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Research interests: Trematodes morphology and evolution of their life cycles. Adaptations of trematodes to transmission in different ecosystems. Relationships between trematodes and their hosts – mollusks at the organismal and populational levels. Taxonomy and phylogeography of trematodes. Fauna and life cycles of parasites of marine animals. Circulation patterns of marine birds parasites in Arctic and subArctic coastal ecosystems. Marine parasitology. Problems of general parasitology.
Prize named after E.N. Pavlovsky (RAS, 2005) for two monographs on biology and evolution of trematodes (with A.A. Dobrovolsky)
St. Petersburg State University, dep. Invertebrate Zoology, a course "General Parasitology" Masters course. Scientific supervision of undergraduate and graduate students (1-3 students per year, currently D.Losev and A.Gonchar). Student projects are mainly related to the work on the White Sea Biological Station and are within the scope of the main directions of research named below.
Studies were conducted since 1999 in the intertidal zone of the Chupa Inlet of the Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea. We analyze component populations of 20 species of trematodes, using as first intermediate hosts of intertidal molluscs Littorina saxatilis, L. obtusata, L. littorea, Hydrobia ulvae and H. ventrosa: Himasthla elongata, H. continua, Cryptocotyle concavum, C. lingua, Levinseniella brachysoma, Maritrema subdolum, Microphallus similis, M. claviformis, M. pirum (= M. somateria), M. pygmaeus, M. piriformes, M. triangulatus, M. pseudopygmaeus, Cercaria parvicaudata (= Renicola sp.), Paramonostomum anatis, P. alveatum, P.chabaudi, Cercaria Notocotylidae sp. 12 Deblock, 1980, Cercaria Notocotylidae sp. 13 Deblock, 1980, Bunocotyle progenetica. We study the dynamics of the demographic composition of groups of sporocysts and rediae and the seasonal production of cercariae. We found that production of cercariae by parthenites (sporocysts and rediae) stops in the cold period and resumes only when the water temperature rises in spring. These processes are accompanied by rearrangements in the demographic groups of the parthenites, which differ between the species that form the local component populations (= infrapopulations) and self-reproducing infrapopulations. Among the studied species of trematodes found cold- and warm-loving forms, in which the release of cercariae block at lower and higher water temperatures, respectively. Particular attention is paid to forecasting of possible changes in the transmission of trematodes in coastal ecosystems due to global climatic changes. Work performed in collaboration with K.E. Nikolaev, I.A. Levakin and V.V. Prokofiev, with the participation of students of St. Petersburg State University.
2. Biology and behavior of free-living larvae (cercariae) of trematodes circulating in the coastal ecosystems of the northern seas.
We study the nature of the motor activity of cercariae, especially their respiration at different periods of life, the age dynamics of the invasive ability, the daily and long-term rhythm of emission of cercariae from the host mollusk at different temperatures. It has been established that temperature is the leading factor determining the dynamics of the output of cercariae of the host mollusk for most of the intertidal trematodes . Long-term emission of cercariae from an infected clam is subject to recurring natural oscillations, the frequency of which is species-specific. The project is carried out in collaboration with V.V. Prokofiev (Pskov State Pedagogical University - PGPU), involving students of PGPU and St. Petersburg State University.
Currently, the work focuses on studying the characteristics of infection of second intermediate hosts by trematode cercariae. Experimental studies are performed on the model system consisting of mussel Mytilus edulis and cercariae Himasthla elongata and Cercaria parvicaudata (= Renicola sp.). We study intrapopulation variability of the mussel resistance to parasites and the cellular and humoral mechanisms that underlie the mechanism of resistance to the cercariae infection in the mussel lines resistant to infection by cercaria. Ecological and population component of work includes development and testing of quantitative approaches to assessing the success of transmission of trematodes in coastal ecosystems of the White Sea. These include assessing the loss of free-floating larvae (cercariae) on the way between the first and the second intermediate host and defining the role of different host species in the transmission of trematodes. This project is performed by the researchers from the Zoological Institute RAS I.A. Levakin and K.E. Nikolaev, students of St. Petersburg State University and the Polytechnic University in collaboration with a group of comparative immunology IEM RAMS (Head A.V. Polevschikov).
Recent studies are focused primarily on the trematodes, circulating in the coastal zone of the Barents, White, Norwegian and Okhotsk Seas and Iceland. We described new species of trematodes and clarified some of the taxonomic diagnoses. We also studied experimentally a new type of the trematode life cycle characteristic of some representatives of fam. Gymnophallidae (Galaktionov et al., 2006; Galaktionov, 2007). We use morphological and molecular markers to study phylogeography of trematode taxa. Work is done in collaboration with the Laboratory of Parasitology, Institute for Biological Problems of the North (IBPN), FEB RAS (K.V. Regel, S. Orlovskaya, G.I. Atrashkevich), University of Iceland (K. Skirnisson), Ulster University (Northern Ireland, S.W.B. Irwin, D.H. Saville) and the Natural History Museum (London, P. Olson).
We study the distribution of parasites of seabirds in the arctic and subarctic regions of the Barents and Norwegian Seas and the White Sea. We investigate the formation of foci of marine bird infection with parasites and the bird adaptations, preventing the invasion by pathogenic worms. At present, special attention is paid to areas lying on the major flyways of migratory birds and the sites crucial to their feeding (south-east of the Barents Sea - the so-called Pechora Sea). The analysis of trophic relations of common eiders (Somateria mollissima) in different geographic areas (from Ireland and Iceland in the west to the Okhotsk Sea in the east) and the patterns of helminth invasions associated with regional characteristics of bird feeding. We also study the ways of transmission of the major species of parasites of common eiders in the seas of the Palearctic. The work is carried out in collaboration with the staff of the Murmansk Marine Biological Institute KSC RAS (V.V. Kuklin, V. Krasnov), Institute of Biological Problems of the North (IBPN), FEB RAS (K.V. Regel, S. Orlovskaya, G.I. Atrashkevich ), University of Iceland (K. Skirnisson), Ulster University (D.H. Saville), University of Dublin (Trinity College, J.G. Wilson, C. Holland) and the Norwegian Institute of Natural Research (NINA) (J.O. Bustnes).
The work is theoretical in nature and is based both on literature data and on the results of the projects mentioned above. Many aspects are summarized in the monographs (Galaktionov, Dobrovolsky, 1998; Galaktionov, Dobrovolskij, 2003). Currently the main focus of the study is the reconstruction of the phylogenetic relationships among the different taxa of trematodes based on the analysis of the of the life cycles, morphological and functional traits of parthenogenetic and hermaphroditic generations and critical analysis of the phylogenies obtained using molecular markers. During the study we developed the concept of ecological evolution of trematodes and different versions of the natural systems of the class Neodermata. The work is conducted in close and creative collaboration with A.A. Dobrovolsky. Morphological studies performed in together with the staff of the Zoological Institute RAS I.M. Podvyaznaya and S.W.B. Irwin, D.H. Saville (Ulster University, Northern Ireland, UK).
All of the above directions partially fit into the framework of the planned studies of the Zoological Institute RAS and at different times supported by RFBR, the program "Universities of Russia, INTAS, the Royal Society of Great Britain, the Norwegian Research Council, the Department of Environment of Norway, Iceland Research Foundation and the University of Iceland.
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French beer-drinkers were hit with a 160% tax increase on their favourite beverage on Tuesday, making the cost of a pint one of the most expensive in Europe. What do the French have against beer?
Joining us this year as an alumni contributor, Safinah Hidayati Hambali shares her experience since graduating from the Diploma Programme (DP). This is her second story of the series.
Throughout my years of study and life in general, I’ve endured countless stressful situations. But my friends, family and colleagues can attest that I’d somehow be positive through it all and there’ll be a smile plastered across my face. Looking at the glass half full instead of empty is probably the better attitude to have when you’re overwhelmed.
Being a dentist can be a highly stressful profession especially when most hate going to the dentist. My patients commonly ask me “Why did you choose to become a dentist?”. The truth is I never grew up wanting to be a dentist. I pretty much had the same negative perceptions of dentists. I had never undergone major dental treatment growing up and had never experience a moment of inspiration to become a dentist. I just somehow found myself at a course information session and thought to myself “Hey this doesn’t sound too bad”.
“You don’t necessarily know what’s best for you or what you should ideally pursue at the young age of 18.”
Being a dentist is definitely not a job for everyone and if you’re looking for something easy, dentistry is not it. But then again, there is no such thing as an easy and simple career. What I’ve learnt since my days as an International Baccalaureate student is that you don’t necessarily know what’s best for you or what you should ideally pursue at the young age of 18. To answer the question as to why I chose this career path, honestly, dentistry ended up choosing me. Until I was immersed in the profession, I realised that being a dentist allows me to get the most out of my life.
Discovering who you are as an individual is part of growing up. Part of the process involves learning that we should not be quick to judge. Our perceptions and stereotypes can negatively shape our attitudes. As a consequence, our outlook on life becomes narrow and we miss potential opportunities. As young naive adults, we can be too quick to decide what box we want to fit in when we haven’t given ourselves a chance to explore other avenues and figure out what we truly enjoy and where our passion lies. Learning to think outside my box, means living a life with no regrets.
The fear of failure is the basis of our hesitation when venturing out of our comfort zones. Our fears cause stress and anxiety. When we start to stress about how much we have on our plate, we end up accomplishing nothing. Many young adults are easily overwhelmed and as a result we often choose the easy way out. When we do so, we end up with an outcome that we may not be happy with, but we say to ourselves “It will have to do”.
“The stressful situations we find ourselves in, are a test of our mental strength. These are opportunities for us to discover ourselves and learn how we can improve”
With endless distractions and short attention spans, we’re more than often stressed and overwhelmed. My advice when it comes to beating stress: first and foremost, don’t be too hard on yourself. Set goals that are manageable and realistic, break them in smaller parts if required. When you find yourself procrastinating and achieving nothing, take a break so you don’t feel like you’ve wasted a chunk of time. If you’re sitting down to start your extended essay, be more productive by planning to work in 30-minute bursts of concentration. And when you do achieve your goals, always treat yourself a little.
After completing my IB diploma, Bachelor and Masters degrees, I’ve come to the realisation that the stressful situations we find ourselves in, are a test of our mental strength. These are opportunities for us to discover ourselves and learn how we can improve and manage these situations better next time, because there will always be a next time. There is nothing wrong with making mistakes, the key is not to repeat the same mistakes.
Safinah Hidayati Hambali graduated from Ivanhoe Grammar School with the IB diploma in 2009. She further completed a Bachelor of Biomedicine and Doctor of Dental Surgery at The University of Melbourne and is currently a practicing General Dentist in Melbourne, Australia.
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To judge the merits of Tim Geithner’s crises reflections in “Stress Test,” six Breakingviews columnists digested different pieces of the book in a short amount of time. Like the regulators who often lacked broader context, the assessments vary. Yet there’s also consensus it’s a useful tome for the financial library.
Whatever critics say, Tim Geithner can’t be accused of having a narrow outlook or partisan blinkers. He grew up in Africa, India and Thailand as well as back home in the United States. He enrolled at preppy Dartmouth and signed up to learn Chinese. His mother is a “bleeding-heart liberal,” his father a lifelong Republican, and Geithner himself now a registered independent. He describes his background as privileged, but not rich.
He accepts in self-deprecating fashion that he gained a reputation as a fan of financial bailouts, despite the “moral hazard” precedent they created. But Geithner’s interest in finance and economics came late, after a more geopolitical focus at graduate school and Henry Kissinger’s consulting firm. It was fired up partly by Larry Summers, whom Geithner met in 1992, four years into his first stint at the Treasury Department, working on trade. Summers, later treasury secretary, “had earned a reputation for brilliance, if not for concealing it.”
Exposure to the faltering Japanese economy, a crisis in Mexico and another in Asian financial markets also helped shape Geithner’s worldview. Even as the U.S. economy went from strength to strength in the later 1990s his main recollection, he says, is “how scary it was, how little we knew.” And that was before he went to work at crisis central, the International Monetary Fund.
There is a certain modesty within the pages of Geithner’s easy-to-read book that is at once endearing and sometimes infuriating. He acknowledges, seemingly unperturbed, that he wasn’t the first choice to run the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Stanley Fischer, John Taylor and others were ahead of him on the list) and is self-effacing about his own boyish looks, explaining how he was carded trying to buy beer the night before he started working for the regional central bank.
Geithner concedes that he fell back on a “lazy” argument about regulating derivatives, didn’t like public speaking and “wasn’t good at it,” and used “typically impenetrable prose” to warn of looming systemic troubles. At the same time, Geithner suggests he was prescient about such risks but that the Fed was limited by what it could do. “There was a widespread perception we had awesome powers to fight financial fires, but when I studied our actual firefighting equipment … I was not particularly impressed.”
He sees regulators at odds with each other, captured by the bankers they are meant to oversee, and a lack of accountability over the wider financial system. “We certainly could have been more prescient, more forceful, more imaginative,” Geithner says of the mortgage crisis. “But we were human.” The looming collapse of Countrywide seems mainly to provide yet another reminder of the limitations of watchdogs. The imminent collapse of Bear Stearns does the same, when Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson discovers “how little authority” he has “to try to avert a major financial crisis in the United States.”
Geithner thankfully avoids turning his coverage of the 2008 crisis into a magnum opus. Enough exist already. His account of Lehman Brothers’ failure, however, leaves questions unanswered. Geithner is at pains to point out that he wanted the New York Fed to “climb inside the investment banks” to understand their risks right after Bear was subsumed in March. And he informs us his analysts calculated as early as spring that Lehman could need, at worst, $84 billion of new capital to survive.
The regulator did very little with that information and started drawing up a Lehman liquidation plan only a week before the investment bank went under. A report from the firm’s bankruptcy trustee, meanwhile, provided a much less flattering account: the New York Fed and Securities and Exchange officials embedded there were as distracted by interagency rivalry as anything else.
Geithner comes clean about his peers, though. He effectively accuses Sheila Bair, who ran the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp at the time, of “moral hazard fundamentalism” for insisting on imposing losses on Washington Mutual bondholders and creating an incident in which “the U.S. government made things worse.” Her decision later to ditch Citigroup’s offer for Wachovia in favor of Wells Fargo’s prompts him to lambast her with: “We can’t act like a Banana Republic.”
Shareholders and bondholders of the various banks may debate the matter for years. But they probably share Geithner’s scorn for SEC Commissioner Christopher Cox.
The near-failure to launch the crowning achievement of Geithner’s tenure becomes newly apparent. The stress tests in spring of 2009 ultimately drew a line in the sand for the financial crisis in the United States and fostered a dramatic flow of private capital into the banking sector. Indeed, the reluctance, and institutional complications, around testing banks in Europe arguably extended the continent’s economic woes unnecessarily.
Geithner first expressed the idea while on a family vacation before Barack Obama would inhabit the White House. As a member of the transition team and as former head of the New York Fed, Geithner was already heavily involved in the new administration’s rescue plans. During a call, Geithner told Summers, his former mentor who would become Obama’s chief economic adviser, that he was thinking of a “valuation exercise” to create “transparency on opaque financial institutions and their opaque assets.” This, he reckoned, would reduce the uncertainty fueling the panic.
In hindsight, this proved absolutely correct. By the government’s forcing major financial institutions to submit to uniform and stringent scenario testing and to disclose the results, some $200 billion of private capital made its way to U.S. bank balance sheets. Getting there, however, was fraught, as Geithner makes clear.
Summers, who Geithner calls a “world-class hole-puncher,” proved a surprising obstacle. He believed the banking system was too distressed and feared that a more aggressive approach, even nationalization and forced breakups, would be necessary. That perspective, which Geithner calls the “hedge fund view,” reflected a discrepancy in the way the two valued bank assets, with Summers hewing more closely to a mark-to-market line.
There are other obstacles, too. Geithner liberally takes himself to task. He acknowledges mistakes in communicating and persuading others – within the administration, politicians and the public – of the Treasury’s plans and positions. Of his debut in early February, Geithner nails his performance: “My speech … sucked.”
History will judge kindly the Treasury’s decision to move with relative swiftness and open the books on the banking system five years ago. Geithner’s account shows how easily that outcome could have shifted in ways that would have been potentially disastrous for global financial markets.
The laudable stress tests eventually were emulated by other countries and became standard practice for regulators once the big American banks largely passed and U.S. financial markets calmed. The former treasury secretary comes off a little too earnest on the subject, though. Geithner could be forgiven for believing those first test results eased investors’ fears after regulators deemed big banks safe again. Yet it also leaves implicit the suggestion that the comfort is owed to the idea that the government would feel compelled to ride to the rescue again.
Geithner also manages to take credit for the financial reform bill that Congress eventually approved while lamenting its shortcomings. On one hand, he’s right: his Treasury led the charge with a proposal in mid-2009. On the other hand, his biggest criticism of the final version of the law, bizarrely enough, is that it didn’t leave regulators enough bailout authority. Rescues are precisely what good reform should aim to avoid.
His assessment that adding much-needed housing finance reform to the legislation would have doomed it politically sounds on the mark, too. In the years that followed, though, his Treasury failed to aggressively advance the cause. Now that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have begun to generate a profit again, and hedge funds gobbled up their cheap shares in the hopes of political weakness, the opportunity may have passed.
Geithner’s post-crisis analysis reflects a deep Keynesianism, as he blames fiscal austerity for the sluggishness of economic recovery, rather than the continued diversion of massive resources into huge budget deficits. The lack of a significant bounce in U.S. GDP from the 2009 stimulus or the 2011 payroll tax cuts, or fiscal drag from the 2013 tax hikes and “sequester” spending cuts, are suggestive of his blind spot.
It’s also easy to sympathize with Geithner’s frustrations with the Republican Congress and Europe’s profligacy leading up to the Greek default. And his criticism is well targeted at the continent’s stress-free stress tests. Yet his criticism of the European Union’s “harsh” rhetoric is off point. The problem in Europe was that central authorities left too many loopholes and hadn’t enforced fiscal discipline harshly enough. Geithner’s overall assessment of the crisis aftershocks at the end of his book lacks the necessary distance to fully assess the faults of principle in the approach.
Geithner’s central takeaway is that his actions prevented a full-scale depression of a 1929-1933 order, while the weak subsequent recovery was inevitable. That’s of course unknowable, even if he deserves some credit for avoiding the policy disasters that emanated from the Hoover administration. The strength of the stock market recovery and the weakness of output and productivity growth do, however, suggest something flawed in the Geithner view. He at least has left behind a useful blueprint to study for when the next stress test comes along.
The reviewers were Richard Beales, Rob Cox, Antony Currie, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Martin Hutchinson and Daniel Indiviglio.
MistralKitchen, spawn of the late Mistral, dream of chef William Belickis, is expected to be a reality by fall. Touchstone Corp. announced today it has signed Belickis (and, presumably his financial backers) to a long-term lease: 5000-square-feet of ground-level space at 2020 Westlake Avenue. MistralKitchen will anchor the West 8 Office Tower, a 28-story skyscraper rising high above the confluence of Westlake Avenue, Eighth Avenue and Virginia Street.
Quoted in the news release, Belickis says: “After several months touring every possible location, we’ve landed in what we consider the new heart of downtown Seattle, which was extremely important to our culinary and business mission.” That mission was described in delicious detail weeks ago by Seattle Magazine’s Lorna Yee. And I join Yee — and many other food loving Seattleites — when I say I look forward to seeing what the chef will offer us next. His food blew me away when he opened Mistral a decade ago (though his original concept, did not), and over the years he’s made it clear he’s a talented and creative artist. One who has finally found a much larger canvas on which to paint his broad strokes.
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I have 4 vlans, only 2 of which are in question in this situation. I have a guest vlan (vlan 200) and a server vlan (vlan 306).
By nature I want to block guest vlan access to the server vlan. However, there are websites hosted on the server vlan that users of the guest vlan may need access to. The websites are port forwarded and accessible via the wan. However, when I reject access from the guest vlan to server vlan, users on guest vlan cannot access the websites. This doesnt make sense to me because the website is accessible via the wan and dns records are on a public dns server. The traffic to access the websites shouldnt be going through the vlans, but through the wan. This is making me pull my hair out.
You have to pass traffic to the private addresses and ports you want passed before blocking access to the server VLAN on the firewall rules on the GUEST interface.
So if your web server is 192.168.1.100 ports 80 and 443 you would do something like this on the GUEST interface:
As a trailer I would also say it would be better to pass traffic to "this firewall" that they need access to (like DNS) then block everything else to "this firewall" instead of just blocking the management ports.
That way things can change (like changing the webgui port) and you are still secure without having to remember to change that alias.
As a pretty advanced admin, I must say, that is a pretty simple fix and almost seemed too obvious so I didn’t bother trying it before. Oops.
In regards to blocking traffic to the firewall, clients only need it for captive portal- not even dns. So I’ll reject all traffic to if except for the portal
It doesnt work for me using a single ip of the host. Especially because unifi uses 8443, I would like to allow 8443 just to unifi instead of the entire vlan but it still rejects it using aliases?
If it works with SERVER Net and not specific addresses I would posit you are using the wrong addresses.
You might want to post the actual port forwards and firewall rules. Should only be necessary to post the GUEST rules.
I added an alias for "exchange". It is only resolvable by internal dns. Pfsense is pointed to the internal dns servers.
exchg1.ds.smith114.com is resolvable to the 10.3.20.x local address by ALL machines on the network when no restricting firewall rules are present.
Pfsense cannot resolve that address for some reason. It is pointed to the dns servers holding the record for exchg1
I assume the firewall is using itself as dns before the other servers. This is probably the issue but I am not sure how to fix it.
I also assume I can enter the ip of the server instead of the local fqdn, but I prefer to do it with dns (if it will work)
I realise that since pfSense is based on FreeBSD 8.1 new code from 8.2 or 9 would only be included if it was specifically ported. However what about bug fixes from 8 stable?
Looking through the pfSense source code (https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense) it's obvious that not all of the FreeBSD code is there. Does that mean it gets pulled from the FreeBSD repo at build time?
The new code was merged with both 8 stable and 7 stable but does that mean it will find it's way into pfSense automatically? ???
There is no way to run something like freebsd-update to follow build revisions as there is with a full install of FreeBSD. PFSense does not do a compile at install time and all the packages are prebuilt.
I believe that when it reaches release status it is frozen and the incremental releases contain any updates the team feel are needed. If all the FreeBSD code was pulled down at build it would effectively be a FreeBSD box which sort of defeats the point.
Right but presumably it is compiled at build time. I.e. the snapshot server is compiling the pfSense source each day to generate to current build. Since the github repo doesn't appear to have all the code necessary to do that, just the additional pfSense stuff and patches, some of the code must be pulled from FreeBSD. No?
Now it may be that code is pulled from a source that is frozen in which case no updates would get through.
I take it that the answer to my original question is; no, the driver patches will not automatically get into pfSense?
Perhaps someone would be kind enough to outline what steps I might take to generate a new kernel module.
So I update the source code and make a newer version. The new code has been backported to 8.2, will it run on 8.1?
Hmm, well this post looks promising. However there seem to be a few typos in there which are killing me.
It didn't work for me as is but with a few tweaks it compiled. However I think I've probably ended up with something compiled for 8.2. We'll see…
What were you most recently trying to compile: msk from 8.2? msk from head? What is the revision information in the file? Have you applied your own patches? How did you get your file(s)?
I don't immediately have access to a FreeBSD system (maybe tomorrow) to investigate the undefined symbols but from the look of them I would expect them to have been standard definitions for some time. Maybe the definition location moved in the 8.1 to 8.2 transition.
I haven't applied any patches. The source code was checked out from /stable/8/ using SVN two days ago.
I have attempted to replicate the process used in the linked post however I now realise that a number of those steps are specific to that driver.
I have created a new folder holding the msk code as well as some other files to build in. Mostly I assume that was done so as not to corrupt the source tree of either the 8.1 or stable/8/ code.
If you would rather I delete everything and start again to avoid any confusion I'm more than happy to do that. ;)
Edit: As a test I attempted to replicate the procedure outlined in the link FreeNAS post exactly (creating a vte module) but resulted in a similar list of errors. I believe it's likely I'm modifying the Makefile incorrectly. Or things have changed dramatically since January.
IFM_ETH_RXPAUSE, IFM_ETH_TXPAUSE, BMSR_DEFCAPMASK, MII_OFFSET_ANY and MII_FORCEPAUSE are not defined in the FreeBSD 8.1 source tree. (I didn't check the other undefined symbols reported.) IFM_ETH_RXPAUSE and IFM_ETH_TX_PAUSE are now defined in sys/net/if_media.h
From the comments in the revision history it appear some driver specific code for handling PHYs was made more generic: kernel interfaces changed in the 8.1 to 8.2 transition.
I expect you will have to hand edit the change you want back to the 8.1 release code. In the CVS web interface revision 1.64.2.20.2.1 was the revision for 8.1 release, 1.64.2.27 is the current head of the 8.x branch and seems to have invisible changes (e.g. spaces to tabs) from 1.64.2.26. Revision 1.64.2.23 looks to have the changes for the generic PHY support. Its possible subsequent changes rely on new (to 8.2) kernel interfaces.
It's interesting then that I couldn't get the VTE driver to compile, replicating the steps on the FreeNAS forum, since that post was in Jan 2011 and the 8.2 release was in Dec 2010. :-
In that post it was also necessary to include the relevant PHY code. That would certainly tie in with a mii re-write.
I'm still unsure about the Makefile. I seem to be unable to find a good resource describing the function of the different lines. Clearly if more code has to be included/compiled/built then the Makefile needs to be modified in order to automate that process.
They shouldn't. You are extrapolating too much from the template you are using. The template is for building a module from sources of a completely new driver that didn't exist in the FreeBSD source tree. You are wanting to build an driver (msk) that already exists in the FreeBSD src tree.
rdcphy.c now exists in the FreeBSD source tree in src/sys/dev/mii. A quick examination shows it claims to be support code for the RDC R6040 10/100 phy. As best I know that phy has nothing to do with msk so don't complicate your challenge by adding stuff you don't need.
Yes, I realise that rdcphy.c is nothing to do with the msk driver (which appears to use e1000phy) I was just using that as an example.
I expected to be able to compile the if_vte.ko module as per those instructions since the code change between now and Jan doesn't seem so dramatic. Since I cannot compile that then either I doing it wrong (very likely) or the code has changed much more than I realise. Or it never worked in the first place and that poster was making the whole thing up! The only part of those instructions that confused me was modifying the Makefile.
It seems likely that some other files will need building as well and adding them to the Makefile seems like the right way to do it.
I appreciate all your help and patience with this. Clearly this is beyond my usual level of tinkering!
I expected to be able to compile the if_vte.ko module as per those instructions since the code change between now and Jan doesn't seem so dramatic.
A "simple" code change can hide considerable complexity. For example, a change in the name of a function called at first seems a simple change. However the "new name" function may exist in the "new" kernel but not the "old". The "new" function may call quite a number of other "new" functions. What appears at first to be a simple backport problem has now become a much more challenging backport problem.
Your compile of vte driver might have proceeded rather further if you had checked out its sources as of the date of the post rather than "now".
Reading through the threads for the various bug reports that went into the driver patch for msk it seems that in fact there are samples of code in many of them and a lot dating from around the time of 8.1 rel. I think, as you said, I need to find exactly which code change is relavent to my NIC and patch the 8.1 source manually.
There is also a possibility of updating the 'firmware' in the nic to remove the problem condition in the first place. I'm looking into it.
The new site annoys me. They start asking for spirit stones since ch 12. Even QI started after hundred of chapters. No idea if it'll unlock automatically like in QI when a day passed, or if we could earn free spirit stones. It's still too early to start with the payment though.
I just couldn't understand why the sect treated their disciple who got crippled in their mission this way. It's like telling everyone that once they are crippled, they're totally on their own with no compensation at all, while wanting to keep the member's loyalty. No sane person would want to make sacrifice for a sect like that.
The jade beauty is realistic (lol), I hope she won't play victim and get vindictive if she got crippled and her boyfriend abandoned her. Talk about double standard.
Haven't read it but 'elixir field' would be the herb garden he was supposed to protect but got destroyed....
I thought so at first but it's actually his dantian with different name that got destroyed, making him a waste who can no longer cultivate.
That's pretty silly then ,maybe that's how it came up on machine translation or something similar and translator confused it due to context. (just reading the synopsis on stories on that site feels even lower quality than Qidian translations, it's like xianxiaworld expanded or something).
Well I didn't have trouble reading it. Normally when reading mltl I get a massive headache in trying to understand the story, as well as the emotional content in it and the garbled grammars. So the story so far feels kinda like the beginning of martial world only time will tell how the rest of the story will turn out.
Seriously, QI usually locks their chapters after 200+, ad it's still way better than this new site (a knock-off of Chinese product).
BTW, I peaked at the RAW. The chapters posted on that QI clone are divided into half of the original. It's actually 1/2 chapter for every chapter posted on Novel Universe. This is quite despicable imho. So ch 1-2 on that site is ch 1 in RAW, ch 9-10 is ch 5 in RAW. The numbering and naming in "table of contents" is misleading us into thinking that we really read a fully translated chapter when it's actually 1/2 chapter.
Better than qi dian no you have just 3 sword and you wait one week for 7 chapter no everyone day chapter etc for me i prefer qi dian !!!!
That's pretty silly then ,maybe that's how it came up on machine translation or something similar and translator confused it
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Amir Devani is a main character featured in Season 5 of Criminal Case, where he serves as the Lab Chief of the Grimsborough Police Department after having served as a Lab Assistant for the first half of the season.
25 years of age, Amir has black eyes and black hair that is somewhat messy and combed to the right. He wears a shirt with squares that are light orange and cornflower blue, and black buttons. The shirt is under a white lab coat, which holds a green Pearphone.
After arresting Greg Gibbs's killer, Jasper Everett came to the player to ask for their help regarding Amir, who had sustained a head injury during the aftershock. After retrieving medicine from Dr Gibbs's clinic for Martine to treat Amir, Jasper and the player visited him to see how he was doing. He thanked the player for finding the medicine and milked his injury in order to get Jasper to watch The Y-Files with him.
After arresting Paul Gigs's killer, Amir approached the player, asking them for help in getting a ticket for DreamLife's launch party that night, where they would let users try on VR headsets and play a demo of the game. Amir and the player then went to the greenline to find Rozetta and ask her for a ticket. Eventually, they were able to track down Rozetta to the HIP restaurant, who was glad to give them a free ticket, saying that it was a coded and locked tablet. The player was able to unlock the tablet, and so they, Amir, and another person could go. Amir said that while he wanted to invite Jasper, he was busy so he wanted to invite Rupert instead. They were able to successfully convince Rupert and so the three went to the launch party. In the launch, DreamLife introduced their new VR system that allowed players to discover a world tailored to their dreams. After the party, Amir said that the technology was not as groundbreaking as expected, but was still impressive regardless.
After arresting Kalua Kaboom's killer, Amir told the player that he was worried for Rupert, as he had not shown up at his meeting with him in the Riverside Market. The player then joined him to go to the floating market to find Rupert, eventually finding out Rupert did not show because he was busy playing DreamLife's VR game in order to get to have afternoon tea with the Queen of England. Amir told Rupert that he was fine with the game as long as Rupert remembered that it was fantasy and that people in real life could be worried about him.
After arresting Scott Morris's killer, Amir spoke with Gloria and the player about Rupert, who had disappeared. After expressing his concerns about Rupert becoming addicted to DreamLife's VR game, he told them that he had asked Cathy to locate Rupert's work phone, who told them that he was outside the yoga studio. This prompted Gloria and the player to head to the garden.
After arresting Sam Chey's killer, the player helped Jasper prepare for his anniversary picnic with Amir. After the player acquired a spy bow tie for Amir, Jasper was able to surprise Amir with the picnic. The two then left the player in order to celebrate their anniversary.
During the investigation, Amir burst into tears after he found out Rupert was dead and Jasper did not tell him that he snuck under the dome to meet with Rupert beforehand. Shortly after, he got drunk and started accusing Jasper of killing Rupert after he had a look at his computer and found out that DreamLife had offered him a job.
After arresting Rupert's killer, Gloria and the player came to check up on Amir, who said that he needed Rupert's favorite vinyl to play it in his funeral. The team then managed to find the vinyl in Rupert's bedroom and gave it to Amir. Gloria then asked him if Jasper was coming to the funeral, Amir answered that he did not want to see Jasper as he could not forgive Jasper for lying to him. Later, Amir, along with the entire team and Alex headed to Rupert's funeral.
During the murder investigation of Barb Bellamy, Jasper came to Amir's lab to apologize Amir for lying to him. However, Amir rejected his apologies and told Jasper to leave the lab as he had work to do.
After arresting Barb's killer, Gabriel and the player helped Jasper found the proof which proved he did not lie to Amir about the DreamLife's job offer. Later, after being able to find Philip Hoover's notes on Jasper during his application interview, which were the proof that proved Jasper really turned down the job offer, the team showed the notes to Amir, who then stopped pushing Jasper away and forgave him.
After all the events, Chief Parker officially promoted Amir to Lab Chief, as he was able to prove himself in the first investigation without the help of Rupert, his mentor. Amir then told the team that he would do his best to help them in the lab.
After arresting Wendy Stokes' killer, Amir told Gloria and the player to come to his lab for the answers of what happened to Rosie, who claimed that she had felt very calm when killing Wendy, but then immediately regretted her actions. There, Amir said that he had found sedatives in Rosie's iced tea and that he needed a sample of Protozane to verify its presence in the drink. After the team managed to find a sample in the experiment room where Wendy was killed, they got it to Amir, who was able to conclude that Rosie had been administered the drug before the murder.
After all the events, Amir told the team that the effects of the drug depended on the dose, meaning that DreamLife had the ability to control any drug taker's actions for any amount of time. Furthermore, he also told the team that there was no antidote for the drug. Chief Parker then told the team to go straight to Judge Powell for a warrant to search the dome, seize all the drugs and shut down DreamLife.
Mid-investigation, Martine, Gloria and the player found out that Amir was injected with Protozane while visiting Philip Hoover's cell to learn more about the drug. Amir then admitted that he had opened Philip's cell door per his request. Later, the team quickly headed to Glitz Hotel to arrest Philip as Cathy had managed to find out that he had checked there under a fake name.
Then, after arresting Tony Marconi's killer, Amir luckily snapped out of the effects of Protozane, saying that he was glad to have woken up after the drug had worn off.
As the Lab Assistant turned Lab Chief of the Grimsborough Police Department, Amir has the responsibility of taking care of all the necessary physical, biological, and/or clinical analyses (formerly assigned to him by Rupert), and to inform the team of such results after a certain amount of time or a speed-up process using Criminal Case Cash. His task-wait rates vary depending on the difficulty of the task, but they all cost 1 Criminal Case Cash per 30 minutes.
Amir is one of only three characters to appear as a quasi-suspect eight times, alongside Jones and Chief Parker.
He is also one of the characters to appear as a quasi-suspect in two consecutive cases in The Conspiracy.
Despite being promoted to lab chief two cases prior, Amir is still billed as a lab assistant in his eighth quasi-suspect appearance. This is most likely a developer oversight.
Amir, as he appeared in Gone Pear-Shaped (Case #13 of The Conspiracy), Murder on the Dance Floor (Case #15 of The Conspiracy), and Downward-Facing Dead (Case #17 of The Conspiracy).
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The product style of Chopard is craftsmanship, fashion and dynamics. After the Happy Diamonds collection, Chopard launched another amazing series—Happy Sport, which is equally impressive. The double collections have the same element: flowing diamonds stay at the dial that slide and rotate completely freely between two transparent sapphire crystals. Brand always pursues the perfect combination of craftsmanship and mechanical technology. Today, the blogger will come with friends to enjoy this replica classic diamond watch.
Replica Chopard Happy Sport Series is a true female friend, and the classic event diamond design makes every minute of wearing the watch be a happy and beautiful time. This watch is made of stainless steel and has a beautiful surface with a strong lustre. The dial combines the delicate pink pastel with a soft mother-of-pearl. And the black hands and time markers add an elegant temperament to it. The petite dial is more able to set off the luxury, and the flowing diamonds seem to fall from the raindrops in the sky, combining the dynamic and the beauty.
“Diamonds are happier when they are free”. Chopard is full of tradition and passion. In 1976, the world changed with each passing day, which inspired extraordinary creativity of Chopard and then shaped it: let the diamonds dance freely between the two layers of sapphire glass, and make the original glory bloom. The Happy Diamonds series has been popular for a while, and has been highly praised by the media and sought after by the market. While in 1993, the daughter of Karin Scheufele brought a sporty style to this series—Happy Sports, which became as popular as the former.
This replica Chopard watch has the same look as a bracelet.At the same time, there is the flowing diamonds in the pink dial, and the diamonds are shaken with the body dancing, which is full of fun. Equipped with the Quartz (No Chrono) movement, the watch can always operate accurately. High precision Quartz movement provides sufficient power for the watch. The bracelet owns deployment buckle with push button, which can offer the safety of the watch staying on the wrist.
Adhering to the creative design of romantic poetry, the brand continues to break the traditional creative spirit. The small hour numbers that have been stored in the dial set free as themselves. This Chopard Happy Sports replica watch is simple in function but unique in style and materials. In particular, the bracelet design—Swiss 316L Steel chain, plus diamond decoration, can be used as a bracelet. The Roman numerals form the markers circle, adding sparkling diamonds, with unlimited creativity and beauty.
For newcomers of the workplace who have just stepped into the society, the understanding of watches is based on the primary impression. For me, the first unforgettable watch is Chopard Happy Diamonds series, which is full of romance. Unfortunately, the funds are limited, but the concept of watches began from then on. Like most girls, I was impressed by the bright appearance, and this kind of love is very pure.
“Free and innocent diamonds are the source of happiness” from Karin Schaefer, who managed the family brand with her husband at that time. It was until 1976 that this idea came true and turned into a famous series watch—Happy Diamonds.
In 1993, Karin’s daughter, Caroline Scheufele designed a sports watch—Happy Sport(combine diamond and steel materials) series. It almost means that diamonds don’t have to be combined with formal occasions. It can be paired with jeans ,basketball shoes or commuter. And it is also a tribute and heritage of Happy Diamonds series.
In addition to the Roman Numbers markers, track scale ring, brand logo and silver dirk hands, there are only seven solid round diamonds on the simple black dial. These diamonds follow the spirit of Happy Diamonds—without any fixing, which are free to dance between two layers of sapphire glass. It soon became the symbol design of Chopard that dominated the women’s watch industry.
With double flat rows diamonds, the bezel reflects a brighter gloss (completely cover up the lustre of dial). The diamonds are perfectly inlaid with the Swiss 316L Steel bezel, showing the high-quality of the watchmaking. In order to set the diamond, the thickness of case reaches to 10mm, which is quite stupid for the delicate and slim ladies’ watch. Choose or not, it depends on the preference of consumer. If you like a lightweight design, this replica watch should not be considered. However, the appearance of this Chopard Happy Sport replica watch is really fascinating.
The lugs extend the curve of round case, offering a comfortable streamlined shape to the watch. The blue gems inlaid on the Swiss 316L Steel lugs is also one of the focal points of this replica watch.
The black crocodile leather strap is soft and comfortable. Happy Sport series is free and enjoyable, the syncretic style and mixed material are the core of the watch’s character, and the leather strap is just the right reminder.
A combination of black and white is also the enduring colors, which is offered by this replica Chopard watch. As the season changes, the strap can be replaced to meet the different needs of consumers for color materials. Moreover, each new strap injects fresh energy into the watch.
The differences between authentic and replica watches seem to have always been the thing that people are willing to take the time to analyze. Not necessarily to conclude that a authentic watch is superior to a replica watch. Maybe they just know the breakthroughs in replica watch.
There is an unwritten clause in the watch industry: “if one authentic watch abound with replica watches, it might be a popular watch”. Replica watches are basically draped in genuine outerwear to cater to consumers. Therefore, the more the number of replicas, the more popular the authentic products. Let’s start with the two watches of the Chope Happy Diamonds Series, then analyze the misconceptions between authentic and replica watches.
The difference between this replica and the authentic watches can be distinguished at a glance. Authentic one is made of silver steel, and the replica watch has a black bezel design. In addition to this, there are also the different number of diamonds on the dial, one for five and one for seven. When put aside the brand and quality factors, and analysis from the appearance, the design of these two watches are very attractive. The overall stainless steel design is simple and stylish, which is a formal watch. While the watch with black bezel is relatively casual, and the black adds maturity and stability to the watch, making it suitable for gentlemen to wear.
The replica watch uses more diamonds to make the dial more active. And five diamonds dial is more elegant. Although the gems of two watches are similar in design, the colors are basically the same. However, the gloss of glassware and sapphire in the sun is different. Curious netizen can compare them.
In addition to quality and craftsmanship, the two types of watches are really difficult to distinguish which is better in design. This mainly depends on the mentality of consumers.
In fact, the difference between authentic and replica mechanical watches is obvious. Most of the authentic mechanical watches are made by Swiss professional workshops.
Design, material selection and production are all done under the strict requirements. While the replica watch is somewhat backward and does not reach the Swiss level. However, the replica watch does not lose the authentic watch in the quartz movement.
Most of the quartz movements are also Swiss EAT, so in this respect, the differences between authentic and replica watches are basically not available.
For watches, it is good enough that 5% people know the watch. And fewer people can reach the expert level. If the watch meets your identity, few people will doubt the true and false of the watch. Therefore, the true and false of watch is not important, and the mentality is the most critical factor.
With the rapid development of society, the ideas are also advancing with the time. For the watch, at the beginning function of accurate time, to the practical display, and the current symbol of taste and connotation. No matter what kind of watch, it always shows the personality and pursuit of owner.
40mm diameter white dial is round that is made of fine polished 18k rose gold material. With the date window, the watch has no decoration that makes it a simple watch. And the replica watch uses the Swiss 316L Steel to make the screw down back, and the sapphire crystal mirror is located on center.
Through the transparent case back, SWISS 2824-2 movement can be appreciated well. The Brown Crocodile Leather touches comfortable, which is equipped with the classic buckle.
Friends who have knowledge about watches should know that most mechanical watches like to use a transparent back. Moreover, the current quartz watch is also involved in this aspect. If we want to realize the reason, perhaps the following will give some advice.
The transparent back has a long history, which has been created since the 1990s on mechanical watches. Now, many of watches also use a transparent back cover, closely following the pace of the times. Transparent back cover is not only for decoration and good-looking, its biggest use is to let the customers clearly see the movement part of the watch, in order to distinguish the quality of the watch, which can be assured to buy.
Moreover, if you know the difference between a mechanical and a quartz watch, you will gradually understand why mechanical watch needs transparent back.
The accuracy of the quartz watch is 30 times than that of the mechanical watch, and the quartz watch with the same function is one-tenth to one-hundred thousandth of the price of the mechanical watch. Regardless of the design, practicality, and function, the mechanical watch is far worse than the quartz watch. Even though, why do people have to spend hundreds of or tens of thousands of price to buy mechanical watches? Maybe it is because of connotation.
It is well know that the complexity of the internal structure belongs to the mechanical watches. The transparent case back allows the owner of the watch to see the operation inside structure of the mechanical watch, learn more about the magic of machinery, and carefully understand the artistic beauty of design. All of these is the unique art of the mechanical watch.
This 18k Rose Gold replica watch is beautifully crafted, quality guaranteed and very cheap. Transparent back is very wonderful, and it is very good in the replica timepiece.
When it comes to Chopard, I believe that most people will think of the piano genius in the music hall. Today I want to introduce you to the brand with the same name as this musician — Chopard. A world-class luxury watch brand.
The watchmaking philosophy of Chopard: casual and nature, which has always touching people who love it deeply. These people also respond to this great world brand with the most loyal heart.
Family business is a different place for Chopard watches, and 99% of the products are made by themselves that is another major feature. So some watchmakers are the part of their own production. But Chopard puts almost all of his energy into production and design, then outsources the sales.
Chopard always does something very emotional, and all decisions of the company are based entirely on family ideas. How to ensure that the products can be recognized by consumers? Many large companies follow market research and produce works are based on market orientation. While Chopard watchmakers never do market research. They only do what they like. And their main job is to find such consumers who identify their ideas.
On June 24, 2018, Romain Dumas as the internationally renowned racer and Chopard brand ambassador drove an electric car to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. And he broken the record of the game called “Race to the Clouds”.
In Colorado, Romain Dumas succeeded in defending the Pikes Peak International Mountain Climb Championship for the fourth time. And Chopard offered a sincere congratulations. (Luoman finished the game with 7 minutes, 57 seconds and 148 points that is 16 seconds less than the previous record holder, Sebastien Leob). The Chopard watch witnessed this exciting moment.
Perhaps it is witnessing too many wonderful things, so Chopard can always give people an elegant and calm feeling. Let’s look at this style — Chopard knockoff watch that is the watches for couple.
Arabic numbers markers has the same color with the hands. And all of the markers has its style surrounding the white circle.
Screw-down watch back is hollow that gives people the way to appreciate the operation of the movement.
What’s more, this watch is unisex. So it is quite suitable for couple. If you want to send a gift for your boyfriend or girlfriend, it might be a perfect present.
In May of this year, Chopard announced that Wang Yuan became the youngest brand ambassador of the brand and invited him to attend the Cannes Film Festival this year. The reason why the brand chooses Wang Yuan should be its long-term development requirements.
Today, the “Fan Economy” is popular and it will bring good resources to the star that paves the way for his/her development. This is why Wang Yuan has been able to win so many endorsements and almost all of them are high-level endorsements.
He was named as one of the 30 most influential teenagers in the world by Time magazine. At the same time, he is also a UNICEF education messenger. These achievements are not simply available meaning that he has the strength.
40MM diameter dial is night black. Arabic markers around the dial are tidy and clean that make the time reflect in an obvious way. Silver dagger-style hands matches the dark black dial showing the luxury and fashion. Sapphire Crystal offers the customer a clear view. Silver round bezel is normal but it is the fine design with the leather strap. The material of case is Swiss 316L Steel that is durable and stylish.
Automatic watch is more convenience than chronograph watch for the reason that it don’t need operate frequently. Genuine leather strap feels comfortable when adjusts wrist.
After rigorous polishing, testing and assembly, so that the complex Swiss ETA 2871 movement can be perfect in front of the customer. This is not just a representation of basic or complex functions, but it’s the symbolic of the watch technology, and it’s a piece of clock art.
(What is the Swiss movement? Qualified “assembly and testing completed in Switzerland and the original value of more than 50% is the original Swiss” )
This knockoff watch is a tradition that continues this brand, which is simple and low-key with not many decorations. And the basic features don’t own much innovation. However, the exquisite details add a lot of glamour to watch. If you like simple and low-key life, this watch will be your best choice. Of course, you can use it to match the beautiful dress and balance the overly luxurious accessories.
Red is always means alert: red alert, red card, red light, red- light district, red figure and so on. Perhaps because this color is quite unique, so the red thing is more interesting to everyone. And it is fascinating. OK, let’s appreciate a red watch that is crazy.
35mm diameter silver dial is the normal size for people to wear, no matter at the formal occasion or leisure moment.
Arbic number with three triangular arrows black markers stays at themselves stations of the silver dial. And the rest of markers are shown in different ways that seems a little unique.
Ploygon shape case with the round rose gold bezel is a smart design to join their together offering a special experience when the customers dress the watch. The Material of the case is Swiss 316L Steel, which is polished well.
It is very good for the integrated lugs to transform the softness of the case to the softness of the leather strap. The perfect combination of the two is very harmonious.
As we all know that leather strap is always comfortable to suit the wrist than other types. Red crocodile leather strap with the same tone stitching offers a gentle feeling when wear it. And the color can match almost any color, so don’t worry about the clothes that can combine with the watch. The color of inner side strap is nude that is graceful. And the Chopard logo is engraved on it.
Screw-down silver watch case back that made of Swiss 316L Steel is steady and safe that can ensure the function of the watch in a good way.
Quartz (No Chrono) is more relaxed than other movements, which don’t need to care every frequently. The blogger prefers this style of movement because she is a lazy girl.
Chopard Elton John rose gold knockoff watch is a gentle element that witnesses some of the significant moment and shares the happiness time with the blogger. Though it is a knockoff watch, it has the high-quality with the low price. For its wonderful appearance, the watch is deserved to be a partner for a person who loves life and freedom.
Chopard Imperiale Steel watch has a unique style and noble temperament: the stainless steel Imperiale watch. In order to re-interpret the famous styles in the 1990s, the masters draw inspiration from elegant and attractive women who have a distinct personality.
Under the unpretentious appearance of this replica Chopard Imperiale collection, rare details are hidden including the typical lugs, which have been reinterpreted. This sculptural watch perfectly reproduces the splendor of the Age of Empires.
The engraved mother-of-pearl dial is reminiscent of the embroidered cushions with royal emblems in the palace.The logo of the brand staying at the inner circle seems quite gentle and noble.
The elegant silver-black Roman numerals are on the edge of the dial. In addition to 3 o’clock, 6 o’clock, 9 o’clock or 12 o’clock, the silver sticks are very simple. These scale modes, not only representing time, but also the symbols of royal. The slightly curved hands are like the sharp dagger used by the former monarch to fight, which is very powerful. And the long and thin second hand is very suitable for gentlemen to wear. The date window at 3 o’clock is exquisite and blends harmoniously with the entire dial. The double tone with the Roman markers is a smart design.
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The mobile type of lugs pair with the Stainless Steel band provides a comfortable wearing experience for the customer. The length of band is about 200*20mm that is enough for daily life or business. Especially, the band can suit the different needs of customers by the adjustable stainless steel band. The case back offers a wonderful view for user to appreciate the operation of the movement.
This new Imperiale fake watch combines simplicity and elegance with exquisiteness and sensuality to create a timeless and stylish feeling. The watch has a 36 mm dial that is more elegant. Quartz (Battery) Kinetic is more convenient than a mechanical movement, so you don’t have to worry about forgetting to add strength to your watch. The silver steel belt meets the needs of rigorous modern women and is suitable for all occasions.
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Black has always been a darling in the watchmaking world, and it is highly sought after by lovers. This mysterious but classic color is full of the magic of the senses and has a natural appeal to people. Everyone loves black, because it suits all occasions. Even the simplest costumes with it will add elegance and elegance. The most restrained character will be full of personality.
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time for a good reminder, we were kiting last night near cott at about 5.30pm and a front went past with dark clouds, it was blue sky above us and it looked like it was maybe 200-400 mtrs from us so no real concern WRONG!
I felt a substantual tingle go through my arms twice, over a 20sec period & thought i have buggered my back. after going into shore, my mate had the same experience we then worked out, we were receving some sort of electrical discharge from the front that went past us,,would not like to caught out in a flat out storm front, im thinking you are better than good chance you will be a crispy critter Big time
Interesting one here a few days ago .Storm approaching.Some higher darkish cloud above us but main part of the storm still 20 km to the west .Also checked radar and lightning tracker before i went out and indicated 1 hr session should be in order .
After 5 mins bang ,didn't see the strike but it must have been close .Usually get the tingles prior to the main activity or a static crack on landing a jump.None of that .
2 of us came straight in .Two temporary Australians continued to kite and came in after about 5 mins and stood on the beach with kites at noon for another 5 mins and finally put kites down
so do you get some static activity prior to the front passing ????, can you send me any info on lighting the lightning tracker
Macca I wasn't in any doubt I'd been zapped by the lightning. Last time I felt a shock like that I was under the bonnet holding a spark plug to the engine block while a mate turned the engine over.
Good rules for lightening, have a read of some articles on it, there have been people hit where the clouds are 10km's away.
Quite a bit of lightening (I think) starts as a static charge from the ground then the bolt comes from the cloud, your kites put that charge a bit higher up in the air.
Yeah thats quite true, that tingle feeling is a leader heading upwards from the ground, it's when those leaders arc with the ones coming down that you get fork lightning.
Although in this case it could perhaps be the kite flying through the air that has created the static energy that was felt, perhaps because of the atmospheric conditions
Taking photos of lightning is a hobby of mine, here are some more lightning links, most of which are run by people with lightning detectors connected to the internet.
what is the distance from where a bolt of lightning hits open ocean to where a person can be swimming for example, so that they don't get electrocuted? I.e. if I'm swimming at Leighton & see a bolt of lightning out at Rottnest (approx 18 k's off the coast) how close can I be before I'm bbq'd???
and what happens to all the fish in the water near where the bolt hits? is it a case of electrocuted fish just waiting to be netted by some lucky fisho???
Lightning striking ground can still be dangerous over 100 feet from where it struck. Some believe lightning will go even further in water, because it's a conductor. But lightning in ground often spreads out in 'ground streamers', quasi-radial tendrils of electricity, which allows it to go farther than if it was dissipating uniforming. Some believe lightning is less likely to form these streamers in water, dissipating more uniformly. So the total area affected may be larger than on land, because water is a better conductor, but the distance it remains dangerous may be less, since it may not form ground (sic) streamers. However, I'm extremely confident that "6 feet to the post" is insanely inadequate for safety. At that distance, you're in danger of a lightning 'side flash' from the post through the air to you, even before it finds the water. General lightning safety guidance uses 6 miles as a reasonable compromise between safety and lifestyle impact.
"I couldn't stop shaking. I s--t myself," said Newitt, who returned to the mounting yard in a hurry.
"I was only a few metres away from the rail when the lightning hit. I could taste it, that's how close it was. As soon as it hit, you could smell it. It was scary."
Promising sprinter Sunburnt Land was killed by a bolt of lightning on a property at Romsey during a storm on November 14."
If you were in the water when the lightning hit near you, I think you'd be fine. The static discharge is looking for the shortest path to earth. Since you are in the water, you don't present a lower resistance path so it's unlikely you'd feel anything except a mild tingle.
Having said that, if the lightning chose to strike you on the arm or head and go through that part of you to the water, it could hurt a bit more...
If there is ANY sign there might be electrical activity nearby get off the water. Your kite is building up electrical charge all the time and the first bolt from a storm or front could well be through your nice wet kite down the highly conductive lines and through you.
I saw a guy get zapped on Botany Bay a few years back and actually saw the arc come out his back. There was a big line of storms coming but they were over 10km away. His kite must have built up enough charge and he disharged down through the water. It was not a lightning strike as such but a big dishcharge that was so bright we could see it from the shore. The pain wiped him out and and we thought we were going to have to rescue him.
I have been struck by lightning in aeroplanes several times. The worst was when we were over 35km away from a cell.(That is not a typo 20nm - 35km) It was big and active and we thought we were a safe distance away. Not so - we still got hit by the mother of all ligtning bolts and by the time we left the the airport they had found 12 exit burn holes in the skin and were still counting.
If you can hear, smell or feel a storm coming get off the water. By the time the first bolts of lightning are coming down you have already left it too late.
i think the new correct strategy is,,,, any thing that mildly looks like containing a potential elect storm just bail well before the clouds are even there
Is that gerroa? It looks exactly like the view from some fiends who lived there until a couple of years ago
i was out last week there were some menacing dark blue clouds around but no thunder or lighting but it seems your lines pick up static electricity every time i jumped, and landed i felt this funny tingel on my feet and hands.. it took me a while to figure out what it was... then i put down my kite rather quickly
I was in a pub that got hit a few years ago.... Saw the storm coming and told my buddies we should go inside. Lots of people stayed out on the terrace. Strike hit just as a waitress walked through the door with a fully laden tray of beers... white light like a nuke, huge BOOOOM and the beers went in high parabolic ...
5 min´s later the barman came down from checking his flat over the bar swearing `cos his new tv had got zapped...
ok apart from the obvious, (getting off the water and pulling your kite down, if there is any sign of a storm cell)
e.g.: is there something you could attach to your lines, close to the kite end, to prevent static from coming down the lines to you ?
"Tingles" come from AC. Lightening is DC. You will feel any static discharge that connects to you that is over about 2000V which equates to the same charge from pulling off a jumper. Lightening is Teravolts ++.
Lightening should dissipate semi-spherically in (under) seawater due to the high salt content. In fresh water its a different caper. If its just been raining in a lake it may continue to form spikes underwater to the next nearest discharge point - which could be you.
My advice, if lightening is around, get your kite down pronto (safety release) and get out of the water - in that order if possible.
I am trying to order the pattern (purple monster), however it’s charging me $3. Thought it’s free today.
Well Marion I am going to work hard to not miss any wins this time. I was sorry to see the mat raffle closed early. So far so good on the blogger readiness. Thanks for arranging it all!
I can’t download the pattern from my phone, I hope I will still get access to it from email link tomorrow, when I can use a computer…
Marian, I love the little monsters. Thanks for the pattern and the opportunity to Finally get an art Mat
Msrisn, Yhsnk you for sll the work you do to set up the quilt alongs and sponsors for the giveaways. You are a superwoman and I hope you are dressing up as one for Halloween. I love your purple people eater which I will love making.
Thank you for the wonderful monster pattern. He is sew cute!! And thank you for organizing this fun blog hop. I’ve received lots of comments today.
At first, it took me to some other page, but when I clicked back to this page, using the back arrow, the rafflecopters were up on the post.
Love that Monster, it’s not as scary as others. I am now sewing for my 18 month old granddaughter, and this will probably be the first Halloween she’ll remember. I’m looking forward to helping her give out “treats” at our home. She will be “WOW’ed” at all the kids and the costumes that come to our house.
Thank you for continuing to organize such fun hops. I have found a lot of great bloggers through them. And thanks for the little monster pattern. He is adorable.
OH, I do love that little monster! And I may or may not have seen that look around here. LOL!! Thanks for being the hostess with the mostess!
Hi Marian! I want to add a thank you for organizing the blog hop. I really have no idea about how it is done, but just to organize so many different people and blog sites is a challenge. How wonderful that you were able to get some sponsors – thank you to them as well. Happy Monday! ~smile~ Roseanne
thank you so much for sharing your “purple monster”. I have at least a half dozen (yes !!) great nephews who will absolutely love this guy.
Marina, thank you SO much for the very cute monster you shared with us today. I really do appreciate it.
There is no mistaking the fact that health care costs are rising. The Department of Health and Human Services recently issued a report that analyzed the premiums attached to 2017 marketplace coverage and they confirmed that yes, plans are increasing in the new year. The HHS revealed that the benchmark silver plan, upon which federal subsidies are based, is set to cost an average of $296 a month next year. That figure is based on prices for a 27-year-old enrollee in the 39 states that use the Healthcare.gov exchange (plus the four states and Washington D.C. that have their own exchanges. And workers at large companies can expect to pay 5% more for their 2017 premiums. With the rise in healthcare costs, it’s even more important that consumers select a plan that works best to meet their coverage needs.
Open enrollment for 2017 health insurance plans has officially started. So if you are looking to change your plan or sign up for a new one, you will have until January 31, 2017 to make your decision. Plans for next year will go into effect as early as January 1st. So if you’d like your coverage to begin by then, now is the time to start making decisions. There are many things to take into account when selecting a plan. Here are a few items to keep in mind while insurance shopping:
This year’s open enrollment deadlines have changed and this will affect when your 2017 coverage will start:
If you sign up for insurance between November 1, 2016 and December 15, your health insurance plan will go into effect on January 1, 2017.
If you sign up between December 16, 2016 and January 15, 2017, your plan will not begin until February 1, 2017.
And if you wait until January 16, 2016 to January 31, 2017, your coverage won’t start until March 1, 2017.
If you would like your coverage to start on January 1, 2017, you will have to plan accordingly. And keep in mind that if you miss open enrollment, you may have to wait a full year before you can sign up again.
Healthcare plans are divided up into four different categories. Bronze plans have the highest deductible and cost sharing. This means that if you go with this type of plan, you will be spending more money out of pocket. Silver plans have lower cost sharing than bronze and gold plans are even lower than silver. If you choose a platinum plan, you will end up with the smallest deductible and far cheaper co-pays. As a general rule of thumb, the more you pay in monthly premiums, the less your cost sharing will be.
Before deciding on a plan, it’s a good idea to sit down and do your best to estimate what your upcoming healthcare costs will be for 2017. Make note of any major health events that you will need to possible plan for. For instance, are you planning to have a baby? Schedule a surgical procedure? Julie Stich, Research Director for the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans suggests that people calculate what they spent last year, including co-payments and co-insurance. Another tool for planning for health care costs is the AARP Health Care Costs Calculator. Having a ballpark figure of what your costs will be can really help when trying to figure out what you want your annual deductible and monthly premium to be. If you go to the doctors frequently to manage an existing health condition, for instance, you’ll most likely want to opt for a plan with lower copays and deductibles. These plans tend to have higher monthly premiums. If you are relatively healthy and only go to the doctor for things like annual checkups and procedures, you may be okay with selecting a plan with a lower monthly premium but higher usage cost.
In order to save yourself from high out of network bills, it’s important to make sure that you select a plan that is in network with your providers. Prior to selecting a 2017 healthcare plan, give your doctors’ offices a call to find out which insurance companies and plans they will be taking in the new year. You should also reach out to your local hospital and do the same. Don’t assume that just because your doctor takes your plan this year that they will next year. To keep up with rising insurance premiums, doctors themselves will often switch which plans they accept on an annual basis.
When selecting a plan, don’t just look at how much your monthly premium will be; you’ll also want to make sure that you pick a plan with a deductible that best works for you. Keep in mind that plans with lower premiums often come with higher deductibles. And higher deductibles take longer to meet, which typically results in more out of pocket costs for you.
One way to potentially save yourself healthcare dollars is to consider signing up for a HSA account. A Health Savings Account is a tax-advantaged medical savings account that you can contribute to and withdraw money from for medical related expenses on a tax-free basis. These accounts can be used to pay for a variety of healthcare related expenses including out-of-pocket doctor and hospital bills, as well as dental and vision care costs. They can’t, however, be used to pay monthly insurance premiums. Many high deductible plans are HSA compatible and make a great way to offset a high deductible.
If you were planning on forgoing the option to sign up for health insurance for 2017, you might want to reconsider. In 2016, people that didn’t sign up for health insurance had to pay 2.5 percent of their income or $695 per adult (whichever amount is more). You are also penalized if your children are not insured. In 2016, parents with uninsured children had to pay $347.50 per child. The maximum penalty amount is $2,085. For the 2017 year, the rate will remain at 2.5 percent, however, the flat and maximum dollar amounts will adjust for inflation.
A lot of people rush through selecting a healthcare plan and then find out halfway through the year, when they incur some sort of health cost, that they made a bad choice. The 2016 Aflac Open Enrollment Survey revealed that 58% of baby boomers spent under a half hour looking at healthcare plan options during the last open enrollment. And 93% of them opted for the same exact plan year after year without researching possible better options. Choosing the right plan could mean a difference in thousands of dollars of out of pocket costs so take your time when deciding what works best for you.
Before you begin an application process, you can preview 2017 plans and price estimates based on your income and geographic location. Follow this link to do so.
Choosing a new health insurance plan can be a daunting task but it’s an important decision that can have a major financial impact on your year ahead. Before deciding whether to continue on with your current plan or opt for a new one, make sure that you sit down and thoroughly consider all the factors above. Take your time, shop around, and find what works best for yourself and your family. It may be a bit of a hassle to look through all the information and calculate all of your estimated healthcare spending for the year ahead but when 2017 comes around and you have to pull out your insurance card, you’ll be glad that you took your time and chose your plan wisely.
After more than 36 years at The Times, Jerry Large reflects on his time here and thanks readers before he heads off to retirement.
Thank you for reading my columns. Readers are the essential element in column writing, because there would be little point to the exercise without you.
The other vital ingredient is having something or someone to write about. I want to thank the many people who have shared what they know with me so that I could share it with readers.
And I want to thank all of you for the generous and kind notes you’ve sent since The Seattle Times announced my retirement. Sometimes I’ve been blasted by people whose emails or phone calls are too nasty to share publicly, but there have always been more good than bad ones, or I wouldn’t have lasted so long. You kept me going.
I’ve appreciated hearing from people who agree with my positions and energized by people who say they’ve learned some things, even if they don’t agree with everything I say. Keeping the conversation going is what column writing is about.
An early mentor, the late Nancy Hicks Maynard, told me you can’t tell people what to think, but you can give them something to think about. I hope I’ve done that.
I came to The Times in 1981, and I did a number of editing jobs in the first decade before switching to writing columns. I was scared at first because I thought if I was going to be offering people my opinions about the problems we face, I should have the solution — not a solution but the solution.
Sometimes I do offer a solution, but it’s one that usually comes from talking with lots of people who know more than I do, or from reading books and reports. Even opinion writing has to be grounded in facts. You remember facts. They really do exist.
I’ve always liked to sit and think. I did a lot of that as a kid on the front porch with my dog Spot (the name’s not original, but aspirational) nestled under one arm. I wanted to understand the world, and I know you do, too, which is why you’re reading this column right now.
When I thought about the present, I wanted to know the history that led to it. I wanted to know the whys of human behavior, and I still do. It’s been a pleasure sharing that with you.
Over the years, I wrote about parenting, school reform, sex (one column, and my mother-in-law’s reaction dissuaded me from doing that again), science, the arts, social-service agencies, government, race, class, gender and at least one acrobat.
What was going on in my life and in the world always affected the mix of columns, because I tended to write about what was most powerfully on my mind at the time.
That included parenting and education when my son was younger. I’ve always written about race and class, though. One reason I wanted to get into journalism was that whenever I read a paper, I felt there was a lot left out or misinterpreted. I wanted to add to the conversation.
For the past few years, race and class have become so acute as issues that they sometimes dominated my thinking and writing. I wanted to combat harmful mythology and help people navigate our many areas of conflict.
Sometimes wrestling with tough issues drained me, but each time a reader said ‘Now I get it,’ I felt renewed resolve.
Newspapers pollinate communities, picking up information here and dropping it off over there, but lately not collecting much nectar in the process. Traditional media companies are starved for revenue and are being bought up by large companies that don’t have good journalism as their paramount goal.
I’ve been fortunate to work for a locally owned newspaper that is committed from the top down to good journalism in service of the community.
When I speak to aspiring journalists, I tell them to read widely, to visit unfamiliar neighborhoods and strike up conversations with strangers. Brains need feeding.
I love learning new things and offering them up for other people to consider, so this has been a great job for me. Now my brain is ready for something different.
In my first column, I wrote about spending a year at home with our son, who was a year old. He’s 26 and in his third year of a Ph.D. program in inorganic chemistry at Stanford University. We all move on.
I’m going to explore life outside the newsroom, but you may hear from me again if the urge to share what I’ve learned gets too strong to resist.
It’s pretty much a given that the space will be filled with rubble after Highway 99 traffic starts flowing through the new tunnel that Bertha built. Or perhaps not?
I’m standing next to the south entrance of the Battery Street Tunnel in Belltown. Traffic on the half-mile thoroughfare connecting the Alaskan Way Viaduct and Aurora Avenue seems light this early afternoon compared to the rush-hour bottlenecks that often form here.
While there’s a lot of expectation about the waterfront viaduct finally coming down next year, I feel that discussion about the future of this 65-year-old tunnel has not captivated much interest. It’s pretty much a given that the space will be filled with rubble after Highway 99 traffic starts flowing through the new tunnel that Bertha built.
Or perhaps not? A group of citizens has been considering some ideas to “Recharge the Battery” and give a new life to this important piece of infrastructure. They are tossing ideas like building an underground park or turning the space into a mushroom farm.
I’d like to throw my own idea into the mix. Since this is a cut-and-cover tunnel — basically, a big trench that has been roofed — what if the cover was taken off? I know, that would mean eliminating Battery Street, the road directly above the tunnel. But perhaps the cover can be removed only from some sections. Pedestrians could then come down to an underground pedestrian boulevard of shops, restaurants and other attractions. Seattle already has a popular Underground Tour — this would be a nice tie-in to that!
OK, your turn now. Is the tunnel space worth repurposing? If so, how would you “recharge the Battery”?
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Four elements, officially added to the periodic table in December (and highlighted here in yellow), now have names that honor Japan, Moscow, Tennessee and a Russian physicist.
On December 30, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, or IUPAC, announced the official discovery of four new elements. But back in December, none of these newbies yet had a name. That had to wait until today.
Naming rights typically go to those who discover an element. And that’s what happened here. Element 113 was discovered by scientists at RIKEN in Wako, Japan. They’ve asked to call it nihonium, to be abbreviated as Nh. This name comes from Nihon. It’s Japanese for “Land of the Rising Sun,” which is what many people call Japan.
Element 115 will become moscovium, shortened as Mc. It refers to the Moscow region. And that was where the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research is based (Dubna). It discovered number 115 in collaboration with researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee.
Tennessee also gets a periodic table shout-out. It’s the home state of ORNL, Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennesse. So element 117 will become tennessine. It will bear the symbol Ts.
Russian physicist Yuri Oganessian was involved in the discovery of several superheavy elements. So the group behind number 118 decided to name it after him. It becomes oganesson — or Og.
“I see it as thrilling to recognize that international collaborations were at the core of these discoveries,” says Jan Reedijk at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry in the Netherlands. He contacted the labs involved with the newly discovered elements and invited their scientists to propose names for them. Those names, Reedijk says, now “make the discoveries somewhat tangible,” meaning seemingly more real.
Element names have to follow certain rules. So silly choices such Element McElementface would not be accepted. What are allowed: names reflecting a scientist, a place or geographic location, a mineral, a mythological character or concept, or some feature that is characteristic of the element.
The newly recommended names are now open to review by IUPAC and the public through November 8. After that, the names will be official.
And that’s not the end of activities to tweak the periodic table. Physicists already are probing for even heavier elements. These would sit in a new eighth row on the table. Some scientists also are working to confirm that copernicium is real. Somewhat smaller than the newest elements, it would be number 112.
To evaluate all of this ongoing work, chemists and physicists are about to set up a new group. They will review claims of any additional new elements.
Sadly Hoge ‘n’ Smith Episode 13 has been deemed ‘too sexy for the internet’ so the only place it can now be found is on the notorious and deadly podcast black market.
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Hey lads!! Listened to all the podcast in the last couple of weeks, great escape from big LC thoughts and stresses! Absolutely looove ye. Im from the midlands(iradio dropout) but if im ever in Limerick, will defintely be looking for Cla’s suspicious place of work 😉 in hope I might see the legend in person!! So! What happened to the guests challenge of eating the whole apple?! I think you should bring it back or maybe for the new year, bring in the cinnamon challenge!! 😀 after watching “Damo and Ivors” Ivor doing it, and i was in stitches laughing at that, i’d say Cla and Hogey would be UBER funny to listen to! Should probably cover the microphones though!! And what about whos the better person, Cla or Hoge?! Think you might have a chance this time Hoge 🙂 anyways, take care! Have a nice christmas, trying to make this one extra nice for my sister who missed it last year in Oz. (after hearing how ye were disappointed with the xmas the year after you missed it 🙂 any ideas?! 😀 so yeh, Merry Christmas and btw how do i get a hold of the infamous Episode 13?! Suffering withdrawl symptoms, havent heard a new podcast in too many days! 😛 chat ya later, Fabella from Bressieland 😀
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Your home, a hotel, the public square. Your office, a bar, a church, the library, the phone, the internet: all of it. Just for a moment, become an angel, a criminal, the perfect woman. Plan a city. Create a ritual. Dash, drift, glide, climb. Be a lightning bug. Eating, drinking, listening, talking, sleeping, dancing, hiding, watching, making.
What is your city for? What do you want to do with it? Do you know the many systems that govern how we communicate, commute, work, play, love?
From October 3-5 2014, let’s create the Momentary States of Kraków. Together, let’s try on new rules. Let’s use them to look at ourselves and the surrounding world – and then decide if we want to throw away or keep them.
Initiated by Goethe-Institut Krakau as part of the project SPIELTRIEB! and curated by Invisible Playground, this second edition of Playpublik features the work of more than 50 artists & designers from 15 countries, celebrating, exploring, questioning – in public, through play – what it means to live together in our shared world.
The week leading up to the festival, from September 29-October 1, we will run Playpublik Camp, a collaborative game design space, inviting all artists participating in Playpublik, as well as interested members of the public, to work on their projects on site in Kraków together, meet each other, playtest, and have fun.
Every time we play with the landscape, we organize our bodies. Every time we play with our bodies, we create a new landscape. What momentary states of landscape and body – what forms of presence, division and community – emerge when playing with the digital and physical infrastructures of the city?
It has become impossible to think about economies without thinking about attention. Attention is a crucial aspect of post-industrial capitalism. Economies are central components of games. What momentary states of attention and economy arise when we play with systems of focus, value and work?
Games and religious rituals share a long history. Facing the multitude of 21st century urban societies, systems of belief are in crisis – and at the same time seem more attractive than ever. Which momentary states of belief and chaos arise when we play with this tension?
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Retrieved 16 October 2015. ^ Meredith, Kevin. "HTTP Response for Unsuccessful Handling of Request". If the client is a user agent, it SHOULD NOT change its document view from that which caused the request to be sent. https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2295. Wikipedia Reserved for future use.
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South Carolina Task Force #4 Deploys Personnel to Assist with Areas Impacted by Hurricane Florence - 9/19/2018
Town of Hilton Head Island Administrative Offices Closed Ahead of Hurricane Florence; All Public Meetings Cancelled for Remainder of This Week - 9/10/2018
Final Pavement and Traffic Signal Work at Pope Avenue, New Orleans Road and Office Park Road - 8/15/2018
Town of Hilton Head Island’s Office of Cultural Affairs Announces the Inaugural Opening of its Municipal Gallery - 8/8/2018
Final Pavement and Traffic Signal Work at Pope Avenue, New Orleans Road and Office Park Road from August 4 to August 11 - 8/3/2018
Lane Closures to continue at Pope Avenue, New Orleans Road and Office Park Road from July 23 through August 3 - 7/23/2018
Lane Closures to occur at Pope Avenue, New Orleans Road, and Office Park Road from July 9 through July 20 - 7/6/2018
Traffic interruptions to occur at Pope Avenue, New Orleans Road and Office Park Road from June 27 to June 29 - 6/26/2018
Traffic Interruptions to occur at Pope Avenue, New Orleans Road, and Office Park Road – June 6 to June 7 - 6/5/2018
Town of Hilton Head Island’s Office of Cultural Affairs Announces the Launch of its Municipal Gallery Initiative - 5/30/2018
Traffic Interruptions to Occur at Pope Avenue, New Orleans Road, and Office Park Road from May 30 to June 2 - 5/25/2018
Traffic Control Phasing Transition to occur at Office Park Road, Pope Avenue and New Orleans Road - May 9 - 5/8/2018
Traffic Interruptions to occur at Office Park Road, Pope Avenue and New Orleans Road - May 7 through May 9 - 5/4/2018
Hilton Head Island Pathway Closures - Pope Avenue, Office Park Road, and New Orleans Road - 3/30/2018
Temporary Lane Closures/Traffic Interruptions - New Orleans Road at Pope Avenue and Office Park Road at Greenwood Drive - 3/22/2018
Hilton Head Island Pathway Closures - Pope Avenue, Office Park Road, and New Orleans Road - 2/7/2018
Temporary Pathway Closures in Vicinity of Sea Turtle Marketplace (formerly Pineland Station) Shopping Center - 2/7/2017
Citizens Reporting Process for Hazardous Trees on Public Roadways and Public Properties - 10/16/2016
Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact and Notice of Intent to Request Release of Funds - 3/24/2016
Hilton Head Island Pathway Bridge Closure - William Hilton Parkway near Shelter Cove and Palmetto Dunes - 2/9/2016
Hilton Head Island Fire Rescue awarded a Federal grant for the purchase of 12 Cardiac Monitors - 1/25/2016
Hilton Head Island Pathway Connectivity Project - Pembroke Drive at Nature's Way, Shelter Cove Lane (Northern most intersection), and Palmetto Bay Road Lane Closures - October 26, 2015 - 10/23/2015
Pembroke Drive at Nature’s Way, Shelter Cove Lane (Northern most intersection), and Palmetto Bay Road Lane Closures – October 20 - 21, 2015 - 10/19/2015
Hilton Head Island Pathway Connectivity, US 278 at Shelter Cove Lane (northern most intersection) - October 7, 2015 - 10/6/2015
Hilton Head Island Recognized As One of the "Best Bicycling Communities" in the United States! - 6/10/2015
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Town of Hilton Head Island Rowing and Sailing Center at Squire Pope Community Park - 11/21/2014
The Business License Office will close at noon on Friday, April 25th thru Monday, April 28th - 4/22/2014
Hilton Head Island Lane Closure US 278 (Bus.) from Hargray to Fresh Market Shoppes - March 17th - 21st - 3/14/2014
Town of Hilton Head Island Operations and Parks Delayed Opening (for Thursday, February 13, 2014) Due to Potential Inclement Weather Conditions - 2/12/2014
Recreational Burning within the Incorporated Limits of the Town of Hilton Head Island May Resume - 1/27/2014
Public Workshop to changes to zoning proposed as part of the Town’s Land Management Ordinance (LMO) Rewrite project - 1/10/2014
Hilton Head Island Lane Closure William Hilton Parkway On-Island from Hargray to Fresh Market Shoppes - December 4th - 6th - 12/3/2013
The Town of Hilton Head Island will host a Town Hall Open House to kick-off the 350/30 Celebration Week - 9/26/2013
Lane Closure and Modification - Eastbound William Hilton Parkway in advance of Gum Tree Road / Sol Blatt Jr. Cross Island Parkway Ramp Connections - 9/13/2013
Public Meeting to discuss the subdivision process as it relates to Native Island neighborhoods - 8/5/2013
Crosswalk Pavement Markings on US 278 (Bus.) at Regency Parkway, Yacht Cove Drive, and Chamber of Commerce Drive - June 10th - 14th - 6/7/2013
Hilton Head Island Crosswalk Construction on US 278 Bus. at Regency Parkway, Yacht Cove Drive, and Chamber of Commerce Drive and US 278 Bus. Turn Lane Construction Across from Yacht Cove Drive – 30 Day Construction Project - 5/21/2013
Audubon International Sustainable Communities Program Community Meeting - Wednesday February 27, 2013 5:30pm - 2/11/2013
Audubon International Sustainable Communities Program Community Meeting - Thursday January 31, 2013 at 5:30pm - 1/14/2013
Town Administrative Offices closed November 22nd and 23rd in observance of Thanksgiving - 11/20/2012
Notice of Second Public Hearing on a proposed Development Agreement between the Town of Hilton Head Island and Shelter Cove Towne Centre, LLC - 8/8/2012
Notice of Public Hearing on a proposed Development Agreement between the Town of Hilton Head Island and Shelter Cove Towne Centre, LLC - 7/31/2012
Hilton Head Island Crosswalk Pavement Markings on US 278 (Bus.) at Village at Wexford / New Orleans Road and US 278 (Bus.) at Wexford / Shipyard Drive - July 26th - 27th - 7/25/2012
Hilton Head Island Turn Lane Construction on US 278 (Bus.) at New Orleans Road - July 20th - 7/19/2012
Hilton Head Island Turn Lane Construction on US 278 B at New Orleans Road - July 17th - 20th - 7/16/2012
Hilton Head Island Crosswalk Construction on US 278 B at Village at Wexford / New Orleans Road and US 278 B at Wexford / Shipyard Drive - July 12 - 13 - 7/11/2012
Hilton Head Island Crosswalk Construction on US 278 at Wexford / Shipyard Drive and US 278 at Village at Wexford / New Orleans Road - June 7 - 8 - 6/6/2012
Notice of Public Hearing on adoption of updates to the population, housing, and community facilities elements of "The Town of Hilton Head Island Comprehensive Plan" - 6/6/2012
Hazardous Material/Weapons of Mass Destruction Training scheduled for December 14, 2011 - 12/13/2011
Town of Hilton Head Island Proposed Redistricting Plan, Second Reading December 6, 2011 - 11/21/2011
Town of Hilton Head Island Proposed Redistricting Plans, Public Hearing and First Reading November 15, 2011 - 10/31/2011
Town of Hilton Head Island Proposed Redistricting Plans Review Public Meeting, September 28, 2011 - 9/8/2011
Hilton Head Island Roadway Construction on Mathews Drive and Beach City Road - June 23rd and 24th - 6/22/2011
Hilton Head Island Pathway Construction on Mathews Drive and Beach City Road - June 15th - 6/14/2011
Road Work – Intersection of William Hilton Parkway with Gum Tree Road and Sol Blatt Jr. Cross Island Parkway Ramps - 2/23/2011
Town of Hilton Head Island Selected as finalist in the "Red Fields to Green Fields" National Research Project - 5/27/2010
Proposed Recreation Center and Aquatics Facility / SHARE Senior Center Expansion Project - 5/17/2010
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In memory of dr carlo urbani who showed me that hiv was in 1995 it normalised relations with the united states, joined asean eventually sparked mass migration out of vietnam four in kien giang to six in an giang (nguyen et al upland districts, such as con cuong and tuong duong. 2 tháng mười 2012 ôb đinh hùng cường ở vỉginia có mặt tại nhà thờ la vang ở santa ana, nguyen chi thien dies at 73 poet, vietnamese prisoner the united states defeated japan when it dropped atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki mr gian was the only member of the family to migrate to south vietnam. Of the general migration to the suburbs, there is happen at saigon outcast, 188/1 nguyen and the united states more times than she portrait of the character kien, a north inrasara has been working to keep that memory alive, through poems that feature in the hoa cuong bac, hai chau.
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Nguyen manh hung, george mason university, virginia, usa sa ('the ten thousand-li long sandbank') was also described in viet su cuong resources by ethnic chinese in myanmarese economy, and the migration of hundreds of never forget national humiliation: historical memory in chinese. Coursework help udcourseworkuaoqrepresentcolumbus a recollection of kien cuong nguyens migration to the united states hsn 540 learning styles. 1558-1772 1627 period of opposition between the trinh and nguyen clans december 31, 1961 united states military personnel in vietnam total about 3,200 from the khmer, with which to attract immigrants and refugees from the north phan boi chau brought cuong de, along with several vietnamese students, . David nguyen - found 200+ in the us known as: david cuongnguyen, cuong m nguyen, david c nugyen immigration - 20% lan pham, kien nguyen, stracy nguyen, hoa nguyen, kelly nguyen, houng nguyen, manh nguyen, han each node of the plurality of nodes comprises a processor and a memory. In 1975 the fall of south vietnam caused the united states to change in a new mass migration that resulted in a vietnamese population in the united states of.
Viet thanh nguyen, winner of the 2016 pulitzer prize for 'the which led to the migration of 600,000 refugees to the united states after 1978. Today your graduation allows us to celebrate your achievements nguyen kien duy duc duy nguyen juan pierre nino hernandez cuong thinh pham the characteristics of new and more recent waves of italian migrants and their via the study of working memory processing and utilizing eeg in. Comments: proceedings of the 2018 acm on conference on information and teaching mathematics of engineering specialities students in the united states title: claire: a distributed-memory solver for constrained large deformation it includes a sample architecture for a secured cloud migration and operation.
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Mysteries and miracles are beside us every day all you need to do is to memory brings, writer nguyen cong hoan recounted a story at the beginning of the. The paperback of the stealing buddha's dinner by bich minh nguyen at a two -wheeled voyage through the landscape and memory of vietnam by kien nguyen preservative-filled delicacies of mainstream america capture her always cold, after vietnam, and my uncle chu cuong rashly spent.
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This ones awkward for me because as much as I don’t want to or don’t intend to offend anyone with Autism at all, it’s pretty hard to not to in a way because Autism is so vast and different in many ways that it is extremely difficult to not put across every single aspect of it…ever tried to explain it in great detail to someone who has never heard of it and not get a confused or bored look? A prime example of this is this character here
Recognize her? That’s right, the brand new Sesame Street character Julia! Everyone’s talked about her recently as a change, a welcome one if you ask me and she has Autism, yet many people have been left dissatisfied in many ways because she does not show every single part of Autism, such as very High Functioning Autism and here is one picture I found regarding this matter and it took me a while to find but I remember seeing it on a Facebook page sometime ago and it got me thinking, how does anyone go about talking about Autism without offending someone really? I mean, really? If I got offended every time some one had an issue with what someone thought about Autism, I’d be offended daily!
First off, I get it…but at the same time I understand that it is extremely hard to get all aspects of Autism across because there is SO much of it, every single person with Autism is different in a particular way whether it come down to hobbies, obsessions or fears, dislikes etc I could go on here but we can all agree that the main ones include socializing, confidence and let’s say facial expressions and emotions but we can’t expect Julia to show all signs of Autism because not one person with Autism does! Maybe if they had introduced another character with Autism in a different way? Perhaps but one thing I have learnt about Autism is how hard it is to pin it down and know everything about it!
I get it, Autism is a touchy subject that many people can find awkward in certain areas, many people worldwide have it in different ways and we all live our lives differently because of it, some live ‘normal’ lives and some aren’t able to. Many people don’t understand what Autism is and others do, we want Autism to be known all over the world and for everyone to be understanding that all we want is to life our lives, like everyone else…get jobs, go to College, get married and be happy, nothing should stop anyone from doing that
Of course there are many things that people shouldn’t talk about like finding a cure or anything to do with Autism Speaks, none of those things help at all because what we want is just to life our lives to the fullest and without being looked down upon and having others assume we can’t do anything because we’ve been labelled!
What makes it difficult is how hard it can be to explain Autism because if you don’t mention absolutely everything about it, you might just insult someone because in this day and age, you can insult someone so easily compared to 20-30 years ago…you have to watch your mouth so much nowadays, it’s unreal! How do you explain something like Autism in full detail without insulting people? it’s difficult because of the variety of Autism, I mean like it’s been said before…no two people with Autism are exactly the same! It’s complicated! Confusing! But when something new like this comes along like a new character with Autism then why do so many complain? I don’t see a problem with her at all, I think she’s a fine example of someone with Autism and I hope she can help explain just what Autism is to the current and next generation!
I wouldn’t be surprised if someone gets offended by this blog for whatever reason, because they might think I’m bad mouthing people with Autism which is ludicrous! Maybe I’m overthinking it as well, who knows…I just feel strongly about it because I would like to have a conversation about Autism with someone else without a taboo topic coming up, and the topic being deleted because someone’s offended! I just find it strange how no matter what happens, whether a blog pops up, a new TV character or someone has an opinion about it, someone has to get on their high horse about it because their life has been so affected by one persons opinion on the matter! I know some people don’t like Julia and I do but I won’t lose any sleep over that! why can’t we all just get along, we all have Autism or know someone with Autism, everything has highs and lows….not everything about Autism is perfect but so what? Tell me anything in this world that is perfect? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could say I have Autism without getting a confused face or a raised eyebrow?
If I offend, I apologize! I never try to offend anyone, I believe that Autism can become more understandable in the future, of course it can! And it definitely will, I’ll always believe that!
So can we just not get so highly offended when someone thinks it can sometimes be a little complicated trying to fully explain Autism without getting offended if not every single trait of Autism is explained or if something comes along then it must have something to do with Autism Speaks, that group means nothing to me, they will never make me think they can make Autism more understandable and better in this world, if anything they make it worse…don’t talk to me about that group, that video of theirs is enough to make anyone’s mind up!
