Sweden, the 17 year old Claes Samuel was promoted to Second Lieutenant.
After serving on board a series of smaller vessels, for example the brig Vänta Litet ( in English Wait a Minute) in the Baltic Sea, he was promoted Lieutenant in 1822 and given the command of the steamship Svenska Lejonet (Swedish Lion). In 1824 he was promoted to First Lieutenant and the following year he was awarded a scholarship to serve in the British Royal Navy.
Early in 1825, Annerstedt reported for duty on board the HMS Aurora, which first was bound for Lissbon and later on for the Caribbean. The HMS Aurora was a frigate of 40 guns and relatively newly built. Originally she was built in France in 1808 and named Clorinde, but on 26 February 1814, during the Napoleonic War, she encountered the British frigate HMS Eurotas. After a violent battle, the Clorinde struck her colours and surrendered, entering service in the Royal Navy after going through repairs at Portsmouth. In the painting below, we can see the Clorinde to the left, battling HMS Eurotas.
At the end of 1825, Annerstedt transfered to the Royal Navy 50 gun frigate HMS Isis, and accomanied her on her voyage to the Caribbean. The drawing below is showing the HMS Isis.
After returning to Sweden, Annerstedt held various commands within the Swedish Navy, and in 1837 he was promoted to Captain, and in 1839 he received the Order of the Sword.
In 1844 he was made Commander, and in 1846 he commanded the frigate Desirée during an expedition in the Baltic Sea, visiting St Petersburg. At that time, Annerstedt received the Russian Imperial St Stanislaus order. After spending most of his life to sea, he was appointed Rear Admiral in 1857, and in 1858 he took up the role as military representative at his Majesty’s High Court.
In 1835, Claes Samuel married the 32 year old Louise Lagerstråle, who was the daughter of Claes Samuel’s commanding officer, Admiral Gustaf Lagertråle. It looks like this might have been a “political” marriage, but Louise and Claes Samuel had three children together, two sons and one daughter. After Claes Samuel retired in 1866, he and Louise moved to live at a more rural place outside the city of Strängnäs. On 22 December 1869, Claes Samuel died, 70 years old. His widow, Louise, lived on until 13 March 1891 when she died at the age of 88.
Posted in Maritime.Tagged Naval History, Royal Navy, Sweden, Swedish Navy. | 2019-04-21T04:18:55 | https://drakenlordh.com/2016/03/19/admiral-claes-samuel-annerstedt/ |
Apple recently activated public transit directions in major metropolitan areas of Arkansas, including Little Rock and Jonesboro, further building out the Apple Maps feature for users in the U.S.
The new addition has not yet been recognized on Apple's iOS Feature Availability website, though AppleInsider readers are reporting Transit features are indeed live.
As seen in the screenshot above, users in Little Rock and other major cities now have access to local bus and streetcar information, including routes, locations and service advisories.
Apple Maps is integrating with a number of local services including Rock Region Metro in Little Rock and Jet in Jonesboro. These services complement existing support for regional Amtrak lines.
As with past Transit rollouts, residents and visitors to the area can use the information to plan trips and create routes using Apple Maps. Arrival and departure information is gleaned from first-party sources and subsequently integrated into Apple's mapping app for easy city navigation.
Apple's Transit feature returned to iOS with the release of iOS 9, replacing what was removed when the company abandoned Google's mapping technology. Relying on its own assets powered by IP acquired through purchases like HopStop and Embark, Apple Maps Transit provides routes, departure times and other relevant data for buses, trains, ferries and other forms of public transportation. Unique to the app are top-down views of select underground subway and train stations.
Apple is working to build out coverage after launching Transit with minimal support in the U.S. and China. Subsequent rollouts brought the UK and Japan into the fold. Last year, Apple delivered the service to Paris, Singapore, the Netherlands and Adelaide, Australia.
News of the Arkansas activation comes on the heels of an identical start of services in Orlando, Fla., which was reported earlier today. | 2019-04-20T00:26:47 | https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/03/14/apple-maps-activates-transit-directions-in-select-areas-of-arkansas |
You would never know how amazing Buttermilk Ranch Dressing could taste until you try the homemade version. Our recipe is very quick and easy and requires only a bit of chopping, a mason jar, and a little shake!
I keep this in my refrigerator for my salads, hot wings, as a dip for veggies, and to use in other recipes. What do you like to eat and serve ranch dressing with? Let me know in the comments!
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Ovi was Nokia’s aces, trumphs and everything put together. Ovi which means “Doors” in Finish was an ambitious plan to open the doors of branded Nokia services to the Nokia users. Unfortunately that never happened. Nokia has now announced that it will phase out the Ovi brand eventually by 2012 in favour of a single Nokia brand, Nokia services. The transition begins with new devices being launched this July, August. Although Nokia has not specified which countries will see the rebranding first, it is expected that North American and European markets will see the new Nokia brand first, completing across all countries and services by the end of 2012. The services roadmap continue unaltered. This is one of a long list of changes for Nokia and an admission that the Ovi brand never really worked ever since 2007 when it launched the Ovi brand. As of April 2011 there were exactly 5.0 million downloads every day, also 158 developers reached over 1 million downloads for their Applications.
This is the first bold move by CMO Jerri DeVard and an admission of the fact that Ovi brand has failed. This also marks a clear shift in Nokia’s strategy and puts focus on Nokia brand, reducing consumer confusion as Microsoft partnership grows. This transition is expected to last into 2012 and was pretty much inevitable in the wake of Nokia’s hookup with Microsoft earlier this year. Part of that agreement was for Nokia software, Maps in particular, to be made available in other Windows Phone devices and across Microsoft’s range of services, so it makes sense for Nokia to literally put its name on its wares.
The timeline of Ovi with key events around it.
X3: Nokia’s mid tier Silver Bullet?
Nokia’s efforts to come up with “Game Changers” and “iPhone Challengers” have been a study in what-not-to-do in the device-consumer space. The N97, The N900 and now the N8* have not been upto the mark to challenge the rapid strides made by iPhone and Android in the last 2 years.
(*: I had done an hour with the N8 and its touch interface was seriously a few miles behind the Moto Milestone/Droid Interface).
Having lost a considerable room at the top, Nokia is getting more and more aggressive at defending its position if strength: The Mid End. With that in mind (it seems), Nokia has now announced the X3, a series 40 device, which is a combination of a resistive touch and unusual key pad, 5MP Camera, 3G and WiFi. It is powered by a ARM processor that can do a 400 MHz to 600 MHz processing. It comes bundled with email, Social networking, Ovi Music and is seemingly handicapped by absence of GPS and Flash. It definitely looks neat and slim at 9.6mm.
Nokia’s introduction of touch screen control to series 40 devices mirrors its approach with S60. The thought on combining the context key (Hot keys) and navi-key interactions as touch controls don’t cut ice with the high end Multimedia devices and smartphones. The S60 marriage with the Context-key and Navi Key touch controls and its resulting tacky performance was one of the key reasons for Nokia’s slide in the smartphone segment. The decision to implement touch support to Series 40 was overdue, given moves by competitors in the mid end.
Touch(= Context key + Navi Key) may be a first “touch” experience for many million consumers in the developing nations in Afro-Asia. This is mass that Nokia is looking to cater to with this device, but then the white Box Chinese manufacturers are already planning Full touch devices for this segment. These are the low cost Android phones that Huawei is talking about. If Huawei were to get its act right, then it would mean that it would be a few steps ahead of Nokia in terms of taking the “Touch” to the consumer. Also Companies like LG and Samsung are in their fourth generation, giving them the stability and maturity that can come with the iterative design processes. Nokia’s resistive screens and “Touch” experience may be ill-equipped to take the pressure from the mounting competition.
Bottomline: Nokia needs S40 Full touch (and QWERTY) devices to protect its market share in its traditional mid-tier stronghold. The X3 is not exactly the best start, but it heralds Nokia moving into Touch devices for the mid tier Seris 40. One can only Hope that Nokia’s next in roadmap devices are better than the X3 in terms of Touch experience. Nokia desperately needs to hold onto to its mid tier market shares and can ill-afford to lose these segments, given its already weakened position in high end segments.
Nokia is feeling the heat all over. It now has closed down in North American stores in Chicago and New York and one of its two London stores across the pond. It is also shifting its Sao Paolo store in Brazil. Not only in its brick and mortar form, but also with its online Ovi store, Nokia seems to have hit a breaker. Nokia’s case is quite paradoxical to Apple which has tasted success in both forms of the stores: Online as well as Brick and Mortar. A beleagured Nokia faces competition from RIM, Apple, Palm, Moto and Samsung in the Smartphone space; is threatened by OEM imports in emergingmarkets and its software services platform never really took off. Once a stock market darling, Nokia’s shares have fallen 20% since September even as the broader market has rallied.
Nokia launched the Ovi Store in May/June 2009 clearly challenge the Apple Dominance on Apps. However 5 months after an otherwise lukewarm launch, Ovi has stats on its side, but these pale infront of the Apple Juggernaut.
• Ovi Mail has more than 3 million subscribers, and carriers like the push email because it boosts data usage. Nokia has signed over 20 partners for a carrier version of Ovi Mail.
• Downloads of apps on the Ovi Store are growing 70 percent per month, and every registered Ovi user has downloaded eight apps on average.
• The number of users downloading apps is going up 50 percent every month.
• The Ovi suite – which also includes music and mapping services – now has 80m active users, up from 54m in August.
George Linardos, head of products at Nokia’s media group, said on 8th December 2009 that Ovi Store had been outpaced by Apple after complaints on stability and reliability. He also admitted that the chorus of complaints from end-users were driving the next version, noting that his company has “screens up in [their] offices running Twitter feeds [of gripes] all day long.” In fact, he likened the act to “sitting there and getting punched in the face.” So while the first coming of Ovi was beaten comprehensively unable to compete with the Apple Apps store, a second coming of Ovi has been planned in Spring 2010. New features will include in-application payments, a redesigned user interface that makes apps easier to discover, and faster operation. Longer-term, Ovi Store will include recommendations based on friends’ app purchases and more localised content.
In its second coming, the company wants to localize the Ovi Store for 20 countries by the end of the first quarter of 2010. Localization can mean instant success. In India, for example, Nokia’s music download service is becoming popular mostly because many people don’t have PCs and are using their phones to download music. Similar trends are being observed in Brazil and Mexico. Nokia believes the success of its Ovi Store and services is going to come from its traditional strongholds: Europe, Latin America and Asia. Ovi’s big opportunity is overseas — outside of the U.S. However, while US is not on the focus geographies list, it is also important for Nokia to maintain a mind share in US so that they are abreast of the best apps and platforms and are exposed to the most advanced development eco-system globally.
On Ovi, Nokia need’s to get all their ducks lined up, including hardware, software and services. At the moment, none of those are working properly. One hopes that Ovi gets it right this time because second chances are rare, and there are no third chances.
As the App Store has matured, so has the need to come up with more sophisticated ways to profit from it. Simply having a great application is not enough. The App Store’s success — as much a surprise to Apple as it has been to competitors — has given rise to a new digital ecosystem. Today, hundreds of software aspirants, from individuals tinkering in their bedrooms late at night to established companies looking for lucrative new revenue streams, are jumping into the App Store fray.And smart-phone manufacturers across the board are trying to make their platforms more attractive and lucrative to bring in the kind of creativity and enthusiasm that Apple has.
It’s easy to see why: Analysts estimate that Apps store generates as much as a billion dollars a year in revenue for Apple and its developers.
However the question increasingly being asked by analysts world-over is “Is it about 20,000 apps or 200,000 apps or is it about changing those 20,000 apps and their deep integration and how they interrelate to one another?” With Apple adding the numbers up briskly, the view about Apps is now beginning to shift. Palm and Research in Motion, say they don’t need an avalanche of applications to compete.
It is much more interesting to change the applications and changing the user experience and really unlocking the promise and the money and revenue opportunity for the ecosystem. Thus the story is changing from too many apps to a limited number of meaningful apps: Apps which integrate into the user’s activities and lives and are used as a necessity.
Most phones will end up being smart-phones. There will be more services and new ways to monetize and more consumption. Growth is a given; it’s just a question of who is going to innovate in the right way to drive that value proposition to capture that growth.
Microsoft, which analysts have criticized for its sluggish approach to the smartphone market, also says it is emphasizing quality for the application store it introduced in October, Windows Marketplace for Mobile.“Our strategy is to look holistically at how we can provide the best all-around user experience,” says Victoria Grady, director of mobile strategy at Microsoft. The Marketplace now has more than 800 apps.
Many developers and analysts think Google’s mobile operating system, most recently placed in the Motorola Droid, may evolve into the fiercest competitor to the iPhone.
Android unique applications are no longer limited to a single device. The growing number of Android-powered phones available on multiple wireless carriers increases the financial opportunity for developers. An year back, Android just had 1 handset which has now increase to close to dozen. Android volumes are going up at a tremendous pace, and the developer ecosystem is seeing that.
Unlike Apple, Google has eschewed a review process, allowing any developer to publish an application to the Android Marketplace, its version of the App Store, instantly. About 14,000 applications are available for Android-powered smartphones.
Apple has another strong advantage: the iPhone offers developers a uniform, standard platform. When, a developer creates an application for the iPhone, he knows how it’s going to run exactly as you tested it on every single model. The same isn’t true for the rest of the smartphones, which have varying screen sizes, processor speeds and form factors.
HOWEVER the competitive landscape shapes up, the App Store phenomenon shows no signs of slowing. IDC, a technology research firm, predicts that the number of iPhone apps will triple next year, fueled by the growing popularity of smartphones and other mobile devices. Along the way, analysts say, the App Store will continue to upend the architecture of the smartphone business and threaten competitors that don’t have vibrant and extensive offerings.
This changes the way the smartphone industry operates. Each handset company would come up with its latest iterations and maybe have the hottest device of the season or not. With apps in the equation, all that changes. It goes from being a product cycle game to a platform game.
Barely 15 day s after i had written about Nokia’s dual OS strategy, It turns out that Maemo is not so big news from Nokia.
Nokia has gone through a rough patch over the last 18 months or so. It has lost heavily in the smartphone space to Apple, RIM and Google; and its overall numbers tumbled down in 2009. Ovi store was a lukewarm fare. However, it seemed to be making a comeback of sorts with interesting applications such as Nokia Money and Lifetools in the Mid end and Maemo devices in the smartphone segment. N900 got a great response as Nokia moved away from the Symbian platform for the first time after failure with its N97.N900 boasts some impressive specs for a smartphone-type device, and includes a touch screen, QWERTY keyboard, media playback and more. While the N900 is a bit of a niche play and doesn’t have the largest addressable market, it’s an important step for Nokia to take in regaining some much-needed momentum in the world market for smartphones. The N900 was thought to be not only the Nokia flagship, but also a learning platform for Nokia and its Maemo line up.
