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Our park is a wonderful green oasis, rich in natural beauty and steeped in heritage. The park has had a Green Flag award for over 12 consecutive years and in 2018 was voted one of the top ten parks in the UK.
Every year it is enjoyed by many thousands of people who appreciate its unique and wide appeal.
The Friends of Cassiobury Park represent you, the people who come to park, who fall in love with its special charm and who know it is a place to be looked after and cherished for the enjoyment of all ages and for future generations. | 2019-04-23T16:54:37 | https://friendsofcassioburypark.org.uk/ |
Carefully explain all the important safety and operating points before allowing someone to operate your PWC. Never allow someone too young or too inexperienced to operate alone.
Check that they meet the minimum age and boater education requirements for PWCs.
Tell them that they have the same responsibilities as other vessel operators.
If they are new to PWCs, have them practice in an uncrowded area first. While near shore, show how to start and reboard the PWC properly.
Be sure to explain how to steer and control the PWC. Remind them to keep plenty of distance from other vessels and that power is required for steering control!
Point out that it is easy to have so much fun that you forget to watch where you are going. Tell them to make sure the area is clear before making a turn. | 2019-04-22T13:18:41 | https://www.boat-ed.com/kentucky/studyGuide/Responsibility-to-Others-You-Allow-To-Operate-Your-PWC/10101802_700151008/ |
Recording contracts have been at the center of multiple legal disputes between record labels and musicians. Even music artist, Prince, has warned young artists not to sign recording contracts. Pop singer and star, Kesha, probably wishes that she had known about his advice before she signed her first recording contract under Sony Records, when she was 18-years-old.
Kesha, pop singer and star of the MTV reality show, “My Crazy Beautiful Life,” might be near the end of her lawsuit, which began October 14, 2014. Kesha filed a civil lawsuit against her songwriter/producer, Dr. Luke, a.k.a. Lukasz Gottwald, where she alleged instances of physical, verbal, sexual, and emotional abuse. Moreover, Kesha reported that at one time Dr. Luke gave her a roofie pill and that she had no recollection of that evening. While, criminal charges have not been filed against Dr. Luke, Kesha asserts Dr. Luke intimidated and abused her, in turn, forcing her to keep silent about the mistreatment. However, Dr. Luke filed a counterclaim that alleged Kesha violated her recording contract with Dr. Luke’s Kemosabe record label, a subsidiary under Sony Records. Kesha and the Kemosabe Record Label had a negotiated contract, where Kesha agreed to create a total of six albums, but only two have been released so far. Dr. Luke claims that Kesha fabricated allegations of sexual abuse to extort her release from their agreed upon recording contract.
In September 2015, Kesha filed a preliminary injunction to prevent the enforcement of the recording contract until a declaratory judgment was ordered. Kesha’s reasoned that she could not create new music with other producers combined with music tours, if the contract continued to be enforced during the lawsuit. Without an injunction, Kesha claimed that she would suffer irreparable harm, and that it would “plumme[t] her career past the point of no return.” Along with the submission of affidavits, Kesha also amended her claims against Dr. Luke to include a charge that Sony allowed their female artists to be in “physical danger by giving Dr. Luke full creative and business control.” Sony weighed in for the first time, and agreed with Dr. Luke’s claim that the case needed to be dismissed. Sony stated that there could be no basis for corporate liability since Kesha claimed to be bullied into silence; thus, there would be no way for Sony to be aware of any abuse.
On February 19, 2016, the New York Supreme Court ruled on the preliminary injunction to nullify her recording contract. The ruling on this preliminary injunction determined whether there is irreparable harm and if there was a likelihood of success on the merits pertaining to the recording contract in her civil lawsuit. The ruling was not in Kesha’s favor. As Kesha sat sobbing in the courtroom, Justice Shirley Kornreich explained, “You are asking the court to decimate a contract that was heavily negotiated and typical for the industry.” Examining the contract in light of the sexual abuse claims, Justice Kornreich followed “her instinct [by doing] the commercially reasonable things.” Justice Kornreich said that there was a lack of medical evidence, like hospital records, to support the sexual abuse and permit the injunction. She explained further that Sony would suffer from irreparable harm, if Kesha did not abide by the contract it would undermine the state’s laws to contract. Justice Kornreich did not make a ruling on Dr. Luke’s or Sony’s motion to dismiss, but allowed Kesha an opportunity to file an amended claim.
Kesha’s case is not dead in the water against Dr. Luke. However, if an injunction had been granted, it would have meant she had a slam dunk case. Now, she will continue onward with her lawsuit against Dr. Luke and Sony Records as her recording contract remains enforceable. While again, the preliminary injunction was unsuccessful against Dr. Luke and Sony, the public has continued to support Kesha. For example, Taylor Swift donated $250,000 dollars to Kesha’s lawsuit in efforts to help Kesha escape her recording contract and prevent further abuse. In the face of Kesha’s claims, the public continues to struggle with the idea that an artist like Kesha is likely unable to end her recording contract with an abuser.
Recording contracts have been the cause of many legal disputes within the entertainment industry. In a news conference given to the National Association of Black Journalists last year, Prince answered the question why artists want to void their recording contracts. He said,“Record contracts are just like-I’m gonna say the word-slavery.” Prince expanded on his answer, stating, that the record labels turn young artists into indentured servants in order to claim a profit at the creative expense of the artist.
Artists have attempted to use many avenues to be released from their recording contracts. Incubus filed a lawsuit against Sony in 2003 in efforts to be released from their contractual obligations. The record contract between Sony and Incubus required the band to create seven albums, but, seven years after signing the contract in 1996, Incubus owed Sony four more albums. Incubus claimed that contracts requiring personal service are barred, if the agreed upon service is seven years or more under the California Labor Code Section 2855(a). Incubus and Sony settled as well as Jared Leto’s band, ‘30 Seconds from Mars,’ when they attempted to end their record deal by invoking the same California Labor law in 2008.
In addition, physical and emotional hardships have become another avenue for artists to end their recording contracts. Mariah Carey signed an eight-million-dollar recording contract for five albums with EMI Records in April 2001. However, within a few months, her first EMI Records under the Universal Music Group album, “Glitter,” had disappointing sales, and suffered a publicized emotional breakdown. After these events, EMI paid Mariah twenty-eight million dollars to break their contract. Even under claims of sexual abuse, labor law violations, and emotional breakdowns, it is clear that recording contracts are more likely to remain intact and enforced.
Kesha’s judgment is a prime example of a record contract’s ability to lock artists’ into enforceable terms. Young artists need to be very careful when entering into longterm recording contracts. Artists can go throughs numerous negotiations or consult with independent counsel to review contracts before they sign. These tactics ensure that musicians’ recording contracts also serve their interest and not just the recording label’s.
Anne McManus-Spitzer is a 2L at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. She is an associate editor for the Sports & Entertainment Law Journal. | 2019-04-21T00:27:12 | http://asuselj.org/keshas-recording-contract-and-allegations-of-sexual-abuse/ |
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I write psychological thrillers. My influences include writers such as Stephen King, Ira Levin, Ruth Rendell, Ian McEwan, Val McDermid and Donna Tartt and movies like Rosemary's Baby, Single White Female, Fatal Attraction and anything in which scary things happen to ordinary people.
Blending police procedural with psychological thriller, From the Cradle will have every parent checking that their children are safe in their beds...then checking again. | 2019-04-26T12:16:41 | https://www.nightowlreviews.com/v5/Authors/Mark-Edwards |
The Jockey Club is the breed Registry for Thoroughbred horses in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The organization is dedicated to the improvement of Thoroughbred breeding and racing, and it fulfills that mandate by serving many segments of the industry through its subsidiary companies and by providing support to a wide range of industry initiatives.
The Jockey Club Information Systems is a leading provider of information products and services to industry professionals to aid decision making and improve Thoroughbred management and promotion. Among the company’s offerings are its flagship online pedigree information service equineline.com and industry-leading Horse Farm ManagementTM Software.
Equibase Company LLC is a general partnership of subsidiaries of the Thoroughbred Racing Associations of North America and The Jockey Club. The company was formed in 1991 to provide the Thoroughbred racetracks of North America with a uniform, industry-owned database of racing information and statistics. Through its website, upgraded mobile platform and mobile applications, Equibase offers a comprehensive menu of handicapping products, statistical information and video race replays in support of the North American Thoroughbred racing industry.
TrackMaster is a wholly owned subsidiary of Equibase and a leading provider of electronic data to high-end handicappers. It is the only company to provide a complete line of handicapping products for the three major racing breeds — Thoroughbred, American Quarter Horse and Standardbred.
InCompass is a technology solutions company formed in 2001 to centralize the software applications and systems that serve North American racetracks and simulcast outlets, including InCompass360 customer relationship management software. It also played an integral role in the launch and maintenance of the Equine Injury DatabaseTM and the Jockey Health Information SystemTM.
The Jockey Club Technology Services is a technology company formed in 2002 to maximize the benefits of state-of-the-art communications and data management technology in support of the continued growth of The Jockey Club and the industry at large.
Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation is traditionally the nation’s leading source of equine research funding. The projects it supports enhance the health and safety of horses of all breeds.
The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation is a charitable trust created to provide financial relief to needy members of the Thoroughbred industry and their families. | 2019-04-26T12:54:38 | http://incompasssolutions.net/linksDisplay.asp |
We present results from a paleoseismic site on the Clark strand of the San Jacinto Fault Zone at Clark Lake, western Salton Trough, southern California.
We excavated trenches across a prominent lineament and surface scarp, exposing a major fault with clear evidence of recurrent activity. The main strand of the fault juxtaposes mid-Holocene lake deposits against late Holocene, inter-bedded lake and alluvial deposits. We identified past surface ruptures by the presence of filled fissures, upward fault terminations, folding, angular unconformities, from which we identify evidence for up to eight surface ruptures that have occurred in the past 1700 years. The earliest two events have weak age control, but the past six events, constrained by a combination of C14 and OSL, suggest an average recurrence interval (RI) of 117 ± 55 years and a lapse time of over 210 years. The RI is likely closer to 148 years, however due to event 2 being constrained entirely by C14, it is clustered closer to event 3 on account of inheritance, thereby reducing the RI. The two most recent events are likely the November 22, 1800 and ca 1550 earthquakes, and correlate to events 2 and 3 at Hog Lake, ~50 km to the NW, based on geomorphic offset mapping along the Clark fault. Three earlier events (3, 4 and 5 at Clark Lake) are constrained to have ruptured between about 1359 and 1164 AD and likely correlate to events 4, 6 and 7 at Hog Lake. Event 5 at Hog Lake does not appear to correspond to any events at Clark Lake, suggesting that some of the ruptures in the Hog Lake cluster may correspond to rupture of the northern part of the zone, similar to what occurred in the 1918 M6.9 earthquake. These observations along with geomorphic offset observations suggest that the entire Clark fault, and possibly the Casa Loma fault, fail together in some large earthquakes (Mw7.3) whereas the northern Clark fault may fail more frequently in M6.5-6.9 earthquakes, as occurred in 1899 and 1918. | 2019-04-24T10:44:10 | https://www.fugro.com/about-fugro/our-expertise/research-and-development/technical-papers/technical-papers-details/paleoseismology-of-the-southern-clark-strand-of-the-san-jacinto-fault-zone-southern-california |
211 Bernard: Back in stock: Jessica MacCormack's The See!
Back in stock: Jessica MacCormack's The See!
This lovely riso-printed book of words and images by local Montreal artist Jessica MacCormack is back at the store!
Put together by Toronto's Paper Pusher Printworks, MacCormack's high-impact hues help build the dissonance between innocence and brutality that's going on in her imagery, as her child-like verse also gradually elaborates on the traumatic story she's working to tell.
Also, though it's heavy stuff, who doesn't love a book with a pun for a title?? | 2019-04-26T13:53:14 | http://211blog.drawnandquarterly.com/2013/07/back-in-stock-jessica-maccormacks-see.html |
Storey faced 2 batters in the 4th.
C. Wasson hit by pitch (0-0).
C. Wasson advanced to third on a wild pitch.
D. Brehm walked (3-2 BKKBBB).
M. Manzione grounded out to 3b, RBI (1-0 B); C. Wasson scored.
A. Camilo walked (3-2 KBBKFBFB); D. Brehm advanced to third on a wild pitch.
J. Greene reached on a throwing error by ss (0-1 K).
J. Mendyk singled, advanced to second on the throw, RBI (3-1 BBKB); J. Greene scored, unearned.
C. Wasson singled up the middle, RBI (0-2 KK); J. Mendyk scored.
A. Vaglica walked (3-1 BKBBB).
A. Camilo walked (3-1 BBBKB).
Z. Fritz doubled down the lf line (2-1 BBK); A. Camilo advanced to third.
R. Guillen flied out to rf, SF, RBI (0-1 K); Z. Fritz advanced to third; A. Camilo scored.
J. Greene singled to left field, RBI (0-1 S); Z. Fritz scored.
J. Mendyk singled to left field (0-0); J. Greene advanced to second.
J. Mendyk advanced to second on a passed ball; J. Greene advanced to third on a passed ball.
C. Wasson flied out to cf, SF, RBI (1-1 FB); J. Greene scored, unearned.
Rorer singled to third base (2-2 BFSB).
A. Vaglica singled to left center (1-1 BK).
M. Manzione doubled to center field, RBI (0-0); A. Vaglica scored.
A. Camilo singled to left field (0-0); M. Manzione advanced to third.
Z. Fritz doubled down the lf line, RBI (2-2 BBKK); A. Camilo advanced to third; M. Manzione scored.
R. Guillen doubled to left center, 2 RBI (2-2 FKFBB); Z. Fritz scored; A. Camilo scored.
J. Mendyk reached on a fielding error by ss (0-1 K); R. Guillen advanced to third.
Hoskins to p for Sutton.
A. Camilo walked (3-1 KBBBB).
J. Greene singled to left field (0-1 F).
C. Wasson singled through the right side (0-2 KK); J. Greene advanced to second.
D. Brehm singled to center field, RBI (0-1 K); C. Wasson advanced to third; J. Greene scored.
D. Brehm advanced to second on a passed ball; C. Wasson scored on a passed ball, unearned.
A. Vaglica singled to third base (3-2 SFBBB); D. Brehm advanced to third.
M. Manzione walked (3-2 BBBSFFB); A. Vaglica advanced to second.
Lindsey singled up the middle (2-2 BBKF).
Gibbs to p for Hoskins.
Z. Fritz walked (3-2 BBSBKB).
R. Guillen walked (3-1 BKBBB); Z. Fritz advanced to second.
J. Greene reached on a fielder's choice (0-2 KK); R. Guillen advanced to second; Z. Fritz out at third 3b unassisted.
P. McCabe to p for M. Stiles.
Williams,C singled to right center (2-1 KBB).
Smith,M singled to left field (0-1 S); Williams,C advanced to second.
McClain pinch ran for Smith,M.
Nieves,C pinch hit for Guadalupe.
Nieves,C doubled to left center, RBI (0-0); McClain advanced to third; Williams,C scored.
Johnson,S hit by pitch (1-2 BSK).
Rorer hit by pitch, RBI (1-2 SBF); Johnson,S advanced to second; Nieves,C advanced to third; McClain scored.
Thompkins doubled to left field, out at third lf to c to 3b, 3 RBI (2-1 BFB); Rorer scored; Johnson,S scored; Nieves,C scored.
Banks singled up the middle (0-1 K).
D. Brehm walked (3-1 KBBBB).
M. Manzione reached on a fielding error by ss (1-1 BK); A. Vaglica advanced to second; D. Brehm advanced to third.
A. Camilo grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (2-1 BBF); M. Manzione out on the play; A. Vaglica advanced to third; D. Brehm scored, unearned.
Z. Fritz walked (3-1 KBBBB).
M. Andreoli to p for P. McCabe.
J. Greene singled through the left side (1-2 KFB).
J. Mendyk hit by pitch (0-2 FK); J. Greene advanced to second.
D. Brehm walked (3-2 BBBKKB); J. Mendyk advanced to second; J. Greene advanced to third.
A. Vaglica flied out to lf, SF, RBI (2-1 BFB); J. Mendyk advanced to third; J. Greene scored. | 2019-04-24T13:02:09 | https://www.eccsports.org/sports/bsb/2018-19/boxscores/20190324_h9i5.xml |
Northbridge- Brian P. "Bonzy" Conrad, 57, a local contractor and framer, of Cooper Rd. died Tues. Sept. 4, 2018 after a courageous battle with cancer.
He is survived by his devoted wife of 20 years Deborah A. (Weldon) Conrad; his daughter Jennifer Conrad of Linwood; his mother Joan M. (Powers) Conrad; his siblings Mark D. Conrad of Saco, ME and Teresa A. Flagg of Douglas; his lovable white Labrador Retriever Muzzy; many nieces, nephews and good friends, including his "garage crew." He was predeceased by an aunt Mary Frances Powers. Born in Whitinsville, MA on Aug. 14, 1961 he was son of the late Roy E. Conrad and lived in Northbridge all his life.
Bonzy worked as a contractor and framer, owning and operating B.C. Builders in the area many years. Educated in the Northbridge Public School system, he was an avid outdoorsman, enjoying hunting and fishing, especially at the Cape Cod Canal. He loved to drag race his snowmobile and make his own maple syrup in his sugar shack. He also had a passion for music and a love of Blue's Guitar.
The Gates of Heaven have opened to welcome you home. May Guardian Angels be with you always.
My sincerest condolences to you Debbie and the family who loved him so.
Rest in peace Brian ! | 2019-04-23T02:13:32 | https://www.jackmanfuneralhomes.com/obits/obituary.php?id=667156 |
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My favorite perk as a designer at Furnitureland South is the opportunity to meet and assist such a diverse clientele. I work with people from all over the world, each with their own personal style, resulting in unique interiors.
Last month I had the privilege of working with a great couple from Amman, Jordan. Their new home is scheduled for completion this summer, and they needed to furnish everything. Quite a task to accomplish in five days, but we finished it!
Though the installation won’t occur for quite a few months, I wanted to share a few of our fabulous selections.