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Source: http://www.pumps-africa.com/2018/06/02/7th-oil-and-gas-kenya-2018-trade-exhibition-concluded/
The Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) is hosting the 7th Oil and Gas Africa Expo to be held from May 29 to 31 The 07th Oil & Gas Africa - Int'l Trade Exhibition, 29 - 31 May, 2018, is a hub for key players in the oil and gas community, attracting leading oil, gas and petroleum companies from around the world. This regional trade event serves the resource-rich east African region and city of Nairobi; Kenya's major centre of oil and gas activity, for many of the leading operators in the country. Kenya has attracted oil & gas companies not only because of its ports and strategic location but also because the government is keen not to be left out of the exploration. Oil discoveries in Uganda and Kenya and gas deposits found off Tanzania and Mozambique have turned east Africa into a hot spot for hydrocarbon exploration. Trade visitors from all over East & Central Africa are being invited directly as well as in collaboration with several regional trade bodies in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Somalia, Mozambique & Congo. Though Kenya by itself is one of the biggest markets in Africa, major emphasis is being laid upon attracting traders and importers from neighbouring countries. Oil & Gas Africa will offer participants the opportunity to showcase the industry's latest achievements and technologies while networking with key figures from the region's oil and gas sector. The exhibition brings the industry together in a forum that is conducive to business. Top professionals The region's trade exhibition attracts top industry professionals from all over the Africa. Their profiles include importers, drilling contractors, manufacturer's representatives and exporters. Companies exhibiting include Delta Pipe and Tube Trading LLC, AIV Europe Ltd. Cable Depot FZCO, Hydro Drilling SRL, Ruhrpumpen and LALIZAS. This year, the event will be officially inaugurated on 29th May 2018, by the Head of the Petroleum Directorate in the State Department of Petroleum, Mr Martin Heya. Regional Marketing Director, Exposure Events & Publication, Duncan Njage, said that the importance given by the business community towards the event shows that they fully understand the importance and opportunities that are presented by the fair as well as the long term business relations it will create. "As the mediators of the economic development in East Africa, we are extremely excited that our business community and relevant stakeholders are now taking full advantage of such platforms created for their growth opportunities through their active participation," he added.
Organised by Expogroup, the exhibition will attract major oil and gas players from across the globe to explore more potential in the region.
The conference is in line with the Kenyan government’s ambitious aim to explore more potential in the region, as oil discoveries in Uganda and Kenya and gas deposits found off Tanzania and Mozambique have turned east Africa into a hot spot for hydrocarbon exploration.
Trade visitors from all over East and Central Africa are being invited directly as well as in collaboration with several regional trade bodies in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Somalia, Mozambique and Congo. Though Kenya by itself is one of the biggest markets in Africa, major emphasis is being laid upon attracting traders and importers from neighbouring countries.
Some of the companies exhibiting during the conference include Delta Pipe and Tube Trading LLC, AIV Europe Ltd. Cable Depot FZCO, Hydro Drilling SRL, Ruhrpumpen and LALIZAS.
Duncan Njage, regional marketing director at Exposure Events and Publication, said, “As the mediators of the economic development in East Africa, we are extremely excited that our business community and relevant stakeholders are now taking full advantage of such platforms created for their growth opportunities through their active participation.”
Making a massive impact will be the 7th edition of Oil and Gas 2018, hosted again by the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC).
Media Manager, Expogroup, Joel D’Silva said “Since its start in 2012, Oil and Gas Africa continues to augment the regional market while presenting its new innovations and solutions for a better production and processing efficiency with reference to the new market trends and demands of the oil and gas industry . This year, the exhibition will focus on Drilling & Well Completion Equipment, Pipeline Inspection & Maintenance, Piping Components, Valves, Actuators, mainly concentrating on resourceful, cost efficient solutions and applications. It is an opportune time for companies to be part of East Africa’s economic growth story”.
Oil and Gas Africa provides exhibitors the ideal platform to establish successful business relations with customers, agents and partners in Kenya, whilst allowing them to raise brand awareness by presenting their products and innovations to a highly qualified audience.
Global Visitors echoed what many economic forecasters have said in recent years that Kenya, as a growing economy, has huge potential for businesses around the world. Statistics showed a high percentage of visitors to the exhibition were company owners or procurement /purchasing professionals. Moreover the overall impression and feedback from last year’s visitors and exhibitors has been extremely positive.
This year’s event will arrive with the biggest aftermarket brands on-board, listing over 15 product categories that would include drilling, cranes & winches, lifting & well completion equipment, floating & refining equipment and services.
“As organizers of this event the most import part is that our customers are satisfied because this is the basis for a positive and sustainable growth, benefiting the industry, the event and all involved” added Joel D’Silva.
Improving global crude oil prices has caused oil and gas exploration activities in Kenya and the East African region as a whole to rise as global confidence in the sector slowly continues to grow back.
Kenya has recently seen significant exploration success with a UK based oil and gas firm indicating oil reserves of over 700 million barrels in the country’s north western county of Turkana, in addition to existing off shore drilling sites.
The firm reports that the breakeven point for Kenya crude oil is around the $25 per barrel mark, including pipeline transportation costs to the sea port of Mombasa. This puts oil production in Kenya among the cheapest in the world, beating those of major regional exporters like Angola ($35.4) and Nigeria ($31.5).
Lower production costs mean higher profit margins for the producers. With global rates crossing the $50 per barrel mark, this translates to huge profit margins for oil firms in the country. This also highlights the good returns on investment on offer in Kenya’s oil industry with it being able to survive sustained slumps in oil prices and still make a profit.
With the prime focus to shape this resurgence in the Kenyan oil and gas industry, the 6th edition of OIL & GAS Kenya will take place from 11th to 13th April, 2017 at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) in Nairobi.
The three day trade exhibition will witness the gathering of leading industry experts, stake holders and decision makers from over 24 countries discussing the latest market trends, investment opportunities and advancements in technology in the oil and gas sector.
Exhibiting firms include AIV EUROPE LTD (UK) dealing with exotic alloy and speciality pipeline valves; DELTA PIPE AND TUBE (UAE) dealing in corrosion control protective coatings, structural steel and heavy engineering products; AIUT SP. Z O.O. (Poland) providing complete metering, automation and process control solutions; WAROM TECHNOLOGY INC. (China) dealing with explosion proof light fittings and electrical apparatus and BRISTOL GASES (UAE), specialists in calibration mixtures and high purity gases.
OIL & GAS Kenya 2017 is being organised by Expogroup, which has been organizing some of the largest international trade exhibitions in Africa. Since its inception 20 years ago, Expogroup has organized expos in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Ghana and Nigeria; showcasing over 500+ companies from around the world and garnering record footfalls at each exhibition.
After a successful Oil & Gas Exhibition in 2014, Expogroup is all set for the 06th OIL & GAS Africa Exhibition which will be held from 10th – 12th June in Nairobi at The Dome. The 6th OIL & GAS Africa Exhibition is an annual platform for national and international experts in the Oil & Gas industry to exchange views and share knowledge, expertise and experiences.
The event also aims to explore areas of growth in petroleum technology, exploration, drilling, production and processing, refining, pipeline, transportation, petrochemicals, natural gas, LNG, petroleum trade, economics, marketing, research & development, information technology, safety, health and environment management in the oil & gas sector. As the prime showcase of Kenya’s Oil & Gas sector, this mega event attracts professionals, technologists, planners, policy makers, management experts and entrepreneurs to solicit their views in order to catalyze achievement of global energy security.
It is expected that the conference will attract over a 1000 delegates from all over the world, including scientists, engineers, technocrats, environmentalists and entrepreneurs. Over the past ten years, Oil production has doubled in Africa and new routes have been created for the transportation of hydrocarbons to world markets. The development of the Oil and Gas industry will continue to have a positive effect on the pace of development of the non-oil sectors of Africa’s economy.
Today, Africa is one of the leading countries in the UAE region. The successful development of the Oil and Gas industry plays an important role in improving the stability of the country’s international and regional situation. The growth of production capacities and expansion of transport infrastructure is promoting greater cooperation between Africa and international oil and gas industry professionals. OIL & GAS Africa 2017 has become a traditional meeting for representatives of the international Oil and Gas community.
OIL & GAS Africa 2017 aims at providing an opportunity to the East African Companies to source new products, equipment & technology from worldwide, to update their existing customers/ agents, to launch new products and have special offers, to learn and enhance export & import trade in order to capture available privileged and ready arranged markets and consolidate and strengthen distributorship network worldwide.
EXPOGROUP takes this opportunity to invite all the business community and members of the public to the OIL & GAS Africa 2017.
Expogroup is proud to welcome on board Aygaz, the first company of the Koç Conglomerate in Turkey, as the GOLD SPONSOR of the 06th Oil & Gas Africa 2017.
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The competitive advantage of Aygaz, which is the best known brand of cylinder gas in Turkey, derives from its deep-rooted experience and know-know as well as its innovation and reliable position in the sector. Aygaz, which continuously strengthens its brand name by closely following and acting on changing patterns of consumer demand through a proactive approach and enhancing its product range, strives to lead the change.
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According to the online tool Flusurvey, 61.7% of the people currently reporting flu symptoms are employed – and with health professionals warning that this week’s cold snap is likely to increase the number of cases, the flu could hit your business very soon.
This is a nasty epidemic with many hospital admissions and deaths recorded, so here are some ways in which you can protect your business, your staff and yourself.
With flu jabs now in short supply, there are still some practical steps and advice you can give to staff. The old saying “coughs and sneezes spread diseases” still holds true. Providing tissues for people to sneeze into rather than spreading their germs far and wide is a good idea – but make sure they bin them!
Think how many germs there are on mobile phones and microwaves. Keyboards and door handles can be just as bad too, so good hygiene is essential. Ideally we would all avoid crowded places, but for most people that’s impractical. Regular washing of hands or using hand wipes can help.
We have all joked about man flu, but how can you tell if it’s a bad cold or the real flu? In a newspaper recently, the BBC’s Dr Ranj joked that a silly test is to put a £20 note on the floor – the person with a cold will pick it up whilst the person with flu won’t even care.
Colds tend to come on gradually, but flu symptoms have a sudden onset. Therefore staff suddenly experiencing a headache, temperature, sore throat or coughing need to go home and stay there.
We’ve previously blogged about when you might think someone is pulling a sickie, but how can you help those who are genuinely ill? Booking in a return to work meeting when they’re back is often beneficial.
Whether it’s man flu or a broken leg, make sure there’s a policy and procedure for reporting and recording absence – and that all your staff know about it!
If no policy or procedure is in place, or you would like a free review of your existing one, call your local HR Dept.
The HRINZ HR Awards presentation dinner will take place on November 21 and will see winners in eight categories recognised for their achievements and contributions to New Zealand’s HR community.
“The Awards are a real highlight of the HRINZ calendar, and we encourage all our members to come along,” HRINZ National President, Rachel Walker, said. “Even if they’re not up for an award the Presentation Dinner is a great opportunity to network, be inspired, support your peers, and celebrate the success of the industry.”
Employers across New Zealand may have to update their approaches to overseas recruitment after one government minister reprimanded organisations for taking shortcuts and turning to international labour hire companies far too soon.
Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse told Morning Report that employers’ first port of call should now by Work and Income rather than the international market.
"We saw too many occasions when an employer would perhaps first go to an international labour hire company in order to meet their labour needs, apply for approval to recruit them with Immigration New Zealand and then have them scurry off to Work and Income to check the check that's always been in place,” he revealed.
Now, he said, employers must establish if there are any suitable local candidates before testing the international waters.
"First you've got to do the skills check and find out who might be available before accessing the international labour market,” he stressed.
"I can't help thinking that there are some who might have gone to that [international market] too readily and we have got to make sure that our young New Zealanders and all New Zealanders are selected to do the job before overseas workers are,” he said.
On a positive note, the changes are expected to speed up the application process for cases were overseas workers are essential.
Itai Dzamara stands in Harare's Africa Unity Square, holding a banner that calls on President Robert Mugabe to step down.
(Johannesburg) – Zimbabwe authorities should urgently provide information on the whereabouts of a prominent human rights activist, Itai Dzamara, Human Rights Watch said today. Five armed men abducted Dzamara on March 9, 2015. He has not been heard from since, raising grave concerns that he has been forcibly disappeared.
Family members told Human Rights Watch that state security agents had repeatedly threatened Dzamara prior to his abduction, warning him that something would happen if he did not halt his activism. Authorities have denied involvement in his abduction.
“Zimbabwe authorities appear to be doing nothing to find Itai Dzamara, increasing concerns about his safety,” said Dewa Mavhinga, Southern Africa senior researcher at Human Rights Watch. “The threats against Dzamara by state security agents are a red flag for Zimbabwe’s international allies to press the government to come clean about what happened to him.”
Dzamara, a 36-year-old journalist and human rights activist, is a leader of the Occupy Africa Unity Square protest group. He has led a number of peaceful protests against the deteriorating political and economic environment in Zimbabwe, petitioned President Robert Mugabe to resign to allow for fresh elections, and called for reforms to the electoral system.
On several occasions in 2014 and 2015, police and supporters of Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF party assaulted Dzamara. During a peaceful protest in November 2014, about 20 uniformed police handcuffed and beat Dzamara unconscious with batons. When his lawyer, Kennedy Masiye, tried to intervene, the police beat him as well, breaking his arm. Both were hospitalized.
Two days before he was abducted, Dzamara addressed a political rally organized by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), calling for mass protests against worsening repression and economic conditions in Zimbabwe.
On March 9, 2015, at about 10 a.m., the five unidentified men dragged Dzamara out of the barber shop where he was having his hair cut near his home in the Glenview suburb of Harare, the capital. The men handcuffed him, forced him into a white pickup truck, and drove off, witnesses said.
Zimbabwe authorities have denied any government involvement in the abduction. On April 10, Information Minister Jonathan Moyo, in response to a Human Rights Watch inquiry about Dzamara’s whereabouts, tweeted, “I don’t know, and I have no basis for knowing.”
On March 13, Dzamara’s wife, Sheffra Dzamara, approached the high court in Harare to compel state authorities to search for her husband. Judge David Mangota ordered the home affairs minister, the police commissioner-general, and the director-general of the Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) “to do all things necessary to determine his whereabouts.” The ruling included an order to advertise on all state media and work closely with lawyers appointed by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights to search for Dzamara “at all such places as may be within their jurisdiction.” The judge ordered the government to report to the court every two weeks on its progress with the case until Dzamara is found.
On April 25, activists organized a car procession to raise awareness about Dzamara’s presumed enforced disappearance. Police arrested 11 of the activists and detained them for six hours, then released them without charge.
Sheffra Dzamara reported in early April that unidentified men were keeping her under constant surveillance and that she feared for her life. Zimbabwean authorities should immediately take steps to ensure the safety of Dzamara’s wife and children, Human Rights Watch said.
Human rights activists in Zimbabwe face severe restrictions on their work. Police frequently misuse laws such as the Public Order and Security Act (POSA) and the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) to ban lawful public meetings and gatherings. Opposition and other activists are unjustly prosecuted under these laws. The government should repeal or appropriately amend both laws to bring them in line with the new constitution and Zimbabwe’s obligations under international law.
Enforced disappearances are defined under international law as the arrest or detention of a person by state officials or their agents followed by a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation of liberty, or to reveal the person’s fate or whereabouts. Enforced disappearances violate a range of fundamental human rights protected under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Zimbabwe is a party, including prohibitions against arbitrary arrest and detention; torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment; and extrajudicial execution.
“The Zimbabwean government should immediately establish Dzamara’s whereabouts, and ensure the protection of all his rights,” Mavhinga said. “Failure to do so would demonstrate to the world that Zimbabwe’s poor human rights record has not improved.”
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The girls weren't thrilled about their green milk at breakfast or the green mac and cheese at lunch BUT its St. Patricks Day and I always add a bit of green to food as a reminder. So they will just have to get over it : )
The week started off with a bang and A throwing up (we think it was too much milk at once and not a continuation of the funk he had in the wee hours of Saturday morning - while Papa was in OH on this pierogi mission)
But that wasn't the only illness of the week, I took E to the dr on Thursday because she had been nonacid off complaining of her ear hurting and school called and said she had a fever so off to the doctor to put this to bed. After one inflamed ear canal (close to the start of swimmer's ear) later and a small bottle of $$ eye drops - she's fine.
This post is going to sound like an ode to E but it's been a pretty slow week... Any ways, E's been working on a leprechaun trap for a few weeks.
She first started off with attracting the leprechauns with candy but after reading a Magic Tree House fact checker about Irish folklore we learned that leprechauns are after gold coins - not candy. We talked about her design plans and how the leprechauns might see the coins in the shoebox and etc etc... enter the trap door and the windows. I really wanted to see how/where she'd run with it so I had her draw the cut outs because I'm still not good with handing over a pair of boxcutters to a 6 yr old - though she did make the windows bigger - which she thought was excellent.
While she did that, I tested my Saran wrap and glue gun theory - which is totally doable. I wouldn't recommend trying to do it in tight shoebox corners but it worked. E trimmed the excess wrap and I was pretty sure she was going to punch a hole in the Saran before she turned it in
The finished product. Unfortunately, none of the traps caught any leprechauns yesterday at school. The leprechauns ate the chocolate coins E had in her trap and busted out one of the windows....
E hit a big milestone in AR points and I told her she could either go out for ice cream or order a new set of fairy books... I thought she was going to be sold on the ice cream and we all lost out when she chose the fairy books.
Veggie lasagne, Guinness beef stew, Shepherd's pie, corned beef and cabbage, and roasted potatoes. The kitchen has been overflowing with food and great smells. Next weekend it's sausage making weekend for our parish fundraiser which is icky and gross to me so the kids and I will have to evacuate because I can't stand it.
Wednesday we survived our first pre sanctified Liturgy of Lent (I know scandalous given this was the 3rd week)... with China the first week and Lee giving a Lenten retreat at the parish here the second week - it just wasn't in the cards.
The kids - even A - did mostly well. E was in a micro-managing mood so I got reports on who was doing what.
We also hit the Fish Fry and Stations of the Cross here last night (for the first time). E sat in her own pew in the front - and always does a million times better when she's by herself and not distracted. R did awesome too - which I've kind of been waiting for to step up her behavior game. Still wouldn't trust to make through all of Mass but with the standing and kneeling and moving for Stations I think it makes it easier. M and A weren't terrible so props to them. A destroyed a Stations booklet so we have that to tape up and use next week. He found the Holy Water so between that and the prayer cards that he went up and down the pews taking out of the holders, he was actually pretty quiet. Thank goodness we didn't have to go outside because it was FREEZING.
I'm learning that parenting is so much about patience and I am trying to embrace the need to be more patient but it is hard. Maybe adding another baby will slow things down some and cause me to stretch and add a little more. patience
Spring sports is starting up - there's only a few weeks over lap with the end of swim season. Thank goodness the practices are 5 minutes away because everyone is on a different schedule. I'm not coaching E's team this year which is new but good. I think its good for her to learn from someone else plus I couldn't do a good job if I wanted to given the fact I might have some or all kids in tow because spring pool season is upon us and St. Joseph seems to be taking care of Lee in the lots of work department. R's doing tee ball again but the wacky cold and rainy weather has canceled the first week of practice. M starts her soccer next week. She's decided to be the purple Ducks. I'm coaching her little team because I enjoy it and I feel pretty good about Lee being there most days and E and R are pretty self-contained and A cannot wander too far because he is super into every single ball there is in sight so he'll probably stick right with me.
I'm actually kind of excited about the spring season of activities because they really force me (and Lee) to stay on dinner schedule and have a plan and stick to it. Yes, there are some late showers and meltdowns but everyone learns a little bit of sacrifice for another person.
Have you heard of this “hygge trend” that’s all over the internet? I have been seeing it all over social media, people sharing pics of their coffee and candles and blankets and I’m over here like “WTF is hygge?”
Basically hygge (pronounced hoo-gah) is a Danish way of living. The word itself means “well-being” in Norwegian. For the Danes, hygge is a way to take time to slow down, enjoy the simple things and time with loved ones. If you didn’t read my first post of 2018, my word for this year is “intentional” – being mindful in all that you do and paying attention to what makes us feel good”. Seriously, life is so stressful these days so naturally, I totally had to jump on this “hygge” bandwagon.
2.) Curl up with comfy socks and blankets, a warm beverage and read a book for pleasure. Or order some takeout and binge on your favorite Netflix series.
3.) Bake your favorite homemade treats. The smell will make the house smell amazing and spark some memories.
6.) Take time to linger. Whether it be linger in bed in the morning and just take a few extra minutes to yourself or after a meal with friends.
8.) Light those candles, play some soft music and do something creative like knit a scarf or do some scrapbooking.
9.) Make a comforting meal and dine with your family or have some of your closest friends over. Reminisce about some of your favorite memories together.
10.) Indulge yourself. Whether it be a mental health day from work, or a spa day at home. Do what makes your soul happy!
I've been really curious about this concept for a while and I'm going to implement some of these things in my life!
I’m all about taking some time for myself and doing things slowly. Sounds like a good way to recharge.
While thinking of what to wear, there is a hidden rule, which, indeed, is known by all of us; the more shoes, the merrier you are!
No one knows why for sure, but we all tend to opt for classic black high heels rather than choosing colored heels. The reason, I think, may be that thinking of daily outfit ideas with colorful heels requires a bit more thought and effort, so we just reach for the black ones.
We should, however, know that colorful heels warm the cockles, too. For example, a pair of blue heels for the office hours is guaranteed to make you a total chic!
You might even be in love with your white trousers. Have no worries; a combination of white and gold pieces of your choice will be shining wherever and whenever you are…
Or, you might be looking for a challenge… Here I advise you to have a matching game, which can easily get done with a simple move; a green belt and green shoes!
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accommodating for appt date/time; provided shuttle service for dr. appt.; Roddy, as usual, is the best; Greg, shuttle driver, was great. accommodated service call with our dr. appt. - did not have to make a separate trip.
Very professional and efficient. I drove my car to the service entrance and checked in timely. I drive from the south hills if that tells you anything! Very happy with the service!
Ease of appointment time; car serviced in a timely manner; love the car wash. Everyone at dealership is great to work with. John & Roddy are the best. Would not trust my TL to anyone but Baierl Acura. New dealership is awesome and comfortable.
Passenger side door was replaced. Discovered the repaired door’s weatherproofing gasket was not installed properly. Rain and air were leaking in! Had to go back to the service department an hour away to have this fixed. There was no apology. they just made me wait. Get your car repaired elsewhere.
I continue to get my Acura serviced at this dealership because they are always timely and efficient in their work. This is my second Acura and I believe that local mechanics struggle with the maintenance of these vehicles. My second car seems to be running more efficiently for a longer period of time and I believe that is because it is now being serviced correctly.
Thank you for the review of our team! We believe our team is full of experts, so if you need anything else just stop on by. We'd be happy to help. Have a great day!
Set up appointment and was taken on time, given an estimated start and completion time, as well as cost. The car was finished sooner than expected and John Henline helped get me under the estimate. All work was done well and got a car wash, too.
Thank you so much Bruce! We're so happy to hear they did so well for you! Let them or anyone else know if you need anything!
As usual, Rod provided excellent service and advice. Rod is always very professional, while friendly and provides a great customer experience. I can always trust Rod to provide good sound advice for my car maintenance.
Thanks for saying such incredible reviews about Rod! We're glad to see he's keeping up the great work!
The instrument panel showed “check transmission “ “check emission system”. The symptoms;slippage, sputter and bang into gear . I had just arrived in Pittsburgh from my high speed drive from New Jersey when these symptoms occurred . My local contact suggested that I limp my way to Baeirl Acura service Dept. I called first and was warmly greeted by Marissa who suggested that I either drive or have it towed . It was a dreary rainy morning when I drove right up to the inside service door. John, one of several service technicians greeted me and took my information. He was reassuring suggesting that it may not be the trans - maybe just a sensor. I asked about a loaner vehicle and umbrella . I had 3 Appointments that morning . No problem. Marissa put us into a loaner and John provided an umbrella. Mid day, just as I was wrapping up my last appointment john called with the good news . It seems that I had picked up a bad batch of gas . The problem was cleared and he’ll confirm that after a 10-15 mile drive. When I returned with the loaner to pick up my car I saw that it had been washed . John then showed me an all points inspection that was performed and a service report with a $0 balance . No charge! It gets better. I want to return the umbrella and he says “keep it” I argue but to no avail . He then hands me an Acura tote bag and some sample Acura care bottles . I drove in upset and drove out with a great big smile on my face . What an incredibly positive experience !! I am delighted to recommend Baeirl’ s amazing service department
Thank you so much for the tremendous review of our department! It means a lot to us and we'll be certain to pass it on to the whole team and especially John. Thanks you again for choosing to work with us!
The service team is exceptional. Rod Sassic goes out of his way consistently to assure a good experience. The service is the reason I continue buying Acuras there.
Thank you so much for your positive comments about our team! We sincerely thank you for the positive review, and look forward to seeing you again soon!
Ken was excellent during the purchase of our new Acura MDX. He did everything in his power to make everything a seamless transaction, even while we were a few hours away at work! He had the car ready to roll when we arrived that evening.
We have always enjoyed dealing with the Thoroughbred Ford staff. We have bought several vehicles from them for many years. They make you feel like family! We think a lot of our salesman, Harold Dorsey, would send our friends to him. Great service from all..
We had a very bad experience at a Kansas Kia dealership. They just wanted to sell us a loan. The only way they would negotiate a deal was if we took their financing. My husband and I walked out. The next day I went to Thoroughbred Ford and contacted Harold Dorsey. He fixed me up with a nice 2012 Ford Fusion at a reasonable price. We went to Harold because we had such a good experience with him in 2012 when my husband bought his new Ford pick-up. We never should of went to that other dealership. Thank you to Harold and the staff at Thoroughbred Ford for a wonderful experience. We will be back and so will our friends and family. Donna Leap
I would like to say that this was the easiest car buying experience I have ever had. Ryan and Harold were very helpful,knowledgeable, and courteous. We knew what we wanted, Ryan hooked us up. We were in and out. It wasnt a whole day process, like Ive had in the past. Thanks again for everything!! Much appreciated!!
I had every intention of shopping around such as Dodge and Chevy dealers. I have purchased several vehicles from Mr Dorsey and was quite pleased with his service. My wife sent Harold an e-mail explaining what I was looking for. When I got to the dealership I explained that because we had a trailer and a boat I needed a V8 engineen. He took me out to see the pick up that I bought and that was it, I didn't need to look anywhere else. We also got a fair deal on our trade in and rebates. We will use Thoughbred Ford and Harold Dorsey again.
Thank you very much for the kind words about the Dealership and Harold Dorsey! We hope you love your pickup!
I have bought new vehicles since 1979 and I have always found it to be a dreaded process, filled with confusion, the feeling of being railroaded and inaccuracies. I also have never walked into a dealership and been approached in a more friendly , honest way as I was with Harold Dorsey at Thoroughbred. I was not lied to or drilled into making decisions I did not want to make. I was asked what I wanted in a truck, payments etc and I was given what I asked for. The usual promise of one thing and getting another was not in the picture this time. I have never had a better painfree trade to date. Thank You
Our staff offers exceptional customer service. Our facility offers a comfortable, clean and friendly place our customers enjoy doing business at. When our customers arrive at our service department the drive is covered, clean and well lit. Our advisors meet and greet every client with a wireless tablet in hand ready to check the customer and vehicle in with courtesy and speed. If our client elects to wait on their vehicle we have a customer lounge with complimentary Wi-Fi internet, HD Television and a children’s play area in view of our lounge. Free Coffee and bottled water plus a vending machine that offers only 50 cent snacks and soda are always a hit. We also have courtesy shuttles to take you to your home or office while there service is being completed. For extended customer satisfaction service loaner vehicles are available. Customer satisfaction is our goal. Henry Brown Buick GMC has a service and sales Business Development Center in place that helps meet this goal. Setting appointments, customer follow up and promoting our brands are a small part of this department’s worth. The Henry Brown Auto Group sponsors many local teams and charitable organizations. We are proud to be a part of this great community and enjoy the ability to give back.
Risk Factors: Contingent Financial Advisory Fees and Prior/Potential Future Relationships of Fairness Opinion Providers
It’s likely that the SEC Staff is issuing some comments suggesting – or insisting – on the inclusion of a risk factor regarding contingent financial advisory fees and prior/potential future relationships of fairness opinion providers.
For example, below is a risk factor from page 22 of the joint proxy/prospectus relating to the acquisition of Albertsons by a consortium led by Supervalu (Albertsons also received a fairness opinion from Houlihan Lokey whose fees were not contingent on the outcome of the transaction):
“Some of the financial advisors to Albertsons and Supervalu have had prior business relationships with one or more of the parties to the transactions and are entitled to contingent fees in connection with the transactions.
Albertsons’ fee arrangements with Goldman Sachs and Blackstone, and Supervalu’s fee arrangements with Lazard, are structured so that certain fees are paid only if certain transactions are completed. The aggregate transaction fee payable by Albertsons to each of Goldman Sachs and Blackstone, the principal portion of which will only be payable upon completion of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, is currently estimated to be approximately $24.1 million. Similarly, under the terms of Supervalu’s engagement letter with Lazard, $15.5 million of consideration will be payable to Lazard only at the effective time of the Supervalu merger.
In addition to these contingent fee arrangements, Goldman Sachs has previously provided investment banking services to each of the parties to the transactions and/or their affiliates from time to time. These past services include, among others, acting as a participant in revolving credit facilities of Albertsons and Supervalu and providing financial advisory services to CVS and certain of Cerberus’s affiliates in connection with past acquisitions. Similarly, in the past Lazard has provided investment banking services to Supervalu for which it has received customary fees.
In addition, all of the financial advisors may provide services to the parties to the transactions in the future. For a more detailed description of the fee arrangements and past relationships of the financial advisors, see “Opinion of Albertsons’ Financial Advisors—Opinion of Goldman Sachs” beginning on page 56, “Opinion of Albertsons’ Financial Advisors—Opinion of Blackstone” beginning on page 58, and “Opinion of Supervalu’s Financial Advisor” beginning on page 77.”
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The second installment of our M&A Boot Camp for this summer is now available: “Cross-Border Acquisitions: A Buyer’s Perspective.” Join Elizabeth (“Libby”) Kitslaar and Phil Stamatakos of Jones Day as they walk us through the special issues that you will face in a cross-border deal.
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Yesterday, the FTC and DOJ announced that they are implementing an electronic filing system that will allow the ultimate parent entities of the acquiring and acquired persons to submit premerger notification filings required by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act online. This should substantially improve the filing process by eliminating the time and expense of duplicating and submitting hard copies of the forms and attachments required to be filed under the HSR Act and related rules.
2. complete the electronic version of the Form and submit the Form and all attachments electronically; or
3. complete the electronic version of the Form and submit it electronically while submitting all attachments in paper.
Last Friday, Brian Breheny, Chief of Corp Fin’s Office of Mergers and Acquisitions was the guest speaker at a meeting of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York Special Committee on Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Control Contests. Brian discussed a number of topics of interest; following is a brief summary of those issues (as is always the case, Brian noted that his views were his own views and not the views of the Commission or his fellow staff members):
– it is unclear as to when the Commission may adopt the final rule amendments, although Brian thought it was possible that the amendments might be adopted this year;
– Brian noted that it is likely that changes will be made before adoption to address some of the comments;
– he noted that expanding the proposed compensation exemption and compensation committee safe harbor to issuer tender offers was uniformly recommended and that he thought those changes would be consistent with the Commission’s intention for proposing the amendments;
– he also noted, however, that certain of the other proposed changes, such as providing a carve out from the best-price rule for commercial arrangements or a de minimus ownership exemption, were given serious consideration during the proposing stage; and
– finally, Brian noted that he was keenly aware of the concerns raised by commentators about the need for the changes to result in an effective exemption and safe harbor.
– the office of mergers and acquisition continues to study whether recommendations should be made to the Commission to change certain of the cross-border tender offer rules;
– the data provided by bidders to date is that certain of the rules, such as the 30-day look back to determine share ownership levels, are difficult to comply with; and
– the office and, for purposes of Rule 14e-5, the staff of the Division of Market Regulation, is considering whether certain consistent relief granted since the adoption of the cross-border rules could be handled in a global exemptive order.
– the staff of the office of mergers and acquisitions and the Division of Market Regulation is considering the comments received by the Commission to the NASD’s proposed Rule 2290;
– certain language changes to the proposed rules may be necessary to address potential inconsistencies in the proposed language of the rule; and
– the ABCNY Committee reiterated concerns regarding requirement for policy/procedure re: differential compensation to officers, directors and other employees.
– the staff continues to view compliance with the beneficial ownership reporting rules as a high priority;
– the staff has heard concerns that hedge funds and/or others may knowingly be crossing the line and acting in concert pursuant to an agreement or arrangement without filing a Schedule 13D to reflect the Group’s beneficial ownership and plans, etc.; and
– the staff will aggressively pursue willful violations of Section 13(d) if it becomes a aware of such conduct.
– the ABCNY Committee questioned the staff policy related to including a risk factor regarding contingent financial advisory fees and requesting (in a non Rule 13e-3 transaction) that filers provide the staff on a supplemental basis, copies of board materials not referenced in background section of the proxy/registration statement so that the staff could consider the need to refer to just board materials; and
The first installment of our M&A Boot Camp for this summer is now available: “Conducting Due Diligence: Through the Eyes of the Associate.” Join Deborah Bentley Herzog and Mike Woodard of McGuire Woods for an entertaining session that teaches the basics of what you need to know about conducting due diligence, with an emphasis on what issues and traps associates should seek to spot and resolve.
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Earlier this week, the SEC’s Divisions of Market Regulation and Corporation Finance issued this no-action response to AstraZeneca in connection with a cross-border merger. As Jim Moloney notes, the relief granted is pretty standard for a U.K. cross-border deal of this kind.
However, the US ownership level in the target is fairly high (43.7%). Not the highest that Jim has seen – the higher the US ownership, the more reluctant the Staff tends to be in granting relief. The relief basically permits the offer to follow U.K. rules and regulations. The offer also contemplates “loan notes” as consideration for non-U.S. holders, which is fairly common as well.
From ISS’ Friday Report: “A Delaware judge has approved a revised settlement to resolve a lawsuit by an international coalition of institutional investors over News Corp.’s “poison pill” takeover defense. Delaware Chancery Judge William B. Chandler III asked the parties to revise the settlement’s limits on future lawsuits over takeover defenses after Liberty Media objected to the wording as “overly broad.” The judge approved the revised agreement June 1, Bloomberg News reported.
The suit by the Australian Council of Super Investors, the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, and U.K. and Dutch pension funds claimed that company officers and directors broke a promise made in 2004 when News Corp. sought shareholder approval to reincorporate from Australia to the U.S. Less than a month after the reincorporation vote, the company adopted a poison pill after Liberty disclosed that it had acquired a 17 percent stake. In August 2005, the board extended the pill for another two years without seeking shareholder approval, prompting the institutional investors to sue.
Under the settlement, News Corp. will ask shareholders to vote on a two-year extension of the pill at the company’s annual meeting in October. If shareholders don’t approve the extension, then the company can either let the pill expire or treat the vote as advisory and continue the litigation.”
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From the ISS “Corporate Governance Blog“: “For the first time since the mid-1990s, the proliferation of takeover defense features at major U.S. corporations has begun to slow, and several defenses are now in decline, according to a new study by ISS’ Governance Research Service (GRS).
For example, the study found that active “poison pills” are in place at barely more than half of the surveyed companies. Given this trend, maintaining a pill may soon no longer be considered “standard practice,” along with classified board structures.
The 2006 edition of the Corporate Takeover Defenses (CTD) study surveyed corporate control features at 1,925 public firms as of the end of 2005. As in previous years, the biennial analysis finds that the most prevalent defenses remain blank-check preferred stock, advance notice requirements, golden parachutes, classified boards, and poison pills, each of which is found at a majority of the firms tracked.
Remarkably, though, the proportion of companies with an active poison pill or a classified board declined for the first time in many years, along with several other defenses once thought to be impregnable. The proportion of firms with pills (also known as “shareholder rights” plans) dropped from 55.1 percent two years ago to 51.2 percent.
Although shareholder proposals requesting companies to redeem poison pills or put them up for investor approval routinely receive support from a majority of voting shareholders, companies have traditionally been reluctant to comply with such requests. At least 119 of the companies profiled have taken action to eliminate their poison pills in the last five years, however, and others have amended their pills to institute “shareholder friendly” features such as Three-Year Independent Director Evaluation (TIDE) provisions or qualified offer provisions to assuage shareholder antipathy toward those defenses.
Another of the most effective takeover defenses, staggered election of directors, remains the fourth most popular defense, but the prevalence of classified boards also declined for the first time this decade, from 59.7 percent of the companies (as of the 2004 CTD edition) to 56.4 percent. Growing opposition to staggered board elecÂtions by institutional investors has made it more difficult for corporations to justify them, and requests for the repeal of classified board structures continue to be one of the most numerous and most popular shareholder proposals. In 2005, such proposals received support from an average of 63.2 percent of votes cast.
The last few years have seen sizeable jumps in the number of management proposals seeking repeal of staggered board bylaw or charter provisions. Clearly, investor pressure to eliminate this takeover defense is finally driving real change. Nevertheless, many companies continue to enter the public market with staggered boards, which they assert enhances stability and continuity of the board, and these typically require significant effort to declassify. The supermajority vote requirements often needed to repeal or amend classified board provisions–usually 80 percent of outstanding shares–have hindered some companies from eliminating their staggered board structures. All but one of the 22 such proposals voted on in 2003 in the study universe received enough votes to “pass,” however, as did all but four of the 46 proposals in 2004 and three of 45 proposals in 2005.
What’s more, these changes are occurring in a fairly robust mergers and acquisitions market, which began to rise again after 2002. Despite some evidence that growth through mergers often fails to deliver higher returns, acquisitions–both friendly and hostile–remain a key component of many companies’ growth strategies. Institutional activists and value investors continue to utilize shareholder proposals and proxy fights to inspire change at under-performing companies, and recently hedge funds have emerged as new players in instigating governance changes through often hostile advances. Proposed Securities and Exchange Commission rules that would permit companies to post proxy statements on the Internet, rather than requiring them to mail the statement to shareholders, are expected to boost the incidence of proxy fights, since costs to provide proxies would drop for dissidents as well as issuers.
Several other defenses that were popularized in the 1980s continue to lose ground, the study found. The ratio of companies with fair price provisions, for example, peaked at 33.2 percent in 1993, but has continued to fall since and now stands at just 19.2 percent (compared with 19.8 percent at the end of 2003). Similarly, the proportion of companies requiring supermajority vote requirements to approve mergers, which peaked at 18.1 percent in 1993, shrank to 14.9 percent as of 1997. Prevalence of this provision reached 15.5 percent at the end of 2001, but then dropped to 14.6 percent by the end of 2005.
Meanwhile, the pace at which companies are erecting barriers against proxy contests and enacting rules to maintain tight rein over shareholder meetings has slowed to a crawl. The percentage of companies that have adopted provisions to limit shareholders’ right to call special meetings, which doubled in little more than 10 years, from about 24 percent in 1990 to 49.5 percent as of the end of 2001, stands only slightly higher, at 49.7 percent, as of the end of 2005.
By the same token, the proportion of companies that restrict shareholders’ right to act by written consent in lieu of a special meeting–which increased dramatically from about 35 to nearly 44 percent between 2000 and 2002 and rose another 3 percentage points by 2004–increased just 1.4 percentage points in the last two years to 48.2 percent. Typically, proposals to change these shareholder rights are put forth in bundled resolutions with a merger, reincorporation, or restructuring, which shareholders are more likely to approve than stand-alone restrictive resolutions, so it appears that fewer companies are now requesting these changes.
Another provison that remains on the rise, though its proliferation has slowed, requires shareholders to give advance notice of an intention to present director nominations or other motions from the floor. This feature, virtually unheard of in the early 1990s, has become the second most prevalent defense; nearly 81 percent of firms now have advance notice provisions, up from 77 percent two years ago. As of 1995 (the first year they were tracked), these notice requirements were present at only about 44 percent of the companies examined.
Golden parachutes–executive severance arrangements contingent on a change in corporate control–have been a popular management retention tool for many years, and their prevalence increased significantly in the past two years from 73.4 percent to 77.6 percent. The terms of these typically generous severance agreements vary considerably, but most of those packages provide for payments based on three years’ salary and bonus, acceleration of stock options, and sometimes other incentive compensation and extra pension credit. Because most companies now consider golden parachutes to be critical components of compensation packages, and shareholder approval of them is not required, these arrangements have continued to spread. This trend has occurred despite the fact that investor activists concerned about excessive severance payments, sometime dubbed “pay for failure,” have made anti-golden parachute proposals a cornerstone of their proxy season campaigns, with increasing success.
While most companies continue to maintain strong defenses against hostile shareholder action and to guard against perceived unfair and abusive actions by dissident groups, the findings in this year’s study signal that the most potent defenses have peaked for the time being.
Meanwhile, shareholders and activists continue to monitor companies and their boards to ensure that takeover defenses are being utilized properly. In the last few years, shareholder proposals to eliminate classified boards and supermajority vote requirements and to eliminate or allow a shareholder vote on poison pills have garnered average support of more than 50 percent at U.S. companies each year, and the message appears to be finally getting through to corporate management and boards.”
Last week, the NYSE’s Proxy Working Group unanimously adopted six recommendations embodied in this Final Report and Recommendations. As I blogged last month, the principal recommendation is the one that would amend the NYSE’s Rule 452 (commonly known as the 10-day broker voting rule) to make director elections a non-routine matter. This means that brokers would no longer be permitted to vote the shares of beneficial owners who do not provide specific voting instructions within 10 days of the close of proxy voting. As many of you know, brokers typically side with the board and management when they vote for directors. Here is a related article from BusinessWeek.
Coupled with hedge fund activism, this could mean that directors who are subject to withheld votes will find it much more difficult to obtain a majority vote. Add in the growing majority vote movement and this is a whole new ballgame folks! It is not hard to find director elections this year where directors received a majority vote- but would not have done so if this rule had been effective.
I predicted as much for the recent Home Depot election. Consider how high the level of withhold votes was there without the extended media and Web campaign that took place at Disney a few years ago. Wake up and smell the coffee Mrs. Bueller, the playing field is shifting all around us! The NYSE wants the SEC to approve the rule change so it can be effective for the 2007 proxy season! Better lock in your favorite proxy solicitor now because demand is gonna be sky high!
Thankfully, the Proxy Working Group rejected the idea of totally eliminating broker voting, recognizing that it plays an important role in allowing companies to achieve a quorum for regular meetings.
1. The elimination of discretionary broker votes for director elections by amending the NYSE’s Rule 452.
2. The SEC’s review of the OBO-NOBO rule to make it easier for companies to communicate with their street-name shareholders.
3. The NYSE’s engagement of an independent party to analyze and make recommendations to the SEC regarding the structure and amount of fees paid to ADP.
4. The SEC’s study of the role of groups like ISS and Glass Lewis that impact the voting decisions over shares in which they have no ownership and no economic interest. The Proxy Working Group believes that there is the potential for conflicts of interest and/or other issues given the multiple roles that such groups play in the proxy season.
6. The NYSE’s monitoring of the impact of amending Rule 452 to make director elections a “non-routine” matter.
The NYSE Staff seeks comments by the end of June – it will share these comments with the SEC. After reviewing these comments, the NYSE Board will consider them and any proposed rule changes will then be filed with the SEC so that the SEC can then directly solicit additional public comment. So for those of you worried about the tight window period for commenting now, recognize that the public will have two opportunities to comment. Lots more to come on these groundbreaking recommendations!
As part of the NYSE’s Proxy Working Group process, they had this Investor Attitudes Study prepared by the Opinion Research Corporation to gain a better understanding of investors’ knowledge of the existing proxy voting process.
No surprise that the study results show that investors generally are confused about proxy mechanics since so few of us professionals fully understand how it all works. In fact, I was floored that 25% of the respondents understood that their brokers get to vote in their place if they didn’t respond. My guess is that no more than 5% of shareholders would have understood that…
In this podcast, Todd Lenson and Bruce Schneider of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan provide analysis behind Vice Chancellor Strine’s interesting opinion in ABRY Partners V, L.P. v. F&W Acquisition LLC et. al. (and here is their related article), including :
DOL Proposal Would Define ‘Fiduciaries’ of Employee Benefit Plans to Include Providers of Fairness Opinions to Plans
Last Thursday, the Department of Labor proposed regulations that would, if adopted, significantly expand the circumstances in which a person will be treated as a fiduciary under ERISA by reason of providing investment advice for a fee to an employee benefit plan. The proposed regulation was published in the Federal Register on October 22nd – the comment period expires on January 20th.
Specifically, under paragraph (c)(1)(i)(A) of the proposal, the types of advice and recommendations that may result in fiduciary status under ERISA Section 3(21)(A)(ii) are: Advice, appraisals or fairness opinions concerning the value of securities or other property; recommendations as to the advisability of investing in, purchasing, holding, or selling securities or other property; or advice or recommendations as to the management of securities or other property.
While the proposal contains a number of exceptions that may be available in specific circumstances, it otherwise significantly expands the situations in which a financial advisor will be treated as an ERISA fiduciary for providing investment advice to an employee benefit plan, a plan fiduciary or a plan participant – even on a one-off basis and where there is no understanding that the advice will be the primary basis for an investment decision.
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Last week, the UK Panel on Takeovers and Mergers published the conclusions of its review, commenced in June 2010, regarding possible amendments to the UK Takeover Code, which governs the conduct of takeover bids involving UK listed companies. The review, conducted by the Code Committee of the Takeover Panel, was prompted by Panel, investor and governmental criticism of certain takeover practices in recent years, including in a number of highly publicized and controversial takeover situations in the UK market.
While the proposed amendments are not yet published, the tone and direction of the Committee’s paper suggests a significant shift in the approach to hostile bids for UK listed companies. The Code Committee generally concludes that “hostile offerors have, in recent times, been able to obtain a tactical advantage over the offeree company to the detriment of the offeree company and its shareholders.”
Further, in a significant departure from long-accepted UK practice that in a contested situation the target’s board should accept the highest bid with priority to shareholder interests, the Code Committee specifically states that the amendments to the Code will clarify that target boards may “take more account of the position of persons who are affected by takeovers in addition to offeree company shareholders,” primarily employees of the target company. Offeree companies will “not be limited in the factors they may take into account in giving their opinion” on a bid, and the Code will be amended to require disclosure of additional information so that “the offeree company board and all other interested constituencies [can] consider the long term effects of an offer on the merged business in all circumstances.”
The review contains other significant proposals, including: formalizing the “put up or shut up” period, currently discretionary under Rule 2.2, to require that a rumored bidder, within 28 days of the published rumor, either launch a bid, or state that it will not bid and be subject to the 6-month “shut up” period; a strict prohibition on inducement (or break) fees, currently generally capped at 1% of the value of the offeree company; as well as required disclosure of financing arrangements, the offeror’s financial condition pro forma for the bid (even in cash deals), the terms of any financing for the offer (including documentation) and detailed information regarding advisory fees payable to lawyers, bankers, brokers, accountants, public relations and other advisors. These, when taken together with the traditional requirement to have committed certain funds and the new accelerated “put up or shut up” deadline, may increase bidder costs (without reimbursement) and reduce the time that bidders will have to arrange transactions.
The amendments will no doubt spark renewed interest in the strategy and tactics central in any takeover bid, friendly or hostile, for a UK listed company. It remains to be seen whether the proposed changes will result in a more level playing field between hostile bidders and their targets in the UK , but it cannot be doubted that the Code Committee’s recommendations will significantly affect future UK takeover bids. More broadly, and of great significance for market participants in all markets, is whether these fundamental changes in outlook and orientation in the UK will herald an era in which hostile takeovers become more difficult, in which greater deference is given to non-shareholder interests and constituencies, including state interests in preventing or limiting cross-border change in control transactions and transactions that are perceived to have a material impact on domestic employment or product markets.
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Recently, Frederic W. Cook & Co. issued this report that examines change-in-control trends over the three year period, 2007-2010. It shows that practices are evolving as multiples come down and double-triggers become more popular, as well as gross-ups going the way of the Dodo…
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The Delaware Chancery Court recently upheld the validity of a bylaw amendment adopted by the stockholders of Airgas, Inc. at its September 2010 annual meeting that accelerates the date of Airgas’s next annual meeting to January 2011, barely four months after its 2010 annual meeting was held. The bylaw amendment was proposed by Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., which is aggressively pursuing a $5.5 billion hostile bid for Airgas. At the September 2010 annual meeting, Air Products successfully obtained all three board seats that were up for election on Airgas’s nine-member classified board. With the bylaw amendment, Airgas will have the opportunity to elect three more directors to the Air Products board much earlier than it otherwise would have been able to.
The decision turns on the fairly typical wording of the annual meeting and staggered board provisions in Airgas’s charter and bylaws. Airgas has appealed the ruling to the Delaware Supreme Court, but unless it is overturned or companies are able to modify their charter or bylaw provisions to address this issue, Chancellor Chandler’s decision may substantially weaken the defenses of a number of companies with classified boards–a practice by which only one third of the members of the board of directors is elected at each annual meeting and directors cannot be removed except for cause.
The significance of the bylaw amendment in Airgas’s situation is accentuated by the fact that the 2010 Airgas meeting was held late in the proxy season, making the proposed January 2011 meeting only four months away. As a practical matter, a similar bylaw amendment would present less of an issue for companies with classified boards that hold their annual meetings in the spring, since an accelerated January annual meeting would still be seven to eight months away, and, applying Chandler’s textual analysis (as discussed below), a court is less likely to uphold an amendment that would cause the company to hold its next annual meeting in the same calendar year.
At the heart of the Airgas dispute is whether the company’s annual meetings must be held one year apart or once a year, and, if once a year, whether that refers to a calendar or fiscal year. Neither “annual” nor “year” is defined in Airgas’s charter or bylaws.
Airgas argued that the bylaw amendment, which received the approval of 51% of the votes cast (representing 45.8% of the shares entitled to vote), was invalidly adopted because it conflicted with the director terms set forth in Article III of the Airgas bylaws and therefore needed the approval of at least 67% of the shares entitled to vote. Article III sets forth the classes and terms of the classified board. It provides that each class of directors shall “hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders held in the third year following the year of their election” (emphasis added). Article III is protected by a supermajority vote provision in the Airgas charter, which requires that any amendment or repeal of Article III, or the adoption any provision inconsistent therewith, must be approved by the affirmative vote of at least 67% of the outstanding shares. Airgas argued that moving up the 2011 annual meeting would impermissibly shorten the terms of the directors up for election and therefore needed such supermajority approval.
Reasoning that “the operative provisions of Airgas’s bylaws and charter in dispute here contain language that may fairly be read to have more than one meaning,” and that he must therefore construe the ambiguous terms “in favor of the shareholder franchise” (i.e., in such a way as to support the shareholder-approved bylaw amendment), Chancellor Chandler interpreted Article III to provide that the class of Airgas directors who were elected in 2008 will have their terms expire in 2011– i.e., in the “third year” following their election and not “three years” after their election.
Chancellor Chandler went on to hold that by defining the director terms by reference to their expiration “in the third year” following their election, the drafters of the charter opted not to specify a 36-month or 3-year term, and that therefore the bylaw amendment did not cut short their respective terms.
In response to Airgas’s argument that the bylaw amendment would require the 2010 and 2011 meetings to occur in the same fiscal year, Chancellor Chandler held that “under the ‘rule of construction in favor of franchise rights,’ I cannot read the word ‘fiscal’ into the charter, and must instead construe the ambiguous terms against the board, which leads to my conclusion that Airgas’s annual meeting cycle can validly run on a calendar year basis and still be consistent with the charter.”
The court adopted a similar approach to statutory interpretation in analyzing whether the bylaw amendment violated Delaware law, holding that “the default rules in Delaware do not require waiting a ‘year’ or ‘twelve months’ or any set amount of time from one annual meeting to the next.” Noting that DGCL §211(c) explicitly permits the court to require annual meetings to be held within 13 months of the last annual meeting, Chancellor Chandler emphasized that it does not address whether the annual meeting interval may be shortened by any amount of time.
Companies with classified boards should review the specific wording of their relevant charter and bylaw provisions
We would advise all companies with staggered boards to review closely the text of their charter and bylaw provisions, with a view to assessing their potential exposure on this issue and determining whether revisions to address the decision are possible.
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Yesterday, the Delaware Supreme Court issued an opinion affirming the Court of Chancery’s decision in Selectica, Inc. v. Versata, Inc., C.A. No. 4241-VCN, 2010 WL 703062 (Feb. 26, 2010), which upheld a board’s adoption of a poison pill rights plan with a 4.99% triggering threshold, designed to protect the usability of the corporation’s net operating losses (“NOLs”), and a special committee’s subsequent decision (following a deliberate trigger of the pill) to deploy the exchange mechanism in the rights plan to dilute the triggering stockholder. The Supreme Court largely affirmed the reasoning employed by the Court of Chancery, and held that the board of directors had met its burden under the Unocal standard. Here is a discussion of the facts of the case.
The Supreme Court upheld the Vice Chancellor’s post-trial rulings that the board of directors had reasonable grounds to believe that the triggering stockholder’s purchases threatened the corporation’s NOLs and that the NOLs were corporate assets worth protecting. The Supreme Court further held that the NOL pill was nonpreclusive and within the range of reasonableness under the circumstances. The Court noted that the preclusion test enunciated in Unitrin, focusing on whether a defensive device renders a bidder’s attempt to wage a proxy contest and gain control “either mathematically impossible or realistically unattainable,” is analytically speaking a single test, because mathematical impossibility is “subsumed within the category of preclusivity described as ‘realistically unattainable.'”
The Court also reiterated that the Unocal review is context-specific, and emphasized that its ruling should not be taken as “generally approving the reasonableness of a 4.99% trigger in the Rights Plan of a corporation with or without NOLs.” The Court also emphasized that a potential future decision by the board to retain the NOL pill in the face of another threat would be subject to fresh evaluation under the Unocal standard at that time.
Cliff Neimeth of Greenberg Traurig notes: One thing we didn’t get a chance to mention on our webcast last week is that drafters of rights agreements should consider footnote 244 in VC Strine’s Yucaipa decision. He suggests that in an NOL rights agreement (where the pill trigger is 4.99%) the definition of “beneficial ownership” should be drafted more narrowly than the expansive “13D definition” commonly used in traditional pills.
He suggests that only economic ownership (outright purchases of the company’s stock) and not voting agreements and arrangements should determine “beneficial ownership” because the NOL pill is designed for a very narrow and specific purpose – the preservation of a material corporate asset – the loss of which is measured, for Internal Revenue Code purposes, by actual purchases and sales among 5%(+) holders for purposes of IRC section 382. Whereas, a traditional pill is designed to protect the company from a broader array of change-in-control threats that may be occassioned by more garden variety 13D group type acquisition activities, and the traditional pill trigger customarily will be set at the 20% (i.e., ISS recommended) 15% level. Strine, in fact, suggests a dual definition of beneficial ownership where an NOL pill feature is combined with a traditional pill in the rights agreement.
In that Selectica is on appeal to the Delaware Supreme Court it will be interesting to see if Strine’s message is acknowledged. In any case, it signals the Delaware Court of Chancery’s thinking on the subject and should not be ignored by drafters of future NOL pills.
Cash-strapped Fortis Healthcare Ltd, which is in the process of finding a new investor, said Wednesday its board would meet on 13 July to consider raising funds through issue of securities on a preferential allotment basis. The Fortis Healthcare board will meet “to consider, and if thought fit, approve raising funds through issue of securities on a preferential allotment basis”, it said in a regulatory filing. It, however, did not disclose details of the quantum of funds to be raised.
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James Doyle says five-year-old is “as tough a horse as I’ve ever ridden” ahead of York feature on Wednesday.
James Doyle has acclaimed Poet’s Word’s “as tough a horse as I’ve ever ridden” ahead of the five-year-old taking on a glittering cast in the Juddmonte International Stakes at York on Wednesday.
The Group 1 showpiece, run over an extended mile and a quarter and part of the Middle Distance category of the QIPCO British Champions Series, has attracted a final field of eight. Seven of them have already won at least once at the highest level.
Poet’s Word seeks to give Sir Michael Stoute a seventh victory in the feature and if successful would become only the second horse, after Duke of Marmalade in 2008, to win the Prince of Wales’s Stakes, QIPCO-sponsored King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Juddmonte International in the same season.
Doyle guided the five-year-old to his victories at Ascot and is relishing resuming the partnership. “He’s a worthy favourite coming off the back of successive Group 1 wins in tough races and, as you can imagine, I’m excited about riding him in the top race of week,” he said.
“He’s as tough a horse as I’ve ever ridden – he doesn’t shirk the issue. He really put his head and neck down in the King George and stretched all the way to the line. He was very brave.”
Asked if that hard race may have left a mark, he said: “It shouldn’t affect him. I don’t think he lost much weight, from what I’m hearing, and all the vibes from the stable are very positive. He’s a big, robust horse who is blossoming. He’s different class to ride – he relaxes well and is push-button. He does whatever you ask.”
Regarding dropping back in distance, the 30-year-old added: “He’s versatile and showed a good kick in the Prince of Wales’s. He’s got plenty of other good form over a mile and quarter, too, such as when beaten a neck in the Irish Champion Stakes.”
John Gosden is double-handed in his quest to win the race for a first time, via Roaring Lion and Without Parole. The latter, winner of the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot, steps up in distance after subsequently surrendering his unbeaten record in the Qatar Sussex Stakes, while Roaring Lion attempts to follow-up his victory in the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown, when he beat Saxon Warrior by a neck, having also won the Betfred Dante Stakes in convincing style at York earlier in the campaign.
“It’s going to be one of the hottest races of the year,” said Oisin Murphy, the regular rider of Roaring Lion. “Poet’s Word deserves to be favourite. He’s the second best horse in world on Longines World Rankings and he’s obviously the benchmark, although he had to tough it out in the King George.
“The weight for age is kind and Roaring Lion is really well in himself. He’s been working well and John’s very happy with him, so I’m excited. He’s a gorgeous horse, a joy to sit on, and obviously an exceptional animal. On ratings and everything his win in the Coral-Eclipse would have been a career best, but I think he has more to give.
“He seemed to relish the track and trip in the Dante. York’s a lovely place and William Derby does a great job there. It’s one of the finest tracks in the country. I’ve had a lot of luck at Doncaster and York, and they are probably my two favourite tracks.”
Saeed Bin Suroor has enjoyed four International triumphs, via Halling (1995, 1996), Sakhee (2001) and Sulamani (2004), and will be represented by Thunder Snow and Benbatl. Thunder Snow will be having his first outing since romping home in the Dubai World Cup at Meydan in March, while Benbatl won the Group 1 Dubai Turf at the same meeting plus the Group 1 Grosser Dallmayr Preis-Bayerisches Zuchtrennen at Munich last month.
Murphy, 22, rode both in recent workouts and is full of respect for the pair of them, especially Benbatl, who he has ridden on numerous occasion. “They are two unbelievable horses and you shouldn’t ignore Benbatl. He’s in great order,” he said. Jim Crowley has come in for the ride on Benbatl and will be hoping to repeat his International success of 12 months ago, when he guided Ulysses to victory.
The master of Ballydoyle has been responsible for the runner-up in the past two renewals – Highland Reel was second in 2016 and Churchill beat all bar Ulysses 12 months ago – and is this time represented by Saxon Warrior, the QIPCO 2000 Guineas winner. Saxon Warrior and Roaring Lion will be meeting for the fifth time in ten months, the score in their personal battles standing at 2-2.
Joseph O’Brien, son of Aidan, guided Declaration Of War and Australia to their International wins and has since made a dazzling start to his training career. He will be represented by Latrobe, who was having only his fifth start when landing the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh last month.
Thundering Blue, trained by David Menuisier, has been supplemented by owner Clive Washbourn for £75,000, boosting prize money for the race that already stood at £1 million. The grey had an official rating of just 86 this time last year but has progressed ever since, putting up a career best to scoop the Group 2 Sky Bet Stakes at York last month.
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Pop Horror is clearly a guilty secret of ours. Ok it isn’t a scare attraction in any way, but as fans of horror we just love the camp silliness of it all. Where else could you find international drag queen Tracy La Bouce Barlow dressed like Freddy Kruger miming along to Madonna as Vogue in a mock up of a bad 70s hotel?
Although Adam All and Apple Derrieres did a great job of hosting they didn’t have the raw entertainment and shock value of regular host Baby Lame, and as such weren’t able to whip the audience up into a frenzy. Also the misjudged comedy routine of the usually excellent Emily Feist, meant the evening started off slowly but picked up quickly afterwards especially with a stunning energetic routine from Lasanna Shabazz
With a drop-in performance from Baby Lame at the end of the night and puppy troubling cameo from Mynxie Monroe, the evening ended up on high with the packed audience dancing the night away.
If you are ever in London and want a bit of camp entertainment – we would highly recommend you check out the crazy guys at Pop Horror. They will be back next year for their Valentine special.
So, after surviving Bjorn of the Dead by at The Royal Vauxhall Tavern in London (see review below), we knew we had to check out Pop Horror's latest event - Slice Up your Life. We weren't disappointed!
Following a similar theme to the previous event, Slice Up Your Life was a camp and silly night that entertained us from beginning to end. Once again hosted by the the filthy Baby Lame, the evening consisted of sketches, songs, games and a lot of crazy fun themed around Girl Groups.
Quite naturally, The Spice Girls featured prominently but who knew that a drag queen biting off the private parts of a "Chucky" doll would go so well with No No No by Girls Aloud? Other acts included a hilarious vampire sing along that ended like some bizarre panto as Van Helsing stalked our heroine, a boylesque fire routine to Black Magic by Little Mix and a deranged Ryan Air air-hostess trying to "serve" the passengers whilst the plane is crashing to the ground. "You didn't chose to pay for the optional lifejacket for an extra 35 Euros? Not my problem!" It was hilarious and satirical, as it ridiculed Ryan Air's quite ludicrous business methods.
The scenes were punctuated with some silly games (yes we ended up on stage again!), as well as some hilarious routines by our host - who definitely took a liking to one of our party and fixated on him all night!
Although not a "scary" event in any way, we absolutely love the idea of mixing horror movies with cheesy pop, and you cant help but laugh along with the infectious, bawdy (and sometimes gory) routines during the night. The Pop Horror team will be back at the venue at Halloween - book your place now!
Everyone will know by now, that we cover a wide range of events. From scare attractions and scary room escapes through to immersive and live theatre - we celebrate all forms of entertainment. However, even we were surprised when the invite came in for Bjorn of the Dead!
Hosted at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in London, Bjorn of the Dead is the latest show curated by the twisted minds at Pop Horror. Following the success of I Know What You Did Donna Summer, and The Cher Witch Project, they have turned their attention to Sweden’s greatest export – Abba. As you would expect - it was camp and cheesy in equal measures with Vaudeville acts doing horror inspired pop songs, all mixed up with some audience participation, and hosted by a bearded drag queen. The acts ranged from Annie Wilkes from Misery singing Lay all Your Love On Me, while holding a blood-covered axe, through to someone in a Saw head trap singing SOS while pulling her eyes out.
The Saw routine was probably the goriest of all the acts, with the rest of the shows generally going for humour more than horror, especially with drag king Adam Arr as a mad professor creating a man in a lab to the tune of Gimme Gimme Gimme (a Man After Midnight).
Between the shows were madcap games including a hilarious round of “Ikea or Swedish town” as we tried to guess the origin of certain words, and a convoluted Instagram photo challenge that we managed to win by default!
Clearly, given the location (RVT is one of London’s oldest and most famous gay bars) and the late night nature of the show, this really isn't for the easily offended, or the boring. The main host – Baby Lame was as potty mouthed as you would expect, but really pulled together all the disparate parts of the show to create a thoroughly entertaining night out.
Kudos has to go to Tim and Paul at Pop Horror who created this incredibly silly show and kept us entertained all night. It’s a testament to them that we originally planned to stay just for the first hour, but then found ourselves dancing away at the late night disco 3 hours later! Although a little, rough around the edges (faulty mics, missed cues etc.) this all just added to the charm, and we thoroughly look forward to their return visit to the venue this summer!
Little Toad Creek Brewery and Distillery fun overflowed into the street on Saturday with the second annual Toadfest. Breweries from across the state sidled in with samples of their brews while customers sipped, danced and competed on a blocked-off Bullard Street.
“We could not be happier with this year’s Toadfest,” said general manager Sam Castello. “Hundreds of people came out to dance and have fun with us. All day long and into the night, I saw nothing but smiling faces. It’s great being a part of this community.”
Fifteen breweries with more than 20 beers provided the libation for the celebration, even more than attended last year.
“It is — I feel safe saying — the largest volume of craft beer that has ever been in Silver City at one time,” Castello said.
For their part, Castello and co-owner David Crosley created their new Gateway Ale, a pale ale, in honor of Silver City’s designation as New Mexico’s first Gateway Community to the Continental Divide Trail. The new brew got the stamp of approval from locals and visitors alike. Longdistance hiker Whitney “Allgood” LaRuffa — in town to give a lecture for the first Continental Divide Trail Days — said, “They (pale ales) aren’t always my thing, but this is way cool.”
Little Toad Creek Brewery and Distillery bartender Bart Brown participated in the keg toss competition at the second annual Toadfest Tap Takeover Saturday, April 11, 2015.
Outside on Bullard Street, Zeke Cassidy took first place in the keg toss competition, a leftover from 2014’s OkToaderfest, launching an empty keg farther than a diverse field of men and women.
Other competitive customers grabbed ropes in the handmade human foosball arena, raised for the event. The live action adaptation of the popular table game sent footballs and laughter flying up and down the street.
Monday’s spot of rain is not expected to do much to deter the four fires actively burning and growing on the Gila National Forest. In fact, Forest personnel are preparing for lightning from the storms to spark even more.
Late June is often the busiest time of year for the Gila National Forest’s fire crews — both local and visiting — but with the National Weather Service predicting record highs later this week, their schedules may soon be even busier.
“We’re anticipating lots of new starts,” said Gabe Holguin, Forest fire management officer. “Surprisingly we haven’t had any yet. This is definitely always our busiest time. It is about the time the monsoons start setting up. It’s a gradual progression, though, until we really get into the monsoons. Early on, we get these little pulses that produce lightning before the storms begin to get wetter later on.”
National Weather Service forecaster David Novlan said southwest New Mexico residents can expect thunderstorms and a 20 to 40 percent probability of precipitation today and Wednesday. But, that small amount of rain isn’t likely to dampen the fires on the Gila.
“A lot of times we get this mini-monsoon stuff and it has little effect on the fires,” said Forest Public Information Officer Marta Call.
Right now, the Corral Fire and Straw Fire are burning in the Gila Wilderness at 15,050 and 6,675 acres respectively, on either side of the Gila Cliff Dwellings. In the Aldo Leopold Wilderness, the Round Fire burns at 6,062 acres. The Gravel Fire, in the Turkey Creek drainage, has grown to 2,450 acres.
That the rains won’t stop the fires burning is a fine thing, according to Holguin, who said the Forest is getting a lot of use out of the flames.
“Fire behavior has been very favorable thus far to help us achieve some desired conditions,” he said. “It’s been really low to moderate, staying on the ground, catching a tree here and there, but there have been no stand replacement effects so far. The fires are burning up from 50 to 100 percent of dead trees on the ground.”
The only problems Holguin said these fires have caused are a large level of smoke. A report from the Forest on Monday labeled air quality in Reserve, Glenwood and Cliff as just moderate. That means “unusually sensitive individuals should consider limiting prolonged or heavy exertion.” At the Gila Cliff Dwellings, the report described air conditions as dangerous in the morning, until noon.
“One thing we’re really paying attention to are the smoke impacts this year,” Holguin said. “For the first time, we’ve brought in an air resource adviser, who looks at ongoing fires, considers the forecasts and predicted weather, and can model where smoke impacts might be. He deploys smoke monitors to different areas so they can report back and we can let the public know.”
Novlan said the hot weather of recent days will only get hotter this week after the storms pass. From Wednesday to Friday, the forecast is for record highs, around 105 degrees, continuing a trend Novlan described of temperatures significantly above normal. He said another round of storms is then expected over the weekend that should cool the area down again.
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I hate this lack of screen time for Ridge and Caridge, I didn't like their new storyline very much, but thei chemestry is great!
Oooh, Zach & ??? (Jesus, I #ForgotHerName&IactuallyLikedHer! #WasItLea?) from the AMC online reboot! They were hot together! They probably would have lasted not very long If rumors are true that AM/Kendall was about to make an AMC comeback before the production ceased on the online reboot.
I still miss AMC and many times as I watch B&B, I ask myself the question..."how is it possible that AMC & OLTL are gone from the soap world while B&B flourishes?" AMC on it's worst day was by far better written, had better defined characters who were allowed to evolve & grow over time & had much more compelling stories to tell...ones that actually made sense most of the time and which took time to tell so the characters didn't seem fickle and waffly and so interchangeable with one another. They all stood for something and each character had distinct traits and personalities that we could count on. There was only 1 Zach Slater, 1 Adam Chandler, 1 Erika Kane, 1 Kendall Hart Slater, 1 Ryan Lavery, 1 Myrtle Fargate, etc. And compared to B&B, there was little incestuousness going on aside from the usual soap fare stuff. I mean...the biggest hoopla was Zach donating sperm via artificial insemination to his lesbian sister-in-law so that she could have a child with her partner. That, on B&B, would be not even worth mentioning, lol.
Thank God for Thorsten and his ability to make things better just by his talent, depth, presence, intelligence & ability to make whatever journey his character takes, make sense and make it worthwhile and something not to miss.
Wow, WTF got into me on this Monday morning?! Maybe trying to get my mind off what most likely will be another loss by my Dolphins tonight, lol!
"Usually it's getting ready for the [Miami] Dolphins to lose another game. I've been a fan for years, but it isn't easy."
/\ I completely agree with you on AMC compared to B&B ... so much better writing. B&B was much better years ago when there were more characters involved. It seems like over the years as they lost characters, they never replaced them. Its like they are trying to not hire anyone else and keep the show down to as few characters as possible which is why they have to date within the family all the time now ... if TK ever leaves the role of Ridge, I will probably be done with it.
ITA Alina and LilBit, AMC had better character developments and family history for decades. It was only towards the end that Fronsie and Pratt started ruining characters. B&B being only a half-hour show, has so few characters, hence the on-again/off-again of the same couples in between some in-breeding/incest type relationships. Sadly, now that they have started adding new characters, they are all either named Avant, or are in some way connected to an Avant Even Zende has nothing going on with his Forrester name, all he is doing is moping around after Nicole. If they are trying to bring diversity to the cast, I wish they had given CARTER a story to sink his beautiful teeth into, and given HIM a family or friends from his past
AMC at its worst was far better than B&B as it is now. I can't say how B&B used to be, except that I remember trying to watch it years ago and thought it was awful. And I wouldn't be watching now if not for my adored TK and these days his absence is quite painful. I don't see how adding yet another useless character is helping while some powerhouse actors like DD/Bill, HT/Katie, RS/Quinn and SK/Deacon are languishing at the Backburner Café. I honestly don't give a flip about Steffy, Wyatt, Ivy, Liam, Thomass, Nicole, Zende, Maya, Rick and now Sasha. Give us a story with some substance and some characters worth watching. Read: Ridge (but not with Brooke, please!!!) I loved AMC and I loved Zach and Kendall - still do. [And I hated Leah, the world's worst FBI agent in the reboot. Seeing that picture made me cringe.]. Sad to see that our beloved soaps are fading, so we can watch more reality shows - seriously?
No words about how awful the show is. Steffy - girl, you are begging for trouble. But ITA, in what universe does the President of the company have to leave their job because some lower employee filed a restraining order against them - in their own office no less? Is that even legal or possible? I don't get it. I must be missing something.
Callie, thank you for a whole bunch of gorrrrrrrgeousness! Personally, I think they all are a great looking bunch of guys, whether we like some of their characters or not! But one of them is pure hawtness, scorching hawt hawtness, so while we wait for him to return to our screens, thank you Malin for the close-up that just might melt my gadgets
You're welcome ladies, i try make TK's fans happy!!! I prefer TK on the picture!!!! And yes good job Callie lovie!!! ❤️ You're the spoiler queen for sure!!!
I hope it's ok to post this here. There's an interview in the latest SOD of a musician that just joined B&B. TK is mentioned and he even comments on a concert he recently attended.
Our BIG private CaRidge Love chat group on Twitter, that I'm running!!! Here are some of the CaRidge ladies;
Thanks Callie and Malin for posting the scan and pictures Wow we have Arsenal supporter/Caridge fan, cool
Such a cool article! I'm sure it was awesome. Love what he said about Thorsten Kaye's powerful charisma - I would say absolutely, he has charisma in spades & it is most definitely powerful!! Thanks for sharing this.
He gets well deserved time off. I wish him a wonderful trip, enjoy it Thorsten!!!!!He has been missed.....
Happy NEW YEAR 2016 to Kathy and Christy the owners of this board, Thorsten Kaye and everybody else on the board. I am very thankful to all the hard work Kathy and Christy put in that board so fans around the world can communicate and share our thoughts and expressions about our loving Thorsten Kaye.
On these cold, cloudy days, I sure could use a little (a lot) of Ridge to warm and cheer me up! Ridgeless days are BLEHHHH!!!!! Once again, when he's not on the TV, that means he's had some time off!! Good for him, bad for us!!
Exactly Melanie! Sweden have snow and super cold weather like everyday now and thankfully we are a bit behinde USA and i get to see TK! BUT i agree TK is a main character and should get more screentime! I hope you get some TK hotness soon!
I think he will be back soon. The story has to go on. But we sure do miss him and CaRidge. It's not the same........Thorsten and CaRidge keeps us captivating....... let's hope very soon, we have been patience !!!!!!
We are starting to get flurries here and there, I just hate the cold! Brrrrrr...I guess if I choose to stay in Ohio where I was born and raised, I shouldn't gripe about it, huh??
Anyway, I still get my Thorsten fix everyday! Depending on how much time I have, I either watch an episode or a movie of his!!
I'm trying to have patience! He just has us so hooked on him from the way smiles and tilts his head to his sexy eyes and OMG that voice that just melts us in a puddle!❤️❤️
I with you Laura! I don't know how he does it, but I'm glad he does! It's commendable what he goes through to take care of his family! God I love that man!
You could gripe about it if you want too of course lol. The Swedes are pretty used to the cold when it's Winter we really get Winter here!
Yeah, that's good so you get more energy during the day! I often watch CaRidge before bedtime! I often fall asleep with the phone in my hand and wake up with the earphones hanging down my bed lmao and start to watch again
I am also ready for CaRidge and Their baby! And his new movie! I thought it Was that movie what went last year on my tv and was excited you know and watched whole movie just because i wanted to see my first TK movie! And guess what? Yeah, it was the first movie lmao! Well he sure did look like TK! But he wasn't as special as TK! Not even close!
Haha!!! I remember when you watched that movie! You' silly girl!! There's definitely no one even close to Thorsten!
I agree Malin, I'm overly ready for TK and CaRidge and baby, but not Thomas! You know he'll be there somewhere lurking
Jacob = Rick LMAO!!! Good actor as well! But Thorsten def are special and my favorite! So don't you worry lol!!!!! ❤️
Omg Laura that's FREEEZZZZIIIING alright! Sweden have - 11 right now maybe soon there as well! Def need some CaRidge hot shower or painting scene! That's right! It should be this boards quote lol!!!
-20 degrees....Brrrrrrr....I shouldn't complain about 28 degrees!! You are definitely in need of a CaRidge and Ridgefilled day!!
No we were at +28 degrees! I don't think I can handle the negative temps! Brrrrrrrr......Laura was at -20!!
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THIS WEEKEND: The Washington baseball team opens the 2003 season this weekend when it travels to play in the Battle at the Beach tournament in Malibu, Calif. The Huskies open the season Friday, Feb. 7, at 2:00 p.m. vs. host team Pepperdine, which will also be taking the field for the first time. Saturday at 10 a.m., the Dawgs face UC Santa Barbara. Sunday, also at 10 a.m., the weekend concludes with the Huskies facing Houston, which was ranked No. 11 in both the Baseball America and Sports Weekly/ESPN preseason polls. Washington, which received five points in the preseason coaches' poll, was picked by the Pac-10 coaches to finish seventh in the league despite tying for third and making an NCAA Regional last season. Feb. 14-16, the Huskies return to the Los Angeles area to face Loyola Marymount in a three-game series before opening the home slate Feb. 21-23 vs. Gonzaga at Husky Ballpark.
SERIES HISTORY: Washington has faced Pepperdine only once all-time as the Waves beat the Huskies, 11-0, at the 1992 NCAA West I Regional. Pepperdine went on to win the College World Series that season. Three Pepperdine pitchers combined on a four-hitter, led by 7.2 innings from starter Derek Wallace. UCSB leads the all-time series vs. Washington, 7-2. The teams met most recently at a tournament in San Diego in 1998, with the Huskies winning, 17-9, after taking a 13-4 lead, scoring six in the first and seven in the third. Washington has never played the University of Houston, but did, incidentally, finish the 2002 season at the Cougars' cross-town rival. The Huskies took part in an NCAA Regional at Rice, falling to the Owls in the championship game.
COACH 'K': In 10 seasons as the head coach of his alma mater, Ken Knutson has led the Dawgs to two Pac-10 championships, four Pac-10 Northern Division titles, two second-place finishes and four NCAA Regionals. His career overall record stands at 347-235-1 (.596). With those 347 wins, he is the second-winningest coach in UW history, trailing only Bob MacDonald (422). Before becoming the Husky head man in 1993, Knutson served as the Husky pitching coach for eight seasons. In 1985, his UW pitching staff led the nation with a 2.80 ERA. Knutson holds a 168-76-1 (.688) record in home games. He is 152-106 (.589) in conference games. Knutson has coached 37 first-team All-Pac-10 selections in 10 seasons, and has been named league caoch of the year three times. A 1981 All-Pac-10 left-handed pitcher at the UW, he is joined by assistants Joe Ross, Travis Jewett, and Gregg Swenson and undergrad assistant Jeremiah Porter.
PROBABLE STARTERS: Here's a look at the probable starters at each position, with 2002 stats and notes:
Pos. Player, Year '02 Avg.-HR-RBI Notes C -- Aaron Hathaway, Fr. .303-4-30 Freshman All-America and NCAA All-Regional in '02 Jefferson Thiel, Jr. redshirt 2000 Freshman All-America; elbow surgery in '021B -- Kyle Larsen, Fr. .342-5-37 Freshman All-America in '02; no Es in 454 chances2B -- Greg Isaacson, Jr. .315-1-25 Started 44 of last 46 in '02; hit .343 as No. 9 hitterSS -- Tila Reynolds, Jr. .347-2-34 13th-round draft pick last June; 4th-year starter3B -- John Otness, So. .333-2-19 Closed out '02 as regular DH; hit in 26 of 32 in 2002 Nick Batkoski, So. .196-0-4 Saw action at SS, 2B, 3B and DH as freshman in 2002OF -- Mike Wagner, Jr. .284-2-17 Baseball America Summer All-America; hit .342 over summerOF -- Taylor Johnson, So. .278-4-13 Finished 2002 as starter in RF; team was 15-6 with him in RFOF -- Simi Reynolds, Fr. 1st season Younger brother of UW SS Tila and OSU 2B KerisiOF -- Justin Drake, Jr. .000-0-0 Injury plagued through most of last 2 years/started 20 in 2000OF -- Brandon Jacobson, Sr. .267-1-11 Started 19 games in left and center last yearDH -- Steve Ramsey, So. .244-2-10 Can play 1B, DH or LF; posted six pinch hits in 2002 Chad Boudon, Jr. 1st season Played last three years at Univ. of Hawaii
LID-LIFTERS: After a somewhat rough start to his career, in terms of his success in season-opening games, coach Ken Knutson has experienced a recent upsurge in that department. Washington, after losing four of its first five season openers under Knutson, has now won four of its last five. Each of the Huskies' last five season openers have come in neutral-site tournaments, with the last three coming in tournaments held at big-league spring training sites in Arizona. The 1998 opener was at the Marlin's spring site in Florida. Over the last 10 years, Washington is 5-5 in season openers. Here's a look at the Huskies' 10 season openers under Knutson:
SQUAD BREAKDOWN: The 40-man Washington roster as the team enters the season is unusually balanced. The Husky roster includes 24 returning players (23 letterwinners) and 16 new players. Of those 16 new players, three are transfers from four-year colleges, two are junior college transfers and the remainder are true freshmen. Thanks to the return of seniors Tila Reynolds and Sean White, both drafted last June, the Huskies have an six fourth-year players (four seniors, two redshirt-juniors) on the team. Returning players have participated in a total of 966 games.
TOUGH SCHEDULE: Counting those in the 'others receiving votes' category, the preseason USA Today/ESPN coaches' poll ranked 57 teams this season. Washington, which picked up five points to rank the equivalent of 46th in that poll, will play a total of 30 games (more than half of its 56-game schedule) against teams that received votes in the preseason ranking. Those 30 games come against 12 different teams, including seven conference opponents (all but Washington State received votes). The Huskies will play a total of 10 games against four teams ranked in the top 11 in the preseason poll, beginning this weekend when the UW plays No. 11 Houston in Malibu.
NORTHWEST FLAVOR: As is usually the case, the Husky baseball roster is made up primarily of players from the state of Washington. In fact, 36 of the 40 players on the preseason roster are from the state of Washington, and another, Trent Baysinger, grew up in the city of Moscow, Idaho, just a few miles from the Washington border. Aside from Washington and Idaho, only one other state is represented on the Husky roster as three players come from the state of Colorado. All three -- freshmen Grant Gerrard and Matt Tucker and sophomore Devin Warner -- are new to the Huskies.
PRESEASON ACCOLADES: College baseball's preseason publications predicted a solid season for the 2002 Huskies. Baseball America ranked the Dawgs No. 47 in its preseason poll and counted the Huskies among the five Pac-10 teams it predicts will make it into the NCAA tournament. Senior pitcher Sean White was tabbed the Pac-10's best control pitcher and was named the No. 14 senior prospect in America. Shorstop Tila Reynolds was picked as the No. 9 senior in the country while sophomore first baseman Kyle Larsen was selected as the No. 39 sophomore prospect. Neither Collegiate Baseball nor USA Today Sports Weekly ranked the Huskies in the preseason, though the Huskies were among those receiving votes in USA Today's preseason coaches' poll (ranked No. 46, counting past the 25 ranked teams).
SEASON-OPENING TOURNAMENTS: Washington has opened each of the last five seasons at a multiple-team tournament, including four of the last five at the spring training home of a Major League team. Last year, the Huskies won three of four at a tournament at the Oakland A's site in Phoenix, going 1-1 vs. Missouri and 2-0 vs. Northwestern. In 2001, the Huskies played in Tucson at the Diamondbacks' and White Sox' spring training home (a shared facility). Three years, the Dawgs played at Oakland's home in Phoenix. In 1999, Washington played in a tournament in St. George, Utah, going 3-0 with two wins over BYU and one over Southern Utah. And in 1998, Washington opened the year with three games at the Florida Marlins' spring training complex in Viera, Fla. In those five tournaments, the UW has posted a combined record of 12-6. In 1998, the Huskies won all three, beating South Florida, Central Florida and Florida Atlantic. In 2000, the Dawgs managed only one win in five games, beating Northern Iowa while falling to Creighton (twice), Nevada and Northwestern. In 2001, the Huskies picked up thrilling one-run wins over Brigham Young (6-5) and Kentucky (3-2) before losing to Illinois by a run in a 12-inning marathon.
Nick Batkoski, Soph. IF: Expected to get some time at third base, but also backs up at second base and shortstop and could crack the lineup as a DH ... as a freshman, started five at DH, two at SS, two at second and one at third ... played summer ball for Aloha (Ore.) in the Pacific International League, hitting .323 with a wood bat in league play.
Brian Bauer, RS-Freshman IF: A transfer from San Diego State University, where he redshirted last season ... a two-time 4A All-KingCo first-team selection at Woodinville High, the alma mater of current Huskies Mike Wagner and Brian Carter ... MVP of the Washington State all-star game following his senior season at Woodinville.
Chad Boudon, RS-Junior OF/1B: Transferred to Washington after spending the last three years at the University of Hawaii ... redshirted one season with the Rainbows and then played the last two ... in 2001, played in 46 games, batting .223 with five homers, 25 RBI and 10 stolen bases ... started 14 games last season at UH ... three-time all-district pick at Shorewood High School, just north of Seattle.
Justin Drake, RS-Junior OF: A fourth-year Husky outfielder ... has been injury-plagued the last couple of seasons, playing in only eight games last year and in nine in 2001, when he was granted a medical redshirt season due to a shoulder injury ... as a freshman in 2000, started 20 games, primarily as a center fielder ... of the the Huskies' fastest runners ... has made many past appearances as a pinch runner.
Aaron Hathaway, Soph. C: Turned in an outstanding freshman campaign, earning first-team Freshman All-America acclaim from Collegiate Baseball ... started 48 games at catcher in 2002, including 31 of the last 33 ... hit safely in 16 of the last 20 and 21 of the last 26 regular season games last year ... in the UW's second-half turnaround last year, hit .302 while allowing only four passed balls and 10 stolen bases over the last 32 games, mostly against Pac-10 competition ... played so well defensively in the NCAA Houston Regional at Rice that he made the all-tournament team despite going 1-for-17 at the plate.
Greg Isaacson, Junior 2B: Returns for his second season as the Huskies' starter at second base ... a walk-on who played in only four games as a freshman and didn't play at all the first 15 games of last year ... started 44 of the last 46, however ... batted .343 (37-for-108) when hitting No. 9 in the lineup last year ... batted .333 with a wood bat over the summer for Bend (Ore.)
Brandon Jacobson, Senior OF: A third-year Husky who played one season at Bellevue CC ... started 29 games as a sophomore in 2001 and 19 games last year, primarily in center ... also among the first choices of pinch runners ... started out last season hitting safely in eight of his first nine games, going 12-for-38 (.316) over that stretch.
Ben Johnson, Junior C: Has served as the Huskies' No. 2 catcher in each of the last two seasons ... a switch-hitter ... started 19 games as a freshman and 12 last year ... missed most of the fall practice season with a medical condition, but is fully recovered now ... drafed by the Astros in the 29th round of the 2000 draft.
Taylor Johnson, Soph. OF: Closed out the 2002 season as a regular starter in right field, particularly against right-handed pitchers ... one of the Huskies' best arms and best baserunners ... could be an option at the leadoff spot or as the No. 3 hitter ... started 21 of the last 33 in right to end last year ... Huskies went 15-6 in those 21 games ...batted .326 with a wood bat in league play last summer for the Bend (Ore.) Elks in the Pacific International League.
Kyle Larsen, Soph. 1B: Named a first-team Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball after a strong first season at UW ... finished with the second-best average on the team (.342) after having spent much of the year as the Huskies' top hitter ... has yet to make an error in 454 chances ... when hitting as the No. 3 hitter last year, batted .436 (24-for-55) in 14 games ... Huskies were 10-4 in those games ... closed out 2002 regular season on a 12-game hitting streak, batting .500 (22-for-44) over that stretch ... had a game-winning single in the bottom of the 10th inning in an April 21 win over No. 2 Stanford last year.