In this regard, Nokia’s decision to launch only one Maemo based device in 2010 is bewildering. Nokia is committed to the Symbian platform as its “smartphone platform of choice”. Symbian S60 — is outdated and clunky. Maemo looked to be a solid step in the right direction, at least from a usability standpoint.The one Maemo-device announcement was thus a let down, dashing hopes of a slew of high-end, Linux-based phones from the mobile manufacturer.The Symbian Foundation has been working hard to reboot Symbian as a platform, but so far developments has been slow, and no devices have been announced with support for the latest Symbian versions.
Either Nokia plans to take over the world with just a handset update per year like Apple does or it believes Symbian still has some life left and will continue churning out S60 and the upcoming Symbian Foundation OS based phones by the dozen. The only manufacturer for whom this “one device a year strategy” has worked very well is Apple. 2010 would be a busy smartphone year with the supposed Apple 3.1 being readied for release and Android getting mainstream. Putting a large bet on Symbian S60 can significantly risk the Nokia portfolio. There is an opinion that even one Maemo phone would be enough – if it’s an iPhone killer. To flip it around, if Nokia’s 2010 Maemo and Symbian devices return average results, they would get dangerously sidelined in the smartphone space. That would also mean being left out of the consideration space of the developer community.
That’s a bad idea, Nokia.
Nokia’s acquisition of Dopplr: Whither business sense?
Nokia has been on an acquisition spree lately. Celity, Bit-Side, Plum and now Dopplr. One hear’s about the acquisition of Palm a well. That’s been on air for some-time now and we still don’t seem to have any definite answer on that.
The purchase price is said to be between €10 million and €15 million. The site has never grown to huge usage, but its core users are passionate about Dopplr. This is in contrast to Tripit, which has a larger audience and caters to the same socialize-while-you-travel idea.
The problem with this idea seems to be that, it belonged as part of something bigger, not as a standalone site. There is too much social capital that is required for yet another “community” website. One single purpose did not warrant another log on, another bit of data input. The idea was nicely executed, however, but not compelling enough on its own. The flip of this is that Dopplr may add up to Nokia’s world well and would get the threshold volume it always lagged.
Interestingly, in 2008, Nokia purchased Plazes – another location-based service with social networking roots. Plazes offers users the opportunity to share locations and activities with friends while geotagging the sites they like. Dopplr serves a similar purpose; however, friends are meant to meet up while traveling.
If this sounds familiar it’s because services like Foursquare and most recently Gowalla have gotten iPhone users into the habit of checking in and leaving tips at their favorite haunts and watering holes.
With Plazes in 2008 and Dopplr in 2009, both serving the same purpose, I wonder how Nokia has visioned its advance in Travel social networking. Admittedly, it does seem to have little of any worth in two acquisitions of same nature without doing much on the first one.
Over the last year and half, Nokia Scrip price has yo-yo’ed from $ 40 to $ 8 given the slump in the market and demand, its own performance in the smartphone market and its decision to change tacks from device orientedness to internet services focussed approach. Yesterday Nokia declared its 1Q, 2009 results and though a drop in numbers was in line of expectations, a 90% drop in profits was beyond expectations. This was Nokia’s worst quarterly profit in more than a decade. Profits declined to 122 million euros (US$160.7 million), from 1.2 billion euros (US$1.6 billion) a year earlier. Sales fell 27 percent. Nokia sold 93 million phones in the first quarter, 3 million more than analysts had anticipated, the ASP of the phones fell sharply to $85 from $93 in the fourth quarter. Nokia’s Devices & Services unit saw net sales decline 33 percent year-on-year to 6.2 billion euros (US$8.2 billion). Nokia remains the largest mobile-device maker in the world with a market share of 37 percent in this year’s first quarter. However, that’s down from 39 percent in the year-ago period. Nokia expects industry sales to continue to decline this year, estimating a 10 percent overall slide from 2008. Nokia’s sales were mostly based out of the Asia Pacific, followed by Europe and then Americas.
However, these bleak numbers seem to have come with silver lining as far as Nokia is concerned and while this is the worst quarter for Nokia on record, it does look like they have bottomed out and the only way from here is upwards.
Considering that in Q1, 2009, Nokia’s North American numbers actually grew by 30% and was the only Nokia region to register growth, the AT&T tie up on E 71 can be a big winner.
There seems to be traction on the Economy Smartphone 5800 Xpress Music, with 2.6 million units already shipped. The phone is popular in China, India and other developing countries given its price and feature attractiveness.
Amongst other strong signs of recovery is the fact that it has retained its 37% market share, and has in fact gained in strength in China and India, whereby Motorola and Sony Ericsson are flopping out. Nokia’s impressive offensive at the low end will make sure that market shares are stable and increasing for sometime.
With N97 Nokia looks to get back at the technology leaders platform, a mantle it has lost to Apple and RIM in the recent times.
Nokia expects industry mobile-device volumes in the second quarter to be at about the same level or up slightly. The company also expects its market share in the second quarter to increase.
The news that sparked a Wall Street rally on Nokia’s stock was the company’s prediction that the decline in the first two quarters this year would be worse than in the second half of the year. What’s more, the company is targeting an increase in market share for the year.
The two aspects, which are slight out of sync in Nokia at this time are its Netbooks foray and The flight @ Ovi, which will need to be accessed independently. The indicators at this point of time may not favour Nokia, but it certainly looks like Future Bright for Nokia.
Ovi is Nokia’s door (Literally in Finnish) to the high end internet and convergence enabled consumers. Over a year and a half, Nokia has been building its Ovi brand. On 16th February, 2009, Nokia announced Ovi Application store, a virtual store front where developers can develop applications and consumers can easily download them. N 97 will be the first device to sport the Ovi Aps store when it goes to sale in June 2009! The Store will be available on its S40 and S 60 platform devices. Nokia intends to pep up the offering by tracking downloads and suggesting applications to users, which may be of their interest.
Apple and Google are “there”, Nokia, RIM, Palm will get there soon. Microsoft is also designing something on these lines.
While Ovi Apps Store (OAS) has the advantage of a captive base of Nokia’s consumers, which it can choose to exploit well, there are some formidable challenges that OAS faces.
The first challenge obviously is a “me too” positioning important from a perspective of “being available” to its consumers. Having the store was not really a innovation novelty as much as having a store to offer 3rd party applications. iPhone and Google have established themselves fairly well in the application space and the next three entries will be (RIM, Nokia, Pearl) will only fragment the market to feed their consumers!
The happening place in terms of application and their developments is really the North American market and Nokia doesnot have a good representation out there. This is slightly stiffling as Android and iPhone are getting ahead in the same context.
Nokia can tap into the base of developers in Europe and South East Asia. However, the market for applications and downloading is not so great in South Asia. Thus, cutting edge applications can have longer acceptance periods.
One significant advantage that Nokia brings to the table is the robustness and stability of its Symbian platform.
There is a lot of work that is happening on Android and Microsoft platforms. While Microsoft is distinctly seen as “pro enterprise”, Android is seen as “pro consumer”. Apple is .. “apple”. Symbian has not generated as much interest in terms of work lately as a Android or a iPhone has.
Nokia already has a the largest community of developers (3.5 million). So there will not be any dearth of Ideas!
However, with low acceptance of applications in Nokia dominated markets, the same application developers may get higher returns in the Android, Microsoft or iPhone stores.
The first 6 months after launch is going to be important for Ovi. This is because, there will be a lot of applications, which will be source copied from the Apple store and Android store. The developers will expect a quick buck. Making a fast buck will depend on the ability of Ovi and the consumer acceptance of the Symbian store. That may shape the developer perception of the Ovi store!
Microsoft, Google and Ovi: The Error list!
Less than 2 days back, i had blogged about the fallibilities of the super corportaions: Microsoft and Google. http://technologyandtelecom.blogspot.com/2009/02/even-invincible-and-infallible.html. Interestingly enough Nokia’s foray into online services and application, Ovi has fallen into the list of goofers! This happened when a recent server crash lost all unsynched data on Ovi. This unsynched data is dated from January 23rd 2009 to Febrauary 9th, 2009. This means any data uploaded by the consumer from 23rd Janaury 2009 onwards would not have been saved.
Ovi is Nokia’s foray into internet services through the Nokia devices. Apart From Nokia’s Ovi, Apple’s Mobileme and Microsoft’s My Phone service (to debut) use the cloud to store data uploaded by the customer! While the number of affected users is limited, because of Ovi’s small userbase, it is worth questioning what would happen if for some reason a Facebook would have such a failure.
The conclusion here for the user is: Dont trust the cloud for everything. It is also wise to have a back up local hard disk for your data. | 2019-04-24T11:46:44 | https://ronnie05.wordpress.com/tag/ovi/ |
Synopsis : Successful treatment of therapy-resistant chronic leukemia using allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
Successful treatment of therapy-resistant chronic leukemia using allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
Almost 50 percent of patients without even minimal residual disease/ Study led by hematologists from Heidelberg published in "Blood"
The transplantation of stem cells from a healthy donor (allogeneic) offers the chance of cure for patients with an aggressive form of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), irrespective of genetic prognostic factors and the prior course of the disease. The German CLL Study Group proved this in a multi-centric clinical phase II study led by Professor Dr. Peter Dreger, senior consultant and head of the division of stem cell transplantation at the Department of Internal Medicine V at Heidelberg University Hospital. The results were published online in the prominent journal "Blood" at the beginning of July.
CLL is the most frequent form of leukemia in western countries. In many cases, it has a rather benign course. However, there are patients in whom the disease does not respond to the standard treatment with chemotherapy or antibodies. Patients with this high-risk CLL often die within a few years of the diagnosis. For some of these patients, the unfavorable course can be predicted based on the presence of typical chromosomal mutations in leukemia cells (deletion 17p-).
Investigators at 16 different treatment centers in Germany included a total of 90 patients with high-risk CLL in the current study. For conditioning for transplantation, patients were given a reduced dosage of chemotherapy so that the acute tolerance of the transplantation was very good.
For a large percentage of patients, highly sensitive tests were conducted regularly to detect any remaining leukemia cells after the transplantation. In about half of these patients, no remaining CLL cells were detected in the blood in the long term, which was highly predictive for the lack of recurrence for the follow-up period (up to eight years, on average about four years). This positive result was independent of the genetic risk profile and resistance to certain chemotherapeutic drugs. The donor type (related or unrelated) also had no influence on the result.
"Our study is the largest so far for this patient population and proved that allogeneic stem cell transplantation is a promising therapy option for high-risk CLL and has the potential to cure for this otherwise incurable kind of leukemia," says Professor Dreger, head of the study.
Allogeneic stem cell transplantation is a very stressful and risky form of therapy, which could previously not be carried out on the generally older patients affected by CLL. With the new improved method studied here, tolerance was significantly improved. The main risk still remains the "graft-versus-host reaction", in which donor cells attack the patient's own cells, which are foreign to them. However, this is also the mechanism by which the leukemia cells are eliminated. "It is crucial to control the transplanted donor immune cells so that the effect is strong enough to eliminate the leukemia cells but not strong enough to lead to complications in other tissues and organs. For this, regular measurement of the CLL cells in blood is a new, extremely helpful instrument," says Professor Dreger. | 2019-04-19T22:15:36 | https://www.disabled-world.com/health/cancer/leukemia/Treatment-of-Therapy-resistant-Chronic-Leukemia-Using-Stem-Cells.php |
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This hotel is located by the airport (you can’t miss it), so it appeals to business travelers. It has a wonderfully outfitted lobby with a made-to-order restaurant . . .
Rooms at this hotel are small but clean. It’s located in the middle of Kahului, so even though it’s on a beach, it’s actually on the commercial . . .
This local hotel chain always has clean, tidy rooms and grounds, and this location is no exception. Though on the beach, it’s actually on a commercial harbor, and the . . .
They consider themselves a B&B, but we’ll classify them as an inn. This was a banker’s home built in 1924, which has been lovingly restored. (The . . . | 2019-04-20T03:04:21 | https://www.hawaiirevealed.com/region/kahului-wailuku-area/ |
LONDON (AP) Andy Murray has made further changes to his support team by splitting with assistant coach Dani Vallverdu and fitness trainer Jez Green.
Murray hired Amelie Mauresmo as his coach in June, three months after parting ways with Ivan Lendl.
Mauresmo's position has been under scrutiny in Britain after Murray was eliminated from Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in the quarterfinals this year, then lost 6-0, 6-1 to Roger Federer in the ATP Finals in London.
Vallverdu has been a close friend of Murray's for more than a decade since meeting at an academy in Spain. | 2019-04-19T16:37:49 | https://www.si.com/tennis/2014/11/26/ap-ten-murray-coaching-changes |
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Author De Pasquale, A.; Ingala, A.; Innella, G.; Luigiano, G.; Malara, L.; Panzera, M.
Keywords Foal, Handling, Enriched environment, Reactivity.
- 3 foals not handled and stabled in semi-enriched environment (Group A).
- 6 foals handled and stabled in an enriched environment (Group B).
All nine foals were tested with a novel object test (umbrella) at three months of age, to assess the Heart Rate (HR) values measured by a telemetric heart rate monitor (Polar Horse Trainer), during opening, touching and closing of the umbrella.
The statistical analysis carried out by means of the Mann-Whitney test showed lower HR values of the foals of group B (P<0.05).
- Handling within 24 hours from birth.
- Handling and reactivity test (arena test) executed at 10, 30 and 60 days.
Spearman"s test, to assess the beginning of neurovegetative HR control.
In fact statistically significant differences were obtained (r = -0.431; P<0,02). Temporal values of obtained HR baseline, using the Wilcoxon test, showed lower values at 60 days. The comparison was significant among mean and max baseline HR values of 30 vs 60 and 10 vs 60 (P<0.05), while no differences were observed during the reactivity test. This shows that adequate conditions of management associated to a precocious and continuous handling allow the foals to maintain their natural investigative behaviour disappearing fear and flight reactions.
