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What We Do
We are the UK and Ireland’s leading buying group in fashion, home, and leisure. We work with independent retailers and a global supplier partnership to negotiate exclusive discounts and help drive profitability. Discover more about our products and services.
We’re Associated Independent Stores
Associated Independent Stores (AIS) is the UK and Ireland’s leading fashion, home, and leisure buying and services group for independent retailers. We help our Members thrive by combining our collective strength, buying power, and expertise. Our Members profit from the level of buying power and services normally enjoyed by bigger high street chains, yet with no loss of their independence.
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Save time and money with our central payment system (CENPAC). As an AIS Member, you can pay all supplier invoices with one simple direct debit and get access to exclusive settlement discounts. As a supplier, you can receive regular centralised payments from stores all over the UK and Ireland.
Retail Buying and Merchandising
If you don’t have the expertise in-house or if you need support, our Retail Buying and Merchandising team can look after your planning, budgeting, trading, and stock management. Our one-stop-shop of retail expertise in the home and fashion sectors will help you stand out on the high street.
The latest news and updates from AIS
Discover more about independent retail, consumer trends and supplier news. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Goethe Welcome Centre (GWC) sincerly invites all newly arrived international researchers at
Goethe University to GWC‘s Welcome and Orientation Meeting.
An introduction to Goethe University and GWC‘s services will be given to make your onboarding
easier. All researchers will have the chance to get in contact with the staff of GWC and other
members of GU‘s community of international researchers . Furthermore, your questions, which
might have arisen during your relocation and first weeks of your stay in Frankfurt will be
Please register for this event with an e email to events_gwc@uni frankfurt.de by 23.10.2021.
The event will be on 28.10.2021 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Due to the ongoing pandemic situation , the meeting will take place online. You will receive the link after registration.
For more information visit http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/GWC | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Last year's Ski.com Dream Job was Epic. No seriously, it was. They partnered with Vail Resorts to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Epic Pass. Of course I entered along with my long time friend and snowboarder Steve Mazzucchi. With a solid entry our video generated a ton of buzz from the people at ski.com. I even got an email from their head marketing director saying that he spit his coffee across the table when he watched it. Not sure why, after accolades like that, they decided to go in a different direction. Apparently the dude they chose had some sick camera with which he films that put him over the top when compared to our i-phone five quality production. Like that matters. Nonetheless, we did garner an award for funniest submission, so we have that going for us...which is nice.
This fall, Ski.com decided to go another round and are running their very own version of the Dream Job. Entrants had to apply to one of six specific locations and, of course, cite reasons why they should be the ones chosen.
Well there is no quit in this tandem. Fired up from last year's snub, the Cool Rich and Steve got after it again with what we believe is better, funnier and will hopefully do the trick of getting us to our dream destination of Jackson Hole.
Working for the Weekend: Jackson Hole or Bust
Steve: Dude ,you go to Jackson Hole!?
Rich: Yeah, GPS says We'll be there five minutes. Hop in.
Rich: We’re Here.
Walking around in the parking lot:
Steve: This isn't quite what I expected
Rich: So strange...do you even see a
Rich: I don't see a mountain but the sign says Jackson Hole.
Walking into Jackson Hole Diner:
Rich: What a strange lodge.
Steve: Yeah, it's a little different than I'm used to.
Rich: Hey, Can we get two lift tickets for today, please?
Hostess: What??? This is a restaurant, not a ski resort.
Ski Season Has Begun. Are you ready to look your best?
Sitting at a table in the diner:
Steve: Well my friend, this is quite a pickle
Rich: You’re killing me Smalls
Steve: You know, honestly it's exhausting to even think about. I might just grab a quick nap.
Rich: Yeah, me too. (going to sleep)
An hour later...Rich: (Waking up) Still in Jersey?
Steve: Dude, we just gotta be able to make our Jackson Hole dreams come true.
Rich: I got it! The Ski.com dream job.
Steve: Do you think they’ll take us?
Rich: I mean why wouldn't they? We love cowboy powder.
Steve: And we do like elk.\
Rich: And I know we're both big fans of Tetons.
Steve: Good point.
Rich: This could be our chance to ride the legendary tram.\
Steve: And do a shot ski with the locals at The Handlebar.
Rich: I got one better. Let’s send it into Corbet’s
Steve: Hell yeah!
Blake: Dad, what are you waiting for? Just enter!
Rich: You're right, we should.
Steve: Wait a second, Blake, have you been here the whole time?
Back outside in the Jackson Hole Diner parking lot
Rich:What do you say ski.com? Jackson Hole needs us.
Steve: Give us a shot
Rich: And see | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Enjoy the ease and style of the Alma Slip On Earth Cruisers wherever your day takes you. Crafted with high-quality canvas and luxe details, these shoes are perfect for beach days and summer vacations, allowing you to relax in effortless style.
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Shipping cost is based on weight. Just add products to your cart and use the Shipping Calculator to see the shipping price.
We want you to be 100% satisfied with your purchase. Items can be returned or exchanged within 30 days of delivery. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Emerald Residences Kilimani is located along Menelik road, off Ngong road. It is a mixed high-end development, which brings a new idea of high level hotel like apartments, in an ultra-modern design with high class interior design, sky garden landscape, club house and enjoyable hospitality experience. It’s close to educational, social and recreational facilities.
Amenities and features;
Offering flexible payment plans over the remaining construction period after placing a 20% deposit to reserve. On the below prices, we offer high discounts for high deposits and full cash buyers.
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The project is strategically located in Kilimani along Menelik road in close proximity to all amenities such as schools, hospitals, shopping centres and churches.
Feel free to contact our sales team and schedule a site visit by calling/ WhatsApp 0745 321 611 | 0732 009 600. Email email@example.com | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Raphael Warnock Mug with Multicolor Floral Decoration
Regular price $52.00 Sale price $40.00All new Raphael Warnock mugs with multicolor floral decal design. These wheel thrown mugs are made of earthenware clay and glazed with a glossy white glaze. A Raphael Warnock decal is fired on, permanently affixed in the glaze and surrounded by floral decals. They dishwasher safe but we recommend washing by hand.
Mug is approximately 4" h. You will receive a mug similar, but perhaps not identical, to the one pictured. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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(Supporters got to see this cartoon back in April!)
An article on The Hill about sex workers lobbying congress.
Sex worker advocate organizations and congressional staffers who spoke with The Hill said that stigma was one of the primary factors keeping those voices sidelined.
“No politician wants to or until very recently wanted to be seen as facilitating sex work or encouraging sex work,” said Mike Stabile, director of public affairs at the Free Speech Coalition, an adult industry trade association.
Khanna told The Hill that his colleagues “didn’t even want to take meetings because of the possible images or pictures” with sex workers that could have been taken.
I don’t have much to say about this cartoon. Given the overwhelming Democratic (and Republican) support for Fosta-sesta in Congress, it’s clear that the Democratic party won’t be doing a thing to help sex workers as workers.
I thought of the image of a fleeing Senator leaving a hole in a wall like Wile E Coyote, and it made me laugh. Apparently the editors of Dollars and Sense Magazine were amused as well; they’re including this cartoon in their annual labor issue.
Character design was more important than usual for this cartoon. In particular, the senator had to have a silhouette so distinctive that readers would recognize his shape in the final panel, after only having seen him in three panels. The three women didn’t need to be as recognizable, but they still had to be pretty recognizable, since our view of them in panel 4 is a little obscured.
Plus there was the problem of fitting all three of them within the senator’s silhouette in panel four, which I solved by giving them radically different heights. It’s only now, looking at it, that I realize that I gave the yellow-shirt woman Calvin’s proportions and the green-shirt woman Hobbes’ proportions.
My main goal in drawing them – after recognizability and fitting them all into panel four somehow – was to not have them all have the same body type, and to draw them as ordinary people rather than how some cartoonists draw sex workers.
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
This cartoon has four panels. An additional tiny “kicker panel” appears below the bottom of the strip.
A senator stands in his office, facing three constituents. In the background we can see a fairly fancy looking desk with a lamp on it, a window with tall drapes, and a tall executive-style chair behind the desk.
The three constituents are all women. They’re dressed in casual-nice clothes. There is a tall woman with black hair tied back in a low pony tail, who is wearing a long green shirt and boots over her jeans; a short woman with short black hair wearing slacks and a yellow button-up shirt; and a medium-sized woman with blonde hair, who is wearing a light blue cowl-neck shirt and a mid-calf length skirt with a dot pattern.
The senator is smiling big and spreading his hands as he talks to the three women, who are all facing him.
SENATOR: As a Democrat and as your congressman, I know the importance of worker’s rights.
A close-up of the senator. He holds a hand over his heart and looks terribly sincere.
SENATOR: It doesn’t matter if you’re a freelancer or an employee – Democrats will always stand with workers.
MEDIUM WOMAN (speaking from off panel): That’s good to hear.
Back to a the same shot as panel 1, showing all four characters. The senator has gotten out of “make a speech” mode and is now in “friendly small talk” mode.
SENATOR: So what do you all do?
TALL WOMAN: We’re sex workers.
We are looking at a brick exterior wall of a building. There is a hole in the wall the exact shape of the senator character running. Through the hole, we see the three women peering out; two of them look amused, one looks a little pissed off.
TALL WOMAN: Look at him go!
SHORT WOMAN: And they say Congress doesn’t move fast.
TINY KICKER PANEL BELOW THE BOTTOM OF THE STRIP
The tall woman is talking to the other two women.
TALL WOMAN: I’ll ask him a follow-up question at his Thursday appointment. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
The Ristretto Group builds products that delight, and assists creative technologists doing the same.
Thoughtful design has always been one of my passions. At The Ristretto Group, I am in charge of all product development, starting from the specification and design phase through planning and execution.
Cockroach Labs is building a cloud-native, distributed by default, consistent SQL database in pursuit of the goal to Make Data Easy. A rock solid database requires production-grade administrative and operational support. As technical lead of data visualization and the admin UI project, I worked to ensure that the web interface is as reliable as the database it's built to monitor.
My primary focus was designing and developing novel data visualizations and implementing the necessary data collection to support them. I also worked to shore up automated testing, to enable the team to fearlessly develop the admin UI.
Leading a cross-functional team of developers, I architected, developed, and delivered a metadata-driven UI engine built on React. This standards-based and forward-looking dynamic front-end is an integral part of the Lifion human capital management platform, a bold initiative to rethink the way HR and payroll software is built. With an agile mindset, our small team was able to take on a complete rewrite, producing a faster and more maintainable project in a fraction of the time taken by the original.
To support the many varied use cases, I designed the UI engine with an emphasis on extensibility. New widgets can be easily added to the system, and this engine formed the basis of React Native apps for Android and iOS. I also led an initiative to ensure complete browser testing using SauceLabs.
As the first integration developer at Stack Exchange it was my job to fix any pebbles that got in the way of our team's ability to climb the proverbial mountain. My primary role was sales support development, lubricating the integrations between several homegrown systems and the salesforce.com crm. I worked with our executive team to determine project requirements and design solutions and with our development team to see them executed successfully.
In my two years I led a variety of projects, including a trello-like board tracking deals as a better front-end for salesforce, an overhauled commissions accounting system, a sales dashboard showing our team up-to-the minute status information and realtime data replication from salesforce.
While a technical consultant I translated customer requirements into well-tested and maintainable code. The projects varied considerably – I'd be designing responsive and accessible user interfaces one day and complex yet bulletproof business logic the next.
I led the implementation of a continuous integration server based on jenkins and the development of build plugins for grunt and ant, though I also spent time supporting our business analysts with utilities to ease the burdens of salesforce.com configuration.
In mid 2012 I took on leadership of our developer book club from Will Saunders, and I played an active role mentoring junior developers of Beyond to ensure they have the skills they need to succeed.
I designed and built a portal to enable bioinformatics students to run command-line utilities over the web. The legacy system ran a tomcat server and jsp but the rest of the stack at IT Services is lamp, so I was brought in to rewrite it in php.
I developed an active interface based on metadata for each of the cli tools. The binary's location, parameter types and various modes of operation are all configurable for admins, as is the help text and associated tutorials. Users are given a role based on single-sign on with their university login.
We were able to introduce a number of valuable features in iterations after the initial release. After speaking with the developer who took over for me, it seems the system has been flexible and resilient since.
Researchers on Dr. Morton's team look at the mechanisms of the nervous system response to changes in environment, with a particular focus on adaptations to trauma and injury. A significant portion of the quantitative data studied comes from a realtime motion tracking system.
I developed programs supporting a variety of the lab's interactive motion tracking experiments. Because the public api is rudimentary, I designed an object-oriented facade that the lab's researchers (who know some c++) could then use to construct novel experiments. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
In conjunction with the launch of the new Neighborhood Police Unit, the Redding Police Department will now begin coordinating efforts with local retailers to reduce the number of abandoned shopping carts in our community. The Redding Police Department has added a form to its website which allows the community to report the abandoned carts. Once submitted, the reports will be emailed to the retail store selected, or to that store’s agent. The web form allows users to add photographs of the area and shopping carts, should they choose. An additional box to describe the area in detail is also available.
27 retailers are currently participating. They are listed on the website.
To access the Abandoned Cart web form from the City of Redding Police Department web page simply click on the “file/forms” menu at the top of the page, then click on the drop down “Report Abandoned Shopping Cart” or under the “How can you help us” community button towards the bottom of the page. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
I’m very delighted to tell you all that I’m an Artist in Residence at Metal Liverpool for the next few months. I’m double pleased because it’s alongside my creative collaborator the amazing Beau Beaumont. Our joint residency allows us to explore our practice and develop a project we’ve been working towards for a while. https://metalculture.com/…/beau-beaumont-steve-angstrom/
The project was born through a shared interest in the interpretation of physical and psychological spaces through sound – the bidirectional establishment of “meaning” in a physical space. A space can only become a place through an observer superimposing meaning. What defines a place as good or bad, healthy or unhealthy? Many people felt the change of meaning after COVID redefined familiar spaces and triggered new definitions and anxieties.
The collaborative works will traverse ideas surrounding society’s current subjective recontextualisation of physical places and illustrate how new and more beneficial meanings can be crafted; through the senses of touch, electrical impulses and field recording which is atemporal, yet rooted in place and time. Modular Synthesis is at the core of their sonic research. Beaumont and Angstrom were both forced to reassess concepts of self and location due to shifts in health and well-being which drew them to explore subjective interpretations of place. Now, this work is more vital than ever as the public try to accommodate psycho-social changes post-COVID, Beaumont and Angstrom address these issues through audio metaphors and influence for their residency at Metal. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Adult Swim, as its name implies, has been known as a channel out to prove that animation is not just for kids. The channel is most well known for rude and crude comedy cartoons and violent anime, but it has also showcased many titles that showcase the artistic merit of adult animation rather than just being a place for shock cartoons. Lately, Adult Swim has been going through a bizarre trend involving the addition of children’s cartoons to it’s schedule, a controversial and bizarre move indeed punctuated by the recent addition of children’s action cartoon Invincible Fight Girl. The question this raises is if this recent trend is going against Adult Swim’s mission? My answer is, generally it hasn’t gone well. Now if only there was a Network that aired Cartoons for children where these shows could air…
Well, to be fair, Adult Swim had an interesting tradition in its early days of airing children’s cartoons of dubious quality such as the Chuck Norris and Mr. T cartoon (and two live action shows in Pee Wee’s Playhouse and Saved by the Bell). These seemed to be more for their so bad it’s good camp value and seemed to fit in with Adult Swim’s fratboy humor vibe. It seems like it stuck out more when they started airing children’s cartoons that were actually well made.