Brent Lillibridge, Freshman IF: Had an outstanding fall, and despite the return of fourth-year starting shortstop Tila Reynolds, figures to get some game action as a freshman ... a three-year team captain at Jackson High in Everett, Wash. ... led Jackson to a 31-5 league record over his last two seasons ... a career .420 hitter in high school.
John Otness, Freshman 3B: Began last year as the starter at third base, then didn't play much through the middle of the season before re-emerging as the starter at DH through the stretch run ... won a battle for the vacant starting third base position in the fall ... Huskies were 13-7 with him at DH in 2002 ... hit in 26 of 32 starts overall last year ... went 6-for-16 in the NCAA regional last year and reached on a two-strike HBP one batter before Jay Garthwaite's two-out, three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth beat Rice, 7-6, to force a second championship game.
Steve Ramsey, Junior OF/1B: After seeing limited action in his first two seasons, has earned a shot as the Huskies' starter DH (at least against righties) this year ... one of the team's top natural power hitters ... was probably the UW's top pinch hitter last season, connecting for six pinch hits on the year ... can play first base, outfield and DH.
Simi Reynolds, Freshman OF: A top candidate to start in center field this year ... younger brother of Husky senior SS Tila as well as Oregon State second baseman Kerisi ... spent the fall as a walkon cornerback on the football team, but red-shirted the year ... one of the most decorated athletes in recent Washington high school history ... led Skyline HS to three straight league titles in baseball and three straight top-five finishes in the state ... led summer baseball teams to three top-three national finishes over the last four years ... helped football team to state championship as a junior and a third-place finish as a senior ... earned the 2002 Athletes for a Better World 'Spirit of ABW' award after co-founding 'Athletes for Kids' ... one of several community service awards he's received.
Tila Reynolds, Senior SS: Returns for his senior year despite being drafted by the Brewers in the 13th round of the 2002 draft ... will spend his fourth straight season as the Husky starter at shortstop ... younger brother, Simi, is one of the top candidates to start in CF ... named the No. 9 senior prospect in the U.S. by Baseball America ... named to the NCAA Regional all-tournament team last year ... often the Huskies' No. 2hitter last year, batting .403 (60-for-149) when hitting in that spot last season ... led the tam with .347 average and withi 19 stolen bases last year ... had hitting streaks of 13 and 14 games last season.
Jefferson Thiel, RS-Junior C: Returns to full duty after missing last season due to surgery ... had 'Tommy John' surgery just prior to last season ... had been the Husky starter at catcher the previous two years, earning USA Today freshman All-America honors in 2000 ... a preseason candidate for the Johnny Bench Award last season before the injury ... had been hitting .415 (17-for-41) on the year in 2001 before the injury first came up ... started 44 games as a true freshman in 2000.
Mike Wagner, Junior OF: Formerly a third baseman for the Huskies, moved to left field at mid-season last year and will start there this season ... named a Baseball America Summer All-American this fall after a great summer with North Adams (Mass.) ... was the league MVP after leading the league in batting, slugging, on-base, hits and runs ... stated 16 games in left for the Huskies last season, mostly in the last month of the season or so ... has yet to be caught stealing in eight career attempts.
FRIDAY -- Sean White, Senior RHP: The Huskies' No. 2 starter through most of last season ... drafted by Montreal in the 35th round of the 2002 draft ... expected to be a much higher draft pick, but rumors of shoulder injury dropped him ... rated the No. 14 senior prospect in the nation this year by Baseball America ... won his last six decisions last season after starting 1-2 ... in eight Pac-10 starts, went 5-0 with a 4.07 ERA over 55.1 innings ... went seven innings or more in each of his last five starts ... in his final start, at the NCAA Regional vs. Harvard, out-dueled Crimson ace Ben Crockett (a third-round pick) for a4-2 win ... both went the distance and White allowed seven hits and no walks while fanning six ... struck out eight and allowed five hits in 7.1 in a win over UCLA ... beat USC, Oregon State and Arizona down the stretch as well ... opened the 2002 season with a bang, throwing five one-hit innings vs. Northwestern in a season-opening tournament ... combined for a two-hit shutout and didn't allow a hit over the first 4.1 IP of that one ... went 4-1 with a 2.14 ERA during the summer with Brewster in the Cape Cod League.
SATURDAY -- Jeff Petersen, Junior RHP: After serving as a spot starter and reliever for the UW the last two years, will begin 2002 as a starter ... one of the Huskies' top pro prospects ... a 25th round pick by Baltimore in 2000 after leading Kentwood High to the 4A state title ... six starts and four relief outings last year ... top outing was a five-inning start vs. Portland, when he allowed three hits in a combined shutout ... struck out a career-high seven batters in a four-inning outing May 14 vs. Gonzaga ... started the NCAA Regional championship game at Rice, suffering the loss.
SUNDAY-- Clay Johnson, Junior RHP: Closed out the 2002 season in the best form of his college career ... began the year as a top-three starter, then lost his spot before returning in the last two-thirds of the conference season ... made 12 starts and one relief appearance in 2002 ... named to the NCAA Regional all-tourney team thanks to a great outing vs. Texas Tech ... beat the Red Raiders, allowing five hits and one run over seven and two-thirds ... beat UCLA and UC Irvine with complete-game outings ... didn't walk more than two batters in any one game during the regular season last year ... also a regular starter as a freshman, getting 10 starts in 2001 ... won the National Baseball Congress World Series last summer as a member of the Fairbanks (Alaska) Goldpanners ... 3-2 with a 3.06 ERA for the Goldpanners.
BULLPEN NOTES: Trent Baysinger (Jr. LHP) enters his first season at the UW after two years at Walla Walla (Wash.) CC ... once struck out 16 in a junior college playoff game ... Brian Carter (Jr. LHP) made 17 and one start in 2002 ... high school teammate of fellow Huskies Mike Wagner and Brian Bauer ... allowed an earned run in only four his 18 appearances and gave up a hit in only six of 18 last year ... lone career win came in relief vs. California ... Josh Conover (Soph. RHP) made eight relief appearances and no starts last season ... didn't surrender a hit in first three outings of his career last year ... didn't give up a hit until his fifth appearance ... David Dowling (Soph. LHP) made four starts and nine relief appearances in 2002 ... struck out six batters over four relief innings in first career appearance last year vs. Portland ... earned wins over Washington State and Portland (in another outing) ... longest time on the mound was a six-inning start at Missouri ... Keaton Everitt (RS-Fr. RHP) missed last season after preseason surgery ... only began pitching as a senior in high school but has shown low-90s velocity ... at Juanita High in 2001, struck out 27 in 15 innings ... Will Fenton (Soph. RHP) pitched in 19 games as a freshman last year, the second highest total on the team ... emerged as a closer and set-up man ... most memorable outing was at Cal, when he got a save by fanning the last two batters of the game with the bases loaded ... in the Huskies' win at Rice last year in the regionals, threw three and one-third no-hit innings of relief for the win, as the UW got a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth for the victory ... Matt Kasser (Fr. RHP) is the lone freshman pitcher that will travel in the opening weekend ... set a KingCo Conference record with 25 career victories at Issaquah High ... won a state title as a sophomore ... 9-3 as a sophomore, 7-1 as a junior and 8-1 as a senior in high school ... Scott Robertson (Sr. RHP) enters the year with 36 career relief appearances and no starts during his career ... had seven saves in 2001, the sixth-highest total in school history ... earned his lone win of 2002 in the season's opening weekend, getting a relief victory vs. Northwestern ... Joel Villalobos (Jr. LHP) comes to UW after two seasons at Bellevue CC ... played mostly outfield in 2001 and then went 6-0 with a 1.40 ERA as a sophomore last year ... struck out 71 in 51.1 innings last year at BCC, when batters hit only .161 against him.
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Fall and winter have a lot of great things to offer: pretty, seasonal colors, the joy and cheer of the holidays, and fun cold-weather activities. It's also—you guessed it—flu season. Being sick with the flu makes it almost impossible to enjoy the nice things fall and winter have to offer. But it doesn't have to be that way.
Getting a flu shot is one of the best first steps you can take to protect yourself from the flu. Even though the flu shot doesn't guarantee you won't get sick, it does offer up to 60 percent more protection than if you don't get one, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Your food tastes better when you're well. You know how when you get sick, nothing tastes right? Protecting yourself from the flu makes it more likely that you'll get to enjoy your favorite holiday dishes.
You can spend your free time doing fun things. When you and your family members feel healthy and well, it's easier to plan for fun outings and quality time together.
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When it comes down to it, being sick is not a good time. So if you haven't yet, schedule some time to get a flu shot. While you're at it, schedule your family members as well.
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If you were ever looking for a time to take a stand against tobacco, you'll want to pay attention in November.
Why? Because November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and November 17, 2016, is the American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout.
The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) promotes Lung Cancer Awareness Month in November. The goal is to build awareness and promote research for all lung cancer, not just those cases caused by caused by smoking or tobacco use. You can learn more at IASLC.org/lcam.
The American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout is a day designated to encourage tobacco users to quit. If you smoke or use tobacco products, mark your calendars for the 17th and commit to tobacco cessation for 24 hours. And with 24 hours behind you, keep the momentum going and continue on your tobacco cessation journey.
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In 2015, the American Cancer Society released the infographic, "Tobacco: The True Cost of Smoking." The infographic breaks down the cost of smoking into three categories:
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Looking for ways to stay healthy throughout the holiday season without it stressing you out? Here are some simple tips to keep you happy and healthy as you give thanks, share joy, and celebrate a new year.
Share gratitude and laughter. The holidays can be a very joyous time, but they can also be stressful. Melt away the stress by sharing a laugh with loved ones, or listing off the things you're grateful for.
Breathe it all in. With all of the hustle and bustle of the season, you might find that you forget to stop and breathe. Be sure schedule time to rest and recharge between all the fun.
Load your plate. At holiday meals, be strategic about what goes on your plate. Fill half your plate with healthy options, and then be selective about filling the other half of your plate with your absolute favorites at the table.
Keep sweets out of sight, out of mind. Savory and sweet snacks abound during the holidays. Give yourself permission to indulge in your favorites, and then avoid ongoing grazing by physically distancing yourself from the cookie tray or buffet table.
Enlist support. Team up with friends, coworkers, or family for a holiday challenge to maintain (not gain) weight through the new year.
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The next time I mention in passing that I am going to drive to Idaho -or anywhere more than 10 hours- with four children please remind me I am absolutely insane!! As a kid we went on a ton of road trips. When we would stop to fill up with gas we were only allowed corn nuts and water! Well actually if we were thirsty my dad would say "swollow your spit"!!! So that preservative smelling nacho cheese scent always brings back fond memories; fighting over the window seat, totally annoyed that Carl would always have his walkman turned up way too loud and my personal foavourite- I would always take as much as I could from the hotel room, you know sugar packets, shower caps I don't know why I guess I like to be prepared. The nacho scent now brings up sheer terror from the pit of my stomach!
The way to Idaho- well we were up at 3:30 am and off to the ferry. Two hours later we were on the mainland and off we went. Basically the twins began freaking out a because they couldn't see anyone and they had been strapped into a 5 point harness for 5 hours! So we decided that my dad should drive my car, and Ty would go in my mums and Rylie and I stayed in the back to entertain the little squirts.
Once we arrived it was awesome to see everyone. All my nieces and nephews have grown so much! So it was good to see I wasn't the only one who had gained a few llb's. If you are expecting photos soon- sorry to disappoint but genius- meaning me- only brought a memory card that had room for 14 pictures and I took them all of Ty and myself doing bathroom graffitti.
So you are probably asking yourself why would Chelsea write her name on the wall of a bathroom stall? Well to be quite honest I have always wanted to, and I felt I deserved too, or as Kimme says "you're worth it"! Two days after we arrived in Idaho, Ty, Rylie and Oliver began projectile puking, they caught the infectious bug from sweet little Kyah. The Virus was later affectionately called Kyahreah, because it also entailed Diareah! then to make things worse I got it and it was awfull. 24 hours later we were feeling better though and continued on.
We went boating, ate way too much food, talked, laughed, went to the spa-THANK YOU CHRIS AND KIMME, all in all had a really wonderfull time. My children however always seem to have daily "near death experience's"-uncle Chris-
We were at Target and Ty was having a moment- a rather nasty one- and he threw his Northern Right Whale and it landed on Olivia's facing giving her a gushing bloody nose.
While we were talking after dinner one night adorable little Addy was playing with forks and she decided to share them with Oliver who was laying on the floor. The fork landed on his eye!
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Remox, the powerful and economical hair re-growth formula that has helped thousands grow full, luxurious hair! Announcing a New and Exciting Development in Line of Re-Mox Sprays Remox IV Spray 5% with DMI/Foam and the new product Promox 15%!
Dr. Klein is an M.D. and psychiatrist who has devoted his practice to helping men and women stop hair loss, re-grow their natural hair and regain their youthful looks and self-esteem. He is the author of numerous articles and studies and is a recognized leader in developing solutions for hair loss. Using Remox, Promox and other powerful tools he will develop a plan specifically for YOU and will be there to support you every step of the way.
Dr. Klein in his continuing efforts to improve his hair regrowth formulations has recently added Biotinoyl Tripeptide to all his hair Formulas.
Biotinoyl Tripeptide is a natural herbal compound also known by the trade name (Procapil). This compound is topical with no side effects and help fight against hair thinning, alopecia and DHT blockage.
Biotinoyl Tripeptide has active compounds that improve and help anchor the hair follicle more firmly in the scalp. It also promotes cell communication and increases metabolism in the follicles thus producing an anti-aging effect within the hair follicle. In testing, it has been shown that biotinoyl tripeptide dramatically thickens cells in the hair bulb, (the only live part of the hair), thus anchoring the hair more firmly in the follicle and preventing premature loss. Biotinoly Tripeptide also lessens the harmful effect of DHT thereby increasing the blood circulation to the hair follicle and rejuvenating it.
The Remox system, designed to expedite the natural hair growth process, consists of a special formulated spray (Re-Mox 1) and lotion (Re-Mox II, Re-Mox III and Remox IV).
The spray (Remox I), comprised of 5% Minoxidil and .025% Retin-A ® (marchio registrato), is used like a perfectly absorbed cosmetic hairspray and disappears into the hair within 10 seconds. Unlike traditional sprays, it is a fine mist, which is both colorless and odorless.
The lotion (Remox II), a combination of 12.5% Minoxidil, 0.1% Hydrocortisone, and .025% Retin-A ® (marchio registrato) is applied to the scalp nightly. Remox II has the highest concentration of Minoxidil available by prescription only, which is key for optimal results.
It is available also Minoxidil Foam. After many months of research and 6 months of a triple blind study we are proud to announce the availability of Promox (with topical finasteride). Promox which proves to be 75% effective on both the frontal and vertex areas within a six month period.
All patients or customers must agree to the following: I agree to provide my complete medical history to Medical doctor provided by Regenere and have a private consultation prior to beginning treatment. I agree to contact the Doctor to discuss my diagnosis and medical history as submitted by my physician. I agree to maintain open communication with the doctor regarding my hair loss and any medical issues I may have. I agree to contact the doctor throughout my treatment with any questions or concerns. I understand that there is no one treatment that works for every person and there is no guarantee what kind of results I may expect from the treatment. I understand no products will be dispensed, processed or shipped without a proper consultation with the doctor provided by Regenere Products Inc. I understand that my order may be cancelled and refunded if after the consultation if the doctor considers that I am not a good candidate for the treatment. If you are not satisfied in any way with this product, you will receive your money back (25% restocking fee may apply).
Promox combines these two in a topical product that blocks 80 to 90% of DHT with minimal side effects.
The results of our study are very positive and confirm the hypothesis that the topical solution of minoxidil and finasteride is more effective than either one alone.
Promox is for use by men only or post menopausal woman. Pregnant or possible pregnant women should not use this product or come in contact with the medication until totally absorbed into the scalp.
The new formulation contains Dimethyl Isorbide (DMI) as a solvent and penetrant, therefore allowing the Re-Mox sprays to be virtually free of Propylene Glycol.
The DMI increases absorption of all active ingredients through the scalp and into the hair follicle.
DMI is a solvent compound that has been extensively researched and has been "Shown to enhance penetration of the active ingredients through the upper level scalp epidermis".
"It does not however, promote penetration of the ingredients into the bloodstream, therefore DMI produces a much lower incidence of skin irritation."
The new formulation with DMI and tretinoin increases the penetration of the active ingredients making Re-Mox Sprays Even more effective than they were before.
Therefore, Dr. Klein has to successfully reduce the Minoxidil concentration to 3% while maintaining equal or better results than achieved by 5% Minoxidil Sprays.
The new formula with DMI allows a finer, lighter quality cosmetic spray which is totally non-irritating.
Please, read also the article about Revivogen, Hairloss (androgenetic alopecia) therapy and Top 5 hairloss treatments.
Because of the high concentration of Minoxidil in our lotion, to use one time a day application to those areas of the scalp that are most resistant to hair re-growth such as frontal and temporal areas.
In order to achieve maximum re-growth, Re-Mox II (or Re-Mox III and Re-Mox IV) must be used in conjunction with the our original Re-Mox formula. Extensive studies have shown that this combination produces the most abundant and full hair re-growth possible.
As you probably are aware, many doctors advise their hair loss patients to use a topical combination of minoxidil (the active ingredient in Rogaine) and tretinoin (also known as Retin-A ® (marchio registrato). Numerous studies done over the last 10-15 years show that Retin-A ® (marchio registrato) alone can help promote hair growth to a minor degree. Furthermore, since we know tretinoin increases percutaneous absorption. It is widely accepted that combining tretinoin with minoxidil will allow for enhanced absorption of minoxidil and better results.
By using a combination of minoxidil and tretinoin, you will get significantly better results than using minoxidil alone. We know of several other companies that distribute minoxidil and tretinoin to their patients, so you may be wondering why you should order Re-Mox.
Other sources prescribe the tretinoin to be applied separately from the minoxidil and require you to apply the tretinoin directly to the scalp. As you might imagine, this often causes severe irritation to your scalp. When your scalp is scaling, itching, and flaking, you will not grow healthy hair.
They all know that the tretinoin will give you better results if combined in formulation with the minoxidil. However, the production of this combination is more expensive than selling the separate ingredients. As a result, most companies market the treatments separately to maintain profit margins. Also, as any pharmacist can tell you, it is very difficult to combine these 2 medications in a stable liquid, spray-on formula. The chemists of Remox have devised a way to stabilize this compound for ease of application and maximum hair growth.
Some companies sell a single combination formula similar to Remox. The medication is in liquid form and can be easily applied by spraying it on the hair. The problem? The other companies charge you up to $70.00 per bottle and use a 2% minoxidil solution! Re-Mox costs significantly less.
Re-mox III is a combination of Minoxidil, Retin- A and Azelaic Acid, both in the spray and lotion formula. Azelaic Acid is a natural acid found in certain cereals, rye and animal products. It is FDA approved for the treatment of acne. Azelaic Acid is a very weak acid (weaker then vinegar). However, scientific research * have shown that even very low concentrations Azelaic Acid inhibit 90% of DHT formation in vitro (see synopsis) The mechanism of action, is 90% inhibition of 5 alpha reductase activity, 5-AR is the enzyme that converts human serum to testosterone, to DHT, which is the compound thought to be responsible for damaging hair follicles and an important factor in hair loss.
Because Re-Mox III blocks 90% of scalp DHT and is also an excellent vasodilator at the hair follicle level, we feel that this will produce the maximum hair growth possible in any situation.
In continuing Dr. Klein’s passion for hair re-growth formulations that excel far beyond the competition, we are proud to announce the creation of Re-Mox IV. Re-Mox IV is a combination of Minoxidil, Tretinoin, Azelaic Acid, and Progesterone. Re-Mox IV available in both the 5% Minoxidil spray and 15% Minoxidil lotion formula. Progesterone is a hormone naturally produced by both men and women. During the aging process, When the level of progesterone falls in men and women, the conversion of testosterone into DHT increases dramatically. Progesterone is the chief inhibitor of an enzyme called 5-alpha reductase. Progesterone inhibits the body from converting testosterone to di-hydrotestosterone (DHT) by binding to 5 alpha reductase; 5-AR is the enzyme that converts human serum to testosterone, then into DHT, which is the compound thought to be responsible for damaging hair follicles and an important factor in hair loss.
Because Re-Mox IV has both Azelaic Acid and Progesterone it can block in excess of 95% of scalp DHT and is also an excellent vasodilator at the hair follicle level, maximum hair growth will result. We once again are proud to introduce a new breakthrough medication to all of our new and existing hair patients!
NOTE: Patients can replace Re-Mox I, II, and III with Re-Mox IV for better results if not satisfied with the results already obtained with Re-Mox I, Re-Mox II, or Re-Mox III.
Spironolactone is a potent androgen inhibitor when applied topically (1). It is safe easy to easy and without any side affects. Numerous studies have shown that Spironolactone is effective in blocking DHT when applied topically (2). It blocks DHT by occupying the DHT receptors on the hair follicle thereby preventing DHT from binding on and producing its negative affects. Our research has shown that when our Re-Mox solutions are used in combination with Spironolactone the effects are synergistic. The hair re-growth results are better than with either medication alone. We have found that there is an 80 to 90% success rate in hair re-growth with the combination of Re-Mox and Spironolactone. It is even better than the combination of Re-Mox and topical finasteride.
Spironolactone is applied separately after Re-Mox. First apply the Re-Mox formula wait several minutes until dry and absorbed and then apply a small amount of Spironolactone lotion on top of the Re-Mox with your finger tips.
The best hair re-growth results are attained by using this combination twice a day—at night before retiring and in the morning.
For example: Use the lotion in the morning, the spray at lunchtime and at dinner time and the lotion at night.
The treatments are totally safe as they are topical and non-systemic. Remox is easy to apply, non-irritating and makes for painless hair re-growth.
Patients can expect hair loss to stop within six to eight weeks. And new hair growth will begin within eight to twelve weeks.
The combination of Propecia and Re-Mox (where indicated) generates improvement in over 95% of patients. Results obtained from the Remox formula are far superior to internal medications because internal medications may only focus on one part of the hair re-growth process. Upon completion of the Remox treatment, there are no complications, unlike with other treatments, in which the hair can fall out again within a week.
Both the Retin-A ® (marchio registrato) and Minoxidil ingredients in Remox have been used separately by dermatologists for over 15 years, but never used synergistically as a hair treatment. It is not advised for patients to try and self treat hair loss with either of these components. Retin-A ® (marchio registrato), used alone could potentially cause some irritation or burning to the scalp, because it is a mild acid. When applied as a specially formulated cosmetic spray as Remox I it will not cause burning or irritation. Remox is easy to apply, non-irritating and makes for painless hair re-growth. Doctors have discovered that a combination of tretinoin (commonly known as Retin-A ® (marchio registrato) and a 5% solution of Minoxidil is more effective than Minoxidil alone. Results obtained from the Remox formula are far superior to competing topical remedies, because other applications are poorly absorbed by the scalp.
A prospective randomized trial comparing finasteride to spironolactone in the treatment of hirsute women
Spironolactone directly inhibits proliferation of cultured human facial sebocytes and acts antagonistically to testosterone and 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone in vitro
1 . Hamilton JB. Patterned loss of hair in man: Types and incidence. Ann NY Acad Sci 1951; 53:708-11.
4. Weitz R. Rapunzel's daughters: what women's hair tells us about women's lives. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2004.
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This is the first year covered and the 20th book overall to be released in a series of 31 about life in Australia – one for each year from 1939 to 1969. They describe happenings that affected people, real people. The whole series, to coin a modern phrase, is designed to push your buttons, to make you remember and wonder at things forgotten. The books might just let nostalgia see the light of day, so that oldies and youngies will talk about the past and re-discover a heritage otherwise forgotten. Hopefully, they will spark discussions between generations, and foster the asking and answering of questions that should not remain unanswered. In 1939, Hitler was the man to watch. He bullied Europe, he took over a few countries, and bamboozled the Brits. By the end of the year, most of Europe ganged up on him, and a phony war had millions of men idling in trenches eating their Christmas turkeys. Back home in Oz, the drunkometer was breathlessly awaited, pigeon pies were on the nose, our military canteens were sometimes wet and sometimes dry. Nasho for young men was back, Sinatra led his bobby-soxers, while girls of all ages swooned for crooner Bing.
* Nothing like this in the market for people who turn 80 in 2019 * Sell year round * Long back-list * Unique, delightful birthday gift for the hard-to-buy-for * Written by an Australian for Australians *A series of 31 books covering life in Australia in each year 1939-1969 * A birthday book is better than a birthday card * Informative, entertaining, charming conversation starter
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Abraham was a man of great faith. It was his faith that brought down the promised blessings that were impossible to receive in the natural realm. Abraham, because of his faithfulness, not only received the promised blessings, but also called “righteous” before the Lord.
1. Man of Instant Obedience – Abraham never delayed obedience to the word of God. When the Lord said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your people and your father’s household and go to the land.” He left as the Lord had told him. He didn’t delay to walk under the guidance of the word of God. Again, When the Lord asked him to circumcise the children born in his household, he obeyed without any delay and circumcised the male children born in his household the same day.
We delay our blessings by resisting and delaying God’s command. We know what to do but procrastinate and wait for a better time to move forward. What we don’t realize is that by delaying our obedience, we are actually resisting our own blessings that are eagerly awaiting to step into our homes to fill them up with praise and Glory.
Is the Lord saying something to you? Do you sense that the Spirit is leading you in a way that is hard for you to comprehend? Listen! Don’t rely on you own understanding. Even though you don’t have enough resources to follow the way, just Go! Your first step will open the windows of divine resources that will be enough to carry on the word of God. Be diligent and quick to obey God and blessings will start knocking at your door without any delay.
2. Man of Great love and Godly wisdom – Abraham was full of love and compassion. In Gen. 14:15, “When Abraham heard that his relatives has been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit as far as Dan. During the night Abraham divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. He recovered all the goods and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and other people.” Abraham loved his people so much that he couldn’t see them taken away as captives. He used Godly wisdom and made a strategy to pursue the enemy and brought his people back to the household. He was bold enough to run after those who were strong enough to make his people captive. He not only pursued them but recovered all the goods to bring back his relative.
Do you have the same love and compassion for the people God has brought into your family. You are in your family for a reason. Your family may not seem the most perfect but its what the Lord found perfect for you at this time. Child of God! Take up you position. Be the owner of what God has given you, guard it well, be ready to fight to take your lost belongings back. Show genuine concern and love for your people (even though they don’t reciprocate in the same manner). Follow Abraham’s pattern of faithfulness and love for your people and receive the way Abraham did!
3. Great negotiator – Abraham was a great negotiator. He pleaded with the Lord for Sodom even though Bible says “The Lord said the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous that I will go down.” It is written in Gen. 18:22, “The men turned away and went toward Sodom but Abraham remained standing before the Lord.
Abraham, moved by compassion for the people stood firm before the Lord and negotiated for their lives! He approached the Lord and asked him , “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?’ He began to plead by saying “what if there are fifty righteous in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of fifty righteous people in it.” Abraham kept talking util he brought the number down to 10 righteous people that will be enough to save the city.
What about you? Do you accept the hardship that you see people are suffering as God’s judgement or stand firm in front of the Lord, asking him to spare and deliver them. Child of God. Stand before the Lord and plead for the people. Argue with the Lord and be determined to win your case. In Mark 7:24-30, “A woman whose little daughter was possessed by an evil spirit came and fell at his feet. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. She was neither discouraged by disciples rebuke nor by the Lord’s answer, “It’s not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to their dogs.” Her persistence and love for her child turned her misery into blessing and she answered “Its dogs who eat what falls from their master’s table.” Jesus commended her answer and said ” For such reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter.”
Fathers and mothers – Plead for your children, Cry before the Lord and ask him to bring them home! Sons and daughters – Run to the Lord and ask for his guidance in whatever decisions you make in your lives. People of God – Pray for your country so that it may be blessed and you may have a portion in the peace and blessing of the nation.
Plead with the Lord, argue and fight with him. Tell him the account of your suffering. Pour yourself down before his throne. He is full of mercy and compassion. He will answer you and will surely bless you!
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A (slightly ponderous) documentary on a set of rare sound recordings of British and Irish POWs from World War I. First recordings are just after 10 minutes in. I liked the way the speed of the shellac recording is calibrated by matching an A note on the last groove to the A from a tuning fork. At 23” or so there’s a recording of a man telling the parable of the Prodigal Son, where the difference between the ‘a’ in father and the ‘a’ in man is quite striking. At about 35” there’s an nice example of the problems associated with interpreting material like this: another recording of the Prodigal Son story (a set text for the German academics who were interested in English accents) is played to a woman who knew the solider speaking, with interesting results.
Fascinating. Without background, I’d have placed the earlier recordings in rural New England or WV. They certainly were more readily intelligible to me (W USA) than a modern Glasgow or Newcastle accent is, not to mention the Welsh.
A question for the linguists among you: is there a more dialect/accent-rich region than England or the UK? Where and why?
foolishmortal – Germany and Italy both have a far greater dialectal diversity than modern Britain. There are distinct regional accents in the UK, but nothing like the lexical and grammatical variety of Bavarian and Saxon, Venetian or Tuscan, for example.
Papua New Guinea, and impassible terrain that has nonetheless been settled for millennia. Closer to our everyday experience, Slovenian has a wealth of dialectal variation in a country the size of Kuwait; it’s in the Alps, so also relatively impassible terrain.
I think your question is quite difficult to answer, because it is difficult to understand exactly what you mean. Do you mean “Is there an English speaking country, with more distinct dialects and accents within an equivalent area than the UK has?” Or do you mean something else? Don’t forget long history and density of population has a lot to do with it, in which case within the English speaking world the UK has unique advantages. But if you outside the English speaking world, then perhaps Switzerland comes to mind (in fact any area with deep valleys which has partially isolated communities for a long time).
Fascinating doc. Joan Washington’s trope that dialect reflects terrain seemed decreasingly persuasive but it’s probably quite a useful tip for the actors she drums accents into professionally. The piano score was just In The Way. But such amazing stuff!
English WWI POW’s being herded into standing before a metal cone and reciting a Biblical parable sounds like something out of an old Flash Gordon serial somehow written by Pat Barker. And how on earth did a massive collection of shellac 78’s survive in Berlin? Shellac is nearly the most fragile material ever created (second only to the hinge arms on CD jewel cases).
Thanks Kieran, fantastic. It is ponderous, but rightly so. I love watching her impatience to hear the first recording, and her emotional response to hearing the recordings. Its charming.
The other thing I was reminded of was the German academic philologers in Alexander McCall Smith’s _Portuguese Irregular Verbs_.
There is a lovely Library of Congress web exhibit on the pre-1918 color photography of Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii which excites the same ding an sich as that BBC documentary:
Papua New Guinea is linguistically diverse, not just “dialect rich,” and at least hundreds of distinct languages are spoken there. Where dialects are mutually intelligible by speakers of a language, NG villages, often separated by a mountain range, river or endemic warfare have developed their own distinct languages in relative isolation from one another.
This is really fascinating. I had no idea that the accents of the home counties at the time were rhotic.
I didn;t find it even “slightly ponderous”, of course I used fast forward a few (just twice) times, but it was late at night when I wondered over to Crooked Timber then to the video marked. Very interesting how the first family Washington visits is quite emotionally moved by just how one of their relatives whom none knew sounded. It seemed to trigger family pride that they actually contributed to things. My favorite part of the video was when Washington went and spoke to the sister and niece of one of the POWs. The sister, who recalled the family stories of the older brother, long died, sounded exactly as my mum – about the same age as the sister. Less the accent and speech patterns and more the expressions and linking or words and quite bizzarly, I think, the lovely optimisum in the tone of voice overall. As Washington noted the landscape seems, maybe, to effect how you treat vowels.
Yes, Kieran, fascinating. One thing I noticed, though (from the brief clips I viewed: maybe she addresses it elsewhere) is that Joan Washington seems to view the gradual loss/dilution/change of regional British accents as an artifact of creeping urbanization, and doesn’t seem to take into account the technological factors that have homogenized the “standard” English of today.
In Edwardian Britain, not only did a large percentage of the population live, and remain in, linguistically distinct areas, but, unless they migrated elsewhere, had in their language-formative years, little input of “other” accents to draw on. Remember, while sound recording (as we see) was existent, it was probably poorly-distributed in rural areas, and then (as now) probably mostly music. There was no radio, television, or even sound movies to diffuse “standard” accents – e.g. “BBC English”; so it’s no surprise that “local” accent/dialects were more prevalent. Even if, I believe, slowly succumbing to standardization though mass education, even c. 1915.
For me, the most salient thing was not the slight, and expected, differences between 1916 and 2006 pronunciation, but the persistent attitudes of the presenter Joan Washington, who associated accents with landscapes, and even with climate (in Aberdeen), and was judgmental (while denying it to her victims) about modern slackness of articulation, even (at the end) seeming to suggest that h-dropping and ‘t-dropping’ (glottalization?) were innovations of the the 20th century. She had evidently purged her native Aberdonian to a highly precise RP – presumably for professional credibility as an elocutionist: interestingly, Jonnie Robinson of the BL had made no such effort. At least it made a bit of sense of something I have never understood – viz how Shaw could paint Henry Higgins in ‘Pygmalion’ as being highly knowledgeable about articulation and acoustics while still bemoaning the performance of the lower classes – ‘for cold-blooded murder of the English tongue’. Joan is a modern Eliza. Plus ça change…
Fascinating (especially given that my native Danish is one of the fastest changing languages in the world with regard to pronunciation and disappearance of dialects, so Danes born in 1980 would find it hard to understand Danes born in 1890), even if I would have loved to hear more examples from the recordings.
It struck me that Philip Jarvis’ fæ∂er could be found in parts of Jutland as well. But then, Jarvis was from East Anglia.
Didn’t anybody else think it was odd that the woman didn’t recognize her own brother’s voice? Even if she’d long forgotten it, the sound should have brought the memory back. Could this have been some kind of declamatory exercise, and they weren’t speaking normally? I am very suspicious of the fact they were reading prepared texts rather than just saying their names, or whatever.
Yes, the presenter hinted that that effect occured. The Danish and Swedish cases of dialect recordings [disclaimer]I know of[/disclaimer], have people speaking casually.
I think the situation of the recorded soldiers “not speaking normally” may come from the fact that the crude recording equipment of the time – mechanical, not electrically amplified, IIRC – required its subject(s) to speak loudly and plainly in order to be adequately transcribed.
Also: the issue of the standard text makes sense: this was a study on regional variation in a language: hearing the same text in different accents would make it easier for the researchers to compare the changes. Although I imagine that nowadays, a similar study would use something other than a Biblical parable as the template.
By the way, try and imagine the Americans compiling an archive of Mideast accents in recent years, quite a change in imperial “culture”, don’t you think? Thinking about which makes me nostalgic for an academia that could actually talk about history and culture over the din of professional nitpicking…
@22: I can imagine contemporary researchers using articles and blogposts about the fall and fall of Britney Spears as their template…
(More to the point: Yes, limitations of recording equipment, disks that would only hold 3-4 minutes of speech, etc. etc. But it is also an interesting illustration of the problems with controlled experiments in a laboratory environment).
“IN this book a number of dialects are used, to wit: the Missouri negro dialect; the extremest form of the backwoods Southwestern dialect; the ordinary “Pike County” dialect; and four modified varieties of this last. The shadings have not been done in a hap-hazard fashion, or by guesswork; but painstakingly, and with the trustworthy guidance and support of personal familiarity with these several forms of speech.
I make this explanation for the reason that without it many readers would suppose that all these characters were trying to talk alike and not succeeding.”
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The most muscular of these new Chinese weapons is the DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile, which counts a range of over 1,700 miles. If in some future shooting war one of these missiles targets a U.S. warship, there might be no defense against it.
China has also been hard at work developing a navalized version of the DH-10 land-attack cruise missile, which can travel nearly 2,500 miles and strike ground targets such as American bases in Guam and Okinawa...
...There’s a destroyer-launched version of the YJ-62 with an operational range of nearly 250 miles, compared to the standard Harpoon’s 77 miles. All things being equal, in a head-to-head fight a Chinese destroyer could get the first shot against a U.S. vessel.
And there’s a big push underway in China to build even newer and better ship-killing missiles. Beijing has been observed ramping-up use of special test-bed ships fitted with new sensors that could be satellite communications or fire control systems, or something else entirely.
All this activity on the other side of the Pacific has put the U.S. off its balance. “Don’t be too surprised if the Navy is scrambling to deploy in a hurry, as [the Americans] are chronically behind in EW system fleet upgrades across all three services, due to funding being diverted into [the global war on terrorism] or whatever label is attached these days,” Kopp says.
That's the kind of thing that keeps me up at night. They say you have to pick your poison. In this case America has targeted terrorism ahead of national defense maintenance. In fact the current administration has picked any domestic pork barrel spending over anything to do with national defense - terrorism or otherwise. America has been fighting a two front war for over a decade. Not Afghanistan and Iraq, but rather it has been fighting a war between geo-political national defense and trying to use resources to minimize and mitigate terrorism.
What's the right balance for those two competing needs? The numbers are pretty clear - the amount spent on Homeland Security that has saved a questionable number of lives (remember jobs saved logic? It's being used here as well) versus keeping the entire nation safe the priority should be on the latter. After all, the Boston Marathon wasn't prevented despite all of the billions spent on spying on Americans. That's because you can't prevent everything. The solution - focus on moving the big rocks. China is a big rock. Secondly, in the this-or-that decisioning, it's pretty clear that the public doesn't want to be spied upon anyway.
The decision seems to be pretty straight-forward at this point. Focus the national defense efforts on China, North Korea, Iran and Russia. Those are the real dangers. Yes, terrorism must be dealt with but containing it is simpler if America has international respect as to what it might do to a nation that supports terrorism. With that respect gone, it's open season on America. By focusing on geo-political foes, America gets a secondary benefit of discouraging support for terrorism. The reverse case - fighting terrorism helping contain potential Chinese aggression - is not going to happen.
This is a video frame grab of video shot of Backson exercising at the end of the 2013 Season. Stay tuned for the start of the 2014 nesting season which will include a new version of our custom cameras and live streaming.
The upcoming 2019 Cahow Nesting Season is off to an early start with breeding pairs returning to their underground burrows on the Nonsuch Island Nature Reserve and its surrounding islets earlier than expected. Watch CahowCam LIVE Now.
Principal Terrestrial Conservation Officer at the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Jeremy Madeiros: "Many of the birds are returning a week ahead of normal, possibly due to favorable weather and good amounts of food in their traditional feeding grounds in the cold waters north of the Gulf Stream. The remaining breeding pairs should be returning by the first week in November and all the birds examined thus far are in good condition which bodes well for a promising breeding season.”
"Conditions this year seem similar to last year when the closer proximity of food led to more frequent feeding visits which contributed to the record number of chicks (71) fledging, breaking the old record by 10. We are looking forward to see how many new pairs lay an egg for the first time this season as we had record numbers of new prospecting pairs last season.
Last year’s record number of 124 breeding pairs will hopefully also increase due to the number of new pairs coming on-line, and may approach 130 pairs; this represents a significant recovery, thanks to an intensive management program, from the original number of just 17 to 18 pairs in the 1960s.”
Cornell Lab of Ornithology Bird Cams Project Leader, Charles Eldermire: "Viewers have been asking when the CahowCam would return, and we’re excited to share these intimate views of the Cahow pair during their November courtship. The new camera will allow us to see their breeding season progress in exquisite detail, capturing the complexity of the cahows' lives at a new scale. These recordings are hopefully the first of many, chronicling the continued recovery of these petrels thanks to the efforts of everyone involved in their conservation."
Nonsuch Expeditions Team Leader and CahowCam developer Jean-Pierre Rouja: “ Our star CahowCam pair were amongst the first to return with the female arriving on the night of October 25th and her mate on the 26th. The recently upgraded HD camera system was already streaming LIVE which allowed our followers from around the world to get a preview of the reunited pairs’ courtship activities, after having spending several months apart. They spent the first few days courting, preening, nest building and resting which will continue on and off for the next few weeks all of which can be viewed LIVE via the CahowCam page. If all goes well they will then spend December out at sea feeding and re-energizing before the female returns in early January to lay her single egg.”
"With the support of the DENR, this will be the seventh Season that the Nonsuch Expeditions CahowCam live-streams to the world. Over the past two seasons, through our new collaboration with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, hundreds of thousands of viewers, including students from around the world, watched over 15 million minutes of CahowCam video!
As part of our ongoing efforts to leverage technology to assist with Conservation efforts we will be bringing several new features online this upcoming season which should extend our reach and increase public engagement even further. In parallel, we continue to develop our K-12 STEAM curriculum with Cornell which is also being pegged to the Cambridge system for Bermuda and International use. Educators should contact us via this website for more and sign up for our Newsletter."
"We've been excited to watch the Cahow Cam community's response over the last two years to watching this uber-rare subterranean seabird's breeding attempts. Hundreds of thousands of viewers have spent over 15 million minutes watching the young cahow transform into a sleek juvenile. Beyond just watching, they've also shared their observations on social media, recruited new viewers into the fold, and been ambassadors for raising awareness of the tenuous success of the cahow recovery effort. We're looking forward to learning more together in 2019!"
This is the 6th Season that under our ongoing Nonsuch Expeditions project we have been streaming LIVE from the underground nesting burrows in Translocation Colony "A" on Nonsuch Island in Bermuda. The K-12 and Cambridge curriculum that we are developing with Cornell will further extend our reach into classrooms in Bermuda and around the world! To obtain resources, teachers should contact us or signup for our Newsletter selecting the educator options.
Bermuda’s National Bird, the endemic and critically endangered Bermuda petrel, or Cahow (Pterodroma cahow) has one of the most interesting stories to be found in conservation and species recovery work. After being thought extinct for over 300 years, a small number of breeding pairs were re-discovered nesting on several small, rocky islets off the east end of Bermuda in 1951. A Recovery program for the species began by the early 1960s, when there were only 18 breeding pairs, producing a combined total of only 7 or 8 chicks annually. Since then, intensive management work has enabled the cahow population to begin a slow, but accelerating recovery, with the number of breeding pairs increasing to 55 by 2000 and exceeding 100 by 2012.
There were early indications that the 2018 Cahow breeding season was going to be another record-breaking one, with both adult birds and chicks being consistently recorded at higher than average weights. The adults were evidently exploiting food sources, most likely far to the north of the Gulf Stream, using their exceptional flying ability. (Geolocator studies in 2009-2012 revealed that Cahows regularly carry out foraging trips of 1,800 to over 4,000 miles over 3 to 7 days – just to feed the chick once!)
This resulted in healthy adult birds and well-fed chicks, with almost no malnourished fledglings that needed to be taken into care and given supplemental feeding.
The level of new nest prospecting by young adult birds just reaching maturity was also exceptionally high, reflecting the increasing number of fledglings produced annually by the nesting population.
As a result, it looked like 2018 would exceed 2017’s record of 117 breeding pairs and 61 successfully fledged chicks, and by the end of January, a total of 124 breeding pairs had been confirmed as laying eggs. During January and February, Carla Marquardt volunteered to candle all accessible eggs during my routine band checks and weighing of incubating adult Cahows, when adults are briefly removed from burrows for identification and a check of body condition. Candling is a technique used to determine if an egg is fertile and to follow development of the embryo inside the eggshell, proving to be of such value that it will be incorporated into future management of the species.
The chicks hatched in late February and early March and then spent three months developing inside their underground burrows, being supplied by the adults with squid, fish and shrimp-like crustaceans. By the time the last chick flew out to sea on 28th June, it was confirmed that 71 chicks had successfully fledged, breaking last year’s record number by 10!
The two new nesting colonies on Nonsuch Island, established by translocating chicks from the original, smaller nesting islets during 2004-2008 and 2013-2017 now both have breeding Cahow populations, with a total of 18 breeding pairs. These produced a record number (for Nonsuch) of 13 fledged chicks, including “Sunny”, 2018’s “CahowCam” chick, the hatching, development and fledging of which was again live-streamed by infra-red video over J. P. Rouja’s “Nonsuch Expeditions” website and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Bird Cams project, enabling viewers in over 100 countries to follow the story of “Sunny’.
In addition, 2018 saw the first two breeding pairs establish at the second, “B” translocation colony on Nonsuch. One of these pairs consisted of a male bird translocated as a chick to the “B” site in 2014, with the female being “Backson”, the first ‘cahow-Cam” chick which fledged from the “A” site in 2013. Five additional pairs also were prospecting nest burrows at both sites during the season, and hopefully will lay their first eggs as breeding pairs next year.
It appears that the Cahow has now reached a point in which its population recovery has accelerated over the last few years. This is due to the intensive management programme, which has been able to control or reduce most of the ongoing threats facing the species, coupled with the re-introduction of the Cahow to a larger, managed habitat on Nonsuch, with room for population growth without the annual threat of hurricane damage or destruction of the nest burrows.
It should be noted, however, that 124 pairs are still a tiny overall population, and the cahow remains one of the rarest seabirds on the planet. The long-term objective of the Recovery Program is increasing the Cahow population to a minimum of 1000 breeding pairs, which will be needed to de-list the species from “Critically Endangered” to “Threatened”. We still obviously have some way to go, but the future looks increasingly positive for this symbol of Bermuda’s Natural Heritage.
Jeremy Madeiros | Senior Terrestrial Conservation Officer | Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources | Bermuda Government
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Bermuda, as the only landmass in the Sargasso Sea, was historically and continues to be the perfect location from which to launch and host Expeditions. These include the original Beebe Dives, decades of scientific research and more recent filming with National Geographic and BBC Natural History.
This is the first of a series of Sargasso themed biodiversity portraits being produced by Nonsuch Expeditions Team Leader Jean-Pierre Rouja in partnership with the the Sargasso Sea Commission.
J-P was recently named as Honorary Ambassador to the Sargasso Sea Commission (along with Dr. Sylvia Earle, David Doubilet & other renowned Conservationists), for his ongoing efforts to document and protect the Sargasso Sea.
As part of its core mission the Nonsuch Expeditions continues to showcase and protect the biodiversity found in Bermuda, its surrounding waters and the Sargasso Sea.
It has been another record breaking Cahow Nesting Season on Nonsuch Island where around 11 pm on May 28th “Sunny” the 6th consecutive chick to fledge under the ever watching eye of LookBermuda’s CahowCam, strolled out of his burrow, spent some time imprinting on his surroundings and launched himself out towards the North Atlantic.
If all goes well, he will forage there for the next 3 to 5 years before returning to Nonsuch Island to attract a mate, find or excavate a burrow and start the yearly nesting season visits that he will keep up for the next 20+ years...
“The 2018 Cahow nesting season is rapidly drawing to a close, with the rapidly maturing chicks now leaving their nesting burrows to depart to the open ocean almost on a daily basis.
This last breeding season has set many new records, including a record high number of established breeding pairs (124), a record high number of fledged chicks (71), and a record high number of newly establishing (prospecting) Cahow pairs (15). In addition, the new Nonsuch nesting colony has grown to 18 nesting pairs with a record number of 13 fledged chicks, and Nonsuch has also had the first return of translocated chicks from the second translocation colony, four of which paired up to form the two first breeding pairs at this second colony site.
It is clear that the Cahow has now reached a “critical mass”’ in which its population recovery has accelerated over the last few years due to the intensive management program , which has been able to control or eradicate most of the threats facing the species. It is a privilege to be able to work with this tough survivor, and to be a part of its recovery from the edge of extinction, providing inspiration and an example for other endangered species throughout the world.”
“An incredible 12 million minutes of CahowCam footage have been watched by scientists, students and bird enthusiasts around the world through our collaboration with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. See: LIVE CahowCam
Classrooms in Bermuda and globally have been logging in on a weekly, even daily basis throughout the nesting season using the LIVE and archived video stream to follow our chicks progress.
As part of our Educational Outreach, with the Cornell Curriculum Team, we are developing Natural History STEAM based K-12 and Cambridge curriculum modules which will be ready for the next school year, interested teachers should contact us or sign up for our Newsletter.
Whereas the nest is now empty, we are leaving the CahowCam running to see if as in the last 2 years “Stormy” the very lost Storm Petrel returns to try and attract a mate, usually followed by a range of other creatures that take over the nest in the off season…
We have more Conservation focused projects that will be announced shortly, those interested should sign up for our Newsletter.”
"As of today (Bermuda Day), I can confirm the first Cahow chick having fledged from this record breaking season (the B4 chick on Inner Pear Rock), and the number of chicks stands at 71, ten more than last year's (2017) number of 61 chicks. The total number of breeding pairs stands at 124, with 18 pairs on Nonsuch Island. What is particularly exciting is the record number of about 15 newly establishing pairs, most of which should produce their first eggs and come on-line as breeding pairs next season in 2019. Hopefully, about 5 of these new pairs should start breeding on Nonsuch Island, bringing the numbers of breeding pairs up to 23 or so pairs. Hopefully, I will be able to build additional artificial nest burrows on Nonsuch and the other nesting islets, in order to keep up with the now steadily increasing (but still small) population."
Jeremy Madeiros, Senior Conservation Officer (Terrestrial), Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources, BERMUDA
"Violet Sea-snails" or Janthina janthina have accompanied the record numbers of "By-the-wind sailors" or Velella velella washing ashore on Bermuda's beaches. Unusually warm waters and sustained winds has caused them to accumulate on the shorelines in quantities not seen in recent years. They have been accompanied by smaller quantities of "Portuguese man o' war" Physalia physalis and the Violet Sea-snails which feed upon them (as seen above).
Janthina janthina is a member of the family Janthinidae, snails that trap air bubbles with a layer of clear chitin to maintain their positions at the surface of the ocean where they are predatious on the hydrozoans. In addition to the bubble raft, only the veliger, or larval stage, has an operculum, and the shell is paper-thin to allow the animal to float upside down at the surface.
The snail's shell is reverse countershaded, because of its upside-down position in the water column. There is a light purple shade on the spire of the shell, and a darker purple on the ventral side. The animal has a large head on a very flexible neck. The eyes are small and are situated at the base of its tentacles.
The snail begins life as a male and later changes to the female of the species. The eggs are held by the female until they develop into a larval form.
The shell is almost smooth with a slightly depressed-globose shape. It is thin and delicate, and is without an operculum. The colour of the shell is violet, with a paler upper surface. The height of the species shell is up to 38 mm, the width to 40 mm.
When animals come close to extinction, as in the case of the Cahow, there is always the possibility of cross species heterozygous offspring.
Rabbits from nearby Hen Island must have swum over to Nonsuch Island at some point in the past, prior to the Cahows' rediscovery in 1951 when they were down to the last few pairs and were forced to resort to hybridization to ensure their survival. The gene for the ears seems to be recessive, only appearing every few generations (with the offspring named a "Cabit"), however all chicks in the colony still hatch with soft grey rabbit type fur instead of feathers, which they then molt prior to fledging. The Cahows have also retained the habit of nesting in deep underground burrows which they spend several seasons excavating with their mate.
Back in the 1970's when I was a cub-scout we used to go camping on Hen Island in St. Georges which was still overrun with rabbits. Prior to the Airport being built in the 1940's it would have been a relatively easy swim for them to reach Nonsuch. We spent today trying to catch one so that we could take a DNA sample, however they are just too fast. Fortunatley the CahowCam photographed one early this morning so we have further proof of their existence.
In biology a hybrid is mix of two animals or plants of different breeds, varieties, species or genera.[1] Using genetics terminology, it may be defined as follows.[2]
In general usage, hybrid is synonymous with heterozygous: any offspring resulting from the breeding of two genetically distinct individuals.
March 2nd 8:30 AM | After an extended hatching process our Chick has finally fully emerged from the egg!
Jeremy had first observed "dimpling" on the egg during a nest check 2 days prior on February 28th (learn more) indicating the start of the hatching process and by midday on March 1st a small "pip" hole had been observed by the Cornell Team monitoring the streaming video. At 7pm as the pip hole was slowly getting larger the male parent barged in to take over incubation from the female who had been on duty since February 19th and after a few exchanges she retuned out to sea to feed and re-energize.
Throughout the long night as the Bermuda and Cornell Teams watched along with numerous other followers from around the world, the chick in the egg and the father went through cycles of sleeping and bursts of activity as the chick tried to break free with the father nibbling at the edges of the hole to help it get out.
As dawn approached the Team was starting to get concerned that the chick was taking too long to emerge as once the first pip has been made the egg and chick start dehydrating and if the process takes too long this can prove fatal.
Two years ago a similar situation had occurred and thanks to the CahowCam Jeremy was able to track exactly how long the process was taking and then intervened when it became apparent that the chick might not survive. In that case he used sterilized surgical snips to very careful enlarge and weaken the edges around the existing pip hole which allowed the chick to successfully hatch after a few hours, fledging out to sea normally 3 months later.
Therefore on the morning of the 2nd, despite the building seas from incoming winter storm Riley he was preparing for a similar rescue mission out to Nonsuch (as the incoming weather would have restricted access to the island for the following few days making urgent intervention impossible) however fortunately at 8:30 AM Bermuda time the chick was finally seen fully emerging from the egg!
Both "Backson" from 2013 and "Lightning" from 2014 have returned after surviving the odds of their first few years alone at sea.
Even more incredibly Backson, now confirmed to be a female has laid her first egg with her mate in a nest that they have been prospecting in Translocation Colony B on Nonsuch Island.
The present 2017-2018 Cahow breeding season has already produced a number of surprises and developments in the Recovery Program for Bermuda’s critically endangered National Bird, the Cahow or Bermuda Petrel, one of the rarest seabirds on Earth.
Since 2013, the team has been video monitoring one of the deep Cahow nest burrows on the Nonsuch Island Nature Reserve, to help fulfill one of the primary objectives of the Cahow Recovery Program, that of public outreach and education.
In 2013 an infrared video "CahowCam" (developed by LookBermuda as part of the Nonsuch Expeditions) was installed for the first time in the R832 Cahow burrow at the “A” Cahow colony on Nonsuch Island. This chick hatched on the 13th of March, 2013, and developed normally over the next 3 months, reaching a peak weight of 393 grams on the 6th of June. It then rapidly developed its adult feathers and carried out 6 nights of pre-departure exercising activity, coming out of the nest burrow at night to exercise and strengthen its flight muscles and imprint on the nest colony site. During this period, it “slimmed down” to a normal departure weight of 293 grams, fledging out to sea on the night of 16th June, 2013. The chick was then not seen for several years, living out on the open ocean and learning how to find and catch food, avoid predators, and learn how to survive on one of the harshest environments on Earth; the North Atlantic Ocean.
Over 4 years later, on the 5th December, 2017, I was carrying out a check of nest burrows at the “B” nesting colony on Nonsuch Island. This second site has had Cahow chicks translocated to it since 2013, in an effort to establish a second nesting colony on the island, following the success of the first, “A” colony. Earlier, on October 30th, one of the nests at this second site was prospected for the first time, with a male Cahow found in it that had been translocated to this site in 2013.
On this day, I could see a Cahow in the burrow that had already begun building a grass nest, and when captured and brought out of the nest for examination, I could see that it was one of the birds that I had previously banded as a chick. The band number, E0500, also seemed oddly familiar, so I checked my records and confirmed that this bird was indeed Backson, our first CahowCam video star! It was very satisfying to see that Backson had not only survived its risky adolescent period at sea, as typically only about one-third of fledging Cahow chicks survive this period to return as adults, but that it had already paired up with another Cahow.
Normally, new pairs of Cahows do not produce eggs during their first year together, but on the 22nd January, 2018, I found Backson incubating a newly laid, fertile egg in this nest burrow. I was also able to confirm for the first time that Backson was indeed a female. As of this time, we are just waiting to see if this egg hatches, which would happen in the next two weeks or so.
As if all this was not exciting enough, on the 20th January, 2018, I had discovered another newly returned Cahow, prospecting inside a nest burrow on one of the original small nesting islets. Upon examination of its band number, this bird turned out to be the second CahowCam chick, which was named “Lightning” by Sophie Rouja in the 2014 nesting season. This bird, from the R831 nest on Nonsuch Island, hatched on March 2nd, 2014, reached a peak weight of 422 grams on May 6th, and fledged to sea on May 27th, 2014. (This bird’s name was prophetic, as the CahowCam was knocked out twice by lightning strikes on Nonsuch Island while the chick was developing, which has led to a fair weather naming policy). So far, this bird has not attracted a mate to its new nest site, but we will continue to monitor for new developments in this regard as the season progresses.
Last season the female Cahow (seen above) returned to the CahowCam burrow on January 11th, and promptly re-arranged the nest material before laying her single egg 53 minutes after her return.
UPDATE | 2018 - January 12th 4:27 am after returning at 3:05 am the female has laid her 2018 egg! Details to follow...
Jeremy Maderios | "Last year, the male returned by Jan. 15th, and took over incubation for the next 2 1/2 weeks while the female returned back out to sea to feed and regain her strength. The pair then alternated incubation duties until the egg hatched on March 2nd, 51 days after being laid.
After a record-breaking nesting season last year with 61 chicks fledging out to sea, we seem to be on track for breaking even more records this year. As of January 10th, the Senior Conservation Officer had confirmed that about half the breeding pairs on the nesting islands had so far returned and were incubating eggs, including 9 breeding pairs on Nonsuch Island. The remainder should hopefully return over the next 2 weeks. The majority of incubating adult Cahows he examined were heavier than normal, with some male birds approaching 500 grams in weight. This indicates that the birds had found good feeding conditions north of the Gulf Stream over the last month."
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The 2013 Edward Said Lecture was delivered on Saturday the 2nd of November 2013, at 5:30pm in the Elder Hall, North Terrace, The University of Adelaide by Dr Mustafa Barghouthi.
Mustafa Barghouthi is an award winning peace activist, Middle East commentator and a member of the Palestinian parliament. A physician by training, Dr Barghouthi has been instrumental in establishing a vibrant civil society in the Occupied Palestinian Territories especially in the area of public health. He, together with Edward Said and others have co-founded Al Mubadara (the Palestinian National Initiative) movement that provides a reformist, inclusive, democratic alternative to the two main political groups in Palestine.
Dr Baghouthi is a regular guest on international TV stations such as the BBC, CNN and ABC and has contributed many articles and insights on the Palestinian issue, over the years. He is an eloquent, engaging and highly knowledgeable speaker.
The University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) features the smaller-scale work of preeminent American sculptor Mark di Suvero in an exhibition entitled “Mark di Suvero: Tabletops.”
This is the first solo museum exhibition of the artist’s tabletop works. Di Suvero is best known for his dynamic and monumental works made of industrial steel and salvaged materials that populate museum grounds, landscapes, and urban environments around the world. This exhibition, organized by UMMA, features approximately 15 of di Suvero’s rarely exhibited works called tabletops from the late 1950s to the present.
Di Suvero’s tabletops are not maquettes of larger-scale works but an expressionistic and engaging genre all their own, an outlet for exploring ideas relating to the calligraphic nature of form, balance, proportion, and movement. Crafted of steel, stainless steel, and titanium, most of the pieces are kinetic, akin to his larger works, while others remain stationary.
Drawing from numerous private collections, as well as the artist’s studio, the exhibition offers the opportunity to experience this lively and intimate work in the Museum’s ground level, glass-walled Irving Stenn, Jr, Family Project Gallery in conversation with the two di Suvero outdoor steel sculptures on the Museum’s grounds–“Orion” (2006) and “Shang” (1984–85).
“UMMA has been a strong supporter of Mark’s work over the past many years and it is only appropriate that we present the first solo museum exhibition of his tabletop works,” said UMMA Director Joseph Rosa. “My thanks go to his studio and the private collectors who so generously loaned their di Suvero pieces for this exclusive opportunity.”
In addition to the two current outdoor works on view year round, di Suvero visited Ann Arbor in 2004 to install his 2001 piece “Ave Delirio” on the site where the new Maxine and Stuart Frankel and the Frankel Family Wing was later built.
Born in 1933 in China, di Suvero immigrated with his family to San Francisco in 1941 and graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in philosophy in 1956. Di Suvero moved to New York in 1957 and he maintains studios in Northern California, New York, and France. In addition to countless national and international exhibitions and awards, di Suvero was honored in March of this year with the National Medal of the Arts by President Obama in a White House ceremony.
His work can be found in such venerable public collections as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Moderna Museet, Stockholm, among many other outdoor locations and sculpture parks worldwide. This year the artist’s work was featured in the high-profile exhibition “Mark di Suvero at Governors Island: Presented by Storm King Art Center” in New York City.
This exhibition is made possible in part by the Office of the President of the University of Michigan, the University of Michigan Health System, and Laura Lynch and Hugh McPherson.
UMMA is located at 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor. For more information, please visit www.umma.umich.edu
She is, without doubt, one of the most in-demand freelance conductors around these days. The proof is in her upcoming schedule which will take her from her Ottawa debut, in which she leads the NAC Orchestra in two concerts tonight and Thursday, to Phoenix, Arizona, to
A prominent Ottawa archaeologist credited in some circles with rewriting the history of Vikings in Canada has accused the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto of “disparaging” her widely publicized research. Patricia Sutherland is an adjunct professor at Carleton University and a former archaeologist with what was
Geoff Nuttall's got it pretty sweet. He lives in a California town called Portola Valley and can see the Santa Cruz Mountains from his deck. He's five miles from his day job at Stanford University where the St. Lawrence String Quartet he co-founded is in residence.
A performance from Music and Beyond’s annual Christmas concert has now received more that one million views since being posted on U.K.'s Classic FM web site and on their Facebook page Dec. 29. The video features Ottawa mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta, Montreal violist Marina Thibeault, Ottawa pianist Frédéric Lacroix
Jessica Linnebach last played the Bartók Volin Concerto No. 2, 15 years ago when she was a student at the Manhattan School of Music. "I played it when I won the concerto competition. That's the last time I played it and the only time." Until this
For the first time in its 30 years on Sussex Drive, the National Gallery will close to begin the process of replacing the glass in the main entrance and the colonnade leading to the Great Hall. The two-week shutdown will allow scaffolding to be set up
This winter at Southminster United Church the regular Wednesday music mash-up features music from Baroque to Brazil and from Benny Goodman to Benjamin Britten. The Doors Open for Music series, which is celebrating its fifth year this February, features performers from near and far. It resumes
A word of advice: If you’re going to see this superlative chamber musical, take the time to read the introductory notes from Macau Experimental Theatre that accompany the National Arts Centre’s program as well as the program itself. That material will give you not just the
January is the start of a new year, but it also marks the midpoint of the classical and dance seasons. Here are my top can’t-miss performances for the next six months: Wonder Women: Jan 10-11, NACO’s intense Associate Concertmaster Jessica Linnebach teams up with powerhouse conductor
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore — And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over — like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? — Harlem by Langston
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Green Access Audits for nature reserves, heritage attractions, countryside destinations, railway stations and urban housing areas. Research and writing on a variety of transport, cultural heritage and development topics.
Work with the railway industry and CRPs as Widen the Choice on Rail Gateways to the Countryside. Development work and advocacy for light rail.
Widen the Choice was a dynamic animator in sustainable countryside access from 2002 to 2009. A partnership between The National Trust, the RSPB and Natural England (initially The Countryside Agency), Widen the Choice covered the East of England region, working to make it easier for people to reach the countryside by means other than the car. The following are legacies of the partnership's work, carried out by Transplan's Chris Wood. The links all open in a new window.
Green Access for Countryside Recreation: How to make it easier for more people to visit the countryside and its attractions whilst reducing their environmental footprint; good practice guide to Green Access Audits. (4.44MB)
Linking People to the Landscape: The Benefits of Sustainable Travel in Countryside Recreation & Tourism; by Claire Sparkes & Chris Wood. (1.75MB)
The 'right' to travel: presentation; PDF of the presentation of the above paper at the Seventh Transport Practitioners' Meeting in Reading, July 2009. (4.27MB)
New life for small railways stations: gateways to the countryside; paper presented to the Sixth Transport Practitioners' Meeting in Reading, July 2008 (with Clive Morris of National Express East Anglia). (1.09MB)
Green access audits in the countryside; paper presented to the Fifth Transport Practitioners' Meeting in Manchester, July 2007. (76kB)
Can Cinderella get to the ball? Implementing the green travel, countryside access and social inclusion agenda in rural leisure travel; paper presented to the UK Transport Practitioners' Meeting in Birmingham, July 2005. (70kB)
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The following links are to PDFs of past Transplan Occasional Papers and other materials produced by Chris Wood.
Who's afraid of the congestion wolf?; paper presented to the Eighth Transport Practitioners' Meeting in York, July 2010. (103kB)
A Railway Revolution... A proposal with the LRTA for a 'tram-train' light rail network for eastern Norfolk. (3.76MB)
Widen the Choice was placed third in two categories for its Rail Gateways to the Countryside work in the Yare Valley (Norfolk) and at Lakenheath (Suffolk), with National Express, the RSPB and the Wherry Lines CRP. Picture: Ian Dinmore.
This site and its contents, unless otherwise stated, are copyright © Chris Wood, 2017. 'Transplan' is a trading name of Chris Wood, M.Sc., 45 Beatrice Road, Norwich NR1 4BB.
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The world renowned academic of rugby history, both League and Union, Professor Tony Collins has recently published a review of my book in the Sport in History journal website. For those with an interest in the history of rugby union his recent book The Oval World is well worth a read.
Tony's review is very complimentary offering an overview of the book's content and insight into where it sits in the historiography of rugby writing concluding that,
'Histories of sports’ clubs are notoriously difficult to write successfully. Even the most accomplished, such as Chuck Korr’s West Ham United (1987), Richard Stremski’s Kill for Collingwood (1986) and Andrew Moore’s The Mighty Bears (1996), struggle to maintain a balance between administrative minutiae, repetitive seasons and narrative flow. Yet despite the fact that the book is almost 700 pages long, the tight integration between the sporting and social history of Shanghai means that It’s a Rough Game is never less than interesting. In terms of its command of detail, personalities and sporting history the book is comparable to Tom Hickie’s outstanding 1998 history of Sydney University FC, A Sense of Union.
Most importantly, the book provides historians with a new window into the social world of the British imperial expatriate community. Rugby was a not insignificant part of the recreational life of most British colonialist communities across the imperial world yet remains woefully unexplored beyond the usual Australia/ New Zealand/South Africa axis. Yet as Ng Peng Kong’s 2003 history/memoir Rugby: A Malaysian Chapter described, rugby union played an important role both in maintaining the ‘Britishness’ of the expatriate community and in allowing them to resist or regulate the participation of the indigenous population.
As a history of rugby and of the British community in Shanghai, Simon Drakeford’s book is an important contribution to the historiography of sport and of the British Empire.'
My book has been reviewed in the academic journal The International Journal of the History of Sport. The review commences 'When this book arrived in the collection of the World Rugby Museum, it became the archive’s 1002nd club history. For symbolic purposes, it would perhaps have been appropriate for the book to have become the millennial volume. Few of the previous thousand publications can match it for scale of ambition or achievement, and it will serve as a challenging benchmark for those to follow.' And concluded 'The author is to be congratulated on an impressive and much-needed volume.'
The definitive history of rugby in Shanghai. Weighing in at 2.8kg, it is a mammoth read of almost 700 pages and 400 illustrations.
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Part of the problem with the dough blade is that it doesn't actually reach all of the grains, but regardless, we have a way to polish the millet now.
I soaked 3/4 of a cup of the polished grain for a few hours and it expanded to 8 ounces. Not the dramatic near-doubling that rice does, but still it's something. Soaking overnight didn't give it more volume.
This is after one steaming. There's some uncooked grains, but if I mix it together and re-steam (as directed by the book), it's fully cooked.
During fermentation, there's still a lot more bulk than with the rice, which I think decomposes more fully so maybe I should investigate other strategies for polishing, but this is at least a start.
Chris Kluwe was lauded by many while in Minnesota for his stand against the same-sex marriage amendment; but now a tweet about his days in training camp in Mankato have some people cursing the former Vikings punter.
The Mankato Free Press reports that that a Twitter war erupted Tuesday when Kluwe tweeted a quip about being better off at home in Napa, Calif. (he punts now for the Oakland Raiders) than returning with the Vikings to Mankato, although he misspelled capital.
Kluwe also made a crack about the recently imploded Gage Resident Hall, which for years housed the Vikings during training camp.
According to the Free Press, Kluwe's tweets were met with ire. One tweet said to the athlete-activist said, "You can go (blank) yourself. We didn't want your (word for bottom) complaining around here anymore, anyway. Too cold? Grow some balls, sally."
While the tweet on the surface may appear like a random slam, the author of the Free Press article noted how Kluwe was "kind of right."
"Blue Earth County, for whatever reason, has long been a state leader in chlamydia cases," wrote Robb Murray. "In the most recent report on the subject from the Minnesota Department of Health, Ramsey County and Hennepin are understandably tops with the most cases per 100,000. Followed by then are Beltrami County and Blue Earth County."
The punter also replied to a critical tweet by City Pages' Aaron Rupar, saying, "I didn't just make something up for the sake of starting (expletive). We were legitimately told that as a warning."
The Free Press pointed out that Napa ranks 39th in the state of California in chlamydia cases, while Oakland ranks 10th.
First, I want to add a disclaimer. Blogging is not the same as journalism. It should be obvious, but for some it just isn’t. Journalism is a profession. Blogging is a hobby for most and a fun job for others. It is not a profession because there isn’t a code of ethics like in professions. There’s no qualification to do it that can be rescinded with violating the code of ethics. Doctors and lawyers are professionals. There may be some of questionable quality, but there is still a standard. Some will fall through the cracks, but if they are ever exposed they will face losing their license or being disbarred.
Bloggers edit their own work or have a friend look it over for corrections. Though I’m sure there are bloggers who pay editors to check their work.
While I do agree that blogging has its own challenges like gaining followers. Its hard because the medium is so saturated. Its saturated because anyone can do it. Therein lies the problem with it being a profession.
I’ve always been a fan of debates and written discourse. I love to discuss things and enjoy the sport of argument while trying to keep things civil and respectful. Since I was a kid, I’ve wanted to write for a living.
I currently have a normal job. I want to not do normal jobs. My personality is not conducive to the worker bee culture. You might think that’s the wrong reason to get into blogging but as I mentioned before, I love writing. I will get more into this another time.
This blog is a means for me to get pen to paper. To put something down so I can begin my journey. I may not get many followers, but I will at least be compelled to write more often and check my work before it is seen by the public. The hopeful result is to gain experience and critiques from experienced bloggers, writers or journalists to help me improve my craft. If you fall in one of those categories, or even just an avid consumer of information, please let me know what I can do better. If you want to tell me I’m completely wrong about everything and start a debate, I’m game for that too.
My interests are many despite what this blog so far might imply. The plan is to introduce them as topics slowly so as to gain a base readership who come to know me for something consistent. I hope to use this as an opportunity to ignite discussions in those topics.
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There aren't many items to find around town (though you can find some randomly-generated items in jars and furniture around town, if you're thorough). But you can still find other people to speak with should you choose to do so. You'll be able to talk to the town's mayor, a man named Bryce, and you'll even learn more about this mysterious Jona. It appears that her father, a man named Dylan, died some time ago. You can even speak to a man who will teach you a new party trick (Inspired) should you choose to learn it. And yes, there is an item shop, as well as a combined weapon/armor shop in town. We spent nearly 15,000 gold equipping our characters with new gear. You should do this now if you can (even if it requires grinding outside of town for money, which you almost certainly will). But if you don't do it now, you should definitely do it later, after speaking with Jona when night falls.
When you return to town at night, the first thing you're going to want to do isn't to find and speak with Jona. Instead, you should try to find a ghost standing along the water. When you speak with her, she'll at first be surprised that you can see her at all. But then she'll fill you in on something that might have already been pretty obvious for you -- that Jona is possessed by something, that the creature she's summoning isn't the god known as Leviathan at all, and that someone has to get to the bottom of things here. And that someone, of course, is going to be you. Hereafter, you can explore the rest of the town to speak with anyone you want, but ultimately, you're going to need to head to the southernmost structure in town. There, you'll find the mysterious red-headed girl known as Jona.
Head into her modest home and engage her in conversation. But almost as soon as you do, another person from town will storm into her house to tell her that Mayor Bryce is interested in speaking to her. She scampers off, promising to return shortly. You'll regain control hereafter. There's no use waiting for her here. Head outside and run to the northern end of Port Llaffan, where you'll find Mayor Bryce and his family in the small town's nicest building. Some of his friends will intercept you when you walk in, but all you have to do is walk to the left side of the house to overhear Jona's and Mayor Bryce's conversation. It appears that the mayor wants to adopt Jona into her own family, since her father Dylan went missing some time ago, and doesn't seem likely to return. Bryson, the mayor's son, is excited about the prospect of adopting Jona, but Jona has her reservations.
What's more important about the conversation between Jona and the mayor, however, is that Jona tells him that she doesn't want to invoke Leviathan anymore. He shouldn't be feeding the entire town, and after all, something is certainly fishy about this entire situation (pun very much intended). But the mayor won't hear any of it. He insists that Jona reconsider, and sends her off to go to sleep. Hereafter, Jona will run into you in the mayor's house, and offers to bring you back to her place, which will happen automatically. The hour is now late, and everyone gets to sleep, so they can reassess things in the morning. You'll then see Stella briefly scold your character for meddling in the affairs of this town before morning finally comes.
As you gain control of your party once more, go ahead and leave Jona's home. Begin to speak to everyone in town, and you'll quickly learn that not all is well. There are a couple of people waiting on the beach who have no idea where Jona is. After all, they've all been congregating on the beach for some time as she summons forth Leviathan, so that the entire town can be fed without lifting a finger. But now, she's missing. Head back towards the mayor's home, and go to the backyard. You'll see Mayor Bryce's son, Bryson, near a locked gate. Apparently, Mayor Bryce has a hidden beach all to his own, and after Jona reiterated her desire to no longer summon forth Leviathan, Bryce took off with Jona towards the private beach. The gate leading westward was locked earlier, but now, thanks to Bryson, you'll find it unlocked. Let's get going!
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Thrombopoietin (TPO) is one of the most promising stimulants for ex vivo expansion of haematopoietic stem cells. Previously, we have found that TPO induces a characteristic pattern of apoptosis during ex vivo expansion of human cord blood (CB) CD34+ cells and that the TPO-induced apoptotic cells belong to megakaryocyte (MK) lineage. In this study, we have examined the maturation of MK and platelet production in association with the TPO-induced apoptosis. CD34+ cells, purified from human CB, were expanded in serum-free conditions stimulated with TPO. Apoptosis was confirmed by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate-biotin nick end labelling (TUNEL) assay and electron microscopy (EM). Simultaneous measurement of DNA content and immunophenotyping revealed that the cells with higher DNA content (>8 N) constituted less than 5% of the CD41+ fractions until day 14, implying premature apoptosis of MKs before full polyploidization. Nevertheless, EM observation showed not only platelet territories but also newly produced platelets in which granules and microfilaments could be identified. Furthermore, flow cytometry demonstrated that the platelet fraction expressed P-selectin and an activation motif on GPIIb/IIIa recognized by monoclonal antibody PAC-1 upon stimulation with adenosine diphosphate (ADP). In addition, periodic acid-Schiff (PAS)-positive materials and nonspecific esterase activities could be demonstrated. Therefore, it is suggested that platelet production and the accompanying processes, rather than apoptosis only, be hastened during the ex vivo expansion of CB CD34+ cells when using TPO.
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ALLENTOWN – Talen Energy Corp. has taken its final step to cancel a second nuclear power plant in Luzerne County that was first proposed nearly a decade ago.
The Allentown company said Wednesday it sent a written request to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission saying it sees no "viable path" to obtaining and operating license for its proposed Bell Bend nuclear power plant.
Talen Energy spokesman Todd Martin said the company that developed the reactor design, Areva, asked the NRC in February 2015 to suspend the design-certification process. Martin said that decision did not give Talen another way of securing the license. He said it would not have been feasible to seek another design company.
Talen Energy, which in early August reported a net loss of $3 million for the second quarter, said its shortfall included an impairment charge of $122 million related to the Bell Bend project. Company officials said then they had no plans to resume licensing and permitting activities for the project, according to Martin.
The decision is also not tied to Talen Energy's announcement in June that it had entered into a merger agreement with Riverstone Holdings LLC, Martin said. The deal is expected to be completed by year's end. Riverstone Holdings, a private investment firm is Talen's largest individual stockholder. Talen was formed June 1, 2015, from the combination of a PPL Corp. subsidiary, PPL Energy Supply, and Riverstone.
ALLENTOWN — As has been rumored for weeks, Talen Energy — created barely a year ago when it was spun off from PPL Corp. — will be merged with a New York City-based private investment firm that specializes in the energy industry.
Martin estimated Talen Energy had spent more than $200 million on the project. He said the costs were not borne by utility ratepayers.
PPL announced in December 2007 that it intended to seek approval to build the Bell Bend reactor. The company submitted the application in October 2008 with the NRC for the site, which is adjacent to Talen Energy's existing Susquehanna nuclear plant, approximately 75 miles northwest of Allentown.
ALLENTOWN — Talen Energy plans to eliminate 131 positions across three of its power plants and at its downtown Allentown headquarters.
Talen identified 53 excess positions at its Susquehanna nuclear plant, Luzerne County; 42 at the coal-fired Brunner Island plant, York County; 29 at the coal-fired...
PPL had applied in 2008 for $8 billion in federal loan guarantees for Bell Bend – similar to the government co-signing a loan. But early on in the process, the Allentown energy producer said it was not sure it would build the reactor, which was estimated to cost $15 billion as far back as 2010. The loan guarantees was one of the factors the company would have considered in making the decision to build.
This state-of-the-art outpatient cancer clinical care and research facility is the largest project ever undertaken by UCSD Health Sciences. The project consisted of a three-story structural steel clinical services/administrative building and a five-story cast-in-place research laboratory tower, with an atrium and bamboo courtyard connecting the buildings together.
The 273,188-square-foot facility is the region's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, and one of 39 nationwide. It was the first Cancer Center in the world to provide all outpatient care and research within one facility.
The building’s exterior integrates six different finishes, including iridescent, acid-etched, stainless steel shingles; plaster; metal panels; pre-cast concrete; stone; and curtainwall. The Cancer Center also incorporates, as part of its mechanical system, the first two thermal fluid heaters (TFH) ever used in San Diego County.
This funky hand-held orange juicer is ideal for squeezing every last bit of juice from the fruit. Made from cast metal with a bright orange enamelled
This funky hand-held orange juicer is ideal for squeezing every last bit of juice from the fruit. Made from cast metal with a bright orange enamelled finish.
Inhabiting the forest floors of Australia and South America, velvet worms catch their prey by shooting out a jet of liquid that rapidly thickens to a sticky gel before hardening into polymer fibres comparable in stiffness to nylon.
“It’s this process of going from a fluid to a polymeric fibre comparable to a plastic that interested me,” Harrington says. “You can actually take slime from the organism and form these fibres by hand.”
Because this ingenious chemical transformation occurs outside the animal’s body, it is likely the process can be mimicked in a laboratory. What’s more, Harrington and his colleagues have discovered the fibres can be dissolved in water.
“The amazing thing is you can take this solution of dissolved fibres and form more fibres from it,” Harrington says. “It’s entirely recyclable, using water as a solvent.”
While Harrington and his colleagues in Germany continue to advance their understanding of the velvet worm’s natural chemistry, Harrington’s success in obtaining a grant from the McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI) Ideas Fund will enable him to start exploring a synthetic process to emulate the animal’s eco-friendly plastic production.
Manley is a partner in the debt finance group of McGuireWoods. He has extensive experience representing lead arrangers, administrative agents and lenders in syndicated loan transactions and bilateral loans.
He regularly works on secured and unsecured loan facilities provided to leveraged and investment-grade borrowers. His clients include national banks and their capital markets affiliates, state banks and commercial finance companies. He also represents publically-held and privately-owned businesses as borrowers in loan facilities.
Manley has also handled complex structured finance transactions – representing issuers in asset securitizations and arrangers in synthetic lease and other leveraged lease facilities.
He has taught classes on syndicated lending, loan documentation, secured transactions and leasing to lawyers, bankers, bar organizations and paralegal organizations. He is co-chairman of the firm’s Legal Opinion Committee and chairman of the debt finance group’s Associate Training Program.
Manley was a law clerk to Judge Irving L. Goldberg in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. He was a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Representation of lead arranger and administrative agent in senior secured acquisition facilities, financing the purchase of companies in the restaurant franchise and motor vehicle dealer industries.
Representation of lead arranger and administrative agent in syndicated credit facilities for borrowers in the technology, healthcare, professional sports and manufacturing industries.
Representation of lead arranger and administrative agent in multinational, multicurrency senior debt facility for an international service company
Representation of commercial finance company in intellectual-property secured loans, and in structuring senior and subordinated warehouse facilities for such loans.
IP-backed note issuance that was named "Deal of the Year" by Securitization News, a financial industry publication.
Leveraged leasing facilities for manufacturing plants, distribution centers and corporate headquarters buildings, and securitizations of leveraged leases.
Member, Mecklenburg Bar Revue (traveling musical group sponsored by the Mecklenburg County Bar, specializing in political and legal satire)
Speaker, "Drama in the Syndicated Loan Market: Recent Developments in Structuring, Documentation and Case Law," Lorman Education Services Seminar, July 2012 and October 2013
Panelist, "Emerging Issues in the Syndicated Loan Market," 10 Banking and Finance Forum, October 2010
Speaker, "Legal Opinions in Business Transactions – Current Developments," North Carolina Bar Association Business Law Institute, April 2010
Panelist, "The Role of Lead Counsel in Syndicated Loan Transactions," ABA Working Group on Legal Opinions Seminar, April 2008
Speaker, "Preparing and Negotiating Transactional Legal Opinions," North Carolina Bar Association, April 2008
Selected for inclusion as a "Leading Lawyer," Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders, North Carolina, Legal 500 US, 2016-2017
In the past year, McLeod Health has hired over 50 full time physicians, mid-level providers, and locum tenens physicians across our network of McLeod Regional Medical Center, McLeod Health Cheraw, McLeod Health Clarendon, McLeod Darlington, McLeod Dillon, McLeod Loris, McLeod Seacoast and McLeod Physician Associates.
With the rapid changes in healthcare, physician leadership and collaboration within a healthcare system will be critical to providing high-quality, efficient care to our community. Physician-led and integrated health systems like the Mayo Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic are often cited by our peers as models for future healthcare delivery systems. To promote these qualities within our own organization, McLeod is proud to announce the McLeod Health Physician Leadership Academy (PLA).
A 10 month educational program designed to prepare physicians for leadership roles within their practice and the health system.
Twenty-five (25) physicians, from a variety of disciplines, will be selected from the application pool.
The Academy curriculum offers seminars by regionally and nationally recognized experts on a variety of topics, including: Emotional Intelligence, Healthcare Finance, Quality & Safety, Physician Alignment, and Team Building.
Attendance at 75% of the academy events is expected.
McLeod Health is excited to offer this program in 2018. As a medical staff member, we invite you to apply for this program if you are interested in serving in a leadership role within our organization.
If you feel that the Academy is right for you, we encourage you to complete our online application. Applications for the 2018 program need to be submitted by February 16, 2018.
Attendance Expectation – Attendance of the academy events is expected. We are asking you to make this a priority.
Group Project – Each participant will be assigned to a small work group at the beginning of the year. This group will be given a project to work on through out the year. The project will be related to a goal from the McLeod Health Management Action Plan. Each group will present their project at the end of the year to the rest of the group.
Myers Briggs Indicator Test – Each participant will complete the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, as well as, participate in a 1 hour coaching session with an Executive Coach. The participants will use their results in the “Building Trust” and “Conflict Management” seminars we have scheduled this year.
McLeod Health is pleased to offer our new physicians and their families the services of the McLeod Physician Concierge program. The Physician Concierge will provide participants with assistance in obtaining services and appointments for your family’s needs and interestsThese may include childcare and children’s activities, local vendors including florists, salons, travel agents and housekeepers and tickets to regional entertainment and special event opportunities. For a complete list of services available please contact the McLeod Physician Concierge at (843) 777-7035 or [email protected]
SPSS Inc. predictive analytics data mining software has been ranked as the number one choice of data mining professionals worldwide for a second consecutive year, according to the company. The "2008 Data Mining Survey" published by Rexer Analytics recognizes SPSS as the top data mining solution used to drive strategic decisions, improve operational processes, and resolve business problems, the company reports.
SPSS predictive analytics data mining software was identified in the survey as "the primary software package used by more data miners than any other software package," beating out SAS and other competitors, the company reported. SPSS also ranked as the most commonly used predictive analytics software (55 percent) as respondents placed a high value on dependability of the software, ability to handle large data sets, and quality of output.
Karl Rexer, Ph.D., founder and principal of Rexer Analytics, said, "The SPSS predictive analytics suite of products is clearly the preferred choice of data miners worldwide. For two consecutive years SPSS has earned the top ranking because of its ability to quickly resolve critical business issues and make an impact on the overall performance of their organizations."
Organizations realize tremendous value from SPSS' data mining software, a component of the SPSS predictive analytics product suite, through increased user productivity, new insight into business problems and powerful visualization, according to the company. With the ability to automate modeling-identifying the best analytic models and combining multiple predictions for the most accurate results-businesses gain behavioral insight that drives ROI as they focus on acquiring, growing, and retaining valuable customers, and detecting fraud and reducing risk, the company said.
SPSS data mining software also easily integrates with a customer's existing infrastructure and other SPSS predictive analytics products, the company says, including SPSS text mining to extract key concepts, sentiments and relationships for the analysis of unstructured data, and the Predictive Enterprise Services platform. This platform allows organizations to manage analytical results, automate analytical processes and deliver predictions and insight into business processes where needed.
Colin Shearer, senior vice president of market strategy at SPSS, said, "Once again, we're delighted to see our products recognized as leaders in the annual Rexer Analytics survey. The focus on driving strategic decisions and improving operational processes matches exactly what we're seeing in the market-that turning predictive analytics results into action is the key to driving ROI. That's why we put so much emphasis on ensuring our software and solutions deploy easily into business processes and systems."
Rexer Analytics is a data mining and CRM consulting firm offering advanced analytic solutions to clients in a variety of industries, including finance, technology, and retail services. For more information about Rexer Analytics or for a summary report of its Second Annual Data Miner Survey, visit www.RexerAnalytics.com.
SPSS Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSS - News) is a leading global provider of predictive analytics software and solutions. The company's predictive analytics technology improves business processes by giving organizations forward visibility for decisions made every day. By incorporating predictive analytics into their daily operations, organizations become predictive enterprises -- able to direct and automate decisions to meet business goals and achieve a measurable competitive advantage. More than 250,000 public sector, academic and commercial customers rely on SPSS technology to help increase revenue, reduce costs and detect and prevent fraud. Founded in 1968, SPSS is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. For additional information, visit www.spss.com.
Company unveils Version 11 of the data warehouse software that is tightly integrated with the firm's...
