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The war memorial is located in the old graveyard of St Johns Chapel Long Lawford
F. Bromwich, F.W. Cox, H. Dale, J.T Elkington, J. Freeman, W.E.Green, C.J. Hancox, H. Hancox, W.J. Hirons,
L.W. Hutchins, W.A.J. Matthews, H.J. Oldam, H.J. Payne, S.A. Pettifer, H.J. Pullen, G.H. Rowe, W. Scarlett, A.B. Slatcher
A.J. Summers, S.Sutton, W. Underwood, G.H. Watkins, C.H Watts, T.E Watts, W.L. Wing
C.W. Cartlidge, K.R. Mawby, H. Mulddon, J.T. Nicholls, A.R.G Ogden, E. Prince, G.W. Nichol, F.G. Tapp, T.R. Tapp
At the start of WW1, brave young men were eager to join the armed forces.
Percy Humphries a young Long Lawford lad who lived with his mother in Main Street was no exception, at the young age of 16 he applied to join the army, only to be sent home for being to young, Percy
was not to be denied, in 1916 he tried again and was enlisted into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, after training he was posted to the 11th service battalion of that regiment who were
stationed in Arras, France.
On Easter Monday 9th April 1917 his regiment took part in the Battle of Arras, during that day, young Percy was killed, he was just 19 years old, his body was never found and like thousands of
courageous young men of that era, all that remains of his memory is his name on the Arras memorial France and the war memorial Long Lawford.
Located in the old graveyard of St Johns Church are the graves of 5 airmen from a Wellington bomber that crashed on the 24 July 1941.
Wellington T2458 Took off from Moreton-in-Marsh on the night of 23-24 July 1941 detailed to carry out a combined nightcross-country and bombing practice over the Radway ranges. The aircraft was reported to have completed the bombing phase, when, at 0112 hours, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into Ufton Wood, north east of the hamlet of Ufton, and five miles ESE of Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. All the crew were killed in the crash.
Five members of the crew are buried at St Johns Churchyard.
RAF FO Sutcliffe, C F Captain (Pilot) St Johns Churchyard, Long Lawford
RAF Sgt I R Mackintosh, (Pilot) St Johns Churchyard, Long Lawford
RAF Sgt J N Snowden, (Pilot) St Peter Churchyard, Frimley
RCAF Sgt J F MacMillan, (Observer) St Johns Churchyard, Long Lawford
RAF Flt Sgt A H Bell, (Wireless Air Gunner) Hanley cementary, Stoke on Trent
RCAF Sgt E R Kennedy, (Wireless Air Gunner) St Johns Churchyard, Long Lawford
RAAF 404285 Sgt K T Robertson, (Air Gunner) St Johns Churchyard, Long Lawford
I am not sure of the origins of the photograph below or how it was obtained, or if this is the actual crew that was killed when T2458 crashed, I will have to do more research. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
In the wake of the chaotic Nov. 3 street takeover on Commack Road and westbound Sunrise Service Road in Islip, during which an officer was assaulted and dragged by a vehicle, Suffolk County police …
In the wake of the chaotic Nov. 3 street takeover on Commack Road and westbound Sunrise Service Road in Islip, during which an officer was assaulted and dragged by a vehicle, Suffolk County police have arrested two people and announced a new Street Takeover Task Force.
During a press conference on Nov. 8 at the Suffolk County Police Academy, Suffolk County executive Ed Romaine, Suffolk County district attorney Ray Tierney and Suffolk County police deputy commissioner Kevin Catalina discussed the two arrests made and the formation of the task force.
The taskforce will feature highway unit officers and Suffolk sheriff’s deputies working with Suffolk’s Criminal Intelligence Bureau. A bureau detective will use both social media and help from the public to identify and shut down street takeovers before they happen to keep both the public and SCPD officers out of danger.
To incentivize help from the public, Crime Stoppers is offering a $500 fast cash reward to anyone with information on the next street takeover.
To further crack down on illegal street racing, Tierney announced that he is seeking assistance from Albany. Tierney implored New York State legislators to amend the law to expand forfeiture laws, so that if someone is convicted of a misdemeanor, the car could be seized and impounded.
Suffolk police also announced the arrest of two men involved in the Nov. 3 takeover, explaining their involvement.
Both the Islip Fire Department and the Suffolk County Police Department were dispatched when the gathering of over 100 people and their cars blocked traffic on Commack Road at the Sunrise Highway overpass, prompting multiple 911 calls. While responding, a Third Precinct officer was involved in a motor vehicle crash, striking a pole while attempting to avoid a person in the roadway, on westbound Sunrise Service Road, near Commack Road, in Islip, at approximately 1 a.m. on Nov. 3.
The officer exited his vehicle and walked to the front of the crowd when he observed a black Ford Mustang driving recklessly. When the officer was able to get the driver to stop, several people came up behind the officer and began punching him. The driver of the Mustang fled while the officer was holding on to the door, and the officer was dragged across the ground.
The Ford Mustang was then involved in a motor vehicle crash with another vehicle at Commack Road and Wallace Street. The driver of the Ford fled the scene on foot.
The officer who was assaulted and dragged was treated at and released from a local hospital.
Following an investigation by Third Squad detectives, the driver of the Ford Mustang, Dennis Kaprov, 21, of Brooklyn, was arrested today and charged with assault 2nd degree, reckless endangerment 1st degree, reckless endangerment 2nd degree, leaving the scene of an accident, and unlawful speed contests, sideshows & races.
Kaprov was held overnight at the Third Precinct and arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Nov. 8. After pleading not guilty, he was released with non-monetary conditions. His next court appearance is scheduled for Dec. 11.
Following an investigation by Third Precinct Crime Section, officers identified an additional participant of the street takeover after his abandoned vehicle, a Chrysler 300M with a Hellcat emblem, was located. Jordy Yanzaguano, 20, of Westbury, was arrested on Nov. 6 and charged with reckless endangerment 2nd degree and unlawful speed contests, sideshows & races for performing maneuvers, known as donuts, in the middle of an intersection with spectators nearby during the Nov. 3 takeover.
Yanzaguano was issued a Desk Appearance Ticket and will be arraigned at a later date.
Third Squad detectives have received assistance from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, U.S. Marshal’s Task Force, Third Precinct Crime Section, Suffolk County Police Criminal Intelligence Bureau and Crime Analysis Center analysts.
The investigation is continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call the Third Squad at 631-854- 8352 or Suffolk County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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This week in MarTech: HubSpot acquires The Hustle newsletter, Tealium raises $96 million, Automattic acquires Parse.ly, Scratchpad secures $13 million, Storyblok raises $8.5 million, Granulate Raises $30 million and Avatria launches Avatria Engage
HubSpot to Acquire The Hustle
CRM, HubSpot is acquiring The Hustle, a business and tech media start-up with a subscription based of 1.5m for an undisclosed amount.
While Axios reports The Hustle is valued at roughly $27 million, CEO of The Hustle Tweeted saying he would not disclose the price of the deal and would take it “to the grave”. This is an interesting move for HubSpot, we wonder if we will see more martech businesses look to snap up media companies be that events businesses, publishers or other community-based businesses so they can sell into these audiences directly.
Tealium Raises $96 Million
Another week, another CDP headline. Tealium brings home $96 Million from their latest Series G funding round, which has boosted the company’s valuation to an impressive $1.2 billion.
Tealium have said they plan to use the recent cash injection to fuel product innovation and expand on their global footprint.
Automattic Acquires Parse.ly
Next up, Automattic acquires analytics provider, Parse.ly for an undisclosed amount. Automattic, perhaps better known as the parent company of WordPress.com, also operates a host of third-party services including WPVIP, the wordpress VIP.
The deal plans to make WPVIP features available to Parse.ly customers while making more Parse.ly data available to WPVIP publishers.
Scratchpad Secures $13 Million
Our next story of the week, salestech start-up Scratchpad secures $13 million in series A funding following a $3.6 million seed round.
Salestech is a category that is experiencing some serious growth at the moment, and we have a feeling we’re going to be seeing more salestech solutions continue to make the headlines.
Storyblok Raises $8.5 Million
Next up, CMS, Storyblok raises $8.5 million in their latest series A funding round.
The company intends to use the recent funding to expand its platform by introducing new features including a new custom design system for third parties, agency partner listing, geo location filtering and typed GraphQL support. It also intends to grow its international team and begin its global expansion with sales offices set to open in Germany and the Republic of Ireland in the coming months.
Granulate Raises $30 million
More funding news as Granulate Raises $30 million in their latest Series B funding round. Granulate have seen an impressive 360% growth since the company’s Series A just ten months ago.
The company has raised a total of $45 million in funding to date as the latest Series B comes on the back of Granulate closing a $12 million Series A only in April last year. Investors say that its business growth is what prompted them to re-up so soon.
Avatria Launches Avatria Engage
For our final story of the week, digital commerce firm Avatria has launched Avatria Engage for SAP Commerce users.
These new modules for SAP helps users increase traffic to their sites (with Vanity URLs, Canonical URLs and Schema.org microdata) and increase conversion rates to meet and exceed their KPIs.
MarTech News Weekly Round-up – over and out.
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Following recent announcements regarding the latest lock down, we wanted to write to you with further information around your options to hold meetings, training and educational programmes. The rules can be confusing, and we have been working with both our industry colleagues and directly into government to gain as much clarity as possible on your behalf.
The government is aware that many businesses need to have meetings, training and educational gatherings, and that these form part of essential work exempt from lockdown. Therefore, if you need to, you can progress with organising education, training and government approved sector meetings. You are also able to arrange accommodation for those travelling for business. See below the relevant statements from the government, but please do also visit www.gov.uk/guidance/ if you need more reassurance.
Education and childcare
You can leave home for education (formal provision, rather than extracurricular classes such as music or drama tuition), training, registered childcare and children’s activities that are necessary to allow parents/carers to work, seek work, or undertake education or training…
Where and when you can meet in larger groups
There are still circumstances in which you are allowed to meet others from outside your household or support bubble in larger groups, but this should not be for socialising. A full list of these circumstances can be found in the regulations.
The main reasons are for work, voluntary or charitable services, and formal education or training (as opposed to extracurricular classes)...
Clearly, the host venue of these meetings will need to be approved as Covid-safe, and at Make Venues we have received both regulatory endorsement and validation directly from our existing clients. If you need any more information on our Covid-19 safety procedures, please feel free to visit the dedicated information page on our website www.makevenues.co.uk/coronavirus-measures, or get in touch with us directly.
We’re keen to continue to support our customers run the meetings you need to, to move your businesses forward. We are very much open for business throughout this period, but also taking bookings for December 2020 and into 2021, and with flexible cancellation terms to suit your needs.
We look forward to providing the same warm welcome and hospitality you’re used to getting from Make Venues. Regardless of the situation around us, we’ll keep you safe, secure and able to focus on your meeting. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
String Quartet Music to walk up the aisle to….One of the main services we provide for weddings and civil partnerships is playing music for the ‘processional’ (walking up the aisle). Very often, couples have a firm idea of what they’d like playing, even before they hire a string quartet or string duo and there are certainly some popular pieces which can make a wedding seem very traditional, even when the ceremony is being held in a contemporary or civil wedding venue.
Firstly, when a wedding is not being held in a church, we are not usually allowed to play music that has a religious association, although some registrars are more flexible about pieces than others. For example, a piece such as¬†Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring would probably not be acceptable, but¬†something like ‘Angels’ by Robbie Williams or ‘God Only Knows’ by the Beach Boys would be at the discretion of the individual registrar – some will allow it, and some will not.
In terms of processional music, obviously it’s entirely up to the couple getting married what they have and we’re more than happy to play virtually anything from our playlist. There are though some very traditional bridal here’s a short description of each one.
Pachebel’s Canon in D.¬† (see earlier blog entry!)
Mendelssohn’s Wedding March from ‘A midsummer nights’ dream.
There is a sound clip of this on our playlist page and most people will recognise it instantly. This first was written in 1843 and became popular in 1847 , receiving a boost in 1858 when Queen Victoria’s daughter (the Princess Royal) used it at Windsor to exit her wedding. Since then it’s become a very traditional piece for the end of the ceremony as the couple walk back down the aisle. Originally composed as a piece of incidental music for the Shakespeare play ‘A midsummer Nights Dream’, it is upbeat and celebratory in nature.
Wagner – Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin (Here Comes The Bride)
A traditional choice for the Bridal entrance, this is from Wagner’s opera ‘Lohengrin’ – often played for weddings on a church organ, this has been popular since the mid 19th century but works beautifully for string quartet. In the original opera, the piece is actually sung after the ceremony and unfortunately the marriage is a terrible failure, but nonetheless the music itself is an enduring favourite for processional music everywhere. The piece is quite formal and elegant and it’s so synonymous with weddings, as soon as the first few bars are played, guests will usually stop talking and stand up. Again a sample of this can be heard on the jukebox of our playlist page.
Mozart – Wedding March from the Marriage of Figaro
Composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, this is a popular and jubilant piece which can be used either at the beginning or the end of the wedding. It’s probably a slightly less common choice than the Wagner or Mendelssohn¬†as a wedding march but nonetheless it’s a charming alternative for people who want to keep their wedding music traditional, yet would like something a little bit different.
Naturally, there are lots of other popular classical choices such as Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Bach’s Air on a G String, Handel’s Music from the Royal Fireworks, Purcell’s Trumpet Tune, Clarke’s Trumpet Voluntary (The Prince of Denmark’s March) or Charpentier’s Te Deum.
These days, plenty of couples wish to hire a modern string quartet who play pop music and of course, we’re happy to oblige – whether this is for the drinks reception, or even the ceremony itself! | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
According to ESPN Luke Shaw won’t be part of Mourinho’s plans for next season. He has played only few games this season and he might leave during summer transfer window. Mourinho is not a fan of him and this is a strong reason to not continue playing with Man United.
Latest reports say that Shaw could leave soon, maybe this January transfer window. Newcastle is interested in player’s services and may welcome him in their team.
Former Newcastle United goalkeeper Shaka Hislop told ESPN:
“I think Shaw is likely to leave.
Jose Mourinho, as much as he’s started him a bit of late, I don’t think he’s ever been a fan.
Newcastle would have him, gladly, and probably that fresh start is exactly what Luke Shaw needs.” | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Martin took part in Business Questions in the House of Commons Chamber this morning to raise the issue of accessible voting for blind and partially sighted people.
This follows Martin's attendance at the Royal National Institute of Blind People's (RNIB) recent Parliamentary drop-in event, during which MPs were guided on how best to support constituents with sight loss.
During Business Questions, Martin asked the Leader of the House, Lucy Powell MP, if the government would allocate time to a debate on how blind, partially sighted people and other disabled people are able to exercise their vote.
You can read Martin's contribution, and the minister's reply, below.
Earlier this week, along with Members across the House, I attended the drop-in session organised by the Royal National Institute of Blind People. One of the stands at the session outlined the difficulties that blind and partially sighted people have in exercising their vote on election day. Will the Leader of the House find time for a debate on how blind, partially sighted and other disabled people are able to exercise their vote? Much work has been done in recent years, but there is still more to do.
I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising the accessibility of elections, especially for those with visual impairment or who are blind. It is a really important matter. I know that many of those in this House with disabilities find it difficult to vote here, as well—it gets raised with me often. We have Housing, Communities and Local Government questions coming up next week, and I would encourage the hon. Gentleman to raise this matter then. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
The Comics History of Jigsaw
Looking back at the fractured past of The Punisher’s most persistent foe.
Most of The Punisher’s enemies, for obvious reasons, don’t return to fight him again. However, a big exception to this rule has been Billy Russo, AKA the man called Jigsaw, who easily ranks among Frank Castle's most persistent and deadly comic book enemies.
Jigsaw, created by Len Wein and Ross Andru, debuted in 1976's AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #161 - #162. We don't actually see the villain in the first issue, but he's doing his best to frame Punisher for murder. As it happened, both Spider-Man and Nightcrawler – who had yet to meet at this point – investigating the attempted shooting, but fighting one another.
Eventually the trio teamed up and finally came face to scarred-face with Jigsaw! While using Spidey as bait for Punisher, he gave a quick explanation of his scarred visage, noting that Castle had tossed him through a plate glass window while wiping out a mafia family.
Not too long after, Jigsaw and Spider-Man would face off once more -- this time without the involvement of the Punisher, in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #188.
In 1986, during the Punisher's first limited series, our anti-hero found himself in Ryker's, having been arrested after going nuts and using ferocious tactics on the most nominal of criminals. Inside, he realized that Jigsaw had drugged him and went to exact his vengeance, but ran into a mix of cons and guards. Later, after Punisher broke out, Jigsaw got brainwashed and put on a Castle hit squad, but eventually remembers who he is.
During PUNISHER #35-40 from 1990, a villain called Rev springs Jigsaw from the clink, but he runs into Frank almost immediately. With their plans foiled, Rev and Jigsaw ran away to a secluded locale where the former used his powers to heal the latter's face only to have Punisher ruin it with a bullet. Though resurrected by Rev and his demonic partner-in-crime Belasco, Jigsaw still wound up with a cut-up face and another stint in the clink.