The trend that started in the early 2010s and is still going on now is Adult Swim’s tendency to air Cartoon Network’s cancelled or abandoned children’s action cartoons such as Thundercats 2011, Sym Bionic Titan, and Beware the Batman in the mid 2010s and Unicorn Warriors Eternal, My Adventures with Superman, and currently Invincible Fight Girl as the 2020s wave of children’s action cartoons. So far, it seems like only one of these clicked with an adult audience and that title was My Adventures with Superman. The 2010s wave was extremely controversial and there were a great many complaints sent to Adult Swim’s Toonami block for airing these shows. Being in college when these shows aired, I kinda found the kid stuff as something to watch while waiting for the actual adult cartoons to come on. I think it is safe to say that these children’s action cartoons have, with the exception of My Adventures with Superman, been rejected by the adult audience (it’s too early to make a call on Invincible Fight Girl).
I think there is only one real excuse to put children’s programming on Adult Swim: nostalgia. Nostalgic attachment to Superman as a character went a long way in making My Adventures with Superman a hit and generally the reason why Adult Swim fans were actually initially excited for the nostalgia block Checkered Past, which showcased 90s-early 00s Cartoon Network shows. Complaints seem to be more for its execution than its concept, as it seems some are tiring of the same episodes rerunning over and over. Adult Swim did attempt to put 2010s Cartoon Network show Adventure Time on the schedule, but it only lasted a month. Being that I was an adult throughout the 2010s, it’s not nostalgic to me, but time is marching to the point where 2010s kids will grow up and have nostalgia for it.
Really, this article is actually not to lambast Adult Swim, but the real culprit behind making these children’s cartoons air past the bedtimes of their target audience, Cartoon Network. Cartoon Network has continuously dumped every action cartoon onto Adult Swim’s lap. There is speculation that Cartoon Network wants to be more preschooler friendly and that is why they are toning down their content, but they still air tons of reruns of “big kids” comedy cartoons with sometimes edgy humor and innuendos. Maybe they are abandoning action cartoons because parents are more likely to complain about violence rather than crude humor that’s too subtle for little Jimmy to understand.
Well, I do remember all the panic over the violence in Cartoon Network shows of the 90s and 00s, and I don’t think those shows corrupted me. Streaming service Max has been marketing these shows to kids, and this is probably where most kids are watching them. Really, it’s weird that Adult Swim is airing kid shows, but it seems like the adult audience can just ignore them and enjoy the stuff that Adult Swim is known for. They are still making adult cartoons. I am just hoping that upcoming allegedly Cartoon Network bound action cartoon Iyanu stays on Cartoon Network, so kids can see it before midnight. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
What is the “Your Son Just Died” meme?
This meme is a piece of internet humor often shared online.
It usually shows funny reactions to serious news.
Where did it start?
No one knows exactly how this meme began.
Some think it started with a comedy skit on TV.
Others say it was a random post that went viral.
How does it spread?
People share the meme on social media platforms.
It’s used in many different and creative ways.
Many people make their own funny versions.
Why do people find it funny?
It’s unexpected: People are surprised by the humor.
It’s relatable: Many have felt awkward at serious times.
It’s a twist: The reaction in the meme isn’t what you’d expect.
Is it always okay to laugh?
Humor helps us deal with hard times.
But jokes can hurt if they are too mean.
It’s important to be kind and think of others’ feelings.
How does humor help us cope?
It can make us feel less alone in tough situations.
Laughing can release stress and make us feel better.
It lets us talk about tough things in an easier way.
What should we think about before sharing?
- Is this meme too harsh?
- Who might see it and feel sad?
- Am I sharing it to be funny or mean?
When is it not appropriate to share?
When someone is really hurting, it’s not funny to joke.
If the news is very fresh or painful, think before sharing.
Be aware of special days like Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.
Respecting Feelings and Making Choices
Sharing Memes | Questions to Ask |
Is it kind? | Will it hurt anyone’s feelings? |
Is it the right time? | Is it too soon after someone’s loss? |
Is it too much? | Will it make someone’s pain worse? |
The “Your Son Just Died” meme shows how we deal with sadness.
It’s a strange mix of humor and pain.
Let’s remember to be gentle with each other’s hearts.
And let’s always choose kindness when sharing online.
Hey, I’m Thomas L. Vincent, a passionate artist who loves creating thought-provoking and relatable memes that really connect with people. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
In spoken dialogues, if a spoken dialogue system does not respond at all during users utterances, the user might feel uneasy because the user does not know whether or not the system has recognized the utterances. In particular, back-channel utterances, which the system outputs as voices such as yeah and uh huh in English have important roles for a driver in in-car speech dialogues because the driver does not look owards a listener while driving. This paper describes construction of a back-channel utterance corpus and its analysis to develop the system which can output back-channel utterances at the proper timing in the responsive in-car speech dialogue. First, we constructed the back-channel utterance corpus by integrating the back-channel utterances that four subjects provided for the drivers utterances in 60 dialogues in the CIAIR in-car speech dialogue corpus. Next, we analyzed the corpus and revealed the relation between back-channel utterance timings and information on bunsetsu, clause, pause and rate of speech. Based on the analysis, we examined the possibility of detecting back-channel utterance timings by machine learning technique. As the result of the experiment, we confirmed that our technique achieved as same detection capability as a human. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.
20 For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
WHY DOES GOD DESERVE OUR WORSHIP? Because He is God. Because He is our Creator. Because He has prepared a place for us in His presence. Because without Him we would spend eternity separated from Him in Hell.
WE WORSHIP GOD BECAUSE HE IS GOD, He loves us, and He gave His very life on the cross for us so we will not spend eternity in Hell separated from Him.
WE WORSHIP GOD BECAUSE HE HAS GIVEN US A SAFE HAVEN TO LIVE. He is our protector from the greatest enemy we have outside of ourselves, Satan!
John 10:8–10 “All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”
WE WORSHIP GOD BECAUSE HE LOVES US. John 3:16.
Psalm 95:6 “Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.”
1 Chronicles 16:29 “Give to the LORD the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come before Him. Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness!”
Hebrews 10:24–25 “And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.” | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Latvian-Russian painter born in Russia in 1892. Studies in Penza city art school which she graduated in 1917. While in Penza she met several Latvian painters who studied there as refugees, among them Romans Suta. In 1917 she went to Petrograd and studied in State Free Art Workshop under Nathan Altman. It was in Petrograd where her first solo exhibition was held in 1919. Just after the exhibition she and Suta moved to Latvia and became members of the Riga Artists Group. The couple married in 1922 in Riga and after marriage visited Paris, Berlin and Dresden.
Worked at Baltars studio in Riga (1924-1929) creating designs for decorative plates, vases and china sets. Together with Romans Suta she brought to Baltars the motifs and themes in which they were interested in easel-painting: country life, the hustle and bustle of the big city, theatre and carnival motifs. Belcova’s special touch was bright, saturated colors and work in the cubism / constructivism style, which was later replaced by a return to realistic forms and precision in drawing.
As leading experts on antique European, Latvian and Soviet porcelain, we provide FREE online appraisals of Baltars porcelain. If you happen to own one the plates or vases designed by Aleksandra Belcova, and would like to find out its current market value, CONTACT US. We’ll be glad to assist. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Web Operations Engineer
ComplySci is an innovative risk management & compliance software used by 800+ global institutions to proactively identify risk & compliance challenges.
Results focused hands on technical manager offering 20 years’ of progressive experience in fast-paced financial firms. Proven track record of success in deploying and operating best in class global IT service initiatives and solutions that produce millions in annual savings, drive business revenue and exceed the expectations of demanding business executives. Specialties: Data Center Moves IT Operations Management DR Planning and Testing Large-Scale Project Management Team Building & Leadership Information Security Plans Company Mergers Strategic Technology & Business Planning Technical Infrastructure Design Hands on Server/Database Administration Performance & Reliability Vendor and Outsource Management | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
We're a research-intensive university ranked in the world's top 1% of academic institutions. We encourage our students, staff and alumni to explore the unknown, challenge convention and make things happen.
My research expertise is in digital marketing, specifically social media marketing. I have published my research in over 50 international journal articles and books, and presented it at over 40 international conferences. I supervise 3 doctoral students, and have had 7 completions. My teaching focus is on digital marketing, where I have delivered and coordinated undergraduate, postgraduate, and executive courses in the UK, France, Australia, and the UAE. These multicultural classes have ranged in size from 25 to 800 students, and in topic from Introduction to Marketing to Digital Marketing. At UWA, I was Acting Head of the Marketing Department for almost two years, and was a member of the Academic Board. More broadly, I am a member of the ANZMAC executive committee, serving as Vice President and responsible for their digital marketing. I am an Associate Editor at the Journal of Marketing Management, and on the editorial board of the Journal of Interactive Advertising. I have also been a PhD examiner for a range of Australian, New Zealand, and European universities. I consult with industry on social media marketing, and engage regularly with the media on issues around digital marketing. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
§ Mr. Goronwy RobertsThe necessary co-ordination is already achieved. The Natural Environment Research Council, which was created last year, has set up two committees—Oceanography and Fisheries Committee and the Geology and Geophysics Committee. The first contains representatives of the White Fish Authority, the fishing industry, the official and independent research organisations, and interested departments such as the Navy. It reviews and advises on the whole field of research on Oceanography and Fisheries excluding the geology and geophysics of the sea floor which is part of the responsibility of the second. The work of these two committees is co-ordinated by the Council itself. Exploration for oil and gas is controlled by licence and permission to drill wells is only given by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Power after consultation with other interested departments. Any information obtained by the licencees in the course of their operations must be made available to my right hon. Friend and he has authorised the Institute of Geological Sciences of the Natural Environment Research Council to receive it. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Cloud Solutions helps its clients build their development teams (IT Recruitment) and protect their online public data from misuse (Bot Management).
Cloud Solutions is a creative IT company. We help our clients with their digital transformation and building their development teams. Besides that we have developed our own software product, helping our clients to protect their online public data.
IT recruitment and secondment
Based on a shared passion for IT and people, Cloud Solutions specializes in IT recruitment and secondment. We do this for clients across the Netherlands, from large corporations to small start-ups. Our idea of recruitment goes beyond finding the right candidates. Because we have the IT knowledge ourselves, we know both on a technical and personal level what our clients and candidates need. During the process, we guide the client and the candidate and make sure that the person is central. In this way, we try to make a positive impact on the labour market.
Fairlane bot management
With our bot management product Fairlane, we help clients protect their online public data from misuse by third parties. We analyze website traffic using various technologies and detect desired (human) and undesired (bot) traffic. We then block the traffic of (automated) non-legitimate users to our customers’ application or website, without affecting Internet traffic by legitimate users. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Exempt fruit and vegetables.
Fruit and vegetables listed in WAC 16-461-010 are exempt from the requirements of this chapter when:
(1) The product is being transported from the premises where grown or produced to a facility other than wholesale or retail for the purpose of storing, grading, packing, packaging, labeling, or processing prior to entering commercial channels for resale.
(2) The product is sold or transported on a single conveyance to a fruit or vegetable stand within the zone of production, not exceeding daily quantities of two thousand pounds net weight of a single commodity or six thousand pounds net weight of any combination of commodities other than cherries. Sales by the producer from a fruit or vegetable stand are not restricted to the zone of production.
(3) Daily quantities do not exceed one hundred pounds net weight of sweet cherry varieties sold for home use and not for resale, and the containers are marked "not for resale" in letters at least one-half inch in height. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Urban Airship Shares Results Of Its Most Expansive Good Push Index (GPI) Study
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Richard Harris |
The Good Push Index (GPI) study evaluates the engagement and retention lift that push notifications deliver to mobile apps. Six-month analysis from more than 2400 apps and 500 million push messages found that users opted in to push notifications are retained at nearly double the rate of users opted out and are much more engaged with 26 percent more average monthly app opens per user. Results were even greater for many of the six industry verticals categorized from the sample—Retail, Media, Games, Entertainment, Sports and Gambling—with significant engagement and retention differences highlighting unique characteristics of push messaging across different industries.
While push messaging tools, like Urban Airship, have advanced to offer marketers self-service capabilities including delivering customized in-app pages and multimedia campaigns, developers still play a critical role in the entire process, from the initial opt-in request to supporting sophisticated messaging segmentation.
First off, most apps are missing a huge opportunity to get more users to opt in to push messaging by displaying Apple's standard Allow/Don't Allow request immediately on first open of the app. Imagine a storefront asking you to signup for their emails on your first footfall inside their door. Just like many apps are starting to offer walkthroughs of functionality on first open, apps should clearly explain the value they'll provide to users that opt in to push messaging and then ask for permission. The same goes for asking to use the user's Current Location. The opportunity to have a directly addressable audience and know more about users than ever before, along with the longevity and greater app use push notifications generate, are too important for these requests to be treated casually and with only Apple's default language.
Developers also play a crucial role in enabling rich preference centers for apps, where users can explicitly state what they are interested in receiving and when. From quiet times, when no messages should be sent, to being able to tailor messaging to department, product or topic affinities, will help ensure every push is a Good Push.
Inferred interests can also be leveraged in to deliver highly targeted messaging and developers are key to a smart tagging strategy. They need to understand what marketers want to do with these behavioral tags as you don't want too many tags being set that offer limited value for messaging. As an example iHeartRadio, sets tags to understand the radio station and music genre that users are most interested in, but they don't set tags on artist or song as the messages that would be sent with that level of specificity are too few and far in-between. Some common tags beyond department, product or topic affinities that marketers get a lot of value from are Registered/Non-registered, to understand if they have the user's personal information, as well as Shared, which enables reports on how many users are sharing app content socially. Some brick-and-mortar retailers are now leveraging in-store barcode scanning to set department and product category tags, which is another opportunity for better message segmentation.
Developers also play a key role in helping marketers direct users to the right pages within an app as a push regarding a specific product should land on that product page versus the app's home screen. By helping marketers with deep-linking through key-value pairs, developers can help ensure an optimal user experience and robust analytics.
Complete results of Urban Airship’s latest GPI study, as well as an info graphic, are available for download.
Read more: http://www.urbanairship.com/good-push-index
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MBox office is a simple MBox viewer for the Mac (above 10.7).
It lets you restore your archived .mbox archive to any IMAP supported email provider.
You should be able to open mbox files using File -> Open.
It might take a while if it is a large file, please wait until the progress bar stops. It might take a few minutes to read the whole file. If the progress bar stops, that means the whole file has been loaded onto the system. If the progress bar is still going, the whole file has not been loaded.
- Tested with iCloud, Gmail, Google Apps, Microsoft Exchange. It should work on most email accounts.
- Supports multiple email accounts
- Native Email Browsing interface where you can restore specific emails
- Batch email restore. Select All emails and click on "Restore Selected Emails"
- You import individual emails in .eml format to your existing .mbox file. You can use all the above mentioned features with it.
Please check out a small user guide: http://technichor.com/mbox-office/
- Fix Memory problems.