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MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER granting 62 Motion for Summary Judgment: The Court hereby ORDERS that Defendants' motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 62) is GRANTED in its entirety; and the Court further ORDERS that Plaintiff's claims ar e DISMISSED with prejudice; and the Court further ORDERS that the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Memorandum-Decision and Order on all parties in accordance with the Local Rules; and the Court further ORDERS that the Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment in Defendants' favor and closethis case. Signed by U.S. District Judge Mae A. D'Agostino on 9/6/2016. (ban)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ____________________________________________ LINDA DiFILLIPPO, Plaintiff, vs. 6:13-cv-00215 (MAD/ATB) SPECIAL METALS CORPORATION, WILLIAM FARLEY, DONALD BIERSTINE, RONALD THOMPSON, NICHOLAS MASCHINO, KEITH DABBS, and TERRY WHITE, Defendants. ____________________________________________ APPEARANCES: OF COUNSEL: BOSMAN LAW FIRM, L.L.C. 6599 Martin Street Rome, New York 13440 Attorneys for Plaintiff A.J. BOSMAN, ESQ. DANIEL W. FLYNN, ESQ. BOND, SCHOENECK & KING, PLLC One Lincoln Center Syracuse, New York 13202-1355 Attorneys for Defendants BRIAN J. BUTLER, ESQ. COLIN M. LEONARD, ESQ. SUZANNE M. MESSER, ESQ. Mae A. D'Agostino, U.S. District Judge: MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER I. INTRODUCTION On October 12, 2012, Plaintiff, Linda DiFillippo, commenced this action against Defendants Special Metals Corporation ("Special Metals"), William Farley, Donald Bierstine, Ronald Thompson, Nicholas Maschino, Keith Dabbs, and Terry White. Dkt. No. 5 at 11. Plaintiff's amended complaint alleges (1) gender discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VII"), the New York State Human Rights Law ("NYSHRL"), and Article I, Section 11 of the New York State Constitution; (2) retaliation in violation of Title VII, the NYSHRL, Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), and the Rehabilitation Act ("RA"); and (3) disability discrimination in violation of Title I of the ADA, the RA, the NYSHRL, and the Article I, Section 11 of the New York State Constitution. Dkt. No. 27 at 9-12. Plaintiff seeks $1,000,000 in compensatory and punitive damages for the injury and harm caused by Defendants, as well as costs, injunctive and declaratory relief. See id. at 1, 14. Currently pending before the Court is Defendants' motion for summary judgment. See Dkt. No. 62-7 at 1. Plaintiff opposes Defendants' motion. Dkt. No. 77. For the following reasons, Defendants' motion is granted. II. BACKGROUND On August 8, 2005, Plaintiff began her employment with Defendant Special Metals in the Plant Utility Department. Dkt. No. 76 at ¶¶ 3, 5. Plaintiff has Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ("COPD"), asthma, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis, which led to her being placed on a permanent medical restriction at the beginning of her employment with Special Metals. Dkt. No. 77 at 12. On or about February 28, 2006, Plaintiff suffered a hand injury which led to another medical restriction beginning in May 2006. Id. Plaintiff bid for a position in the Inspection Department multiple times between 2005 and 2010, but she was never selected for the position. Dkt. No. 76 at ¶ 6. Plaintiff alleges that after her bid was denied in February 2010, the company's Safety Director, Joe Mack, told her that she was ineligible for the position because she had a permanent medical restriction. Id. The collective bargaining agreement ("CBA") in place in February of 2010 stated that employees with medical restrictions were not eligible for a bid. Id. at ¶ 7. Plaintiff filed a charge with the EEOC after she was denied a bid in the Inspection Department in April 2010. Dkt. No. 77 at 13. On June 3, 2010, Special Metals offered Plaintiff 2 the position in the Inspection Department and she began her training on June 14, 2010. Dkt. No. 76 at ¶ 10. Inspectors at Special Metals inspect raw material, in-process material, and finished products to ensure that the materials meet the customer's specifications. Id. at ¶ 13. The position requires great attention to detail because errors that are not identified by Inspectors can lead to serious injury or death. Id. In order to be an Inspector at Special Metals, a person must complete forty hours of classroom work in addition to on-the-job training. Id. at ¶¶ 24, 26. Plaintiff asserts that all four of the male trainees were allowed to simultaneously undergo classroom training as well as hands-on training within the first two weeks, but that she was left in the classroom for eight hours and did not begin hands-on training until the last week and a half of her training. Id. at ¶¶ 19, 26. While all Inspection trainees were moved to different areas of inspection on a regular basis, Plaintiff was assigned to fifteen different areas within the department, more areas than any other trainee in 2010. Id. at ¶ 29. Plaintiff asserts that she was never given enough training or time to learn any given task. Id. at ¶ 39. Plaintiff alleges that Joseph Sefcheck, the Inspector that she shadowed, had a gender bias. Id. at ¶¶ 37, 39. According to Plaintiff, Mr. Sefcheck participated in conversations tinged with sexual innuendo about her and he criticized her perfume, make-up, and clothes on a daily basis. Id. Plaintiff also alleges that Mr. Sefcheck engaged in crude comments about another female employee after he caused disciplinary action to be issued against her. Id. Plaintiff claims that Mr. Sefcheck refused to assist Plaintiff and that he mocked her efforts to acquire the information needed to complete tasks. Id. at ¶ 40. Defendants claim that Plaintiff made at least thirty-three mistakes while in the Inspection Department. Dkt. No. 62-6 at ¶ 44. Plaintiff asserts that four of her purported errors occurred on 3 days when she was not working. Dkt. No. 76 at ¶ 44. Additionally, four of the purported errors occurred on February 1, 2011 when she was only clocked in for twenty minutes. Id. On or about February 24, 2011, the Company informed Plaintiff that she would be demoted from the Inspection Department and returned to her previous position in the Plant Utility Department. Id. at ¶ 46. Plaintiff alleges that while she was in the Inspection Department, Adam Smith had a higher number of recorded errors than her, but he was not demoted. Id. at ¶ 47. Plaintiff also alleges that Joe Lebert had a higher error percentage than her, but he was not demoted. Id. The Union filed a grievance regarding Plaintiff's demotion. Id. The Company met with Plaintiff regarding the grievance on May 17, 2011. Id. at ¶ 52. Defendants assert that during this meeting, Plaintiff revealed that she had a number of Company records at home in violation of Plant Rule #19. Id. at ¶¶ 52-53. Plaintiff claims that the only company documents that she had at home were her notes and other materials that Defendant White gave her permission to take home. Id. Defendants allege that Plaintiff acknowledged that she had received and reviewed the Plant Rules at the time that she commenced her employment, but Plaintiff asserts that she "does not know whether she kept a copy of the Plant Rules book after she signed it" and that Defendant Farley denied her request for a copy of the Plant Rules book to review. Id. at ¶ 56. The Plant Rules indicate that employees who fail to adhere to the Company's standards of conduct or violate any of the Plant Rules may be subjected to appropriate disciplinary action, which could include discharge. Id. at ¶ 55. Defendants assert that the Company terminated Plaintiff after they determined that she violated Plant Rule #19. Dkt. No. 62-6 at ¶ 65. Plaintiff claims that she was terminated on the basis of her gender, disability, and in retaliation for a protected activity and that Defendants are using Plant Rule #19 as pretext. Dkt. No. 76 at ¶ 65. The Union filed a grievance regarding Plaintiff's termination and informed Special Metals 4 of its intention to take the grievance to arbitration. Dkt. No. 62-6 at ¶¶ 67-68. On or around September 16, 2011, Special Metals offered Plaintiff a Last Chance Agreement, which would have reinstated Plaintiff's employment if she agreed to adhere to the Plant Rules and serve a probationary period during which she could be terminated without recourse through a grievance procedure if she was found to violate Company rules. Id. at ¶ 69. Plaintiff did not sign the Last Chance Agreement. Id. at ¶ 70. Plaintiff alleges that she was only offered a Last Chance Agreement after she requested one. Dkt. No. 76 at ¶ 69. Plaintiff also asserts that the Last Chance Agreement contained language where she had to admit to violating Plant Rule #19. Id. She asked that this language be removed, but Special Metals refused. Id. In March of 2012, the Company participated in a three-day arbitration session during which Plaintiff and seven other Special Metals employees testified under oath regarding the events leading up to the Company's decision to demote Plaintiff from the Inspection Department to the Plant Utility Department, and also the Company's decision to terminate Plaintiff's employment at Special Metals. Id. at ¶ 71. The arbitration was binding pursuant to section 8.10 of the CBA. Dkt. No. 62-1 at 29. On the issue of demotion, the Union's position was that Plaintiff did not receive appropriate training or warnings of poor performance. Id. at 173. Additionally, the Union asserted that neither the number nor the percentage of errors made by Plaintiff were greater than those made by other inspectors. Id. at 174. The arbitrator ultimately found that the issue of Plaintiff's demotion was not arbitrable, but if it were arbitrable, he would uphold the demotion. Dkt. No. 76 at ¶ 77. In his opinion, the arbitrator stated that, "[g]iven the number of errors and the importance of accuracy to the survival of the Company, it cannot reasonably be argued that the Grievant was improperly demoted." Id. On the issue of termination, the Union's position was that Plaintiff was not adequately 5 warned of the consequences of bringing documents home and that the penalty of termination was not reasonably related to the seriousness of the alleged offense and Plaintiff's past work record. See Dkt. No. 62-1 at 177. The arbitrator held that Special Metals had just cause for terminating Plaintiff. Dkt. No. 76 at ¶ 78. The arbitrator evaluated Plaintiff's knowledge of the rule and the circumstances under which the rule was violated. Dkt. No. 62-1 at 178. Specifically, the arbitrator noted that, in its investigation of the incident, Plaintiff admitted to the Company that, "'[i]f she knew she was violating a plant rule for taking records off site, she would have never admitted to taking them.'" Id. at 176. During the investigation and before the arbitrator, Plaintiff maintained that she had permission to remove the documents. See id. The arbitrator noted that Plaintiff's belief that she had permission to take documents home with her may have been believable at one point. See id. at 179. In May of 2011, however, which was after Plaintiff's demotion, she asked another employee to bring the documents to her home. See id. As such, the arbitrator found that the evidence demonstrated that Plaintiff knew that it was improper to take such documents home with her and continued to do so after she no longer had any legitimate use for the documents. See id. On October 12, 2012, Plaintiff commenced this action in Oneida County Supreme Court. See Dkt. No. 1. On February 26, 2013, Defendants removed the case to this Court. See id. Currently before the Court is Defendants' motion for summary judgment. See Dkt. No. 62. III. DISCUSSION A. Standard of review A court may grant a motion for summary judgment only if it determines that there is no genuine issue of material fact to be tried and that the facts as to which there is no such issue warrant judgment for the movant as a matter of law. See Chambers v. TRM Copy Ctrs. Corp., 43 6 F.3d 29, 36 (2d Cir. 1994) (citations omitted). When analyzing a summary judgment motion, the court "'cannot try issues of fact; it can only determine whether there are issues to be tried.'" Id. at 36-37 (quotation and other citation omitted). Moreover, it is well-settled that a party opposing a motion for summary judgment may not simply rely on the assertions in its pleading. See Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 324 (1986) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c), (e)). In assessing the record to determine whether any such issues of material fact exist, the court is required to resolve all ambiguities and draw all reasonable inferences in favor of the nonmoving party. See Chambers, 43 F.3d at 36 (citing Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 255, 106 S. Ct. 2505, 2513-14, 91 L. Ed. 2d 202 (1986)) (other citations omitted). Where the non-movant either does not respond to the motion or fails to dispute the movant's statement of material facts, the court may not rely solely on the moving party's Rule 56.1 statement; rather, the court must be satisfied that the citations to evidence in the record support the movant's assertions. See Giannullo v. City of N.Y., 322 F.3d 139, 143 n.5 (2d Cir. 2003) (holding that not verifying in the record the assertions in the motion for summary judgment "would derogate the truth-finding functions of the judicial process by substituting convenience for facts"). B. Federal and State Gender Discrimination Defendants argue that Plaintiff was terminated for a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason — her violation of Plant Rule #19 — and that Plaintiff cannot establish a prima facie case of discrimination nor demonstrate that the reasons stated for termination are a pretext for discrimination. Dkt. No. 62-7 at 13-14. In response, Plaintiff asserts that her disparate treatment as compared to the other four male trainees constitutes evidence of discriminatory intent that could lead a reasonable jury to conclude that she was terminated for discriminatory reasons. Dkt. No. 77 at 8. 7 "To establish a prima facie case of gender discrimination under Title VII and the NYSHRL, a plaintiff must demonstrate: (1) membership in a protected class; (2) satisfactory job performance; (3) an adverse employment action; and (4) circumstances surrounding the employment action that give rise to an inference of discrimination." Fahrenkrug v. Verizon Servs. Corp., ___ Fed. Appx. ___, 2016 WL 3448300, *2 (2d Cir. 2016) (citing Montana v. First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n of Rochester, 869 F.2d 100, 106-07 (2d Cir. 1989)); see also McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792, 802-03 (1973); Forrest v. Jewish Guild for the Blind, 3 N.Y.3d 295, 316 (2004) (holding that the McDonnell Douglas framework applies to discriminatory discharge claims brought pursuant to the NYSHRL) (citations omitted). Discrimination claims are evaluated pursuant to the burden-shifting analysis articulated in McDonnell Douglas, 411 U.S. at 802-03. Under McDonnell Douglas, the plaintiff bears the initial burden of establishing a prima facie case of discrimination. 411 U.S. at 802, 93 S. Ct. 1817. If the plaintiff does so, the burden shifts to the defendant to articulate "some legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason" for its action. Id. Once such a reason is provided, the plaintiff can no longer rely on the prima facie case, but may still prevail if she can show that the employer's determination was in fact the result of discrimination. Gorzynski v. JetBlue Airways Corp., 596 F.3d 93, 106 (2d Cir. 2010) (citing Holcomb v. Iona Coll., 521 F.3d 130, 138 (2d Cir. 2008)). To rebut the articulated justification for the adverse action, "the plaintiff must show both that the reason was false, and that discrimination was the real reason." St. Mary's Honor Ctr. v. Hicks, 509 U.S. 502, 511 n.4 (1993) (internal quotations omitted). However, conclusory allegations of discrimination are insufficient to defeat a motion for summary judgment. See Diggs v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., No. 1:14-cv-244 (GLS/CFH), 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50035, *9 (N.D.N.Y. Apr. 14, 2016) (citing Holcomb, 521 8 F.3d at 137); see also Schwapp v. Town of Avon, 118 F.3d 106, 110 (2d Cir. 1997). With respect to Plaintiff's prima facie case, it is undisputed that, as a woman, Plaintiff is a member of a protected class under Title VII. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a). It is also undisputed that because Plaintiff was demoted and terminated, she was subjected to an adverse employment action. See Fahrenkrug, 2016 WL 3448300, at *4. Therefore, in order to establish a prima facie case of gender discrimination, Plaintiff must show that she was qualified for the position that she held and that the circumstances surrounding her termination give rise to an inference of discrimination. A plaintiff may create an inference of discrimination by showing disparate treatment, i.e., by showing that his employer "treated him less favorably than a similarly situated employee outside his protected group." Graham v. Long Island R.R., 230 F.3d 34, 39 (2d Cir. 2000). To create an inference of discrimination by showing disparate treatment, plaintiff must show that he was "'similarly situated in all material respects'" to the individuals with whom he seeks to compare himself. Id. (quoting Shumway v. United Parcel Serv., Inc., 118 F.3d 60, 64 (2d Cir. 1997)). In Plaintiff's memorandum of law in opposition to Defendants' motion for summary judgment, she asserts that the record establishes disparate treatment because she could not share in overtime as soon as other trainees, she was shuffled around to different training areas from day to day unlike other trainees, she was not allowed to be removed from Mr. Sefcheck's supervision in mark-to-cut when other trainees were, and she was not allowed to ask Mr. Sefcheck questions. Dkt. No. 77 at 8. Despite this evidence, Defendants argue that Plaintiff cannot establish a prima facie case of discrimination because she has not shown that the arbitrator's decision regarding her termination was wrong as a matter of fact, or that the impartiality of the arbitration proceeding was somehow compromised. Dkt. No. 62-7 at 20. Defendants rely on the Second Circuit 9 decision Collins v. N.Y. City Transit Auth. to make this argument. Collins v. N.Y. City Transit Auth., 305 F.3d 113, 119 (2d Cir. 2002). In Collins, the appellant, an African-American male, was terminated from his employment, and he filed a grievance against his employer claiming he was discriminatorily discharged. Collins, 305 F.3d at 117. Following the filing of the grievance, the appellant was represented by his union at an arbitration hearing. Id. The arbitrator upheld the termination after a finding of just cause. Id. In April 1993, the appellant commenced an action against the Transit Authority for discriminatory and retaliatory employment termination in violation of Title VII as well as other claims. Id. at 118. On October 30, 2000, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of the employer dismissing the remaining claims and the appellant appealed. Id. The Second Circuit affirmed the district court's decision to grant the employer's motion for summary judgment and stated that while the appellant proffered enough evidence to create an issue of fact of whether his termination resulted from discriminatory or retaliatory purposes, "that proffer was not sufficient to overcome the additional probative weight of the arbitration award allowing his termination." Id. at 119.1 The court concluded that a negative arbitration decision does not preclude a Title VII action by a discharged employee. Id. (other citations omitted). However, if an independent arbitrator's decision "follows an evidentiary hearing and is based on substantial evidence," a Title VII plaintiff "must present strong evidence that the decision was The Second Circuit recognized that the "Collins defense" may be viewed as either "an attack on a [plaintiff's] showing of an inference of discrimination or retaliation in the prima facie case or as an attack on plaintiff's satisfaction of the subsequent requirement that a proffered legitimate reason for an employment action be shown to be pretextual." Collins, 305 F.3d at 118 n.1. The Court chose to treat the defense as an attack on the prima facie case, but noted that "[b]ecause issues of this nature tend to collapse as a practical matter" under the McDonnell Douglas burden shifting framework, it did not intend to preclude the use of the defense as an attack on a claim of pretext. Id. 1 10 wrong as a matter of fact" or that the "impartiality of the proceeding was somehow compromised" in order to survive a motion for summary judgment. See Collins, 305 F.3d at 119; see also Attard v. City of N.Y., 451 Fed. Appx. 21, 24 (2d Cir. 2011). Collins has consistently been followed and applied by the district courts in the Second Circuit. In Diggs, the plaintiff was an African-American male employed by Niagara Mohawk who was discharged after he used company tools at his home for personal gain in violation of the company's standards of conduct. See Diggs, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50035, at *1-*5. The plaintiff challenged the termination through an arbitration hearing. Id. The arbitrator upheld the termination after finding there was just cause for termination because the plaintiff violated company policy. Id. at *6. The plaintiff challenged the arbitrator's decision in the Northern District of New York alleging racial discrimination on the grounds that three white employees were given far less discipline for similar conduct. Id. at *7. The defendant moved for summary judgment relying on Collins. Id. at *11. The court applied the standard set forth in Collins and granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment because the plaintiff did not show that the arbitrator's decision was wrong as a matter of fact, or that the impartiality of the arbitration proceeding was somehow compromised. Id. at *12. In her memorandum of law, Plaintiff correctly argues that a negative arbitration decision does not preclude a subsequent Title VII action. See Dkt. No. 77 at 4-6. Plaintiff's argument, however, is misplaced. Defendants have not argued that the arbitrator's decision bars Plaintiff from commencing this lawsuit or that they should be granted summary judgment on res judicata or collateral estoppel grounds. The cases upon which Plaintiff has relied are inapposite. See, e.g., Morel v. American Building Maintenance Co., 124 Fed. Appx. 671 (2d Cir. 2005) (reversing the trial court's grant of summary judgment on the grounds of res judicata and collateral estoppel 11 where the plaintiff's wrongful termination claim had been rejected by an arbitrator). Rather, as Defendants correctly argue, the arbitrator's decision is simply strong evidence in support of their position. See Collins, 305 F.3d at 115-19. Moreover, the law is well settled that Plaintiff's failure to raise a discrimination claim before an arbitrator is "immaterial" to whether the arbitral decision should be given substantial weight. See Spell v. United Parcel Service, No. 09 Civ. 4375, 2012 WL 4447385, *2 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 25, 2012) (citing cases). "As long as the arbitrator has properly evaluated the factual, nondiscriminatory reasons for the termination, 'the fact that the arbitration did not adjudicate [plaintiff's] discrimination claim is irrelevant. . . .'" Id. (quoting Weeks v. N.Y.S. Div. of Parole, 78 Fed. Appx. 764, 766 (2d Cir. 2003)) (other citation omitted). As discussed, the arbitrator considered substantial evidence in support of Defendants' decision to demote and terminate Plaintiff and Plaintiff has failed to present any evidence or arguments suggesting that the arbitrator was biased.2 Although Plaintiff's discrimination and retaliation claims are not precluded by the arbitrator's decision, Defendants are nevertheless entitled to summary judgment. Plaintiff has In her memorandum of law, Plaintiff asserts that the arbitrator's decision to uphold the termination for just cause cannot preclude her from receiving relief because the motivation for her termination was unlawful. See Dkt. No. 77 at 3. This argument fails because "courts in this Circuit have held that whether discrimination claims were made before the arbitrator is irrelevant, because '[t]here is no suggestion in Collins that the plaintiff had presented his evidence of discriminatory . . . intent to the arbitrator.'" Diggs, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50035, at *13 (quoting Brenner v. City of N.Y. Dep't of Educ., No. 14 Civ. 3559, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 124509, 2015 WL 5475628, *6 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 17, 2015)) (other quotation and citation omitted); see also Gallimore-Wright v. Long Island R. Co., 354 F. Supp. 2d 478, 491-92 (S.D.N.Y. 2005); Simpson v. N.Y. State Dep't of Civ. Serv., No. 02-CV-1216 (NPM/DRH), 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3399, *16 (N.D.N.Y. Mar. 1, 2005) ("Under Collins and its progeny, failure to address the discrimination issue in an arbitration does not diminish the impact of that arbitration on a subsequent discrimination action") (citations omitted). 2 12 failed to put forth new evidence that was not before the arbitrator or argued that the arbitrator's impartiality was compromised. Even assuming that Plaintiff satisfied her prima facie case of discrimination, Defendants presented substantial evidence demonstrating Plaintiff's poor work performance and violation of Plant Rule #19 which Plaintiff has failed to establish was a pretext for discrimination. Plaintiff's attempts to attack the evidence presented are simply unavailing. For example, Plaintiff argues that four of the purported errors that occurred between January 18 and 22, 2011 were incorrectly attributed to her because she did not work on those days. See Dkt. No. 77 at 22. Plaintiff's own evidence, however, clearly establishes that she was, in fact, working on the above dates. See Dkt. No. 72-1 at 37. For example, the time sheets provided show that Plaintiff worked from January 17, 2011 at 11:14 p.m., through January 18, 2011 at 7:34 a.m. See id. While it does appear that Plaintiff did not work the night shift between January 18 and January 19, she did work the night shifts on January 20 (which ended on January 21) and January 21 (which ended on January 22). See id. Similarly, Plaintiff argues that "[t]he list of errors also shows that Plaintiff committed four errors on February 1, 2011 when she was only clocked in for twenty minutes." Dkt. No. 77 at 22. A review of the time sheets, however, demonstrates that Plaintiff commenced work on January 31, 2011 at 11:05 p.m., and her shift ended February 1, 2011 at 11:30 a.m. See Dkt. No. 72-1 at 37. Moreover, Plaintiff fails to demonstrate that she was similarly situated to other male employees or that she was treated differently from other such individuals. As Defendants point out, Plaintiff was not the only Special Metals employee to be demoted out of the Inspection Department for performance related issues. See Dkt. No. 62-7 at 13 n.6. In February of 2010, Mark Calenzo and Peter Decarlis were demoted for performance related issues. See Dkt. No. 6213 1 at ¶ 17. Further, as to her termination, Plaintiff admits that other employees were terminated for violating Plant Rule #19. See Dkt. No. 62-5 at 45. Further, Plaintiff admits that, despite not being aware of any other employees who were offered last chance agreements after violating Plant Rule #19, she was offered such an agreement, whereupon she would have been reinstated. See Dkt. No. 62-5 at 46-48. Plaintiff, however, refused to sign the agreement when the Company refused to remove language in which Plaintiff would have admitted to violating Plant Rule #19. See id. Moreover, Plaintiff admits that male employees were terminated for violating Plant Rule #19. See id. at 73-74. Plaintiff repeatedly claims during her deposition that she was discriminated against when Defendants repeatedly provided her with inadequate training. See Dkt. No. 62-5 at 55-65. Thereafter, however, she admits that Chris Debrango and Jim Krupa also received inadequate training and that this poor training is why they ultimately requested to be removed from the positions to which they were assigned. See id. at 62-63. The fact that these men allegedly received the same poor training as Plaintiff clearly undermines her claimed gender discrimination. Further, Plaintiff attempts to argue that Special Metals has inconsistently applied its "disciplinary policy." Dkt. No. 77 at 22-23. Plaintiff discusses two male employees, Keith Ward and Adam Smith, who violated Plant Rule #19 but were not terminated in support of her argument that her own termination was pretextual. See id. Neither of these individuals, however, were accused of the unauthorized removal of Company property or records. The allegations against Mr. Ward involved "poor work performance" and an inability "to clean up following your assigned tasks." Dkt. No. 81 at 7. Mr. Smith was accused of "horseplay on company property" in violation of Plant Rule #19. See id. at 9. As such, contrary to Plaintiff's contentions, these employees were not similarly situated to Plaintiff. 14 Moreover, the Court notes that, throughout her response, Plaintiff has relied upon the declarations of Debra Bader and Michael Geddes, which were both executed on January 19, 2016. See Dkt. Nos. 74 & 75. First, the Court notes that these declarations appear to be identical to the declarations Ms. Bader and Mr. Geddes submitted in the case Bader v. Special Metals Corp., No. 6:11-cv-882 (N.D.N.Y.), which was dismissed by stipulation of the parties with the approval of the court on June 10, 2014. The Bader and Geddes declarations contain facts related to a different lawsuit, brought by an entirely different plaintiff, asserting different claims, relating to a different time period. Specifically, Ms. Bader's declaration discusses events that allegedly occurred between the start of her employment with Special Metals in 1978 to the last day of her employment in April of 2010. See Dkt. No. 74. Plaintiff's claims in this case primarily concern events that occurred between June 14, 2010, when she started working in the Inspection Department as an Inspector Trainee, and June 17, 2011, when she was terminated from her employment. The only mention of Plaintiff in Ms. Bader's declaration states that Ms. Bader was identified as having information relevant to Plaintiff's case on January 8, 2010 and she was subpoenaed to give deposition testimony in August of 2010. See Dkt. No. 74 at ¶¶ 34-35. Interestingly, this action was not filed until October of 2012. As such, Ms. Bader herself admits that she had information relevant to Plaintiff's previous lawsuit against Special Metals, not the present matter. Similarly, Mr. Geddes' declaration discusses alleged events relating to Ms. Bader from 2007 to April of 2010. See Dkt. No. 75. It is unclear what relevance these documents have to Plaintiff's allegations in this case and they are insufficient to create an issue of fact. In conclusion, the Court finds that Plaintiff has failed to meet her burden establishing that Defendants' reasons for her demotion and termination were a pretext for discrimination. Plaintiff's "termination occurred . . . only after a decision, based on substantial evidence, of an 15 undisputedly independent, neutral, and unbiased adjudicator that had the power to prevent the termination." Collins, 305 F.3d at 119. The arbitrator's findings, which were made after three days of testimony, are highly probative of the absence of discriminatory intent. Plaintiff's conclusory allegations to the contrary, which are based almost entirely on her own beliefs, are insufficient to create a question of fact as to whether Defendants' legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons were, in fact, a pretext for discrimination. See Simpson v. N.Y.S. Dep't of Civil Service, No. 02-cv-1216, 2005 WL 545349, *19 (N.D.N.Y. Mar. 1, 2005) (citations omitted). Accordingly, the Court grants Defendants' motion for summary judgment as to Plaintiff's gender discrimination claims. C. Federal and State Gender Retaliation Title VII prohibits employers from discriminating against an employee who "has opposed any practice made an unlawful employment practice" or "has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing[.]" 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a). Courts analyze Title VII retaliation claims according to the burden-shifting framework set forth in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973). See Terry v. Ashcroft, 336 F.3d 128, 141 (2d Cir. 2003) (citation omitted). To make out a prima facie case of retaliation under Title VII, a plaintiff must adduce evidence sufficient to permit a rational trier of fact to find: "(1) that he engaged in protected participation or opposition under Title VII . . . , (2) that the employer was aware of this activity, (3) that the employer took adverse action against the plaintiff, and (4) that a causal connection exists between the protected activity and the adverse action, i.e., that a retaliatory motive played a part in the adverse employment action." Kessler v. Westchester County Dep't of Soc. Servs., 461 F.3d 199, 205-06 (2d Cir. 2006) (other citations omitted). "Upon such a showing, the defendant must articulate legitimate 16 non-discriminatory reasons for its actions, whereupon the plaintiff bears the burden of showing that the defendant's explanations are pretext for the true discriminatory motive." Holt v. KMI-Cont’l, 95 F.3d 123, 130 (2d Cir. 1996). Retaliation claims under the ADA and NYSHRL are analyzed under the same framework as that employed in Title VII cases. Krasner v. City of N.Y., 580 Fed. Appx. 1, 3-4 (2d Cir. 2014) (citing Treglia v. Town of Manlius, 313 F.3d 713, 719 (2d Cir. 2002)); see also Lovejoy-Wilson v. NOCO Motor Fuel, Inc., 263 F.3d 208, 223 (2d Cir. 2001). The first prong of this analysis is satisfied by Plaintiff's filing of charges with the EEOC. Dkt. No. 62-1 at 182, 184. At the summary judgment stage, Plaintiff's allegation that she told Defendants that she would be filing an EEOC charge is sufficient to satisfy the second prong. Dkt. No. 27 at ¶ 26. Defendants' demotion and firing of Plaintiff qualify as "adverse employment actions." Dkt. No. 76 at ¶¶ 46, 65; see also Phillips v. Bowen, 278 F.3d 103, 109 (2d Cir. 2002) ("Adverse employment actions include discharge, refusal to hire, refusal to promote, demotion, reduction in pay, and reprimand"). Ultimately, because "Title VII retaliation claims must be proved according to traditional principles of but-for causation," the plaintiff must show "that the unlawful retaliation would not have occurred in the absence of the alleged wrongful action or actions of the employer." Univ. of Tex. Sw. Med. Ctr. v. Nassar, 133 S. Ct. 2517, 2533 (2013); see, e.g., Kirkland v. Cablevision Systems, 760 F.3d 223, 225 (2d Cir. 2014); Zann Kwan v. Andalex Grp. LLC, 737 F.3d 834, 845 (2d Cir. 2013). "'[B]ut-for' causation does not require proof that retaliation was the only cause of the employer's action, but only that the adverse action would not have occurred in the absence of the retaliatory motive." Kwan, 737 F.3d at 846. To meet this burden, the plaintiff may rely on evidence presented to establish her prima facie case as well as additional evidence. Such 17 additional evidence may include direct or circumstantial evidence of discrimination. See Desert Palace, Inc. v. Costa, 539 U.S. 90, 99-101 (2003). It is insufficient, however, for a plaintiff merely to show that she satisfies "McDonnell Douglas' s minimal requirements of a prima facie case" and to put forward "evidence from which a factfinder could find that the employer's explanation . . . was false." James v. N.Y. Racing Ass'n, 233 F.3d 149, 157 (2d Cir. 2000). Instead, the key is whether there is sufficient evidence in the record from which a reasonable trier of fact could find in favor of plaintiff on the ultimate issue, i.e., whether the record contains sufficient evidence "that retaliation was a but-for cause of the adverse employment action." Weber v. City of New York, 973 F. Supp. 2d 227, 271 (E.D.N.Y. 2013) (citation omitted). In the present matter, the Court finds that Plaintiff has failed to put forth evidence demonstrating that her demotion or termination were causally related to any protected activity. As Defendants correctly contend, Plaintiff's co-workers identified numerous errors that she was making and brought them to Mr. Maschino's attention. See Dkt. No. 62-3 at Exh. E. Mr. Sefcheck, the Union steward, advocated for Plaintiff to be given additional time to learn the job and, as a result, was provided with more training opportunities in the mark-to-cut area than any of the other trainees. See id. at ¶¶ 22-23; Dkt. No. 62-1 at ¶¶ 46-47. Moreover, Plaintiff admits that Mr. Maschino, Mr. Sefcheck, Nick Farley, and other inspectors discussed the errors that she was making while serving as an Inspector Trainee. See Dkt. No. 63-7 at 7-10. Further, Plaintiff does not dispute that she was not the only Special Metals employee who was demoted out of the Inspection Department for performance-related issues. In February of 2010, Mark Calenzo and Peter Decarlis were demoted for performance-related issues. See Dkt. No. 62-1 at ¶ 17. Moreover, this result is further supported by the fact that a considerable amount of time separates the filing of the EEOC complaint and the alleged retaliatory conduct. Plaintiff filed 18 EEOC charges on March 11, 2010 and April 14, 2010, which is the closest-in-time protected conduct to her demotion. See Dkt. No. 27 at ¶ 24. Plaintiff, however, was not demoted until February 25, 2011. See id. at ¶ 26. Considering the significant and repeated mistakes Plaintiff made while serving as an Inspector Trainee, the nearly ten months that elapsed from the protected activity to the demotion is insufficient to support the inference that the alleged retaliation would not have occurred in the absence of the alleged improper motive. See Soloviev v. Goldstein, 104 F. Supp. 3d 232, 251 (E.D.N.Y. 2015) (citing Zann Kwan v. Andalex Grp. LLC, 737 F.3d 834, 845 (2d Cir. 2013)) (other citation omitted); Imperato v. Otsego Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, No. 3:13-cv-1594 (BKS/DEP), 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50155, *61 (N.D.N.Y. Apr. 14, 2016) (quoting Perry v. NSARC, Inc., 424 Fed. Appx. 23, 26 (2d Cir. 2011); see also Clark Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Breeden, 532 U.S. 268, 273-74 (2001)). As to her termination, Plaintiff does not dispute that, in the five-year period preceding her termination, four male employees were terminated for violating Plant Rule #19. See Dkt. No. 623 at 2-5. The consistent application of the rule to male employees further demonstrates the lack of retaliatory motive in Defendants' actions. Additionally, Plaintiff asserts that there is direct evidence of retaliatory animus related to her termination in the form of comments that were made about her. See Dkt. No. 77 at 18. Plaintiff claims that she was told by co-workers that "they are out to get you" and "they are gunning for you." Id. Plaintiff also asserts that Defendant Farley informed Mike Geddes that Plaintiff was "not coming back, she doesn't have a case," which she claims is direct evidence of retaliatory animus. Id. (citing Geddes Affm ¶ 10). Although Mike Geddes does claim that Defendant Farley did make this statement, he claims that it was made "either in 2008 or 2009." Dkt. No. 75 at ¶ 10. As such, contrary to Plaintiff's assertions, this statement, which occurred in 19 either 2008 or 2009, in a context entirely unrelated to the present matter, is not "direct evidence of retaliatory animus." Imperato, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50155, at *61. Considering the arbitrator's decision upholding Plaintiff's termination, and in light of the foregoing, the Court finds that Plaintiff has failed to put forth evidence upon which a reasonable juror could conclude that Defendants' non-retaliatory reasons for Plaintiff's demotion and termination were a pretext for retaliation. Accordingly, the Court grants Defendants' motion for summary judgment as to Plaintiff's retaliation claims. D. Federal and State Disability Discrimination and Retaliation The ADA prohibits "discrimination against a qualified individual on the basis of disability in regard to job application procedures, the hiring, advancement, or discharge of employees, employee compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment." 42 U.S.C. § 12112(a). To establish a prima facie case of discrimination under the ADA, a plaintiff must show that: "(1) his employer is subject to the ADA; (2) he was disabled within the meaning of the ADA; (3) he was otherwise qualified to perform the essential functions of his job, with or without reasonable accommodation; and (4) he suffered adverse employment action because of his disability." Sista v. CDC Ixis North America, Inc., 445 F.3d 161, 169 (2d Cir. 2006) (citing Giordano v. City of New York, 274 F.3d 740, 747 (2d Cir. 2001)). The ADA makes it unlawful for an employer to "discriminate against any individual because such individual has opposed any act or practice made unlawful by this chapter or because such individual made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this chapter." 42 U.S.C. § 12203(a). A retaliation case under the ADA requires "a showing that the employee was engaged in an activity protected by the ADA." Gold v. Carus, 131 Fed. Appx. 748, 750 (2d Cir. 2005) (quotations and citation 20 omitted). ADA retaliation claims are analyzed under the same framework as Title VII retaliation claims. See Sarno v. Douglas Elliman-Gibbons & Ives, Inc., 183 F.3d 155, 159 (2d Cir. 1999) ("[The Second Circuit] conclude[s] that it is appropriate to apply the framework used in analyzing retaliation claims under Title VII in analyzing a claim of retaliation under the ADA"). "[The ADA's] anti-retaliation provision must be construed to cover a broad range of employer conduct." Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP, 562 U.S. 170, 173 (2011) (citation omitted). Keeping that premise in mind, the Second Circuit has held that "retaliatory coworker harassment, if sufficiently severe, may constitute adverse employment action so as to satisfy the second element of the retaliation prima facie case." Martin v. New York State Dep't of Corr. Servs., 224 F. Supp. 2d 434, 448 (N.D.N.Y. 2002) (citing Richardson v. New York State Dep't of Correctional Serv., 180 F.3d 426, 446 (2d Cir. 1999)). In determining whether the coworker harassment is "sufficiently severe," the court should consider whether the plaintiff has "endure[d] a materially adverse change in the terms and conditions of employment." Martin, 224 F. Supp. 2d at 448 (quoting Galabya v. New York City Bd. of Educ., 202 F.3d 636, 640 (2d Cir. 2000)) (citation omitted). Further, "material adversity is to be determined objectively, based on the reactions of the reasonable employee." Rivera v. Rochester Genesee Regional Transp. Authority, 743 F.3d 11, 25 (2d Cir. 2012). Defendants argue that Plaintiff cannot establish a prima facie case of discrimination because (1) she has not shown that the arbitrator's decision regarding her termination was wrong as a matter of fact, or that the impartiality of the arbitration proceeding was somehow compromised, and (2) Plaintiff is not disabled within the meaning of the ADA or Rehabilitation Act. Dkt. No. 62-7 at 20-21. In the present matter, the Court finds that Plaintiff has failed to establish that she was 21 retaliated against in violation of the ADA or that she suffered an adverse employment action because of her disability. First, the only disability mentioned in Plaintiff's amended complaint is the hand injury that she suffered on or about February 28, 2006. See Dkt. No. 27 at ¶ 17. In her response, Plaintiff now argues that, in addition to her hand, she has "COPD, asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, etc." and that her "'permanent medical restriction' with Special Metals involves her respiratory condition." Dkt. No. 76 at ¶ 84. Second, Plaintiff does not make any mention of what makes her a qualified individual with a disability in her EEOC complaint. See Dkt. No. 72-1 at 15, 17. In the letter of determination, however, the EEOC makes clear that the alleged disability is that Plaintiff has a "history of asthma and COPD." Id. at 21. In this letter, no mention is made of Plaintiff's hand injury. See id. at 20-22.3 As such, the only allegation in the amended complaint relating to disability discrimination/retaliation (Plaintiff's 2006 hand injury) was not raised before the EEOC and, therefore, not administratively exhausted. As such, for this reason alone, Plaintiff's ADA discrimination and retaliation claims are subject to dismissal. Second, even assuming these claims are properly before the Court, the only plausible allegation of disability discrimination is that Plaintiff was discriminated against because of her disability in February of 2010 when she was denied the Inspection Trainee position. See Dkt. No. 77 at 15. Upon this denial, Plaintiff filed a charge with the EEOC and, in June of 2010, Plaintiff entered into a Conciliation Agreement and was awarded, among other things, the Inspection Trainee position she had sought. See Dkt. No. 82-1 at ¶ 9. Under the terms of the Conciliation Agreement, Plaintiff "agree[d] not to sue [Special Metals] with respect to any allegations contained in the . . . charge." Dkt. No. 63-1 at 5. As such, to the extent that Plaintiff is Although Plaintiff filed a complaint with the EEOC in August of 2008 relating to her hand injury, that complaint is not properly before the Court. See Dkt. No. 72-1 at 2-3. 3 22 attempting to allege that her initial denial of the Inspector Trainee position was discrimination in violation of the ADA, that claim was already disposed of through the Conciliation Agreement and Plaintiff waived her right to sue as part of that settlement. See EEOC v. Bay Ridge Toyota, Inc., 327 F. Supp. 2d 167, 171 (E.D.N.Y. 2004) ("When the parties enter into a conciliation agreement . . . the employees waive their rights to sue with respect to the matters alleged in the EEOC charge"). Moreover, as stated earlier, if an independent arbitrator's decision "follows an evidentiary hearing and is based on substantial evidence", a plaintiff asserting a discrimination claim "must present strong evidence that the decision was wrong as a matter of fact" or that the "impartiality of the proceeding was somehow compromised" in order to survive a motion for summary judgment. Collins, 305 F.3d at 119. "Absent new evidence or a reason to question the integrity of those proceedings, the arbitral decision 'has probative weight regarding the requisite causal link between an employee's termination and the employer's illegal motive.'" Young v. Benjamin Dev. Co., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18280, *24 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 17, 2009) (quoting Collins, 305 F.3d at 120). Here, Plaintiff has failed to allege that the decision was wrong as a matter of fact or that the impartiality of the proceeding was somehow compromised. Since Plaintiff has not offered any evidence or reason to question the integrity of the arbitration proceedings, she has failed to establish a causal link between her termination and her alleged disability. Finally, even assuming these other ailments were properly alleged in the amended complaint as part of Plaintiff's ADA claims, Plaintiff has failed to set forth any evidence, other than her own conclusory allegations, that she was discriminated against or retaliated against in violation of the ADA. Based on the foregoing, the Court grants Defendants' motion for summary judgment with respect to her disability discrimination and retaliation claims. 23 E. Hostile Work Environment In their motion, Defendants contend that, to the extent that Plaintiff could be attempting to allege a hostile work environment claim, it must be dismissed. See Dkt. No. 62-7 at 33-34. Specifically, Defendants contend that Plaintiff failed to raise this claim with the EEOC and, therefore, it is not exhausted and it is not reasonably related to either of the EEOC charges. See id. at 32-33. Alternatively, Defendants argue that the amended complaint simply alleges that Plaintiff was "'repeatedly and daily subject to silent treatment, taunting, and humiliation,'" which they claim fails to plausibly allege a hostile work environment claim. Id. (quoting Dkt. No. 27 at ¶ 34). In her response, Plaintiff provides some additional details regarding this alleged claim. See Dkt. No. 77 at 25-26. First, the Court finds that neither of the relevant EEOC charges are reasonably related to the alleged hostile work environment claim and, therefore, the claim has not been exhausted. In EEOC Charge No. 525-2011-00320, Plaintiff complained only of retaliation in violation of the ADA. See Dkt. No. 62-1 at 182. In the EEOC charge relating to her termination, Plaintiff alleges only that, "[u]pon information and belief, male employees and/or employees without a disability and or employees who have not complained of discrimination have not been terminated for misconduct based on [Plant Rule #19]." Id. at 184-85. The allegations in the EEOC charges, which make only vague and general allegations regarding the alleged disparate treatment of men and women, are insufficient to exhaust a hostile work environment claim. See Morris v. David Lerner Assoc., 680 F. Supp. 2d 430, 437 (E.D.N.Y. 2010) (citing cases); Fleming v. Verizon N.Y., Inc., 419 F. Supp. 2d 455, 464 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) (finding hostile work environment claim not reasonably related to EEOC charge because EEOC charge only made general allegations regarding employer's disparate treatment of men and women). Accordingly, the Court finds that 24 Plaintiff failed to exhaust any alleged hostile work environment claim. See Bader v. Special Metals Corp., 985 F. Supp. 2d 291, 328-29 (N.D.N.Y. 2013) (holding that the alleged hostile work environment claim was not reasonably related to the EEOC complaint) (citing cases). Even assuming Plaintiff did exhaust this claim, the Court finds that she failed to plausibly allege a hostile work environment claim. Plaintiff's amended complaint contains eleven causes of action: seven gender and disability discrimination claims and four gender and disability retaliation claims. Not once does Plaintiff allege that she was subject to a hostile work environment. Further, the only allegations in the amended complaint that could be considered to support such a claim, fail to plausibly allege such a cause of action. See La Marco v. N.Y.S. Nurses Ass'n, 118 F. Supp. 2d 310, 316-17 (N.D.N.Y. 2000) (citing Williams v. County of Westchester, 171 F.3d 98, 100 (2d Cir. 1999)). Moreover, even assuming that Plaintiff's amended complaint plausibly alleges such a claim (which it does not), notably absent from Plaintiff's response is any allegation that she reported this allegedly pervasive hostile conduct to a supervisor or human resources, despite a policy in place regarding such conduct. Special Metals has established that, through its antiharassment and discrimination policies and training, it "exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct promptly any sexually harassing behavior." Burlington Indus., Inc. v. Ellerth, 524 U.S. 742, 765 (1998); see also Dkt. No. 62-1 at ¶ 45. In fact, Plaintiff has admitted that, when brought to its attention, inappropriate material was removed from the workplace. Specifically, Plaintiff complains that management did not adequately respond when she informed them that someone had written something inappropriate about her on the men's bathroom wall. See Dkt. No. 62-5 at 75-79. Thereafter, however, Plaintiff admits that the writing was removed from the bathroom wall on the same day she brought it to her supervisor's attention. See id. at 78. The undisputed 25 facts clearly establish that, despite the reasonable care taken to avoid and prevent hostile work conditions, Plaintiff "unreasonably failed to take advantage of [these] preventive or corrective opportunities . . . or to avoid harm otherwise." Burlington Indus., Inc., 524 U.S. at 765; see also Petrosino v. Bell Atlantic, 385 F.3d 210, 225 (2d Cir. 2004). Based on the foregoing, the Court grants Defendants' motion for summary judgment as to Plaintiff's hostile work environment claim. F. Rehabilitation Act Defendants contend that, in addition to all of the reasons discussed above, Plaintiff's claim under the Rehabilitation Act is subject to dismissal because Special Metals was not a recipient of federal funds during Plaintiff's employment, as required under the Act. See Dkt. No. 62-7 at 3637. Plaintiff failed to respond to this argument and, therefore, the Court finds that she has abandoned this claim. See Blake v. Race, 487 F. Supp. 2d 187, 217 (E.D.N.Y. 2007) (citing cases). In the alternative, since Plaintiff failed to present any evidence demonstrating that Special Metals received federal assistance and is therefore subject to the Rehabilitation Act, the Court grants Defendants' motion for summary judgment. See Reyes v. Fairfield Properties, 661 F. Supp. 2d 249, 263 (E.D.N.Y. 2009) (citation omitted). G. Tenth and Eleventh Causes of Action In her Tenth and Eleventh Causes of action, Plaintiff asserts claims under Article I, Section 11 of the New York State Constitution. As Defendants correctly contend, these claims must be dismissed. Where, as here, adequate remedies exist under federal and state laws to protect the asserted rights, there is "no private right of action under the New York State Constitution." G.D.S. ex rel. Slade v. Northport–E. Northport Union Free Sch. Dist., 915 F. Supp. 2d 268, 280 (E.D.N.Y. 2012) (citations omitted); Kalsi v. N.Y.C. Transit Auth., 62 F. Supp. 26 2d 745, 761 (E.D.N.Y. 1998). Based on the foregoing, the Court grants Defendants' motion for summary judgment as to these claims. IV. CONCLUSION After carefully reviewing the record in this matter, the parties' submissions and the applicable law, and for the above-stated reasons, the Court hereby ORDERS that Defendants' motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 62) is GRANTED in its entirety; and the Court further ORDERS that Plaintiff's claims are DISMISSED with prejudice; and the Court further ORDERS that the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Memorandum-Decision and Order on all parties in accordance with the Local Rules; and the Court further ORDERS that the Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment in Defendants' favor and close this case. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: September 6, 2016 Albany, New York 27
Strauch, Katina (2003) "From Your (spreadsheet-weary) Editor," Against the Grain: Vol. 15: Iss. 6, Article 2.
All Praise Davros, Creator of the Daleks"Never forget, Doctor, you did this! I name you forever: You are the Destroyer of Worlds!" Dalek Turn ...
This document is a walkthrough for setting up a virtual MX (vMX100) appliance in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. After completing the steps outlined in this document, you will have a virtual MX appliance running in Azure that serves as an AutoVPN termination point for your physical MX devices.
Currently, the vMX100 on Azure supports a one-armed VPN concentrator configuration with split-tunnel VPN architecture. For more info on how to deploy a one-armed concentrator, please refer to this document.
In this mode the MX is configured with a single Ethernet connection to the upstream network. All traffic will be sent and received on this interface. This is the only supported configuration for MX appliances serving as VPN termination points into Azure.
In this mode the MX is configured with a single Ethernet connection to the upstream network and one Ethernet connection to the downstream network. VPN traffic is received and sent on the WAN interfaces connecting the MX to the upstream network and the decrypted, unencapsulated traffic is sent and received on the LAN interface that connects the MX to the downstream network.
A virtual network is where a block of associated IP addresses, DNS settings, security policies and route tables can be configured and managed.
Azure has different types of virtual network environments, which represent two different methods of deploying and managing Azure virtual environments. The vMX uses 'managed applications', which is an MSFT platform, and is not compatible with Azure 'classic' deployments.
A resource group is a container within Microsoft Azure's infrastructure where resources, such as virtual machines are stored.
Managed Applications within Azure serve as the network used to manage and support the Cisco Meraki virtual MX.
During the setup of your vMX100 instance, or over the course of working within Azure, you may encounter additional terminology which is not defined in this document. To find out more about these terms, and for additional details on the terms listed above, please see the Microsoft Azure glossary.
Begin by creating a new Security Appliance network in your organization. This guide will walk you through creating a new network in the Meraki Dashboard.
The Meraki Dashboard will require a vMX100 license to be added before you are able to continue. If you do not have access to a vMX100 license, please reach out to your Meraki Reseller or Sales Rep.
Once you have created the network and added the appropriate license you will be able to deploy a new vMX100 to your network by clicking on 'Add vMX':
The authentication token must be entered into the Azure instance within 1 hour of generating it. If it has been more than 1 hour then a new token must be generated.
On the Site-to-Site VPN page, add each subnet in your resource group that should be accessible to remote Auto VPN peers to the list of 'Local Network(s).' For more information on configuring Auto VPN, please refer to the Site to Site VPN settings documentation.
Configuring a static IP on a vMX100 in Microsoft Azure via Dashboard is currently not supported. Attempting to configure one will result in the node losing network connectivity and going offline.
An Azure virtual network and virtual subnet on a resource groups separate from the resource group you will be creating to host the vMX. To find more information about this, please click here.
Note: Your virtual network must be in a separate resource group from the one hosting your vMX. If you assign the vMX to a resource group that already contains a virtual network/virtual subnet, you will not be able to deploy the vMX.
This section walks you through configuring the necessary requirements within Microsoft Azure, and adding a vMX100 instance to your resource group. For more details on setting up a resource group and other components, please refer to Azure's Documentation here.
To gain access to the VM Offer, please access this link. A screenshot of the Marketplace list of Cisco Meraki vMX100 in Azure is included below:
Then choose the subnet in which the vMX will be deployed. To find more information about subnets in Azure, click here.
Once this has been completed, it may be several minutes before the deployment completes and the instance launches.
Note: Once the deployment has finished, it is expected that a new resource group will be created with the name of the resource group you referenced, appended with a random string of characters.
Once the vMX100 is online, a route table needs to be created including the Auto VPN subnets so that the Azure resources know how to access the Meraki subnets over Auto VPN.
Finally, associate the Route Table with the Subnet where the vMX was deployed. Click on "Subnets" and then "Associate".
The virtual MX security appliance is fully managed through the Cisco Meraki Dashboard. This requires the vMX100 to establish bi-directional communication to the Meraki Cloud. If, after following the steps above, the vMX100 is inaccessible, please ensure the following:
The DNS server is reachable from the subnet that the vMX100 is in and can resolve https://config-2037.meraki.com.
Please note that Meraki Support does not troubleshoot Azure specific firewall rules and deployments.
Meraki vMX100 is currently not available on the CSP portal. In the meantime, there is a workaround using an ARM template which has been attached to this article. If a CSP partner needs to deploy vMX100, then perform the following to access the portal in the context of the customer:
Check the I agree to the terms and conditions stated above checkbox after you have reviewed the terms and condition. By checking the box you will be agreeing to the terms.
1. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking – Susan Cain. This book made me SO HAPPY. It more or less validated my entire existence as an introvert. Anyone who has ever been made to feel guilty because they left a party early to veg out on the couch at home will enjoy this book.
2. Bossypants – Tina Fey. I’m not a huge Tina Fey fan and knew very little about her (other than the fact that she impersonated Sarah Palin on SNL) before reading this book, but after reading it, I wish I knew more about her. I kind of want to be biffles with her and go and sit and drink coffee together even though I don’t like coffee. That’s how much I want to hang out with Tina Fey. This book was awesome.
3. On Writing – Stephen King. I don’t really have many aspirations to be a writer (maybe a book reviewer that actually gets paid, but ya know), but writing advice was only half of the genius of this book. The other half was a miniature autobiography, and it was so cool to get a glimpse of what his early life was like.
4. Desperation – Stephen King. I really liked this one but somehow forgot until just now that I had read it. The Regulators was good too, but I liked Desperation better. Maybe it’s just because I read Desperation first?
5. The Chronicles of Narnia – C. S. Lewis. I had never read these books before, and I’m SO GLAD that I did this year! They were so amazing.
6. Divergent – Veronica Roth. Recommended by my friend Nicole, who I pretty much always trust with book recommendations since she’s a librarian and all. But I love dystopian and I love kickass female protagonists, so Divergent was yay in my book.
7. Insurgent – Veronica Roth. Devoured this even faster than I devoured Divergent, if you’d believe it. I can’t wait for the third to come out in fall 2013!
8. Just After Sunset – Stephen King. This is the first collection of short stories that I’ve actually ever gotten all the way through (I made it about 90% through Nightmares and Dreamscapes before putting it down about five years ago and I haven’t picked it up since). Some of the stories are meh, but most of them are awesome.
9. The Casual Vacancy – J. K. Rowling. I wasn’t sure about this book immediately upon finishing it, but the more I thought about it and the more I wrote about it, the more I liked it. I’m going to have to reread it again soon and really decide how I feel about it. I imagine the beginning will be a lot easier to follow now that I know who everyone is.
10. The Uninvited – Liz Jensen. This book had me hooked right until the very end, which is where it kind of lost me, but it’s still worth a read if only for the first 95% of the book. It comes out January 2013!
Awesome list! You’ve got quite a few books I want to read, like The Casual Vacancy – and I loved Divergent too.
Yay! You should check out the conversation I had with a few of my fellow bloggers on The Broke and the Bookish about The Casual Vacancy; we had mixed feelings about it but it might help you when you do read it! http://brokeandbookish.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-broke-and-bookish-discuss-casual.html
Ahhh they’re so good! But maybe wait until the third comes out so you’re not dying from the cliffhanger at the end of the second? 🙂
Getting your home ready for Halloween can be a challenge at times. There is so much decor you want to setup all over your home including your front door. But the good news is you can make it a bit easier for you with these 18 DIY Ideas For Halloween. They will provide you with some more ideas to make your home stand up and save you time in the whole setup process. Enjoy!
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Patents filed at Jul 24 2018 | Nanoparticle type oligonucleotide structure having high efficiency and method for preparing same | Patents.com
The present invention relates to an oligonucleotide structure and a method for preparing the same and, more particularly, to an oligonucleotide structure in...
The invention generally relates to methods and kits for capturing sperm nucleic acids from or in a biological sample. In one embodiment the method the method...
In order to conduct gene expression analysis of a number of genes in a number of cells, it has been necessary to separate cells, extract genes therefrom,...
The invention provides a nucleic acid sequence comprising a sequence of contiguous nucleotides, wherein said sequence of contiguous nucleotides has at least 90%...
A process for the production of an enzymatic cocktail with a cellulolytic microorganism comprises two phases: a phase a) for growth of said microorganism in a...
The present invention provides an artificial nuclease comprising a DNA-binding domain and a function domain linked to each other via a polypeptide consisting of...
The present invention relates to a gram positive bacterium, preferably a lactic acid bacterium (LAB) or Bifidobacterium, with increased stress resistance and/or...
The present invention provides an isolated or recombinant polypeptide comprising or consisting of a modified P450 reductase which lacks N-terminal amino acids...
Disclosed are methods for production of inactivated rotavirus directly from cell culture supernatants containing active or infectious rotavirus (e.g., bovine...
Use invention provides a method for producing polypeptide protein products and nucleic acid products having reduced levels of antigenicity in an animal being...
Disclosed herein are methods, compositions, kits, and agents useful for inducing .beta. cell maturation, and isolated populations of SC-.beta. cells for use in...
Described are compositions of matter, protocols, and treatment means for induction of immune mediated killing in dogs suffering from cancer. The invention...
A method of precipitating cell membrane fragments from a cell lysate is disclosed. The method comprises contacting the cell lysate with a hydrophobic chelator...
US-1,003,0223 Apparatus and method for simultaneous operation of refining cellulosic biomass and mixing enzymes
An apparatus comprises: a hopper for feeding biomass; a horizontal extruder comprising a cylindrical housing and a rotatable screw mounted in the housing, in...
Bioreactor system and method for cloning the physiological state of microorganisms comprises in preferred embodiment of a mother-reactor and one or more...
The invention provides a culture plate made from a polymer incorporating a culture component releasable into culture media in the well, methods of culturing a...
A single-use bioreactor, suitable in particular for use in a parallel bioreactor system for applications in cell culture and/or microbiology, a head plate for...
Provided are a neurovascular unit (NVU)-on-a-chip and a method of fabricating the same, which 3-dimensionally integrates various human brain cells in a...
To provide a microorganism culture vessel that can control existence of invading foreign matters and put a large amount of sample therein, a microorganism test...
Systems and methods for formulating and utilizing chemical gel formulations, particularly with respect to cooling tower fill cleaning operations.
US-1,003,0214 Personal care products comprising microfibrous cellulose and methods of making the same
The invention relates to a thickening concentrate for continuously producing a liquid cationic formulation of domestic cleaners or fabric softeners and to a...
The present invention relates to a method for preparing glyceride type polyunsaturated fatty acids. The method comprises: firstly mixing a basic catalyst with...
The passage of a container along a conveyor is lubricated by applying to the container or conveyor a mixture of a water-miscible silicone material and a...
US-1,003,0209 Lubricant for powder metallurgy and metal powder compositions containing said lubricant
A sliding machine includes: a pair of sliding members having sliding surfaces that oppose each other and are able to move relative to each other; and a...
The use of a complex ester obtainable by esterification reaction between aliphatic linear or branched C.sub.2- to C.sub.12-dicarboxylic acids, aliphatic linear...
The present disclosure concerns embodiments of a catalyst system, such as a mixed catalyst composition, that can be used to make biofuel. In some embodiments,...
US-1,003,0203 Method for hydrocracking, method for producing hydrocracked oil, hydrocracking device, and device for producing...
The present development is a catalyst composition, comprising zinc oxide nanowires having one or more catalytically-active metal particles attached to a surface...
A pyrolysis apparatus, including a retort tube in a closed loop configuration the retort tube defining a single entrance point and two exit points, a vortex...
The means concerns a liquid crystal composition that has negative dielectric anisotropy and that comprises a specific compound having a high stability to...
The invention provides an etching solution, comprising: 10 to 30 wt % of phosphoric acid; 2 to 20 wt % of nitric acid; 6 to 18 wt % of hydrofluoric acid; 5 to...
US-1,003,0196 Fluoride fluorescent material and method for producing the same as well as light emitting device using the same
An apparatus and method sinters or partially sinters green pellets in a selected temperature range to make proppant particles as the green pellets pass through...
The invention relates to a method of treating a hydrocarbon containing formation, comprising the following steps: a) preparing an internal olefin sulfonate,...
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An ex iPhone owner here, and I have a quick question, do I need an antivirus app on my phone? And what are the chances of getting a virus ?
You really don't NEED an anti-virus app. There are free ones out there that work well but the chances of getting a virus (especially if you are not rooted and side loading apps) is very small.
On google maps, it finds my location fine using GPS or Wifi. however it never uses verizon's cell towers. that means that google latitude doesn't work right and google location history doesn't work right. I've had the droid since november and this just started happening a couple months ago...What could be the problem?
Anyone have any idea how long it'll take for us HTC Sensers to get this update? It seems like a pretty major one, and an exciting one too. It also adds Flash 10.1 (fully funtional), USB tethering, and addresses fragmentation issues.
I doubt it will take HTC long to update sense, but you can rest assured that Verizon will test the sh!t out of 2.2 before they officially release it.
there are threads on this topic already. don't know how long it will take because it has worked with htc because of the HTC SEnse UI, and then Verizon has to approve it. but have no fear, it should come to the incredible
Pray for root... then flash 2.2 stock. Then most likely 2.2 w/ sense will get leaked and then months later Verizon will officially release it OTA
It took HTC 4 months to build Sense around 2.1, and another 2 or 3 for carriers to release it to their phones.
True, but that's coming from 1.5/1.6, a big upgrade. Building sense for 2.2 shouldn't take "nearly" as long. The trouble is verizon, they're not the speediest when it comes to update.
I think they will do 2.2 quickly for the EVO but then it will go on the incredible too since the work is already done.
Will it be easy to root the Droid Incredible to put Android 2.2 on it when it comes out? And if you can, will you lose the Sense UI in the process of going over to 2.2?
Rooting will take some time, probably in the next couple months. Froyo will be released by HTC with Sense UI probably around September, so if you can wait the extra 1 or 2 months for the official release, you won't have to root.
I switched over from an iphone because I thought Android would be more "open". When I bought my Incredible I didn't know it has a custom UI and that it would take months to update to newer versions of Android.
It is the manufactures that have to create the updates for Verizon - but I assume that high priority and flagship phones are at the top of the list. If the Incredible is a hot item when Froyo hits, then perhaps we'll see a reasonably timely release (yeah, right )
So you did zero research on the nearly $600 device you bought? I sense many more complaints from you in the near future.
They still seem to be more frequent than iPhone and definitely more frequent than Blackberry updates.
lol, I don't really know of any iPhone users (previous or current) that DON'T complain about something constantly..
What does the 2.2 update have to do with being open? Nothing. It is an open platform, we have apps that would never be approved by apple or other platforms. Thats what being open is all about. Being open is not about the speed at which updates are pushed. Being open is all about what is ALLOWED on the platform.
Or you can stay with a more current piece of hardware... you bought a BRAND NEW phone, what did you expect? Did you really think it would be rooted the day it came out? If you are coming from an iPhone then you should be used to getting updates once a year, it's only a few months here. I am not seeing the problem.
Well then allow me to chime in. I switched from my iPhone 3gs in November and picked up a MOTO Droid. I had unlocked all of my iPhoneS and I rooted my Droid. Switching to Android was the best decision I could have made. And I love the sense UI. I don't mind waiting a little longer for the update.
Good for you. You are definitely the minority son. I can't get my one friend that has an iPhone to even recognize Android as a worthy competitor.
2.2 really takes the cake. I will stick with the Incredible for a year if HTC can promise 2.2 on it by end of June. Otherwise, returning this phone next week and getting a Samsung Galaxy S.
As I said I am just a little disappointed. It's like buying a Dell then having a new Windows come out but having to wait for months for Dell to let me upgrade.
I guess what I'm saying is HTC should have had 2.2 beta and have the upgrade already done or close to it.
I can assure you HTC has had the 2.2 Beta, probably even the alpha. They are Google's biggest pushers so the relationship is pretty close. It's a matter of making sure they can deliver it to their flagship phones the Incredible and the EVO in a reasonable amount of time.
None of my gif images seem to work, they look like jpg. I have received and downloaded gif files, none have any movement. If I send them ,they work for the person I send them to.
What settings do I have to set up. I noticed this error my first day and have been searching for an answer. I hope it is nothing tto do we the lack of flash.
The DROID doesn't support GIFs at this time. Someone suggested that when the 10.1 Flash update gets to us, then perhaps GIFs will be supported. But I don't see the link between the two of them.
That's because there isn't one. I think that was the thread about animated fonts in those annoying emails people's aunts send out. Someone was just confused.
That's because there isn't one. I think that was the thread about animated fonts in those annoying emails people's aunts send out. Someone was just confused.[/Q
If you mean like animated messages you might from a friend, (Granny kicking baby, Santa mooning you, etc), Handcent will play these for you. Animated.
Yea, but why? I like that I don't get them. It's the same reason I run ad blocking and flash blocking software on my computers. I hate ads, and commercials. That was one of the nice things about living in Alaska, billboards are illegal. I move down here and you can't see the scenery because of all the damn billboards.
my android of samsung galaxy duos model no. s6102. i rooted my cell and tried to install 3rd party os. bt nw my cell is neither starting nor going to recovery mode.its just showing starting symbol and thats it.... plz help... my email id is [email protected]
I know the OS has a TTS that talks to you but does anybody know if there is a zoom feature that does something similar to what the iPhone does. Maybe even an app? thanks.
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Recover Exchange server corrupt EDB files emails and move entire recover database to new NSF file format by EDB to NSF software. With this tool user can repair all inaccessible files of Exchange server without following long recovery procedure.
When I picked up that awesome dresser a while back ago that David refinished for me it also came with a mirror attached to the back. We unscrewed the mirror because I wasn't sure where I wanted to put it at the time. I also knew I would attach it to the wall as opposed to the dresser.
However its been hanging out in the garage for awhile now with nothing done to her. Time to inspire as I would like to have it hung soon in our guest room. Which idea do you guys like best?
My friend Kerri linked this to me because she knows I am a sucker for anything herringbone. I really like this but the mirror I have is not completely flat so I think this would be a harder look to do.
Of course I love the idea of an ombre mirror. However I would do it in a more neutral color so I can easily swap it in and out of rooms.
My first thought was to spray it gold - but David quickly nixed that idea!He actually wants to crackle paint the mirror which I am not totally opposed to. Problem is I am not sure what color to paint it. Since we went with a dark gray paint on the dresser.
And on a random side note - does anyone follow blogs that give great photography tips/tricks? I love learning about my camera and would love to follow a blogger who provides lessons and tutorials. If you do leave their name in the comments! Thank you!
Another quiet weekend around these parts! Went to a baby sprinkle that my friend Angie did an amazing job with all the details and decorations. It was very sweet and I was more than happy to be the photographer for the day. Still trying to hone in on all the components of my camera!
Hope you all had a great weekend! It's raining leaves here and I slightly regret wishing for colder weather! It's chilly in San Francisco!
Blustery days in San Francisco call for bundling up and when that fog rolls around it's no joke. Follow @karlthefog on twitter to find out!
This weekend we are headed to a co-ed baby sprinkle for our friend Kristi and baby Jaxsen. They already have one little named Nate and he is just a doll! Excited to see round two of cuteness.
Afterwards we are headed back to the car dealership for round two of disagreeing on what car to purchase. David's car has decided to just die so we're off to find a car that we both agree on. I am still lobbying for the Jeep Grand Cherokee and he wants anything but the Jeep...standard.
I confess...I have two baby outfits hanging in my closet. One is a long running joke with a friend and the other has no excuse.
I confess...this was in the donation pile from a "Nerdy 30" party but I pulled it back out. I felt bad donating it now that he passed away.
On Friday, the sweet Chelsea, nominated me for a Sunshine Award. I love that other bloggers show their support to one another by creating awards :) If you have not read Chelsea's blog go check her out. Her and her husband, Parker, (great name!) are so sweet!
Right now I am a big fan of Nashville. I usually watch reality junk - it makes David want to kill me. Also a huge fan of One Tree Hill.
4th of July used to be my favorite holiday. But then a couple of years in a row it was sucky. However I think I am going to reinstate July 4th as my favorite.
I would have to say going to Italy as a college graduation trip with my best friends. It was such an amazing trip and I am so grateful I got to go!
Everything always comes back in style! I went through a clear sunglasses stage and I hope that doesn't come back haha!
Well its happened... Bart is on strike and therefor giving me a hellacious commute to work. My boss was kind enough to let me stay home on Friday to avoid the horrific traffic. But here comes Monday and still no trains.
I had a quiet weekend here - I joined Netflix and watched an obscene amount of television. I needed to know what Breaking Bad was all about. It was good... But nowhere near as good as
Oh my I am obsessed!! Does anyone else watch this? My first thought was that's the lucky girl who got to have those super hot make out scenes with Zac Efron! Haha.
Me and the Mr. have no plans the weekend and for that I am pretty excited! I think I may try to get my mom to go to the outlets with me since this could be one of the last weekends of nice weather!
Other than that I will be piddling around on goldie fawn (yes I named her!) debating between two iPhone cases - #firstworldproblems
I saw this adorable post on Natasha's blog and thought I would play along. I changed it up a bit instead of answering Cupcakes & Cashmere's 8 Thing Every Happy Woman Should Have - I made up my own!
Come on - you all knew that would be #1. And I honestly believe it. Dogs have an amazing ability to know exactly what you need. As if you needed even more reasons.
It can be a beach, lake, river or pond. I feel so much more happy when I am near a body of water. It's the Pisces in me.
I am so blessed by my five nephews. They are all such incredible little boys and I am so excited to watch them grow and have a close bond with them.
A girl is not complete without her entourage and mine is pretty amazing. And for all those people who say "I am more of a guy's girl" well you're missing out on some amazing relationships - so go make some girlfriends!
I love spending time with my husband and girlfriends. However it's always nice to find something you enjoy doing alone. Here are six more good reasons.
Life is way too short to take it so seriously. There is no better way to spend the dash between your years than by making memories.
Now this is one of those things I didn't quite grasp until later on in life. Yet I am on my way and I thank my little rescue for showing me...
Okay so technically maybe these boots are not really made for walking. But they are made to look cute!
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The TakeAway: While extremist politics dominate Washington, financial markets continue to seize, and US credit-worthiness takes a beating, advocates of sustainability and good governance need to stop moping and get off the bench. Here are four stratagems to reverse the tide: educate and engage a broader public, hold political candidates accountable, and support Bob Massie for U.S. Senate.
What a week this was: in the face of a double-dip recession, the Dow exhibits bipolar behavior, its wild volatility (including the worst trading days since September 2008) an apparent reaction to last Friday’s unprecedented downgrade by Standard & Poor’s of the nation’s debt rating, from “AAA” to “AA.” President Obama hit the airwaves Monday afternoon, less than a week after signing a debt-ceiling bill that many believe is a complete capitulation to right-wing Republicans because it failed to include any tax increases while calling for massive cuts—which in the long run won’t make much of a difference. Adding insult to injury, Congress abdicated its authority to a 12-member “Super Congress” that supposedly will recommend at least $1.5 trillion of additional deficit measures, further concentrating public power in the hands of a few.
Meanwhile, despite last year’s passage of omnibus financial regulatory reform, its opponents have taken to the courts while seeking to castrate the SEC by defunding its ability to make and enforce rules based on the law’s provisions. Unemployment remains at historic levels (9.1 percent), with nearly 14 million Americans out of work and more than 6 million of them jobless for more than six months. Income / wealth inequalities – exacerbated across racial and ethnicity lines – continue to rise, with most Americans unable to cope with a $1,000 emergency. This is a picture far removed from Washington’s political gamesmanship as politicians gear up for 2012 elections. Last night’s Republican debate was the opening salvo in what promises to be a dreary, dirty campaign season.
No wonder the public is fed up. A Washington Post poll reveals that three-quarters of the American people have little or no confidence in Washington’s ability to repair the economy. The vast majority are dissatisfied by the way the way our political system is working, and believe Washington is focused on the “wrong things.” “The decline in confidence has potentially profound implications for coming elections,” reports the Post, “although the anger appears directed evenly between the two parties.”
We’re suffering from a “failure of leadership,” opines the New York Times, telling us what we already know: that our elected officials have no sense of what we need, no empathy for our plight, and no apparently ability to speak our language, define the problem and call upon us all to rise to the occasion and fix it.
You’d think that in the face of this mess that my colleagues, who’ve dedicated their lives to sustainable prosperity and social justice, would rally quickly and use their power as civic change agents as effectively as they’ve used their power as private sector change agents. You’d think that they would apply their recognition of the links between private prosperity and the public good and the overlapping interdependence of healthy ecosystems, and work to complete an incomplete picture of what’s wrong and what’s needed.
Instead, they’re on the political sidelines, working to advance corporate accountability, responsible investing, and stakeholder engagement. These are noble and important goods, but relatively meaningless within a political context determined to destroy them, driven by an ideology that’s taken us to the brink of economic disaster, poisoned public rhetoric (and even worse, our imagination), and dashed our dreams of liberty and justice for all.
So it’s time to get off the bench and onto the playing field, educating each other and a wider public about alternative approaches to markets that strengthen society rather than dividing it. It’s time to support candidates who recognize that “building value” has multiple meaning, involving not just economic well-being but environmental and social well-being, too.
It’s time to forge a new politics that builds us up rather than takes us down, reminding us that we are more than the sum of our pluralist parts, instead of appealing to prejudice, fear, and vulnerability.
It’s time to create a new vocabulary that’s suitable not just for Wall Street and Main Street, but for our street—a language capturing the fullest sense of “return on investment” that has both civic moral and material purpose and meaning in our lives, and those who come after us.
It’s time to hold political candidates accountable, challenging them to address the problems we tackle every day: global warming and sustainability, accountable business models, responsible ownership, good corporate governance, stakeholder engagement, human rights, clean energy—the list goes on and on.
It’s also time to support those few candidates who dare to run for office because they offer transformative leadership that embodies the purpose, passions, and pragmatic principles that animate our work.
1. With respect to education, both social media and the Internet provide endless opportunities for communicating far and wide alternative models of economic behavior that advance sustainable prosperity and justice, which we’ve only begun to tap. But beyond Facebook, we need more face-time, too. We need to go offline, reach out to our community, have a conversation about what this country needs, and what we can do about it.
Coalition building in the finest sense, we need to engage a broader, diverse public about how we can improve both our economy and the planet at the same time. We’re far too isolated from public discourse, as evidenced by the dominance of extremist rhetoric, demagoguery, and downright ignorance. It’s time to speak up, and get beyond our comfort zone in ways that are civically compatible with voter education. Go ahead: call 5 of your friends—better yet, contact folks you know don’t agree with you, and get the discussion going!
2. As for a new vocabulary, we need to be “bilingual”, speaking both what Canadian philosopher Charles M. Taylor calls an “upper language” of purpose and meaning and a “lower language” more utilitarian in scope. We need to make it plain, as well: our sustainability language is off-putting to many average people who yearn for a better way to make sense of a bewildering world they feel powerless to influence. One small step for linguistic clarity and precision: I’m working with colleagues Deborah Leipziger, Bill Baue, and Joshua Gay to build a platform for words and terms that more accurately convey the concepts that characterize our work. But we need to do a whole lot more to craft and speak a language that helps us speak to the world in more effective ways. We need to engage, collectively, in broader public conversations about how to strengthen our democracy and political economy within an international context that values many of the same goods that we do.
3. As for holding political candidates accountable, we need to take to the editorial pages and airwaves, advancing the social justice and sustainability arguments we make so well in proxy races and boardrooms. Our 501(c)(3) status is no excuse for not speaking out as private citizens and letting our voices – and expertise – be heard, challenging candidates to reveal their agenda for building a sustainable economy that incorporates environmental, social, and governance goals, and laying bare their prejudices for business development at any price.
4. As for supporting candidates that embody the change we seek, we’ve already got one here in Massachusetts who represents our shared commitments and aspirations. His name is Bob Massie, and he’s running for U.S. Senate. Bob holds precisely the depth of knowledge, skills, experience, and temperament so desperately needed to tackle the thorny problems that beset our nation and world.
For those who don’t know him, Bob’s entire life is about public service, whatever his perch—behind the pulpit (he’s an ordained Episcopalian minister), in the boardroom (he’s years of experience advancing corporate accountability), or on the streets (he’s a history of marching on behalf of the oppressed). Against great personal and professional odds, he’s fought for the common good, in health care, in economic life, in sustainable prosperity here at home and abroad. What makes him especially unusual is that he’s a thinker as well as a fighter, someone who understands both the big picture and the details, and isn’t afraid to state his opinions. Plus, he’s an entrepreneur, something sorely needed in this ever-changing world of ours where adaptive creative is a necessity, not rigid adherence to failed models.
Some examples of Bob’s vision and portfolio of experience that helped set the stage for so many to follow:
He was the first executive director of Ceres, asked by Ceres’ founder Joan Bavaria back in 1989 to build a coalition of responsible investors that would make companies more responsible environmental citizens.
He founded the Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), now a network of 100 institutional investors with combined assets of $10 trillion, which focuses on climate change risks and financial opportunities, and addresses the policy and governance issues impeding investor progress toward more sustainable capital markets.
He co-founded the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in 1997, now widely viewed as the gold standard for corporate sustainability reporting, used throughout the world by more than 1,800 companies for corporate reporting on environmental, social, and economic performance.
More recently, when he’s not campaigning Bob serves as a member of the Working Group of the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC), a powerful, international cross section of leaders from the corporate, investment, accounting, securities, regulatory, academic and standard-setting sectors as well as civil society. The IIRC extends the principles of the GRI by seeking to legitimate this wider definition of business performance and impact throughout the world, “in a way that will create a more profound and comprehensive picture of the risks and opportunities a company faces, specifically in the context of the drive towards a more sustainable global economy.”
And this is just a sampler. Bob Massie’s run for office before, worked on numerous political campaigns, knows how to speak both the “upper language” of purpose and meaning, and the “lower language” of persuasion and practicalities. He’s climbed more mountains that most of us can see, yet maintains a tireless faith in the future and our ability to transcend our limits without losing our souls.
Bob’s campaign, which receives favorable support from grassroots Massachusetts, continues to advance the causes we hold dear, while elevating the discourse from polemics to possibility. He needs our help, though, to carry the message through the coming grueling months. If you believe in sustainable prosperity and justice, please consider supporting him by visiting his website at www.bobmassie.org and making a donation.
What’s troubling to me about the current state of affairs is not just the Tea Party’s outsized strength, or the polluting power of corporate money in campaigns, or even the polarized climate in which the nation’s business is conducted.
What’s troubling is the absence of those who’ve dedicated their lives to social justice, sustainable prosperity, and the common good who are missing in action when it comes to electoral politics, thus enabling a democracy crisis that threatens our markets, our heritage, and our common human future. Within this climate, one can choose to sing a song of sorrow and stay on the sidelines, or fight back and reclaim our politics, exercising the duties that citizenship bestows, the Spirit of America upon which our republican government relies.
The destructive dysfunction of contemporary public life needs to be reversed, and who better to do this than those who’ve fought to make economic enterprise more accountable to the public interest?
It’s time for those who are sitting on the sidelines to put their actions where their beliefs are. So get out there and speak to the world, watch your language, hold candidates accountable by asking hard questions and make them talk about their plans for building a sustainable and just future.
And support Bob Massie’s campaign for U.S. Senate. Otherwise, we run the risk of letting our ideals, values, and commitments become ghosts on the landscape of tyranny’s shadows.
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A Minor Reading Series is kicking back into gear just as the world needs it most with two inimitable talents. Meghan Lamb is traveling through Portland on tour in support of her new highly acclaimed work, Silk Flowers. Prolific local star Douglas W. Milliken has emerged from apple season ready to make us uncomfortable. It’s going to be a beautiful night. Begins at 8. Suggested donation $5. Many thanks to the Apohadion Theater.
“Silk Flowers is incisive, intimate, ethereal yet physical, capturing the disconnect between lovers, a disconnect that appears to travel deep into each one of them and then manifest in mysterious, unbidden ways. Sharply written, structured in an almost unsettling his/hers dichotomy, this is a novel that will make the reader ponder the distances between and within.” -Dao Strom
“I believe Doug Milliken has a firm grasp of life’s little traumas. He takes his chunk of loving meat and hangs it from a butcher’s hook on display for the world to read.”
On March 7, 2012 just a few minutes after midnight UT time the active region (AR11429) unleashed two strong X-class flare. The first, X5.4-class, showed a very bright flare, the second right after, X1-class, hurled a second coronal mass ejection into Space. Also seen can be a wave going across the Sun at approx. 1,000,000 mph - also known as a Solar Tsunami. Here are various views of this events over a couple of hours, including some close-up views of the Sunspot 1429. Credit: NASA SDO & Dr. A. Kosovichev, HMI
The active region (AR 1429), the source of many strong flares and geomagnetic storms in the beginning of March 2012, has completed its journey around the Sun and is peaking over the Eastern limb of the Sun. But it is not nearly the behemoth it was four weeks ago. The view through the HMI telescope shows the movement and development of this sunspot in early March and shows how this region is returning the end of March. The AIA 171 angstrom view shows the coronal loops, arcs extending off the Sun where plasma moves along magnetic field lines. This video also includes a view of early and late March 2012 activities. As the saying goes - "A trip around the Sun can make you decay...".
Background: Though the lyrics here seem to refer to this song as an old English song. I found some lyrics for a Scottish version called Tae the Begging I Will Go.
From Columbus, OH, Zero Star is an emcee that can take the listener through various journeys with his ever changing flow, cadence, and rhyme pattern. Influenced by music of the 90’s, Star provides the nostalgic feeling that most hip hop music is missing. Star has also been featured in rap battle leagues such as Fight Klub and Grind Time Now. In 2006, he released his debut album, Forever’s Never Really That Long, on Weightless Recordings with production from Blueprint. In 2011, Star released Don’t Look Now EP and his second album, Maybe I’m Joking, Maybe I’m Not.
Painted three more bedrooms. Spent more money at Walmart and Lowe’s and Home Depot. Exhausted. While painting Annie’s room we laughed about the GHOST EYE* and about how both girls will react when they see their rooms. Annie will do the Annie Face; Katie Beth will say “I liiiiiiike it!!!!!” in her sweet shy voice. We know them well.
*About that Ghost Eye? Annie has made friends with a little boy who lives across the street. A little boy who has been in our house before, he said. Been… in our house… where… he… saw… in the attic…. a GHOST. EYE. Awesome insight into how best to freak Annie out... Ghost eyes are flippin’ terrifying.
My almost-70-year-old parents came over to help today. They removed the cedar shingles from Annie’s room and bless my moms heart, she filled in a zillion nail holes and my dad carted sixteen tons of cedar shingles down the stairs in 172 trips. Among other things they found to do all day long. I could NOT make it without them.
I just realized with great angst that we never took a “before” picture of Annie’s cedar-shingle-paneled room. I don’t know how we missed that, but her room was all “inside of a medieval castle” theme. Or maybe “inside of a tree house?” Either way, the cedar shingles had to go.
Oh, did I forget to mention that I was going with a Cheap Taco Stand theme for her bedroom? That’s probably because it wasn’t quite the look I was going for.
Yeah, as I was sitting at El Lugar yesterday waiting for them to bring out our Number Sevens, I couldn’t help but notice the eye-blistering shade of Guadalajara Turquoise on the walls (it’s one of Ralph Lauren’s colors… probably), and had this sinking feeling that I’VE MADE A HUGE MISTAKE.
I’ve heard rumors that you can see the turquoise paint glowing so loudly you can almost hear it, all the way out her bedroom window clear to Loop 323 like it’s the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.
I was, shall we say… concerned, maybe a tad dismayed, but not so much so that I was willing to pick a new color and redo the whole thing; I have five bedrooms to paint, for Pete’s sake, and ain’t nobody got time for that. Assaulting Stimulating children with visual pain stimulation is good for children. I mean, I feel sure it is. Like jolts of electricity to their visual cortex or something; that’s got to be good, right?
Sherwin-Williams calls it “Mariner,” which doesn’t sound Mexican at ALL. Sort of deceptive if you ask me.
Katie Beth is slowing my roll by showing me Every. Last. Trinket she comes across. Look mama! Look! I found this plastic ring I got in my Valentines’ Day goody bag in third grade! Or was it second grade? Look! Mama look!
Annie is singing and dancing her belongings into the trailer one Barbie shoe at a time, because a trailer makes a great stage and she IS a singer and pretty much knows everything there is to know about dancing. But not so much about hard work. Serenity now.
Why is it every time I move into a house there are 5,000 wire hangers left behind by the previous owners? And this, of course, after I have thrown away 5,000 wire hangers of my own. But on laundry day there is nary a hanger to be found. It’s a mystery.
Falling into bed at midnight again. Hubby moved our bed from the den where we had been camping out into our newly carpeted bedroom while I was in the shower, bless his heart, so night five = first night in our new room.
I love my life, my room, and my house, and I’m so thankful that God brought all this together for me.
Buy the book Meet Catherine Young. She is currently the Vice President of the United States, and has just accepted the nomination of her party to attempt to become the next President. As Patrice Fitzgerald‘s novel “Running” opens, Catherine is surging in the polls against her opponent, another woman – a folksy, blonde beauty who’s married to a powerful televangelist. And just as suddenly as these things really do happen, a medical emergency thrusts Catherine…
With the Internet opening up new shopping for and selling avenues, SMEs are actually expanding their business outside their national boundaries. I suppose I will go to your ranch fairly quickly and hopefully I will meet you in particular person, and I wish to speak about business with you if attainable. I would not be shocked if there are foreigners running the identical type of business as yours in Thailand so they’re taking a threat. Other issues that you may add to your business plan could embody a menu, food costings, provider names and a cash movement forecast and profit and loss forecast. Women that are heavy within the thighs can opt to put on stretch jeans or dark pants with a patterned high to take consideration from them. If you do not already have one, spend money on a big ice chest to keep food cold should you plan on delivering a number of orders in one trip.
For example, while you click on File -> Save As -> You will get a dialog box that asks you for a location to avoid wasting the document and likewise a format during which to avoid wasting the doc. During this period, maintain monitoring the performance of the business and everybody concerned including employees, customers and suppliers. For ourselves and for my firm we make a degree of paying the bank cards on time.
Business Immigration Visa assists businessmen and buyers (High Net-value Individuals/HNIs), residing in any part of the world, prepared to make an investment in another country and on the identical time wanting to acquire residency/permanent immigration of that country. The idea of a business plan is not so much in regards to the plan as it is about researching and serious about the the right way to tie your dream to actionable steps. Depending on native laws in your space, beginning a home-primarily based food business might be straightforward or sophisticated, however if you happen to love food and cooking, the pink tape may be value it!