Address Dept. of Experimental Sciences and Applied Biotechnologies, Unit of Applied Physiology and Comparative Ethology , Faculty of Veterinary Medicine – University of Messina, Italy. | 2019-04-20T20:18:30 | https://references.equine-behaviour.de/search.php?sqlQuery=SELECT%20author%2C%20title%2C%20type%2C%20year%2C%20publication%2C%20abbrev_journal%2C%20volume%2C%20issue%2C%20pages%2C%20keywords%2C%20abstract%2C%20address%2C%20corporate_author%2C%20thesis%2C%20publisher%2C%20place%2C%20editor%2C%20language%2C%20summary_language%2C%20orig_title%2C%20series_editor%2C%20series_title%2C%20abbrev_series_title%2C%20series_volume%2C%20series_issue%2C%20edition%2C%20issn%2C%20isbn%2C%20medium%2C%20area%2C%20expedition%2C%20conference%2C%20notes%2C%20approved%2C%20call_number%2C%20serial%20FROM%20refs%20WHERE%20serial%20%3D%204486%20ORDER%20BY%20author%2C%20year%20DESC%2C%20publication&client=&formType=sqlSearch&submit=Display&viewType=&showQuery=0&showLinks=1&showRows=10&rowOffset=&wrapResults=1&citeOrder=&citeStyle=APA&exportFormat=RIS&exportType=html&exportStylesheet=&citeType=html&headerMsg= |
On two occasions the Apostle Paul encouraged people to imitate him. The first occurrence is in 1 Corinthians 4: 16 where he wrote, “I exhort you therefore, be imitators of me.” I find that remarkable. What kind of confidence does it take to tell people to examine your life and imitate it? Isn’t that exactly what today’s verse teaches though? The second time Paul instructs people to follow him by imitating his life is in 1 Corinthians 11: 1, “Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.” The key is in the last phrase. He was confident in his following of Christ. “Follow me as I follow Christ,” he might say.
No one walks this journey alone. There is no such thing as a self-made person. We all stand upon someone else’s shoulders. The wise among us are better at this than the rest of us. They don’t let their ego inhibit their growth. For some people, advancing on the journey is more important than trying to be their own leader. There is an expression in legal circles that an attorney who represents himself in litigation has a fool for a client. The same sort of wisdom can be applied to our spiritual journey. Only a fool would nominate himself as his own leader. How can I lead myself where I have not yet gone?
I am increasingly aware of and impressed by the number of times the Bible addresses humility. It is one of the overarching principles in the Bible. Humility goes with honor. Pride is associated with one’s destruction (Proverb 16: 18). Pride is often joined with foolishness while humility is the hallmark of the wise. The reason this is important is that the number one reason we do not submit to another’s leadership is ego. If we can embrace humility, then we can benefit from the wisdom of those who have gone before us.
There are people in the body of Christ who have been appointed as leaders and they bear a tremendous burden because they have been given the responsibility for leading the flock. Having been appointed to positions of leadership has not made them perfect but still they lead the way for us. As today’s verse teaches, we are able to consider the result of their conduct, which is the same as beholding their fruit. If the fruit is good then humble yourself and receive the benefit of their instruction.
I want you to be a follower even if you have been chosen as a leader because only good followers make good leaders. I do want you to be wise in who you follow though. Let us look again at today’s verse. Beyond being a person who bears good fruit they also must be one who speaks the Word of God to you. I don’t care how wise or how awesome they seem, if their advice is worldly then they are deceived and will soon lead you in to deception. And by now we all know who the author of deception is. Paul intones, “Follow me as I follow Christ.” In like manner we might say, “Follow this advice which I have received from the Lord Jesus.” We also should follow those who are following Christ. There is no one of this earth who can give us wisdom that eclipses that of God. So, why would we listen to those fools? And yet we do. In plain language let us be clear. Do not take financial advice from someone who does not tithe. Do not take relationship advice from someone who does not have a deep and abiding relationship with the Father, Son and Spirit. Do not take business advice from someone who has not made Christ the Lord over their business. We have learned what happens when we follow worldly fiscal and business advice. We end up in an upside down economy such as we experienced in 2008 and the years following.
Lastly, I wish to strongly encourage you to honor those who are leading you. Read today’s verse again. Who does it bring to your mind? Who has spoken the Word of God to you? Of course our pastors spring to our minds and I wish for you to show them honor and gratitude because theirs is a difficult job to say the least. Perhaps there are some other people who have given you the benefit of their walk with the Lord. Hearken to their voice and bless them however you may.
Poverty and shame will come to him who neglects discipline but he who regards reproof will be honored.
This is a difficult verse and certainly for the maturing Christian rather than cultural Christians. Cultural Christian is my term for people who are Christians but who are not pursuing spiritual growth. We might call them passive Christians. This is not a passage for them because this one causes one to look introspectively.
The word which is translated here as discipline can also be translated as instruction. So the honored among us are those who do not neglect instruction and correction. No one likes being corrected. Few will even stand instruction but for those who are masters of their egos rather than a slave to it there is honor and promotion. So, let us all look inwardly for a moment? From whom do I receive instruction? To whom am I submitted? Christians are expected to receive daily instruction. I think that can be seen in the number of devotionals which are available. Of course the master instructor is the Holy Spirit and we should all be tuned in to his daily program but let us not deceive ourselves. The Holy Spirit also uses people for his purposes.
First of all, not everyone is sensitive and listening to the voice of the Holy Spirit and some are just better receptors than others. Secondly, he employs people in every area of expertise to speak his wisdom. So each one of us should first of all submit ourselves to the Holy Spirit and take our direction from him rather than being our own leader. Second, we are deceiving ourselves if we think that we are not supposed to submit to human leaders. To think we should lead our own parade is just the voice of ego. You may be the leader of hundreds or even thousands but you should also have someone from whom you receive instruction and if need be, correction.
The other side of the coin is, don’t follow someone who isn’t also a follower. We are all at various stages in the journey. Make sure that the person you are following is still travelling; a stagnate person can only lead you to stagnation. We should all be growing in the things of God. None of us has yet arrived but like Paul said, we press on to that high calling. If you want to follow that high calling you should submit yourself to another’s leadership and make sure that person is also submitted. Then we are all receiving instruction and growing the result of which is the unveiling of the mystery which is in Christ Jesus. | 2019-04-18T18:28:18 | http://iveyministries.org/tag/follower/ |
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This piece was something of an accident. I originally intended only one slide, but the printer made an error, forgetting to invert the film as requested – these slides were lino-printed on film, the way plates are made for offset printing. So with two versions (for the price of one!) came two slides. Because there is a space between the two images, their foci are different and the effect surprising. | 2019-04-20T08:48:19 | http://www.damianlopes.com/chapbooks/2-slides-of-a/ |
For my process, after sketching my ideas onto paper, I prototyped the organizer in CAD modeling. I created these multiple boxes in an efficient manner by creating parameters for one box, creating that box, and then simply duplicating that box but with different parameters for the smaller, stackable boxes. Afterwards, I created a couple of cardboard prototypes to figure out if my dimensions were accurate, and then constructed my final out of different shades of acrylic.
Also in my process, I found that in order to create stackable boxes, I would have to implement some sort ledge that would allow the box to nest, rather that just sit on top of the bottom box. After considering different types of how I could create this (adding an extra sheet of acrylic stacked flush to the inner perimeter of the bottom box, creating an overall smaller dimensioned top box, etc) I settled upon the idea of installing small ledges to the top boxes that would be flush with the inner perimeter of the lower boxes, as this allowed for the cleanest procedure of gluing my structures while utilizing the smallest amount of extra material. | 2019-04-18T19:15:46 | http://ideate.xsead.cmu.edu/media/attachments/30703 |
Please be aware that the Barnes and Noble book fair originally set for the week of January 12th, 2015 has been postponed until the Spring. I will be putting together a committee of 5-10 volunteers to help with crafts, games, and other fun activities. If you are interested in helping, please contact me at [email protected]. Happy Holidays! | 2019-04-24T15:47:10 | http://ellsworthmedia.weebly.com/home/archives/12-2014 |
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API Management is the practice an organization implements to manage the APIs they expose.
API Management should provide a API Registry for organizations to catalog their APIs, incorporating metadata such as the subject matter, description of the API (including different versions of the API that are currently available), human-friendly documentation, a taxonomy of the types of API available, and runtime capabilities (such as maximum requests per second). The API Registry should also monitor the state of a given API, including metadata such as the currently supported versions.
surface multiple versions as required.
The distance between the definition of an API in the API Registry and Exposing the API as a consumable endpoint should be as short as possible, with the transition being equally seamless.
An organization may expose APIs here that do not meet the organization’s API “standards,” or exist in a form that an organization does not want to expose to their consumers (as it closely coupled an external exposed API to an internal system that is sensitive to changes). ???
API Management should be the system of record for API utilization, embellishing the API Registry with information regarding the actual runtime behavior and characteristics of a given API in the form of metrics determined against Key Performance Indicators.
This information may include the number of API keys registered, average and peak requests per second, and so on. This data should be meaningful to the organization allows them to understand API utilization and plan accordingly for future enhancements or capacities. The information will also be used to help both monitoring and monetize the APIs exposed, with the ability to make the data captured available to the organization’s operational or billing systems as required. | 2019-04-24T23:47:41 | https://ldapwiki.com/wiki/API%20Management |
Songwriter Will Johnson played down the news just a bit. There wasn’t much fanfare to the initial announcement, but your Austin Music Minute host’s ears perked up, coupled with that Scooby Doo-styled “Whaaa??” expression of surprise. Make that, a lovely surprise: South San Gabriel is playing their first show in eight years.
It’s a safe bet that most Centro-matic/Will Johnson solo music fans are quite pleased by this return of sorts. Looking back, South San Gabriel was technically the band that came before Centro-matic – sort of. Their first release, South San Gabriel Songs/Music (2000), was later credited to Centro-matic in the U.S., following its European release. Along the way, South San Gabriel became the outlet for the quieter, more introspective songs written and recorded by Centro-matic.
KUTX host and producer Art Levy picked the song featured on today’s AMM, “I Am Six Pounds of Dynamite” from The Carlton Chronicles: Not Until the Operation’s Through (2005), and needless to say, it brought back a flood of memories. It’s going to be a fantastic show tonight with South San Gabriel at the Mohawk, 912 Red River, with Marcus Striplin (singing the songs of Margaret Chavez and Pleasant Grove) sharing the bill. Get there around 8 p.m., or show up earlier with your favorite albums to spin for the Mohawk’s BYOVinyl Happy Hour. Very recommended. | 2019-04-23T20:57:04 | http://kutx.org/austin-music-minute/return-of-south-san-gabriel |
In this stillness I have been able to rediscover the truth of who God is, His heart for me at this time in my life and to rest in His promise for what is to come.
I’ve been refreshed, inspired and motivated by the culture here that is unashamed to be completely on fire for God.
I have a new found love for my gifts and creativity and have been able to see how I can use them for the Kingdom, more clearly than ever.
As far as transformational moments go, it’s a trip where these moments occur daily if not hourly.
I used to be anxious about large groups of people, public speaking, food, travel, new places, minibuses and so much more but this trip has showed me the new state I’m now living in.
It became clear very quickly that God had placed exactly the right creative people together in exactly the right location, to not only inspire, but to fully ignite fires in our hearts.
Put plainly I had forgotten that what God gifted me with was creative, I had reduced my gift to it's most base functionality.
It's been a time to re-calibrate, pause and allow God to spark creativity + release vision for the season ahead.
Unlike any other Christian event I'm not only inspired but also feel equipped in leading creatively to make His name known.
It’s not complex, it’s simple - things I’ve never seen before in the Word have just blown out to me like fireworks.
I think as an introvert, I have often focused my attention on having 'quiet times' when in fact God often wants to speak through the brothers and sisters around me and for me to speak into their lives.
God has shown me through this week that I’m truly blessed to be part of an industry that can bring so much light, joy and freedom to people all over the world.
Meeting and learning from the other creatives out here has been a huge encouragement, seeing how they work and operate. Seeing how they lead.
I have been so inspired by the Christ-centred creative leadership in and around LA, free to lead creatively using the individual gifts He has given to us.
With this in mind, God has stilled me this week to realise who He is. He is God. And God is Good.
The people we met over the week all managed to speak to me in an individual way about working and operating as a Christian in a worldly environment and how we remain true to our values but also communicate our faith.
During my time in LA I was able to really draw closer to God and ask some big questions about my future.
I am continually amazed by how faithful God is in blessing and using Something More, and I believe it is this beautiful week that displays it most clearly.
So many great things happened there and I like to believe they helped lay more of a foundation for what I do now and encourage me to dream bigger for the future. | 2019-04-21T14:11:19 | https://www.thereissomethingmore.com/california-testimonials/tag/trips |
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I mean you gotta give zo some time. He averaged 10 7 and 7, and I do realize that hes been shooting bricks, but hes only a rookie. I also understand that Lavar set the standards too high for Lonzo, but then you should hate Lavar, not the kid. Give Lonzo some time and I guarantee you he will be something special.
I know you ain't a Laker fan. You were hating on Dlo before he got to the Nets, everyone hates the Lakers. We got that, but Zo is already better than Dlo. My man Dlo is probably gonna get slightly better next season, and just slightly. He is not a hard worker.
10x worse on yourself bro.
I heard from the Lakers organization that he wasn't a hard worker so you know, imma trust them over some dude on a dead site that I've never even spoken to before.
Lol hope you know the only reason you got that many upvotes was because people thought you were being real.
Why did Magic get rid of him?
Good thing that's not true otherwise the Lakers would have 28 wins like the Nets.
Since my grandma gets a Hof Limitless... DAngelo dont get any Hof Shooting? Comeon..
It’s actually true, Louisville is better than them. | 2019-04-20T22:55:10 | https://2kmtcentral.com/18/players/9283/dangelo-russell |
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Foster networks and interest in criminal justice health for mutual sharing, innovative thinking, and creative problem-solving to move evidence-based practice initiatives into clinical realities.
Promote innovative research and support dissemination of best evidence to inform criminal justice health practice through conferences, seminars, workshops, and other learning opportunities.
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Influence behavioral and cultural change within correctional institutions, as well as across health care institutions, to build and retain an understanding of the clinical and policy issues related to best outcomes.
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Insertion into Principal Act of new section 57A.
“Power of High Court to make compliance orders in respect of conditions imposed under section 57.
57A.— (1) If, in making a decision under section 57, the Commission has imposed conditions for infrastructure sharing, and it appears to the Commission that a network operator or physical infrastructure provider to whom the decision relates is failing, or has failed, to comply with any of those conditions, the Commission may apply to the High Court to make a compliance order under subsection (5). Such an application is to be by motion.
(b) the operator or provider has failed to comply with the requirement.
(3) The High Court may hear the application only if it is satisfied that the Commission has complied with subsection (2)(a) and has served a copy of the application on the network operator or physical infrastructure provider concerned. On being served with a copy of the application, that network operator or physical infrastructure provider becomes the respondent to the application.
