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As we enter the last six weeks before Christmas – and, crucially, the last 40 shopping days – many of us will be looking for some extra spending money from somewhere, so why not look to the driveway or garage for inspiration?
We’re not suggesting you scrap the family car, by any means, but if you’re planning an upgrade or you have an old banger taking up space on your drive, scrapping a car is one of the quickest and easiest ways to free yourself from the admin of owning it, while turning it into disposable income.
In 2016 there were over 30 million cars licensed for use on UK roads, and over six million used cars changed hands – some more than once – over the course of the year.
By the end of the year there were just under 31.8 million cars, of which nearly 2.3 million were subject to a Statutory Off-Road Notification or SORN, which declares to the DVLA that they are being stored with no intention of driving them on public roads.
That’s 7.2% of vehicles or roughly one in every 14 cars in the UK, and while not all of those will be old cars waiting to be scrapped, many of them are likely to be in a state of disrepair.
Why would you scrap a working car?
It’s not just clapped-out old bangers that can be scrapped to make some quick and easy extra cash – and there are some good reasons to consider scrapping a car that is still in relatively good condition.
You might have an old second car that you just don’t need anymore, for example if you had a car for the commute and another one for the school run, but the kids have grown up and left home.
Perhaps you inherited an old car that’s not worth selling second-hand, or you’re retiring from driving due to old age or ill health; if you don’t need to part-exchange it, or you can’t get a decent part-exchange offer on it anyway, scrapping a car is the fastest and easiest way to get rid of it while still making some money.
Remember, just parking your car off-road doesn’t mean you can stop paying road tax and car insurance – for that you need to register a SORN, which then means you can’t use the vehicle on the roads anyway.
With the recent introduction of computerised systems for road tax, MOT renewals and car insurance, it is much more likely that you will face enforcement action if you have a vehicle registered in your name that is not subject to a SORN, and does not have the necessary tax, test and insurance fully paid up.
Spare cash for Christmas costs
As we head towards Christmas, why run the risk of landing yourself with a fine at a time of year when money is already tight for many of us, when you could actually turn that unwanted old car into cash instead?
Just fill in our ‘Scrap My Car‘ form for an instant quote on how much we can pay you for your scrap car – you might be surprised by how much it is worth, especially if you’ve been told it has no value for part exchange.
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https://www.jdavidsonscrap.com/blog/scrap-your-car-for-some-spare-christmas-cash/
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14 Aug HYPHENATION AND JUSTIFICATION (H&J)
HYPHENATION AND JUSTIFICATION (H&J)
Most books, especially text only ones, are set with justified text. In other words, the text lines up on the right side of the page as well as the left, except for the last line of the paragraph. The first line is often indented from the left margin as well. Hyphenation and justification settings are needed to avoid ugly spacing, though I prefer to keep hyphenation to a minimum.
These are the standard settings in InDesign for hyphenation and justification:
I have never set anything using these settings! A block of text may well be perfectly spaced but the hyphenation could make it look odd.
My revised settings
Accordingly, I changed these settings. Mine are as follows but further adjustment may be needed depending on the font used:
Occasionally, these settings may still lead to some odd spacing. I would then use discretionary hyphens, and/or move the slider back towards the middle between ‘Better Spacing’ and ‘Fewer Hyphens’ on an affected paragraph, and/or revise the justification settings.
Showing the difference between the hyphenation and justification settings
These samples show the effect of the adjustment on some text from a fiction book, using Adobe Garamond Pro at 11.5/15pt.
InDesign standard settings:
My revised settings:
Both samples use the Adobe InDesign Paragraph composer, as opposed to Single Line composer. This means InDesign works out the best spacing for the paragraph as a whole. Certainly, the hyphenation looks rather clumsy in the first sample. Having capitalised words with hyphens, consecutive hyphens creating a ‘hyphenation ladder’, and words hyphenated after just two characters are all to be avoided if possible. I would normally avoid single words on the last line of a paragraph too. They are known as ‘runts’ and they’re not pretty. The word spacing in the revised sample remains perfectly acceptable.
In summary, I prefer:
- To hyphenate only longer words
- To avoid consecutive hyphens in a paragraph
- Not to hyphenate the last word in a paragraph
- Not to hyphenate capitalised words (though I may occasionally use a discretionary hyphen for these)
- To reduce the variation on word spacing
- To allow InDesign a bit of flexibility on the letter spacing – especially in tight columns
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https://chapter-one-book-production.co.uk/hyphenation-and-justification/
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We here at WWR have reviewed watches from all over the world, covering releases from a variety of countries.  Today, however, breaks new ground.  The Amir Watch Company is headquartered in Kazakhstan (of note, they are part of the Miami Watch Company, who also owns Stranger Watch Company). Their aim is to bring more exposer to Kazakhstan by releasing a line of watches that are not just unique looking, they also highlight some of Kazakhstan’s nomadic history.
This line of watches is called the Nomadic Empires Collection. For thousands of  years there have been nomadic civilizations that have traveled from land to land in a mobile lifestyle. The nomadic yurt made this possible by providing comfortable shelter wherever the nomads chose to settle. These yurts were sturdy tent-like homes that provided insulation from the elements.
At the center of the roof in the yurt is the Shanyrak, the main piece that holds everything together. This is the only piece of the yurt that is never replaced. The Shanyrak is used a symbol of the families heritage and is passed down through generations. Amir Watches has chosen the Shanyrak is the main focal part of their Nomadic Empires Collection. Amir Watches was kind enough to send me out a prototype of the Amir Nomadic Empire which debuts on Kickstarter today, March 10.
This is kind of a three-hander. There is a hour and minute hand (like you might expect), but the seconds hand is a different story. Instead of using the traditional second hand, Amir Watches choose to use a disc that is designed after the afore-mentioned Shanyrak. This aluminum disc has markers at each 5 second mark with one of them larger to track the seconds. It is a very nice look, but I hope that on the production version of the Amir Nomadic Empire the seconds marker are a little larger.
Under that disc you can see there is fully skeletonized Miyota 8n24 movement. The dial itself is a 2 layer sandwich dial that adds another bit of dimensionality to things. The under layer of the dial is filled with Super-Luminova, as are the tips of the hour and second hands.
Made from titanium, this 42mm case is very solid but extremely light, and features bolt-on lugs. The crown of the Amir Nomadic Empire has an embossed logo and cone shape for easy grip. While this is by no means a small case, on the strap it weighs in at a featherweight 62 grams.  Sandwiching the case you have anti-reflective crystal being used to cover the dial and the movement around back.
Amir Watches has chosen to use a Miyota 8n24 skeletonized movement which I think makes for an interesting choice in the Amir Nomadic Empire. You can see the escapement gear and pallet fork looking though the that Shanyrak seconds disc on the front. From the back, you can see the heart beating. This gives you access to several kinetic elements, which are never boring to watch in action.
There are several strap options to choose from. The two that I received with my loaner watch were black and tan leather. Both were extremely soft and comfortable, featuring a simple pin and buckle clasp. For those looking for a more unique material for their watch strap, there is also a Kevlar option.
I am normally a tool watch person (divers, mostly) but I like this one. The use of titanium for the case means that it is tough but very light. The unique seconds disc adds interest and something fun to talk about.  During the Kickstarter phase, the prices are very good for what you get. Super earlybird backers can get an Amir Nomadic Empire for only $179 during the first 3 days. The next 4 days the backers can get it for $229. After that, backers can get it for $279 until the end of the campaign. You can check them out on Kickstarter.
- Brand and model: Amir Nomadic Empire
- Price: Starting at $179 for super early bird backers.
- Who’s it for: Someone wanting something different
- Would I wear it:Â Â Yes
- What I’d change: A larger second marker on the disc.
- The best thing about it: The light weight
Tech Specs from Amir Watches
- Case: Titanium 42 mm
- Movement: Miyota 8n24 skeleton
- Bezel: Titanium with indexes
- Glass: Domed Sapphire Crystal with Anti-Reflective Coating
- Caseback: Sapphire Crystal exhibition caseback, customized Oscillating Rotor
- Crown: embossed logo and cone shape for easy grip
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https://wristwatchreview.com/2017/03/10/introducing-the-nomadic-empires-collection-from-amir-watches/
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Last we noticed the eponymous Alan Wake he was trapped in a actuality known as “The Dark Place” and caught with a critical case of author’s block, unable to flee the place he finds himself on the finish of his personal 2010 recreation. Developer Remedy is choosing up that plot thread as soon as once more because it begins paying off Easter eggs it set up for the Remedy Connected Universe within the Control: AWE growth. The new story duties Federal Bureau of Control Director Jesse Faden with discovering out what occurred to Wake after it seems that his new writing is having a harmful impact on the surface world. Remedy showed off the first fifteen minutes of AWE on a Twitch stream as we speak, however for these simply trying to get a non-spoilery style, try the video beneath.
This second and remaining DLC for one in every of 2019’s finest video games sends Jesse to the beforehand sealed-off Investigation Sector, closed on account of its pesky behavior of ripping holes in house and time (naturally). Then comes the connection to Alan Wake, fiction author extraordinaire and man sealed away in a darkish dimension for over a decade. This connection was teased in the primary recreation, but it surely now coming full circle. It seems Wake has lastly overcome his author’s block and is searching for a method out, which is inflicting hell to interrupt unfastened within the FBC.
“Alan Wake is writing again, and you’ll be finding pages of his writing,” Remedy inventive director Sam Lake stated mid-stream. “The story he’s creating is affecting reality here. You can experience the full pages through the hotline menu in the game.” In addition to new hotline materials, besides a brand new enemy sort, extra side-quests with everybody’s favourite janitor, Ahti, and a light-weight mechanic that may remind you that the oldsters who made Alan Wake additionally made Control.
And, most of all: All you Alan Wake followers on the market can lastly get some closure on his story and discover out the gritty particulars from ten years in the past. Control: AWE releases on August 27, coinciding with the release of that Control Ultimate Edition that has everyone all angry in regards to the next-gen improve restricted solely to that version.
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https://www.vgamezone.com/2020/08/awe-gameplay-shows-alan-wake-overcame-his-writers-block/
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The United States has one of the largest automotive markets on this planet and is house to many international automobile and auto components producers. We increase five points beneath as the weaknesses of Uganda’s Automotive Business requiring urgent reconsideration. In 2000 the share of automotive products in world commerce was 9.four percent, unchanged from its share a decade earlier. AIDA will rise to this challenge and supply the trade with sources and alternatives to boost steady learning.
EUR eight.4 billion in investments over the last 25 years have been designed to advertise the event of Austria’s vehicle industry. Sign up for our free Mobility Industry Info Service to receive occasional business information and event updates. Over the course of final fi ve years, these traders created over 10,000 new jobs and invested greater than EUR 1.4 billion within the Czech automotive business.
Developing nations usually look to their native automotive sector for financial growth alternatives, significantly due to the vast linkages that the auto trade has to different sectors of their economy. Total, the report provides an in-depth insight of 2012-2022 world and Chinese Connected Vehicles trade overlaying all important parameters.
Output of cars Mercedes-Benz, in addition to often brings the technology improve, also that includes a new design which later turned icons of the automotive world. Basic Motors and Shanghai Automotive Trade Corporation (SAIC), both have two joint ventures in Shanghai Basic Motors and SAIC-GM-Wuling Car.
Furthermore, the business, with its uncooked material and auxiliary industries, additionally generates a huge quantity of business and employment for the advertising, dealership service, gasoline, financing and insurance sectors, all of that are key elements within the supply of automotive products to the patron.
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http://www.bermudacuracao.com/automotive-industry-structural-adjustment-programme.html
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Oxbotica and Navtech have been developing an innovative product behind closed doors that will provide centimetre-level accuracy in both long and cross-track directions. The industrial-grade system will be self-contained allowing for full localisation independent of infrastructure or a GPS signal.
The product will enable autonomy in both on-road and off-road locations such as mines, ports and airports. The Navtech Radar permits the vehicle to operate uninterruptedly in all weather and environmental conditions despite rain, fog, dust, even operating in the dark. This allows it to go above and beyond where the human sensors would fail, increasing safety and productivity levels that are un-matched using existing sensors.
Navtech’s patented technology sensors draw on over 20 years of market-leading expertise, with global installations in over 46 countries.
Phil Avery, CEO of Navtech, said:
“We are delighted to be working with Oxbotica on this project. Despite the potential of radar very few companies have successfully developed the necessary algorithms to use it properly. Oxbotica are world leaders in this area and together with our high-performance radars sensors we believe the resulting system will deliver a step change in the performance available for all weather all environment localisation and perception. This is crucial for automation in more challenging environments such as mines and ports.”
Ozgur Tohumcu, Chief Executive Officer at Oxbotica, added:
“Navtech is a fantastic partner with their unbeatable track record of producing autonomy sensors - powering off-road autonomy around the world for nearly two decades. Incoming demand from customers and our own market research prove that there will be wide applications of this product addressing both on-road and off-road deployments.”
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https://navtechradar.com/countdown-to-autonomy/
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A new approach to understand and explore the work of Pierre Soulages.
With about twenty illustrations selected by the artist.
This product is no longer in stock
Availability date: 2017-10-01
This book takes on a new approach to understand and explore the profoundly human and sensitive work of Pierre Soulages. From a series of interviews of the artist, the author gives an overview of the extent of the work of Soulages: from his explorations of black and light to the presentation of exclusive or little-known pieces through his research on material with his stained glasses of Conques or his etchings on copper. Page after page, we are invited to a rare moment of intimacy revealing the poetic depth and sensitivity of the work of Pierre Soulages.
The book is edited along with about twenty illustrations selected by the artist: paintings, etchings, husks of nut etc.
|Reference||L'Art de Pierre Soulages|
|Number of pages||72 pages|
|Size||20 x 25 cm|
Very young, he was drawn to roman art and prehistory. During a short stay in Paris, he goes to the Louvre museum where he sees exhibitions of Cézanne and Picasso, who are revelations to him. It is only in 1946 that he spends his entire time painting. His canvases where black dominates, are abstract and dark, and are so different from semi-figurative and very colored post-war paintings, that they are immediately noticed. Recently, other pieces of art were created, where rythm, space and light were born from the violent contact between blanc and white on the whole surface of the canvas, it's an entirely new and different pictorial light.
Bruno Duborgel teaches Aesthetics and Art science at the Université Jean Monnet of Saint-Etienne (since 2002). Also a philosophy teacher at the Université Lyon 2, he became senior lecturer in 2009.
He already published several books on artists like Pierre Soulages, Bernard Pagès, Philippe Favier etc.
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https://www.bernardchauveau.com/en/publishing/486-l-art-de-pierre-soulages-approches-bruno-duborgel-9782363062178.html
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On April 27 of this year, with a grade III heart murmur, dyspnea (difficult breathing), in this case an extra effort to expire-maybe not the best word to use-I took Frank to my colleague to be euthanized. This was difficult. First, Frank is tied for second as my all time favorite cat. Second, when we got to the clinic, I opened the carrier, and out walked a purring, happy cat.
The vet looked at me incredulously, as I did her. No way was this a cat ready to be put down. But I had prepared myself, and gotten him there. Dr. Kelly examined him, heard the murmur, and watched the breathing. How could we euthanize my special boy? Yeah, he used to be eighteen pounds, so much so, that I had to get him groomed for mats and a bath every other month. He just couldn’t move around his whole body to groom himself. No more, he can clean himself. And for the little mats I find, he is cooperative.
Kelly and I did a lateral radiograph of his chest, which surprisingly was perfectly normal. Go figure. Kelly laughed when I said to Frank, “Well, Frank, I guess you aren’t going to die today.”
I thought about another very important part of separating pets you shared with your spouse now deceased. I still have all three cats Earl and I shared: Matthew, 17, looking well and still Top Cat. Franklin and his brother, Cowboy Joe, are 15.
Cowboy has hyperthyroidism, and I medicate him twice daily with methimazole which, in my day of practice, was only available in pill form. Now this is in a cream in a measured plastic tube. You turn the tube twice, and apply the medicine to the inside of the ear where there is less fur. We recently measured his T4 levels, and where it was almost off the chart high, is almost normal. Good stuff. I have to wash if my skin touches it because I have hypothyroidism, one of those older age “welcome to the club” disorders.
My joy with Franklin now is how loving and content he is. All the cats love Ivy, and we all sleep on the bed after Ivy gets out of her crate in the morning to go out. When she comes back in, we all snuggle. If I am lying on my left side, Frank, who sleeps on my right, will tap my shoulder so I turn around to pet and hold him. I really love that. He is a happy guy, which is all I want and expect at this point. At normal weight now, Frank even looks right. And after seven months of extra life so far, I am really happy to have him. Let’s see what happens when I drive to Arizona with three elderly cats and a young dog.
I am blessed with animals that fill my life with love, and take away some of the hurt of losing Earl. I’ve been on my own nearly ten years. People pretty much stay away, but with my new career of writing, I can handle it better.
So, Franklin Irving Carlson, here’s to you! Some reviewers have even said the chapter he wrote in Drinking from the Trough, a Veterinan’s Memoir, is their favorite one.
I hope you can get a copy of the book and enjoy it yourself.
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https://marycarlsondvm.com/2018/11/12/glad-youre-still-around-franklin/
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We all understand that trips to the doctor can be scary, especially when we don’t know what we are there for and what will happen. We pride ourselves on practicing a Fear Free approach. Our doctors are Fear Free certified, having undertaken additional study and training to prevent and alleviate fear, anxiety, and stress to improve an animal’s emotional wellbeing during veterinary care, creating an experience that is better and safer for all involved, pets and pet parents alike. Most of our patients actually love coming to see us. They remember the cuddles and treats, not the medical care they received.
If your pet is nervous when they come to the veterinarian, let us know and we can discuss what we can do to help make them not just less stressed, but also more comfortable during their visit. We have extended visits, time to settle and relax after a car trip. We see pups who don’t like the inside of the hospital, outside in our fully fenced yard. There are times when pets need something gentle to help them relax to allow medical care. We take the time to get to know what puts your pet at ease and how to work with them, especially if they were adopted, rescued from a scary past or have had previous negative medical experiences.
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https://richmondhillveterinarian.ca/fear-free/
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In Ultental Valley, there are not only hiking trails waiting to be explored, but also many other exciting tourist attractions and destinations, which can always be combined with a hike in beautiful surroundings. Particularly worth seeing are the small church of St. Moritz on the sunny slope of the valley and the St. Helena church, which lies on a widely visible forest hill in Ultental.
The ruins of Eschenlohe Castle are perched on a ridge just before the village of S. Pancrazio/St. Pankraz. Although the ruins can only be visited from the outside, they are well worth a visit. The former tower of the castle is clearly visible on the road leading to the Ultental Valley.
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https://www.merano-suedtirol.it/en/ultental-valley/nature-culture/places-of-interest/churches-castles.html
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... the audiophile problem. Here's a very perceptive article I stumbled into on the Google homepage. Yeah, they know a scary amount about me. HiFi: How Do We Listen? | Part-Time Audiophile I say perceptive, of course, because he basically agrees with me and thinks like I do about this stuff.
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https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/listening-to-gear-or-listening-to-music.995651/
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Single parents and their kids can flourish, and there are plenty of examples to prove it. I invited my friend Alechia Reese to attend the screening who’s an awesome single mother and who could relate with Wanda Durant’s struggles. Seeing all of these success stories and many more unfold before my eyes is proof that single parenthood is not only manageable, but an incredible gift that allows others to shape their kids into a wonderful human being.
Raising children is no easy feat. Doing so alone with the mounting pressures of being the sole provider, under daunting statistics with even scarier unknowns, Wanda Durant decided early on that success was the only option for her family. Executive Producer, Queen Latifah, and Lifetime chronicled the true story of Kevin Durant’s mother as his self-described “Real MVP” in his 2014 NBA MVP acceptance speech.
Durant recited, he wasn’t supposed to be here. “You made us believe. You kept us off the street. You put clothes on our backs, food on the table. When you didn’t eat, you made sure we ate. You went to sleep hungry. You sacrificed for us. You the real MVP.” Actress Cassandra Freeman, who played Wanda Durant in the film, summarized Wanda’s commitment to her children in 4 simple words: faith, family, community and resourcefulness.
Wanda sacrificed so her children could succeed. The film is heartfelt, intriguing and a must-see.
To mothers, especially single mothers, Wanda Durant left these words of wisdom, “Find motivation within yourself. You’ve got to do it, not just for your children, but for yourself.” Join Lifetime Movie Network in their Mother’s Day celebration of The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story. On Saturday, May 7, 2016 we celebrate the strength, unconditional love, commitment and support that only a mother can give.
Originally posted on: DCW50 Television.
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https://www.alechiareese.com/single-post/2015/11/10/Top-10-great-skate-spots
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Journal or Book Title
Leishmania major (L. major) is a protozoan parasite that causes cutaneous leishmaniasis. About 12 million people are currently infected with an annual incidence of 1.3 million cases. The purpose of this study was to synthesize a small library of novel thiophene derivatives, and evaluate its parasitic activity, and potential mechanism of action (MOA). We developed a structure–activity relationship (SAR) study of the thiophene molecule 5A. Overall, eight thiophene derivatives of 5A were synthesized and purified by silica gel column chromatography. Of these eight analogs, the molecule 5D showed the highest in vitro activity against Leishmania major promastigotes (EC50 0.09 ± 0.02 µM), with an inhibition of the proliferation of intracellular amastigotes higher than 75% at only 0.63 µM and an excellent selective index. Moreover, the effect of 5D on L. major promastigotes was associated with generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and in silico docking studies suggested that 5D may play a role in inhibiting trypanothione reductase. In summary, the combined SAR study and the in vitro evaluation of 5A derivatives allowed the identification of the novel molecule 5D, which exhibited potent in vitro anti-leishmanial activity resulting in ROS production leading to cell death with no significant cytotoxicity towards mammalian cells.
Directed Drug Design and Molecular Therapy
UMass Amherst Open Access Policy
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Rodriguez, Felipe; Iniguez, Eva; Contreras, Guadalupe Pena; Ahmed, Haidar; Costa, Thadeu E. M. M.; Skouta, Rachid; and Maldonado, Rosa A., "Development of Thiophene Compounds as Potent Chemotherapies for the Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania major" (2018). Molecules. 1462.
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https://scholarworks.umass.edu/chem_faculty_pubs/1462/
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Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis made an announcement on Friday that allows gyms statewide to reopen as early as next Monday, May 18.
It is now up to local governments to determine when gyms will be allowed to reopen locally.
Gov. DeSantis hinted at reopening gyms during a press conference on Thursday.
“I think it’s really important that people have access to gyms and to different exercise,” DeSantis had said a day earlier. “You had certain guidelines that the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] put out, and they think that gyms were a problem, so that’s why they were closed.”
Allowing gyms to reopen is part of a “full Phase One” based on the progress that Florida has made in flattening the curve.
While the White House Phase One had included gyms, previously under Phase One of Florida’s reopening plan, gyms and fitness centers throughout the state were closed, with the following exceptions:
- Gyms and fitness centers that are amenities of hotels which have a capacity of 10 people or less
- Gyms and fitness centers that are amenities of residential buildings
- Gyms inside fire or police stations
- Gyms inside any single-occupant office building
“We did an initial Phase One,” said DeSantis. “We wanted to go safely, smartly, and we wanted to go step by step. I could have done this off the bat but I wanted to make sure we had a good footing.”
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https://stayfit305.com/florida-governor-announces-gyms-can-reopen-may-18/
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as in… he will probably own a onesie that looks something like this:
We had the ultrasound bright and early this morning. J couldn’t stop smiling as we waited. Of course, I didn’t get a picture, but he snapped this one while we waited.
Crumb was snoozing quietly when the ultrasound tech first started working. He had his head all tucked down and was rolled into a ball, making it hard to see anything. J started making conversation with my abdomen and that woke him up! He already loves his daddy’s voice!
Here are just a couple of the pictures she gave us:
In case you are wondering, I’m not posting any proof of his gender, but she captured so many views, she said “no one can argue with you about the gender of this baby. It’s definitely a boy!!”
J is happy he’s getting his little man…he may or may not have teared up, and he hasn’t stopped smiling since.
And everything else looks good! We are so thankful!
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https://countingitjoy.com/2012/08/07/crumb-is-a/
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The topic of cutting negative friends from your life, is one that’s close and personal to me.
In this article, I’m going to explain how negative friends affect your life, why you should cut them out, and how to begin to do so.
When I was younger, I always used to feel like the odd one out in the group. The more serious one. The one who seemed to think slightly bigger than the rest. But also the one who didn’t want to always tell the others his goals and dreams in case of what they might think.
Does this sound familiar to you?
If you’re reading this article today, I’m very grateful. I’m grateful because it means I get a chance to inspire and influence someone who could well possibly be in the same situation I was a short while ago.
A situation where I had a bunch of negative friends that would just make fun of my dreams and laugh at me for trying to do something different.
Are you the odd one out?
Before we continue with the article, are you the odd one out in the group? Do you feel like the person who thinks bigger than the rest?
Maybe the rest of your friend group chooses to waste their time and money on mediocre activities, like getting drunk every weekend with nothing really to celebrate about.
If you are, and you feel like you want to be doing more with your life, this article is for you.
What do you do when you’re the odd one out in the group?
If you feel like you’re the odd one out in the group, this is a good thing. It’s a good thing because it means you’ve finally realized that you don’t belong in the group. Your calling is somewhere else.
It might be tough to realize this; maybe you’ve been friends with your group for a long time, and you think you’ll be left with no one if you remove yourself from the group.
However, it’s a vital step to becoming a more productive person, and a giant step closer to where you want to be in life.
How do negative friends affect you?
If they’re constantly putting you down and encouraging you to waste your precious time, they’ve got to go.
Why You Should Cut Negative Friends From Your Life
Let’s go through the many reasons and benefits of removing negative people from your life. Be warned, after reading this you may have a lot less friends.
1. You become like the 5 people you spend the most time with
There’s an old saying that suggests you become the average of the 5 people you spend most of your time with. They’re not wrong.
If you spend the majority of your time with negative people, you will start to feel negative. You will also start to do the same activities that they do, which can’t be that great if you’re interested in improving your life, and making the most of your time.
If, however, you spend your time with successful and positive people, you will be positive. You’ll become inspired, and you’ll learn a lot from these people. You’ll do productive and adventurous activities, rather than the usual pint down the pub.
2. Negative friends are often un-supportive and won’t have your back
Back when I first started my business, I only had the support of a few people. The rest were laughing behind my back. They thought the idea was stupid.
For many people who find themselves faced with a similar situation, that might be enough to make them give up and quit.
Luckily, I’d met many other entrepreneurs through the business who loved what I was doing. So I didn’t worry about what the other people thought.
The point is that negative friends are un-supportive. They won’t give you any words of encouragement. You need friends in your life that will give you positive words of encouragement, and be there for you in the tough times.
3. Negativity is contagious and you’ll start to think negatively as well
When you hand around with negative people, their attitude towards things starts to rub off on you. When they spend their time complaining and expressing their negativity towards life, you start to feel the same way.
We are easily influenced by our surroundings. Whether we hear good things or bad things from people, it has a large influence on our thinking patterns and our general mood.
If you want to be able to think positively, and not be sucked back into a negative mindset, then you need to hang around with positive people, and not people who are going to make you feel bad.
4. If you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to re-think
Have you noticed the trend between those that side with majority, and those that choose their own path?
Until recently, everybody thought that because the majority of people were going to university or college, that meant that they had to as well.
Now however, debts are increasing, people are graduating with the same degree and nothing to separate themselves from the rest of the group. A lot of the top millionaires and billionaires never even went to college.
The point of this statement, is that if you start to find yourself following what the majority of people, maybe it’s time to pause and reflect on the actual decision you’re making.
Many people make decisions just because it’s what everybody else is doing, and not considering whether it’s actually right for them.
5. Your confidence will be destroyed by negative people
You’re not going to be getting any boosts in confidence by spending time around negative people. In fact, they’re going to tearing your confidence to shreds piece by piece.
You’ll often hear things like:
- You’re goals aren’t possible
- You’ll never get your dream body
- You have to be lucky to be rich
- Your ideas are stupid
So on and so forth…
If you’re spending your time with people who constantly lift you up, and believe in you, you’re confidence will improve incredibly quickly. It’s a simple choice to make if you wish to be advancing towards your goals at the best rate possible.