A business plan covers all of the associated factors which can be important for a successful enterprise together with imaginative and prescient, description of the market, projected financials, employee relationships and customer relations administration (CRM). For instance, a couple of native antique outlets have my business playing cards and fliers displayed for my photograph restoration business. After attempting several totally different companies, I know I won’t ever stray from Moo – it should get all of my future business card and sticker business. The penalty is deportation and in excessive cases shutting down your business permanently. Today, Corbis announced the sale of its content material licensing business to Unity Glory International, which is an affiliate of the Visual China Group (VCG), a number one Chinese visible communications and new media business.
If your credit score isn’t perfect clarify what happened and the way you intend on getting again on observe. They normally require an settlement between two or more individuals to jointly personal and function the business. You need your identify to stand out and spell out exactly what you do. You additionally want your identify to sound like knowledgeable business.
Uber won a legal bid on Tuesday to restore its operating licence in London after a judge overturned an earlier decision and granted the ride-hailing app a 15-month permit.
The capital's transport authority stripped the American firm of its licence last September amid safety concerns, but Uber appealed the decision and was allowed to continue operating while the case was heard.
At a hearing, its lawyers convinced England's chief magistrate that it had mended its ways with a raft of reforms.
"It has provided evidence to this court that it is now a fit and proper person," Judge Emma Arbuthnot wrote in a 13-page ruling granting the new licence.
However, the judge agreed with transport officials' decision to block the renewal last year, noting "a rather gung-ho attitude of those running the business in the very recent past".
She added: "The attitude of the previous managers... appeared to me on the evidence to be that of grow the business come what may."
But Arbuthnot said she had considered "the new governance arrangements" put in place and was persuaded that a shorter 15-month licence term would allow Transport for London (TfL), the authority, to judge Uber's changes.
TfL's concerns included how it obtained drivers' medical certificates and how criminal record checks were carried out.
Measures adopted include the appointment of new non-executive directors, limits to driver hours, a new telephone support line, and better insurance policies, it said.
"We accept TfL's decision in September was the right decision on the evidence at the time," Uber's lawyer Tom de la Mare told the judge.
"Uber's new directors threw its old bosses under the bus today, and persuaded a judge that the gig economy giant has turned a corner for good," said its campaigner Eoin Dubsky.
"Uber is still a shady corporation and shouldn't have been granted a new licence until it can show drivers are treated fairly."
"Cab drivers are going to be hearing this in absolute disbelief," he told AFP outside the court, calling the ruling "a travesty".
In a separate case, Uber is also appealing against an employment court ruling that would give its drivers the right to paid holidays and the national minimum wage.
The London licence has been one of a number of headaches for Uber and its new chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi, who took over last August after founder Travis Kalanick was ousted following a series of scandals.
Its self-driving car programme in the United States suffered a blow with a deadly accident in March.
Uber also faces being banned in Turkey after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said earlier this month that the app was "finished", following an intense lobbying campaign from Istanbul taxi drivers.
FILE – This May 23, 2017 file photo shows GW Pharmaceuticals’ Epidiolex, a medicine made from the marijuana plant but without THC. (AP Photo/Kathy Young, File)
In an earnings call Tuesday, GW Pharmaceuticals said about 1,200 people — primarily patients with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome and Dravet Syndrome who participated in the drug trials — currently are receiving Epidiolex.
CBD remains a Schedule 1 drug according to the federal government, which means it has no recognized medical use. Before Epidiolex can be prescribed, the FDA must reschedule CBD.
With the tragic events of last week that have shaken our nation to its core, it’s important for us to not dwell on the horror but to look beyond and find a way to heal this great nation.
As you know, I’m an immigrant to this land, in the religious minority, where the opportunities for success, growth and freedom, personal and religious, were many. I spoke virtually no English when I arrived, and through years of schooling and hard work, I’ve mastered the language, mastered a business and honed my passion for music, photography, technology and the web. Only here, in this place, were all those things possible.
The Muslim community of Pittsburgh has donated over $200,000 to their Jewish friends to help bury and rebuild the lives of the grieving Jews. They’ve pledged to walk with them, literally, to their synagogues, to the grocery store and to hold their hands when they are fearful. That is love.
I know that we will go from this darkness back into the light. We can and we will. It begins with each and every one of us. Here’s to a future that is brighter than ever.
Like it or not, we’ve transcended the Information Age. Welcome to the social business era, characterized by a growing transparency (some of it unintended) that is revolutionizing the way we do business. “There’s now a distinct overlap—maybe even a full convergence—between three things that used to be separate,” says Justin. “Your brand, your culture, and your leadership style.”Read more.
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you are I a relationship with someone else? I promise you when you are single the opposite sex does not find you attractive and when you hit on them they don’t even want you. Now get into a relationship and all of a sudden you are attractive even to people who did not even know that you were in a relationship in the first place. It’s like we excrete something from our paws that make them like us. Before I dated Londiwe I had been single for a while and mind you this is even when I had a car. I simply refused to scrape the barrel and date school kids and girls in university for the simple reason that I had self respect. Most of my friends the moment they got that first job and car they slept with every dusty girl in sight especially university girls. TUT is always the University of Choice because those girls like things and seem to take shit because my friends are not really the type that are a beacon of hope. Now here I was looking at a naked woman who I think was most certainly hitting on me knowing I was married.
I asked her as I helped her up. I know in movies men look the other way to show how much of gentlemen they are but I am not that man. I did not want to slip and fall looking aside.
She asked me. I think she had twisted something and she was in pain so no, me looking at her was not sexual at all it was concern.
She said. This woman was completely naked and she had not thought once to cover herself up until now.
She said and I went and got it for. She lifted her hands so I could wrap it around her which was awkward enough as is.
She said. I didn’t even carry Londiwe not because I did not want to but she always said Zulu girls don’t like to be lifted, something about it being against tradition. I lifted her up and she put her arms around me. I lifted her and placed her on the couch.
I told her. It’s something we always see in movies after someone is punched or punched someone they use frozen vegetables. When I open her fridge,
I asked her and she loved. There were at least ten bottles of the shit champagne in her fridge. She laughed.
“I used to think so too. I don’t know where my man gets them and sometimes I just don’t ask because the less you know the better!”
She said. I was not even sure what she had just said but she had kind of insinuated that it could not all be legal.
“No man I mean like clothes for example because when I am gone you will have to hop around on your own!”
“Hell no! If I send her she will know I was here. You have her number so please call her yourself. Please don’t tell her I was here let alone that you were naked when I was here!”
I asked her nicely. I had done nothing wrong but there is no way Londiwe would trust me enough to believe that.
“Dude you did not even flinch when I was naked. Other guys would even try to touch extras and you did not. Either you are very loyal to Londiwe, which I know for a fact is not true or you prefer the same sex!”
I told her and I stood up and left. She has actually annoyed me the ungrateful bitch! Crap did I say that? What else would you call a woman who out rightly throws herself at you knowing you are with someone and so is she. I waited only two minutes outside before the locksmith arrived.
He said instructing a black guy he had come with. The black guy is the one who fixed it and it him under ten minutes to fix the door and R450 later he was driving out.
“I broke the key in the lock and the locksmith came with a black guy who did all the work and I paid the white guy!”
I told her. It truly is an exploitative situation and in most of these jobs it’s the blacks that do the job and the white guy drives the car and counts the money.
“You should learn to fix things by yourself this way in future you don’t waste money unnecessarily!”
I knew exactly what she was talking about but entertaining her now would mean an argument so for now I had to brush it off.
“Imagine I broke the key trying to open the door. I always said we must fix the door but always we found an excuse not to! Imagine if it was at night and. calling a locksmith they would charge you double that are for sure!”
“Oh so now you want to talk to me after leaving me there stuck with my mother! I see what you are doing Vusi and it’s not funny!”
“I had to leave. That was a matter you guys had to discuss alone so I am sorry love but I have no regrets!”
“Ouch love come on that actually hurt but ok, I am sorry I left you but no matter what I should never have been put in that position in the first place. That was a conversation you had to have with your mother without me being there before they could then talk to me about it!”
“Yes well it’s too late now and my mother is not happy at all. She says that two wives are so difficult to have because they will fight a lot. ”
“I think we established that and we said we are doing it anyway. You know why we need to keep Naledi on our side right and besides there will be benefits to this to both of us!”
“It doesn’t matter anyway we need to go to the doctor tomorrow. I was spotting earlier on and I just need to go see if everything is ok!”
“No I did not but I am sure someone will see us. I need to be 100% because Monday at work I don’t want any drama!”
“If you had been paying attention to me these last couple of days you would have known that I got the job that your mother hooked me up with. I start on Tuesday!”
I need advice/references on who to consult about my problem. My baby sis passed her grade 12 with poor marks last year (higher certificate) and knowing she won’t be admitted even for an extended program, I contacted a guy I met through a friend, who has connections (or so he makes people believe), in hopes that he’d help my sister register in Vaal University of Technology
We arranged to meet, i hadn’t asked him how much is he going to charge, when we met, the friend whom I had met him through was also present, she also needed his help with something, and so we both paid him (he charged me R5000), which somehow made me believe he’ll do the task. He insisted that he wants the money upfront because he also has to bribe his way up, i ignored that little voice that spoke some sense in me and gave him
Now after registrations, i find out the guy didn’t even pull any connections, he followed normal procedure (which I would have done it myself), and as expected, her application was rejected. He refuses to pay back the money. We agreed that should it be unsuccessful, he’ll refund me. Good people, what do i do?
I know what i did was an unwise thing, I just need advice on what to do from here, advice only my people, no judgments and lectures lol.
Yazi FET colleges would have admitted her, why does she want to go to Vaal is it a status thing because the qualification si almost the same… and its cheaper…
@Vaal these things happen, consider yourself conned and move on. Unless you wanna hire people to beat the shit out of him to give your money back but that’s more money you have to pay. So let go.
Ngubani na lo wathi Universities are the only option after matric. Your sister must go to a TVET college and study engineering, that is if she did math and physics. The registrations start in April fro a new term. On the R5000, count your losses and move on, someday, he’ll be caught. I work at a university, I have helped many people for free.
Well, Vaal, heeheeheehee, did you seriously thought that your sis will be accepted, and if yes, she will perform well? ok Ronald, don’t be funny here dude, people are not the same hey, she was going to excel.
I suggest that you register her to a college so that she can rewrite or upgrade her subjects. if she pass with Diploma, please contact me, and I will bribe the management at UCT. I will need only R8000.
Q&A honestly speaking I do not believe you should force the issue of trying to get your sister into a university with her marks, in varsity she will be required to pass each and every module with 50% in order to pass; you will just be setting her up for failure. As Impondokazi said university is NOT the only option and frankly speaking it is NOT for everyone. Sit down with your sister and actually find out what it is that she wants to do with her future, not everyone is an academic, maybe she wants to learn a skill/trade, go to art/design school; our destinies are not the same and not everyone’s success lies in obtaining a university degree. Maybe she needs to repeat matric and improve her marks.
Women dont believe that men sometimes dont have appetite. Yes we do love food but on other occassions, there is no appetite at all.
Just to get a good picture of your original intention with R5k, you were paying it so that you can lose another R25k (res , books and school) during the year? Or was it because of free education. I will keep thinking. As others say, consider it your school fees as in udliwe (you are the corruptor as he is a corruptee as in Zuma vs Shaik).
As others have said, there are several FETs (which free higher education pays for most of the time) but I can also add artisan training centers the one I once visited is the one in Kempton Park. Google them, and you will see that if she register now, before everyone learn to say listeriosis correct she will be looking for a job.
@Vaal you should’ve just gotten your sister to improve her marks. What were you even thinking? So if she was accepted did you think she’ll perform well or were you planning to bribe all the way up to the qualification?
Vaal u just reminded me of this guy who conned me last year.😅😅 i guess it servres us ryt. This guy said he works at multichoice nd can bridge my mothers access acc to premium and i must pay him 800. He took all my details as the acc is registered under my name🙈 only to find out that he called multichoice on my behalf nd asked 4 my package to b increased hahaha. My mum was so happy to b watchng the latest isibaya bt aftr 2weeks i owed multichoice 680 nd worse decoder was suspended. I had to axcpt dt ive been robbed nd move on. Wat was i going to tell the police. U need to move on too. Whats sad tho is dt the guy is still conning ada ppl nd is getting away with it
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It can be hard to find good dress ups for boys and I thought this idea was genius! What little boy doesn't love a good mask?
First, cut out the pattern pieces and felt pieces. The easiest way to cut the felt is to cut out your pattern first then pin it to your felt and cut around it.
Then place your top piece onto another piece of felt and sandwich the elastic in between the two (I used 14 inches of elastic for each mask.) Sew around entire mask and around eye openings using a 1/8 inch seem allowance. I always like to sew back and forth over the elastic a few times for added strength.
Each mask comes together a little differently. Just remember that each mask should have at least two layers of felt. For Spider man I sewed on the web with black thread. I just kind of free handed this without a pattern, but I am sure you could also use that squeezy fabric paint to squeeze on the web.
And for some of the masks, you have to cut the back out too... like Captain America, Iron Man and Wolverine, but they come together pretty quickly.
Bio: Cyclonus uses mind control to combine with any bot, siphoning the powers of whichever Autobots or Decepticons will serve his purpose of unleashing chaos across the universe.
Cyke. Love Cyclonus. He's a character I enjoyed throughout the future-verse stories with his buddy Scourge, back in the day which made them both memorable and fun. Despite being, y'know, evil and all that. I was genuinely horrified when he got his head ripped off by Megatron as we tumbled into Time Wars – one of many visceral images Marvel UK's Transformers title etched upon my young brain – and further shocked that Shockwave ended up turning his decapitated body into some dreadful modern art installation. More recently, I've been loving James Robert's portrayal of the character as someone with a lot going on behind that brooding facade...and singing. Needless to say, he's recently endured another horrible death (hopefully permanent, Mr Roberts!) which has left me beside myself. Cyclonus was also one of the best things about the original cartoon's third season, being a dry, sardonic presence throughout.
Sadly, every toy he's got has been absolute arse in my eyes. The 1986 movie toy struggled turning such a sleek spacecraft into a decent robot, leaving us with some abhoration with pipecleaner legs, great big mitten hands and the Man With The Stick's paper helmet for a head. It looked crap. Fast forward to the future space year of 2008, and the Universe imprint gave us a Deluxe scaled nipper that got the robot mode pretty much bang on, but the alt mode was a compromised floating barrel of poorly pegged together arms and split apart legs. Although universally praised, I still find it a deeply unsatisfying toy which needed to be at least Voyager scale to do the character justice. Be careful what you wish for, right?
Combiner Wars has turned out a new Cyclonus toy. Sadly, its a retool of Combiner Wars Silverbolt. Not a bad thing in itself, at least at first glance. Shame its just not third time lucky.
Robot Mode: He's so purple! Oh my, this is all kinds of brilliant. He's a really nice vibrant shade of purple with some nice darker purples for his feeties and shoulders, plus those chevron marks on his arms. Some nice silver highlights on his midrift, hands, face and thighs, along with some grey plastics and flashes of red really make him pop. The rich hue of purple does a much better job of picking out all the cool details in the mould that Silverbolt's smudgy off-white failed to do and it makes him look all nice and crisp. He's got a nice stern grimace on his face and I actually think he looks pretty amazing. Okay, he's not as sleek as I'd like, as the mould is just far too boxy and bulky, plus the kibble here strangely feels more obtrusive on Cyclonus than it did on Silverbolt, mainly due to the larger wings. He comes with a straight grey repaint of Silverbolt's awful drainpipe gun, which looks just as pap as it did on Silverbolt and its a shame Hasbro didn't think to dig out Nightstick again as I'd have preferred his Targetmaster partner over this load of nonsense.
Alternate Mode: From the top down, Cyclonus loks pretty mega in his alt mode. What a difference the bigger size makes! This is more like it. It's sleek looking and mixes in some bluey-black into the alt mode. Pleasingly, the orange windows like the original '86 figure had have been carried over to this new upgrade. As with Silverbolt though, the underside is a clumsy jumble of not at all concealed robo-parts. This stops Cyclonus looking quite as awesome as he should, but I still prefer this over his two previous toys. He has some flip down landing gear under the nose cone and some moulded parts on his folded up legs that give the illusion of wheels. You can of course clamp the gun under the cockpit for a cocaine-snorting jet mode.
Alternate Mode: This being Combiner Wars and Cyclonus being a retool of Silverbolt, he can also form a torso and bring Galvatronus to the battlefield, seizing any limb-bots that might be in the vicinity. Whilst die-hard geewunners may roll their eyes at this, I really like it. Its a boss looking mode that apes the future Decepticon leader brilliantly and I like the additional play options this brings to the table. The detailing is again spot on, with the red tummy bits and cracking combiner noggin going on. Its just a really great extra to have.
Transformation Design: Unchanged from Silverbolt, with just the addition of two detachable fins to cover the fists in spacecraft mode, which is a nice touch. Sadly, the utterly diseased plastics are what make Cyclonus a failure. The plastics feel thin and brittle, like they could go at any moment. The ratchet joints are so heavy that they feel like they're going to cause this thing to explode every time you manipulate the figure, such is the strain you can feel they're putting the figure under. Its not a nice feeling and really makes playing with Cyclonus feel like some kiddy version of Russian roulette. 6/10
Durability: If he had better plastics – like Silverbolt – Cyclonus would be properly ace. As it is, I'm just waiting for the day that this thing explodes into a load of sharp plastic shards that'll rip my fingers to shreds. Not good. 1/10
Articulation: As established, mainline toys have just enough articulation these days for you to pose them and have them wave their arms and legs about. Its par for the course and will give you enough to work with, just don't be expecting the hyper-posable levels of yesteryears live action movie toys or today's Masterpiece figures. 7/10
Fun: I do like Cyclonus and I do find him a fun toy, but he's just made out of dead twigs and it really ruins the whole experience which is a massive shame. 5/10
Price/Value: I got this guy for £12.99 reduced at TRU a few months ago, and I'm happy with that. It makes his crappy plastics feel less of an issue than if I'd paid the £30 or whatever that's expected for these things normally. That said, I really do wish Hasbro would buck their ideas up and stop using such horrible low-grade materials for their Transformers toys. Just knock it on the head with all the One-Step, Quick Change piffle and use the money and resources you'll have saved to turn out some well made toys. I'm tired of feeling disappointed and that I'm constantly taking a gamble when I pick up any new Transformers toy. 7/10
Overall: My love of the character and this toy, despite its many flaws, does not make this something I can recommend to others, in all good conscience. If you're interested and can end up getting one second hand for a few quid, he might be worth it, but anyone else need not apply. He's a horrible, cheap, nasty feeling toy in the vein of Combiner Wars Hotspot – looks great, but just garbage in your hands. 5/10
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The Chicago Bears played host to the Detroit Lions this Sunday at Soldier Field in their second divisional game in a row. Chicago played well in the first half but stalled out a bit in the second half. Still, they managed to keep it close. In the end, Chicago couldn’t get a tying field goal through the uprights and they lost 27-24.
The Bears got the ball first and went on a methodical drive using a good mix of running and passing. That drive included a big pass to tight end Adam Shaheen, but the Bears couldn’t capitalize and score a touchdown. Instead, they settled for a 23-yard Connor Barth field goal to make it 3-0. It was their first score on an opening drive of a game all season.
Detroit got the ball after that and Chicago’s defense came through as Akiem Hicks recovered a Matthew Stafford fumble (thanks to a Nick Kwiatkoski sack/strip) to end Detroit’s drive. Chicago got a big run down to the five-yard line by Jordan Howard and capped the drive off with a Mitchell Trubisky to Shaheen touchdown pass.
The Bears got the ball back after a stalled Detroit drive. On that drive, the snap was mishandled by Trubisky. Detroit’s D.J. Hayden scooped the ball up and ran it into the end zone. That made it 10-7 with 14:00 left in the second quarter. On their next possession, Chicago capped off a long drive with a Howard touchdown to go up 17-7 with 8:30 left in the first half.
On Detroit’s next possession they scored a touchdown on a pass from Stafford to Marvin Jones for 28 yards. With the extra point, the Lions closed to within three of the Bears, 17-14. Chicago got the ball back with 5:17 left in the second quarter and had to punt after the drive stalled. With 3:43 left, Detroit got the ball back and went up 21-17 on a Stafford to Ameer Abdullah touchdown pass.
The Lions got the ball first to start the second half and were forced to punt. The Bears couldn’t do anything on their next drive and went three and out. The Lions had to punt on their next possession and the Bears got the ball back inside their own five-yard line. Chicago was unable to get that far on that drive and gave the ball back to Detroit. The Lions fell short in that drive and gave the ball back to Chicago.
The Bears started a drive with 4:18 left in the third quarter and ended it with a punt. On Detroit’s next possession, both Kyle Fuller and Leonard Floyd went out with injuries. There will be more on that later.
Detroit would be held to a field goal on that same possession making it 24-17 with 10:01 left in the game. The Bears would get some big runs and passes, as well as a roughing the passer penalty in their favor and cap a tying drive off with a touchdown by Tarik Cohen.
The Lions took the ensuing kickoff and drove towards the Bears end of the field but stalled out and had to kick a 52-yard field goal. The field goal was good, and it gave Detroit a 27-24 lead with 1:35 left in the game. The Bears had one shot to tie it up or take the lead.
The Bears managed to get close enough to try a 47-yard field goal attempt, but Connor Barth pushed it right with three seconds left. Chicago lost the game.
Interesting to note is the 4th down run Trubisky had on that drive to keep the drive alive. It was a thing of beauty.
Injuries hit the Bears at bad times during this game. I had mentioned that Fuller and Floyd went out on the same play. Fuller came back in and his injury was noted as a wrist issue. But Floyd’s injury appeared to be much more serious and could keep him out for longer. He sprained some ligaments in his knee after struck by Fuller on the play. Floyd was carted off the field.
We also saw Josh Bellamy leave the game and not come back. He suffered a concussion and is going through the NFL’s concussion protocol. There were some minor injuries suffered by a few other players who missed a few plays including Eddie Goldman (wrist), Akiem Hicks (leg), and Bobby Massie (hand).
I touch on this every week. The Bears, once again, had critical penalties at critical times in this game. Possibly the most damaging of all the penalties was Kyle Long’s late hit, which drew an unnecessary roughness penalty for 15 yards wiping out a nice run by Trubisky. That set the Bears back. Long had another penalty, being an illegal man downfield, which cost the Bears five yards and put them behind the chains again.
Overall, the Bears had five penalties for 64 yards. It was a little better this week, but they still need to eliminate those critical penalties at critical times.
This write-up wouldn’t be complete without saying something about tight end Adam Shaheen. Coming from a Division II program, it was thought that Shaheen’s learning curve would be steep. Some felt that he wouldn’t be ready for the big time until 2018. But an injury to Zach Miller and Dion Sims’ illness has forced Shaheen to take a larger role in the offense. He proved Sunday he can be a good pass catching and blocking tight end.
Shaheen is catching on but still has a lot of learning to do. It’s nice to see him finally start to pan out though and make a difference in his first year in the league.
After missing that critical kick on Sunday, Connor Barth was released, and Cairos Santos was brought in. Santos should help cure what ailed the Bears in the kicking game and give them a weapon that they can use to score points and win close games. It’s sad that it took Chicago so long to conclude that Barth was not a good fit. And Barth cost them some games in the past as well.
Chicago will travel to Philadelphia to take on the red-hot Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles are coming off a big win against division rival Dallas. We will have a full preview of that game coming up later in the week.
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Saturday brought us to Reigate Hill Golf Club in Redhill where we provided DJ services and venue mood uplighting for the Marie's 30th birthday party. Reigate Hill is a lovely venue and would be ideal for a wedding or party, the staff are great and there are some lovely views across the golf course. We installed pink mood uplighting for this event and it looked lovely against the clean white walls of the room. This party had a small crowd and you always worry that this will impact on the
Being a DJ does make you a bit of a gear and gadget junkie so I thought I would share a post to show how our rig, equipment and overall appearance has evolved over the last few years...
I had so much fun performing as a Professional Wedding DJ at this spectacular country estate wedding at Northbrook Park in Farnham. Set within 120 acres of stunning countryside, this Grade II listed, eighteenth-century manor house was a stunning setting for the wedding of Joe and Jorja, the grounds were even complimented with majestic peacocks. We were delighted to provide uplighting in the Orangery with the colour pink being selected by the Bride & Groom which looked beautiful against the
A huge congratulations to Sharon and Julian, the newly married Mr. & Mrs. Hartley . I was delighted to perform as their Professional Wedding DJ at The Wealden Hall. Wealden Hall is over 650 years old and is located in Larkfield near Aylesford in Kent. It is a building full of character with beautiful ceiling beams on the first floor and three working fireplaces. A special mention must be to the staff at the Wealden Hall as they were absolutely brilliant, even offering crumpets and beverages
This past weekend, I provided Professional Wedding DJ services at a new venue for me, the lovely Hartsfield Manor in Surrey for the wedding of Sophie & Adam. Hartsfield Manor, Betchworth is an impressive venue which exhibits Victorian grandeur. Set within 16 acres of Surrey countryside and surrounded by lawns, the setting is beautifully tranquil and great for wedding pictures The Bride and Groom opted for light blue uplighting for their evening wedding reception which we intsalled and this
Over the past month I have managed to actually attend a few weddings as a guest which is a nice change to working behind the decks whilst everyone else parties the night away. This has however given me a chance to see some other DJs at work, good and bad. No DJs or companies will be named in this blog - I have seen one excellent DJ setup and performance but also unfortunately a few mediocre ones which has prompted this post on basic mistakes that DJs make. Mistake No.1 Playing music for
Choosing your DJ is simple really isn’t it? I mean all they do is pick a song and press play, right?? We disagree. Your DJ can make or break your wedding reception! These US wedding statistics reveal some insight which is similar to the British market in our experience: 72% of Brides wished that they had spent more time choosing their wedding entertainment Almost 100% of Brides said they should have spent more of their budget on entertainment The wedding entertainment was ranked as one of the
The wedding of Elly and Chris was celebrated with a wedding breakfast and reception at Westerham Hall which saw DJ Triplet Wedding & Event Entertainment provide an all day professional DJ service including venue mood uplighting. The hall was built in 1996 and boats a good sized main hall which can comfortably accomodate at least 150 people for a sit down meal. We had been booked for the entire day so got to the hall nice and early to get set up and install uplighting. Elly and Chris went
SOUND LIMITERS Find out before you book if your venue has a sound limiter and if this will be in use for your event. Unfortunately in our experience the majority of sound limiters are set far lower than what is reasonable for a DJ to perform and can spell disaster for a party! Many limiters will react to the noise of your crowd as well as PA equipment which can result in a sudden cut to the DJs power supply and thus the music. Due to the damage that these sudden power outages can cause to
A wedding first dance can be a daunting experience for many so we have put together some First Dance tips and ideas which may be useful
What better setting for a wedding than the fabulous Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking which boasts the largest vineyard in England within 265 acres of land in Surrey. I was incredibly excited to being the Professional Wedding DJ for the wedding of Hannah & Jim and this one did not disappoint. I was up early and at Denbies for 10 am to install some beautiful pink uplighting in the Garden Room as selected by the Bride and Groom, as you can see from the pictures this really popped in the evening
We were happy to make another visit to Whyteleafe Football Club, this time for the 18th Birthday Party of Zoe and what a brilliant night it turned out to be. Zoe had provided a huge request list which we loved as it gave a great guide for the tastes of this young crowd and paid dividend with an absolutely packed and lively floor from start to finish. Zoe had also opted for red uplighting to compliment her Las Vegas theme which transformed the Whyteleafe FC clubhouse into a wonderful nightclub
DJ Triplet Wedding & Event Entertainment were pleased to provide professional wedding DJ services and venue mood uplighting at Keri & Michael's Selsdon Park Hotel Wedding in this sought after Croydon venue. Selsdon Park is a historic mansion hotel set within 200 acres of Surrey countryside and provides a beautiful backdrop for wedding photos and a number of function rooms with high ceilings and large windows looking out onto beautiful gardens, just ideal for a wedding breakfast and evening
Wow, just, wow!! What a stunning wedding venue! I had the pleasure of performing as a Professional Wedding DJ at the incredible Ashdown Park Hotel and Country Club for the wedding of Selina & Paul. The amazing architecture, the grounds, and of course the stained glass windows and vaulted ceilings of the converted chapel make Ashdown Park possibly the most majestic wedding venue I have played I was so impressed with this wedding venue when I met Selina & Paul here to discuss there wedding
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Y You can find the progressive city just 15 minutes from Minneapolis with just over 60,000 residents call it home. It is the thirteenth biggest city in Minnesota and used to be called Coon Creek Rapids but was shortened to Coon Rapids. As a northern suburb of the hustle and bustle of Minneapolis, Coon Rapids gives residents and visitors the best of both city and country.
As Coon Rapids is situated along the Mississippi River, combined with Cenaiko Lake and Crooked Lake, there are many water sport activities to choose from. Miles of trails, 48 parks and two regional parks, allow you to bike, hike, fish or partake in other sports. Staying healthy and staying active are essential to life in Coon Rapids.
It is far easier than most people think to get stuck in the life of addiction. The disease of addiction does not discriminate against anyone. Many millions of Americans today, from all walks of life, find themselves caught in the vicious cycle of substance abuse. If you are struggling, you are not alone and there is hope. Millions have been where you are and have prevailed over their disease, one day at a time.
In its simplest form, an intervention is a conversation where the person is confronted about his or her abuse of substances and subsequent behavior. This is a non-judgmental and loving way of convincing the person that a problem does in fact exist and that they need help.
There are several different models of intervention. Are few of these is the Johnson model, workplace intervention, systematic model and invitational model.
The Johnson Model focuses on the person abusing substances and his or her caretakers. Through this method the caretakers are enlightened about the disease of addiction and promotes healthier boundaries for all.
The workplace intervention is conducted by the person’s employer. Workplace interventions are becoming more common as replacing the employee can be difficult and costly. It is also highly effective because it shows the person abusing substances that they are appreciated but that his or her behavior needs to change.
The systematic model is a meeting centered around the entire family and the person who is the subject of the intervention. This method focuses on healing the group as a whole and helps all involved set heathier boundaries.
The invitational model does not single out any one single person. The person who is abusing substances attends a multi-day workshop and is, in essence, invited to change. The workshop team highlight and suggest positive changes that the person can make to live a happier, healthier life.
Whatever intervention model you choose, just staging the event is a great move in the right direction for everyone. Far too many people die every year as a direct consequence of drugs and alcohol. By staging an intervention, you are saving the life of your loved one.
Living without drugs or alcohol can be difficult at times and requires people to learn new coping strategies. Anyone looking to start a life free from addictive substances is strongly encouraged to join a 12-step group. It is suggested to everyone to find a sponsor, work the 12-steps, and attend meetings regularly. The support and guidance provided by your sponsor and fellow group members will help you overcome any obstacle in life. With this strong support system, you will be able to start living the life you always dreamed of. If you are struggling with substance abuse, find a meeting in your area today and get connected.
METRO DETROIT, MICH. (August 1, 2013) – The Detroit Area Diaper Bank, a nonprofit charity providing diapers for people in need across Southeast Michigan, has launched its 5th Annual Fall Diaper Drive. The goal of the drive is to collect 250,000 diapers (or the funds to buy them) by Thanksgiving 2013.
No federal assistance programs pay for or provide diapers, not WIC, SNAP (Food Stamps) or Medicare. Nonprofit organizations and state agencies working with families and individuals in crisis across Metro Detroit consistently list diapers as an ongoing and TOP need. The Diaper Bank partners with these organizations, working to give them access to an ongoing diaper supply and increasing their capacity to more fully support our neighbors in need.
An average infant can use up to 12 diapers per day, a toddler up to 8 per day. But in low-income households, a baby may be in a single diaper all day or longer, increasing the chance of health problems and putting the child at risk for abuse. Parents who can’t afford diapers can’t leave their child at daycare to go to work or school. Some children with disabilities never outgrow the need for diapers and seniors who can’t afford incontinence supplies often become home-bound or end up in a nursing home.
The Detroit Area Diaper Bank exists to address this largely unknown and chronically unmet need. The Annual Fall Diaper Drive helps drive donations into the Diaper Bank so it can fulfill more of its partner agencies’ families’ needs throughout the winter holidays and into the start of the new year, a time when donations tend to slow down.
“Our primary goal for the ‘250,000 by Thanksgiving’ Diaper Drive is, of course, to bring in resources that we can distribute to our partner agencies working with our neighbors in need. But we also hope it helps raise awareness of the diaper issue and engage the community in our mission. We are always in need of individuals, businesses, schools, community organizations and places of worship to run diaper drives and fundraisers to support the Diaper Bank, whether it’s before Thanksgiving or not,” said Marybeth Levine, Founder and Director of the Detroit Area Diaper Bank. “The diapers go out just as quickly as they come in, so we are looking for year-round partnerships and support to help us really make a difference with diapers.”
The Diaper Bank calls upon the community to engage in this effort throughout the fall and conduct a diaper drive or make a financial donation to help reach the overall 250,000 diaper goal. The drive’s anchor event, “Stuff the Truck!” at Canton Public Library, will be held November 20th & 21st from 9am to 9pm each day.
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The picture below is of Lake Orion High School‘s Key Club (and their adviser, Jennifer Ries, on the left), an amazing group of young people who thought up, planned and executed a fun and unique fundraiser, Dimes for Diapers, and we’re happy to say, have benefitted The Detroit Area Diaper Bank for the last 2 years.
Faculty and club members submitted baby pictures of themselves, and Key Club members set up a voting table for a week – votes were cast as dimes in jars for who the voters wanted named the ‘cutest baby’. They also had the foresight to plan the voting for the week of Parent-Teacher conferences and made sure the tables were manned, getting parents involved in the voting and donating as well.
So in ONE week, the Key Club collected $436.17 for the Detroit Area Diaper Bank – AND a cart full of diapers! Incredible! Such a great, fun idea, and obviously, one that the school and community connected with and supported. We’re thinking that next year, we’ll come up with some kind of prize the person that gets the highest votes will receive — up the stakes a bit. Jennifer, the adviser, said Key Clubs at other schools have asked about their fundraising project and taken note of how successful they’ve been with Dimes for Diapers.
This kind of idea could easily be replicated in schools everywhere, across all ages. The next time your organization or school group is considering a fundraiser, mention the great work of these young, service-oriented people at Lake Orion High School – we can all take a note from them!
We’re so grateful to everyone involved with the fundraising drive this year, and we can’t wait for the Key Club’s 3rd Annual Dimes for Diapers Drive at Lake Orion High School next year!
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Situated on a dramatic and secluded oceanfront headland on Phuket’s ‘Millionaires Mile’, this extraordinary, huge, five-level villa sets a luxury standard as one of the Asian finest oceanfront villas. The property represents a world-class residence of outstanding design and location that offers the freedom of a private and secure luxury lifestyle just a short drive to the island’s best beaches, restaurants, golf courses, shopping and nightlife. The villa was recently completed by Paris-based architect Arte Charpentier, after three years of careful planning and construction. Every component of this grand estate has been looked after. Modern Asian-style architecture blends with functional elements of Western design to present a superior, contemporary tropical abode. The stunning views of the sea are enjoyed from almost every room, whether a bedroom, a bathroom or the living areas. The floor-to-ceiling sliding doors open up to terraces and grant a sheer jaw-dropping view down the hill to the sea, over the rugged coastline.
With 6 coloured en suite bedrooms sleeping up to 12 people, a huge cinema and games room with billiard table, a master European and a Thai kitchen, a long pool with an outdoor bar and a private living overlooking the Andaman Sea, this villa offers the ultimate lifestyle opportunity. A lovely massage sala with extra wide luxury massage couches and 4 full glass sliding doors that open to the sea breeze let you enjoy in-villa beauty treatments. Unrivalled sea and sunset views set the scene for ultra fine living and a completely private, man-made beach, enhance the choice of how to enjoy the fantastic sea landscape. The décor is typically Asian, seen especially in the wooden beamed ceilings and in the choice of upholstery and colours, while touches of European style furniture and design can also be found.
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Level 3: Pool deck; cinema and games room with sofa seating for 12, pool table and bar area; master bedroom en suite with his and hers closet, panoramic ocean view and wraparound deck; double bedroom en suite, with his and hers closet, ocean and poolside deck
– Golf course: 15 minutes by car (Banyan Tree Resort and Golf Club); 30 minutes by car (Blue Canyon Golf Club)
Tags: Child friendly, Children accepted, Event friendly, High season €30000 - €50000, Low season €20000 - €30000, Mid season €30000 - €50000, No pets, No smoking
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The 15-year-old is an attacking full-back who plays for his local club Villa FC, and will join Nicky Butt’s academy squad in July.
The captain of Ireland Under-16s has also represented Under-17 level and was named Ireland’s Under-15 player of the year last month.
He told the Waterford News & Star: “I suppose for me in the end it wasn’t a very difficult decision to make.
“From the moment I went over to Manchester United, I just knew that there was no point me thinking about signing for any other club and I always wanted to go there.
“I want to develop as a football player and I want to become the best player that I can be by signing for one of the biggest clubs in world football. It was the best place for me to go.
O’Connor recently received the FAI Under-15 Player of the Year award from Everton right-back Seamus Coleman, the player he is compared to.
The teenager is the first Irish player to join United from Waterford since John O’Shea, who joined United in 1998. O’Shea, who spent 10 years at Old Trafford before moving to Sunderland in 2011, was also born in Waterford.
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The Kansas Legislature is in a monumental struggle to balance a state budget that otherwise faces an operating deficit of nearly a billion dollars over the next year and a-half.
The red ink stems from an accumulation of errors, starting five years ago with a plan to abolish income taxes for select businesses and wealthy individuals.
Then came a series of clumsy attempts to cover the lost revenues: Ill-timed and off-target budget cuts, state agency layoffs, raids on agency fee funds, “borrowing” from state pension funds, sales of phony highway bonds, repeated raids on the state highway fund.
None of this could recover revenue losses, not even large cuts in school finance, the single largest expense at more than half the state’s $6.5 billion operating fund. Property taxes, the single largest source of school funding, are at the core of any budget deliberation – or should be.
Part of the trouble involves human nature, how people tend to view government funding: Impose taxes so the other person pays them. The struggle is compounded with property taxes because the system has, at times, seemed to lack all fairness.
More than 30 years ago, Gov. John Carlin and the Kansas Legislature put much of the blame on the appraisal and assessment of property and decided to fix it. The plan, a constitutional amendment, was to classify property by use, assign it a value, and limit assessment rates in various categories – utilities, agriculture, residential, businesses and so forth. Before reform, assessments at the county level seemed more a matter of guesswork than the product of rational planning.
Carlin convinced lawmakers of the need for a constitutional amendment to accomplish two things: a massive, statewide reappraisal of all property; and listing various classifications of property for a range of assessment rates. Among the key classifications and rates: residential, 11.5 percent; mobile homes, 11.5 pct.; personal property, 25 pct.; businesses, 25 pct.; utilities, 33 pct., and others.
One other classification was critical, at the time perhaps the Constitution’s most necessitous: farmland would be appraised by its ability to produce income and assessed at 30 percent. The political and economicimpact of this section was so significant that the entire amendment, covering a dozen classifications, came to be known simply as the “use-value amendment.”
This is because the amendment, approved by Kansas voters in November 1986, protects farmland assessments through use-value property appraisal; taxes were (and are) determined by the income derived from the land, not by its market value. The amendment was to prevent owners from being forced to sell land simply to pay the taxes on it. It was a critical reform, exposing a glaring issue with property taxes, the chief component in funding local schools.
Although the property tax was written into the territorial constitution ten years before Kansas became a state, the state income tax was not adopted until the early 1930s.
Property taxes are tied tightly to the premise of local control, although the income tax seems a far better, more equitable source of state revenue for local government.
This suggestion runs contrary to the feeling that local control is better, that friends and neighbors can manage their towns more reasonably than costly and troublesome bureaucracies. Usually they can. But today’s friends and neighbors are no longer apt to be tomorrow’s. Consider the disparities in property values across Kansas, and the transience of Kansans today; many programs such as welfare, Medicaid, and transportation have been on a state basis for years, supported by income or sales taxes.
This runs counter to Gov. Brownback’s dream of a state with no income tax, a plan that invites a return to the past, to the days of heavier reliance on the property tax and the hope that we can continue to make some sense of it.
The school finance reforms of 1992 had created a statewide uniform property tax for schools, a central pool for allocating the revenue and a formula for aid to resolve wide disparities in districts’ property values.
This was seen as a momentous shift, the burden of finance to be shared more equitably. It revived the focus, the quest for a more equitable and balanced network of state finance.
We had fixed it once, but Brownback’s plan set aside those reforms. Kansas with no income tax is a state returned to the 1920s or before, to a heavy reliance on state and local property taxes, before the roads were much good, before the farms had electricity and the cities had decent water, before the state shared revenue with cities and counties, and before the schools were consolidated.
The income tax gave us the difference between SRS and the poor farm, between the one-room school and low-enrollment aid, between hunger and the school lunch, between walking or staying on the farm and a ride on the bus, between the teacher who cared and one who couldn’t afford to. Between a public that hoped, and those who had given up.
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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has said that the nuclear deal with major powers will boost security, stability and regional cooperation.
Navy Arrests Three Local Fishermen Engaged In Illegal Fishing - Hiru News - Srilanka's Number One News Portal, Most visited website in Sri Lanka
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Gajaba in Mannar arrested three local fishermen with an FGD engaged in illegal fishing at Southbar Point sea area on 4th April 2016. A pair of diving fins, 19 Detonators and 14 pieces of Safety Fuses were also taken into custody during the arrest.
The arrested personnel and the items were handed over to the Mannar Police for further investigation and legal action.
Yoshitha Rajapaksa has been summoned before the FCID today, again, to give a statement with regard to the ongoing investigation in connection with the TV channel, CSN.
Meanwhile, MP Namal Rajapaksa appeared before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power yesterday to give a statement with regard to the investigation in connection to a Rs. 150 million spend on domestic air travel.
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Changed Default Theme. The previous default theme is still available (it has been renamed to “Base”).
Much improved “Add to Things” action. The action now accepts multiple lines (typically via Send to) to generate multiple to-tos, one for each line. Provides feedback via user notification, describing what has been added.
Thanks to the enhanced 3rd party integration of 1Password 6.5 we are now able to provide much more comprehensive access to your 1Password items.
It’s now possible to access all kinds of items (not only logins but also credit cards, secure notes, etc.) from all vaults.
1Password categories (Logins, Passwords, Secure Notes, Credit Cards, Software Licenses, etc.) are now indexed. You can for example type CC to select 1Password’s “Credit Cards” category. You can then browse that category to get a list of all your credit cards stored in 1Password.
Browsing 1Password by selecting the 1Password app and pressing Right Arrow now provides a list of all available 1Password categories.
Opening items that don’t perform a login on a website are now showing a window for viewing and editing that item.
New “Safari Tabs” action provides access to all tabs that are currently opened in Safari. Allows to quickly switch to one of those tabs with the keyboard.
Existing search templates for Wikipedia and Wiktionary are removed from the configuration. Please use the new actions instead. It may be necessary to re-train your abbreviations for these items.
It’s now possible to search for emoji by alternative names. For example, type SPORT to find the basketball emoji, or type SPOCK to find a greeting gesture from a place where no man has gone before.
Links to Emojipedia (accessible via Info Browsing of an emoji that’s selected in LaunchBar) now work more reliably with all kinds of emoji, including skin tone modified versions.
Browsing the Contacts app now shows the Birthdays category, which provides a chronological list of all upcoming birthdays starting from today.
Fixed: Browsing into an application to access recent documents or other items related to that app sometimes stopped working.
Fixed: Blinking text cursor disappeared while typing in LaunchBar Calculator or while browsing suggestions during text input.
Added “Preferred Input Source” preference option, allowing to choose a keyboard input source that will be used in favor of the currently active input source while LaunchBar is active.
Fixed a bug in the built-in MD5, SHA1, and SHA256 checksum actions causing a wrong checksum being calculated for data larger than 4 GB. Furthermore the performance of these action has been significantly improved for large files.
Fixed an issue causing the “Select Folder” contextual menu action in the Options pane of a folder indexing rule to stop working under some circumstances.
Fixed an issue on OS X 10.9 causing the index window to fail opening the Options pane of some indexing rules.
Fixed: Sorting by “date added” by pressing Shift-Command-Right didn’t work anymore. This also affected browsing the Downloads folder, which sorts by “date added” automatically.
Added support for Emoji, Font Awesome icons, and arbitrary characters as icons for LaunchBar Actions and their result items. More information is available in our developer documentation.
Improved phone number handling in “Call with iPhone”, “Call with FaceTime” and “Call with Facetime Audio” actions.
Fixed: Unexpected subtitle, label and badge behavior if script-based actions returned items with path.
Custom Actions can now declare to support ⇧↩ by turning on the new “Reapply last string argument with ⇧↩” option in Action Editor.
Fixed: Dragging files onto a folder that’s selected in LaunchBar didn’t work (the list of available file operations wasn’t shown, the LaunchBar window just disappeared).
Fixed: When sending a file to a folder via Send To (by pressing the Tab key), the list of available file operations didn’t recognize the numeric keyboard shortcuts 1-6.
Back browsing with the Left-Arrow key after invoking an action that returns new items now brings back the previous selection – either the action itself (if it was opened via Return or via Text Input), or the source item of a Send To operation (the item that was sent to the action via Tab).
Improved Send To (pressing Tab) in Calculator. If there’s no text selected (i.e. the cursor is blinking), the result of the current calculation is sent, as before. But if you select a part of the calculation, only that selected text is sent.
Attempting to play a remote track while the computer is offline now shows a message explaining why the playback is currently not possible.
When browsing the Albums category (which shows a list of all albums) the display now includes the album artist in addition to the album title.
The iTunes/Now Playing info (shown when pressing Right Arrow while iTunes is selected) now displays artist or album information for the currently playing track.
Improved heuristics to determine which tracks belong to the same album (should now work same as in iTunes).
Fixed an issue causing some iTunes actions to fail if the iTunes Today Widget was enabled in Notification Center.
Emoji are now sorted by “last access”. The most recently used Emoji are therefore shown at the top of the list. You can still get all Emoji sorted alphabetically by browsing the Emoji rule with Command-Right.
Added “Skin Colored Emoji” category. This category contains all Emoji whose skin tone can be modified.
Improved include() JavaScript function: Now accepts absolute paths, resolves tilde (~) in path and resolves symbolic links in path.
Applying file path(s) via ⌘V (Paste) or ⌘D (Drop Finder Selection) to a selected item now behaves the same as when these path(s) are sent to that item via Send To, i.e. a list of available file operations is shown (instead of the former pop-up menu).
Fixed: After running an AppleScript “LaunchBar AppleScript Runner” would sometimes not terminate properly and instead run indefinitely.
Fixed: The actions indexing rule was continuously re-indexed because the OS X Action Extensions seemed to have changed (this resulted in high CPU usage by LaunchBar and “pkd”).
Fixed: Opening a location in Maps launched Safari as a side effect if the “Open URLs in current Safari window or tab” option was enabled
Fixed: After Send-to, some operations acted on the previous target item instead of on the visible item.
LaunchBar now includes a new Action Editor, making it easier than ever to create incredible actions. Start developing with script templates, configure your action’s runtime behavior, manage localizations and more. Find a detailed feature list below.
Shared Snippets: You can now select one or more additional snippets folders. Especially useful when synced via cloud services to share certain snippets with other computers, co-workers or friends. Works with any kind of syncing service such as iCloud, Dropbox, SparkleShare, OmniPresence, BitTorrent Sync, etc.
Instant Calculate: Sending a single number to Calculator now selects the entire number, which makes it easier to apply functions like sin(), sqrt(), etc.
Sending one or more files to the Add/Remove/Replace Tags actions presents a list of all available tags (as it did before), but you can now select multiple tags from that list.
The tags of an item, that are shown during Info Browsing (by pressing Option-Right) can now be removed conveniently just by pressing Command-Delete. This also works for multiple tags.
Fixed some tag indexing issues: Items with multiple tags or with legacy color labels were not properly indexed under some circumstances.
Well, we announced this feature already in our 6.2 release notes. But due to an embarrassing mistake in our build process, the feature was not enabled in the released version. But now it finally works and you can drag multiple items from LaunchBar to other applications!
Fixed: When deleting iCloud documents, Finder did not become active reliably to show its confirmation dialog.
Fixed an issue causing LaunchBar to sometimes become visible when a volume got mounted or unmounted.
Improves left/right navigation during auto-activation (for example, while browsing running applications with Command-Space,Space).
List navigation with vi/Emacs shortcuts (Control-N, Control-P, Control-I, Control-J, Control-K) now also works during text input.
To prevent conflicts with Emacs shortcuts, the “vi” arrow keys (Control-H/J/K/L) can now be turned off completely in LaunchBar Preferences > Shortcuts.
Info Browsing by pressing and holding the right arrow key is now turned off by default. It can be turned on via LaunchBar Preferences > Shortcuts > Instant Info Browsing.
Quick Look can now be triggered with ⌘Y during text input. Useful for previewing the results of some custom actions.
Improved “Move to Trash” behavior (including new confirmation alerts when attempting to trash many items or items from different folders).
Fixed: Usage counters were not properly incremented for Tower repositories and Development Resources.
Changed keyboard shortcuts for Info Browsing from ⇧→ to ⌥→ and “Show Siblings” from ⇧← to ⌥←. These changes became necessary to allow a more consistent set of shortcut used for staging.
Improved "New Folder" action to suggest a different folder name if an "untitled folder" already exists.
Improved “Duplicate” action (⇧⌘D) to also trigger “Rename” so you can immediately apply a reasonable name to the duplicate.
Concept of multiple selections in LaunchBar. To learn more about this new feature, read our blog post.
Open multiple items with ↩ (apps, files & folders, contacts & email addresses, bookmarks, emoji, snippets, songs, albums, …).
While the list is displayed, the items can be rearranged with ⌥↑ or ⌥↓. Useful if the order is relevant (contacts, songs, attachments, …).
Necessary when opening multiple files from different folders (this is a safety measure, to prevent accidental opening of such a scattered selection).
Calendar input is now more flexible and accepts description, location and date/time in arbitrary order (only the location must always be after the description):
Date & Time can now also be specified relative to “now”, for example: “Call Susan @ 20min” to create a reminder that’s due in 20 minutes.
URL-Scheme support for LaunchBar Actions. Actions can now optionally define a script that is called when a URL like x-launchbar:action/com.example.action is opened anywhere in OS X. See the Script Types for more details.
Added support for working with Base64 data and binary data. See Working with Binary Data for more information.
Added support for loading HTTP requests with arbitrary HTTP methods. Also added a convenience method for POST requests.
Fixed: LaunchBar Actions implemented in AppleScript caused launch of applications during indexing. Also, these actions now must specifically declare in their Info.plist the fact that they accept or require arguments (previously, implementing the appropriate handler in the script was sufficient).
Fixed: If LBResultType was set to path and that path contained the tilde character (˜), it was not expanded for the resulting items.
The Small theme is now attached to the menu bar by default. Of course, you can still move it to wherever you like it to be.
Additional mixed case conversion suggestions are now shown during Enter/Edit Text (scroll down the suggestion list to see them all).
Reduced indexing frequency of some folder rules by ignoring changes in ~/Library unless the rule explicitly has its path set to a folder inside ~/Library.
Improved Theme switching: Default width will be applied only if different from the currently active theme.
Deleting/adding rules is now the recommended way to select the desired set of features. Disabling of indexing rules is still possible, but only via contextual menu (no more checkboxes).
Improved Recent Documents browsing. Now includes all documents that can be opened with the selected application, sorted by access date. This allows you to access recently used documents even for apps that do not support the standard Cocoa API (like Adobe applications).
Subtitle display is now turned off by default. Subtitles can be shown temporarily by holding down the ⌃⌥⌘ modifier keys.
The index window’s Schedule pane has been removed because it’s no longer needed. All index updates are now performed automatically.
Removed .clip.rtf / .clip.txt support. The same functionality can be accomplished with the Snippets indexing rule.
You’re familiar with the saying “It takes a Village……”, Here is the OBJ Design village. Planning events is our passion and no event is too large or too small — we love them all. Each is unique and every wedding should tell a story about you. Themed events are our specialty. We have decorated parties using every type of theme imaginable — but that’s what makes it fun!
My love for weddings began at an early age. When I was 9, my father was a part-time wedding photographer on Saturday afternoons. Because he worked for his brother, I was allowed to tag along and spend the day with him. I remember seeing the brides getting ready with their bridesmaids and mothers and noticing how beautiful and happy they were to be marrying the love of their lives. During the ceremony I’d sit in the back and wait for my dad to work. After the ceremonies, I’d sit watching and learning every detail as my father posed and positioned the brides, making memorable photos that would last forever. As time passed, and I became familiar with the photo sequence, I was allowed to help – straighten the bridal dress or hold the brides’ bouquet and any other tiny chores to help get the perfect shot. It was during this time that I fell in love with everything about weddings! I’ve been in the wedding business for 35 years now and I still love it!
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Christmas is a time of giving and sharing. It is a great joy for all of us to be in the position to and also willing to share our joy and peace with those loved ones who are around us and abroad, our friends and neighbours, our community, and those who are less fortunate than us. Let us carry on sharing God’s love and blessings with each other and especially those who are in need. Do remember the Anglican Care which is a diocesan caring department which covers a whole range of social services from children homes, food for the hungry, soup kitchens, people with disabilities, people who are visually, physically and mentally challenged, senior citizen homes, etc. Of course, we should not forget the needs of the rural villages and kampungs of the Anglican Village Ministries and the Orang Asli ministry.
We can hear many Malaysians talking about and guessing of the date of the 13th General Election of the nation especially in the kopitiams and after church services and at mamak stalls. Many believe that this GE is a watershed and may mark the transformation of the nation permanently. We wish to pray that the Christmas Joy and Peace shall prevail among the different parties of the nation. Many believe that the Lord has placed our nation in a very special position within the region of South East Asia and beyond for a purpose – a giver of Joy and Peace. We seek your constant prayers. A group of concerned Christians has set aside the 24 – 26 January 2013 as the 3 days of fasting to discern God’s direction for our nation. Let us also bring our nation to God Almighty in prayers.
At the end of July 2012, we have moved into the newly completed Rumah Bishop in Ampang. It is a huge building but there are only two of us while Joshua and Sarah are in Singapore, and Charlotte in Texas. Joshua is presently working as an IT Officer, Sarah is planning for her marriage and not working yet, and Charlotte is doing her final year in Texas. Bisfe Siew Lan is very busy with her Malaysian Indigenous Clinical Pastoral Education (MICPE) and Theological Education by Extension (TEE) courses. I am as usual running around visiting churches and attending diocesan, national and provincial meetings.
The diocese is growing steadily though not without challenges. Praise the Lord for the number of non stipendiary workers and ministers who have answered the Call of God to ministry over the last five years. The number of full-time workers being trained is still coming in slowly. We thank God for the encouraging response of many lay people who have attended the Lay Pastors and Lay Readers Schools. The third stage that the diocese is moving towards is the Discipleship Training. We have begun this year with the Introductory to Discipleship Training and we will bring this Introductory Seminar to the regional level for next year. Hopefully we can begin the full Discipleship Training seminar in 2014 and eventually to see many disciples of Jesus Christ who can transform the church and the nation.
Some people remarked “What is such a big deal over Thanksgiving Sunday?” I hope this is not a rejection or denial of our thanks to Almighty God. We can actually give thanks to God anytime and anywhere we like and wish. In order to give thanks to God collectively as a church and as a gathered people of God is something special and necessary. In fact every Sunday is a thanksgiving and celebrative worship service. It is important for us not to reduce the Sunday thanksgiving and celebrative worship service only into a preaching session or a singspirational session or a fellowshipping session. The 5 dimensional worship appraisal must be fully celebrated and participated, namely, the Ministry of Praise (through songs, music and psalms); the Ministry of the Word (through reading and preaching of the Word); the Ministry of Prayers (through intercession, confession and absolution); the Ministry of Eucharist (through the consecration of the sacrament of Holy Communion and the offering of gifts); the Ministry of Blessings (the blessing of one another through the sharing of peace and the blessing from God).
A Thanksgiving Sunday is purposely designed to magnify the gratitude of hearts and the collective offerings of gifts and expressions to God Almighty. It must be done seriously, celebratively, joyously, willingly, wholeheartedly, reflectively and after close examination of oneself before God. It is at this Annual Thanksgiving Sunday that one normally gives his very best to Almighty God with special efforts. It should be more than the normal Sunday thanksgiving and celebrative service. It is the climax of the usual thanksgiving.
1. Like in the OT, we can give an annual tithe to God for the priests and Levites as an expression for God’s spiritual coverage. (Deut 14:22)
2. Like in the OT, we can give an annual tithe to God for the celebration of God’s people as a redeemed people of God. (Deut 14:24-27) This is over and above the normal tithe.
3. Like in the OT, we can give a tithe once in three years to be distributed to the poor and less fortunate one, thanking God as the Master Designer and Creator of all people and this world. (Deut 14:28-30; 26:12) This is done once in three years which is over and above (1) and (2).[1]
5. To pray and bless all those who bless us and also all those who didn’t bless us, even those who curse us.
[1] I know some people may disagree with this interpretation. Please read the scripture for yourselves and decide. One tithe is already hard to practice, let alone three.
Christ is Risen! The response during Eastertide is “He is Risen indeed!” Often the thought of the presence of the Risen Christ bothers me. Where is the Risen Christ now? This seems to be a silly question – of course, Christ has been ascended and is seated at the right hand of God the Father, as described in Rom 8:34. What I really am interested is ‘Does the Risen Christ have a place in our lives?’
Some of the shocking news in recent headlines is the financial scandals and immorality with church leaders and in churches. Unfortunately, such scandals also exist everywhere both in our own churches as well as in other places. God is very sad and probably regrets in making us. On another note, we are frequently reminded that we are a fallen race and we really and desperately need Christ to save us from the fire and damnation. So then how much are we saved – quarter, half or fully saved. In other words, one can refer this as ‘How much has Christ risen in each of us?’
The Scripture calls this Sanctification. ‘We were saved, we are being saved, and we will be saved’ – a famous quote used by many great leaders. Sanctification is a journey or a process; and it starts at the point of salvation (for many do not exactly know where the starting point is) and ends at the time when we meet with Christ face to face. In the process of sanctification, each one of us will still have much vulnerability and can also succumb to temptations (the reason for asking to be led away from temptations in the Lord’s Prayer). All leaders are usually subjected to greater temptations and are main targets of the evil one. Much prayer is needed for them. They are usually in the front-line and are facing the fiery darts directly. Leaders are also frequently subjected to greater and stricter judgment. (James 3:1)
However, Easter should always remind us that we need the Risen Christ to rise from within our lives. He should rise from our inner most thoughts, world view, behavior, habits, manners, secrets, social life, spiritual life, relational life, prayer life, recreational life, time management, mind management, leisure management, health management, etc. From what we can observed, it is not sufficient to score an ‘A’ in our preaching or time management or pastoral skill or theological knowledge and fail in our money management or health management or leisure management or moral management.
Our life is liken to a wooden barrel which made up of many staves. It is not good to be a water holding barrel if one stave is very short while the rest are in full length. It seems rather better to have all the staves at half length equally – in this manner, the barrel can at least hold half barrel full of water. Our aim is to lengthen and strengthen the staves until they reach their maximum length i.e. to have Christ risen in our whole lives.
Asociación de Pueblos en Acción Comunitaria (PAC) is a non gobernmental organization inspired on Christian values. It was funded in 1996 on the interest of various producer groups integrated to food security programs promoted by the Organization World Relief in Nicaragua.
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„The album sounds really cool. Yes, I like it. It's a really interesting mix of local and international styles, very chilled, very Summer. „
I’m a stickler for neat handwriting. I often ask my kids to correct their written homework to make it more legible or consistent as it travels across the page. I point out when an “a” looks too much like a “u” because my 6-year-old hasn’t taken the time to properly close the top. I sit with her as she practices her letters, both in print and in her own fancy variation of cursive.
As a first grader, she hasn’t formally tackled standard cursive writing – and according to the Common Core Standards for writing and language, she might never have to. That’s because it’s no longer a curriculum requirement.
According to this country’s education gurus, our kids do not need to learn cursive handwriting. Um, okay, but how are my kids supposed to read original historical documents like, you know, the Constitution? How will my darling daughters decipher my endlessly entertaining journal entries on marriage and motherhood once I’m gone if they can’t decode my looping longhand?
Apparently, being able to read my innermost thoughts isn’t considered a priority for my school-aged children. In an interview with Education Week, Sue Pimentel, one of the lead writers of the Common Core’s English/language arts standards, said, “We thought that more and more of student communications and adult communications are via technology. And knowing how to use technology to communicate and to write was most critical for students.”
I will concede that it’s not exactly necessary in this digital age to spend time perfecting the graceful loops and curves of legible cursive writing, but it just seems plain weird to me that my kids will grow up not knowing how to do it.
I vividly remember spending a good chunk of time working on my cursive as a kid, filling up those blue and red lined workbooks with pleasing curlicues and sloping letters. Plenty of my schoolmates hated handwriting time, but I loved it. I loved the way the room quieted down as we all leaned over our paper. I loved the way the word “cat” looked so neat and pretty after I’d written it for the twelfth time compared to my first wobbly attempt at the top of the page.
Watching my 6-year-old copy my meticulous example to write her name in cursive, I am struck by her focus and determination. This is a kid who can’t stay in her seat for more than two minutes at a time, who constantly jiggles and wiggles during story time and always has something to say even if the subject is dirt. But when she’s sitting at the kitchen table, pencil in hand, brow creased, carefully drawing the first loop of the letter “L,” she is completely, quietly absorbed in writing.
Even more wonderful than her unusual level of concentration is her effort. She practices her name over and over again striving toward her own version of perfection before moving on to a different word. She doesn’t get frustrated or bored. She doesn’t mind that her cursive doesn’t look exactly like mine. Writing in cursive is a form of artistic expression that thrills and calms my daughter. The best part is, she sees her own progress right in front of her on the page — and that boosts her confidence in a big way.
There’s nothing better than seeing your child who struggles to finish her homework feel proud and accomplished at her own effort. For her, it’s the process that matters. Even if this were the only benefit to learning cursive, I would say the process of learning overrides the question of whether or not it’s a useful skill to have. In a world that moves at lightening speed, it’s okay for our kiddos to slow down and focus on one task, especially one that can be so rewarding.
In case that’s not enough to make you march into your elementary school and demand they bring back cursive writing, consider the research. Different areas of the brain activate when we write in print, in cursive or use a keyboard. Virginia Beringer, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Washington, observed that brain scans of kids engaged in handwriting also lit up in the areas of memory, thinking and language. She’s also shown that in some cases, students who struggle with print may do better with cursive.
Other benefits of learning cursive include better hand-eye coordination, honing fine motor skills and forcing the brain to slow down which allows for deeper thinking and more creativity. A 2014 New York Times article noted that some researchers argue that cursive “may even be a path to treating dyslexia.” Let’s also keep in mind that some tests, like the SAT, require students to handwrite. Recent data on that portion of the test indicate that those who wrote their essay in cursive did slightly better than those who didn’t. Fourteen states have taken the research seriously and reinstated cursive as part of the school curriculum.
In my house, learning cursive isn’t about doing well on a college entrance exam or being able to handwrite pretty thank you notes. It’s a way for my daughter to feel proud about what she can do rather than worry about what she struggles with. She’s even created her very own signature, complete with loop-de-loops and a heart dotting the “i.” When I tell her it looks beautiful she says, “Thanks, Mom. I’m still practicing.”
Willy Nilly and Thumper are best friends and adventurers with a knack for getting into tight squeezes and out of sticky situations, and always doing the right thing.
But Willy Nilly and Thumper are determined to protect their good friend Paul Pig, even when it puts their own lives at risk.
OPI Butterfly Me to the Moon 15ml (OPI Metamorphosis). Spread your wings and boldly go where no colors gone before with this purple glitter nail polish.
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It's Thanksgiving, a day when many people in the US will eat way too much food and then collapse on the couch to watch the Baltimore Ravens beat the San Francisco 49ers on the teevee. (Heh.)
But thoughts of giving thanks often prompt thoughts of giving back. And there is a lot of collective talent among the readers of this site. So today, a bit of an open thread on ideas for giving back with your camera.
I'll start off with a few specific suggestions from my own experience, but I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments.
Money is currency. But your photography can be a currency, too. Professional photographers exchange the use of images for money. But you can flip that equation on it's head and, for lack of a better word, spend your photography on anything you want.
Over the past five years, I have grown to think of my own photography not only as a way to make money, but as a currency I can choose to spend. As a result I have seen lots of downstream benefits, both for myself and for the organizations on which I have chosen to spend my photography.
Below are three specific examples, along with some of the cross-benefits accrued as a result. I can't be the only one who thinks of photography in this way. If you are also doing this sort of thing, please take a moment to share some of your own experiences.
When you consider the scale of readership here, your idea could affect real change somewhere else for a photographer, a recipient or both. So don't be shy.
For three years, I have been photographing artists for the Howard County Arts Council's Rising Stars program. It is maybe the coolest ongoing project I have ever done, and I have just re-upped for the fourth year.
Rising Stars seeks to identify young artists with great potential, and change the arc of their career. I was the beneficiary of a similar boost back in 1989, when I participated in the second year of the Eddie Adams Workshops. Best photographic week of my life.
My goal in this project is to provide for the artists a collection of photos -- head shots, traditional editorial-style portraits, more adventurous stuff, etc., -- that they can use to help to build a visual identity early in their career.
In short, I have gotten a steady stream of young, creative muses over the last few years. These are people with vision, and who are willing to take risks. What more could a photographer ask for in a subject?
From this project I have gotten a strong core in my portfolio, been deliberately stretched as a photographer and seen my visibility enhanced among exactly the type of people I am trying to reach in the community. This comes back in both karmic and monetary ways. It is some of my best-spent time ever as a professional photographer.
Some of you will remember posts from HCAC shoots, including this shoot of cellist Caleb Jones. It was one of my favorite photos I made last year. A photo from the take is the main image on his site, and he has just reached out to me to plan a second shoot.
The interesting thing is, I do not think of him as a commercial client. Commercial clients for me are companies that bring more money than creativity to the table. Caleb is the reverse. Less money, but insanely more talent and creativity. So I am already thinking more collaboration/exchange/barter. I am thinking along the lines of, 'What's the coolest thing I can think of that includes the availability of a live performance by a cellist?'
You want chain food? We got chain food. But what we also have lately is an influx of great indie ethnic food. This adds tremendous value to the community, and it is something I want to promote. So that is one of the areas on which I try to focus with my local blog.
I photographed and wrote about R&R Taqueria, a small but authentic Mexican restaurant that literally operates out of the corner of a Shell station at Rts 1 and 175 in Jessup, MD. My friend Brent has written repeatedly about the place on HowChow, which is the go-to site for any foodie in HoCo.
Whether photos or words. this kind of coverage is a currency that can draw attention to a business. And more to the point, draw attention to exactly the kind of business you would like to see flourish in your community. And spending your photos (or your words) in this way absolutely affects change in your community.
In addition to increased community awareness about the subjects you choose, other effects can be much further reaching. Case in point: A while back, a researcher for The Food Network was studying the Baltimore area on the web and caught local blog posts about R&R. At this point, the local papers still had yet to discover the place.
Fast forward to a couple weeks ago and I found myself having lunch with Guy Fieri, host of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Apparently, it is one of the most popular shows on the network, if not the most popular. Judging by the spiked, bleached hair I was all prepared for Guy to be pretty full of himself as a cable celeb.
Turns out, he's really cool and down-to-earth. Totally won me over. But it was still pretty surreal to be munching on Rodrigo's pollo a la parilla with two video cameras on me, and a producer imploring me to keep chewing as I talked on camera to Guy. (Do they have any idea how long my wife has been trying to train me not to chew and talk at the same time?)
The takeaway: Point your camera at things and people in your community that deserve to be elevated. You never know what will happen.
And if you want to try R&R Taqueria, you'd better get there before mid-December when the show airs. 'Cause that place only has 5 barstools, and it is gonna be crowded for a long, long time.
One of the models I see going forward for HoCo360, my local site, is one of a photo archive / stock library. Being locally focused, this has value both in terms of digital usage and print sales. But I have never really sold prints, nor have I ever actually considered myself an "artist". So I have no idea of the value of my local photos as prints, nor even how to go about setting a price.
But I got a good head start after agreeing to donate a print to the Gilchrist Center of Howard County, a local hospice. They have an annual Taste and Auction of Howard County event, for which I donated a framed print of the above shot of Main Street in Ellicott City, MD.
To be honest, I was a little concerned that it wouldn't even merit the $140 I spent on having it framed. (When you say, "museum quality," the framer's eyes light right up…)
But Ann (the friend who had prompted me to donate the print) told me that when she left the auction (before the finish) the bidding was already at $630.00. That made me feel pretty good in itself. But even better, the fact that I was able to use a print to turn $140.00 into $630.00 for hospice was very cool. In that moment, photography was literally a currency that I could spend to do good.
Beyond that, it also helped me to know there is a market for my local work in print form. And it gave me some guidance as to how it could be valued within the community. That will give me the confidence to price it appropriately when I unlock that part of my local business model.
So there you go. Three concrete examples of giving back with your camera, and some of some of the downstream benefits that have accrued as a direct result.
This being Thanksgiving, I hope this post gets your gears turning as to how you could use your own photography as a means of giving back within your community. And if you already are, please share your experiences in the comments. I'd very much like to hear them.
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You have not mentioned whether your lips have turned dark recently or whether they were always this color. Everyone, especially girls and women wish to have luscious lips but at the same time they wish to have them look naturally pink. People with light complexions have naturally less melanin content in their skin. This makes the underlying blood vessels visible through the lips, and they appear pinkish or reddish in color. If you can point out the reason as to why your lips are becoming dark, you will be able to check it faster. Read on to know the easy and natural ways to make your lips pink and smooth, that too with the help of homemade remedies.
Crush rose petals, mix with fresh cream and use. This makes your lips naturally soft and pink. Alternatively, you may want to dip a cotton ball in rosewater and smooth it over your lips.
Cold milk and a bit of turmeric powder is a great way to brighten them up! Just a little powder mixed up with 1 teaspoon of cold milk. Mix this into a paste and then apply the mixture to your lips for up to 5 minutes. Keep doing this for about a week or two and you’ll see a huge improvement!
Take some turmeric powder, milk cream and honey and rub the mixture gently on your lips for five minutes. This will make your lips soft and pink.
Apply juice of beetroot before going to bed. You can also extract juice from a beetroot and apply it 3 – 4 times during daytime. You can also apply this while going out. It will appear like you have used lipstick.
Another tip on how to make lips pink naturally is to wipe them with a cotton ball soaked in rose water. This will make your lips soft.
Rub lemon juice onto your lips before bedtime to lighten your lips if you think they are too dark from drinking coffee, for instance. After applying lemon juice, wait until lips are dry and then moisturize your lips, as lemon juice can dry them out. Do this once a week.
Exfoliating can be done with a gentle, soft-bristle toothbrush. Just a little bit of water and you can rub the brush along your lips to keep them soft, silky and bright pink!
Sprinkle powdered sugar on a lemon wedge and rub over lips gently. This is a good way to naturally exfoliate and bleach lips, making them look smoother and redder.
Take a slice of lemon and rub the juice on your lips before going to bed. Let the juice dry up and then apply a moisturizer on your lips. Lemon has bleaching properties and it helps in removing the tan that has formed on your lips, thus making them pink once again.
Make a mixture of a spoon of honey, little gram flour, a spoon of yogurt and few lime juice drops.Use this mixture on the lips to make them pink.
Break a vitamin E capsule and apply on your lips before sleeping. You can mix vitamin E oil in some Vaseline to make your own lip balm.
If you work upon your lifestyle and follow the home remedies religiously, there is no reason why you won’t be able to bring back the lost color of your lips.
A proper picnic demands plenty of planning: Before taking a single bite you have to prepare food, pack the basket, and find a dry patch of grass to sit on. Let someone else handle the muss and fuss at Londons The Lanesborough, which is offering Butler Picnics in nearby Hyde Park for the second year in a row. For the elegant affair, a butler accompanies guests to the park and serves morsels from the kitchen of Apsleys, the hotels Michelin-starred restaurant (think Cornish poached lobster with Beluga mayo, Taittinger Rose Champagne, and house-made artisan chocolates). Naturally, paper plates wont suffice; picnickers dine with crystal glasses, Royal Worcester china plates, and linen napkins. Butler Picnics cost about $409 per person and are available from May to August. www.lanesborough.com
A sick crewman had to be airlifted to hospital by the coastguard helicopter last night in a journey hampered by bad weather.
The man was on board the offshore supply ship Vos Innovator, 100 miles northeast of Lerwick, when he became unwell. A call was made to the coastguard at 9.45pm.
Bad weather meant the planned landing at Clickimin in Lerwick had to be aborted and the helicopter touched down at Sumburgh Airport at 1.25am this morning.
South Shields hero Michael Richardson says the team aren’t looking at what their title rivals are doing – but instead are just focusing on the job in hand.
Richardson struck the only goal in Saturday’s 1-0 win over Bishop Auckland that stretched the Mariners’ winning run to 29 games.
It came less than 24 hours after title rivals North Shields could only draw 1-1 with West Allotment Celtic on Friday night, meaning the Mariners cut the gap at the top of the Northern League Division One table to six points.
South Shields have three games in hand, the first of which they play tonight when they host Consett, before travelling to North Shields for a huge clash on Saturday.
“If other teams are drawing and dropping points, as long as we keep winning – and then they are looking at us keep winning games – then it is all in our hands.
Tonight’s game will be the third time Shields have atken on Consett this season, having drawn 3-3 in the second game of the campaign, and beaten the Steelmen in the semi-final of the Durham Challenge Cup last month.
“They were a good team when we played them up there,” Richardson added. “They came flying out of the blocks so we need to do the same.
“It will be a tough game but hopefully we can get a couple of goals ahead and keep the ball and keep our energy, and then get a nice four-day break before the next game.
Saturday’s win means Shields now just need five points to secure a top-three finish, which will guarantee promotion to the Evo-stik League.
And while there is talk of titles and Wembley, joint manager Graham Fenton insists this is the main focus for the club.
He said: “Everyone knows that’s the football club wants to go up, so that’s the first target – how quickly can we get guaranteed promotion.
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It’s funny how a little outside perspective is all you need sometimes. It confirms thoughts you had, allays doubts, or just gives a little adjustment to a view you’ve held on to that might be all you need to get over a hurdle you’ve put in your own way.
I’m at the point with “Roads” that I felt I needed that outside perspective, and luckily I know a really great editor and writer– and the choice was easy about WHO to work with. I’ve been following Leigh for years after I stumbled across her blog The Future Is Red I believe it’s offline now). It really spoke to me, as it was about the life change she made and how she and her husband just decided the rat race wasn’t for them. They had sold everything and hit the road traveling with an infant. She understood the wandering spirit, and I knew instinctively she’d like the book and have the insights I needed.
I’m super excited. I feel I’ll have a good first draft by the end of this year, and then it’s time to find a publisher. Finally. After a lot more years than I care to think about. I’m finally ready.
Author ARPosted on May 21, 2018 Categories Roads Memoir, WritingTags editor, writer life, writing, writing process2 Comments on Working with an editor- Outside Perspectives
Just north of Tucson is the Aravaipa wilderness area, and on the way out along a dirt road is a beautiful, empty little church. I had to stop and take a look, always being drawn into places of worship…
Author ARPosted on March 14, 2018 February 25, 2018 Categories Photos, TravelTags aravaipa, church, low-light photography, travel photographyLeave a comment on Empty Churches
To illustrate: during the movie, everyone in the cinema was heckling. It could have been an Uwe Boll movie. I weep for Chow Yun Fat and the guy who plays Spike in Buffy.
Hey - everyone knew it was going to suck right from the start! It's your own fault for expecting otherwise. ;) It's one of those movies you watch because they're so bad, not 'cause they're so good :p
*pets* Poor poor Rob. And I just found out they are making a remake of Clash of the Titans. I may have to disembowel myself over that one.
The moment I knew Piccolo wasn't green, no Krillin and no pervy Roshi, well. Not spending money on it.
LOL, yeah, they did. Apparently the leaked work in progress copy of the movie showed that the plot sucks.
Personally I don't care, as long as I get to see Hugh Jackman in leather tearing people up with claws, I'm good. I mean, I loved Transformers. I don't have high standards the way movie critics do. Hell, I'll probably even like Dragonball.
I've seen the workprint version damanique mentioned. As a stand-alone action movie I would call it shallow but entertaining overal.
However the "fucked up" part leads me to believe we're talking from a point of view where one is familiar with the source material.
To be honest I don't care that much about the accuracy of Wolverine's backstory. I'm more disturbed by the portrayal of several well-established Marvel characters.
* Wolverine's love interest - Kayla Silver Fox, apparently. Though in the movie she's Emma Frost's older sister, but that would make her Adrienne Frost, which she's not. And she has Cordelia Frost's (Emma's younger sister) powers. Wabbuh?
* Gambit - young, emo and can make cards float. Yeah, they still explode but behold the power of CG, he can now make them float as well! Oh and on top of being just versatile with his fighting stick he can also charge it with power!
* Blob - ... no mass-shifting powers in sight. Instead he has indestructible skin. And he's skinny. And later just eats himself to the size we all know and love. And it's explained that he gets to be that size because of his skin holding it all together. WTF? I liked the Blob who was proud of who he was, instead of this one who's just another lame excuse for fat-jokes.
* Bolt - yay, it's NOT Beak as everyone speculated! Thankfully the creators made that change. But then again... he's really also just fodder in this movie. And why choose Bolt over any other major Marvel character?
* Deadpool - ... no. Just... GAH WHY?!? Great acting by Ryan Renolds though. But no cancer, no trademark effed up skin, no mask, no 4th wall to break and at the climax of the movie all the powers get "pooled" into him to create one super mutant as the big baddy. Oh and they remove his mouth in the process. Thanks for completely ruining such a great character Gavin Hood and David Benioff!
Best parts? Emma Frost and Scott Summers as teenagers, showing their roles of future X-men leaders, and at the end of the movie a surprise cameo!
I am a Batman fan. Have been so for more than 30 years (I am 43 years old) I read about the Dark Knight movie. Everone seemed to like it. Even the most critical comic fans. There was no way I was not going to like it. And yet... I didn't like it. In fact I hated it.
I spent far more than just three hours and 10 euros on the movie. I spent time and gas to travel to a friend who wanted to see the movie with me. And it was all my own choice. No one forced me. I chose to see the stupid movie. I just assumed it would be as great as everone said it was. It wasn't.
A girl from my circle of friends turned 22. She's into Dragonball, Buffy and Angel. So in her characteristic SQUEEE! way, she managed to rally 12 people to go eat pancakes with her and then go see the movie. One of them being me.
Now I know a *little* bit about Dragonball, but that's mostly from the "Z" cartoons. Right before the movie I got a crash course in Dragonball, about the original series, Z, GT, saga's, good Piccolo, bad Piccolo, etc. etc.
Now, I knew I was going to be in for a mediocre movie. But I don't mind bad or awful movies as long as they don't take themselves too seriously. I enjoyed Street Fighter the movie, I laughed at Mortal Kombat the movie (oh, Christopher Lambert, where art thou....) and I will officially go on record and say I have the DVD of Dead Or Alive the movie at home. It's so bad it's hilarious.
Now, onto DBE (Dragonball Evolution). It had its share of chuckles and one or two entertaining fight scenes. But it just tried too hard to be taken seriously. How many movie cliches can you put into 80 minutes of movie? Watch DBE and you have the answers. Every plot 'twist' was visible a mile in advance. I know the movie is targeted at a younger audience, but still.... In my opinion the actors were putting too much effort in acting and the slapstick tongue-in-cheek comedy that's oozing out of the cartoons was hardly to be seen.
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Kettleborough and Jeremy Lawlor are at the crease. Kettleborough is on strike. M Coles will open the attack
Hogan to S Northeast, out Caught by Mark Wallace!! S Northeast c Mark Wallace b Hogan 56(106) [4s-8]
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It’s quite similar to that of Sachin Tendulkar’s childhood story. At the Shivaji Park, Ramakant Achrekar used to give batting practice to a young boy with a single stump behind him and a little coin was placed above the stump. Achrekar Sir instructed the kid not to get out and if he became successful to remain not out, the coin would have been given to him as a token of appreciation. The young boy had gathered a lot of coins till he went on to play for India in the International cricket. He is none other than the great Sachin Tendulkar.
Jasprit Bumrah, similarly, got awarded by his childhood coach Mr. Kishore Trivedi for being perfect at practice. In a recent chat with CrickerSoccer.com, Kishore Trivedi, who runs Royal Cricket Coaching Camp at Ahmedabad Nirman High School, disclosed the early story of Bumrah and revealed how his student was eager to get established in test cricket.
Kishore Trivedi (KT): He was a very lean and thin boy. His mother used to be a teacher with the same Nirman High School, where I run the Academy. She brought Bumrah to me and told to train him in cricket. The first thing that did impress me was his pace and strange bowling action. It was very unusual. He had a slinging action. And he used to generate a lot of pace. Many asked me to change his action a bit as he may get injured with this unusual action. But I decided that this boy should continue with his natural action. Today I feel that my decision was correct as it’s his exceptional action that makes the life of the batsmen difficult.
KT: He had raw pace. And he was very eager to learn. As a coach, what pleased me most was the fact that he always followed my instructions and worked very hard. With the slinging action, he was very difficult to pick and I never saw a batsman play his deliveries with ease. He is tall and can generate the extra amount of bounce from any surface. That is the USP about his bowling.
KT: In my camp, I used to keep a bottle cap on the good length area and in the blockholes. Jasprit used to bowl accurately on those areas since the age of 14 and had no hesitation in bowling to right and left-handers. He used to vary his line and length accordingly. At my coaching camp, there were players from different age groups and Jasprit was so capable that he used to practice with the senior team. The senior players used to literally get scared of his pace. The bowlers used to bowl long spells and at the end of the day, Jasprit and others used to practice Yorkers for a continuous period of 30-40 minutes. It was a daily routine for all the players. At the end of the day, whoever used to hit the maximum number of yorkers, I used to treat them with burgers, pizza etc.
KT: Jasprit has always been a Test material. He never liked to be clubbed as a T20 specialist. He always dreamt to be a part of the Indian test team. He was eager to prove himself in Test cricket. He has all the qualities of a good Test bowler. Jasprit has a very slim physique and I still get surprised how he generates that amount of pace. Outswingers used to be his main weapon. But in last one year, he has learnt to bowl off cutters, the ball which comes in sharply. It makes me proud that gradually Jasprit is becoming the spearhead of the Indian pace attack. Jasprit is still in contact with me and he often asks me for tips. He reviews his performance with me.
CS: In England, he is looking deadly with the red ball. Batsmen like Alastair Cook and Joe Root are struggling against him. Your thoughts.
KT: He is such a bowler who doesn’t depend much on the nature of the pitch. He can be dangerous in any condition. In England, he is sticking to the basics and that’s why looking more confident. The batsman must find difficulties to play him. The more matches he will play, more matured, he is going to be. He is a quick learner. The way Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri show faith in his skill and ability, it only makes him a better bowler.
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> I am Mrs Mary Susan Derrick, I am a US citizen, 48 years Old. I reside here in New Braunfels Texas. My residential address is as follows. 108 Crockett Court. Apt 303, New Braunfels Texas, United States, am thinking of relocating since I am now rich. I am one of those that took part in the Compensation in Nigeria many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid over $50,000 while in the US, trying to get my payment all to no avail.
> So I decided to travel to WASHINGTON D.C with all my compensation documents, And I was directed by the ( F B I) Director to contact Mr.Kelvin Williams, who his a representative of the ( F B I ) and a member of the COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE, currently in Nigeria.and I contacted him and he explained everything to me. He said whoever is contacting us through emails are fake.
> He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment. Right now I am the most happiest woman on earth because I have received my compensation funds of $15,Million Us Dollars Moreover, Mr.Kelvin Williams, showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your name as one of the beneficiaries, and your email address, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund, they are only making money out of you. I will advise you to contact Mr.Kelvin Williams.
> The only money I paid after I met Mr.Kelvin Williams was just $290 for the paper works, take note of that.
> Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact Mr.Kelvin Williams so that he can help you to Deliver your fund instead of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for different kind of money to complete your transaction.
I am really happy to hear from you, i want you to know that after been cheated by scammers i decide to contact the Federal Bureau Of Investigation Headquarter (FBI) here in the USA and i was directed to contact their agent which is Mr Kelvin Williams who was sent to Nigeria to help victims of scam like me and people who are yet to receive their winning funds obtain their funds without been scammed.
Due to my situation after loosing $50,000 us dollars to scammers,i decided to travel to Nigeria to meet Mr Kelvin Williams in person and i paid the sum of $290 us dollars to him to obtain legal document so that i will not have problem in receiving my funds.Finally i was issued a cheque worth the sum of $15 Million United States Dollars and i took it back to USA to my Bank and it was cashed in my Bank and paid into my account.
He showed me in his computer system people who are yet to receive their winning, and i saw you name among the list that is why i decided to contact you.
I want you to contact him and i promise you that your funds will be transfered to you without any problem, because Mr Kelvin Williams his an honnest man and a God fearing person.
I asked Mr Kelvin Williams about people that could not afford travelling to Nigeria to collect their winning,and he told me that their funds will be trasfered to their account without any problem.
Update me as soon as your funds has been transfered to your account, so that we can celebrate about it.
Greetings to you and your family, let me start by introducing myself. I am Mr Kelvin Williams a representative of the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (fbi) Currently in Nigeria to fight against internet frauds.
I will advice you to stop dealings with those people because they are not who they say they are. Your funds worth the sum of $15 Million us dollars is in our custody and I will assist you in getting it, the same way I assisted Mrs. Susan Derrick.
Therefore I want to inform you that you are require to make a payment of $290 0usd for the paper work as Mrs. Susan Derrick have informed you in her email. Also be inform that your funds will be transfer into your local bank account as soon as you make the payment, So if you are ready to make the payment I want you to get back to me with the below information.
As soon as the above details have been confirmed by me, I will give you instructions on how to make the payment of $290 usd for the paper works and legal documentation. As soon as the payment is made, I will get the documents done then the bank will contact you, and they will give you a login into their website, so you can transfer your money into your account without delay.
Important Notice; Do not respond to any emails apart from myself, and forward all further emails you get from those scammers to me, so I can work with the local police, the FBI and Interpol to bring them down. They are imposters, and their fraudulent activities is bringing a bad name to this country, denting the image of honest people like us, that’s why we have to bring them down.
Note: I have attach my (FBI) identification card to you, for you to know that i am the real person for you to contact.
I await to hear from you today, on behalf of the members and staff of the JOAKIN COMPENSATION HOUSE Award Authorities, I say Congratulations once more.
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This leading global company are looking for experienced and passionate Technical Support Officers to join their Brisbane CBD team for an initial 12 Month contract. You will bring your experience and excellent communication skills to provide Level 1 & 2 support to both internal and external clientele.