We finally learned more about the genesis of Punisher and Jigsaw's mutual hatred in 1994's PUNISHER: YEAR ONE. The good-looking young hitman dubbed "Billy the Beaut" Russo had been hired to kill Castle after his family had been killed in a mob hit that went sideways. Frank survived, tracked Billy down, killed all of his associates and left him alive in his torn-up form as a message for the rest of the underworld.
Frank Castle appeared to be put to death when his 1995 THE PUNISHER series launched. The news drove Billy crazier to the point where he donned his own version of Frank's costume and went on a rampage. When Punisher revealed himself, his enemy was actually happy, but eventually fell to the combined might of Punisher and Daredevil. Billy attempted to get back at him later in the series by joining forces with other mobsters to take on the mafia family Castle worked for at the time! That earned Jigsaw another bullet to the head that didn't kill him.
Since then, Jigsaw's gone up against Daredevil and Black Widow in DAREDEVIL #64, sprung from The Raft by Electro's attack in the first NEW AVENGERS arc and teamed-up with The Hood on a number of occasions, beginning in NEW AVENGERS #35. He would return to tormenting Castle in PUNISHER: WAR JOURNAL #18 - #23, teaming with the Wrecking Crew, before teaming up with another disfigured killer in PUNISHER: IN THE BLOOD.
Most recently, Jigsaw appeared in the Search For Tony Stark story in INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #597, as well as in issues of PUNISHER and MARVEL KNIGHTS.
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A president of an HOA has pled guilty to a misdemeanor embezzlement charge after he and four other people allegedly stole more than $100,000 over the last five years. The man accepted a plea deal in which sentencing would be delayed until a restitution plan is reached.
The man, his wife, his daughter, the treasurer of the HOA and his wife were all involved in the South Hampton Homeowners Association embezzlement scheme. The five co-defendants have been accused of laundering money stolen from the HOA’s account. They then deposited the money into accounts at several banks and two companies. One was a shell corporation owned by HOA president’s daughter. The other was a trash pickup company owned by the treasurer’s wife.
The financial crimes division of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office had been investigating the parties over the last 14 months. The investigation involved seizing document from both men’s residences and tracing payments to and from their various bank accounts.
The HOA president’s attorney argued that when his client became HOA president in 2005, he inherited a “shambles.” As such, he was unable to find a management company that would be willing to take over the HOA’s operations. There was a lack of available documentation and this made it seem like funds were misused.
All five have been charged with felony theft and conspiracy. The HOA president and his wife, if convicted, could face punishment include a $25,000 fine and 25 years in prison. The others could face up to a $10,000 fine and 10 years in prison.
Embezzlement is a white collar crime that involves theft, usually money. The person who stole the property had access to it, but not legal ownership. For example, a treasurer of an organization would be entrusted to oversee the money, but they could not legally spend it without permission from others involved in the organization. It is not available for their personal use. Bank tellers and family members caring for a relative would also have access to others’ money and could be charged with embezzlement if they were to misuse it.
In Maryland, the penalties for embezzlement may vary, depending on the amount stolen. Those who steal less than $500 face the least severe penalties. Those who steal amounts in the six figures—such as the parties involved in this case—face the harshest penalties. A person will likely be forced to pay back the victims. They will also face fines and prison time.
Embezzlement is a type of theft that can result in serious punishment. In some cases, you could face federal charges. Do not handle such a case on your own.
If you are facing embezzlement charges, seek legal help from The Law Offices of Todd K. Mohink, P.A. Our Columbia white collar crime lawyers can gather evidence, conduct a thorough investigation, argue your case successfully and help you achieve a favorable outcome. Schedule a consultation today. Fill out the online form or call (410) 774-5987. We have two offices in Maryland to serve you.
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Buckland And Foster Jnr Lead Prizefighter Line-up – Ward Gets Brit Eliminator
October 27 2014
Welshman aiming for second win as Essex man faces Maxi Hughes for Super Feather shot
Gary Buckland and Stephen Foster Jnr lead the line-up for the Prizefighter Lightweights III at York Hall, Bethnal Green on December 6, live on Sky Sports – with Martin J. Ward facing Maxi Hughes on the show in an eliminator for the British Super Featherweight title.
Buckland returns to the scene of his Prizefighter Super Featherweights win in November 2010 where he saw off Stevie Bell in the quarter-finals, dramatically wiped out Gary Sykes in the first round of their semi-final before knocking out Derry Mathews in the second round of the final to lift the trophy.
Manchester favourite Foster Jnr will be hoping to face Buckland to avenge his loss for the British title back in November 2012, and the 34 year old enters the night on the back of two wins in 2014 after his clash with Anthony Crolla in their hometown on the Carl Froch-George Groves undercard last November.
Buckland and Foster Jnr are joined by Danny Cassius Connor who is looking to go one better than his final appearance in July 2013, Luton’s Michael Devine, who met Connor in February in a bout cut short through a clash of heads, Essex’s Lee Martin and Hampshire’s Floyd Moore, with promoter Eddie Hearn to name the final two fighters soon.
Essex man Ward made it 11 fights unbeaten at Wembley Arena in September with an eight round stoppage of Kakhaber Avetisian and meets Yorkshireman Hughes, who also faced Avetisian last time out recording a ten-round win, at the top of the bill in a cracking looking contest between two bright young stars, with Ohara Davies also in action in his fourth pro fight.
“We haven’t had a Prizefighter since April this year and I’m excited to see the format return in its spiritual home,” said Hearn. “The last time Gary Buckland was involved we saw him win a thrilling event and this line up is set to produce plenty of fireworks. Martin J. Ward has the first crunch clash of his career when he steps up against the talented Maxi Hughes with the winning targeting a clash with Super Featherweight champion Gary Sykes. Exciting undefeated prospect Ohara Davies also return to actions he continues to make a name for himself in the Lightweight division.”
Tickets go on sale today at 2pm to Matchroom Fight Pass members priced at £40 Unreserved, £60 Ringside & £120 VIP all available from www.matchroomboxing.com. Tickets will go on general sale at 2pm tomorrow (October 28). | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Destroyer Meets Shryke
Designing a high-speed driver that is stable and torque resistant, but has minimal fade is no easy feat. Innova Co-founder and Disc Designer, Dave Dunipace, nailed it with this one. The Charger is a straight-finishing, 13-speed driver that can be thrown at full power without worrying about the disc flipping over. The Charger fills a gap between the Destroyer and the Shryke. For players looking for the consistency of the Destroyer with less fade, try the Charger. For those looking for the big distance of the Shryke, but in a disc that can better handle the wind, try the Charger. Nate Sexton says that the disc has a “nice balance of gentle flip and fade.” With all the positive feedback we’ve received from our Team members, we can tell that the Charger is going to become one of our most popular molds.
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Claremorris in Co. Mayo
Nestled in central Connaught the town of Claremorris (Irish: Clár Chlainne Mhuiris, ‘the plain of Clann Mhuiris’) is situated midway between Galway and Sligo in the heart of beautiful Co. Mayo. The town derived its name from Maurice de Prendergast, a Norman who came to Ireland in 1169.
Claremorris is a vibrant and thriving town steeped in history and benefits greatly from its agricultural hinterland and very central location in the province of Connaught. Claremorris is an area of rolling drumlins, eskers, woods and impressive lakes. Westwards from Claremorris, looking over a totally unspoilt environment, Croagh Patrick can be seen in the distance.
Situated as it is at the junction of the N17 and the N60, the town of Claremorris has a strong infrastructure with a good road network, and in recent times it has become a popular commuter town for both Galway and Castlebar. It is well serviced by buses and trains, lying on the main rail line from Dublin to Westport, and Ireland West Airport Knock is just a 20-minute drive.
Céad Míle Fáilte
Wherever you go in Claremorris you will find a Céad Míle Fáilte on the lips of everyone you meet. Their hospitality and friendliness will draw you back time after time.
A strong community spirit prevails in Claremorris making it a very vibrant, very progressive community with an ample mixture of natural amenities and leisure facilities and Claremorris is a perfect base for a carefree family holiday with numerous attractions.
Attractions include the new Swimming Pool and Leisure Centre, McMahon Park, with walks and picnic areas, Clare Lake, fishing in Lough Carra and Lough Mask and the famous Marian Shrine in nearby Knock.
Claremorris hosts annual Drama and Summer Festivals and the widely recognised Claremorris Open Art Exhibition (COE).
Educational facilities in Claremorris are excellent. There is a varied choice of pre-school facilities and there are 2 primary schools within the environs of the town - Muire Gan Smal Convent National School and the Boys National School - as well as a selection of primary schools in the hinterland.
For secondary education there are two schools, St. Colman's College for boys and Mount St. Michael's for girls, both with approx 400 pupils each.
Third level facilities are easily accessible with the Galway-Mayo Institutes of Technology only 20 minutes away in Castlebar and only 35 miles away in Galway. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Three MBCL members met with the Local Member to discuss the potential threat to the Banksia Woodland as a result of the SES being offered use of the site for a replacement depot. The current Scope building is situated on Crown land. Both VicRail and VicRoad own strips of land on either side of this building. It is thought that the building could be reconfigured to accommodate both the Scope building and the SES. There may be a scar three on Groves Reserve.
VCAT was not happy with the extent of vegetation which would be removed if the development of 14 units went ahead on this lovely little piece of bushland at Edithvale – a suburb short of open space. Land is in limbo at present Local residents would like Council to buy the land for open space as has been done where two house blocks were bought for that purpose.
Mordialloc Creek and Waterways
Although there is much angst about the impact that rail under road level crossing removals will have on the RAMSAR listed Edithvale Seaford wetlands, there has not been the same concern about threats to Waterways Residential Estate wetlands. These Wetlands were developed on the Hains property in 2000 in conjunction with Melbourne Water who saw this as a means of improving Mordialloc Creek water quality as it flowed from the creek through the wetland lakes and then back into the Creek. Seventeen years later the wetlands are flourishing with bird life and luxuriant vegetation around the lakes. Sadly the construction of the Mordialloc Bypass, if built, will necessitate a four lane elevated freeway crossing the middle of the wetlands with traffic movement twenty four hours a day. The Waterways wetlands were recently the recipient of an Award for Excellence in Restoration Practice by the Society for Ecological Restoration Australasia. These wetlands were also featured on the ABC’s garden program as a successful example of the use of wetlands in restoration of degraded land.
The Mordialloc Bypass Walk
Following the meeting with MBCL in October OSARS (VicRail) invited three of our members to walk along the 9 kilometre freeway route with OSARS in attendance. Two of our people had extensive knowledge of the flora and fauna at risk in the Woodlands Industrial Wetlands, in Braeside Park ephemeral wetlands and Waterways wetlands should the freeway go ahead. Our other member has had experience in negotiating in an earlier life with public officers.
Port Phillip Conservation Council AGM
MBCL members attended an interesting meeting with a speaker from AGL describing the possibility of piping gas from Crib Point to Pakenham for use by Victorians. Some of this gas will be imported from overseas to supplement our own supplies. This speaker discounted, when questioned, piping gas from Western Australia to Victoria as being too expensive. However next morning the AGE reported the possibility of this happening!
It seems that the creek mouth needs dredging again to enable boats to enter and exit safely. Expect a report on the 6th! Also a long awaited plan by Melbourne Water to remove the north bank of Mordialloc Creek upstream from Wells Road bridge is to commence shortly. This will connect these wetlands with a similar treatment to that given to Waterways wetlands. More information will be forthcoming in the meeting the 6th December.
Coast and Creek Booklet
Our Treasurer has been busy with the result that gold coin donations from sale of booklets soared to $95! This is from attendance at a Farmer’s Market recently. Booklets are on display at Kingston Council’s front office were I’m told there is no environmental material on display other than the booklets. When our supply of booklets run out we are now in the position of having more printed thanks to Melbourne Water Grant just received! Than you Melbourne Water!
Beaumaris Fossil Finder
Murray Orr, who is featured in the Coast and Creek booklet, has decided to begin a group dedicated to finding and preserving fossils found in the underwater sea ledges at the foot of the Beaumaris cliffs at low tide. When found the fossils are taken to Melbourne Museum for assessment, care and preservation. New specimens are continually being found and so add to knowledge about that existed 6000 years ago.
End of Year Assessment
This has been an especially busy year. The main achievement has been the revision of the Coast and Creek booklet. Grateful thanks must go to our photographer and graphic artist whose flower and bird life photos were outstanding. Also to the experienced editorial staff who checked text. We are fortunate in adding to our membership a young web master who also keeps an eye on the bird life in Mordialloc Creek and wetlands. Thanks also to the other members who check developments and are prepared to attend VCAT Hearings to protect our village. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
A MyCity Solution
MyCity1 Signal Performance Measures (SPM) reports meet and exceed insights available within the Open Source SPM solution. The latest version of the MyCity SPM reports deliver significant advancements in the user experience, decision making, security, and extensibility needed to implement effective signal timing improvements.
Each of the reports provide interactive charts (which enable users to zoom into chart data for deeper analysis of specific events and/or time frames without resetting chart parameters) and the ability to compare two different sets of data (intersection, date/time approach, etc.). Additionally, the reports combine several relevant signal performance measures, which empowers signal timing decisions.
1Formerly known as Transparity®
- Zoom and scroll through large data sets
- Produce options for visualizing and controlling complexity of information and statistics
- Compare real-time performance against historical averages or selected date/times
- Visual display of signal controller logs and vehicle count detection
- Provide web-based reporting solution deployed on agency owned resources
- Allow reports and data to display without and internet connection
Signal Performance Measures Reports
Controller Events List Report
Provides users with the ability to review high resolution event data chronologically.
Phase Split Monitor Report
Combines the Phase Termination, Split Duration, Pedestrian Service/Delay, Split Failure, and Green Occupancy Ratio (GOR)/Red Occupancy Ratio (ROR) % performance measures in a single report in order to empower signal timing decisions.
Phase Arrivals Report
Compares the volume of vehicles approaching the green interval vs the red interval of select phases. This report provides the total approach volume, Arrival on Green % and area chart to illustrate arrivals on green vs red for each cycle. This is a key report in analyzing the performance of synchronized modes of operation (i.e. Coordination, Adaptive, or Peer-to-Peer synchronization).
Phase Idle Time Report
Illustrates the wait time experienced by the first vehicle to arrive on red before service of the green interval.
Purdue Coordination Diagram Report
Plots vehicle arrivals against phase state (green, yellow, or red) as well as the vehicles per hour of the approach. The report includes Arrival on Green %, bandwidth efficiency % (percentage of the cycle that was green for the given approach), and Platoon Ratio.
Preemption Details Report
Plots the times of preempt requests, preempt service and details pertaining to the preemption operation (including time to service, dwell time, entry delay, end call, call max out, track clear, and gate down).
Turning Movement Counts Report
- Plots the volume of each approach including through movements.
- Users may elect to display the lane volume and/or total volume (all lanes)
Peak Hour Report
- Determines A.M., Midday, and P.M. peak hours.
- Includes peak hour volume, peak hour factor, approach, LOS, intersection LOS
- Signalized Intersections Report
- Controller Groups Details Report
- Channel Details Report
Service + Support
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High School Equivalency Exam Preparation | General Education Development (GED®)
We can help you register and prepare for your high school equivalency exam. Classes are tuition-free and offered in English or Spanish.
- Study for the GED® exam online
- Take High School Equivalency Exams (GED) at MCC
- Complete High School Equivalency Exam Preparation or English as a Second Language courses and credit courses simultaneously
The High School Equivalency exam preparation course covers:
- language arts including grammar and fundamentals of written English
- reading techniques for comprehension, evaluation, and application interpretations
- mathematics including problem-solving, basic math review, geometry, and algebra
Students must register with the Adult Education Department. Call (815) 455-8752 to schedule an appointment to register or for more information.
If you would like us to contact you about English as a Second Language, citizenship test preparation class, or high school equivalency preparation classes, please provide us with the following information. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Most Faculty research is conducted under the auspices of the centres and institutes that are part of UBC or affiliated with it, in collaboration with our health partners.
Conducting a wide variety of cancer research from traditional research based in the laboratory to looking at how we provide counselling and support.
A provincially networked organization with a mandate to develop, help implement, and evaluate evidence-based approaches to substance use and addiction.
Advancing Health (formerly known as CHÉOS) produces high-quality evidence to make informed changes to the health care system.
The CBR applies emerging biotechnology to the study of blood and blood processing in an integrated, interdisciplinary manner.
Progressing research in the prevention and management of chronic diseases.
Advancing the health of Indigenous people through innovative thinking, research, and education.
Committed to shaping the theories and activities of learning in the health professions.
Conducting independent, policy-relevant research in the delivery of health care, along with data compilation and graduate training.
Exploring the genetic basis of disease, with the goal of developing diagnostic methods and treatments for both common and rare disorders.
Bringing together researchers across disciplines to harness the science of healthy aging to help people stay healthy, happy, and active longer into old age.
Addressing early child development issues from “cell to society,” encompassing everything from how early experience affects the development of the brain, to children’s development over time, to family policy.
A multi-disciplinary effort, encompassing basic sciences, social sciences, surgery, rehabilitation, engineering, kinesiology, education and the humanities to find relevant solutions for people with spinal cord injury.
Dedicated to discovering the fundamental biological mechanisms underlying health and disease in an environment designed to catalyze research ideas and interests.
Northern Centre for Clinical Research
Fostering collaborative clinical and medical life sciences research across the north.