(4) The High Court may make such interim or interlocutory order as it considers appropriate pending determination of an application made under subsection (1). The Court may not refuse interim or interlocutory relief merely because the Commission may not suffer damage if relief were not granted pending determination of the application.
(5) On the hearing of an application made under subsection (1), the High Court may make an order requiring the respondent to comply with the relevant section or may refuse the application.
(6) An application for a compliance order may include or be accompanied by a further application for an order directing the respondent to pay to the Commission a financial penalty of such amount as is proposed by the Commission having regard to the circumstances of the non-compliance.
(7) On hearing the further application, the High Court may, having previously been satisfied that the respondent has not complied with a condition imposed under section 57 and having regard to the circumstances surrounding the non-compliance, order the respondent to pay to the Commission a financial penalty of such amount as is specified in the order. The amount can be more or less than the amount proposed by the Commission.
(d) any excuse or explanation for the non-compliance provided by the respondent.
(9) If the High Court makes an order under this section, it may make such ancillary orders as it considers appropriate.”. | 2019-04-20T20:27:51 | http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2007/act/22/section/15/enacted/en/html |
This is my collection of odds and ends. Some thoughts, some projects, some work and some play. Mostly, a little bit of everything because that's me... reading, baking, crafting, being green, plus whatever else has my attention at the moment. And lots of fun times and projects with my sweet daughter, Phee.
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I'm also a freelance editor at Personal Proofreading. Please come visit; I love working with other bloggers and writers.
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Feel free to drop me a line via email. I'd love to hear from you! | 2019-04-22T13:58:37 | http://hallienoves.blogspot.com/p/me.html |
In the UK, Frances Hardinge’s The Lie Tree (Macmillan Children’s Books) has won the 2015 Costa Book of the Year award. It was previously the Costa Book of the Year winner in the children’s book category, and is the first children’s book to win since Philip Pullman’s The Amber Spyglass won the 2001 prize. The judges described the book as a ‘dark, sprawling, fiercely clever novel that blends history and fantasy in a way that will grip readers of all ages’. The £30,000 Costa Book of the Year award is presented annually to an ‘outstanding’ book by an author based in the UK and Ireland, and was previously known as the Whitbread award. For more information about the Costa Book of the Year award, visit the website here. | 2019-04-23T10:50:34 | https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2016/01/27/40179/childrens-book-the-lie-tree-wins-costa-book-of-the-year/ |
Apple is the first manufacturer to ship a laptop touting a retina display. It goes without saying that the company won’t be stopping with this trend any time soon. According to new reports, iMacs will be released in October later these years. This iMac refresh will be a big one, because reportedly these iMacs will boast retina displays.
Last month at the Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple wowed everyone with it’s Retina Display Macbook Pro. The display on this laptop carries more pixel density than any other laptop on the market. It is truly amazing to say the least. The first half of 2012 has whizzed by and surprisingly, we haven’t heard much about the iMacs either from sources or from Apple itself. Looks like that is all about to change.
This latest report comes from trade publication DigiTimes. Usually they’re the ones that provide the most amount of rumors. They claim to have reports from industry sources that Apple is gearing up to release retina display iMacs in October this year. The publication also claims that components for these all-in-one computers are likely to be shipped as early as this month. They also claim that Apple will end up putting retina display on all of it’s products.
Apart from these amazing displays, the new iMacs will surely feature next generation Ivy Bridge processors, improved graphics, additional RAM and solid state drives. However the release timing mentioned by this publication seems a bit odd. Apple is expected to release the next generation iPhone this October. Releasing two significant products in one month seems to be over doing it a bit too much. Nevertheless we’ll just have to wait and see. Though I can’t stop fantasizing about how gorgeous a 27 inch retina display iMac would look like. | 2019-04-22T20:29:14 | https://wccftech.com/retina-display-imacs-released-october-2012/ |
This is a very silly script in a very good way - the details you put in really help sell it, including the comedic imagery of batman wearing a wig over his normal costume and Flash being a visual counterpart of taking things seriously vs everyone else (which even makes sense, what with the way Flash is sometimes a big eater to get his energy for running). Fun piece!
I really liked that it started off as if Superman (in Man of Steel-verse) is on trial for being a terrorist, but that heel turn is perfection. I also like that Batman is wearing a wig over his costume like Harvey Birdman or something.
I had a hard time visualizing the last panel with Superman attempting to say something and Batman doing something, but then I figured it's a wide panel. CLOSURE! | 2019-04-25T07:48:22 | http://www.thought-balloons.org/2016/03/batman-v-superman-people-versus.html |
With the slogan of "The Complete Travel solutions," Kshibboleth Consultants has proven its efficiency in the tour and travel sector since its inception in the year 2012. The company is based in New Delhi (India) and successfully running by the CEO, Mr. Vipul Bansal. Ours is an independent company that has gained immense prominence in the market from the day it has been established. We took pride in reaching a decorous position in the tour and travel industry within a very short span. We have adopted the culture that focuses on customer service due to which we have attained complete customer satisfaction. As tour operators, we are offering services like hotel reservation and Volvo bus ticketing. Also, we have experienced events organizers with us who render reliable event organizing services.
Ours is a professional organization that believes in developing long-term relationships with our clients. Thus, we are committed towards maintaining the highest standards of integrity and customer service. We remain unwavering in our business ethics and always fulfill the requirements of the clients. Also, we believe that our survival depends on our reputation for exemplary client service. We have built this reputation in the Travel Trade industry due to our hard work and dedication. We have a team of experienced customer care executives who answer the calls professionally and handle the email booking inquiries on a quick note. You can rest assured that all your queries will be handled quickly and accurately. We process all kinds of bookings through designated travel portals and tickets are electronically shared with the clients. Moreover, we offer 24X7 customer care service to our clients. Our travel consultants patiently listen to the client's queries or grievances and resolve all the travel related concerns within minimal time period.
Over the past years since the establishment of Kshibboleth Consultants as a leading Hospitality Consulting firm based in Delhi-NCR, we have continued to expand our business networks while providing high value-added consulting services that assist our clients in carrying their business ahead smoothly.
Since the founding of the firm every team member in Kshibboleth Consultants has been striving to provide consulting services that makes us the "True Hospitality" partner for our clients. No matter how difficult the challenge or how long the process, we thoroughly examine our clients operations to enable them to achieve their goals. It is our policy to continue to work closely with each client with a sense of commitment on a long term basis to ensure that the best practices are integrated into its operations. | 2019-04-24T22:05:39 | http://www.kshibbolethconsultants.com/company-profile.htm |
There are 2419 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Carn Dearg (Corrour). They have contributed 61 public walk reports including this summit. These are ordered below with the most popular ones first. The rightmost column shows how many summits were included in their report, which may help you to find the most relevant reports. | 2019-04-22T03:21:15 | https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/munros/carn-dearg-corrour |
Notheia anomala is an obligate epiphyte commonly found on the abundant habitat-forming alga Hormosira banksii in intertidal areas throughout temperate Australasia. The tight co-evolved relationship between these species is unique because: (i) Notheia is a true obligate epiphyte, which is uncommon in the marine environment, (ii) the order Fucales is over 70 million years old and includes over 10 families, but Notheia is one of few fucoid epiphytes, and (iii) phylogenetically close species are rarely so closely linked (Hormosira, the obligate host of Notheia, is also a fucoid). This project is the first to address the phenological, physiological, and ecological factors affecting the Notheia-Hormosira relationship through a combination of field surveys and manipulative experiments.
Phenological observations indicated that the two species may have asynchronous life cycles. I found that Notheia reproduction peaked in April (Austral autumn) when seawater temperatures were mild, whereas previous studies have shown peak reproduction in Hormosira during the period July to October (Austral winter/spring). There were differences in the development of Notheia conceptacles across different habitats (high shore areas, low shore areas and tide pools). Conceptacles developed faster, and were at full maturity for longer in the tide pool habitat. It is likely that lower levels of desiccation stress in tide pools allow faster conceptacle development and longer periods of reproductive maturity.
From an evolutionary and ecological perspective, it is expected that the distribution of Notheia should closely resemble that of Hormosira across spatial and temporal scales. To test this, I compared distribution patterns of Hormosira and Notheia from the large continental scale to the small individual host plant scale. While Notheia biogeographical distribution is intricately linked to its host Hormosira, I found contrasting ecological habitat preferences, with tide pools hosting the lowest abundance of Hormosira and the highest abundance of Notheia respectively. At the host plant scale, I found that Hormosira plants from the high shore had the greatest number of Notheia clumps attached near the low-holdfast region. In the low shore and tide pools the pattern was opposite, with most Notheia clumps attached to the mid and high regions of the host. Notheia was equally likely to be found attached to male and female host plants, and more epiphytes were found attached to older than younger host plants.
Using field tagging and translocation experiments, I also quantified the survival and growth of Notheia at different densities exposed to various stressful environmental conditions. Tagged Notheia clumps, with different plant densities and sizes, from the low shore and tide pools all experienced high mortality over a five-month period associated with high dislodgement rates of the host Hormosira. In translocation experiments of Notheia fronds (without its host), I found that individuals translocated to the high shore experienced close to 100% mortality, suggesting that desiccation and possibly photo inhibition are the main factors limiting the upward distribution of Notheia. Translocations to the low shore and tide pools demonstrated that Notheia fronds can survive and grow detached from its obligate host and suggest that the obligate dependency is most likely an early life stage requirement.
Finally, I tested whether the abundance of invertebrate inhabitants associated with Hormosira varies in the presence of Notheia across spatio-temporal scales. Field surveys showed that, as predicted, there were strong positive density-dependent effects of Notheia on both richness and abundance of invertebrates, regardless of the spatio-temporal context and resident invertebrate taxa, providing one of the first examples of a habitat cascade occurring in rocky intertidal systems.
Through a recolonization experiment, I tested whether invertebrate abundance was driven by (1) Notheia or Hormosira, (2) high or low amounts of Notheia and (3) living Notheia fronds or abiotic mimics. Hypotheses 1 and 2 were strongly supported, with more biomass of Notheia (as opposed to Hormosira) supporting more invertebrates, but not Hypothesis 3, as richness and abundances of inhabitants were similar between living Notheia fronds and artificial mimics. This suggests that Notheia is primarily providing habitat rather than food to the invertebrate inhabitants. Based on these results I hypothesized that invertebrates exert little or no grazing pressure on Hormosira and Notheia. This was tested in a laboratory food choice experiment focusing on potential grazing effects from herbivorous gastropods. In contrast to this hypothesis, I found negative effects of gastropods on both Hormosira and Notheia, with stronger grazing on Notheia. However, grazing rates were low overall and are likely to play only a minor role in regulating the abundance and distribution of the two species under natural field conditions. In support of the spatio-temporal surveys and colonization experiment, the grazing experiment also suggests that Notheia provide a better habitat for small invertebrates than Hormosira.
Seaweeds are key components of coastal ecosystems, providing habitat and food for a wide range of marine organisms. Therefore, understanding their life history patterns and reproduction dynamics is essential for managing coastal areas and assessing ecosystem health. This study is the first to explore the long-term phenology and periodicity of reproduction in Notheia. Furthermore, my results support a growing number of habitat cascade studies from different ecosystems, and suggest that these processes are common in marine benthic systems. | 2019-04-19T06:23:40 | https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/13428 |
Quilt tops don’t always have to be pieced. Learn how to sew applique circles onto a quilt top to create a fun baby quilt- Stacy Grissom shows you how.
For this quilt you will need a large piece of fabric to serve as your background. You can make an extra large floor sized baby quilt like the one Stacy makes or make a smaller version to fit in a crib. You will also need small amounts of several different fabric colors and prints for the circles. Stacy explains that she cut out her circles using templates she made from cardboard. Other supplies needed for this quilt are fusible web and an iron off pen. Before learning how to sew applique circles onto the quilt top, you should first plan out how you want your quilt top to look. Stacy shows how she likes to design her quilts using graph paper so she can draw out and plan where the circles are going to go.
Once you have your design planned out and your various sizes of circles cut out you can begin to construct your quilt top. Stacy shows how to add fusible web to the back of the circles. She shows how she uses her templates to cut out the fusible web and then attach it to the wrong side of the fabric circles. The circles are then fused to the quilt top and are ready to be stitched in place. When learning how to sew applique shapes onto a quilt top it is a good idea to try out different stitches and stitch widths on a scrap of fabric. Stacy shows how she tried out several different zig-zag stitch sizes before choosing one to use on the quilt top. Once all of the circles are stitched in place the quilt top is completed. | 2019-04-23T16:09:39 | https://www.nationalsewingcircle.com/video/sew-applique-quilt-009649/ |
Students use creative tools in the Seesaw app or website to complete classroom activities like "Weekly Reflection"
Reflect back on this week and fill in these boxes. Tap Tap and write your reflections from this week and your goal for next week. Tap and tell about that goal. Tap and post to your journal. | 2019-04-21T10:15:25 | https://app.seesaw.me/activities/iusetu/weekly-reflection |
According to the Singapore Mental Health Study 2016, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is one of the top three mental disorders in Singapore. With one in 28 people suffering from OCD in their lifetime (up from 1 in 33 in 2010), average treatment delays of 11 years (up from 9 years in 2010), and the majority of sufferers not receiving appropriate help, more awareness of the disorder is needed to better support and facilitate recovery for these individuals in our community.
With this objective in mind, the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) and NUS Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), jointly organized the “Public Forum on OCD” on 23 February 2019 at Town Plaza’s Utown Auditorium 1. More than 650 participants, including members from the public, mental health professionals, and NUS students and staff attended the event. The panel of speakers consisted of Clinical Psychologists and Psychiatrists with extensive expertise in treating OCD, as well as people with lived experience of OCD and caregivers.
The forum commenced with an introductory presentation by Dr Oliver Sündermann, Clinical Psychologist and Manager of the Clinical and Health Psychology Centre (CHPC), NUS Department of Psychology. His talk demystified OCD and addressed common misconceptions of the disorder; e.g. the term ‘OCD’ should not be used casually to refer to being neat and tidy. He also highlighted the worrying trend in Singapore of treatment delay, with individuals often battling OCD on their own in silence for many years before they seek professional treatment. Following the introduction, the Consultant Psychiatrists and Clinical Psychologists from IMH shared their expertise on the pharmacological and psychological treatment of OCD in young people and adults. The services and support networks available for clients and caregivers in Singapore were also being covered.
