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Jay put in a fantastic performance at the weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday 5th July. Over 140,000 fans were in attendance to watch Lewis Hamilton secure his fifth win of the season against his teammate, Nico Rosberg.
Jay is still riding high after his starring role on the most recent series of The X Factor, and this latest live performance gave him another opportunity to showcase his talent to the captivated audience. He performed a few of the tracks that made him so popular when he was on the biggest music show on TV.
Jay is currently hard at work on new material which he can’t wait for all his fans to hear in the coming months!
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South African Ironman 70.3 World Championships continues to evolve.
In what must be a face-saving switch, Ironman announced a change to the bike course back in January. Notionally to make the course safer for the athletes, it also conveniently reduced the need for R175 million in road upgrades that a cash strapped city and region couldn't afford.
Interesting they'll be implementing special police patrols to protect those training and racing. The local News24 has a list of the actions to be taken.
The big reason the Cape Twon area of South Africa has been in the news lately though isn't anything to do with the Ironman, it is that they have a severe water shortage and as reported today, pollution problems when an odourless brown water poured into Three Anchor Bay.
With the seasons in South Africa reversed from ours, they still have time to recover with the rainy season and winter ahead before the 70.3 Worlds. Will be interesting to see how it evolves.
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A hat that boys will want to wear, making parents or carers smile too. Simple to put on, breathable and comfortable. Great as a liner under all types of hats and helmets. Especially useful for boys prone to ear infections to keep little ears protected and warm whilst playing outside.
This versatile print comes in three colour ways: Petrol, Khaki and Blue. Perfect for easy wear with hair loss or as a helmet liner to keep little ears warm.
Matching teddy/dolly Bold Beanie also available while stocks last.
Made in the UK. Please contact us directly if you see a hat out of stock or are unsure of sizing.
Limited Edition while stocks last.
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Here you will find examples of how Play Learning Life's work with schools, out of school and early years settings has been put into practice. There are also some examples from partner practitioners and other interesting initiatives observed around the world. These case studies will help inspire you to take more learning and play outdoors and discover the fantastic benefits the outdoors has to offer.
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The hospital’s fourth annual MLKCH Gives campaign kicks off July 16, 2018 with enthusiasm, an ambitious goal, and lots of heart.
The ways in which we go above and beyond—for our patients and for each other—inspire others to join our hospital community.
Three years ago, our Director of Medical Staff inspired the launch of MLKCH Gives. Today, she continues to lead others to give.
Members of the MLKCH Gives leadership team Joe Cruz and Devone Deale are partners in Public Safety and giving from the heart.
Mother’s Day campaign raises awareness—and dollars—for our unique maternity services aimed at improving maternal and child health.
Turn your Mother’s Day wish into a gift. Now through May 13, each Mother’s Day e-card sent generates a $5 gift to our hospital.
In March we rallied our community to thank the amazing doctors we have working at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital.
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The image was created by Nikon D800 camera with shoot mode TAMRON SP 90mm F2.8 Di Macro VC USD F017N - 90.0mm · ƒ/4.2 · 1/250s · ISO 640, gives a photo excellent quality. It was stored in the category "Nature/Landscapes", largest dimension is 4000×2670 pixels, you can download it to JPG format. We were tagged: Strawberry, Wild Strawberry, Berry, Red, Fruit, Nature.
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Marketing is not what it used to be. Innovations sit unnoticed, advertising campaigns don’t thaw consumers’ indifference and brand infidelity gallops unchecked. Do marketing techniques need retouching? Below are a few marketing sutras re-mixed for new times.
Typical brand tracks calibrate trust with respect to the category, ignoring the competition. But challengers rarely come from inside. A usual brand track reads as ‘how crisp, tasty and thin are my chips?’ When perhaps it should ask: ‘Would you prefer my chips if they were thicker traditional kettle fried chips’? Or ‘How powerful is my disinfectant’, instead of ‘would you switch if a ‘Neem’ formulation’ was available’?
Rather than test unchallenging trust attributes, marketers would do well to tease out the distrust of their brands against the temptation of an imagined but relevant proposition. That would give a better sense of brand stickiness when competition comes calling.
Consumer insight generation often justifies an available company innovation by claiming consumer needs have led to the demand for a product. “Yellow teeth impacts my self-confidence. I wish I had a toothpaste that whitened as well as cleaned” is one such contrived insight.
However, there are larger social trends that marketers should be sensitive to. For instance: disregard of formal authority, rising nationalism, the primacy of authenticity over form (spawned by close scrutiny of social media), despair over digital-plague amongst mums, fluid and unclear relationships. Just some changes that peep through the canvas of films, television, WhatsApp, but are never formally captured. Products stand in isolation to these larger trends, till the copy is written, when it’s too late or forced.
Looking at consumers from a wider lens might help design products that not just satisfy functional needs but emotional ones.
We just don’t get it: Brands are not mere products but experience. This, Structuralists would argue, is a fallacy of language. The word ‘product’ that brands are understood as, cues static, sterile transaction. Instead, we could use words like pals, friends, and buddies to cue a more dynamic relationship. Brand Managers could then think of making pals for life out of brands, than mere packs for instant consumption.
And pals come in different packs. Luxury brands are great pals because we embrace them with unstoppable earnestness since they elevate our being. It’s easy to think of a brand as experience with luxury brands because they accord us with exclusivity like, rich friends. But there are other pals that we haven’t considered: those who make us comfortable, self-assured, smarter, in-control, happier, or just ourselves. How many brands fit in this space even though these are more substantial and real need states?
Snacking brands have an opportunity to help youngsters fix a quick meal, oil brands can help males groom better, cream brands can help with dating and build relationships for lonely dwellers. Not only that brands, as ‘Pals’, can make communities of people going through a similar experience (through brand chat boards, sites, expert help) and become mentors and guides, deepening their relevance and opening new business opportunities.
The language we use, products we consume, the streets and markets we walk and the people we meet, are often as close to consumers as hotel owners are to their guests. We invariably force consumers into our world. And on the odd occasion when we do know our consumers we succumb to condescension, congratulating ourselves at the deep knowledge gained.
Corporate conversations still avoid colloquial language. For instance, Hindi is either not known well enough, or avoided for it can give away social or professional inadequacy. The narrow unhygienic streets where our consumers shop and the sweltering metros where they commute are unfamiliar to marketers who claim to reflect them. And if that isn’t enough of impersonation, our own social mobility aspirations becomes that of consumers, under the guise of creating an aspirational world.
Impersonation may give a perspective different and therefore unique from our consumers but it also imbues our products and solutions with social irrelevance. And when penetration of our brands slows or consumption drops, we scuttle to consumer groups to discover them as horribly different from our imagination.
Brands that click are soaked with authenticity. And that is unlikely to arise from brand managers who aren’t. More business sutras may have to be rewritten. But that’s for later.
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When increased throughput is required on production platforms gas dehydration can become a bottleneck in the production system, resulting in excessive velocities within the vessel's inlet chamber.
Mal-distribution of the gas flow through the chimney-tray and packing can result in high liquid carry-over, significantly upsetting gas conditioning.
Rigorous process understanding is required to locate the source of fluids carry-over or carry-under. We provide internals to correct any mal-distribution and remove liquid from the gas to extend the operating envelope. This results in higher gas throughput within export specification.
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I am anxiously waiting for the match between Portugal and Spain, today.
I don’t even dare asking for 7 goals, but I believe we will find it within ourselves to score enough to go through to the quarter finals!
Update: It was a disappointing match for me… We came home earlier! Congratulations to the Spanish team, they done it better!
Foi atingido um recorde. Mais de 1600 pessoas conseguiram chegar ao fim dos 15 km da 11ª edição da EDP Gás Corrida Festas da Cidade do Porto, disputada no último domingo de manhã. Com muito orgulho, fui uma delas!
The Spanish Dental Association, in its General Assembly, marked the Oral Cancer European day. Last 11th June I was in Santiago Compostela with our colleagues from Spain where we approach some of the aspects concerning oral cancer: prevention and treatments.
Last 2 June, in Lisbon, the Presidents of the four Portuguese Health Professional Regulators (Dentists, Physicians, Pharmacists and Nurses) made a joint organization of a Conference dedicated to the subject «Patient safety versus system’s sustainability». The Health Minister was present at the conference opening.
Patient Safety was one of the important issues approached. I stated that one of the prerequisites for «Patient Safety» is the notion of quality at the service of patient safety. There has been a «simplification» of the definition of quality in Health, focused exclusively in the outcomes and neglecting the «structures and processes».
You are currently browsing the Orlando Monteiro da Silva blog archives for June, 2010.
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I had a lot of fun hosting Geneva's 4th birthday party in the backyard this year... but it was a lot of work. I tend to take on quite a bit.