Research expertise includes laboratory, clinical, and epidemiological research in the fields of HIV/AIDS, heart disease, renal disease, gastro-intestinal diseases, psychiatry, and geriatrics.
Providing analytical and policy support to all levels of government and health authorities in the understanding, management and prevention of communicable diseases.
Focusing on innovation and discoveries that improve patient health; transform health systems; create technology transfer jobs; and foster a new generation of knowledge and innovation leaders.
Seeking the reasons for treatment resistance in advanced prostate cancer and translating that into new products and treatments to improve longevity and quality of life.
Advancing research and teaching in science and technology ethics and policy, organizational ethics, animal welfare, health, the environment, and research ethics.
UBC Senate-approved and/or Faculty of Medicine-approved research centres and institutes in the Faculty of Medicine.
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Google and Microsoft are banking on voice technology, each with their own vision, but both squarely heading to become the operating system for the Internet of Things (IoT).
Google has announced a way for Apple developers to write virtual reality apps for the iPhone. The shift will enable iPhone users to use Google Cardboard to view VR.
Microsoft has long used a strategy with business enterprise resource applications to write an application once and use it multiple times. Now it will take that same message to the 5,000 software developers who will attend Microsoft's annual Build conference Wednesday, according to one report.
The total time spent with search engines on desktops rose by nearly 24% since last year, amounting to more than 111 billion minutes spent on search engines a month.
Although risky, Microsoft's teams aimed to create artificial intelligence that learns from positive interactions, similar to the algorithms that support a search engine query -- but they clearly didn't take into consideration that the technology also learns from negative interactions.
Search marketers turning a blind eye to artificial intelligence might want to take a closer look. On Wednesday Microsoft introduced Tay, "an artificial intelligence chat bot" that could become the customer service host on the next Web site you visit.
Geoffrey Hinton, known as the godfather of deep learning -- the tech that helped Google's AlphaGo beat a master at Go -- said the most powerful machines are about a million times smarter than the human brain, and becoming more sophisticated each year.
A chunk of Apple iPhone users want a smaller phone and screen, but that wish becomes a challenge when it comes to rendering text and images in Google's mobile search app on an iPhone.
Nebo, Geary LSF, and Back Azimuth Consulting were the big winners for the first SEMPO Global Awards event.
Yahoo released data this week to help marketers gear up for spring trends, from DIY home improvements to planting a vegetable garden or Rose or Gardenia plant. Some of the more interesting findings show a correlation between tax day and a willingness to view advertisements, along with the correlation between furniture and cars. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Welcome to the Psychosomatic Medicine 2025, taking place April 17-18, 2025, in Vancouver, Canada. Join us as we explore the theme "Transforming Psychiatry and Mental Health: Innovations, Challenges, and Global Perspectives" where global leaders in psychiatry, psychology, and allied fields will convene to discuss and innovate. This conference offers a platform for professionals, researchers, and advocates to exchange knowledge on a wide spectrum of topics, from the latest treatments and preventive strategies to emerging issues like digital health and internet addiction. Our program features engaging scientific sessions, interactive workshops, and insightful keynote presentations designed to foster collaboration and inspire change in mental health care practices. Whether you're seeking to deepen your clinical insights, expand your research horizons, or connect with peers, this event promises invaluable learning opportunities. We invite you to be part of this transformative experience in Vancouver, where together, we'll shape the future of psychiatric care and promote mental well-being worldwide. Join us as we strive towards enhancing understanding, advancing treatments, and ensuring compassionate care for individuals and communities affected by mental health challenges. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Originally published under the title “Holocaust Memorial Day - This Time with an Ethnic Twist.”
Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, a Sikh, said he attended the Holocaust memorial event in Toronto because “we are all Canadians, we are all humans.” |
Having attended various Holocaust Remembrance Days over the years, visiting Auschwitz and the concentration camp of Majdanek, all while researching for my book, “The Jew is Not My Enemy,” I have rarely come across Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists or Muslims in the mix.
But last week the Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre (FSWC) took the initiative of holding the Holocaust Memorial service not inside a synagogue or Jewish Centre, but under open skies in Toronto’s Mel Lastman Square.
This time, a turbaned Sikh, Brampton City Councillor Gurpreet Singh Dhillon graced the occasion saying, “at the end of the day we are all Canadians, we are all humans, and no matter what faith you belong to we have to remember we are all brothers and sisters.”
I have rarely come across Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists or Muslims at Holocaust remembrance days over the years. |
There was also a delegation of Hindu pandits from Kashmir who have faced their own genocide since 1990 when their entire population was ethnically cleansed from the ancient ancestral homeland by Pakistan-backed jihadi terrorists.
I asked Vidya Bhushan Dhar why he thought it necessary to attend the Holocaust Memorial event. “We know the Jews are very few, so they are the easiest to blame and target. We as Hindus of Kashmir are also victims of such hatred and are today scattered across India and the world because we were very few and no one came to stand in solidarity with us,” he answered.
There were also Islamic clerics as well as representatives of the Ahmadiyya Muslims who are a targeted community in Islamic Indonesia and Pakistan and barred from entering Saudi Arabia because they are considered apostates.
The brainchild of this highly symbolic exercise was Avi Benlolo of the FSWC along with an Indian Buddhist attired in Japanese Samurai attire, Zenji Nio who thundered: “Never again will the non-Jewish community sit on their hands or lie supinely on their backs while Jew-hatred escalates — instead we will resoundingly tell the world — if you want to mess with them, you have to go through us first.”
“Never again will the non-Jewish community sit on their hands ... while Jew-hatred escalates,” Indian Buddhist Zenji Nio told reporters at the event. |
I asked Zenji Nio what motivated him to bring together so many communities in one place. Ordinarily, Zenji is diplomatic, but this time his words were blunt: “Throughout history, anti-Semitism has been promoted on occasion from both Christian as well as Muslim pulpits and by both Christian as well as Muslim leaders. So, as a Buddhist, I felt it was important to have all these leaders in attendance to send a message to people all over the world that they should not allow religion to instill within them hate and bigotry — but instead pluralism and tolerance.”
Sadly, for every effort by souls such as Zenji Nio, Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, Imam Mohamad Tawhidi, Vidya Bhushan Dhar, and Avi Benlolo, a Moroccan-born Jew, there are many others busy spreading Jew hatred.
On Sunday, I received a mass e-mail with tales of Jewish conspiracies and anti-Semitic hatred. The commentary was titled, “Why Are Jews Persecuted?” One line stood out: “if Hitler had developed a ‘Final Solution’ to the Jewish question, there had to have been a ‘Jewish Problem’.” ... “their [Jews] roles in the radical homosexual movement, the radical feminist movement, the pornography industry as well as their over-representation in the abortion industry... their role in organized crime, in the slave trade, in the civil rights movement...”
The next day was the first day of the Islamic month of Ramzan (Ramadan), and in the words of U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar “some people did something": Islamic Jihad and Hamas rained 600 rockets on the Jewish state of Israel.
Miles to go before we rest.
Tarek Fatah, a founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress and columnist at the Toronto Sun, is a Robert J. and Abby B. Levine Fellow at the Middle East Forum. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Snowmen Ornaments, set of 3
PEKN539-R3Crafted with care and designed to spread holiday cheer, these ornaments will add a touch of frosty magic to any festive display.
Set includes one of each style. 4" tall
Yarn is 35% alpaca, 15% wool and 50% acrylic. Filling is polyester.
Handmade, fairly traded
Our whimsical designs are handmade by knitting artisans in Lima and in remote rural villages in Peru. We work closely with organizations dedicated to empowering women through income generating projects. They enjoy a safe work environment and earn a living wage with a respect for their cultural traditions. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
How to Build and Maintain Media Lists That Will Get You Press
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Ever feel like discovering relevant media contacts is like finding the needle in a haystack? You aren't alone. Knowing how to categorise media lists in a way that ensures the highest ROI is a struggle shared by many PR pros. And if we’re not fretting about finding relevant press contacts, we’re getting so caught up in the message that distribution takes a back seat. Whatever type of PR pro you are, this 30-minute webinar will help you get your message in front of the people who care. Hear Sam Pike, Senior Client Strategy Consultant at Meltwater present a crash course in building the perfect media list.
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- How to find the most relevant journalists for your company
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2010, my wife and I were confronted with the fact that our older son was diagnosed with Autism. It changed my life beyond anything I ever imagined. At the time, I was a high-powered manager in a gas trading company – scouring the globe for deals. Heading the Business Development department, I was THE entrepreneur of the company and made the department a laboratory for all kinds of new business. It was the bomb shelter where anything could be tried in relative safety.
It was an exciting job, but it also made me rack up huge amounts of air miles. I spent more time abroad than at home and with an autistic boy, I just could not do it anymore. I needed to change for my kid.
In 2011, I quit my safe job and set out on my own. Going back into management was not an option as it would have defeated the purpose of my change, so I went consulting and training, starting the PitBull of LNG blog in 2012 which was reintegrated into this website in 2019. Gradually, I got into the writing business. It was a very hard ride with many bruises and near crashes but in the end, it made me what I am today.
My son’s autism also made me even more of a die-hard fan of Methane gas than I had been already. Its clean properties as well as its commercial attractiveness and its usability convinced me that this must be the backbone of the future energy world. Especially its liquid state LNG intrigued me as it presented all the advantages of diesel, but was truly clean.
I learned that one of the leading causes of autism is fine particulate matter especially the aluminum load they carry. Burning methane does not cause this deadly dust – diesel does. Got this? Here is my motivation.
However, there is more to that. I am the scion of a family of small entrepreneurs. My grandfather was a carpenter with his own little business, my father a tailor running his shop, and countless members of the wider family plus two of my brothers were running their businesses. I always liked and respected this tradition. People driving their fate – making something with their hands out of nothingness. The pinnacle of Homo Economicus. I wanted to be part of the pack, so setting sail with my own business just came naturally to me, and in some sense, it is the culmination of a lifelong dream.
Last but not least, I am a writer. Just as a tailor makes either functional or beautiful clothing out of mere tissue or a carpenter transforms wood into true miracles, I like to handicraft words to sow the seeds of a new energy world that is clean, sustainable, and cheap enough for everyone to prosper. And LNG is at the heart of it as it’s energy-dense, easy to handle, safe, and technologically mature in every sense.
E-mobility does not work with anything bigger than a regular personal car and it comes with huge cost premiums to cover. Methane covers the whole spectrum of human activities and economically so.
I am the loudest, most obnoxious, most abrasive, and in-your-face cheerleader, Methane, Biogas, Shale, Methane Hydrates, Natural Gas and LNG ever had. And I won’t stop before diesel, coal, and even gasoline have become meaningless fringe fuels and the world runs on Natural Gas. It won’t happen in one year, but I am in this for the long haul. That’s all you need to know about me. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Federal judge temporarily halts deportations of separated immigrant families
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. government from deporting families it had forcibly separated at the Southern border, notching another victory for the American Civil Liberties Union as it seeks justice for immigrants and refugees.
San Diego District Judge Dana Sabraw, the same judge who on June 26 issued a preliminary injunction on the family separations happening at the border as part of the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy, issued the temporary restraining order Monday.
As part of the preliminary injunction, Sabraw ordered the swift reunification of the estimated 3,000 children who had been separated from their parents. The final deadline for all reunifications is July 26, but the government already missed its first deadline, which required the reunification of all children under 5 by July 10.
In a press release, the ACLU said it filed the emergency motion out of fear the U.S. government “would quickly deport, without oversight or due process, the separated families.”
In his order, Sabraw granted a stay on deportations until at least July 23.
On Friday, a federal judge in Connecticut ruled the government had violated the constitutional rights of two minor children, known in court documents only as “J.S.R.” and “V.F.B.,” by separating them from their parents. During official testimony, a child psychiatrist who had worked with the children said both had demonstrable symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
In response to Monday’s news of the temporary stay on deportations, Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, said Sabraw had “once again made clear that the government unconstitutionally took these children away and now must do everything in its power to reunite them safely and by the deadline.”
Sabraw’s ruling is temporary “pending further briefing,” the ACLU said. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Glenham Teak Garden Seat 149cm / 5ft
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The Barlow Tyrie Glenham Teak Garden Seating Bench 149cm / 5ft is a premium quality outdoor seat made from the finest cuts of teak. It has a quintessential garden style with a timeless, classic design. The quality of the build and materials mean that it is supremely durable and made to outlast other benches. Weathering to an attractive silver grey over time unless cosmetic applications are applied. When this piece is properly cared for, it can last a lifetime. You can choose from a selection of three sizes - 149cm, 180cm and 236cm. The classic design and robust construction make the Glenham collection suitable for use in private gardens and public spaces.
Barlow Tyrie is renowned worldwide for luxury outdoor furniture. As the world’s oldest manufacturer of quality teak leisure furniture, Barlow Tyrie’s teak wood is first grade plantation grown teak (Tectona Grandis) sourced mainly in Indonesia, where responsible forestry practices are employed.
SIZE GUIDE & SPECIFICATION
Options Include: Glenham Bench 149cm / 5ft
Assembly Required: No, fully assembled.
(H): 90cm x (W): 149cm x (D): 63.5cm - (Arm H): 63cm, (Seat H): 40cm
Material: Teak wood
Teak is a natural material and as such fine cracks in the end grain of components may appear. The teak may show some vigorous grain and possibly some splits, all of which are part of the product character and not a fault. Over a few months in an outdoor environment, untreated teak will weather to a silver grey colour, which is due to the action of sunlight. Many owners of teak furniture prefer this natural patina, but care products such as Barlow Tyrie's own Teak Colour Guard may be used to retain or restore the original colour of Teak. Note: This treatment must be applied before the Teak is allowed to weather or after cleaning.
- Optional bench cushion - see cushion colours swatches in images, please contact us to add this.
- Please also note that we put in orders on-demand for our clients and there are many customisation options. If you are interested in other Barlow Tyrie products or colour/material options, please feel free to get in touch with us. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
MCN’s Ed Zuroweste Asks NY to Ban Chlorpyrifos
[Editor’s Note: Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate pesticide that has been shown to cause neurodevelopmental damage in children, including reduced birth weight, reduced IQ, and delayed mental and motor development for children exposed in the womb. A 2015 assessment by the US Environmental Protection Agency that demonstrated its harm on human health – which should have led to a ban on chlorpyrifos on food crops -- was ignored under the Trump Administration. Instead, the EPA released a new assessment in 2020 that was contrary to the EPA scientists’ own findings. In the absence of a federal ban, states are stepping up to take action to protect their citizens from this dangerous pesticide. At the end of last month, Ed Zuroweste, MD, Founding Medical Director of Migrant Clinicians Network, virtually testified to New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation, in support of their recent proposal to ban chlorpyrifos. Here is Dr. Zuroweste’s testimony in full.]
Good evening. My name is Dr. Ed Zuroweste. I am a family physician providing health care and other services for migrant farmworkers for over 40 years and I am the Founding Medical Director of Migrant Clinicians Network, and live in Clinton, New York. MCN is a non-profit national organization dedicated to improving the health of those who harvest our nation’s food. An estimated two million farmworkers and their families are involved with agricultural production. Thousands of these workers are part of New York’s agricultural industry.
Farmworkers are routinely exposed to high levels of pesticides in the fields where they work and the communities where they live. Farmworkers are one of the most economically disadvantaged labor groups, working long days, with hazardous conditions and limited access to health care. Their children -- exposed by pesticide drift from fields near their homes, from their parents’ clothes, and from drinking contaminated water -- are especially vulnerable to the well documented and significant health risks of chlorpyrifos exposure, including neurological impairment. For pregnant farmworkers, it is not possible to reduce the level of exposure below the threshold for damaging the fetus.
In 2000, the EPA banned the use of chlorpyrifos in residential settings but allowed its continued use in agriculture. In the 20 years since, this double standard has exposed a generation of farmworker children and other rural residents.
In its most recent Human Health Risk Assessment for chlorpyrifos, the EPA found that there are no safe levels of the pesticide in food or water, that unsafe exposures continue to occur on average 18 days after applications and that workers who mix and apply chlorpyrifos are exposed to unsafe levels even when using protective gear. A 2014 study found that farmworkers had levels of urinary chlorpyrifos metabolites ten times higher than the US population as a whole. Acute poisonings still occur. For example, MCN has helped clinicians respond to three farmworker poisoning outbreaks from chlorpyrifos drift in the past four years.
It is important to reiterate that no amount of use of this pesticide is safe. Even a “judicious,” one-time use of chlorpyrifos in a specific season will expose farmworkers and others living nearby to harm, as traces of chlorpyrifos will drift onto their yards and playgrounds and leach into their drinking water.
Let’s also be aware that chlorpyrifos does not discriminate between farmworker families and farmer families when it comes to exposure routes. We have an important opportunity in New York to help protect farmworker children and other kids living in rural areas. We have the chance to ensure that farmers and farmworkers alike do not get poisoned as they work tirelessly to put food on our table.
US Environmental Protection Agency. Chlorpyrifos: Revised Human Health Risk Assessment for Registration Review at 36-7. Health Effects Division, Office of Pesticide Programs at 36-7 (November 3, 2016). https://www.epa.gov/ingredients-used-pesticide-products/revised-human-health-risk-assessment-chlorpyrifos
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Keyboards are becoming, if not, more popular than the pen, so wouldn’t you want the best tools for the trade as we spend more and more time glued to a screen. Just like the pen, keyboards come in a range of types but is mini mightier? MKAU investigated this question as we put the SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini mechanical keyboard to the test.