In the grand entrance, we selected this gorgeous Marge Carson table to take center stage with a stunning chandelier overhead. The winding staircase to the second floor will serve as a backdrop, and the Theodore Alexander mirror and Jonathan Charles demilune chest as shown below will be placed along the side wall.
For the main salon, we chose a palette of rich chocolates, golds and creams that create an elegant yet inviting conversation area.
This area is a bit less formal but still showcases an upscale style.
Five days of hard work and a lot of fun resulted in a design that I believe the homeowners will be happy to call their own. I can’t wait to see all of the finished products pulled together into one harmonious design!
Previous Post Previous post: Is your home in a time warp? | 2019-04-22T20:04:25 | http://blog.furniturelandsouth.com/5-days-to-a-new-home/ |
Together with Renata and Vasyl I have been to Trochenbrod today – Vasyl, the driver who despite all difficulties with roads and paths kept his sense of humor, and Renata, who has helped me already on other occasions.
My friend Alex had warned me before of the condition of the road to Lutsk and he was right. Soon after Lviv pothole is after pothole. Vasyl needed to slow down the car to 30 kilometers per hour and the 110 kilometers to Lutsk took us 3 hours. Shortly before Lutsk conditions improved, we now made rapid progress until we had to leave the main road. We passes through two very picturesque little villages – Yaromel and Domashiv – then we finaly had to leave the paved road. The path was barely visible in the snow, Vasyl bravely attempted to pass a bump, and then the car stuck in the mud.
It took us about an hour to get the car out and decided to walk the last 2 kilometer. The path went on through a snow-white winter forest. We saw traces from animals in the snow. Around us was complete silence. Then we were in Trochenbrod.
Two memorials commemorate the town that was once. One is from the Soviet era and speaks of “Soviet citizens of Jewish nationality” who were murdered here. The second seems to be more contemporary and marks the mass grave where most people of Trochenbrod were shot.
A dirt road that leads along a power line and a water channel is the last echo of Trochenbrod. It is the former main street of the town. Nothing is left, not even ruins. We walked along the road. It was getting colder. The sun began to sink. Not even birds could be heard. It was time to leave.
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Is the memorial in Russian or Hebrew?
Inscriptions on both memorials are in Ukrainian.
Dear Christian, Trochenbrod will survive in our memory with your pictures and your words !
Thank you so much for your comment, Andrea! The book of Avrom Bendavid-Val is of course well known to me and I observed the publication of the documentary. The book is a wonderful source of knowledge! I took it with me while travelling here. And I will order the DVD after my return home. I’m not sure what I will be able to do tomorrow. I feel like I scratched a surface of history that will need further deepening. Thank you again!
Another question: My husband, whose father, Abraham Slivko, was from Trochenbrod-Lozisht and his mother, Genia Chirger Slivko, would like to find any remaining records (birth, death, property, marriage) that might be available. Is there a way for us (or someone we hire) to search for these records?
Andrea, who can I obtain the DVD of Lost Town?
I’m so grateful for this comment, Andrea! While getting close to things here on the ground, it is always amazing to see how it includes others in very distant places. Please let’s keep in touch!
Yes, let’s do keep in touch!
Please contact me by private message via e-mail or Facebook and I will answer all your questions. | 2019-04-25T06:56:55 | https://vanishedworld.blog/2014/12/28/into-the-nothing/ |
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New Buddhist Meditation forum at BWB?
Possibility of lost or hidden Buddhist teachings?? | 2019-04-20T16:54:07 | https://www.buddhismwithoutboundaries.com/forumdisplay.php?15-The-Tea-Room&s=7cf404bb1248df4144d449f5a0a3c6a4 |
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Congress needs to address the failures of credit reporting.They also need to put teeth into privacy laws and enact stiff fines for breaches.
Almost a year and a half later, almost nothing has changed. Authorities have neither sanctioned Equifax nor addressed the deeper industry-wide flaws that the incident exposed. It’s an omission that Congress must correct.
Equifax and its two main competitors, Experian and TransUnion, provide a valuable service. Their databases grease the wheels of commerce, allowing banks, employers and government agencies to quickly and easily check almost anyone’s identity and credit history. Yet their interests don’t always align with the public good. The people whose information they maintain are not their primary customers, so the firms lack an adequate incentive to ensure privacy and security, and to fix errors that can severely complicate lives. Breaches and bad data can even benefit them, helping sell products such as credit monitoring to frightened consumers.
Place the burden of proof on companies in consumer disputes. If they can’t demonstrate that the information in question is correct, they should remove it.
Make security freezes the default option, by requiring the companies to release personal information only with a consumer’s express consent.
Over the years, authorities have tried to adjust the incentives. The Fair Credit Reporting Act requires “reasonable” efforts to keep information accurate and prevent it from falling into the wrong hands — and empowers consumers to sue for damages. The 2010 Dodd-Frank Act gave the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau broad powers to supervise the largest credit-reporting companies. A 2015 settlement with state attorneys general requires the companies to deal with disputed information more effectively, and aims to curb the common practice of hard-selling paid services to people seeking to correct their credit reports.
Yet there’s been little real progress. In the last three months of 2018, consumers submitted almost 27,000 credit-reporting complaints to the CFPB, up from fewer than 11,000 two years earlier, before the Equifax hack. Granted, this is only a small fraction of the more than 200 million people with credit reports, and various factors — such as greater awareness — could contribute to the increase. But it certainly doesn’t suggest things are improving.
The Equifax case is especially discouraging. After its security failures exposed millions to identity theft, the company responded with a glitchy website and an offer of “free” credit monitoring — a service of dubious value, given that it alerts consumers only after their identity has been stolen. It fell to Congress to demand a basic concession from the industry: free security “freezes,” which allow consumers to prevent new accounts from being opened in their name. The Trump administration has shown little interest in further action. A joint investigation by the CFPB and the Federal Trade Commission has yet to yield results.
Democratic legislators — including Senator Jack Reed and Representative Maxine Waters, the new head of the House Financial Services Committee — have introduced bills that would make many of these changes. All that remains is to get them to the president’s desk.
It’s unacceptable for credit-reporting companies to pose a threat, or even merely be a nuisance, to millions of people who never chose to do business with them. They must show that they can take responsibility for personal data, rather than leaving the task to consumers or charging for the service. They seem to need a firmer nudge, and Congress should provide it.
Heads up, it will not get easier.
We foresee the emergence of a class of attacks known as ‘DeepAttacks’, which use AI-generated content to evade AI security controls. In 2018, the team observed many examples where researchers used adversarial AI algorithms to fool humans. Examples include the fake Obama video created by Buzzfeed where President Obama is seen delivering fake sentences, in a convincing fashion.
We have also seen examples of adversarial AI deliberately confounding the smartest object detection algorithms, such as fooling an algorithm into thinking that a stop sign was a 45-mph speed limit sign.
In 2019, we expect to see DeepAttacks deployed more commonly in an attempt to evade both human detection and smart defenses.
The trend toward smart devices will be so pronounced in the coming years that it will become difficult to buy appliances or home electronics that are not connected to the internet.
Avast research has shown that security is often an afterthought in the manufacturing of these devices. While the big name smart devices often do come with embedded security options, some producers skimp on security either to keep costs low for consumers or because they are not experts in security. Considering a smart home is only as secure as its weakest link, this is a mistake. History tends to repeat itself, so we can expect to see IoT malware evolve and become more sophisticated and dangerous, similar to how PC and mobile malware developed.
Routers have proven to be a simple and fertile target for a growing wave of attacks. Not only have we seen an increase in router-based malware in 2018, but also changes in the characteristics of those attacks.
In 2019, we expect to see the increased hijacking of routers used to steal banking credentials, for example, where an infected router injects a malicious HTML frame to specific web pages when displayed on mobile. This new element could ask mobile users to install a new banking app, for instance, and this malicious app will then capture authentication messages. Routers will continue to be used as targets of an attack, not just to run malicious scripts or spy on users, but also as an intermediate link in chain attacks.
In 2019, well known tactics such as advertising, phishing and fake apps will continue to dominate the mobile threat landscape. In 2018, we tracked and flagged countless fake apps using our apklab.io platform. Some were even found on the Google Play Store. Fake apps are the zombies in mobile security, becoming so ubiquitous that they barely even make the headlines as new fake apps pop up to take the place of the ones already flagged for removal. They will continue to persist as a trend in 2019, exacerbated by fake versions of popular app brands doing their rounds on the Google Play Store.
In 2018, the return of banking Trojans was also particularly pronounced on the mobile side, growing 150 percent year-on-year, from three percent to over seven percent of all detections we see worldwide. While perhaps not a big shift in terms of the overall volume, we believe that cybercriminals are finding banking to be a more reliable way to make money than cryptomining.
These trends form part of Avast’s annual Threat Report. To download the full report please click here.
US cellphone networks have promised – again – that they will stop selling records of their subscribers’ whereabouts to anyone willing to cough up cash.
While there is money to be made and no law preventing it, it is a virtual certainty that AT&T and others will figure out a way to profit from selling their customers’ private data. Last time around, FCC boss Ajit Pai refused to investigate the matter, and while there has been no response from Pai on the renewed calls for an investigation thanks to the partial US government shutdown, it is a virtual certainly that he will continue his pro-telco agenda and stay away from the issue.
Meanwhile, pressure grows in Congress to introduce a privacy law – an American version of Europe’s GDPR – especially in the light of abuses by Facebook and others. But that process is very far from certain given that many of the companies that benefit most from selling user data are also some of the most powerful and generous lobbyists in Washington DC.
Just maybe, I am not saying for sure, but just maybe, that reason for such stupidity is the companies like Marriot are hiring too many newbies to save money and ignoring the more senior members of the IT community. Or maybe that there is no real hard financial penalties for breaches. Maybe both.
But the real story here is not only Marriot, but the continued onslaught from China. No surprise.
WASHINGTON — Marriott International said on Friday that the biggest hacking of personal information in history was not quite as big as first feared, but for the first time conceded that its Starwood hotel unit did not encrypt the passport numbers for roughly five million guests. Those passport numbers were lost in an attack that many outside experts believe was carried out by Chinese intelligence agencies.
What made the Starwood attack different was the presence of passport numbers, which could make it far easier for an intelligence service to track people who cross borders. That is particularly important in this case: In December, The New York Times reported that the attack was part of a Chinese intelligence gathering effort that, reaching back to 2014, also hacked American health insurers and the Office of Personnel Management, which keeps security clearance files on millions of Americans.
Taken together, the attack appeared to be part of a broader effort by China’s Ministry of State Security to compile a huge database of Americans and others with sensitive government or industry positions — including where they worked, the names of their colleagues, foreign contacts and friends, and where they travel.
“Big data is the new wave for counterintelligence,” James A. Lewis, a cybersecurity expert who runs the technology policy program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said last month.
One top official of the Chinese Ministry of State Security was arrested in Belgium late last year and extradited to the United States on charges of playing a central role in the hacking of American defense-related firms, and others were identified in a Justice Department indictment in December. But those cases were unrelated to the Marriott attack, which the F.B.I. is still investigating.
The Marriott investigation has revealed a new vulnerability in hotel systems: What happens to passport data when a customer makes a reservation or checks into a hotel, usually abroad, and hands over a passport to the desk clerk. Marriott said for the first time that 5.25 million passport numbers were kept in the Starwood system in plain, unencrypted data files — meaning they were easily read by anyone inside the reservation system. An additional 20.3 million passport numbers were kept in encrypted files, which would require a master encryption key to read. It is unclear how many of those involved American passports, and how many come from other countries.
Marriott said for the first time that 5.25 million passport numbers were kept in the Starwood system in plain, unencrypted data files — meaning they were easily read by anyone inside the reservation system.
It was not immediately clear why some numbers were encrypted and others were not — other than that hotels in each country, and sometimes each property, had different protocols for handling the passport information. Intelligence experts note that American intelligence agencies often seek the passport numbers of foreigners they are tracking outside the United States, which may explain why the United States government has not insisted on stronger encryption of passport data worldwide.
The State Department issued a statement last month telling passport holders not to panic, because the number alone would not enable someone to create a fake passport. Marriott has said it would pay for a new passport for anyone whose passport information, hacked from their systems, was found to be involved in a fraud. But that was something of a corporate sleight of hand, since it provided no coverage for guests who wanted a new passport simply because their data had been taken by foreign spies.
So far the company has ducked addressing that issue by saying it has no evidence about who the attackers were, and the United States has not formally accused China in the case. But private cyberintelligence groups that have looked at the breach have seen strong parallels with the other, Chinese-related attacks underway at the time. The company’s president and chief executive, Arne Sorenson, has not answered questions about the hacking in public, and Marriott said he was traveling and declined a request from The Times to talk about hacking.
The company also said that about 8.6 million credit and debit cards were “involved” in the incident, but those are all encrypted — and all but 354,000 cards had expired by September 2018, when the hacking, which went on for years, was discovered.
So far, there are no known cases in which stolen passport or credit card information was found in fraudulent transactions. But to cyberattack investigators, that is just another sign that the hacking was conducted by intelligence agencies, not criminals. The agencies would want to use the data for their own purposes — building databases and tracking government or industrial surveillance targets — rather than exploiting the data for economic profit.
Idiots, And the U.S. and State Governments are just as culpable. We need very strong laws that mandate extremely stiff penalties for breaches.
It found that many girls spend far more time using social media than boys, and also that they are much more likely to display signs of depression linked to their interaction on platforms such as Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook.
“Girls, it seems, are struggling with these aspects of their lives more than boys, in some cases considerably so,” said Prof Yvonne Kelly, from University College London, who led the team behind the findings.
The results prompted renewed concern about the rapidly accumulating evidence that many more girls and young women exhibit a range of mental health problems than boys and young men, and about the damage these can cause, including self-harm and suicidal thoughts.
The study is based on interviews with almost 11,000 14-year-olds who are taking part in the Millennium Cohort Study, a major research project into children’s lives.
Google’s owner, Alphabet, has seen an effective tax rate in the single digits on non-US profits for more than a decade.
Google moved €19.9bn ($22.7bn) through a Dutch shell company to Bermuda in 2017, as part of an arrangement that allows it to reduce its foreign tax bill, according to documents filed at the Dutch chamber of commerce.
The amount channelled through Google Netherlands Holdings BV was about €4bn more than in 2016, the documents, filed on 21 December, showed.
For more than a decade the arrangement has allowed Google’s owner, Alphabet, to enjoy an effective tax rate in the single digits on its non-US profits, about a quarter of the average tax rate in its overseas markets.
The subsidiary in the Netherlands is used to shift revenue from royalties earned outside the US to Google Ireland Holdings, an affiliate based in Bermuda, where companies pay no income tax.
Google Netherlands Holdings BV paid €3.4m in taxes in the Netherlands in 2017, the documents showed, on a gross profit of €13.6m.
Last spring, soon after Facebook acknowledged that the data of tens of millions of its users had improperly been obtained by the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, a top enforcement official at the Federal Trade Commission drafted a memo about the prospect of disciplining the social network.
Lawmakers, consumer advocates and even former commission officials were clamoring for tough action against Facebook, arguing that it had violated an earlier F.T.C. consent decree barring it from misleading users about how their information was shared.
But the enforcement official, James A. Kohm, took a different view. In a previously undisclosed memo in March, Mr. Kohm — echoing Facebook’s own argument — cautioned that Facebook was not responsible for the consulting firm’s reported abuses. The social network seemed to have taken reasonable steps to address the problem, he wrote, according to someone who read the memo, and most likely had not broken its promises to the F.T.C.
“They have been asleep at the switch,” said Senator Richard Blumenthal, the Connecticut Democrat and ranking member of the subcommittee charged with overseeing the agency.
The Cambridge Analytica data leak set off a reckoning for Facebook and a far-reaching debate about the tech industry, which has collected more information about more people than almost any other in history. At the same time, the F.T.C., which is investigating Facebook, is under growing attack for what critics say is a systemic failure to police Silicon Valley’s giants and their enormous appetite for personal data.
Almost alone among industrialized nations, the United States has no basic consumer privacy law. The F.T.C. serves as the country’s de facto privacy regulator, relying on more limited rules against deceptive trade practices to investigate Google, Twitter and other tech firms accused of misleading people about how their information is used.
But many in Washington view the agency as a watchdog that too rarely bites. In more than 40 interviews, former and current F.T.C. officials, lawmakers, Capitol Hill staff members, and consumer advocates said that as evidence of abuses has piled up against tech companies, the F.T.C. has been too cautious. Now, as the Trump administration and Congress debate whether to expand the agency and its authority over privacy violations, the Facebook inquiry looms as a referendum on the F.T.C.’s future.
Long Overdue: It is time for the US to develop strong data privacy along the lines of the EU GDPR ( General Data Protection Regulation). It is also time for US “Netizens” to demand strong data privacy protect laws with extremely stiff penalties for non compliance.
Among the other 100s of reasons, it is time to stop using Facebook.
A police officer on the late shift in an Ohio town recently received an unusual call from Facebook.
Earlier that day, a local woman wrote a Facebook post saying she was walking home and intended to kill herself when she got there, according to a police report on the case. Facebook called to warn the Police Department about the suicide threat.
“In the last year, we’ve helped first responders quickly reach around 3,500 people globally who needed help,” Mr. Zuckerberg wrote in a November post about the efforts.
Yes you read that right. “Facebook said that, for privacy reasons, it did not track the outcomes of its calls to the police.” B.S. — how about formal clinical trials like the rest of the medical world? Their algorithm should get FDA approval first at a minimum.
“In this climate in which trust in Facebook is really eroding, it concerns me that Facebook is just saying, ‘Trust us here,’” said Mr. Marks, a fellow at Yale Law School and New York University School of Law.
Right – Trust Facebook? Never. I submit the real reason that miscreant Zuckerberg is doing this is that it is now well known that a plausible link exists between increased social media use and depression and suicide. Just say no to Facebook. | 2019-04-20T22:40:18 | https://blog.l4networks.com/2019/01/ |
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Heightened security measures will remain in effect for the immediate future in the aftermath of the explosions at the Boston Marathon, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said in an afternoon update at City Hall Tuesday.