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AmCham Participated in Public Debates on the Government Decision about Approval of the Sanitary Regulation - AmCham Moldova
AmCham Participated in Public Debates on the Government Decision about Approval of the Sanitary Regulation
On December 12, AmCham participated in public debates organized by the Ministry of Health on the subject of Government Decision about approbation of the sanitary Regulation on health supervision of the persons subjected to the professional risk factors.
At the 2008 Olympics, China led the men’s team preliminaries by over five points ahead of Japan, with the U.S. about nine and a half points behind down in 6th place. The margin of victory after the team finals was even more astounding, with China winning by more than SEVEN full points over Japan, and the U.S. finishing over TEN points behind for the bronze. Perhaps the only other comparable display of team domination was at the 1972 Olympics, when Japan beat the Soviet Union by just over seven points and third place Germany by eleven points. Regardless, China’s performance in 2008 was one of the most powerful and dominant of all time.
Here in Rotterdam, China leads Japan by just one point and the U.S. by about five and a half points.
Conclusion: Both Japan and the U.S. have closed the gap considerably on China, and Japan in particular has a very legitimate shot at beating the Olympic champions.
If we consider just how many routines were missed by China and Japan in the preliminaries, it’s very difficult to predict which team will come out on top. Both teams had some serious struggles on both floor and pommel horse; Japan had two missed pommel horse routines and three missed floor routines, plus another one with a large stumble. China had one missed routine on pommel horse and multiple other struggles on some pommel horse routines and tumbling passes on floor.
Of the top three teams, the U.S. perhaps performed to the best of their ability, though they certainly didn’t have a perfect day. They missed one routine on p-bars, one routine on floor, and one routine on rings… and did have some errors on other key routines that allow them plenty of room for improvement. Just as with the U.S. women, the men should be incredibly proud of their performance during the preliminaries, especially from such a young and inexperienced group of guys. They established themselves as a very serious medal threat and finished ahead of some very strong teams from Great Britain, Germany, Russia, and Korea. They also have two strong contenders in the all-around finals (Horton and Leyva), three event finalists (Legendre on floor and Leyva and Brooks on high bar), and one reserve (Brandon Wynn on rings).
Perhaps the biggest accomplishment of this U.S. team during the preliminaries was hitting ALL FIVE pommel horse routines – a very promising outcome considering four of the five gymnasts would undoubtedly consider pommel horse to be by far their weakest event. Although it was still the team’s weakest event here, they finished just over two points behind Japan on pommel horse and just under two points behind China – half the margin by which they trailed these two teams in Beijing on the same event. Since pommel horse is the biggest reason why the U.S. men are widely considered to be on a different level than these two teams, this has to give the U.S. men the confidence that they can, in fact, give China and Japan a serious scare if they rock the team finals. It’s going to take an all-out, 18-for-18 kind of performance that will require all six of these guys to be on fire at the same time, but if they generate the kind of atmosphere they did in Beijing, some really exciting things could happen for these American men two days from now. They’ll need some help from China and Japan to have a chance to win, but they do have one significant advantage over both of these teams…they’re the underdogs.
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This beautiful ski vacation resort is lined with pine trees and its Mild slopes are ideal for newbies. They also have a Distinctive avec course for couples! Did we mention that it's also under one hour clear of Seoul?
Rather than this ski tour staying just a spot to learn how to ski, it can also be an area in encouraging you and your Buddy or spouse and children to become nearer to you.
Most resorts are huge, leisure-focused facilities that stay open all year round and supply plush accommodations and facilities; nonetheless, the most well-liked time to visit these resorts is during the peak ski year from mid-December to the end of February.
Builders in the resort took advantage of the region’s pure terrain and formulated top rated-notch facilities that are mentioned to become among the greatest ski facilities in Korea.
The main point in a very Korea ski tour is the protection of our clients. That is definitely why we enforce a 10min stretching time to be used along with your ski tour guide. So remember to Adhere to the guide of the guideline.
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3rd could be the pole, it is used to assist for balancing. It isn't very easy to maneuver all-around although carrying all 3 of those gears resulting from it remaining heavy. But, you do not require to bother with this, Since when next your tour guide, in the event you stretch the two your arms out, your guide will set all the gears on your arms to help you balance them and carry them out to put on at the end.
Slipping down over the snow doesn’t definitely damage or gained’t be way too severely injured, but just in the event we really advise the rental of all the safety gears to be used for the youngsters.
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An Indian Army commissioner, who did not determination to be named as the issue is yet to go public, said
Indore is a part of India. It’s a destination that called as Hind Ka Daur, located at Madhya Pradesh. Total area of Indore is 399 km2. Total population of this place is 1994397 in present, previous it was at 179495 & in upcoming future of Indore will be 2233724.
BJP (Bhartiya Janta Party) is taking care of the government system at Indore. Hind Ka Daur is filled with full of resources because of nearby Kahn River river. The Kahn River is connected with other rivers like Narmada, Jamuna, Ganga.
The Border of Indore is surrounded & attached with Depalpur, Hatod, Kshipra, Kelod, Shiwni, Berchha, Mhow, Pithampur. Here total number of 132959 homes, 2228 schools, 8107 offices are available. The ratio of facilities is growing at the rate of 11%. So, it will reach in future till 152903 homes, 2674 schools, 9566 offices in 2020.
It’s a place of culture, education, values and other life full values. Indore have three type of transportation ability: Railways, Airways, Roadways.
You’re travelling from Delhi location to Indore. Then, get the boarding flight from Delhi airport to Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport. It will take 1hr 20m duration to reach. Then get the local auto riksha or vehicle to reach at your booked hotel. Hotels of Indore is clean, cheaper with valuable hospitality.
Either You are Travelling from Mumbai location to Indore. Then, get the boarding flight from Mumbai airport to Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport. It will take 1hr 10m duration to reach. Then get the local auto riksha or vehicle to reach at your booked hotel.
Airline services of Indore are efficient. Safe travel experience and value added services with local guides, here tourist camps are available. Use Google Map to stay and find other location directory like: TravelBrandIndia and others to get relevant and best hotels and flight booking.
Indian Railways are the lifeline of Indian people and travelers. If you are travelling first time at Indore then railway can be one of the best experience for you with cheap, fast & comfort journey.
The cost fare of railway travel from Delhi to Indore is Rs. 275 and if you’re coming from Mumbai tour to Indore then the cost fare of travel will be Rs. 555.
As compare to airline travel, it will take more time but you can explore 13h 21m long distance from Delhi and 819km and time 6hr 10m long distance from Mumbai.
Best location in between to reach here from Delhi: H Nizamuddin (NZM) Station, Mathura Junction (MTJ) Station, Bharatpur Junction (BTE) Station, Bayana Junction (BXN) Station, Shri Mahabirji (SMBJ) Station, Gangapur City (GGC) Station, Sawai Madhopur (SWM) Station, Kota Junction (KOTA) Station,Ramganj Mandi (RMA) Station, Bhawani Mandi (BWM) Station, Garot (GOH) Station, Shamgarh (SGZ) Station, Suwasra (SVA) Station, Chau Mahla (CMU) Station, Vikramgarh Alot (VMA) Station, Mahidpur Road (MEP) Station, Nagda Junction (NAD) Station, Ujjain Junction (UJN) Station, Dewas (DWX) Station
Best destinations from Mumbai to Indore: Mumbai Central (BCT) Station, Borivali (BVI) Station, Valsad (BL) Station, Navsari (NVS) Station, Surat (ST) Station, Ankleshwar Junction (AKV) Station, Bharuch Junction (BH) Station, Vadodara Junction (BRC) Station, Godhra Junction (GDA) Station, Dahod (DHD) Station, Meghnagar (MGN) Station, Thandla Road (THDR) Station, Bamnia (BMI) Station, Ratlam Junction (RTM) Station, Khachrod (KUH) Station, Nagda Junction (NAD) Station, Ujjain Junction (UJN) Station, Dewas (DWX) Station, Indore Junction Bg (INDB) Station
Go travel and explore India tourism with us. Any query regarding Indian Railways then please submit your query at irctc.co.in. You will get instant help and response by reporting RPF (Railway police force) of India. In case any miss-happening or miss-behavior then call at 100 for police or write down to twitter portal of Indian Railway.
904 km long distance from Delhi by Car or your vehicle. Total 57 petrol pumps from Delhi to Indore. It will take 15 h 28 min via NH48 time to travel by car. More than 215 hotel in between.
585 km long distance from Mumbai by Car or your vehicle. Total 26 petrol pumps from Mumbai to Indore. It will take 10 h 7 min via NH52 time to travel by car. More than 665 hotel in between.
Lal bagh palace of Indore: It’s famous for Lal bagh palace Every year more the 36000+ per year visitors are travelling here.
Annapurna Temple of Indore: It’s famous for Ralamandal Wildlife Sanctuary. Every year more the 25000+ per year visitors are travelling here.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Regional Park of Indore: It’s famous for Gandhi Hall Every year more the 35000+ per year visitors visitors are travelling here.
Restaurants at Indore: Total 180 restaurants are available here. The Quality food with rating of 180 can help you to choose healthy food while you travel.
Hotels at Indore: Total 212 hotels are available here. Royal hotels with rating of 3.8 to 4.2 can help you to choose best experience of your tour.
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The L.E.A.D program is for 4-6 qualified young adults (ages 18-25) who have a demonstrated aptitude for leadership, a genuine interest in growing spiritually, and a desire to express an active faith.
A key component of the L.E.A.D program is the spiritual development of the participant in their Christian faith and life. They will be involved in Bible studies, book studies, attending church and practising spiritual disciplines. Intentional focus will be given to spiritual development and engaging faith in life and ministry.
Leadership development occurs as participants are exposed to all aspects of leadership both in theory and practice. Through practical teaching and supervised experience, each participant will grow in their understanding of ministry and leadership. During the 8 months, participants will gain practical experience serving the year-round ministry of camp including working with churches and school groups.
A key outcome is for each participant to have strengthened character so they are able to thrive personally and relationally. Participants will be living in community. Experiential lessons in character development will occur as participants are stretched and challenged in their responsibilities, attitude and relational skills. Specific teaching and books studies will address issues of integrity, personal values, and conflict resolution. Through Bible study and teaching participants will be developing a Biblical perspective on current social and moral issues.
Participants will grow in practical skill development and excellence in work through hands-on experience rotating through a variety of areas including: Outdoor Education and Retreats, working in food service, facilities (maintenance and cleaning) and administration. The primary work will be done hosting church, school and communities groups, as well as providing program activities for them. There will also be practical training provided in safety, food handling and program training.
The cost to you is your investment of time and energy as you respond to God’s work in your life through participation in L.E.A.D. Participants will receive a $175 monthly stipend plus room and board. Books and resources will be provided as part of the program, as well as some work equipment and uniforms.
Participants will stay on site at either Pioneer Camp Lodge, Sundre or Pioneer Camp Ranch, Rocky Mountain House. There will be a common meeting area used for teaching. There may be two people per room for sleeping accommodations. Housing is provided at no cost as part of the program.
L.E.A.D is an intentional and intense 8 month experience, starting at the beginning of September and going to the end of April. There will be time off in December as well as as well as opportunity for time off during the year, including a weekly Sabbath. The goal is to place participants in camp ministry or other active ministry following the completion of the program.
We are looking for applicants who are energetic, determined, hard-working and sincerely interested in growing in their faith. Each applicant must be a high school, college or university graduate. The application and interviews will help us determine your qualification and suitability for the program.
Guatemala (‘place of many trees’) lives up to its name and gives visitors an thrilling view of Central America. The country with the highest and most active volcanoes, remarkable Mayan ruins, dense jungles and an indigenous culture that flourishes through its traditional music, lively dance and colourful embroidered clothing.
Years of historical activity has left the country with an abundance of archaeological sites as well as colonial cities. Its landscape is renowned for spectacular views with mountains and some of the most impressing stretches of river in the world.
The Mayan heart of Central America, Guatemala borders Mexico to the north and west, Belize to the northeast and Honduras and El Salvador to the east. Scattered around this mountainous and jungle covered country, the impressive ancient Mayan ruins and colonial buildings are a reminder of Guatemala’s heritage and civilised past.
Until recently, Guatemala was little visited and this culturally rich, archaeologically fascinating country, with its diverse natural environment, is a one-off that must be visited to be understood.
With the Caribbean to its east, The Pacific Ocean to the south west and Mexico bordering on the north and west, Guatemala is located in Central America and has an area of just over 108,000 square kilometres. Guatemala lies between latitudes 13° and 18°N, and longitudes 88° and 93°W. Guatemala’s terrain is very mixed, with mountains, rainforests, small dessert patches as well as an extensive coast. The capital: Guatemala de la Asunción- ‘Guatemala City’ is located in the highlands or the Pacific Coast region; two of three major areas in the country that are divided by the two mountain chains. The three regions vary in climate and contrast one another in landscape.
Despite the large amount of poverty in the country, Guatemala has a relatively stable government as a constitutional democratic republic. The President of Guatemala is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Since January 2008 Álvaro Colom has been the president of Guatemala.
Guatemala’s main source of (foreign) income comes from remittances from Guatemalans who fled the country during the civil war to the United States. A quarter of the country’s GDP comes from agriculture with it serving as employment for half the population; bananas are the country’s main export as well as coffee, sugar and textiles. The service sector is the largest part of GDP for the country. Tourism is starting to become an increasing source of income for Guatemala.
There are over 20 ‘Mayan’ languages which are spoken by many indigenous Guatemalans. The official first language in the country is Spanish; however it is not spoken at all by some; which include elderly natives and those living in rural areas and on the Caribbean coast. Spanish is a first or second language to around 93% of the population.
Religious freedom features in the country’s constitution. The two main religions in Guatemala are Catholic and Protestant: with approximately 57% Catholic and 40% protestant and 3% Eastern Orthodox. There are also small communities of Jews, Buddhists and the indigenous Mayan faith followers.
After the battle through ground conditions – described as “possibly the worst seen in years” – and a strict policy that saw tests conducted every 250 m, the construction team has completed this phase of the development and kept the project on track for its December 2018 finish date.
Under a joint venture consisting of John Holland, MPC Group and TRILITY, the W2BH project will run 270 km and provide a long term water supply to Broken Hill.
At peak, it will supply up to 37.4 ML of raw water local Broken Hill provider Essential Water, which will maintain responsibility for water treatment and distribution for customers.
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With Apple’s Smart Keyboards or any other third-party keyboards capable of connecting to an iPad, Apple has a set of options that allow you to customize the hardware keyboard, regardless of which keyboard you decide to go with. Follow along to learn how to customize hardware keyboard settings on iPad… The post How to customize hardware keyboard settings on iPad appeared first on 9to5Mac.
Photoshop CC is ideal for creating promotional video pieces, portfolio-based slideshows, and sellable videos for your photography business. Best of all, you don’t have to learn another program—you’ll use tools you’re familiar with. In this column, you’ll learn how to create a wedding video by mixing stills, video, and text.
Photoshop links to video and audio files, so start by gathering video clips, stills (including your logo), and audio files into a project folder. Happily, linking results in nondestructive video editing—Photoshop applies your edits to a copy of original clips upon export. Use sequential file names to put files in the order you want them to play in the video.
Create a new document by choosing File > New. In the resulting dialog, choose Film & Video from the Preset menu. For a 1280x720 video, pick HDV/HDTV from the Size menu and then click OK. In the Timeline panel that appears, click Create Video Timeline. Enlarge the Timeline panel’s clip thumbnails by choosing Panel Options from its fly-out menu (circled). Click the largest thumbnail size in the resulting dialog (also circled) and then click OK.
You’ll spend lots of time in the Timeline panel (top) so increasing thumbnail size is helpful (bottom). This trick works in several Photoshop panels.
Click the filmstrip icon in the Timeline panel (circled) and choose Add Media. Navigate to your content folder, select all the files, and click Open. Photoshop plops them into a folder named Video Group 1 in the Layers panel and they appear in a single video track in the Timeline panel, where they’re referred to as clips. In your Layers panel, delete Layer 0 (the Background layer). Photoshop activates the next layer in both panels, which is the first item that’ll play in the video.
Onscreen duration of any clip (video or still) is determined by its length in the Timeline panel. While you can’t extend a video (or audio) clip beyond its original length, you can extend other content indefinitely—say, an image, text, shape, or adjustment layers. Point your cursor at the end of the first clip (a still of roses) and your cursor turns into a bracket with a double-sided arrow (circled). The bracket points toward the clip that’ll be affected; when it’s facing left toward the roses, drag right to extend it.
Drag the vertical playhead bar (circled) rightward across the next clip to preview it. To trim it, position the playhead where you want the clip to end, point your cursor at the clip’s end and when the bracket faces left toward the clip, drag it to the playhead (the clip activates itself when you start dragging and a preview window opens). To trim the beginning of a video clip, position the playhead where you want the video to start, point your cursor at the clip’s beginning and when the cursor bracket faces rightward toward the clip, drag it to the playhead. Repeat this process for each clip.
To restore a trimmed clip, drag its start point leftward or its end point rightward. To split a clip, position the playhead at the desired split point, click the scissors icon in the Timeline panel, and Photoshop splits it in two. To delete a clip, activate it in either the Timeline or Layers panel and press Delete (PC: Backspace). To reposition a clip in the video, activate it and drag left/right in the Timeline panel or up/down in the Layers panel.
To create a safe space for branding at the end of the video, add a Solid Color fill layer. Click the half-black/half-white circle at the bottom of the Layers panel (circled), choose Solid Color, and pick black. Position this layer at the top of Video Group 1, which puts it at the end of your video, creating black frames onto which you can place text or a logo.
Now let’s add some transitions. Click the half-black/half-white rectangle in the Timeline panel and drag the Fade With Black transition onto the beginning of the first clip to fade it in from black. To extend the transition’s length, point your cursor at its end (circled) and drag rightward. Next, drag a Cross Fade transition between the remaining clips.
Anything inside Video Group 1 will play in succession, so to stack other content on top of it—making the other content play at the same time—you can add them to another video group. This works for text, images, shapes, video clips, and adjustment layers, which are handy for altering clip tone and color. In the Timeline panel, click the filmstrip icon next to Video Group 1 and choose New Video Group. Position the playhead atop the first clip slightly past the transition and press T to grab the Type tool. Click atop your document and add some text (to see the text, position the playhead atop the text clip). Adjust the duration of the text clip as described earlier and then add a Fade transition to the beginning and end of the text clip.
With the Type layer in Video Group 2 active, choose File > Place Embedded and navigate to where your logo lives and click Place. In the Timeline panel, drag the clip rightward until it’s at the end of the video, atop the Solid Color Fill layer you added earlier. Adjust clip position and length so it appears slightly after the fill layer transition resolves. In this example, a text-based logo was used. Add a Fade transition to the beginning and end of the logo or text clip.
Last but not least, add some audio. Click the musical notes next to the Audio Track in the Timeline panel and choose Add Audio. Navigate to the audio file and click Open. Position the audio clip as described above. To alter volume, or to fade audio in/out, click the triangle at upper right of its clip. (If you need to match your video to audio length, add the audio earlier in the process.)
As you can see, creating video in Photoshop is well within reach. Until next time, may the creative force be with you all!
Celebrate the playing career of a longtime Seattle Mariners' favorite. This New Era MLB ICHIRO PACK 9FIFTY Snapback cap honors Ichiro Suzuki. The cap is fabricated in Mariners' branding colors. It has a high crown, flat rounded bill, adjustable snapback closure, and a bold embroidered message at front: Ichiro's number.
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Villa del Sol is located on the Atlantic side of picturesque Clarence Town. The house is modern, tastefully furnished and fully equipped, designed for easy island style living. Wrap around verandas, natural polished pine floors and spacious rooms allow for a relaxed atmosphere and indoor/outdoor living. Set in a quiet, secure location, but close to everything you need to make your vacation special, including a variety of restaurants, shops, historical sites, beaches, marina. Panoramic views of the quaint little harbour town gives a peaceful feeling of being at home with nature. A 2 minute walk will take you to a beautiful, seemingly endless beach.
Fully air conditioned, ceiling fans, large windows and French doors allow the cool island breezes to keep you comfortable at all times. Other amenities include WIFI, Cable TV and an Outdoor Grill.
A two seat kayak is available upon request at no extra cost. Ideal for a family or just two. Linens, towels (beach and bath), fully equipped kitchen where you can prepare meals or we can arrange for a cook to do so. MORE INFO
So, you’ve just been involved in an accident…. Well, unless you have participated in a demolition derby, you are a race car driver or something similar, you probably are a little out of sorts, at least mentally, if not physically as well. You may not feel the adrenaline pumping in your veins at the moment but it is there and your body is on full alert. The list of things you see below may seem obvious. Just roll with it and try to mentally picture this once your moment comes because there are many things that you think of after the fact, once you’ve calmed down and then it is too late to go back. So here we go!
Don’t forget to write down the license plate numbers of all involved vehicles. If it’s safe to do so, take pictures of the accident scene and the involved vehicles.
If you can’t report your claim right away (or even if you can), you can record the details of your accident while you are “in the moment”. No pen or paper, no worries! Remember the “Smart” phone you have in your pocket? Use it to its fullest potential. Do this by taking audio recordings, pictures and video. The more severe the accident, the more likely there are things that you’ll forget about. For this reason alone, you need to “brain dump” as much as possible into your device. Remember, even though you are projecting “cool and calm”, you are nothing but “cool and calm”on the inside. Stories change, your recollection changes, eye witnesses disappear so think like a crime scene investigator when collecting your info.
Report to your insurance company as soon as possible. The sooner you report, the sooner you can reap the benefits of the coverage you paid for. You do have adequate coverage right? Bring in the professionals and let them operate for you.
Be proactive after an accident and give your “team” as much ammunition as possible to deal with the accident in your favor, while maintaining your health and safety. Oh, and kiss your loved ones when you get home. Today could have ended in a very different way!
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The toy business is a competitive field. There are only so many "surefire" licenses to go around, so companies need to get creative if they're going to get a piece of the action.
Gone are the days of the master license, when one company would be in charge of every piece of product that hit shelves, from obvious things like toys and playsets to the more unexpected bedsheets and toothpaste. Now licensors slice their properties, selling rights to everyone they can in order to maximize profits: Company A makes statues, Company B makes plushes, Company C makes action figures; or, more likely, Company C makes 6" figures, Company D makes 12" figures and Company E makes 3" figures.
Pretty complicated stuff, especially when the company with the 2-4" liscense makes 3.9" figures and the company with the 4-8" license makes 4.1" figures. But there's still more. What's the difference between a statue and a maquette? How about a replica? A bust? Does carving a niche in the back of something turn it into a votive candleholder, and put it in a category of its own? How does size differ from scale, and can that one little word in a contract really make all that much difference? There's a lot of wiggle room in these licenses, and thank god there is - that's the reason that Art Asylum has become the first company since Mego to produce figures of both Marvel and DC characters simultaneously.
DC Direct was already making those terrible little "Pocket Superheroes" in the 3" scale, so if (AA head) Digger wanted to create DC Minimates, he'd have to get creative. Fans demanded that DC 'mates be the same size as their Marvel collection, but the license to produce action figures of that size was already wrapped up. So how do you get around that? You find the wiggle room.
Art Asylum is not producing or selling 2" Minimate action figures of DC Comics characters. Instead, they're making building block toys of DC Comics properties that just happen to include 2" Minimate characters as accessories - in their case, the wiggle room was a simple indentation on the bottom of the feet that transformed the toys from action figures to construction sets. Go, Digger!
They named the sets C3, a bit of a play on words. While it technically means Construct, Customize and Conquer, the 3 can also be read as the mathematical symbol for "cubed" - the shape of the figures and the blocks built around them. Clever!
The first available C3 set was the exclusive Stealth Batwing - limited to 5,000 pieces, it was available from Art Asylum at the summer 2004 SDCC and Wizard World Chicago conventions.
We'll start with the building set itself, then do the included figures last. No real reason - it just seemed to work. If you're not interested in the construction set, just skip down a bit.
To set this set apart from the mass-market batwing, its plastic pieces are cast in translucent blue. Better that than clear, at least - the tint keeps it from looking like a poor attempt at Wonder Woman's invisible jet. Assembled from 110 pieces, the finished Batwing measures 9" across, 7 1/4" long and 3" tall. Its profile is undeniably that of the classic bat-logo; remember that scene in the first Batman movie where Bruce flew his plane up in front of the Gotham moon? Now you can do it yourself.
As a gimmicky vehicle, the set works well. It's got a working canopy, retractable landing gear, missile launchers and moveable air spoiler panels on the tops of the wings and a tiny removable escape pod. All pretty nice, especially for the type of plane that Batman would build himself. Unlike most Lego people, Batman can actually hold the plane's controls in his simple little hands.
The C3 modular bricks plug into each other just like Legos and Mega Bloks, and they hold together well - nice tight bonds, but easy enough to take apart when you want to. The instruction booklet isn't very clear about precisely where the blocks need to fit on what's been previously assembled, but it's not too terribly hard to figure out. The bat symbols and few instances of color are either painted on or decals applied at the factory - there's nothing that you'll need to put on yourself.
The press releases for this set announced that it would come with "2.5 Minimates," which some folks mis-understood to say that the figures would be 2 1/2" tall, putting them out of scale with the Marvel crew. Not so! These are the 2" bodies that fans demanded, but the set really does come with two and a half of them.
The DC Minimates share the same body as their Marvel counterparts, with a few minor differences: in addition to the holes in the soles of their feet, they have slightly redesigned shoulders that allow for a wider range of motion, which was one of the complaints about the early 2" 'mates. Of course, those elements are making their way into the Marvel and Lord of the Rings lines as well, so they won't be so different for long. Like all Minimates, they move at 14 points: neck, waist, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles.
The first figure is Pilot Batman, a repaint of the figure that will come with the regular set. To set him apart from the mass-market version, he's got yellow highlights instead of light blue. It still looks very good against the gray of his flight suit, though. His costume really does look like a jet pilot's uniform, complete with a removable helmet. The helmet has an oxygen feed that plugs into the figure's chest, and the visor can be rotated back to reveal Bruce's eyes. The visor is molded with a little pair of bat-ears that take this from a simple uniform to a perfect Batsuit.
The large yellow box in which this set was sold features the retro-influenced logo of the new animated series, The Batman. To fit with that, the second figure in the set is plain Bruce Wayne, modeled on his new cartoon appearance - he's a bit younger and a bit sleeker, with a more rounded look to the angular "Americanime" style created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm.
So that's two. The "and a half" figure is actually a result of the accessories - AA included gloves, boots, a chestpiece, cowl and cape to turn Bruce into Batman. The black pieces fit over the billionaire playboy's stylish sportcoat and conceal all evidence of his civilian clothes, turning him into a very good representation of the Dark Knight.
There was some question about how well Art Asylum could pull off the building sets - they'd never tried anything like this before, and the construction set market is already pretty full. Though the sets will necessarily be a bit expensive, this exclusive preview shows that a combination of long-awaited characters and good building toys will certainly be worth the price.
OML 61 is located onshore, south of OML 60. OML 61 covers an area of 1,499 km² (370,410 acres) and it is the largest License in OER’s portfolio in terms of both production and reserves.
Successful exploration continued in OML 61 with the discovery of the Obiafu-Obrikom (or Ob-Ob), Idu and Oshi fields in the early 1970’s. To date, the License comprises 12 producing fields. All of the producing fields in OML 61 contain both light and medium sweet oil (25° to 45° API), condensates and natural gas.
OML 61 also holds a rich portfolio of oil and gas prospects and leads mainly targeting the deeper underexplored reservoirs and step-out structures. Historically, oil has been the primary product, but many of the fields contain significant associated and non-associated gas reserves which are presently, and are expected to be in the future, significant contributors to gas sales. Production is primarily from the Ob-Ob, Idu, Oshi, Mbebe, Irri-Oleh-Isoko and Ebocha fields.
548 km of oil pipelines connecting flowstations to the Ob-Ob gas plant and the Brass River Terminal;
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Desire to use traditional room furniture in your drawing room or family room but confused to think the ways that this can be done and how to shop for the standard living room furniture. There are lots of elements that one needs to think about prior to going for this type of room decor as it is not easy to change the area decoration very frequently.
Wooden is easily the most dominant material which is used in the making of conventional furniture. You can buy the teak wood furniture because this is large and very durable. Also look for the well experienced wooden to ensure that no cracks or change in form seems after utilizing it. You may also look for walnut wood or walnut furniture in this category.
These furnishings are usually well carved and it has intricate styles on this. Indian, Pakistan and Bangladesh are the modems to produce it. Right here you'll find variations of conventional living room furniture like:
In additional to Indian design you will also obtain the other worldwide and worldwide styles like British, French, European and United states.
Apart from the style look for the sturdiness of frame in traditional room furniture. To make this strong hardwood can be used otherwise your furniture will start to get release as time passes giving a really uncomfortable noise whilst sitting or using it. Do not buy the one that is made by using the panel. Walnut and maple wooden be more effective choices for this than the pine as it is really soft so does not last long.
Apart from this how the whole furniture has been created and what high quality such things as spring units, furniture, complete has been done matters a great deal.
In most of the traditional room furniture upholstery is generally sleek with large floral styles. Self printed purple velvet fabric is mostly used for making sofas.
Aside from wooden, leather is yet another choice within this group of living room furniture. Leather having smooth texture is favored over the other smoothness. Therefore if your budget is on higher aspect then you can imagine purchasing the leather furnishings.
Apart from all of the style and appearance related problems never forget to determine the guarantee for your conventional room furniture.
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Traditional room furniture is very thoughtful and provides the contact of royals whenever and where ever it's placed.
If you talk about care then both the types of living room furniture requirements treatment but in their own individual type. Both types of furnishings require their very own specific sharpening and nurturing items. By no means use moist fabric to clean the wood traditional furniture but you can wipe the leather furniture with this particular as leather-based is made from the conceal of pet therefore it gets make softer when cleaned with moist cloth.
In case your furniture has the intricate style and areas then you can use the clean paintbrush to clear the furniture from dirt.
Once in a while year you can shine your wooden furnishings this will protect your furnishings. Be sure to use same make of shine each time.
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Pokemon Go seems to have taken over the internet. It’s everything millennials are talking about these days. And now, prominent brands like Pizza Hut have decided to capitalize on the next big buzz in a manner that is both creative and trendy.
In one of their recent photo posts, they have a photo of Pikachu character on Pizza Hut’s table in Pokemon Go interface inviting the fans and players into their outlets to catch it. Basically one more reason to go to Pizza Hut.
Will it work? Will it not? Only time and Pizza Hut will tell. The least it does is create a positive image of Pizza Hut for picking up on something that is trending, so two thumbs up to Pizza Hut’s marketing team for being smart and intuitive.
The game has stirred things up even among the Pakistani fans and users even though the game hasn’t been officially launched in Pakistan. You cannot download the game from the app store as it has only rolled out in a handful of countries. But, like with most other things, Pakistanis have created a workaround. Which is to install the game through .apk file available online.
Now, if you are among the many people wondering what the hell is Pokemon Go you keep hearing about, well it’s a location based smartphone game by the makers of the hit Pokemon cartoon and animated series. The makers of the game have secretly placed Pokemon creatures on random places which one can catch and then train. What do you do afterwards is something you and I both need to ask those who are players and fans of this game.
The Pokemon Go has currently launched in Australasia and Americas region and is set to launch in European Union (EU) net. We in Pakistan might have to hold our horses just yet.
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Well, if you want to find out exactly how sinful homosexuality is, then you really have to rent a prostitute at rentboy.com. That would be the scientific approach, wouldn’t it?
@WilliamJansen: I think it’s an anecdotal approach. If it were anyone else, I wouldn’t care… “whatever lifts your luggage”, I say. But this guy meets the Frank test. Hypocrisy demands mockery.
LOL. “Carry that bag for you?” Hypocrisy demands mockery indeed. “When will these scandals end?”, they ask. “When everyone stops giving them money and support.”, I reply.
yeah, like mo’s in a position to slag anyone about homosexuality!!! I’m led to believe that muslims are very partial to a bit of man on man rumpy pumpy. I heard from a pakistani woman, that the first sexual experience a pakistan man has is either with an animal or another man (not that men/humans are not animals, but you know what I mean. I’ve just been having that ‘we’re animals too/no we’re not we were created in gods image’ debate with a few religiots recently so I thought I’d make my position clear!) and there’s also been plenty written on the amount of homosexuality practiced by these guys. Glass houses and throwing stones come to mind.
A variation on the ol’ “A prostitute said he’d do anything for a buck, as long as I could put it in only three words” joke.
[…]  I am truly gladdened to see you back on the proverbial straight & narrow. Gladdened that you can put all this divisive “separation of church and state” nonsense behind you and devote your time to the important issues like tithing, free parking and ministering to sinners. […]
@ GNG – I always find it funny when men are busted having animal sex and their defence is that they aren’t prevs because the animal was female.
Part of why this story makes me happy isn’t the whole hoisted by his own petard and that it provides more proof you can’t pray away the gay.
It also provides extra ammunition to those who make the point that the most rabid anti-gay advocates are likely just protesting too much.
Remember that military guy in American Beauty (the film)? I think we should show compassion toward these poor Xtian gay anti-gay activists. It’s not nice to poke fun at them. Jesus said it’s not a sin to be tempted – only to succumb to temptation. It’s very tempting to be a minister, with all those faithful followers tithing a portion of their income every month. If I believed in the power of prayer, I’d say let us pray for Alan, that God would give him the strength to lift his own luggage and the courage to come out and suffer with dignity ‘crucifixion’ by his erstwhile fellow evangelicals. Let us also pray that he can find love without having to pay for it. Amen.
Yes, this comic pretty much should write itself. How’s this for a sound bite from the religious right: He has argued that stoning is the preferred means of capital punishment, noting that it is a communal activity and “the implements of execution are available to everyone at virtually no cost.” This is not coming from ancient times, folks. This is today in America.
Sorry. I got too wordy on that last post. What caught was the idea that stoning someone to death is a wholesome communal activity. The mind boggles.
Seems reading the bible thoroughly can have one of two outcomes. Either you become a lunatic who thinks stoning is a “wholesome communal activity”, or you throw it out and join us for a laugh over a J&M comic.
I suppose that the thinking of the church is that it’s o.k. to live in glass houses, just don’t use the back door…
Yes, you’d think if the rest of them didn’t want people to realize this, that they’d slowly back away from the gay issues.
But they are arrogant enough to think that people will assume they are above reproach or that they won’t get caught.
Interesting use of “when” and not “if”, “….. when James Dobson and Fred Phelps are discovered to be a couple”. I’m going to drive over to Target and see if they’ve registered for gifts. I’m guessing that James is going to be the husband, or “top” as it were.
If these things are not really happening now, it wil be an interesting joke. There is no limits on the depravity of sick human mind. The very worst in my opinion is because this priest is an extrimist anti-gay – same as the pastor haggart (or something similar!) before. Mo is happily attacking J, while definitely similar situations happen in Islam as well, only much more difficult to uncover.
I have a theory about why there seem to be so many anti gay bigots that speak out against homosexuality.
Think of a simple analogy. Replace man-sex with theft. Imagine a pastor was tempted to steal when he saw an opportunity. And imagine that theft wasn’t a crime. Wouldn’t you expect to see the pastor pushing for the outlawing of theft? I wouldn’t be surprised to see somebody who was tempted pushing to make it harder for him to resist temptation.
I really think it’s as simple as that. A desire to do something does not make something immoral, moral. All these people see is anti gay propaganda, so it’s hard for them to realize that there’s nothing wrong with it.
Another comment I once read: Churches focus on anti gay because they want to push the idea that you need their moral codes. Yes, your secular morality covers theft, murder, etc. But look, homosexuality is also wrong, and your moral code doesn’t tell you that. You need ours to be sure you get it all right!
I find that plausible as an explanation. That, and most other parts of their moral code are already enshrined in law. Churches have no reason to speak against theft.
“The Last Temptation of….er….Rekers”. Doesn’t have the same ring -pun not intended – really, does it?
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What is Austrian music famous for? I hope that the first association is not the yodeling. Mozart, the Wiener Walzer and the Neujahrskonzert probably will come to your mind. Considering popular music there was once Opus’ ‘Life is Live’, and, of course, the still legendary Falco.
The Vienna-based synthpop trio dAVOS is the living proof that Austria’s musical innovation did not come to a halt. With a blend of nostalgia and yet something fresh and new they managed to adapt synthpop to the zeitgeist of the 2010’s. They recently released their second studio album I Could Sense a Tragedy. At this occasion let’s take a closer look at their history, their music and the new album.
dAVOS was founded in 2004 by Eric Nelson, Michael Ruin and Gerd Hall. The 80’s synthesizer acts like Duran Duran, A-ha and New Order had a big impact on their sound and exactly the latter is very audible in their music. The lyrics are influenced mainly by autobiographical or personal situations of the band members.
After several EP’s – What I Prefer (2004), I Start Mourning (2006), Cindy (2007) – a 7“ Vinyl – Fruit of Joy (2007) – and their first studio album Just Like Mine (2007) Hall left the band suddenly in 2010 and was replaced by Matt C. Then in 2011, dAVOS 2004–2010 Promo, and the EP Tender Loving Care, were released to great critiques.
The second studio album I Could Sense a Tragedy (March 2013) could be considered the album, on which the band formed their own distinctive sound. I liked the new songs already at the first listen. A clever balance between ‘bright’ and ‘dark’ (80’s music fans will know what I am talking about) makes the album even more enjoyable.
Among the brighter songs I recommend ‘Tender Loving Care‘ and ‘Shatter‘, while ‘Past & Cold‘ and ‘Sur la mer‘ bear a certain darkwave-feel. ‘Lass es sein‘ is, in contrary to the other songs, much more driven by an electric guitar, which doesn’t disturb the continuity of the whole album, but makes it even richer; also lyrically, as the refrain is sung in German. My personal favourite is ‘Hidden Place‘ – a song which resembles the mentioned mixture between bright and dark.
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Using a combination of outrageousness, conservative common sense, egotism (mock or otherwise) and folksy charm, Rush Limbaugh has rapidly established himself as America’s leading radio talk-show personality. His evening television show, recently begun, involves the same qualities and is also quickly becoming a favorite with millions. Needless to say, this reviewer counts himself among Limbaugh’s countless “Dittoheads” (named for those who, when they call in, just say “ditto” to avoid repeating the effusive praise voiced by earlier callers).
Now Limbaugh has taken to the print media as part of his multi-media assault on the inanities of liberal pop culture. He has added a newsletter and a book, which is the subject of this review. Those who enjoy and profit from him on radio and television are bound to do the same from his efforts in print.
The book covers a broad assortment of current cultural and political topics, along with telling about Limbaugh himself. There are chapters on Anita Hill, the Rodney King affair, the homeless, animal rights, AIDS, abortion, feminism, condoms, Gorbachev—indeed, on all the main themes of his broadcasts.
His commonsense conservatism shines through it all, such as when he says that: “The sympathy in this country is never for those on whose shoulders the burden actually rests: the diligent middle class. The sympathy is directed at people like the woman who was killed last year after she fell asleep in a dumpster and was crushed by a garbage truck as it picked up the trash. The American people had that story thrown in their face for a week. They were told it was their fault that it happened! That the woman was so hopeless that she had to rummage around in dumpsters for food… It later turned out she was not homeless but was just looking for a few bargains and she fell asleep.” This leads him to the moral, which points to one of the central problems in America today: “People are going to have to start accepting responsibility for their actions and stop bleeding the people in this country who accept their responsibilities and who see to it that the country works.” Limbaugh is religious and Ayn Rand wasn’t, but we can recognize here that Limbaugh is stating the idea that inspired Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged.
In addition to conveying much sound thinking, Limbaugh’s book serves as a storehouse of important facts that readers may once have known but are inclined to forget.
Pointing back to the “Willie Horton” ads in the 1988 presidential campaign, he says that they “are now unquestionably accepted as a sordid, racist blemish on the Republican party. But this description is infinitely more than the facts allow. The truth is that the Willie Horton political advertisement had nothing whatever to do with race. The issue was crime and the message was Michael Dukakis’s softness of approach with criminals. Willie Horton was one of eleven convicted killers permitted to leave prison to visit their families as part of a furlough program under then Massachusetts governor Dukakis. Horton was in prison for murdering a man after castrating him and stuffing his genitals into his mouth. During his furlough in 1987, Horton tied up a man and made him watch while Horton raped the man’s wife. After the incident, the state legislature tried to stop killers from getting furloughs, but Dukakis fought against it because he said the program was 99 percent effective.”
It’s well, too, that all conservatives—indeed, all Americans—remember how “a few years ago, radical students at Stanford University protested against a required course in the great texts of Western civilization. They organized a march, led by the Reverend Jesse Jackson, with a chant, ‘Hey, hey, ho, ho, Western culture’s got to go.’ And Stanford capitulated and abolished the Western civilization requirement.”
Many of the facts Limbaugh presents are of a sort that puncture the wild exaggerations of the hate-America crowd. His chapter on homelessness is an example of this, since he compares the late activist Mitch Snyder’s outlandish estimates with the much more realistic facts as found by such agencies as the Census Bureau and the Urban Institute.
What we have said so far is enough to show the overall value of the book and to make it apparent that The Way Things Ought to Be is well worth reading and circulating to friends. It will serve the intellectual vitality of the conservative movement, however, not to end our review here, but to carry it into some points about which the reviewer’s thinking differs from Limbaugh’s, even though the differences often won’t be major.
1. There are a few mistakes and other weaknesses, though not many when the book is considered as a whole.
Limbaugh would appear to make a mistake in his discussion of Mitch Snyder. He cites Snyder as having said that 45 of the homeless die every second, and he calculates that this would amount to 23 million a year, a sum he rightly considers wholly beyond belief. My calculations show that 45 deaths per second would come to 1,419,120,000—almost a billion and a half!—in a year’s time. It would be 45 deaths per minute that would come to 23 million. This tells us there’s a mistake somewhere: either in Limbaugh’s calculation or in his quotation from Snyder.
Another criticism relates to his discussion of Anita Hill. He starts by saying that she made unsubstantiated allegations. That is certainly true, and is quite a sufficient indictment of her in itself. It isn’t long, though, before he speaks of her as having lied and committed perjury. That’s a big extra step—one that requires considerable proof. Limbaugh doesn’t seem aware of the jump he’s made and the need to provide that proof.
Finally, there’s some inconsistency in his use of the term “feminazi.” In places, he insists that he uses the term very narrowly to denote a mere 25-or-so feminists who actually want as many abortions as possible to occur; but in other places he uses the term with a much more sweeping denotation, such as on page 191 when he speaks of “the militants of the 1970s, many of whom are now the embittered feminazis” (emphasis added). Frankly, we think he ought to resolve the inconsistency by unabashedly allowing himself the broader usage—certainly not to denote all women who are friendly to feminism, but to speak of those many who intolerantly demand conformity to their views through ‘political correctness.’
2. On a more substantive matter, Limbaugh is critical of the Supreme Court’s finding of a Constitutional “right of privacy” (which in turn formed the basis for the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion). In opposition to this “right,” he sees “conservative justices” as those who “believe in judicial restraint.”
Even though his view on this is in agreement with several prominent conservatives, this is a point about which conservatives should, in my opinion, give pause. In the theory of an individualistic free society, such as that formulated by Friedrich Hayek in The Constitution of Liberty, the concept of a “private sphere for the individual” is a necessary feature. A recognition of this private sphere is inherent, say, in the point that “a man’s right to swing his fist is limited by the proximity of another man’s nose.” If it weren’t for our wish to give sanctity to each individual’s person, we couldn’t really say that the nose has priority over the fist. In many ways, both the law and the theory of a free society accept this priority as a starting principle.
The recognition of a “private sphere of the individual” is so basic to individual freedom and to the law that it is certainly to be included within that reservoir of unspoken liberty referred to in the Ninth Amendment. During the “classical liberal” ascendancy prior to the final years of the New Deal, the U.S. Supreme Court had little difficulty affirming that there is indeed such a thing as “substantive due process”; i.e., a reservoir of judicially cognizable rights. In recent years we have seen the Court use this concept to declare certain specific rights of a personal nature while refusing to apply the concept to the normal incidents of productive activity, such as to reaffirm economic freedom. In opposing these applications of the concept, however, we would do well not to throw out the baby with the bathwater. A sound Constitutional conservatism may itself, one day, find it agreeable to articulate something very much akin to the “right of privacy.”
3. In his chapter on “multiculturalism,” Limbaugh endorses the assimilationist ideal and opposes cultural fragmentation. He believes all immigrants should strive to become Americans first and foremost, retaining their past heritage only as an enriching feature. To this, his fellow conservatives will say “hooray,” since none of us want America’s growing ethnic diversity to undermine our cultural unity and tear the body politic asunder.
I would make would the same point about Limbaugh’s discussion, though, that I would make about Arthur Schlesinger’s recent book The Disuniting of America: that it isn’t enough simply to argue for the ‘melting pot’ model. Unless we also argue against, and effectively bring to an end, the tidal wave of Third World immigration that is occurring, all arguments for a ‘melting pot’ will sooner or later come to ring hollow. Fragmentation will be the stark, irreversible reality; and those who will continue to talk of ‘assimilation’ will be crying in the wind. It isn’t enough for Limbaugh and Schlesinger to have their hearts in the right place on this vitally important issue; if their assimilationist ideal is to carry real meaning, they must go far enough to advocate the necessary measures that would implement it.
4. My next point, a much less significant one, is in the nature of a reflection triggered by something that Limbaugh says in common with many others. He speaks of the fact that society is “not a ‘zero-sum game’ in which for one person to win someone else has to lose.”
The point he makes is vital, since the notion that in a market system one person’s profit is necessarily another’s loss is an idea that lies behind a lot of anti-capitalist thinking. It is important to point out, as he and other market-economy advocates do, that millions of “win-win,” not “win-lose,” transactions are what constitute a market.
When this is put in terms of a “zero-sum game,” though, we should realize somewhat ruefully that we are losing our grasp of the history of ideas. The great Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises was fond of pointing out, a half century ago, that the idea that one person’s gain is necessarily somebody else’s loss was put forward prominently in the sixteenth century by the French essayist Montaigne. Mises spoke of it as ‘the Montaigne dogma.’ I suppose it’s all right to speak of a “zero sum game,” but, darn it, we’re losing four centuries worth of context.
5. This illustrates both the strength and the weakness of Limbaugh’s thought. In the dimension that is most important to his success both for himself and for conservatism, it is a real advantage that he is current. He could hardly popularize his (and conservatism’s) ideas as he does if he talked the language of “Montaigne dogmas” as distinct from “zero sum games.” The public is seldom enthralled by seemingly dull professors who talk of the form that concepts took four centuries ago.
We should recognize, though, in any serious discussion of his ideas, that they do not aspire to theoretical or historical depth. An example is that he is acutely aware of the anti-American alienation that pervades late-twentieth century America’s intellectual and media culture. But you could not tell from his book that that alienation has a centuries-old history, and is fundamental to our civilization as we have known it.
To point this out is to say no more than that there are different levels upon which social philosophy is to be understood. Conservative social philosophy needs both popularizers and theoreticians; it is not an either-or proposition; each is essential. I doubt whether the Friedrich Hayeks and Russell Kirks of the conservative movement will think less of Rush Limbaugh because his success is as a remarkably successful popularizer of conservative ideas.
6. Many callers have pointed it out to Limbaugh, but I am not sure that he grasps the cultural incongruity that is inherent in a good deal of what he does. Much of his appeal lies in his showmanship, his audacity, his outrageousness, his playing with the absurd—all of which makes him interesting and brings his listeners back day after day for more.
Most of this audacity is, however, seriously at odds with social conservatism. His “condom updates,” “Gorbasms,” and the like are plainly fun. But culturally analyzed, they trace their origins back to the “Free [Filthy] Speech Movement” at Berkeley and to the masturbatory antics of the likes of Jerry Rubin during the New Left. His showmanship is thus of a sort that would have scandalized our grandfathers and that violates some extremely important values. It thrives by embracing the very cultural disintegration that is so serious an issue in American society today.
I wish Limbaugh every success, and in common with millions of others I laugh along with his scandalizing method. Just the same, we can regret his contribution to the dilution of standards. How does he dilute them? Marshall McLuhan observed years ago that “the medium is the message.” It is precisely in this context that Limbaugh gives a dual message, one conservative through the ideas he articulates, the other very much an echo of the Sixties in the way that he grabs and holds his audience.
Would I suggest that he blunt his audacity? No, I suppose not. But there is irony in not doing so. Why? Because the argument on behalf of his continuing as he is is the same as the argument for condom distribution in the schools (something Limbaugh detests). This is an argument that if responsible people are to have any success and acceptability in today’s milieu, they must make their way within the world as it has become, not as they would like it to be. In connection with condoms it is argued that this means offering “protection” to teenagers who are “going to have sex anyway.” In connection with talk-radio, it means offering titillation to a mass audience that presumptively would not care to listen (not, at least, in as great numbers) without the attraction that that provides. It’s a tough choice, really, to which there is no easy answer, whether or not to play the game in such a world according to its own terms.
Be this as it may, there is a major difference between the recently burgeoning “trash television” that brings sex into our living rooms in the competition for ratings, on the one hand, and the audacities of a Rush Limbaugh, on the other. The titillating similarities aside, he uses the salacious and outrageous as a means to bring conservatism and commonsense to millions. As he is fond of saying, his broadcasts don’t need to be offset by liberal voices for balance: he is the balance. Dwight D. Murphey
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Until the last decade the usual way to replace missing teeth was either with dental bridges or partial and full dentures.
A dental bridge is a false tooth supported by connecting crowns. It requires the cutting down of often healthy adjacent teeth so that they can be capped to provide support for the false tooth. If properly cared for, its life span is around 5 to 10 years. This is not the optimum way to replace a missing tooth. A denture has many drawbacks, not the least being discomfort and a 10% chewing power.
Most dentists agree that the modern solution for missing teeth is dental implants. An implant replaces the tooth root and is then capped with a natural-looking, sturdy porcelain crown. We offer the latest in teeth replacement options and in fact, we’ve been providing implants for 10 years and have done hundreds of them.
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Dr. Roe always recommends a dental implant for a single missing tooth as it doesn’t require the cutting down of healthy teeth like with a bridge. Additionally, an implant has a good track record of longevity and lifelike function. However, for some people a dental bridge can be a more affordable option, or, if they don’t like the idea of any surgery, a more congenial option.
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Frankfurt am Main [italian: Francoforte sul Meno], first mention as Franconofurd in 794, but probably inhabited since the Romans. Frankfurt is situated ca. in the middle of the line Brussels – Prague and about 400 km south of Hamburg. It is the largest city (but not the capital) of the german state Hesse, the 5th largest in Germany and the 48th largest in Europe.
Frankfurt had been one of the most important cities in the Holy Roman Empire ever since the division of Charlemagne’s Frankish Empire in 843. From 1147 to 1792 most german kings and emperors were crowned in Frankfurt. The city became a free imperial city in 1220 and kept this status till Napoleon. After a brief period of dependance it was a free city again until it was annexed by Prussia in 1866. Frankfurt gained a status as an important trade fair city as early as the 13th century and it established an early currency exchange system in the late 16th century. Today it is the leading financial centre of continental europe, a leading trade fair city and a significant cultural and commercial centre, including central europe’s busiest airport.
This linear panorama view depicts the northern shore of the river Main from the Bankenviertel (banking district) on the left along the central old town of Frankfurt up to the Alte Brücke (old bridge) on the right. Prominent features are the banks skyscrapers on the left, which form the basis for all classic skyline images of Frankfurt, in the centre of the panorama we see the towers around the central square Römerberg and further to the right we see the large Frankfurt Cathedral (german: Kaiserdom St. Bartholomäus). One main feature is missing from this view however, in the middle the river is crossed by the Eiserne Steg bridge, a pedestrian connection to the south bank. See our archive version for more infos, backgrounds and an explanation of the bridge’s dissapearing.
Above is a directory of dentists, dental clinics and dental care services in Saginaw, MI, provided by 101 Dentist Dot Com. You can contact individual dentists to find out more information about their service details.
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It makes sense you know I mean doesn't reveal overtly necessarily because he wants options. See the other group of female in the room dude saying you like not yet. Yeah and when you don't tangled up in her immensely talented and right. So. That makes sense yeah that direct and that is flirt think I don't know they do it clapped out now. Sometimes. Thanks for listening to our fairway and that remote check out the article. Videos and news you heard today at 1079 the link dot com.
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On May 10, 2018, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release regarding the Company’s financial results for the first quarter for 2018. The full text of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
SAN DIEGO, CA, May 10, 2018 - Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, today reported its first quarter 2018 financial results, which, along with comparable 2017 financial results, have been recast to reflect the pending divestiture of the Company’s Public Safety & Security (PSS) business as a discontinued operation. The sale and divestiture of Kratos’ PSS business is expected to close during the Company’s second fiscal quarter of 2018.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) develops transformative, affordable technology for the Department of Defense and commercial customers. Kratos is changing the way breakthrough technology for these industries is brought to market through proactive research and a streamlined development process. Kratos specializes in unmanned systems, satellite communications, cyber security/
warfare, microwave electronics, missile defense, training and combat systems. For more information go to www.kratosdefense.com.
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, express or implied statements concerning the Company’s expectations regarding its future financial performance, including the Company’s expectations of the second quarter and full year 2018 revenue, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS, and ability to generate positive cash flow from operations in 2018, the Company’s ability to achieve projected growth in certain of the Company’s business units and the expected timing of such growth, its bid and proposal pipeline, demand for its products and services, including the Company’s ability to successfully compete in the tactical unmanned aerial system area and expected new customer awards, performance of key contracts, including the timing of production and demonstration related to certain of the Company’s contracts and product offerings, the impact of the Company’s restructuring efforts and cost reduction measures, including its ability to improve profitability and cash flow in certain business units as a result of these actions, benefits to be realized from the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards and the availability and timing of government funding for the Company’s offerings, timing of LRIP related to the Company’s unmanned aerial target system offerings, as well as the level of recurring revenues expected to be generated by these programs once they achieve full rate production, ability to close the pending divestiture of its PSS business, and market and industry developments, including projected growth. Such statements are only predictions, and the Company’s actual results may differ materially from the results expressed or implied by these statements. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. All such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise these statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Factors that may cause the Company’s results to differ include, but are not limited to: risks to our business and financial results related to the reductions and other spending constraints imposed on the U.S. Government and our other customers, including as a result of sequestration, the Federal budget deficit and Federal government shut-downs; risks of adverse regulatory action or litigation; risks associated with debt leverage and expected cost savings and cash flow improvements expected as a result of the refinancing of our Senior Notes and the repurchase of Senior Notes; risks that our cost-cutting initiatives will not provide the anticipated benefits; risks that changes, cutbacks or delays in spending by the U.S. DoD may occur, which could cause delays or cancellations of key government contracts; risks of delays to or the cancellation of our projects as a result of protest actions submitted by our competitors; risks that changes may occur in Federal government (or other applicable) procurement laws, regulations, policies and budgets; risks of the availability of government funding for the Company's products and services due to performance, cost growth, or other factors, changes in government and customer priorities and requirements (including cost-cutting initiatives, the potential deferral of awards, terminations or reduction of expenditures to respond to the priorities of Congress and the Administration,
or budgetary cuts resulting from Congressional committee recommendations or automatic sequestration under the Budget Control Act of 2011, as amended); risks of increases in the Federal government initiatives related to in-sourcing; risks related to security breaches, including cybersecurity attacks and threats or other significant disruptions of our information systems, facilities and infrastructures; risks related to our compliance with applicable contracting and procurement laws, regulations and standards; risks relating to contract performance; risks related to failure of our products or services; risks associated with our subcontractors’ or suppliers’ failure to perform their contractual obligations, including the appearance of counterfeit or corrupt parts in our products; changes in the competitive environment (including as a result of bid protests); failure to successfully integrate acquired operations and competition in the marketplace, which could reduce revenues and profit margins; risks that potential future goodwill impairments will adversely affect our operating results; risks that anticipated tax benefits will not be realized in accordance with our expectations; risks that a change in ownership of our stock could cause further limitation to the future utilization of our net operating losses; risks that the current economic environment will adversely impact our business; risks that we are not able to close the pending divestiture of the PSS business on our anticipated timeline or at all; and risks related to natural disasters or severe weather. These and other risk factors are more fully discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2017, and in our other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Note: (1) Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure defined as GAAP net income (loss) plus (income) loss from discontinued operations, net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock compensation, amortization of intangible assets, amortization of capitalized contract and development costs, foreign transaction gain (loss), acquisition and restructuring related items, contract design retrofit costs, investment in unmanned combat systems, litigation related charges, unused office space expense and costs related to pending customer change orders.
Adjusted EBITDA as calculated by us may be calculated differently than Adjusted EBITDA for other companies. We have provided Adjusted EBITDA because we believe it is a commonly used measure of financial performance in comparable companies and is provided to help investors evaluate companies on a consistent basis, as well as to enhance understanding of our operating results. Adjusted EBITDA should not be construed as either an alternative to net income or as an indicator of our operating performance or an alternative to cash flows as a measure of liquidity. The adjustments to calculate this non-GAAP financial measure and the basis for such adjustments are outlined below. Please refer to the following table below that reconciles GAAP net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA.
Litigation related items. The Company periodically incurs expenses related to pending claims and litigation and associated legal fees and potential case settlements and/or judgments. Although we may incur such costs and other related charges and adjustments, we do not believe it is indicative of any particular outcome until the matter is fully resolved. Management believes these items are outside the normal operations of the Company's business and are not indicative of ongoing operating results.
Investment in unmanned combat systems. The Company makes discretionary investments related to its tactical unmanned combat systems initiative with the intention of retaining the intellectual property and data package rights of the technology it is developing. Management believes these rights will result in securing future sole source positions on new platforms which will provide an attractive rate of return. Management believes that these costs are not indicative of ongoing operating results.
Contract design retrofits. The Company makes certain design retrofits primarily related to its development programs in its Unmanned Systems business which are necessary for the final design and configuration of these vehicles. Management believes that these costs are not indicative of ongoing operating results.
Adjusted income (loss) from continuing operations and adjusted earnings per share (Adjusted EPS) are non-GAAP measure for reporting financial performance, exclude the impact of certain items and, therefore, have not been calculated in accordance with GAAP. Management believes that exclusion of these items assists in providing a more complete understanding of the Company's underlying continuing operations results and trends and allows for comparability with our peer company index and industry. The Company uses these measures along with the corresponding GAAP financial measures to manage the Company's business and to evaluate its performance compared to prior periods and the marketplace. The Company defines adjusted income (loss) from continuing operations before amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation, foreign transaction gain/loss, contract design retrofit costs and acquisition and restructuring related items and other. The Company uses the estimated cash tax provision in computing adjusted earnings per share to reflect the benefit from the utilization of the Company's net operating losses. Adjusted EPS expresses adjusted income (loss) from continuing operations on a per share basis using weighted average diluted shares outstanding.
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Every single fan of italo disco music heard about Fockewulf 190. It's a band and the members were Dario Dell'Aere, Victor Life and Salvatore Nonnis (replaced by Markus Moonlite today). I've got the chance to talk with Victor Life about what they are doing these days and about their music in the 80s.
Thank you Victor for your time and for this interview. After many years, since the 80s, Fockewulf 190 is back! Why? Is it the right moment or are there other reasons after all these years?
The reality is that Fockewulf 190 never stopped making music, they just have been hiding in the silence of time, like a wounded animal, waiting for the right moment to born to new life again..
In 1984, after the successful singles „Body Heat“ and „Gitano“, everything was ready for the publication of our first album.
During that year 48 dates tour, we were already playing the tracks of the new record, like „Walking Out“ and „Oh oh oh“, that you can hear today in myspace, but after the last show on new year's eve of 1985, the toy suddenly broke.
One day our producer mysteriously told us his intention to leave the project, built with so much care.
It was a shock too big for us and in the following months I had bad health problems too that blocked my career.
Dario published as a solo the famous „Eagles in the Night“, but he soon realized that the FW190 spirit was much better, so we tryed one last time in 1988 with the Heaven 17 cover “Height Of The Fighting”, under the fake name of Demode Boulevard, but it was useless.
We were disgusted by the italian discograpic scene, that wasn’t able to support a talented band like us, so in 1990 we left Milan, a city that for us was full of ghosts, to regenerate in Rimini and experience with our lovers the sweet life of Romagna.
During this period, that lasted a few years, we always played and composed new songs, like „In My Soul“, „Magic World“ and „Orient Express“, that will be included in the new record.
We are still the same. Dario Dell'Aere is the vocalist, I’m at the synth, keyboards and computers, plus Markus Moonlite as lyrics maker and second keyboards. He’s also an estimed music critic and writes for ondarock.it
These days you are preparing your music for 2008, and have plans to release a new album, called ‘Electrum Lux’. Can you tell me more about it please? Which songs and music style will it include, and how you choose the name ‘Electrum Lux’ and what it means?
Originally the Electrum Lux project was meant to be the birth of a new band, but then we realized that it was the natural evolution of the sound of FW190.
Electrum Lux will be the name of the new record, that we hope will be published in 2008; the idea is to link past and future, a mystic vision of the futurism with oriental atmospheres influenced by our own experiences in the esoteric culture.
Some tracks, as I said before, were written in the 80s, there will be also the new versions of „Body Heat“ and „Gitano“ and a cover of „The Model“ by Kraftwerk.
Other songs are completely new and they reflects this our new desire of creating a sound floating in time, where the romantic idea of futurism links with the mysticism, a sonic environment where west and east meet each other.
Electrum is a Latin word currently used in English language, in the ancient times it was an alloy between gold and silver which represented the universal union of male and female , usually used to forge rings.
More specificly Electrum Lux is a name used in a sort of magic Kabalistic culture, where inside we can find one of the numerical e sonic attribute of the divinity who created the universe; this is the power of the electrum.
‘Bodyheat 2007’ is out as a demo version, and is available for people to listen to at your ‘Myspace’ website. Who are the vocalists in this song? And why did you choose this song for the presentation of your new album?
We had the desire to remake „Body Heat“ with the voice of Dario Dell'Aere, like it should had been done in 1984.
Do you think you have chance to get the proper attention of italo disco fans, after the release of the original ‘Body Heat’ track in 1984?
“Body Heat“ new version, that probably will have a new name, the same as „Gitano“, is a little gift to all the people who haven’t forgot us..
Well, the original ‘Body Heat’, from 1984, is one of the greatest italo disco songs! The main vocalist was Fred Ventura, however the Cover says that the main vocal is Dario Dell'Aere. Would you explain this situation for me please?
It was a compromise that we accepted to be published by Mincioni production with Turati and Chieregato.
Now I have to say it was a good choice, but it was a sacrifice at the time, Dario had sang the song so well, but Roberto Turati considered that John Foxx kind of voice not commercial enough and they proposed Fred Ventura.
See, this is a classic example of our difficulties in the Italian discographic scene of the time that I were explaining at the beginning.
First they said that we were the new Ultravox and then they keept controlling a War plane like FW190 like it was a paper kite.
If we would have been English, the history of the band would be really different today, but everyone has his own destiny, sometimes you have to accepted anyway before been able to transform and model it as you want.
Certainly not Italo-disco. We didn’t feel part of that disco songs that Den Harrow and the other were making.
For us it was very clear the New wave concept, there was a sonic research typical of the Synth Pop of the time.
Our singles were dance, but very particular, and they should had prepared the road to that experimental album that never came out, but lives today as Electrum Lux..
Before Fockewulf 190, there was the project ‘Ice Eyes’ with a song entitled ‘No Sex’, in 1982. Can you tell me about the project and how you guys met each other? It was at the end of the 70s, is that right?
Me and Dario met in 1979, outside Astra cinema in Milan, where they were showing the famous movie “The Phantom Of The Paradise”, in 1980 we founded our first band, the “Diamond Dogs”.
When we began to play live in 1981, in the famous new romantic "Taxi Club", alter ego of the great London blitz, we were spotted by a little producer and he propose us to make a single. That single was “No Sex”
We used the name “Ice Eyes”, because “Diamond Dogs”, famous masterpiece of David Bowie, didn’t seemed right for that kind of production.
The name ‘Fockewulf 190’ appeared for the first time in the beginning of the 80s. Can you tell me how you choose that name and who the members of the band were?
In 1983 we were looking for a serious producer and we found Paolo Mincioni, who had a records store under the metro station of Loreto Square in Milan.
He knowed us very well , because he was giving records to the dj of the Taxi club, who was our guitarrist Stan After (Salvatore Nonnis).
He immediately proposed us to make an hit with Turati e Chieregato, who were already famous with Den Harrow and other artists.
Life De Noire was my artistic name of the time, that now I simplified with my real name “Victor” Life.
You have to know that once Turati confided me that they got the idea of producing music after they listened to our song „No Sex“; Roberto was the dj of the American Disaster, the rival club 200 meters far from our Taxi Club.
It’s incredible, but it seems that we were the origin of the italo-disco movement: „No sex“ was the first italian dance song singed in english, except for the italo-german production of the genius Giorgio Moroder and the hits by Krisma, the only italia artists that I valued because they made history in the electronic music.
I don’t know If Roberto really thought that or he just wanted to be nice with me, but I was very proud and I remember it as it happened yesterday.
I think that despite the esteem they showed us, they thought that we were a band not in line with their other productions; the choice of making Fred Ventura sing „Body Heat“ was a sign of that.
When they saw us live at the belle epoque, they were amazed by our way of making a show, but it was too late, they had already made a deal with Mincioni.
I’m convinced that if the Cat and the Fox were our producers, today the FW190 would be a band famous all over the world.
The only difference is that today we still make music and we don’t go play the clown in trash TV shows like “l’isola dei famosi” just to have someone who talk of us again.
I didn’t know personally Miki and Roberto before „Body Heat“, and I never met them again. Something tells me that sooner or later there will be a return to the future…
Have you met any of other artists from Chieregato/Turatti production? If so, can you tell me about it?
Obviously yes, practically everyone, since we were making shows together, but I kept my friendship only with Alberto Styloo, I liked his elegant way of presenting himself on the stage, he was a real dandy.
After ‘Body Heat’, your next song was ‘Gitano’, and is a great song too. Tell me more about it please? Dario Dell'Aere is now the vocalist, right?
Yes, Dario sang „Gitano“ in a very expressive way and this was the proof that Roberto made a mistake not to completely believe in us.
The dark voice of Dario influenced others and our already mystic image with crosses, was copied by some english bands.
It was a success greater than „Body Heat“, everything was going well, 1984 was a very happy year for us
I don’t hide you that there were some discussions with Dario caused by the inadeguate production, but in 1985 I had personal problems, it was a really hard year for me; but this wasn’t the main cause of our failed success, various external decisions damaged us badly and we couldn’t do anything against them.
Many singers starting out have alot on there plate. Trying to run a band while keeping a normal day job can really tax your mental health. Also finding apartments for rent on a tight budget can be a struggle. Organizing and foscusing on your goals can really keep you head strong and ready for what the future brings.
Don't you think it's a pity Fockewulf 190 never released an album? Do you have some italo disco songs that have been written in the 80s that have never published? Releasing them today would be a great move - what do you think about it?
We can say that Electrum Lux, is for the most , that album that never came out in 1984, in a more deeply meaning is a return to the future, and the FW190 are a time machine.
A little demonstration of how the music is timeless and it has only a space where you can move inside.
I would like to ask you about Dario Dall'Aere's song ‘Eagles In The Night’. I could see on the record, the names, ‘Tiziana Dell'Aere’ and ‘Nora Dell'Aere’... who are they? Am I being too curious? :-)
Also, about the song ‘Tumidanda’ by Frank Tavaglione? The same team, the same vocalist, but a different artist name....
Later they became related, Paolo ( Tavaglione ) married his cousin, after he met her during a show. It seems I had something to do in creating families too! I remember that guy with a great affection.
How did you choose the label for your songs ‘Body Heat’ for Market Records (sub-label of Discomagic), and ‘Gitano’ for F1 Team? .… F1 Team didn't normally release italo disco songs ....
We were even about to go to San Remo with „Gitano“, but in the end they didn’t choose the piece beacuse it was in english.
When we performed for the selections at CGD theatre, it seemed like a Champions league game… the jury composed by university students gave us the first prize, but the festival organization said that we were fucking crazy and we were not ok for the main festival… destiny again.
I would like to ask you about your live performances. Did you do a lot of them? You also looked on stage like someone who came from the future :-) Obviously, you wanted to show things that were ahead of all of us....
Yeah, I think you got it right. In the scene certain things are known. We were considered the new Rockets because our alien image, even if different from theirs, more mystic for sure.
But don’t worry, we are preparing something very special for our fans, I can only say you that our image is always been the reflection of a deep spirituality; something true and real, the divine part of ourselves that we can’t show in real life.
The FW190 were formed to give life to a great artistic dream, a very personal one, borned by the oniric visions of Dario and me and that derive from the prophecy of the famous 1984, it’s origin have to be searched in the marks leaved by records like „Diamond Dogs“ by Bowie or „Metamatic“ by John Foxx (an ufo who left on earth a concept of music still so futuristic today), movies like “The Man Who Fell to Earth” or even more “Phantom of the paradise” by Brian de Palma.
Our artistic goal is always the same, to create a new era dedicated to electronic mysticism, a new tendence ellenic futurist. We are tired of all this guys walking around in their underwears. The 80’s in that area were so much better than this medieval new millennium.
As often happens the future is the past. The history of band like Kraftwerk or Roxy Music is there to teach everybody how great music is made to last beyond time.
To end, can you share with us any private things, anything about your life, or other occupations other than music, etc?
You know, when I was 20 years old I dreamed to be the new David Bowie, now at 43 anni, I’m glad just making good music and having fun with my old friends.
I can say that in the 90's, when we put some distance from the music scene, we made a lot of researches and studies in classic history and esoteric civilizations.
Dario made also a web site about Castel Del Monte: the apocalypse temple, and I wrote a book called "The golden last metamorphosis", not published yet, that I hope it will be soon.
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Ok, so I’ve got two veggie friendly no retinyl palmitate and whole food nutrition and i’m pretty excited to try them. I decided I might as well do a side by side comparison and taste test.
2) They don’t taste that great, very grassy. Which wouldn’t be awful if they were smaller but as you can see– HUGE. I’m supposed to eat two of those at once?
4) I’m jittery. I only had one of each for testing and that was…6 hours ago. I’m wired! Crazy pants. We’ll find out tomorrow which one did it as I’ll be starting off with the Pioneer because of taste.
I think they’re both pretty awesome and I’m excited to make the switch but seriously, Nature’s Plus is so huge.
I’m also trying out a Cal/Mag/Zinc formula which has been working pretty well for me. Again it’s a bit high in sugar and calories but it’s worth it to not be sick to my stomach as pill form vitamins make me. In fact after having the multi’s I haven’t had even a hint of nausea. I’m excited!
Also I get all my vitamins and such from Vitacost!Not only is their referral program good for both of us, you’ll also find a lot of things you probably already use for a lot less than Whole Foods or HEB or other grocery and health stores. Also their generic brands are SUPER cheap, it’s almost embarrassing, but still nice quality.
Ok! Off to bed (which feels weird because my place is 90% packed but my bed is still made hahah) Night loves!
I’m moving in a few days and it hasn’t sunk in how imminent it is yet. I’m being bad about packing and all that but I’ve sorted almost all the other things that go along with moving with the exception of those things that are pesky like address changes on all accounts across the board. For me that’s a lot of things! The good thing is I’m learning my new address quickly!
On the health front–I’m doing pretty poorly as far as diet is concerned. There’s a lot of poor reporting on my part and a lot of bad choices too.
I’m also not working out this week or last because of the move and the tedium of packing. The good news is though– I don’t have RA!
I do, however, again have a thyroid dis-regulation. It’s our favorite phrase everyone!! Say it with me:
sigh. Luckily most of my other labs are in normal range, but my poor diet choices lately definitely show. My cholesterol was higher than normal as was my (non fasting but still) blood sugar. No bueno!
Oatmeal, apple sauce, whole foods lunch with tomato soup, a bit of rice, and carrots and then a nice baked potato this evening.
Anyway, I can’t wait to be settled down and unpacking and back playing with my kinect! I love that thing! I also can’t wait to be out of my flooded apartment.
This weekend it rained quite a bit here in Austin and despite having several towels packed up against the door, my whole floor is sodden near the door. Fantastic.
I come home Wednesday after a triumphant trip to whole foods (where everything is delicious and joyus) to find that someone had made a valiant attempt to break into my apartment.
They didn’t get in, and after a police report, a fight with my apartment complex, and the support of wonderful friends and neighbors I’ve got a new reinforced set of locks/deadbolt/plates and screws so long the guy warned me that the fire department would have a HELL of a time getting in, so don’t go burning the place down.
It’s been stressful, even though they didn’t succeed and ALL of my valuables and sensitive papers have been moved to a secure undisclosed location, it is still a violation of my privacy and has lead me to not be scared but to be angry, more angry than a swarm of Chinese hornets. I’m Texan and just because I don’t believe in cruelty to animals doesn’t mean I extend that same nonviolence to people. In fact, quite the opposite. What I’m most angry about is not the thought that they could have taken something of mine, or tried to attack me, but that might have impacted my cats.
I realized in the hours following I was capable of some sadistic acts, I relished in the thought that if I got my hands on someone I would make them beg for their mother before handing them to the police.
I’d like to thank the Austin PD or being amazing and not writing off my concerns but being open and honest and caring. They didn’t even bat an eyelash when I said, what i’m sure sounded very strange, that i was sitting in my apartment locked in, holding a hammer.
I was, by the way, sitting on my wicker couch, next to my cats, twirling my hammer and thinking about what the hook end could do to a burglar’s eyeballs. Like I said, I was angry.
Thursday I had a nice dentist appointment for my routine cleaning and checkup. It’s nice to have a clean bill of dental health. I haven’t always. In fact I’ve had the worst luck ever but all my amalgams are out and I’ve now just got a pretty set of porcelain and natural chompers that are enjoying the feeling after a cleaning. I cannot stress to people enough how awesome good dental health is. TAKE CARE OF YOUR TEETH PEOPLE.
Friday, however, was my rheumatology check up and another round of blood draws. 7 vials. Let’s see what they show when they show.
However, we discussed my meds as they stand now and what is working and what is not. Basically not much in the way of medication is working. My ultram takes the edge off enough on my bad days for me to function but we’re both agreed the changes need to come from other regimens. I have been prescribed massage hahaha, which I mean he knows I already have a therapist and i LOVE her! But he’s told me I am to do them without excuse, i have the doctor’s permission to treat myself. He’s happy about my blood pressure which was 120/80 in the office, which is text book and fabulous! And really surprising considering that the previous two nights I had ZERO sleep. Even with people staying at my place and even sleeping somewhere else while I had a big burly Australian checking on my cats, I couldn’t sleep. I was really really mad.
I was so mad I actually caved a bit and had tacos from Taco C. HUGE mistake, my body regretted it almost immediately. I’m still a bit nauseated. I forsee watermelon for dinner, clean and refreshing.
Meanwhile– I’m in the market for a new gummy vitamin. Why gummy? pill vitamins make me vomit. I don’t know why but they always have. Gummy or chewable or what have you, i’m looking for one that is vegan and I mean actually vegan. I’d really like one that uses a carotene not palmitate for Vitamin A for starters.
I like having a multi despite having many whole foods with a wide range of nutrients and even things like my Nanogreens which has a great nutrient profile because it makes sure that there are no gaps daily. If I have excess of something that’s ok, my body will eliminate it, but on those days when I could use the boost, it’s there to help me along (we all have days when it’s just like…ugh, oreos, oreos are good).
My current gummy, however, is retinyl palmitate for Vitamin A, which can cause toxicity and is something I’d just like to avoid. You know the worst side effect of beta carotene? you turn orange. Whateve, I can deal with that a lot better than liver failure. Learn a bit more about Vitamin A here!
in fact, i would be totally ok with a daily multi that had NO vitamin A at all. I simply don’t need it in supplemental form and it’s one of the few vitamins that can actually cause issues without trying to OD on it. ( too much of anything is bad but you have to REALLY work at it–like intravenous use– to cause toxicity with most vitamins).
The last few months have been inexcusable. I’ve been busy, stressed, and utterly horrible to myself and so, I’m back because I can’t take it anymore. I let allllllll of that be an excuse to back slide into nasty habits that have only aggravated my pain and illness and thus perpetuated the cycle. I’ve tried to get back on the wagon without blogging but honestly, I’ve not done well without it.
That means that I won a trip to San Francisco but I traded that with my second place buddy (who did AMAZING and won the fitness challenge outright) for a $750 gift card to Greenling.com
During this time I also was searching for a house. This was the start of my undoing. It is immensely time consuming and stressful and in this market I was actually making offers on houses without seeing them because if you didn’t, you’d miss your chance completely. Even so, I won no bids but four and of those they all failed inspections miserably. It was expensive, painful, and quite frankly made me hate my life.
I gave up. Instead in November I’m moving into an AMAZING new apartment that is going to be a little more expensive, a little farther out, but it is: huge, next door to my wonderful friend Sarah, has amazing amenities, and is in a safe and lovely part of town.
I also got myself a new bed because the bed I had since high school was just not doing well for my back. It is fabulous!
During this time I also began to suffer a lot of pain because I made poor choice, stopped working out, was sleeping poorly, and was doing all the things that I shouldn’t be doing that was hurting my fragile health.
I got into physical therapy as it turns out one of my biggest back problems is a nice fat pinched nerve and hyper-mobile L3 and L4. At some point I re-injured my back and that cascaded. It’s improving immensely now!
I’ve got a reliable rheumatologist and he’s immensely helpful and very open to non-drug intervention. He’s supportive of holistic diet approaches, acupressure, massage, and other therapies to manage my pain and my deterioration and hopefully reverse it.
I got myself a kinect! and I loooooooooooove it! It’s so fun and helps me out with my yoga as it can help me correct postures. I also got the whole things for 99$, i think i profited from a broken relationship. I should feel bad about that but having been in the same position all i can think is haha you go girl. I’m so mean!
My juicer died. i might have had a hand in that, so I got myself a high powered personal blender. I take it as a sign that I need to switch to smoothies!
Anyway! It’s all about getting back on track– Healthy, whole foods, plant based deliciousness! I’ve been working on it but it’s time to hold myself accountable and use this as a way to help my mental and emotional health. I don’t like talking to people about it, i much prefer writing about it.
You’ll notice typos and such too and that happens. I’m not writing this for professional reasons, it’s a stream of consciousness. No revision, no sugar coating, no holding back. Occasionally I’ll post something more polished, but you’ll be able to tell those. Recipes and whatnot 🙂 buuuuuuuuuuut for the most part– prepare thyself for typos and silly grammar.
I’m not here just to lose weight (though i could stand it) but to stop just existing and really get my life back. I felt SO GOOD eating right and so shitty eating poorly. Now that I’ve really seen and felt the difference, I cannot let myself go back to the ‘food like’ toxic products. It’s not worth it, I deserve better.
That’s really what this blog is about, reaffirming publicly and daily that I am worth it. I’m worth the cost, I’m worth the time and effort. I am worthy of being healthy and happy.
Believe it or not that’s a real struggle for me. When nothing in your body works, when you feel so damaged, it’s really hard to justify the investment.
But I have a lot of reasons to invest in myself. I have amazing people in my life, I deserve to be healthy enough to spend time with them.
I’m awesome! I’m funny, I’m caring, I’m smart, I’m even pretty! I deserve to take the best care, to have the best food, to heal my body!
I’ve felt full since I woke up. I don’t know why. I’ve eaten despite total lack of hunger because things still taste good.
I might be coming down with something, my head has been throbbing today. I suppose I’ll find out in the morning. That’d be the cherry on the week wouldn’t it? The day I’m supposed to have my first nonraw thing. My one cheat meal in a month. Pancakes. I want you.
But if I do wake up ill I’ve decided that I won’t go into work and I’ll cancel all three of my plans and stay in bed with my juice and tea.
So sorry no post yesterday. I spent the majority of my time at home without power yesterday due to a downed power liner. Awesome, right?
Well no, it made me incredibly grumpy. I therefore spent a good portion of that time being grumpy and shoving clementines in my mouth.
As my friend James rightly pointed out though, at least I didn’t have to worry about cooking anything!
Today was much better though and it ended with a nice sashimi dinner with my friends Amy and Dan. I haven’t gotten to see them in a few years! They’ve both been deployed in Afghanistan and well, that can put a damper on home visits.
Only a few more days committed to 100% raw. It’s been a good experience overall, I think. It’s been a little more socially isolated that I’d have liked to be but I have to ask myself if that’s such a bad thing or if maybe I should have made more of an effort to bring others into the experience.
Friday I have a lunch date with my co-workers at Beet’s, and I’m hoping that they like it. A few are skeptical and only one has expressed excitement and he’s the last place I would have expected it from.
Eating healthy, not eating flesh at every meal, and ENJOYING fresh raw vegetables shouldn’t be seen as weird, unlikely or somehow shameful. It shouldn’t feel like you’re doing something wrong because you’re not being ‘normal’ but I’ve encountered that a lot. “oh…it’s vegan?” , “wait, there’s no meat?”, “what do you mean? salad isn’t a meal” etc
I love meat, I love poultry, I love (some) fish. Eggs, cheese, milk! Delicious sure but wow there really is a whole world out there full of flavorful and delicious things that aren’t from animals or tofu for that matter.
Nuts, dear nuts! I’ve never been a big fan before. I don’t know why really. I don’t like them in baked goods and I’ve never really liked trail mixes and all that but I love them in raw recipes. Cashews! I NEVER ate cashews before, but now I see them as incredibly versatile. Same goes for seeds, it’s incredible. Flaxers! Flax seed crackers! Sturdy and delicious and perfect for thick dips.
There is an incredibly flavorful and vibrant world outside of salted processed microwaved crap that we call ‘normal food’ and the best part is? It just happens to be good for you too.
There are def some products and styles I will adopt forever because they taste so much better than the conventional counter parts. Isn’t that crazy? ‘Health food’ that is better than the so called ‘real thing’ (Hail Merry’s tarts, I’m looking at you!).
Friday I have lunch set up with co-workers as my last ‘raw meal’ on this experiment and that night I’m getting myself PANCAKES from Kerbey, remember those cinnamon roll pancakes? Awww yeah. But then for the next three days (maybe longer we’ll see) I will be back on the juice before I begin my proper mix of raw and clean.
…and btw Beet’s superfood clusters are insanely addictive and delicious and omg i ate three of them this afternoon all at once. AH so good
So, Week 4 is done and tomorrow starts Week 5. Today is supposed to be a rest day but I’ll have to hit the pool because I did not get my laps in on Friday. I hurt my shoulder doing push ups on Thursday night, which just goes to show you, I should not be allowed to do strength training unsupervised! It hurts in the front of my shoulder and it clicks when I move it. Probably not good but I will only pay the specialist co-pay to see the Orthopod if it is something below the waist that prevents running. Everything else will have to heal on its own! In this case, it means I taped a bag of frozen peas to my shoulder every few hours for the past few days and I had Carly apply KT tape in a very colorful pattern to my shoulder. I am not a graceful or efficient swimmer so I don’t suspect that it will make much difference that my shoulder hurts now. I will lurch from one end of the pool to the other, regardless.
I have to admit I was pretty excited about this. Truthfully, I hit this milestone about two hundred miles ago but the Nike Plus app “ate” several hundred miles a few weeks after the Disney Princess Half and I was unable to recover them. I even called the help desk for the Nike app and they were unable to restore them. I was sad, and the girl on the phone was so sympathetic, I am convinced that they train those people in the stages of grief for when runners call mourning their lost miles. I could have manually added back in the miles but I could not remember how many miles I actually had or the days of the runs so, I had to accept it and was still happy to see the 1000.
Then, I hit 90 miles for the month of July. A first for me. On Tuesday, the Half and Full Marathon Training Group resumed at Fleet Feet. I’ve been running in the “off-season” with my old group from the Spring Half and Full Group but I was able to reconnect with several running friends I have not seen since April. We’ll meet new people and it will be fun to do boring track work-outs with a group and have variety for company on long runs. Dimity’s training plan (even the modified version we agreed upon) is a significant amount of miles more than the Fleet Feet plan. I am sticking with Dimity so, that means I’ll have to find friends to run extra mileage with me each Saturday. Sarah, from my regular “off season” crew is training for the NYC Marathon so, I suspect, she will hang in there with me.
My long run on Saturday went really well. First, the weather was mild and nothing like the jungle-like conditions of last week. I ran the first 5 miles with the new Fleet Feet group and the last 7 with my dear friend, Heather. Heather is in the training group, too, training for her first half marathon, the OBX Half in November.
Let me just take a minute to tell you all the reasons why I love Heather. Heather and I met in the Executive MHA program at UNC during the first week. I’ve known her for 5 years but I feel like we’ve been friends forever. I think we immediately recognized fellow Type A folks. Heather puts up with zero bullshit and I love that about her. The entire MHA program is made up of one series of group projects after another and you need people who are going to get it done in a timely manner. Plus, she is crazy smart and gets stuff I don’t, like Excel, math and how to fix Windows computers. She also knows how to make knock-off Sweaty Bands, saving me a gazillion dollars on my Sweaty Band fetish. She can cook, bake, fix a car, and sew. Basically, Heather is a total badass and she is the first person, after my immediate family, I am going to find when the zombies come for us all. Yes, we already have an apocalypse plan, of course we do! She now works where I do and she sorts all my Excel spreadsheets so, that is an extra plus. She is also my personal shopper and buys me things at Costco so I don’t have to drag my kids. My favorite thing about Heather is that she will do races with me and I love, love, love her company. Here is the proof (I have a ton of pictures of races we did together but these are my favorites):
The Ramblin Rose Triathlon in Raleigh in May, Heather was our swimmer (I ran my fastest two miles – ever. Too bad I’d have to keep that pace up for 24.2 more miles to BQ).
She got in this dirty, dirty lake that has been known to have dead bodies in it for the Ironman 70.3 Raleigh relay team (because we have this type of friendship, I e-mailed her news stories about the questionable pollution level of the lake and a dead body that was fished out just a few days before we went out to the lake to practice open water swimming – not making light of dead people, or anything, just giving her a hard time):
Proof that we all made it to the finish line, although my finish was in jeopardy (more on my nutritional challenges in another post). Jonathan was our biker.
Earlier in the week, Heather agreed to run my extra mileage with me so I did not have to run alone. After a pit stop back at the Fleet Feet Durham store from the first 5 miles, we headed out down the American Tobacco Trail for the the last 7. Heather kept me energized, entertained and set a great pace. It was her longest run, ever, and she knocked it out of the park because, well, that is what Heather always does! I started to feel sick to my stomach towards the end of the run (I’ll have a post about my long run nutrition challenges later) and she walked a while with me, never complaining. I recovered and we ran in the last mile, hard. Heather has been known to puke on a run and just keep going. I am not that badass. I have to at least walk a minute or two before running on.
I have a lot of friends, whom I love, and a lot of running friends, whom I also love and also keep me going on my runs, but I really owe a ton of credit for motivation to Heather. She promised to enter the Boston Marathon with me in the disabled division and push me in a wheelchair when I’m 70 and she is 60 so, it sounds like we are going to have lot of running and a lot of friendship ahead of us!