Coming straight out of the box, this thing is small, I mean, really small. A 60% compact design means it comes in just short of a ruler at 29.3cm in length and about a third that in width at 10.3cm. It is light too, with an aluminum plate shell weighing 610 grams, this small thing can be packed up and pushed to the side with ease. Speaking of sheer convenience due to its small size, I was thoroughly impressed with how much desk space it frees up as it is perfect for a workaholic like myself who has her life spilling over to her desk and needs all the room she can get.
The design is simple, there is no room for bells and whistles with a nifty little key cap remover stored in a SteelSeries branded compartment under the board. Also, on the underside, are 2 tri-level rubber feet so you can have your keyboard angled at an ergonomic height for comfortable typing. All this is powered by a flex braided USB-C cable with plenty of length, for all those placement options.
This keyboard uses Omnipoint Adjustable Mechanical Switches, which means they utilise innovative magnetic sensors for instant keystroke input. They boast an impressive 0.2mm to 3.2mm actuation range and more shockingly, this can be customised using their accompanying software, letting you take control of responsiveness. Not that I really need this, I am no competitive gamer but I was flabbergasted as there was definitely a defining difference when I slammed the actuation control panel down to 0.2mm and could get a response from the lightest of touches.
This definitely brought a smoother and faster ride to most games I used WASD in. The switches are also not a classic clack of a mechanical key but more a quiet click of a more tactical switch. Definitely a lot softer on the ear than I am more than used to now.
The SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini uses Double Shot Keycaps that are both sturdy and capable of 2-in-1 actions. This means they can have dual actions assigned to them depending if you are pushing down lightly or with force. These are perfect for RPGs where you can walk or go sprinting into the action. Each key also has its own individual RGB backlighting and a pleasing textured design that can add flair and style to any setup.
The SteelSeries Key blazend with their logo also acts like a control giving certain keys another function and I found myself using it mostly with Spotify running in the background to control the forwards, backwards, and pausing of my beats.
The SteelSeries GG software is the place to go for all your customization needs. This software is so easy to install and has such a user-friendly interface. Typical to most high-end keyboards this is where you can trick out your deck and make it more innovative and multifunctional. You can change the actuation point, key, dual and meta bindings (also accessed via the SteelSeries Keys), and your RGB lighting. Switching it was easy with the seamless dropdowns and clear instructions. It didn’t take long before I was saving profiles for different games making my life easier from an insane shooter like ‘Hunt: Showdown’ where I needed all my key bindings tight to a more chilled experience such as typing reviews where I experimented with numbers as arrows.
Overall, I am more than impressed with the capabilities of the SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini. It brings a sleek, simple, and small design with fully innovative and imaginative customisation opportunities. For the high-end price of approximately AU$280 (US$219.99), The Apex Mini Pro coupled with the SteelSeries GG engine elevates your gaming and opens home office needs to a range of options for the ultimate comfort experience. In this case, mini is definitely mighty.
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Interest in recycling and environmental sustainability is on the rise. As a result there has never been a better time start a business refurbishing mobile phones. Over 1.5 billion mobile phones are sold each year, with a similar number being discarded as customers replace their perfectly functional existing devices for newer and faster models.
With many phones being discarded annually or gathering dust in drawers, the market is vast and only likely to continue to grow. With the emergence of new technologies such as 5G spurring the desire to upgrade and customers understanding the value of their devices the availability of stock will only increase.
As with any business you will need to be knowledgeable about the product you are buying or selling. You do not need to be an expert but having a good working knowledge of mobile phones is immensely beneficial. This will give you the understanding necessary to evaluate what would be a profitable purchase and what would not.
When you start a mobile recycling business, consider the logistics of purchasing the phones you will be reselling. Some businesses such as CEX have high street stores that allow customers to drop off their devices in person. Other businesses operate E-commerce stores and have their customers post the devices to them. Another option is to obtain devices B2B by buying them from wholesalers of refurbished devices. There are pros and cons of each method so decide how you plan on operating your business.
Whilst most of your customers will be legitimate, you will undoubtedly encounter individuals who will attempt to use your business to fence stolen or lost devices. Network providers work closely with the mobile networks to maintain a database of devices that have been reported as lost or stolen and are referred to as “blacklisted”. Most people wondering how to start a mobile phone recycling business will have to deal with this issue.
Our MobiCheck service has direct access to the live database which is updated every 15 minutes, giving you the confidence to be able to check a device and know that it is safe to buy. Ensuring that you take due diligence as a retailer to prevent the purchase and sale of stolen goods is an essential and legally required part of protecting your business.
The last thing you want when recycling mobile phones is to buy a mobile phone that is faulty and that you are then unable to resell.
MobiONE is an ‘all-in-one’ PC-based application that delivers fast and consistent testing, with bespoke workflow block rules and with device checking, testing, wiping, and grading built in.
With MobiOne you can ensure you never buy a device that you are unable to sell again.
You may wish to consider if you want to purchase faulty devices. Faulty devices can be sold for parts, or you can repair these devices if the damage is not significant. Most large cities host many professionals who can repair these devices, either as one-man-bands or as larger professional repair centres. You may even wish to do this in-house by hiring engineers of your own. The benefit of this is that it greatly increases the range to devices that you can consider purchasing.
When considering how to start a mobile phone recycling business you will need to consider where you are selling. As with purchasing devices, there are many avenues available to sell the devices. You may wish to sell at a physical store location, you may wish to sell on an e-commerce store such as eBay or Amazon, or you may wish to sell direct to businesses. Business who may be interested include insurance companies who need Grade A devices for claims or businesses that sell airtime. You may also sell to other retailers who sell second-hand phones. Small chains always struggle to get a variety of models and are a good place to start.
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The Windermere – Walk-in Bath with Power Seat
If you have difficulty lowering and raising yourself, this comfortable full-length walk-in bath with power seat is the perfect solution. With the option of incorporating a lifting power seat, which helps to lower and raise you safely with a touch of a button, we provide a helpful solution for those with mobility restrictions affecting leg movement as well as for carers of those with disabilities.
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- Easy access inward opening door with low entry step
- Two lever operated pop-up plugs for faster draining
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- Easy installation in place of a standard bath
- Thermostatically controlled for complete safety
- Bath size: 1690 mm x 690 mm
- Power seat, lifting and lowering up to 20 stone (127 kg)
The Windermere features a power seat, lifting and lowering up to 150kg, allowing for an easier, more accessible bathing experience. An integral, full-size contoured seat with fold-down arm rests for bather comfort and support is also a helpful feature.
Many of our customers have also opted for a shower instead. If you would like to do the same then take a look at our easy-access shower range.
Windermere bath size: 1690 mm x 690 mm.
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If you have minor children, a will is essential because it provides for the appointment of a guardian to care for them if you die. However, a trust may also be beneficial in that situation because it will protect assets until the children are adults.
Read MoreA last will and testament is one of the essential parts of your estate plan and it is a document that every adult should implement. Luckily, it is not difficult to put a will in place to protect yourself and your loved ones in the event of your death.
Read MoreA living will goes by several names including an advance directive, medical directive, and declaration to physicians. It is a legal document that gives directions to doctors regarding critical medical decisions if you are unable to do so due to incapacitation.
Read MoreYour last will and testament is a document that provides instructions regarding your assets to your loved ones after your death. If you die without a Will, state law takes over and your assets will be distributed based on the state’s legal requirements, which means that your loved ones might not be the beneficiaries of […]
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October 3, 2022
Discover magical mischief and spellbinding surroundings as you commemorate Halloween at sea. Thrills and chills await you at every turn, thanks to not-so-scary parties, eerie entertainment and bewitching décor, including a spooky Halloween tree. Unearth some festive entertainment during this ghoulish cruise.
Disney Cruise Lines is offering a holiday cruise over Halloween that is sure to be fun for the whole family! Leaving Baltimore on October 28, and returning on October 31st, this cruise will be full of fun, food, and festivities.
Disney Cruise Lines is one of the premiere cruise lines in the world, renowned for their quality, food, and unparalleled entertainment. There will be tons of activities for kids and adults alike, plus stops in Florida, the Bahamas, and on Disney’s private island oasis.
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It's easy to match the overall market return by buying an index fund. But if you buy individual stocks, you can do both better or worse than that. For example, the Globus Medical, Inc. (NYSE:GMED) share price is down 26% in the last year. That contrasts poorly with the market return of 17%. At least the damage isn't so bad if you look at the last three years, since the stock is down 18% in that time. Shareholders have had an even rougher run lately, with the share price down 19% in the last 90 days. We note that the company has reported results fairly recently; and the market is hardly delighted. You can check out the latest numbers in our company report.
Since shareholders are down over the longer term, lets look at the underlying fundamentals over the that time and see if they've been consistent with returns.
View our latest analysis for Globus Medical
There is no denying that markets are sometimes efficient, but prices do not always reflect underlying business performance. One imperfect but simple way to consider how the market perception of a company has shifted is to compare the change in the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price movement.
Unhappily, Globus Medical had to report a 0.9% decline in EPS over the last year. The share price decline of 26% is actually more than the EPS drop. This suggests the EPS fall has made some shareholders are more nervous about the business.
The company's earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
It's probably worth noting that the CEO is paid less than the median at similar sized companies. But while CEO remuneration is always worth checking, the really important question is whether the company can grow earnings going forward. Dive deeper into the earnings by checking this interactive graph of Globus Medical's earnings, revenue and cash flow.
A Different Perspective
While the broader market gained around 17% in the last year, Globus Medical shareholders lost 26%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. Unfortunately, last year's performance may indicate unresolved challenges, given that it was worse than the annualised loss of 1.7% over the last half decade. Generally speaking long term share price weakness can be a bad sign, though contrarian investors might want to research the stock in hope of a turnaround. I find it very interesting to look at share price over the long term as a proxy for business performance. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. To that end, you should be aware of the 2 warning signs we've spotted with Globus Medical .
For those who like to find winning investments this free list of growing companies with recent insider purchasing, could be just the ticket.
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on American exchanges.
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Stouffer's Spaghetti, With Meat Sauce 12 Oz
Stouffer's Spaghetti with Meat Sauce Frozen Meal offers a quick, easy solution for lunch or dinner. The frozen dinners for one include freshly made spaghetti tossed in a seasoned tomato, beef, and pork sauce. This classic spaghetti dinner is sure to satisfy every taste bud. This frozen pasta meal contains 19 grams of protein per serving, and contains no preservatives. Stouffers frozen spaghetti meals are easy to prepare in the microwave or oven, making this spaghetti and meat sauce a great choice when you're short on time. Keep Stouffers spaghetti dinner in the freezer until you're ready to enjoy. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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About this Property
- Sleeps 12
- 4 Bedrooms
- 5 Bathrooms
- Private vacation home
- Approximately 3800 square feet
This pretty, professionally decorated and landscaped home is located in the fashionable area called "The Point" at the tip of Emerald Isle. Has a huge in-ground, saline pool with whirlpool. Enormous, covered decks on all floors. Elevator access to all floor. Granite countertops, wood floors (charming, wormy chestnut floors on third floor, oak on second floor), and tile throughout. Original artwork decorates many walls.
Home is located at the end of a modest cul-de-sac in a private, family neighborhood. The home has a reverse floor plan with the kitchen, dining area, living room, master bedroom, private master bath and powder room on the third floor. The gourmet kitchen has a Wolf stove with a six-burner, gas cooktop, second oven, microwave, Sub-Zero refrigerator and is well outfitted with cooking tools, dishes and appliances. Dining room table seats eight and the kitchen island seats four comfortably. Living room has 50 inch TV with VCR and external speakers.
On the second floor there is another master suite (king) with a private bathroom, two other bedrooms and a enormous bathroom. One bedroom has two queens and the other has two full-sized beds and a day bed. All bedrooms open onto a sizable covered deck.
On the ground floor there is a two-car garage, recreation room with pool table, wet bar, drink cooler, 60 inch TV with VCR and external speakers, and a full bath. From the recreation room French doors open to a huge patio surrounding the biggest, private in-ground, saltwater pool on the island. The pool has a zero entry with a shallow end 3 1/2 feet deep and the deep end 7 feet deep. The swimming pool has an attached whirlpool (which can be heated). Outside shower and pool home. Pool furnishings.
About the Area
Located in Emerald Isle, this vacation home is near theme parks. Emerald Forest Golf and Bogue Inlet Fishing Pier are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Croatan National Forest and Emerald Isle Woods Park. Salty Pirate Water Park and Emerald Isle Adventures are also worth visiting. Be sure to check out the area's animals with activities such as game walks and birdwatching.
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The Joseon Gunman (2014)
It’s the 19th Century and as western influences spread across Asia, Korea’s Joseon dynasty is experiencing great upheaval and rapid modernization. As the son of the last great swordsman, Park Yoon Kang is caught between two worlds, but the sudden murder of his father and sister catapult him into the new era as he takes up the gun to avenge their deaths. However, it’s not just his family who needs his protection, but his people as well. Is Park Yoon Kang cut out to be the hero of an era? | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
"A Balloon’s Landing" had the potential to deliver a heartwarming, adventurous tale about a writer's journey of self-discovery and love but it ultimately falls flat. The film introduces Hong Kong writer Tian Yu, who sets out on a solo trip to Taipei in search of the enigmatic “Bay of Vanishing Whales.” Along the way, he befriends A Xiang, a local gangster whose unexpected warmth and charm bring temporary light into Tian Yu’s troubled life. However, despite the promise of an emotional and transformative adventure, the film’s execution leaves much to be desired.
From the outset, "A Balloon’s Landing" struggles to maintain focus. Tian Yu’s quest for solace is overshadowed by a meandering plot that introduces the mysterious Bay but never fully develops its significance. The Bay, which is meant to be a symbol of escape and renewal, feels like an afterthought, mentioned sporadically but never given the depth it deserves. This makes Tian Yu's journey feel superficial and hollow, as the audience is left wondering why this search for the Bay is so pivotal to his character arc. Instead of building suspense or intrigue around this search, the film wastes time on repetitive scenes that add little to the narrative.
The relationship between Tian Yu and A Xiang, which could have been the emotional anchor of the story, also fails to resonate. A Xiang, portrayed as a warm-hearted gangster, comes across more as a flat stereotype than a fully fleshed-out character. His charm is surface-level, and the friendship between him and Tian Yu lacks the depth or chemistry needed to make their bond believable. Their interactions feel forced, with little natural progression, leaving the audience disconnected from their supposed growing camaraderie. The movie never convincingly shows why Tian Yu is drawn to A Xiang beyond a fleeting sense of loneliness.
One of the most frustrating aspects of "A Balloon’s Landing" is the disappointing Kenting Fireworks Festival. This moment is built up throughout the film as a crucial turning point in Tian Yu’s journey, yet when it finally arrives, the festival feels dull and anticlimactic. The absence of A Xiang, which is meant to create emotional tension, only adds to the sense of emptiness. The film tries to hinge its emotional weight on Tian Yu discovering the truth behind A Xiang’s absence, but by the time this reveal comes, the audience is more likely to be indifferent than invested. The film treats this as a significant twist, yet it feels predictable and lacks the emotional punch it aims for.
Even the cinematography, which could have compensated for the weak narrative, is lackluster. Taipei’s vibrant streets and scenic landscapes are underutilized, with flat, uninspired shots that fail to capture the city’s beauty or the supposed magic of the Bay. The film’s pacing is slow and uneven, dragging out scenes that could have been cut while rushing through moments that deserved more attention. You will find the movie to be confusing from the very start.
In the end, "A Balloon’s Landing" feels like a missed opportunity. It promises an introspective journey and an unlikely friendship but delivers a disjointed, emotionally hollow story. While Tian Yu's search for meaning and connection could have made for a compelling film, the lack of narrative focus, underdeveloped characters, and anticlimactic twists make this journey one that’s easy to forget.
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My friend Tina hasn’t picked up a whisk since John Major. But for those of you who do happen to know a spatula from a saxophone, here are some of my favourite recipes.
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If I were to hear on the grapevine that you’ve been keeping secret a perfectly nice recipe using one of my products, I’d be all shades of livid. It’s just not worth it, pickle.
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This is a live, online support and education group for caregivers of people undergoing treatment at MSK. It offers the opportunity to discuss the stresses, challenges, and rewards of providing care for someone with cancer. Discussions are led by social workers. The group meets the second Tuesday of each month from to and the fourth Wednesday of each month from to
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Vivian Diane James
July 1, 1947 - November 12, 2024
Vivian D. James was born on July 1, 1947 in Mt. Hermon, LA to the late Robert James and Freddie Mae James. She was the fourth child of five siblings. Vivian was called home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 12, 2024.
Vivian accepted Christ when she was a young girl. She joined Plainview Church of Christ Holiness at an early age and remained a faithful member until her passing. Vivian graduated from Vernon High School where she excelled in sports as a basketball player. During her high school years, she was on one of their winning championship teams. Soon after graduating high school, Vivian moved to Brooklyn, New York to help take care of a relative. She lived in New York from the mid-1960s until the early 2000s. She was employed by New York Bell as a telephone operator for 24 years until she became ill.