6. You’ll be a lot more productive without them in your life
Distractions are the arch enemy of productivity.
Since your friends influence how you spend a good portion of your time, their interests will influence how much you use your time to the best of your ability.
You could spend every week doing the same thing, or you could be improving yourself as well as living life to the fullest. Your friends have a big impact on which of the two you do.
7. You can’t learn anything from them
If your friends are the type of people, who constantly complain, sit around doing nothing, and even have nothing new to talk about every time you see them; can you seriously learn much from them?
Actually, let me rephrase that;
Would you seriously want to learn anything from them?
These are people who don’t think big. They don’t want others to think big. They go for the short term happiness. The lazy habits, the late nights out every weekend. Then Monday rolls around and you hear them complaining about their jobs again.
The only thing you can learn from this is what not to do.
8. They’ll talk you out of your dreams
The worst part about having negative friends is that they’ll try and talk you out of your dreams. They’ll try and drag you back down the second to start to work on your life.
Giving you all the reasons why something you’re trying to do is ridiculous, impossible and a waste of time.
If you want to keep your dreams intact, and if you still want to believe that they’re possible, it’s probably best you stop hanging out with anyone that tells you otherwise.
How to Remove Negative Friends From Your Life
You’re probably now motivated to finally remove the negative people from your life. Maybe all the points here have resonated with you, and you found yourself nodding along to some of the stuff I’ve mentioned.
Although, it’s not exactly that easy, right?
Your friends are a huge part of your life, and it’s difficult to finally decide to stop hanging out with them.
Here’s a few points on how to remove the negative people from your life:
1. Identify People Who Are Negative
The first step to removing all the negativity from your life, is actually identifying those causing it in the first place. There might be people affecting your mood and energy without you even realizing it.
Take some time to think about the people you spend time with:
- Do they often help you out in times of need?
- Do they give you support and constructive feedback when you need it?
- Do they take advantage of you in certain situations?
- Do they often tell you the reasons why something won’t work?
- Do they build you up, or do they break you down?
- Do they always complain about the simplest of things?
Once you think about the questions above, you’ll be able to see which of the people in your life are negative, and which are positive. In other words, which you should and shouldn’t avoid.
2. Limit Your Communication With Them
Do your best to limit communication with them. If you’re often talking to them on social media, on a regular basis, try muting the notifications from them.
There’s options on Facebook Messenger where you can mute notifications from someone for a certain period of time. The feature can be useful if there’s someone you want to take a break from for a while.
Keep yourself busy with your own tasks and goals to limit the amount of time you communicate with them.
3. Search for New Friend Circles
If you feel like your social circle is nothing but the negativity circle, try searching for a new circle. Connect with others who are more positive individuals.
There are plenty of places online to find positive people to talk to, and there are plenty of places to go out and meet people in real life as well.
If you already know some positive people in your life, but don’t spend that much time with them, try to get closer to them and do more with them.
4. Switch Up Your Daily Routine to Avoid Negativity
Our routines play a big part in who we communicate with, and therefore how we feel.
There are plenty of situations where you could be faced with people who drain your energy:
- Where you work
- Where you spend your time on Friday and Saturday nights
- Who you live with
- Who you eat with
Depending on your lifestyle and how your routine for the day is planned, they’ll be situations other than the above.
If you can alter your routines to attract more positivity, do it!
We’re coming towards the end of the article on why you need to remove negative people from your life. Before we leave you, let’s quickly recap the reasons why, and how to remove negative friends from your life.
Why you should remove negative friends from your life:
- You become like the 5 people you spend the most time with
- Negative friends are often un-supportive and won’t have your back
- Negativity is contagious and you’ll start to think negatively as well
- If you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to re-think
- Your confidence will be destroyed by negative people
- You’ll be a lot more productive without them in your life
- You can’t learn anything from them
- They’ll talk you out of your dreams
How to remove negative friends from your life:
- Identify people who are negative
- Limit your communication with them
- Search for new friend circles
- Switch up your daily routine to avoid negativity
Negative people are sometimes unavoidable. You’ll often comes across them in life now and again. If however, people filled with negativity have become close friends of yours, it won’t do you any good.
You can see from all the reasons we’ve covered in this article, just how important it is to remove negative friends from your surroundings.
But it’s not that easy…
It can be tough to just cut friends out of your life. Especially if you’ve become so used to spending time with them. When you stop spending time with them, there might be a period where you feel lonely. But, there’s so many other potential friends out there, who are going to:
- Support you
- Lift your spirits
- Have similar goals
- Encourage you towards your dreams
- Make you happier
What’s your experiencing with negative people? And have you ever had to remove negative friends from your life? Leave a comment below.
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Do you need to read this blog post because I am going to offer you some bit of info that makes your life better? Maybe. You’ll be better off if you read it for love.
I want to read your blog post for love. I’d rather you read mine because you love me — or at least you would like to. I would rather read your post because I want to know you, or at least know of you: your gifts, your wisdom, your part in the community we share, whether face to face or just as members of humanity. I don’t think you are an info machine regurgitating data you have effectively evaluated and reconstituted and I am surely not that.
Two things happened last week that made me think many of my friends are overly influenced by two mutually detrimental experiences: their social science teachers and their evangelical preachers. It makes them treat people as if they are data and data sources. Before I tell you about that, I can probably sum up my reaction to my experiences with the Brian Wilson song that came to my mind as I pondered my discomfort. What we need is love and mercy, not another teaching that tells us we’ve got it all wrong or another preaching that tells us we can never get it right.
I loved seeing Brian Wilson sing this at the Tower Theater!
Do we really have it all wrong?
We took a survey of the people who came to our church planting summit last week. They had a LOT of wise things to say off the top of their heads that I will be pondering (and helping us to incorporate) for a long time.
But there was an interesting streak that a few responders added to the mix. It bothered me. They apparently looked around the room and quickly sized us up according to the ideal church/social group they thought we ought to be. They asked things like, “Why are we so much this and not enough that?” and “Where is the data that proves what you are saying?” Even though we have a proverb that enjoins people to resist “bean counting” they applied a mentality that is very common these days. Aren’t most things reduced to, “What does it cost?” or “What don’t we have enough of?” Apply that mentality to a social group, like the church, and it is “Who is underrepresented” or “What is missing?” I often say the mentality leads us to eating the holes in the Swiss cheese.
I’m not saying facing facts is irrelevant. I think Jesus-followers should be the people most able to face the harsh truth about themselves and their group. So bring on any truth that statistics and spreadsheets can tell! But let’s also admit that figures lie and liars figure. And even when they tell the truth, their truth is never deep enough. The great truth we know as Jesus followers is that the facts which prove how worthy we are of condemnation are not the facts we live by. Jesus looks at us like a mother getting the first glimpse of her newborn, or a father looking down the road and seeing a figure who looks like his son coming home. We could not possibly have it all wrong, being so loved. Even if nothing is working out, love and mercy are working out.
Are we really never going to get it right?
The next night I sat under the teaching of the spectacularly-talented Gungor family. I appreciated the depth and variety of their music. I was also very interested in their fan base, who seemed happy to get a chance to ask them personal questions.
From what I can tell, they are refugees from Evangelicalism, but they haven’t completely lost touch with their homeland. As a person who never quite got into the Evangelical fold, it is usually hard for me to describe what I think about it until I run into it again, like I did with Gungor. Their music was all about light and connecting with God, but at the same time it was deeply intellectual and bent on making a point. When they started talking, it became even clearer that their view of us was as unrealized projects who need to conform to ways we have yet to perfect. We haven’t got it right yet and we never will.
Like Michael and Lisa, God’s leadership motivates me to grow and change. We are travelling onward. So bring on your expanded vistas and the hope of eternity! I think they were trying to bring that. But there was also this other streak. Like when Lisa said her new revelation of late was “If we’re not all free, none of us are free.” That is a great word to the powers that be as they insist that Americans are free because of the society’s goodness and power, when they are not. But the impossible dream of waiting for Christians to take over the world and make democracy and capitalism (or anything) work is the kind of thing Evangelicals hope for that make everyone in the meeting get the idea that there is endless toil to complete.
In a similar vein, when a young man asked about how to make an album, Michael told him, among other things, to “Follow what is in you.” Given more time, he might have told him to “Follow Jesus, who is in you.” But, as it is, the young man got the word to assess what is in himself and follow it to success, or to not care about success and be content with whatever is in him – be yourself. That’s a good word to a young man who sees Gungor and can’t feel good until he is Gungor, but it is also and invitation to “Be that perfect you and you’ll be happy.”
When the New Testament writers tell us our hearts are deceitful and assure us God is greater than our hearts, I don’t think they are merely calling me to change everyone’s heart or follow my heart, in the sense that life is an endless project I need to get right. The “burnt out evangelicals” I promise to never disparage again (since most of the people at the summit said they could wear that description!) have been pushing such a rock up the hill long enough. The work makes them feel like crap and the only solution they are given is work harder and like it! Our good works do not make us good people. We can get it right because Jesus got it right for us. It is not going to get any better than that because we somehow out-save Jesus. It is already done. Love and mercy is where we live.
We’re already more than the moral to the story
I don’t know every bean-counter and evangelical on the planet, so whatever stereotype I concoct is just that: a concoction. I’d rather love people than relate to them as a concoction I should assess or exhort. So I am pondering how to end this post. These days little stories, like I have just told, are commodities people consume and store in data bases, if they “like” them. If they are Evangelicals their story is a new way to preach and every story has a moral. In both cases, bean counter or evangelical, the story is rarely about us as we are, it is always about who we should be or who we aren’t yet.
I can face who I should be and who I am not — I live in love and mercy, after all! But I surely need to be careful or I will become an aspiration, never to be realized, rather than a person in Christ who has aspirations. I am not sure it is even safe to look into eternity if you are not securely by the Lord’s side while you are doing it!
So see if this works for you. When Jesus says “Before Abraham was born, I am!” in John 8, I don’t think he was assessing himself honestly or making a point, or even telling a story. I think he was being vulnerable, being himself. In a similar way, I think we can say, “We are who we are” and rest in that, even though we know there is more to do and a long road ahead. Even the most ambitious man in the Bible, the Apostle Paul, says, “I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself” – basically, “I am who I am.“
We live in the love and mercy of God. That’s who we are and that’s the essence of what we bring to the meeting or the concert. We are not the facts, or the work, or the moral to the story. Facts, work and morals are all great. But who can live under the weight of them? Who wants to be judged by them? Even now, when you are at the end of what I have said, can I live under your assessment or can you live under whatever judgment you have strained out of what I have written? Probably not. So listen to Brian again and end up in love and mercy, instead. Be in the church too and let it be: we are who we are, and whatever we become will be a gift of love and mercy.
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I hope that one day, I’m asked where’s the weirdest place I’ve watched a film (a common question), because after this week, I’ll be able to say in a sand filled room on the fourth floor of Liberty.
I haven’t really got into the whole pop-up immersive cinema scene. I’ve seen friends get all dressed up to see Star Wars or Back to the Future and thought “meh, seems like a lot of effort to me”. I love comfort, so sitting on a rug on the floor whilst straining my neck to see the screen doesn’t scream fun for me.
However, something about the Backyard Cinema screenings at Liberty appealed to me. It might have been the Miami theme (considering my recent visit), it might have been that it was being held in my favourite store, or it could have been the brilliant selection of films. We’ll never know.
The whole summer, Backyard Cinema is based at the Mercato Metropolitano in South London, a place I have yet to visit but looks amazing. They’re showing some absolute classics there – new and old, children’s, comedy, action – all sorts. And as a little offshoot to their summer season, they set up shop in the Disappearing Store on 4 at Liberty.
Tim and I got tickets for Footloose, and I really do recommend seeing Footloose with him as he is a world renowned expert on all things Ren McCormack. The last time I watched it with him was at the Prince Charles Cinema at one of their overnight PJ parties, and I shamefully fell asleep midway through. I’m not sure if he’s forgiven me for that.
We were given flip flops before we went into the room because they had filled the whole place with sand, sadly not Liberty print flip flops which was my only criticism. There were about 20 deckchairs set up with little tables full of sweets and popcorn, and we were given a drink when we arrived. It was so satisfying to sit in the deckchair and feel the sand between your toes. Made me really nostalgic for Surfside. I really can’t think of a better place to watch a film. They did such a great job with the staging, and I’m tempted to visit their main location. I’ll definitely keep checking in with them to see what new experiences they come up with.
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Welcome to MUgSS
The purpose of MUgSS is to provide a forum for students interested in statistics, number, probability to meet fellow peers and create something bigger than themselves.
Confused? Wondering "what is statistics" and "what can I do with a statistics degree"? We have answers.
We would like to congratulate our new officers for the 2016-2017 school year!
President - Kristine Lan
Vice President - Peggy Ningwei Xia
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Position title: Undergraduate Peer Advisor
Office: 3211 Mosse Humanities
Mailbox: 3211 Mosse Humanities
Isabelle Cook is in her fourth year at UW-Madison, majoring in history, economics, and Russian. Her academic interests include the Second World War, the Soviet Union, United States monetary policy, and the international financial system. Her love of traveling and learning new languages brought her to the Department of History, where she has been able to deepen her understanding of places both visited and unseen. She served as ARCHIVE editor-in-chief in Spring 2020 and is thrilled to now serve as a Mosse Peer Advisor, connecting with other students who are passionate about the study of history. In this role, she hopes to help her fellow peers craft academic experiences that will encompass all of their curiosities.
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Lincoln High School Recognized by Advanced Placement Council
For the City Times
Lincoln High School has been recognized by the Wisconsin Advanced Placement Advisory Council (WAPAC) as a Pacesetter school in Advanced Placement.
Lincoln High School received a Level 3 placement.
The impetus of this recognition is to recognize access and excellence regarding Advanced Placement. Pacesetter schools have provided impressive student access to AP courses and posted excellent AP exam results.
The Pacesetter Award is unique to Wisconsin and emerged from WAPAC members who felt that many outstanding school districts in our state lacked recognition for AP excellence. In particular, WAPAC was interested in highlighting districts that are seldom recognized for their excellence in AP.
The data for the WAPAC award is readily available from WISEdash data released from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction at http://wisedash.dpi.wi.gov/Dashboard/portalHome.jsp.
WAPAC’s goal is to focus on increasing participation by recognizing Pacesetters or leaders in AP to encourage other districts to promote both access and excellence.
WAPAC is proud to announce this year’s Pacesetter Award schools at Level 1 increased by five schools from the previous year. This Pacesetter Award celebrates success of individual schools and is not a competition or comparison between schools. For this reason no data comparing schools will be released.
|2016 Pacesetter Results (*2015 AP data)||2015 Pacesetter Results (*2014 AP data)||2014 Pacesetter Results (*2013 AP data)|
|Level 1 schools 16||Level 1 schools 12||Level 1 schools 7|
|Level 2 schools 32||Level 2 schools 36||Level 2 schools 36|
|Level 3 schools 92||Level 3 schools 85||Level 3 schools 89|
Note: 424 public schools were data mined for 2015-16.
The Wisconsin Advanced Placement Advisory Council is comprised of Wisconsin secondary and collegiate educators who are dedicated to expanding access to AP coursework and rigorous learning for all college bound students. To learn more about WAPAC visit: https://eop.education.wisc.edu/eop/professional-learning/partnerships/wapac
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This listing is for an Electric Stapler 191EL – Tac Wise.
Firing six different lengths of nails and four different lengths of a staple, the 191EL Electric Stapler is a nailer & stapler that’s perfect for a wide range of fixing applications.
Versatile, ergonomic and lightweight; the 191EL is perfect for continuous nailing tasks, especially those in difficult to reach areas. Simple, easy to use and the fastest tool of its kind
Comes in tough lockable carry case.
Staples available from our store check out the staples nails and pins section
Quality tool manufacturer so tough and durable.
Order as many items as you like from our store and pay only one postage charge
We will normally process your order within 24 hours of receipt.
All items are sent via DPD and are normally next day delivery and fully tracked, your email address or mobile number will be used to advise you of delivery times and dates which you can then rearrange with DPD if required.
Delivery should therefore be within 2-3 days of receipt of your order
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Before she was the host of Love Island, before she was The Bachelorette and even before her Bardot days, Sophie Monk was a performer. And Australia's favourite bogan has shared a hilarious throwback video that proves it.
Sophie posted a clip on Instagram of herself, aged 12, performing on the junior talent edition of Bert Newton's show, New Faces singing The Ugly Duckling.
Take a look at the clip below, you know you want to.
Story continues after video.
The costume, the shimmy, the cute little voice, we don't know where to start with what we love most!
Sophie captioned her post, "Can anyone share their most embarrassing pre-pubescent story to make me feel better???🙈 Being a duck on tv wasn't great for high school. I was picked on forever."
Well, things turned out all right for the blonde beauty. Sophie classically trained as an opera singer and worked as a Marilyn Monroe impersonator at Warner Bros. Movie World before finding fame on Popstars as a member of girl group, Bardot.
Since then, she's appeared in Hollywood hits such as Click and Date Movie as well as won us over on The Bachelorette and Love Island.
READ MORE: What is Sophie Monk's net worth?
Sophie's always had a love for the arts, and told the Sydney Morning Herald in 2016 that she was never a bad girl.
"I'd say I wasn't naughty, like drugs or anything – I've never been into that – but more cheeky, always making people laugh in the class, and the teachers couldn't really get control of the class. Then I did dance and singing and acting after school … I was always going to be on the stage, so I used school as the time that was chill-out time, to be honest, and I didn't learn anything."
Let's hope we see Sophie on stage again soon.
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Starbucks failed in Melbourne. We were ordering flat whites in the 1990s. There is no such thing as bad coffee in central Melbourne because the standard is so high. In addition to being a coffee snob, I LOVE my coffee.
So when travelling I always do my research about the best coffee options. I like to think I can spot a good cafe based on its font and look from a mile away. The more industrial looking the better.
The cuter and chintzier the worse the coffee in my experience. Coffee is serious and I normally find serious-looking coffee shops produce better coffee.
Anyway, I was a little concerned when it came to cafes in Exeter. I was very worried that I would be facing only milky lattes with scalding milk when I asked for a flat white.
Having no choice but to order an Americano with a side of hot milk as that was the least bad option. I was having coffee-mares before the trip imagining that giant scalding milkshake of a latte.
My concerns were unfounded. Thank goodness for the spread of the coffee snob and hipster. Exeter coffee is fantastic – particularly the cafes in Exeter city centre.
Ideally, I like some eggs with hollandaise sauce with my anal coffee if it is pre 11 am – then into cakey things – then a nice soup and salad lunch to balance.
The goal was to find great Exeter Cafes based on the quality of their coffee – and where there is good coffee there is almost always good food to follow.
⇒ For things to do in Exeter beyond drinking coffee check out this great post on One Day in Exeter England from the Travel Tester!
- 1. Cafes in Exeter – Glorious Art House
- 2. Exeter Cafes – Artigiano
- 3. Best Cafes Exeter – The Exploding Bakery
- 4. Coffee Shops Exeter – Tea On the Green
- 5. March Coffee
- 6. The Plant Cafe
- Quickes Farm
- The Gin Palace Exeter
- Rendezvous Wine Bar
- Exeter Restaurants – Harry’s
- Exeter Brewery
- The Terrace Restaurant
- Exeter Hotels – A Boutique Option
- Exeter Cafes – How to get to Exeter
- Who Paid for What in this Post?
1. Cafes in Exeter – Glorious Art House
By far the most instagrammable of the Exeter Cafes as well as serving great coffee is Glorious Art House. This wonderfully colourful cafe sprawls over three levels and is filled with arty bits and pieces.
There is even a cute little reading nook. Just up from the ground floor of the Glorious Art House Cafe Exeter is a lovely outdoor patio where you can enjoy your coffee.
Glorious Art House is well known for its waffles and cakes so this is definitely for when you are having a sweet craving. It’s not just high-fat options as Glorious Art House Exeter also offers greek yoghurt, berries, granola etc.
There is an art gallery on the third floor and seating for coffee and food on the ground and first floors.
Glorious Art House Location:
120 Fore Street EX4 3JQ
Outdoor Seating available
Dogs & Children Welcome
2. Exeter Cafes – Artigiano
Normally a high street location means bad coffee. However, I was happily proven wrong at one of the best cafes in Exeter city centre.
Artigiano Espresso and Wine Bar has been serving great coffee on the Exeter high street since 2014. Artigiano Exeter is a big place but still cosy in feel – absolutely perfect as a place to work.
And the coffee was excellent. Indeed my barista was going on to represent Artigiano at some type of impressive-sounding Barista competition.
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Artigiano Cafe Exeter could be my perfect place as it is focussed on coffee until 5 pm and then it turns into a wine bar. It also has some excellent food. Very very tasty looking cakes and treats.
I ate breakfast here. The menu at Artigiano was a great mix of classics such as eggs benedict as well as some more fun options like crumpets and smashed avocado or American style pancakes.
This was also one of my favourite places to eat in Exeter.
I chose the Eggs Royale for a bit of healthy and naughty – and then increased the naughty quotient by adding in a side order of local sausages.
This is the perfect place to go for brunch or lunch with some fantastic coffee.
Artigiano Cafe Location:
248 High Street
Exeter EX4 3PZ
Gluten Free Options
3. Best Cafes Exeter – The Exploding Bakery
My vote for the best coffee in Exeter is The Exploding Bakery. Now I like my flat white strong with a heavily roasted flavour so that is my criteria. You may have a different view.
In my opinion, The Exploding Bakery also has the best name for any cafe – or potentially for anywhere – in Exeter.
The Exploding Bakery Exeter has a great location in the middle of town next to the local Exeter train station (eg for trains around the area vs trains to London etc which leave from Exeter St Davids.
This Exeter cafe was started by two old school friends who were passionate about their coffee and their tray bake cakes (more of that later). They opened in 2011.
There is a rather large oven as well as a working area for that oven in the middle of The Exploding Bakery Cafe. I really liked this – it was lovely to see items coming straight out of the oven and seeing cakes being prepared.
Their cakes are rather delicious. I took four with me to be shared and all were excellent.
The Exploding Bakery Location:
1 & 2 The Crescent Queen Street
Outdoor Seating (although this is in the front and next to the station)
Vegan and Gluten Free Options
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4. Coffee Shops Exeter – Tea On the Green
Tea On the Green is my winner for the best location of a cafe in Exeter. I can’t imagine a more prime location. It is diagonally opposite the lovely Exeter Cathedral.
There is outdoor seating on the pedestrianised square. Tea on the Green is a great spot to sit and drink coffee and people watch.
In cooler weather, Tea on the Green Exeter also has a nice upstairs area – aim to get a seat by the window and you will have a warmer option for people watching.
The food here is great – very much locally sourced and you can taste the difference. Tea on the Green is the place to come for an Exeter Cream Tea – they are served every day from 230pm.
Tea on the Green Location:
2 Cathedral Close
Vegan and Gluten Free Options
5. March Coffee
March Coffee works with a local supplier for its very tasty coffee. However, March Coffee Exeter’s big point of difference is its delicious freshly made every morning homemade doughnuts – which come in all sorts of delicious flavours.
Brunch is served Friday-Sunday.
March Coffee Location:
87 South Street
6. The Plant Cafe
The Plant Cafe is also located on Cathedral Yard but on the other side from Tea on the Green. The Planet Cafe Exeter is a completely vegetarian cafe and it also caters to others with dietary restrictions.
Everything at The Plant Cafe is homemade on-site using local ingredients as much as possible. They also have a zero-waste policy. The food receives rave reviews as does the coffee.
The Plant Cafe Location:
1 Cathedral Yard
Vegetarian Outdoor Seating Options with a view of the Cathedral
Gluten Free Options Available
And here are some other great foodie and drink things to do in and around Exeter:
Cheeses from the award-winning Quickes Farm are sold all around the world – even in my hometown Melbourne. We had a wonderful tour of Quickes Farm Exeter with the oh so interesting and inspiring lovely owner Mary Quickes.
And then we very much enjoyed ourselves in the Quickes Farm Cheese Shop. There was some tasting to be done (my favourite was the Vintage Cheddar), some cheese to be purchased and some other lovely local produce to check out.
The Gin Palace Exeter
On Friday nights in Exeter during warmer months several pop-ups well pop up after 5 pm. One of the most appealing is the Gin Palace.
The team has done a great job creating a boutique feel under their tent. This is the home of Exeter Gin – a lovely tasting gin filled with botanicals from the area.
Don’t leave without trying what I think of as the Grandparent range. These Exeter gins are named after the owner’s grandparents. Granny Garbett apparently liked to get into a bit of trouble and loved her gin.
Grandad’s Revenge is literally that. And don’t miss Grandad’s Allotment for some rhubarb flavoured gin.
Rendezvous Wine Bar
This independent wine bar and restaurant Rendezvous is tucked away in the lovely Southernhay area of Exeter. The food is local at Rendezvous Exeter and the wines change regularly.
Rendezvous offers loads of different wines by the glass which I always appreciate.
I did love how Rendezvous Wine Bar structured their wine list – this is the only wine bar I have ever visited that had a specific section for Full-Bodied Complex White wines – which are my favourites.
The restaurant at Rendezvous has a lovely cosy feel and it is a European style/local menu eg featuring the usual suspects of delicious sounding local versions of lamb, pork, steak etc. I enjoyed a very tasty steak and can highly recommend their thick-cut chips.
Stables Exeter offers expert cider tastings. We tried about 8 different ciders – a mix of styles and sparkling and non-sparkling – and learned a lot about how to make cider.
Exeter Restaurants – Harry’s
Harry’s is family-owned and has all four daughters working in the restaurant. It is a much-loved spot by local’s and it is easy to see why.
Harry’s has a lovely relaxed feel and a brilliant menu. I tried the steak fajitas which I highly recommend.
However, Harry’s is most famous for one thing – Harry’s Heart Attack dessert. This gigantic dessert – I am not sure that my photo does it justice – is filled with all things chocolate and vanilla and sweets and cream and a flake and more. This is definitely one for sharing.
Exeter Brewery brews on-site and has a bar called The Tap Room which is open every Thursday from 5 pm-11 pm. Well worth a visit if you enjoy a pint or three.
The Terrace Restaurant
The Terrace Restaurant is located on a rooftop which a fantastic outside area in the middle of Exeter. The menu is at The Terrace Restaurant Exeter is modern European and utilises local ingredients.
Exeter Hotels – A Boutique Option
A fantastic boutique hotel option is Southernhay House in Exeter. This independently-owned townhouse has just 10 luxurious bedrooms and is located very close to the Exeter Cathedral. Luxury toiletries, first-class beds and quality linen are all on offer.
Southernhay House also has an excellent restaurant with a menu full of locally sourced and seasonal items. There is al fresco dining when the weather suits.
Add to this an outstanding bar with a great cocktail menu and this is my kind of boutique hotel.
Exeter Cafes – How to get to Exeter
Exeter is the second biggest city after Plymouth in Devon. Exeter is an international airport so it is possible to fly their directly from many cities in Europe.
Alternatively, travel by train to Exeter. The fastest train from London is 2 hours each way and slowest 4 hours each way. The largest number of trains leave from Paddington Station.
⇒ Heading to London? Check out my posts on 13 Unusual Experiences in London, the best London Food Tours, my virtual London Travel Blog, some great Earlsfield restaurants, restaurants near Clapham Junction and Victoria Station restaurants, a mad hatter afternoon tea party and a day trip to Brighton and Cotswolds tour from London options.
BritRail Passes for Overseas Visitors
If you’re planning on travelling around England and Scotland then the best option is to buy the BritRail GB Pass. This covers all train journeys across all of the United Kingdom. There is a BritRail MPass which has an e-ticket that can be downloaded onto a mobile. However, it has one key restriction which is that the travel must be taken on consecutive days so make sure you check if this suits your plans before purchasing.
Who Paid for What in this Post?
Visit GreatBritain and Visit Exeter covered the cost of getting me to Exeter and getting me home, accommodation, activities and virtually all of my meals – thanks, guys. But as always my opinions are my own.
If you click through on some of the links in this post and make a purchase I will receive a small commission. Just wanted to make sure that you knew.
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When maximum storage is in order, this extension package the largest IDR product adds an impressive 378 bottles of storage, showing off cases of wine in contemporary fashion. Connecting to any existing IDR73, this 7-foot display focuses on our patented label-forward storage, foregoing the presentation rack of the IDR7 to offer maximum bottle capacity.