“As a country, we may not be able to thwart every attack — we saw that yesterday — but we must continue to do everything we possibly can to try,” Bloomberg said, standing in front of the flags of New York City and Boston in the Blue Room at City Hall.
But despite beefed up law enforcement presence on subways, at hotels, iconic city spots and elsewhere, Bloomberg encouraged people to go about their lives.
“There’s no reason why you shouldn’t go out and feel safe and enjoy the freedoms that have been fought for for 230 years,” Bloomberg said.
He took the subway to work Tuesday morning, he said, along with millions of other New Yorkers.
“As a country, we may not be able to thwart every attack… but we must continue to do everything we possibly can to try,” Bloomberg said.
Bloomberg called the Boston explosions “an act of terror,” and said terrorism remains a serious threat across the country and particularly in New York City. But he laid out a slew of things the city has done in the last decade — devoting 1,000 members of the NYPD to counter-terrorism duties, bringing in tools like license plate readers, cameras that can recognize suspicious packages, and sensors for chemical, biological and radiological threats — that can better detect a threat.
“Since yesterday afternoon we have fully mobilized our resources to protect New Yorkers from any related threats that might emerge,” Bloomberg said, but he asked New Yorkers to remain vigilant.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly underscored there have been no threats against New York.
“There were no specific threats against New York City, but in the aftermath of the horrific day that Boston experienced, we’ve prepared as if yesterday has been a prelude to an attack in New York,” Kelly said, which has been standard operating procedure since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.
After asking the public to be vigilant in reporting suspicious packages, the city saw an increase in the number called in – 77 in a 24-hour period, compared to 21 from a similar period a year ago. The bomb squad responded to two calls Monday, Kelly said.
“If you see something, say something and that’s precisely what we want,” he said.
The city is “engaged in the information flow” from the FBI through its joint terrorism task force, and has reached out to offer support to Boston — though Kelly noted they have their own task force.
Kelly said the department would maintain its defensive posture going into the weekend, which will include two major runs — a 5-K run and walk to the September 11 Memorial, and a four-mile race in Central Park.
“We are certainly evaluating or re-evaluating them in light of the event that took place yesterday,” Kelly said.
Security for the New York City Marathon — still seven months away — will also be re-evaluated, Kelly said.
“We try not to have a security plan that looks exactly like it looked the year before,” he explained.
But Bloomberg emphasized the race would happen — it was canceled last year after Hurricane Sandy.
“It’s certainly our intention to have the marathon and to have all the events that make America and New York City what they are,” he said.
Asked if the Boston attack was a “game-changer,” Kelly said security has already dramatically changed since September 11.
Another open event — and one that includes several miles worth of travel in Staten Island — is the TD Five-Borough Bike Tour, slated to be held May 5. Organizers have not yet responded to an Advance request for how they might change their security measures.
Bloomberg and Kelly wouldn’t comment on whether an attacker might have hit Boston because New York’s security was so tight — saying the motive for the attack was still unclear. | 2019-04-18T20:20:41 | https://911families.org/bloomberg-and-kelly-update-new-yorkers-on-security-concerns-after-boston-marathon-explosions/ |
You‘ll scream in HORROR at the ZOMBIE BANKS!!!
You‘ll cringe as TOXIC ASSETS ooze closer to your nest egg!!!
You‘ll SHIVER IN FEAR at the CREEPING NATIONALIZATION!!!
With U.S. President, Barack Obama‘s economic stimulus package in place ‘" all 1,000 pages of it ‘" global economists have had the opportunity to pore over this dry (as Adelaide‘s current weather) document to discover some frightening facts and figures.
The Nationalization of U.S. Banks?
Citigroup is the 800-pound gorilla among U.S. financial institutions, providing consumer and institutional services across all sectors of the global economy. The money-based conglomerate has already received $65 billion in ‘buy-out‘ money from the feds, who currently hold an 8% stake in Citigroup.
American taxpayers and foreign governments holding U.S. bonds now have a small ownership position in the largest financial entity worldwide. However, the prognosticators have determined that this 8% ownership stake in Citigroup was necessary to keep financial markets afloat.
The new stimulus package, dubbed ‘The Stim‘ by the U.S. media, shows more tax dollars and more borrowed money going in to failing banks with the government possibly taking a 40% stake in Citigroup. Creeping nationalization! | 2019-04-19T20:34:12 | http://strategies.com.au/the-rocky-fiscal-horror-show.php |
The challenge on Card Crafter's Circle Challenge is Christmas in July.
I adore these Lili of the Valley stamps and I hope their new ones out soon will include some with this little girl. Coloured with Promarkers and cut out using a Spellbinders Labels Thirteen die. I added glitter to the trim on the hood and the snow on the ground.
I so like LOTV images, too, and this one is so very sweet. You've coloured her up so nicely, and she does look ready for the holidays with her Christmas candle. Like the sweet non-traditional pink colour. Well done. Thank you for sharing it with us in this week's challenge at Card Crafter's Circle.
Oh i so like what you did with your snowflakes..such a super idea to make them like flowers! Thanks for joining us at Card Crafter's Cirle! | 2019-04-24T14:20:08 | http://suesstampingandpapercraftingcorn.blogspot.com/2012/07/christmas-in-july.html |
Lee Y.; Woo A.; Ryu K.S.; Park Y.J.; Jung B.Y.; Lee J.H.; Han K.
Layered LixCoO2 (x=1.0, 1.05, and 1.1) samples prepared by eutectic self-mixing technique were characterized by solid-state 7Li MAS NMR. Simulations of 7Li NMR spectra were performed to identify the lithium sites. For Li1.0CoO2, a unique lithium site was observed at about 0 ppm, which was assigned as octahedral site having CQ=0.92 MHz and η=0. By increasing content of lithium in LixCoO2, additional lithium sites having larger quadrupolar interaction were observed. For Li 1.05CoO2, an additional site including octahedral site was observed and determined as CQ=3.0 MHz and η=0. A resonance at about -15 ppm was also detected. For Li1.1CoO2, a lithium site having CQ=3.77 MHz and η=0.1 was additionally observed. The electrochemical property of LixCoO2 was extremely related with local environment of lithium sites. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Lithium rechargeable battery; LiCoO2;. | 2019-04-18T21:17:12 | http://dspace.ewha.ac.kr/handle/2015.oak/243245 |
All election sites in Latvia’s five regions opened on time for 13th Saeima elections, as confirmed by Central Election Commission representative Kristīne Bērziņa.
She says there has been no information regarding any complications so far.
954 election sites all around Latvia opened their doors in the morning of 6 October. They will remain open until 20:00.
As reported by CEC, a total of 1,075 election sites will be open for 13th Saeima elections, of which 954 will be open in Latvia and 121 – in foreign countries.
Saeima elections have five regions – Riga, Vidzeme, Latgale, Kurzeme and Zemgale. Riga election region also includes sites in foreign countries.
There are 100 seats in Latvia’s parliament. The number of elected deputies in each region is dictated by CEC in accordance with the law. 35 deputies are elected in Riga, 25 – in Vidzeme, 14 – in Latgale, 14 in Zemgale and 12 in Kurzeme.
16 political parties and party unions with a total of 1,416 candidates will compete for seats in the parliament in 13th Saeima elections. | 2019-04-24T02:14:39 | https://bnn-news.com/all-election-sites-in-latvia-open-with-no-incidents-191954 |
They say the fifth time’s the charm! Every year, on the day after Thanksgiving, I indulge my husband by donning an ensemble in his favorite plaid and taking pictures to commemorate the occasion (as evidenced here, here, here, and here). I’ve amassed quite the little black watch plaid collection over the years, and this dress just might be my favorite. I decided to play up the retro flair with a jaunty beret and vintage coat. We wound up liking our looks so much, that we made the bottom family pic our official holiday card!
Whenever my wardrobe leaves me uninspired (which happens more often than I’d like to admit), a failproof style I always reach for is a head-to-toe monochromatic look like this one. It’s surprisingly fresh and modern and leaves lots of room for accessories and textures to take center stage.
A quick search through my archives alerted me to the fact that I haven’t worn a proper sweatshirt on the blog since 2015. Truth be told, sweatshirts are right up there with flip flops, band tees and Uggs on my list of things that I left pretty much behind in college. But alas, since motherhood already has me pulling all-nighters like it was sophomore year all over again – I figured I might as well be cozy while doing it. So here I am fully embracing mom style with not just a sweatshirt, but leggings and sneakers to boot!
As I slowly transition out of maternity leave, I’ve been working from home more and more these days. I wore this ensemble for an afternoon walk with my little bambino and a quick pit stop at a local cafe. I had a few moments to spare, so I added a cute red beret, jaunty neckerchief, and a swipe of my favorite red lipstick before heading out. | 2019-04-25T05:46:59 | https://closetconfections.com/category/everyday-outfits/page/2/ |
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There are many figures thrown around when it comes to real estate, but the amount of a down payment should be economically feasible for you and enable you to make your monthly payments consistently. If you’re planning on purchasing soon and are looking for home options, you may want to contact me for suggestions on mortgage professionals we work with. They can fill you in on all you need to know regarding down payment amounts to consider when applying for a loan. | 2019-04-18T16:40:59 | https://www.catskillcountryrealestate.com/5-10-20-percent-or-more-how-to-determine-how-big-of-a-down-payment-you-need/ |
Twitter is one of the most effective and crucial micro blogging tools in the world. It allows you to share cracks, news, your ideas, or any other info in utmost 140 figures. This can be really helpful in producing your business manufacturer and encourages it simply in each foundation of the entire world. Accordingto a review, you will find more than 500,270, 000 active registered users, and about 170, 000 new users subscribe every single day. So what’s more, are you currently waiting for?
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The Audi A4 with the B8 codename is definitely a popular used car. And not only because of the nice interior, the still modern looking exterior or the great Quattro 4wd system (which is in this case still the proper good old system with the Torsen differential and not some clutch imitation which prefers FWD), but also because of the very good price which starts at around 5 000 €.
However, to buy a decent car you will need approximately 9 000 € – at least in Germany, unless you want a petrol engine since in that case you should increase your budget even more.
Besides the regular saloon and the Avant version there is also the A4 Allroad and the A4L.
The practicality improved too – the door storage areas for example are larger, so you can fit a water bottle in each door. The sound insulation of the interior is very good, as well as the build quality, although some owners complained about occasional rattles from the dashboard or doors.
On the other side the standard equipment in this Audi was almost that poor as in the previous model, which means that there really is a big difference between a well-equipped and a poorly equipped car. The most obvious difference are the front headlights which can be either the not that good looking standard headlights or the better looking optional xenon headlight with LED daytime running lights. But the difference is actually not only in the equipment itself but also in the overall ergonomics or the user friendly level. So the optional systems in the interior do improve even the overall ergonomics.
It’s definitely a good idea to check the car properly for rust spots or little rust bubbles. Now, I’m not saying that this A4 is infamous for rust issues, but interestingly there are more than enough cases of rusty front fenders mainly on the before facelift cars used on winter salty roads. This is caused by either the stones which will hit the fender edge, or in a lot of cases the rust will simply start from the inside of the edge. Of course, in many cases it was fixed under the warranty by repainting the fenders or replacing them completely, but the rust can come back even if the fender was repainted.
Surprisingly the fenders are not the only place which can rust, because there are also cases of rust spots on the tailgate – near the tail lights, or on the edges on both the sedan and avant versions. Of course this is not extremely common but it’s still good to keep that in mind.
The good thing is that there are not many minor – annoying issues with the equipment or with the electronics.
-on the other side there are 4 drain tubes in each corner of the panoramic sunroof or the regular sunroof. These drain tubes can be clogged, but also the upper plastic endings of the drain tubes can get a little loose over time creating a gap around the connection which allows the water to leak not just into, but also onto the drain hose and into the interior. By the way the first generation Q7 or the Q5 are also affected by this design flaw. To access these drains you have to remove certain parts of the headliner which is a fun job to do. So if you don’t want to experience this, then avoid cars at least with the panoramic sunroof which has other great features as well: like the occasional various squeaks/rattles while driving on bad quality roads, or it can have sometimes issues with the closing too.
+CHECK for water in trunk area as well – If you have water in the left side of the trunk where the amplifier is located and you have a sedan version without the sunroof, then check if the rear windshield is not letting the water inside since there were a couple of cases when the rear windshield was not fitted properly from the factory. But usually the water can leak in there because of the clogged sunroof rear water drains.
This A4 was available with the standard suspension, with the lowered factory sport suspension or with the electronically adjustable shock absorbers. As always check for all those knocking or clunking noises from the suspension and be prepared that the electronic shocks are obviously more expensive than the regular type.
The good thing is that the suspension components starts to wear out usually just after 200 000 km / 124 000 mi, although the wheel bearings can fail earlier, sometimes even after 50 000 km / 30 000 mi.
+it’s definitely good to check for vibrations from the car itself and from the steering wheel at all speeds-but mainly from 100 km/h / 60 mph. Since there is a bigger chance that cars made to 2009 will have this issue, because they are equipped with smaller bushings in the front lower control arms which can cause these vibrations-mostly if the car has aftermarket wheels or bigger than 18″ wheels. Some owners changed the bigger aftermarket wheels to the smaller genuine wheels and this way they got rid of the vibrations. However cars made from 2010 do have updated lower control arm bushings so they should not be affected by this issue no matter how big wheels are fitted on them.
When it comes to petrol engines the situation is very similar to the VW Passat B6 and B7, so it’s not that good since all of the 4 cylinder engines made to 2011 can have more often problems with the prematurely worn timing chain mechanism or oil consumption.
-In these early engines the timing chain can be easily worn out at around 150 000 km but also before this mileage point, or even before 100 000 km. In this case you will mostly get a short louder rattle at cold start from the engine and if you let it be, then the chain tensioner fails allowing the chain to skip causing: check engine light, fault codes, misfires/rough idle and you will eventually end up with a damaged or a destroyed engine. So it is a good idea to preventively replace the timing chain mechanism after 100 000 km in cars made to 2012, although there should be an extended warranty in the US for the timing chain mechanism of these cars made to 2012 for 10 years or 100 000 mi, so the dealer should completely or partly cover the repair costs if the chain fails.
The timing chain tensioner was redesigned several times, but only cars made from 2013 are equipped with the finally sorted tensioner. And that’s why the very best is to choose a 4 cylinder petrol engine made from 2013. Of course some late 2012 models can have the updated tensioner, but nobody knows if the car really has it unless you check it personally.
Keep in mind that if you are replacing the timing chain mechanism then it’s also important to preventively replace the cam-bridge or camshaft bridge or camshaft bracket in other words. A tiny screen in it can become loose or fall out and either end up somewhere in the oil path, or get stuck between a metallic ball which acts like a valve to control the oil pressure to the camshafts. This can cause oil starvation issues in the cylinder head and lead to premature camshaft wear + other issues which are definitely not good. But actually some say that the metallic ball can even completely fall out as well and cause other serious damage in the engine. Luckily only cars made to 2009 are mostly affected by this, since they have the earliest weak cam bridge. But because the cam-bridge was revised more than 3 times I would replace it also in younger cars with the timing chain.
-Then there is the infamous issue with the excessive oil consumption which affects mainly the 4 cylinder engines made to 2011. The oil consumption is caused by undersized pistons, undersized piston rings and badly designed oil scraper rings – this is basically the area under the piston rings + thanks to the long oil change intervals the badly designed area under the piston rings gets clogged up with carbon. Because all of these reasons the oil will easily enter the combustion chamber and burn with the fuel. If you won’t solve this in time then the oil consumption will get only worse and you will end up with a clogged catalytic converter and destroyed engine in the worst case. To fix this oil consumption in these early engines you have to replace the pistons (-if there is no other damage of course). Although the pistons were replaced a lot of times under warranty + there should be an extended warranty for 8 years / 80 000 mi in the US for this particular issue.
The oil consumption can be at around 1 L / 1 000 or 1 500 km, but it can be much worse as well, like 2 L / 1 000 km.
This is why you should avoid the 4 cylinder petrol engines like the plague in cars made to 2011, unless the pistons and piston rings were replaced not a long time ago and the previous owner changed the oil after max. 10 000 km after fixing the engine.
Cars made from 2012 are basically not affected by the oil consumption, although in rare cases they can also consume smaller or bigger amount of oil.
-Problems with the leaking water pumps are also not uncommon, again in the 4 cylinder petrol engines. The water pump was updated at least twice so be prepared that it can start to leak prematurely mainly on cars made before 2012.
All of the petrol engines are equipped with direct injection, so the well-known carbon build up can be a problem mainly in the 4 cylinder units after approximately 160 000 km. Ignition coils or occasionally the injectors are also things which can fail more often.
Long story short, the latest generation 4 cylinder engines are pretty reliable, specifically the 1.8 TFSI with 170 hp (CJEB engine code) made from the end of 2011 which is equipped with direct and also with regular fuel injection, so it doesn’t have issues with the carbon build up. The last generation 2.0 l TFSI with 225 hp made from 2013 is also reliable but it is equipped with direct injection only, so issues with carbon build up can occur in high mileage cars. And of course choosing a 4 cylinder engine made from at least 2012 is also a good idea.
All the V6 petrol engines are pretty reliable as well, so they don’t really have any extraordinary issues, although there are some cases of higher oil consumption in the Audi S4 versions equipped with the 3.0 TFSI engines.
-The infamous Bosch CP4 high pressure fuel pump can fail mainly in the 2.0 TDI 4 cylinder engines made to 2012, and mostly because of the different fuel used in Eastern Europe or in the US. If it fails it will throw small metal particles in the fuel system, thus destroying the injectors and sometimes these particles will contaminate the fuel tank as well. So in this case the whole or just certain parts of the fuel system including the injectors and the high pressure fuel pump has to be replaced.
This CP4 high pressure fuel pump is simply not made very well and most importantly, it was designed to work with European diesel fuel which has more sulfur in it. The fuel used in the US and in some parts of Eastern EU has lower sulfur level which causes the most problems. So this low sulfur fuel can’t lubricate this fuel pump very well, which will lead to premature failure. This failure is pretty rare in Western Europe and it’s not like extremely common in the US or Eastern Europe, but there are already numerous cases of failures from these two places.