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Didn't work for me
I was hoping to use this app to view emails from some .mbox backup files. The app seemed to hang every time I used it with a so called progress bar that never budged. Found it to be useless for my purposes.
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Postgraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2010-2011 (archived)
Module CLAS42630: Latin Text Seminar on Roman Epic
Department: Classics and Ancient History
Latin Text Seminar on Roman Epic
Available in 2010/11 |
Module Cap |
- Ability to read Latin independently, to such a level as would be expected from a student who has studied Latin for at least two years as an undergraduate.
Excluded Combination of Modules
- In accordance with the general aims of the MA in Classics, to promote independent reading and self-directed research in the study of a Roman epic for students who have received appropriate linguistic training in their undergraduate studies.
- In accordance with the aims of the MA pathway in Ancient Epic, to promote in-depth study of Roman epic, its relationship to Greek models, its self-definition against other genres of poetry, and its development in the course of time.
- The precise content changes yearly, but will always be based on a selection of Roman epic texts. Typically students will be asked to prepare approximately 100 lines of verse per fortnightly seminar, and also to read selections from the scholarly literature and from other relevant primary texts each fortnight. By the end of the module, students will have read the equivalent in terms of length of one book of epic, and will also have read a substantial proportion of the relevant scholarly discussion on the selected text.
- The module builds on the students' knowledge of Latin and on the particular texts they have previously read as undergraduates, and it consists of the intensive study of Roman epic. By the end of the module, students should have acquired a close familiarity with the linguistic, rhetorical, generic and literary aspects of the texts under examination. They should be able to relate them to ancient Greek models, and to discuss them in relation to other genres of poetry. They should also have a comprehensive understanding of the scholarly literature on the transmission and interpretation of the texts.
- Students will develop the ability to discover, by means of independent research, the outlines of scholarly debates on Roman epic, and to participate in those debates by marshalling textual, linguistic and historical data to support their positions, and to learn how to present a cogent interpretation of the texts under examination. Students will also learn how to evaluate and criticize competing interpretations and reconstructions of Roman epic poetry.
- The analytical and interpretative skills required for the successful completion of this module are transferable to any field which demands the ability to evaluate widely disparate kinds of information, to weigh the merits of competing interpretations, and to formulate a cogent argument. It also requires the effective use of library and IT resources; and good oral and written presentation skills.
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to
the learning outcomes of the module
- Teaching will be by fortnightly seminar, which will be led by the instructor at first and then by each of the students in turn. The seminar leader will preside over the reading and discussion of a particular section of the text, which will ensure that individuals engage in independent research and thought, as well as providing the opportunity to develop skills of oral presentation. During the discussion there is an onus on everyone to engage in thought about the scope of the evidence and the coherence of the interpretation presented, encouraging critical reflection. The seminar leader will be able to take this material and rework it further in the written assignments. The seminars are fortnightly and 2 hours long rather than (e.g.) weekly and one hour sessions in order to allow and encourage significant preparation, and detailed discussion.
- Formative assessment will be based on an essay on a specific aspect of the text and on a practice commentary on a passage of the text (of about 100 lines), written up from the seminar presentations.
- Summative assessment will be by one 5,000-word submission comprising: a short introductory essay on a key issue in the interpretation of the text being commented upon and a commentary on about 100 lines of the text. Submissions should demonstrate the connection between close reading (as exemplified by the commentary) and overall discussions of key aspects of Roman epic (as explored in the essays).
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
2 hr |
Preparation and Reading Time |
Component: Commentary assignment |
Component Weighting: 100% |
Length / duration |
Element Weighting |
Resit Opportunity |
Commentary on Roman Epic. |
5000 words |
Practice commentary and introductory essay. These will be written up from oral presentations made in the seminar.
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It’s been proven time and time again that Michael Jackson songs mash-up with Sonic tunes, and it’s not limited to Sonic 3. At this rate, it’s basically scientific fact!
So, for this week’s Mash-Up Monday, Ao Erizo, just like others before, has successfully applied this theory in the following mash-up combination. The vocals to the King of Pop’s You Rock My World gets thrown together with Sonic CD US’s Stardust Speedway – the Cash Cash vs. Jun Senoue edition, to be precise!
Got a mash-up of your own you’d like to see on the site? Or found one you think deserves the spotlight? Either way, send ‘er over at firstname.lastname@example.org! | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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Linwood Barclay’s BAD MOVE, BAD GUYS, LONE WOLF, and STONE RAIN,
featuring a work-at-home journalist and reluctant sleuth, to Bill
Massey at Orion, by Helen Heller at Helen Heller Agency.
The series, published in the US by Bantam, was first bought by Massey when he still worked for the publishing house. Orion also bought Barclay’s upcoming standalone thriller, NO TIME FOR GOODBYE, which is getting a lot of pre-publication buzz. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
This addition to the fonds consists of photocopies of the field notes, diary and report of the survey of the Bobcaygeon Road (Township of Bobcaygeon) from Somerville to Bell's Line, 1858 by land surveyor Michael Deane. Includes comments on timber and soil with diagrams and a typescript of a letter to the Commissioner of Crown Lands dated September 7, 1858.
Bobcaygeon RoadThis addition to the fonds consists of photocopies of the original report and field notes of the re-survey of the Bobcaygeon Road, between the Townships of Ridout and Sherborne, in the District of Muskoka and the County of Haliburton. The notes are in diagram form with notations regarding soil and timber. The report and field notes were written by land surveyor E.L. Burgess. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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New photos from Kourou of the combined tests on the fairing of Europe’s new launcher
The maiden flight of Ariane 6 – Europe’s new generation launcher – is approaching, with this new and crucial step for the new fairing.
This test, called the “Dummy Payload Encapsulation Test” (DPET), was a veritable dress rehearsal of the integration procedures for the upper part of the launcher. This is a means of checking that the electrical and mechanical equipment is all functional and that the operations can be run without a hitch.
One of the key moments was thus the encapsulation of the mock-up representing a payload, inside the fairing which stands 20m high and has a diameter of 5.4 m.
Fine-tuning digital procedures ©ArianeGroup – Antoine Letellier
The Ariane 6 upper composite on its transfer vehicle in the launch zone ©ArianeGroup – Antoine Letellier
The operations, run by ArianeGroup and the French space agency (CNES) for the European Space Agency (ESA), were carried out smoothly on the new integration dock designed especially for Ariane 6 at the spaceport in French Guiana.
Removal of the “strongback” frame after closure of the fairing ©ArianeGroup – Antoine Letellier
Installing the combined test logos on the Ariane 6 fairing ©ArianeGroup – Antoine Letellier
Testing will continue on the new launcher in the coming months and new pictures will soon be available. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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New windows are one of the best investments you can make in your home. When you are ready to choose new windows, speaking to a contractor about the best choices for your home is the right place to start. We’ve been installing new windows in this community for over 75 years and we’re here to help you choose the perfect windows to compliment your home. Contact Armorvue Home Exteriors today for a virtual appointment to talk about your options in new windows, or any other exterior home improvement project you’ve got on your to-do list this year.
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‘Red Passion’ A contemporary Monochrome painting by Tanja Stefanovich
This piece is in a monochromatic palette of black and white, with a small splash of red. In the middle there is a striking silhouette of a ballerina as the central focus.
The artwork is characterised by bold black expressionistic brush strokes, which emphasise the elegant form of the dancer. Her silhouette stands out prominently against the contrasting black and white background. The artist’s brush strokes create the illusion of motion, conveying the grace and poise of ballet.
Tanya’s choice of a black and white palette enhances the visual impact of the artwork. However, there is also a flash of bright red in the ballerina’s hair and dress. In fact, this makes the black even more prominent.
This is an oil painting on linen at 49 x 64cm. Finally, Tanya has presented the painting in a simple black frame, which I’m sure you will agree, finishes the piece off perfectly.
QUESTIONS TO THE ARTIST ABOUT THE ARTWORK
Firstly, can you share the inspiration behind ‘Red Passion’ and your ‘Lady’s Series’ of paintings’
My inspiration lies behind the gracias of flamenco dance.
How did you decide on this specific colour scheme?
All my Lady series are created in monochrome with some colour strokes. In Red passion, red stands for Spain.
3 Could you elaborate on your choice of this particular brushstroke style?
My brushstroke style is an attempt to put a motion in a moment on the canvas.
Why did you specifically opt for oil on linen for this piece? Is it your usual medium?
Oil is a live medium and I prefer it in my art.
Why did you decide on the name ‘Red passion’?
It reflects the energy of flamenco dance. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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The book River of Faith raises questions about how important Ma Ganga is in our lives. Jayasri Burman's works take us to the history and evolution of how the river came into being. This book consists of works that are spirited and hopeful, reminding us that amidst the darkness, hope lingers on the horizon. These works are inspired by watching the river on her visit to Varanasi almost a decade back and one of her recent visits to Kumartuli Ghat, Kolkata.
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This project is a collaboration with Artists in Residence Barbara & Norton Garber. Over a two week period they will explore the ancient art of Haiku not only in words but with visual imagery and sound. Working on the Gallery walls, imbued with the liberating forces of simplicity and subtraction, they will compose visual and sound Haiku. Student’s from Core class “Gender in Japan” will work alongside the Garber’s to create their own visual & auditory haikus. Michiko Oishi will be reading her own haiku’s in Japanese & English during the night of the reception.
Closing reception with Q&A and Haiku reading: 11/21 4-6PM
The final result of the collaboration installation will be on display until 11/27. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, part of Clematis-no-Oka, Nagaizumi-cho, Shizuoka Prefecture |
Izu Photo Museum |
A conversation overheard recently at the Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, which gracefully sprawls through terraced gardens in the foothills of Mt. Fuji at Nagaizumi-cho, Shizuoka Prefecture:
Man 1: "What a beautiful museum."
Man 2: "Yes, but it seems a bit of a waste to devote it just to one artist."
Man 1: "Vangi must be a happy guy -- look, that whole pond is given over to a single sculpture."
Not wanting to begrudge the 78-year-old Italian sculptor Giuliano Vangi his happiness, but I couldn't help agreeing with the second guy.
If the truth be known, since 2005 the Vangi Museum has set aside one of its galleries for young Japanese artists, but unless you were at least partly interested in the artist for whom the place is named, it was never going to be easy to justify the hour-long Shinkansen trip from Tokyo. Now, there's another reason to go -- and it's utterly compelling.
The Vangi Museum actually forms the core of a complex known as Clematis-no-Oka, or Clematis Hill, and on October 26 it opened a new facility within its grounds, the Izu Photo Museum. While the museum's exhibition calendar reveals two strong shows planned for next year (one curated by the City University of New York's Geoffrey Batchen, the other a solo show by Yuki Kimura), followers of Japanese photography will not want to miss the current, inaugural display, "Hiroshi Sugimoto: Nature of Light."
Sugimoto, whose recent acceptance of the Praemium Imperiale (the Japanese version of the Nobel Prize) cemented his position as one of the nation's preeminent artists, was also involved in designing the museum's interior. The result is an extraordinary symbiosis between building and art. Every detail of the galleries -- from the understated white glass sliding door that forms its entryway to the inclusion of subtle gutters at the base and top of walls to make them appear to float in space -- resonates with the understated perfection of the works themselves.
The first gallery is darkened except for three elements. There are two giant panels of six photographs each, recording a series of white lightning bursts of light scorched into intensely rich black backgrounds. The works are stunning alone -- each bolt and fizzle draws the viewer's glance across its 7-meter vista in a way reminiscent of Ogata Korin's "Irises." But Sugimoto has also added a third element -- a 13th-century statue of Raijin, the Japanese god of thunder and lightning, who dances on the far side of the room. Not just providing a metaphor for the Earth that forever receives Raijin's fiery bolts, Sugimoto's "Lightning Fields" photographs, which are produced by splashing static electric charges over unexposed film, reach back effortlessly through the centuries, opening up a dialogue with the ancient sculptors.
Also bridging the centuries is the second series included in the exhibition, "Photogenic Drawing" -- new work in which Sugimoto has made large prints from paper negatives produced by William Henry Fox Talbot in the 1830s and 1840s. It doesn't take much imagination to see the mysterious faintness of these images as a visual metaphor for the act of peeking back in time. They are, after all, some of the earliest photographic representations of our world in existence, and Sugimoto's loving reproductions -- which enlarge them tenfold, to 94 x 75 cm -- lend them a wholly appropriate grandeur. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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Celebrate the start of spring with these March Atlanta events!
MAR. 4-26 | Marietta-based dk Gallery is taking Atlantans around the world in their latest show Oh The Places You’ll Go. Cityscapes and landscapes from artists Elizabeth Chapman, Steve Dininno, Jennifer Gibbs, Lorra Kurtz, Jeff Surace and Dirk Walker will be on display through the majority of March. dkgallery.us
MAR. 18-20 | At the three-day Lake Oconee Food & Wine Festival, guests will have access to over 200 wines from international vintners, as well as sample the most popular liquors from around the world. Participating chefs include Justine Alexander of Gaby’s By The Lake, Teri Blevins of Lil’ Bit of Heaven Cupcakes, Gustavo Fuentes of Linger Longer Steakhouse and more. In addition to the delicious fare, exciting entertainment will be taking place all weekend. lakeoconeefoodandwine.com
MAR. 19 | The Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles second annual Tour of Kitchens returns this month for a single-day event providing house-loving Atlantans with in-person access to the best kitchen-design professionals in the city. Visitors will enjoy a self-guided tour of Atlanta’s most impressive private residential kitchens. Whether you plan to renovate, start from scratch, or find your ideal design professional—this tour is for you. atlantahomesmag.shop
MAR. 23-25 | Get ready to shop ‘til you drop at ADAC’s Spring Sample Sale. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. over the course of those three days, there will be discounted pricing on designer brands, home furnishings, rugs, lighting and more. The sample sale will be taking place inside the showrooms at ADAC and ADAC West. This event is open to the public and trade. adacatlanta.com
MAR. 24-26 | Notorious for hosting the finest winemakers and vintners, the High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction is back for its 30th year. Throughout the weekend, a variety of delectable events, like a Vintners’ Reception and Live Auction, will fuel your taste buds and offer a one-of-a-kind experience. This year, guest of honor Paula Kornell, owner of Paula Kornell Sparkling Wine, and special guest chef Mashama Bailey of The Grey in Savannah will be making an appearance. highmuseumwine.org
THROUGH MAR. 31 | The Swan Coach House Gallery is set to present their latest exhibition Storyteller—which will showcase sculpture and installations by Georgia-based artists Sanaz Haghani and Ato Ribeiro and Kansas-based artist Mona Cliff. Every piece of art represents self-expression, identity and future possibilities. swangallery.org | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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Feminist Fiction is a genre of fiction that explores the role of women in society. The genre typically contains elements of the personal, social, and political aspects and is often concerned with questions about gender, identity, sexual orientation, class, power and colonialism.
When you're outside of your comfort zone, it's hard to find new things that make you feel positive. When you can find these things in books, it really helps to build confidence and a sense of belonging. Feminist Fiction is a category of books that are written by authors who have done extensive research on portraying female characters in different ways as well as giving voice to previously silenced stories.