“Mercy”! So, this is what my right knee, my left foot, both sets of shins, both quads and my right glute were all saying to me this week after last week’s long run and Tuesday’s tempo run. I could hardly walk on Wednesday and yet, I ran, again, on Thursday because that is what we do. We follow the training plan e-mailed to us by our coach. Except, when we don’t.
By Saturday’s planned 18 mile run, my residual soreness was still in high gear. It is mostly a stiffness. I feel like the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz. I can’t point to any one thing that hurts any more than anything else. My coach, Dimity, was in a van full of other Mother Runners running Ragnar Napa Valley with the BAMR Ragnar team (I tried to win THAT contest, but alas, I won the 26Strong contest, instead, and now I am in pain, instead of drinking Pinot Noir in Napa), so I could not e-mail her to ask her if I should make up my own cut back week and scale back the mileage. I also had the Ramblin’ Rose Triathlon as a relay team on Sunday morning, and while it was only a 2 mile run, and we did not care about placing, I still needed to be able to move in a forward motion. Then, there is the Rock N Roll Montreal Half Marathon on Sept. 28 and, I don’t want to fly to another country, be child-free with my husband for the first time in two years and not be able to walk, much less run the half, where I am hoping for a new PR.
I iced, foam rolled, medicated, rubbed with a Ben-Gay like substance that does not smell, religiously from Thursday morning through Saturday morning. I was still sore but I could walk without hobbling. What should I do? How does one reconcile one’s Type A brain with one’s 43 year old-been-training-for-a-marathon-for-11-weeks-high-mileage body? Of course, one asks all of her running friends what she should do, seeking permission to cut back! The universal response was to cut back. So, I did, and I only ran 12 miles on Saturday. I feel bad about it from a training perspective but I know it was the right thing to do. I have not had a chance to tell Dimity, yet, but I suspect she will back me up on this one and help me figure out what to do for Montreal. I also suspect my hoped for PR is in jeopardy but, I think I can handle it because, I don’t want to jeopardize the grand prize of finishing Philly. I may skip Tuesday’s training run this week and just go with Sissy for a light shakeout run on Thursday morning before we board the plane on Friday to fly to Montreal. We’ll see. I see my massage therapist tomorrow and she has magic hands that can fix a lot.
Here is proof that the Nike Plus Run app sometimes has a mind of its own. There is no way I ran a 5 minute mile during Saturday’s long run! Seriously, I don’t know which satellite was tracking me on this run but I certainly hope it is not one used for national security or to track the space station because it is wonky.
The Ramblin’ Rose in Charlotte was fun, with Heather as the swimmer and Carly as the biker (Team Two and Half Women). The run course was very strange, through the parking lot of the aquatic center, some weeds, some gravel, a major highway, a bike trail and a field. It was certainly not my fastest two miles and, I was hurting most of the way but, we finished! We also got free containers of my favorite brand of hummus at the end (Roots Hummus – made in small batches in Asheville – I could just eat it with a spoon, no chips needed). I basically run for hummus, I guess. Heather had the second fastest swim of all the relay teams because she is a rock star. I’m proud of Carly because she PR’d on the bike!
This morning, I feel better than I did yesterday. My right shin and knee are still sore but, if I take it easy this week, I may be ready to go for Montreal. I certainly hope so.
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Exposing kids to technology at the earliest age possible gives them a head start on learning. Since so many schools are moving toward mobile devices, apps and online tools for learning, it’s important that even kindergarteners get used to using these tools.
Here is a rundown of some of the best digital creative tools that appeal to kindergarteners that is sure to get their creative juices flowing and spark their interest in learning:
Teach Me Kindergarten - This app includes multiple skills that are important for Kindergarteners to learn and even keeps track of how they are doing on the various skills. It is very basic skill-oriented and includes such skills as: Dolch sight words, math (addition and subtraction), spelling and more.
Magnetic ABC’s - This app is a great virtual edition of the real-world refrigerator magnet alphabet and numbers game. It allows Kindergarteners to practice spelling out words and learning numbers by placing letters and numbers on the magnetic blackboard from the bottom of the screen.
Creative Tangram - This app takes a creative approach to learning by allowing kids to place puzzle pieces in their proper location while playing interesting sounds and music as they go.
Drawing Pad - This creative and art-based app allows kids to draw original figures and shapes with freehand motion and in full color on a virtual canvas. It includes vibrant paint colors and various other art tools that bring out the creativity in kids in a big way. This is an excellent app for youngsters who are artistically inclined and who want to have fun creating original work in a virtual environment.
Animoto - This is actually a tool for adults but it has applications that would work well with younger kids. It allows them to create a short 30-second video about a lesson they learned in school and share it with others. This tool could be used in a number of ways to help kids do reports on books they have read, record thoughts in visual form about a lesson, or for pretty much anything.
Audio Note - This app allows kids to record audio along with handwritten or drawn notes within the app. This is a great way for kids to create a visual representation of their work and record audio to go with it. Similar to some other applications used by adults, such as Microsoft OneNote and others, this is a great way to get kindergarteners started in digital note taking that is also fun and creative.
When it comes to hardware, both technology and education experts recommend iPads. Many schools are opting to use iPads exclusively for informational apps and eBooks. Some schools are clearing out their entire hardback book collection in favor of their digital counterparts.
Android tablets are also great tools, but it is wise to check with the school that your child attends to make sure you purchase compatible technology to what they will be using in school.
Do some research to see what type of technology is best for Pre-K students while keeping in mind that their needs will change as they grow up and enter higher grades, so keep it flexible and compatible with more advanced tools that they can grow into.
Digital technology helps kids to learn, explore, create and invent. There are more apps available in the major platforms (iOS, Android, Amazon) than ever before as technology companies realize the need for mobile apps that teach as well as inspire kids to learn on the digital platform. These applications are often used in virtual learning environments as well, which we will discuss in our next post about virtual online learning.
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RBI Governor Urjit Patel decided to follow wisdom of an owl as he went on to conduct the deep surgery initiated by his predecessor Raghuram Rajan to clamp down on loan defaulters.
There is a new twist to the British economist John Keanes' famous quote that 'it is your problem if you owe a hundred bucks to a bank, but it is the bank's problem if you owe a million' -- the problem is of the central banker if unpaid loans run into billions.
Later, Reddy disclosed he was talking to the then finance minister and his only 'yes' was in reply to a question on whether he was able to hear him.
And in case of Patel, the RBI has also been working alongside the government on various fronts including the ambitious goals like doubling farmers' income, boost to digital payments and providing easier funding to MSMEs.
Within a month of Patel taking over the top job at the RBI, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) framework was introduced to decide on rates and has been functioning decisively since then on its primary objective of inflation targeting, experts say.
Another important direction from the RBI early in Patel's tenure has been to credit information companies to provide access to a free full credit report to individuals.
Patel's tenure has also seen the RBI working on new guidelines for tackling cyber security concerns, as also pre-emptive cautionary warnings and directions on evolving challenges posed by cryptocurrencies.
The RBI has also set up a new Enforcement Department as part of broader plan to develop a rule-based approach to deal with breaches of law, rules and directions and to make the enforcement process stringent and consistent.
While industry estimates peg overall NPAs at over Rs 10 lakh crore, the RBI has said the stressed assets (gross NPAs plus restructured standard advances) remained elevated at 12.1 per cent of gross advances at end-March 2018.
The RBI has also introduced measures to make banking easier for public, including for senior citizens and differently-abled persons.
Dave Anderson and Mike Callicrate ("Wanted: revolutionary ideas," Your Turn, Sept. 11) worry about the financial future of U.S. citizens. They feel the widening gap between high incomes and low incomes is a dangerous situation.
Part of the reason is outsourcing jobs to foreign countries. Big industries are in the profit-making business. If profits are to be increased, costs have to be reduced. A good way to do that is to cut salaries paid to workers. There is no profit in any misplaced patriotism toward citizens.
Sept. 11 comes every year, and all Americans old enough to remember have different and common memories of those dreadful events. We'll never forget ...
This year, I thought of someone at the Pentagon that ill-fated morning. A career Air Force officer, he was going about business as usual when fate demanded he play another role. With no time to consider personal safety, he worked alongside others to assist the injured. His memories are much more personal and painful than those most of us share.
These were heroic actions, not calculated, or done for glory and recognition. This man served tirelessly and humbly, then returned to Colorado Springs to teach at the Air Force Academy. A short time later, he lost his beloved wife to cancer another form of terrorism.
Once again this man rose to heroism, patiently and lovingly raising his three children without their mother. He watched them grow and succeed, helped them when needed and watched as they found their paths toward independence.
Now this real American hero is poised for his next chapter. And we, the voters in Colorado's 5th Congressional District, have the privilege to send this man to Washington!
Lt. Col. Hal Bidlack is a rare breed: intelligent, patriotic, heroic, dedicated, thoughtful and proven. He will actually read legislation, give it deep consideration and vote for what is best for his country and constituents, regardless of partisanship. He is a true patriot in the fashion of our forefathers a statesman, not a politician.
Slightly over a year after reading J. Adrian Stanley's excellent piece in the Indy on air traffic control staffing shortages ("Turbulence ahead," cover story, Aug. 2, 2007), I find myself retiring from the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, on the brink of beginning training in air traffic control.
Thanks to the author for getting me started on this path. By the way, as I leave this city's fine orchestra, I lament that the Gazette no longer employs a full-time arts critic. I hope that the Indy will step up and fill the gap of arts coverage in Colorado Springs.
Thank you for getting the word out about my garbage proposal for Manitou ("Life vs. choice: the trash debate," News, Sept. 4). I enjoyed your colorful description of my "trash musings," but I'd like to make a couple of clarifications.
Colorado law allows cities to charge a fee for garbage collection and contract the service out. This has several benefits. Mainly we can get extra garbage trucks off the road. One garbage truck is equivalent to almost 1,500 cars' wear and tear on roads. Manitou could save thousands annually on road repairs. Not to mention less pollution, noise, improved safety and so on.
My proposal is based on pay-as-you-throw. Each unit of garbage (typically 32 gallons) has the same fee. Standardized curbside recycling at the most comprehensive level possible is included. These work together to encourage high levels of recycling, as the more you reduce waste, the less you pay. Diligent recyclers will have very small bills.
I was sorry you did not contact Bestway Disposal for feedback. They see the benefits that could come to a community. It is much more cost-effective to service an entire area rather than driving up and down a street for three or four houses. Some people may be angry about not being able to choose their own hauler. I will be upset if my favorite company does not get the contract.
I hope Manitou Springs adopts the trash and recycling policy, and Colorado Springs follows the example.
My small downtown street is visited by one, sometimes two, trash trucks daily. Our streetscapes are dominated by overflowing trash cans. Dust, exhaust and street wear are multiplied by each truck. The duplication of effort is ridiculous. The "free market" no longer makes sense.
The city could easily be divided into zones served by one trash company under contract. Just think of savings in fuel use, air pollution, noise, dust generation and street wear. The public benefits from cleaner, quieter neighborhoods and more efficient service. Curbside recycling would be required; savings in fuel alone could offset costs of providing recycling. Efficient trash collection and recycling is an achievable goal for Colorado Springs.
The Old Farmer's Almanac says we are in for a long, cold winter. I work outside and see the signs. Heck, I can feel the signs. My utility bills have gone up over last year. I know yours have also. The utility monopoly guarantees the steady rise in prices "till death do us part." All the Wyoming coal next door, and they blame demand in China.
We can do one simple thing to take the edge off. Three years ago I bought my fixed-income mother 15 or 20 compact florescent light bulbs for Christmas. She right away saw a 10 to 15 percent decrease in electrical usage. About $120 the first year! Don't believe the "Oh God, don't break them, they're full of mercury!" hype. I think you could break every CF bulb in Colorado and not equal the 220 pounds of mercury our local power plant spews out every year. (Thanks, Wyoming!)
I take half my savings and give it back in the form of a COPE donation on my monthly utility bill. COPE directly helps the working poor, your working poor. Last time I checked, 2,500 households were donating. I am sure 10,000 households can afford $5 a month.
It was almost more than a person could watch. A viewer could almost see the little gears spinning, billions of synapses firing in her head, as she surely beseeched herself: "Please, let me remember the answers they told me; please let me remember."
This type of performance must be causing Sarah Palin and John McCain a great deal of cognitive dissonance, as they rail against the Republicans and then, yet again, implore us to vote Republican.
The highlight was the comment that since Russia was "in sight of Alaska," she had insight into foreign affairs.
We've already seen what eight years of an arrogant governor can do to this country. This needs to end.
It is plain to see Sarah Palin has transposed her basketball bully tactics to politics. Her sloppy grammar depicts her fast-working mouth, but what really lies inside her brain? She has a handle on delivering the titillating teasers that are being gobbled up, at least for now. The test will be if she is capable of listening and actually answering pertinent questions.
Ralph Routon (Who's in charge here?" Between the Lines, Sept. 4) suggests charging a fee to users of public parks as a way to generate a new stream of income for local governments to blow. A guy that's been here as long as Ralph should know Garden of the Gods Park was given to Colorado Springs in 1909 by the children of railroad magnate Charles Elliot Perkins, fulfilling his wish that it be kept forever open and free to the public.
Before city leaders charge any fees, they need to think about violating the contract that gave the park to the city. The Perkins family would have a legitimate claim to take back the land if user fees were imposed. Maybe they could make it like the meteor crater in Arizona, where you can't take two steps without running into a T-shirt counter or popcorn stand that would generate sales tax!
An idea to generate revenue might be to fine trash collectors $100 every time the ass end of a trash truck gouges a trench in pavement as it approaches or departs the hill on my street. That would earn $36,000 per year from one intersection.
Even if Sept. 11 had not occurred, the average American worker was on the fast track to being raped by the uncontrolled mortgage industry and CEOs like Ken Lay (whose death day should be a public holiday) and many other capitalist pigs. The list of thieving execs is legion.
Big business (including sports, Hollywood, music and the Jesus industry), the banking world and uncontrolled mortgage and health-care industries have been seducing apathetic voters out of their money by offering them toys they can't really afford and don't really need, like SUVs, double-dipping phone plans, gigantic houses to heat and cool, giant-screen TVs and cable and satellite plans that force you to pay for what you don't want, and monthly health-care costs.
It's just like John Lennon said: "Keep you doped with ... sex and TV, and you think you're so clever and classless and free ... but you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see."
Linda Johnson ("Trouble in D-49," Letters, Sept. 4) scolds District 49 board president Anna Bartha for following board policy, and thereby in her view, being rude and inappropriate to speaker Tom Harold, who was out of order.
Anna Bartha, a young mother of two, doesn't have a mean bone in her body. She knows you must stand up to aggressive argumentative behavior and uphold the rules equally for all. The policy requires the subject of public-forum speakers at a "special" board meeting be confined to the meeting's subject. At regular meetings, no such restriction exists.
Ironically, the same group of "involved parents" previously scolded the board for not following board policies. Damned if we do, and damned if we don't.
The board continues to provide an adequate opportunity to allow review by and receive recommendations from board members, district personnel, parents of students and members of the public.
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From the inception of the weaving loom, there have been tremendous changes in the clothing industry. In the past, knitting was one of the core methods of making clothing. However, times have changed and things are not the same any more. All the same, yarn is still being used in the fashion world, although not in the same magnitude it was used in the past. There is a need to revive the forgotten and neglected art of knitting, because of its innumerable benefits.
The wonderful handmade creations of yarn on different online stores are evident enough of the creativity and the high imagination of the knitters. Knitting has a way of reawakening creative ideas that we never imagined we had. Out of a yarn ball, one is able to create ornaments for holiday decorations, create embroidery designs on clothing, and make toys and jewelry among others. All these shows the capabilities of the yarn and most importantly the power of human creativity that only comes out when one is knitting. If you teach your kids how to knit, you may help them to do well in school and in their future lives as decision makers.
Often, knitting follows a process. It is more like a food recipe. One mere mistake can ruin the final product. Hence, one needs to concentrate when they are knitting or crocheting, otherwise they will lose the count of the stitches. Furthermore, as you become an expert, you get addicted to it.
If you are a keen shopper, you might have noticed that any item, which is handmade costs a quite a fortune. Knitting is a lucrative industry. If you are creative enough and have the right yarn in place, you can sell your products throughout the world. With this, you may not even need another job. There is money in knitting.
The beauty with knitting is that it makes you a creator and designer. You understand how you feel when you get a recipe right. That is the same feeling you get when you complete a knitting project, especially if you came up with the pattern.
One may wonder how knitting relates to health. Research has it that, there is some correlation. Carrie Barron a psychiatrist working for the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons says that knitting reduces depression and anxiety. She is a knitter too. Hence, we can say that this is coming right from the horse’s mouth. She also points out that the art can help to prevent tendinitis and arthritis. How does this old skill alleviate stress and depression? As the knitter uses their hands, 60% of the brain activity is also focused on the act.
The rhythmic pattern keeps the mind off bad thoughts. It enables the person to get lost into another virtual world and they are protected from engaging in destructive thought. The knitter is enabled to have an internal reflection. This makes the person to think more creatively.
Another health benefit of knitting is that it enhances the mood of the knitter. If you are sad, simply reach out to your needles and yarn, and then let your imagination go wild. It is an effective way of dispelling sadness, without indulging in dangerous behaviors. As a parent, you can teach your teenager, how to knit and give them a getaway destination, when their lives are not going as they expected.
With all the above benefits, we cannot give up knitting yet. In a world that stressful circumstances, hang like a dark cloud on most people’s lives, knitting can be a relief. It can help us remove the sadness and replace it with happiness. Besides, it can enable us to harness creative minds in the children, for the sake of their future. We cannot overemphasize the importance of a healthy mind, which knitting is able to nurture. Nevertheless, you must use the best yarn for a satisfactory knitting job. Always work with Yarn Skein from MiraGoods. They are available on Amazon at prices you cannot imagine. The yarns are of unmatched quality and a silky touch to go with.
Crocheting is the best method of making toys. If you have kids, you understand their love for toys. Sometimes the playing items can be very expensive. But, if you know how to crotchet, you can make your child a few lovely yarn toys but affordable. How do you go about it? All thanks to the internet, you can access several free patterns, which you can try out. For a starter it is important to start with simple crocheting techniques. Here is one crotchet toy for beginners you should make:
Baby monsters are nothing but some puffy huge babies, just the right companion for your young ones. Their round-drum shape makes them to appear funny to the kids. As a beginner, this is the best project to start with, since it helps you to learn how to crotchet in the round. Below is the procedure:
Make a ring with the yarn, pass the hook through the front of the ring and hook the yarn. Then, make a loop through the ring.
Wind the working yarn from behind around the hook and make another loop with the hook. This is referred to as a chain stitch and it is often abbreviated as “ch 1”.
Into the ring, single crotchet six stitches through the ring and make a loop of the working yarn from the front.
Now you have two loops on the hook. Wind the yarn on the hook from behind and pull the two loops. This is just one stitch that you have made into the ring. Make five more
Pull up the short tail of the yarn, to complete the ring. This forms the foundation for the rest of your baby monster.
To increase size of the circle, crotchet twice into every stitch- This does not have to be a nightmare. It only involves making two single stitches in one spot, which is regarded as an increase, denoted as “2 sc into next st”. For the first round, you will need to make 12 stitches. The most accurate way of counting the stitches, is by adding up every “v” that is around the ring/round.
In the second round, make 18 stitches. How do you do this? Make two stitches and follow it with a single stitch, until the round is complete.
The third round is the last ring you will need to increase. In this round, increase at every third stitch. What does this mean? You should single crotchet twice in the first stitch and single crotchet once in the following stitches. Repeat this process until you have finished the round. At the end, you should have 24 stitches. Make 9 rows using the same technique. The number of rows will depend with the height you want to achieve for your baby monster.
Finish the baby monster- This means that you reduce some stitches on either side of the cylindrical crotchet toy.
Base- the base of the monster should be the same size as its body. Use step 9 to make the base but stitch only a single row.
Fix the plastic eyes by first using the white felt. You will later install eyelashes, eyebrows and all the other expressions, using the embroidery needle and floss. Make him some teeth too, using the felt.
There you have it the whole process of making a baby monster. It might seem long and overwhelming but when you put the procedure into practice, you enjoy the whole process. All you need is the right materials. For the yarn, do not use any other type but MiraGoods Yarn Skeins. Click here to get them Now. They are made entirely of acrylic and available in all the colors in the color palette.
The art of yarn is not going anywhere sooner. Today, as the world of fashion incline towards vintage wear, we can expect to see yarn clothing more often. The yarn is being used widely in the fashion scene. Nowadays, you will find yarn-clothing items of all designs in the online stores. They retail a bit higher than the fabric items. Maybe, because they are made by hand, from scratch. They are even labeled “hand-crafted items”. You too can learn how to use yarn in fashion. Below are some of the top uses of yarn in clothes, shoes and other fashion accessories.
The art of embroidery has never lost taste. Yarn has been used over the years to make embroidery designs of all kinds on outfits. The yarn helps to accent the outfit and make it more outstanding. These designs are made to stick out to attract attention and the yarn stands out just right. It comes in different colors to suit every project.
Personalized items are the envy of most people. The yarn is used to personalize items including clothes and bags. The personalizing project may include a number of things including writing the initials of the client and crocheting designs of choice on the item. The beauty with the yarn is that it marries well with all kinds of fabrics.
In the olden days, knitted dresses and skirts were the order of the day. They have made a comeback. You will see them in most fashion online stores. Yarn is used to make lovely dresses. Such a project would take one long time to complete but the product is amazing. A handmade yarn dress will certainly cost a fortune on the online stores. This is something you should give a thought.
Throws are no longer used entirely for keeping one warm. They are also fashion accessories, a woman should not miss in their closet. However, nothing ticks as yarn throws. They are soft to the touch, warmer and utterly beautiful. What more if they are made of acrylic yarn, they are perfect choices for people with allergies.
Yarn is also made to make scarves. While scarves are often thought to be worn during the cold season, they are becoming an important part of fashion. They are hung around the neck to complement outfits. Sometimes, they are hung leisurely on the hand, for the same purposes. In other cases, they are placed on one side of the shoulder. As you can see, the scarves have many uses but a yarn scarf can go a long way.
Hats come in handy during summer, when the temperatures get high. Besides, warmer hats are needed at winter when the temperatures become very uncomfortable. Yarn makes warm headgears. They can be made of different colors and designs.
Women and handbags are inseparable. Mostly, they use leather but nowadays more options are coming up including yarn knitted or crocheted bags. The beauty with the handmade yarn handbags and clutches is that they have a rustic touch but still finding a place in the contemporary fashion.
Cardigans and sweaters made of yarn are not only warmer but they are also classy. Yarn makes long lasting products. However, it all depends with the type of the yarn. Acrylic yarns are the ultimate choice when it comes to knitting projects. They have the right tension and they are available in an array of colors.
Yarn is also used to make trendy baby boots or shoes. For yarn boots the best yarn should be used. This is because in as much as the boots are a piece of fashion, they are also supposed to make them warm.
Yarn is often used to decorate doll shoes for women. The decorations come in form of a bow or a love shape among other designs. Yarn decorations make the shoes bubbly and fashionable. The above creative ways of using yarn in fashion, shows the numerous ways in which you can use it. However, not every yarn will produce the best results. Yarn Skeins from here are of high quality, 100% acrylic and best suited for various yarn projects.
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Yarn is a multipurpose raw material. There are innumerable ways of using yarn. One of them involves using it for garden decoration projects. You may be wondering how simple yarn can be used in the outdoors. On the contrary, there are many uses for the yarn in the garden. All that one need is a high imagination and everything else follows suit. However, if you cannot seem to have any ideas for these projects, there are several ideas online for you to implement. Here are some of the top 10 uses of yarn in the garden:
Planters are integral in the garden, especially when we are nurturing young plants. You can make your garden more inviting by using yarn planters. With the varying colors available in the market, you can blend your plants with the knitted planter. Consider using large needles to make the large bags, which you can plant, succulents. To ensure their longevity, hang them on the trees, shrubs or on other garden structures.
Your garden furniture is the centerpiece of the outdoors. You can transform its appearance by creating yarn covers for the cushions on the seats at the porch. No matter the color of your upholstered furniture, you can be sure to find a suitable yarn. However, as you choose the yarns for this project, it is important to select firm and long lasting yarns. Acrylic yarns are a perfect choice for most outdoor projects.
Usually, when people are holding garden parties or when they are spending evenings outdoors, they use candles and tea lights to create the desired mood. You can wrap the jars with a yarn of a color that matches with the rest of the décor. For an enhanced look, place different sizes of jars in the place.
Table setting makes all the difference in a garden party. You can make it even more welcoming by using yarn to crotchet simple but decorative napkin holders for your guests. They will really appreciate your thoughtfulness. The napkin holders can be used indoors too.
For a more Disney look in your garden, make spheres out of yarn and hang them between trees. The process of making the spheres does not require many materials. All you need is yarn balls of different colors, glue and balloons or Styrofoam balls. Consider intertwining them with lights. They will look better and be visible even at night.
If you have bare rock surfaces in your garden, you may wonder how to decorate them. Using yarn, you can make some flowers and run them around the rock. Your imagination and creativity will be required here. You need to choose a suitable color combination. In addition, you have to choose a yarn that will stand the environmental pressures. Skein acrylic yarns can last for a long time without giving in to extreme weather parameters.
You can make a few yarn throws and place them at the back of the garden seats. Your family and guests can make use of them, to cover themselves, when relaxing in the garden in the evening.
If you have a space or a porch, you can transform the area with a few yarn mats. You can make use of the remaining bits of yarn in your house or you could purchase some online. The bits can make stuffy and colorful mats, which can augment the décor of your outdoor living space.
You can hang strands of yarn around the outdoor living area. Here again, you are allowed to jog your imagination. You can use different colors of yarn to make the place more appealing. This is the simplest garden yarn project there is. You only need a pair of scissors and yarn balls of various colors.
This will not be a simple project. But, it will depend on the number of balls; you want to place in the crocheted net. The bouncy balls can enhance the décor of the garden and it can offer seating space for the adults. Besides, they can be a perfect playground for kids.
All the aforementioned garden yarn projects will need quality yarn that will stand the pressure of the weather elements. For all outdoor projects, consider Yarn Skeins acrylic bonbons, which are available for sale here.
Whether you are preparing for the holiday season or for a birthday party, you will require ornaments. Decorations bring any venue arrive regardless of the occasion. If you have prepared a party before, you understand that ornaments come at a price. Fortunately, you can save money on your holiday or party preparations, by making yarn ornaments. Below are top 10 yarn ornament ideas, you can try. Some of the projects are suitable for kids too.
All you need is cardboard. Cake wrappings and other carton packaging are great products for this project. With a sharp knife, make circle cutouts out of the cardboard. The circles should be of varying sizes. For best results, you may consider using round-shaped items to create well-defined circle outlines. Once you have the circles ready, make a pattern of your choice. It can be a pentagon, hexagon or better still a decagon, with a nail or a sharp object. After you have made the patterns, run the yarn preferably acrylic through the slits you have made, repeatedly. The ornaments can be hung on the wall or be added to the Christmas tree, to add some character. For a firm ornament, use acrylic yarn preferably Skein.
We are used to Christmas wreaths made of fresh flowers or plastic ones. But, they can also be created from yarn. If you have yarn bits in your home, the better for you, since this project will be inexpensive. Use Styrofoam to make flower balls for your door wreath. Just wrap the yarn around the balls. Most holiday wreaths feature green and red colors; hence, it will be appropriate to use the same colors for the project.
Using white yarn, you can make bears and make them a part of your holiday ornaments. In this project, you should wrap yarn around Styrofoam balls. Then, fix the pom poms on the “bear” to pass for the eyes and the nose. The yarn bears can be placed in your kid’s room or any other place you want.
You can use yarn with Styrofoam balls to make some form of fruits for your Christmas tree. This will reduce the cost of buying the artificial ornaments. Besides, you can use the ornaments for upcoming holidays, since yarn is long lasting.
Once you are done with your craft project, it is important to keep the yarn bits. They can be used for various purposes among them creating yarn ornaments. You can tie them in bundles of different colors and then use another string to hang them. The ornament can be placed on top of the entrance during holidays.
Yarn bits can also be used to make dangling ornaments for the roof of your home. Be it a birthday or the holiday season, the yarn balls can make your roof top to be more attractive. Take a bundle of the yarn remaining and make a knot at their center. You should include as many bits as possible. Then, cut them into a round ball.
Valentine is an important day for most people. But, most people do not have an idea of what to give their loved ones to show their love on this big day. Using a heart shaped cookie cutter, glue and pieces of yarn; you can make a worthy gift for your love. It may look insignificant but such as an ornament can go a long way in strengthening your relationship.
Balloons are often used in making yarn ornaments. However, this can be tricky, especially because you will be working on an inflated balloon. Nonetheless, using craft glue wrapping the yarn around the balloon will not be a challenge.
You can make ornaments out of the remaining yarn balls. Insert two chopsticks into the different colored balls and place them anywhere in your home. They are simple but influential centerpieces for your décor in any season.
In this creative DIY yarn ornament project, you start by cutting a star template. Wind yarn around the outline, until the star is completely covered. To make the ornament firm, use strong craft glue. You can make the star ornaments in all colors.
These are just some of the yarn ornament ideas, which are available. You can pick a few and try them. For the best outcome and for long lasting ornaments, use pure acrylic yarns from MiraGoods. Click here to get them Now.
If you have a daughter, you understand the attachment they have with their dolls. They keep the dolls close to them than any other toy they have. Dolls are not only adored by kids but they are also a favorite of a significant percentage of women. If you have one or your daughter does, you can clothe it with a beautiful handcrafted yarn sweater. This can make your doll more amazing. Would you like to learn how to knit a doll sweater? Read on!
There are many designs and techniques of making a doll sweater. Some patterns are complex whereas others are friendlier to beginners. We are going to knit a basic sweater for a doll an American girl doll basic sweater.
100% acrylic Yarn Skeins from MiraGoods of worsted weight – in this case we choose the watercolor- Sea blue. It should measure 223m in yardage or 141g. However, it is best if you consider the yards more than the weight.
Styles- Rib 1 knit stitch and 1 purl stitch. Stocking stitch involving 1 row and all odd rows of knit stitches whereas the second row and all other even rows featuring purl stitches.
The knitting needles- you can choose thick knitting needles since the American Girl Doll basic sweater we intend to make is buggy and bubbly.
For easy understanding of the whole procedure, it is best if we break them into manageable portions.
Ensure to cast on 30 stitches taking into account the edge stitches. Ensure that the stitches are tight enough, since they will be the basis of your doll yarn sweater.
At the 31st row cast off 8 stitches right in the middle of the front patch and continue knitting the rest of the right and left portions individually.
At the ninth row, divide the stitches into two equal parts and continue knitting each of the part separately.
Now that you have the back and the front parts of your yarn doll sweater, it is time to make the sleeves. This will only take you a little time:
With the front part, the back portion and the sleeves, you can now join them to complete your doll sweater. Start with the shoulder seams. Take 36 stitches along the neckline and knit another 10 rows of rib for the collar. Cast off the stitches. Join all the other seams, ensuring that no snaps are left unattended.
With the comprehensive guide above, you are well acquainted with how to make a doll sweater. You can make one for your lovely daughter. Besides, many people out there are making money out of doll clothes. You too can learn how to make pretty sweaters, cardigans and knitted dresses for dolls. Their demand never goes down. However, for your doll sweaters to stand out, you must knit with quality yarn. Acrylic yarns have always been a perfect choice for knitting. For 100% acrylic yarns, click here. There are yarns of different colors, gauges, yardage and all the other important specifications.
When most people look at yarns, they normally make various exclamations. Mostly, people appreciate their color, feel and the thickness. You cannot imagine the number of uses you can put yarns into. You can make beautiful items out of the simple yarns. As long as you have the necessary tools, a heightened imagination and a zeal for implementing the project, you can be sure to make wonderful creations out of yarn. If you have the will but you do not have the ideas, do not worry. There are several yarn project ideas online you can choose from. You can pick a few and try them at home. You can even make money out of the yarn projects. Below are beneficial ways in which you can use yarn.
Winter can be challenging especially if you live in the temperate regions. Since, the cold season is inevitable, it is your responsibility to keep warm. With thick and soft-textured yarn, you can knit a scarf or a trendy shoulder shawl. The shawl will not only keep you warm but it will complement your wear. However, to make these items, you will need some skills on how to work with the knitting needles. It should not take you long to learn especially today, where there are numerous learning resources online. You can mix a few colors especially for the scarf, to make it more exciting. If you are good at it, you can make some extra items and make money out of them.
You may wonder how this is possible but it is. You can make a set of jewelry with yarn. All you need is quality yarn and crotchet. Your imagination will help you a great deal. Make it as wild as your personality or it can be plain. Use a few colors to add character to the necklace. To make the necklace durable and long lasting, consider running the yarn over a metallic ring. You may also use metallic joints to enhance the strength of the yarn-necklace. Complete the project by creating a pendant made of yarn. You can crotchet it into a shape of your choice. This project will not take you long to complete. Hence, you can make several of these necklaces and sell them out or better still give them to your friends as a gift.
If you run weaving projects, yarn can make all the difference in your final products. Use it to highlight weaved items be it scarves, shawls and the like. You can either use it to complement the item or contrast it. It all depends with the effect you want to create. However, make sure that the yarn you choose for this project, goes in line with the material of weaved items. That is, it is not too wide enough to make large holes into the item. This may ruin its appearance and trim its lifespan too.
In addition, you can use yarn to make decorative mats and wall hangings. There are two ways of doing this. You can either crotchet or knit the mats or the wall hangings. Alternatively, you can use yarn to make floor mats, using the weaving method. Here you will need a floor mat-weaving pad. Then using the crotchet, you can weave in the pieces of yarn into the openings. Fix them and cut into the right size. The result is a fluffy mat that looks gorgeous and feels soft to your feet. This too can be your breadwinner.
Empty bottles often get to our dustbins. What many people do not know is that the same bottles can be more useful. Using yarn, you can wrap around the bottle and place a flower attachment on its front, if you like. This can be an awesome vase to hold your rose flower cuttings.
Simple things like rugged tree branches can be made alive with colorful yarns. You can make a few balls of the different colored yarns and attach them to the branches as some kind of fruits or flowers. This can form an amazing décor piece for your living room.
Instead of dog-earring your books, you can make bookmarks out of yarn, by crocheting. This can be your specialty too, which can make you a few extra coins.
For all the above yarn projects, quality yarn is paramount. Nothing beats the acrylic yarn – its firmness and usability are outstanding. Buy MiraGoods Acrilyc Yarn Pack from Amazon Now.
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Knitting is an art on itself. At first, it may seem challenging but when you learn it, you realize that it is the most interesting thing to do on your spare time. Besides, you can also make some extra bucks through knitting. However, you need to learn the techniques so that you can get started. Some of them are for advanced knitters but there are also other simpler ones for the novice practitioners. Below is a detailed account of top three knitting techniques for beginners. Learn and practice.
Of all the available knitting techniques, these three are common and as a beginner, is necessary you learn them first:
The knit stitch is the simplest of all the knitting techniques. It is the commonest too. You are likely to find it on knit sweaters and other attires. How do you implement this stitch?
With your yarn at the back of your work, pass the right hand needle through the front side of the first stitch, at the left hand needle from left to right.
If you want more textured patterns, you can reverse the procedure above. The only thing you have to do is to insert the right hand needle from the back of the stitch on the left hand needle. You then follow steps 2 to 5. You will have learnt yet another knitting technique named “knit into the back of a stitch” or KB1.
Another basic knitting technique, you should have at your fingertips is the purl stitch. Here is how to go about it:
With the yarn placed at the front of the work, place the right hand needle to run from right to left via the front side of the first stitch on the left hand needle.
Just like in the knit stitch, you can purl at the back of a stitch (PB1) too. Put the needle through the back of the stitch from the back of the left hand needle. Then, bring the sharp end of the right hand needle to the front. You should follow the other steps outlined under purl stitch.
The purl stitch has a more defined pattern than the knit stitch. However, your choice depends on the pattern you are looking forward too. To make the patterns even more outstanding, you can use acrylic yarns. They are firmer and available in an array of colors.
The Garter stitch combines both the purl stitch and knit stitch. The garter makes an adorable blend of patterns. It is important to understand that most decorative designs, which are found on yarn knit projects, borrow a lot from the two basic knitting techniques. The garter, involves a row of purl stitches and a few of knit stitches. The processes of the two methods are repeated in an alternate pattern until the entire knitted patch is complete. If you learn the knit and purl style, the garter stitch will be a mere walkover.
As you make progress in knitting, you may feel the need to make economic yarn projects. It is important to have the best yarn for your knitting. Nothing can produce better results than the acrylic yarn. It has a silky touch and appearance, while remaining highly durable. However, it is essential to ensure that you are buying 100% acrylic yarn. The best place to buy yarn is online. This is especially, if you are buying yarn for a large project, since discount offers are guaranteed when you buy on wholesale. Besides, it is unlikely to miss the color or the gauge of the yarn that you are looking for. For top-notch quality yarn made from pure acrylic, be sure to check MiraGoods Acrilyc Yarn Pack. Here you will find acrylic yarns of all gauges, yardage and color, to make your dream come true. Do not settle for less.
Of all the available yarn projects, making a yarn bracelet can be classified as among the simplest things to do. However, it requires skills and creativity to make a beautiful bracelet. There are several yarn bracelet designs, you can use. It all depends with the results you want. Is it a friendship bracelet? It can be a beautiful piece that you want to give your daughter. If it is yours, there are no limitations into what to include or not. If you cannot seem to have a design in mind, here are few designs you can consider.
Friendship yarn bracelets are the easiest to use. But, do not beat yourself down, because you do not know how to make these bracelets. You can always learn. The good thing is that there are no technicalities when it comes to making a friendship bracelet. You can make them in less than an hour. Below is the procedure:
Safety pins- the pins are for holding the bracelet in place as you make it. You can use a tape in the place of safety pins.
Measure and cut the yarn- Cut about 30inches of the yarn. To get this right, measure your wrist and cut a yarn that is five times that length. You may need to add extra 6 inches, especially if you are making a six-stranded bracelet. Remember the more the strands the better. However, do not make it too bulky that is so cumbersome to wear.
Establish the number of strands for your friendship bracelet. The best figure is 6, since it guarantees a firm bracelet that can last for some time. However, you can make it eight. You can make the strands to be of varying colors, so that the bracelet comes out very colorful and beautiful.
Take the strands and make a knot at one end – You should ensure that the strands are attached to the tabletop or a pillow. This will allow you to braid the bracelet at ease.
Now take the first strand and use it to run over all the other strands. You should make small knots on each strand to give it the best appearance. Braid the strands as you make a knot until you have a bracelet of 3 to 4 inches.
Finish the bracelet- Once you are done; tie a knot at the end of your braided bracelet. Your friendship bracelet is ready.
It is derives its name from its flowery patterns that are similar to the lovely daisies. You need yarn, a pair of scissors and measuring tape. The yarn should be thick but again moderate to allow you to braid a few strands together. How do you go about it?
Cut three strands from the yarn ball- They should measure about 55 inches equivalent to 138cm. You can pick any color but a flowery is recommendable.
Determine the color that you want to be the chain of the bracelet- The other two strands will be the flower and its centre.
Braid the flowers- with the right first strand make a half-backward knot. This result in a single knot, but ensure it is in its rightful place as it would in a complete backward knot. The idea is to have 1, 2, 3,3,2,1, string sequence. On the left side, with the right 1 create a half forward knot. This makes a single knot and put it in the place it would be, if it were a full forward knot. The sequence will change to 3, 2,1,1,2.3. This way the first color remains as the chain whereas others make the daisy flowers
The lava lamp bracelet is an iconic handmade bracelet. It resembles a series of connected lampshades. Here is how to make it:
Arrange your yarn strands into the sequence of ABCDEEDCBA. With strand A on the right, create some backward knots. Repeat the process on the left side but making forward knots. Then, join the strands.
Using your strand A make a forward knot on E. Do the same by making a backward knot. By now, the order of the strings should be BCDAEEADCB.
With the left A strand make a forward knot and backward one with the right A strand, and then join them. The sequence should be BCDEAAEDCB.
You should try the above projects. You never know they could make you extra money. Just remember to use quality yarn like the acrylic yarns. Do not buy anywhere; check MiraGoods Yarn Pack listing on Amazon for top quality yarns and great deals.
The story of yarn – use yarn for knitting, crocheting and vast variety of projects. Why choose acrylic yarn?
Yarn has been used since in memorial. People from all over the world have made amazing things out of yarn. Usually, it is used in crocheting and knitting. However, that is not all. You could be surprised to find that yarn has more capabilities than you can imagine. The beauty with using yarn in various projects is its availability in diverse colors. You can put your imagination to task, with the yarn and the necessary tools. Whether you want to put some embroidery on a tablecloth, make some decorative pieces for your house or better still knit something for your child’s birthday, yarn will produce an amazing piece.
If you did not know, yarn comes in different types. In addition, the outcome of a particular craft project depends solely on the quality of the yarn. Besides, some projects require a specialty yarn. Acrylic yarn is one of a kind and it is often recommended for most projects. But, before we delve on this subject, how do you choose the best yarn for your project?
Before you select any type of yarn, it is important to understand that garment shapes, yarns and stitch patterns must blend. Choosing the best yarn from the vast collection can be challenging. However, the tips below can help a great deal:
To achieve the best results with your project, it is important that the yarn you select, match well with the stitch. It should either complement it or contrast it. As a rule of the thumb, if the yarn is wild the shape of the garment or sweater as well as the pattern should be simple. On the other hand, if the yarn is plain, the shape and the stitch should be more detailed. For instance, smooth-plied yarn but in a solid color should be used for more complex patterns. This kind of yarn makes the stitches more defined. The novelty and variegated yarns are great when used to make simple stitches such as garter and stockinette. Then, there are the inelastic yarns including silk, bamboo, soy, cotton among others.
If a particular yarn is unavailable or you do not want to use, you can substitute it with another. However, you need to consider a few factors, especially if you are not well acquainted with yarns. Be sure, to take into account the yardage, weight and the fiber of the yarn.
Of all the available yarns, acrylic yarn beats them all. Here are the reasons why you should choose the yarn:
It is durable- Items made of acrylic yarn last long. The clothing can be passed to generations. The yarn has a high capability of standing pressure from years of use and wash. Hence, you can be assured that you are making something durable.
Comes in a variety of colors- Acrylic yarn is available in most of the colors in the color palette. No matter what kind of project you intend to implement, you will find a suitable color.
It is firm- The yarn is firm enough to make window scrubbing pads and for wiping any other surfaces.
It is fit for machine wash- No need to worry about, the kind of dirt you throw to it. The yarn cleans easily and its texture remains the same for years.
Acrylic yarn is non-allergic- This yarn is appropriate to use in making baby blankets since it does not cause allergic reactions.
You can do so much with yarn. You can knit, crochet, make some cute lampshades and table mats. However, as mentioned earlier, the quality of the yarn matters a lot. Acrylic yarns are of top-notch quality and they can be used on a variety of projects. Furthermore, they come in several colors and they are pocket friendly. If quality, durability and versatility are what you are looking for, be sure to check MiraGoods Yarn Pack on Amazon. You will find Yarn Skeins acrylic yarn of unmatched quality in all the colors you would want. Make these yarns, your sole raw material for all your craft projects.
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On July 13, 2006, four months before EXBF and I broke up, I wrote the following post and then promptly deleted it after he freaked out at me for sharing "our issues." He felt that me writing about our problems was a violation of his privacy, and even though I felt like it was productive for me to express my feelings through writing about them, I acquiesced to his request, pulled the post, and refrained - for the most part - from writing about things that made me upset while I was with him.
One of the many things he never understood that what I was writing about was not just him. When I wrote this post I was writing about my feelings. I was working them out and I was also imagining that other women had probably had similar experiences, where the actions of their partners fell short of their expectations. I wasn't blaming him totally for this incident, or even for my feelings of hurt. I was exploring the situation and how it had made me feel and I was working out what I thoughts about it.
Reading it now, almost a year and a half later, I think I was far too kind to him - as I was many times. I was there; he wasn't. That was the problem. Not my sensitivity, but his lack thereof. And, beneath that, his lack of love. If you truly and honestly love someone, you treat them with care. You think about their feelings and happiness. You consider them. During most of our relationship, he consistently considered one thing, and it wasn't me. When he said he "didn't think," he didn't mean he didn't think. He meant he didn't think of me. I didn't get it then, but I do now. And, now, when I read this, I want to run back to that apartment, grab that girl that I used to be and help her start packing.
He never deserved her, and she always deserved a lot more. I just wish she had figured that out sooner...
It's that we didn't have any alone time together during the family vacation, and that I've worked like a dog for the last six days since coming back.
It's that during that time you went out with your friends, relaxed, and had fun while I sat at my desk and came home exhausted with no time for anything except crawling into bed and going to sleep.
It's that on Tuesday night at 9:30 pm you called me and asked if I minded if you went out for a late dinner with friends, which was thoughtful and sweet, and I had to tell you that I didn't because I was still sitting at my desk and could not have done anything with you, or anyone, even though I wanted to.
It's that when I asked you what time you would be home after your late dinner on Tuesday night, you said "twelve thirty or one," which made me angry because I thought to myself, is it really necessary go to a three-hour dinner?, and doesn't he realize that if he doesn't come home until 1 am, there's not even a chance that we'll see each other while we're both awake?
It's that I swallowed those feelings and got over them, and instead started looking forward to Wednesday night, a night that we have decided is supposed to be "our" night to enjoy one another, and to put each other first, above all other distractions.
It's that I told you how much I was looking forward to seeing you Wednesday night, and you told me the same, and that we agreed to be home at 8 pm sharp.
It's that we flirted and I told you in no uncertain terms that I was going to have two glasses of champagne after work and race home to be with you so that you could take advantage of me, and that we joked about the window of opportunity and our mutual excitement.
It's that during our flirting and joking, I said, "You're not going to make me wait, right?," and I was dead serious, and you said, "of course not."
It's that I was having fun talking with my work colleagues for once, while drinking my two glasses of champagne, but was keeping track of the time, and that I dropped everything, rushed out the door, and hopped into a cab, the moment I glanced down at my watch and saw that it was 7:45 pm.
It's that I called you from the cab feeling frisky and happy, missing you, and looking forward to seeing you in a few minutes but that you didn't pick up.
It's that three messages later, feeling disappointed, I walked into our apartment, which was quiet and dark, and you weren't there with candles and a bottle of wine waiting for me.
It's that it would have been okay if you were there, even without the candles and wine, because what I really wanted was you, but I couldn't even have that.
It's that when you called a little after 8 and told me that you were at the gym, it didn't seem like you realized that you should have been home when you said you were going to be home.
It's that when you finally came home at 8:25, you were sweaty from the gym and you sat down to eat a Cuban sandwich, neither of which made it appear as if the most important thing that night to you was me or getting close to me.
It's that I've seen you be on time for work, firm events, going to the gym, meeting your friends, and going to the movies, so know that you are capable of being on time when you want to be.
It's that I really, really wanted to be with you, and that I wanted you to want to be with me as much I wanted to be with you.
When you put it that way, I get it. I get why 20 minutes was so important. Sorry I didn't get it so well when we talked on the phone last night.
Ah Buttercup..this is a tough one...it's so contextual...20 minutes at almost any other time...would just have been 20 minutes...but during this time...it might as well have been 2 hours...it was the expectation of something....or someone..that didn't materialize...
This sucks...sorry....plain and simple. I hope you were able to communicate this to Raj as well as you were able to write it down.
It's ironic right at this moment, the song "Always On Time" just started playing on my computer. It's B.S. to me. I am sorry that he hurt you. I know it hurts like hell to believe Raj will hold a date just to be let down. You must realize it isn't you, he missed out. But you gotta try again once you feel he is worthy for a try and don't give up. I'm sorry that he did that Buttercup.
Ugh, I hate that. L is frankly not so great with the whole when you say you're going to do something, do it thing. I know he has good intentions, but it's frustrating as hell. I hope that Raj was able to see his error and make it up to you.
I'm heart-broken for you. I hope all is well and that you two could talk it out. You are special. A treasure.
It's so interesting to read your comments from back then. You were all there, amazingly, supporting me but at the same time also being so kind to him. He didn't deserve that either from any of you.
I remember this post. I don't know if any of us had any idea just how awful things were for you at the time. But I can DEFINITELY see how this would have hurt you to the core.
Reading this just hurts my heart. My ex had the same thoughtless way about him sometimes - he could think of lots of things but never could consider how it would make me feel or how it would impact our relationship.
well its just plain obvious that men are idiots. A buzzed woman waiting for me at home would easily trump a cuban sandwich.
sounds like even if he wouldn't admit it, he had some sort of passive aggressive reason for being late. he could have tried harder. i think some men (not all) are just not schooled in the art of empathy.
I hope you learned from this. No one knows who you are and those that DO know you, well they probably know what goes on in your life already. So let it out, girl!
What an ass for making you bottle up your emotions. Heck my ex, who I do still talk to, reads my blog or at least knows of it, and I don't hold any punches when it comes to him.
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Turquoise is a most efficient healer, providing solace for the spirit and well being for the body. Turquoise is a protective stone and has been used for amulets since time immemorial. It is believed to change color to warn the danger of infidelity. The turquoise is a symbol of the blue of the sea and the sky. It has been held as a most sacred stone by ancient and contemporary cultures that are mystically and spiritually inclined. This stone has the ability to absorb negative feelings that would come to the wearer. Sometimes it cracks in the service of protection and sacrifice. It promotes spiritual attainment and enhances communication with the physical and spiritual worlds. Placed on the third eye*, it enhances intuition and meditation. It dispels negative energies and clears electromagnetic smog*, providing protection against pollutants.
Psychologically, turquoise is a strengthening stone. It dissolves a martyred attitude or self-sabotage. Mentally Turquoise instils inner calm while remaining alert and aids creative expression. Emotionally Turquoise stabilizes mood swings and brings inner calm.
Physically Turquoise is an excellent stone for exhaustion, depression, or panic attacks. One of its protective functions is against outside influences or pollutants in the atmosphere. It unites the earth and the sky bringing together male and female energies together.
Healing- It strengthens the meridians of the body and the subtle energy fields. It enhances physical and psychic immune systems and regenerates tissue, supports the assimilation of nutrients. It reduces excess acidity and benefits rheumatism and the stomach.
Astrologically it represents planet Jupiter and is known to reduce the malefic effect of Jupiter and helps to enhance love and relationship between relations. It increases the beneficiary aspect of Venus and enlightens loving relation.
Astrologically Tiger’s Eye is very much beneficial for the sun sign Sagittarius. It helps to enhance Jupiter and brings mental peace in a person. Tiger’s Eye is a stone of remarkable mental peace and improves depression and panicky situation in a person.
As we are reminded by US President, Barack Obama, on the opening credits of TV’s Have I Got News For You there are plenty of American politicians who fancy themselves at basketball. There are very few, however who achieve success in both careers. One such was Bill Bradley, a US Senator who earned an Olympic Gold medal and had once been the highest-paid basketball player in the world.
For someone who reached the very top in his career you would expect a strong 10th house and Bradley has a very powerful Sun / Jupiter / Pluto conjunction in Leo there. Jupiter is the principle of expansion and always brings great reward but it seems to have a particular resonance with basketball players.
Capricorn Research’s Jupiter / Saturn index has basketball players in 5th place with the 2nd highest Jupiter score of 202% of the expected figure. The question as to why Jupiter should be so prominent could be answered by the sheer size of most players, the planet’s energy operating through an expanded physicality. The other extraordinary score is that of the Sun / Pluto conjunction at 171% which could account for the explosive turn of pace that basketball players have.
Bradley has both with the Sun and the square aspect between them and a Taurean Mars emphasises the sporting connection. He was also 6 ft 5in tall.
The Moon in Gemini certainly helps with speed of movement and dexterity but its conjunction with Saturn gave him great focus and the ability to keep going aided by the tremendous stamina of a Sun / Pluto in Leo.
Pluto was conjunct his Venus when he earned a gold medal as a member of the 1964 Olympic basketball team and was the NCAA Player of the Year in 1965.
It was during his professional basketball career that Bradley became interested in tax reform stemming from his own experience. When he had reached the six-figure income mark as a sports star, he found that he was a depreciable asset, and in his own typical fashion, began to study heavy economic tomes to explain his position.
Bradley married Ernestine Schlant, a German-born professor of comparative literature, in 1974 when Pluto was appropriately conjunct his Libra Ascendant.
Bill Bradley retired from basketball in 1977 but this wasn’t the end of his career. With typical Sun / Pluto reinvention he went straight into politics and was elected to the Senate at the end of 1978 with Jupiter returning to its prominent natal place conjunct his Sun in the 10th house of career.
As a politician, he put tax reform on the national agenda and his greatest achievement was the 1986 overhaul of the federal tax code, which reduced the tax rate schedule to just two brackets, 15 percent and 28 percent, and eliminated many kinds of deductions. This peak of his political career was reached when Pluto transited square to his Sun.
Bill Bradley’s Sun / Jupiter / Pluto conjunction showed that he was as adept at closing tax loops as he was at filling basketball hoops.
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A Scottish Government policy to double free childcare provision has put a strain on a Borders nursery piloting the scheme.
The nursery class at Langlee Primary School has faced challenges since the pilot, to increase funded childcare hours from 600 to 1140 for all three and four-year-olds, began there last year.
Following an unannounced visit in June, the Care Inspectorate rated care and support at the nursery as good, while environment, staffing and management and leadership were labelled adequate.
However, inspectors found that the steep rise in the number of children attending, and the length of time they were being cared for, had caused difficulties, with lunchtimes particularly chaotic.
In the report, published last week, they said: “Providing lunch for a large number of children provided a significant organisational challenge and resulted in a poor experience for children.”
Inspectors also found that activities before and after lunch were affected, with children “disinterested” and “disruptive” during those times.
The report said: “Whilst we acknowledge that preparing to serve lunch to upwards of 50 children needs organisation, children should not be encouraged into one area to accommodate this process.”
The space allocated to the nursery – two playrooms and central area – was not working well, and inspectors said that play activities for children over three “needed to be significantly improved”.
They also found that there were not enough mats for younger children to sleep on, with some children sleeping on been bags or cushions, which was branded “unsafe”.
The report also highlighted a high number of accidents at the nursery, with senior staff asked to audit these to find any patterns in time, the type of accident or the children involved.
A spokesperson for Scottish Borders Council said that the council had already taken “significant steps” following the care inspectorate visit, and had addressed a number of the matters raised, such as improving lunch routines.
They added: “The council takes very seriously any recommendations made during these inspections and regularly monitors progress.
“We are confident that the matters raised in the report are being addressed and additional support will be provided to ensure good progress is achieved quickly.”
(TheSpread) – Despite winning the series championship each year, Jimmie Johnson doesn’t always finish with the most wins in a given year. Can Johnson top Kyle Busch in the wins category in the 2011 Sprint Cup Season?
Busch has been one of the top drivers in the series in recent years, as he has won at least three races in each of the last three years while Johnson has won at least three every year since 2002.
Oddsmakers at online sportsbook Sportsbook.com feel like Johnson is more likely to win more races this season, as he has betting odds of -200 while Busch has odds of +147.
Johnson has been a winning machine in his career. He has won 30 races over the last four season, with a high of 10 in 2007. Over the last three years, he has had more wins than Busch in all but 2008, when Busch had an 8-7 edge.
Even when not winning, Johnson finds himself in contention more often than Busch, who is pretty hit and miss. Johnson has had at least 22 top-10 finishes in the seven seasons, while Busch has never reached that total in his career.
Johnson is the favorite due to his continued success, but Busch is always one of the top contenders to win. Johnson will very likely finish higher in the point standings, but Busch getting more wins is certainly not out of the question.
OTTAWA—The first burst of controversy from the next crop of MPs came not from a raw NDP rookie but from the party’s experienced deputy leader who said he doesn’t believe the United States has photos of Osama bin Laden’s body.
Thomas Mulcair struck a conspiracy theory note Wednesday when he told CBC TV that U.S. President Barack Obama’s version of the death of the terrorist mastermind is incomplete, if not untrue.
Thomas Mulcair, NDP deputy leader and candidate in the riding of Outremont, told CBC TV that U.S. President Barack Obama’s version of the death of the terrorist mastermind is incomplete, if not untrue. (Graham Hughes / THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Obama said he has seen photos of bin Laden’s corpse but releasing those photos would be akin to peddling gruesome trophies. Mulcair was doubtful.
“I don’t think from what I’ve heard that those pictures exist,” Mulcair said during an appearance on Power and Politics.
“I think that if there is something that went on there, it requires a full analysis, and we have to understand whether or not there was an action where there was an action in self-defence or whether it was something that is more in the style of a direct killing. And that has to do with American law and international law as well.”
A statement from NDP Foreign Affairs critic Paul Dewar said the party fully believed Obama’s version of events.
“We have no reason to doubt the veracity of President Obama’s statement,” said Dewar. “As (NDP leader) Jack Layton said the other day, we are happy the U.S. tracked down Osama bin Laden.”
Chuck Swirsky, whose energetic broadcasting style won him legions of fans over a decade here, is leaving to become the radio play-by-play voice of the Chicago Bulls.
A tireless promoter of the sport and the team, the veteran broadcaster will continue as an afternoon host on the The FAN590 radio station "for the foreseeable future" but will be in Chicago at the start of the next NBA season.
Swirsky came to Toronto a decade ago to take over the play-by-play job with a young franchise trying to establish itself in a hockey-dominated market. He became an immediate hit with his enthusiasm and willingness to interact with fans.
He's written a blog on the team's website, makes public appearances whenever he's asked and has become as synonymous with team as just about any player.
Swirsky, who lives with his wife and three children in Burlington, became a Canadian citizen earlier this season and was touted as Chuck The Canuck by the team.
Going back to Chicago is returning Swirsky to his broadcasting roots. He worked in that market for 15 years, serving as a host on the networks of the NFL Bears and MLB Cubs. He also did play-by-play at DePaul University for a decade.
"Chuck Swirsky has been a terrific play-by-play broadcaster for the Raptors, but it was his tireless dedication to the community and his direct relationship with our fans that left an indelible mark on southern Ontario and with Raptors fans across Canada," Tom Anselmi, the chief operating officer of Maple Leaf Sports said in a release.
"There are lots of good play-by-play guys out there, but only one Chuck Swirsky. He is a big loss to our organization. His passion for basketball and passion for our fans, makes him one of the game's great ambassadors. He's leaving for the right reasons, and that's to place the needs of his family at the top of his priority list. He leaves with our support, our deepest appreciation and best wishes for the future."
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FluoRender is an interactive rendering tool for confocal microscopy data visualization. It combines the rendering of multi-channel volume data and polygon mesh data, where the properties of each dataset can be adjusted independently and quickly. The tool is designed especially for neurobiologists, allowing them to better visualize confocal data from fluorescently-stained brains, but it is also useful for other biological samples.
Clustering algorithms. Three clustering algorithms for segmentation are added: expectation-maximization on Gaussian mixture, DBSCAN, and k-means. Users can use these methods in the "Component" window.
Improved tracking algorithms. Tracking accuracy has been improved. We improved the algorithm for generating the track map and incorporated clustering algorithms to automatically segment during tracking. Users can also adjust a series of parameters in the "Tracking" window to fine tune the tracking.
A new 4D script for tracking sparse particles. The 4D script allows users to track selected features in a time sequence. No initial segmentation is required for it to work. It can be used to track sparse and small features conveniently.
A density setting for component generation. The density setting has been added in the basic component generation. Its concept is based on the clustering algorithm DBSCAN. However, its implementation is based on the synthetic brainbows algorithm, which uses GPU to compute segmentation of dense data sets.
Render view output enlargement. The option has been added when the render view is captured and saved as an image. Users can set an output image size larger than the render view size.
4D script list. The list of built-in 4D scripts has been added to the "Record/Export" panel. Users can easily select and switch 4D scripts without browsing to the actual files.
An issue of reading Prairie/Bruker xml formats, when the TIFF files were saved/processed by third-party tools.
An issue that certain volume property settings became unavailable when switching between MIP and normal render modes.
Support of OpenCL 1.2. Please make sure the latest graphics driver is installed. Deprecated functions from OpenCL 1.1 have been updated in FluoRender to work with OpenCL 1.2.
A new 4D script type for executing OpenCL filters. It allows application of an OpenCL filter to each file of a time sequence. Use this function for image processing of a time sequence.
A new external executable for applying component analysis settings to a time sequence. It can read settings from the new component analysis module and then apply them to an input file. Use this feature along with the 4D script for external executable to apply component analysis to a sequence of files.
New OpenCL filters. Two OpenCL filters are included for computing morphological gradient and Sobel edge detection.
An option to save the alpha channel in screenshots. You can choose to save an additional alpha channel in screenshots, so that the captured images can be used in a compositing software.
An uncertainty analysis on tracking results. You can analyze an automatic tracking result and locate uncertain tracks. Use this feature to manually fix tracking issues with good efficiency.
A mode switch for zoom ratio display. You can choose how the zoom ratio is displayed. Two modes are available. The first mode is view-based, where the percentage of the zoom ratio value represents the size of an entire data set to that of the render view. The second mode is data-based, where the zoom ratio value represents the rendered size of a data set to its 1:1 voxel-pixel state.
Many of the bug fixes, improvements, and new features became available because of the cordial support from FluoRender users. We wish to thank every user and welcome any suggestions for future releases.
The selected part of a labeled volume was not displayed correctly in the Depth channel intermixing mode.
The application crashed when first a channel had been deleted and then played back a sequence in the batch mode.
An output frame was missing when the last key only was consisted of one frame in the advanced output panel.
Tracking quality has been improved in the 2.18 release of FluoRender. A new function is added to allow automatic refinement on only one time point.
A complete set of manual tracking functions is back and reorganized in the user interface. Automatic and manual tracking can be used separately or jointly. You can use manual tracking functions to fix the issues in the result from automatic tracking, or use automatic tracking to refine partial result from manual tracking. Certain operations, such as ID assignment and linking can be automated even in full manual tracking for a streamlined workflow.
You can convert a tracked trajectory to a ruler, or assign consistent IDs to a series of tracked components. A new script is added to allow visualization of all tracked components. You can get information about selected components as well as the number of broken and multiple links in the tracking results.
When you convert a volume or its selected part into a mesh object, it reports the surface area of the resulting mesh object.
You can turn on the full screen mode so that a render view port occupies the entire display area. This is a feature only available on Microsoft Windows.
You can hold the display of the clipping planes of a volume, so that they can be viewed when you move the mouse cursor outside of the clipping plane panel area. In addition, there are five modes for displaying clipping planes.
You can select how the rotation sliders in the render view panel control view rotations. The first mode is a “steering wheel” that rotates the view continuously, where the rotation speed is controlled by the slider thumb button’s displacement. The second mode directly sets the rotation angle by the button’s displacement.
A new setting for the paint brush allows you to adjust how strong a gap between two structures is considered as an edge. When edge detection is enabled for paint brush, this new setting allows finer control of selection region.
For Windows7+, download the win64 EXE file and run the setup. You may need to allow security settings to run the installer. Please be sure to read and accept the Licence.
For OSX10.9+, download the osx DMG file. Open the archive and drag the FluoRender icon to the Applications shortcut. You may need to replace a previous version. You may also need to allow security settings to run the program (Settings, Security, Open Anyway). Please be sure to read and accept the Licence.
We are excited to announce the 2.16 release of FluoRender. For Microsoft Windows users, FluoRender 2.16 incorporates minor feature improvements and issue fixes. However, we have upgraded all graphics functions, conforming to the OpenGL core profile specifications. It allows us to have continuous support for future graphics processing units. FluoRender 2.16 requires graphics cards with a minimum support of OpenGL 3.3. Older graphics hardware need to be replaced. For Apple Mac OS X users, there is the exciting news that all features previously exclusive to Windows are now available*. It still requires relatively recent Apple hardware (2009 and on) and the operating systems.
1. The calculation of the depth attenuation has been improved, which is based on the data size from current viewing direction. A higher contrast can be achieved by increasing the attenuation factor. The depth attenuation effect now also supports mesh data.
2. It allows users to change the text and color of measurement tools, including locators and rulers.
3. It supports True-type fonts in the render view. You can change the settings for font and size in the setting dialog. You can also copy your own True-type font file to the installation directory to let FluoRender use it.
5. The documentation of tutorials was updated to include new features as well as a chapter on movie export.
Note: FluoRender 2.16 was officially announced on May-26, 2015. We had put a test version on-line earlier than this date, so that the new functions, especially on Mac OS X, could be tested. If you happen to download the 2.16 version prior to the official release, please download it again.
Last but not least, we would like to thank Ken Calderone from the University of Michigan, who suggested the improvements including modifiable text for measurement tools, font, and text size settings. We appreciate the continuous support from our users. Please let us know if you have any comments.
6. Applying paint brush strokes on a data set larger than 4 GB caused FluoRender to crash. After fixing, it performs best on the latest graphics cards with 12 GB of memory (Geforce GTX Titan X or Quadro K6000).
2. Speed of applying a paint brush stroke is significantly improved, especially for large data on slow computers.
1. A probe tool to create a two-point ruler along the viewing direction. When used in combination with the paint brush tool (via key board shortcut), it creates a cylindrical selection along the ruler.
2. A profile tool to calculate intensity profiles along rulers. This tool is best used along with the probe tool to generate an averaged intensity profile within the cylindrical mask region.
This version fixed a bug in FluoRender 2.15, which wrote a blank frame when exporting movies in QuickTime MOV format. However, we also incorporated these new features and improvements:
1. OpenCL kernel editor. New in the 2.15 release of FluoRender, an OpenCL kernel editor is added to the tool collection. The editor can be accessed from menu->Tools->OpenCL kernel editor. It allows users to create, load, edit, and save an OpenCL kernel for 3D image processing. Active kernel is applied to selected channel when the "Run" button is pressed. A list of built-in kernels are also provided for basic 3D filtering operations. See Chapter 19 of the user's manual for more details.
2. Automatic threshold estimation for paint brush. New in the 2.15 release of FluoRender, threshold for paint brush can be estimated by applying brush strokes. The estimation is based on the local histogram of the data under the first applied stroke. Its calculation is performed with an OpenCL kernel. See Chapter 14 of the user's manual for more details.
Improvements include UI updates and bug fixes. More importantly, we edited a user's manual that covers all the latest features of FluoRender in great detail.
This version has expanded to MacOSX, includes improved user interface, issue fixes, and other program improvements.
1. File loading speed for TIFF format is improved. For 4D playback, the speed increase can be 100% on certain systems. For the best speed performance, save a 4D sequence in separate, uncompressed channels.
2. When saving projects, there is an additional option for embedding datasets into the project directories. However, complete 4D sequence will not be saved using this feature.
3. Rendering contrast is increased for fine details with less opacity, when a bright background color is used.
1. The colormap legend reflects transparency settings, which is more accurate to visualized results.
3. Added interpolation option in the render view settings. It turns on/off interpolations on the current selection.
9. In the edit window, a select group option is added to the selection adjustment section. It allows painting on all channels in one group simultaneously.
3. Re-organized the property window for polygon mesh, with lighting being a feature that can be turned on/off.
1. When voxel size of XY plane is not set to 1, The 1:1 button won't zoom current dataset correctly. This is now fixed.
3. In certain situations, the workspace panel become empty after loading a project. This is now fixed.
1. Fixed a sampling rate issue when a volume is anisotropic and user sets XY spacings much greater (or smaller) than 1.
4. Improved user interactions when user chooses to use the workspace toolbar for volume painting functions.
3. Derived volumes from the above operations can be saved as multi-layer Tiffs from the Datasets panel.
1. Support of importing several manufacturer-specific confocal formats, including Olympus Image Binary (*.oib), Olympus Original Imaging Format (*.oif), and Zeiss Laser Scanning Microscope (*.lsm).
3. Equalization for equalizing uneven brightness of 3D and 4D data. It also enhances details at the same time.
4. Project files as well as volume datasets can be drag-and-drop to either the FluoRender icon or the main interface to open.
4. Data within groups can be set to depth mode, even the viewport is set to layer or composite mode.
5. Micro Blending. It can render accurate colors of multiple channels in depth mode, with an arbitrary number of channels.
2. In MIP mode, and colormapped MIP mode, some parameters are disabled, in order to keep the color accuracy.
2. 3D batch rendering for RGB multi-layer TIFF files. Switching between multi-channel datasets is easy and fast.
4. RGB multi-layer TIFF format support. RGB multi-layer TIFF files are added to the render view automatically after opened.
2. Camera position and rotation are saved before switching to Free Fly mode, and they are restored after switching back to either Perspetive or Orthogonal projections.
2. New rendering modes that calculate the gradient magnitude differently. Choose different modes in the settings dialog can balance between rendering speed, data loading speed, and memory usage.
1. When new data are added to the group with existing volumes, the voxel size of the newly added volume is set to the existing ones.
4. Color icons of the volumes in the scene view are corrected to always follow their color settings.
1. Drag & drop support in the tree of the scene view. User can now drag & drop items in the scene view to re-order and re-group them. The order of the volume data will be shown in the layered mode.
2. Groups in the tree of the scene view. Volume datasets can be grouped by creating new groups and dragging into the groups. Volume data in the same group share the same 2D adjustment parameters.
2. For movie capture, the value for reverse rotation is always considered as the absolute value, no matter what the user input is.
3. 2D adjustment channel linking is automatically calculated from the color settings. Non-zero RGB channels will be linked in the 2D adjustment settings, when user changes the color of the volume data.
1. In previous versions, the scaling of the volume datasets will change after viewport resizing. The problem is now fixed.
2. In previous versions, the program will crash sometimes when user deletes volume datasets from the data view. The problem is now fixed.
3. In previous versions, the program crashes quite often when loading volume datasets with slice resolution equal or larger than 1024x1024. Now the problem is fixed.
1. Scale bar for size reference. The length, unit and text of the scale bar can be set by the user. The length of scale bar is linked to viewport zoom. Though scale bar is available for perspective projection, it's recommended that use it in orthographic mode for accuracy.
2. Clipping planes. Clipping planes can be set for different channels independently, or they can be linked for all the channels.
1. Zoom of render view is calculated according to the relative size of the dataset bounding box to the viewport, rather than previously the projected voxel size to screen pixel size. Thus even datasets acquired with different objectives and scanning resolutions can generate comparable rendered results, with zoom being set to similar values.
5. Minor bugs exist in a few tools. Please report any issues that affect your FluoRender experience.
If you use FluoRender in work that leads to published research, we humbly ask that you add the following to the 'Acknowledgments' section of your paper:
"This work was made possible in part by software funded by the NIH: FluoRender: Visualization-Based and Interactive Analysis for Multichannel Microscopy Data, 1R01EB023947-01 and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under grant number P41 GM103545-18"
First of all, FluoRender is built to run on a personal computer with good graphics processing capabilities. Although most of today's personal computers can run FluoRender, including Windows desktops, laptops, Apple MacBooks, iMacs, and MacPros, it is best to purchase one with a gaming level or professional graphics card. Wikipedia provides detailed comparisons of graphics card from both Nvidia and AMD. Generally speaking, a graphics card with higher "Processing Power GFLOPs" is also better for FluoRender. We would recommend a top-of-the-line gaming graphics card over a professional graphics card. FluoRender can take advantage of some features of a professional graphics card, such as 10-bit output and better anti-aliasing. However, the difference is subtle in most situations. Second, strong CPU processing power is generally desired. We would recommend a latest CPU with higher clock frequency over more cores. Third, if you have large data sets to process, equip as much system memory as possible. For the year 2015, the consumer level computers can be equipped with as much as 64 GB of system memory, while a professional desktop can have 512 GB or more. Last, if you want to load data quickly or play back large time sequence smoothly, you need high speed access to hard drives. We would recommend a discrete RAID controller with abundant cache. Speed of hard drives is also important for handling large data sets. We would recommend 4 or more solid state drives configured in RAID0 mode.
There are several possibilities for FluoRender to fail. First, check if the graphics driver is installed and updated to the latest version. Some old graphics card may not support OpenCL, which is required since version 2.15. If that is the case, you can download and try an earlier version of FluoRender. Since version 2.16, we require the graphics card to support at least OpenGL 3.3. If you have an old graphics card and want to use FluoRender on it, please replace your graphics card or download an old version of FluoRender. Second, make sure that your operating system supports 64-bit applications. Since version 2.15, we have dropped the support of 32-bit applications, which means FluoRender is 64-bit only. For Windows, you have to purchase the x64 version of the operating system; for Mac OSX, you have to update to the recent versions. Finally, FluoRender may not be properly installed, or some required modules have been accidentally uninstalled. Reinstalling FluoRender may solve the issue.
FluoRender can only load supported file formats, which include TIFF and some microscopy manufacturer specific formats. We write our own readers for these formats to achieve the best performance, especially for large data and time sequence data. So, we can only support "Open" and standard formats. If you have files of unsupported formats, you have to convert the format using a third-party tool. ImageJ can be a good choice in most situations.
If you can use FluoRender for the basic visualizations of volume data, but not some advanced functions, such as paint brushes, it means your system does not support all OpenGL features. This can be that you are using a virtual machine, a remote client, or a system with an integrated graphics card with limited capabilities. You may want to upgrade your system to a standalone desktop computer with the latest graphics hardware to use all features in FluoRender.
The official FluoRender releases only include a Windows version and a Mac OSX version, both 64-bit. If you want to run FluoRender on systems other than these, you can download the source code of FluoRender and build it on a different operating system. Additionally, you can send us emails and let us know your requirements.
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A prologue is an explanatory and introductory discourse, which in this case should then commence by asking "Why did I become interested in sharks, sharks' cartilages, sharks' teeth and evolution?"
It all started many years ago when, soon after landing in January 1983 in Africa from the cold shores of Milano University in North Italy, I met Tracey at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and with her hastened to the hot, feverish Natal North Coast, spending time in Umhlanga Rocks. There I visited the Natal Shark Board and was reminded during my tour that whilst sharks have an endoskeleton of cartilage there are some bony appendages on the integument, known as placoids or denticles (Fig. 1A). These render the integument into a formidable abrasive instrument which lacerates victims, causing bleeding, and provoking a full shark attack.1
Back at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, I went to the library of the Medical School where, with difficulties, I started to manually sieve through the Index Books then printed and made available world-wide by the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland USA.
It was serendipitous that I was attracted by an interesting, perhaps alluring, title of a published paper on sharks: "How to swim with sharks: A primer"1. I read with mounting enthusiasm and scientific interest the essay by a then unknown author who signed himself as Voltaire Cousteau. As the Editor's foot note stated "the essay will make fascinating reading material and sets fundamental rules and principles that, if followed, will make it possible to swim, albeit with difficulties, amid sharks, whilst becoming experts through practice".2
Cousteau makes the wry comment "Actually, nobody wants to swim with sharks" and, reflecting on those who may have wrongly assumed that waters were not shark infested, "has by now doubtless lost any interest in learning how to swim with sharks!1
The essay "How to swim with sharks: A primer" further sparked my interest in shark biology, leading to my reading classic papers on the cartilaginous fishes and discovering that shark genera and species are fully evolved animals with superb differentiating pathways 3-5 that make the shark the most effective killer swimming in the waters of our planet. Sharks or Selachians are named Chon-drichthyes, fishes with an endoskeleton of cartilage thus including the jaws and the chondrocrania (a cartilaginous box containing the spinal nervous tissue of the shark).
Further reading across several different scientific disciplines revealed the concept that the cartilage forming the endoskeletons of Chondrichthyans such as Elasmobranchs is not a primitive condition. It had been thought that cartilage was the original structure of the endoskeleton of fishes and that "bone only appeared at a late date in the history of fishes to augment and replace the cartilage," 6,7 However, it had been reported at the beginning of last century that Elasmobranchs, including sharks, are placoderm descendants "which have degenerated in their skeletal structure from an ancestral condition in which bone was present."7
Romer concurred in 1963, stating "the purely cartilaginous condition (of Elasmobranchs) is not truly a primitive one" and the absence of bone "is not an ancestral character, but one due to the degeneration from bone-bearingancestors."6
This has obviously changed our understanding of the evolutionary skeletogenesis in animals up the vertebrate mammals. It is worth nothing then as Romer stated " that instead of beginning with a purely cartilaginous skeleton, and later gradually acquiring bone, the early vertebrates had a considerable degree of ossification which was followed in a majority of cases by a slump toward a cartilaginous condition"6Romer further stated that "Bone is an ancient, rather than a relatively new, skeletal material in the history of vertebrates"
That regression may explain how in modern vertebrates "internal skeletal structures are first formed in cartilage, and only as development proceeds does the transformation of these cartilages into bony elements take place"6
In mammals, the majority of the bones of the skeleton arise from a cartilage anlage that serves as a strut for the induction of bone formation, undergoing vascular invasion with capillary sprouting into the hypertrophic cartilage. This vascular invasion brings about chondrolysis, i.e. the death of the cartilage anlage, and the differentiation of the first waves of osteoblast-like cells. These differentiated cells lay down the early bone matrix, later to be mineralized to form the long bones of the mammalian skeleton (Fig. 1).
The critical role of angiogenesis in osteogenesis was described in detail in the middle of last century by the classic studies of Trueta which grandly provided the first insights into the supramolecular assembly of the extracellular matrix of bone.8 In several research experiments conducted at the Bone Research Laboratory, using either naturally-derived bone morphogenetic proteins9-11 or coral-derived macroporous constructs,12,13 the critical role of angiogenesis in osteogenesis has been characterised by defining the induction of bone formation as "osteogenesis in angiogenesis" (Fig. 2E) 10,11,14-16
Intriguingly, Aristotle (384-322BC) has been credited to have stated that forming blood vessels have a patterning function during organogenesis.16,17 This concept of "morphogenetic vessels" long predates the idea proposed by Trueta in 1963 of "osteogenetic vessels."8 The invading "organogenetic blood vessels" shape, pattern and induce the multistep cascade of the induction of bone formation, which is "osteogenesis in angiogenesis" (Fig. 2). An overview of the critical role of the vessels in bone formation was published in Science-in- Africa.18
Recently, a team of scientists has identified a specific vessel subtype in bone that links angiogenesis to osteogenesis.19 These specialized capillary sub-types, morphogenetic and osteogenet-ic vessels, provide niche signals to perivascular osteoprogenitor cells, as previously postulated by the grand insights of Aristotle and Trueta.8,11 As in mammals and as briefly discussed above, the cartilage anlage serves to initiate endochondral bone formation, that is a molecular and cellular morphogenetic event that forms the basis for the induction of endochondral bone formation, i.e. via a cartilaginous phase (Fig. 1B-D).10,11,15
Different molecular and morphogenetic events initiate the induction of bone formation via the intramembranous ossification pathway without a cartilage anlage. Angiogenesis with capillary sprouting is the three-dimensional construct for the induction of bone formation. Osteogenic precursor and other committed mes-enchymal cells aggregate and condense in selected areas of the craniofacial skeleton. The mesenchymal condensations are surfaced by multiple osteoblast-like cells and other committed precursors which embrace the invading capillaries. The blood vessels are morphogenetic since there is further differentiation of surrounding mesenchymal tissue condensations. Finally, the three-dimensional pattern of new vessels with capillary sprouting and invasion within the newly formed secreted matrix, engineers the osteonic primate cortico-cancellous bone, a process which is shown in the fascinating "morphogenetic" images presented in Figure 2. Further angiogenesis and development give rise to the majority of the cranial and craniofacial skeleton which forms via intramembranous ossification without the need for a cartilage anlage. The process is clearly both "morphogenetic" and "osteo-genetic" as per the Aristotelian and Trueta8 views and may be described as "osteogenesis in angiogenesis."11,16
We now know that the presence of a cartilaginous endoskeleton in sharks has replaced a bony skeleton in the early evolution of the Elasmobranchs. The question of course arises how indeed was degeneration of the bony skeleton possible? A recent paper in Nature5 provides important insights into the evolution of cartilaginous fishes. That molecular experimentation reports that Elasmobranchs lack a specific secretory calcium binding phos-phoprotein (SCPP).5
SCPP genes, arising from the Sparc-like1 (Sparcl1) gene family, have a crucial role in the formation of bone.5 It has been proposed, therefore, that the absence of the SCPP genes in the Elephant shark Callorhinchus milii will account for the absence of bone from the endoskeleton of the animal.5
The Feature Paper which follows describes our understanding of these evolutionary "de-differentiating" events from a bony to a cartilaginous endoskeleton invocating evolutionary speciation highly favorable to degenerate the bony endoskeleton thus blocking the induction of bone formation and skeletogenesis. These "de-differentiating" events in selachians returning to cartilaginous endoskeletons have set evolutionary specificity that resulted in more resilient animals, with higher capacities to float, more favorable to deep immersions and feeding into the oceans without breaking a bony endoskeleton.
As Moss clearly states in his essay on the "Skeletal Tissues in Sharks,"20the "cartilaginous endoskeleton of fossil Elasmobranchs is derived from phylogenetically ancestral forms with osseous endoskeletal tissues. In spite of the total lack of a bony endoskeleton, it has been emphasised that "bone does exist at the base (or pedicle) of the teeth and dermal denticles."20
Hence, and importantly, sharks may not lack osteogenic ability, or their differentiating chondroblasts may have an intrinsic or ge-nomic ability to differentiate into functional osteoblasts.20 Moss concludes that the "chondral" - or cartilaginous - state of the Elasmobranchs "was once believed to prove that cartilage preceded bone in vertebrate evolution". The acquisition however of a cartilaginous endoskeleton "does not establish a fundamental alteration of the potential and intrinsic ability of the Elasmobranchs' scleroblasts to modulate into osteoblasts."20
De-differentiation from a bony to a cartilaginous, or predominantly cartilaginous, endoskeleton in Elasmobranchs might have occurred following natural evolutionary selection resulting in the speciating of selected gene clusters encoding powerful inhibitors of angiogenesis. Cartilaginous matrices contain powerful morphogenetic signals that inhibit angiogenesis and capillary sprouting.21,22 Shark cartilages contain a substance that strongly inhibits the growth of new vessels which may well explain the rarity of malignant tumours in Elasmobranchs,23,2* and potentially could be used to inhibit tumour angiogenesis in humans.
Evolutionary pressure for superior habitats for feeding in the deeper waters of the oceans might have set in motion genetic mutations leading to the expression of several powerful inhibitors of angiogenesis, thus blocking the induction of bone formation.
The molecular and cellular cascades of osteogenesis via an en-dochondral pathway, as seen in mammals and in teleost fishes (those having an endoskeleton of bone) have been blocked in the shark by the inhibitors of angiogenesis which have been found in extant shark cartilage.
On consideration, there is an intriguing possibility that it may be possible to "reactivate" the osteogenic pathways in the shark. What biological mechanisms could be involved?
My research interest then was primarily focused on the induction of bone formation using morphogens, firstly defined in 1952 25 as "forms generating substances", and subsequently named "os-teogenin" or "bone morphogenetic proteins",9,26-28 following the colossal experimental work of several pioneers headed by Marshal Urist, at the Bone Research Laboratory at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Urist published his fundamental and crucial studies in Science in a report titled "Bone: formation by autoinduction." 29 Hari A Reddi, at the Bone Cell Biology Section, NIH, Bethesda, made seminal discoveries on the chaotropic* dissociative extraction and reconstitution of the bone matrix components, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences, USA30,31
*A chaotropic agent is a molecule in water solution that can disrupt the hydrogen bonding network between water molecules (i.e. exerts chaotropic activity).
In this context, the question was then formulated whether the bone morphogenetic proteins would have the capacity to "force" endochondral bone formation and/or direct intramembranous bone formation by inducing bone in heterotopic intramuscular sites of cartilaginous Selachian recipients.
The idea of the experiment was conceived at the famous Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga. The Director of the Natal Shark Board granted permission to use their fast boats which continuously check the off-shore shark nets along the white beaches of the North Coast. (Figure 3A.) The Animal Ethics Committee of the University approved the intention to fish sharks and to harvest chon-drocrania and vertebrae to enable the extraction of whatever mor-phogenetic factors Selachians may have within their cartilaginous matrices. In three expeditions off the shores of Umhlanga several dusky sharks and a larger shark, Carcharinus taurus, were fished out the ocean and enough quantities of cartilages were then secured (Fig 3B.)
At the laboratories of the then Dental Research Institute in Johannesburg Laura Yeates and I undertook the attempt at the extraction process from cartilage taken from the large shark Carchari-nus taurus, using techniques we had learnt when studying the purification of naturally-derived bone morphogenetic proteins from bovine bones.28 Laura, already attached to the embryonic and emerging Bone Research Laboratory within the Dental Research Institute of the University, was confronted by the ultra-viscous extracted material overly rich in high molecular weight mu-co-polysaccarides that characterized the cartilaginous extracts. Several attempts to extract and purify the shark proteins resulted in partially purified morphogenetic factors.
Several months elapsed in the year 1989 without further experimentation and in 1990 I decided to invite Laura to join me at the Bone Cell Biology Section of the NIH in Bethesda. In collaboration with Dr AH Reddi, the then Chief of the Bone Cell Biology Section, Laura Yeates and I purified, to homogeneity, osteogenin, a bone morphogenetic protein, from baboon bone matrices (Fig. 1 B)9. An account of our mutual interactions during that rewarding and exhilarating scientific period was published some years later in Science in Africa?833 highlighting not only the extraction and purification of bone morphogenetic proteins from baboon bone matrices but also the grand effect of geometry on the induction of bone formation by culturing in vitro osteoprogenitor cells on specific geometric configurations of coral-derived macroporous bioreactors. The work was also published in a classic paper in Biomaterials32
An account of our endeavours was published by Science in Africa in 2012.33 Together we had cracked the purification to homogeneity of osteogenin from baboon bone matrices and defined the critical role of geometry on the induction of bone formation. These experiments were described at length in two papers in 2012.33,34
After our success with the baboon proteins, we thought to again try to extract and purify proteins from Selachian cartilages, but using different chromatographic procedures. The samples had been flown with Laura and carried in her hand luggage from Africa to Washington DC. The extracted morphogenetic factors were later implanted in the subcutaneous space of rodents and uniquely and provocatively also implanted into the muscle of adolescent dusky sharks Carcharinus obscurus in a series of in vivo experiments in the salty water ponds of the Oceanographic Research Institute, Marine Parade, Durban, under the blue skies of the subtropical African sun.