And if you think that only Audi or VW uses this fuel pump then you are wrong, since it’s used in BMW models and in a lot of other modern diesel engine cars too made from approx. 2010. There really isn’t much to do to prevent this issue, but you can at least use high quality fuel, don’t drive with low fuel level, and using good fuel additives designed for modern diesel engines with DPF filters is also advised.
-If you are buying the 2.0 TDI made to 2009 which has around 200 000 km then it’s good to drop the oil pan and check out the oil pump drive for wear since these early engines can be still equipped with not the latest revision of this part.
-The 2.7l and the 3.0l V6 are good engines, but they have these intake manifold flaps which can sometimes fail. In this case you get only a check engine light. The flaps can be stuck, loose or the actuator motor can be faulty. The whole intake manifold part is obviously expensive-around 500€, but you can find repair kits for a much reasonable price.
The injectors can be faulty on all of the diesel engines, but usually just after 200 000 km. In this case you can most of the time notice a couple of signs like the occasional light grey smoke from the exhaust while acceleration or at idle, and also a slightly bouncing idle when the engine is warmed up.
All the engines are equipped with timing chains except the 2.0 l diesel engine.
You should be prepared to replace the chain mechanism after 200 000 km since after this mileage point the tensioner and the chain itself can be worn out in all of the petrol engines. The 4 cylinder petrol engines made to 2012 can have worn chain earlier but I already mentioned that.
The 2.0 l diesel engine has a timing belt. The original interval to change it is at 180 000 km, but it’s a better idea to replace it at around 150 000 km with all the pulleys and the water pump.
This A4 can be equipped with the 6 speed manual gearbox or there are 3 types of automatic transmissions.
-The 6 speed manual is reliable, however check the clutch properly before buying – It should operate smoothly without any kind of strange noises, vibrations or shuddering since there are numerous cases of worn Dual mass flywheel even at around 100 000 or 150 000 km which can, except the already mentioned symptoms, also cause vibration at idle or metallic clattering sounds from the gearbox area. To extend the lifetime of the dual mass flywheel you should always release the clutch calmly rather than releasing it suddenly and never let the engine to operate at low RPM – so make sure that while driving the RPM stays above 1 400 RPM.
-From the automatic transmissions the regular Tiptronic is the most reliable although after 200 000 – 250 000 km you should be prepared to replace the torque converter (bad torque converter – fluctating RPM, slipping, hesitation).
-The Multitronic is a CVT gearbox and it’s much more reliable than in the previous model, which means that it can withstand even more than 200 000 km but only with regular oil changes and with a regular driving style. Without regular oil changes and with more than dynamic driving it can fail after 150 000 km or even before this mileage point.
-And lastly, there is the S–tronic dual clutch gearbox which is again not that reliable, although it shifts really fast so it’s great for dynamic driving. If you experience shuddering, hesitation or not smooth shifting then most probably the mechatronics unit will be faulty since this issue is the most common in these transmissions.
If you are buying a car with the dual clutch S–tronic gearbox then pay attention if the car has a tow hook or not, since the lifetime of the clutches in this particular gearbox can be much shorter if the car was used for towing. On abused cars the issues can occur sometimes even before 100 000 km. To extend the lifetime of this gearbox you should change the oil in it regularly after 40 000 km and avoid hard accelerations from stand still – this way it should withstand 200 000 km without issues.
All of the automatic transmissions have to change gears without shuddering, strange sounds, fluctuating RPM, + they have to be smooth and especially the Multitronic has to be perfectly smooth all the time.
Lastly, check the if the steering remains straight on a straight road. Because cars made from 2011 are equipped with electronic power steering, and there are numerous cases when owners complained about a slight pulling to one side even if the wheel alignment was done properly. This issue was mostly fixed by updating the power steering software, but some owners got a new steering rack under warranty.
Cars made to 2011 are equipped with the conventional hydraulic power steering which is usually ok, but on early cars made to 2010 it’s good to check for shuddering at low speed parking / turning the steering wheel, since they can have issues with this + occasionally check also the power steering fluid level.
To summarize things up: if you want a 4 cylinder petrol engine then the best is to choose a car with the latest 1.8 l TFSI or a car made from 2013, change all the fluids in time, buy only a car with a proper maintenance history, find a good independent specialist and keep at least 2 000 € for the possible repairs, and if you are buying a car which have around 200 000 km or an early 4 cylinder petrol model. then you should keep at least twice as much money.
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Ms. Sudeeptha Grama is the founder of The Coffeeshop Counsellor. She has an MSc in Clinical and Counselling Psychology. She practices an eclectic approach by combining CBT, positive psychology and person-centered therapies. She believes in personalizing therapy for each client as there is no one solution for all.
In this article, Ms. Sudeeptha speaks of mental health and busts a few myths regarding counselling.
You are constantly tired at the end of the day with no energy.
You shut off your negative thoughts with alcohol or other temporary fixes.
You find yourself being impatient and frustrated easily.
You feel lost and unsure about what your next steps should be.
You have been in this ‘bad phase’ for over six months.
If you answered yes to even 2 of these statements, it may be time to pay some attention to your mental health.
Pop culture seems to focus more and more on mental health and counselling in recent years. Everything from ‘A Beautiful Mind’ to ‘Dear Zindagi’ has shown aspects of mental health and how counsellors can help. While some are insightful, most are exaggerated in a way only blockbuster cinema can do. Here is the perspective of a regular counsellor just looking to bust some myths and create awareness.
This is a common myth which has been around since forever. It is important to understand that counselling works for anyone who is having trouble in dealing with everyday situations and emotions. Just like you would go to a doctor for a physical ailment, you should visit a counsellor for your mental health. Mental health is just as important as physical health and deserves the same kind of attention.
Many people consider it a weakness to seek a counsellor. This is simply not true. It is a brave decision to pick up the phone and book an appointment to change the way your life currently is. If you know of someone who has sought professional help, make sure to applaud their bravery and courage to make a change.
Counselling is also not an overnight quick fix solution. It requires effort and commitment from the client to reflect and implement the techniques and skills you learn during sessions. Don’t lose patience if you don’t see results immediately.
Finally, for the people who have tried counselling and have been disappointed with the results – there is no one counsellor who has all the solutions. If one particular type of therapy does not work for you, don’t hesitate to explore other options. It is also important to remember that you must be open to learning new behaviour patterns or life skills that require more self-reflection and will not always be a smooth process. That being said, if your counsellor and you are a good match and establish a good relationship, counselling will go a long way in not just helping you in your current situation, but enabling you to deal better with most future situations as well.
So, remember - the next time you or someone close to you feels low and it is not just a phase, discuss it with loved ones and consider picking up the phone to book an appointment with a counsellor. We all need a change in mind set and today, it starts with you.
* This article first appeared in The Wonder Woman World.
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Seeped in cultural history, Shoreditch boasts William Shakespeare as a former resident, whose iconic plays were performed at the nearby Curtain Theatre. During the 17th and 18th century the area established a thriving textile and furniture industry, only to decline by the end of the 19th century, contributing to a rise in crime, poverty and prostitution. This reputation was further tainted by the Blitz of World War II, which destroyed extensive areas of housing and architecture.
In recent decades however, Shoreditch has undergone considerable rejuvenation and development, with the 1990s witnessing an influx of artists and musicians flocking to its then cheap lofts and warehouses, having been inspired by the move of prominent artist, Damien Hirst and Hoxton Square’s famous White Cube Gallery. New media and dotcom companies have also since realised the creative potential of moving to this ever-changing neighbourhood.
A haven for artists, fashionistas, students and more recently lawyers and financiers, the area’s vast array of quirky boutiques, world renowned galleries, eateries and hip nightlife provides a vibrant alternative to the humdrum of the city’s nearby financial district.
The endless bars, cafes and restaurants, which, to name but a few include the popular Breakfast Club, Shoreditch House, Elbow Rooms, The Rivington Bar and Grill and Great Eastern Dining Rooms, offer acclaimed gastronomy as well as excellent people-watching opportunities. Shopping enthusiasts will neither be disappointed; the area is inundated with diverse boutiques and markets, including the famed Spitalfields venue and Columbia Road’s ever-popular flower market.
Boasting a diverse portfolio of properties, ranging from period Georgian terraces and converted warehouses to contemporary new build flats, Shoreditch has a style to cater for all tastes, making it easy to see why such an eclectic mix of visitors and residents flock to its streets daily.
Forming part of the London Borough of Hackney, Shoreditch’s nearest underground station is located on Old Street and the area is also popular and accessible for cyclists. | 2019-04-25T16:18:41 | http://www.fyfemcdade.com/area-guide/shoreditch |
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The UN Security Council has decided to postpone a planned visit to Iraq ahead of May elections at the request of the Iraqi government, diplomats said Wednesday.
Iraq told the council in a letter this week that many officials will be busy with the election campaign, which kicked off on Saturday, and will not be able to meet with the ambassadors.
"Given the start of the Iraqi election campaign on April 14, and that all political parties and constitutional authorities in Iraq are now involving (sic) in the campaign, which may not enable the council members to meet the Iraqi officials, the Iraqi mission kindly requests that the council defer its intended visit," wrote Iraqi Ambassador Mohammad Hussein Bahr Aluloom in the letter seen by AFP.
The ambassador said the mission "looks forward to welcoming council members to Baghdad in the future." No new date for the visit was announced.
Iraq will be filling 329 seats in the national parliament in the May 12 election and choosing representatives to provincial assemblies, in the first poll held after the defeat of the Islamic State.
The United States was set to lead the council mission with this month's president, Peru.
Peruvian Ambassador Gustavo Meza-Cuadra told reporters this month that the council trip to Iraq would be to show support for the elections after three years of war against the Islamic State.
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The Skyliners Junior Synchronized Skating Team earned a historic gold medal at the 2016 Leon Lurje Trophy in Gothenburg, Sweden this past weekend, competing among the best synchronized skating teams in the world.
Representing TEAM USA for the 8th year in a row, Skyliners achieved a major feat – an American team earning a gold medal on the highly-competitive world synchro stage.
Skyliners Junior started by skating their Short Program to an exciting Michael Jackson medley.
“We were proud of our score, which put us in second place after the short program, but the team remained focused on the goal we wanted to achieve,” said Babb.
Junior Leon Lurje Les Miserables Long program.
The team’s combined score of 167.23 points earned them the first place prize.
Also in Sweden, TEAM USA teammates the Haydenettes of Lexington, MA earned the Silver Medal in the Senior division at Leon Lurje, adding to US success.
This season, Skyliners Junior received an unprecedented two international assignments as TEAM USA.
In February, they will compete at the French Cup among the most decorated synchro teams in the world. Skyliners Senior line, also representing TEAM USA, will travel to Neuchatel, Switzerland this January 30-31 to compete in the Neuchatel Trophy.
Team USA is defined as those synchronized skating teams who are selected by the Synchronized Management Subcommittee to represent the United States at ISU events including International Synchronized Skating Competitions, the World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships, and the World Synchronized Skating Championships.
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Travel Feature: Golden Door. Plus Wellness Tips + Spa Recipes!
Recently, amidst the chaos, stresses and frenzy of everyday life, I was ordered to pack my bags, kiss my husband and kitty goodbye and escape to a wellness retreat like no other on earth.
Golden Door in Escondido, California.
The Basics. Golden Door is an all-inclusive spa retreat, built on a 377-acre piece of land in southern California. You will find rocky cliffs, vast hiking trails dotted with pomegranate and avocado trees and a large citrus grove out front.
I was thrilled to get a taste of “The Door” for a 3-day session. Most guests stay for the full 7-day week, but 3 and 4 day stays are available. You are assured a perfectly pampered stay because the resort hosts a maximum of 40 guests per week, with a 1:4 guest to staff ratio. Among its rumored VIP guests of past, Oprah, Martha Stewart, Steve Wynn, Barbara Streisand, Julia Roberts and more.
During your stay, you receive not only your luxurious private room with your own garden deck or patio, but you also receive a personalized fitness program, personal trainer sessions, guided hikes, access to a wide array of daily fitness activities including Power Yoga, Zumba classes, aquatic workouts, dance classes and many more. Every week changes, for example, Dancing with the Stars dancer Karina Smirnoff taught dance in 2012 for Dance Week. Inside your room is a week’s worth of clothing, Golden Door skin care and bath products, robes and spa shoes. Minimal packing on your end.
You also receive three healthy (delicious) gourmet meals a day created by Executive Chef Curtis Cooke and his team. Plus plenty of snacks, beverages and appetizers. Your meals are tailored to your dietary needs – or just your likes and dislikes. If you hate eggplant, it will not grace your plate ever!
My vegan diet was perfectly accommodated.
In addition to fitness, cuisine and room accommodations you will also receive daily skin care sessions and massage sessions. From facials and body scrubs to massages and pedicures. You will truly be pampered from head-to-toe during your stay.
I hopped in my car and jetted down the dusty 5 freeway, traveling from LA to San Diego County. It was an easy two hour drive. Finding that hidden golden door entrance was the most challenging part of my drive. Once, twice, three times I drove past the understated gate. But after a few car horns being honked my way as I navigated slowly to "The Door," I finally made my way into the grounds. I descended along the winding, lantern-lined driveway, a grove of citrus trees to my right, ripe with fruit.
I dropped my car off at the valet and was greeted by several wide smiling faces kindly asking me about my journey. I entered the Japanese artwork-adorned reception area and an intoxicating aroma of orange blossom greeted me. Woozy from the transporting fragrance, coupled with dim candle-accented lighting, I plopped down on the comfy couch. I let out a deep breath and tore off my dark sunglasses, just as an opaque porcelain cup of warm tea was handed to me. I checked in, and was given a take-home canvas bag filled with a BPA-free water bottle, my room key and my "fan."
(These “fans” are your new best friend.) Forget your cell phone and just follow the fan. They include your schedule for the day. You do not need to remember a thing, just look at the fan and let “spa brain” take over, clouding all anxious thoughts and blocking any appointment-remembering skills you may have.
Upon arrival, guests meet with a fitness coordinator to plan out their many, many, many class and activity options for the week.
I settled into my chair as a lovely woman pulled out a large (very filed) sheet jam-packed with activities. She went through each activity to discover my preferences. Yoga? Yes. 5am hikes? Sure, why not. (Wait, did I really just agree to hike up a rocky, dusty, giant hill at 5am? Oh my.) Archery? No. Wait, maybe? Journaling? No. Spinning? Sure. Nutrition lecture? Yes please. Dance classes? All of them, yes. Zumba? No. Zumba is great! Ok… (They have everything from a drum-dance-class to a running clinic and even Tap.) Body sculpting? Maybe. Meditation walks? Sure. And on and on.
My eyes as wide as the oranges in the orange grove out front, I meekly squeak out this sentence. "So... if I don't want to do some of the classes on my schedule.. Or sleep in...?" She smiles widely and tells me I can whack that snooze button and stay in bed all day if I'd like. They call it DYOT (do your own thing.) It all depends on your goals for coming to “The Door.” Some come to lose weight, some come to kickstart fitness and healthy eating, some simply come for some R&R and to get away from it all. From ZEN to Zumba, you do as you please.
Then somewhere between deciding if I wanted to take Zumba or tap class and what ‘personality’ of fitness trainer I liked. I must have looked a bit overwhelmed because she said to me something along the lines of, “I think I have a good idea. So since you do not have specific preferences for scheduling, we can just let fate decide. Aka, “The Door Gods.” There is always magic in “The Door!” I nodded my head and liked that plan. Less deciding, more adventuring.
I was then lead on a grounds tour and given some more need-to-know newbie info.
Along my tour I saw the Koi pond..
Sand garden (tiny critters from the forest make footprints sometimes.)..
The amazing Labyrinth. You walk it slowly as a form of meditation. Golden Door's Labyrinth is an exact replica of the Chartres Cathedral floor labyrinth..
Love these fishies. In japan they treat their Koi fish the way we treat our cats and dogs. Pets!..
I was told that the normal day goes like this: Wake around 5am, dress and have a light snack offered in a lounge. 5:30-7:30 AM hike. Return to your room where your breakfast will be waiting for you on a tray along with your schedule “fan” for the rest of the day. (Wait, didn't I just do a two hour hike? More fitness??) Yes! After your breakfast you can enjoy more classes. Yoga, Water aerobics and more. Or not! You choose. Then lunch is around 1pm And more classes after that. And somewhere along the way you are treated to daily facials, scrubs and a daily massage. Then dinner in the dining hall which has a lovely fireplace-adorned lounge for appetizers, and a beautiful fish-filled Koi pond out back.
I was shown the vegetable gardens out back. "Grow your own food" is proudly practiced.
The grounds include tall oak trees, bamboo, curved manicured paths and bridges, rocky waterfalls, a groomed sand garden and candle-lit lanterns everywhere. The large granite lanterns were brought over from Japan. They are shipped in sections and stacked upon arrival. The entire resort is in Japanese style - inspired by Deborah's travels to Japan.
Fun Fact: Have you ever noticed how most paths or bridges in Japan are curved and not straight? This is because some cultures believe that “evil only travels in a straight path.” So it cannot follow you when the path is curved.
Waterfall. Hidden "spots" around every corner..
Back from dinner. I met the other guests and I think 90% of them are return visitors. A few ladies have come 20-50+ times. Wow! Everyone just raves about how much they love this place, so I am more excited than ever. At dinner, little place-cards were set out to indicate vegetarian, vegan and gluten free guests. Easy. Seamless. I was served tofu with red quinoa and veggies like snap peas (grown in the Golden Door garden.) The starter was a soba noodle dish and dessert was fresh blueberry sorbet. A hot pot of green tea, agave and lemon to finish.
After dinner we took the habitual walk up the front road to “knock on the front gate” then back down again. Lastly, we were treated to optional mini massages, before returning to our rooms which had been turned down and prepped for sleep.
As I walked back to my room in the cool, crisp air, I floated along the quiet paths, past the glow-y, twinkling lanterns. Everything was calm. I am already feeling the swoon of the Golden Door take over my spirit and I can't wait to see what sunrise brings. I just set my alarm for 5AM. For the mountain hike that starts at 5:45AM. I hope I make it.