Greg did a great job getting things off on the right foot by starting the party with Mimosa's for the grown-ups. He could sense that I needed one after our whirlwind "get ready!" sprint from 7:30 am to 10:30 am before the guests arrived.
The spread turned out as planned. The punch bowl above contains the "Bug Juice." Behind Greg is the "Ladybug Pizza." I love the flower-bug-swatters I found at the $1 store so much I made a bouquet out of them! Below are the "Ants on a Log" and PB&J's.
Here is Chloe enjoying a Butterfly sandwich and a Caterpillar fruit stick.
We hired Katie (our neighborhood babysitting extraordinaire) to do face-painting and help with the projects and games. Izzy is getting a butterfly and Amanda is waiting for a ladybug.
Below is Michele and Abby working on a Spider hat. The kids were not nearly as interested in making and wearing spider hats as I had hoped they might be. My visions of all 15 of them wearing their creepy hats for a photo faded quickly!
Once the kids decorated their "Bug Houses" they were ready to hunt some bugs. While we got "Squash That Bug" ready to play (complete with plastic bugs) they searched the garden for some real crawly things.
Here are a few of the munchkins waiting in line to "Pin the Spot on the Ladybug."
My blindfold was a bit cumbersome, but we managed. In case you're wondering, it's the tie Geneva made for Daddy for Father's Day at preschool this year--I thought we would put it to use--at least this once! The imperfection of the blindfold worked out in the end; as I needed to keep hold of their little heads to help gently guide them to the naked ladybug.
Piper did a great job keeping up with the bigger kids all day!
Thank you to Betsy for the fabulous tip on the gumdrop-stick stems! I used a floral brick in the tin and wooden skewers to mimic flower stems. I covered the brick with gummi worms when I was finished. Our bouquet had both cupcakes (dipped in sprinkles and stenciled with flower and bug shapes) and brownie bites (decorated to look like ladybugs).
The "Bee" cupcakes were my favorite!
I debated about doing her presents at the party or afterward. I decided in the end that her friends would enjoy watching her open the gifts they chose for her. It's easier to keep her on track these days too (now that my baby is 4!!!) so I thought we could get through it in a reasonable amount of time. She was very sweet about thanking everyone for their gifts. She doled out the hugs before she even opened the packages.
Auntie Jenn called me from Target when she was shopping for Geneva's present. I was able to describe the one item Geneva has coveted for months: this truly awful pink, glitter train case that I continue to deny her. When she unwrapped it she said, "Oh goodness! It's what I've always wanted!!!" Hysterical!
Piper and Chloe entertained themselves under Geneva's new ladybug umbrella (thank you Lulu--so cute!) while she worked through her pile of "loot."
Greg and I had this shirt made for her. She's been asking lately at soccer "practice" why she doesn't have "real" soccer clothes like some of the other kids. It was critical that her "real" soccer clothes had a number on the back.
The shorts I found at Old Navy in the boys section and the "real" soccer ball is from Izzy and Lachie. Do you think she thinks she's cool?
She rounded out her birthday celebration by taking her new bike for a spin. Please note the birthday outfit she put together for her party. Of course, during most of the party she also wore a huge set of pink butterfly wings that her Nana sent to her!
wow what a party! great job on the bug party, tammy. looks like fun... happy bday geneva!!
I love it all~ just like you described it would be. You are such a great mommy!
Looks like it turned out PERFECT. You did an amazing job. Geneva has one AWESOME mommy!
Fabulous Tam! Looks like your darlings had a lovely time!
I'm Going "Buggy" with Ideas!
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Standard Assamese is the official language of the Indian state of Assam and is also spoken in the neighbouring states of West Bengal, Meghalaya and Arunachai Pradesh as well as in Bangladesh and Bhutan. It has a long history and there’s evidence of Assamese writing in documents dating back to the 14th century. Standard Assamese is based on the Central dialect. Over the years Assamese has borrowed words from Hindi, English, Bengali and other neighbouring languages.
The state of Assam is the world’s largest tea-growing region and is home to Assam tea. Tea gardens in Assam do not follow Indian Standard Time but instead follow Tea Garden Time, which is an hour ahead, to boost productivity during daylight hours.
The Assamese script is almost identical to Bengali, with the exception of two letters. But the pronunciation of many letters is very different.
There is no word for 'hug' in Assamese. The closest would be 'to hold tightly'.
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“Last night, Canadians were murdered and injured because of their faith. In the face of this senseless terror and violence right here at home, it might be easy to be stunned and shocked into grief and silence. Silence, in the face of such hatred, would be the ultimate failing in upholding our values. Canada is a nation of all faiths, all creeds, all cultures. We stand together. And we fall together. And today we grieve together. Now more than ever, we must voice our outrage and sadness.
We must show our solidarity and compassion. An attack against one of our communities is an attack against us all; an attack against human rights is an attack against our shared values. We must be louder than those who make headlines by their acts of hatred. We must call out acts of intolerance no matter how small, because even small acts can embolden the hatred and anger that lead to devastating consequences.
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Commentary at the close: MBS pushed higher in today's session as the Stock rally paused with the Dow, S&P and Nasdaq near record highs. Bonds were able to shrug off better than expected economic data and moved higher.
Fannie Mae 30-yr 3.5% coupon gained 31bp to end the session at 102.12 up 19 bp when rates were set today at 10 am. They opened at 101.94 High 102.16 Low 101.81.
Stocks closed near unchanged. Dow 20,619.77, S&P 2,347.22, Nasdaq 5,814.90. WTI oil closed at $53.36/barrel, +$0.25. 10-yr T Note yield 2.45%. There are no major economic reports due for release tomorrow.
A regional federal-reserve-bank index measuring changes in business growth. The index is constructed from a survey of participants who voluntarily answer questions regarding the direction of change in their overall business activities. The survey is a measure of regional manufacturing growth. When the index is above 0 it indicates factory-sector growth, and when below 0 indicates contraction.
10:31 AM 3.5% Fannie Mae 30-yr coupon up 19 bp at a price of 102.03 up 9 bp when rates were set today at 10:00 am Open 101.94 High 102.03 Low 101.84 You will notice that the low today is S1 on the chart below. This indicates that traders started buying at this level. This is what you might call a bounce.
1:45 PM 10-yr T Note yield 2.44% from this morning's high of 2.49%.
12:54 PM Near midday, MBS holding solid gains. Dow, S&P slightly lower.
11:12 AM Next week, the Treasury will sell $26B 2-yr Notes on Tuesday, $34B 5-yr Notes on Wednesday and $28B 7-yr Notes on Thursday.
11:11 AM Starting Friday, Feb. 17, MMG members will receive a Weekly Market Wrap near market close each week. This concise email provides a recap of what happened that week and why, plus an annotated Japanese Candlestick Chart. You’ll also get a lock or float position for the weekend to advise your clients.
11:06 AM Freddie Mac reports that the 30-yr fixed conventional mortgage rate ($424K or less) at 4.15% this week from 4.17% last week essentially unchanged and continue to hover at historically attractive levels.
11:02 AM MBS able to move well into positive territory as the Stock rally pauses.
9:40 AM Limited support for MBS seen from the New York Fed today and tomorrow.
9:37 AM 10-yr T Note yield 2.48%. WTI oil $53.46/barrel, +$0.35. U.S. dollar index 100.67, -0.48.
9:33 AM S&P slightly higher soon after the opening bell on Wall Street.
8:53 AM January Building Permits +4.5% from December to 1.285 million units annually, below the 1.230 million expected.
8:44 AM After the economic data, MBS holding gains.
8:41 AM Weekly Initial Jobless Claims +5K to 239K, inline with estimates.
8:38 AM January Housing Starts -2.6% from December to 1.246 million units on an annual basis, though above the 1.220 million expected. However, December revised higher to 1.279 million from 1.226 million.
8:33 AM February Philly Fed soars to 43.3, well above the 17.5 expected and the best reading since 1984.
8:30 AM Stocks have been on a tear hitting record highs. The S&P closed higher for seven straight days on Wednesday after President Trump ignited the rally saying last Thursday that a "phenomenal" tax announcement will be coming in the next few weeks. In addition, strong economic data is also boosting Stocks, while bank shares also chipped in on prospects of an upcoming interest rate hike.
8:19 AM After two straight days of losses, MBS open modestly higher as S&P futures edge lower.
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A last thing: the protocols you configure are not checked for correctness or spelling. You can mention protocols that do not exist, so there is no need to guard Protocols with any <IfModule> checks.
HTTP/2 is supported in all multi-processing modules that come with httpd. However, if you use the prefork mpm, there will be severe restrictions.
In prefork, mod_http2 will only process one request at at time per connection. But clients, such as browsers, will send many requests at the same time. If one of these takes long to process (or is a long polling one), the other requests will stall.
mod_http2 will not work around this limit by default. The reason is that prefork is today only chosen, if you run processing engines that are not prepared for multi-threading, e.g. will crash with more than one request.