Island Display Rack 7 Max Freestanding Wine Rack Extension Kit Specifics
- DIMENSIONS & BOTTLE CAPACITY: Adds 39″ in width and 378 wine bottles (750ml) capacity to any existing VintageView Island Display Rack 7 or 7 Max configuration (base unit or assembly with several extensions; sold separately).
- KIT INCLUDES: One side support (must be connected to IDR7 or 7 Max base), and all required cross supports, wine racking, and hardware for assembly.
- STYLISH, CONTEMPORARY WINE STORAGE: The perfect intersection of size and storage, this metal wine rack showcases a range of height and bottle depths in a modern fashion and can be extended to the side to reach any commercial or residential collection requirements.
- DURABLE MATERIAL & SLEEK FINISH: Built with high-quality steel, and offered in matte black, brushed nickel, or custom powder coated finishes.
- MOVING WINE STORAGE FORWARD: At VintageView, we create the preferred wine racks for design professionals and design-focused DIYers.
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Armour: Cowboys' best option is Prescott, not Romo
Touching as Jerry Jones’ loyalty to Tony Romo is, it’s misguided.
Giving Romo his old job back has the potential to disrupt the Dallas Cowboys this season and would definitely hurt them in the long run. By sticking with rookie Dak Prescott and parting ways with Romo in the offseason, Jones would have the money to overhaul the Cowboys’ defense — the one thing keeping Dallas from being a Super Bowl contender.
Of course it’s unfair that Romo should lose his job through no fault of his own. But there’s no room for sentimentality in the NFL, and the reality is that his history, along with Prescott’s performance in his absence, has made Romo expendable.
He has played just two regular-season games since Week 2 of last year, when he broke his left collarbone for the first time. If you count the preseason, he’s broken a bone in three of the past five games he’s played.
If he’s already showing signs of fragility at 36, he’s only going to get more breakable as the years pass.
This isn’t Tom Brady the Cowboys are waiting for, either. Yes, Romo is a good quarterback, one of the better ones in the league. But the Cowboys have made the playoffs just four times since he became the starter in 2006, and their record in those games is a dismal 2-4. Their last appearance in the NFC title game was back in 1995, which was also the last time they won the Super Bowl.
And speaking of Brady, imagine how different the Patriots’ fortunes could have been had Bill Belichick been loyal to the franchise quarterback with the massive, long-term contract when Drew Bledsoe returned from an injury in 2001. Or, in the way the Patriots measure time, four Super Bowl titles ago.
Prescott might not get Dallas to the Super Bowl this year — again, that defense. But the maturity and savvy with which he’s played in leading 4-1 Dallas to the top of the NFC East, as well as the rapport he’s developed with Ezekiel Elliott, make it clear that those two, not Romo, are the future of the Dallas franchise.
Prescott’s 69 percent completion rate ranks fifth among starting quarterbacks and, at 155 attempts and counting, he is closing in on Brady’s record for starting a career without an interception. He’s averaging a respectable 8 yards per pass — and that’s without having Dez Bryant the last two weeks.
Putting Prescott back on the shelf does nothing for his development, even if it’s just for the second half of this season.
And Prescott wouldn’t be the only one being held back if Jones insists on living in the past. The six-year, $108 million contract Romo signed in 2013 might as well be dead weight, preventing the Cowboys from shoring up holes they have elsewhere on their roster. (Again, that defense.)
By cutting or trading Romo in the off-season, the Cowboys could free up anywhere from $5 to $14 million next year. But that balloons to more than $20 million in savings in both 2018 and 2019, the last year of his contract.
That’s a lot of money that could be thrown at free agent cornerbacks and safeties. Or they could do what Seattle did, signing Richard Sherman and Earl Thomas to big deals when Russell Wilson was still under his cap-friendly rookie contract.
Callous as it sounds, Romo’s injury gives the Cowboys an opportunity to become a better team. But that will require Jones to embrace Dallas’ future rather than cling stubbornly to its past.
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Plot: When his wife is accosted by a downtown club owner while they are out on the town with neighbors, Bobby (Van Dam) ends up accidentally killing the man. Unfortunately for Bobby, the dead man's brother is Seth (Katz), a notorious criminal, who puts a $100,000 price on Bobby's head. With the help of fellow ex-Navy Seal Big Ronnie (Bautista), Bobby is going to have to fight off every criminal in the city if he hopes to make it through the night alive.
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While scanning through “violent action revenge thrillers” on NetFlix® instant queue, I stumbled across a film I’d never heard of before – Wrong Side of Town. When the brief description said it starred a bunch of wrestlers, I figured I’d give it a shot.
But, should I have been worried I’d never heard of this 2010 film, or would I discover Wrong Side of Town was the right choice for me?
Despite giving WWE star Dave Bautista top billing, the film actually features fellow ex-WWE’er Rob Van Dam in the lead. The same smoked-too-much-pot laid-back attitude he showed in WWE appears in the film, making him seem more like he’s about to fall asleep than getting viewers pumped up for an adrenaline rush. With him fighting more to keep himself awake than displaying any real acting prowess, he does nothing to get the viewer interested in his cheap cardboard caricature.
Dave Baustista does pop up in a few random sequences, and seems to be having a good time despite his ridiculous surroundings. Completely outshining fellow wrestler Van Dam in his few brief moments in the sun, he spews out even cheesy dialogue with more flair than Van Dam could ever hope for, leading the viewer to hope Bautista actually gets the lead in the next one of these straight-to-DVD action pics – or maybe even in a theatrical release.
The rest of the cast is a complete joke, from the criminal “mastermind” who isn’t very smart in the brains department to the dirty cop on his payroll, to his two meathead henchman, right down to the kindly-and-clueless neighbors.
The plot is pretty standard for this type of by-the-numbers action flick, with a man – who happens to have a background in military special forces (the Navy Seals are the preferred choice) – is hunted by a notorious criminal for something that wasn’t his fault, and fights off a multitude of bad guys on his way to the final confrontation. In this case, Van Dam’s Bobby accidentally killed bad guy Seth’s (really, Seth? what kind of bad guy name is that?) brother when he found the brother trying to rape his wife.
The normal fight sequences ensue, but, thanks to some horrible editing and Van Dam’s ridiculously laid-back attitude, even those fight sequences turn out to be ridiculous. Witness Van Dam doing nothing but grunting when being shot at point-blank range in the chest before shrugging off the wound (only to merely grimace when removing the bullet himself in a later patch-up sequence)! Watch as a gang of thugs back up to shoot at Van Dam, again from point-blank range, as he climbs a ladder to a height of, oh, 10 feet or so! Watch as those same thugs, when seeing how awful their shooting is as they keep missing, don’t move closer as Van Dam climbs laboriously one more foot up the ladder! Watch, when one of their shots finally hit Van Dam in the leg, and he falls from now a crazy height of around 12 feet, they quickly panic and leave the barely wounded man for dead! Ugh.
And that doesn’t even cover the ridiculously bad editing jobs that abound throughout the film. Want some examples? Van Dam is in the backseat, the neighbor’s wife in the front seat…she turns to look at him while he bounces around alone in the back seat, oblivious…then in the next sequence, Van Dam is in the passenger seat and the neighbor’s wife is in the back seat with Van Dam’s wife. Or, how about when the thugs are looking for their SUV, they drive away without even stopping to take a look at the only parked car with it’s lights on…but moments later, the SUV has it’s lights off, only to turn them on as they drive away? Again, ugh.
Already having cheated viewers out of a leading Bautista role and replacing him with Van Dam, the movie continues to disappoint, bringing in top-billed co-star Ja Rule for only one sequence. Maybe he realized how bad the movie was turning out, but couldn’t completely get out of his contract, so had them write him off early – and maybe Bautista did the same, leaving Van Dam holding the bag for this one.
No wonder Wrong Side of Town went straight to DVD. A ridiculously laid-back Rob Van Dam leads a cast of nobodys to nowhere in this ridiculously awful by-the-numbers action flick. The only saving grace of the film is the few sequences with Bautista, who easily out-acts everyone else in the movie, even while delivering some truly bad dialogue.
If you have NetFlix® (because there’s no way you’d want to pay to see this), you may want to watch Wrong Side of Town just to see giant Bautista handle a too-small-for-him machine gun, or to laugh at the hopelessly pathetic storyline, or just to watch wrestlers act (fellow ex-wrestler Viscera – going by his ridiculous actual name Nelson Frazier Jr. – also pops up) but trust me, it’s not worth it. While the movie has quite a few unintentional laughs, watching Van Dam earnestly but laboriously trudge his way through his first leading role (and probably his only chance to be a movie star) ruins any hopes the film was meant to be a joke…and that’s just sad.
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Harlow Business Centre has a diverse range of companies currently enjoying the business space to rent and facilities on offer at the Centre. Every effort is made by the Management Team to accommodate the needs of a growing business and alternative business accommodation will be offered to expanding companies where possible.
The Centre has 53 business units of various sizes from 240 sq.ft. to 2000 sq.ft. to rent from an office to a workshop, to a commercial warehouse.
The individual commercial units are serviced and the buildings are well maintained and insured, ensuring a secure and tidy environment. There is ample free parking on site for all occupants and visitors. There is also a free public car park adjacent to the centre. The Property Management Team is available to provide day-to-day business support and to oversee the smooth running of the services offered as shown below, all of which are included in the monthly service charge.
All commercial space at Harlow Business Centre is available for rent or lease on easy-in, easy-out monthly licence terms with no long term commitment. Moving in couldn’t be easier. Simply place a deposit on the property, submit your first month’s costs and your signed licence and the keys to your office or warehouse will be available to you.
We offer clients flexible space to rent on flexible terms within a professional and secure business community.
Our commercial offices and warehouses provide business workspace for rent or lease and our on-site management team are available daily to support your growing business.
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My love of Arts started as a little girl, drawing pictures for neighbourhood friends to drawing portraits of loved ones. In 2012, my fondness of nature and the desire to create some new artwork, inspired me to paint. It soon developed into a passion and became a part of who I am. Painting brings meditation, reflection and a sense of euphoria when I can translate it onto canvas. Being self-taught, I continually experiment with different mediums and subject matters. Challenging my abilities further deepens my passion in the creative process and the appreciation of the skill.
Majority of my work captures the botanical elements of nature. The intricasies of every fold or crease of a petal is appreciated. While infusing the essence of its natural beauty through bright or muted colours brings a feeling of bliss or serenity in an eclectic perspective.
This process creates a sense of elation with every stroke of the brush or pallette. Feelings of tranquility and pureness that are observed from the majority of my subjects is evident in the final work.
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A word of warning from a (mortified) coconut oil hair treatment novice.
By Amy Crawford
Further to my 9 Health Benefits of Coconut Oil post (and my obvious adoration for the stuff) I wanted to give other budding coconut oil hair treatment novices a little feedback around my recent experience. I've been testing it over the last fortnight (Sunday is my hair and face treatment day, just as a very non-significant FYI). No toxic chemicals are allowed into my home (as far as humanely possible) so if I can make this work I will be very happy!
As for the HOW. I used a couple of hand scoops of coconut oil, melted it in my hands (unless it's a balmy Melbourne day and let's be honest, they are infrequent) and rubbed it through my dry hair and scalp (it's really good for your scalp so don't neglect it). Then I sat around looking like a greasy so and so for approximately 30 minutes, praying the neighbour doesn't knock on the door.
What you need to know before you embark on this treatment journey is you will HAVE to shampoo AT LEAST twice, in fact next time I may shampoo three times. The first time I washed it only once. It dried looking okay. I put some product in it and walked out the door to a client meeting. Needless to say I was mortified when I saw myself in the mirror upon my return. The Sunday just gone I washed it twice and it's better though not 'normal'.
Know that you do not need a couple of hand scoops of oil, that I have now learnt from experience. A heaped teaspoon should be adequate, and therefore much easier to remove from your hair post treatment.
The one question I have of any hairdressers out there is this: by having to shampoo my hair THREE times in one sitting is that in fact stripping my hair of the goodness I had just nourished it with? *
Oh and sorry you didn't get a greasy hair shot but there is no way anyone needs to see that. You just get to see the mess I am making dripping coconut olil all over my bathroom.
* During my visit to Organika Hair in Melbourne (a couple of days after writing this post) I asked the delightful Sarah her thoughts regarding my multiple shampooing. Her advice was that we should always shampoo our hair twice anyway. And that it really depends on the quality of the shampoo you use as to whether you are stripping it of its goodness. Sarah also suggested trialling a new treatment such as coconut oil for a minimum of 6 weeks before making a call on its 'impact'. I've got 4 more Sundays - I'll report back!
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Want to impress, the best way to do that is with pie! Whether it is your wedding, birthday, anniversary, office party or special event The Pie Hole offers a wide variety of flavours and sizes. Have something special in mind for your special day? Shoot us a quick email and we can work together to see if we can make your pie dreams come true!
We offer packaged lunch / dinner boxes or ‘a la carte’ homemade products, to accommodate all your corporate or private needs.
Or, if you simply want us to assist with an amazing selection of desserts, we are here to help!
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A Brief History:
Following the American Civil War railroads of all types boomed across the continent. No longer short lines they spanned great distances connecting not just cities but states and even countries. Keeping the rails open in winter was top priority for the Northern lines as being closed even a few days meant the loss of vast amounts of revenue. For most snow removal jobs a plow on the front of the locomotive or mounted on a dedicated car was sufficient.
A great version, perhaps I will build a model like it someday.
Something more was needed for the deep drifts of the northern tier. Enter J. W. Elliot of Toronto, Canada, a man familiar with snow and the difficulty of moving it. J. W.’s idea was to use a fan shaped head to throw snow out of the way. He never got past the design phase but in 1884 Mr. Orange Jull did. His design was more of an auger but it worked quite well.
Jull sold his patent to two brothers, J. S. and E. who along with M. Sweetnam formed the Rotary Steam Shovel Manufacturing Company in Paterson, New Jersey. I can only guess that going by your initials was all the rage back in the 1880s.
They soon came out with a new design, a rotating cutter head that pulled the snow through fan shaped blades and then used centrifugal force to eject it out to the side.
With an internal mounted steam engine to drive the head the design soon became the standard on railroads across North American.
The Leslie’s contracted out construction of the plows to the Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works. With the D&RGW taking delivery of its first two units in 1889 they were designated Plow #1 and Plow #2. They were both standard gauge units which is the reason they are so large. If you go to Chama and see them in person you will notice the size difference to other equipment immediately. Plow #1 was used on the D&RGW standard guage lines for while but by
I have grouped the pictures by major component. It is mostly close up shots of the details. I hope these will help modelers who need a few specific questions answered like, how do the paddles attach to the rotor or what does the inside of the tender look like?
Pictures of Rotary OY as of June 2016 (Chama NM)
Pictures of Rotary OM as of June 2016 (Chama NM)
Backhead & Fireman’s Enclosure
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At Hard Rock Hotel Goa, we are fully committed to the safety guidelines and hygiene protocols from Hard Rock International under the new SAFE + SOUND program to protect the health and well-being of our guests and team members.SAFE + SOUND has been developed by a team of hospitality experts in partnership with EcoLab and NSF to provide enhanced cleaning practices, social interaction and workplace protocols while ensuring transparency through the hotel’s guest and team member journey.
Thermal temperature checks for every guest, team member and vendor upon arrival.
Appropriate social distancing requirements of 6 feet apart in all areas of the hotel through visual distance markers, signage and team member guidance.
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
Mandatory requirements for all guests and team members to wear a face mask in designated areas.
ENHANCED HOUSEKEEPING PROCESS
SAFE + SOUND key card on every guest room door as the final step in the enhanced housekeeping process.
CLEANING & DISINFECTING
Increased deep cleaning and disinfecting frequency for high-touch surfaces across public areas, meeting rooms, dining areas, and public restrooms.
Hand sanitizer stations in every public space area and all restrooms.
Team member hand washing every 60 minutes.
Sanitization of guest luggage before it enters the lobby.
High-level separation control procedures to handle all laundry.
Contact-less, in-room dining service offered at the guest room door with social distancing protocols.
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|Paper Title:||The Practical Application of the Internet of Things : Delivering tangible benefits on the road towards a disruptive digital water utility|
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Paper Information :
There is a massive digital disruption happening in the world today. The availability of cheap data storage, a significant increase on cloud based computer power and the access to powerful data handling and analytics packages at zero or minimal cost has created a pivotal moment for the world. Digital has unfolded in three distinct waves, Digital Customer, Digital Enterprise and most importantly Digital Operations. The latter is perhaps the most important to the water industry, at least today.
With the huge challenges facing the global water industry as stewards of both water resources and the receiving environment, we are tasked with ensuring we economically deliver water and wastewater services to customers. Challenges such as climate change altering weather patterns creating more extreme weather events, rising population as well as urbinisation, aging infrastructure, a retiring knowledge pool with a more competitive and socially different market place for attracting and retaining talent our challenge is to deliver more for less. This in addition to dwindling resources, higher energy and chemical prices, increasing water scarcity and tighter environmental legislation on existing pollutants as well as the introduction of new, more complex pollutants.
However, whilst the challenge seems significant and the pressure to deliver more with the same or less capital, the dynamic and heavily interconnected and interdependent nature of the natural and consumption water cycle means we have opportunity to exploit through a better understanding of our "eco-system" through the application of data analytics.
However, whilst digital disruption is tearing up the rulebooks in many sectors, the water industry, despite being data rich and having the necessary dynamic interactions which create opportunity, has not been quick to adopt digital disruption. There are many reasons to why this is the case, from greater pull on capital from operations, maintenance and asset creation projects, married to a traditional approach founded on building our way out of issues to being innovation shy when it comes to adopting new technologies and techniques. Typically, water companies require an ironclad assurance of benefits against investment, with paybacks of less than three years. Digital disruption benefits are hard to quantify, primarily because of the system complexities therefore the ability to imagine new ways of working are difficult until small reveals occur.
There is also a number of other blocking perceptions and requirements that can be avoided and, with the right data management techniques can allow us usher in the digital age without the need to create a major OT/IT revolution. In this case, evolution is sufficient to deliver the benefits from the digital age.
As a market leader in digital strategy and implementation, and a recognized pioneer of data analytics across every business sector, Accenture has been working closely with the water sector and applying innovative thinking in releasing the benefits of digital. In this presentation, we cover the practical development, using implemented examples of using IoT, Big Data and Cloud Computing to show the clear roadmap to how digital disruption can be used to meet the challenges of today to create the digital utility of the future.
Some of the key lessons and approaches covered include:
- Legacy Systems and Data Protocols: Water companies have much data, most of is across disparate, legacy sources and used and managed in silos. Typically analysis is undertaken using spreadsheets, with outputs used only by a handful and complex analysis and models hidden but to a select few and only for a single purpose. Multiple versions of the same data exist; each manipulated and "cleaned" in different ways.
Critical to the success of any data project is the ability to leverage as much of the legacy data and systems as possible. The catalyst of success is to establish a suitable analytics platform that ingests and can analyze data from existing sources and integrate inputs and outputs. There are exceptional analysis and modeling tools, that if integrated into the data platform allows outputs to be used multiple times, and by multiple parties, increasing value on each application.
Most existing BI systems were not designed integrate and the effort involved in conforming to a unified method of data output is futile. Leaving data in it'S original source and managing it's transition using the data platform is much more effective and efficient.
- Use Legacy data and Innovate to plug the gaps: As with legacy systems, creating actionable insights from legacy data as a first priority is critical. Where essential data is not available, innovate through use of engineering principles can help create surrogate information that is sufficient to yield benefits. Increase the "digital footprint" of every existing data point before embarking on expensive data generation exercise.
- Perfection isn't progress: Data quality perfection isn't required in order to develop it into something meaningful. Careful data architecture overcomes common problems associated with historic, undisciplined asset tagging conventions. Taking a systematic, "big file" approach to data ingestion allows an effective means of overcoming these legacy issues and achieving fast outcomes. Cleaning data on the fly is an imperative to deliver outcomes in weeks not years.
- Create Familiarity: Use the latest software technology, but create an environment that mimics more common systems such as Java. This reduces the dependency on highly skilled Big Data technology developers, creating a faster and more effective delivery workforce. Equally this applies to the finished user interface. Utilize familiar graphics and company legacy system interfaces. This supports the uptake by the ultimate users.
- Build confidence and benefits quickly: Identify and tackle use cases initially with engaged members of the company, based upon a definite requirement one at a time. This allows the momentum of success to build and drive traction in the business. Typically 2/3rds of benefits are derived from use cases that follow the initial set of hypothesis.
- Simplicity to unlock the complex: The simplest of uses cases will deliver huge benefits. Following the successful approach of See Performance, Manage Performance, Optimize Performance and Automate Performance will create the environment to long-term success.
Using practical examples, our presentation will articulate how to begin the digital evolution in the water companies, and return value to our customers and stakeholder by doing more for less using much of what we have invested in already.
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Die cutting machines are great tools for crafting and scrapbooking; this tool is intended to cut numbers of shapes from numbers of materials, such as:
- Metals and other hard objects
More than just by cutting in a fashionable way, the die cutting machine can also be used to create scrapbooks, stickers, boxes for pillows, shaker cards, envelopes, quilting projects, and more; all of these are possible if you have this list of the best die cut machines.
How does it work?
Die cutting machines are crafting tools that help you create intricate designs and patterns without using scissors, cutters, or anything practically using the hands.
The die cutting machine has two main types – the manual and electronic or digital die cutting machine.
- Manual die cutting machines
These are easy to use die cutting machines, which are manually operated using the easy-to-turn lever. The steel-made die is used to cut or create intricate shapes. All you need to do is place the paper and the die in between boards and pass it through the machine; due to applied uniform pressure, the die cuts the paper or any material, in a shape according to the design of the die.
- Electronic or digital die cutting machine
These types of die cutting machines are designed and built with software and powered by the electricity. Unlike the manual die cutting machine, the electronic or digital types do not use steel dies since the blade are built inside the machine. Additionally, since it does not use a detachable die, you have to choose your desired design or pattern through a software program or cartridges.
What are this year’s best die cutting brands?
There are a lot of die cutting brands to choose from; fortunately, several die cutting reviews had finalized their best options. In random order, below are this year’s best-reviewed brands for die cutting machines.
1. The Cricut Maker – The newest and incredibly versatile die cutting machine.
2. Silhouette Cameo 3 – One of the best sellers die cutting machine to offer a brilliant cutting design that can tolerate over 100 plus materials
3. The Cricut Explore Air 2 – One of Cricut’s best die cutting machine to offer in the market, enabling you to cut numbers of materials without worrying about jamming the machine.
4. The Sizzix Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine – One of the best die cutting machines which are designed for scrapbooking, quilting, and card-making.
There are several other die cutting machines that offer various features that you would definitely love; all you need to do is choose your machine carefully with the following considerations:
- Will you be using manual or automatic?
- Is it easy to use?
- Is it worth the price? Or is it too expensive for its feature?
- What is the size of the machine will you be using?
Die cutting machines are one of the best tools for craft-making, scrapbooking, and even quilting; all you need to do is practice really hard to make it easier for you.
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We have been in Botswana for four months. Prior to our arrival, the previous Country Director, Peggy McClure, left to take the position of Country Director for Morocco. In Peggy’s absence, the Program Director, Heather Robinson, had stepped in and was Acting Country Director until the new director arrived. He arrived a few weeks ago.
The new Country Director for Peace Corps Botswana is Tim Hartman. Tim is a returned Peace Corps volunteer who served in Cameroon (West Africa) from 1986-89.
Tim’s resume is impressive. Most recently, he served as president and chief operating officer of BroadReach Healthcare’s Global Health division. He has also worked for Computer Science Corporation’s Global Health Solutions Group and APM Inc. Hartman has assisted in the implementation of large scale HIV/AIDS care and treatment programs in Africa, helped many of America’s premier health systems reach ambitious strategic and operational goals, and worked in grassroots international development projects. Hartman received his Master of Business Administration degree from the Yale School of Management and his bachelor’s in philosophy from Stanford University.
I have met Tim and I think Peace Corps Botswana is in very good hands.
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So, I have been getting this thing organized for a while now. It was a bit last minute but when I realize my wife’s birthday was going to be on a Monday, I had to do something this weekend! So it started with getting in touch with some of her and my closest friends. It then followed by getting decorations setup and a Namesday cake!
The house was set! Dance Floor and all!
Cake that Marielle made! She helped so much! Thank you girl! ♥
I got all dolled up for my wife, I got the dress she gave me and colored it.
Gods I love this dress! Thank you Anni! ♥
Finally getting all the close friends gathered and setup and ready for Annimae to arrive! Oh I was nervous!
The special operations team: Party Goers getting ready to welcome my wife home! 😜
Then Anni arrived and we all shouted “Surprise Happy Namesday!” Oh It was so much fun!
We danced and had lots of fun! We all got Anni some presents! Everyone came through! It was so great! Thank you guys! I love you all!! 💓
The house was full with such great friends!
So much fun!
Finally we shared all gave some gifts and I took a photo of Anni! She was sooo happy! It made my day! So much planning, so much coordination… all of it WORTH IT!
Matching dresses! A gift from Finny!
I love you Annimae Nalani, I love you so much. Happy Namesday darling!
My beautiful wife… my birthday girl! 💋
It was such a wonderful evening, filled with wonderful friends and so much love to my beautiful Anni. Happy Namesday my love, I hope you enjoyed being special. You are worth everyone second it took to plan that.
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Keith Moon was best known as a member of the Who, but he was far more than that, even within the context of his role within the group. Moon, with his manic, lunatic side, and his life of excessive drinking, partying, and other indulgences, probably represented the youthful, zany side of rock & roll, as well as its self-destructive side, better than anyone else on the planet. In that sense, he was the soul of the Who, as much as Pete Townshend was its brain and Roger Daltrey was its heart; and, along with John Entwistle, Moon was at the core of its sound, and not just for his drumming per se. He played the skins with the kind of wild abandon that most trained musicians before him, not knowing any better, would have described as lunatic, in the worst sense of the word, and he lived his life with just about that same degree of intensity (even once running himself over with his own car). But more than the drumming itself, it was the lunacy that he brought to the personality mix of the four members that kept their music and their playing, not to mention their image, on the cutting edge of youth, even as they all moved into their thirties and tried to get more serious about music.
Moon's musical importance was similar to that of Brian Jones in the Rolling Stones. In much the same way that Jones, through his talent (and his abuse of it) helped lift the Stones above the level of every other blues-based band going, and made their image distinct, Moon did the same thing for the Who. When Jones left the Stones, to die just a few weeks later, they became more professional musically; they settled down with a true and admirable virtuoso in the guise of Mick Taylor, and their sound tightened up, but the youthful edge, the teenage lust was gone, not only from their sound but from their playing. When Keith Moon died, the Who carried on and were far more competent and reliable musically, but that wasn't what sold rock records.
Moon occasionally played on other peoples' records, but he only finished and released one solo album of his own, Two Sides of the Moon (though another may have been planned in 1975). Not taken seriously at the time, this record now appears to have captured the essence of Moon's nature. Recorded in a series of marathon sessions that were as notable for their huge bills for alcohol as the studio time involved, it is a strange, haunting mix of innocent '50s/early-'60s rock & roll and leering, joyful lust, and a savage sense of wit directed at the music business and played out both between and in the songs themselves. ~ Bruce Eder~ Rovi
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Survey suggests economic doldrums ahead for Midwest
An August survey suggests there will be little or no economic growth over the next three months in a nine-state region of the Midwest and Plains.
A report issued Tuesday says the overall Mid-American Business Conditions Index dropped to 49.6, compared with 50.6 in July.
Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey, and he says Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and South Dakota companies reported growth last month, but businesses in Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and Oklahoma reported less economic activity,
The survey results from supply managers are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100.
Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests economic growth. A score below that suggests decline.
The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
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City Of...? Well, that's a given, but if you'd simply answered Angel, as in the Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season One story, you may have a point. After all, this story properly introduces the broody, enigmatic vampire who these days apparently makes do with biting into tubs of super-strength hair gel in order to to get the lid off.