5AM alarm. Yes, I actually got out of bed at this hour! 5:30AM tea and banana. Then off for a 5 mile hike up the mountain. It was lovely watching the dark navy sky turn periwinkle then purple then pink, gold, cream and into a daylight blue. As you hike, you are literally kicking avocados the whole way up, since the hillside is accented with avocado trees. As well as pomegranate trees and a few other fruits. The dusty fall path was accented with gray and beige stones, crumbly rocks and dry brush, with a few peeks of cool green meadow moss along the way. You can walk solo or chat with friends or fellow guests.
The sunlight is so gorgeous hitting the rocky cliffs in the morning air..
Avocado trees line the hiking trails..
The hike ended around 7:30AM. In my real life, I wouldn’t even be out of bed yet. Breakfast in my room was very welcome, as I found I was quite hungry. Fresh fruit, nuts and hot tea. Soy milk. Light, but filling.
After breakfast I was off to start my first day of activities. First up, my personal trainer introduction. I met with a bubbly young trainer with blond hair and bright sparkly eyes. She was in a pink jacket and gave me a big smile. We did a thirty minute chat on my fitness goals, problems, classes I don’t want to miss, etc. She was great. She showed me a stretch on a “foam roller” that I will be doing at home for sure.
Next I, reluctantly, went to Spin class. I was pleasantly surprised in how much I enjoyed it! A superb instructor can make all the difference in any fitness class. Plus, I was sweating! Next up was Power Yoga. This was a great way to calm my mind and meditate on my body and how it was feeling.
Then I went back to my room for a hot bath. After that was lunch. I had a grilled veggie and vegan cheese (yes it was really vegan) sandwich on a homemade focaccia-style grain bread. Some pesto oil on the side and creamy cauliflower puree soup. Fresh oranges from the orange grove too. Served with lemon-infused water that was incredibly refreshing. I was happy to sit poolside, under the warm sunshine and lush surroundings and engage in some light-hearted chatter with a bubbly group of ladies. Everyone is in a friendly, cheerful mood. I think it is impossible to be anything but calm and happy here.
After lunch I did a “posture improvement” class. Another excellent instructor. The staff is so amazing it is really hard to describe the warmth, skill and helpfulness each one of them communicates during your stay.
Then back to my room for my first in-room massage. Amazing. I went from tense and tired to a warm puddle of relaxed mush.
Then at 4pm my activity card said: 4pm: Relax. So that is what I did.
Dinner. The starter salad was kale, avocado, pine nuts and radishes. All my faves! The entrée was a spicy chickpea stew with plenty of veggies and some couscous as well. Really soothing. Dessert was a banana-pear tasting vegan gluten-free cake. I was so pleased to find so many guests with special diets and meal preferences. Some had much longer dietary guideline lists than me.
After dinner was the highlight of my entire GD adventure. Deborah Szekay presented a small, informal chat all about wellness, life and more. She is 90 years old! And amazing!
Deborah and I. Love this Wellness Warrior (WW is her newest project!)..
After the chat I gave her a hug and grabbed a snapshot with her. She is such a lovely woman and I wish you could all sit down and hear her speak. A few things I learned from her..
1) Three things for wellness: 1) respect the body. 2) oxygen / exercise and movement. 3) Food / nutrition.
2) Have a habit of silence.
3) In the morning do three things before you get out of bed. 1) wiggle. Feel your body and become aware of it. 2) breathe. 3) shout “good morning!” Send that positive energy out into the world and believe in it.
4) As you age, moving from “the big house” to “the small condo” can contribute to aging. If you are moving less, and have less “stuff” to do you will not be using your body, allowing the muscles to move and oxygen to enter the body and brain. If you do downsize, be sure to make up that loss of movement through plenty of added activities and exercise.
5) On meat and animal suffering. Deborah described how animals have mood chemicals too. Just think of your cat or dog when you come home to greet them. They get giddy and bliss-filled. Happy endorphins and hormones. The same goes for sadness and stress. Animals’ bodies produce stress hormones just as we do.
“Meat is tainted by the suffering of animals.” Meaning that when the animals lived, the severe stress and unhappiness they experienced “tainted” their flesh. Thus, eating a living creature that lived a life of pain and stress is passing on something unwell to your own body. She then admitted that there has been no study on her theory, but she is very passionate about believing that there is something to it.
Oh, and she also said “cows have dignity.” ..Oh boy do I love her.
Day Three. My alarm went off at 5AM. Somehow all the fullness I felt from dinner last night (good fullness!) has disappeared and I knew my body must have been working overtime while I slept to re-fuel from my active day. I felt super sleepy and almost hit that snooze button. But instead, I pulled on my hiking shoes and jetted out into the dark morning to the lounge where coffee/tea and fruit is served before the dawn hikes. I grabbed a banana and some green tea. The sky was a beautiful deep ocean blue, the sun slowly pulling itself above the distant ocean and trekking its way up the hillside, leaving fuzzy splatters of pink, gold and orange.
..uh-oh, now I’m speaking in metaphor and quotes. This Golden Door Spa-ness is really seeping into my brain. They call it “SPA brain.” I totally have it. I can’t remember to check my blackberry or what is next on the schedule, but funny enough all the important stuff milling through my head is so clear and rich. The buttons on my camera, the blinking light on my cell phone and the fuzzy glow of my iPad screen – they all look so foreign and cold to me right now. The warmth of smiles, the crisp forest breeze and the quiet sound of a distant waterfall creating music is what feels much more familiar and welcoming. Healing and calming.
The simple things that we take for granted – like a hot bath, steamy tea or coffee, the first bite of a freshly cut orange or strawberry – these things resonate in such vivid colors, tastes, temperatures and textures to me here. Why ruin this feeling of bliss by checking my cell phone.
As I write this, I can even feel a difference in the way my thoughts move through my head. While on day one I was rigidly charting my day, scribbling down what I did and saw and ate, today my thoughts are like flowing water. They flow. And that reminds me of the quote from yesterday’s hike..
“Nature never rushes, but it always gets the job done.” ..not the exact quote, I’ll blame it on spa-brain. But you get the idea.
9PM Another day passed. It was pure bliss.
I tried Zumba for the first time and LOVED it. The instructor was so fun and talented. I think I will have sore facial muscles from smiling and giggling so much during that class. My trainer showed me some super strength training and stretching techniques to combat my heavy computer and camera use.
Lunch was Portobello enchiladas with beans and veggies. Vegan. Iced tea and a vegan oat cookie too. Perfection.
The “ahhh” portion of my day included another amazing massage, a pedicure, herbal wrap and deep cleansing facial. Every staff member is exquisite in their skill.
Dinner tonight was beets and greens with crushed pistachios. Then my entrée was a sort of brothy Moroccan stew with capers, kalamata olives, golden raisins (they love golden raisins here!) and a slightly spicy tomato broth. I also tasted some lemon, maybe? It was divine. Topped with large chunks of herb-crusted tofu and fresh pine nuts. Dessert was the famous “chocolate avocado pudding.” (recipe link below!) It had sliced almonds, cherry syrup and soaked dried cherries over top.
I also finally tried the “fresh ginger” tea everyone kept raving about. The recipe is simple (I was told) just some ginger blended with water in a Vitamix and strained. Then that ginger extract is used to make a sort of tea. Not sure if it is lightly sweetened or not, but it was good. I added some lemon to mine.
Chef Cooke gets five golden stars from me when it comes to the cuisine. And he takes your feedback and requests VERY seriously. All you have to do is speak up.
Finally, by the end of my second full day, I have learned one thing. In the words of a guest. “At The Door, you just ASK.” (And it happens.) True. True. True.
After a very fun evening activity of card-making, it was off to bed.
Back to reality. I skipped the hike today since I wanted to get a few more photos in the morning. Just after sunrise I strolled around the quiet citrus grove out front. I spotted a little brown bunny hopping along one of the paths. I adore the wildlife all around me here.
And then over to my favorite spot: the Koi Pond. I could sit and watch those fish swim and play for hours, the waterfall babbling in the background, a soft breeze sweeping over the manicured grass, granite lanterns sitting tall, and quiet rooms all around.
I was amazed at how much peace and quiet there is to be found here. With so many staff members you would think you would see them walking around more. But it is so nice to walk those long wooden halls in complete tranquility – rarely seeing staff or even other guests.
I received my departure items – a freshly baked loaf of bread (how cool!) And a few more goodies to send me on my way. Including Golden Door facial and bath care products.
Your exit ceremony at Golden Door is one of magic. You are warmly shuffled out the door feeling as light as air. You even receive a to-go lunch packed to your dietary preferences. As I walked by a few fitness staff members they gave me giant bear hugs when they learned I was leaving. A bottle of water was handed to me on my way out as well.
Take-Home Lunch. It was SO nice to eat after my long drive home!..
When I first entered the door I was expecting to be wowed at first glance. But in truth, that is not how it works here. The magic of this place takes time to sweep over you. And the end of your first day all the expectations and stress you had when you entered have vanished. So if you are lucky enough to visit Golden Door, do not rush the bliss. Just wait and it WILL come. Sometimes it takes time to shed your anxieties from the outside world.
1. Follow the sun. Wake earlier, sleep earlier.
2. Make tea-drinking a habit! After meals and late-afternoon tea times help to warm, hydrate, calm hunger cravings and ease digestion. Not to mention the many tea antioxidants available to you.
3. Try new things when it comes to exercise. And have fun with fitness. From Zumba to tap dancing – fitness CAN be fun.
4. Eat slowly. And dine when you eat. Practice mindfulness with each bite.
5. Embrace your adventurous spirit in all you do. Fear nothing. Try everything.
6. Fruit. Veggies. Fruit. Veggies. Add them to your meals, snacks and eat them all day long. They are the healthiest foods on earth! Dig in.
7. Just MOVE. Whether you are taking out the garbage or taking a cardio class. Find time in your day to move the amazing body you were given. Get that heart moving and oxygen flowing. Moving more WILL give you more energy and improve your mood and metabolism. Just move, move, move.
Thank you Golden Door for hosting me as a 3-night stay guest. Note, this is not a sponsored post. All opinions and comments are my own.
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I came across this nail polish holder at Family Dollar recently. I was so surprised to see it there because I usually only see them online. I have spotted 1 made by Pueen at Wal-Mart for around $8 give or take. So I decided to pick 1 up since it was just 2bucks and put it the test.
Now I Luv my Tweexy polish ring which is my fav and plus its the original holder. I have about 2or3 of them. I use it almost everytime I polish nails. It helps me keep my hand steady and helps me to polish a lil neater. It holds all bottles well,it’s very sturdy and you can take it/use it anywhere.
Watch the vid to see how the So•Mine Nail Polish Holder worked out VS The Tweexy.
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TARGET has some of the cutest and affordable BATH BOMBS! The ones I have been wanting to try is called DA BOMB FIZZERS. They are handmade by 2 teenage girl sisters right here in the U.S. Each of their Bath Bombs has a surprise in it which I think is a fun idea. I also can across some smaller bombs by Soap&Glory and some that came in packs of 5 or more. I like to use them for bathing but mostly for mani bombs. I just add a lil cuticle oil to my bowl of water and soak my nails in it!
Smith & Cult polish is vegan,gluten free and 8 free! It has such a nice smooth shiny formula. It looks like I already applied a topcoat after polishing and I love when polish has that look. Yes I still use a topcoat,mostly a fast dry but you can get away without. When I first received my smith & cult I thought it had gotten banged up during shipping. I contacted them and they said the tops are made that way. Having them kinda banged up does actually help with holding it and polishing.
Dollar Tree had some nice name brand products in this particular week I went. I always search for new stuff they get in. Not all DT stores has the same things but if you visit a couple different stores you will come across some goodies at at least 1 of them. Walgreens had a really good sale on laundry detergent. I always look for this sale due to I have 4 kids that seem to have never ending dirty clothes! The Arm&Hammer Body& Hair wash i found at dollar tree comes in handy with the kids to. So far it does the job. I picked up a couple more. Next I’ll be testing the bath bombs but using small pieces for mani bombs!
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radium, and uranium—cause much concern.
Contents Where do radionuclides occur, and what are the public health risks?
Radionuclide contamination of drinking water is a significant, emerging issue.
radon, radium, and uranium—cause much concern.
"radioactive decay" of uranium-238 (U-238) and thorium-232 (Th-232).
atoms release or transfer their extra energy, the phenomenon is known as decay.
in significant amounts in groundwater.
may eventually develop cancer. At extremely high doses it may even die.
Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that emits ionizing radiation.
presents a risk of internal organ cancers, primarily stomach cancer. The U.S.
at especially high risk level and they could develop lung cancer.
Tap water only emits approximately 1% to 2% of the radon found in indoor air.
over the course of a lifetime.
come from manmade sources. They may occur in either groundwater or surface water.
At high exposure levels, alpha emitters are believed to cause cancer in humans.
for research or manufacturing, or facilities that dispose of radioactive material.
to cause cancer in humans.
reviewing treatment options for removal of radionuclides from drinking water.
a mass measurement; mrem is measurement of effective radiation dose to organs.
than one type of radiation as they decay. The lists of compounds labeled "alpha"
or "beta" emitters identify the predominant decay mode.
50 years at the rate of 2 liters of drinking water per day.
may readily use IE treatment, which removes approximately 90% of radionuclides.
and any other contaminants that the process removes.
cations, and to treat hard water.
process typically generates ranges between 2% and 10% of the treated water.
calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide precipitation.
and sludge, and the supernatant liquid from the sludge.
achieved for alpha particle activity and total beta and photon emitter activity.
osmosis can be a cost-effective solution for small systems.
small systems that already have filtration in place.
Source: Environmental Protection Agency, 1998.
systems for radionuclide removal by the EPA in the 1991 proposal.
media. Studies have demonstrated that this process can remove up to 56% of radium.
the filter backwash, and eventually the greensand medium must be disposed of.
to oxidation/filtration in its complexity and the operator skill it requires.
be re-calibrated. Once the proper dose is determined, dosing is relatively easy.
HMO filtration requires simple equipment and is fairly inexpensive.
Filters must be backwashed, which may require intermediate operator skill.
Radium-containing wastes include HMO sludge, filter backwash, and sludge supernatant.
data indicates that this process removes up to 95%S of radium.
sulfate precipitate, filter backwash, and sludge supernatant.
(e.g., hydrogen ions and calcium ions).
American Water Works Association & American Society of Civil Engineers.
1998. Water Treatment Plant Design; 3rd ed. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
815-R-98-002. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. August 1998. Federal Register/Notices.
Protection Agency. March 1997. Federal Register, Vol. 62, No. 43.
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I've had my 2000 Volvo s70 (NON TURBO) (B5244S) for almost a year now, and every so often, like if I've been driving the car for over an hour every day it starts bogging down under higher torque/load instances. Like if I'm going up even a slight incline, or Starting off from 0mph, i can have my foot to the floor and it will only stay at the speed I'm at, have a really hard time acceleration, or go slower with my foot completely down.
I have videos of me trying to move past 35 and it won't go anywhere. I've replaced fuel relays, spark plugs, pcv/oil trap and I still have no idea what to do next. Any suggestions?
There are two issues that come to mind and it may be one, the other or both.
First, you may have a weak fuel pump where it has trouble putting out enough pressure and volume for higher speeds. When the pump is cold it is not as bad but as it warms up the pressure drops. Someone needs to do a fuel pressure test. I'm not sure if a 2000 model has a fuel pressure sensor that you can read through the computer data, I don't think that it does.
The second is a failing electronic throttle body. With 186k miles it is probably toast unless it was changed.
That's the sound of an unhappy engine. It's interesting to me that the transmission downshifts but still has no power. The engine sounds like it's laboring. In addition to Tony's comments above, check to see if your catalytic converter might be stopped up. It sounds like you may have excessive back pressure.
I have to say this - running without a catalytic converter is not only illegal is adds to the pollution problem. We all need to be individually responsible and do our part for clean air. I do not endorse any type of practice that disables or removes and emissions device.
Quick Reply: Intermittent acceleration issues. | 2019-04-23T02:50:23 | https://volvoforums.com/forum/volvo-s70-33/intermittent-acceleration-issues-97240/ |
Our Warrior Pauldrons are crafted from 18 gauge steel. The Warrior armour features a simple row of studs along the edges. This armour fits just about any period for any character. The Warrior Pauldrons have a large shoulder plate and four smaller lames that protect the upper arm. These pauldrons look great with the matching Warrior gorget which is sold separately. | 2019-04-26T00:55:20 | https://www.medievalarmour.com/warrior-pauldrons |
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Today, the locomotive is pushing the cars in the train. The defendant is free to go. Max probably won't even notice that Jenine isn't here. We are short of money. Jared is expected to be the new chief executive officer, when the current one retires. The spaceship is out of orbit around the moon. Tovah is a failure as a father. Naim was up half the night studying. Where did you buy that? I want one too. I'm losing my passion for modern languages.
I want to try to enjoy this. Tired as I was, I went on working. We all agreed with Leonard. I have to go to the bank this morning. Are those the people you saw yesterday? I have a collection of sand dollars. Marek told me he had information on your son. What time will he be here? I've got something on you. That can't be done.
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Cristopher told me I shouldn't talk to Hank. It was stupid. We never should have done it. I want you to redirect the output of this command into that file. We are baking cookies. I never meant to hurt him. His quick temper will get him in trouble one day. Neil never had to do that. Kelly watched Kenton go. Was that another joke? I didn't take your bloody car, for crying out loud!
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We are a people born of many peoples. Cristopher is always full of ideas. Who's Herman talking to? He is studying. Don't stand there. Don't look back. You are never completely alone. It is all right to eat out tonight? She went to college to learn English. We all knew it. We have three dogs.
How long have you been teaching Spanish? This was a translation of copyrighted material, so I deleted it since copyright owners have the right to control derivative works. She slept. Donna wanted to eat a couple of slices of salami. The end of which there were two little sketches of rhetoric and logic, the latter finishing with a specimen of a dispute in the Socratic method. Were you able to talk to Hazel? I figured it couldn't hurt. The tourist bus crossed the border. Srivatsan didn't even attempt to kiss Eddy. He made up a bundle of firewood.