For some audiobooks, such as those by the prolific author Emma Donoghue, they are one of the first works to become feminist fiction and provide a literary voice that speaks to women. Her stories often engage with themes related to motherhood and domesticity while challenging traditional feminine stereotypes.
The Feminist Fiction category on Amazon.com is a great place to find feminist audiobooks on Audible. There are over 6,000 titles in this subcategory and they're easy to search with just the name of the author or book title.
The Feminist Fiction audiobook category on Audible is a wonderful source of books written by women. There are many great authors in this category, like Elizabeth Strout, Julie Kibler, and Fran Wilde. You can find these titles on Amazon's website or through the Amazon iPhone app.
"Feminist Fiction" is a genre of literature focusing on feminism and the effects it has on society. In Feminist Fiction, women are not seen as just objects or subjects, but as human beings with their own thoughts, feelings and desires. This genre is often viewed to be a combination of genres like science fiction, magical realism, historical fiction and even memoir all together. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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The Outlook for Energy Costs in Rural Alaska in 2020
Posted: April 12, 2020By Meera Kohler
About 15% of all Alaskans live in some 200 rural communities spread across more than 500,000 square miles. 32,000 (33%) of those live in one of 58 communities served by AVEC. Our communities, sadly, have the highest cost of living of anywhere in the United States.
Rural households spend 27% of their annual income on home energy, compared with less than 7% in urban Alaska. Despite world oil prices having fallen, costs in rural Alaska have generally not shown much improvement. Benchmark West Texas crude oil fell as low as $30 a barrel in 2016, and rose to $60 a barrel in 2019. This year, disruptions in the world market have again driven crude oil to $30 a barrel, indicating that prices may be significantly lower than last year.
AVEC has been an aggressive leader in the battle to combat the high cost of energy.
- We continue to reduce our non-fuel expenses. We reduced our rates several years ago by two cents a kWh, resulting in a reduction in revenue of $1.5 million annually.
- We continue to lead the charge in protecting PCE and the PCE Endowment Fund during these times of state budget deficits.
- We have added several communities in the last few years – Teller, Kotlik, Ekwok, Kobuk, Bethel, Oscarville and Yakutat. Adding communities allows us to spread our fixed costs over more kWh sales.
- We have installed wind turbines – our 36 machines are the largest fleet in the state. Almost 6% of our generation came from wind in 2019. This year we hope to install a third 900 kW wind turbine to serve Stebbins and St. Michael.
- We invested in two sets of tugs and barges and contracted with Vitus Marine to operate them. This reduced our cost of fuel transportation by about 20 cents a gallon, which translates to about 1.6 cents per kWh. This is passed on entirely to our consumers.
- Vitus’ entry in the fuel delivery market has lowered fuel costs to everyone in rural Alaska.
- We continue to urge the State of Alaska to develop and implement an energy plan that reduces costs for all Alaskans.
- We continue to spearhead the Alaska Grid project that would develop gas-fired generation on the North Slope and a robust transmission system to deliver low-cost power to urban and rural hubs as well as fish processors, military bases, mines and other resource developers. Since heat and electricity comprise 80+% of the homeowner’s energy budget, lowering these costs while supporting job creation would be a huge step toward self-sufficiency and sustainability in rural Alaska.
So what is the outlook for 2020?
In 2019, the average cost of a gallon of diesel delivered to our tank farms was $3.43, three cents less than in 2018, resulting in an average fuel charge of 25.7 cents per kWh in addition to the average non-fuel rate of 27 cents a kWh.
As 2020 fuel is delivered, we expect the fuel charge to decrease after the summer deliveries since the current cost of fuel is lower than a year ago. Saint Mary’s currently has the lowest fuel charge at 9.03 cents and in Noatak, where fuel must be flown in, the fuel charge is 61.46 cents. Fortunately, Power Cost Equalization lowers the cost to the homeowner to about 25 cents per kWh, but more than half the kWh used in our villages are not eligible for PCE.
We expect the cost of fuel (and therefore electricity) to be several cents lower than in 2019 since the cost of a barrel of crude oil is significantly lower than a year ago. We will continue to press for the State to develop a comprehensive energy plan for Alaska that treats all Alaskans fairly and equitably. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Aircraft delivery delays have seen Philippine Airlines (PR, Manila Ninoy Aquino International) prioritise narrowbody retrofits and set a 2025 deadline to decide whether to place more orders or retrofit further existing aircraft, according to an Aviation Week Network report.
Philippine Airlines SVP of Group Operations Roland Narcisco told the outlet that the airline will start retrofitting eighteen A321-200s in mid-2025, with the programme to take two years. Ruling out retrofitting the carrier’s nine B777-300ERs because they are approaching their lease-end dates, he said next year, the airline will need to decide whether to order replacement aircraft or proceed with retrofitting other aircraft types, such as the A330-300s and DHC-8-Q400s.
The SVP said delivery of the first of nine A350-1000s had been pushed from the third to the fourth quarter of 2025, and it remains unknown when deliveries of thirteen A320-200Ns will start after Airbus scratched a tentative 2026 start time. In the mix are ongoing Pratt & Whitney engine issues which have grounded four of the eight existing A321neo types.
The ch-aviation fleets module shows Philippine Airlines currently operates 79 aircraft, namely fourteen A320-200s, twenty-two A321-200s, six A321-200Ns, two A321-200NX, two wet-leased A330-200s, eleven A330-300s, two A350-900s, nine B777-300ERs, and eleven Q400s. Philippine Airlines operates to 72 airports in 20 countries. – CH Aviation | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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Acupuncture Clinic with Hilary Sharp
12 August @ 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Weekly acupuncture clinic on Monday’s 4.15 – 5.15pm at ALCS, Cross Keys House, Chard Street, Axminster – this will be a group session and involve auricular acupuncture (around the outer ear). Hilary Sharp will be providing the acupuncture. https://www.hilarysharp.co.uk/
Particular benefits include helping to alleviate hot flushes, anxiety, dry mouth, and fatigue. Further information can be obtains from Hilary.
This support will be offered free of charge to registered clients. Please bring your own water. (Drinks will not be able to be supplied)
To book please go to https://axminsterandlymecancersupport.co.uk/product-category/shop/events/
Photographs may be taken at events, in order to help us with publicity. Please let us know if you do NOT wish your photograph to be used. Many thanks. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Have you felt that subtle shift in the air? It’s a feel that comes every year, and the reintroduction of pumpkin spice is the official sign that it’s time to get your Fall wardrobe ready! We’ve found four must-have Fall trends we wanted to share with you!
from: Red Soles and Red Wine
This trend is a contrast from the earth tones normally seen in fall. Fall 2023 is the year of the bold red outfit. While the muted neutral colors aren’t the focal point of the season, they pair well with red. Whether you use red as an accessory or head to toe, you can’t go wrong with wearing it this year.
Sleeveless sweaters and sweater vests are popping up all over the place this season. This fashion trend is such a versatile piece to add to your wardrobe. A sleeveless sweater can be worn during those warm fall days or layered when it’s cool out.
Everyone knows jeans always have a place in Fall, and this year is no exception. Wide-leg denim is this year's it jean. Pair it with a simple top or dress it up with a blazer. All washes are in, but the most popular wash this season is a light-to-medium wash.
This Fall boxy-blazers are still in, along with some short more feminine fit blazers. Fall brings a lot of versatility to your wardrobe because you have the option of layering. Stay stylish by pairing your blazer with a fitted base layer.
from: Free People
Midi Denim Skirts
Midi denim skirts are back! Denim is so on trend that we had to include both denim skirts and wide leg denim jeans! There are so many different fun variations of the denim midi that everyone will find a design they like.
Don’t feel the need to wipe your entire wardrobe and start new! Find inspiration and breathe some new life into your closet. While there are many more trends this Fall, we hope that you can find some fun inspiration for your fall wardrobe! | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Hands down Sue Bowler has one of my favorite balloon blogs.
I follow Sue’s blog. The Very Best Balloon Blog by Sue Bowler CBA. I find it full of great tips with many photos and ideas. If a holiday is coming up and I need a few creative ideas, I know she will be posting something in time to use.
When Sue contacted me asking to use one of my YouTube videos in her blog. I was very excited. She was writing an article about the World Balloon Convention (WBC) which I have attended. I created a video of behind the scenes of this amazing event. It shows many of the artists from around the world working on their competition pieces.
I hope you enjoy Sue’s blog as mush as I do, and find my video entertaining and educational as well.
I love it when I hear people say “I can believe that is made out of balloons!!!” Well, Believe it 😉
If you have not already clicked on one of the links above, Click here to check out The very Best Balloon blog by Sue Bowler.
I also have a video from the first World Balloon Convention (WBC) from 2010. So if you enjoyed the video posted on Sue’s blog, I think you will also find my other video interesting. It has some on my favorite artists and friends in it, from America to Japan and many places in between. Check it out and see if you can recognize any of your favorites. Click here to check out World Balloon Convention 2010
I will be attending WBC this year as well, so be on the look out for another World Balloon Convention video 2014 coming soon. Who knows who and what I will see there. Rest assured that it will be a good good time! | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Safe Return To Play
Ballymac GAA has set up a A Safe return to GAA page on on web site www.ballymacgaa.com and this page has been shared on Social media. This gives a full comprehensive information on our return to play policy for all players, parents and anyone attending our training and games.
You will find a series of Education webinar’s and downloads that have been prepared by Croke Park to help all of us – Officers, Coaches, Players, Parents, Juvenile Players and Supporters with the most up to date information to help us return safely to playing our games.
With the announcement that Club pitches will re-open on June 24th (Adult teams) and June 27th (underage and minor teams) it is essential that, prior to these dates, that all participants, especially adult players, parents/guardians of underage players and team personnel, complete the online eLearning module and retain a copy of their certificate of completion.
This is about our GAA Community : Everyone has to play their part and take personal responsibility.
Coiste na nÓg
Safe Return to Play.
Ballymac Coiste Na nÓg teams start back training this coming week, all coaches would have contacted all players with their times for training over the weekend.
The below information is for all parent’s and guardians of children u18.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS/GUARDIANS.
In the current Covid 19 it is important we all take responsibility for the way we treat this epidemic.
We as a club have to ensure the safety of our coaches, players and therefore the wider community, to do this everyone must comply to with the following.
1. All parents/guardians of children have to have the e-learning module done and a screenshot taken of the cert.
2. The health questionnaire has to be filled in for the 1st session back online and reconfirmed for every other session and game, if this is not done your child can’t train or play.
3. Membership has to be paid before returning to train so as to be insured.
4. Parents have to stay until the coach is happy that the health questionnaire is up to date.
5. No one other than coaches/players/club officials are allowed inside the grounds in the main field during training or on the grass areas down in the training field.
IF YOU DON’T comply with the above recommendations your child will NOT BE ALLOWED TO TRAIN WITH BALLYMACELLIGOTT GAA CLUB….
HELPING EVERYONE TO STAY SAFE….
The Kerry Coiste Na nÓg have also sent out the groups for phase one.
U12s Group D
Ballymac, An Ghaeltacht, Kerins O’Rahillya, Na Gaeil.
U14s Group A
Ballymac, Stacks, Ardfert, Laune Rangers.
U16s Group A
Ballymac, Kerins O’Rahillys, Na Gaeil.
U12s will play Sundays, u14s Wednesday’s and u16s Monday’s.
Please find all the links to the e-learning module and the Health questionnaire on our website and the Gaa website.
Our Academy will start back Sunday 5th July for u6s,u8s and u10s boys and girls all new player’s welcome, please got o to our website to register on the clubforce link.
Keep safe and healthy and follow all our protocols that have been put in place for a safe return to play for everyone.
There will not be any Cul Camps in Ballymace GAA Grounds this year.
Results of Play Ball The Ballymac GAA (Interim Lotto ) Draw for 22nd June 2020
The Draw for Play Ball The Ballymac GAA (Interim Lotto ) was completed live on Facebook on the 22nd June by Club PRO Maureen O’Shea
The numbers drawn were: 11;23.21 and 5.
There was no winner of the Jackpot of €580.00.
The lucky dip winner was Katryn Brosnan.
Thanks Katryn for your support.
We thank everyone who supported Ballymac GAA Play Ball Lotto this week.
All the money raised goes towards the club upkeep and preparing all our facilities for a safe return to Football at the end of the month.
Next week’s Jackpot is €600.00 and the draw is live on the web site around 9.05 pm on Monday 29th June.
You can buy your ticket for next week’s draw by clicking on the link on our web site or through the ClubForce app. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
In Western Springs, Illinois, bankruptcy is a legal proceeding in which a person or business has some or all of their debts legally cleared, when they are unable to pay them. This hopefully allows them to begin over with a clean slate and move on, after having learned to better manage their use of credit in the process. However, bankruptcy is not a free ride, allowing someone who simply doesn't feel like paying their debts to get out of that legal requirement. It is designed to prevent debt which has slight chance of ever being paid back from ruining the life and finances of the debtor. It also carries significant long-term consequences, which must be carefully weighed against the potential benefits. For example, bankruptcy makes it very difficult for the debtor to obtain credit in the near future.
For that reason, it would be advisable to speak with a good Western Springs, Illinois bankruptcy attorney. This attorney will be able to advise you as to whether or not filing for bankruptcy is a good idea, given your specific situation. This determination is highly dependent on the details of each individual case, so a Western Springs attorney's advice is really indispensable.
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In Western Springs, Illinois, there are three basic bankruptcy schemes that are most frequently used. They are identified as Chapter 7, Chapter 13, and Chapter 11. Being a product of federal law, the procedural rules governing bankruptcy in Western Springs, Illinois will be very similar to those in any other part of the United States. Chapter 7 bankruptcy requires the debtor to liquidate some of his or her assets in order to pay off as much debt as possible. Once the sale of the assets is verified, and the proceeds handed over to the creditors, the debt is perceived as discharged. Liquidation is basically selling assets to the highest bidder. Not all of the debtor's assets will need to be sold, and many types of property are entirely or partially exempt, including homes, cars, retirement accounts, and insurance policies. This means that the debtor can keep them. It should be noted that some types of debts are not dischargeable in Chapter 7 bankruptcy, including student loans, criminal fines, taxes, and child support payments. Even when the bankruptcy process is complete, these debts will have to be paid in full.
Under Chapter 13 bankruptcy in Western Springs, most of the debtor's debt is not discharged. Instead, the bankruptcy court, working with the debtor and participating creditors, work out a payment plan that allows the debtor to pay off most of his or her debts over an extended period of time, therefore theoretically making the debt far more manageable. Once a payment plan is approved by the court, creditors are prohibited from attempting to collect payment under their original agreements that gave rise to the debt in the first place. Although it can be used by individuals, Chapter 11 bankruptcy is used almost always by businesses. Not unlike Chapter 13, Chapter 11 focuses on restructuring of debt, rather than discharging it. Chapter 11 requires that the debtor come up with a reorganization plan designed to reduce debt and cut costs. Before being enforced, this plan must be approved by a majority vote of participating creditors.
During the Chapter 11 process, a business can typically continue its operations, and the stock can be traded, even if it is de-listed from a major stock exchange.
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Filing for bankrtuptcy in Western Springs is an influential decision with costs and benefits that must be weighed carefully. Before filing, it would be a good idea to speak with a seasoned Western Springs bankruptcy attorney. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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Dr. Folu Olufehinti received her medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine in Bridgetown, Barbados, and completed her residency at the Montgomery Family Medicine Residency Program (MFMRP) in Montgomery, Alabama.