Vivian loved her family and was always willing to help them when needed. She enjoyed planning family reunions and spending time with family, especially her nieces and nephews. Vivian had a keen memory and enjoyed a good laugh. She loved to share a good story and reminisce with family and friends. She enjoyed traveling, photography, sports, and gospel music. During her illness, Vivian was cared for by her dear cousin Clodean Brumfield and her sister-in-law Cynthia James.
Vivian was preceded in death by her parents Robert and Freddie Mae James, her sisters Jenella Harvey Burris and Charlotte James Aaron, her brothers Roosevelt James (Frances) and Ernest James (Cynthia), brother-in-laws Constant Burris and Walter Young, niece India Young, nephews Roosevelt James Jr, Robert James, and Dantavius James. Vivian leaves to cherish her sister Lenora Young, and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends.
A visitation will be held on Thursday, November 21, 2024 from 9:00AM – 11:00AM followed by the funeral service at 11:00AM at Plainview Church of Christ Holiness USA with Elder Albert Brumfield – Pastor Officiating. Interment – Plainview Church Cemetery.
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A Comedian Coughed — And Came Up With 'Coronavirus Rhapsody'
Comedian Dana Jay Bein never thought a little ditty that popped into his head after a cough and a throat tickle would catch on.
Bein, a native of western Massachusetts and longtime stand-up comedy instructor at ImprovBoston, says he was sitting on his sofa when he thought up the lyrics to what became "Coronavirus Rhapsody," a riff off the Queen hit, "Bohemian Rhapsody."
I've lost my mind.
— Dana Jay Bein (#DJB) #CoronavirusRhapsody (@danajaybein) March 18, 2020
I wrote Coronavirus Rhapsody:
Is this a sore throat?
Is this just allergies?
Caught in a lockdown
No escape from reality.
"I was feeling some cold and allergy symptoms and I had a scratch in my throat, and just like everybody else right now, that makes you super anxious," he explains. "In that anxiety I sang out loud the first two lines, which became the impetus for the parody."
Is this a sore throat? Is this just allergies?
Bein wrote the rest of the song — noting that a lot of the song's original lyrics fit perfectly as-is — and, because he had a sore throat and wasn't able to sing it, posted it on Twitter to let the masses have at it.
And, of course, the Internet did what it does.
One of the more popular versions shared around the web is the one above, featuring vocals from Adrian Grimes. Comedian Whoopi Goldberg even shouted out a version on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Bein is at home, feeling better, and enjoying that in this time of uncertainty he put a thing out into the world that made people smile for a little bit. "Laughter connects you to people — it's hard to forget a belly laugh," he says.
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We want to give everyone a baseline knowledge of the main courts in Delaware and the types of cases that each court hears because almost everyone has to deal with a court at some point in their lives.
The main courts in Delaware are the JP courts, Family Court, Court of Common Pleas, Superior Court, Chancery Court, and the Supreme Court.
JUSTICE OF PEACE COURT
JP Court has jurisdiction in civil cases worth 15,000 or less, some criminal misdemeanors, most motor vehicle violations (except felonies) and all landlord/tenant matters. There are no jury trials in JP Court, and you can represent yourself – although that isn’t always the best idea.
Family Court has a very broad jurisdiction. The types of matters heard in family court are protection from abuse, divorce, and annulments, alimony & property settlements, adoption, visitation, guardianships and child custody. In addition to these matters, Family Court has jurisdiction over misdemeanors by adults against juveniles AND crimes committed BY juveniles with the exception of murder, rape or kidnapping. In general, Family Court has jurisdiction over juveniles until they reach the age of 19.
Like JP Court, there are no jury trials in Family Court, and you can represent yourself. We are not suggesting that you always should but recognize that sometimes you just can’t afford an attorney. There is a resource center at each Family Court to help people file paperwork if they can’t afford an attorney so that they can represent themselves.
LEARN ABOUT OTHER DELAWARE COURTS:
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- Superior Court
- Court of Common Pleas
- Court of Chancery
- JP Court and Family Court
- Alderman Court
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X Is Yellowing Down
by Paige Lewis
losing his softness. He threatens to take all the air with him when he goes. I've never been much good at igniting tenderness, I often fight sad with worse sad, and using the bone of one whale to harpoon another isn't beautiful. Sensual—certainly not. Now hot-wristed, he claims glass-bottomed bridges last so long because courage is a dwindling human trait. I used to believe that if I was slapped hard enough my eyes would pop out. Believed too that a calculated hair tug could rear them back into their rightful sockets. X drags his latches toward me—a test to see if
I will unfasten. His bags are heavy with our garden's brightest stones because, he says, even the crows should be left with nothing. |
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By Jared Tilley | Senior Investment Analyst at NAOS Asset Management
Book Review | Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments by Michael Batnick
Michael Batnick's "Big Mistakes" provides an insightful look into the colossal blunders made by legendary figures such as Warren Buffett, Bill Ackman, Jesse Livermore and John Paulson. This book sheds light on their worst investment decisions and the valuable lessons they learned from these missteps.
While majority of investment books focus on the success stories of professionals, Batnick focuses solely on the mistakes diving into key examples, whether it's Warren Buffett's ill-fated foray into the airline industry or Bill Ackman's infamous Herbalife short. Batnick demonstrates that even the brightest minds can make big mistakes.
"Big Mistakes" is not merely a catalogue of financial failures but a guide to becoming a wiser and more effective investor. It teaches us that mistakes are an integral part of the journey to financial success, provided we are willing to learn from them.
Favourite quotes from the book:
- “Don’t confuse brains with a bull market.” The idea that we confuse our ability to select above average stocks in a market that lifts all boats is so pervasive that there is a name for it. Attribution bias.” Humphrey Neill
- “Ideas are part of who we are they become like possessions. Especially publicly. I mean flip flopping is a bad word. I love changing my mind.” Daniel Kahneman
- “The stocks market is the only market where things go on sale and all the customers run out the store” Cullen Roche
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In her debut blog, Peter Boyd-Piercy summarises a recent report for Oasis Community Housing on the prevalence of trauma among people who have experienced homelessness in England.
[read the full story...]Andie Ashdown and Theophanis Kyriacou summarise a recent paper on integrating HIV and substance misuse services, which draws on a person-centred approach that is grounded in human rights.
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Futures, Employment Pathway
Introducing our inaugural Futures, Employment Pathway students!
Naylor Love, Ara Education Charitable Trust, Sime Group, The Labour Exchange, the Ministry of Social Development and Auckland Council have partnered to trial an initiative to support five Ara Education students into construction apprenticeships.
Ara Education provides an incredible alternative study pathway for South Auckland students, giving them the opportunity to complete a hands-on, skills-based curriculum centred around building or renovating a house. The next step for Ara Education students is ideally to secure a trade apprenticeship, but it can be a tough transition from school to full time work.
Our partner organisations are collaborating to provide funding, labouring opportunities, resource sorter training, mentoring and pastoral care, with the goal that all five students secure an apprenticeship in their chosen field of carpentry or plumbing by the end of the programme. We’ve had an early success, with the first of the five students already securing a plumbing apprenticeship!
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The Bible says one of Jesus Christ's last acts on Earth was washing the feet of his disciples. Christians worldwide reenact this act on Holy Thursday, prior to Easter, as a show of humility.
In that spirit, volunteers in Oak Park, Illinois, wanted to cleanse the feet of the hundreds of migrants they have helped and come to know this past year to honor their immigration journey.
"Realistically, we can't wash their feet. We get over 100 people coming today," explained 70-year-old Celine Woznica, the lead coordinator and volunteer at the Catholic Parishes of Oak Park’s Migrant Ministry.
So, she came with an alternative: giving every migrant a pair of new socks with a note explaining the parish's desire to bless their feet.
“You are our heroes because you walked 3,000 miles through seven countries, you crossed the Darién Gap, you crossed the mountains and the rivers and the deserts," Woznica told migrant families in Spanish in a morning ceremony, during which two local priests blessed a few baskets full of new socks.
Shortly after, Woznica and other volunteers started handing out the socks and the accompanying notes to asylum seekers while holding their hands “to create a human connection.”
For migrants, who are often deeply religious, the symbolism of this humble act was heartening.
"I started crying because the message really touched my heart,” said Colombian national Aline Maria Ortiz Cassiane, adding that she walked all the way from Colombia in three months with “blisters and blood all over my feet.”
In biblical times, it would have been the job of the lowest servants to wash the feet of guest. So when Christ decided to wash his disciples’ feet, it was “unbelievable,” Woznica said.
Listening to stories of migrant families she got to know this past year, she says she kept thinking “I want to honor their feet, I want to honor their feet,” as a way to bless them and “to find Christ in one another.”
The socks are a special Easter gift. But the volunteers here have much more to offer to the migrants.
Twice a week, they transform a former Catholic school into in Oak Park into a giant donation center and cafeteria for migrants who get to try on and take home whatever they want.
"This is a Catholic parish effort, but it is very interdenominational, and it is very interfaith," Woznica said.
Still, for her, going above and beyond to help those in need, is a meaningful way to answer the Gospel's call to action.
"This is faith in action. And this is what brings meaning to our life," she said.
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Resting functional connectivity reveals residual functional activity in Alzheimer's disease.
Zamboni G., Wilcock GK., Douaud G., Drazich E., McCulloch E., Filippini N., Tracey I., Brooks JCW., Smith SM., Jenkinson M., Mackay CE.
BACKGROUND: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has great potential for measuring mechanisms of functional changes in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment, but task fMRI studies have produced conflicting results, partly due to failure to account for underlying morphological changes and to variations in patients' ability to perform the tasks. Resting fMRI has potential for assessing brain function independently from a task, but greater understanding of how networks of resting functional connectivity relate to the functioning of the brain is needed. We combined resting fMRI and task fMRI to examine the correspondence between these methods in individuals with cognitive impairment. METHODS: Eighty elderly (25 control subjects, 25 mild cognitive impairment, 30 AD) underwent a combined multimodal magnetic resonance imaging protocol including task fMRI and resting fMRI. Task fMRI data were acquired during the execution of a memory paradigm designed to account for differences in task performance. Structural and physiological confounds were modeled for both fMRI modalities. RESULTS: Successful recognition was associated with increased task fMRI activation in lateral prefrontal regions in AD relative to control subjects; this overlapped with increased resting fMRI functional connectivity in the same regions. CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that task fMRI and resting fMRI are sensitive markers of residual ability over the known changes in brain morphology and cognition occurring in AD and suggest that resting fMRI has a potential to measure the effect of new treatments. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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LA Times reporter, Kurtis Lee dutifully followed the path laid down by previous left wing reporters, who have attempted to smear Dr. Walid Phares with innuendo concerning his years in Lebanon by citing an old and thoroughly debunked story in Mother Jones. That story has been utterly repudiated along with vociferous demands for retraction here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. Nevertheless, Lee plunged on, citing the fact that:
Officials at the Council on American-Islamic Relations have condemned Phares – like Trump – for his comments about Muslims.
Which is a lot like citing Joseph Goebbels condemning attacks against fascism. But nevertheless, in the world we live in now, the leftist press cites the leftist press, never straying into sources which could challenge their assumptions. Here Lee promotes the gun control argument favored by Hillary Clinton after the Orlando terror attack while downplaying the polls showing a narrow majority of Americans are now supporting Trump’s Muslim ban. No one wants to publish the fact that the numbers of Americans across political parties who support the ban has been steadily increasing since polling began. In fact, we can probably expect the polling on this issue to cease at this point – the tipping point, that is.
This morning, Attorney General Loretta Lynch stated on Meet the Press that officials will release a partial transcript of the conversations between Mateen and hostage negotiators, but they will scrub any mention of Islam or the Islamic State so as not to “further proclaim this individual’s pledges of allegiance to terrorist groups and further his propaganda.” And which incidentally might also support Donald Trump’s case for examining Islam and our immigration policies with regard to Muslims.
On this and most other issues, the LA Times is a bit like the little brother following along behind the NY Times, Washington Post and other left-wing opinion leaders, trying its best to keep up. Kurtis Lee is simply following the same yellow brick road, where assumptions trump facts every time. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Peshawar: No country in the world is untouched by the domination of the minorities over the minorities. The latest case is from the neighboring country of Pakistan, where despite the court order, the centuries old Hindu temple (Hindi Temple) was demolished by the mob.
The Pakistan Police have arrested the main accused in the case of vandalism at the Hindu temple in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police chief Sanaullah Abbasi said that the accused has been identified as Faizullah. He has been arrested from Karak district.
Abbasi claimed that he incited the mob to attack the temple and damage the tomb of the religious leader there. The police chief said that 110 people have been arrested in this case so far.
Human rights activists and leaders of the minority Hindu community had strongly condemned the attack on the temple in Terry village of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak district last week by members of the radical Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Party (Fazlurrahman Group).
The members of the Hindu community were attacked by the mob after being allowed to repair the decades-old building of the temple. The crowd had dismantled the old structure along with new construction.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court had ordered the Aquaqui Property Trust Board (EPTB) to recover the construction work from the attackers, whose actions have caused Pakistan “worldwide embarrassment”, ordering the reconstruction of the damaged temple.
Hindus are the largest minority community in Pakistan. According to official estimates, there are 7.5 million Hindus living in Pakistan.
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The global residential battery market is estimated to be valued at US$ 15.59 Bn or in 2023 and is expected to exhibit a CAGR of 18.% over the forecast period 2023 to 2030, as highlighted in a new report published by Coherent Market Insights.
Residential battery refers to battery storage systems installed in residential buildings. These systems capture and store onsite solar energy and provide power backup during outages. They integrate advanced lithium-ion battery technology and inverters to store energy and provide it when required. Residential batteries offer benefits such as reduced energy bills, energy security, emission reduction, and integration of renewable energy sources such as rooftop solar PV systems. With rising energy costs and focus on clean energy, residential battery systems are gaining popularity globally.
Market key trends:
One of the key trends in the residential battery market is growing integration of batteries with rooftop solar PV systems. As solar energy production varies during the day, the excess energy is stored in batteries for use later. This allows homeowners to use solar energy even after sundown or on overcast days. Another trend is the development of larger residential storage solutions with capacities beyond 10 kWh. These high-capacity batteries provide backup power for entire homes for extended durations and optimize solar self-consumption. Technological advances are also enabling the development of affordable and efficient lithium-ion battery chemistries specifically designed for residential use cases.
Threat of new entrants: The threat of new entrants in the residential battery market is moderate as it requires large capital investments for setting up manufacturing units. However, advancements in technology may attract new players.
Bargaining power of buyers: The bargaining power of buyers in the residential battery market is high due to the presence of a large number of established players offering varied products at competitive prices. Buyers can easily switch between brands.
Bargaining power of suppliers: Suppliers of raw materials for manufacturing residential batteries have moderate bargaining power due to availability of alternative material suppliers. However, suppliers may negotiate prices amid rising input costs.
Threat of new substitutes: New energy storage technologies such as hydrogen fuel cells pose low-to-moderate threat currently to residential battery market. However, threat may intensify over the long-run with advancements.
Competitive rivalry: The global residential battery market witnesses high competition with major players launching new products with improved features regularly to gain market share.
The global Residential Battery Market is expected to witness high growth, exhibiting CAGR of 18% over the forecast period, due to increasing demand for standalone power storage solutions and integration of renewable energy sources in residential sector.
Regional analysis: Asia Pacific dominates the global residential battery market and is expected to continue its dominance, growing at a CAGR of over 19% during the forecast period. China, South Korea, India, and Japan are major markets in the region. Europe and North America are other major residential battery markets globally.
Key players: Key players operating in the residential battery market are FIMER SpA, Amara Raja Batteries Ltd, Samsung SDI, Energizer Holding Inc., Luminous Power Technologies Private Limited, LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Duracell Inc., Panasonic Corporation, Siemens AG, Tesla Inc., Delta Electronics Inc., BYD Co. Ltd and NEC Corp. Major players are focusing on new product launches and partnerships to gain market share.
1. Source: Coherent Market Insights, Public sources, Desk research
2. We have leveraged AI tools to mine information and compile it
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Telugu student Niteesha Kandula missing in Los Angeles,USA
A 23-year-old Hyderabad student, identified as Niteesha Kandula has gone missing in California. Police have been searching for her for the past week.
HYDERABAD: Indian-origin students in the United States are getting into a series of problems in recent months. A 23-year-old Hyderabad student, identified as Niteesha Kandula has gone missing in California. Police have been searching for her for the past week.
Nitheesha Kandula is a student at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB). She has been missing since May 28. The university posted on "X" "that she was last seen in Los Angeles. She was reported missing since then.
The CSUB complained to the local police. Locals have been asked to inform the police as soon as they come to know about it.
Los Angeles police issued a missing person alert asking for the public's help finding the student who's been missing for several days. Nitheesha Kandula was last seen in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 28, though the exact area is unknown, CSUSB Police Chief John Gutierrez said.
The police shared a photo of Kandula on X, saying she could be in a 2021 Toyota Corolla with license plate number 9KXU509.