Samir has received several job offers. What's your favorite question to ask on a first date? Can you get him? Russ and Brendan are having a really good time. What have you seen? Is this a sign? We have to come to some agreement. What stopped him? The dog wouldn't let go of the ball. The magistrate disqualified himself from hearing the case because of a conflict of interest.
This was built long ago. This is the first time I've ever spread chili on bread. I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon. Many students have a car of their own nowadays. She absolutely doesn't need to know why I did it. Mott Jackson was indicted in 2013 on drug smuggling charges. In our office, we work on the assumption that everything that can go wrong will go wrong. I wanted to make a few phone calls. I just decided to do it. Johan didn't know where Mohammad was. | 2019-04-21T00:07:43 | http://840c77937.rakily.com/ |
Every now and then, we discover amazing items that we think are out of this world. Now, think back to 1992, the British-American rock band, originally formed in 1976 by Mick Jones and fellow Briton & ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald along with American vocalist Lou Gramm, released a compilation album for the European market only. The artwork design featured a large ‘F’ with a black background, however this was not the first design created, as with all albums there were a number of different designs commissioned. What we have here are seven different one off conceptual pieces of artwork for the sleeve design, which were all rejected by the band. | 2019-04-25T10:00:25 | https://blog.eil.com/2015/06/25/rare-unique-foreigner-very-best-of-conceptual-artwork-pieces-from-1992-for-pop-art-rock-art-collectors-alike/ |
President Trump unveiled his budget on Thursday, an outline of federal spending that puts heavy emphasis on defense and calls for major cutbacks virtually everywhere else.
It, um, didn't go over so well in West Virginia.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail is the largest newspaper in West Virginia. So when the front page of the biggest newspaper in the state goes with “Trump's budget slams West Virginia” as its lead headline, it should raise some eyebrows in the White House.
Still, headlines such as this shouldn't be ignored. Remember that Trump won — in large part — because he represented change at a time when that's what people really, really wanted. But “change” means very different things to different people. The central question for Trump as president is whether the change he delivers is the sort of change people want.
Headlines such as this one raise questions about whether Trump's vision of change will gibe with the change that people — even in states that went heavily for him — actually crave. Change is a hell of a powerful campaign message. But it's much trickier as a governing principle. Just ask Barack Obama. | 2019-04-19T07:43:30 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/03/17/this-west-virginia-newspaper-front-page-should-scare-republicans/?utm_term=.2a5c055eeee1&wpisrc=nl_fix&wpmm=1 |
I am completely inspired by genuine love. I often find myself while out in public attracted to connections of people and their interactions together. This could be people of any age and relationship. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy and takes me to a place in my memory of knowing how fortunate I am to have my little family to spread love as thick as Nutella on them. I find myself at weddings constantly smiling (which I am anyways in life so I’m told) and getting goosebumps for heartfelt words spoken or an extended handshake leading into a solid hug. I know that my work as a photographer is capturing these moments and is allowing memories to carry on for future generations. So if there are smiles and tears to come in happiness from an image I’ve taken, I feel complete. | 2019-04-25T02:11:47 | https://www.styleinspiredweddings.com/hanna-photography/ |
Worsening traffic in New York City is a personal inconvenience, an environmental blight, and an economic drag—possibly to the tune of $20 billion. That’s the latest projection by the Partnership for New York City of how much the metro area stands to lose for each the next five years, if nothing is done to unjam cars.
Congestion pricing is widely viewed by transportation advocates and researchers as an essential intervention into the city’s growing transportation crisis. It’s an idea that’s succeeded elsewhere—London’s city center has seen a 44 percent decline in car entries since it cordoned off a fee-zone in 2003. Congestion pricing was last seriously attempted under Mayor Michael Bloomberg in New York City in 2008, but there’s still no precedent for a true congestion pricing scheme in the U.S.
That could soon change, if a much-anticipated report by Fix NYC, a traffic advisory panel appointed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in October 2017, turns into law. Released on Friday for review by the New York State legislature, the report recommends a three-phased approach towards smoother streets and more transit revenues. It suggests a charge for driving into Manhattan’s core. One possible number: $11.52 for personal vehicles.
Between cheaper gas prices, population growth, unreliable transit, and the rise of ride-hailing, average speeds in the central business district of Manhattan slowed by more than 17 percent in 2016, to 6.8 mph.
Phase one also suggests reforming the city’s much-criticized placard program, reviewing parking laws for Manhattan tour buses, and stepping up enforcement by the NYPD of moving traffic violations—a potentially rich source of revenue for the city and state.
On-demand vehicles are having an undeniable impact on urban mobility: Uber and Lyft are drawing riders off trains and buses, and packing more vehicle-miles traveled on city streets. Especially troubling is how many of these cars are roving free of passengers: Research by the transportation consultant Bruce Schaller, cited in the report, found that unoccupied for-hire vehicle hours “rose from virtually zero in 2013 to 36,500 by 2017,” resulting in a proliferation of waiting drivers and empty seats.
To discourage idle driving and unnecessary trips, Fix NYC calls for a surcharge on all for-hire vehicles in Manhattan’s central business district, starting in 2018. (Chicago has already implemented a similar charge.) After a 10-month period allowing companies to install the appropriate GPS technology, all taxis, Ubers, Lyfts, and other on-demand vehicles could be subject to a $2 to $5 fee, depending on location, time, and day of the week. The report offers a table of options, shown below.
The report’s emphasis of this phase of the plan is noteworthy. Taxing ride-hailing firms could be a big moneymaker for the needy buses and trains of the MTA. With the number of these vehicles on the road, the annual surcharge revenues could range from $155 million to $605 million. “This is the growth industry which we can get revenue from,” said Mitchell Moss, a professor of urban policy and planning at NYU who served on the Fix NYC panel.
Half a century of transportation research shows that there’s only one way to reduce congestion: charging people to drive.
That’s a big difference from 2008, the last time the city pushed a fee-based traffic-taming plan. A decade ago, the iPhone had only been out for a year and Uber was merely a pitch deck. It would be three more years before Uber launched in San Francisco and revolutionized urban mobility, for good and ill. Indeed, in 2008, the number of cars crossing into Manhattan from outer boroughs was peaking; it has since declined. Now, the intense growth is the number of vehicles within the core of Manhattan.
Taxing those for-hire vehicles may not reduce congestion by much, according to Schaller. Wealthier riders who are opting for the ease and comfort of Uber and Lyft over the hassle and uncertainty of New York City transit might not be sensitive enough to price. Rather, the surcharge “should be aimed at raising as much revenue as possible,” said Schaller.
At peak travel times, the number of cars on urban roads and highways will always rise to meet maximum capacity—that’s the law of congestion. Building public transit can only mitigate, not reduce, the crushing demand for road space. Half a century of transportation research, and case studies in Stockholm, London, Singapore, and beyond show that there’s only one way to reduce congestion: charging people to drive. Herein lies the inescapable logic of a congestion pricing scheme for New York City.
This scenario is estimated to raise gross revenues of $705 million from autos and $105 million from commercial vehicles for a total of $810 million, not including FHVs. The plan is expected to reduce entries into the CBD between 6am and 8pm by an estimated 13 percent. The economic benefit associated with an increase in average vehicle speeds of 9 percent will help to mitigate the new cost to drivers engendered by this plan.
The panel recommends the final, “zone pricing” phase to start in 2020. The question is, can it pass political muster?
Previous attempts by Mayor Bloomberg to charge drivers for entering the busiest parts of the city died in the state legislature—members from the outer boroughs and suburbs were not on board with taxing car commuters. The Fix NYC plan is sure to face similar concerns, especially as they relate to equity, from state representatives in some of the same areas. “It’s an uphill climb every time,” said Schaller.
Congestion-pricing advocates also have a big problem that Bloomberg-era boosters didn’t: The current mayor isn’t on their side. Bill de Blasio opposes the idea, on the grounds that it would be burdensome to lower-income drivers. The response from the pro-charge crowd is that the current costs of congestion are disproportionately borne by poorer New Yorkers, who also depend on the mass transit that a congestion fee would help fix.
The Fix NYC plan is only the start of a political process; the state legislature must debate and approve the details before any of its contents become law. There is no precedent for a true congestion pricing scheme in the U.S., and the idea has failed in New York City before. But this time, the political calculus is different, and the pressure is overwhelming. | 2019-04-20T01:00:51 | https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/01/could-congestion-pricing-finally-work-for-new-york-city/550958/ |
Explore Brockholes, find the themed markers, complete the challenge, have fun together!
Brought to you in partnership with British Orienteering, Xplorer is the perfect outdoor activity to get the whole family outside in the fresh air together!
Challenge 1 - The markers you need to find are located on or next to surfaced paths and is pram friendly. The markers are in number order and form a circular route and is perfect for those who are new to Brockholes or to orienteering or those with younger children.
Challenge 2 - The course represents more of a challenge and you will need to use your navigation skills to track down the markers located across the reserve! Not suitable for prams.
No need to book, just pick up your map pack from the Welcome Centre located on our floating Visitor Village from 10.00am to 3.00pm.
Map packs are £3.00 and include a map (either challenge 1 or challenge 2), an answer sheet, a Brockholes pencil and on completion, a certificate, a sticker and a sweet treat!
Please come dressed for the weather conditions wearing sturdy footwear. This is an outdoor activity. | 2019-04-24T09:57:05 | http://brockholes.skiddletickets.com/event.php?id=13440998 |
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How to calculate your monthly and yearly special lunar days.
How to work with the elements, crystals, herbs and power animals to ritualise these sacred moments.
How to create better relationships through understanding the inner dynamic of your loved ones.
What you call your Sun Sign/Star Sign is where the Sun was when you were born.
You also have a Moon Sign - where the Moon was when you were born.
This is what you need to work with to tune in more closely to the Lunar Cycles.
This course will show you how to discover and work with your Personal Moon Sign to make an effective plan for the coming year by harnessing the energies of each New Moon, Full Moon and Dark Moon.
The technique is simple and will lead to a more harmonious life, in tune with the Moon's rhythms and making the most of the energies available to you.
There is usually only 1 Full moon, New Moon and Dark Moon in each Zodiac sign per year.
The New Moon is an excellent time to initiate new projects and set intentions.
The Full Moon is perfect to harvest results and capture the lunar limelight.
The Dark Moon is a great time to clear out and break bad habits.
Great for selling a house or moving to a new one, the office, the garden and anywhere that you spend regular time.
I am also available to visit and perform a clearing, harmonizing session in your space.
1.5 hour sessions are available 1:1 or for your group of friends on dates of your choice. | 2019-04-21T12:56:41 | http://www.astrozo.com/Discover-your-Moon-Sign(2984135).htm |
The story is about how two types of robots, Autobots and Decepticons, from outerspace fought against each other with the human beings caught in between. Autobots protect humans and transform themselves into automobiles while Decepticons don't like humans and transform themselves into weapons.
Learnt a great deal on how the robots came about from this film! Remembered watching cartoons on transformers when I was young but had no idea why they were fighting each other. The transformation of the robots look very cool! Was also impressed by the two lead actresses in the film! One was a car expert while the other was a computer security expert. | 2019-04-21T18:53:54 | http://jkqxz.blogspot.com/2007/07/transformers.html |
Renaison is the most important airport of Roanne, France. It is modern and one of the largest airport of the Europe. Renaison is important for people and goverment of France. | 2019-04-24T13:59:35 | http://airportsbase.org/France/all/Roanne/Renaison |
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AL150 6" Grinder/Notcher supplied with Two Handwheels and Carriagle System (convertible) and a storage locker in the column for storing your grinding rollers and instruction manual. On top of the machine is an extra holder for the hexagonal key.
Machine rollers are very versatile in this sense, and the right handle can turn a machine roller into something more or less. Another great feature of machine rollers is the attachment to other roller machines through adjustable width connecting bars.
Nylon roller will last much longer than standard rolling machines. Tested and approved! Works well with any 1¼ or 78mm cigarette rolling papers. Tested and approved! Works well with any 1¼ or 78mm cigarette rolling papers.
Alibaba.com offers 4,647 grinder machine for roller products. About 34% of these are grinding equipment, 28% are flour mill, and 14% are mine mill. A wide variety of grinder machine for roller options are available to you, such as surface grinding machine, raymond mill, and cylindrical grinding machine.
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You’re having a party, your friends have all come, and the alcohol is abundant. It’s all in fun, but sometimes the consequences can be devastating. According to the CDC and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 9,878 people died in alcohol-related traffic accidents in 2011. That’s one death every 53 minutes, accounting for 31 percent of all traffic-related deaths in the United States. The most at-risk drivers for alcohol-related crashes and fatalities include young people, motorcyclists and individuals who were previously involved in alcohol related crashes.
People who have had too much to drink often try to trick themselves into believing they can drive safely. They have a cup of coffee. They say they’ll go slowly. They put on their motorcycle helmet for protection, or declare, “it’s only a couple miles down the road.” But motorcycle helmets and cups of coffee can’t prevent a crash from occurring. Luckily you can work to protect your guests and loved ones from making bad choices while under the influence of alcohol.
Assign a designated driver: Designated drivers save lives. Make sure that your designated driver is reliable and has access to plenty of non-alcoholic drinks like soda, juice and water.
Offer food: People who have full stomachs absorb alcohol into their blood more slowly than people who have had nothing to eat and tend to drink less. Offer a variety of food options for your guests. Desserts, bowls of chips and salsas, finger foods, pizza delivery.
Hide the keys: Yeah, they’ll be mad at you at first, but they’ll get over it. It’s much better to have a minor argument than a major car accident. If you’re really worried about making your friend or guest angry, maybe you can convince him or her the keys are lost rather than stolen. You can “find” the keys in the morning, when the excitement is over.
Call a cab: Keep the phone numbers of local cab companies in the contacts on your cell phone. Watch out for friends who are intoxicated and let them know you’ll call them a cab when they’re ready to leave.
Find your friend a ride with someone who can drive: If you’ve noticed that one of your friends isn’t safe to drive, make arrangements for him or her to get a ride with someone else.
Limit the amount of alcohol you serve: Put a cap on the amount of alcohol you plan to offer at your party, and stop serving at least an hour before the party ends.
Offer to let your friends spend the night: Alcohol makes people tired, so maybe it won’t be hard to entice your friend to stay at your place. If possible, have a guest bed already prepared with fresh sheets.
Sometimes it takes a little finesse to convince party goers to stay out of their car. Try to make light of the situation by telling a joke. Some people will react more reasonably if you speak about it in private. Public confrontations are more likely to create a scene that will embarrass your friend, which could lead to an argument. Make it clear that you’re doing your friend a favor. After all, DUI charges and drunk driving accidents have serious consequences, the least of which may be vehicle confiscation or license suspension. Or, it could be the end of someone’s life. | 2019-04-19T02:40:56 | http://www.alcoholalert.com/tips-for-preventng-drunk-driving.html |
You’re seeking divine’s guidance and visit a psychic to have spiritual reading because you have many questions need to be answered. Here are some important steps to maximize the benefits of your readings with any psychic medium.
Unfortunately, most of the advisors that call themselves psychics are basically liars, and in order to get a real reading, you need to find a real psychic first place. And before you start your search, decide what kind of reading you are looking for. Are you looking for a psychic medium to connect you to a passed away spirit to answer some questions you have. Or, what you need is some advice, so you need a Tarot card reader. Be specific in terms of what type of reading you are looking for to get a high quality reading.
Write down what’s on your mind. Make a list with most common issues you have and the issues in your life that you are not happy with. Get prepared to get the right answers from a psychic.
Avoid yes or no questions and ask open ended questions to give the psychic the freedom to explore the possibilities your future holds. Don’t forget to write down the questions you need to ask.
Meditate and relax for fifteen minutes before your reading You need to be focused enough to get the most out of your reading. You want to be relaxed in order to think with a clear and peaceful mind. If you’re not calm and your mind is not clear, you would definitely miss some important messages.
Once, you started your reading forget about anything else. Stay away from any distraction which may affect the reading and focus. Take your time after the reading and take some time to relax. Take a walk, mediate, and think about the reading.
Stop nodding your head pretending you are understanding every word and ask for clarification. Be honest with the psychic medium and tell him that the message is not clear to ask spirit for more information to make the message clearer. So, for example, if the medium tells you that a spirit who is present died from a blow to the head, but this doesn’t make any sense to you, tell him the truth and he’ll ask the spirit more questions.
Always take notes during your psychic medium reading. You don’t need to write down every word, just write down the key words and phrases the psychic says. It’ll be enough to memorize what was said later when you want to review the reading or share it with others.
In conclusion, keep in mind that you can make the difference between a good reading and a bad reading. Psychic medium readings can bring incredible insight, clarity and hope to your life, so don’t lose the chance and do what you can to maximize these benefits. | 2019-04-24T20:12:48 | https://ratepsychic.com/tips-on-how-to-get-better-psychic-reading-next-time/?share=google-plus-1 |
Studio Dancewear is owned and run by Jane Byrne, a former teacher of Ballet and Modern Theatre Dance and now a mum to a young aspiring ballerina.
Like many little girls and boys, Jane started out dancing at the tender age of two and a half years old, and ever since then, dance has been a central part of her life - as a student, as a teacher and now as a parent bringing her own daughter to weekly classes. In all, Jane has had over 40 years' dance experience and as a result, she understands what it can mean to the aspiring performer, whether you're a Sugar Plum Fairy getting your first pair of ballet shoes or leotard, or a dedicated student leaving home to embark on a wonderful dream of being the next big name in dance or gymnastics.
Because of Jane's background in dance, she knows the brands that offer top quality, comfort and value for money, and at Studio Dancewear only brands that have proven themselves through first-hand experience will make the cut. Labels like Capezio, Roch Valley and International Dance Shoes, as well as lesser-known but equally high-quality brands, such as Dincwear, will all be stocked. And if there's something you really want that isn't in stock, we'll do everything we can to source it! | 2019-04-24T16:09:46 | https://www.studiodancewear.ie/pages/about-us |
DOES ANYONE HAVE 18X8 INCH RIMS ON THEIR 7TH GEN?
if you do, is there any rubbing?
I was told that 18 x 7.5 or 19 x 7.5 was the widest you can put.