Board-certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine, she has clinical interests in providing care for people of all ages and especially enjoys caring for pediatric patients. Dr. Olufehinti is a proud member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.
While in undergraduate school at Bingham University in Abuja, Nigeria, Dr. Olufehinti received the “Best Graduating Student” honor as a Biochemistry student; was on the Dean’s List in Medical school, and received the Academic Excellence award during her residency.
As a faculty physician at the Montgomery Family Medicine Residency Program, she looks forward to helping train and providing supervision for first, second, and third-year residents while also caring for the patients of Central Alabama.
Married with a young son, Dr. Olufehinti enjoys traveling with her family as well as going on mission trips and watching crime scene investigation shows.
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FOX26 Houston interviews Bel Inizio’s Founder and Executive Director, Theresa Strong on Lunch for the Soul.
A Strong Woman for the Task
By Alyson Ward, Staff Writer, Houston Chronicle
Updated May 1, 2013 5:22 p.m.
On a rainy evening, some 30 women are circling the half-mile track in Shady Lane Park. Some have jogged ahead; others walk in clusters, chatting as Theresa Strong runs up behind them, her shoes sloshing through wet grass.
“OK, is anybody strolling up there? ‘Cause if you’re strolling. …”
Strong, 53, is the reason they’re on this track, dodging puddles and training for a 5K.
“You don’t have to sign up,” she told them the week before, when she showed up at their residential treatment center for drug and alcohol abuse. “It’s really good for you, and it will change your life, but you don’t have to do it.”
The women on the track want to do it. READ MORE>>
Rob Eppolito from Video Mojo invited Bel Inizio‘s Executive Director, Theresa Strong, onto his new series Resilience Mojo. Rob speaks to business owners who have been through “it,” but have since moved forward and are more successful. There are two parts. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Changing the auxiliary indicator (also known as a side marker light or corner light) on a Mercedes W201, or the Mercedes 190, can be a relatively simple procedure. Here are the general steps to guide you through the process:
Tools and Materials You May Need:
- Replacement auxiliary indicator
- Screwdriver or a socket set
- Safety equipment (gloves, safety glasses)
- Safety Precautions:
- Ensure the vehicle is parked safely, the engine is turned off, and the handbrake is engaged.
- Wear safety gloves and glasses to protect your hands and eyes.
- Locate the Auxiliary Indicator:
- Identify the location of the auxiliary indicator on your Mercedes W201. On most models, this is typically located on the front fender, near the wheel well.
- Access the Bulb Housing:
- Depending on the specific design of your Mercedes 190, you may need to access the bulb housing from under the wheel well or by removing the inner fender liner. In some cases, you can access it directly from the engine bay.
- Remove the Bulb Housing:
- Using a screwdriver or a socket set, carefully remove the screws or bolts securing the bulb housing in place.
- Disconnect the Wiring:
- Gently disconnect the wiring harness connected to the auxiliary indicator. You may need to use a small flathead screwdriver to release any retaining clips.
- Remove the Old Indicator:
- Carefully detach the old auxiliary indicator from the bulb housing. It may have clips or tabs that secure it in place.
- Install the New Indicator:
- Align the new auxiliary indicator with the bulb housing and secure it by snapping it into place, making sure it fits securely.
- Reconnect the Wiring:
- Reconnect the wiring harness to the new auxiliary indicator. Ensure it clicks or locks into place.
- Reattach the Bulb Housing:
- Position the bulb housing back into place and secure it by reinserting and tightening the screws or bolts.
- Test the Indicator:
- Turn on your vehicle’s lights to test the new auxiliary indicator. Make sure it functions correctly, including both the parking and turn signal functions.
- Adjust the Indicator Position:
- If needed, adjust the new auxiliary indicator’s position to ensure it provides the proper angle and illumination.
- Final Inspection:
- Carefully inspect the auxiliary indicator to ensure it is securely attached, properly aligned, and functions correctly.
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WASHINGTON — NASA is continuing to refine its response to a decadal survey for biological and physical sciences in space, balancing ambitious science goals with limited budgets.
The decadal survey, released in September, identified 11 key science questions in three themes: adapting to space, living and traveling to space, and probing phenomena hidden by gravity or terrestrial limitations. It also identified two specific major research campaigns for NASA to undertake in those research areas.
In a recent interview, Lisa Carnell, director of NASA’s biological and physical sciences (BPS) division, said the agency is working to analyze and respond to the recommendations in the decadal survey. That includes an ongoing “roadmapping” approach to link programs to key science questions.
“That’s going to help us create that strategy behind the content in the decadal that will allow us to advocate more clearly to Congress and to our stakeholders, within NASA and outside of NASA, the rationale of why we’re doing the science we’re doing,” she said.
She noted that ongoing research supported by BPS is already addressing many of the key science questions identified in the decadal survey. “In the near term, those are quick wins, so to speak,” she said. “We’ll continue to build on those.”
It will take longer, Carnell said, for NASA to attempt the two research campaigns recommended by the decadal: Bioregenerative Life Support Systems, or BliSS, and Manufacturing Materials and Processes for Sustainability in Space, or MATRICES. She compared those campaigns, with total costs in the billions of dollars, to flagship missions in other parts of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.
“I’m trying to find some in-between goals that are steppingstones out to those larger campaigns,” she said.
Those efforts are complicated by NASA’s modest BPS budget of about $85 million per year. One of the major recommendations of the decadal survey was for NASA to increase that budget by a factor of 10, which the report argued would restore funding to historical levels in the 1990s.
“That has garnered the most conversation around the decadal,” she said of that budget recommendation. It comes as NASA overall, and its science directorate specifically, has grappled with budget caps that curtailed plans for spending increases.
Carnell said achieving that goal would require an annual increase in the BPS budget of 30% over the decade. She said she would advocate for budget increases while being “realistic” in expectations of what the division can achieve. “A 10-fold increase is probably very optimistic at best. If we even got half of that it would be a win for BPS.”
That recommendation for a budget increase is still useful, she said, even if it can’t be achieved in the current fiscal environment. “I think setting a substantial goal like that, a 10-fold increase, is fine when you have the science and the data and everything to back up the rationale,” she said. “And they did that. They mapped out the cost of doing these types of missions and campaigns.”
Another challenge for NASA in implementing the decadal is navigating the transition from the International Space Station, where BPS conducts much of its research, to future commercial space stations known at NASA as commercial low Earth orbit destinations, or CLDs. At the same time, the agency wants to ramp up research linked to human missions on the moon and Mars.
“We need to find a balance in our strategy that allows us to maintain that microgravity research while still leaning forward to our exploration goals and objectives,” Carnell said.
She noted that her division is working closely with NASA’s CLD program to ensure that the requirements that program sets for commercial stations support the division’s research priorities. “I think we will be one of the primary users at the very beginning of these platforms.”
The decadal survey suggested that some of the 11 key science questions it identified could be “retired” over the next decade, a point the survey’s co-chairs, Rob Ferl of the University of Florida and Krystyn Van Vliet of Cornell University, made during a presentation about the report to a National Academies committee in March.
That will be tough to do, Carnell said, for reasons beyond budgets alone. “Science really never ends, right?” she said, something the strategy the division is developing to respond to the decadal will attempt to address. “At what point do we feel like we’re sort of done? It doesn’t mean that there’s no more science to do, but, perhaps, investing in future science requires us to start looking at deep space.” | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Pulling off a deep red, near black, or dark berry lipstick come winter is easier said than done. Getting the right shade is one thing, but if your wintery skin isn’t glowing, prepare to look like a homeschooled jungle freak on crack when you waltz in with that Cherries in Snow shade smeared on your face. Because we know you’re afraid of commitment and don’t want to spend $70 on a dark purple Dior lipstick only to have it make you look like you’ve been drinking grape Kool-Aid, we’re presenting a roundup of the best winter lipstick shades that you can find around the corner in your local CVS, Walgreens, or what-the-fuck ever.
A classic red lip should be your first choice come winter, and this matte look is easy to pull off thanks to a pointed tip on the pen. You’ll get a nice outline without bleeding, which is literally the worst with a bold lip. Plus, it stays put—v important when you’re chugging eggnog.
Wine shades are definitely in for winter and colder months in general. This shit works well for date nights and if you truly aren’t afraid of being bold as fuck.
I know brown lipsticks can be a little intimidating and, full disclosure, aren’t going to look amazing on everyone (shout-out to my v pale friends). However, this shade has hints of red, making it easy to work with on nearly every skin tone. Plus, the $0.99 price tag means you can buy it, try it, and toss it if you hate it.
Velvet is 100% in right now (which we have mixed feelings about), but this shit lasts longer than the velvet trend is likely to. It dries out kinda fast, though, so slather on a good amount of ChapStick beforehand.
If you want to push the envelope and rock a violet lipstick (bless), this is what you need. Again, since it’s a drugstore brand, you’re more able to buy it and try it WITHOUT feeling bad about tossing it if you hate it. You’re likely to love this shit, though—it’s super bold, vibrant, and looks great especially on darker skin tones for winter.
WOOOOOO Berry. If you, like me, are pale year-round, you love to rock a berry lip in winter. This shade is nice and bright without being incredibly loud. Rock this shit for an understated yet sophisticated look.
While we’re on the berry train, we can’t forget CoverGirl. This lipstick is super hydrating, so you can rock the deep color (with a niiiice little shine) without worrying about constantly touching up.
If you can’t decide on literally anything ever and love a liquid lipstick cause you can’t quite handle a regular one, here ya go. This shit brings in red, purple, and deeper hues so bold that you LITERALLY don’t need any other makeup. For reals.
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First of all, what is a progressive jackpot slot? Well, the name itself gives us a clue. A progressive jackpot is one that grows over time. The way it works is that the jackpot increases by a certain amount every time someone plays the game, but not every bet contributes to it—only bets with the maximum number of coins or credits wagered are eligible. When you play progressive slots online, hundreds or sometimes even thousands of machines can be linked together so that they’re all contributing to the same prize pool.
The minimum starting value for progressive jackpots varies from one game to another, and can be as high as $1 million or more! At any given moment, there could be at least seven-figure sums up for grabs on dozens of different link joker123 games available at casino sites around the Internet.
If you hit the winning combination required to trigger a payout (e.g., five wild symbols in a row), you’ll win whatever amount has accumulated in that particular pool over time. After that happens, however, it will reset back down to its minimum value again and begin accumulating once more—which means it’s possible for somebody else to win it again within minutes or hours of your own big win! It’s like finding buried treasure and then discovering more treasure just lying around waiting for you after you’ve dug up your first haul! That’s why people who play these games often say that once they’ve hit a truly massive payout like this once before, they keep coming back until their luck strikes again (and hopefully many times after).
Make sure you have enough funds in your account before playing
Some progressive jackpot games require you to place maximum wagers in order for your bet to be eligible for the progressive payout. If you bet less than the maximum amount, it’s possible that you won’t win the prize even if you hit a qualifying winning combination.
Before playing a game with a fixed maximum payout, make sure you have enough funds in your player account to cover at least several rounds of play. If not, look into whether or not the casino might offer you a bonus on top of your deposit so that you can keep playing and possibly win the huge prize.
For example, suppose that the maximum bet in a certain game is $10 per spin. The progressive jackpot is $100,000 and it grows by $3 every time someone plays but doesn’t hit the winning combination. If there are 10 people competing for this jackpot prize, and each person has enough money for 50 spins—a total of 500 spins—then by the end of those 500 spins, we would expect approximately one person to have hit their winning combination (though there’s no guarantee that this will happen). That means approximately nine more people will run out of money without hitting their combinations! It’s clear from this example that if you’re going to play progressive slots with fixed wagers and a big payout like this one, it pays off to have plenty of funds available before starting each session.
Bet the maximum amount on each spin to increase your chances of winning the jackpot
When playing progressive jackpot slots, you won’t win the jackpot unless the winning combination has been matched. If you wager a lower amount, you’ll earn a smaller amount and your overall odds of winning the jackpot will be reduced. The more credits per spin that you play, the higher your total bet will be. Betting maximum credits is the best strategy to hit it big since each spin gives you a chance to win or increase your winnings if you match all of the numbers on a card.
Play regularly to improve your odds of hitting the jackpot
In playing progressive jackpot slots, you need to bear in mind that it is a game of sheer luck. You can’t just win at the drop of a hat. Put simply, there are no guaranteed formulas or ways to improve your chances of winning at progressive jackpots. Instead, you have to keep playing and use what you’ve learned from other games for your own advantage.
It’s important to note that even if your chances of hitting the jackpot may be low, you can still win other smaller prizes by playing with lower denominations. That way, while you won’t be able to achieve the huge payday of hitting the jackpot itself, you’ll be able to take home several smaller payouts that will help you stay afloat as well as enjoy yourself more during your gaming session. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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English Lab Puppies
Are you considering adding an English Lab puppy to your family? These adorable and friendly dogs make fantastic pets, but there are a few things you should know before bringing one home. In this informative article, we’ll cover everything you need to know about English Lab puppies, from their characteristics and temperament to training and caring for them.
Characteristics of English Lab Puppies
English Lab puppies are known for their friendly and outgoing personalities. They are extremely loyal and make great family pets. These puppies are usually gentle and good with children, making them an excellent choice for families with kids. They are also intelligent and easy to train, which is a big plus for first-time dog owners.
One of the most distinguishing features of English Lab puppies is their appearance. They are known for their stocky build, otter-like tail, and thick, dense coat. Their coat comes in three standard colors: black, yellow, and chocolate. Their friendly eyes and smiling face are sure to melt your heart the moment you lay eyes on them.
Temperament of English Lab Puppies
English Lab puppies have a sweet and gentle temperament, which makes them great companions for families. They are known for their playful nature and eagerness to please their owners. These puppies are also very sociable and enjoy being around people. They get along well with other pets and are generally friendly towards strangers.
Training English Lab Puppies
Training English Lab puppies is a relatively easy task, thanks to their high intelligence and eagerness to learn. These puppies respond well to positive reinforcement training methods, such as praise and treats. It’s important to start training your English Lab puppy early to establish good behavior habits.
When training your English Lab puppy, consistency is key. Set clear boundaries and rules from the beginning and stick to them. Be patient and gentle with your puppy, as they respond best to positive reinforcement. Remember to praise your puppy for good behavior and correct them gently for any mistakes.
Caring for English Lab Puppies
Caring for an English Lab puppy involves regular grooming, exercise, and proper nutrition. Make sure to brush your puppy’s coat regularly to prevent matting and tangles. English Lab puppies are known to shed quite a bit, so be prepared for some extra vacuuming around the house.
Exercise is essential for English Lab puppies, as they are energetic and playful by nature. Take your puppy for daily walks and play sessions to keep them happy and healthy. Engaging in interactive games, such as fetch or tug-of-war, can also help burn off excess energy.
Proper nutrition is key to keeping your English Lab puppy healthy. Make sure to feed them high-quality dog food that is appropriate for their age and size. Consult with your veterinarian to determine the best diet plan for your puppy.