The second half of the forum was lined up with personal sharings by caregivers of individuals with OCD as well as patients-in-recovery. Their sharings encompassed themes of hope, resilience and perseverance for recovery in spite of their struggles with OCD. Also featured prominently in these personal narratives were the important roles of family and professional support. Families are often the ones who detect initial warning signs and refer individuals for professional help. Hence, they play a crucial role in the individuals’ recovery process by supporting them in treatment and providing emotional support. Professionals such as psychiatrists and clinical psychologists help to ensure that individuals receive the best care tailored to their needs and condition severity. One of the patient-in-recovery speakers shared about how her supportive therapeutic relationship with her psychologist greatly facilitated her recovery.
The forum concluded with a panel discussion, where the speakers addressed questions posed by the audience. Some of these questions included concerns about the harmful side effects of medication, how seeking treatment may adversely impact one’s future prospects as well as the role of religion in the treatment of OCD. The speakers generously shared their views and knowledge and unanimously sent an important message to all, that is “Never lose hope. Recovery (from OCD) is definitely possible”.
The Public Forum on OCD was jointly organized by IMH and NUS. We are grateful for generous funding from the NUS Department of Psychology, and for support from Clarity Singapore.
As part of its ScholarBank@NUS initiative, NUS Libraries has recently made publicly available 10 theses written by local famous personalities while they were students at NUS. Included among these 10 personalities, who are also FASS alumni, are Emeritus Senior Minister Mr Goh Chok Tong, singer-actress Ms Joanna Dong and accomplished writer Dr Catherine Lim.
When I chose my thesis topic, I had done so with some childish glee at the prospect of doing some serious writing about a social experience considered back then by most to be “fluff”. Now that social media has become the primary obsession of the modern person, I feel strangely vindicated, as if I had somehow foresaw its rise to significance.
Curious to find out what research interests the other nine famous FASS alumni had during their university days? Click here to find out!
In conjunction with NUS Day of Service 2018, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences collaborated with the NUS Economics Alumni and organised a trip to the Gardens by the Bay for beneficiaries of a children’s charity on 1 September 2018.
The event brought together over 100 FASS alumni, staff and students, and children and their caregivers from Club Rainbow, a charity dedicated to help children with various chronic and life-threatening illnesses. Not only did the children and befrienders enjoy a leisurely walk among the beautiful plants, flowers and the indoor waterfall at the Flower Dome and Cloud Forest conservatories, they were treated to a spectacular display of sunflowers in the special “Sunflower Surprise” exhibition at the Flower Dome.
The day at Gardens by the Bay ended with a hearty meal at Texas Chicken. Much to the joy of the children, one of the FASS students wore the costume of Arthur, the red panda Faculty mascot, to pose for pictures while another student made sculpture balloons for them. | 2019-04-25T18:22:55 | http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/latest-news/ |
Decaffeinated coffee: good or bad?
Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world.
Many people enjoy drinking coffee, but for some reason they want to limit their caffeine intake.
For these people, decaffeinated coffee is an excellent alternative.
Decaffeinated coffee is the same as regular coffee, except that caffeine has been eliminated.
This article analyzes in detail the decaffeinated coffee and its effects on health, both good and bad.
What is decaffeinated coffee and how is it made?
Decaffeinated is the abbreviation of decaffeinated coffee.
It is coffee beans that have been removed at least 97% of their caffeine.
There are many ways to eliminate caffeine from coffee beans. Most of them include water, organic solvents or carbon dioxide (1).
The coffee beans are washed in the solvent until the caffeine is extracted, then the solvent is removed.
The beans are decaffeinated before being roasted and ground. The nutritional value of decaffeinated coffee should be almost identical to regular coffee, apart from the caffeine content.
However, the taste and odor may become a little softer and the color may change, depending on the method used (1).
This can make decaffeinated coffee more pleasant for those who are sensitive to the bitter taste and smell of regular coffee.
Bottom line: Decaffeinated coffee beans are washed with solvents to remove 97% of the caffeine content before roasting. Apart from caffeine, the nutritional value of decaffeinated coffee should be almost identical to that of regular coffee.
How much caffeine is in decaffeinated coffee?
Decaffeinated coffee is do not Completely free of caffeine.
In fact, it contains varying amounts of caffeine, usually around 3 mg per cup (2).
One study found that each cup (6 oz or 180 ml) of decaffeinated coffee contained 0-7 mg of caffeine (3).
On the other hand, an average cup of regular coffee contains approximately 70-140 mg of caffeine, depending on the type of coffee, the method of preparation and the size of the cup (4).
Therefore, even if decaffeination is not completely free of caffeine, the amount of caffeine is usually very small.
Bottom line: Decaffeinated coffee does not contain caffeine, since each cup contains approximately 0 to 7 mg. However, this is much less than the amount found in regular coffee.
Coffee is not the devil that has been made to be.
In fact, it is the largest source of antioxidants in the Western diet (5, 6, 7).
Decaffeinated generally contains similar amounts of antioxidants as regular coffee, although they can be up to 15% lower (8, 9, 10, 11).
This difference is probably caused by a small loss of antioxidants during the decaffeination process.
The main antioxidants in regular and decaffeinated coffee are hydrocinnamic acids and polyphenols (1, 12).
Antioxidants are very effective in neutralizing reactive compounds called free radicals.
This reduces oxidative damage and can help prevent diseases such as heart disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes (13, 14, 15, 16).
In addition to antioxidants, decaffeination also contains small amounts of some nutrients.
A cup of decaffeinated coffee prepared provides 2.4% of the recommended daily intake of magnesium, 4.8% of potassium and 2.5% of niacin or vitamin B3 (1).
This may not seem like a lot of nutrients, but the amounts accumulate quickly if you drink 2-3 cups (or more) of coffee per day.
Bottom line: Decaffeinated coffee contains similar amounts of antioxidants like regular coffee. These mainly include chlorogenic acid and other polyphenols. Decaffeinated coffee also contains small amounts of various nutrients.
Despite having been demonized in the past, the truth is that coffee is good for you.
It is linked to numerous health benefits, which are attributed mainly to its content of antioxidants and other active substances.
However, the specific health effects of decaffeinated coffee can be difficult to determine.
This is because most studies evaluate coffee intake without distinguishing between regular and decaffeinated coffee, and some do not even include decaffeinated coffee.
In addition, most of these studies are observational. They can not prove that coffee caused The benefits, only that drinking coffee is associated with them.
Drinking coffee, both regular and decaffeinated, has been linked to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes. Each daily cup can reduce the risk up to 7% (17, 18, 19, 20, 21).
This suggests that other elements other than caffeine may be responsible for these protective effects (22).
The effects of decaffeinated coffee on liver function are not as studied as those of regular coffee. However, a large observational study linked decaffeinated coffee with reduced levels of liver enzymes, suggesting a protective effect (23).
Drinking decaffeinated coffee has also been linked to a small but significant reduction in the risk of premature death, as well as death from stroke or heart disease (24).
Bottom line: Decaffeinated coffee can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. It can also reduce the risk of premature death.
Both regular and decaffeinated coffee seem to have positive effects on mental deterioration related to age (25).
Studies in human cells also show that decaffeinated coffee can protect neurons in the brain. This could help prevent the development of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's (26, 27).
One study suggests that this may be due to chlorogenic acid in coffee, rather than to caffeine. However, caffeine itself has also been linked to a reduced risk of dementia and neurodegenerative diseases (26, 28, 29, 30).
Many studies show that people who drink regular coffee have a lower risk of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, but more studies on decaffeination are needed specifically.
Bottom line: Decaffeinated coffee can protect against mental deterioration related to age. It can also reduce the risk of diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
A common side effect of drinking coffee is heartburn or acid reflux.
Many people experience this, and drinking decaffeinated coffee can alleviate this uncomfortable side effect. It has been shown that decaffeinated coffee causes significantly less acid reflux than regular coffee (31, 32).
Drinking two or more cups of decaffeinated coffee per day has also been linked to a 48% lower risk of developing rectal cancer (22, 33, 34).
Bottom line: Decaffeinated coffee causes significantly less acid reflux than regular coffee. Drinking more than two cups a day can also reduce the risk of rectal cancer.
Coffee is probably best known for its stimulant effects.
Increases alertness and reduces feelings of tiredness.
These effects are directly related to caffeine, which is found naturally in coffee.
Some of the beneficial effects of regular coffee are attributed directly to caffeine, so decaffeination should not have these effects.
Improves mood, reaction time, memory and mental function (35, 36, 37).
Increase in metabolic rate and fat burning (38, 39, 40).
Improved athletic performance (41, 42, 43, 44).
Reduction of the risk of mild depression and suicidal thoughts in women (45, 46).
Much lower risk of liver cirrhosis or end-stage liver damage (47, 48, 49).
However, it is worth mentioning again that research on regular coffee is much more extensive than that available for decaffeination.
Bottom line: Regular coffee provides many health benefits that do not apply to decaffeination. These include better mental health, an increase in metabolic rate, better sports performance and a lower risk of liver damage.
Who should choose decaffeinated coffee in regular coffee?
There is a lot of individual variability when it comes to tolerance to caffeine.
For some people, one cup of coffee may be excessive, while for others it may be six or more cups.
Excess caffeine can overwhelm the central nervous system, cause restlessness, anxiety, digestive problems, cardiac arrhythmia or trouble sleeping in sensitive people.
People who are very sensitive to caffeine may want to limit their consumption of regular coffee, or switch to decaffeinated coffee or tea.
Those with certain medical conditions may also require diets with caffeine restriction. This includes patients who take prescription medications that may interact with caffeine (3).
In addition, pregnant and lactating women are advised to limit their caffeine intake. It is also recommended to children, adolescents and individuals suffering from anxiety or difficulty sleeping (50).
Bottom line: Decaffeinated can be a good alternative to regular coffee for people who are sensitive to caffeine. Pregnant women, adolescents, and people who take certain medications can also choose to decaffeinate instead of regular.
Coffee is one of the healthiest drinks on the planet.
It is loaded with antioxidants and is linked to the reduced risk of all types of serious diseases.
However, not everyone can drink coffee, because caffeine can cause problems in some people.
For these people, decaffeination is an excellent way to enjoy coffee, except without the side effects of too much caffeine.
Decaffeinated has most of the same health benefits, but none of the side effects.
That was Decaffeinated coffee: good or bad?
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The first step to setting yourself up for success using online dating sites is to pick a good picture to put up on your profile. Do not use a picture that was taken 10 years ago and does not accurately represent what you look like today. You want to use a current picture that is close up and shows you smiling. Do not use pictures that are shot from far away and will not capture your face in detail.
The second step is to use specifics when talking about yourself in your profile. Do not say something like, "I am a happy person" or "I love to laugh". These do not tell the person who is reading your profile anything, and many people on dating sites use these generic terms. Instead say something like, "I love to laugh when my Labrador puppy falls over playing tug of war with me(this shows that you like dogs and this can spark a conversation with someone reading your profile who also likes dogs). You can also say something like," I am very happy when I am playing a round of golf with my friends"(this shows a specific activity that makes you happy, instead of a generic statement). Be specific when describing your personality and interests, it will separate you from the masses and really give the person reading your profile a sense of who you are.
The third step to setting yourself up for success using online dating is to write a good e-mail to people that you are interested in talking to. Do not try to sell yourself in the first e-mail talking about what kind of car you drive, or how much money that you make. Instead comment on something in their profile that you both share an interest in. For example, if the person you are writing loves to go fishing then write in your e-mail about your last fishing trip, or if they have ever gone fishing in a certain place that you would like to go fishing then ask them about it.
Use the tips in this article to set yourself up for success when using online dating sites.
Contributor. "How to Set Yourself Up For Success When Using Online Dating Sites." Dating Tips - Match.com, https://datingtips.match.com/set-using-online-dating-sites-5440696.html. Accessed 21 April 2019. | 2019-04-21T12:06:47 | https://datingtips.match.com/set-using-online-dating-sites-5440696.html |
A lot of the people that we work with are confused as to how state lines affect their chances at recovery following a car accident. They wonder if they can file a suit at all if their incident occurred in a different state, if the potential defendant is from a different state, or if there are other geographical considerations. The answer generally is that neither of these things should stop you provided you establish a set of items that prove venue. What is venue? How does this differ from jurisdiction? We turn to that now.
Where the car accident occurred?
Where the parties consented to have the case?
JURISDICTION: What courts can hear the case?
The issues involved in the case.
Any connection to federal law.
Stambaugh v. International Harvester, 102 Ill. 2d 250, 257-63 (1984); Wilson v. CentralIllinois Public Service, 165 Ill. App. 3d 533 (5th Dist. 1988).
That they cannot possibly have a fair trial in that venue.
2/3. That two people have swore under oath that they have bias or prejudice against the plaintiff.
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Managing rental property in Denver, Colorado is not for everyone. Property management, among other things, requires experience and a unique skill set.
If you are thinking of hiring a property manager, there are certain traits you should be on the lookout for.
Landlords are plagued by tenant problems every day. However, lowering the rental price to keep the good ones and evicting the bad ones may not be the best solution.
Not only will lower rents affect your rental income, but evictions can also be frustrating and time-consuming. Additionally, you’ll also have turnover costs associated with looking for a new tenant.
How much do you know about the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and how it affects you as a landlord or property investor?
Starting out as a Denver landlord is a scary experience and can leave you with plenty of questions on how to best go about it.
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Raising the rent on good tenants is not always an easy task. In the light of increasing market rents, you might start wondering whether keeping up with the overall pricing trend is worth the risk of losing a great tenant.
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For a city perched a mile above sea level, Denver is truly a magnificent place to relocate to.
It is among the fastest growing cities in Colorado and America at large. It boasts of a picturesque landscape and an enchanting nightlife. If you haven’t been to Denver, moving to this remarkable city can be a bit difficult.
You’ll have to consider every aspect of change that comes with the relocation. From trying to find affordable housing to comparing food prices, it’s always wise to know if you’d be able to adapt to life in the city of Denver.
Nicknamed the “Gateway to the Rockies,” Aurora, Co, is the state’s third largest city and is known for its culture, food, relaxing atmosphere, outdoor recreation, and art exhibits.
Based on the official 2017 estimates from the U.S Census Bureau, the city has an estimated population of 366,623.
No matter how you look at it, preventative maintenance beats reactive maintenance. In the long run, regular maintenance can potentially save you a good amount of cash in repair costs.