If your setup can handle it, configuring event mpm is nowadays the best one (if supported on your platform).
If you are really stuck with prefork and want multiple requests, you can tweak the H2MinWorkers to make that possible. If it breaks, however, you own both parts.
PUSH might not always trigger the request/response/performance that one expects or hopes for. There are various studies on this topic to be found on the web that explain benefits and weaknesses and how different features of client and network influence the outcome. For example: just because the server PUSHes a resource does not mean a browser will actually use the data.
The major thing that influences the response being PUSHed is the request that was simulated. The request URL for a PUSH is given by the application, but where do the request headers come from? For example, will the PUSH request a accept-language header and if yes with what value?
Apache will look at the original request (the one that triggered the PUSH) and copy the following headers over to PUSH requests: user-agent, accept, accept-encoding, accept-language, cache-control.
All other headers are ignored. Cookies will also not be copied over. PUSHing resources that require a cookie to be present will not work. This can be a matter of debate. But unless this is more clearly discussed with browser, let's err on the side of caution and not expose cookie where they might oridinarily not be visible.
An alternative to PUSHing resources is to send Link headers to the client before the response is even ready. This uses the HTTP feature called "Early Hints" and is described in RFC 8297.
This will send out a "103 Early Hints" response to a client as soon as the server starts processing the request. This may be much early than the time the first response headers have been determined, depending on your web application.
If H2Push is enabled, this will also start the PUSH right after the 103 response. If H2Push is disabled however, the 103 response will be send nevertheless to the client.
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The new 2017 Mercedes-Benz GLS seven passenger SUV is powered by a 362 horsepower 3.0-liter V6 bi-turbo engine in the GLS450 4MATIC, a 449 horsepower V8 bi-turbo engine in the GLS550 4MATIC, and a 577 horsepower powerplant in the Mercedes-AMG GLS63. The GLS350d 4MATIC offers 255 horsepower V6 diesel engine. All versions mated to the nine-speed 9G-TRONIC automatic transmission as standard, except the Mercedes-AMG GLS63 which gets the revised AMG SPEEDSHIFT PLUS 7G-TRONIC transmission. With DYNAMIC SELECT, the new GLS provides COMFORT, SLIPPERY and SPORT transmission modes, in addition to INDIVIDUAL or an OFF-ROAD mode.
Standard driver assistance systems include COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST PLUS, Crosswind Assist and ATTENTION ASSIST. Other systems available as standard on the GLS include: PRE-SAFE® system, Brake Assist BAS, electronic all- wheel drive traction system 4ETS, ESP®, and cruise control. The optional Driver Assistance Package has systems including DISTRONIC PLUS with Steering Assist, PRE-SAFE® Brake with pedestrian detection, BAS PLUS with Cross-Traffic Assist, Active Blind Spot Assist, Active Lane Keeping Assist and Speed Limit Assist. The GLS will be available to order from December, with deliveries in in the US market from late-March 2016.
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John Gray writes on how it feels and what it means to him to have the Dirty Reds back.
During a meeting at the Glebe Town Hall on 8 January 1908, the Glebe District Rugby League Football Club was formed – the first Rugby League Club in Australia. It played from 1908 to 1928 with Wentworth Park as its home ground. There are memorial plaques at both sites.
The Club never won a first grade premiership but had a fine record. In 2017 they were re-formed and currently play in the Ron Massey Cup in a coalition with Burwood and Concord. My father and uncles played for Glebe, the Dirty Reds, so let me tell you how this feels.
For me, it starts with that photo of my uncles and Dad in their Dirty Reds outfit challenging the camera (photo, this page). They represented a team of Glebe’s essence: working class, parochial; in it together. Max Solling showed me the photo and kindly allowed my cousins and me to talk about the Gray Brothers with him. Bert played for Australia as an incredibly fit, talented, quick but light (67kg) second row forward. He played with finesse. Paddy’s playing style is best described by his own comment when appearing before yet another disciplinary meeting, ‘We all know how this ends. Let’s toss, ‘double or nothing’ and get it over with.’ Frank and Tom knew that to be a Dirty Red was to be one of ‘our players’ with the hopes and duties that came with it. As Max explains in his book, An Act of Bastardy1, everyone took it very seriously. The Dirty Reds were part of the glue of Glebe.
If you are very lucky, you may hear Max Solling talk about the Dirty Reds. During ‘that speech’ he becomes one of the players he talks about. You can watch him swerve, pass and tackle as he recalls their actions. Then you see Max’s passion and hear the strong argument showing how important – and how shabbily treated – was Glebe. It infected the group led by Darren Flynn2 so mightily that it went through years of effort to get the Dirty Reds back into the League.
And they are back. I attended their inaugural lunch and saw a small tear as my cousin, Vince, received recognition that his Father, Bert, had been named as a Glebe Immortal. I was at Leichhardt Oval in 2017 for their first game when the Dirty Reds defeated Wests. Their previous match had been in 1928. I will be there when the Dirty Reds return to their home ground at Wentworth Park. I will be there with all of Glebe. I will be barracking for the Dirty Reds so loudly they’ll think Yabba3 is back.
An Act of Bastardry: The Axing of the Glebe Club – History of Glebe Rugby League Football Club 1908 – 1929 by Max Solling, 2014, Walla Walla Press. Available from Gleebooks.
Darren wrote a great article about the Dirty Reds, past and present, for our May Bulletin. It can also be accessed on our website here: https://www.glebesociety.org.au/?p=12567.
Yabba was a famous barracker, for whom there is a statue at the Sydney Cricket Ground (photo, this page). His real name was Stephen Harold Gascoigne. His comments so upset a Glebe player that at half time he reportedly claimed that he would murder Yabba if it continued. Yabba left. T’was a Gray wot shut ‘im up!
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>> > > Multiple-data-stream files are something we should offer, definately (IMHO).
move the file to a file system that doesn't support the streams.
Even RAR support the NTFS file streams.
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Cody Lee Ake passed away 02/05/2019 unexpectedly and too soon. Cody lived in Cuyahoga Falls and attended Cuyahoga Falls High School and Schnee Learning Center.
Cody loved his family and especially his kids. Cody could always make you laugh. He loved doing tattoos and drawing, taking things apart, and building stuff. He also loved his music LOUD.
He is preceded in death by great -grandparents, Coy, Irene and Edgar; grandfather, Ed; aunts Sue and Diane.
He is survived by mother, Christy (Jim); father, Christopher; brothers, Brent (Sara) and Austin; sister, Sarah; kids, Kaiden, Arielle, and Cody Jr. grandparents, Denny and Linda, Mary; many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.
Calling hours 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Ciriello & Carr Funeral Home, 810 Portage Trail, in Cuyahoga Falls.
Time for Remembrance 4:30 p.m.
PEDESTAL ARRANGEMENT was sent by Tom .
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BP announced today that, after extensive consultation with National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen and other members of the Federal government, it plans to further enhance the lower marine riser package (“LMRP”) containment system currently scheduled to be deployed this week with further measures that are expected to keep additional oil out of the Gulf of Mexico.
The additional steps announced today will follow placement of the LMRP containment cap, which is expected this week. Preparations for these additional planned enhancements are already underway.
The first planned addition is intended to use the hoses and manifold that were deployed for the ‘top kill’ operation to take oil and gas from the failed Deepwater Horizon blow-out preventer (BOP) through a separate riser to an intervention vessel on the surface, in addition to the LMRP cap system. This system, which currently is expected to be available for deployment in mid-June, is intended to increase the overall efficiency of the containment operation by possibly increasing the amount of oil and gas flow that can be captured from the well.
It is anticipated that the next planned operation will provide a more permanent system by directing oil and gas to a new free-standing riser ending approximately 300 feet below sea level. A flexible hose then will be attached to a containment vessel. This long-term option is designed to permit the system to more effectively disconnect and reconnect the riser to provide the greatest flexibility for operations during a hurricane. Implementation of this enhancement is expected in late June or early July.
The strategy and specific containment plans have been extensively reviewed by BP’s scientific and engineering team together with a team of government scientists assembled by Secretaries Ken Salazar and Stephen Chu, including leading researchers from the Department of Energy’s National Labs and Dr. Marsha McNutt, Director of the U.S. Geological Survey.
The planned containment strategy is described in further detail in a video briefing, available at www.bp.com/gulfofmexicoresponse in the 'Response in Video' section entitled "Kent Wells technical briefing - 31 May 2010."
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"Ignore your aircrafts crosswind limits and yaw'll be sorry" reads a popular safety poster aimed at trainee pilots. This has little to do with cycling but it gives a big clue what yaw is all about - the idea that, in crosswind conditions, the direction of airflow hitting a moving object - such as an aeroplane or a bike - is some combination of the direction of motion and direction of the wind. For the poor trainee pilot this poses certain control challenges, while for the cyclist it has real relevance to drag and equipment choice.