In conclusion, English Lab puppies are wonderful companions for families looking for a friendly and loyal pet. With their gentle temperament, intelligence, and easy trainability, these puppies make great additions to any household. By understanding their characteristics, temperament, and care needs, you can provide a loving and nurturing home for your English Lab puppy. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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Philadelphia Marathon Waiver
NON-TRANSFERABLE WAIVER: Please read completely and sign.
In submitting my entry for participation in the Philadelphia Marathon, Half Marathon, Rothman Institute 8K, or Kids Fun Run and the Health & Fitness Expo (“Marathon Activities”), I, for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, waive and release any and all rights and claims for damages I may have now or hereafter, arising against the City of Philadelphia, Fund for Philadelphia, I Am Athlete, LLC, USATF, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Rothman Institute, all sponsors, and each of their employees, officers, directors, principals, agents, representatives, volunteers, contractors, successors, and assigns (the “Released Parties”), including but not limited to any and all claims of damages, injuries, demands, actions, whatsoever, however they may occur, arising as a result of my participation in said Marathon Activities. I acknowledge that I am aware of the inherent risks in participating in an athletic event of this type. I attest and verify that I am physically fit and have sufficiently trained for the completion of the Marathon Activities and my physical condition has been verified by a licensed medical doctor. I also acknowledge that I will present medically-certified proof of disability or readiness for the Marathon Activities upon request, to the Released Parties. Furthermore, I hereby grant full permission to any and all of the foregoing to use my name, my voice, and/or my picture in any broadcast, telecast, advertising, promotion or other account of the Marathon Activities for any purposes whatsoever.
I grant the Philadelphia Marathon and its designated staff and medical providers access to my medical records and physicians, as well as any other information relating to medical care, my medical condition and medical treatment received as a result of my participation in the Marathon Activities.
I understand that the entry fee is nonrefundable and that bib numbers are nontransferable.
SPECIAL RULES OF THE COURSE:
Only runners, walkers, push rim and approved hand-cycle (exhibition only) wheelchairs will be allowed on the course. No wheeled vehicles are allowed other than wheelchairs. The term “wheelchair” as used in this entry, shall mean push-rim or approved hand-cycle (exhibition only) wheelchairs only. Wheelchair competitors must wear helmets. All wheelchairs must be equipped with brakes and fluorescent (orange preferred) flags on either side of the chair at 5’ high (adult eye level) and adhere to all posted speed restrictions on certain areas of the course. All participants, regardless of mode, must maintain a 16-minute per mile or less pace at all times. That means that 3½ hours after the last person crosses the start line, marathon participants must have reached the 13.1 mile mark or they will not be allowed to proceed in the full marathon. Participants going backwards, bicycles, skateboards, baby joggers, roller skates or inline skates and animals are not allowed in the event or along the course. Participants are not allowed to walk, run, or ride more than two (2) abreast so as not to impede others who may want to pass along the course or at the finish line. The Released Parties strongly discourage the use of personal audio devices (i.e., iPods and MP3 headsets, etc.).
It is the intent of the Released Parties to furnish the safest possible race course. Those who violate any of these rules may, at the sole discretion of the Released Parties, be disqualified and removed from the course.
***Children under 18 may be required to provide proof of age.
ROTHMAN INSTITUTE 8K REGISTRANTS ONLY: I understand that the Rothman Institute 8k will be held on Saturday, November 19th. Race packets must be picked up on Friday, November 18th from noon to 9PM at the Health & Fitness Expo being held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
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Padgett's Honda are working hard behind the scenes to ensure they are back on the grid for the start of this season’s MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship.
The Batley-based motorcycle dealership tasted maiden victory in the series last term at Thruxton as Ian Lowry took a stylish win but despite hitting the headlines then, they have not been able to secure any backing for their team.
Currently they have their race bikes well prepared, the team transporter being serviced and re-painted and team personnel all ready to go. But, they need to find a major concern who wishes “to work with us to promote their own brand and products.”
Padgett's finance their own racing effort, throughout they are enthusiasts with a terrific track record, but it is tough for them to take on manufacturer teams.
Having tasted success in BSB, there is no way back for them to anything less. They want to put things in place to be challenging for race victories in the country’s premier series and they know that there are riders available to ride for them who are capable of getting those results.
The aim of Clive Padgett and his crew is to make the start of the BSB season at Brands Hatch with a front-line team and they know that they can deliver the goods for any company wishing to be associated with them in terms of sponsorship backing.
Any company interested need only look at Padgetts record in all racing and on the Isle of Man TT where they have a string of victories to their credit among them the incredible record of five wins in a week set by Ian Hutchinson.
They will be in action on the Mountain Course again in June with John McGuinness, the 19 times TT race winner leading their challenge and lining up alongside him will Bruce Anstey, nine times a TT race winner. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
The Truman Doctrine Explained | Primary Source Close Reads Explained
What does the Truman Doctrine argue that the United States must do regarding the state of foreign affairs? In this episode of Close Reads Explained, Kirk explores President Harry Truman’s Address to Congress in 1947, later known as the Truman Doctrine. What does President Truman define as the difference between free and coercive governments? What argument does he make to the American people regarding the United States’ role in foreign affairs? | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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One of the fastest growing crypto exchanges in the world, is making a significant investment in the traditional finance sector. What can FTX’s participation in IEX bring to cryptocurrency adoption?
An opportunity for digital securities
Investors Exchange (IEX) is one of the most famous stock exchanges within the United States. In recent days, it has become an investment target for FTX. Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange, is very active in the investment market and for this reason, it is currently acquiring shares in IEX. Representatives of FTX have signed an agreement that opens the door for them to co-create a market for securities trading of digital assets.
According to available information, the two parties are planning to close the deal in the coming month. However, regulatory approval is needed for this plan to go through. This one so far seems to be just a formality. The details of the investment value are not known.
According to Sam Bankman-Fried, this investment is not only a significant step in the development of FTX, but also an excellent move for its image. In his words:
“Investing in IEX has created a huge opportunity for FTX. With this investment, we have become part of one of the most trusted and innovative companies in the stock market.”
In turn, IEX co-founder and CEO Brad Katsuyama notes that the collaboration is also a regulatory opportunity. As he puts it:
“To unlock its full potential, the cryptocurrency and digital asset industry needs to engage with regulators and truly scale what has been built. We both see regulators as important allies in providing a clear path forward and achieving the highest possible standards of investor protection.”
A positive move for the cryptocurrency world
The collaboration does not only boost the image of the FTX exchange, but also gives a much larger audience access to cryptocurrencies. The new initiative will allow significant numbers of both individual and institutional customers to access blockchain-based products.
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For those in need of heavy-duty equipment, Acme Tools has you covered. Black Friday deals include generators, compressors, and other industrial-grade machinery discounts. Whether you’re a construction professional, mechanic, or industrial worker, these deals allow you to invest in reliable equipment that will perform when needed.
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As the future of employment moves further towards STEM, the competitive nature of the job market has made it increasingly difficult for companies to find and recruit the right talent. So how can you set out the welcome mat for the new generation of highly skilled workers? Here are five items to consider:
Create the right company culture
It is important for companies to create a culture that will match and attract the type of talent they are looking for. As a company’s culture acts as their personality and public image, it is important to ensure that it is an accurate reflection of a company’s values, ethics, and expectations. When career searching, people often look for a workplace they feel they can fit and belong in, so having the right company culture can attract the right talent. Companies need to create, assess, embody and brand their company culture in ways fitting for both them and the talent they are looking to hire.
Support community and team-building
A recent TinyPulse employee engagement report has shown that the number one aspect of work employees enjoy is their relationships with their coworkers. Because of this, promoting community and team-building to further those connections can be beneficial for companies in shaping their company culture and attracting talent. Regardless of the professional field, a workplace that facilitates a strong and supportive community helps to boost morale and increase productivity. In a recent FastCompany Graduate Employment Study, 60% of a new graduating class reported that they would prefer to work for a company with a positive social working environment than receive higher pay at another company without.
With the ever-growing presence of technology and social media today, it is important that companies are keeping up in terms of online reputation and digital recruitment. As technology has opened the door to vast amounts of information, it is quick and easy for candidates to learn about companies online. Thus, like with company culture, companies must ensure that their online image is genuinely reflective of their brand. Having a strong online presence, whether it be through social media or a company blog, is also becoming an increasingly effective method of recruitment. In fact, nearly two-thirds of recent graduates said they used a mobile app to look and apply for jobs. With this technological shift, monitoring and maintaining an online presence is becoming increasingly important for companies in attracting and attaining talent.
Provide opportunities for growth and development
A Gallup poll recently revealed that 87% of millennials value and search for opportunities that provide professional growth and development. As millennials are predicted to make up 75% of the workforce by 2025 it is important to keep this in mind. Today’s candidates are looking beyond just a title and a salary. Especially with the ever-growing demand for STEM talent, candidates have the opportunity to also prioritize growth, purpose, and fulfillment. Thus, when searching to hire the right talent, consider providing and promoting such opportunities. Whether it is through adding training programs, mentorships, or increasing internal promotions, accentuating such opportunities can help a company better compete in today’s highly competitive job market.
Emphasize flexibility and work-life balance
In addition to growth and development opportunities, today’s job seekers are also prioritizing flexibility and work-life balance. When recruiting, it’s useful for companies to emphasize the benefits they do or are willing to provide, such as flexible hours, telecommuting, and short breaks. As reports have shown that millennials and generations beyond are more likely to be in a two-income household, where both partners will be working full-time, emphasizing and instituting such policies can make a company much more attractive to talent than their competitors. Additionally, because these qualities have become such a priority for today’s job-seekers, it has also been seen to increase retention rates. Thus allowing for flexibility and work-life balance can help a company both attain employees and keep them. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Posted on July 13, 2020
CREDO joins Planned Parenthood to protect access to birth control
This month, the Supreme Court ruled that employers can deny birth control coverage to their workers based on a religious or moral objection. This decision puts birth control coverage at risk for millions of women, especially low income women, and we are outraged at yet another affront to women’s reproductive rights.
But we are also resolute and unwavering in our commitment to providing no-cost birth control coverage for our employees.
Just weeks before this ruling, CREDO again joined Planned Parenthood’s #BusinessForBC campaign, a public pledge to guarantee employee birth control coverage and to support policies that protect reproductive health care access for all workers. We have called on other companies and business leaders to join us to ensure affordable birth control access is covered, no matter what.
CREDO will always work to ensure gender equality in our company, and we will never stop fighting for the rights of women across America. We understand deeply that reproductive care, including birth control, is essential health care for all workers and is critical for diversity and inclusion, recruitment, retention, advancement and financial stability for all of our employees.
We’ve always been proud to stand with Planned Parenthood, and we’re honored to be one of their largest corporate donors. Our members have helped us donate more than $3.5 million to the organization, and over $10.5 million to groups fighting for women’s rights and reproductive health.
In light of this misguided Supreme Court ruling, it is more important than ever that companies commit to protecting access to birth control for their workers. We urge other businesses to join us and sign the pledge on Planned Parenthood’s website. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Several lakes in Hampshire are being poisoned in a bid to control topmouth gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva), an invasive non-native fish first introduced to Britain in the 1980s which has become more widespread in recent years.
The fish, native to Asia, has spread across much of Europe in recent decades, travelling along waterways and facilitated by illegal fish stocking. Its impacts are significant and include predation on native and farmed fish eggs, resource competition and the ability to host and transmit the rosette agent (Sphaerothecum destruens), a fish parasite that is particularly devastating to Salmonid species such as trout and salmon
The piscicide, Rotenone, is to be applied to the lakes following the removal of native fish in an effort to eradicate topmouth gudgeon whilst limiting non-target impacts. The method has been used by the Environment Agency at a number of sites over the last decade as part of a wider strategy to eradicate topmouth gudgeon from England and Wales. Rotenone breaks down over several weeks, after which the site can be re-stocked with native and/or farmed fish species. Whilst the intervention is fairly drastic, it is considered necessary to prevent the further spread of topmouth gudgeon and limit its likely environmental and economic impacts.
Dr Paul Fisher
Communications Manager, CABI
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The point of this chapter, according to Borgmann, is to provide more rigor around what has thus far been an intuitive account of the device paradigm. He begins with the question of whether there are any competing analyses of it on offer. In fact, critiques of what might be considered technology have been around since the time of, say, the introduction of the steam engine. For critics of this period, the symbol of technology was the “machine” they saw altering the landscape around them. The steam engine was ambivalent: it was powerful and convenient, but also “ravenous”, consuming land, resources, and quiet. Writers of this persuasion, Borgmann claims, framed their arguments in terms of a means/end imbalance, where the danger was that our technological means (the machines) might unwittingly become our ends. (The solution would then be to correct this balance.)
A more recent critic, Hannah Arendt, criticizes technology on the basis of a different distinction than means vs. ends. She counterposes two perspectives on the story of human life: the first is characterized as “work and action”, and the second as “labor and consumption”. What “work and action” means is a bit vague, but the point is that both work and action are noble and humanizing pursuits. What is available to us in our technological age, however, is “labor and consumption”, that is, the essence of work as unpleasant toil which merely provides the resources for a consumptive existence. Both halves of this second mode contribute to a lack of meaning and are dehumanizing.
Borgmann’s reaction to Arendt is measured; he appreciates the argument but thinks there is a better distinction to be had, one based on the technological goal of “disburdenment”. I take it that he means there is a distinction between two perspectives on life: one (the technological) based on the idea of continual and progressive disburdenment, and another (Borgmann’s) based on some other paradigm (yet to be disclosed).
Borgmann’s reaction to the means/end arguments is somewhat more lively, in that he repudiates it as granting too much ground already. Modern proponents of this kind of argument claim that our technological means have not so much become our ends as overrun our ends, bringing about what Borgmann calls “reverse adaptation”, wherein the technological possibilities are so expansive we adapt our ends to the shape they give reality, rather than vice versa. While not false, framing the discussion in this way leaves it open for the thoughtful technologist to respond that yes, this is a problem, and what is needed is simply a clarification of our ends! What goes unnoticed here is that everyone is inclined to view the state of affairs from within this distinction of means vs. ends, which itself is in fact new, and is itself a product of the rise of technology. One way of talking about the device paradigm on this view is that technology is also in the business of radically redefining our goals or ends. But Borgmann goes beyond this and quotes Thomas Carlyle to the effect that we actually do violence to things when we divide them into means and ends.
And unfortunately this is precisely what the device paradigm encourages us to do: “We must recognize that the reduction of the fullness of phenomena in technological measurement and assessment is no more alarming than the common attenuation of the depth of things to commodious surfaces” (61). In other words, this classification of means and ends is a philosophical reflection of the overall pattern of technology, which splits things themselves down the middle, into commodious surfaces on one side and black boxes that produce the commodities on the other. This is deeply worrying, because “commodities allow no engagement and atrophy the fullness of our capacities” (62).
So, in sum, others have seen the device paradigm in action and traced its outline, but Borgmann is unsatisfied with other analyses of it, especially when they use the means/ends distinction, which itself is part of what he claims needs to be analysed. Instead, Borgmann wants to give a “paradigmatic” explanation; what exactly that means and how it works will be the subject of the next chapter. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Motherhood is a journey like no other, filled with love, joy, and countless challenges. For housewives juggling the responsibilities of managing a household and caring for children, parenthood can sometimes feel overwhelming. But fear not, dear moms, because with the right tools and mindset, you can navigate this incredible journey with confidence and grace. Here are some parenting hacks and advice tailored specifically for the amazing housewives out there.