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Clemons risen from his tub, after a nightmarish nap about the happenings of the White House, lit Diogenes lamp and stepped out in the full daylight searching desperately for the man, the “true” Obama, who would perform the “strategic leaps” and forswear the “incrementalist policy paths” of failure, when already under the brightness of the sun Obama has been shown to be a political novitiate sans political acumen, sans imagination, and a weak and timorous character to boot. To expect such a person, as Clemons does, to take bold steps and make strategic leaps, is to remarkably indulge in an exercise of Fata Morgana. The trouble for Obama does not lie in the method he is using to implement his policies, i.e., incrementalist or leaping, but in the wrongness of these policies in themselves. Already he has made some “strategic leaps” with his open door diplomacy toward Iran only to fall and break the backbone of this ‘olive branch’ diplomacy in the abyss of mullahcratic intransigence, as well as in his “strategic” attempt to change the ‘narrative’ of global terror by so called ‘smart policies’, ‘soft power’, and apologies to the aggrieved that would change the views and conduct of the fanatical enemies of America toward it.
It is the combination of crafting wrong fallacious policies in domestic and foreign affairs primarily and the “knife throwing” ethos of Chicago politics, as embodied in Rahm Emanuel that is sinking the Obama presidency and not the strong grip his four advisors, namely, Axelrod, Emanuel, Jarret, and Gilps, have upon Obama. It is in his personal ‘portfolio’ that the problem is couched. His egregious lack of CEO skills, as another commentator above suggests, his lack of experience and character which are completely out of sync with the position of a chief executive with the stupendous demands in insight, imagination, decisiveness, and fortitude that Obama does not possess that make him a ditto Carteresque effete president and therefore politically dispensable.
Hence the problem cannot be resolved, as Clemons erroneously believes, by replacing some of his advisors but only by replacing Obama himself from the presidency by the end of the three long years ahead. But the liberals loath to admit where the solution lies as they will have to ‘lock’ themselves for their intellectual offense of electing Obama in a ‘sing-sing’ in a resounding choir of mea culpas. As I’ve said a year ago, more than half of America elected as president a lemon as a result of their pathological hate for The Bush-Cheney administration and by association the GPO. Now they are reaping the winds of that fateful sickly stupid decision. The lemon is in the process of being squeezed out, but the danger lies that by the end of this process America might be squeezed out of its own strength. | 2019-04-25T00:08:11 | http://kotzabasis.jigsy.com/tags/entries/failure |
Whether you are a student or a working professional, there is a high likelihood that you are using a Windows PC and if not, you have used one in the past. The popularity of Windows stems from its ease of use and the affordability.
To enhance its ease of use, the developers at Microsoft are introducing endless possibilities that make the use of the Windows devices seamless. As a public relations Toronto professional, some of the tools you should start using are highlighted below.
This is a lightweight utility which simplifies the creation of bootable USB flash drives. With DVD drives and Blu Ray players now things of the past, getting Rufus in your life is invaluable.
Rufus a lot when you have to update your device’s motherboard firmware.
The best part is that you don’t have to install anything else to use Rufus – you need to download the executable file and then double-click it.
To give your tablet a new lease of life, get Flipboard. This app gives your digital media a near-physical feel. While the news making headlines is often heartbreaking, knowing what is going on around you is important. Flipboard shares the news educates and keeps you entertained. The app pulls news from credible sources in real time.
This free app is all you need to stop carrying heavy disks which you can lose or destroy faster than you think. One Drive, Microsoft’s flagship cloud storage app is compatible with all Windows devices.
This cloud storage feature lets you store and sync files across all your devices. You can use it to safeguard your documents in Word, Sheets, Powerpoint, or Project. You could also use it to store your music, as well as photos.
For business use, One Drive integrates with Office 365 offering more features for improved productivity.
This app is the next big web browser, It replaces Windows Explorer, and some users claim that this browsing app is faster than Chrome. While that is up for discussion, this app ensures that every internet-centric soul catches the most important news on the internet fast.
It has unique annotation tools, and its rare and beautiful appearance makes it a charm. You might also like the Instapaper-style/ built-in Pocket reading list that lets you save interesting articles so that you can read later. The reading view breaks down and reformats the page for an uncluttered view of your reading list.
This is your go-to app for note-taking. If you dislike carrying notebooks, or you find yourself without one, OneNote will take care of this. It has a whole site of drawing tools for use with touchscreen devices. You can write by hand.
You didn’t know that the Uber app is available on Windows or that you could hail an Uber from your Windows device, did you? Well, all you need to do is to let Cortana get you a ride home.
It would be unfair to end this list without mentioning Cortana, your personal assistant like Google Now and Siri. Cortana is built into Windows 10 on desktops. Cortana helps you search information online effortlessly, and she also gives suggestions.
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Melbourne City Investments Pty Ltd (MCI) is an investment company managed and controlled by a Melbourne-based solicitor (the Solicitor). In late 2013, MCI commenced three separate class actions (against Treasury Wine Estates Limited, Leighton Holdings Limited and WorleyParsons Limited) alleging breaches of continuous disclosure obligations. The Solicitor acted for MCI in each proceeding.
the proceeding not continue as a class action while MCI was the representative plaintiff and the Solicitor acted for MCI in the proceedings.
The facts underpinning the applications were not in dispute: MCI was incorporated on 1 November 2012 and on that day bought just under $700 of shares in each of the Defendants, WorleyParsons Limited and 17 other publicly listed companies. The Solicitor was the sole shareholder and sole director of MCI at all times and acted for MCI in each proceeding. Each proceeding alleged breaches of continuous disclosure obligations on behalf of an open class of shareholders.
The Defendants' applications were heard together by Justice Ferguson, who delivered judgment on 23 July 2014.
Justice Ferguson considered whether the proceedings should be stayed as an abuse of process on the basis that MCI initiated the proceedings for a predominant purpose that was improper (earning legal fees for the Solicitor).
Having regard to the public interest in access to justice through class actions, as articulated in Campbells Cash and Carry Pty Ltd v Fostif Pty Ltd 3 and the high threshold required to stay proceedings, Justice Ferguson held that it would broaden the concept of abuse of process beyond its recognised boundaries to categorise the proceedings as an abuse. The fact that MCI's 'predominant' or 'ultimate purpose' was to earn the Solicitor legal fees did not render the proceedings an abuse of process, since MCI also had an 'immediate purpose' of obtaining compensation orders and that purpose was within the scope of the process. Where the Defendants' concern was the connection between the Solicitor and MCI in the context of a class action, that concern should be handled by procedures for class actions or by the court's power to control the conduct of its solicitors.
Justice Ferguson considered whether the Solicitor should be restrained from acting for MCI while MCI was the representative plaintiff. She found that the 'hypothetical fair-minded independent observer', who is the adjudicator of the matter, would draw the inferences above and would also be aware that the value of the Solicitor's shareholding in MCI would be reduced by the amount of an adverse costs order. This was a personal interest of the Solicitor's in the proceeding beyond that of a normal class action lawyer.
Accordingly, the observer would consider there to be a real risk that the Solicitor could not give detached, independent advice taking into account the interests of MCI and the interests of group members. The observer would expect that MCI be represented by a person without the vested interests of the Solicitor.
Justice Ferguson concluded that the Solicitor should be prevented from acting while the proceedings remained a class action with MCI as the representative plaintiff.
Justice Ferguson also examined the class action provisions of the Supreme Court Act 1986 (Vic). She was not satisfied that there was anything irregular about the proceedings themselves which would justify a blanket order that the proceedings cease to be class actions. However, she was satisfied that the proceedings should not continue as class actions while MCI was the representative plaintiff and the Solicitor acted for MCI.
Whether it is good or bad, the reality is that group proceedings are lawyer driven. They will not, for that reason, be brought to a halt. Nevertheless, it does seem to me that the risks associated with entrepreneurial lawyers acting in group proceedings….are exacerbated here where the plaintiff and the solicitor are not independent of one another. I have a concern that, whilst MCI is the plaintiff and Mr Elliott its solicitor, despite their best intentions, there is a risk (which cannot be dismissed as remote) that self-interest will dominate over the interests of group members. Ordinarily, lead plaintiffs have the benefit of independent advice about what they should or should not do taking into account the interests of group members. Ordinarily, the solicitor is not facing any possibility of adverse costs orders that will affect them if the plaintiff fails in expensive interlocutory disputes or does not succeed at trail. Mr Elliott is simply not in a position to give detached advice to MCI.
Accordingly, Justice Ferguson proposed orders that the proceedings not continue as a class action while MCI was the representative plaintiff and the Solicitor acted for MCI.
The decision is an important reminder of the confidence our judicial system places in lawyers acting objectively and impartially in the interests of lead plaintiffs and group members, as well as the important role of lawyers in seeking to ensure that the court's processes are not compromised by the entrepreneurial nature of class action litigation.
* Allens is acting for Leighton Holdings Limited in the proceeding.
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Campbells Cash and Carry Pty Ltd v Fostif Pty Ltd (2006) 229 CLR 386.
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Here is the substance of a talk I gave at a Transition Town Lewes event last night about what kind of spirituality might be emerging in the 21st Century. The idea of the evening was to stimulate thought, and encourage debate and reflection.
On Wednesday there was a lunar eclipse. Tomorrow the sun stands still. On the 1st July there is a solar eclipse. Whether or not these astronomical events influence us need not concern us now. Deep in our folk memory we sense a power in these moments. Astrologers tell us they signal change, upheaval, opportunity. We may fear change or we may embrace it, but the planets turn, life goes on, the Great Cycles continue.
These cycles move Nature and our lives through death and rebirth, through containment and release, through holding on and letting go. The seed pod tightens and hardens around its precious cargo, then it breaks and releases the new life into the waiting earth.
We need to be held. We need containment, structure, discipline, tradition, focus, continuity, direction. But we also need release, freedom – we need to break away from all those things, to taste the Nameless Way: to experience no boundaries, no doctrines or dogmas, no hierarchy, even no direction.
Some of us resolve these apparently contradictory needs by opting for one or the other, because to hold the tension is too difficult. The tension between these two impulses can produce agony in personal relationships, tragedy in political circumstances, and in our spiritual or religious lives it confronts us with a major challenge.
In our personal lives we can feel torn by the desire for union and the desire for separation: the yearning to unite with someone and the yearning to be whole and complete in ourselves, being torn between wanting the containment of relationship and wanting the freedom of having no relationship: trapped in the dilemma of wanting to walk into and out of the room at the same time.
On the political stage this tension is most dramatically seen in the current situation in the Middle East where the tension between the tight grip of control and the desire for freedom and release is being played out in often tragic ways. This same interplay exists at the level of economics: too much control and it’s a disaster, no holding and it’s a mess.
On the spiritual stage the opposition is found in the need we can feel for the holding, containment and guidance of a defined spiritual path, rooted in tradition. We want to feel some sense of authority, in the best sense of that word. And that authority comes from tradition, structure, doctrine, and defined practice.
And yet we also yearn for liberation – to break free from labels, from specific religious affiliations, from everything that limits us and holds us.
If there is a new spirituality that is trying to be born it must reconcile these two dynamics. If we opt for the containment, the safety of the old, at its extreme we retrench into Fundamentalism. If we opt for liberation from containment and seek nourishment wherever it is to be found, at the extreme we end up feeling lost without an anchor.
Are we talking here about the Impossible Relationship – irreconcilable dynamics that are somehow destined to forever undermine our personal, political and religious lives?
The challenge is this: how can we take the tension and use it? How can it become a fulcrum rather than a ring-pass-knot we try to untangle or a trapeze we try to walk? We can find a clue as to how we might do this in a study of highly effective creative people carried out by a psychologist called Richard Coan. He found that at the heart of a range of abilities they possessed, lay the ability to move between two apparently contradictory modes of being. These people were able to be very open: freeing themselves of restrictions and limitations by having open hearts and open minds. But they were also capable of being highly focused, creating specific boundaries and objectives in a precise and determined way.
Here of course we have the two great dynamics: Yin and Yang, or in western symbology, the chalice and the blade, Excalibur and the grail. The chalice opens out in ever-widening circles to encompass all creation, the sword defines and protects.
The effectively creative person is able to let go, to break free of the limitations of prejudice, of definitions, of certainty; but they are also able to work with the container they have chosen: the limitations of their media.
So within creativity we can say that the trick is to learn how to move, as if in a dance embodying containment and release, between these two modes of being, effortlessly producing great works of art and beauty. How easy to say, how difficult in practice!
But to me this strongly suggests a way forward, and we can ask ourselves how we can apply this understanding to the emerging new spirituality, or perhaps less ambitiously, to our own spiritual lives: accepting our need for containment, for tradition, for structure, and a the same time recognising our need for liberation and the unbounded.
And when it comes to the question of what structure, when the old structures no longer seem to hold us, I would just like to suggest one idea. The same principle of two apparently irreconcilable forces interacting together may also apply at the level of structure too. What if we took two apparently very different, and even sometimes antagonistic, structures – the two pillars of our spiritual heritage here, the Pagan and the Christian – and let them meet? The result might mean nothing, it might be explosive or tedious, or it might – it just might – give birth to something new.
But, Philip, isn’t that what Christanity has been doing all along; however without crediting the Pagan sources they incorporated?
Yes exactly Hennie. Time to bring that more out into the open perhaps?
I JUST WANT TO SAY WONDERFUL……………..
Thank you for posting such an interesting topic, one that is very close to my own heart. To bring the two opposing forces together to create something new would be great. Practically, I’m not sure, from personal past experience very doubtful. There appears to be a lot of closed minds, elitist attitudes, suspicion of anything or anyone who is remotely different, ie, on the fringes in Roman Catholic circles. I can only speak as I find and I know that I feel so much better after leaving that church this year, with no pressure to confirm, or hold opposite views, or be viewed as some oddity not worth speaking to or even acknowledging. It has been very damaging for me,my family and my ability to cope with other pressures in my life. No support structure for me, I have been left to get on with it. I attend an Anglican Church now, and the whole feel is different, open,accepting, welcoming, it may be down to this community or the Vicar, there, but they are doing something right. So maybe we can. I fully understand why Pagans in general have no time for Christian/Christianity,my experience of Pagans/Druids has on the whole been positive. I find that they are more tolerant of others and other faiths than Christians. Maybe individul Druid/Pagan/Christian groups coming together in seed groups and helping and supporting each other in everyday life may be a way forward. A living example of community and co-operation with environmental issues taken into consideration. I for one need time to heal after my experiences. Support and very loose structure, friendships/connections that go deeper, than just shallow ties and lip service to a “common good/community”.
I agree with you Angie that practically it’s hard to see how any particular activity might help to birth something new. An interesting point is that, as Hennie has pointed out above, the two systems are already entangled, as the cauldron to grail tradition demonstrates. So much nonsense and harm has been perpetrated in the name of religion it is very tempting to want to reject it all…I guess it’s the usual story of trying to avoid not throwing the baby out with the bath-water.There’s just such a lot of that very dirty tepid bath-water now!