Anything by 8 will rub. You won't be able to turn and the rims will stick out a little. If you want to drop it the fenders will hit the tires. The tires won't tuck in.
1996 Accord H23A T2W4 LSD Miami Fl.
Quick Reply: DOES ANYONE HAVE 18X8 INCH RIMS ON THEIR 7TH GEN? | 2019-04-21T18:20:10 | https://www.civicforums.com/forums/2-parts-products/32157-does-anyone-have-18x8-inch-rims-their-7th-gen.html |
Meet the Lab team members. We welcome requests for information about our work and collaboration opportunities.
PhD: University of California-Los Angeles, Pharmacology (1993).
BS: DePaul University, Biology & Psychology (2014).
BS: University of Michigan, Neuroscience, Minor in Music (2014).
My research is focused on elucidating the function of the HNK-1 glycoepitope—a sulfated trisaccharide that is attached post-translationally to a select number of proteins—and its relevance to Alzheimer’s disease.
BA: Loyola University Chicago, Psychology (2014). | 2019-04-21T18:08:42 | https://labs.feinberg.northwestern.edu/GeoffreySwanson/personnel/index.html |
There are well-founded fears of severe public transport disruption across the country as the resuscitated “Michuki rules” take effect today.
The strident stance and terms dictated by the Transport and Interior Cabinet secretaries last week leave no room for doubt that, if implemented, a completely different public transport regimen could emerge but likely at a cost.
It’s nothing new. What is being done is that the regulations which were given effect by the National Transport and Safety Authority Act of 2013 will now get a sting after years of feeble enforcement courtesy of endemic corruption and brazen abuse of the rules by PSV operators encouraged by impunity and greed.
The wake up call was the recent horrific Fort Ternan road crash which claimed 58 lives; a numbing scale that stirred demands for action given that accidents are largely attributed to disregard for traffic regulations. The deadly cocktail is blamed for the 3,000 victims lost annually and 8,000 in the last three years.
Internal controls that are ignored and the external oversight mechanism that are ineffectual must be reinforced. It was this realisation that prodded Transport CS James Macharia and his Interior counterpart Fred Matiang’i to draw the line and publish notice on traffic law enforcement starting today. The goal is that reinstitution of the measures will instill order, sanity and and eliminate road carnage. As Matiang’i warned, there will be pain but, as we witnessed 15 years ago, commuters may have to sacrifice.
As the rules take effect, owners, co-operatives, operators and crew of PSVs are not necessarily on same page with the authorities. Matatu Welfare Association, Matatu Owners Association and the Association of Bus Operators are saying the deadline is too tight; forget the fact that the requirements are clear on speed governors, seat belts, uniforms, crew identification and passenger capacity by the NTSA Act. Progressively everything crumbled, leading to the current anarchy. Enforcement agencies became inconsistent, irresolute and ineffectual. The NTSA Act is clear on vehicles inspection, validity of driving licenses and the Transport Licensing Board that gives the go ahead for operations. What’s more, Matiang’i last week pledged action to deal with insurance frauds.
Kenyans also unwittingly abet road carnage by allowing themselves to be parked like sardines in PSVs and driven by maniacs. This means education is a critical component in road safety. | 2019-04-22T22:42:11 | http://www.mediamaxnetwork.co.ke/484425/showdown-in-psvs-sector-unavoidable/ |
Details of news items, and other events, may be found in our award-winning Parish Magazine, published monthly.
If you would like to receive the magazine on a monthly basis delivered to your home and at a reduced rate, please ring the Parish Office on Alresford 733545 and leave your name, address and telephone number.
If you would like to get an idea of what the magazine looks like, please click on the picture of the magazine cover and you’ll see the edition from July 2013.
If you would like to get the latest edition, please come into the church and buy one!
Congratulations to the Parish Magazine Team !!
First Place in the category of Best Print.
in the category of Best Editor.
A fantastic achievement by the magazine team. | 2019-04-19T04:27:17 | http://www.stjohnsalresford.org.uk/general-enquiries/parish-magazine/ |
Thursday, April 18, 2019 by Engie and Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd Have announced plans to create a new joint venture to develop renewable energy projects in Mexico.
Thursday, April 11, 2019 by Enel Green Power (EGP) says it has closed a deal to purchase Kansas-based renewable developer Tradewind Energy, Inc.
Thursday, April 04, 2019 by Rolls-Royce and ABB have announced a global partnership on microgrid technology and advanced automation.
Monday, March 18, 2019 by Tesla has agreed to acquire Maxwell Technologies, an ultra-capacitor and electric vehicle battery manufacturer, for $218 million.
Thursday, March 07, 2019 by ScottishPower has updated its investment strategy following the sale of its thermal generation business to Drax earlier this year.
Friday, March 01, 2019 by Senvion says it will implement a new transformation plan to stabilise its financial position and eliminate the inefficiencies that caused the recently-reported loss of revenues and profits.
Friday, February 15, 2019 by German engineering and consulting company Lahmeyer International is now operating under the Tractebel brand with the new company name Tractebel Engineering GmbH.
Friday, February 15, 2019 by Orsted has sold a 50 per cent stake in some of its recently-acquired US offshore wind projects to US utility Eversource.
Monday, January 21, 2019 by Masdar and Taaleri are aiming to explore opportunities in the central and east European renewable energy sector through a new joint venture partnership.
Friday, January 11, 2019 by Volkswagen is establishing a new group company to sell energy offerings and charging solutions to the domestic and commercial markets.
Wednesday, December 05, 2018 by Danish energy giant Orsted has set out new, ambitious goals for its business future.
Monday, November 26, 2018 by GE has announced a new senior management team for its power segment, which is being reorganised into two businesses.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 by Orsted has signed an agreement with D. E. Shaw Group to buy the Deepwater offshore wind energy project in the USA.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 by Statkraft has boosted its position in Ireland’s and the UK’s renewable energy sectors with the acquisition of Element Power Group.
Monday, October 08, 2018 by The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $40 million loan for a novel distributed renewable energy and energy storage system in Mongolia.
Friday, August 31, 2018 by DTEK Renewables has raised €90 million in debt financing for the construction of the first phase of the Primorskaya wind farm in the Ukraine.
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 by MAN Diesel & Turbo has renamed itself MAN Energy Solutions in a move that it says represents a new vision, a new strategic alignment that marks its future path.
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 by Wärtsilä is building a new centre of research, product development and production, in Vaskiluoto, Vaasa, and has named it the Smart Technology Hub.
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 by Sempra is making a public stock offering of $1.6 billion to help wrap up its purchase of the entire stock of Oncor, the largest utility in Texas. | 2019-04-23T03:59:50 | https://www.modernpowersystems.com/news/company-news/ |
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Choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra has been commissioned to create work for Ballet Hispanico of New York, where he will be choreographing in autumn 2017, as part of the company’s Instituto Coreografico, as well as in spring 2018.
In his initial visit, Carlos will be taking part of the company’s innovative Instituto Coreografico, a choreographic laboratory through which Ballet Hispanico encourages the development of Latino leaders and the creation of new works of art that expand our cultural dialogue. Carlos will start creating a new work during this period, mentored by BH staff and its Artistic Director, Eduardo Vilaro, and will develop the work in 2018.
The company will be celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept.15th- Oct.15th 2017) with an exciting and diverse range of events, which will feature a work-in-progress sharing of Pons Guerra’s new work, which promises to use his absurd and comic voice to deconstruct Spanish themes and gender clichés.
Ballet Hispánico, the premier Latino dance organization in the United States, brings individuals and communities together to celebrate and explore Latino cultures through dance. Whether dancing on stage, in school, or in the street, Ballet Hispánico creates a space where few institutions are breaking ground (https://www.ballethispanico.org/about). | 2019-04-23T19:52:56 | http://www.denada-dance.com/news/2017/9/21/carlos-pons-guerra-to-choreograph-for-ballet-hispnico-of-new-york |
This award is given annually to an individual or group that has demonstrated exceptional skill and knowledge in practicing sound management of rangelands in the State of Colorado.
Membership in the Society is not required. The recipient will be requested to attend the Section Annual Winter Meeting to receive the award. Public announcement of the award will not be made until presentation at the Annual Winter Meeting.
scroll to the bottom of the page for criteria and submission information.
Gregg Stults (right center) and MaryAnn Stults (right) of Stults Family Farm (center) was presented with the award at the annual fall meeting by President Dan Nosal (left), and award nominator Julie Elliott (left center). Stults Family Farm was nominated by the Colorado Section SRM for the Excellence in Rangeland Conservation award for consistently demonstrating exemplary efforts in the stewardship of the rangeland resources under their management. | 2019-04-24T12:58:08 | http://www.cssrm.org/excellence-in-conservation.html |
A few weeks after getting engaged, Jo Piazza C’02 started working on How to Be Married (Harmony Books). She wanted to “report out” her own mixed feelings about marriage and her confusion over how to do it right. The result—subtitled What I Learned from Real Women on Five Continents About Surviving My First (Really Hard) Year of Marriage —is part memoir, part sociological study, part travelogue. In addition to the advice she received while traveling to more than a dozen countries, it chronicles her health struggles and the occasional squabble with her new husband, Nick.
The emphasis on community support there—the classic “it takes a village” adage in action—doesn’t just apply to raising children, nor does it require additional wives, Piazza says. Surrounding yourself with a strong support network can bolster a marriage, too.
In Meghalaya, a state in India with matrilineal hill tribes—meaning women are the heads of the family, men move into their wives’ homes, and assets go to the youngest daughter—Piazza envisions a utopia. But while couples there value understanding and compromise, the women face other challenges.
Piazza concludes that there’s no single key to a happy marriage, though there is plenty of advice that can help. | 2019-04-19T09:08:01 | http://thepenngazette.com/a-marriage-primer/ |
SOUND OASIS is a sound healing journey that is deeply restorative and rejuvenating. Experience deep relaxation, connect with well-being and feel greater self attunement as you bathe in sound vibrations that bring clearing, balancing and harmonization to your body, mind and spirit.
As you rest comfortably (either lying down or seated), you will hear and feel the vibrant overtones, healing frequencies and dynamic soundscapes of an extraordinary ensemble of over 40 crystal and Tibetan singing bowls, Planetary Gongs and an assortment of ancestral sound healing instruments. Sound Oasis is a magical sound bath experience that offers easy access to the inner peace and self-connection of deep meditative states. | 2019-04-23T12:27:32 | https://www.thecentersf.com/calendar/2017/6/17/sound-oasis-with-loriel-starr |
Go green – this is one of the business philosophies that every novice entrepreneur must adopt. We are living in a time wherein more and more customers are being intelligent. They patronize businesses not only because of their products and services, but also because of their positive environmental impact. If you wish to start a new business or if you are thinking of what your next objective should be, I suggest that it should be all about green spaces.
There are many ways by which your business can demonstrate its concern for the environment. One would be through redesigning your office. Minimize use of energy. If possible, consider moving to a smaller office for rent, such as thecommondesk.com. The latter is a shared workspace, which provides a sustainable office solution for startups and freelancers. They follow the sharing principle, which will effectively lower wastefulness.
To be a green business, another goal is to reduce carbon footprint, and one of the ways to do this is through making transportation more efficient. Reduce the travel time of employees by establishing an office in locations that are easy to access. If you are from Dallas, Common Desk has spaces in four key locations that will be easy for employees and clients to reach.
Going digital is also an essential to creating a green business space. Rather than keeping piles of paper in a cabinet, why not transfer them to your computers? Rather than distributing manual printed in paper, a digital file will be a better alternative. Forms of business communication must also be coursed in an electronic platform rather than printed outputs. Go paperless and the business will not only be doing something good to the environment, but can also enjoy long-term savings.
If you opt to build an office, on the other hand, you should prioritize energy efficiency. This necessitates the need to take advantage of natural lighting. To add, there should be smart climate control, such as programmable thermostats. Windows and shades should also be designed in such a way that they can encourage a cooler office environment without absorbing heat from the sun. All appliances, including computers, must also be energy-efficient.
The most important when it comes to having green spaces is perhaps educating employees. Environmental awareness and training are important to make the workforce a part of a collective effort towards sustainability. To encourage employees to go green, they should be educated about the dangers of global warming and the things that they can do to extend a helping hand. Incentives can also be put in place such as providing monetary rewards for showing efforts in saving the environment. To add, those in the upper management must serve as role models to encourage the employees to do the same thing in promoting what is good for the environment.
Today’s businesses must not only aim for profitability, but to also establish a green space. This will help to build a positive reputation since a lot of customers would prefer organizations that are doing something to make the world a better place. | 2019-04-19T04:18:07 | http://greenworldblog.com/2017/12/22/green-spaces-your-next-business-goal/ |
Weighing in at only 41KB this tiny program will split up files into any number of chunks and sizes. The first and best file splitter on the Internet. First released in 1998 and is making a come back as the best handy file splitter. File Splitter allows you to split a file into multiple fragments of a specified size. These files can then be sent over the Internet and can be reassembled, or 'spliced' together, at the other side. This is especially useful when sending a file that is larger than an email provider will allow for file attachments. New to this version is a 'floppy disk mode' which will allow you to split and splice files directly to and from floppy disks. Also, there is a new interface with a progress bar. This program is written in non-MFC Win32 C++, and should not need any additional files to run. | 2019-04-21T18:40:33 | https://downloads.zdnet.com/product/2248-10405033/ |
We’ve been busy with our new Begonia Breeding program. Our begonia specialist, Don Miller, has several new hybrids now available, including the Award Winning ‘Starry Nights’! Other varieties include ‘Moonlit Snow’ and ‘Blueberry Sorbet’. Search through our extensive list of begonias for sale and find a new favorite or rediscover an old one.
You brought with your post a liltte more light into something shady. 😉 Thank You.My Begonia also does the best in a shady spot of my backyard and I was wondering about that, since most other flowering plants need way more light. But you also mention humidity and that is something we have here in SE Texas pretty much year around. So I guess it’s in a perfect place and condition.
how do I go about requesting plants that are out of stock. I would like an Pink African Violet, Begonia and Winter Twilight Begonia.
Carol, email Don at [email protected] and he can see if we have any, and if not, he can grow them for you. Thanks!
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Welcome!The Blog | Steve's Leaves, Inc. | 2019-04-19T10:21:31 | https://stevesleaves.com/begonia-breeding |
Weddings are the time for a man and woman to unite in the presence of God. A church wedding is a service of worship and, consequently, a religious ceremony. All preparations should be made with this in mind.
Both members and non-members wishing to schedule a wedding at West Chester United Methodist Church should first contact our Wedding Director to check availability. She will schedule a time to meet you at the church, show the facilities and go over our policies and procedures agreement.
Either the bride or groom, or their respective parents, must be an active member of West Chester United Methodist Church for at least six months prior to scheduling the wedding in order to qualify for the “member” fees. | 2019-04-19T02:27:00 | http://westchesterumc.com/about-us/weddings |
Grandview is located atop Signal Mountain/Waldens Ridge some 16 miles to the north of Chattanooga, Tennessee. It enjoys a woodland setting that has matured for over 70 years while owned by the Patten Family, blessed with mountain streams and rolling ridges.
The stewards of Grandview have emphasized maintaining the natural beauty and serenity within a neighborhood setting. All lots are at least 5 acres in size and are restricted for residential use only with a principal residence plus a guest house, horse barn, or other workshop facility. The Covenants and Restrictions provide a minimum square footage for the primary residence and a maximum square footage for the outbuilding. | 2019-04-22T00:00:07 | http://grandviewonsignal.com/about.html |
This application is not currently available for installation on the Appliance and must be installed on an accessible system if it is to be used by SecurityCenter. Tenable’s Log Correlation Engine is a software module that aggregates, normalizes, correlates, and analyzes event log data from the myriad of devices within the infrastructure. Since the Log Correlation Engine is closely integrated with SecurityCenter, log analysis and vulnerability management can be centralized for a complete view of the security posture.
Note: The LCE server is also available as a VM image from https://support.tenable.com that can be quickly configured to get LCE up and running with minimal effort. Please refer to the LCE Server VM Quick Start Guide for more information. | 2019-04-19T16:34:47 | https://docs.tenable.com/appliance/4_4/Content/4.4.0_GuideTopics/TheLCEApplication.htm |
The Calvinist Cadet Corps(CCC) is a non-denominational, non-profit Reformed Christian organization that equips men to mentor boys grade 3-8. The Ladner Club meets biweekly on Thursday evenings and participates in Bible study, crafts, woodworking projects, games, and merit badge achievement programs that explore a boy’s specific interest areas. Outside of the club meetings the boys participate in church and community service projects, camping, and other outdoor adventure opportunities. The Cadet boys learn to work with their hands in a safe and monitored environment with leaders that are there to help them grow.
The mission of GEMS,“Girls Everywhere Meeting the Saviour,” is to help bring girls into a living, dynamic relationship with Jesus Christ. We want to see our girls, from Grade 1-8 actively and enthusiastically expressing love for God and others. We strive to help the girls develop a lasting relationship with Jesus Christ, foster a relationship with their leader (counselor), make new friends and share in a caring small group, learn how to apply the Bible to their lives, participate in service projects that make a difference in others’ lives, and cultivate important life skills through badge activities.
kidsLIFE Sunday School is a worship time for kids age 3 to Grade 3 on Sunday morning during worship service. All kids are welcome to celebrate together, to dwell in the stories of our faith and to learn more about God. Our kids continue their worship in an age-appropriate setting that mirrors the ‘adult' worship service by hearing God’s story proclaimed, delighting in the wonder and mysteries of God, responding to the story through worship activities, living out their love for God’s Kingdom and the community of believers by celebrating and growing in their friendships and love for one another. | 2019-04-22T23:59:14 | https://www.ladnercrc.com/page_children--youth.html |
If you can’t easily find and use media assets, you can’t realize their true value. The need to share content in real time and deliver finished products in multiple formats means there’s more media to manage than ever before. Creative agencies – across advertising, design, PR and marketing – need a faster and simpler way to find, use and monetize content.