Up until now, the character of Angel hasn't really done much – which may explain why I always found him a bit annoying in the beginning. For the most part, in the early days, Angel is no more than a frowning poseur. A wannabe pop star in his very own pop video of swirling dry ice and crumpled leather jackets. You half expect him to start crooning a bad cover of some random soft rock pop tune like Heartbeat by Don Johnson (mind you, given his future warblings in the Caritas club, this isn't such a stretch of the imagination). However, what this story does is to give Angel a great big back story that's crying out to be explored, and as a result, he becomes a character in his own right rather than a be-gelled lump of cryptic plot exposition.
Angel adds a great twist to the tale, and also cements the sad ballad of Buffy's love life that can never be. You can imagine viewers jumping out of their seats at the bit when Angel pulls back from a Buffy tongue sandwich and shows his real vampire visage. That's a great twist, and one that many fans probably couldn't have foreseen. As Darla later crows at Angel: “You love someone who hates us. You're sick. You'll always be sick.” It's the love affair that can never be, and as we'll see in future stories, Buffy will find this out at a huge cost.
So just who is the man with the leather jacket and the girly name? Well, it turns out that his full name is Angelus, “a vicious, violent animal”, as Giles describes him. He's a sprightly 240 years old, and originally hails from Ireland. During a chance meeting with an enigmatic siren called Darla, it turns out that he'd met his doom – worse than that, vampire Darla turned him into the undead, a monster who killed his family, his friends, their kids, and then embarked on a killing spree throughout Europe. “For 100 years, I offered ugly death to everyone I met and I did it with a song in my heart,” he later confesses to Buffy. All the clues are actually there in the first half of the story. When quizzed by Buffy about his family, Angel simply says that they are dead and that the cause of their death was vampires – a long while ago. It's not spelled out in big, bold letters, but Angel's history is summed up in a few words, the meaning of which becomes clear at the all-important climax. That's nifty writing, and just one little victory of David Greenwalt's excellent script.
In the end, it turns out that Angel's sudden exile from vampiric killing sprees across Europe was all down to a gypsy curse. After the brutal murder of a gypsy girl, the gypsy elders responded with the worst punishment possible for a vampire. They restored Angel's soul. No wonder Angel always walks around with the pained expression of a man who's just had root canal treatment without anaesthetic. All that guilt and remorse came flooding back in the wink of an eye. “You have no idea what it's like to have done the things I've done and to care,” says Angel. It explains why he's constantly seeking redemption – a theme that will be explored in greater detail in his own spin off-show. Again, it's a neat twist, and a smart variant on the stereotypical blood sucking vampire cliché. It's kind of a pity that Angel will largely go back to skulking in the shadows for the rest of this season, and for the first half of Season 2. David Boreanaz does a good job as Angel, and he'll certainly get to prove that there's more to his character than just deadly puzzle clues in the latter half of the second season.
With all this plot exposition and background, it would be easy to pass off Angel as a heavy-handed 45 minute infodump session. In fact, it's a fast paced and exciting bit of Buffy that successfully combines action with groundwork laying. Given that the last few stories have been concerned with school woes such as bullying, parent pressure and teenage angst, Angel is a surprisingly mature episode. It's a brave move to introduce a whole new dimension and mythology to a programme that, on the surface, is teenage bubblegum excitement candy. That it works so well is testament to the creator and the writing team, who had the shrewd knack of adding a bit of depth and making the series just that little bit more than a routine escapist programme.
There's two broken love stories for the price of one here. The obvious one concerns Buffy, the other concerns The Master's blondie second banana, Darla – Angel's sire, who's desperate to bring him back into the fold. I've not talked much about Julie Benz's performance – whereas she made the most of her limited screen time in Welcome To The Hellmouth/The Harvest, here, she steals the show and runs away with it in a swag bag. Benz does a brilliant job as the seductive Darla, purring with brittle menace. It's that butter-wouldn't-melt, little girl lost voice that makes her memorable. On the surface, she's the harmless schoolgirl, turning up on a study date with Buffy, and managing to fool Joyce. Underneath though, she's a deadly monster, who kills simply because it's in her blood. “Don't whimper and mewl like a mangy human,” she breathes to an unimpressed Angel. “Kill! Feed! Live!”
The irony of course, is that the monster that she created becomes her death. Angel proves himself to a cautious Buffy by staking his sire to dust. It's another great twist, and for the moment, it's sad that the character of Darla isn't explored further. It's another blow to the heart of the poor old Master, who's finding that he really should have paid greater attention to his lackeys' CVs. Not only do the feared warrior vampires, The Three, make a hash of their simple task to kill Buffy, his pet favourite Darla is reduced to ashes. No wonder he's in a funk at the end of the story – he's stuck with the vampiric equivalent of Callum from Neighbours. At least Joss Whedon would wisely resurrect Darla back from the dead at the end of Angel's first spin-off season to examine their turbulent history in greater detail.
There's very little to fault with this episode. Perhaps the only goof is Joyce's inexplicably weird excuse that she slipped and cut her neck on a barbecue fork. It's the first in a long line of extreme Joyce denials about her daughter's weird and wacky secret life. Defence mechanism? Or wilful blindness? You decide.
Otherwise, Angel provides concrete evidence of a TV show that's coming together in all quarters. The script is well assembled by David Greenwalt, who makes the lengthy expositions come to life with plenty of sparkling lines and piles of wit (“Willow's the Civil War expert, but then I was supposed to help her with the War Of Independence,” smirks Darla. “My family kinda goes back to those days.”). The acting from the regulars is uniformly strong. Aside from Julie Benz's scene stealer, David Boreanaz provides a quietly understated turn as Angel, and Mark Metcalf continues to entertain (“I am weary and their deaths will bring me little joy. Of course, sometimes a little is enough...”). And of course, let's not forget Sarah Michelle Gellar, who perfectly conveys Buffy's confusion, torment and sadness at the discovery of Angel's real identity.
Overall, it's one of the best examples of Buffy's premiere season. It stands out as a grown-up example of a TV show that's prepared to rewrite the rules and establish a long and winding mythology. It paves the way for things to come with Angel's future TV spin-off and does so with considerable style. A vital Buffy episode for both the fans and the casual viewer alike.
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The Atlantis is an incredibly popular Paradise Island Nassau beachfront mega-resort and casino. This is why SUV Transport and Town Car provides transportation from Nassau airport to Atlantis hotel. Whether it’s a one-way or roundtrip that you’re looking for, our car service is always available to help make your visit hassle free. Driving time from the airport to the Atlantis Resort is approx. 25 minutes. Our fleets can accommodate any group from 1 person up to 15 people. Give us a call to book the best ride in the island!
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Spice Hospitality Group knows there are many, many worthy charities in the central Illinois area. We try to fulfill as many requests for donations as possible — However, because of the many inquiries we receive, we are now ONLY accepting them online. Please fill out the form below with any donation requests you may have.
If we are able to help with the request, Spice Hospitality Group will contact you. Please be prepared with any tax information and literature about the cause, and send your request on official letterhead. No phone calls please!
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BORN THIS WAY BOX / LADY GAGA-CD-DISQUES-RECORDS-BOUTIQUE VINYLES-MUSICSHOP-AWARDS
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The Limited Collector's Edition of Lady Gaga's third studio release "Born This Way" released through the Universal online store, worldwide.
Issued in a customized and numbered faux black leather box whose interior is lined with red velvet.
Next to the nine picture discs, which include one album track per side, the box comes with a fold-out fan mosaic poster that was only available for pre-orders at the online Lady Gaga stores for a short time only. Lady Gaga fans from all around the world were asked to send in their photo to be included on the poster.
Also included is a liner notes sheet which holds the promotional skull graphic on its black front side.
Side R (B-Side to disc n°9) includes no track but has the same graphic engraved on shiny black background.
Each disc is housed in a clear red PVC sleeve.
Part of the package for initial orders but sent out separately was also a personalized "Little Monster I.D. Card" which provides access to exclusive benefits.
Limited to 3000 copies worldwide.
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During a virtual tasting hosted by Dundee Brewing Co., Rochester, N.Y., a small group of beer enthusiasts shared their thoughts on the brewery’s new varieties and used the online forum to swap recipe ideas.
Dundee’s Summer Wheat Beer was suggested as a good pairing with mussels or as a marinade for chicken. Grilled meat or sharp cheddar cheese were thought to be the best pairs for the Kölsch-Style Ale. While the light bodied, coffee scented Stout set off a series of musings of the ideal ice cream for a stout float between vanilla, chocolate and black raspberry.
The beer enthusiasts gathered for Dundee’s second virtual tasting are not alone. Food and beer pairings rank as the No. 5 alcohol trend in restaurants for 2010, according to the “What’s Hot” survey of professional chefs conducted by the National Restaurant Association, Washington, D.C.
At Chicago brewpub Goose Island, the menu features a call-out of entrees recommended not for particular beers, but beer styles. It’s up to the diner to make the pairing decision based on the descriptive beer list featuring limited-edition beers, such as the Hefe-Hawks Win, inspired by the Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks hockey team.
The top trend on the “What’s Hot” survey was locally produced beer and wine, which links in with the food-beer pairing trend as local companies support one another. Dundee partnered with Corfu, N.Y.-based cheese company, Yancey’s Fancy. The pair will feature Dundee’s beers paired with Yancey’s Fancy’s cheeses at this month’s Finger Lakes Wine Festival in Upstate New York, which seems apropos since pairings are better known for wine and food.
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“I know it’s him. I’m certain.”
“Give it a rest Porter. There was a woman’s glove there at the scene. We need to focus on who was wearing that glove.”
“But nothing. Let’s get back to the precinct and try to find out who wore that glove.”
Porter and Collins arrived back at the precinct to questions about the scene to which Porter just blew off. Collins covered for him though, answering all the questions and then chasing after her partner.
“You need to get a hold of yourself Porter before you get yourself in trouble.”
“I got this Collins.”
“Well then, act like it. Better yet, I got a plan. How about you let me take the lead on investigating Mr. Nickel.”
“Are you serious?”
“Yes I am.”
“You’ve got to be out of your mind if you think I’m going to let that happen.”
“People already think you’re out of your mind around here so do you want to cool that talk out and let me lead here or do you want to continue down this path that could eventually cause your downfall as an officer?”
“I’m gonna let you have this one Collins, but Michaela, don’t mess this up. It’s him and I know it.”
“Relax Porter. I got this.”
While Porter and Collins were bickering, Mr. Nickel was fast at work at the community center. While he had a janitor there, he liked to take care of things on his own. And with his special day approaching, he wanted to make sure all was well. He cleaned up his office, mopping the floor and wiping down his freshly-polished desk. He was heading down the hallway when he was stopped by another young kid in the community, Karl.
“Mr. Nickel, you heard anything else about the murders?”
“Not a thing Karl. But as soon as I hear something new, I will let you know.”
“Okay. Thanks for the information Mr. Nickel. Hopefully one day they will solve this murder. I’m tired of living in fear that I could be next.”
“Hopefully you won’t have that fear for much longer.”
“Thanks Mr. Nickel. ”
Karl ran off to another room in the community center and Mr. Nickel went back to his office to map out more plans to make the community center immaculately clean. As he sat in his office, he started thinking on what the moment would feel like when he got his recognition. The crowd would be going wild as he stepped up to the podium and made his speech. The people in the crowd would be yelling “We love you Mr. Nickel” as he shushed them during his speech.
“Mr. Nickel, you got a second?”
When Mr. Nickel snapped out of his daze, Michaela Collins was standing right in front of him.
“I came by to apologize for what happened at the crime scene the other day. Porter was out of hand. Can we start over again? Let me start first. My name is Detective Michaela Collins.”
“As you already know, my name is Cary Nickel.”
“Okay. Well, I would love to hear more about you Mr. Nickel and I also want to offer more than just this apology, so how about me taking you out for a drink to really apologize?”
“So, where is Detective Porter hiding to yell ‘Gotcha’?”
“He isn’t here Mr. Nickel.”
“Whatever bar you want to go to Mr. Nickel.”
“Ok. Meet me at the bar around the corner from my house. And are you sure this isn’t some elaborate setup for me to get jumped by Detective Porter?”
“I promise this isn’t a setup from Porter at all.”
“Well, I have to get back to the precinct. I’ll see you later.”
Mr. Nickel and Michaela’s eyes both met and a smile was shared as she exited the office. As Mr. Nickel was thinking on Michaela, his phone rang.
“Hey Cary. Want to try coming over again tonight and actually finishing what we started the other night?”
“Not tonight Sandra. Got something to handle.”
“What’s going on?”
“Nothing. Just I have something to handle and I need my privacy.”
“Ok. Fine. I see you’re going through one of your moods, so I will call you tomorrow.”
Mr. Nickel stayed at the office the rest of the day, continuing to clean the office and all the things around the community center, making sure all was well and clean. He got so caught up in cleaning that he nearly missed his time to leave and left rushing home from a long day’s work. He rushed in his house, took a shower and changed clothes while rushing out the door to the bar.
Once Mr. Nickel got there, he walked in to find no one there but the bartender and a couple cozying up at the end of the bar. He was a few minutes late and looking at the scene, he thought he had missed his date for the night.
“Sorry I’m a little late.”
As Mr. Nickel looked up to see who was speaking to him, he saw a beautiful Black woman with long legs and a great physique.
“Welcome to Michaela Collins outside of work clothes.”
Mr. Nickel was stunned at the beautiful woman that stood in front of him, but he finally snapped out his trance to pull up a stool for her to sit on.
“What do you want to drink?”
“I should be asking you that detective.”
Michaela smiled as she ordered two drinks for her and Mr. Nickel. One drink turned to two and two drinks turned to four as both Mr. Nickel and Detective Collins were feeling the effects of the drinks. All the while, the bar began to get a little more crowded.
“My place or yours Cary?”
“Neither. How about right here.”
The two stared at each other with a tipsy smile on their face. The two began to move closer to each other, sharing an embrace. Then, that moment happened where both looked into each other’s eyes and shared a long, wet kiss.
As they were embracing in that kiss, the door of the bar opened and a woman walked in.
“Didn’t expect to see you hear tonight Cary.”
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Wahlström & Widstrand, 2013.
Reviewed by Agnes Broome in SBR 2013:2
Review Section: Fiction: The Past and the Present
In Vägen mot bålberget, Therése Söderlind returns to the Swedish north she portrayed in her debut novel, Norrlands svårmod (The Melancholy of Norrland). This time Söderlind has taken her inspiration from a dark but horrifyingly real chapter in the history of Ångermanland, the county where she herself grew up, crafting from it a story that spans almost 400 years. The plot revolves around Stake Mountain, a hill on which 71 local women, sentenced to death for witchcraft, were beheaded and burnt in the 1670s, and the little town of Nyland, physically and figuratively in the mountain’s shadow.
Vägen mot bålberget, a structurally complex book, is narrated in four different time periods, by four different narrators. First out is Jacke, a middleaged, notoriously unfaithful man who in 1975 tries to engage with his teenage daughter Veronika by helping her with a genealogy project in school. Veronika’s questions, Jacke’s reminiscences and the facts they discover together set the scene for the family chronicle that follows and introduces Malin, the great-grandmother of the family, who was one of the women sentenced to burn on Stake Mountain.
In the next section of the novel it is Malin herself who takes over the narration, as Söderlind throws us straight into the almost inhumanly harsh reality of the rural Swedish north in the seventeenth century. We follow Malin from her childhood on a small subsistence farm in Nyland through her teenage years and into a marriage with the violent Erke. It is a raw story, full of terrible deprivations and acts of brutality, which culminates in the mass hysteria of the witch trials. Almost one in five women in the area was burnt at the stake. As Malin, condemned on the testimony of children, is thrown into a dungeon to await her punishment, the narrative switches to the present day. Veronika, who is now middle-aged and lives an unfulfilling, lonely life, has become increasingly focused on uncovering the many secrets of her family tree. Her story, though unfortunately rather pale after the visceral impact of Malin’s section, underlines that the past always matters in the present and allows Söderlind to add some subtlety to the interrogation of the power relationships between men and women that is more bluntly conducted in relation to the witch trials.
Veronika is then swiftly followed by Olof, a child at the time of the witch trials, later married to Malin and Erke’s daughter Segrid, who in 1740 has become an old man and who retells the rest of Malin’s story, filling in many, but not all of the blanks Söderlind had left us with. Olof’s narration shows how the first steps on the long road to recovery from an exceptional trauma such as the witch trials may be taken, but his story also drives home the fact that we can never escape the crimes and secrets of the past, even when individuals and communities do their best to move on.
Vägen mot bålberget, like Norrlands svårmod, is a brick of a novel, and its physical size is matched by the scope of the story, which has broken out of the traditional historical novel mould and become something much bigger. Within the covers of Vägen mot bålberget we find: portraits of exceptionally strong women; that ineffable northern Swedish turn of phrase that may give Söderlind a place among such great writers as Kerstin Ekman and Torgny Lindgren; coming-of-age stories; investigations of patriarchy past and present; lessons about compassion and forgiveness…and more.
At its core, though, beneath the clever and captivating complications of the narrative, this is a book about secrets and the shame and guilt that lie at the root of them. It asks us whether we must forever be hostages to the past, it shows us that the dark secrets of our forebears will always whisper in our blood and suggests that we can never truly know other people, even the ones close to us. Especially, perhaps, the ones close to us. In Therése Söderlind’s second novel, every person is a bottomless shaft leading down the generations, to secrets within secrets within secrets.
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https://www.swedishbookreview.com/show-review.php?i=433
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DIRECTOR OF SALES AND MARKETING
As the daughter of the Chief Pilot at RAI Jets, Christina grew up at the airport, learning the family business and helping her dad give helicopter rides. She worked as a “Weekend Warrior” answering phones, filing papers, and cleaning the office as a teenager. After graduating with her B.S. from Western Michigan University, she joined the company full time. Today she directs the sales and marketing efforts of RAI Jets by facilitating and planning trips for customers, ensuring the pilots and aircraft are set for trips and representing the company to prospective customers and attending networking events. She enjoys spending her free time on the boat in the summer and playing with Fury, her recently adopted, five-year-old Alaskan Malamute.
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Hi there, this is another twisted easel card I made because I wanted to dive into the winnings from the Link for Pink blog hop held in October. The ladies were extremely generous to enter everyone into several giveaways and I was fortunate to receive some beautiful paper from The Robins Nest! I was able to use it on the base of this card, and the lighting in the pics does not do it justice, because the colors are subtle but beautiful. Some of the papers were very glittery too! I was not familiar with this company outside of their dew drops which I have purchased in the past. So, a huge thank you once again to Celeste from Touched by a Butterfly, please stop by her beautiful blog and give her a visit!
"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:21
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This file photo taken on 21 September 2017 shows French chef Guy Savoy posing in the dining room of his Michelin three-starred restaurant "Restaurant Guy Savoy" in the Monnaie de Paris (Paris Mint) in the French capital.
PARIS - Japan and China have more of the world&39;s best restaurants than anywhere else, according to the La Liste ranking, which will be published next week.
Although the French-based list will declare Guy Savoy&39;s flagship Paris riverside restaurant the best in the world for the second year running -- and French cooking dominates the top 100 -- the big trend is the climb of Chinese haute cuisine.
"The rise and rise of China is the big story," said Jorg Zipprick, who crunched the numbers for the "guide of guides", which was set up as a "more scientific and reliable" rival three years ago to the British-based 50 Best Restaurants.
Japan still tops the country table with 138 restaurants in the top 1,000 of the French classification -- which aggregates reviews from guides, newspapers and websites including TripAdvisor -- but China is closing the gap fast with 123.
"Up to now China has been one of the most difficult countries to get data from," Zipprick told AFP, but a boom in local gastronomic guides has changed all that.
"Asia has a lot more restaurants than Europe and it is only logical that La Liste will reflect that," he added.
Mao&39;s favourite dish
Tokyo institution Kyubey, whose sushi is renowned for being both "extraordinary and reasonably priced", took the third spot after Le Bernardin, a New York fish restaurant run by Emmy award-winning US television chef Eric Ripert.
Two other restaurants in the Japanese capital made the top 20, the minuscule Kyo Aji and French chef Joel Robuchon&39;s plush dining room in a reconstructed French chateau.
They were followed by the highest-placed Chinese restaurant, the Huai Yang Fu at Andingmen in Beijing -- whose speciality is a roast pork dish adored by Chairman Mao.
While there is no dramatic change at the summit of the list, there were three newcomers to the top 10, including The French Laundry, a former saloon in California&39;s Napa Valley which "Kitchen Confidential" author Anthony Bourdain has called "the best restaurant in the world, period".
It shared an almost perfect mark of 99 out of 100 with La Vague d&39;Or in the French Riviera resort of Saint Tropez and Martin Berasategui&39;s restaurant in the village of Lasarte in Spain&39;s Basque country.
Another of the big climbers was Aponiente at the other end of Spain, where diners cleanse their palates with a plankton sorbet.
The Andalusian fish specialist in El Puerto de Santa Maria jumped 200 places on the back of getting a third Michelin star.
For the first time a Canadian restaurant, Alo in Toronto, has entered the top 100, while the Turkish female chef Aylin Yazicioglu makes the grade for her highly-rated Istanbul restaurant, Nicole.
New York&39;s Eleven Madison Park, which was first in the 50 Best Restaurants ranking in 2017, made the top five of La Liste.
But the two lists differ widely beyond that -- although they roughly agree that El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, Spain; Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, as well Alain Ducasse and Le Bernardin represent more or less the summit of the culinary arts.
La Liste&39;s aggregator of the 1,000 top-rated restaurants in the world is modelled on the world tennis rankings and the Shanghai Ranking for universities.
While Japan, China, France and the United States top the league for having the highest number of best restaurants, Switzerland with 38 for a population of eight million, has the highest per capital rating.
Zipprick said its database -- which is available as a smartphone app -- now includes 16,000 eateries across the world which it classifies from haute cuisine to lower-priced "Food Gems".
Superstar chef Gordon Ramsay&39;s flagship London restaurant remained the highest-rated British table, pipping L&39;Enclume, which operates in a former blacksmith&39;s forge in Cumbria, northwest England.
This year&39;s winners will be formally announced at a banquet in Paris on Monday, with 40 of the world&39;s leading chefs also invited to meet French President Emmanuel Macron at his Elysee Palace residence.
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https://www.enca.com/life/food-wine/japan-and-china-dominate-list-of-worlds-top-restaurants
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WWE and Facebook today announced that they will be providing fans with exclusive content before, during and after WrestleMania 31, featuring WWE Superstar ring entrances, match clips, interviews, locker room commentary and training videos. The “Facebook Trending Experience” for WrestleMania will also allow fans to see comments and posts about WrestleMania 31 from celebrities, WWE Superstars and Divas, news outlets, influencers and friends. During the telecast, WWE’s on-air announcers will encourage fans watching WrestleMania on WWE Network and pay-per-view to participate in the experience, and fans attending live will be able to check in at Levi’s Stadium to join the conversation.
This marks the first time that WWE and Facebook have teamed up on WrestleMania to deliver fans near real-time event highlights, collaborate on in-venue activations, and drive fans to a social experience during a live event telecast. Additionally, WWE Superstar Zack Ryder will lead a “Hide and Like” promotion later today where fans will have the opportunity to find him in the San Jose area for a chance to win tickets to WrestleMania 31, WrestleMania Axxess and the 2015 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
“We are thrilled to partner with WWE to help connect the millions of WWE fans on Facebook with the excitement of what’s happening around WrestleMania 31 this weekend, whether they are at Levi’s Stadium, watching the telecast, or in line at the grocery store,” said Dan Reed, Facebook’s Head of Global Sports Partnerships. “From exclusive WWE video content on Facebook, to creative integrations of the fan experience both in-venue and for TV viewers, we think this partnership with WWE will bring the social conversation around WrestleMania 31 to a whole new level.”
“Facebook is a global leader and innovator in driving social conversation with the ability to reach a massive audience,” said WWE Chief Brand Officer, Stephanie McMahon. “Our social experience during WrestleMania will create opportunities for fans to further engage with WWE and provide them with more access to our Superstars than ever before.”
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https://www.wrestling-online.com/wwe/wwe-and-facebook-team-up-for-exclusive-content-during-wrestlemania-31/
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Yep, you read that correctly…. Tinchy Stryder has recorded a track with childrens’ fan favourites, The Chuckle Brothers.
To Me, To You (Bruv), yep that’s the real title!!, came about after Tinchy met Paul and Barry Chuckle following filming for Keith Lemon’s Celebrity Juice; according to Tinchy, the trio “really clicked on the day and had a proper laugh”.
Recorded in support of the ACLT Charity, the London grime artist said “Seeing Orin Lewis give a speech about blood donation and understanding how much we can all help to hopefully save a life, spread the awareness and also the story of how his son, who sadly passed away after overcoming childhood leukaemia and inspiring thousands of black and mixed raced people to become donors really grabbed me. I have a close family friend who suffers from sickle cell and has stayed so strong through the years so I have an understanding of what people have to go through and I believe we can all help one way or another. ACLT is a charity helping to spread the awareness of how blood donation can save a life, it’s a cause close my heart. Let’s raise some serious funds for these inspiring people.”
Watch the full video for To Me, To You (Bruv) below, and hit the iTunes link to download:
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http://stagedoor.fm/2014/10/23/watch-tinchy-stryder-recorded-track-chuckle-brothers-video/
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Cognitive technology and Text Analytics to secure mass gathering events
by Matteo Mauri
Web Content as primary source of information.
The value of an intelligence solution for mass gathering is its ability to make use of all the information available and provide the tools that analysts need in order to gain visibility, context and insights. The Web, including social media, news, wikis, forums and web sites in general, is a prominent source of user-generated content about events that can be leveraged to identify and assess security threats.
Nevertheless, when it comes to extract meaningful information from online sources, several big data challenges need to be faced, including the distributed nature of web resources and the fact that this information is mostly unstructured text. Indeed, regardless of the scale, processing natural language is a cumbersome task, given the ambiguity of words and sentences, misspelling errors, slang and informal language used in social media, and multilingualism, to name a few issues.
Semantic Intelligence Engine
Expert System and Pluribus One work together in project LETSCROWD to deliver a Semantic Intelligence Engine (SIE) that enables security analysts to monitor and gather text from web resources via a configurable focused crawler. The extracted text is processed with Cogito, Expert System’s cognitive technology, which enriches it with content-based semantic metadata, enabling advanced visualizations that support data analysis and inspection from a security perspective.
The Web Crawler Module gathers information from several web-based resources. Crawled sources are open (OSINT) and social media oriented (SOCMINT) and legal and ethical boundaries and limitations are considered. To tackle the complexity of different sources and the constantly changing scenario, the Web Crawler Module follows a plugin-based architecture where several smaller components or “plugins” manage atomic researches with customized approaches for each different source while a core module manages data retention, communication with other external modules and other tasks.
Text Understanding: Semantic Technology and Machine Learning
Cogito is able to understand text producing meaningful, actionable intelligence that enhances insight, fuels more knowledgeable decisions and strengthens what analytics can reveal. The capability to understand, relate and disseminate intelligence as it is acquired can accelerate the risk assessment of an emerging situation and contribute to the development of a threat profile or to the effectiveness of a security strategy.
The approach for text understanding is based on a representation of knowledge, the Cogito Knowledge Graph, that encodes linguistic knowledge for 14 different languages. Cogito carries out semantic analysis, including word disambiguation, to identify the correct meaning of words and expressions in context, and understands the relationships between different concepts. The output of these linguist-based analysis is used to perform more complex tasks such as information extraction, text classification in taxonomies, and author writing style analysis.
For example, security analyst can monitor categories such as “act of terror” or “religiously inspired terrorism” where documents are placed if they contain information about a terror attack or the motivation of the attack was religious. They can inspect sources where entities of type “criminal organizations” are found or specific people and places are mentioned, and the writing style analysis could be used to identify authors that are consistently using slang in criminal or cybercriminal contexts.
We developed a number of intelligence dashboards that provide a high-level indicator-based unified view of the documents gathered about a given mass gathering. Such dashboards are interactive and dynamic. They allow filtering the document collection using keyword searches, dates, taxonomies, and time series (see left hand side column), enabling a detailed inspection of each of the documents that fulfil the criteria.
The dashboards include widgets that describe the metadata found in the document collection (columns on the middle and right-hand side) such as a tag cloud for frequent terms. They also include a variety of charts (bar, pie, line) that show the distribution of named entities extracted from the documents (people, places, organizations, etc) and indicate a measure of the level of slang per document or the characteristic type of slang that each author used.