Fascinating artice. I recognised a lot of my own internal struggles. The desire for someone to point towards the ‘truth’, but the automatic distrust of anyone who would have the audacity to do so. The need to listen, but distrust of those who would talk. Both the rejection of, yet need for authority. It is a difficult circle to square.
Ha! Exactly Neil! But actually on the internet, in forums like this, and in the way (at least liberal society) is moving there is the possibility for ALL of us to have our voice heard and for patronising, dominating authority to be replaced by a sharing of thoughts, feelings, inspirations.
Right on! I resonate with so many of your points and am experiencing many of your insights about our times. Thank you.
It now becomes clear … that it cannot be right to assert the truth of one faith above any other … In this way we may perhaps again open the door whose key has been lost. | 2019-04-24T21:49:49 | https://philipcarrgomm.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/thoughts-on-spirituality-at-the-solstice/ |
Setting goals for myself is something I started to do when I left a life of carpentry and began gaining qualifications in the outdoor industry. I’d search out what I’d need to do to get my M.I.A or winter Mountain Leader, always more to do, always trying to learn and better myself. Nowadays it’s no different, the direction has changed to chasing gold medals, but the ethos is still very much the same, be the best you can be, and learn about yourself in the process.
This year has been a remarkable year for me, I didn’t think it could get any better after 2016 at the Rio Paralympics. However, after achieving the impossible dream in Rio, I set myself another goal. To hold both Paralympic titles, on the track (velodrome) and the road (time trial), then add the same World Championship titles to match those Paralympic ones. Something no British tandem pairing have ever done! A big ask, but I’ve always enjoyed putting myself out there.
Probably like most of you, I kept this dream/goal to myself. Unsure weather to tell people, worried about being laughed at. But I held onto this dream and believed it was possible. I changed the way I trained this year, choosing to spend far more time in the gym, focusing on strength and conditioning and hard interval training on the turbo. I binned off the standard long, one hundred mile rides most weeks, hours upon hours in the saddle. Instead geared with my Sonder Colibri set up with time trial bars, I spent hours in that tucked up time trial position, focusing on generating the power I’d need to win those World Championship titles. Sometimes thinking outside the box is what you need, changing the way you do things brings success. | 2019-04-20T04:16:48 | https://www.alpkit.com/deeds/double-vision |
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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has hit a new milestone of 3 million concurrent players on Steam, as PUBG Corporation looks to expand to platforms beyond PC and Xbox One.
Clearly, the game's creators want to go even further than smashing Steam's records. PUBG Corp. CEO, Chang Han Kim has revealed in an interview with InvenGlobal that he would like the game to become a "universal media franchise", saying that "the final goal would be to launch the title on every platform".
This means that the developer does plan to expand beyond the currently available PC and Xbox One versions of the game. That could take some time, however - the CEO makes clear that PUBG will be "an exclusive title on Xbox One for some time".
"We are still in the stage of learning the console development environment and console gamers’ taste," he continues. "We need to think about other platforms after evaluating and completing the Xbox One version first."
Two mobile games are also currently in development from publisher Tencent, who handled the Chinese localization of the game.
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was one of IGN's best-reviewed games of 2017, even as an early access title. To read our full thoughts on the tense military simulator, check out IGN's early access review.
Jordan Oloman is a Freelance Writer for IGN, ready to parachute onto any platform. Follow him on Twitter. | 2019-04-22T18:47:19 | http://sea.ign.com/playerunknowns-battlegrounds/127736/news/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-aims-to-launch-on-every-platfor |
Small Business Server 2003 reaches end-of-life: What should SMBs do now?
'All good things must come to an end' - and Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 is one such thing.
SBS 2003, which has been the cornerstone of IT infrastructures across the globe, will go end-of-life at the start of 2014.
That is not to say that SBS will stop working overnight; but it certainly presents a series of problems that businesses should address sooner rather than later.
The Microsoft Support Lifecycle is ten years, which means that Windows XP and Office 2003 will both be meeting the same fate. Again, software and licenses will continue to function, but the primary concern for businesses should be that of security.
At end-of-life, Microsoft will not only stop actively supporting SBS 2003, but they will stop releasing security updates and patches. This essentially turns SBS 2003 into a ticking time bomb. Once a vulnerability is exploited, all businesses with an installation could be exposed to attack.
If your business is running SBS 2003 on an on-premise server, there is a good chance that you may have been considering an upgrade for some time.
The current iteration of Microsoft's offering is Small Business Server 2011; however, this too will be retired at the end of 2013 in favour of Windows Server 2012 Essentials. As well as spelling the end for the much loved SBS, this leaves companies that are taking premeditative action in something of quandary. Install SBS 2011, only to be left with a legacy platform in a matter of months or wait for 2012 Essentials to be released?
Unfortunately, there is no clear cut answer to this problem as the circumstances of any given company must be taken into consideration; but the clearest way to sidestep the issue altogether would be to move to the cloud.
For those with outdated hardware and high operational costs, the retirement of SBS 2003 may be the ideal time to seriously consider shifting infrastructure to the cloud.
Monthly subscription models allow businesses to accurately manage their cash flow and the lack of on-premise hardware dramatically cuts capital expenditure on IT projects.
However, cloud based services offer benefits that extend well beyond the savings that businesses experience by adopting the new infrastructure model.
Cloud services are able to grow in tandem with a business, scaling resources as is necessary, to meet the needs of the company. This scalability can prove to be very useful for businesses which might experience strong periods of growth. No longer does infrastructure need to be upgraded or replaced; no longer do additional licenses need to be purchased - businesses can simply move forward, safe in the knowledge that their infrastructure is up-to-date, secure and not carrying any hidden costs further down the line.
With 2014 rapidly approaching, the time to act is now. Businesses that don't take pre-emptive action to update their system will be left with a legacy installation that lacks support. Even with third party support, the fact that there will be no security updates means that, at some stage, SBS 2003 will fall to those who wish to businesses harm; it is simply a matter of time.
Whether you choose to replace existing infrastructure or begin shifting services to the cloud, it is of vital importance that you take measures to safeguard your business. | 2019-04-26T10:31:56 | https://cobweb.com/news/news-item/small-business-server-2003-reaches-end-of-life-what-should-smbs-do-now |
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KIPUSHI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — Robert Friedland, Executive Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN), and Lars-Eric Johansson, Chief Executive Officer, today announced the receipt of a new, independent, Mineral Resource estimate for the company’s historic, high-grade, Kipushi zinc-copper-germanium-lead-silver mine. Kipushi is a joint venture between Ivanhoe Mines and Gécamines, the state-owned mining company.
The zinc grade of Kipushi’s Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources in the Big Zinc Zone is more than twice as high as the world’s next-highest-grade zinc project, independently ranked by Wood Mackenzie, an international industry research and consulting group, based on contained zinc (Figure 1).
Kipushi’s copper-rich Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources contained in the adjacent Fault Zone, Fault Zone Splay and Série Récurrente Zone total an additional 1.63 million tonnes at grades of 4.01% copper, 2.87% zinc and 22 g/t silver, at a 1.5% copper cut-off, containing 144 million pounds of copper.Copper-rich Inferred Mineral Resources in these zones total an additional 1.64 million tonnes at grades of 3.30% copper, 6.97% zinc and 19 g/t silver.
Ivanhoe’s exploration program has demonstrated that zinc and copper mineralization of the Kipushi system remains open laterally and at depth.Results recently received from hole KPU081, drilled on section line 6S, confirm high-grade copper-zinc mineralization at depth. KPU081 intersected 60.5 metres (21.7 metres true thickness) grading 2.6% copper, 36.2% zinc, 19 g/t silver and 204 g/t germanium to a depth of 1,763 metres. Included in this interval was an intersection from 580.9 metres to 591.3 metres (3.8 metres true thickness) grading 56.3% zinc, 0.5% copper, 12 g/t silver and 397 g/t germanium.
“This independent estimate of Kipushi’s Mineral Resources has exceeded our expectations. We are convinced that significant additional Mineral Resources can be delineated at Kipushi,” said Mr. Friedland.
The Kipushi Mine is on the Central African Copperbelt in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) southern Haut-Katanga province, one of Africa’s major mining hubs. The mine, which began operations in 1924, is located approximately 30 kilometres southwest of the provincial capital, Lubumbashi, and less than one kilometre from the DRC-Zambia border. Ivanhoe holds a 68% interest in Kipushi and the state-owned mining company, Gécamines, holds the remaining 32% interest.
The mineralization at Kipushi comprises sulphide replacement bodies within the Kakontwe Sub-Group dolomites and Série Récurrente Sub-Group dolomitic shales of the Nguba Group. Two zones of zinc-rich mineralization occur (the Big Zinc Zone and the Southern Zinc Zone) adjacent to the copper-rich Fault Zone mineralization. The Fault Zone strikes north-northeast to south-southwest and dips approximately 70° to the west. The Big Zinc forms an irregular, steeply-dipping pipe-like body in the immediate footwall to the Fault Zone, the Southern Zinc runs along the footwall of the Fault Zone between -1,150-metre and -1,300-metre levels. A second zone of copper-rich mineralization occurs in the Série Récurrente, which strikes from east to west, is sub-vertical and plunges steeply to the west. Where the Fault Zone and Série Récurrente meet, mineralization tends to be enhanced in a sub-zone known as the Nord Riche. A sub-vertical, copper-zinc-germanium-rich sulphide zone occurs as a splay from the Fault Zone at depth toward the southwest, and has been named the Fault Zone Splay. Significant concentrations of lead, silver, cobalt and germanium occur in variable amounts in all zones.
Germanium is a high-tech metal used in light-emitting diodes (LED), fibre-optic networks, infrared night vision systems and solar cell applications. The metal currently is trading at approximately US$1,200 a kilogram.
The new Mineral Resource estimate was prepared in accordance with the 2014 CIM definition standards, incorporated by reference into Canadian National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. Ivanhoe is preparing a NI 43-101-compliant Preliminary Economic Assessment for Kipushi.
The MSA Mineral Resource estimate was based on the results of 84 drill holes completed at Kipushi by Ivanhoe Mines and an additional 107 historical holes drilled by Gécamines. Mineral Resource estimates were completed below the -1,150-metre-level on the Big Zinc Zone, Southern Zinc Zone, Fault Zone and Série Récurrente Zone. The Mineral Resources were categorized either as zinc-rich resources or copper-rich resources, depending on the most abundant metal. The Big Zinc and Southern Zinc zones have been tabulated using zinc cut-offs and are shown in Table 1; the Fault Zone, the Fault Zone Splay and Série Récurrente Zone have been tabulated using copper cut-offs and are shown in Table 2.
Figure 1: Top 20 zinc projects by contained zinc.
Source: Wood Mackenzie. Note: All tonnes and metal grades of individual metals used in the equivalency calculation of the above mentioned projects (except for Kipushi) are based on public disclosure and have been compiled by Wood Mackenzie. All metal grades have been converted by Wood Mackenzie to a zinc equivalent grade at price assumptions of US$1.01/lb zinc, US$2.86/lb copper, US$0.91/lb lead, US$12.37/lb cobalt, US$1,201/oz gold, US$17/oz silver and US$2,000/kg germanium.
The cut-off grade calculation was based on the following assumptions: zinc price of 1.02 USD/lb, mining cost of 50 USD/tonne, processing cost of 10 USD/tonne, G&A and holding cost of 10 USD/tonne, transport of 55% Zn concentrate at 375 USD/tonne, 90% zinc recovery and 85% payable zinc.
The cut-off grade calculation was based on the following assumptions: copper price of 2.97 USD/lb, mining cost of 50 USD/tonne, processing cost of 10 USD/tonne, G&A and holding cost of 10 USD/tonne, 90% copper recovery and 96% payable copper.
To demonstrate the sensitivity of the resources to cut-off grade, MSA tabulated the zinc-rich zones using a number of cut-off grades as shown in Table 3 (Measured and Indicated) and Table 4 (Inferred) respectively.
The Measured and Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource for the copper-rich bodies has been tabulated using a number of cut-off grades as shown in Tables 5 and 6 respectively.
The Mineral Resource has been declared from approximately 1,150 metres below surface, extensive mining having historically taken place in the levels above. Although exploration potential, including pillars and remnants, exists above the -1,150-metre level, this has not been closely examined during the current phase of exploration activity and was not included in the model for reporting of the Mineral Resource. The maximum depth of the Mineral Resource of 1,810 metres below surface is dictated by the extent of drilling. The Mineral Resource plunges toward the DRC-Zambia border and therefore has been constrained to the area considered to be within the DRC.
Final drill results from underground exploration confirm expansion of the Big Zinc Zone and Fault Zone and demonstrate that the mineralized zones are still open.
KPU079 drilled on section line 6S intersected 11.8 metres of mixed massive sulphide, (4.2 metres true thickness) grading 4.0% copper, 16.5% zinc, 6 g/t silver and 61 g/t germanium. At 1,825 metres below surface this remains the deepest intersection to date from the Kipushi Project.
KPU081 drilled on section line 6S intersected Big Zinc sphalerite from 289.6 metres to 308.1 metres grading 39.8% zinc, 0.3% copper and 80 g/t germanium and from 361.8 metres to 373.2 metres grading 47.8% zinc, 0.2% copper and 58 g/t germanium. The hole continued to a Fault Zone Splay intersection of 60.5 metres (21.7 metres true thickness) grading 2.6% copper, 36.2% zinc, 19 g/t silver and 204 g/t germanium to a depth of 1,763 metres. Included in this interval was an intersection from 580.9 metres to 591.3 metres (3.8 metres true thickness) grading 56.3% zinc, 0.5% copper, 12 g/t silver and 397 g/t germanium.
KPU095 drilled on section line 6S intersected 46.8 metres of Big Zinc massive sphalerite grading 43.0% zinc, 0.4% copper and 59 g/t germanium. A second Fault Zone interval intersected 21.9 metres (6.0 metres true thickness) of massive chalcopyrite grading 14.5% copper, 7.0% zinc and 58 g/t silver.
Table 7: Summary of recent assay results by Ivanhoe Mines at Kipushi (part 1).
Note: Kipushi FZ = Kipushi Fault Zone; NR = Nord Riche, BZ = Big Zinc, FZS = Splay of Fault Zone at depth. True thickness not calculated for irregular replacement mineralized zones.
Table 8: Summary of recent assay results by Ivanhoe Mines at Kipushi (part 2).
Note: FZ=Kipushi Fault Zone; NR = Nord Riche, BZ = Big Zinc, FZS = Splay off Fault Zone at depth. True thickness not calculated for irregular replacement mineralized zones.