Brands recognize the power of quality media content to tell their stories. But do they know how to find it? Curator puts the power into agencies’ hands to quickly and easily use, manage and deliver media content. Integrate easily with your existing production systems and give remote users the power to review and edit content, wherever they are. | 2019-04-24T20:35:24 | https://www.ipv.com/digital-media-management-industries/creative-agencies/ |
GAINESVILLE -- On the wall along the corridor to the home team's locker room at Florida Field is a tribute to Gators football.
Images of past All-Americas mix with symbols of team triumphs, all immortalized in photographs turned into plaques.
Day after day, for their whole careers, members of the 2005 Florida Gators have passed the memorabilia, and most acknowledged it with no more than a glance. The wall, after all, seemed meaningless: with the program lacking even a Southeastern Conference title game appearance since 2000, none of them appeared on it.
And, the players say, the program's history wasn't relevant during the Ron Zook era.
"It wasn't a big deal around here," senior free safety Jarvis Herring said. "But it is now. We don't want to be part of a losing program anymore."
The change, one wonders? Go back a few Saturdays to the afternoon when hundreds of former UF players accepted new Coach Urban Meyer's invitation to return to campus.
The 2005 Gators watched, impressed, as those who came before them walked their wives and children through the same corridors. The old guys stopped before some of the photos, pointing to themselves, their smiles dwarfed only by the ones from their families.
Suddenly, decoration became motivation. The wall means something, and the players, particularly Florida's eight fifth-year seniors, want their faces on it before they graduate.
That mission starts tonight, when the Gators open their conference season by facing Tennessee at 8. The game features two teams ranked among the top six in the nation -- UT is No. 5, UF is No. 6 -- and the winner earns the early edge in the race for a spot in the SEC title game in Atlanta.
A Gators victory there, and the players join the wall.
"How realistic is it for guys to come back here if you can't point to a championship picture on the wall?" Meyer said in late August. "And you can't bring your son someday and say, 'There's dad, right there.' "
From 2002-04, Florida lost 15 games, the most in a three-season stretch since 1987-89. Off the field, the Gators exhibited erratic behavior, too. No player proved that more than Herring, now a co-captain, who spent a night in jail last summer after an incident downtown.
And don't forget how the veterans' time here started. Fullback Eraste Autin, a teammate and friend, died from heat stroke during a July 2001 voluntary workout.
They hope their stay in Gainesville will end with a championship, a tribute to their hard work and Autin's memory.
"We've had our seat belts on," said senior cornerback Vernell Brown, one of the eight who signed when Steve Spurrier still was the coach. "And we're trying to survive the ride."
In each of the past three seasons, they've started to skid before the middle of September. There was a loss to Miami in Game 2 in 2002. Tennessee beat Florida in 2003 and '04. Each season, UF finished with five losses, and last season the Gators failed to play a January bowl for the first time since 1992.
"The last three [teams] we had weren't like that because, basically, we didn't do anything for the program."
There's urgency, then, to make sure this group ends the trend. It comes from the seniors themselves, who pulled each other through spring and summer workouts with reminders that these would be their last as players in Gainesville.
It comes from the coaches and alums such as NFL Hall of Fame defensive end Jack Youngblood, who challenged the veterans in a preseason speech to improve their efforts and resurrect the success and swagger that once were the program's signature.
"I've been working harder," offensive tackle Lance Butler said. "All of us have been working harder. After this one, there are no more chances to be a Gator."
The urgency also comes from a video circulating on the Internet. Created by a Florida fan, it features 41/2 minutes of still photographs chronicling the past four seasons of UF football. The lowlights of the Zook era are there. So is the promise Meyer brought in December. As the photos pass, the Coldplay tune "Fix You" plays in the background.
"Lights will guide you home," the song's refrain says. "And ignite your bones. And I will try to fix you."
A handful of players watched the video and said they didn't enjoy the reminders of the opening chapters of their college careers. But the message, they said, matches the one Meyer has preached since he arrived. Since the seniors enrolled, something has gone wrong with Florida football. It's their job, they figure, to fix it. And their reward will be a place on the wall, a legacy for future Gators to admire.
"Everything goes through the senior class and the leaders on this team," Herring said. "It will be like, 'Boy, I helped build that. I was part of making that program like it was.' " | 2019-04-25T14:31:19 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2005-09-17-ufgrid17-story.html |
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Distances: Swim 1500 m (2 laps), Bike 40 km (6 laps), Run 9.945 km (3 laps) Technical Delegate:: Jorge Garcia/ESP, Dr. Bela Varga/HUN. Race Referee: Dirk Bogaert/BEL. Competition Jury: Dr. Bela Varga/HUN, Alicia Garcia/ESP, Azer Maharromov/AZE. Water temperature 22.5 ºC Air Temperature 26.0 ºC Non wetsuit swim. Athletes #9 Jerzyk/POL, #34 Bakici/TUR #50 Skevin/CRO, #51 Bonello Spiteri/MLT served a 15 seconds penalty during the run segment. | 2019-04-24T01:59:01 | https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2015_baku_european_games/276842 |
I can't continue telling you about SDTwithout explaining about Faetaera (pronounced Fay-terra). The novelis nothing without this fairy world. It is intrinsically linked with events in Alanna's life. She inadvertently becomes aware of it when she discovers that her mother is ill.
Alanna is pulled into it further when she meets the pixie Sprax who she believes she has manifested through a kind of spell she created when she wrote a WANTED ad at the back of her sketch book.
She is fully convinced she has conjured him into being when he appears shortly after she has written this ad.
I thought writing the novel was hard. I mean, it's taken me 5 years to get to this point. But let me tell you – doing the synopsis is hell. Figuring out how to synthesis 80.000 words into 300 andexplain what the novel's central themes are along with the basic plot seems nigh on impossible.
But it has to be done. I'm planning on sending the novel off for an open submission which closes in June. Not to mention a few other competitions and open submissions fighting for my attention.
The work of a writer after completing the novel is never done it would seem.
Of course, I also have to write a synopsis which will make agents, publishers and competition judges think my book is worth reading. | 2019-04-23T14:45:02 | http://raestoltenkamp.blogspot.com/2014/05/ |
Funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen has shocked fans in a hard-hitting new clip from his new show Who Is America? by interviewing U.S. gun rights advocate Philip Van Cleave.
Posing as Israeli anti-terrorism expert Colonel Erran Morad, the Brit suggests American schoolchildren should be armed with weapons – and Van Cleave, not realising he is speaking to the prankster, agrees.
“We’ve been pushing something along this line for years but really haven’t gotten any traction,” the Virginia Citizen’s Defense League president tells the interviewer, adding he and his associates wanted to start arming kids as young as 12 in a bid to stop school shooting massacres.
He also boasts about “killing” a bill that would have prevented four to 12-year-olds handling guns.
Cohen, in character, then persuades his guest to help him film an instructional video, titled, “Kinder Guardians: How to Protect Your Preschool”.
He then demonstrates how to load a pistol with a toy puppy’s head strapped to the barrel.
Van Cleave isn’t the only high-profile American who has fallen for one of Sacha’s Who Is America? pranks – politician Sarah Palin walked out of a bogus interview with a man she thought was a U.S. war veteran called Dr. Billy Wayne Ruddick, Jr.
Palin took to Facebook last week (7/9/18) to reveal she was tricked into sitting down with Cohen’s alter ego.
She also alleged that Cohen’s production team dropped her off at the wrong Washington, DC airport after the fake interview “knowing we’d miss all flights back home to Alaska”. | 2019-04-20T12:38:30 | http://thehollywooddigest.com/sacha-baron-cohen-stuns-as-israeli-anti-terror-expert-for-interview-with-gun-activist/ |
At Altruist Cult all of the paintings mean something bigger, also this can connect to the Chiliad Mural. Some of the suns are red, so that means at dusk. That sun has 8 rays. Another sun has 7 rays. This means come to Altruist Cult at 7-8 pm. This is the time when dusk happens in-game. SEE THE EYE! Another way to find 7 pm, is on the Mount Chiliad Mural. The eye above the mountain has 7 lines or rays. On the mural, there are lightning bolts. This means you have to have rainy weather between 7-8 pm. At this time you can see the eye pop out of the clouds between 7-8 pm. Mission #40 is called Eye in the Sky, the weather is always raining.
Here watch my video on it- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOcOqfo4zXc&t=80s. Sorry about the bad quality of the eye, I might update it to a better version. | 2019-04-20T20:57:19 | https://gtavmysteries.com/community/alturists/how-to-find-the-altruist-eye/ |
3Hz to 6.7GHz Performance Spectrum Analyser (PSA).
Phase noise at 10kHz offset -116dBc; at 100kHz offset-122dBc.
2dB step attenuator. Input RF connector precision type "N"
EMI precompliance measurements with CISPR compliant bandwidths and detectors.
interfaces include VGA, GPIB, Centronics parallel, and 10BaseT.
Units with serial number greater than US/MY/SG 4611 will require 324 upgrade.
Option 219 w/ option 1DS improves instrument uncertainty to 0.05dB below 3GHz.
it also accesses Spectrum and Waveform measurements similar to Basic Mode.
any personalities disabled will have to be manually reactivated by keycode.
For rack mount kit, use KT-E444XA-1CP screen for more subs. | 2019-04-26T07:41:55 | http://electrorent-europe.com/products/details/keysight-technologies/e4443a |
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All of these can be an enjoyable part of experiencing life. That is until back pain arrives.
Enter the Desk Bound Problem!
That joy can be disrupted dramatically when you have an ongoing, niggling pain developing in your lower back area.
You get up in the morning and feel it tighten with every slight movement of your torso.
You go to make a coffee at work and suddenly reminded of it by a sudden jolt of pain shooting into your back, maybe down your leg as well.
Your partner is immersed in a movie but you just can’t get comfortable as a result of being unable to find a position where it doesn’t ache!
Through working with a vast number of desk bound professionals, I can safely say you are not alone.
According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS), the most common cause of workplace sickness is neck & back pain. Similarly, each year back pain costs the NHS around £481 million a year. In the US, the problem is even more costly with some estimating the cost as upward of $100 billion.
With stats like these it would be easy to conclude back pain is here to stay and it is only going to get worse. However, in this article I am going to show you a simple 5 minute routine you can do to DRAMATICALLY reduces your chances of being inconvenienced with regular back pain.
Before I show you though, it is important to start off by looking at why you get back pain.
If you ask people why you get back pain, the common answers would range from “part of the aging process” to “just one of those things”. Luckily, both these reasons are wrong and by understanding the process BEFORE back pain, you can begin to see what to do in order to eliminate it from your life.
When you look at a human body, certain joints function for mobility, the ankle joint for example, whilst other joints function for stability, such as your knee joint. When these functions deviate (such as when you develop stiff ankles so there is less range of motion) other areas have to compensate, namely the joints designed for stability.
To give you an example, Your hip joint functions for mobility. When you pick up a box, your hip should go into what is known as hip flexion. If you have great hip flexion, you should be able to get low enough to pick up a box whilst keeping your back straight.
However if you have developed a stiffness in your hips, it can result in your lower lumbar spine (which is supposed to be stable & not bend) bending and taking the load of the box…Initiate painful back twinge!
When Joints that function for stability are able to stabilise and joints that function for mobility are able to move, this allows the right muscles to activate at the right time.
Problems relating to back pain (and any other joint pain for that matter) arise when your body deviates from correct posture & function.
When poor posture continues, it allows movement patterns to occur that compensate for the weaknesses in other body parts, i.e tightness in your hip (that is supposed to allow for a lot of movement) means excessive movement in your lower lumbar spine (that is supposed to allow very little movement).
When this happens, muscles that are supposed to activate during a movement become ‘lazy’ and fail to do their job.
As an analogy, imagine you have a factory where a line of workers all work together to produce a strawberry tart. The first worker has the important job of forming the pastry, the next worker arranges the cream and the final worker arranges the strawberries.
Each worker provides a vital job but what happens if the first worker gets lazy? It means the second worker either has to do 2 jobs or he has no choice but to arrange the cream on a base that contains no pastry!
So what happens when you sit down all day at work? Not just at work, what about on your way to work and when you are sat down relaxing at home?
>Your head, supposed to remain above your shoulders, protrudes forward focussing intently on the computer screen.
>Your hips, supposed to experience flexion AND extension continuously, adopts predominantly a flexed position as you sit down creating tight hip flexors, weak glutes (backside muscles) & disproportionately stronger quads (getting up and down from seat) compared to hamstrings.
>Your Ankles, supposed to experience flexion (dorsi flexion) & extension (plantar) continuously, stay fixed and immobile as you sit.
The one factor you have to understand is, your body is extremely adaptable. It can continue in poor posture and move in problematic ways for a LONG time before you experience the pain that prompts you to get help.
This is known as the concept of ‘creeping’ where your body doesn’t suddenly develop a protruding head, Slouched back & tight hips; it ‘creeps’ into that posture.
When this happens, the body compensates and over time you develop stiffness, where your only inkling that something’s wrong is when you experience pain.
It is natural at some point in our lives to experience back pain. What is not natural is to regularly experience pain or for it to become chronic (pain lasting more than 12 weeks).
Yet, the way our lives are set up with mostly sedentary jobs and modes of transport it is a breeding ground for developing back problems. This is why it is important you have a protocol to counteract the effects of modern day living.
You brush your teeth to prevent against tooth decay, you need a daily maintenance programme to prevent back pain.
Your spine can take a lot. According to Spinal expert Dr Stuart McGill, it takes 12000-15000N of compression pressure to buckle a spine. To give you an idea, it takes around 3000N for a Karate expert to break a brick.
Your Lower spine (Lumbar) is designed to be stable and needs help doing so.
Your upper back (Thoracic) is designed to have more mobility.
As a baby sleeps you’ll see their belly expand as they breath in. This is an example of diaphragmatic breathing. Problems arise when we get older and start to breathe in a different way. Do this simple exercise; Place one hand over your chest and another over your belly button. Now take a deep inhalation and breathe out. What hand moved?
If you are like most people I work with who have back pain, you’ll find your chest hand move but your belly hand didn’t.
You want this the other way round.
When you breath in and the diaphragm expands, it contracts and increases pressure within the intra-abdominals. This process (along with a helping hand from the abdominal & spinal muscles) helps stiffen the lumbar spine, stabilising it.
Without this process, whether you are lifting something or sitting down you increase the likelihood of your lower back bending, putting more pressure & muscular tension in this area.
Your backside is the biggest muscle of your body. They have a pretty important function, namely hip extension (moving leg back), as well as internal & external rotation of your femur in movement. They get pretty apathetic when you sit on them for long periods of time, meaning other neighbouring muscles (namely the hamstrings & quads) have to work harder.
Your body is a chain reaction; when one area is slacking, other areas get over or underactive. This creates an environment for pain.
This is why it is so important to make sure your glutes are firing on all cylinders.
Sitting down for long periods makes them weak and underactive. Considering it is the biggest muscle in the body you can imagine the sh%t storm it creates to other areas like the back.
One thing I always say to my clients is, if you experience pain in your body look at what is happening above and below the point of pain. When you have back pain, it is very common to experience limited mobility in the hip and thoracic area.
These areas are supposed to enable a lot of movement. Yet let’s take the common sitting position as an example.
For starters, it is common for people to sit for an extended time in a position that is hip flexion.
Secondly it is very likely you will be slouched a little, so your thoracic spine will be in flexion and you will tend to be doing something with your hands like typing which promotes internal rotation of your shoulders, ‘pulling’ your thoracic spine forward more.
Another factor that can contribute to back pain is a pelvic tilt. This is where you experience a large forward tilt in your lower back, creating excess pressure as your spinal muscles (erector spinae muscles) get tight. One aspect of a pelvic tilt is weak abdominals.
I mentioned earlier about the power of diaphragmatic breathing in stabilising the spine. What aids the stabilisation is a strong abdominal area including the Rectus abdominis, transverse abdominis and external obliques.
When the two work together you can recruit what is known as ‘bracing’, where you breath out your diaphragm then tense & stiffen your abs as you perform a movement (i.e. lifting a box off the floor).
The stronger your abs, the more effective your ‘bracing’ action can stiffen the spine to limit excess pressure on your back whilst moving.
For this routine to have any effect, it must be done regularly. Daily if possible, every other day at the most. I would recommend you do it everyday for 30 days and then notice the difference it has made to reduction of back pain and how your body feels.
Lie on your back & drive your lower back into the floor so you can get your hand through.
30 seconds: Same as the first 30 seconds but this time at 4 seconds ‘brace’ by tensing your abs. Hold for 2 seconds then exhale.
Foam roll to roll your glutes (Backside) , IT bands (along the outside of your thighs), Adductors (along the inside of your thighs) and upper back (Thoracic).
Back pain can range from annoying to debilitating. But it can be reduced and even in some cases eradicated. Perform the 5 minute routine for the next 30 days and see how much better you can feel and regain control of your body.
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Unscrew the valve cap and pull the valve out about half way.
Apply a drop of valve oil to the wide part of the valve.
Push the valve back into position making sure that it is lined up correctly. (Note): The valve has a guide that keeps it in place. To check for correct alignment gently try to turn the valve. If it doesn't turn, it is lined up. If it turns, keep turning the valve till you hear a slight "click" and the valve stops turning.
Occasionally a mouthpiece will become stuck in the horn. If this happens don't try force to remove it - this can cause major damage to the instrument. Take it to a repair shop or music store to have it removed. Most shops do not charge for this service.
After you are finished playing make sure you remove any excess moisture from the inside of the horn by opening the water keys and blowing through the instrument. Carefully wipe off the outside of the instrument to remove oils or perspiration caused by your hands.
Always store your trumpet in its case when not in use, this helps prevent damage and aids in keeping the instrument clean. Do not place books or folders in the case, this can bend slides and cause valve problems.
Check all slides to see that they move freely and lubricate them with slide grease if needed.
The inside of your instrument needs to be cleaned regularly. This may not be needed every month but should be done at least every 3 months. See the section below on brass cleaning for more information.
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Place all the parts, except for the valves, in warm water containing some liquid dish soap. Let the instrument parts soak in the water for about 10 minutes.
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Use clean water and rinse out the instrument. Wipe off any excess moisture and set the instrument aside to dry thoroughly. It is important that the inside of your instrument is completely dry before you proceed.
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