To help in our discussion of yaw, let's define two kinds of wind. There is the wind that blows due to weather, perhaps a south westerly breeze blowing at 10 kph, from now on we'll call it the meteorological wind. And there is the "wind" that we perceive due to cycling at speed, even on a flat-calm day with zero meteorological wind you experience some of this "wind" in your face. Of course this isnt wind in the true sense, rather a cyclist moving through a (still) body of air experiences a sensation the same as if the rider was static and the wind was blowing at the speed of the rider. Many people would refer to this wind as wind resistance and so we'll call it resistance wind.
It follows that in a real word environment a rider experiences some meteorological wind, which has a strength and a bearing you might figure from a weather report, and some resistance wind, depending on the speed he is riding but always with a bearing directly in his face. It also follows that these two winds combine or offset to create just one wind on the rider. This wind we can call the "effective wind" and the angle it hits the rider is known as it's yaw angle.
So why does yaw matter? Life is never simple and it so happens that cyclists, bike frames and wheels, as well as the whole lot together, present different drag profiles depending on the yaw angle of the wind. On the other hand much aero equipment offers less advantage at the lowest (eg zero) yaw angles, hence why aero frame and wheel manufacturers are now particularly keen to demonstrate the advantages of using their equipment in terms of drag reductions at specific, meaningful yaw angles, especially the 0-20 degree kinds that most of us experience, most of the time.
Consider the following extracts from the current Zipp technical literature (left) and from an aero frames review comissioned by VeloNews (right) which graph drag numbers attributed to various aero components at various yaw angles. Note - "AOA" in the first example denotes "Angle of Attack" which is simply aerodynamicists (or aviators) speak for effective wind yaw angle.
What could we conclude from the above?
Most cycling equipment, including in these examples, tends to be drag tested with airflow at 30mph so the quoted drag numbers apply only at this speed, they can however be normalised to other speeds. The benefits accruing to an individual rider depend on ability - the faster we ride, the more we benefit from aero equipment.
All of the wheels tested by Zipp experienced basically the same drag at 0 degrees yaw (the very left of the chart). To explain this consider whether one 700c wheel looks any different from the next when viewed head-on.
Differences between the wheels become more pronounced as the yaw angle increases, peaking in the 10-15 degree range before levels of drag converge again. This is unsuprising - manufacturers know the distribution of yaw angles experienced by most cyclists and design their wheels to be optimal.
The aero frames (as complete bikes) tested by VeloNews also display the lowest drag differentials around zero degrees yaw, only in this case "0 degrees" is plotted in the middle of the chart with negative yaw angles off to the left. There may be some merit in testing frames with left and right yaw due to asymmetric design that is less relevant to wheels.
Differences between drag applicable to the bikes peaks between 10-20 degrees yaw.
For the reaons mentioned above we should be particularly interested in drag differentials in the 0-10 degree range, followed by the 10-20 degree range.
So what does it mean to save X grams of drag at 30mph, besides what the manufacturer promises us it means? You may have seen a rule of thumb that "50 grams of drag at 30mph is worth 5 watts" but, on a practical level, it is far nicer to be able to transform drag at a specific measurement speed to wattage savings at this or another speed. Some simple rearrangements of the equations of motion that make up cycling power models allow us to do this.
Use the following calculator to find wattage savings applicable to drag numbers, it also calculates "equivalent" CdA (meaning the change in a riders CdA that would be explained by the drag number) since this is one of the intermediate values in the calculation.
Training. How hard is it to increase threshold power by X watts?
Speed. The speed benefit of "X watts saving" really depends how fast you are assumed to be riding before applying the saving. We suggest the Scenario Model to study the effect of watts on speed, although keep in mind that your wattage number has been derived from a drag number applied to a specific speed.
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“Beginning at Moses and all the prophets, He (Christ) expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.” Luke 21:27.
Moses was God’s human author chosen to write the first book of the Bible, Genesis, as well as the four books following Genesis. These five books are called the Books of Moses. They are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
Moses was born about 1570 B.C., or about 2430 A.H. (year of man). Moses was 40 years old when he left Egypt the first time. Moses was 80 years old when he went back to Egypt with Aaron to deliver the Children of Israel from Pharaoh and Egypt.
By Jesus Christ is the forgiveness of sins.
Moses lived 80 years before the law was given. He led the Children of Israel for 40 years in the wilderness. He died at the age of 120 years. The record of his death is found in Deuteronomy, chapter 34. For some reason the devil contended for the body of Moses. Jude 9. Moses appeared with Christ on the Mount of transfiguration about 31 A.D. Matthew 17:3.
If Moses lived 80 years before “the law was added,” Moses lived in two dispensations. Galatians 3:19. With the law, Judaism or the religion of the Jews was added. Hebrews 9:10. Moses died about 1450 B. C.
John, one of the Twelve, that apostle whom Jesus loved, wrote the last book of the Bible, The Revelation of Jesus Christ. He died about 95 A.D. So we note that the years between the death of the writer of Genesis and the writer of Revelation were 1545.
We are giving herewith the record of the birth and death of eleven men who lived before the flood. We state the year A.H., the year of man. This record is found in the fifth chapter of Genesis. In Genesis 7:6 we learn that Noah was 600 years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. In Genesis 9:28 we learn that he lived 350 years after the flood. We will observe from the record below that he was born in 1056 A.H. Therefore, Noah died in the year 2006 A.H. 350 years after the flood, which occurred in 1656 A.H.; or about 2344 B.C. According to Genesis 11:10 and 11, Shem died in the year 2158 A.H..
We will notice from this record that Lamech, the ninth from Adam, was born 56 years before Adam died. Therefore, there were nine generations living at one time. Also, we learn that Shem was born 93 years before Lamech died.
We may also learn by studying the eleventh chapter of Genesis that Shem lived 502 years after the flood, through eight or ten generations. Shem was still alive when God made His covenant with Abraham.
As Noah lived 600 years before the flood and 350 years after the flood surely they could have taught their posterity the history of God’s dealings with the human race from the creation of the first man to the flood.
Therefore, apart from inspiration or revelation, Moses could have had sufficient data and reliable information to write the Bible record covering the 2550 years before his death.
In His original creation of the heavens and the earth God created out of nothing.
In the light of these four verses we may be sure that Christ is included in the Elohim. We would call your attention also to Colossians 1:15 to 17. There we learn that Christ is before all things and that by Him all things consist; that by Him and for Him all things were created.
The Bible is the story of two men, the first Adam and the last Adam. I Corinthians 15:45. According to the record found in the first chapter of the Gospel of John, the Second Man was the Word with God. He declared that He had glory with the Father before the world was—John 17:5. We have shown from the Scriptures that all things were created by Christ and for Christ. Therefore, before He became the Second Man He created the first man.
After the first man sinned God promised to send the Second Man. This promise is recorded in Genesis 3:14 and 15. The Second Man is to be the Redeemer, the Seed of the woman. When the Redeemer came 4000 years after He was promised, the record is that He was a partaker of flesh and blood that He might, through death, destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil—Hebrews 2:14.
So it is interesting to note that 4000 years after the Second Man created the first man, He became the Seed of the woman, Mary the virgin, who descended from the first man Adam. Christ, in addition to His Divine nature took upon Himself a human nature that man, in addition to his human nature, might receive a divine nature—II Peter 1:3.
According to Galatians 6:15, this is God’s imperative. In Ephesians 2:10 we learn that the redeemed man is created in Christ Jesus. In Ephesians 4:24 and Colossians 3:10 we learn that the new man in the believer is created in righteousness and true holiness, after the image of Him that created him.
In closing this lesson we ask you to read Romans 5:12 to 20 and learn that unrighteousness and death are reigning in the world because of the disobedience of the first man; and that righteousness and life have been made available for unrighteous men who are dead in trespasses and sins by the obedience of the Second Man.
Because Adam partook of the fruit of the tree, Christ had to taste death on the tree.
Because Adam hid from God behind the tree, Christ had to be hidden from God on the tree.
Because Adam was driven from the Garden of Eden, Christ had to go in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Because Adam was disobedient unto death, Christ had to become obedient unto death.
Because Adam brought the curse; Christ bore the curse.
Because Adam brought the thorns, Christ wore the thorns.
Paradise was lost by Adam. It will be restored by Christ.
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Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Mohamed Salah scored two goals in the second half of Liverpool's comeback 4-3 victory against Crystal Palace on Saturday at Anfield in Liverpool, England.
Salah reached 50 career Premier League scores in 72 appearances during the win.
"First half they played well and they played well also [in the] second half but they were staying [close] to the box and it was a tough game. But in the end the most important thing for us is the result and we had a good result," Salah told reporters.
"We conceded three goals, it's hard a little bit but we have to accept it. This is football and we have to live with that."