08 Nov 2019 - news
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https://letscrowd.eu/cognitive-technology-and-text-analytics-to-secure-mass-gathering-events/
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As the weather in South Florida turns cooler and the snow birds start flying south, there is a remarkable increase in the number of little dogs (and other animals) one sees in their local Publix grocery stores and favorite cafes. Even off season, I recently spied a bunny rabbit at one of the restaurants I frequent on a regular basis.
This is my dog Simon.
That bunny encounter spurred my curiosity regarding whether anyone had been prosecuted under the Florida Law passed in 2015 making it a second degree misdemeanor to misrepresent an animal as a service animal. The answer, at least as of last year, is no. No one has been criminally charged in Florida under the fake service dog law.
And in the bunny instance, it is clear that Bugs Bunny was in violation of Florida law and the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Additionally, the restaurant owner could have gotten in trouble with Department of Health or put its business license at risk. Florida law doesn’t permit bunnies or kitty-cats or monkeys, or parrots (there is one I’ve seen dining out regularly in my local down town) at restaurants inside or outside (outside means within designated outdoor portions of a public food service establishments). Once, I even dined next to a kitty-cat in a stroller while in Key West (only in Key West).
Key West kitty in a stroller.
Its quite confusing for business owners when it comes to which animals can accompany customers into their businesses. Many business owners are afraid of ADA Title III litigation so they don’t do anything when people bring animals into their stores or restaurants, but that may open them up to other types of litigation. For example a few years ago a Publix employee in Palm Beach was bitten by an emotional support animal (“ESA”).
The first thing to understand is there is a big difference, under the law, between a service animal and an emotional support animal.
Service animal under the ADA:
- Almost always a dog (sometimes a miniature pony but no other kind of animal);
- Individually trained to assist a person with a disability;
- Generally, businesses must permit a service dog anywhere the public is permitted.
- Service dogs must be harnessed, leashed, or tethered, unless these devices interfere with the service dog’s work or the individual’s disability prevents using these devices. In that case, the individual must maintain control of the animal through voice, signal, or other effective controls.
When it is not obvious what service a dog provides, only limited questions are permitted. A business’ staff may ask two questions: (1) is the dog a service animal required because of a disability, and (2) what work or task has the dog been trained to perform.
Staff cannot ask about the person’s disability, require medical documentation, require a special identification card or training documentation for the dog, or ask that the dog demonstrate its ability to perform the work or task.
A person with a disability cannot be asked to remove his or her service dog from the premises unless: (1) the dog is out of control and the handler does not take effective action to control it or (2) the dog is not housebroken. When there is a legitimate reason to ask that a service dog be removed, staff must offer the person with the disability the opportunity to obtain goods or services without the dog’s presence. Businesses that kick out customers with service dogs (or what they suspect as fake service dogs) should consider recording the dog and customer in case they are later sued under the ADA Title III.
Establishments that sell or prepare food must allow service dogs in public areas even if state or local health codes prohibit animals on the premises.
Here in Florida there are lot of people carrying around purse dogs and other pets that enter businesses and claim they can do so because the dog or animal is an emotional support animal (“ESA”). Emotional support animals are not afforded the same access as service dogs. So if a customer brings in a bunny or cat or snake into your business establishment they can be shown the door even if they claim that the animal is a service animal (remember that service animals under the ADA can only be dogs or miniature ponies) or ESA. If someone claims their dog is an ESA that can be a murkier situation for a business owner, but dog ESAs are also not protected under the ADA.
An ESA is not a pet, rather it is a companion animal that provides therapeutic benefit to an individual with a mental or psychiatric disability. The person seeking the emotional support animal under fair housing laws must have a verifiable disability (the reason cannot just be a need for companionship). The animal is viewed as a “reasonable accommodation” under the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 (FHA or FHAct) to those housing communities that have a “no pets” rule.
ESAs are also provided protection under the Air Carrier Access Act which is why you see so many dogs (and other animals) on planes these days. Airlines are somewhat stuck and many people are gaming the system to avoid having to pay to fly their dogs and other pets and to get around other rules for pets on planes. There have been all kinds of incidents including dog attacks and planes having to be diverted due to pet poop such that many in the airline community are lobbying for new rules on pets on planes.
Dori K. Stibolt is a partner with the law firm of Fox Rothschild LLP. Dori defends and counsels management in labor and employment litigation matters pertaining to wage and overtime claims, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, leave/restraint, and whistle-blower claims. You can contact Dori at 561-804-4417 or email@example.com.
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https://southfloridatrial.foxrothschild.com/employment-litigation/a-dog-a-bunny-and-a-cat-walk-into-a-diner-whats-the-diners-owner-to-do/
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Desiree Irwin is a well-known pianist/entertainer based in Chicago, Illinois. Born in Alberta, Canada, Desiree moved to Chicago after landing a position playing keyboards for Buddy Guy. She toured Europe, Canada and the United States, sharing the bill with the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Etta James and other blues greats. With Buddy Guy's band she appeared on television shows such as Much Music (Canada), Good Morning America, Sudwest Funk (the German version of Soul Train), and was included in an article about Buddy in Rolling Stone Magazine.
Since her years in Buddy's band, Desiree has gained extensive experience and success in many facets of the music industry. She became Musical Director of "Tony and Tina's Wedding" (Chicago's longest running comedy), managed a professional recording studio (Island Recorders), owned and operated her own wedding/corporate party band, and toured with Frankie Avalon. Desiree has established herself as one of Chicago's most in-demand pianist-entertainers, supplementing her professional experience in a wide array of other bands, piano bars, and recording projects. Her seven years of experience as a dueling piano player led her to becoming a partner in Chicago Dueling Pianos. In addition to near-constant performing, Desiree remains active in booking other entertainers for professional opportunities.
Desiree is also a songwriter and recording artist, and has released 2 albums of original music. You can catch her at her "day" job in many of Chicago's best piano bars, or traveling the world with "Howl at The Moon" on Norwegian Cruise Lines.
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https://twinraymusic.com/desiree-irwin-solo
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Via CNS News:
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently released its “State of the Climate in 2012” report, which states that “worldwide, 2012 was among the 10 warmest years on record.”
But the report “fails to mention was one of the coolest of the decade, and thus confirms the cooling trend,” according to an analysis by climate blogger Pierre Gosselin.
“To no one’s surprise, the report gives the reader the impression that warming is galloping ahead out of control,” writes Gosselin. “But their data shows just the opposite.”
Although the NOAA report noted that in 2012, “the Arctic continues to warm” with “sea ice reaching record lows,” it also stated that the Antarctica sea ice “reached a record high of 7.51 million square miles” on Sept. 26, 2012.
And the latest figures for this year show that there’s been a slowdown of melting in the Arctic this summer as well, with temperatures at the North Pole well below normal for this time of year. Meteorologist Joe Bastardi calls it “the coldest ever recorded.”
Keep on reading…
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http://www.bluegrasspundit.com/2013/08/noaa-report-finds-2012-was-coolest-year.html
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I have just returned from the URTeC Conference in Denver, and it was great.
There were more than 5,000 people in attendance, the talks were very informative and the energy level was high. I want to commend the three technical program co-chairs – Doug Valleau of AAPG, Jay Stratton of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and Scott Singleton of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists – for a great program and a job well done.
Many of you may not know, but the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference is run by AAPG in partnership with SPE and SEG. URTeC was started as a way to bring all disciplines together to share best practices on horizontal and unconventional drilling.
I went by several booths and talked with service providers who were showcasing new ways to help lower risk before you drill, while you drill and while completing. Some of the new seismic processing programs can help find the sweet spots to drill and help create better value for your investors.
The Reward of Awards Notifications
One of the perks of being AAPG president is that I get to notify the award winners for the upcoming year. This last week, I had the pleasure of notifying roughly 30 people that they have been selected by the Advisory Council to receive an award. It was a pleasure and an honor to be able to congratulate these highly dedicated individuals for their commitment to the science of geology, and to students and AAPG. Without people putting in the effort on behalf of the AAPG, we could not be a highly respected geological organization. The list of award winners will be out soon – maybe even before you read this column. Please take the time to congratulate them on their dedication and hard work.
Efforts and Events to Come
Your Executive Committee has been working on getting all of the committees and their chairs in place for the coming year. The committee structure within AAPG allows for member engagement and is a vital part of the organization. If you are not, or have not, been involved with a committee, go to the website and review the different committees, special interest groups and technical interest groups, and get involved.
As we move into the fall, we have several of the sectional meetings on the schedule. In September we have the Rocky Mountain Section in Cheyenne, Wyo., followed in October with the Midcontinent Section in Wichita, Kan., Eastern Section in Columbus, Ohio, and then the Gulf Coast Section in Houston. I understand the importance of the sections and regions within AAPG, having been active in the Southwest Section and even serving as the president of that section. I encourage you to attend your sectional orregional meeting this fall.
Internationally, we have the International Conference and Exhibition coming up the end of August in Bueno Aires, Argentina. If you have never attended an ICE event, I would highly recommend it. I have attended several throughout my career, and they are a great way to see unique outcrops and learn about some great research being conducted around the world. I was fortunate that, while working at Wagner and Brown, we did a lot of international exploration. We drilled wells in Australia (last month’s column topic!), England and France, and looked at most areas around the world to invest in.
All of these meetings – from regional and sectional meetings, to the ACE and ICE conferences and summer or winter NAPE – allow for the free flow of information and are great networking events. My plan, as your president, is to attend as many of these meetings as possible, so I hope to see you at one of these events at least.
Uniqueness of Geology
At the recent URTeC conference, I gave a luncheon talk about the importance of the geology within the Permian Basin as it relates to the unconventional and horizontal plays within the basin. As we move into the “mining stage,” one tends to forget that these plays exist because of the geology. Technology allows us to get the oil out, but the geology put the oil in. Without the uniqueness of the geology, the production curve of the Permian Basin would not look like this (See fig 1).
From April 2011 till April 2016, just five years, the production doubled from 1 to 2 million barrels of oil per day (MBOPD). The next three years saw it double again to 4 MBOPD. This uniqueness of geology was reinforced recently on a vacation trip. Cathie and I went to Philadelphia to see Queen in concert, which was phenomenal. If you follow me on Twitter, @aapgpresident, you may have seen photos from the concert! After the concert we went to Niagara Falls. Again, the uniqueness of the geology of the area, from the glaciation that carved the Great Lakes to the formations that allowed the falls to form, all came together to form this amazing sight. Just as geology formed Niagara Falls, and so many other breathtaking sites around the world, geology formed some of the most prolific basins – “super basins,” like the Permian.
In closing I once saw the definition of a geologist: “gneiss, tuff and a little bit wacke” but remember don’t expect perfection from a geologist, they all have faults.
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https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/54115/the-importance-of-geology?utm_medium=website&utm_source=10
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Learning objectives that UAlbany students are expected to attain through their course of study within their academic program.
- Student will be able to define Federal and State laws and legal processes relevant to cybercrime investigations.
- Students will be able to identify and define computer forensics analysis concepts, tools, and techniques.
- Students will be able to utilize appropriate methods collecting and preserving digital evidence at cybercrime scenes.
- The student will be able to identify federal and state legal statutes, case law and government regulations relevant to network data preservation and incident forensic response.
- Students will be able to prepare a comprehensive written report and present forensic findings to a panel of subject matter experts.
- The student should be able to effectively provide testimony during direct and cross-examination.
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https://www.albany.edu/business/programs/bs-digital-forensics?WT_svl=41986t
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Democrats fail in effort to maintain SALT deduction; PAB future undecided
WASHINGTON – Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday defeated an amendment that would have maintained the current federal deduction for state and local taxes, while they continued an internal debate over keeping tax-exempt private activity bonds.
Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., offered the unsuccessful amendment, which was defeated in a 23-16 party line vote after Republicans defended their proposal to allow the deduction of up to $10,000 in annual property taxes. The House GOP tax reform bill would terminate the deduction for state and local income taxes and sales taxes.
State and local government officials who have fought for the full restoration of the SALT deduction are expected to continue their fight when tax legislation reaches the House floor next week. A Senate version of the tax reform legislation is expected to be unveiled Thursday with votes by the Senate Finance Committee next week.
Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., defended the SALT compromise during the committee's deliberations, saying it would cover most homeowners.
Reed, meanwhile, is among a group of committee Republicans lobbying behind the scenes for maintaining tax-exempt private activity bonds, which under the bill would be terminated after the end of the year. Reed said he will continue to advocate for PABs even if a change isn't made to the tax bill in the committee.
“It’s not as if Ways and Means is going to disband once tax reform gets to the finish line,” Reed said. “There’s always going to be a need to make technical corrections. You’ve heard us talk about natural disasters. There are a lot of issues there.”
Reed is a supporter of PABs and the 20% tax credit for restoring historic, income-producing buildings, which is also scheduled for termination. He is the lead sponsor of the National Disaster Tax Relief Act. That bill would create a new class of PABs -- qualified disaster area recovery bonds -- for disasters that occurred between 2012 and 2015.
Republicans who support PABs said they have reminded Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, of these uses of the bonds in their so far unsuccessful attempt to maintain them before the tax bill moves out of committee later this week.
“If you are going down the P3 approach and get to $1 trillion in infrastructure, you are going to need every tool in the toolbox to get this done,” Reed said.
Rep. Kenny Marchant, R-Texas, another committee member, agrees on the importance of keeping PABs to finance P3s. “I think that’s something many people are trying to convince the chairman, how integral they are,” he said. “But as the bill stands now they are not in there.”
Brady has taken the position that keeping the overall tax exemption for municipal bonds is enough to preserve the muni market.
The $38.9 billion over 10 years that would be raised by terminating tax-exempt PABs would help Republicans finance lower tax rates, especially the 20% rate for corporations. Another $17.3 billion would be generated by terminating advance refundings. Terminating tax credit bonds would actually lose $500 million in revenue because they are taxable bonds. Ending the tax exemption for sports stadiums and arenas as of Nov. 2 would raise $200 million.
Marchant said he agrees with the chairman’s emphasis on lowering tax rates.
“I’m going to have to stick with the chairman at this point,” he said. “My overarching interest is that my homeowners and my citizens get lower tax rates. I also represent a very extensive corporate headquarters district with Exxon, Fluor, Kimberley Clarke, AT&T and Toyota. And I can go on. I have 5 million square feet of Amazon fulfillment space in my district. My constituents can correlate that if their corporate employer does better, they are going to do better.”
Rep. Mike Kelley, R-Pa., lead sponsor of a bipartisan bill (H.R. 960) to expand the use of PABs to certain governmentally owned public buildings, said he was under the impression the Trump administration supported PABs for infrastructure investment.
“But I’m not included in a lot of those conversations,” he said.
Kelley said he has not given up on his bill. “We’re having discussions with the chairman right now to see that we can do,” he said. “I think it’s a great jobs bill so we’re trying to work with him to see that we can do.”
Rep. Erik Paulsen, R-Minn., observed, “Some of these provisions are still a work in progress.”
“Some of us who recognize the value that exists under private activity bonds, I think we are going to look at opportunities to move forward,” Paulsen said. “I can’t handicap it. You have the House process. You also have the Senate process. I think as more people become aware of the value it has for senior housing, for colleges, for charter schools, there’s going to be an interest in fine tuning or paying attention to that.”
Democrats are considering offering separate amendments to the tax plan to maintain tax-exempt PABs and advance refundings.
That would put at least 14 of the 24 Republicans on the panel on the spot because they are sponsors of legislation to either expand the use of PABs or to shore-up the low-income tax credit that’s often paired with PABs in multifamily housing projects.
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A bunch of mountainbike kaufen forstinger brand-new cyclists and those looking to get an utilized mountain bike ponder what the true perks are actually. Some presume that riding a mountain bike can be a great deal of exciting however a lot of others strongly believe that they need to take factors seriously when using a mountain bicycle.
When they go mountain range bicycling, it is actually correct that more severe mountain bicycle riders are coming to be more and more mindful of the prospective risks that neighbor them. That carries out certainly not mean that using a mountain range bike ought to be actually taken as seriously as dashing a motorcycle. There are some quite real variations between using a mountain bicycle as well as riding a bike.
First off, while using a motorcycle you possess far more control over the bike than when you are on a mountain bicycle. For instance, if you are running out of street or even if you hit a pit, you can typically use right away the road and also land during the roadway or even your driveway. When you ride a mountain bike, the terrain can cause you to shed command and turn over. It is going to very most probably be a whole lot much worse because of the nature of the surface if you do lose management while on a hill bike.
When you are on a mountain bicycle, you will definitely probably hit a stone that is actually much tougher and can quit you coming from moving forward much faster than if you were actually going ahead on a bike with a lower cogwheel proportion. It is actually difficult to explain in words the distinction responsible between these pair of forms of bikes however you may definitely feel it when you perform a mtb. Alternatively, if you are actually using a bike, there is no concern of hitting rocks or potholes because they can easily not be found, as well as you don’t have the issue of tripping when going ahead.
Yet another concern along with mtb is actually the truth that you are going to require to climb up mountains. With a motorcycle, it’s quick and easy due to the fact that you are simply pedaling along a level street. Having said that, when youare on a mountain bike, capitals are uneven, but hillier. When going uphill in purchase to obtain up to quicken, you may need to go up over a married couple hundred feet.
Yet another variation is actually that when you perform a mountain bike, you are frequently driving faster than when you perform a motorbike. There is actually also the fact that you are more probable to come off the roadway in a downhill situation. Considering that riding a mountain bike needs you to climb up mountains, your guiding skill-sets need to have to become much better than along with a motorcycle, specifically if you possess a lighter bike.
The other real advantage of using a mountain bike is actually that it is actually easier to fluctuate steep hillsides. Along with a motorcycle, you need to have to be cautious due to the fact that you can easily disintegrate in to a tree or even you can reach a rock or even hole that are going to trigger you to lose control. While on a mountain bicycle, there is no threat of reaching just about anything heading down because you are actually climbing down a hillside.
It is actually a good tip for folks who adore mountain cycling to take the time to find out just how to use a mountain bike. In addition to acquiring a bike, it is likewise necessary to locate the appropriate security devices. Folks who intend to adore their mountain range biking should try to take courses that are going to help them become better at riding.
While buying the protection equipment is vital, the best vital part of getting this equipment is actually going out there and riding a mtb. It is crucial to get out and ride with individuals that are similar to you when it concerns mindset and skill-set level. You will get the very most out of your hill biking encounter if you can discover from the very same individuals that are actually already out there on the trails.
Being actually a rider is just as vital as using the bike. There are actually riders who like the problem of using, and also they are actually not terrified to confess. A lot of these cyclists ride for delight, while others have become truly good at riding and also just enjoy riding capitals for the excitement of it.
Significant hill bicycle riders need to know to use the landscapes to their perk through discovering exactly how to handle with it without acquiring caught up in it. They should know just how to remain in advance of the pack as well as not receive stuck in the mud craters and also stones that are therefore usual when riding a mountain bicycle.
For severe cyclists, there is zero far better bike than a mountain bicycle. It is actually the excellent combo of maneuverability, comfort as well as rate.
A lot of loved ones at presents are actually selecting to make use of mtb for the reasons stated over. If you have an interest in possessing among your own, you have to make certain that you find a top quality maker that appropriates for you. It is crucial to recognize that certainly not all mountain bicycle are developed identical. In this article, our experts will certainly summarize some things to consider just before creating your purchase.
First and foremost, you require to think about the amount of electrical power you would like to manage to put out. This will certainly vary from one biker to another, therefore you’ll require to hang out examining your demands.
Second of all, you require to calculate what you will definitely be making use of the bike for. You are going to need to have to think about whether you will be actually utilizing it largely for cycling, or whether you will likewise be utilizing it for competing or going off-road. You are going to be capable to match up bikes and decide on the greatest one for you once you know what you yearn for to use it for.
Finally, you need to have to decide on what the fundamental features and also managements of the equipment will be. You will definitely need to select an equipment that has all the general commands, pedals, brakes, bars, and also gears consisted of.
Fourthly, you require to look at the size of the bike. If you are seeking to purchase a sport bike, the best size is 15 inches. However, for those who favor the convenience of a cruiser or mtb, the ideal dimension is actually usually around 9 inches.
Fifthly, you need to have to consider the shock absorber you will certainly be actually using. If you perform not want to possess full suspension, you will need to have to check out to find whether the maker will certainly possess roll spring seasons.
Of all, while using a bike you have much more control over the bike than when you are actually on a mountain bike. When you are actually on a mountain range bike, you will most very likely attacked a stone that is a lot tougher and may quit you from going onward a lot faster than if you were actually going onward on a bike with a lower gearwheel ratio. It is challenging to explain in words the difference in control in between these two kinds of bikes however you can definitely experience it when you are actually on a hill bike. Given that riding a mountain bike needs you to go up hills, your steerage skill-sets require to be much better than along with a bike, particularly if you possess a lighter bike.
It is actually a good suggestion for individuals that are major concerning mountain range biking to take the time to learn just how to use a mountain range bike.
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On November 2, 2015, President Obama signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (“Act”) into law significantly impacting how Medicare pays certain off-campus hospital departments. Specifically, Section 603 of the Act provides that items and services furnished at off-campus departments of a hospital will not be reimbursed under the hospital outpatient prospective payment system if items and services furnished at that off-campus department were not billed as outpatient hospital services prior to the date of the Act’s enactment (i.e., November 2, 2015). Instead, items and services at such off-campus departments will be paid under applicable non-hospital payment systems (such as the physician fee schedule) beginning January 1, 2017 (the text of the Act can be accessed here). Providers currently in the process of establishing a new off-campus hospital department, either through conversion of an existing location or through acquisition, will want to reevaluate their plans in light of the new payment rules for off-campus hospital departments.
Currently, a clinic that operates as provider-based to a hospital is reimbursed under the outpatient prospective payment system (“OPPS”) which usually, but not always, results in increased Medicare payment for the services provided at that location. To be paid under the OPPS as a hospital department, provider-based clinics are required to meet a number of requirements designed to demonstrate that the clinic is integrated with the main provider. The increased payment that most provider-based clinics receive under the OPPS is intended, in part, to compensate the clinics for additional costs associated with operating as part of the main hospital.
Opponents of the payment differential between provider-based clinics and freestanding clinics, including the influential Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (“MedPAC”), have for years advocated that Medicare should pay the same amount for the same service, regardless of the setting in which the service is provided. Opponents have argued that the current system creates incentives for hospitals to convert previously freestanding clinics to provider-based departments, leading to higher cost-sharing obligations on beneficiaries and increased spending for Medicare as a whole.
New Payment Rules
The Act appears to be the first step by Congress to address some of the concerns raised by MedPAC and others. Under Section 603 of the Act, items and services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries on or after January 1, 2017 by off-campus outpatient departments that were not billing as provider-based prior to November 2, 2015 would not be eligible for reimbursement under the Medicare OPPS. Instead, they would be reimbursed under other Medicare payment systems, such as the physician fee schedule or the ambulatory surgery center prospective payment system. This change effectively eliminates any reimbursement incentives to create new off-campus outpatient hospital departments.
The Acts includes a number of important exceptions. As noted, the most important is the grandfather provision that protects off-campus departments that were billing Medicare under the OPPS prior to November 2, 2015. Those off-campus departments will be permitted to continue to bill Medicare as hospital departments even after December 31, 2016. Interestingly, unless CMS issues contrary guidance in the future, the statutory language suggests that off-campus hospital departments which are established after November 2, 2015 may bill Medicare under the OPPS until the new payments rules take effect on January 1, 2017.
In addition, the new limitations only apply to items and services furnished at locations that are off-campus. The description of on-campus and off-campus locations in the Act is slightly different from the definitions used in the existing provider-based regulations. The Act includes in its definition of on-campus not only those facilities that meet the definition of on-campus under the current provider-based regulations (i.e., the physical area immediately adjacent to the provider’s main buildings and other areas and structures that are not strictly contiguous to the main buildings but are located within 250 yards of the main buildings) but also facilities within 250 yards of a "remote location of a hospital." A "remote location of a hospital" is a facility "furnishing inpatient hospital services under the name, ownership, and financial and administrative control of the main provider.”
Facilities that meet the requirements of a "dedicated emergency department" under existing regulations are also excluded from the reimbursement change and may continue to receive provider-based reimbursement even if located off-campus.
In light of the changes caused by the Act, providers who are considering establishing an off-campus hospital outpatient department may want to reconsider financial assumptions that may underlie those plans. Providers should contact the authors of this article with any questions or concerns about these important changes.
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Tracklisting: Road To Nowhere; Another World; Dancing To A Broken Heartbeat; Eternally; Firefight; On The Outside; One Soul; Powerless; Bottom Of My Heart; Unbreakable; Wings Of Love; Your Lips.
In his relentless quest for the perfect Melodic Rock album, Frontiers Records President Serafino Perugino, envisioned a trans-Atlantic alliance between the multi-talented musician/songwriter/producer Daniel Flores (Issa, The Murder of My Sweet, Seventh Wonder) and one of the most gifted vocalists that graced the AOR scene in the past years, introducing mr. Robbie LaBlanc from Blanc Faces.
Based on the mutual recognition for each other’s abilities, during 2011 Daniel started to work hard to seek and write the right songs which could create THE monster album! He knew from the beginning what was needed: rocking guitars, but fresh and spacious melodies where Robbie’s vocal abilities could shine overall.
Some Swedish mates, such as Sören Kronqvist (Crash the System, Sunstorm) and Erik Mårtensson (Eclipse, W.E.T., Jimi Jamison) immediately answered the call, but strong contributions also came also from now regular Frontiers songwriters such as Alessandro Del Vecchio (Hardline) and brothers Tom and James Martin (Vega, Sunstorm), together with Issa and Mikey Wilson .
Each song was expertly crafted bearing in mind Robbie’s vocal style and Daniel’s production abilities, added to the amazing performances from Daniel Palmqvist (Xorigin) on guitar and Johnny Trobro on bass and fretless, create a massive musical result guaranteed to excite all the Melodic Rock fans.
“Take Journey’s lesson from recent great albums like Revelation and Arrival, add it to some cool Foreigner and Def Leppard-ish and modern Swedish AOR and you’ll get the idea of how Find Me is sounding” says Daniel Flores. “We are seriously going to be behind this, it’s just too good to be believed”, adds Robbie.
Find Me is the new Melodic Rock dream – it’s up to the fans to make it a reality !
FIND ME is
Robbie LaBlanc – Lead and all backing vocals
Daniel Palmquist – Rhythm Guitars
Jonny Trobro – Bass / Fretless
Daniel Flores – Drums & Keyboards
Guitar solos: Christopher Vetter (1b, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11) Daniel Palmquist (7), David Sivelindt (1a, 4, 9, 12)
Keyboard solo: Daniel Flores (6), Rolf Pilotti (10)
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These are difficult times we are living in. EFAS is following the advice from the different European Governments, the World Health Organization and the Scientific Community. For the safety of and wellbeing of our members and staff, we decided already to postpone the interesting meeting in Paris on April 2-3, 2020. We will share information on future dates soon. Registered attendees will receive more information via email, and we will update EFAS website with information once it becomes available. Our secretary staff is helping is on these difficult times and supporting us working from their homes. In the meantime, you can address them at the usual e-mail:email@example.com (for any society-related matters) firstname.lastname@example.org (for any questions related to EFAS events). They will be more than happy to help you.
The epidemy is spreading and more and more countries are taking drastic measures to protect the population and to guarantee the continuation of their national health system. We, as surgeons, will be asked to contribute in this time of crisis, and I’m sure that our community can perform its duties.
I’m sending a special thought and moral support from our Society to all our members already taking care of patients in their hospitals, especially in Italy and Spain, but all over the foot and ankle society world.
I hope you and your family are doing well,
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I believe we are at the beginning of a new paradigm shift and in the next 20 years there’s going to be a change about the way we drink water.
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Three years ago, Jen had said she thought she should write a book…and call it “Cancer Is No Fairly Tale.” Her explanation was that whenever you watched a movie with someone who was battling cancer, rarely did the movie show all the battles you would face along the way. There would be tears, someone falling in love, sometimes someone died, but a sun that comes back out the next day and the story ends without all the the gruesome details of what battling cancer really is about. So while I only know the side of cancer from the point of view as her mom….I hope it gives you a window into the world Jen has faced for now over three years.
I start with her feet.