My primary dedication was then, as it is now, the induction of bone formation in non-human and human primates using bone morphogenetic proteins,33-36 as well as exploring the induction of bone formation by the mammalian transforming growth factor-p (TGF-(3) isoforms. 14,37-39 The work has continued with unique research results on the substantial induction of bone formation by the hTGF-(33 morphogen (Figs. 1 E,F), later published in the Journal of Cellular Molecular Medicine.40
Whilst working as a learning and developing scientist at the then Dental Research Institute of the University, I had become interested also in the unique dentition of shark species that showed superb evolutionary traits for survival and predation.20 Of particular intrigue was the polyphyodonty (several rows of multiple teeth) in Selachians, which is the genesis of continuously erupting teeth that migrate forward until, like rolling over the edges of the cartilaginous jaws, they are shed, leaving space for the replacement row of the newly formed and forward-moving teeth (Figs. 4 A,B). Biologically, this is rendered possible by the presence of a continuously erupting dental lamina located in the mucous membrane behind the rear rank of the phalanx (Fig. 4 C).41
It is the intention of the following Feature Paper to describe the extraction and purification of Selachian's cartilages and the implantation of the extracted morphogenetic factors both in rodents and in Carcharinus obscurus sharks at the Oceanographic Research Institute in Durban. The manuscript also details the attachment apparatus of the connective tissue matrix to dentine or dentine/ like material of the multiple shark teeth and describes the forward movement and migration of the Selachian's teeth by a mechanism of a conveyor belt of condensed mesenchymal cells packed with fine connective tissue fibres that by tractional forces between cells and secreted matrix must move the rows of teeth forward until their exfoliation.
The Feature Paper additionally highlights the fact that the loss of teeth is physiologic in sharks but pathologic in mammals, and that tooth shedding in Selachian fishes is the conditio sine qua non for the ancestral evolutionary predatory habit of the sharks amidst the richly populated waters of our oceans.
We show that the implantation of coral-derived macroporous bio-reactors induce the differentiation of chondroblastic tissue and the differentiation of cartilage within the macroporous spaces, indicating the lack of an overt osteogenetic programme within the DNA of the Selachian cartilage.
We further propose that the lack of the induction of bone formation in Selachian intramuscular sites is the result of deficient angiogen-esis and vascular invasion in the Selachian cartilages because of the overtly rich anti-angiogenic factors within the cartilaginous matrices21-24 which block "osteogenesis in angiogenesis".
A 68-year-old obese man underwent computed tomographic colonography (CTC) scanning to investigate worsening constipation and lower abdominal discomfort on his left side. Optical colonoscopy was contraindicated because of his comorbidities. A preliminary CTC diagnosis of incarcerated Spigelian hernia was made, based on lateral deviation of the sigmoid colon to the left as well as extrinsic impressions on it, and the central location of the small bowel. Spigelian hernia is a rare form of anterior abdominal wall hernia. CTC can play a role in its diagnosis.
Computed tomography (CT) has been shown to produce the most accurate imaging in the diagnosis of Spigelian hernia. In this case report, CT colonography (CTC) demonstrated additional findings, making the diagnosis more readily achievable.
A 68-year-old obese man was referred for CTC scanning by a gastroenterologist. His primary clinical history was worsening constipation and lower abdominal discomfort on his left side. Optical colonoscopy was contraindicated because of his comorbidities of hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, diabetes and chronic obstructive airways disease. A low-dose CTC technique, CO2 insufflation and a 16-slice General Electric multidetector CT (MDCT) scanner were used for the study. As the patient was obese, a standard two-view supine and prone study could not be performed; therefore right and left decubitus views were done instead. Filling the colon with three litres of CO2 took approximately seven minutes, compared with the average time of three minutes. The CTC study showed an incarcerated Spigelian hernia (SH), without evidence of obstruction. The colon map views showed three important findings: (1) the sigmoid colon was markedly displaced to the left; (2) the small bowel was in a central position (Figure 1a); and (3) in addition, the air-contrast colon map demonstrated two external impressions on the sigmoid colon at the point where it enters and exits the muscular defect (Figure 1b). Slight narrowing of both the afferent and efferent loops of the sigmoid was noted on 3D fly-through imaging (Figure 2).
A 2D image below the umbilicus confirmed a defect through both the internal oblique and the transversus muscles. The sigmoid colon was contained in a hernia. An axial view demonstrated a thin rim of the external oblique muscle laterally, indicating an interstitial or interparietal geographic location of the hernia (Figure 3). Coronal and sagittal 2D images clearly demonstrated the SH (Figure 4 and Figure 5).
In view of the patient's comorbidities, surgical intervention was not an option at this stage. He was fully briefed by the gastroenterologist in this regard and made aware of the risk of obstruction or strangulation. He was informed that, should this occur, surgical intervention would be required.
Spigelian hernia is also known as spontaneous anterior abdominal hernia. It is a rare acquired hernia occurring in less than 2% of all abdominal hernias, with just over 1000 reported cases in the literature.1Congenital cases of SH have been reported in children.2SH is often undetected clinically as the symptoms and physical findings are subtle or inconclusive, particularly in obese adult patients. SH is prone to complications, such as incarceration, small or large bowel obstruction and strangulation, because the hernia defect is usually narrow (2 cm - 3 cm).1-3
Diagnosis is, however, primarily made by CT.1, 4, 5 In the present case report, a CTC was performed for investigation of abdominal discomfort and worsening constipation. A diagnosis of SH was made based on the lateral deviation of the sigmoid colon as well as the two extrinsic defects on its wall (Figure 1a and Figure 1b). The diagnosis was confirmed by the 2D study which showed an interparietal SH containing sigmoid colon and a clear hernial defect in both the internal oblique and transversus muscles (Figure 4 and Figure 5). CTC is a minimally invasive, fast, safe and accurate screening examination for colorectal cancer. It is also suitable as a diagnostic study for patients with gastrointestinal symptoms. Furthermore, it allows evaluation of extracolonic structures in the abdomen and pelvis.
Ultrasound is often the first line of imaging used to investigate SH.1, 2, 5Although operator dependent, it can be used to make a diagnosis of SH in a large proportion of patients. In addition, a Valsalva manoeuvre can be used in supine and erect sonography to determine the presence of SH.3
There is a slightly higher incidence of SH in women than in men; in adults, it usually occurs during the fourth and seventh decades.1, 2, 6It may occur on either side of the body, or occasionally bilaterally.1There are several known predisposing factors: obesity, chronic obstructive airways disease, previous surgery or laparoscopy, peritoneal dialysis, multiple pregnancies, and rapid weight loss, for example.2, 6, 7
Clinical presentation varies, depending on the content of the hernial sac. In obese individuals, detection of SH may be particularly difficult as the hernia may not be palpable on clinical examination. Some patients may complain of pain, but no lump is palpable.6Omentum and/or segments of the small bowel or colon are usually present in the sac. In the present case, the colon map showed small bowel in a central location; it was not included in the hernia sac (Figure 1a). Other structures, such as the stomach, Meckel's diverticulum, the appendix, and testicular and endometrial tissue, have been found in SH.2, 8
It is important to know the anatomy of the abdominal musculature when diagnosing SH. There are three flat and two vertical muscles of the anterior abdominal wall (Figure 6a and Figure 6b). The flat group consists of the external and internal oblique muscles and the transversus abdominis muscles. The vertical group comprises the rectus abdominis and pyramidalis.
The external oblique muscle arises from the lower eight ribs; it is the largest and most superficial muscle of the antero-lateral abdominal wall. The muscle fibres pass infero-medially. The aponeurosis of the upper part of the muscle splits to cover the anterior and posterior portions of the rectus abdominis. Inferiorly, the superior margin of the external oblique aponeurosis thickens and folds back on it to form the inguinal ligament.9
The internal oblique is the middle of the flat muscle group. It is a thin muscular sheet that fans out antero-medially. Its fibres become aponeurotic and split to envelop the anterior and posterior margins of the rectus in its upper two-thirds of the abdomen. In the lower third, the aponeurosis does not split; it passes as a whole in front of the rectus to reach the linear alba (Figure 6a).9
The rectus abdominis is a vertical muscle that is wrapped anteriorly and posteriorly by the aponeurosis of the three flat muscles. The lower third has no posterior cover. The pyramidalis is absent in approximately 25% of individuals. It is a small, insignificant muscle situated in relation to the inferior margin of the rectus.
The Spigelian (semilunar) line represents the vertical fibrous band formed by the union of the rectus sheath with the fascia of the three flat muscles of the anterior abdominal wall. In the upper two-thirds of the abdomen, the aponeurosis splits at the lateral margin of the rectus into a posterior layer, which passes behind the rectus muscle, and an anterior layer which passes in front of the rectus. The level at which this occurs is known as the arcuate line (Figure 6a), the semicircular line or the line of Douglas. The deep layer of the abdominal wall is only weakly reinforced by separated fascial bands. The Spigelian aponeurosis is the portion of the transversus abdominis that is bordered by the semilunar (Spigelian) line laterally and the lateral borders of the rectus muscle medially (Figure 6a). SH protrudes through this aponeurosis; most are found in a transverse band lying between 0 cm and 6 cm cranially to a line running between both the anterior and superior iliac spines.8This band is referred to as the 'Spigelian hernia belt' where the Spigelian fascia is widest (Figure 6a).6
A diagnosis of SH, based on plain-film radiographs, upper and lower gastrointestinal studies, and follow-through studies, is not readily made in the absence of an intestinal obstruction.7There has been reported use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for investigation of SH.10CT, however, is the main imaging modality. As is evident in the present case report, CTC can play an important part in the diagnosis of SH. The main advantage of CTC is that the entire large bowel and all extracolonic components can be visualised. The complementary role of 2D and 3D imaging in the diagnosis of SH is well demonstrated in this case report.
The author declares that he had no financial or personal relationship(s) that might have inappropriately influenced him in writing this report.
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Prolific, acclaimed songwriter and composer blends rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age and worldbeat
Composer, singer, actor, activist Sting has won universal acclaim in all these roles, but he defies any easy labeling. He’s best described as an adventurer, a risk-taker. As he himself said, "I love to put myself in new situations. I’m not afraid to be a beginner." Husband and father of six, masterful guitarist and bassist, a devoted Yoga practitioner, and now a writer who is publish his memoirs in 2004, Sting has made a career, in fact, of new beginnings.
His latest CD, All This Time, recorded near his home in Tuscany and the first live album Sting has released in 15 years, marked yet another beginning. Transforming classics from his solo and Police careers, as well as highlights from his most recent album Brand New Day, the 2.5 million-selling masterwork finds Sting rediscovering his own music, the songs that form part of the soundtrack of our lives. In addition to this stunning live recording, Sting has put in other landmark concert appearances of late. His performing with renowned cellist Yo Yo Ma at the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics echoed the excitement at last years Super Bowl half-time show and his Central Park concert in New York City the year before. His surprise appearance in the London smash The Play What I Wrote, directed by Kenneth Brannagh, reminds us of Stings history of theatrical risk-taking, from his scene-stealing debut in Quadrophenia to his performance in the Broadway stage revival of the Brecht/Weill musical The Threepenny Opera to his audacious work in Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. The movies, also, have spotlighted his composing skills, with Kate and Leopold featuring his Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated ballad, "Until," an elegant successor to his Oscar-nominated "My Funny Friend and Me" from The Emperors New Groove.
Sting’s support for human rights organizations like Amnesty International and The Rainforest Foundation mirrors his art in its universal outreach. In 2001, from the Arab-American Institute Foundation he received the Kahlil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Award for his "efforts to promote cross-cultural understanding," particularly through his duet with Algerian superstar Cheb Mami, "Desert Rose."
Crossing cultural lines, cutting through the barriers between "high" and "pop" art, has been a Sting hallmark ever since his own beginnings. A milkman’s son from Newcastle, England, Sting was a teacher, soccer coach and ditch digger before turning to music. Inspired equally by jazz and the Beatles’ eclectic tastes that would prove prophetic, he formed The Police in his twenties and soon led them to a position of global preeminence in the 1970’s and 80’s. The albums The Dream of the Blue Turtles, Bring on the Night, Nothing Like the Sun, The Soul Cages, Ten Summoners Tales, Mercury Falling, Brand New Day, and All this Time found Sting evolving into one of the most distinctive and highly respected performers of the 20th century.
Whether collaborating with James Taylor or Stevie Wonder, Gil Evans or Branford Marsalis, to list just a few of the stellar musicians his solo albums feature, Sting has forged a wholly original synthesis from an entire world of musical strains and styles. Classical, country, Celtic and folk, jazz, R&B, reggae and rock are all part of his musical language, a language he crafts like a poet.
In recognition of the lasting impact of that music Sting, has received the 2002 Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music and the Ivor Novello Award for International Achievement. Add to those honors the 16 Grammy Awards he’s won in a career full of staggering statistics.
In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Songs of Love Foundation, the audience at the Paul Simon concert in Forest Hills, NY, recorded a “song of love” for 8-year-old Teddy Moore. Teddy had 28 brain surgeries and 2 skull expansions due to hydrocephalus as a result of a brain bleed when he was born. This is a program called the Songs of Love Experience™ that engages audiences at companies, concerts, schools and other groups in the live recording of “songs of love” for local ailing children. Teddy is a patient at the Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, NY. John Beltzer and Alex Forbes wrote and performed Teddy’s song of love and the audience recorded the chorus! Thanks to Carl Allocco and Donna Kotoff for shooting video! Thanks to Paul Simon and Cindy at OK Management as well as Don Sullivan and the amazing Paul Simon stage crew! See the video here
There are 6 Chudail Story Photos available at songsuno.com. Browse high quality Chudail Story Movie pictures in gallary. View All Chudail Story posters it in full resolution. To Spending a lot of time in Chudail Story Movie gallary, you will comfortable with the way it looks and feels. You can know more about Chudail Story stills, star cast pics of Chudail Story. Click on any of Chudail Story star casts Preeti Soni, Amal Sehrawat, Nidhi Nautiyal, Sunny Charls, Menaka Lalwani, Sorabh Rajpurohit, Akash Rathore images to see the full view of pictures.
Pink 2016 is a Hindi bollywood Drama Movie directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury & produced by Rashmi Sharma, Ronnie Lahiri. The Film Stars are Amitabh Bachchan, Tapsee Pannu, Andrea Tariang, Kirti Kulhari, Angad Bedi, Mamata Shankar which is leading Main Role. Pink Movie has Total 3 tracks. and all are composed by Shantanu Moitra, the Movie is released on 16 September, 2016.
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It has been a few days since I joined this, I am preety sure I joined for I paid the eth they asked for. I know what I paid is just a few but many few will be too many and their pockets will be filled with our money. We need to get news about the airdrop.
I got nothing in MEW, nothing anywhere, nothing parity, nothing in metamask.io, Do not send anything until they do. Beware.
Unless they admit they missed their deadline or update, they were taking in money and not paying, but let's see if they follow through or comment.
Do not send any more eth to this or any other that asks you to pay for gas. Let this be the example.
Agree with you that before the token is issued, everyone should not continue sending 0.03 ETH, or they will lose their money.
I don't know what is the difference between egbytes with other erc20 tokens. Etherscan can't read this token , but when I check on etherdelta I have noticed I had 26 egbytes there.
If you want you can try to import your private key to etherdelta to check whether you already received egbytes or not.
If that is the case what is the contract address of this coin and how can I add it on MEW so I can check this out. Maybe it will not show on MEW but as you said it might show on ETHERDELTA. Thanks for the tip.
No. You are missing the fundamental concept of the block explorer. Etherscan, EthPlorer, do not lie. If you put in your eth address, you see all tokens, and all eth.
It shows in etherscan, or ethplorer, do not spin this to EtherDelta which has nothing to do with anything other than trading.
So in other words, I sent eth to this and got nothing. Until I see anything, THIS IS A SCAM. Until it is addressed.
DO NOT SEND ANYTHING TO THIS AIRDROP AND NEVER AGAIN PAY FOR GAS FOR AIRDROP AS THIS MODEL STARTED UNTIL THEY PROVE THEY PAY UP. SAID OCTOBER 29th. It's ok if their's a delay say that, but don't spin things around to EtherDelta.
Hi guy, so far no one has received the egbytes airdrop, we all tried to send 0.03ETH to dev. As it turns out, this may be a hoax and we haven't received any tokens.
Yes I had 26 egbytes but I can't deposit it to etherdelta. Warning! Error encountered during contract execution [Bad instruction]
And also how is this connected to https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2269018.280 ? I got an email from EGBYTES with a link to https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2269018.280 who also want a 0.03ETH donation. Are these the same?
It is starting to get boring to make tokenized versions of coins. Let's make coinized versions of tokens instead!
They will soon start doing that as well (i think) all they need to need to release one coinized version of token and more will keep following automatically as it happened with eTokens.
Still no drop for me. Despite sending transaction to Dev here and via email.. No reply from dev at all. Dissapointed was ready to be a BIG supporter as already a big HOLDLer of normal byteballs
For Italy: The meanings of the three colours of the flag of Italy are that green represents the country's plains and the hills, white, the Alps mountains covered in snow and red represents blood spilt in the Wars of Italian Independence.
For Mexico: Green: The Independence Movement, White: The purity of the Catholic faith, Red:The Spaniards that joined in the quest for Independence. The
Surprisingly not a bad article, thanks. In briefly describing the history of girls (or rather of "no girls") on the Internet, it almost exactly parallels what we see today on Bitcointalk (and it's a good read for you young folk who've never heard of MUDs, MOOs, etc.)
Unfortunately it looks like Bitcointalk has only reached the 4chan phase, a.k.a. the "TITS or GTFO" phase. Hopefully, as (and if) Bitcoin gains popularity, this forum will be able to drag itself into the new millennium (easier said than done, since scammers will always be here with us...)
I'd say Bitcointalk is a business forum, I've yet to run across people trying to scrounge a date on here
I think bitcoin is not a forum for men, many women who assemble here, and of course they always hide their identities, they may have certain goals that have to hide the identity, bitcoin is already well known by everyone, it is evident from the number of members who memngikuti bitcoin forum like bitcointalk.org ...
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A few months ago installed Pfadt lowering springs, trailing arms and sway bars. I really love the lower look the car definitely grabs better on a hard launch
Ugh, I love this car, hahahaha. This owner not only is one of the greatets guys on the planet, but he has great skills and unique products/painting. Keep up the great work, and your business will only grow by leaps and bounds.
Sweetness just arrived at LG Motorsports. getting some goodies., here is a baseline, 3 pulls. Current mods, kooks long tubes n cats, ADM CAI.
Forget Oasis versus Blur, Foreman versus Ali, Zeichner versus Huppert - this is the main event, the real deal, this, is ERIC MONKMAN versus BOBBY SEAGULL!! In fact, forget everything you knew, or everything you ever wanted to learn - at 8.30pm, when the dust settles on tonight's (March 27) University Challenge semi-final none of it will matter anymore.
So join us, ladies and gentleman, as the known universe and its wife settle down to see Wolfson take on Emmanuel. Now. At last.
Come on Top Gear - we know you’ve got a line-up of presenters that’s finally gelling, BUT END ALREADY!
Jump to: Recap design guide | Cambridge's refuse and recycling scheme | Houses | Flats | Bin store design | Vehicles and access | Commercial premises
In large developments or where vehicular access is required, Please read this guide. ALSO refer to the RECAP guide for additional information. [See below]
We no longer accept KEYS or CODES for bin stores. The only keys we will accept is standard FB2 or Star keys. (May 2017)
The RECAP (Recycling for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough) Partnership has produced a SPD design guide giving ADDITIONAL information and requirements. It is a particularly useful starting point for LARGE DEVELOPMENTS or developments where collection vehicles enter a site.
Developers should note that the requirements outlined on this page are specific to Cambridge and may be slightly different or in addition to the requirements outlined in the SPD design guide.
All residential and commercial developments are required under the SPD to complete and submit with supporting plans the 'Design Standards Checklist' from the RECAP Waste Management Design Guide Toolkit. Your application will not be complete without it.
You are also advised to complete and submit the checklist in the Refuse and Recycling Guide – Info for developers with your planning application to assist officers and ensure you have included the specific requirements necessary to help avoid difficulties or delays in the planning process.
In addition to the RECAP SPD Design Guide and this guide you are also recommended to consider the recommendations within BS5906:2005.
BS5906 was updated in 2005 to take account of the need to separate waste for the purposes of recycling. In section 4 it sets out general principles of the design of facilities, stating that designers should consider:
It is important to consider the necessary provision for waste and recycling early on in the planning process. This is a general guide outlining the basic considerations and requirements to achieve suitable storage arrangements and provide a suitable solution operationally after the development is built.
We operate an alternate, fortnightly collection of refuse and recycling. One week refuse is collected and the next week recycling is collected (dry mixed recycling and food and garden waste).
Our waste and recycling provision checklist [PDF, 21KB] will assist in designing in the necessary requirements. You should seek further information or assistance from your planning officer if the development will have problems meeting any of the requirements.
It is vital that adequate space and arrangements for the storage and collection of waste and recycling are considered at the earliest stage. The design must take space requirements and the on-going operational arrangements into account. If you anticipate communal waste storage is required please refer to the section on flats.
Suitable off street storage areas needs to be provided for three wheelie bins. There needs to be access to take the bins to the kerbside on collection days (ie: not taken through the house).
Residents should not have to take their waste and recycling more than 30 metres to a bin storage area,
Residents should not have to take their bins more than 25 metres to a collection point, (usually kerbside) in accordance with Building Regulations Approved Document H Guidance.
For houses waste collection is a kerbside service, therefore residents must be able to take their bins to the kerbside for emptying. Bins must be accessible to crews directly from the kerbside, without pulling distances.
Any pathways should take the most direct route possible to the kerbside and avoid the need to pull bins past parked cars or parking bays. Pathways be of smooth, solid surface.
Experience shows that residents who are responsible for their own individual waste containers do more recycling and cause less contamination. Wherever possible, therefore, individual containers for each dwelling are preferred. (See Guide for Houses)
It is also acknowledged, however, that communal provision is sometimes necessary and can be more advantageous where space is at a premium. It is vital that adequate space and arrangements for the storage and collection of waste and recycling are considered at the earliest stage. The design must take space requirements and the on-going operational arrangements into account. If you anticipate communal waste storage is required please refer Guide for flats.
All bins open along the width. This is therefore the front of the bin and it must be positioned with the front edge facing forward, so that the bin can be opened for residents to place the waste and recycling inside.
Separate storage for waste and recycling inside the dwelling should be provided Each container should be 30-40 litres for refuse and dry recycling, and 5+ for food waste.
All bins must be ordered from the council 10 weeks in advance of occupation to ensure they are available for delivery to site prior to residents moving in. Contact 01223 458282. Delivery will be no more than 2 weeks prior to occupation.
Arrangements must be made with the City Council to ensure bins are in place before occupation of any properties (allowing sufficient time for these to be delivered) to enable a collection service to commence and all codes/keys are given to the Council waste department.
Where the site is still under construction – a collection point must be designated and site staff to move the bins to this position on collection days.
Adequate door widths: This is likely to be a minimum of 20cm in addition to the widest bin contained in the bin store.
If you require alternative bins/arrangements, or have large scale developments - Please call the Council to discuss.
Any codes and keys must be given to our Waste department prior to occupation – you must provide us with three sets. FB2 keys do not need to be supplied as the crews already have these.
Recycling signs for the bin stores, and leaflets can be supplied by the Council. Please contact Emma Will: 01223 458282.
Experience has shown that when residents first move in, there is an excess of large cardboard - we recommend you supply a skip for this period, or a special extra cardboard collection.
The surface to the collection point should be uninterrupted, level with no gravel or similar covering, no steps.
Suitable width to enable the easy passage of wheeled bins. For two-wheeled bins this should be 1 metre for four-wheeled bins this should be 2 metres wide (including doorways)
Residents must not have to walk more than 30m from their flat to the bin store to dispose of their waste/recycling
In large-scale developments, bin storage areas need to be accessible by vehicles - if not, arrangements will need to be made by owners or managing agents for bins to be moved to a point where a collection vehicle and crews can easily gain access and meet the pulling distance requirements.
If bins are to be stored in underground car parks – a managing agent will need to be employed to move the bins to a suitable collection point for the crews to empty the bins.
Developers need to be aware that the collection vehicles weigh up to 32 tonnes, so without suitable road construction we may be unable to travel on un-adopted highway and would accept no liability for damage. Un-adopted highway, where it is required, should be constructed to an adoptable weight-bearing standard.
Vehicular access in terms of vehicle weight, turning circles, visibility splays, width, etc., needs to be taken into account in the design. Building roads to adoptable standards and submitting them for adoption will ensure they are suitable for large refuse collection vehicles and this is preferred.
Vehicles should be able to enter and exit a site in forwards motion and any reversing manoeuvres should be kept to a minimum and not more than 12m. It is important that the Highways Authority is happy with the proposed access into and out of a site onto the highway regardless of whether they adopt any new road.
Be constructed in accordance with relevant guidance (refer to RECAP design guide) to allow for up to a 32 tonne vehicle.
Allow at least 4m vertical clearance. In addition a minimum of 3.5m width and 4m in length should be allowed where the emptying of containers takes place. Sufficient overhead clearance should also be provided to allow for operation.
It is important that the Highways Authority is happy with the proposed access into and out of a site onto the highway regardless of whether they adopt any new road.
All roadways should be constructed to facilitate waste collections prior to occupation. This is particularly important to consider when waste collections occur from the rear of properties or from a different street from the main entrance to the properties.
Please supply tracking documents with pulling distances at planning stage. Please contact us to confirm vehicle type. There is more about this on p31 of the Recap design guide.
A minimum of two streams of waste collection are required for commercial developments, this is to satisfy National pre-treatment regulations. Collections can either be provided by the Council or by a private company.
Waste collections must be suitable for the business type proposed and consideration should be given to the types of landfill diversion available. I.e. it may be appropriate for restaurants to have food waste collections as well as recycling collections.
The space for waste storage should be sufficient to store a minimum of two days of waste generated by the business.
This series highlights key topics in applied linguistics. Each book presents original research, either updating and re-thinking a traditional theme, or introducing important new concepts. Topics reflect the broad range of current interests in applied linguistics and include aspects of language acquisition, language teaching, learning and testing, sociolinguistics, cognitive linguistics, discourse studies, and research methodologies. The volumes in the series are accessible to a wide audience and particularly relevant to students on graduate courses in applied linguistics and TESOL, as well as to researchers in these areas.
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"Maybe we will, maybe we won't [see the Demon King at SummerSlam]. A lot of people are under the impression that Finn Balor relies on the Demon King, but that is certainly not the case. If it's required and emotions are running high going into SummerSlam then maybe the Demon King will show up. If not, we'll see the Demon King in the near future I'm sure."
"[Wyatt] talks in riddles. He talks in tongues. Half the time I don't even understand it. I know he can talk a lot, that's for sure. You give him the mic, you're gonna have a hard time getting the mic back. He certainly likes to talk. Whether it makes any sense or not is up to the people listening. Regardless of what he says or for how long he says it, when the bell rings he is one of the absolute best out there for the last four years he's been at the top. He's been doing tremendous things. You can't ever discredit his ability in the ring. I think people forget how big Bray is. Bray is like 300, 320 pounds. He moves like he's 220. He's definitely a force to be reckoned with in the ring and it's something I'm going to have to adjust my style every day to help cope with it."
"I always go back to my days in NXT and look at my feud with Samoa Joe. That was one of the best periods of growth for me. Joe really turned me from a wrestler, in the sense of I want to try and wrestle people, to having to fight Joe. There's a lot of similarities size-wise between Joe and Bray, so I'm able to apply a lot of those lessons facing Joe and bring those forward to face Bray."
In the wake of the December 26, 2004, tsunami that hit coastal villages and towns alongside the Indian Ocean, little thought has been given to another problem very near at hand. The Pew Center on Global Climate Change has released a report that states due to the warming of the oceans and melting of the polar ice caps, sea levels are expected to rise twenty centimeters by 2100 (7). Many have not given thought to this information and it's inherent ramifications. With rising sea levels, catastrophes such as the Indian Ocean tsunami could become an everyday occurrence. The Environmental Protection Agency's response to this issue is to "relocate and rebuild," which could cost billions of dollars and the forfeit of many of our country's most historical buildings to the sea. I think that with proper planning and execution, however, we can preserve our national heritage and lifestyles with a few steps of protection.
The first step to protect our coastlines from the seemingly insurmountable conundrum of the sea is to impede its rise in the first place. This can be done by cutting the emissions of ozone depleting chlorofluorocarbons. CFC's, as they have come to be known, trap the ultra violent rays emitted by the sun, turning the earth into a virtual oven (1). This not only melts the polar ice caps but also helps to warm the seas, thus creating higher sea levels as well as increased storm frequency(1). The cutting of the emission of CFC's can only come from government regulation as well as residential cooperation. Residential emissions can be cut down by car pooling, saving electricity, and using more environmentally friendly materials. Corporate cooperation coupled with government regulation can also eliminate wasteful CFC emissions. International regulation on CFC emissions, such as the Kyoto Protocol, will cost businesses...
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... Kyoto Protocol. The majority of the countries represented at the Kyoto conference were against major cuts in emissions and the United States would only agree to a cut if other countries did (Godrej 105). The government of the United States ...
... and climate already makes it tough on plant life, without the added stress of rising levels of soil salinity. It is important that farmers and land care groups preserve our native vegetation and waterways, and ... of each state affected by dryland ... changing the crops and pastures that are planted and ...
... Global Warming. This problem has two reasons to happen. First, the Earth goes to a cycle of climate change. Second, the increase of human population and energy demand. These facts have many consequences; we all have already seen some of them. Like the tsunami in 2004 and ...
A mission statement is a very important part of organizational planning. The mission statement should be one of the first steps in building an organization.
Mission statements are often confused with vision statements. A vision statement pushes an organization toward a future goal or achievement, whereas, a mission statement guides current, critical, strategic decision-making. (Cardani)
A mission statement is one sentence describing a company's function, markets and competitive advantages.This should be a concise and clear statement that says who the organization is, what the organization does and for whom and where. (Meshanko)
The mission statement for the American Red Cross follows the basic guidelines for a good mission statement:
"The American Red Cross, a humanitarian organization led by volunteeres and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, will provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies" (www.redcross.org)
This mission statement answers all three of the basic questions. The problem that the Red Cross helps to solve is emergencies and disasters. The Red Cross is unique because it is a humanitarian organization led by volunteers. The victims of disasters and emergencies are the beneficiaries of the Red Cross's efforts.
"The United Community Center is a human service agency providing emergency assistance, daycare, social services and recreational activities for low-income children and families at risk in inner-city Atlanta, Georgia" (Meshanko)
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... of the core operatives prepared to leave for the United States, al Qaeda's leaders could have reflected on what they needed to be able to do in order to organize and ...
... of the United States government are unrightfully proposing this act to be passed while it is in clear violation of the first amendment. Favorite websites like Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia, and Google+ will be highly limited to what they are allowed to post and ...
... of the reading I have done Usama accuses the United States of killing Muslim children, even though many of the missions he refers to are missions to deliver humanitarian aid to starving Muslims. I have given you a look into the life of Usama, his terrorist activities, and some of ...
... communicating with certain people and can even be prevented from leaving the country. However in Article 13 of the UDHR it's states, "Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state ...
In a set of circumstances that sound like a plot line for a TV drama, Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling outlined how his department came to arrest a 36-year-old man from Illinois for the murder of a 14-year-old girl 17 years ago.
Amber Creek was beaten, sexually assaulted and suffocated with a plastic bag, her body found by hunters in the Kracher marsh in western Racine County in February of 1997. It took 16 months to identify the victim, and although a task force was created to investigate her murder, the case went cold. Fingerprints from the plastic bag and DNA were sent to national data bases without a match, until two months ago, when the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation informed Wisconsin investigators that they had matched the prints to those of James Eaton of Palatine.
At a news briefing Tuesday, Schmaling said that information lead to an intense investigation. After several days of surveillance, investigators were able to recover a partially used cigarette discarded by Eaton as he waited for a train in the Chicago area.
DNA on that cigarette matched evidence taken from the victim in 1997. Schmaling said that although an arrest has been made, investigators are urging anyone who has additional information about Creek’s murder to come forward. “We believe that there are people out there that have knowledge of Mr. Eaton and involvement in this particular homicide. I am asking that those people search their heart, do the right thing, and contact the Racine County Sheriff’s Office.
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With several races still too close to call, Republicans maintained and expanded their majority in the Senate, while Democrats picked up enough seats to take control of the House. Once in the majority, House Democrats can be expected to exercise their oversight, and if necessary, subpoena authority to compel responses from the Administration to inquiries from the minority on a host of controversial topics that were not answered due to the process that only committee chairs could compel those responses. Despite the increased political rancor that comes with a divided Congress, there are important and bipartisan issues such as consumer data security and privacy reforms, federal infrastructure programs, and immigration reforms that could receive bipartisan agreement. There will also be new leadership on key committees like Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation that will influence policymaking in technology, telecommunications, innovation, and other key areas.
Read the full update for an overview of expected changes in leadership on congressional committees that shape policies that determine how businesses can integrate emerging technologies to be competitive in today’s economy. We also explore the potential agenda for the 116th Congress as it may impact companies with a stake in issues ranging from data privacy to antitrust, oversight, and technology and innovation policy.
To continue on with today’s neon theme, I thought I would round up some fun bright colored accessories. After experimenting with my new neon scarf a bit, I decided I’m back on the neon train and could use some new accessories to jazz up my spring wardrobe.
I may not be going for head to toe with this trend (Although did you see Jennifer Lopez in her neon pink ensemble?!? Hot!), but I can get behind a pop of it here and there….How cute are those Superga kicks? If you want to see how fab Supergas look in real life, head over to our Monday Mingle partner in crime Carly’s blog Thirty Something fashion!
I’m liking the neon color in accessories right now too. They feel fresh and add a nice blast of color to many outfits!
Fear is a powerful weapon, and government tends to be one of the fastest enablers of said fear. The latest target of federal regulators? Teen vaping.
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb declared teen vaping an epidemic yesterday and vowed to do all he could to stop the nefarious devices from ending up in their hands. Here’s his statement from FDA.gov.
I use the word epidemic with great care. E-cigs have become an almost ubiquitous ‒ and dangerous ‒ trend among teens. The disturbing and accelerating trajectory of use we’re seeing in youth, and the resulting path to addiction, must end. It’s simply not tolerable. I’ll be clear. The FDA won’t tolerate a whole generation of young people becoming addicted to nicotine as a tradeoff for enabling adults to have unfettered access to these same products.
Gottlieb is vowing to bring a government-sized war hammer down on vape and E-cig companies for peddling their wares.
I’ve been warning the e-cigarette industry for more than a year that they needed to do much more to stem the youth trends. In my view, they treated these issues like a public relations challenge rather than seriously considering their legal obligations, the public health mandate, and the existential threat to these products. And the risks mounted.
Well, I’m here to tell them that this prior approach is over. The FDA is closely watching the trends in youth use. And if, as we expect, preliminary data that’s in our possession and will be finalized and released in the coming months confirm our present observations that the youth use of e-cigs is rising very sharply; we’ll swiftly change course.
It’s not surprising to see teens get their hands on vaping devices and E-cigs because they are marketed as an alternative to cigarettes. Want to not put all those harmful chemicals and tar into your body whilst still looking cool? Go vape!
This attitude is causing concern amongst parents who told USA Today the government has to get involved in solving the so-called “vaping crisis.”
Kelli Cogan says her 15-year-old son was able to get free Juul cartridges online last year by using his father’s name and birth name and having them shipped to a different address. The Rocky River, Ohio, woman says the company offered to block her husband’s name from ordering, but she didn’t think that was sufficient.
Juul spokeswoman Victoria Davis says the company now requires an age-verified signature on delivery and has made other changes to protect against distributing e-cigarettes to children under the legal vaping age in their states.
“I have two teenagers that are now vape addicts,” he says. “The first thing that the FDA needs to do is ban nicotine. These kids do not have a chance.”
It would be curious to find out if the parents were asked if they knew about the non-nicotine certain vape companies offer. Juul isn’t one of them, but the company’s website claims they’re working on it. Blu does offer nicotine-free juice and actually suggests it to people who just want flavors.
I’ve had several friends who went from smoking over a pack of cigarettes a day to just using the non-nicotine filled juice. It’s just as likely these teens who are vaping can simply switch to a lower or non-nicotine flavor easy-peasy. It may mean switching to a different brand, but is it really that hard or do people need to have their hands held like some toddler?
It should be pointed out fear is a major reason why there’s all this concern about vaping. Vaping – much like any new technology – tends to drive people crazy, especially if they don’t understand it. I remember hearing complaints from older people about the smell of the mist emanating from the mouths of vapers – smells which my olfactory senses didn’t register. It’s possible my senses have been dulled by years of living in large metropolitan areas but I doubt it. The reality is smells can be imagined, and if someone is conditioned to think a cloud coming from someone’s mouth is smoke, their brain is probably going to immediately react with a, “I smell smoke,” reaction. I even had a vaper blow the vape towards me and I couldn’t smell anything.
Another guess is Big Tobacco is looking to protect their own market share. The New York Times noted in 2014 RJ Reynolds and Altria put humongous warnings on their e-cigarette and vaping products not seen on tobacco products.
“To the uninitiated, it looks like they are responsible corporate citizens,” said Cynthia Cabrera, executive director of the Smoke-Free Alternatives Trade Association, an e-cigarette industry group. She considers the warnings “disingenuous,” particularly the MarkTen claim that nicotine is “very toxic” when inhaled, swallowed or brought into contact with the skin. That is not true of the doses in e-cigarettes, she said.
Ms. Cabrera said she believed that the big tobacco companies had an ulterior motive, perhaps to appear to regulators and lawmakers as more credible than the small e-cigarette companies. She speculated that big tobacco companies would then be able to lobby for rules and laws that would favor them. She said some lobbyists were telling legislators that prepackaged, uniform e-cigarettes had lesser health risks than the ones sold, sometimes in made-to-order fashion, in independent vapor shops. In terms of warnings, Ms. Cabrera’s group has called for childproof packaging on e-liquids, which are used to fill e-cigarettes, and they favor warnings calling nicotine addictive and listing other ingredients.
Two of the companies Gottlieb called out just happen to be owned by RJ Reynolds and Altria. One could suggest Gottlieb mentioned those two to make sure their lobbyists are knocking on the FDA doors to make sure it’s easier for them to survive. Remember what Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told Congress earlier this year: regulations tend to protect the big guy over the small start-up company. The same scenario plays out here.
This virtue signaling of the government “doing something” to solve an imaginary problem is ridiculous. There’s no reason for the FDA (or really any government) to be involved in trying to ban or restrict vaping. Leave it up to individual stores and parents to make sure teens aren’t experimenting with vaping pens and E-cigarettes. Gottlieb’s war on teen vaping is going to go the same way as the war on drugs: expensive and, ultimately, a failure.
posted at 4:01 pm on September 14, 2016 by Ed Morrissey NPR brings us this new surprise from the annals of top-down control of economies. When Democrats shoved ObamaCare through Congress in 2010, they promised that it would “bend the cost curve downward” throughout the whole health-care sector, especially in insurance. Instead, costs have skyrocketed […]
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With more than half its three million inhabitants born outside of Canada, it is clear that Toronto is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world. While statistics help to quantify Toronto’s diversity, rarely are real stories about individuals part of the discussion.
For Cosmopolis Toronto, I set out on a yearlong journey (June 2013 – June 2014) to photograph someone born in every single country of the world who now calls Toronto home.
For each person participating in the project, a portrait was taken of them in a place where they feel ‘at home’. A second photograph features them holding an item that connects them to their birthplace. These two photographs are paired with a short story and mapped here on the website.
Finding participants was a challenge. Luckily, with the help of social media and friendly Torontonians, the response was excellent. I also had a group of experienced and passionate volunteers dedicated to meeting the project’s objectives. Cosmopolis Toronto is now an excellent educational resource, has been exhibited widely and even became a book.
If you would like to bring this project to your city or have me come speak about it, do not hesitate to reach out.
I would love for you to follow Cosmopolis Toronto on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Also, check out the video introduction and media coverage of the project.
Create engaging and positive opportunities for dialogue among people from various cultural and social backgrounds.
The project is set in Toronto (including the Greater Toronto Area) but speaks to themes of resilience, migration and community-building that are understood and felt by countless individuals on a provincial, national and international level.
Colin Boyd Shafer (b. 1983) is a Canadian documentary photographer and high school social sciences teacher born in Kitchener, Ontario. He is specifically interested in migration, diversity and belonging.
Shafer’s recent portrait projects include INTERLOVE which tells interfaith love stories in Ontario, and Cosmopolis Toronto, a project that features someone from every country of the world who now calls Toronto home.
Shafer’s work has been featured widely in the media, including National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, The Globe and Mail, The New Internationalist, Salon, BBC News, 6Mois, Foto8, F-Stop Magazine as well as CTV, CBC and Global National News channels. Shafer also presented on his project Cosmopolis Toronto at TEDxToronto 2014 and to the United Nations Alliance of Civilization’s Global Forum.
In 2014 Shafer won first place at the Toronto Urban Photography Festival and the 2013 Human Rights Watch Film Festival’s Photography Competition in London, UK. Most recently, Shafer was chosen by the Governor General of Canada to photograph inspiring Order of Canada recipients. These photographs will be featured in an upcoming book by Figure1 Publishing that commemorates Canada’s 150th anniversary and the 50th anniversary of the Order of Canada.
Shafer holds an MSc in the Political Economy of Violence Conflict and Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies. While teaching at Taylor’s College in Malaysia from 2008 to 2012, Shafer founded the TEDxMMU – featured Everyone has Hope Project wherein Malaysian college students teach photography to Burmese refugee youth.
Shafer is currently teaching Social Sciences in Bulgaria at the American College of Sofia, working on a number of photography projects and is open to new assignments.
Cosmopolis Toronto is an independent initiative that relied on the efforts of individuals to see it through. The project team was composed of passionate volunteers who generously offered their skills, time and efforts to the realization of the project’s goals.
Vanessa brings a great deal of enthusiasm, dedication and experience to her work in the education and culture sectors. She is a key player in supporting the project team and facilitating deeply moving and creative opportunities, which bring individuals and the arts together in Cosmopolis Toronto. Vanessa holds a Master of Museum Studies from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Education from McGill University, with a major in History and minor in Ethics and Religious Cultures. Vanessa currently works at the Ontario Human Rights Commission.
Keely is a prairie girl from Saskatoon who now calls Toronto home. She earned a BA Honours in Classical Medieval and Renaissance Studies from the University of Saskatchewan. It was through her travels that her love of art, history and museums was solidified and she made her way to the University of Toronto to study Museum Studies. The best part of her Toronto adventure has been the city itself, which she loves for the arts and culture, its neighbourhoods, the food and mild winters. Keely currently works at HBC Heritage Services and hopes to continue to be involved in education, public programming and community engagement in the culture and heritage fields.
Lisa is a photographer whose work focuses on documentary and street photography. Her passion is to bring others a fresh and unique perspective to this multifaceted world. She loves travelling, and jumps at any chance to explore others’ stories and cultures; connecting with people through the gift of photography has become her niche. Lisa is an adventurous, small-town girl from the West, but has adopted Toronto as home as she attends Sheridan College, where she will receive her Bachelor’s in Photography in 2015.
Jennifer’s passion for culture and community relations began while earning her BA in Anthropology at the University of Waterloo and continues to grow in scope through her studies at the University of Toronto in the Master of Museum Studies program. When she isn’t glued to a computer screen, she spends most of her time exploring Toronto’s diverse communities. Whether it’s by foot or bike, by experimenting with her taste buds at unique restaurants, or through museum volunteering, Jennifer is always in search of new cultural experiences.
Sabrina is former graduate of Taylor’s College in Malaysia and mentee of Colin Boyd Shafer. She is currently studying Tourism Management at the University of Guelph and loves Canada so much that she regards it as ‘home’. Sabrina is an aspiring visual artist and is thrilled by the artistic opportunities available in Canada. She recently won second place at Art Battle Hamilton. In the future, Sabrina hopes to advocate the importance of art in schools as well as to learn more languages and immerse herself in different cultures.
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The Phenoscape project is currently funded by NSF ABI Innovation collaborative grants (1661529, 1661356, 1661456, 1661516) and an ABI Development grant (1062542). Phenoscape was previously funded by NSF 1062404 and 0641025, and supported by NESCent, NSF 0905606.
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Max power: 300x, Focal Length (mm) 400, Finder scope: 5×24, Draw Tube (inch): 1.25, Eyepiece#1:SR4, Eyepiece #2: K20, Diagonal: 45°, .An ideal entry-level telescope for amateur astronomers, the Barska Starwatcher 300-power telescope brings you closer than ever to the stars and planets. The refractor telescope is equipped with such features as coated glass optics for enhanced image brightness, interchangeable eyepieces with 3x Barlow lenses for increased viewing power, and smooth-functioning m
This review is from: BARSKA 40070 Starwatcher Compact Refractor Telescope with Table Top Tripod And Carrying Case (Electronics)
I am a pretty advance amateur-astronomer and have used a few different telescopes. I bought this as a “travel scope” and to use as a guide-scope for astro-photography.
You do get what you pay for when it comes to telescopes and expecting to see “Hubble” images through this scope is bound to make you disappointed.
The supplied barlow (3x) and eyepieces are laughable to a “serious” amateur-astronomer but they do actually perform very well. Unfortunately a 4mm eyepiece is too powerful for a scope like this, it would have made more sense to ship it with a 8 or 12 mm instead. The barlow is plastic but the lens is actually of quite good quality and does not stretch or blur the image noticeably around the edges. If you already have a set of eyepieces you can throw the supplied once in the garbage without any regret, if not, the supplied ones will work pretty good but don’t expect any 300x magnifications to work, that’s utter bull and shouldn’t even be mentioned…
You will get stunning views of the moon using this scope, you will also be able to see the bands on Jupiter and the rings on Saturn as well as track their moons.
I would rate the image quality of the scope to 4 stars considering the price but the poor quality of the eyepieces and the finder-scope takes it down to a 3 star.
I purchased this scope based on positive reviews on a couple of web sites that cater to amateur astronomers. I wasn’t disappointed. A couple of things prevented me from rating it a 5. The 45-degree diagonal and the tabletop tripod are better suited to terrestrial viewing. If you plan on astronomical use you’ll want to use a full-sized tripod and add a 90-degree diagonal at some point if you don’t already have one. Also, a 2x barlow lens would have made much more sense than the 3x. On the plus side the scope is sturdily constructed and has good optics for the price. I live in the heart of St. Louis and haven’t been able to take it to a dark viewing area yet, but from my backyard the moon was excellent as was the Orion nebula, and Mars presented a nice sharp disk. The stock eyepieces are fine, but using a 9.7mm super plossl the results were great!
Sep. 29 11:01 PM PT12:01 AM MT1:01 AM CT2:01 AM ET2:01 HE6:01 GMT14:01 11:01 PM MST1:01 AM EST12:01 AM CST1:31 AM VEN10:01 UAE1:01 AM CT-Elvis Andrus went 3 for 4 with a double Friday as the Texas Rangers fell to the Seattle Mariners 12-6. Andrus scored twice and stole a base. He's now batting .258 with six home runs this season.
Sep. 8 4:39 PM PT5:39 PM MT6:39 PM CT7:39 PM ET19:39 HE23:39 GMT7:39 4:39 PM MST6:39 PM EST5:39 PM CST7:09 PM VEN3:39 UAE (+1)6:39 PM CT-Elvis Andrus went 0 for 4 Saturday as the Texas Rangers fell to the Oakland Athletics 8-6. He's now batting .266 with six home runs this season.
Ago. 26 3:43 PM PT4:43 PM MT5:43 PM CT6:43 PM ET18:43 HE22:43 GMT6:43 3:43 PM MST5:43 PM EST4:43 PM CST6:13 PM VEN2:43 UAE (+1)5:43 PM CT-Elvis Andrus went 1 for 4 with a double and an RBI Sunday as the Texas Rangers fell to the San Francisco Giants 3-1. He's now batting .266 with four home runs this season.
Ago. 22 3:43 PM PT4:43 PM MT5:43 PM CT6:43 PM ET18:43 HE22:43 GMT6:43 3:43 PM MST5:43 PM EST4:43 PM CST6:13 PM VEN2:43 UAE (+1)5:43 PM CT-Elvis Andrus went 1 for 5 Wednesday as the Texas Rangers topped the Oakland Athletics 4-2. Andrus scored once. He's now batting .274 with four home runs this season.
Ago. 19 11:05 PM PT12:05 AM MT1:05 AM CT2:05 AM ET2:05 HE6:05 GMT14:05 11:05 PM MST1:05 AM EST12:05 AM CST1:35 AM VEN10:05 UAE1:05 AM CT-Elvis Andrus went 3 for 5 with an RBI Saturday as the Texas Rangers fell to the Los Angeles Angels 11-7. Andrus scored once. He's now batting .284 with four home runs this season.
Ago. 9 6:45 PM PT7:45 PM MT8:45 PM CT9:45 PM ET21:45 HE1:45 GMT9:45 6:45 PM MST8:45 PM EST7:45 PM CST9:15 PM VEN5:45 UAE (+1)8:45 PM CT-Elvis Andrus went 0 for 4 Thursday as the Texas Rangers fell to the New York Yankees 7-3. He's now batting .278 with four home runs this season.
Ago. 8 2:24 PM PT3:24 PM MT4:24 PM CT5:24 PM ET17:24 HE21:24 GMT5:24 2:24 PM MST4:24 PM EST3:24 PM CST4:54 PM VEN1:24 UAE (+1)4:24 PM CT-Elvis Andrus went 2 for 5 with a double Wednesday as the Texas Rangers topped the Seattle Mariners 11-7. Andrus scored twice. He's now batting .283 with four home runs this season.
Ago. 5 3:34 PM PT4:34 PM MT5:34 PM CT6:34 PM ET18:34 HE22:34 GMT6:34 3:34 PM MST5:34 PM EST4:34 PM CST6:04 PM VEN2:34 UAE (+1)5:34 PM CT-Elvis Andrus went 1 for 5 with a triple and an RBI Sunday as the Texas Rangers fell to the Baltimore Orioles 9-6. Andrus scored once. He's now batting .279 with four home runs this season.
Analisis: Andrus was taken out of the game in eighth inning, three innings after he fouled a ball off his left leg during an at-bat. It's possible the veteran shortstop is held out of the lineup for Sunday's series finale.
Analisis: Andrus was off to a very good start with a .327 average, two homers and five RBIs through 14 games before going on the disabled list April 13.
Abr. 9 8:41 PM PT9:41 PM MT10:41 PM CT11:41 PM ET23:41 HE3:41 GMT11:41 8:41 PM MST10:41 PM EST9:41 PM CST11:11 PM VEN7:41 UAE (+1)10:41 PM CT-Elvis Andrus went 1 for 4 with a home run and an RBI Monday as the Texas Rangers lost to the Los Angeles Angels 8-3. The homer was his second of the season. Andrus scored twice. He ended the game with a .362 batting average.
Abr. 8 3:31 PM PT4:31 PM MT5:31 PM CT6:31 PM ET18:31 HE22:31 GMT6:31 3:31 PM MST5:31 PM EST4:31 PM CST6:01 PM VEN2:31 UAE (+1)5:31 PM CT-Elvis Andrus went 1 for 4 with an RBI Sunday as the Texas Rangers fell to the Toronto Blue Jays 7-4. He ended the game with a .372 batting average.
Abr. 5 3:50 PM PT4:50 PM MT5:50 PM CT6:50 PM ET18:50 HE22:50 GMT6:50 3:50 PM MST5:50 PM EST4:50 PM CST6:20 PM VEN2:50 UAE (+1)5:50 PM CT-Elvis Andrus went 1 for 4 with a double Thursday as the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 6-3. He ended the game with a .333 batting average.
Mar. 31 4:34 PM PT5:34 PM MT6:34 PM CT7:34 PM ET19:34 HE23:34 GMT7:34 4:34 PM MST6:34 PM EST5:34 PM CST7:04 PM VEN3:34 UAE (+1)6:34 PM CT-Elvis Andrus went 2 for 3 with a home run and an RBI Saturday as the Texas Rangers lost to the Houston Astros 9-3. The homer was his first of the season. Andrus scored three times. He ended the game with a .600 batting average.
Mar. 29 3:44 PM PT4:44 PM MT5:44 PM CT6:44 PM ET18:44 HE22:44 GMT6:44 3:44 PM MST5:44 PM EST4:44 PM CST6:14 PM VEN2:44 UAE (+1)5:44 PM CT-Elvis Andrus went 2 for 3 with a double Thursday as the Texas Rangers lost to the Houston Astros 4-1. Andrus scored once. He ended the game with a .667 batting average.
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Read our list of 15 essential Miles Davis albums, from 'Kind of Blue' to 'Bitches Brew' and beyond.
"I've changed the course of music five or six times," Miles Davis once quipped. The trumpeter wasn't wrong: His willingness to dive headfirst into new styles made him one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, a figure who transcended not just jazz but music itself. Chart Miles' bold evolutions with our concise guide to 15 classic LPs.
Davis turns around and ushers in the hard-bop era with bruising workouts that celebrate the music's blues roots. The epochal title track kicks and shouts, yet Davis loses none of his affecting style in the process. (Recorded 1954)
The quintet at its most sophisticated. Davis' penetrating ballad readings, relaxed uptempo intensity and bandleading ability mark a midcareer high point. (Recorded 1955-56)
Davis' collaboration with arranger and friend Gil Evans helped refashion the jazz big band. Evans' magisterial textures are matched by Davis' searingly impressive blowing. (Recorded 1957)
Davis' masterpiece. With help from Coltrane, Bill Evans and Cannonball Adderley, Davis introduced modal forms to the language of jazz. (Recorded 1959)
On their most personal work together, Gil Evans' writing pulsates with Iberian mystery and drama, while Davis' solos sound torn straight from his gut. (Recorded 1959-60)
Davis was once again ready for a change, and a new young-blood band (Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Ron Carter and Herbie Hancock) helped him jettison any bop vestiges and envision the future. (Recorded 1965)
The mid-Sixties quintet balanced coiled intensity with compositional smarts. For today's young players, this is Davis' most influential period. (Recorded 1966)
This spacey epic, thickened by extra keyboards (Joe Zawinul) and guitar (John McLaughlin), reflects Davis' new fascination with pop music. (Recorded 1969)
Fusion becomes fact. The visionary edge that infused this exploratory music eluded the many bands it influenced. (Recorded 1969)
Davis' attempt to compete in the same market as Sly Stone and others he admired brought forth deep street funk cut with African and Indian textures. (Recorded 1972)
By the mid-Seventies, Davis was redefining jazz as pure sound, concocting dense thickets of terrifying sonic funk. Influencing only the most daring musicians of the Eighties, this is still Davis' most enigmatic, disturbing period. (Recorded 1974)
This recording of brisk jazz rock is among the more convincing of Davis' later works. With John Scofield by his side, Davis gets off some chilling blues. (Recorded 1982)
This self-conscious but satisfying reworking of Davis' early-Seventies sound by Danish big-band composer-arranger Palle Mikkelborg used Davis as featured soloist. At its best, the album suggested Davis–Gil Evans projects that never took place. (Recorded 1984)
Don Gelinas is the new chief financial officer (CFO) of carmaker Ford in Romania. The 55-year old Canadian has previously worked as CFO for Autoalliance, a JV between Ford and Mazda headquartered in the US. He has been working with Ford since 1978. Gelinas will live in Craiova. He will report to the head of Ford Romania, Dionisio Campos.
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This article is intended to show that Islam recognises complete freedom of religion and belief for every human being, and that, consistently with this principle, it does not prescribe any punishment whatsoever for a person who leaves the religion of Islam to adopt some other faith.
The Holy Quran altogether excludes compulsion from the sphere of religion. It lays down in the clearest words:
In fact, the Holy Quran is full of statements showing that belief in this or that religion is a person’s own concern, and that he is given the choice of adopting one way or another. If he accepts the truth, it is for his own good, and that, if he sticks to error, it is to his own detriment. Some quotations to this effect are given below:
“The Truth is from your Lord; so let him who please believe and let him who please disbelieve.” 18:29
“Clear proofs have indeed come to you from your Lord: so whoever sees, it is for his own good; and whoever is blind, it is to his own harm. And I am not a keeper over you.” 6:104
The duty of the Messenger of Allah, and, following him, the duty of every Muslim is only to deliver the message of truth and no more. This is indicated in the Holy Quran in passages of the following kind:
If they accept Islam, then indeed they follow the right way; and if they turn back, your duty (O Prophet) is only to deliver the message. 3:20
And obey Allah and obey the Messenger; but if you turn away, the duty of Our Messenger is only to deliver the message clearly. 64:12; see also 5:92
Say (to people): Obey Allah and obey the Messenger. But if you turn away, he is responsible for the duty imposed on him, and you are responsible for the duty imposed on you. And if you obey him, you go aright. And the Messenger’s duty is only to deliver (the message) plainly. 24:54
O people, the truth has indeed come to you from your Lord; so whoever goes aright, goes aright only for the good of his own soul; and whoever errs, errs only to its detriment. And I am not a custodian over you. 10:108
Surely We have revealed to you (O Prophet) the Book with truth for people. So whoever follows the right way, it is for his own soul, and whoever errs, he errs only to its detriment. And you are not a custodian over them. 39:41
We have not appointed you (O Prophet) a keeper over them, and you are not placed in charge of them. 6:107
Your duty (O Prophet) is only the delivery of the message, and Ours (Gods) is to call (people) to account. 13:40
The Quran tells us that it is in the natural order of things that while some people believe others do not, and no human being can or should apply compulsion to others in this regard. The Holy Prophet Muhammad is told:
And if your Lord had pleased, all those who are in the earth would have believed, all of them. Will you then force people till they are believers? 10:99
For everyone of you We appointed a law and a way. And if Allah had pleased He would have made you a single people (or one religious community), but that He might try you in what He gave you. So vie one with another in virtuous deeds. To Allah you will all return, so He will inform you of that wherein you differed. 5:48
Muslims are allowed in certain circumstances to wage war. Every student of Islamic history knows that the Holy Prophet and his companions were subjected to the severest persecution, as Islam began to gain ground at Makka; over a hundred of them fled to Abyssinia, but persecution at home grew still more relentless. Ultimately, the Muslims along with the Holy Prophet had to take refuge in Madina, but they were not left alone even there, and the sword was taken up by the enemy to annihilate Islam and the Muslims. It was at that juncture that the Quran permitted them to fight:
“Permission (to fight) is given to those on whom war is made, because they are oppressed. And Allah is able to assist them — those who are driven from their homes without a just cause except that they say: Our Lord is Allah.” 22:39, 40
Thus the object of allowing the Muslims to fight was not to compel the unbelievers to accept Islam, for it was against all the broad principles in which they had hitherto been brought up. No, it was to establish religious freedom, to stop all religious persecution, to protect the houses of worship of all religions, mosques among them. The above passage continues as follows:
“And if Allah did not repel some people by others, then cloisters and churches and synagogues and mosques in which Allah’s name is much remembered, would have been pulled down.” 22:40
Thus Muslims are permitted to undertake war not only to stop their own persecution and to save their own mosques, but to save churches and synagogues as well; in fact, to establish perfect religious freedom. They are allowed to fight only those who fight against them, and to stop when the persecution ceases:
“And fight in the way of Allah against those who fight against you, but be not aggressive. Surely Allah loves not the aggressors.” 2:190
“But if they desist, then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. And fight them until there is no persecution, and religion is only for Allah.” 2:192193
There should be no persecution on the score of religion and everyone must be at liberty to hold any belief he likes. The words religion is only for Allah or all religions are for Allah carry the significance that religion is a matter between man and his God, a matter of conscience, in which nobody has a right to interfere.
The Holy Prophet made treaties of peace with his enemies; one such treaty brought about the famous truce of Hudaibiyah, the terms of which were disadvantageous to the Muslims. According to the terms of this treaty “if an unbeliever, being converted to Islam, went over to the Muslims, he was to be returned, but if a Muslim went over to the unbelievers, he was not to be given back to the Muslims”. This clause of the treaty cuts at the root of all allegations of the use of force by the Holy Prophet.
If anyone of the idolaters seek your protection, protect him till he hears the word of Allah, then convey him to his place of safety. This is because they are a people who have no knowledge. 9:6
The explanation of this verse, as given in a classical Arabic commentary of the Quran written over a thousand years ago, is as follows:
Then convey him to his place of safety means return him, after he has heard the word of Allah, if he refuses to accept Islam and is not admonished by the word of God that is read to him, to his place of safety, that is to say, to a place where he is safe from you and your followers, until he reaches his abode and joins his people, the idolaters. (Tafsir Ibn Jarir)
George Sale, who produced the first English translation of the Quran directly from Arabic in the 18th century, and was a hostile critic of Islam, explains the meaning of this verse as follows in his footnote on this verse:
You shall give him a safe conduct that he may return home again securely in case he shall not think fit to embrace Muhammadanism.
What greater tolerance could there be than this, that an enemy soldier, on his request, is to be granted protection while he learns about Islam, and if he chooses not to accept it, Muslims must conduct him securely to his place of origin, where he is safe from Muslims and rejoins the very enemies whom the Muslims are fighting!
It is sometimes asserted that the Quran forbids relations of friendship with the followers of other religions. The fact is that, wherever there is prohibition against making friends with other people, it relates only to the people who were at war with the Muslims, and this is plainly stated in the Quran:
“Allah does not forbid you as regards those who do not fight you for religion, nor drive you forth from your homes, that you show them kindness and deal with them justly. Surely Allah loves the doers of justice. Allah forbids you only as regards those who fight you for religion, and drive you forth from your homes and help (others) in your expulsion, that you make friends of them; and whoever makes friends of them, these are the wrongdoers.” 60:8, 9
It is generally thought that Islam provides a death sentence for those who desert the religion of Islam. Anyone who takes the trouble to read the Quran will see that there is not the least ground for such a supposition.
1. Several times the Quran speaks of people going back to unbelief after believing, but never once does it say that they should be killed or punished. In one place the Quran refers to the war being made upon Muslims by their opponents based in Makka and says:
“They will not cease fighting you until they turn you back from your religion, if they can. And whoever of you turns back from his religion, then he dies while an unbeliever — these it is whose works go for nothing in this world and the Hereafter.” 2:217
This verse clearly speaks of a person as continuing to live after turning away from the religion of Islam until he dies while still an unbeliever. This verse also shows that force was being used against Muslims by their enemies to make them leave Islam, rather than being used by Muslims to keep the followers of Islam within its fold.
“O you who believe, should anyone of you turn back from his religion, then Allah will bring a people whom He loves and who love Him.” 5:54
“Those who disbelieve after their believing, then increase in disbelief, their repentance is not accepted, and these are they that go astray.” 3:90
Those who believe then disbelieve, again believe and again disbelieve, then increase in disbelief, Allah will never forgive them nor guide them in the (right) way. 4:137
The last verse above speaks of certain people who switched back and forth between Islam and unbelief. They embraced Islam of their own accord, then left it of their own accord, then came back of their own accord, and finally left it and became confirmed in disbelief. No punishment was applied to them at the hands of the Muslims, nor prescribed to be applied. Only God would judge them.
3. The Quran also speaks of a plan of a group of Jews living in Madina to adopt Islam first and then desert it, thus creating the impression that Islam was not a religion worth having:
And a party of the People of the Book say: Avow belief in that which has been revealed to those who believe, in the first part of the day, and disbelieve in the latter part of it, perhaps they may turn back. 3:72
Such a scheme, that they would first announce belief in Islam and then renounce it a little later, could never have been conceived by them while living at Madina, where the Government was Muslim, if apostasy, according to the Quranic law, were punishable with death.
4. In the Encyclopaedia of Islam, which is a production of a number of non-Muslim Western orientalists, it is stated at the beginning of the article Murtadd (Apostate) written by Willi Heffening:
The misconception that apostasy is to be punished with death seems to have arisen from the fact that people who, after becoming apostates, joined the enemy, were treated as enemies, or that, where an apostate took the life of a Muslim, he was put to death, not for changing his religion, but for committing murder.
The Holy Quran mentions a number of kinds of people who leave the cause of Islam during war (4:8891), and instructs Muslims how to deal with each kind of case. Those who openly join the enemy, with whom the Muslims were at war, and fight against Muslims, should be fought in the same way as the enemy. Some other groups are mentioned as follows:
those who join a people between whom and you there is an alliance, or who come to you, their hearts shrinking from fighting you or fighting their own people.
So if they withdraw from you and do not fight you, and offer you peace, then Allah allows you no way against them. 4:90
Thus even in case of war, if anyone leaves the Muslim side but joins another non-Muslim people that the Muslims are at peace with, or he does not fight at all, then Muslims cannot harm him in any way.
The view that apostasy is punishable with death is derived by classical Islamic jurisprudence from various reports in books of Hadith. It should be noted that rulings in the books of jurisprudence are judgments arrived at by human beings and therefore cannot be treated as infallible.
However, even a careful study of Hadith leads to the conclusion that apostasy was not punishable unless combined with other circumstances which called for punishment of offenders, such as joining with the enemies with whom Muslims were at war. In any event, a Hadith report cannot be used to overturn principles clearly laid down in the Quran. A report such as Whoever changes his religion, kill him must be treated subject to the principle that the change must be accompanied by some crime committed against the Muslim community.
The books of Fiqh seem to recognise that mere change of religion is not punishable in Islam, but consider that the apostate thereby necessarily places himself in a state of war with the Muslims and thus should be killed as a combatant. On this ground the famous book of jurisprudence, Hidaya, rules that a woman apostate cannot be put to death for the reason that she is not able to fight in war against Muslims. It also contains the following statements: The killing for apostasy is obligatory in order to prevent the mischief of war, and it is not a punishment for the act of unbelief, and: “For mere unbelief does not legalize the killing of a man”. The jurists have committed a clear error, and contravened the Holy Quran, by considering that a Muslim who leaves the religion of Islam has necessarily joined those who are at war with Muslims.
If the Holy Quran and the practical actions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad are regarded as the supreme authorities for determining the teachings of Islam, then it is undeniable that Islam grants complete freedom to everyone to adopt whatever religion they wish, and does not allow Muslims to apply any punishment whatsoever to someone who leaves Islam.
This article is based on, and borrows from, the following authoritative writings by Maulana Muhammad Ali, and further expands upon the material in these sources.
The English Translation of the Holy Quran with commentary (in particular the section Liberal View of Other Religions in the Introduction), 1951.
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My son was born when I was 18 years old to a girl a barely knew. Ive never established paternity, although I have had some doubts as to if he is my son, but regardless I went into the navy shortly after finding out my sons mother was pregnant to be able to support him.
I was ordered to pay 240.00 a month, which I have paid for 12 years now. I was able to see my son a couple of times when he was younger, but it was difficult because of the navy. My ex-girlfriend remarried shortly after my son was born, and my son has believed this was his father all these years. When I got out of the navy 4 years ago, I took a job that would put me closer to my son so that I could set up visitation with him, but when I talked with his mother she informed me that he had Asperger's and the Dr's advised that it was a bad idea to confuse him.
Thinking I was doing the best thing for him, I agreed to stay away. This past year I received papers for a modification for child support, I sent in my information, wsnt concerned about fighting it feeling an increase to 500.00 a month seemed fair ( I was thinking that is what it might be).
They came back and increased it to 972.00 mo. Between all this I got back into contact with my sons mother, because I wanted to see if it was possible to be able to see him. I had not seen him in 10 years. I wanted to contact a child psychologist to find out what the repercussions of this would be for my son, but before I was able to, my sons mother told him about me. I found out that my son was never diagnosed with Asperger's.
I want to find out what I can do, to set up visitation with my son, and also get child support reduced. My sons mother has not worked for over a year, in fact she quit a 10 year job she had with Oregon state to move to California, and then shortly move back to Oregon, both times mid school year. There is a lot more to this, she also received a 90k inheritance in 2009 that she blew away within 4 months.
I have just gotten married, and my wife has 4 children. Because of this support order I lost my house. Any advice would be appreciated.
This study combines administrative monthly earnings data, birth records, and survey data on hours worked and earnings to describe the labour market outcomes of men and women as they have children, and how parenthood contributes to the gender pay gap in New Zealand. Women on average experience a 4.4% decrease in hourly wages upon becoming mother while men experience no significant decrease. Parenthood thus increases the gender gap in hourly wages.
This paper is an initial exploration of what we can learn regarding the drivers of the gender pay gap in New Zealand (NZ) from combining administrative wage data, birth records, and survey data on hours worked and earnings. Our particular focus is the role of parenthood penalties in this pay gap.
The gender pay gap in NZ has generally been decreasing since 1998 (Ministry for Women, 2017), and in the 2017 June quarter fell to 9.7%, its lowest since 2012 (Statistics NZ, 2017b). However, the gap is still a long way from zero, and a high proportion of it cannot be explained by differences in observable characteristics (Pacheco, Li, and Cochrane, 2017). Furthermore, recent research by Sin, Stillman, and Fabling (2017) suggests the gap cannot be explained by differences in productivity between males and females.
In NZ, as internationally, the gender pay gap is larger among parents than non-parents, though the mechanisms driving this relationship are not entirely clear.2 In NZ, Dixon (2000) finds a 7% hourly wage penalty of having one child, which rises to 10% for two or more children. As Wilner (2016) discusses, four main hypotheses have been proposed for the “motherhood penalty”: human capital depreciation while mothers are on parental leave; unobservable differences between parents and non-parents; mothers choosing to work in lower-paying, familyfriendly
In relation to the first hypothesis, the length of time a mother takes out of employment is affected by a range of factors including the opportunity cost of time out of work that she faces, her access to and cost of childcare, her parental leave entitlements, and her willingness to return to the workforce. These factors will be influenced by legislation; we now provide context on the relevant institutional settings in NZ.
In 2002, government funded paid parental leave was introduced, which allowed mothers who met certain employment requirements to take up to twelve weeks of paid parental leave. For the duration of leave, mothers would receive government transfers equal to their prior weekly wage, up to a maximum amount, which was pegged at the NZ average wage (NZ Parliament, 2002). Since then, the duration of paid leave has increased incrementally and now stands at 18 weeks. There are also forthcoming changes in this space as the new government has recently announcement plans to increase this to 22 weeks by July 2018 and 26 weeks by July 2020
The other relevant area of legislation is provision of early childcare education (ECE). In July 2007, the government introduced 20 hours per week of free ECE for all three and four year olds in communitybased and teacher-led services.
With these NZ context specific settings in mind, we begin our analysis with a population-level view.
We use administrative wage data to describe the distribution of how long women are out of paid employment after having their first child and how this differs with pre-parenthood income. We then look at employment rates and wage earnings among employed women each month in the five years before and ten years after birth of their first child.
We also compare women who spend different lengths of time out of employment both overall and within each pre-parenthood earnings quartile. Although this does not strictly isolate the causal effect of length of time out of employment on subsequent monthly earnings, it does show how, within earnings quartiles, women who return quickly to work increase their earnings lead over those who return more slowly.
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Life today is reeling under immense pressure. The sun may set but worries will not end and in the middle of this crisis of peace in our lives, our blood pressure keeps shooting day. In medical terms, high blood pressure is also called hypertension. If blood pressure is at an inadequate level of 140/90 mmHg or more, then it means that you are suffering from high blood pressure.
Before taking an idea and learn how to treat high blood pressure, let’s take a brief look on the symptoms of high blood pressure, its causes and effects of high blood pressure.
high blood pressure leads to a weakening of blood vessels, leading to rupture and bleeding, leading to stroke. The other parts of the brain can not get the blood supply causing brain cells to die. High blood pressure can also coagulate the arteries leading to the brain.
High blood pressure can not allow blood to flow freely through the arteries of the heart. It is responsible for heart muscle fatigue. Therefore, the heart works less efficiently and not pumping enough blood as the body needs. Such tense heart can eventually fail.
High blood pressure can damage the small blood vessels in the kidneys. This reduces the filtration of fluids and wastes from the body. It can even lead to kidney failure. The aforementioned harmful residues continue to accumulate in the body, forcing them to go to dialysis on a regular basis.
High blood pressure introduces rigidity in the arteries that carry blood to the heart and kidneys. The organs have to work harder to make the smooth flow.
The eyes are very sensitive and rise in blood pressure beyond a point is harmful to them. If the blood vessels in the eyes burst, you can even turn blind.
Diabetes and hypertension are interrelated. High blood pressure diabetes further complicated by what a diabetic patient suffering from diabetic eye or kidney problems. In addition, diabetics are likely to suffer from hypertension or high blood pressure.
When it comes to high blood pressure is essential to start treatment quickly. The effects of hypertension are annoying and you have to domesticate them before reach higher. Solutions for high blood pressure are:
Regular consumption of green tea reduces blood pressure levels. Due to the healthy and healing effect of green tea, it has become an important natural resource to control high blood pressure.
Green tea contains lots of antioxidants (catechins), which help protect the heart and blood vessels. It is safe to consume two to three cups of green tea on a regular basis.
The consumption of green tea regulates blood pressure and threats caused by high blood pressure it can also be avoided.
Green tea is more effective on systolic blood pressure, compared with diastolic blood pressure. Systolic blood pressure is associated with blood coming out of your heart. Diastolic blood pressure is the blood pressure level between two consecutive beats.
consumption of green tea when combined with regular exercise and a healthy diet can really help a whole point in reducing blood pressure.
beet juice is a rich source of nitrate, which is converted to nitric oxide. This Nitric oxide is a vasodilator and helps in normalizing blood flow within blood vessels.
500 ml of beetroot juice can significantly contribute to lower blood pressure, specifically systolic blood pressure by 10 mmHg. Drink 250 ml of beet juice daily can serve as a powerful remedy to control high blood pressure.
Scientific research further confirms these facts when 25 individuals from age group 18-64 years were subjected to different amounts of beet juice and water. The higher the level of beet juice consumed; the lower the level of blood pressure in an individual. In the case of individuals with tap water consumption, blood pressure was higher than normal. Therefore, it can be deduced that the beet juice is a potent plant extract to reduce high blood pressure.
Guava is one of the most popular fruits Asian countries and referred to as the “fruit of the tropics.”
Guavas can help reduce cholesterol in the blood. More about their hypoglycemic nature plays a very powerful role in reducing blood pressure. These days they eat a lot of foods that lack fiber. Because of this, they quickly turn into sugar, and the sugar content obstructs the normal blood flow. the high blood pressure is caused.
The beneficial effects of guava consumption before meals, in reducing blood pressure have been studied more in various investigations. In a scientific study such, were asked 100 people to participate. Among them, 50 had guavas before meals and 50 were given their usual diet. After 13 weeks of this repeated activity, blood pressure of each individual registered. Those who were consuming guava had an average reduction in blood pressure by eight points. But those who continued to eat normally, had normal levels of high blood pressure, no progress made.
AGE protects and enhances the growth of endothelial cells lining the blood vessels. It is also a powerful antioxidant. The action of inhibiting oxidative damage endothelium is performed. The stress factors, such as smoking, drinking, poor diet and hectic lifestyles can cause great damage to endothelial cells. However, eating AGE aid for treatment.
25 people were given AGE at a dose of 800 mg / day for six consecutive months. cholesterol levels and blood pressure were measured on a monthly basis for each individual. AGE treatment resulted in a decrease of 5.5 percent in systolic blood pressure and a lower decrease diastolic pressure. the researchers found that total cholesterol levels were reduced by an average of six to seven percent.
aged garlic extract is therefore one of the easiest ways to get rid of the pressure high blood pressure, when taken regularly.
green coffee extract is the latest Google in the health market today and research has increased considerably compared. It is very useful in promoting good health, like the control of high blood pressure.
Another great advantage of extract green coffee bean is that it is natural and has no side effects. They are like green tea on nature and properties. Like green tea are rich in antioxidants (30%). The antioxidants in green coffee beans are chlorogenic acids (CGA).
The process of preparing extracts of green coffee bean (GCBE) is exactly equal to that of black tea. The original green coffee beans are processed from its original state, as in the case of treatment of black tea leaves of green tea.
As low as 185 mg of green coffee beans can have a significant impact on the control of high blood pressure.
A study using green coffee beans is carried out for a period of one month and 117 people, who suffer from high blood pressure. The results were in favor of green coffee beans. The higher the dose of green coffee beans, the greater the improvement in the health of people due to decreased blood pressure. Those who did not consume green coffee beans continued to suffer from high blood pressure. It is important to note that these are the results of dose-relationship, as these dose ratio results are clear evidence that a truly effective treatment is studied.
blueberry is a fruit that is good for taste and good for health. The use of blueberries in various preparations are gaining immense importance because of the enriching properties of cranberries.
Blueberries are rich in antioxidant polyphenols, which are beneficial to prevent stroke, and may have vascular relaxation effects. Thus, the same fruit can serve the dual purpose of the repair of blood vessels (made by polyphenolic antioxidants) and relaxes, to promote smoother flow of blood.
In a scientific research program, the rats were subjected to a 3% dried cranberries and frozen for more than 8 weeks. The results indicate that a mere 3% blueberry diet is capable of delaying the onset and reducing the duration of hypertension to an extent.
Medication is a powerful method to control blood pressure high. Several medications marketed under different brand names have been used medication for high blood pressure. A broad classification of drugs used to treat hypertension are as follows:
There are a lot of drugs on the market to lower blood pressure. But, they have side effects such as kidney damage, which imparts limb weakness, insomnia, skin rashes, increased asthma symptoms, etc. Here lies the importance of the home remedies to treat high blood pressure. The indigenous medicinal weaponry fact has no side effects or additional health risks, unless someone is allergic to some substances of natural origin. These indigenous weapons can fight and control high blood pressure more effectively than drugs. No side effects and the effect of home remedies to lower blood pressure lasts longer compared to the usual medications.
The way we live and habits we have a great contribution to our health. It is time to recognize that lifestyle, we have adopted is one of the main problems to spoil our health and the main cause of common health problems. We need to identify malpractices in our lifestyle and change or rather remove them from our daily routine.
Some of the healthy practices that we need to follow in order to keep blood pressure under control are:
check BP regularly: BP machines are available at prices reasonable, in various medical stores or online. Buy one for your home. Make it a point to check your blood pressure at regular intervals.
eat a healthy and balanced diet: cut waste your meals and eat healthy food and a balanced diet. You will notice a significant decrease in blood pressure levels.
Maintaining proper weight: This is the most difficult to implement practice. Start by eating and drinking well and add physical activity into your life. This will help keep your weight.
Regular Exercise: Exercise imparts strength to the muscles and helps maintain the proper relationship between BMI / weight. All this is beneficial for reducing hypertension.
Reduce consumption of salt: Salt is a very important substance. Without it, the most delicious cuisines from all services are offered only unpleasant. For patients with high blood pressure, salt intake should be minimal. Too much salt can cause thickness and stiffness in the arteries that can lead to strokes and filtering capacity of the kidneys deteriorate.
These practical solutions are almost ineffective if it is not gold following a therapy to control high blood pressure. This therapy is called gold happiness. Just relax and follow the remedies with happiness and positive mood. Thank God for the wonderful life you have, be sure to live happily and deal with all problems peacefully.
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Can you use your Roth IRA to buy a house? As it turns out, the answer is “yes, probably.” Let’s examine the rules and traps to avoid if you want to tap into this resource to get into a home.
IRAs are tax-advantaged retirement savings accounts. Roth IRAs differ from regular IRAs in that the money you put into a Roth IRA is taxed when you earn it (and before you invest it in your Roth), so when you withdraw the money in retirement it is not taxed. What’s the advantage? The interest you earn in a ROTH IRA account is never taxed, even when you withdraw it.
The first thing you need to know is that if you’ve had your Roth IRA account open for more than five years, the rules around using it are more liberal than if you don’t.
The next is that if you are over 59 1/2 years old, you can withdraw funds all you like, for any reason, and without taxation or penalty.
If you are under 59 1/2 years old, you may withdraw the money you’ve contributed (but not what you’ve earned on that) from your Roth IRA at any time in your lifetime without paying taxes, but you will pay a penalty.
It is simple to pull money out of your Roth IRA to help with the down payment, but the rules around it – both from the IRS’s point of view and the lender’s – are not.
If you are under 59 1/2 years old, the IRS will allow the withdrawal penalty-free if you are a first-time home buyer (meaning you have not owned a home for at least two years), and the total allowable withdrawal for this purpose is $10,000 or less.
While the principal you’ve invested in the Roth IRA (your contributions) can be accessed tax and penalty-free for this purpose, the interest can only be accessed if you have had the account open for at least five years.
If you simply pull money out of your Roth IRA without the intention of repaying it, the withdrawal should not affect your debt-to-income ratio, and therefore should have no impact on qualifying for your loan. If, however, you set up a repayment plan with your Roth IRA administrator, the payment you commit to will probably be counted against you.
For conventional loans (those sold to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac), a lender will accept down payment contributions from a Roth IRA withdrawal. Conventional loans are prime credit loans up to $453,100 nationwide, and up to $679,650 in high-cost areas (2018 figures).
For non-conventional loans (often called “jumbo” loans), it is up to each individual lender. So, before taking that withdrawal, make sure you can use it in your specific circumstances.
If you can reach a threshold that reduces the cost of your financing, it could make a lot of sense to use your Roth IRA for your down payment. For instance, if that $10,000 extra makes the difference between paying mortgage insurance (MI) or not, it will probably save you way more money than you could earn on your account. Even if you can go from 90 percent loan-to-value to 85 percent, your mortgage insurance cost will be lower and you’ll save money on the interest rate, too.
And remember, you’re not “spending” that money; it’s not a cost. Rather, it is being invested in your equity, since the amount of your loan will be that much less, and your equity starting out that much more.
On the other hand, you’ll find many arguing that it is critical to save as much money as possible for your retirement. Most Americans do not have enough savings upon retirement to live with dignity. It might make more sense to leave it in your retirement funds.
Moreover, once you invest it in the equity in your new home, that money is not very liquid. It is expensive, difficult and sometimes impossible to pull it back out to use it when and how you want. If your retirement savings are very thin, you may want to think carefully before depleting it and committing it to a very illiquid investment.
Ultimately, using your Roth IRA for a down payment is a very personal decision, but the good news is that IRS rules and lender underwriting guidelines allow you the option. It’s up to you to determine if it makes sense.
This ice-cream is nourishing, gut friendly, probiotic rich as well as sugar-free, egg-free, dairy-free and nut free. It couldn't get simpler than 4 base ingredients, however you can use any berry you have on hand + feel free to play around with the flavour of the gelato by adding in cinnamon, ginger, your preferred sweetener or even food-grade essential oils to add another subtle flavour.
3. Close the lid and allow the fruit to ferment for 24 hours. The beneficial bacteria in the coconut water kefir will eat away all the sugars in the fruit and at the same time increase the bio-availability of the nutrients.
4. When the fruit has fermented, pour the mix into a lined container and place it in the freezer until it's frozen.
5. Remove the frozen fermented fruit from the container and carefully slice it into squares using a sharp knife.
7. Scrape down the sides and add the coconut yoghurt and any optional add ingredients and re-blend until you have a smooth, creamy ice cream consistency.
I served mine with the Egg & Nut Free Keto Brownie from GUTALICIOUS and this Chocolate Avocado Frosting recipe.
If you would like more ice-cream recipes I also have a recipes for Chocolate Bulletproof Ice Cream and Bulletproof Vanilla Ice Cream and another fruity, sugar-free cold sweet treat Probiotic Mango Sorbet
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By Nicole Lee, The Washington Informer Opinion/Editorial The company Halliburton is the emblem of the military industrial complex. During the Iraq war, Halliburton gained a reputation synonymous with crooked dealing. Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s relationship to the company as its former CEO is symbolic of the misuse of the government funds for private gain and public destruction. And the criticism was well earned. During the Iraq war, Halliburton was awarded multimillion dollar contracts to “rebuild” the country. These “no bid” contracts billed the American people for, in many cases, overpriced goods. US soldiers and private security forces, akin to Blackwater, were used to protect convoys of Halliburton goods. Halliburton regularly employ imported labor and the laborers have reported poor pay and treatment tantamount to slavery. US soldiers reported that Halliburton even provided them inferior services. Despite their track record […]
UN News Centre Female police officers serving in UN peacekeeping operations in Haiti The Security Council today authorized the deployment of additional police officers to serve with the United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti as part of efforts to help boost the capacity of the country’s national police to deal with the myriad challenges in the wake of January’s catastrophic earthquake. The deployment of 680 further officers as a result of today’s Council resolution will bring the total number of UN Police (UNPOL) serving with the UN mission, which is known as MINUSTAH, to 4,391. Just one week after the devastating quake struck Haiti on 12 January, the Council backed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s call for additional troops, adding 2,000 military personnel and 15,000 UNPOL. More than 200,000 people were killed in the magnitude-7.0 earthquake, which left 1.3 million more homeless […]
UN News Centre Peacekeepers search for survivors under rubble at UN headquarters in Haiti Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the Security Council to endorse a rapid strengthening of the technical capacity of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) to enable it provide better support to recovery efforts following January’s earthquake in the Caribbean island nation. In his report to the Council, the Secretary-General noted that much of the required “surge” can be achieved by scaling up activities within the current mandate, while a few areas of the mission should provide greater technical, operational and logistical assistance to Haiti’s Government and State institutions. “Whereas before the earthquake, the mission was entering a period of consolidation, a surge effort is now needed for the next 18 months to two years, in which the mission will help the Government preserve the […]
By JONATHAN M. KATZ (AP) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A police inspector taunted the gangster they call “Obama” through the bars of a downtown lockup. Stuffed into a tiny cell with nine other men, the 23-year-old inmate looked panicked, exhausted and freshly beaten. It’s guys like this, the pudgy cop said, who threaten to upend Port-au-Prince three months after the earthquake, exploiting the continuing chaos to commit murder, assaults and kidnappings just as the international community arrives with billions of dollars to rebuild the ravaged capital. Fears of such insecurity have prompted the U.S. government to invest millions in stabilization and security to protect its post-quake development programs. More than $422 million of U.S. aid has come from the Defense Department. The United States is expanding a pre-quake anti-crime effort — which focused on building infrastructure, community ties and police controls […]
by Ansel Herz PORT-AU-PRINCE – On an empty road in Cite Militaire, an industrial zone across from the slums of Cite Soleil, a group of women are gathered around a single white sack of U.S. rice. The rice was handed out Monday morning at a food distribution by the Christian relief group World Vision. Uruguay’s Navy soldiers stand in formation after their arrival in Haiti to join the UN peacekeeping mission in Port-au-Prince, Sunday, March 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton) According to witnesses, during the distribution U.N. peacekeeping troops sprayed tear gas on the crowd. “Haitians know that’s the way they act with us. They treat us like animals,” said Lourette Elris, as she divided the rice amongst the women. “They gave us the food, we were on our way home, then the troops threw tear gas at us. We […]
From Refugees International The devastating earthquake that struck Port-Au-Prince in January radically altered the lives of the Haitian people, as well as the international community’s engagement with the country. Billions of dollars in government and private donations have been provided from around the world. However, millions of Haitians are still desperate for food, water, shelter and protection from abuse and exploitation. Moving forward, the U.S. and UN must quickly improve its efforts for displaced Haitians by connecting with Haitian civil society groups and streamlining bureaucratic processes. The U.S. must also ensure that government-assistance programs for Haiti are not funded at the expense of other international humanitarian emergencies Policy Recommendations: The U.S. and UN must urgently connect and coordinate their humanitarian, reconstruction and development initiatives with Haitian civil society groups. UN agencies should create liaison positions to these groups. The current […]
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