Andros Townsend gave Palace a 1-0 lead at the 34th minute and the road squad held the advantage through the halftime whistle. Salah got his first goal int he 46th minute to equalize the Premier League spat.
Defender Virgil van Dijk hit a shot that was deflected by the Palace defense on the play. The ball came down to Salah, who touched a shot around Palace keeper Julian Speroni on the play. Roberto Firmino put in the go-ahead score in the 53rd minute for the Reds before James Tomkins hit an equalizer in the 65th minute for Palace.
The Salah returned to the score sheet. Speroni deflected away a James Milner cross during that sequence. The ball again came out to Salah, who tapped it into the net for a 3-2 advantage in the 75th minute.
"Exceptional -- an exceptional achievement from a world-class player, that's how it is," Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said. "I think he made a few steps in the last couple of months in the right direction, so it's really, really an outstanding number. I heard the names of the other players who did it a bit quicker: Alan Shearer, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Andy Cole -- yeah, good strikers as well!"
"Maybe he would've scored more earlier if I wouldn't have played him that often on the right wing, so [that's] my fault! But no, it's not bad and it helped us a lot and the boys know that. I think it's a typical win-win situation: he benefits from the style of play with the other boys and the boys benefit, of course, with his scoring desire, so that's cool."
Milner found the net himself in the 89th minute for a two-goal edge. Max Meyer scored in the 94th minute for Palace.
The Reds host Leicester City at 3 p.m. on Wednesday at Anfield.
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Utah has been one of the fastest growing states in the nation for the past six years. Several Utah counties were among the top ten fastest growing counties in the nation between 2012 and 2013. This rapid growth is projected to continue, though the rate of this growth is up for debate. Projections range from one million to two-and-a-half million new Utahns by 2050.
Utah in the future will likely feature an older, more diverse population, as well as an increasingly urban population. Utah was the eighth most urban state in 2008, and due to the constraints of both geography and land ownership, this trend is likely to continue. Projections from the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget (GOMB) show continued development in existing city centers. However, these same projections also suggest significant growth through new developments in areas of Utah, Summit, and Wasatch Counties. Market-based research outside of GOMB analysis shows that development could be significantly more rapid in Utah County depending on housing preference. Additional factors such as increases to fuel pricing, traffic congestion, or air quality will also influence where development occurs.
Utah has historically had a young population. High birth rates and a healthy population have been the leading factors in population growth since 1998. In the 1990s, population growth was influenced by net migration to a greater extent than today, mostly due to a strong economy. Hence, all projections place significant weight on predicted economic performance. Low cost-of-living and low unemployment create an incentive for in-migration.
This report will provide the background context for a series of reports in 2014 focusing on the impacts of population growth. The series will examine infrastructure and planning, water, and education.
The most popular questions asked is "How Much is it Going to Cost?" Well, that's what estimates are for. Every project is different with different materials, square footage, room design, and therefore needs a separate estimate.
"We realize that many of our website visitors aren't contractors, they are the clients of a contractor. They are generally either looking for help with their Cost Plus project that's gone wrong, or they're trying to figure out if the price they were quoted (or charged) is reasonable.
They frequently confuse Markup with Profit, and we want to set the record straight. Markup isn't profit.
Markup is a general term that applies to the overhead and profit that any business needs to realize if the business wants to stay in business. It is the amount a business charges above their direct cost.
If your contractor has a 1.50 markup (which is reasonable for a remodeling contractor), that means that if the estimated cost for a job is $10,000, they'll multiply the $10,000 x 1.50 and arrive at a $15,000 sales price.
Now many people who know little about business and even less about the costs of running a business will say, "Oh, look at that crook. He is making $5,000 profit on my job." Nope, not true.
Your contractor gets $5,000 to pay their overhead expenses (which includes salary) and make a reasonable profit. I just heard those same people say, "But wait, contractors don't have any overhead!"
Guess again. They have overhead. Advertising, sales commission, job supervision (which isn't usually a job cost), office expenses (even if they work out of their home), insurance, accounting and legal fees, licenses, taxes, employee expenses, and their own salary are just a few of their overhead expenses. The typical remodeling contractor will have overhead expenses ranging from 25% to 54% of their revenue – that means every $15,000 job could have overhead expenses of $3,750 to $8,100.
Somewhere along the line, people started believing that a 10% overhead and 10% profit is the industry standard for construction jobs. Or that a 20% markup is all a contractor needs. Armed with that knowledge, owners try to get their contractor to reduce the price of the job they want done.
If you think it through, it's not a smart move. Would you ask your surgeon to reduce his price before doing open heart surgery? Would you ask your auto repair shop to reduce their price before rebuilding the engine on your car? Do you really want them to go cheap? For most homeowners, your home is your largest single investment. Why do you want to use a cut rate contractor to improve or repair your major investment?
Every business must make a profit or it will go away. It must price the work or services to include the cost of its goods or services as well as cover its overhead expenses and make a reasonable profit. It needs a reasonable profit to build and maintain the business, keeping it viable during the down times. Profit is what insures a business's longevity – if it doesn't make a profit, it might not be in business in six months. If it can't cover overhead expenses and make a reasonable profit, it might not even be in business long enough to finish your project.
The National Association of Home Builders published a report a few years ago that stated that their "best" remodeling contractors averaged something under 4% net profit. I can tell you that in my experience, too many contractors make no profit at all. That's why so many construction-related businesses fail.
So, if you're focused on finding the cheapest contractor to do your job, you have a very good chance of selecting a contractor who will go out of business while trying to build your job.
There's an old saying, "A fool and their money are soon parted." Any owner who selects a contractor based on their price has no one but themselves to blame when things go sideways. Markup isn't profit, it is the money needed to make sure the contractor can complete your job, pay his bills and if he's doing things right, make a profit on the job as well. Just like your doctor, your mechanic, your grocer and every other business.
Just when you thought it couldn't get more difficult, there's a new game in town. Ready to profit off contractors and give homeowners ammunition making it harder for you to sell jobs.
The new game is called Porch.com and it's aiming for you if you own a construction-related business.
Porch's mission is to change the world one home at a time by making home improvement easy for homeowners.
The Porch marketplace spans all 250 home improvement, maintenance, and repair categories across the nation. It allows homeowners to get inspired by viewing neighbors' home projects, get educated by seeing their actual project costs (emphasis ours), and decide on the right professional by reviewing friend endorsements.
This helps homeowners make an easy and informed decision when it comes to improving their home and selecting the right home professionals. Today, Porch accomplishes this by organizing and connecting exclusive insights from over 1.4 million professionals and 60 million projects. Every day, Porch continues to aggregate more data about homes to build the connections and insights that fuel its data transparency and social approach.
By understanding work history and which professionals' friends and neighbors endorse, Porch is able to provide homeowners with free, personalized, and trusted word-of-mouth recommendations to make home improvement easy.
This isn't a small company. Investors in Porch.com have already decided that you're worth $6.25 million just to get started. They say they've already gathered data on more than $2 trillion in projects over the past 15 years, with data on 75 percent of US homes.
Don't miss the "seeing their actual project costs" part of the description of what Porch will offer, because that's a big part of what will make your life more difficult.
That means that when you go on a lead for a kitchen remodel, you'll hear about the beautiful kitchen remodel across town they saw online that cost $15,000. Three years ago. Of course, the photos will have been taken right after the project was complete. They won't show how it looks now, three years later, with wear patterns in the cheap flooring, chips and warping on the particle-board cabinets, and the low cost kitchen faucet dripping.
In business, it's all about the money, which will come from you. From this article, you can read that Porch "will make money by charging professionals for market insights and promotional exposure, at a rate of $35/month for specific geographic areas within a city, with the ability for professionals to sign up for multiple geographic areas at a time."
If you own a construction-related business, you're the professional. You're the one who is going to pay $35/month. And note that it's $35/month per neighborhood, not $35/month per contractor. Neighborhoods as defined by Porch. When you pay them, you get the opportunity to give them even more data on projects, and hope that you'll get quality leads.
There are millions of construction-related business owners in the U.S., many of whom are talented, passionate tradespeople who love their work but aren't strong on the business side. And they are even weaker on marketing. So they hand their company identity over to others with the hope of a $35/lead (like from Angie's List or HomeAdvisor), or the chance to pay to display their job photos on someone else's website.
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Transcending your vision, wherever it takes you.
Swenson Filming & Locations’ mission is to “transcend an artist’s vision, wherever it may take them”.
This statement is grounded in a moral fabric that aims to celebrate and serve clients from all walks of life, by bringing their stories, worlds and events to life through a widespread tapestry of locations.
Enter our vibrant world of residential property gems, where you will undoubtedly find the perfect match for your upcoming project.
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On his much abused USB stick. His wrap here — which includes the announcement, gratifying to those of his readers moved to sympathy for his forlorn servant, that the loyal slab of memory has now, at last, been translated to a better place.