When the chemotherapy starts, we learned it’s job is to kill off the fast growing cells of cancer. Along with it, it takes other fast growing cells, like her hair, nails, the thin lining inside her mouth, and her skin. The feet is a place I will notice the skin fall off pretty easily. It flakes in big chunks. I notice the chunks of skin inside her socks, at the foot of her bed, on the floor next to where her slippers lay. And if she is sitting in a chair…the skin will be on the footrest. While the first several weeks, this may be minimal, by about week 6-8, it will become so apparent….it looks like someone took off a shoe after walking through a sandy beach.
This makes her feet, really soft…..like a babies. But also very delicate…not like the feet of most adults that have grown callus over time. It also makes her skin very thin.
Add to that her toe nails, they grow weaker, thinner and sharp, before growing so thin, they break off. Over weeks, especially after a second round of chemo, I notice a black line across each of her toe nails. It is where the nails stopped and started growing again.
And finally, her feet will most likely swell in those first weeks. This comes from all the fluids they push into her as they not only try to wash out the poison from the chemo but also as they give her body antibiotics as it fights numerous infections. After weeks in the hospital, when I put on her shoes for the first time….they won’t fit. No matter how much I loosen the laces, the feet are not going to fit into her shoes. Sometimes even the socks she had worn, no longer fit. And the ugly yellow socks the hospital provides…often need to be cut down to just above the heal…because if they aren’t, I can’t get the sock over her swollen foot and ankles.
It takes months before her feet look normal again. Before the swelling is gone, the flaky skin peals and new skin grows, and even longer before her toe nails no longer are thin with a black line growing out from the toe.
I hope all of this hasn’t scared you all from reading when I write more of “Cancer Is No Fairy Tale.” If I have, future post with that title you may wish to skip.
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1.) James was so anxious and so suicidal that he couldn’t even muster the self-preservation to get into inpatient treatment.
- So anxious and so suicidal – It is expressed that James suffered severe symptoms due to his debilitating PTSD.
- Couldn’t even – This statement implies that the following action is insignificant and trivial, which the author did not have the right to assume.
- The author implies that it is a simple task to gather the courage to enter inpatient treatment through the phrase “couldn’t even muster the self-preservation to get into inpatient treatment.” Therefore, this statement expresses the author’s opinion on the topic.
2.) With three kids, eight, five, and two, and Kateri’s full-time job—as a VA nurse, actually—she could no longer manage his emotional plus physical problems: rheumatism consults, neuro consults for TBI, plus a burning rash on both feet he got in Fallujah in 2004.
- This statement implies that Kateri has a busy schedule.
- Could no longer – Kateri must have attempted to handle her husband’s disability on her own for a period of time.
- Rheumatism consults, neuro consults for TBI, plus a burning rash on both feet he got in Fallujah in 2004 – This categorical claim lists the emotional and physical complications that Kateri’s husband dealt with.
3.) Finally they enrolled him in a private clinical trial to get a needleful of anesthetic injected into a bundle of nerves at the top of his collarbone.
- Finally – It took Kateri and her husband a while to begin this process.
- Enrolled – Kateri’s husband most likely had to fill out some sort of application to get involved in the trial.
- Private – The trial was probably not well known.
- Clinical trial – The trial was experimental. Therefore, there was a chance it could not work.
4.) That’s when her symptoms got worse, precipitating another meltdown, this time at a steak house where she took him to celebrate his newfound calm.
- Kateri’s secondary PTSD symptoms intensified after her husband’s procedure, which helped him.
- Precipitating another meltdown – Kateri felt on edge while waiting to see if her husband would begin showing PTSD symptoms once again.
- Kateri experienced these symptoms in an environment that is not typically considered stressful. Therefore, this could be sign that her secondary PTSD symptoms are quite severe.
5.) They’d “assumed the normal positions,” she with her back to the restaurant, he facing it so he could monitor everyone, and suddenly, a server dropped a tray out of her periphery, setting her circulatory system off at a million miles a minute.
- Assumed the normal positions – The way in which Kateri and her husband sat in restaurants was a usual event for them.
- The action of Kateri’s husband facing the restaurant so he could monitor everyone was so that he could be aware if something dangerous occurred.
- Suddenly – The dropping of the tray was not expected and was potentially shocking.
- Periphery – The server was not in Kateri’s direct line of view.
The server dropping the tray made Kateri so nervous because she was anticipating her husband having a “meltdown,” as she called them.
6.) “He just ate his steak like nothing,” she says.
- This statement implies that Kateri’s husband would have reacted differently while eating at a restaurant if a tray was dropped before his procedure.
- Kateri expresses surprise.
- The statement shows that the procedure worked, at least initially, by helping Kateri’s husband to stay come when the tray dropped instead of having a flashback.
7.) “When you’ve become hypervigilant, the place you are most functional is on the battlefield,” McGill’s Brunet explains.
- Brunet states that when you are extremely aware of sensory details, which can bring on anxiety, that you are able to function in high stress situations, which is the battlefield.
- This statement expresses the idea that Brannan’s husband, Caleb’s, mind is still prepared for war through hypervigilance.
8.) Caleb, despite his injuries and his admission that war was pretty excruciatingly awful, told me he wishes he could go back.
- Caleb’s injuries are so severe that he can no longer serve in the military.
- Caleb wishes that he could return to the military, which is surprising considering the daily struggles that he endures now due to the war.
9.) Kateri, despite wishing her system hadn’t learned to run at a heightened state, at this point is like a drug addict, needing stimulation to maintain it.
- Learned – Kateri’s body has adjusted to her hypervigilance.
- At this point – Kateri’s symptoms have progressively worsened and proved problematic.
- Like a drug addict – By comparing Kateri to a drug addict, the author is implying that Kateri cannot function without constantly being at a heightened state of mind.
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Although these are dark days for environmentalists, the Peoples Climate March had a cheerful air Saturday afternoon as it took over the streets surrounding the federal government in Washington, D.C.
Data Download: Counties that voted for President Trump could benefit from the White House’s tax reform, but the reform would also lead to spending cuts.
A military airplane crashed into a mountain in Cuba’s north-western region of Artemisa on Saturday morning, killing all eight personnel on board, the Ministry of Revolutionary Armed Forces said. The aircraft, a twin-engined turboprop Antonov AN-26, had taken off at 6:38 a.m. (0638 ET) from Playa Baracoa, just outside Havana, and crashed into the Loma de la Pimienta mountain some 80 km (50 miles) westwards. “The eight military personnel on board, including the crew, died,” the ministry said in a statement published by state-run media.
Cops are still searching for him.
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — A shark attacked a woman wading in the ocean with friends, tearing away part of her upper thigh off a popular Southern California beach, authorities and witnesses said Sunday.
Rafael Nadal reached double figures for the second week in succession with a 10th title at the Barcelona Open. Nadal became the first man in the Open era to win the same Rafael Nadal event 10 times when he reached the milestone at the Monte Carlo Masters the previous weekend.
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From sexy smokey eye to glitzy cut-crease to colored eyeliner, let’s spark New Year’s Eve celebration with a fresh, bright, and bold makeup paired with outstanding, beautiful hairstyles. Touchable lengths, playful updos, sexy side swept locks, or even with hair embellishment, all are the party hairstyles to rock this New Year’s Eve. No matter what your plans are, if you’re looking to spice up your style this party season, take a look at these hairstyle ideas for a little inspiration.
Continuing previous article “New Year’s Eve Makeup and Hairstyle Tips (Part 1)“, now let’s do some styles with your hair. On New Year’s Eve, you pretty much can do whatever you want with it. Just think of glamour in most elegant way, and do your hairstyle balancing the outfit, makeup and jewelry.
First things first! Just like anything in life, preparation is always the key to minimize any New Year’s Eve head-to-toe fashion disaster. As for your hairstyle, whether you plan on wearing it down or up, you need to prepare it right to create that whole polished and perfect look. Here are some tips to follow:
1. Choose a hairstyle that is not only comfortable for you, but compliments your outfit. Make sure to cut or color your hair a few days before your New Year’s Eve party, so that if you don’t like the outcome of either, at least you’ll have a few days to recover and come up with a solution.
2. Know the formality of the occasion. A black-tie, cocktail, or casual event, your hairstyle comes to add all of those dazzling effects into your look. If your dress has a high neck-line or if you have some killer jewelry to show off – a bold statement necklace, stunning earrings, and even a beaded neckline – try a high sock bun or a cute fish tail braid. If you’re looking for something with a little more wow, add a hair accessory or headband. If wearing your hair up isn’t your thing, the perfect curl never fails. Or, wear hair down with loose, natural curls for a more casual look.
3. Consider using proper hair care products when styling your hair on New Year’s Eve. Whether sleek, wavy, or with volumes, you will want your hairstyle to stay long-lasting till the end of the party. There are products created for these purposes and will help maintain your look all night.
4. Don’t forget small essentials to carry on hand – travel-sized products that will fit in your clutch – and make sure you bring your hairspray, a comb, extra Bobby pins, and a rubber band for any possible touch ups.
Now, check out these major festive hairstyle ideas to rock as you ring in 2014.
If you want your short hair to stay simple, yet sweet without doing much of this and that, follow what Jennifer Lawrence and Carey Mulligan do with their hair. Both styles are naturally beautiful, modern, and straight-up cool. Jennifer’s dramatic pixie haircut looks elegant and super trendy, as for Carey, her swoop style looks modern with twisted ends and bangs that create texture. Pair these looks with a classic, shimmery smokey eye to achieve that natural, chic yet adorable looking style.
Another natural yet fabulous hairstyle for NYE is to have an effortless, easy-looking hair do. Jayma Mays’ full-bodied hairstyle looks super-sexy and the side-part keeps it looking fresh, while Jessica Alba’s off-duty style looks so appealing with that messy-looking style. Copy Jessica’s look using dry shampoo to fluff up the roots, sea salt spray to tousle, and a flatiron to polish the ends.
For a more glamorous look, give waves to your shiny long hair. Kim Kardashian‘s soft waves are the perfect hairstyle for the occasions as they’ll also work for any occasion. And if you want to have that Marisa Miller‘s retro waves a try. Throw your hair up in some large velcro rollers, blast them with a dryer for five minutes, then let them loose and brush through the waves. Polish both looks with a red lip for luxurious vibe or nude and subtle hue for a more simple touch. With this va-va-va-voom hair, you’ll get kissed at midnight. Check out this video on how to have that sexy waves easy and fast.
Straight or curly, both are best to choose for any celebration, which give off that free-spirit vibe that the guys go crazy for. The choices pretty much depend on your personal style and hair texture. If you want to make the most of curly hair like AnnaLynne McCord, apply a frizz-fighting lotion and a curl-enhancing mousse, then use your fingers to gently shape curls to desired fullness. While Olivia Palermo’s straight hair showcases a perfect elegant, classy look that you can follow by parting your hair equally. A center part is most dramatic when hair is worn straight and sleek. Start when hair is soaking wet, and blow dry until completely dry. Then, use gel to secure the front or bangs in place.
Lastly, it’s the classic updo, which is one of the most popular hairstyles to glam the New Year’s Eve. Either you want to have that Rihanna‘s bumped updo or Emma Stone‘s half-updo, both are great that women of all ages can’t get away with this look. As Emma adds an extra credit with her retro cat-eye liner like the Spiderman cutie, Rihanna gives the classic bouffant a modern spin that looks both pretty and edgy. Take a look at this video for technique – simple and easy – on how to do a Bouffant, Brigitte Bardot look. Or see how Gwen Stefani rocks a bouffant look, and Selena Gomez dons a trendy bouffant ponytail.
New Year’s Eve Hairstyle Ideas
For a cutie, super sleek effect, try having a bun. Pretty side-swept bun or donut bun – loose or tight – both look definitely adorable for the event. To have knotted side-swept bun, pull hair all the way over to the side, and tie it into a low ponytail securing with an elastic hair band. Twist and pin small pieces of the pony to create a pretty bun, loosely drape the front section to frame your face, then pin into the bun. As for donut bun, brush your hair back into a high, tight pony, then pull the tail through a sock or spongy ring and cover it with hair.
Cute Plait and Braids
Have your look sweet and feminine with these braided styles. Both look super intricate, but it’s actually so easy to create. Basically, all you need to do is braid your hair and twist the section around your head. You can start braiding from a deep side part in your hair then cross it into the other side – secure the end of the braid with an elastic band and cover it with a small piece of hair – or you can make four braided sections, wrap each section around your head and pin in place making it like a crown.
Having a bow knot or waterfall knots of your loose hair back is pretty simple. Make sure to apply mousse to wet hair and to add texture, and then blow-dry your hair. Twist two small pieces of hair back and tie them in a bow or make your hair into a simple waterfall braid. Here is a video for bun, plait, and knot ideas.
Pretty Headband and Accessories
Wearing a headband or hair accessory can be an option for easy and quick hair styling. Take your jeweled headband or wear a long ribbon to wrap like a headband to create those eye-catching and fabulous hair looks. Gold hair accessories are perfect for instantly transforming hair into a party-ready style. Not to mention, think of a hair extension too for enhancing a more festive and glamorous vibe. Watch this video and I think it’s amazing.
Last but not least, check out more ideas of hair styling, as well as videos for head-to-toe New Year’s Eve ready. Let’s get for the party and start creating your entire look polished and fabulous. Happy New Year Ladies =)
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https://www.gorgeautiful.com/new-years-eve-makeup-and-hairstyle-tips-part-2/
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Building a Monastery
Monasteries exist for the salvation of the monks and to lead others to holiness and the Kingdom of God through their example.
We ask you to help build a legacy! With the help of God and our benefactors, this monastery will be a beacon to the world long after we are gone.
Our work at the Jampot provides for our basic needs as a community, but your charitable contributions are vital in providing for the growth of the monastery and its work of upbuilding God's Kingdom through the arts; your support of this vision gives you a share in the monastery's work and in the graces that flow from it.
Personal Checks and Money orders may be mailed to : Society of Saint John 6559 State Hwy M26, Eagle Harbor, MI 49950
Consider remembering the monastery in your will, monthly donations, or in-kind gifts, such as food, flowers, memorial offerings for our Monastic Church, volunteering your services, etc.
For more information regarding charitable donations of investments, please email.
The Society of Saint John, Inc. is an Ecclesiastical Corporation in the State of Michigan and is tax exempt under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.
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Leon Bridges is in Melbourne this week to play two sold out shows and added a special intimate 30 minute live set for Melbourne’s Triple R. We were lucky enough to be one of the few along for this treat for the ears and it was sensational!
We’ve been doing the music site/blogger thing now for nearly five years and it has to be said that every gig or invite that we go to is always treated as a privilege rather than a ‘freebie’. Today, seeing the rising artist Leon Bridges in very intimate surroundings was outstanding. Whilst we are only a few days into 2016, we can guarantee that this will be one of our highlights of the year when we look back on it when the year comes to a close.
If you are not familiar with Leon Bridges, the easiest comparison to whet your appetite for this man is he embodies the sound of Sam Cooke and Percy Sledge and if I didn’t know better, I’d think he was a time traveller from the 50s brought to us to soothe us all with his soulful sounds. When you listen to his tracks on Spotify, they sound so crisp that you almost wish that you were listening to them on crackled vinyl that had been weathered the over last 60 years. His voice is straight out of the 50s and you’d be hard pushed to find another artist as unique as he is at the moment. With the world of EDM on the rise and fall, Leon Bridges could be here to save the day.
It is fair to say that we simply won’t get another shot at seeing Leon Bridges in a small environment like we did today. That’s not a bad thing though as he deserves to be on a rapidly rising trajectory.
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https://www.yourmusicradar.com/leon-bridges-live-at-triple-r-melbourne/
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This is pretty amazing. Researchers at Penn State have developed a solvent that quickly and cleanly removes bitumen from oil sands. Watch the video, it’s sort of the ShamWow of oil production:
The oil floats to the top, with the solvent suspended beneath it and the sand sinking to the bottom. In the video, researcher Aron Lupinsky says the process leaves the sand completely clean – without a single trace of hydrocarbons. And the solvent can then be reused.
“This allows us to get to these oil reserves without destroying the environment,” Lupinsky says.
It goes without saying that this new solvent, if brought to scale, could be a game-changer.
SolveClimate News reported in January on the effort to find a solvent that would make oil sands extraction less energy intensive.
Tar sands oil is extracted either through strip mining or in situ processing, where the oil is extracted underground before being pumped to the surface. Both process use steam, which requires tremendous amounts of water and energy. This contributes to the tar sands’ larger carbon footprint, and requires massive, toxic tailing ponds that have been killing ducks and polluting nearby waterways.
Currently, according to the SolveClimate article, the Canadian government doesn’t regulate emissions from oil sands productions, so producers would have no incentive to use the solvent unless it were cheaper than older technologies. We don’t know what’s in the stuff or how much it costs, so it’s not possible to say at this point whether there will be a net environmental benefit, or whether it will be used at all.
And even if a less carbon-intensive extraction method is found, there are still environmental concerns around the transportation of the oil, and the greenhouse gas emissions from burning it.
Still, it doesn’t take much imagination to see how a cost-effective, environmentally benign way to extract oil from tar sands could change the energy picture.
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https://energynews.us/2011/03/18/midwest/a-clean-way-to-extract-tar-sands-oil/
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Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1 (of 6)
I’m happy to report that the first issue of Before Watchmen does not disappoint. I was never opposed to the idea in the first place; where some fans of Watchmen saw a cash-in attempt and started saying ridiculous things like “DC is shitting on my childhood,” I saw an opportunity for a slew of talented writers and artists to expand upon the rich world of the original comics. With this first issue, writer and artist Darwyn Cooke tells the story of the Minutemen, the first group of masked adventurers who were at their height in the 1940s.
Remember in Watchmen when Under the Hood, the tell-all book written by the original Nite Owl Hollis Mason, was mentioned? Well, we now get to experience the first chapter of that book through the brilliant artistry of Cooke, who devotes about two pages to each original member of the Minutemen. He does a fantastic job of identifying what makes each character so interesting and doesn’t waste a single panel in the process. These are all characters that readers of the original Watchmen will be at least somewhat familiar with, so the fact that Cooke was able to take what was already known about them and add little bits of insight is commendable.
For example, the two pages dedicated to minor character Byron Lewis (Mothman) revealed that he started drinking because he was afraid of what he had become and he couldn’t trust his flying suit without the little bit of bravery (stupidity?) that alcohol can provide. This is the kind of balance that I hope the writers of the other six miniseries can strike; taking these established and beloved characters and telling compelling, believable stories that fans of Watchmen can get behind.
Cooke previously served as storyboard artist for Batman: The Animated Series and his art style here is very similar to that of Bruce Timm, one of the main animators and character designers on that show. His choice of framing evokes a cinematic style, even with the fairly basic illustrations. Much like Paolo Rivera and Bruce Timm, Cooke’s art style benefits from being simple and clean, especially in a comic that’s portraying 1940s America.
My only gripe with this book is that it’s too short. The stories told are great, but the limited space devoted to each character makes for a few shortcomings. The narrator himself, when describing his origins as Nite Owl, relegates to saying, “I’ve already detailed how I trained and the effort that went into designing my costume” instead of even offering up a small reminder. This was obviously due to space constraints, but it felt a little bit lazy. Dollar Bill also gets short-handed with only one page of introduction that doesn’t reveal much of anything. Luckily there are still five issues of Minutemen to go, and I can’t wait to see what other revelations Cooke has in store.
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https://kastorskorner.com/comics-korner-before-watchmen-begins/
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- Effect of Convalescent Plasma on Mortality among Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19: Initial Three-Month Experience
Adult participants enrolled and transfused under the purview of the US Convalescent Plasma EAP program between April 4 and July 4, 2020 who were hospitalized with (or at risk of) severe or life threatening acute COVID-19. The cohort of 35,322 transfused patients had heterogeneous demographic and clinical characteristics and included a high proportion of critically-ill patients, with 52.3% in the intensive care unit (ICU) and 27.5% receiving mechanical ventilation at the time of plasma transfusion. The seven-day mortality rate was 8.7% [95% CI 8.3%-9.2%] in 76 patients transfused within 3 days of COVID-19 diagnosis but 11.9% [11.4%-12.2%] in 77 patients transfused 4 or more days after diagnosis (p<0.001). Similar findings were 78 observed in 30-day mortality (21.6% vs. 26.7%, p<0.0001). Results may indicate that a randomly controlled trial might be undertaken to determine the actual effects of such therapy. However given that immune dysregulation is responsible for the majority of disease in seriously ill patients, antiviral approaches are likely to have minimal benefit.
- Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in Kenyan blood donors
Authors estimated the anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence among blood donors in Kenya by ELISA for anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike IgG prevalence on residual blood donor samples obtained between April 30 and June 16, 2020. Authors estimate that 1 in 20 adults in Kenya had SARS-CoV-2 antibodies during the study period. By the median date of the survey, only 2093 COVID-19 cases and 71 deaths had been reported through the national screening system. This situation is in contrast, by several orders of magnitude, with the numbers of cases and deaths reported in parts of Europe and America when seroprevalence was similar. The reasons for this difference are unknown.
- An Examination of School Reopening Strategies during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
Using a stratified Susceptible-Exposed-Infected-Removed model, authors explore the influences of reduced class density, transmission mitigation (such as the use of masks, desk shields, frequent surface cleaning, or outdoor instruction), and viral detection on cumulative prevalence. The model predicts that a combination of all three approaches will substantially reduce SARS-CoV-2 prevalence. The model also shows that reduction of class density and the implementation of rapid viral testing, even with imperfect detection, have greater impact than moderate measures for transmission mitigation.
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https://parasiteswithoutborders.com/2020/08/14/august-14-2020/
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10 Unbelievable Performance-Enhancing Substances
Here are 10 historical performance enhancers that put the ‘dope’ in doping.
Better known as a deadly poison, strychnine was thought to be the ticket to success for Thomas Hicks, an American runner in the 1904 Olympic marathon, who mixed it with brandy and egg whites. He needed emergency medical treatment at the finish line and nearly died, but won the gold medal.
2. Asses’ hooves
The hooves of the Abyssinian ass were taken in powder form by ancient Egyptian athletes, who boiled them in oil and spiked them with rose hips to mask that funky ass-hoof flavor.
3. Sweet, sweet ether
Sugar cubes soaked in ether helped cyclists get through 144-hour races in the 1870s. When ether wasn’t enough, coaches added nitroglycerine and cocaine, with some peppermint for flavor.
4. Baking soda
Some modern-day swimmers and runners swear by “soda-doping,” which means ingesting baking soda to shave precious seconds off their times. By increasing blood pH, baking soda may reduce the acid produced by athletes’ muscles, allowing them to keep on trucking. Soda-doping also causes diarrhea, which could keep the competition out of the pool.
5. Ultraviolet radiation
In the 1930s, Russian scientists found that peppering athletes with UV rays improved their speed in the 100-meter dash. German researchers in the 1940s found similar improvement in cycling times after a spell under the sunlamp.
6. Guinea pig sperm
In the late 1800s, physiologist Charles Brown-Séquard injected himself with his liquide testiculaire, testifying that the extract of dog and guinea-pig testes made him stronger and had even “lengthened the arc of his urine.” While he likely overstated the effectiveness of his own distillation, his discovery was a predecessor of hormone-based performance-enhancers.
7. Pigeon potions
The sport of pigeon racing has been rocked by doping scandals: While some handlers resort to anabolic steroids, others use drugs that prevent molting to maximize a bird’s training season. Birds have also been doped with purgatives to encourage them to drop their payloads before racing, thereby reducing the birds’ weight.
8. Magic mushrooms
It wasn’t just berserkers who favored magic mushrooms to enhance performance: Olympians in the third century also counted on hallucinogenic ‘shrooms to speed them to the finish line.
In the regions of Styria and Tyrol, Austrian lumberjacks kept the axe swinging with megadoses of arsenic, which would have made a nifty addition to the Monty Python song. Styrians also took arsenic to pep them up before long mountain hikes and as a digestive aid.
10. Human hearts
The ancient Aztecs swore by ‘em to boost both military and athletic prowess.
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https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/26055/10-unbelievable-performance-enhancing-substances
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Editor’s Be aware: The article was up to date to mirror adjustments within the gold worth.
(Kitco News) – Gold costs recovered after giving up all earlier each day beneficial properties as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted that three charge cuts could possibly be sufficient “insurance coverage” in the intervening time.
Powell stated that present state of coverage “more likely to stay applicable” except there’s “a fabric re-assessment” of Fed’s outlook.
At the identical time, Powell stated that he’s not prepared to start out elevating charges both. “We might have to see a major transfer up in inflation earlier than we might contemplate elevating charges,” he stated in the course of the press convention, which adopted Fed’s rate of interest announcement.
The Fed stated it reduce charges for the third time this 12 months, reducing the rate of interest band to between 1.50% and 1.75%.
After digesting Fed’s transfer and Powell’s feedback, gold costs had been buying and selling slightly below the $1,500 degree after briefly shedding all each day beneficial properties. December Comex gold had been final at $1,497.20, up 0.44% on the day.
In its October charge statment, the Fed dropped its remark about “appearing as applicable” from its assertion and changed it with a pledge to “proceed to watch” financial outlook. The assertion additionally revealed that there have been two votes opposing the third reduce.
Fed’s outlook is for reasonable progress to shut to 2%, Powell added, stating that “ the U.S. economic system is rising at a reasonable charge.”
When it comes to inflation, Powell famous that it’s operating low and loads might want to change for the Fed to be able to hike charges.
“We would wish to see a major transfer up in inflation” earlier than we might contemplate elevating charges, he informed reporters. “Inflation retains operating under our key targets. Inflation pressures stay muted … Beneath goal inflation might result in a long-term slide in inflation expectations.”
Disclaimer: The views expressed on this article are these of the writer and should not mirror these of Kitco Metals Inc. The writer has made each effort to make sure accuracy of data offered; nevertheless, neither Kitco Metals Inc. nor the writer can assure such accuracy. This text is strictly for informational functions solely. It isn’t a solicitation to make any trade in commodities, securities or different monetary devices. Kitco Metals Inc. and the writer of this text don’t settle for culpability for losses and/ or damages arising from using this publication.
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https://goldinvestment.website/gold-prices-recover-as-powell-says-no-rate-hikes-until-inflation-rises-significantly/
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The Northern Miner, first published in 1915, during the Cobalt Silver Rush, is considered Canada’s leading authority on the mining industry.
In 1979 The Northern Miner named Norman B. Keevil its Mining Man of the Year, citing the impressive string of mine constructions he presided over in the 1970s. Since winning that award Dr. Keevil went on to ensure Teck was part of some of the biggest mining projects over the next 30 years, such as Hemlo, Voisey’s Bay and Antamina.
At the same time Dr. Keevil and his team were building Teck into one of the world’s largest producers of metallurgical coal. For this unparalleled track record and for his unchallenged reputation for honesty, fair dealing and supportiveness, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary, the Miner can find no person more deserving than Dr. Norman B. Keevil to be the recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award.
In 1939, scientists Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard sent a letter to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt after three German scientists in Berlin split the atom.
The experiment put the Nazis on a path to building the atomic bomb, and knowing this, Einstein and Szilard compelled Roosevelt to counterpunch — with the Manhattan Project.
The point man for the project was to be Harold Urey, the leading scientist on isotope separation. One of Urey’s first tasks was to assemble a team of leading scientists to help beat the Germans in the race for the atomic bomb.
No one knew much about uranium back then,” Teck Resources chairman Dr. Norman B. Keevil Jr. says. “But my father knew something, because he worked on radioactive dating.”
And so the Manhattan Project, which aimed to end a World War, would also shape Canadian mining history.
Urey asked a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one Norman Keevil Sr., to join the Manhattan Project. Dr. Keevil agreed — until it became clear that being Canadian meant it would take a year to get security clearance. Rather than wait, Keevil turned down the offer and came back to Canada.
Norman Keevil Sr. was 38 years old when he returned to his homeland to teach at the University of Toronto, and his son, Norman B. Keevil, Jr., was just six months old.
The call of Temagami
Norman B. Keevil’s first exposure to geology came a decade later, while spending time with his father on the waters in and around Lake Temagami near North Bay, Ont.