1. Create a Routine
Establishing a daily routine can provide structure and stability for both you and your children. Set regular meal times, nap times, and bedtime rituals to help create a sense of predictability and calm in your household. A well-structured routine can make managing your day-to-day responsibilities much more manageable.
2. Embrace Flexibility
While routines are essential, it’s also important to embrace flexibility and adaptability as a parent. Recognize that not every day will go according to plan, and that’s okay. Be prepared to adjust your schedule as needed and go with the flow when unexpected challenges arise.
3. Simplify Household Chores
Household chores can quickly become overwhelming when you’re also caring for young children. Look for ways to simplify your cleaning routine, such as breaking tasks down into smaller, more manageable chunks, or enlisting the help of your children in age-appropriate chores. Remember, it’s okay to lower your standards a bit and prioritize spending quality time with your family over maintaining a perfectly spotless home.
4. Practice Self-Care
Taking care of yourself is essential for being the best parent you can be. Make self-care a priority by carving out time each day to do something that nourishes your mind, body, and soul. Whether it’s taking a hot bath, going for a walk, or indulging in a hobby you love, prioritizing self-care will help you recharge and better handle the demands of motherhood.
5. Connect with Other Moms
Finding a supportive community of fellow moms can be incredibly beneficial. Seek out playgroups, mom’s clubs, or online forums where you can connect with other parents who are going through similar experiences. Sharing tips, advice, and solidarity with other moms can help alleviate feelings of isolation and provide valuable support.
6. Practice Positive Discipline
Discipline is an essential aspect of parenting, but it’s important to approach it with patience, empathy, and consistency. Instead of resorting to harsh punishments, focus on positive reinforcement, setting clear boundaries, and teaching your children the natural consequences of their actions. By modeling respect and kindness, you can help foster a positive and nurturing environment for your family.
7. Prioritize Quality Time
In the midst of busy schedules and endless to-do lists, it’s crucial to prioritize quality time with your children. Set aside dedicated time each day to engage in activities that foster connection and bonding, whether it’s reading together, playing games, or simply having heartfelt conversations. These precious moments will create lasting memories and strengthen the bond between you and your children.
8. Plan for the Future
While your focus may primarily be on the present, it’s also essential to plan for the future, particularly when it comes to your family’s financial well-being. Consider exploring investment options and financial planning tools to secure a brighter future for your loved ones. Websites like shopping.ulipindia.com offer personalized financial solutions tailored to your unique needs and goals, making it easier to manage your finances effectively while balancing your role as a homemaker and pursuing your affiliate marketing work in part-time.
In conclusion, navigating motherhood as a housewife comes with its unique set of challenges, but with the right mindset and strategies, you can thrive in your role as a parent. By creating a routine, embracing flexibility, simplifying household chores, practicing self-care, connecting with other moms, practicing positive discipline, prioritizing quality time, and planning for the future, you can cultivate a happy, healthy, and fulfilling family life. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. is a world leader in immersive audio/visual technologies that revolutionizes the science of sight and sound through innovative research and engineering, empowering creatives to elevate their stories, and offering fans unforgettable experiences.
In March of 2019, Dolby Cinema Technology Engineer, Jerry Sommerfeld, reached out to specialists at Weidmüller to request information about power terminal blocks. Based in Richmond, Virginia, the Weidmüller specialists were happy to share their knowledge and support Dolby’s team, who were in the process of evaluating power connectors for new loudspeaker product development.
These new loudspeakers, Systems 133 and 136 are Dolby’s latest, high-performance loudspeaker innovations targeting premium large-format cinemas.“These systems are high performance, passive loudspeakers, that require reliable, easy to use interconnects to high-output audio power amplifiers" explains Sommerfeld. In this case, the Weidmüller team recommended the LUF terminal block, which are rugged, high-current interconnects engineered to last years in the field without service.
The LUF system from Weidmüller is a PUSH IN direct-insert connection system that provides several benefits over conventional connection systems. Compared to connection systems using screws and tension clamps, the LUF PUSH IN reduces wiring times by up to 80%. More important than its ease-of-use and time-saving attributes, the LUF system is proving itself to be extremely durable and reliable in this extremely high-vibration application.
“The balance of rugged mechanical & electrical design, ease-of-use, wire compatibility, and cost made the Weidmüller LUF 10.00 a great fit for our new high-performance System 133 & 136 loudspeakers, which will be sold into venues all over the world” states Sommerfeld.
How the LUF PUSH IN wire connection system works: As a rule, PUSH IN connections have an actuation "pusher" or lever. The stripped solid or stranded wire conductor with crimped-on wire-end ferrules is simply plugged into the contact point. The contact point can be opened easily, and the conductor removed by pressing the pusher or actuating the lever. This ensures quick, clear wiring. No tools are required for the wire connection. For stranded wire without a ferrule, the spring is opened via pressing the pusher or actuating the lever. This creates a reliable, vibration-proof, and gas-proof connection.
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What Is A Personal Loan?
A personal loan is an unsecured loan that can be used in many different ways. You can fulfill different financial needs with a personal loan, like paying for a vacation, meeting the costs of a medical emergency, or even making a premium purchase.
In a personal loan, the lender does not ask for any collateral as a security against which you can avail the loan. And since there is no security required, banks and non-banking financial companies give more weightage to the borrower’s repaying capacity before approving the loan. So, to avail of a personal loan you need a good credit score and a steady stream of income into your account.
What Is A Loan Write-off?
As a borrower, you are expected to pay back a loan taken by you within a specified time frame. However, you may sometimes not be able to pay it back on time or even after its tenure gets over. When you fail to repay the loan amount for three consecutive quarters, such a loan is designated as a bad loan or non performing asset or NPA.
In such cases, when recovery of a loaned amount becomes next to impossible, banks or financial institutions are forced to write-off the amount. Once written off, the amount is removed from the balance sheet of the lender and maintained in off-balance sheet records where efforts to recover the amount may still continue.
Difference Between Write-off And Waive-off
The difference between write off and waive off is explained below.
In case of a write-off, the lender acknowledges that the chances of recovery are nearly zero, and clears the record of the outstanding amount in their balance sheet.
In exceptional circumstances, when you are unable to pay back a loan you have taken due to a financial crisis, the government may choose to “waive-off” your loan after conducting a thorough examination of your situation. In such cases, while the borrower no longer carries the burden of repaying the loan amount, the lender may still harbour hopes of recovery at a later stage.
Writing-Off Personal Loans Can Create Several Problems For Borrowers:
If your loan is written-off by a lender, it will severely affect your credit score. A reduced credit score causes the following issues at the time of borrowing in the future:
- Lenders identify you as a potential default risk and hence are averse to loaning you any money in the future.
- Even if a lender is willing to lend you money, they will do so at a much higher interest rate, which will increase your overall cost of borrowing.
Considering that having your personal loan written-off will have repercussions on your future financial health, it is best to ensure that you avoid such a situation by choosing loan amounts that are within your repayment capacity and also opting for personal loans with lower interest rates.
The Bottom Line:
Your personal loan can be written-off by a lender in case you fail to repay it far beyond the specified period. However, such an action can impact your credit score and hamper the chances of you ever being able to borrow money in the future. It is best to avoid such a situation, by exercising prudence at the time of borrowing, and only taking a personal loan which satisfies your capacity to repay. You can visit Finserv MARKETS to know in detail about what is personal loan and which personal loan is best for you. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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Drop it like it’s Ð, G, H, Þ or a vowel. Posted by hulda on Sep 30, 2012 in Icelandic customs, Icelandic grammar
The most confusing part of Icelandic may not actually be the grammar – although difficult – nor the spelling – it will eventually make sense – but the way Icelanders pronounce it during everyday conversations. Depending on the speaker the language may be riddled with words borrowed from English, severely mumbled or shortened to unrecognizable form. Since the shortening is the most commonly occurring one* I decided to try to explain the typical forms of it.
Words are shortened both from the beginning and the end, depending on the situation. This makes speaking faster and easier too, since some sound combinations of Icelandic are challenging even for Icelanders themselves, for example when sound Ð (= eth) is followed by Þ (= thorn).
For example “Syndu þeim húsið þitt” (= Show them your house) is pronounced more like “Synduðeim húsiþitt”.
Two things happened in that sentence. First of all, if a Ð is the last letter of a word it regularly falls off in spoken tongue, especially so if it’s followed by a Þ. The sound combination is just too troublesome to pronounce as it is. Another one was that the letter Þ changed into a Ð: the pronoun that begins with it is unstressed and therefore gets the faster form of pronunciation.
Another letter that often falls off at the end of a word is G. This is because it’s often already unvoiced f.ex. in words such as “ég” or “og”, when spoken in a hurry the ends disappear completely.
Lastly vowels can be left out if there’s a two vowel combination, one at the end of a word and another at the beginning of the next one. The vowel at the end of a word is left out. For example in the sentence “Láttu okkur vita” (= Let us know) the first word loses its vowel and the sentence becomes more like “Láttokkur vita”.
The letter that most commonly disappears from the beginning of a word is H. This is in particular true with unstressed pronouns: “Kom hann með þér?” (= Did he come with you?) turns into “Komann meþér?”. The Ð falls away as well, as per the rule.
To make it a bit more challenging, when the H is left out it transforms the word into one that begins with a vowel – henni = “(h)enni”. Therefore the vowel-dropping is also necessary. “Sýndu henni að þér ert er ekki sama” (= Show her that you care) becomes “Sýndenni aþér er ekki sama”.**
Sounds confusing, right? Just wait until you try to understand someone who has a habit of really brutal shortenings! In their use whole sentences turn into a few syllables which in turn may also be mumbled, in which case everything I wrote above is merely a guideline. I made a video to better explain this dropping business with sound examples:
As a homework assignment, how about listening to Gordjöss by Páll Óskar and following the lyrics while he sings? Can you spot which words are shortened, and why?
*The most common = everyone does it all the time, no joke.
Disclaimer: no Icelanders were harmed in the making of this blog entry but we couldn’t save the pizza.
**I’m really sorry, I made a mistake here. Þér -form of þú indeed uses er, not ert. Example: þér er boðið í afmæli (= You’re invited to a birthday party). Do also read the comment Heiða left after this post – she mentions the subjunctive mood form of the verb vera.
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On June 11, 2024, a prestigious textile spinning industry located in Telangana state is seeking to hire a highly experienced Electrical Engineer/Manager. This opportunity is ideal for professionals with a solid background in electrical engineering within the textile industry.
Qualifications and Experience
The ideal candidate should possess a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering (BEEE) or a Diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (DEEE). Additionally, a minimum of 15 years of experience in the electrical engineering departments of reputable spinning mills is required. This extensive experience ensures that the candidate is well-versed in the nuances and technicalities of the industry.
For the right candidate, salary will not be a constraint. This indicates the industry’s commitment to attracting top talent by offering competitive compensation packages. The focus is on ensuring that the deserving candidate is suitably rewarded for their expertise and contributions.
Interested and suitable candidates are encouraged to share their resumes directly via email to the mill management at firstname.lastname@example.org. For further inquiries, candidates can contact the management at 919447575575.
This is a golden opportunity for seasoned electrical engineers/managers in the textile industry to advance their careers. With a reputable organization seeking to fill this crucial role, now is the perfect time to apply and make a significant impact in Telangana’s textile sector. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Still here, still talking
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Two nights of different and dissent
The Writers Collective returns to The Blue Room Theatre for two distinct nights of difference and dissent. WA authors Judith Huang, Asha Rajan, Seth Malacari, and Anna Quercia-Thomas interrogate the harmful structures of the literary sphere through the medium of theatre and comedy.
Still here, Still talking seeks to push back against mainstream narratives of the ‘grateful’ migrant and ‘good’ queer community that too often are the dominant story. It believes that we must centre voices of resistance against those that try to drown out the complicated and emerging stories of a truly diverse nation. This vision seeks to heal, re-engage and re-present the idea of dissent as discourse.
Producer / Writer / Performer
Writer / Performer
Asha Rajan -
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Benefits of Professional Dryer Vent Cleaning in Warner Springs, CA
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Patio Remodel Near Me: Transform Your Outdoor Space
Dreaming of a patio makeover? Look no further! With a patio remodel near you, you can revitalize your outdoor space and create the perfect setting for relaxation, entertainment, and enjoyment. Let’s dive into the details and discover how you can turn your patio into a haven of comfort and style.
Finding the Right Professionals: Expertise at Your Doorstep
The key to a successful patio remodel is partnering with the right professionals. Start your search by exploring local contractors and designers specializing in outdoor renovations. Look for experienced professionals with a portfolio of completed projects that align with your vision. Schedule consultations to discuss your ideas, budget, and timeline, and choose a team that understands your needs and can bring your vision to life.
Designing Your Dream Patio: Tailored to Your Lifestyle
Once you’ve selected a contractor, it’s time to dive into the design process. Work closely with your design team to create a patio layout that suits your lifestyle and preferences. Consider factors such as seating areas, dining spaces, outdoor kitchens, fire pits, and landscaping features. Whether you prefer a cozy retreat or an entertainment hub, your patio design should reflect your personality and enhance your outdoor living experience.
Selecting High-Quality Materials: Durability and Style Combined
When it comes to patio remodels, quality is key. Choose durable materials that can withstand the elements and stand the test of time. Options such as natural stone, pavers, concrete, wood, and composite decking offer durability, versatility, and aesthetic appeal. Select materials that complement your home’s architecture and landscaping while providing a cohesive and inviting outdoor environment.
Adding Functional and Stylish Features: Elevate Your Patio Experience
Enhance your patio with functional and stylish features that elevate your outdoor experience. Consider adding amenities such as built-in seating, pergolas, shade sails, outdoor lighting, and heating elements to enhance comfort and usability. Incorporate decorative elements such as planters, water features, and artwork to add visual interest and personality to your patio space.
Embracing Outdoor Living: Creating Zones for Relaxation and Entertainment
Transform your patio into a versatile outdoor living space by creating distinct zones for relaxation and entertainment. Designate areas for lounging, dining, cooking, and socializing to accommodate different activities and preferences. Incorporate comfortable seating, dining furniture, and entertainment options such as grills, outdoor kitchens, and audio systems to create a welcoming and functional environment for family and guests alike.
Optimizing Space and Flow: Seamless Integration with Your Home
Seamlessly integrate your patio with your home’s interior and exterior spaces to optimize flow and functionality. Design your patio layout to complement existing architectural features and landscaping elements, creating a cohesive and harmonious transition between indoor and outdoor living areas. Incorporate elements such as sliding glass doors, French doors, and large windows to blur the boundaries between indoor and outdoor spaces and maximize natural light and views.
Creating a Green Oasis: Incorporating Landscaping and Vegetation
Bring your patio to life with lush landscaping and vegetation that adds color, texture, and vitality to your outdoor space. Incorporate elements such as flower beds, shrubs, trees, and container gardens to create a green oasis that enhances privacy, promotes biodiversity, and attracts wildlife. Choose low-maintenance plants and drought-tolerant species that thrive in your climate and require minimal upkeep, ensuring a vibrant and sustainable landscape year-round.