Last month Rupesh Chandra from Telangana went missing in Chicago. His whereabouts are still unknown. In March this year, Mohammed Abdul Arafat, a resident of Hyderabad, went missing. A month later, his body was found in a lake in Cleveland, Ohio. Abdul was kidnapped by a drug gang in Cleveland. He called his father and asked for money. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
The applicants entered into a construction agreement with a contractor in respect of a people-mover system at Education City in Qatar, and into a related payment guarantee agreement with both the contractor and respondent. In accordance with the arbitration clauses in the agreements, the same panel of arbitrators rendered an LCIA award in London and an ICC award in Dubai, both in favor of the applicants. The Federal Court granted the applicants’ application for judgment in the amount of the awards, together with interest and costs. The Court found that respondent, which did not appear in the enforcement proceedings, had been duly served, and that all the requirements under the International Arbitration Act were met. The awards were foreign awards to which the 1958 New York Convention applied, because they were made in a country other than the country in which recognition and enforcement was sought. In this respect, the Court clarified that the reference to the State in which the award was made was not confined to a Contracting State to the Convention, as Australia did not make the reciprocity reservation when acceding to the Convention. And in any event, the Court added, both the UK and the UAE were Convention countries. Further, the Court found that the applicants complied with the requirements of Sect. 9(1)(a)-(b) of the IAA – which mirror Art. IV(1)(a)-(b) of the Convention – by supplying the copy of the signed awards transmitted electronically to them by the LCIA and ICC secretariats, respectively, as is allowed under both sets of rules, as well as copies of the arbitration agreements, accompanied by an affidavit by counsel who had represented the applicants in the arbitration. Finally, the Federal Court converted the amounts sought into Australian dollars, as requested by the applicants. It noted that in the originating application, the sums sought – that is, the sums awarded by the arbitrators – were indicated in various foreign currencies; however, the additional notation “or equivalent” sufficed, in the Court’s opinion, to give notice to respondent that the judgment may be expressed in a different currency. As to the date for conversion, the Federal Court held, on the facts, that the appropriate date was the date of its own judgment. However, it accepted as sufficiently close the exchange rates from the day before the date of the hearing, which was also the date of the present judgment, reasoning that it was impractical to convert sums to Australian dollars at exchange rates on the date of judgment as, typically, the court sits in the morning when exchange rates are not yet available, particularly for currencies in other parts of the world.
The court discusses the determination and relevance of the place where the award was made (in a foreign State or another contracting State.
The court discusses the principle that the procedure for the enforcement of awards under the Convention is governed by the lex fori, as well as procedural issues (such as the competent enforcement court) not falling under the specific cases of ¶¶ 302-307.
The court discusses how to determine whether the document supplied is an award capable of being recognized and enforced, including whether the award is duly authenticated, and whether a copy is duly certified; whether a prior interim and/or partial award should be supplied together with the final award.
The court discusses issues relating to the requirement to supply the original arbitration agreement or a copy thereof to prove the prima facie validity of the arbitration agreement, as well as the application of more favorable municipal laws that do not provide for this requirement. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
The Jets continued to add depth to their offensive line with the signing of Brent Qvale.
After Qvale went undrafted in 2014, the Nebraska product started as a practice squad player with the Jets before becoming a roster regular in 2015. He has worked inside at guard but predominantly outside at tackle the last few seasons, appearing in 60 contests and starting 14 games.
The Jets, who also re-signed Jonotthan Harrison in free agency, added former Vikings G Tom Compton to the roster on Monday. General manager Mike Maccagnan went the trade route to a add a starter at left guard, acquiring two-time Pro Bowler Kelechi Osemele from the Raiders and a sixth-round pick in exchange for a fifth-rounder. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
A top appropriator vows to address potential future furloughs in next COVID-related legislative package.
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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency confirmed that it would delay furloughs of 13,400 employees scheduled to take effect Aug. 3 to Aug. 30, in the hopes that lawmakers would arrive at a funding fix.
"This delay is intended to allow Congress enough time to act and provide USCIS with the funding needed in order to avert the administrative furlough all together," agency spokeswoman Jessica Collins told FCW in an email.
In May, USCIS had announced that it was facing a funding shortfall due to declining fees from immigration applications, which fund much of their officers' wages, and asked Congress for $1.2 billion in emergency appropriations to stop gap the shortfall.
The agency, which is largely funded by fees that have dipped during the COVID-19 pandemic, is still seeking that emergency appropriation. In June, the Office of Management and Budget told appropriators that USCIS anticipated a 60% drop in fees for the remainder of fiscal year 2020.
News of the delay comes three days after top Democrats on the Senate Appropriations committee asked Homeland Security leadership to intervene.
In a July 24 email, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said that he had received assurances from USCIS Deputy Policy Director Joseph Edlow that the furloughs were on hold. Leahy along with Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mt.) had noted that current accounts showed USCIS with a surplus for fiscal year 2020, and the pair expressed hope that a fix could be found for any future shortfalls.
Collins sited "recent assurances from Congress, and an uptick in application and petition receipts," as reasons behind the delay.
Leahy himself said he was "troubled" that the Trump administration had pushed for furloughs in the first place.
"Furloughing thousands of public servants in the middle of a pandemic and at record unemployment would have upended the lives of the dedicated women and men working at USCIS and impacted thousands who rely on their services, and after new revenue estimates showed the agency ending the fiscal year with a surplus it was completely unjustifiable," Leahy said.
Lawmakers in the House and Senate are currently in talks for a new round of pandemic relief, which could include help for USCIS.
"With regard to the projected USCIS deficit for fiscal year 2021, I am committed to addressing this issue in the next coronavirus supplemental so that USCIS can continue accomplishing its missions without a furlough," Leahy said.
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Charter Communications is asking the FCC to terminate the interconnection condition of its deal to acquire Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks next year — May 18, 2021, two years early — in light of the ”dramatic“ changes in the online video marketplace.
The 2016 conditions were to last seven years, but the Federal Communications Commisssion anticipated such a possible early termination given that it could not anticipate where the competitive market would be that far out.
Currently, Charter must ”offer to interconnect its IP network to any qualifying entity free of charge and on standardized terms.“
The company provided pages of statistics and examples to buttress its argument that over-the-top video will do just fine if Charter is given control of its interconnection deals.
“[T]itans of the video industry, such as Disney and HBO, have begun shifting their programmatic efforts to focus on online delivery,” it said. “By every metric imaginable, OVDs [online video distributors] are seeing record-breaking growth and gains across all performance indicators, including in the number of subscribers, the number of OVD platforms, streaming hours, revenue, and the amount and success of original content on these,” it told the FCC.
"The seven-year term for the Conditions was a ceiling, included to allow the OVD market 'room to become more mature and better positioned to withstand attempts by New Charter to impose data caps and UBP at levels indeed to blunt their competitiveness," it pointed out, adding that the five-year early out trigger was included given that the OVD market might mature before that.
”[I]ndeed, the OVD marketplace has flourished in the four years since the merger closed,” it said. “In fact, far from seeking to harm OVDs, Charter, like many other established broadband providers, is actually actively working to increase its subscribers’ access to online video services. Eliminating these Conditions at the end of five years will therefore advance, rather than thwart the competitive gains that have been made, giving Charter the flexibility it needs to best meet the data usage needs of all of its subscribers and to configure its network to deliver data in the most efficient way possible.”
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Netflix, which had opposed the eventually-scuttled merger of Comcast with Time Warner Cable, supported the Charter-led merger after Charter agreed to extend “settlement-free“ interconnection for the systems it would be acquiring from TWC and Bright House. Netflix reluctantly entered paid interconnection deals with Comcast, TWC, AT&T and Verizon Communications while arguing that such arrangements violated network-neutrality rules.
Charter also wants a similar early exit from its ”no data caps or usage-based pricing“ conditions. The company points out the FCC had said at the time it would entertain such early exits if the marketplace had changed sufficiently.
Charter says the market definitely has changed sufficiently and has petitioned the FCC for the changes.
The FCC said the conditions were to ensure Charter could not “hamper or prevent its current and future online video rivals from expanding, becoming more competitive, or starting up in the first place.”
Charter suggests those rivals hardly need protection from the company given that its rival internet-service providers have not had similar conditions and the OTT marketplace has flourished.
Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
- Seoul is the first major city to launch a metaverse platform for public services.
- The city plans to fully roll out more government, business, tourism and culture offerings over the next five years.
- Users can take virtual tours of the 10 most popular attractions in Seoul.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government officially launched its public metaverse platform on Monday.
The platform, named Metaverse Seoul, allows users to play games, chat, hold meetings, receive advice on starting a business, file public documents, and visit famous tourist attractions in Seoul.
Metaverse Seoul is available on Google Play and the Apple Store for all users travelling into Seoul. Conversations on the platform are translated into English for foreign users.
Services in Chinese and Japanese are being developed and will be available in the second or third phase of the platform, which will be launched in the next three years, said Kim Jin-man, director general of the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Digital Policy Bureau.
During the platform’s first phase, residents of Seoul will be able to file official city documents and complaints, as well as get personalised answers on local taxes. Companies can also remotely consult experts via chat, voice, video and screen-sharing features in the platform’s virtual business support centre.
There is also an avatar-based counselling service called Metaforest, where students can communicate their personal and academic struggles without revealing their faces.
Users can play games in a virtual replica of Seoul Plaza and virtually tour the mayor’s office. They can also take virtual tours of the 10 most popular attractions in Seoul including Blue House, N Seoul Tower, Gyeongbok Palace, Seoul Forest, Han River, Lotte Tower, Gwanghwamun Square and the Bukchon Hanok Village.
Seoul City Hall Mayor Oh Se-hoon said that Metaverse Seoul “is an inclusive administrative service that everyone can take advantage of without any time and space obstacles.”
However, he acknowledged the digital divide between older residents and the younger, tech-savvy population, and said that the city government is considering running an “easy mode” program in the second phase of development, which will allow older people to use the services offered on the platform.
The city government has spent about 2 billion won ($1.6 million) and expects to spend an additional 2.8 billion won ($2.26 million) this year on the second phase. The final phase will be launched in 2026.
Seoul is the first major city to launch a metaverse platform for public services. The city plans to fully roll out more government, business, tourism and culture offerings over the next five years.
Since launching its three-year metaverse industry promotion act last September, Korea’s government and businesses have been developing metaverse platforms for different sectors including banking, education, a digital twin of an industrial city, and others.
The Korean government has already set aside approximately $186.7 million to support the metaverse industry. The country’s metaverse will be a platform that supports the virtual growth of cities, education and media.
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With the Visa Waiver Reform Bill (formerly, H.R. 158) expected to pass in Congress as part of the larger “Omnibus” appropriations act by this weekend, classes of American dual nationals, including Iranian Americans, will likely face new challenges visiting 38 countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program. As a result of the discriminatory quality of the provision, Iranian Americans will need to know how the new legislation will come to affect them.
Congressional aims to prevent members of anti-American militant groups from infiltrating the US has culminated in a rigid policy that seeks to regulate the flow of foreigners from those participating countries. Individuals who have traveled within the last five years to, or hold dual citizenship with, Iraq or Syria, as well as with those designated by the US as State Sponsors of Terrorism – Iran and Sudan – will need to apply for a visa when coming to the US.
The language will not affect travel between the United States and Iran. American citizens or green card holders would not need a visa to re-enter the US after traveling to Iran. It would also not affect Iranian citizens in possession of, or seeking, a US visa.
Challenges arise, however, when dual-national Iranian Americans want to travel to participating countries of the Visa Waiver Program. Where Iranian Americans will feel the impact of the provision is the likely reciprocation of the mandate by foreign governments participating in the Visa Waiver Program. The European Union, for example, already has in place laws that allow for the expedition of reciprocal restrictions in the event that they are imposed by a third party on European nationals. In short, if the provision is passed, dual-national Iranian, Iraqi, Syrian, and Sudanese Americans, along with anyone who has taken recent travel to these countries, will have to apply for a visa prior to traveling to Europe. Consequently, these communities would be exclusively stripped of their visa waiver privileges.
The piece of legislation is a clear example of institutional discrimination that will affect the Iranian American community. By passing the provision, Congress is indirectly, and knowingly, barring Iranian Americans from their fundamental privileges as US citizens.
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Nike Roshe Run colorways have been releasing at a fast and furious pace of late, and here’s another one to add to the fold. For this Nike Roshe Run Mid color up, we see this mid-cut sneaker wearing a mercury grey upper. This sneaker also displays a combination of different mesh materials, which ultimately surround an atomic red Solarsoft inner lining. Round laces, also set in mercury grey, weaving through the full-length tongue lace lock. Want to add this Roshe Run Mid to your rotation? Head over to Nike to pick these up for $80. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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The 88tal Health and Well-Being Resources project is designed to increase health literacy and mental health awareness in the North Country Library System, a mostly 95 geographic area that consists of four counties in northern New York. The project has two components. The first component consists of increasing the amount of mental health training and resources for library staff and patrons by purchasing online Homeless Librarian training, hosting an Effective Skills for Emotional Wellness training and adding mental health ebooks and audio-books to the NCLS Overdrive collection. The Homeless Librarian training will equip library staff and trustees with the skills needed to interact with library patrons who are experiencing homelessness, mental illness and trauma. The Emotional Wellness training will help library staff manage their stress, mitigate depressive symptoms and relieve anxiety so they can better serve their patrons, staff and families. The purchase of 88tal Health ebooks and audiobooks will allow patrons to have access to free mental health titles that they didnt have access to before. The second part of the project will focus on promoting digital health resources throughout the North Country Library System. Medline Plus and other free online health resources will be promoted though a digital campaign website and social media as well through print media such as banners and bookmarks. The NCLS Outreach Coordinator will design and purchase these materials in mass and then distribute them to the member libraries to use in their buildings. In order to effectively promote the resources, The NCLS Outreach Coordinator will also host a series of webinar trainings that highlight the online health resources for member library staff. The training will be conducted through webinars by NNLM staff. This will help insure that staff are familiar with the resources so that they can actively promote them to their patrons. In addition to this, the Outreach Coordinator will develop an expertise of the online health resources provided by the NNLM through archived and scheduled webinars and will participate in future trainings to help sustain the project and effectively promote the resources after the initial grant-funded project year. This individual will also confer with the local county health departments and the local hospital librarian to get a better sense of what the local health issues are. This information will be used to plan and focus future health resource promotion to fit local needs.
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Collection Equity Award - Springfield Public Library
This award will be used to increase the Springfield Public Library current biomedical/health collection, primarily in Spanish and English by:
Part 1: Examining the current collection to determine its current levels of diversity and literacy. Once complete the audit will allow the library to:
- Determine which community groups are under-represented in the biomedical/health collection;
- Determine which health topics need greater coverage in the collection;
- Purchase a range of items across different media types to be able to best serve differing levels of literacy – and in particular medical literacy – across our patron group, once part 2 (below) is also completed.
Part 2: Building off new and expanded community outreach opportunities:
Recently the library has expanded on past targeted outreach and partnerships with local non-profits and government agencies and begun offering pop-up libraries at community festivals, food bank days etc. At these events attendees can sign-up for library cards and immediately borrow materials available at the event. To best utilize this grant library staff will conduct reference interviews with attendees to determine the topics and issues they would want to see featured in the library. In addition, library staff will discuss the health needs and literacy of potential attendees with participant organizations and develop the collection accordingly. This information will – with the audit – be used to guide the library staff towards the best materials to add to the collection. These materials would then be highlighted at upcoming pop-up libraries aimed at target populations as well as being used significantly in both physical and digital displays and offerings by the library. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
For his third solo album, “Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance,” singer, songwriter and Drive By Trucker Patterson Hood continues to create his own brand of American mythology, writing four minute elegies to a generation that’s lost its way, one that’s slowly slicing away at itself with a hard-edged blade of insecurity, confusion and loneliness.
Taken on the surface, it’s not a pretty picture at all. 12:01 is a creeping, crawling dirge about a clandestine trip across the county line “where liquor laws are different,” where “zombies” buy booze by the light of sunrise. “After The Damage” is equally dour, Hood’s narrator speaking of paying his fines and accepting his defeat.
But underneath the sad and somber surface of the 12 songs, there an inherent beauty and, sometimes, even a bit humor. The beauty is in the song’s sparse arrangements, in Hood’s gentle poetry and especially in his plaintive voice, as fragile and tender as ever, sometimes sounding as if it were dust sifting through one’s fingers. The humor, in one instance, is in the turn of a phrase. On Better Off Without, he sings about a girl “so sweet she rots my teeth when I kiss her.”
Not for a minute is this a party record – or even one that should be played on the roadhouse jukebox next to Hank Williams or Steve Earle. But, heard in it’s right place, in the dark of night and preferably alone, “Heat Lightning In The Distance” is a brilliant work, a beautiful portrayal of the human condition.
This post originally appeared on Country Standard Time.
Michael Verity is a writer, photographer and producer based in Portland, OR. He’s regular contributor to Relix, American Songwriter, Country Standard Time and Acoustic Music Pinboard, among others.