Figure 2: Schematic Kipushi cross-section showing mine infrastructure, the Big Zinc and Kipushi Fault zones.
Figure 3: Plan of the 1,272-metre level with drill sections, showing schematically the location of the mineralized zones and infrastructure in the Cascades side of the mine. The Big Zinc is interpreted to plunge steeply to the southwest.
Figure 4: Schematic showing Big Zinc Mineral Resource outline and recent Big Zinc and Fault Zone Splay intercepts in drill holes KPU079 and KPU081.
Figure 5: Schematic longitudinal section looking northwest, showing Big Zinc Mineral Resource outline and Fault Zone and Fault Zone Splay copper intercepts in recent drill holes.
Figure 6: Section Line 6S looking northeast, showing new intersections of copper and zinc mineralization.
In December 2015, Ivanhoe achieved a major milestone in its upgrading of Kipushi’s underground infrastructure when the water level in Shaft 5 was pumped below the mine’s main pumping station situated at 1,210 metres underground.
Mr. Friedland noted that since Ivanhoe assumed responsibility at Kipushi, significant progress has been made in rehabilitating the surface and underground infrastructure at Kipushi. The dewatering program, implemented by Ivanhoe in late 2011, has been successful and the water levels are now being maintained below Kipushi’s main pumping station on the 1,210-metre level. Three new, high-capacity Grifo pumps have been purchased and will be installed at the main pumping station alongside the five existing high-capacity Sulzer pumps that are being refurbished. The expected cost of the upgrade and refurbishment of the main pumping station is expected to be approximately US$3.8 million. The new Grifo pumps are expected to be commissioned in the third quarter of this year and, in conjunction with the refurbished Sulzer pumps, will provide sufficient pumping capacity to keep the entire mine dewatered with a 100% pumping redundancy.
Figure 7: Two of three new high-volume Grifo pumps to be installed at the main pumping station 1,210 metres below surface.
Figure 8: One of five existing high-capacity Sulzer pumps in the main pumping station that will be refurbished.
Figure 9: Pumping station, part of the underground infrastructure upgrading.
Figure 10: Shaft 5 hoisting winder.
Figure 11:New winder control centre at Shaft 5.
Originally named the Prince Léopold Mine, Kipushi was a high-grade, underground, zinc-copper mine in the Central African Copperbelt, adjacent to the town of Kipushi and approximately 30 kilometres southwest of the provincial capital of Lubumbashi. Approximately 60 million tonnes grading 11% zinc and 7% copper were mined between 1924 and 1993, producing a total of 6.6 million tonnes of zinc and 4.0 million tonnes of copper. The mine also produced 12,673 tonnes of lead and approximately 278 tonnes of germanium between 1956 and 1978.
Gécamines discovered the Big Zinc Zone before 1993 and the deposit remains unmined. Since March 2014, Ivanhoe has run an underground exploration program with the intention of confirming the historical Gecamines drilling of the Big Zinc and allowing a new current Mineral Resource to be defined. Concurrently, Ivanhoe has been looking to expand resources both along strike and at depth on both the Big Zinc Zone and the Fault Zone.
The Mineral Resource estimate was prepared by Mr. J. C. Witley (BSc Hons, MSc (Eng)) of the MSA Group. Mr. Witley is a member in good standing with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) and has the appropriate relevant qualifications and experience to be considered an independent Qualified Person under the terms of National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Witley has approved the disclosure of technical information on Mineral Resources contained in this news release and has verified the technical data related thereto.
Ivanhoe Mines maintains a comprehensive chain of custody and QA-QC program on assays from its Kipushi Project. Half-sawn core was processed either at its preparation laboratory in Kamoa, DRC or its exploration preparation laboratory in Kolwezi, DRC. Prepared samples then are shipped to Bureau Veritas Minerals (BVM) Laboratories in Australia for external assay. Industry-standard certified reference materials and blanks are inserted into the sample stream prior to dispatch to BVM. Ivanhoe Mines’ QA-QC program has been set up in consultation with MSA Group (Pty.) Ltd., of Johannesburg.
The Kamoa copper discovery in a previously unknown extension of the Central African Copperbelt in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s southern Lualaba province. In March 2015, members of the Ivanhoe Mines exploration team received the prestigious Thayer Lindsley Award from the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada for the Kamoa copper discovery, recognized as the year’s top international mineral discovery. On December 8, 2015, Ivanhoe and China’s Zijin Mining Group completed a landmark agreement to co-develop the world-scale Kamoa discovery.
Statements in this release that constitute forward-looking statements or information include, but are not limited to statements regarding the potential for the delineation of additional mineral resources; statements regarding expected timing and costs of US$3.8 million for installing and refurbishing the pumps at the main 1,210-metre level pumping station; and statements regarding filing a Technical Report in respect of the current Mineral Resource estimate within 45 days of this news release. Forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties, should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate indicators of whether or not such results will be achieved. All such forward-looking information and statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by Ivanhoe Mines’ management in light of their experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors management believe are appropriate in the circumstances. These statements, however, are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information or statements including, but not limited to, unexpected changes in laws, rules or regulations, or their enforcement by applicable authorities; the failure of parties to contracts to perform as agreed; social or labour unrest; changes in commodity prices; and the failure of exploration programs or studies to deliver anticipated results or results that would justify and support continued exploration, studies, development or operations. Other important factors that could cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements also include those described under the heading “Risk Factors” in the company’s most recently filed MD&A as well as in the most recent Annual Information Form filed by Ivanhoe Mines. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information or statements.
This press release also contains references to estimates of Mineral Resources. The estimation of Mineral Resources is inherently uncertain and involves subjective judgments about many relevant factors. Mineral Resources that are not Mineral Reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The accuracy of any such estimates is a function of the quantity and quality of available data, and of the assumptions made and judgments used in engineering and geological interpretation, which may prove to be unreliable and depend, to a certain extent, upon the analysis of drilling results and statistical inferences that may ultimately prove to be inaccurate. Mineral Resource estimates may have to be re-estimated based on, among other things: (i) fluctuations in zinc, copper, or other mineral prices; (ii) results of drilling; (iii) results of metallurgical testing and other studies; (iv) changes to proposed mining operations, including dilution; (v) the evaluation of mine plans subsequent to the date of any estimates; and (vi) the possible failure to receive required permits, approvals and licences. | 2019-04-22T08:27:31 | https://ivanhoemines.com/cn/news/2016/ivanhoe-mines-reports-independent-mineral-resource-estimate-for-its-historic-kipushi-mine-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo/ |
We’re headed for Six Flags today!!! And I . . . . feel completely justified treating it as a play day, no menial tasks, much less big tasks, required.
However, there was chicken in the fridge. Chicken I purchased on Saturday . . . and it’s now Thursday. Chicken that says “sell by June 18th” and could start stinking soon. Chicken that has to be trimmed and divided on a Monday or Thursday so that the packaging can go out in the next day’s trash and not make my home smell like . . . . well . . . . dead stuff.
And by Monday, the shtank would be in full force, and the chicken would very possibly be bad, and my great deal would be completely wasted.
So I trimmed that chicken, put half in the freezer and half in the oven and am pretty proud of myself. The external motivation of a stinky house and 25 dollars down the drain are pretty powerful.
More motivation came this morning when hubby suggested inviting his family over for a Father’s Day Fish Fry. Like tomorrow or Saturday.
I will take this moment to stand and applaud for myself over the fact that my sweet husband would even think this is a valid suggestion. One year ago, pre-blog, I would have given him the crazy-eyes if he had said anything like that. Obviously, his faith in me has grown. And I’m also impressed with myself for not having even a slight pulse-quickening at the thought.
However, it’s amazing how much my eyes open with a bit of external motivation. Especially the kind that ends in -in-law. I suddenly see that I’ve never thrown away those flowers . . . from Mother’s Day. I suddenly have a desire to clean out my fridge. I am suddenly finding that motivation I need to declutter those surfaces in the office . . . especially since I’ve been working to train guests to use the cutesy little half-bath back there instead of the pee-stained kids’ bathroom. For so long, they couldn’t walk through that room, so it’s taken some effort to change their habits.
No matter how much I believe in the value of making our home orderly for the sake of my own family, it always helps to have that outside push.
You are right, there is nothing like a little extra push from an external motivator. Funny how we see things in a completely different light.
You are doing great! Have fun at Six Flags!
Nony, I totally am with you on the external motivators! When my Mother-in-law comes my house gets really clean! I wish that it would stay that way after she leaves. Thanks for sharing. I love reading your blog, and following along on your journey.
I am the same way – I always clean way better when we are going to have visitors than when it is just for us, which makes me feel bad sometimes.
I have the same problem with meat packaging (I live in San Antonio and summer trash is the worst). I put meat packaging into a plastic grocery bag and put it back into the freezer, then I toss that on trash day. It makes such a big, big difference! | 2019-04-22T20:29:13 | https://www.aslobcomesclean.com/2010/06/power-of-external-motivation/ |
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Released as ‘Ganges Ni Kaeru’, Shubhashish Bhutiani’s father-son drama has been running in theatres there for more than six weeks.
Two years after it was made, Shubhashish Bhutiani’s 2016 Hindi feature Mukti Bhawan (Hotel Salvation) is winning a new set of fans, all the way in Japan. The father-son drama starring Lalit Behl and Adil Hussain has been running successfully in theatres there since its October 27 release and is set to enter its seventh week, said the film’s producer, Sanjay Bhutiani.
Also starring Geetanjali Kulkarni and Palomi Ghosh, Mukti Bhawan tells the story of 76-year-old Devendra (Behl) who, convinced that his end is near, coerces his son, Rajiv (Hussain), to take him to Varanasi so that he can spend his last days in the city of salvation. An overworked Rajiv is forced to drop everything and live with Devendra in a hotel in the holy city called Mukti Bhawan, which specialises in hosting people until the end of their lives. The 99-minute film was released in India in April 2017 after touring several international film festivals and is also available for streaming on Netflix.
Indian films are enjoying growing success in Japan lately, but most releases are mainstream commercial fare, such as Om Shanti Om (2007), 3 Idiots (2009), Ra. One (2011), English Vinglish (2012), Ek Tha Tiger (2012), and Dhoom 3 (2013).
Inside Iwanami Theatre in Tokyo. Courtesy Sanjay Bhutiani.
At Iwanami Theatre in Tokyo. Courtesy Sanjay Bhutiani. | 2019-04-19T17:00:58 | https://scroll.in/reel/904769/varanasi-set-film-mukti-bhawan-starring-adil-hussain-is-winning-hearts-in-japan |
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It’s not often that we purchase expensive, chic specialty coffee drinks at shops like Starbucks. The major reason is we can make a treat just as satisfying with simple ingredients and equipment at home.
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One day many years ago, Swami distributed ice cream to the boys. The brand name was JOY ice cream, and it was gifted by a devotee who owned the company. While boys were enjoying the ice cream, Baba went round as usual, asking the boys how they liked the ice cream. And then suddenly He asked a boy, "Boy what do you think God is like?" The boy was taken aback. He was fully immersed in enjoying ice cream, and God was, at least at that moment, far from his mind! Swami asked another boy the same question, and he too blinked. After drawing a blank response a few more times, Swami smiled and slowly said,"God is SWEET like ice cream!" The boys became attentive. Swami continued, "God is SOFT like ice cream!" By now, the boys had stopped eating, while Swami went on, "God is COOL like ice cream!" And then the punch line: "He gives JOY like ice cream!"
What a delightful play on words! Sage Ramakrishna Paramahamsa once declared, "God alone can make complicated things simple, so simple in fact that even a child can understand." How very true! | 2019-04-26T15:44:00 | http://saibaba.ws/articles/godandtheicecream.htm |
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I am an army brat but claim Augusta as home. (You most likely won't be able to guess my "accent!" My mother is from the Virgin Islands and my dad is from Gary, Indiana.) I am the oldest of four children and the auntie to a puggle dog named Omi.
I love to sing and dance, and I am a volunteer coach for the Pop Warner South Augusta Hawks.
I have always wanted to be a teacher since I was six-years-old, and I am super happy to be teaching your child!
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AUSTIN -- "Efforts by the Republican majority in the House of Representatives this week to allow public universities to raise their tuition and fees without oversight or limits is a disservice to the people of this state and a threat to the children of poor and middle income families with dreams of one day attending one of our top state universities," said District 31 Representative Ryan Guillen.
"Promises from top state officials that Texas students who are in the top ten percent of their high school class will always be able to attend Texas A&M University or the University of Texas are hollow and meaningless if we allow the price of that education to rise to he point where ordinary families cannot afford it," said Guillen, a graduate of Texas A&M who had to work his way through much of his college career.
"It is clear from talking to my fellow representatives and from floor debate on this issue that the legislature has failed to meet the financial needs of the state's major universities for the past three legislative sessions," Guillen noted. Guillen represents Duval, Starr, Webb and Zapata counties.
"Now many of those same members are voting to avoid the issue once again by forcing the students and their families to pay for higher education costs because they do not want to accept the political liability of having to find funding to support higher education in Texas," he explained.
"I oppose this effort. In particular I oppose the idea of letting the universities set their own tuition charges for both in-state and out-of-state students. Out-of-state students pay higher tuition and fees than in-state students, and so they are more "profitable" for the universities than our own students," Guillen observed.
Guillen supported an amendment which would require any in-state tuition increase to be matched by increases in out-of-state tuition.
"We need to make sure that any increase in tuition for in-state students is matched by a proportional increase in the tuition for out-of-state students to make sure universities don't raise in-state rates to the point that demand for admission drops off and higher paying out-of-state students become a larger part of the student body. That would be an insult to the people of Texas," he emphasized.
Guillen said the effect of the bill which was passed in the Texas House of Representatives Tuesday would be to allow only the wealthiest Texas families to send their children to one of the state's major universities. "This is not the will of the people of Texas. It is not what Texas families want for their own children and grandchildren," Guillen said.
"Legislators who are pushing this bill should be ashamed of themselves for laying this burden on the backs of college students and their parents. The result will be that only the wealthy or full scholarship students can attend one of the state's major universities and poor and middle class students will be forced to go elsewhere," Guillen stated. | 2019-04-23T00:36:49 | https://house.texas.gov/news/press-releases/?id=276 |
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Everyone deserves to find love on Valentine’s Day.
Beth Corsini loved Nathan all her life. Last year, at her friend’s wedding, everything changed. Nathan disappeared. She lost all hope in love, but she’s over the heartache. Ready to move on, Beth signed up for a speed dating event. She never expected Nathan to be there.
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