My comment here was mostly an excuse to write up the donkey factoid incuded therein. My only additional thought is that for all that Fallows swears — cross his heart! — that he intended no ill to his suspiciously frequently tech-hospitalized bit of circuitry, this still seems like a case for that still purely imaginary Society for the Preventio of Cruelty to Gadgets. Just sayin….
I don’t know if y’all have been following it, but one of the perhaps overlooked pleasures of the blogosphere of late has been James Fallows’ narrative of his USB thumb drive-with-a-death wish.
The latest entry is here–and by tracking back through the links you can follow Fallow’s almost de Sade-like awe at each “accident” (yeah, sure — Ed.) that has befallen his plucky little repository of data.
File it under abused tech, I guess.
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Listening to a story is one of simple and effortless ways to improve our English listening skill. There are a lot of stories out there which can help us in learning English. This stories also give us valuable moral teaching.
An outstanding share! I've just forwarded this onto a colleague who had been conducting a little research on this. And he actually ordered me lunch due to the fact that I stumbled upon it for him... lol. So allow me to reword this.... Thank YOU for the meal!! But yeah, thanx for spending the time to discuss this topic here on your web page.
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pimento cheese 1/4 to 1/2 cup depending on how much you slather on the bun.
hamburger buns 2 to 4 depending on how many burgers you are making.
This thick, meaty burger is topped with smokey bacon, spicy jalapenos, and oozes with creamy pimento cheese filling. Totally delectable!
Place hamburger in a mixing bowl with the Worcestershire sauce, pimento cheese and cayenne pepper. Mix with your hands until everything is combined.
Form the meat into equal sized patties (making 2 or 4). I like to make a small divot on the top of my burgers so that they cook up flat. Also, I like them to be wide enough that they fill up the bun when they are cooked so I make them a bit larger in diameter than the buns. If you are making these for a get-together, you can make the burgers up to this point and refrigerate them until about 10 minutes before you cook them.
This brand has become my “go to” when I make this burger.
These are monster 1/2 pound burgers. You can make 4-1/4 pound burgers with the same recipe. You just won’t have to cook the burgers as long.
3. Allow the meat to rest on a plate while you toast the buns. These buns were spread with a little bacon fat and toasted in a frying pan on top of the stove for about 2 minutes on medium heat. Check out my recipe for Oven-Baked Bacon. .
Make the buns nice and toasty by spreading them with a little bit of butter, or my splurge bacon fat, then toasting them! I keep some of the fat from bacon in the fridge and use it too add a bit more bacon goodness.
4. Set buns aside and place your burgers in the same frying pan you just used to toast the buns. Keep the heat medium to medium high. Once you place the burgers in the pan, leave them alone. Do not move them around or press down on them. The meat needs to get yummy and caramelized. Cook for about 6 minutes and then flip. Cook for about 6 more minutes or until the burgers are done to your liking.
DO NOT PRESS THEM DOWN!!! These could also very easily be cooked on a grill. The same times and instructions apply.
I like to slather a tablespoon or 2 on the bun before serving so they are extra cheesy.
5. Remove from pan and on your toasted pimento cheese slathered bun. Top with cooked bacon, jalapeno, red onion and tomato.
6. Get out extra napkins and serve!
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We have 384 quarts of Valvoline 20w-50 Racing Oil VR1 For sale for the discounted price of only $5.00 per quart. Minimum purchase of 48 quarts, may be picked up here or can ship. Customer to pay actual shipping costs. If you purchase all 384 quarts, we will pay shipping costs to a commercial location in the continental U.S. ground only!!
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Toyota is now the leading car manufacturer in the world by sales volume. This publication tells the story of how it reached that position. Originally a manufacturer of weaving looms, Toyota was transformed into a motor vehicle manufacturing company by Kiichiro Toyoda, the entrepreneurial son of the founder, Sakichi Toyoda. Toyota, almost uniquely among postwar Japanese car makers, did not take the easy route of building cars under licence from European makers to get into the postwar car market. Instead they chose to plough their own furrow, though they were not above copying successful vehicle designs as a short-cut to an engineering solution. Export sales were always the key to Toyota expansion, and after selling their Japanese-built cars around the world, the next stage was to put together a worldwide network of vehicle-building factories. Joint agreements with Hino (makers of large trucks) and Daihatsu (makers of small cars) enabled Toyota to concentrate development on the profitable ‘middle ground’ of car sales. There were expensive excursions into endurance racing and Formula 1, but Toyota usually stuck to what it does best; making best-selling cars for world market. ts. The story of Toyota is told here, trucks and buses as well as cars, plus the Lexus luxury brand, and UK production in Derbyshire.
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Addiction isn’t always negative. The value proposition of products and the manner in which they are sold and used can be so compelling that many consumers willingly repeat the experience again and again, essentially becoming addicted to a brand. People with iPhones, for example, would likely go through intense withdrawal if they were deprived of their Apple devices without notice.
Considered this way, corporate attempts to boost customer loyalty, or move customers to go to great lengths to repeat purchase behaviour, can be seen as creating a form of addiction without a pejorative connotation. Product addiction of the positive kind, of course, needs to be created. For many marketers, this requires significant change to how they operate. In Managing the New Customer Relationship: Strategies to Engage the Social Customer and Build Lasting Value, I discuss how companies can go beyond customer satisfaction, and even beyond loyalty, to develop intense bonds between their products and consumers. This article highlights the four main, inter-related areas in which brand addiction can be planned: product, rewards, price and communications.
Core benefit: the main benefit customers derive from using the product, being seen with it, or having it available for use in the event of need.
Actual product: tangible and intangible elements the company wraps around the core benefit, like packaging, style, fashion, colour, brand, etc.
Augmented product: additional elements the company, its distribution channel intermediaries or other partners provide together with the product, such as financing, installation, warranty, after-sales support, delivery, etc. The purchase, use and after-sales experience – whether in person, online or in some combination – is part of the augmented product, too.
Ancillary product: elements of meaning or broader context that the company associates with the product such as environmental friendliness, alignment with causes or charities, etc.
Adjunctive product: Additional benefits or rewards not directly related to the product itself that companies attach to a product purchase. Examples include parallel value systems such as loyalty programs that provide points tied to purchases that consumers convert into tangible or virtual rewards.
Historically, marketers have focused on the first three levels (core benefits, actual product and augmented product) to provide consumers with rewarding value propositions. But because differentiation has declined in many marketplaces, especially the more mature ones, focusing on these three categories of product may not lead to the intense consumer involvement and addiction that can apply earlier in industry life-cycles.
Ancillary product provides secondary reasons for product purchase, which is why many companies are now using this approach to differentiate. Examples include RBC’s Blue Water Project, CIBC’s Run for the Cure, Becel’s Ride for Heart and other corporate social responsibility initiatives.
Adjunctive product offers a particularly significant additional potential for marketers to encourage consumer habituation. Loyalty programs are one form of adjunctive product. Here companies establish a value system in parallel to the benefits of their own products to give rewards not directly tied to the product itself. Now the consumer benefits in more than one way – from both the product and rewards. Loyalty programs thus provide more than one reason to consume a product, creating reinforcements that Skinnerian psychologists would call operant conditioning.
There are many forms of parallel value systems that can be considered as adjunctive product. Table 1 (below) lists some examples using Maslow’s Need Hierarchy to facilitate categorization.
As suggested by the five levels of product, there may be many reasons consumers can be very involved in product purchase, consumption and repeat purchase. A consumer may be addicted for reasons that stem from intrinsic or extrinsic rewards reinforcing purchasing behaviours.
Intrinsic rewards are those that integrate or resonate with innate or natural elements of a person’s psyche and cognition. An example of intrinsic rewards may occur when a game player becomes hyper-stimulated as a result of a game speeding up and providing more threats and rewards as the person progresses through different levels. The game player continues the game because he or she derives direct enjoyment from it and sees the game as an end in itself.
Extrinsic rewards are those that focus principally on an individual’s behaviour, and factors external to the person. An example of extrinsic rewards includes providing consumers with points as they accomplish tasks or spend more. The points may be convertible for goods or services, or they may simply allow individuals to display their accomplishment for others to see (as will be discussed shortly).
When people modify their behaviours to achieve more points, and do this repetitively while rationalizing their behaviours, they may be converting extrinsic rewards into intrinsic ones.
Consumers are now spending more time playing online games and using new media than watching television. As a result, marketers are now focused on how to provide both short-term stimuli and longer-term recognition and rewards. Online loyalty programs let consumers use points for virtual rewards where the rewards are more or less without “real” value. For example, playing virtual games such as MyTown or Farmville allows users to obtain points and use the points within the game. Sometimes the points are awarded for game accomplishments, but points or benefits can often also be bought. The motivation for collecting the points is to improve a player’s score, performance or status within the game, essentially addressing a social need. By providing leader boards so that game players can see their status, games reinforce point-collecting habituation.