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If Nick Lowe had felt despondent after the dissolution of Brinsley Schwarz, and while drowning his sorrows in a Mexican town had stumbled into a studio, the resulting music might have sounded like this UK band’s new five-song EP. The melodies are pure pop, but sung with the flair of a gringo trying on faux-Mexican drama, and a horn section that’s as authentically South-of-the-Border as Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. The songs cover masked Mexican wrestling, a relationship-restoring recipe (based on the writer Isabel Allende’s “reconciliation soup”), and a painter whose trade as a forger casts a shadow on his soul. This might play more as a joke if the band weren’t good, but they actually match up to their guarantee: “The best Mexican band to have come out of England!” Well, “Mexican,” anyway. Their self-titled debut album, heavier on the ‘60s guitars, country-rock and humor, is available for free on their website, but this EP, particularly “Lucha Libre” and “Soup Song,” more deeply fulfills the band’s promise. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
This will only be needed if you have purchased the 90-hour pre-licensing course and have NOT been able to apply for your license with the Nevada Real Estate Division before October 1, 2021. This is IN ADDITION to the 90 hours and will satisfy the requirement for 120 hours for licensure. Please review 2022 Course Catalog under documents tab before enrolling.
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Crème PIGM 400 is a concentrate of active ingredients that brightens and protects skin, while reducing the appearance of dark spots. It is specially formulated as both a preventive and corrective treatment, helping reduce the intensity of existing pigment spots and prevent the appearance of new blemishes. The complexion becomes more radiant, and skin is more uniform.
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March 6, 2024
Nova Named Finalist in Stevie® Sales and Customer Service Awards
Nova's Customer Service Team Recognized in Contact Center of the Year Category
Nova Healthcare Administrators, Inc. was named a finalist this week in the Contact Center of the Year Category in the 18th annual Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Nova and other finalists will learn whether they’ve won Gold, Silver or Bronze during an awards presentation on Friday, April 12 in Las Vegas, NV.
The recognition program is presented by the Stevie Awards, which organizes several of the world’s leading business awards shows including the American Business Awards® and International Business Awards®.
More than 2,300 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry, in 47 nations and territories, were evaluated in this year’s competition. Finalists were determined by the average scores of more than 200 professionals worldwide, working in seven specialized judging committees. Entries were considered in more than 90 categories for customer service and contact center achievements, including Contact Center of the Year, Award for Innovation in Customer Service, and Customer Service Department of the Year.
Nova provides comprehensive self-funded health plan administration along with flexible solutions, including medical, dental, vision, reimbursement and COBRA accounts, medical management and private-labeled services. Our contact center team is headquartered in Buffalo, NY, with approximately 180 associates, including around 30 associates in customer service roles, serving more than 500 clients with more than 300,000 members across the country. Nova’s customer service team was recognized for our focus on employee culture and retention, which is reflected in our high level of service delivery, with consistently low average speed of answer rates, high audit scores and client satisfaction ratings of above 90%.
“This award is a tremendous honor for Nova,” said Jerame DellaPenta, director, service delivery and engagement. “We operate from a position of empathetic, personal, and personalized to better serve and support our clients and their members. Our customer service associates have the title ‘care navigator’ to reflect this and provide high touch service to help members get the most out of their benefits.”
“During and after the pandemic, the landscape changed for everyone; for us this included moving to a fully work from home environment for almost two years, shifting our connectivity and culture,” DellaPenta continued. “At the same time, the health care industry faced numerous challenges and staffing shortages. And in many industries, it’s become the norm to contact a call center and wait on hold for 10 minutes or more. At Nova, our call center team is scoring at a high level for customer service while maintaining a low ASA and high rate of retention. This is a credit to all our care navigators and our heavily engaged call center leadership team who prioritize real-time connection, whether working from home or in the office.”
“2024 Finalists have every reason to be proud of their achievements and the recognition they’ve received from the Stevie judges,” said Stevie Awards president Maggie Miller.
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Getting into spring and looking ahead towards summer, our beauty needs start to change. We want bright, sunny makeup. We need to have some oil-controlling skincare at the ready. And we must think about preventing our hair from getting fried by the elements. A few fresh beauty buys can help us go optimistically into the warmer months knowing we have some solution-based hair and skin products at the ready and a some fun new makeup to try.
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Moral Character Education, Educated Youths and Ethical values
Education is an investment, both for individuals, families and nations, Because acceptable or not, education san determine the success of a person's success in the future. It is not surprising that education has always been a top priority each country. Likewise with our country, education is the main program and get a bigger share of the budget compared to other areas.
Is that a big budget can produce a good quality education? It could well or may not, depending on the budget allocation, whether used or not? Not only can say about the budget for education about successful or not. The concept and pattern of education itself will determine the success of the educational pattern applied. As in our country, with a budget of almost 25% of the state budget and education patterns using the concept of character building, it can be said to be successful? We can analyze it themselves, on the one hand can be said to be successful, but on the other hand can be said to fail.
[...] Is if we won the class championship in a row, then the more successful we are? Many successful people are not only determined by our intelligence, but more predominantly determined by the skill build our emotional relationship with self, others and the environment. That is the essence of the pattern and the concept of character building. Build emotional skills are not fully taken since birth, but it could be formed. Dr. Martin Luther King once said: "Intelligence plus character . that is the goal of true education". (Intelligence plus character . [...]
[...] Ki Hajar Dewantara, pillared namely education to creativity, taste and intention. Education not only gives knowledge (knowledge) but also sharpen the moral affections to produce work for the interests of humanity. The world of education is currently trying to evaluate his learning system to generate human character. Indonesia's education system is what is the direction to achieve relative balance as every human being has the desire to achieve it. The pattern is a pattern of moral character education and the right concept to be applied in Indonesia. [...]
[...] Build Moral Character Education, Creating The Educated Youths and Ethical Education is an investment, both for individuals, families and nations, Because acceptable or not, education san determine the success of a person's success in the future. It is not surprising that education has always been a top priority each country. Likewise with our country, education is the main program and get a bigger share of the budget compared to other areas. Is that a big budget can produce a good quality education? [...]
[...] Changing patterns and the concept of education will also be more confusing in the future direction of our educational goals. Required seriousness and honesty of the decision makers in the field of education to actually use budget funds to the purpose of education. And, the necessary consistency and high professionalism of the devices and implementing education to be able to truly build the younger generation of educated and ethical. Now and then we will continue to work, the country can be truly constructive education could actually produce a younger generation educated and ethical progress and prosperity for the nation in the future Bafadal, Ibrahim Pendidikan Dasar: Kontribusi, Artikulasi, Reorientasi,dan Akselerasi . [...]
[...] In addition, the generation of good moral will have an understanding of the actions of others are distorted and can overcome the conflict between the influence of social dilemma so that he would have an attitude and did not participate trapped or affected by the unfavorable action. The point is that the younger generation will result in generation of the moral good moral, confidence, and discipline. Actually build a good education was not difficult, depending on how we implement it properly. All patterns are to be completed and the concept of education in our country has been good dross even the basics of the first pattern and the concept has been echoed. [...]
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The next few days were a blur of organisation and tears ( well not really but as we were heading into the last week of our trip things became very sad!)
Bob and Jill came back which was fantastic to see them and look at all their photos of Australia! But they were their busyselves so we left to do their stuff!
We went tha saw the Lion King Musical which was actually brilliant because on the day we wanted to see it we went to the box office and they said the musical was sold out and the best thing to do would be go to the actual theatre and see if they had any left over tickets. We headed over there, which was actually a long way, and when we asked at the box office there, they ALSO said they were sold out. Just as we were giving up all hope an elderly couple came striding out the door and handed us two tickets saying their two friends couldn't make it and that we could have these for free! What our luck! They were really good seats too! Right in the front and centre!
The musical itself was brillaint and I couldn't help but sing along to all the songs!
The next day we met up with Sally and Bunday again and also out other school friend, Josh. We hung around in Lesiter square for a while, before deciding to go to the London Tower! We had seen an ad for it in the Local Guide and it looked scary!
After a billion trains, because the railway was down for the day, we found our way to the London tower where the very first thing that happened was I had a fake head thrown at me. We later realised this place was an interactive 'scare show'. After waiting around for ages we lined up at the door and were shown into the 'room' where the show started! An actor came out that looked like a drunk bum and started saying he was the "doctor" of a labotory full of crazy people! It was great! We were shown around this maze of dark walls. People would jump out at us, screaming and wooping, grabbing us and touching us! It was pretty scary but funny at the same time!
We got through it in the end and everyone was sweating!
We then headed to see a comady show that night. It was in a dinky little hotel room, but was great all the same. There was those awkward acts that no one finds funny but you hear yourself laughing anyway to save the comedian to utter fail, but there was also a really good act! He would pick on the crowd and ripped absolutley everyone! It was great!
Laughed out we headed to our new fave place to eat " pizza Express" before catching the everylasting train back to Kingsdene.
The next ( and last) day in London for Josh, Sally and Bunday was great fun. We went back to the Camden Markets because Bunday and Josh hadn't been there and ended up finding a whole new market that was 20 times bigger and very cool! It was called the Camden Stable Market and had statues of horse and carriages everywhere. The stalls were mainly made up of antiques and collectble with a few vintage shops and the odd jewelry store. Most of the stuff wasn't my taste but it was very cool to wander around and we ended up spending most of the day there!
We stubled accross the hip new store inbetween the crumbly bag shop and the candlestick store that was a rave store. I had never been in one so didn't know what to expect. Think four levels underground full of fluro clothing and sex toys. There were stages where staff were dancing around and it was so big it could have been a club itself!
After all of this, everyone felt a little tired so we all decided to see a film. We ended up seeing " Paranormal Activity three" and is was no where near as scary as the other ones! I hardly flinched! We wanted dinner by this point so headed to a pub for some grub and drinks.
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Using your machine data and our machine learning technology, we help you to integrate condition-based monitoring and predictive maintenance, to reduce unplanned downtime and costs and keep processes running smoothly.
With APM real-time insights and recommendations, taking care of maintenance and operations becomes easy.
You can run APM Studio applications in many deployment environments, it can run on chip embedded in your machines, in the cabinets near your machines on Edge/IPC compute, on-premise and in the cloud.
Our software can run as a platform or run “headless”, e.g fully integrated into your current applications.
APM Studio allows you to easily connect to different types of data sources. You can connect to real-time data streams over various network types and transfer protocols, sensors, historians and different ERP and CMMS systems.
With APM Studio applications, you can run real-time diagnostics on your machines and processes. We have included our engineering expertise in both processing rules and cause-consequence models.
Processing rules help you perform calculations, make decisions, update variables, listen for alarms, and much more. Processing rules enable you to get more insight from your machine data, providing extended value to your clients and/or maintenance personnel.
We use Bowties as the cause-consequence model that assist in the early identification and management of risks and unwanted events. BowTie diagrams give an overview of multiple plausible scenarios in a single picture. With bowties, the probabilities of unwanted events are continuously tested on the data streaming in.
You can integrate pre-trained models in your application, such as scripts and machine learning models. These machine learning models can be combined with bowties to accurately determine an machine’s remaining lifecycle – combining the best of reliability engineering and data science worlds.
Depending on your needs, APM Studio applications provide different outputs:
Dashboards help you track KPIs, asset property values, alarms, and monitor the health of your processes and assets, all in real-time, via a set of configurable, interactive graphical components. Dashboards in APM Studio are highly configurable and customizable to fulfill specific information needs. Dashboards enable you to create displays for end-users to providing overviews for monitoring performance.
In APM Studio applications, you can generate real-time alarms. These instant alerts can be used to warn maintenance personnel and contribute to a fast flow of information. New alarms can be generated based on rules and expressions. Their results can be used within your APM logic to optimize your maintenance workflow. Alarms can be displayed to the end-user via a built-in alarm overview.
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How to Get a Free Hot Tub in the USA?
Getting a free hot tub in the USA is a rare but possible opportunity. Many people offer free items like hot tubs when they no longer have use for them or are giving away old models during home renovations or upgrades. Here are some ways you can find a free hot tub:
Check Free Online Listings
Craigslist: The free section of Craigslist is one of the most popular places to find free items, including hot tubs. People sometimes give away hot tubs that they no longer want, often because they’re moving or replacing an old one. Regularly check the "Free" section of your local Craigslist listings.
How to search: Look under categories like “Free Stuff” or search for specific terms like “free hot tub,” “hot tub for free,” or “free jacuzzi.”
Facebook Marketplace: Many people use Facebook Marketplace to sell or give away used items. You can filter the listings for free items and check frequently to see if anyone is offering a free hot tub.
Join local groups: You can also join community-based Facebook groups where people give away items for free or post about items that need to be picked up.
Nextdoor: This app connects neighbors and local communities. Many people give away large items like hot tubs for free in their neighborhood. The app’s “Free Stuff” section is a great place to keep an eye on.
Visit Habitat for Humanity ReStores
Habitat for Humanity ReStores are nonprofit home improvement stores that sell donated items at discounted prices. While it’s less common to find hot tubs in these stores, it’s worth checking, as people sometimes donate home improvement items they no longer need.
How to access: Visit your local Habitat for Humanity ReStore or check their website to see if any hot tubs are available.
Check Online Freecycle Networks
Freecycle is an online platform that allows people to give away items they no longer need. You can find free hot tubs if someone in your area is upgrading or no longer wants theirs.
How to search: Sign up for a Freecycle account and join your local group. You’ll be notified when hot tubs or other large items are being given away.
Ask Around in Your Community
Word of Mouth: Sometimes, people in your community or neighborhood may be looking to get rid of a hot tub and will give it away for free. Let friends, family, and neighbors know you're looking for a free hot tub.
Yard Sales or Estate Sales: Attend local yard sales, estate sales, or moving sales, where people sometimes give away large items like hot tubs just to get rid of them quickly. Even if it's not explicitly listed as free, you can ask if the hot tub is available for free or for a very low price.
Look for Hot Tub Removal or Demolition Offers
Hot Tub Removal Services: Some hot tub removal companies, or those in the junk removal business, offer to haul away old hot tubs for free, especially if the hot tub is being replaced or is no longer functional.
How to take advantage: Call a local junk removal company or check their websites. Sometimes they are willing to give away the hot tubs they remove, especially if they are still in decent shape and could be repurposed.
Deconstruction Projects: Sometimes, homeowners or contractors may offer free hot tubs that are being removed from a home during renovations. Keep an eye on social media groups, local community boards, or construction project sites where you may find such offers.
Recycling Centers or Salvage Yards
Some recycling centers or salvage yards may have old hot tubs that are being scrapped or that no longer meet certain regulations. These hot tubs may be offered for free, either as-is or for parts. It’s worth contacting local salvage yards to inquire if they have any available.
Look for Special Deals from Hot Tub Manufacturers or Retailers
Occasionally, hot tub companies or retailers may offer free hot tubs as part of a promotional giveaway or contest, especially for new product launches. While this is less common, you can keep an eye on social media and company websites for such opportunities.
While finding a free hot tub can be challenging, persistence and checking multiple sources like Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, Freecycle, and local community groups will increase your chances. Keep an open mind about the condition of the hot tub, as some may need repairs or cleaning. Additionally, offering to pick up the hot tub yourself can make it more appealing to people who just want to get rid of it quickly. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
English Vocabulary & Pronunciation - F2
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We have lots of free videos that will help you improve your English and also advice and tips that will help you in English proficiency examinations like TOEFL and IELTS.
English Pronunciation - fastidious
Today's word is fastidious. This is an adjective which means very particular or demanding.
For example, you can say, Due to her fastidious nature, she had to have everything arranged perfectly
Daily Pronunciation - fathomable
Today's word is "fathomable". This is an adjective which means knowable or comprehensible.
For example, you can say, "Thirty years ago, not many people would have thought that they could buy a personal computer. Such an idea was not fathomable by ordinary people back then."
Daily Pronunciation - faux pas
Today's word is "faux pas". This is a noun of French origin which means a social slip in etiquette or manners.
For example, you can say, "She didn't introduce herself to the host, a terrible faux pas, considering she'd never met her."
Daily Pronunciation - fervor
Today's word is "fervor". This is a noun which means great enthusiasm.
For example, you can say, "He spoke to the crowd with incredible fervor."
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Welcome to the Oxford Oesophageal and Stomach Organisation (OOSO). OOSO is a registered charity dedicated to supporting anyone affected by oesophageal or stomach cancer, and other serious upper gastrointestinal illnesses such as achalasia.
OOSO is run by volunteers who have first-hand experience of these cancers, and subsequent treatments such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery. OOSO provides friendly advice and sensitive support to patients and carers. All donations are gratefully received and help to sustain the charity and support the Upper GI ward and Chemotherapy Suite at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford.
OOSO does not limit its support to those in the Oxfordshire area - we are regularly contacted by patients and carers from all over the UK.