For the rest of this article, click here: http://www.northernminer.com/news/norman-b-keevil-a-lifetime-of-achievement-at-teck/1003632682/
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https://republicofmining.com/2015/05/20/norman-b-keevil-a-lifetime-of-achievement-at-teck-by-anthony-vaccaro-northern-miner-may-19-2015/
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You know you need a stairlift. The stairs have gradually become more and more of an obstacle in your home, and you know a stairlift would give you back the freedom of movement that has slowly been slipping away.
You’ve researched stairlift companies, had price quotes and looked at all the stairlift models out there, but you’re just not sure if you can or want to spend that much on a stairlift. The second-hand ones on Craigslist are so much cheaper – you would save yourself a lot of money in the short term!
But what about in the long term?
Buying a stairlift on Craigslist, Ebay or at a flea market
Can you buy a second-hand stairlift from its previous owner? You could. There are lots of offers out there that are much cheaper than buying a new stairlift. But how would you know:
1 – If it works?
Firstly, how would you even know your second-hand stairlift would work? Imagine going through all the hassle of transporting it to your house (yourself?) and installing it (yourself?) to then find out it’s broken.
Would you then remove it? (yourself?) And then what?
2 – If it would fit in your house?
Staircases vary a lot in length and shape. In fact, it’s almost impossible that you’ll find a stairlift that was previously fitted on stairs exactly like yours. You might be thinking: close enough! It’ll get me up the stairs so it’s fine if it doesn’t fit perfectly.
Let us tell you why it’s not fine:
- If you need a curved stairlift, and your stairlift doesn’t fit the shape your stairs properly, it could be very unsafe. If the curve is completely different, it simply won’t fit. If the curve is slightly off, and the feet of the rail don’t attach properly, your stairlift could come loose while you’re riding it. Either that, or the stairlift will have to be installed in the middle of your staircase – which can only happen if you have an extremely wide staircase.
- If you’re buying a straight stairlift, and the rail’s slightly too long or too short, the chair won’t drop you directly on your landing. If the rail’s too short, your stairlift won’t make it to your top landing. That means you’ll have to get in and out of the chair while it’s still on your stairs, which is extremely dangerous and could very easily lead to a fall. If the rail’s too long, the stairlift will stop in the air, leaving you hovering above your landing. That means you’re unsteady at the top of your stairs, and will put yourself in danger getting in and out of your stairlift.
- How do you know your stairs are the same height as those the stairlift was previously installed on? If your stairs are shallower, your stairlift could end up hovering quite a distance above your steps as you make your way up the stairs. If your stairs are deeper, your stairlift could knock against each step on the way up, or even get stuck.
- Even if the stairlift is a near-perfect fit, it will probably take up more room on your staircase, as it won’t be able to fit as snuggly to the edge of the steps. That means you have less room as you travel up your staircase – so you need more room to avoid knocking your knees, and other people will have less room to walk up the stairs normally.
3 – If it would meet your needs?
What? Aren’t stairlifts all the same?
Short answer: no.
Even within our product range at Stannah, our stairlifts are made to meet different needs. The options and unique features are what makes your stairlift personal to you. We make sure it meets all your needs and makes you feel like the master of your home again. After all, you’ll only get the full benefit of a stairlift if you feel completely safe and comfortable riding it – if you don’t, your stairs go back to being an obstacle in your home and you’re back to square one.
A stairlift is made specifically for the person who buys it, so unless your needs are exactly the same as that of the previous owner, it’s unlikely they will all be met by their stairlift. Examples of this are:
- Stairlifts chairs are adjusted to your height during the installation (if the installation is carried out by Stannah-trained technicians – which is always the case if the stairlift is a Stannah). If you buy a second-hand stairlift, the chair will be adjusted to the height of its previous owner. This is likely to make the stairlift less comfortable for you to use, as you will either have to tuck your feet up onto the footrest or your feet will be dangling above it, offering you less security.
- The command to operate the stairlift can be placed on either arm of the stairlift, depending on what the original user’s preference was. What if that’s uncomfortable for you?
- If you have a door or radiator at the bottom of your stairs, you’ll need a retractable rail that folds up neatly, allowing for a stairlift to be installed without any building work – it’s very unlikely you’ll find one just the way you need it on Craigslist.
Installing your second-hand stairlift
Buying a second-hand stairlift online would save you money. But how would you install it? Do you know anyone who’s ever installed a stairlift? Can you find a stairlift installer in the yellow pages? Or would you ask your handyman to figure it out?
Either way, it’s risky. Would you ever feel completely safe riding your stairlift, knowing it was installed by someone who ‘probably knew what they were doing’?
What if something goes wrong?
You bought a second-hand stairlift online. You got it installed and it’s been working fine for a while. But then one day it doesn’t. Maybe it’s beeping. Maybe it stopped and won’t start again. It’s probably an easy-fix – but who do you call to find out how to fix it?
When you bought your stairlift from Craigslist, did you also get the user manual?
Even if you did, can you find the answer to your problem?
We have a solution for you – a second-hand stairlift, that’s backed by us
Buying a second-hand, reconditioned stairlift from Stannah
At Stannah, we offer you second-hand, reconditioned stairlifts*: a cheaper stairlift, but one that comes with all the benefits from buying direct from us.
You know it’s safe
When someone no longer needs their Stannah stairlift and is ready to have it removed, we offer to buy it back from them (if applicable) or remove it free of charge, so that we know it was handled properly and that it’s in full working order.
But we don’t stop there. We then make sure it meets all our safety regulations, and check its history, so that we know its next owner will be as safe as possible riding it.
We consider installing your stairlift to be half of the job, and we don’t do our job by halves. We can only be sure that our stairlifts will meet the international safety regulations they were built to meet, if they are installed by professionals we have trained ourselves.
That’s why we make sure anyone who is going to be installing Stannah stairlifts is trained by us. Trust us to give you the best service we can, from start to finish. And that includes our reconditioned models.
We’ll be there for you if you need us
As a company, Stannah is proud of the customer service we offer. We want you to know that if anything doesn’t go quite to plan, you can call us to get help straight away.
Although Stannah is represented by a dealer network that covers the whole of the country, we want to reassure you that when you work with a Stannah dealer, you get the same experience you would get if you worked with us directly. We’ve carefully selected each one because we know they share our family values. They always put the customer first, so we know you’re safe in their capable hands. Whatever happens.
*subject to availability – contact us or your local dealer for more information.
If you want to know more about our reconditioned stairlifts, or more about second-hand stairlifts in general, call us. We’re more than happy to answer all your questions. If you’re exploring your options when it comes to stairlifts, we can schedule a free, no-obligation stair survey – an advisor will come and talk to you to help you figure out your options. You’ve got nothing to lose, so you might as well call now – the quicker you call the quicker you’ll have all the information you need.
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https://www.stannah-stairlifts.com/resources/buying-a-stairlift-on-craigslist/
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$1.5 Million in Grants Still Available for Small Businesses Impacted by COVID-19
Four credit unions are collaborating to distribute the funds, and other Oregon credit unions can refer their members. Applications are due by Aug. 17.
Four Oregon credit unions partnering with the state of Oregon to distribute grants to small businesses impacted by COVID-19, still have $1.5 million available to distribute. The grants do not have to be paid back, and business owners don’t have to be members of the participating credit unions to apply. Applications must be received by Aug. 17.
Out of concern that very small businesses — those with fewer than 25 employees — were left behind by federal COVID-19 relief packages, the Oregon Legislature and Governor Kate Brown set aside $5 million, asking Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) to process the applications and issue the grants.
Four credit unions with CDFI designation — Consolidated Community, Trailhead, Point West, and Central Willamette — stepped up and will fund grants ranging from $2,500 to $12,500.
“This is an opportunity for other credit unions to send their members who own small businesses to one of the four participating credit unions, to get much-needed relief,” said Pamela Leavitt, the Northwest Credit Union Association’s Policy Advisor for Oregon State Advocacy and Grassroots. “These small, Main Street businesses have worked hard to serve Oregon communities, and we want to make sure credit unions collaborate to help them get grants.”
The grants are intended for small businesses that did not receive Paycheck Protection Program loans or other forms of CARES Act relief. The program is designed for historically disadvantaged businesses in every corner of the state with a focus on business owners who are Asian, Black, Hispanic, Native American, or women, businesses serving rural communities, and sole proprietorships.
“So far, we have seen credit unions fund businesses such as a print shop, a local nonprofit focused on the arts, a small restaurant, a truck repair shop, a housekeeping business, and more,” said Leavitt. “They are funding the very businesses this money was set aside for, and we want to get the word out in the Credit Union Movement that there is still money available.”
The credit unions collaborated to ensure all areas of the state are served.
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Oregon credit unions can refer their business owner members to one of the collaborating credit unions by sharing these email addresses and webpages:
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
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https://nwcua.org/2020/08/04/1-5-million-in-grants-still-available-for-small-businesses-impacted-by-covid-19/
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The Citroen C3 Picasso is small on the outside; just a few inches longer than the supermini but huge on the inside with ample storage in the 500 litre boot. The roomy interior will appeal to young families and active older individuals.
The C3 Picasso will be available with a choice of two petrol units, co-developed with BMW, the VTi 95 and VTi 120 and two HDi diesels the HDi 90 and HDi 110 DPFS renowned for their efficiency, exceptional refinement and low CO2 emissions. The 1.6HDi 110hp DPFS also carries the Airdream® signature, given to only the most environmentally conscious vehicles in Citroen’s range.
The interior of the C3 is bright and spacious due to the large three part panoramic windscreen. A glass roof is also available for a light flooded cabin. ESP is also available with an ASR traction control system. There are added extras such as air conditioning and alloy wheels and at the top end of the range unique practical features such as a completely flat folding front passenger seat, and a removable boot light torch.
Xavier Duchemin, Managing Director of Citroen UK, said “The C3 Picasso represents the very best of contemporary Citroen design and stands as a showcase for the bold new confidence that characterises the Citroen brand today.
Joining the Xsara, C4 and Grand C4 Picasso the new Citroen C3 Picasso will become another popular model in the Citroen range it will be on sale from early April prices start at £11,495 to £15,595.
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https://www.regit.cars/car-news/award-winning-citroen-c3-picasso_12057
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The United States estimates that money laundering generates approximately $300 billion. The 2018 National Money Laundering Risk Assessment states most of the money earned from crime stays within the U.S.
In simple terms, money laundering is the process of making large amounts of money through criminal activity and making that money appear as if it comes from a legitimate source. This type of criminal act incurs both federal and state penalties. If a law enforcement entity charges you with money laundering, there may be defenses that can help you during trial.
The state of Missouri, under MRS 574.105, shows the offense of money laundering occurs when a person commits the following acts:
- Uses a currency transaction with the intent to commit a criminal act
- Uses a currency transaction to conceal the nature, location, source, ownership or control of a criminal act
- Uses a currency transaction to avoid federal law reporting requirements
- Uses a currency transaction to aid criminal activity for the purpose of a terrorist threat or act
Money laundering is a Class B felony. Class B felonies in Missouri are punishable by imprisonment of between five and 15 years. Fines levied may be either $500,000 or twice the amount of the illegal transaction.
Money laundering is a specific intent crime. Specific intent refers to your state of mind at the time the crime took place. The two levels of intent include the desire to commit the unlawful act and the intention of the act to have a specific result. To combat specific intent, you may be able to use the following defenses:
- Lack of intent
- Lack of evidence
You may have a successful defense if you can prove you had no intention of committing a criminal act, or that someone forced you to commit the act or threatened you.
The government must show beyond a reasonable doubt that you intended to commit the criminal act of money laundering. By not presenting specific evidence that shows the laundered money was part of an illegal act or that you intended to illegally conceal the money, the prosecution may not have a case.
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https://www.entrapped.com/blog/2020/01/possible-defenses-against-a-crime-of-money-laundering/
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In Jacksonville, Florida and other cities throughout the State of Florida, a car crash is just about something you see every day. With the growth of the State and more and more vehicles on the road, car crashes are a common occurrence. Tragically, some of these car accidents result in the untimely and tragic death of a child. As passengers of a vehicle, children are almost never at fault for the crash taking place. Certainly, the death of a child has a ripple effect through the parents, family, neighborhood, school and community. Having attending a number of funerals involving a child, it is clear that no words or compensation for that matter can console a parent or family member who has lost a child due to the negligence driving of another person.
In Jacksonville, Florida, the Florida Highway Patrol reported a recent accident that tragically led to the death of two children and personal injuries of two other children. It was reported that Symere Woolbright – age 5 – and Rickale Woolbright – age 10 – died as a result of this rear end crash. See Children Killed in Jacksonville, Florida Crash – 2 Killed and 2 Injured.
While some accidents may seem cut and dry as to fault or liability, there are a number of challenges and issues that go with the pursuit of a Florida Wrongful Death case on behalf of the parents of a child who dies as a result of a motor vehicle accident. It is important to determine all applicable insurance policies that may provide coverage for the damages / losses as a result of the automobile accident. Insurance companies do not always act in the best interest of the family of a deceased child. The insurance company has a duty to act reasonably and timely. If the insurance company fails to do so, the applicable insurance policy limits may be expanded to what is called extra-contractual compensation. It means that the insurance company may ultimately be pressured to pay out more than the applicable policy limits but only if it can be shown that the insurance company failed to act timely and reasonably. To prove such conduct, documentation is vital.
When a person dies as a result of an automobile accident or other form of negligence, the case must be pursued according to the laws set forth by the Florida Wrongful Death Act. An estate must be ultimately set up. Furthermore, there are other hoops or legal requirements to jump through to follow the applicable law.
David Wolf is the author of 11 books that focus on personal injury and child injury issues including the book – When a Parent’s World Goes From Full to Empty – The Wrongful Death of a Child – What You Need to Know About The Florida Wrongful Death Act. You can get this book for free at Wrongful Death Book.
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https://www.floridachildinjurylawyer.com/what-the-issues-and-challenges-to-a-florida-wrongful-death-case-of-a-child-involving-a-car-crash/
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Meet the Kansas State Wildcats; the shocking team at the top of the Big 12 standings. Thanks in large part to a favorable early schedule (the ninth easiest thus far according to KenPom.com) and a completely unexpected win in Norman a week and a half ago. Bruce Weber brings his team to Ames with an overall record of 11-7 and a 4-1 mark in league play.
I personally think Kansas State isn’t even close to a top five team in the Big 12 but I couldn’t be happier with their current placement in the standings. Nothing will help an Iowa State team re-focus after the emotional and long day Saturday against Kansas than to have the team at the top come to Ames. Whatever anyone thinks of them has to be set aside when you see that.
When the Wildcats have the ball…
Honestly, there isn’t a whole lot to be afraid of when you look at them by the numbers thus far. They’re scoring at just the ninth best rate in the Big 12 at 1.03 points per possession (PPP). The storyline is that they’re playing better since the start of conference play they are scoring just 0.97 PPP. Take that for what it’s worth in comparison to their non-conference scoring efficiency of 1.05 PPP based on the strength of schedule because the Big 12 defenses they’ve seen thus far are better than their non-conference opponents.
They play at a fairly slow tempo averaging just over 63 possessions per 40 minutes played ahead of only the super-slow Baylor among Big 12 teams. They shoot the ball reasonably well and get to the free throw line often to score most of their points. Per Ken Pomeroy, 25 percent of the points they score come from the free throw line, the 16th most in the country. That’s roughly 16 points of their average 65 points per game.
The Cyclone defense will counter that with their lack of fouling as the Cyclones lead the country in defensive free throw rate. Of course, there is that whole bugaboo about opponents refusing to miss free throws against Iowa State. Cyclone opponents are shooting 74.6 percent from the stripe while the national average is 68.8. Iowa State is 341st in the country in free throw defense.
The biggest weakness of the Wildcat offense has been their dreadful turnover rate of 22 percent of possessions being wasted on turnovers; that is the worst in the Big 12. Similar to Kansas, the Wildcats offer up a split on 3-point shooting that will drive any Hoiball supporter a bit batty. They’re the third best 3-point shooting team in the league at 37 percent but they take the second fewest attempts at just 28 percent of their shots coming from behind the arc.
When the Cyclones have the ball…
That’s a lot of 1’s on the Cyclone side of the table…and, a lot of 9’s on the Kansas State side.
The Kansas State defense has been dead last this season in scoring efficiency and opponents have shot it well and found a lot of success on the offensive glass. Their best defense has been their ability to force turnovers and chase opponents off the 3-point line. Just 32 percent of opponent shots have been from behind the arc.
The Cyclones will likely launch more shots from distance than that but the key shooting matchup may be that Iowa State is the best in the league with their shooting percentage inside the arc while K-State opponents have found a lot of success making shots inside the arc.
Iowa State rarely turns the ball over and they have the best assist numbers across the board in the league.
The player report…
You’ve probably heard by now about the resurgence of Marcus Foster but based off of his season long numbers, it’s hard to tell he was ever in a rut. He’s the leading scorer in this game by scoring rate of 15.3 points per 50 possessions played. He’s the go to guy in their offense and the one guy they have that can carry the load and must have good offensive games for K-State to beat good opponents. One area that bit KSU last year in this matchup in Kansas City was Foster’s foul trouble and he is a bit prone to putting himself in that spot.
Nino Williams and Thomas Gipson are the next two guys to look to contain on offense. Williams does most of his damage in the paint where he uses his size as a guard to his advantage. Gipson is basically a less active but more skilled version of Rico Gathers that we saw for Baylor but he’s physical and capable of racking up points in the paint and the free throw line.
Foster is the biggest concern as a shooter from deep at 45 percent but Nigel Johnson and Jevon Thomas are also capable though Thomas doesn’t squeeze off many shots. Justin Edwards is the 3-point shooter that is still trying to find his mojo while continuing to fire away.
Stephen Hurt, Williams, and Gipson are the big contributors on cleaning up the glass both at the offensive and defensive end while Thomas and Johnson are the primary creators for KSU. Unfortunately for them, Thomas has also been very turnover prone with a personal turnover rate of 36 percent.
Chart of the game…
How important are Nino Williams and Marcus Foster to the Kansas State scoring performance? The formula for Offensive Rating is extremely tedious so for the sake of simplicity this isn’t calculated as it should be in theory, but instead I just averaged their ratings by game and matched up with the scoring line.
The PPP is graphed to the primary axis on the left and the Offensive Rating to the secondary axis on the right. The two lines aren’t right on top of each other but there is a clear trend of Kansas State needing these two guys to play well offensively to score the ball well.
What I think will happen…
Since sometime in the middle of the game in Waco, I think the Cyclone offense started to find itself. The pieces of the roster have slowly started to click in unison as Bryce Dejean-Jones has reappeared, we’ve seen more of the Georges Niang that we know so well, and Naz Long has started to hit shots again. Add to that the abilities of Jameel McKay, Abdel Nader, and Dustin Hogue to combine to put up massive numbers in the front court. And, by the way, Monte Morris is pretty good too.
Whoever draws the assignment of Marcus Foster will have a big job on their hands but it will likely be a community effort that starts with Long. Keeping him from finding his groove will make a Kansas State win extremely unlikely. Options 2A and 2B for Kansas State in Nino Williams and Thomas Gipson will also need to be limited around the rim. Fred Hoiberg has mentioned many times in the last few days that Daniel Edozie has been playing well in practice and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him get a sniff at Gipson. Even just a few minutes per half of someone that can match Gipson’s size will be a big benefit on the defensive end.
I think the biggest key for the Cyclone offense to roll is Niang. Hurt and Gipson won’t be able to stick with him away from the rim and if anyone else guards him he absolutely needs post touches every time down the court. There simply isn’t a defender for Kansas State with the size and athletic ability to keep Niang in check on the block. If that happens, and the Wildcats up the double team pressure Niang will need to find the open man and become the facilitator.
Iowa State is the much better team and I think they have their eyes on the prize after that win against the Jayhawks. These next four games are all winnable for Iowa State and they likely all need to go in the win column to stay on track for the conference crown. After that stretch a trip to Kansas is on the docket and if they are indeed 7-1 in conference play at that time the race will be on.
But, they can’t get to 7-1 without getting to 4-1 first. I think they will tonight.
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https://cyclonefanatic.com/2015/01/encyclonepedia-iowa-state-vs-kansas-state-preview/
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SAP Travel Expenses functionality allows employees to take business trips to foreign countries and have expenses in different local currencies.
In the process of reimbursement all the expenses should be converted into the currency according to the account’s configuration.
In a standard SAP solution currency exchange rates could be entered manually, or uploaded from the European Central Bank using a solution provided by SAP.
But how to automate the process for non-Euro zone countries? What is the easiest approach to get data from local, and as it often happens, legally required to be used as data sources.
To improve the simplicity and reliability of the process and reduce time spent, automatic updating of currency exchange rates could be implemented.
Business Scenario (as One of the Possible Cases)
According to the Official Response of the Czech National Bank, there is the only data source to update currency exchange rates in Czech Republic – the web site of the Czech National Bank.
Uploading of a daily exchange rate should be processed automatically every day after 14:00 in txt format.
To perform this action the report for exchange rates downloading from web should be implemented and used for:
- Historical data uploading in a foreground SAP GUI session
- Daily uploading by a scheduled background job
Implementation of historical data uploading in a foreground SAP GUI session
To upload current exchange rates the HTTP function call below is used:
Historical data uploading in a foreground SAP GUI session works as expected and the data is uploaded without any errors because the front-end session is running.
SAP generated TCP/IP RFC connection SAPHTTP:
Problem and solution for daily uploading by a scheduled background job
For scheduled background job system cannot complete execution successfully:
As we can see in Job Log for a current job, the issue is in opening RFC connection:
To avoid issues with the connection for a background process SAP generated TCP/IP RFC connection SAPHTTPA has to be used:
The difference is that in this case an RFC server program starts on an application server and the work process that calls the RFC server program starts the program directly (no frontend session starting is needed).
When TCP/IP RFC connection SAPHTTPA is set, the job can be completed at the scheduled time daily:
Post Scriptum (Our Offer)
As you have seen from the article, we’ve implemented the solution successfully for one of our clients that has headquarters in Czech Republic. In case you are interested to get this solution for your business case, please contact us through the web site contact form and it will be our pleasure to assist you.
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https://www.skybuffer.by/httphttps-data-sources-processing-in-abap-background-basic-hints/
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You MUST have some playing experience or have taken our Beginners Lesson to take this class!
Serve, return and 3rd shot.
Lesson 1 hour. COST $40.00 per student.
*** 2 students minimum.
Email to register: email@example.com
*Pickleball Naples reserves the right to cancel, reschedule or add lessons or services within 24 hours.
We will make every effort to accommodate all requests.
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https://pickleballnaplesfl.com/lessons/serve-return-and-3rd-shot/
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Working at GSIDC
Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd has been floated by the Government of Goa as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for speedy implementation of all the Infrastructural Projects, envisaged by the Government like Roads, Bridges, Fly-Overs, Bus-Stands, Hospitals, Tourism related Projects, etc
Over the years, the corp has successfully completed engineering and construction assignments of increasing scale and complexity.
Our employees are passionate to work on challenging assignments that bring tremendous learning and exposure, thereby adding value to their career.
- No.of Employees 110
- Projects Delivered 200+
- Rewards from Government -
General Manager (Civil) - I
Working with GSIDC since 2006
It was a pleasant surprise, when I got the opportunity to work in GSIDC which has the synergy of a start up along with the maturity of an order. This rare combination in a Government organization forms the cutting edge and the inherent quality making it an agile force to reckon with amongst the Infrastructure providers particularly in Goa and Country at large. I am awed how the 13 years (joined in 2006) in GSIDC have passed by.
I bet there is no other organization where in one can get the exposure and experience of the various forms and facts of Infrastructure and beyond. For the learner it’s a never ending process at GSIDC because with time you are thrown up with new challenges and problems. The pressures connected to deliver quality work within the time lines and the satisfaction on realizing is a treasure I relish.
Yes its one hub of an activity those proposals, communiques, presentation, meetings, work fronts and inauguration ceremonies. All goes well like a well oiled machine, again I am sure my organization will continue to be in the forefront and a cynosure amongst others, providing Yoeman service to the state.
Working with GSIDC since 2002
Taking a job with GSIDC in 2002 has been one of the best decisions I have ever made in my career. I had heard that although GSIDC being a Government Company was a great place to work and had a great work culture in line with private companies which was one of the main reasons I accepted the position. I was not disappointed after knowing that I am valued as a person and as an employee for the unique experiences I bring the company.
It feels great to know that I am personally contributing to the success of the company particularly in the development of quality Infrastructure for the state which in turn is contributing to the quality of life of Goans. What I like the most is how decisions are made collaboratively and how I have a voice in the direction my projects take. This gives me pride of ownership and makes my workday that much more enjoyable and challenging. The superiors has always instilled its trust in me and I feel that I have the privilege to give my best right back. It also gives me immense pleasure in mentioning that I work with an amazing team of intelligent and passionate individuals.
Deputy Manager (Finance)
Working with GSIDC since Jul 2004
Joining Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited was one of the best decisions of my career. I enjoy so many aspects of working as an Deputy Manager (Finance) for this organization. I like knowing I am valued as a person and as an employee of the company. It feels great to know that I am personally contributing to the success of the company. I also love interacting with each and every one of the diverse individuals who work at GSIDC. My job is enjoyable, challenging, and I work with an amazing team of intelligent and passionate individuals.
Assistant Manager (Civil)
Working with GSIDC since 2008
I got the opportunity to join this prestigious office as a trainee in June 2008 along with three colleagues from my class. We were soon privileged to be associated with the huge infrastructure projects amounting to nearly Hundred Crores. These public projects have helped me to expand my relations with various contractors, consultants, clients departments and handle them obediently under the guidance of my higher-ups. The valuable experience gained in the 7 seven years of my time here has shaped me to be a hardworking, more mature and a responsible individual. These qualities have helped me to develop a positive approach towards any situation which is demanded by the job profile I handle. I shall always cherish this experience in my future endeavours elsewhere during the course of my lifetime
Assistant Manager (Civil)
Working with GSIDC since June 2014
I came to know about this organization when I was undergoing the training from the College as I was working as Consultant representative for the project which was undertaken by GSIDC. Since then, I always wanted to experience what it would be like to work in an office environment like GSIDC. I got an opportunity to join GSIDC through Campus interviews. I also developed my communication and networking skills as I am working with a wide group of staff from all different sections of the organisation and also with Contractors and Consultants not only from Goa but also from outside of Goa. This has also made me to interact with various Government Department while handling the projects. Overall Environment here is good; everyone gives importance to your ideas and can gain good knowledge from seniors.
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https://www.gsidcltd.com/working-at-gsidc/
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Accommodation in Victoria Falls / Livingstone, Zambia
The town of Livingstone lies about 10 kms upstream from the Victoria Falls themselves.
For this reason there are only 2 properties right next to the Falls. However, some excellent lodges have taken full advantage of Zambezi riverfront locations further upstream, from which a number of activities and a great holiday can be experienced.
Below is a selection of the accommodation choices available on the Zambian side of Vic Falls.
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http://www.africanubuntusafaris.com.au/at-victoria-falls-zambia.html
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PHOTO CREDIT: Chris Giles, Natural Bridges, 2018 Save Our Shores Waves & Wildlife
Our annual Toast the Coast will be taking place on Sunday October 6th from 3:00 PM to sunset at the glorious Chaminade Resort in Santa Cruz, California!
We’d be thrilled for you to be a part of this very special toast to our Bay and our future. Tickets are $125 each, and if you’d like to bring a group of friends, a table of 10 is $1500.
We will be serving light hors d’oeuvres on the expansive patio overlooking our magnificent Bay, and then heavy hors d’oeuvres and sweet treats when we settle inside for our stirring celebration.
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https://saveourshores.org/toast/
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My dear Blog Buddies!!
I've been away for months now, and oh my! how much I missed crafting, blogging and your friendship! But for these couple of months I have been veeery busy and had more important things to do. But every now and again I manage to do a little something, and so I just came for a quick posting to share it with you.. and seize the occasion to leave an Easter blesing for all of you!
Some days ago I did a card and a matching tin for some sweeties :) One of the Sisters had her Birthday, and we thought we'd do something special for her.
I didn't have much time to colour in an image, so I printed a gorgeous saying from Karen's lovaly selection, and used last weeks's Sketch from Sketch Saturday.. but didn't post it in time to enter it there.
It felt a bit awkward, and it took me quite some hours to make the card, as it had been months since I finished one :) But hey, here it is, and I hope you liked it.