Some people may also feel that they derive intrinsic rewards from point-collecting behaviours, such as feeling better after an accomplishment in a virtual arena, which can serve as a possible offset for frustrations in the physical world. In the off-line world, points programs have long used a version of leader boards. For example, the highest mileage travellers on airlines receive higher rewards to recognize their importance to the airline and travellers are provided with luggage tags and other opportunities to communicate their status to other travellers.
Marketers know that customers are more likely to buy when they have had an opportunity to experience the product and use it without risk. After all, that is why car companies have test drives and why many stores have “goods satisfactory or money refunded” return policies. Marketers have also long used price to encourage the trial that leads to changed behaviours. Retailers use loss-leaders to attract business to their stores. Manufacturers discount their products periodically to stimulate trial. Goods may even be given away to get consumers to try it out, like sampling consumer non-durables such as soap, razors and breakfast cereals. Trial, these marketers reason, interrupts existing behaviours and creates new ones. If consumers need material incentives to change behaviours, if they need an opportunity to try something out, if they are to start new behaviours, why not give them an opportunity to use the product for nothing? As mentioned earlier, products can be given away, but so can aspects of ancillary product and adjunctive product. Consumers can be given seats at an event the company hosts (ancillary product) or points to use as appreciation of loyalty (adjunctive product). Other examples of adjunctive product include t-shirts and other goods given away with purchases of beer, and recipes with baking powder.
A free price may be an essential component of a firm’s business model. The so-called “freemium” and “pay to play” business models are now widely used by many companies seeking to change consumer behaviour in virtual marketplaces. Here a product or service is given away for the consumer to try. If consumers want enhanced versions or additional features, they pay. This model is commonly used for software applications such as apps from Apple’s App Store, and solutions such as Google Analytics. It is also used in various forms for the sale of cable TV, cellular services and so on, with low initial prices used to attract customers – and change their initial behaviours – with prices escalating as behaviours become entrenched. “Free” is made possible in many industries where fixed costs are proportionately high and variable costs low. The cost of producing an incremental item—the n+1 unit—can be very low in comparison to a firm’s fixed costs, so a company’s profitability may not be damaged by giving away some incremental units. Software, telephone services, airlines, hotels, car rentals, banking services, movies, music and many others have cost structures that are skewed toward high fixed costs with proportionately lower variable costs.
In some cases, where high initial or one-time costs can be regarded as sunk and written off when incurred, there can be even more incentive to give away goods or services to penetrate markets and gain customer share, especially if there is an expectation that customers’ behavioural change will drive improvements in business profitability in the medium term.
Having noted that “free” may create new consumer behaviours and opportunities to habituate, price reductions should be approached with care. For example, a company that cuts prices by just 15 per cent would need to achieve a 60 per cent volume increase for its profits to remain unchanged if its variable costs are 55 per cent of selling prices. In another example, a price decrease of more than 25 per cent will generally result in less profitability unless a firm is able to more than double its sales (specific figures depending on the firm’s cost structure). Of course, for competitive and other reasons, it may not always be possible to achieve this level of sales increase.
Attention: Free online viewing or a product or service discount is provided in exchange for watching an online ad, for example.
Bundling: A consumer receives a price offset or even a free product by buying other products in a bundle.
Referrals: Companies frequently give away or discount their products or services if consumers attract new customers to the company or endorse their products. This is the basis of the Friends and Family promotions used by a number of retailers and cell phone companies, for example.
Financing: Financing terms often offset purchase prices. For example, monthly payments may be waived for a few months at the front end of a long-term vehicle lease. A variant of this is the mail-in-rebate (MIR), where companies obtain the consumer’s money now in exchange for information and a rebate later.
Company money: Like Canadian Tire, some companies create their own money as part of their business model. Some online games also use company cash. On YoVille, a customer would use Yocash to buy a kitty, say; on Farmville, Farm Cash or Facebook Credits are used to buy virtual things as players cultivate their farms, buy animals and harvest crops and trees.
Points: Points are collected by consumers in exchange for purchasing and these points are then exchanged for goods and services, sometimes when these would otherwise have gone unsold or unused, such as hotel rooms in non-peak periods.
Product upgrades: Companies often use revenues from premium versions of the product to enable the less well-featured products to be given away. This frequently occurs in the software application sector. Rovio’s well-known Angry Birds game is provided for free, for example, but customers pay if they want a Mighty Eagle or an ad-free version. Apps that take people into virtual worlds often provide the game or experience at low or modest cost but charge for digital enhancements, such as a special digital weapon in an online war game.
Recycling: Consumers may be encouraged to repurchase by taking back their end-of-life, partially used or recyclable products in trade for discounted new ones.
Systems, collectibles, samples and comps: Companies subsidize the sale of one product in order to achieve sales of other ones, especially when the product that is given away is part of a system that would benefit from the use of other products. Examples include giving away or discounting razors or ink-jet printers to make money on the blades or cartridges. Another variant of the system is the collectible, where consumer behaviour is triggered by beginning a collection sequence, with early goods given away, discounted or bundled to secure ongoing sales of later ones by the collector. Samples are also a well-known approach to stimulate trial and adoption, and examples are to be found in many consumer goods industries. Complimentary products are also often given away to stimulate trial and change behaviours when the desired relationship is a valuable one and the cost of the product is modest in relation to the value of the relationship.
Time: Time is an offset where a company gives away or steeply discounts its product or service in order to secure future business, and seeks future sales to offset current sales. Time is also an offset when companies use mail-in rebates to provide future rewards for current purchases. The market pricing of some products is such that the rebate coincides with the projected price of the product, as is the case for some aging technology products that experience substantial price declines when new models are introduced.
Work: Companies exchange work a consumer does, such as a requirement to log in to a website, for example, for something the consumer is likely to value. Consumers often complete two codes (called “captcha” codes) prior to logging into a secure area of a website. One code is required for security and authentication. The other serves to make text readable where machines have already tried unsuccessfully.
There are several ways to habituate consumers. The main approaches focus on aspects of product, rewards and price, but no addiction can be accomplished without effective communications.
Communication strategies used to focus principally on consumer cognition as the primary pathway to changed behaviours. Increasingly, companies are modifying purchasing behaviours by reversing the communications strategy, focusing first on behavioural change and then seeking its repetition so that the new behaviours become integrated in a new consumer consciousness. That is, marketers create stimuli and incentives for consumers to change what they do; when the new behaviours are repeated sufficiently often by consumers and reinforced by companies, consumer cognition eventually changes to incorporate these new behaviours, too. For example, a person might receive an online incentive – like a great deal – to click on a button to buy a pair of shoes. He then finds a way to rationalize that he really did need the shoes he bought. The product arrives, fits surprisingly well and looks good to the buyer. The consumer is more willing to click on that purchase button the next time. After a few such purchases, the consumer’s buying habits have changed. He is buying more online, trusting online sellers and paying more attention to new information sources like recommendation engines on vendors’ web-sites and word of mouth.
As argued in this article, there are four inter-related keys to creating addiction: product, rewards, price and communications. The trick is to first conceive of these elements in new ways, starting with a meaning for product that goes beyond just the main product benefits the customer derives, and then reversing the communications strategy to support repetition of modified purchasing behaviours.
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The accession of Ilenulando to the United Wiki Nations is in process. The Italian country of Ilenulando is being expected to acces the UWN in a few months.
The criteria of the UWN for accessing this community.
Could easily be done. A user named Christina di Terra showed interest, maybe she'll edit.
Why should there be need for a bad and unfair political system?
They will spontaniously come after Italian users arrive.
I still don't know where on earth Ilenulano should be created, anyone knows a place?
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Name Index Montie Solomon WILES was born on 10 Sep 1882 in Jamesport, Daviess, Missouri. He died on 21 May 1960 in Chillicothe Hospital, Livingston, Missouri. His usual residence was in Jamesport. He was buried on 24 May 1960 in Masonic Cemetery, Jamesport, Missouri. He was a rural mail carrier out of Jamesport. Parents: Joseph William WILES and Anna RAMSEY.
Spouse: Nellie M. CARTER. Montie Solomon WILES and Nellie M. CARTER were married on 11 Apr 1903 in Jamesport, Daviess, Missouri. Bride and groom were of Jamesport. C. O. Ramsey, guardian of Montie Wiles, gives consent to this marriage. Children were: Buel E. WILES, Anna Mae WILES, Fay Pauline WILES.
Nettie B. WILES was born on 15 Jul 1893. She died on 26 Sep 1907. She was buried in Grand River Cemetery, Daviess, Missouri.
Spouse: Herbert "Bert" TROXEL. Herbert "Bert" TROXEL and Nettie B. WILES were married on 15 Mar 1907 in Daviess Co., Missouri.