Personalizing Your Patio: Adding Finishing Touches and Accessories
Put the finishing touches on your patio remodel by adding personal touches and accessories that reflect your style and personality. Incorporate outdoor rugs, throw pillows, cushions, and blankets to add comfort and warmth to seating areas. Hang artwork, sculptures, and decorative accents to infuse your patio with character and charm. Consider incorporating elements such as fire pits, fireplaces, and outdoor heaters to extend your patio’s usability into the cooler months and create a cozy atmosphere for gatherings and relaxation.
Maintaining Your New Patio: Keeping It Beautiful for Years to Come
Once your patio remodel is complete, it’s essential to maintain it properly to keep it looking beautiful for years to come. Develop a regular maintenance routine that includes tasks such as cleaning, sealing, and inspecting your patio and its features. Address any issues or damage promptly to prevent further deterioration and ensure the longevity of your investment. With proper care and attention, your new patio will continue to be a source of enjoyment and relaxation for you and your family for years to come. Read more about patio remodel near me | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
RISI Fastmarkets has announced that Mark Sutton, CEO of International Paper (IP), has been named the 2021 North American CEO of the Year.
Fastmarkets started the award program in 1999. Sutton will accept the award and give a keynote address on September 28 at this year’s Fastmarkets’ North American Conference. This hybrid event will be hosted virtually and in person in Boston, MA.
International Paper is undergoing a mini-transformation worth more than $2 billion, during a world-altering Covid-19 pandemic, with the planned spinoff of its global papers business and selling additional non-core assets.
The spin-off and asset sales, Sutton explained, is a way to “simplify” the company, focusing on the industrial packaging business (containerboard and corrugated boxes, especially in the US) and on global cellulose fibers (absorbent pulp). By streamlining the portfolio, the company will focus on the geographical markets and product segments where it can create the most value for customers and share owners. IP already is the largest North American containerboard producer by capacity. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
PlayStation continues to set the standard for gaming in 2024, offering an impressive array of titles that showcase both innovation and storytelling excellence. aksara88 With the PlayStation 5 now firmly established as a next-gen console, developers are pushing the limits of what’s possible, delivering stunning visuals, immersive gameplay, and stories that resonate on a deep emotional level. Whether you’re a long-time fan of the PlayStation ecosystem or a newcomer to the console, there’s never been a better time to experience its world-class games.
One of the most highly anticipated titles of 2024 is Horizon Forbidden West, a sequel to the highly successful Horizon Zero Dawn. In this game, players once again step into the shoes of Aloy, a skilled hunter in a world where humanity is on the brink of extinction. Forbidden West expands on the first game’s open-world formula, introducing new locations, enemies, and abilities for Aloy to master. The game’s stunning graphics and intricate environmental design make it one of the most visually impressive PlayStation games ever created. With a captivating narrative, exciting combat, and deep world-building, Horizon Forbidden West is a must-play for fans of action RPGs.
Another PlayStation-exclusive title that has generated significant buzz in 2024 is Final Fantasy XVI. The long-running JRPG franchise continues to captivate players, and the latest entry in the series takes a bold new direction with its darker, more mature tone. Final Fantasy XVI is set in a world of political intrigue and power struggles, where players control Clive Rosfield, a young man caught up in a conflict between powerful factions. The game introduces a fast-paced combat system that contrasts with the turn-based mechanics of previous installments, bringing a more action-oriented feel to the aksara88 link alternatif series. For fans of epic RPGs, Final Fantasy XVI promises a fresh and engaging experience that still carries the series’ trademark storytelling and character development.
Spider-Man 2 is another major PlayStation release in 2024 that continues to impress. Following the success of Marvel’s Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Miles Morales, this sequel takes everything that made those games great and builds on it. Players now control both Peter Parker and Miles Morales, experiencing the story from both perspectives as they battle new threats in a beautifully realized open-world New York City. The game’s fluid combat system, enhanced with new powers and gadgets, provides a thrilling experience, while the emotional depth of the narrative adds a personal touch that sets it apart from other superhero games. Spider-Man 2 is a true showcase of what the PlayStation 5 is capable of and remains one of the year’s top PlayStation games.
In 2024, PlayStation games continue to lead the industry with titles like Horizon Forbidden West, Final Fantasy XVI, and Spider-Man 2. These games represent the best that the platform has to offer, blending innovation, compelling stories, and exceptional gameplay to create unforgettable experiences. Whether you’re a fan of action, RPGs, or superhero adventures, PlayStation has something for everyone, and this year’s lineup proves that the console remains a powerhouse in the gaming world. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
The very short answer to this is; your Life Purpose is to be Light & Love in whatever form comes naturally for you.
In Bøglund Lightworkers, we’re working with 3 different types of Life Purposes:
- Your Personal Life Purposes
- Your Global Life Purposes
- Your Divine Life Purpose
Let’s Talk Personal Life Purposes.
Every single living being has multiple Personal Life Purposes! Personal Life Purposes are things like mastering forgiveness, overcoming jealousy, being better at taking care of your body and mind, overcoming procrastination, and so forth.
Go to the Self-Help section in any bookstore, and you will find books about pretty much anything related to Personal Life Purposes. It’s your growth and development as a human being.
If there weren’t any need for you to grow and develop, you wouldn’t have any reason to be born into this Earthly realm. So the very fact that you’re alive is evidence that you have Personal Life Purposes.
Like many things else in my industry, there is no quick fix-it solution, and there is no answer-fits-for-all!
Your Personal Life Purpose is well-suited to you as an individual.
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The pipe for smoking PIPETKA has a straight shape and a length of 10 cm, in the common people, this device is often called a "pipet" because of the similarity in shape. The pipe features the exclusive gold PIPETKA BONGS logo.
PIPETKA is made of heat-resistant, impact-resistant, thick borosilicate glass, which in turn will provide you with comfort and reliability in use, and is also the safest and most hypoallergenic material, since borosilicate glass is a chemically passive material that does not emit any harmful substances, unlike aluminium, wood or steel.
The front part of the pipe is its bowl, the bowl is separated from the mouthpiece by a miniature air channel, when using coarsely ground tobacco, the pipe can be used without a mesh, when using finely ground tobacco, it is recommended to use a mesh.
The main purpose of this handset is to provide you with the ability to use it anywhere and in all weather conditions without spending a lot of time and space to store it. Thanks to the thick glass walls and the compact dimensions of the PIPETKA tube, you can safely put it anywhere and travel without worrying about its safety.
Such a pipe will be a great gift for yourself or smoking friends and relatives. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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The applicant, Khurram Shahzad, is a Pakistani national who was born in 1986 and, according to the most recent information available, lives in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Mr Shahzad, an asylum-seeker, crossed into Hungary via Serbia in August 2016 by cutting the border fence. The case concerns his allegation that he was ill-treated by the Hungarian border police when being escorted back to Serbia. Relying on Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment), Mr Shahzad alleged that he was punched, kicked and beaten with batons and a metal rod during his forced removal, submitting a medical report issued a few hours later by a Serbian hospital certifying that he had two head wounds and bruises all over his body. He also alleges under Article 3 that the investigation into his criminal complaint was ineffective, in particular because the authorities failed to interview him at any point or to re-interview the police officers involved in the incident who had made contradictory
statements. The Court found that there had been a violation of Article 3 with regard to its substantive and procedural aspects. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
May 1, 2020, — Mr. Arthur Wong of Boston Chinatown passed away on April 26, 2020 at age 96. The funeral of Mr. Wong was held today at Deware Funeral Home in Quincy, Mass. Only eight people were allowed in the funeral home due to the COVID-19 pandemic related restrictions. Mr. Rich Wong, son of… Continue reading Funeral of WWII Hero Arthur Wong Held Today
Boston, Oct. 8, 2019, — The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department is terminating its contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as the Department intensifies its focus on the provision of care, custody and rehabilitative services to what will soon be an expanded population of women entering the Suffolk County House of Correction.
September 25, 2019 To: Members of the U.S. Senate Dear Honorable Senators, As organizations representing immigrant communities who would be harmed by H.R. 1044/S. 386, the so-called Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act, we write to express our opposition to this legislation. Given that this proposal would remove a pillar of our immigration system and… Continue reading Organization Letter on Opposing S. 386
BY Jie Loya, EMS You’d see this phenomenon in prison. A guy in H-Unit would get beat down real bad with a heavy weight belt and get sent to the hospital with eye damage and missing teeth. Author Joe Loya.
By Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC) Dear Friends and Supporters, Over the weekend, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced an upcoming proposed policy that would allow the government to deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits, such as housing assistance, Medicaid and Medicare, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits – commonly called… Continue reading BCNC Releases Statement on Proposal to Deny Green Cards to Those Who Use Public Benefits
Boston, May 24, 2018, — Chinese History Society of New England (CHSNE) announced upcoming broadcasts on the history of Chinese Exclusion Act today. These programs will put a fitting end to the Asian Pacific Heritage Month. Chinese immigrant detention center on Angel Island in early 1900s.
Oct. 24, 2017, Boston, — Last week, Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Rosalin Acosta, spoke to a packed room of business leaders, immigrants, and English language program providers at Northeastern University. She was there to present awards at an event organized by English for New Bostonians to businesses that provide English classes for their… Continue reading Secretary Acosta Presents Awards to MA Businesses Offering English Language Classes
By Xinming Li, bostonese.com Acton, Mass., Jan. 2, 2017, — The seminar series by Acton Chinese Language School (ACLS) resumes on Sunday, Jan. 8, for the new year. On Jan. 22, Author Virginia Ross Taylor is invited to give a talk on her new book The Red Silk Thread: A Story of International Adoption.
Dec. 23, 2016 On behalf of the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement, we would like to wish everyone a holiday season filled with joy and peace. This has been a difficult year for our communities and we are committed as a Department and as a City Government to continue to protect, support, and engage our… Continue reading Season’s Greetings from the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement! | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
A few words/glances at some of the filmmakers and their work that will be appearing @ the REPRESENTATIONS film screening on 7/10…
‘The Astronaut and The Star’
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‘Big Little Big’
‘Big Little Big is a creative nonfiction 16mm and video piece about an exploration of American culture by means of a road trip across the United States in the summer of 2013. The the journey revolves around trips to visit the “world’s largest objects” scattered throughout the country, as well as the people, sights, and sounds captured at and on the way to these gigantic landmarks.’
If you want to read more about her experience traveling around the country and making this film, you can read the blog here: https://bigfilmtrip.wordpress.com/ Go to http://janeurbanfilm.com/ to learn more about her work!
‘Namesake’ , ‘I Inherit My Grandmother’s Fear’, and ‘The Story of Ama and Baba’
Through the practice of cut-out collage stop motion animation, Shirin Mozafarri takes us on a journey to a universe filled with myth and the stories of the women in her family. While the imagery is hauntingly beautiful, her poetic narratives become poignant and necessary in understanding her own personal narrative.
‘The Cinematic Embodiment of My Existential Crisis’Trapped in a world of fantasy and color, we take a look into Sarah Hachey’s inner world. Riddled with images reminiscent of a fauvist in the digital age, ‘The Cinematic Embodiment of my Existential Crisis’ reminds us that the visuals that plague us in our dreams say more about us than we think. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Back on Episode 295, the roundtable discussed when does craft whiskey stop becoming craft whiskey. Well, the internet is full of opinions and we heard every last one of them. Many of whom said, “Why don’t you get some real craft distillers on the show and ask them?” Well, we took your advice and did just that. We’re joined by Becky Harris of Catoctin Creek and Alan Bishop from Spirits of French Lick to talk about what craft means to them. We also discuss their thoughts on sourcing and how they overcome the craft stigma to set themselves apart from the rest.
- Catoctin Creek has been honoring that tradition of small craft rye whisky since 2009. Learn more at CatoctinCreekDistilling.com.
- Smooth Ambler builds on the traditional roots of American whiskey in West Virginia. Visit SmoothAmbler.com to learn more.
- Wilderness Trail is Sweet Mash Kentucky Straight Bourbon and Rye Whiskey distilled, aged, and bottled in Danville, Kentucky. Learn more at WildernessTrailDistillery.com.
- You can now buy Barrell Craft Spirits products online and have them shipped right to your door. Visit BarrellBourbon.com and click Buy Now.
- Spirits of French Lick is delivering the finest hand crafted Bottled in Bond bourbons. Check out SpiritsofFrenchLick.com.
- Savor every drop of summer at Total Wine & More! You’re sure to find cool prices in-store or online at TotalWine.com.
- Heaven Hill Distillery has been lifting America’s spirit since 1935. Check out educational resources and sign up for their newsletter at HeavenHillDistillery.com.
- This week’s Above the Char with Fred Minnick (@fredminnick) talks about the influence of social media for brands.
- What got you into whiskey?
- What does craft mean to you?
- How do we get past the craft stigma?
- What are the positives of being in craft whiskey?
- How do you feel about the sourced whiskey game?
- Has the popularity of bourbon helped your business?
- Talk about your experience over the past year.
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Super Sunday is almost here! This year’s Super Bowl halftime show features the Barbadian super star, Rihanna, making her first public performance in five years. Seems like a good time to consider if a Rihanna love song would be a good fit for your upcoming first wedding dance.
“Lift Me Up”
What better place to start than with her hit song, “Lift Me Up,” from the 2022 film, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” This R & B ballad was well-received and was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.
It ranked high on charts in the US and abroad, reaching #2 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart.
The lyrics tap into the need for security found within a loving relationship:
“Lift me up,
Hold me down,
Keep me close,
Safe and sound.”
“You Da One”
Looking for something livelier? How about “You Da One.” Here it is, with lyrics:
It’s hard not to be moved by the pop reggae rhythms employed by Rihanna, and we know the singer herself loves the song:
“You da One’ is one of those records that became very addictive for me. I could not stop listening to this song. It’s very infectious.”
The lyrics are a good fit for a wedding dance:
“You da one that I dream about all day,
You da one that I think about always,
You are the one, so I make sure I’ll behave,
My love is your love, your love is my love.”
Rihanna songs are often profane or laced with either overt or suggested sexual innuendo. Be sure to screen the lyrics first. She’s enjoyed fourteen #1 hits in the U.S. Pretty impressive! By contrast, Sir Elton John has had ‘only’ nine in a considerably longer career than Rihanna.
Her first #1 hit in the US was SOS in 2006. Looking for a love song with a dance-pop beat? This may fit the bill. On the other hand, if you’re looking for an SOS song that employs a Baroque-pop beat instead of dance-pop, you’d better shift gears and go with ABBA’s iconic song of the same name.
On second thought, ABBA’s SOS lyrics are not a good fit for a Long Island wedding!
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Stonehouse Pizza and Carvery on the roundabout by the Holmbush Centre. A traditional looking pub with a small raised seating area in the bar. To the rear is a large conservatory style extension on a lower level mainly for diners. There is a wheelchair lift linking it to the main bar in addition to the steps. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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This completely refurbished riverside pub comprises of a main bar with dining area, attractive garden and a car park. An excellent selection of real ales and continental wines are available and a good range of traditional home cooked food is served all day including bar meals and snacks, daily specials, vegetarian dishes and a traditional roast on Sunday. Entertainment is provided throughout the year. Pub games played include pool and darts. Takeaway menu now available. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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