The tin I used to make a fun container for some sweeties is a recycled Milupa Camomile tin, I find it a wonderful size, and easy to embellish. Only the lid is a bit soft, but I managed to do it as well (thank God for nesties!) :)
I used quite some flowers, bling and a wide ribbon (the same I used on the card). I also added a couple of dangling charms, held with a large brad.
The papers I used are Blueberry Hill, Papermania. I just love the soft tones, and the fact that it is an A4 paper pack it's lovely for such projects.
I used a Stampelglede stamp for the Cross.
I have checked the list of challenge blogs, and well, I saw I may fit these into a couple of them :)
C.R.A.F.T Challenge: Flowers
Stampavie and More: Birthdays (I have done these for a Birthday occasion)
ABC Challenge: S is for Sparkle (I used glitter glue etc)
Cupcake Challenge: Lots of Layers
A side view of the tin.
I also decorated the inside with a couple of computer generated sentiments, and a Stempelglede stamped frame. I used Weathered wood Distress ink for the frame.
I hope you are having a wonderful Spring. I am sending you tons of hugs and lovely wishes for a wonderful Easter. I hope that you are giving your soul some refreshing time as well, and may the Risen CHrist bless you and your families, in whatever part of trhe world you are in !!
Spring is In The Air
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I am just beginning to find out more about training link advertising In all honesty, but it feels like there’s a strong possibility it will be something that the online advertising industry faces. Why website for aat training courses?
I would define a training hyperlink accoutrement as an overall effort to help drive sales for your products or services. This can be in the shape of a selling advertising piece that is hard to get you to buy the product or service which you provide or it may be as straightforward as sharing the link of this training class that you’re offering together with your business associates and friends. There are a lot of ways in which this may be used to help promote your products or services. The most successful companies are those who are really currently providing training classes aat level 3 courses.
When I started to look at some of the training that was profitable link accoutrements which became available, it became apparent that there wasn’t much distinction between the lucrative advertising procedures. This meant there could not be much distinction between the means that coaching classes were being marketed and how others were being marketed.
That is the point where the training link accoutrement is so helpful to all those businesses that are doing a fantastic job. In this day and age where folks want to find out as much as you can about something, coaching hyperlink advertising can truly bring in new clients.
If you’ve got a training hyperlink accoutiment, this usually means you will have more competition, which means that your conversion rates will be greater, your conversion rates will be higher for almost any other marketing effort you might be doing, and there will be higher opportunity cost in using these tools. This may mean you have to charge however, after all, that is the entire purpose of promotion and everyone is currently competing with every other, is not it?
If you’re looking for some training hyperlink accoutiment to your company, you need to attempt to find a training course provider that concentrates on the highest-value regions of knowledge for their training program. If you are teaching after all, how do you build a business? Attempt to search for a training link accoutiment which helps to construct a relationship between your business and the person who is buying services or your products.
The explanation of coaching hyperlink accoutiment would be to help to build your promotion efforts and might seem rather technical, but keep in mind that the purpose of this bit of accoutrement is to help your organization. By using this link marketing tool that is particular, you can help to help enlarge your brand and help to raise your profits.
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http://whothehellisbetogomez.com/training-hyperlink-accoutiment/
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Our customers tend to buy more silver than gold. And as Mike Maloney has said many times, he believes the silver price will rise much more in the coming wealth transfer than the gold price will. If he’s right, there are some truly exciting times ahead for those of us who own lots of physical silver.
If you’re a silver believer like us, check out our 10-question quiz to see if you can call yourself a GoldSilver silver bug…
2018 Silver Trivia Quiz
1. Which silver coin was manufactured first?
a. Silver Eagle
b. Silver Maple Leaf
c. Silver Krugerrand
Bonus Question: Why does GoldSilver not offer the Silver Krugerrand?
2. Why does Jeff advise against buying 1,000-ounce silver bars? Pick 3:
a. They’re not as attractive
b. They’re heavy
c. May require an assay to resell
d. They’re not as pure as smaller bars
e. Refining takes longer
f. Counterfeiters like them
3. In January 1980, at silver’s peak, what was the approximate number of ounces it took to buy a median-priced US home?
4. What are the 3 criteria we use to determine if a silver round will someday fetch a higher value above and beyond an increase in the underlying silver price? Pick 3:
a. Limited mintage
b. Refiner that created it
c. Bullion level pricing
d. Design detail
e. Universal appeal
f. Creator’s name engraved on it
5. Why is Mike Maloney currently buying more silver than gold?
a. Silver is always lower priced than gold
b. The gold/silver ratio is high
c. Silver’s industrial uses are vital and growing
Bonus question: Does Mike buy only silver?
c. Depends on the gold/silver ratio
6. Where does Mike Maloney store most of his metal?
a. Home safe
b. Bank safe deposit box
c. Professional storage account
7. What is the primary reason silver tends to outperform gold?
a. It is a much smaller market, so incoming funds have a greater impact
b. It was used in US currency
c. There are more silver bugs than gold bugs
8. In what circumstance would junk silver be ideal?
9. What is the primary difference between a coin and a round?
a. Rounds come in different sizes
b. Coins are prettier
c. Coins are produced by governments, rounds by private mints
10. What is the #1 selling product at GoldSilver?
a. Silver Eagle
b. Silver Eagle monster box
c. Junk silver bags
1. The Silver Eagle was first manufactured by the US Mint in 1986. The Silver Maple Leaf was introduced in 1988. The silver Krugerrand was just made last year for the first time.
Bonus Question: GoldSilver does not offer the silver Krugerrand because the premiums are excessive—one site currently sells them for more than silver’s all-time high of $50!
2. We personally avoid 1,000-ounce silver bars because 1) They weigh 68.5 pounds each, so aren’t easy to move around—could your kids or grandkids pick them up if they needed to? 2) They tend to require an assay for resale, which entails cost and takes time, which could keep you from using the proceeds for something you really need on short notice. 3) These large bars have been the target of counterfeiters in the past, one reason they tend to require an assay.
If you haven’t seen one of these, it’s true they’re not all that attractive. Purity should be as high as other silver products, and refining does not take longer—it’s just a matter of having the molds. Coins with intricate designs require more steps than simply pouring a big bar and stamping it.
3. As our article shows, it only took 1,603 ounces of silver to buy the median-priced home in the US in January 1980, based on the average silver price that month. And if you snagged the top of the market it only took 1,245 ounces. We think the ratio has an excellent chance of returning to that low level again, so keep accumulating!
4. Our article Should I Buy Collectible Silver? The 3 Criteria to Look For lists the 3 criteria as limited mintage, bullion level pricing, and universal appeal. The other criteria listed may add value, but ultimately don’t determine if the silver Round will fetch a price above spot someday. Our new silver Athena Round easily meets all these criteria.
5. Mike is buying more silver now because the gold/silver ratio is high. It’s stretched to historic levels so probably won’t stay there long. But while it’s so lopsided he is focused on silver.
Bonus Question: Mike favors silver because he believes it will outperform gold in the next mania, like it has done many times throughout history. But no, he does not buy only silver. He buys gold, too. How he allocates his purchases depends on the gold-silver ratio at the time.
6. Mike stores the vast majority of his metal in our private storage locations. This article and video explain why.
7. The silver price tends to move more than gold, both up and down, because it is a much smaller market. It takes less money entering or exiting the sector to impact its price. We believe this will have an enormous impact on its price in the next crisis, when the masses crowd in.
8. There can be a number of uses for junk silver, but of the choices offered it is clearly more ideal for barter than gifting (there are many more attractive choices for gifts) or transporting (junk silver is bulky and thus heavier to transport)
9. The word “coin” technically implies is was produced by a government mint. Rounds come from private mints.
10. You were close if you answered Silver Eagles, but the all-time #1 selling product at GoldSilver.com is the Silver Eagle Monster Box. It remains our best seller today.
Are You a Silver Bug?
If you scored 9 or 10 correctly, we think you’re a “GoldSilver” silver bug!
There are lots more questions that could be asked about silver, of course. And this was probably too easy for many of our readers—but it does represent a good reminder of why we like silver so much. If you enjoyed it let us know in the comments section.
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federal agencies provide youth with a variety of opportunities to explore careers in the federal government and develop and learn skills necessary for employment through the pathways programs. in addition to the opportunities to explore careers in the civil service, many federal agencies and departments, including the u.s. department of labor, the corporation for national and community service, the u.s. department of defense, and the u.s. department of the interior, provide opportunities for youth to explore careers, develop skills, and transition to employment. the program model includes a combination of academics, leadership development, and vocational skills to prepare youth for employment in the construction industry.
in addition, on the 12-month follow-up survey, 67.5 percent of graduates reported that they were employed, in the military, or completing their education.3 to see additional results or results by job corp site and learn more about job corps, how to apply, and what is offered through the program. examples include the national guard youth challenge program, sponsored by the u.s. department of defense, is a residential program for youth ages 16 to 18 who have dropped out of or been expelled from high school and who are unemployed, not heavily involved with the criminal justice system, drug free, and legal residents of the state in which the program is offered. workforcegps workforcegps is a website sponsored by the u.s. department of labor, employment and training administration.
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this program helps low-income eligible youth achieve academic and employment success. program contact. 1 -202- 693 youth programs and services. residential education and job training program for at-risk youth, ages 16-24 providing by urban alliance and similar programs, offer access be at risk of disconnecting from school or employment ā year up provides internships and job training for disconnected youth aged 18-24 who., youth training program near me, job training programs for adults, youth job programs, free job training programs for unemployed near me
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Written by Courtney McHill, United Methodist Pastor
Yet again it seems as though Jesus is causing quite the stir. Not only does he talk about bread from heaven but then he claims that he IS that bread. According to Jesus, he is the bread of life. Now, this is just getting ridiculous. The claims are preposterous! What makes it even crazier is that this comes on the heels of healings, feeding of the five thousand and then he walks on water. Just when people seemed to be physically fed, Jesus claims that he can feed them even more.
This seems to not even really be the big point of Jesus’ discourse. Everything he lays out before us in this portion of chapter six is to let us know the activity of the Father. Let us not be distracted by the preposterous but focus in on what that bread implies. By laying out what gives us life, we are being drawn back to God through Jesus. This is what Jesus is really doing. He is laying out a plan of becoming more whole by getting back to God. That is truly something to munch on.
When I first read this passage, I got caught up in all of the language and extra dialogue. I got lost in the “I AM” statements, which I frequently get lost in the gospel of John. It won’t be the last time. What I forget is that every time Jesus says, “I AM” he is referencing back to God and bringing me with him. And every time I join the grumblers in this story (he is saying what? He thinks he is what? He wants me to do and eat and drink what?) Jesus keeps pulling us back to the point. Jesus keeps calling us back into relationship with him, and therefore with God. “You are not in charge here.” “I am the Bread of Life. Your ancestors ate manna…” Jesus keeps calling me back to remembering who God is, what questions I have, and how God can feed me yet. This conversation will lead me to wholeness, relationship, and even more questions to come. In the meantime, Jesus will also continue to challenge me with obnoxious and difficult dialogue. This is what it means to be a disciple, to engage and return to God.
Quotes of the Week “There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
“Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts.” ― James Beard
“It seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others. So it happens that when I write of hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for it, and warmth and the love of it and the hunger for it… and then the warmth and richness and fine reality of hunger satisfied… and it is all one.” ― M.F.K. Fisher
“How can a nation be great if its bread tastes like Kleenex?” – Julia Child
John 6:35-59 (Message) Jesus said, “I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever. I have told you this explicitly because even though you have seen me in action, you don’t really believe me. Every person the Father gives me eventually comes running to me. And once that person is with me, I hold on and don’t let go. I came down from heaven not to follow my own whim but to accomplish the will of the One who sent me.
“This, in a nutshell, is that will: that everything handed over to me by the Father be completed—not a single detail missed—and at the wrap-up of time I have everything and everyone put together, upright and whole. This is what my Father wants: that anyone who sees the Son and trusts who he is and what he does and then aligns with him will enter real life, eternal life. My part is to put them on their feet alive and whole at the completion of time.” At this, because he said, “I am the Bread that came down from heaven,” the Jews started arguing over him: “Isn’t this the son of Joseph? Don’t we know his father? Don’t we know his mother? How can he now say, ‘I came down out of heaven’ and expect anyone to believe him?”
Jesus said, “Don’t bicker among yourselves over me. You’re not in charge here. The Father who sent me is in charge. He draws people to me—that’s the only way you’ll ever come. Only then do I do my work, putting people together, setting them on their feet, ready for the End. This is what the prophets meant when they wrote, ‘And then they will all be personally taught by God.’ Anyone who has spent any time at all listening to the Father, really listening and therefore learning, comes to me to be taught personally—to see it with his own eyes, hear it with his own ears, from me, since I have it firsthand from the Father. No one has seen the Father except the One who has his Being alongside the Father—and you can see me.
“I’m telling you the most solemn and sober truth now: Whoever believes in me has real life, eternal life. I am the Bread of Life. Your ancestors ate the manna bread in the desert and died. But now here is Bread that truly comes down out of heaven. Anyone eating this Bread will not die, ever. I am the Bread—living Bread!—who came down out of heaven. Anyone who eats this Bread will live—and forever! The Bread that I present to the world so that it can eat and live is myself, this flesh-and-blood self.” At this, the Jews started fighting among themselves: “How can this man serve up his flesh for a meal?” But Jesus didn’t give an inch. “Only insofar as you eat and drink flesh and blood, the flesh and blood of the Son of Man, do you have life within you. The one who brings a hearty appetite to this eating and drinking has eternal life and will be fit and ready for the Final Day. My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. By eating my flesh and drinking my blood you enter into me and I into you. In the same way that the fully alive Father sent me here and I live because of him, so the one who makes a meal of me lives because of me. This is the Bread from heaven. Your ancestors ate bread and later died. Whoever eats this Bread will live always.” He said these things while teaching in the meeting place in Capernaum.
Questions for the Week
How would you react to the message Jesus is giving?
What gives you life?
How does God challenge you?
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https://pastorcourt.com/2014/02/10/devotional-for-february-16-2014-bread-of-life/
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AUDIENCE: Pharmacy, Patient
ISSUE: Impax Laboratories, Inc. issued a voluntary nationwide retail level recall on August 19, 2016 for one lot of Lamotrigine Orally Disintegrating Tablet (ODT) 200 mg, NDC 0115-1529-08, Lot # 502240. The affected lot was distributed between June 13, 2016 and August 10, 2016 to wholesale distributors and retail pharmacies nationwide.
Unit-of-use blister packs (a 10 count blister card contained in a single plastic shell-pack) may contain 100 mg product instead of 200 mg product. Each blister card within the unit-of-use blister pack is properly labeled as 100 mg ODT, however the plastic shell pack containing the 100 mg blister cards is labeled as 200 mg ODT. Shell-packs from the affected lot may contain 100 mg ODT instead of 200 mg ODT, and as a result, it is possible that consumers could take less than their intended lamotrigine dose. A reduction in dose may lead to reduced therapeutic effects of lamotrigine and reemergence of epilepsy or bipolar disorder symptoms.
BACKGROUND: Lamotrigine is indicated for the treatment of epilepsy or bipolar disorders. The lot number can be found on the side of the manufacturer’s carton as well as on the blister cards within the unit-of-use blister packs. See the press release for product label photos.
RECOMMENDATION: Consumers are being asked to carefully inspect their medication. If they have the affected lot or any questions or concerns regarding this recall they should contact Stericycle at 1-866-300-2207 (Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. EST). Consumers who are unsure if they have the affected lot number or have any concerns about their product should consult their pharmacy or health care professional.
Pharmacists and wholesalers are being asked to check their inventories for the affected lot, segregate any material from the lot, and to then contact Stericycle at 1-866-300-2207 for instructions on product return. Pharmacies that received the affected lot will receive a copy of this press release with their recall notification information to be prominently posted in the pharmacy area.
Healthcare professionals and patients are encouraged to report adverse events or side effects related to the use of these products to the FDA's MedWatch Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program:
- Complete and submit the report Online: www.fda.gov/MedWatch/report
- Download form or call 1-800-332-1088 to request a reporting form, then complete and return to the address on the pre-addressed form, or submit by fax to 1-800-FDA-0178
Read the MedWatch safety alert, including a link to the press release, at:
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Dr. Martin Nowak gave an institute seminar onNatural Cooperation. Currently, he is Professor of Mathematics and of Biology at Harvard University and Director of the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics. He works on the mathematical description of biology. More details on his seminar and current research below. More
Devyani Singh is currently a PhD candidate at the University of British Colombia in Canada. She recently was the lead author on a publication co-authored with her YSSP supervisor Shonali Pachauriand PhD supervisor Hisham Zerriffi.Below she describes the importance of this work and the impact of the YSSP. More
Peter van Grinsven was in theProcesses of International Negotiation Program as a 2003 YSSPer. His experience following IIASA includes a Senior Policy Adviser role to now being the Director of Corporate Development at the Royal Schiphol Group. Below he describes how the YSSP impacted him professionally. More
Brian Fath participated in the 1997 YSSP and today is the scientific coordinator of the program as well as a summer Research Scholar within the Advanced Systems Analysis Program. The YSSP impacted not only his career, read more about how it turned his life upside down below. More
Congratulations to IIASA collaborators Carl Folke and Arild Underdal for being elected as members of the US National Academy of Sciences. More
Sabine Fuss works at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change in Berlin, Germany, but her first research position was with the IIASA Forestry Program. Below she describes her experiences at IIASA and how they have shaped her path and what she is working on today. More
Join Luis J. Castro at the "Migration and Urban Systems Engineering Analysis on the Mexico-USA Border" conference on Thursday, 9 March, at the Engineering Institute of the National University in Mexico City at 5 pm. More
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Zhang S , Xie Y, Sander R, Yue H, & Shu Y (2021). Potentials of energy efficiency improvement and energy–emission–health nexus in Jing-Jin-Ji’s cement industry. Journal of Cleaner Production 278: e123335. DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123335.
Diwekar U, Amekudzi-Kennedy A, Bakshi B, Baumgartner R, Boumans R, Burger P, Cabezas H, Egler M, et al. (2021). A perspective on the role of uncertainty in sustainability science and engineering. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 164: e105140. DOI:10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105140.
Dorninger C, Hornborg A, Abson DJ, von Wehrden H, Schaffartzik A, Giljum S, Engler J-O, Feller RL, et al. (2021). Global patterns of ecologically unequal exchange: Implications for sustainability in the 21st century. Ecological Economics 179: e106824. DOI:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106824.
Tian Z, Ji Y, Xu H, Qiu H, Sun L, Zhong H, & Liu J (2021). The potential contribution of growing rapeseed in winter fallow fields across Yangtze River Basin to energy and food security in China. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 164: e105159. DOI:10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105159.
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
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Hawaiian Electric Industries Maintains Share PricesFebruary 12, 2015, 10:15 AM HST · Updated February 12, 10:18 AM 0 Comments
The board of directors at Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. sustained a quarterly cash dividend of 31 cents per share as of Feb. 10, 2015. The dividends are payable Mar. 10, 2015, and to shareholders of record at the close of business on Feb. 24, 2015. The share is equal to an annual rate of $1.24 per share.
HEI shares have been paid regularly since 1901. The annual dividend rate and the closing share price of $33.86 on Feb. 10, 2015, yields 3.66 percent for HEI.
Additional information is available at www.hei.com under “investor relations.” HEI recommends that investors visit the site regularly to stay up to date, and in addition, to following press releases from both HEI and its subsidiaries including Hawaiian Electric and American Savings Bank. Investors are also encouraged to refer to the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawai‘i website to review documents filed with and issued by the PUC.
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Ocean Reef Club Key Largo | Miami Fishing Charters
The Florida Keys have always been the most popular destination choice for a yacht charter adventure departing from Miami Beach.
Fishing Capital of the World
Ocean Reef Club Resort
Delicious Sea Food (Stone Crab)
Snorkeling & Scuba
Swim with Dolphins
John Pennekamp Park
A perfect boating adventure to the northern Keys should include Ley Largo. Made up of three separate towns; North Key Largo, Key Largo and Tavernier, this island paradise offers adventure, beauty, and limitless activities. Sightseeing, fishing, scuba, snorkeling, dining, and nightlife activities are all available.
As one of the more largely populated keys, Key Largo has all the conveniences and shopping that you would expect in a small town. Beautiful scenery, exotic birds, and marine life make Key Largo an ideal vacation destination. Only two hours by boat from Miami, Key Largo provides everything for those seeking a shorter, luxury yacht rental, holiday destination. Some of the highlights available on this charter are the unique and interesting homes of Stiltsville. These amazing houses are built on stilts above the open sea and once hosted casinos, rumrunners, and other colorful figures from Miami’s past.
Boaters should also include a visit to Elliot Key. This unspoiled island provides beautiful swimming, snorkeling, and exploration, as you journey towards Key Largo. The best destination included in this and all other Florida yacht charters is John Pennekamp Park. This is the first underwater park in the United States and spans 64,000 acres on land and undersea. Internationally famous for stunning underwater scenery, scuba, and snorkeling, John Pennekamp Park should not be missed.
Check out the 30,000-gallon aquarium and enjoy on-land activities, nature trails, and exhibits. This is a perfect activity for any age, and a real educational experience for children. Key Largo has been named “Diving Capital of the World” and is home to an amazing, living coral reef with a colorful underwater world of fish and sea creatures. Scuba divers can explore a sunken, 510-foot Navy ship, the USS Spiegel Grove.
Ocean Reef Club, Key Largo
Here’s one for the bucket list. Chartering a fabulous yacht to Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo. Located in the uppermost Keys and only 2 hrs from Miami, Ocean Reef Club offers unparalleled tranquility for a restorative and relaxing vacation. This millionaire’s playground will have you feeling like every day should be lived in the lap of luxury. There are endless things to do here, like kayaking through the mangroves, fishing in whats known as the worlds fishing capital or golfing pristine club courses. Whenever you build up an appetite, indulge in the freshest Florida Stone Crabs and fish caught locally. This trip is intended to span two to three days – and amongst our other luxury yacht charter choices, this one is perhaps the favorite of all.
Please take note that all guests are required to have a membership at Ocean Reef Club. You may learn more about the possibilities of membership at Ocean Reef Club directly 305-367-5921.
Whether you are on your way to Key West, or taking a short, two to three day yacht charter adventure, include Key Largo on your itinerary!
• 40 Nautical Miles
• 2 Hour Travel Time
• 2 Day Minimum Charter
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Donald Trump’s preparation for the upcoming Republican presidential primary debate is “low key, absolutely low stress,” adviser Chuck Laudner told the Washington Post on Wednesday. “This isn’t 50 consultants locked in a war room, with a fake podium and cardboard cutouts of the other candidates, playing the game of Risk.”
Maybe that’s because Trump has a different board game of choice—his own. In 2004, as his reality television show The Apprentice was just getting underway, he unveiled the latest in a long line of short-lived ventures. (Hello, Trump Steaks.) It’s called TRUMP: The Game, and according to an introductory letter from the billionaire that was included in a set I recently acquired for $4 on Amazon, “the object of the game is to make the most money.” Surprise!
Live the fantasy! Feel the power! And make the deals! Photo by Tim Murphy
Much like his presidential campaign, TRUMP: The Game was a reboot of an earlier failed Trump venture, a 1988 Milton Bradley product also called TRUMP: The Game. The tagline for that was “It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s whether you win!” A television ad for TRUMP: The Game 1.0 boasted that all proceeds from the game would be donated to charity. (This was his Paul Newman phase, evidently.) The 2004 version abandoned the charitable pretense, and replaced the old tagline with a bolder, fresher take: “IT TAKES BRAINS TO MAKE MILLIONS. IT TAKES TRUMP TO MAKE BILLIONS.”
Did I have the brains to make millions? Did I have the TRUMP to make billions? Was I, in fact, Donald Trump? I recruited three Mother Jones political reporters—Pat Caldwell, Pema Levy, and Molly Redden—to help me take TRUMP: The Game for a spin.
Here are a few things you should know about the game:
- It’s for three to four players. Cramped and short-lived—it’s the Trump Shuttle of board games. This is a great game if you don’t have very many friends.
- The box specifies that TRUMP: The Game should only be played by adults. (If you are a child reading this, please stop now.) What? Is this is a board game about pre-nups? Is scalp-reduction surgery involved? If it’s for adults, why is an oversized six-year-old on the cover? I kept waiting for the game to reveal some darker, truer, more adult nature, but it never did.
- The dice have six sides. Five of the sides have the traditional numbers on them. But the sixth side just has a big letter T on it, for “Trump.” Anytime you roll a “Trump,” you get to steal something from someone else.
- But you don’t roll the dice very often—maybe once every few turns, depending on your strategy. TRUMP: The Game borrows the architecture of a classic game, Monopoly, and then renovates it until there’s nothing left but a flashy facade.
- The most exciting part of the game is bidding on properties. Like Monopoly, you buy properties and try to make money off of them. Trump recommends buying as many properties as you can! But there are only seven properties (including a luxury residence, an international golf course, and a casino—only the finest and most luxurious properties are for sale here), so you can’t really do that. It’s not possible, either, to simply attach your name on the side of someone else’s building in big letters and just own a penthouse there.
- When a property goes up for sale, players take turns raising their bids or taking a pass, until someone has outbid everyone else. Then that person own the property. Unless someone else ejects that person from the bidding by playing a card that says “You’re fired!” (Actually it says, “YOU’RE FIRED! You are out of the bidding and you cannot fire anyone!” Since when can people who have just been fired fire other people?)
- If you’ve been fired, you can get back into the bidding by playing a special card featuring Donald Trump’s face. This is, for some reason, not called “the Trump Card.” Instead it’s called a “The Donald”—definite article included. Like “The Gambia.” There are 16 You’re Fired! cards but only four The Donalds, meaning that bidding wars often consist entirely of people playing the “You’re Fired!” card over and over and over. The unemployment rate in Donald Trump’s game is 75 percent. I don’t know why you can fire people who don’t even work for you. But this is how capitalism works.
- Instead of paying taxes to the government, there is a card that, if played, forces other players to pay property taxes to you. (“Trump Tip: I would play this on someone with more than one property.”) That is not a tax. That is just a shakedown.
- At the end of the game, the person with the most money wins. Fair. What’s weird is that there’s basically no way to lose money, short of occasionally paying taxes to other people. Instead of losing money when you land on properties owned by rivals, as in Monopoly, you take money from the bank that doesn’t belong to you (don’t worry about paying it back) and give that money to the player who owns the property. All overhead costs are covered by the banks. The result: the bank is sinking much of its money into a giant real-estate bubble. What could go wrong?
- Trump, apparently pressed for time, borrowed the color-coded currency from Monopoly—the lowest denomination is white; the middle is green; the highest is orange. The major difference is that the lowest denomination is $10 million and the highest is $100 million. He basically took Monopoly money, stuck his face on it, and added a bunch of zeroes.
Our experimental game lasted a little more than an hour. If there’s an upside to TRUMP: The Game, it’s that it’s hard to envision anyone flipping the board over in disgust after six hours because it’s physically impossible for a game to last that long. At no point did anyone have any idea who was winning until Molly bought the casino. Luxury properties are Trump’s horcruxes; when the seventh one is taken off the board, the game ends. Molly won.
“I’m Donald Trump now,” she said. For a brief moment, I thought I saw a shadow fall across her face.
Afterwards, I asked our team of guinea pigs for their feedback:
“It’s like Monopoly, but really dumb,” Pema declared.
“Nothing really happens,” Pat said. “I think I probably went around the board twice.”
“The thing about it is,” Pema continued, “it’s just a dumb game. Because you can’t really lose money. In Monopoly you can get really screwed by landing on other people’s properties. In this there’s very little moving around the board. And when you land on a property, the bank pays them instead of you so there’s no real risk.”
But the game’s flaws—its erratic nature, its contradictions, its singular obsession with the rapid accumulation of wealth for the purpose of acquiring luxury real estate and firing people—are also Trump’s flaws. And by the time we’d finished, there were a few signs that the experience of playing Donald Trump had begun to influence us in subtle ways. “I could see us all becoming ruthless and judging each other,” Pat said, after a moment of reflection. And more to the point, handling such huge quantities of money seemed to bring us closer, if just a little bit, to the luxurious lifestyle of the Republican front-runner. As Molly put it: “I stopped saying ‘million’ after a while and started treating them like normal denominations.”
Just don’t ask any of us to play it again.
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