In addition to this website, OOSO provides a telephone support line that is available 7 days a week from 10am to 4pm. This is a confidential and friendly way to speak to former patients. Please note, this is not a medical advice line. Should you need specific medical advice please contact your GP or your Specialist Nurse at the hospital where you receive treatment. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Review of the literature and tasks learned by the Rheumatology residents about the primary immunodeficiency association with systemic lupus erythematosus
Author(s): Robin ChristensenPrimary immunodeficiency diseases (PID) represent a miscellaneous group of conditions performing from inherited blights in the development, development and normal function of vulnerable cells; therefore, turning individualities susceptible to intermittent infections, mislike, autoimmunity, and malice. In this retrospective study, autoimmune conditions (AIDs), in special systemic lupus erythematosus( SLE) which arose associated to the course of PID, are described. Classically, the literature describes three groups of PID associated with SLE( 1) insufficiency of Complement pathway factors,( 2) blights in immunoglobulin conflation, and( 3) habitual granulomatous complaint( CGD). presently, other PID have been described with clinical incarnation of SLE, similar as Wiskott – Aldrich pattern( WAS), autoimmune polyendocrinopathy candidiasis ectodermal dystrophy( APECED), autoimmune lymphoproliferative pattern( mounts) and idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia. Also we present findings from an adult cohort from the inpatient clinic of the Rheumatology Division of Universidade Federal de São Paulo. The PID instantiations set up by our study group were considered mild in terms of inflexibility of infections and mortality in early life. Therefore, it's possible that some immunodeficiency countries are compatible with survival regarding contagious vulnerability; still these countries might represent a strong prepping factor for the development of vulnerable diseases like those observed in SLE. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Citizens Cannot Trust What They Cannot See
Citizens’ trust in their governments has much to do with whether the government creates the conditions of fundamental fairness and delivers for all of its constituents. Global inequality has reached staggering proportions, with the wealthiest one percent owning half of the world’s assets, while the bottom half of the global population owns less than one percent. Some political leaders are pitting the biggest losers of globalization – the middle class in developed countries and the poorest in developing countries– against one another. Aid budgets are under attack at a time when global humanitarian needs have never been greater. The media is under pressure all over the world. The political will needed to tackle these challenges appears to be dwindling. For those of us committed to the fight against poverty, as I am, we are in for the fight of our lives.
As the tectonic plates of geopolitics shift and some Northern leaders retreat from international cooperation, I believe we have an emerging source of hope: the young people of Africa. The wave of democratization that spread across Africa in the 1990s gave birth to a new optimism as ordinary Africans gained increasing control of their own destinies. While uneven, economic growth has contributed in some countries to the expansion of an African middle class. Several countries have gained both economic and political prominence on the international stage. The African Union has emerged as a powerful platform for tackling both crises and development opportunities, and for strengthening a united African voice. And a belated but growing recognition has emerged that this dynamic, yet oftignored, continent is poised to play a major role in shaping the future of global economics and politics.
This optimism, while still warranted, is tempered by some unpleasant realities. Africa’s democratic wave has stalled; at least 10 countries have reversed constitutional term limits on the head-of-state. Plummeting commodity prices and the challenges of unbalanced globalization have hindered some African economies in the transition from being producers of primary products to industrial powerhouses. Some 45 percent of Africans report that they or someone in their family has faced a food shortage in the previous year.
And in South Sudan, so-called leaders have turned their backs on millions of citizens gripped in the jaws of famine.
The scale of the challenge and the expectation of citizens that governments should have the answers are tempered by the limits of state effectiveness and legitimacy, in some cases due to capacity constraints and, in others, a deficit in political will. In the most recent Afrobarometer survey, sizable percentages of respondents report having little or no trust in legislative bodies (47.8 percent), courts (42.3 percent), police (47.9 percent), national electoral commissions (44.2 percent), and opposition parties (58.5 percent). Roughly two-thirds believe their government is doing a poor job of improving the living standards of the poor and in fighting corruption. Nearly a third of those surveyed believe people fail to report corruption because they are afraid of the consequences.
Reversing the trend is no easy task, but the solution is no mystery – we need to combine equal parts development, global norms, and transparency. We can take steps to ensure that the 130 million women and girls currently out of school around the world have access to an education. There are proven methods of incentivizing the private sector and African governments to invest in Africa’s demographic dividend, in which 22.5 million new jobs will be needed each year to absorb the continent’s youth boom.
Enlightened leaders can engage youth in political and civic spheres and harness open data to transform the ways in which African countries are governed.
The trust of citizens must also be nurtured by the credible belief that the global system works in the interests of everyone. African governments must take the necessary steps to police and prosecute corruption – but policymakers in Asia, Europe, and North America must close loopholes that facilitate money laundering and tax evasion, including from cash-strapped developing countries.
Finally, nothing builds confidence like transparency and open government. Citizens cannot trust what they cannot see. When citizens are kept at arm’s length by opacity and secrecy, participation is off the table and they have no choice but to serve as active opponents. Transparency enables citizens to hold their governments accountable yet also fosters the civic engagement that can lead to the outcomes that both citizens and reasonable governments seek.
Achieving any of these aims will require political will, capacity building, and an empowered citizenry – ingredients that can also fuel the trust needed to take success to scale. But it will also take individual action. We must stand up for what we believe, and bend the arc of history toward fairness, justice, and equality. And we must remember that the most important work seldom is easy, nor is it done alone. To build trust in our institutions, we must put trust in each other and shape institutions that serve the greater good.
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From The Publisher Readers have spoken and the winners are…
Published 3:06 pm Saturday, July 27, 2019
Paul Dickerson and Kerry Lamb have something in common when it comes to being chosen the BEST in Orange County.
Each responds they are the only one who does what they do in Orange County when told Orange Leader readers chose their organization as the BEST.
But being the “only” office supply store or golf course in the area does not necessarily mean you are good.
To be chosen the BEST you have to be good. Apparently, they are.
In April and May, The Orange Leader readers found ballots to vote for the BEST people, places and food in the Wednesday and Saturday edition of the newspaper. Readers at www.orangeleader.com also found an online link to scroll through a list of categories and subcategories to plug in their choice for the BEST.
Readers of both the print and online edition responded in a resounding way.
You presented us with a record number of ballots to sort through, log and tally on the way to finding your choice for the BEST.
Today, you have the list of winners.
But before you get to the winners, keep in mind we only publish the list of those who came in first place. Believe me when I say there were a lot of worthy folks, places, and foods are chosen second, third and sometimes as deep as a dozen for many categories.
Sabine River Ford and Cecil Atkission Motors put up a good fight and this year Gateway CDJR joined the mix but Granger Chevrolet took the award for overall excellence among car and truck dealers this year.
Tommy Gunn and Chad Robison ran neck and neck for BEST attorney in several categories, but James Dunaway is the expert real estate attorney.
What do Rose Thayer and Jennifer McConnell do at TruColors to have so much fun and be so well thought of? T-shirts and vinyl and yard signs and custom design and apparently, they do a jam up good job, according to our readers.
Troy Shelton just opened up a new office for his bail bond business. He now has a place to hang his orange ribbon. He has some unique décor in his office. Come by and see him at his ribbon cutting soon.
There is a difference between a bank and a credit union.
There are one of each which excel according to their customers. Sabine Federal Credit Union and First Financial Bank rose to the top. But look out Kristen Placette and Stephen Lee because Chris Kovatch and Doug Allen are in your wake, gobbling up your bubbles and expecting to feed you theirs soon.
Bluebirds Fish Camp, Reel Cajun, Mike’s Diner and Bullfish are all newcomers to the BEST food folks in Orange County.
Traditionally Spanky’s, The Hut and Old Orange Café are contenders and they are no exception this year, but the competition is certainly getting tougher. You can get good food at Judice’s Cajun Café and Lucy’s Café and Mi Casa as well, but we can all be thankful for the increase in a variety of good places to eat.
Gary Stelly stands out as the radio sports guy, Steve Kovatch is the go-to guy when you need an auto technician and you can’t beat Rex Gibson when it comes to specialty batteries.
Two favorites in Orange County in the cultural, social and amusement arena are the Lions Club Carnival and Shangri La Botanical Gardens. The Lions put on a good show while raising money for good causes with a plethora of games, rides, and food worth the wait in line. The gardens at Shangri La are an attractive year-round amenity we can all be proud of.
Take a look at the special section in today’s paper. You will see just how blessed we are in Orange.
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Robert Klonk, chairman and chief executive officer of Oswald Companies and Unison Risk Advisors, was named to the Business Hall of Fame by Cleveland Magazine. He was inducted along with Jules Belkin and Mike Belkin (posthumous) of Belkin Productions.
Klonk has been a leader in the insurance industry for more than 40 years, serving in local and national roles. He has spent the last 28 years at Oswald, where he was appointed CEO in 2013. Klonk also became the chairman and CEO of Unison Risk Advisors in 2020, when it was formed by the merger of Oswald and RCM&D in Baltimore. He continues to spearhead the growth of both firms organically and through mergers and acquisitions.
In Northeast Ohio, Klonk is known as a champion for the region, encouraging his colleagues to support various charitable organizations and efforts.
Perhaps one of his biggest accomplishments is the formation of ERChealth, a health care provider for mid-size businesses in Ohio. He hatched the plan with Pat Perry, former chairman and president of ERC, on a cocktail napkin.
“Bob invented new ways to look at employee benefits and reduce risk,” said Perry, who is now an author, keynote speaker and presenter in the Cleveland Magazine article on Klonk’s induction.
Speaking of his own philosophy that he filters down to all employee-owners at Oswald, Klonk said:
“When our clients go to sleep at night, we want them to have peace of mind knowing that they are covered if anything happens.”
Bob currently is the chairman of the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission and is on the board of the Greater Cleveland Partnership and the Cleveland Leadership Center.
On a national and international level, Klonk is chairman of the board of the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers in Washington, D.C. He previously served as the chairman of the Council of Employee Benefits Executives and Council PAC in Washington, D.C., and was chairman of Assurex Global, an exclusive partnership of the most prominent independent agents and brokers in the world.
Born and raised in Northeast Ohio, Klonk is passionate about helping those in need and his hometown in general through charitable sponsorships and community involvement. All employee-owners at Oswald receive paid time off annually to support their preferred charity and they are encouraged to become involved in the community in various ways. This year, Oswald was named a Downtown Business of the Year by Downtown Cleveland Alliance.
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I will take this opportunity to thank all the registered & participating players. Without you there wouldn’t be a competition.
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If you want your brand to stand out, you need to impress your customers from the moment they come into contact with your products, and that starts with solid brand packaging.
There are a lot of things to focus on when it comes to running a brand, but high-quality packaging should not be overlooked. Did you know you can make a statement with custom packages? Read on to see how custom packaging can grow your brand.
Why Brand Packaging Is Important for Business Growth
According to Forbes, the top trait of a memorable brand is a passionate community behind it. You need to engage your customers to keep them coming back and recommending your brand to their friends.
What does that have to do with packaging? A lot. You can probably quickly name at least three brands that you support that have memorable packaging. Brand recognition builds loyalty, which is key for a business to thrive.
You’ve probably also picked between two similar products before by which one has more appealing packaging. Simply put, the power of creative branding should not be understated.
Customers are all about extra touches these days, from pleasing packaging to top-notch customer service. Any little way that you can make an impact on them can go a long way in building brand loyalty.
Packaging Starts at Shipping
When you think about creative brand packaging, you might think about what actually packages your products, like the bags you use to package your locally roasted coffee beans, for example. However, packaging starts before that.
Your packaging actually starts with how you ship your products, and a plain boring box isn’t enough anymore. With more and more people buying everything online these days, your shipping packaging is the first impression that your brand makes on your customers, so you should always try to impress with boxes that stand out.
Custom packaging can also make a statement about your brand and your mission. Whether you go with custom boxes with a logo, a sentence or two of text, or cover it with art, it will leave a mark on your customer’s brain so they’ll remember your brand more.
When your brand stays at the top of their minds, they’re more likely to share it with friends and grow your community even more. Creative packaging is what can help your brand stand out from the competitors who didn’t take that same extra step.
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3 ParaSport Spokane athletes have been selected to represent team USA at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games in Para Track and Field. A team of 10 athletes from ParaSport Spokane descended onto the Team USA Para Track and Field Trials this past weekend at the Ansin Sport Complex in Miramar Florida. 3 athletes performances garnered them a slot to wear the prestigious Red White and Blue in Paris during the Paralympic Games next month (Aug 28-Sept 8th). The Para Track and Field team of 54 athletes is comprised of 28 male and 26 female athletes. All three athletes are competing at their first Paralympic Games. Lauren Fields -18 -T34 Wheelchair Racer Fields leveled up her performance at the trials setting two massive personal records in the 100m and 800m to make her first international Para Track and Field team and first Paralympic Games team. Lauren is a recent Valley Christian School Graduate and Spokane Sports Commission Youth Sport Award Nominee, will be heading to the University of Illinois on a wheelchair racing scholarship. 100m -2nd 19.74 800m -2nd -2:29.70 Lindi Marcusen -28 -T63 Sprinter / Jumper Lindi set her sights on being the first female above the knee sprinter to break 15 seconds at the trials. And she did it! An American Record, a personal record and her ticket punched to her first international Para Track and Field Team and first Paralympic Games. Lindi will also be competing in the Long Jump while in Paris. She’s grateful for the support from Evergreen Prosthetics and Orthotics as well as Ottobock in ensuring that her prosthetic performance needs are met. 100m -1st -14.95 (Lindi also ran a faster 14.87 but the wind reading was too high to be eligible for the record to stand) Long Jump -2nd -3.89m Taylor Swanson -31 -T37 Sprinter After a strong 2 silver medal showing at the World Championships this summer, Swanson is looking to back up this performance in Paris at her first Paralympic Games. Taylor raced to two wins in the 100m and 200m at the trials coming very close to her personal and American records. Taylor is also grateful for the support from Evergreen Prosthetics and Orthotics in ensuring her orthotic needs are met to support her performance goals. Taylor will be competing against 2x Paralympic Silver Medalist Jaleen Roberts (ParaSport Spokane Alumni now training at the Olympic & Paralympic Training Center in Chula Vista) 100m -1st -12.69 200m -1st -26.91 Full trials results will be posted here: https://www.usparatf.org/competition-information Fun Facts: 7 of the 26 female athletes names have ties to ParaSport Spokane. Joining the three current members are ParaSport Alumni athletes, Susannah Scaroni, Hannah Dederick, Jaleen Roberts and Annie Carey. 50% of the women’s wheelchair racing athletes have ties to ParaSport Spokane. 3 of the five female athletes with cerebral palsy have ties to ParaSport Spokane. Marcusen is the first amputee athlete from ParaSport Spokane to qualify for the Paralympic Games. ParaSport Spokane Coaches Teresa Skinner and David Greig will also be in Paris representing team USA in differing capacities. Skinner as a wheelchair racing coach in Para Track and Field and a personal coach for Fields; and Greig in his role as the High Performance Chair for The National Wheelchair Basketball Association and as a personal coach for Swanson and Marcusen. |
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Dear Claire: What Maintenance Can I Do in the Spring?
Spring Home Inspection: Prevent Moisture Issues and Address Winter Impact
We had a question about spring maintenance tips – what does that mean? So for spring I always like to take it as an opportunity to inspect your house and see what winter has provided as far as information.
You want to walk around and look at the roof. Also, walk around the interior of your house. Look at the ceiling and see if there’s any discoloration. Look at the windows and check around the sills to see if there’s any moisture getting in anywhere. After our long winter of rain/snow you’re more likely to see potential moisture penetration now than you would at any other time of the year. Check out the flow on your downspouts. If you got down spouts like most of us do that just spill into the yard, you want to make sure that that’s getting away from the house and it’s not just getting into crawl space or basement. You want to go everywhere else around the exterior of your house. You should inspect your siding, looking for any penetration of water. Look for cracked or peeling paint, or anything like that that you think could be due to water penetration. Sometimes this can be fixed with caulk or bondo. Make note of it as it may not need to necessarily be fixed, but you’re going to want to watch it. So it’s great to just take a picture of it and then like with put your finger next to it as a as a judge of the size of the crack, and look at it again next year. Then you also have something to share with a contractor, if need be. Look at all the corners of your basement for moisture. I also check under appliances with a water hook ups (dishwasher & fridge). I pull those out and look under the sink to just check and see if there’s any moisture coming in. Spring is pretty much all about water and not letting it get into your house.
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A: The price of the party is a flat fee regardless of the number of guests. However, keeping the number of guests manageable and age appropriate is the best way to ensure that all the children have a fun and memorable experience. You can combine parties, but again, the guests will have more enjoyment if the number of guests is manageable. There is an additional $13 charge for the extra "Party Package" which includes the T-shirt, and Photo.
Q: Can I have the party outdoors/indoors?
A: We recommend indoors whenever possible for the comfort of the children as well as the animals. If the party is scheduled for the outdoors, the temperature MUST be between 70-80 degrees, the ground MUST BE DRY and in full NATURAL SHADE. Indoor parties require only a 10' x 10' area and the floor/carpet will be fully protected by the Party Pets blanket.
Q: Can I customize the list of animals you bring?
A: We have developed a wonderful, well-rounded program that allows the children to experience an array of animals with which they may or may not be familiar. In our many years of performing at parties and events, we have found that usually the children are fascinated by all the creatures we bring. Our animals are docile and well-cared for and Greg is always sensitive to younger children's comfort levels.
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The purpose of physical therapy is to decrease your pain and help you slowly return to your normal activities. It may reduce pain in the soft tissues, such as your muscles, ligaments, and tendons. It may also improve function and build muscle strength. A physical therapist provides these treatments.
Treatments may include:
Learning other ways of doing your activities—ways that don't cause pain or make other symptoms worse.
Other therapies like heat, ice, and massage.
Your therapist also may use other techniques to help relieve your symptoms and keep them from getting worse. These include:
Changing position often to avoid staying in postures that compress the spine.
Taking breaks between activities, like walking and yard work, that may strain your back.
Using proper lifting, pushing, and pulling.
Your doctor or physical therapist will design a program that fits your physical fitness, normal level of activity, and your amount of pain.
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