Sarah WILES was born about 1849 in Missouri. Parents: Martin WILES and Susannah.
Solomon WILES was born on 20 Feb 1837 in Indiana. He died on 20 Feb 1885 in Daviess Co., Missouri. He was buried in Everly Cemetery, Daviess, Missouri.
Spouse: Hannah Jane MICHAEL. Solomon WILES and Hannah Jane MICHAEL were married on 1 Sep 1859 in Daviess Co., Missouri. Children were: Joseph William WILES.
Spouse: Martha Ann EVERLY. Solomon WILES and Martha Ann EVERLY were married on 1 Feb 1866 in Jameson, Daviess, Missouri. Children were: John E. WILES, Charles H. WILES, Fena E. WILES, Mary A. WILES.
Thomas WILES was born about 1845 in Indiana. Parents: Martin WILES and Susannah.
Spouse: Georgia. Thomas WILES and Georgia were married about 1871.
Alice Louise WILEY was born in Virginia. Parents: Burr Joseph WILEY and Fanny NOLAN.
Dr. Alonzo WILEY was born about 1874 in Illinois.
Spouse: Katie GATES. Dr. Alonzo WILEY and Katie GATES were married about 1897. Children were: Arthur M. WILEY, Howard C. WILEY.
Arthur M. WILEY was born about 1904 in Missouri. Parents: Dr. Alonzo WILEY and Katie GATES.
Augustus WILEY was born on 11 Oct 1814 in Indiana. He died on 12 Aug 1901. He was buried in Meadville, Linn, Missouri.
Spouse: Susan GISH. Children were: Nancy Ella "Nannie" WILEY.
Burr Joseph WILEY was born on 17 Mar 1831 in Loudoun Co., Virginia. He died on 6 Jul 1903 in California. Parents: Thomas WILEY and Rebecca.
Spouse: Fanny NOLAN. Burr Joseph WILEY and Fanny NOLAN were married on 24 Dec 1850 in Rappahannock Co., Virginia. Children were: Alice Louise WILEY, William A. WILEY.
Spouse: Jennie S. LOWE. Burr Joseph WILEY and Jennie S. LOWE were married on 20 Jan 1859 in Livingston Co., Missouri.
Catherine L. "Kate" WILEY was born about 1871 in Mooresville Twp., Livingston, Missouri. She died after 1935. Parents: Rev. William WILEY and Edna Virginia CLARK.
Charles E. WILEY was born in Jan 1894 in Missouri. Parents: Oliver H. WILEY and Rebecca J. WALKUP.
George E. WILEY was born in May 1892 in Missouri. Parents: Oliver H. WILEY and Rebecca J. WALKUP.
Howard C. WILEY was born about 1909 in Grant Twp., Caldwell, Missouri. Parents: Dr. Alonzo WILEY and Katie GATES.
Spouse: Frances O. LEWIS. Howard C. WILEY and Frances O. LEWIS were married in Jul 1934 in Jackson Co., Missouri. The bride was of Chillicothe, the groom of Kansas City.
James F. WILEY was born in Jun 1888 in Missouri. Parents: Oliver H. WILEY and Rebecca J. WALKUP.
Spouse: Carrie A. CRAMER. John C. WILEY and Carrie A. CRAMER were married on 23 Nov 1884 in Caldwell Co., Missouri.
Spouse: Mary Jane WALKUP. John Gish WILEY and Mary Jane WALKUP were married on 27 Apr 1871 in Linn Co., Missouri. The bride was of Linn Co., the groom of Livingston Co.
John H. WILEY was born in Dec 1885 in Missouri. Parents: Oliver H. WILEY and Rebecca J. WALKUP.
Maggie WILEY was born in Jan 1870 in Mooresville Twp., Livingston, Missouri. She died in Jan 1870 in Mooresville Twp., Livingston, Missouri. Parents: Rev. William WILEY and Edna Virginia CLARK.
Spouse: Garold P. GAY. Children were: Jack Gerold GAY.
Mary E. WILEY was born on 20 Sep 1843. She died on 27 Dec 1912 in Meadville, Linn, Missouri. She was buried in Meadville, Linn, Missouri.
Spouse: Joshua J. "Doss" BOTTS. Children were: Susan Elizabeth "Lizzie" BOTTS.
Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" WILEY was born in Apr 1887 in Missouri. Parents: Oliver H. WILEY and Rebecca J. WALKUP.
Spouse: Hugh Marvin LOONEY. Hugh Marvin LOONEY and Matilda WILEY were married on 3 Oct 1942.
Nancy Ella "Nannie" WILEY was born on 25 May 1860 in Wheeling, Livingston, Missouri. She died on 15 Nov 1928 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. She was buried on 16 Nov 1928 in Edgewood Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: Augustus WILEY and Susan GISH.
Spouse: James C. KEISTER. James C. KEISTER and Nancy Ella "Nannie" WILEY were married about 1883. Children were: Ada Rae KESTER.
Oliver H. WILEY was born in Sep 1853 in Missouri.
Spouse: Rebecca J. WALKUP. Oliver H. WILEY and Rebecca J. WALKUP were married about 1884. Children were: John H. WILEY, Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" WILEY, James F. WILEY, William Edward WILEY, George E. WILEY, Charles E. WILEY, Rosa A. WILEY.
Rosa A. WILEY was born on 8 Jul 1895 in Wheeling, Livingston, Missouri. She died on 15 Jan 1982 in Marceline, Linn, Missouri. Her home was in Linneus. She was buried on 18 Jan 1982 in Elmwood Cemetery, Linn, Missouri. Parents: Oliver H. WILEY and Rebecca J. WALKUP.
Spouse: Earl T. KROUSE. Earl T. KROUSE and Rosa A. WILEY were married on 6 Oct 1935.
Sarah Jane WILEY was born on 11 Mar 1831 in Scott, Adams, Ohio. She died on 11 Feb 1907 in Hamilton, Caldwell, Missouri. She was buried in Highland Cemetery, Caldwell, Missouri.
Spouse: John Richard JAMES. John Richard JAMES and Sarah Jane WILEY were married on 1 Nov 1849 in Highland Co., Ohio. Sarah was the mother of eleven children, all of whom survived to 1900. Children were: Anna Mary Isabelle JAMES, Martha Albertine JAMES, Margaret Ellen JAMES, Isaac Wiley JAMES, Nancy Catherine JAMES, Richard Penn JAMES, Vinora Jane "Jenny" JAMES, Sarah Bellzona "Bell" JAMES, Cora Alice JAMES, Appleton Allen JAMES, Robert Ramsey JAMES.
Spouse: Rebecca. Children were: Burr Joseph WILEY.
Willa E. "Willie" WILEY was born on 23 Jan 1873 in Mooresville Twp., Livingston, Missouri. She died on 25 Dec 1947 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. She died in a Chillicothe nursing home; her residence had been in rural Mooresville. She was buried on 28 Dec 1947 in Mooresville Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. Her only child died before 1910. Parents: Rev. William WILEY and Edna Virginia CLARK.
Spouse: James E. DUSENBERRY. James E. DUSENBERRY and Willa E. "Willie" WILEY were married on 20 Jan 1904 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. Bride and groom were of Mooresville. They were divorced.
Rev. William WILEY was born on 23 Dec 1832 in Missouri. He died on 25 Jul 1872 in Mooresville Twp., Livingston, Missouri. He was buried in Mooresville Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. Rev. William Wiley was an ordained minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He preached at the Mooresville church.
Spouse: Edna Virginia CLARK. Rev. William WILEY and Edna Virginia CLARK were married on 16 Mar 1869 in Livingston Co., Missouri. Rev. William Wiley was a farmer and a Presbyterian minister in Mooresville in 1870. Daughter 'Willie' was a teacher in 1900. Children were: Maggie WILEY, Catherine L. "Kate" WILEY, Willa E. "Willie" WILEY.
William A. WILEY was born in Virginia. Parents: Burr Joseph WILEY and Fanny NOLAN.
William Edward WILEY was born in Nov 1890 in Missouri. Parents: Oliver H. WILEY and Rebecca J. WALKUP.
David WILHELM. Parents: Marshall WILHELM and Pamela June HAYS.
Spouse: Nancy GLOVER. George WILHELM and Nancy GLOVER were married on 12 Feb 1828 in Rockbridge Co., Virginia.
Spouse: Margaret Ann. Louis WILHELM and Margaret Ann were married on 6 Feb 1882 in Livingston Co., Missouri. The bride was of Utica, Missouri.
Spouse: Pamela June HAYS. Children were: Melanie WILHELM, David WILHELM.
Melanie WILHELM. Parents: Marshall WILHELM and Pamela June HAYS.
Wilhemina WILHELM was born in Mar 1840 in Germany.
Spouse: Henry ANDRE. Henry ANDRE and Wilhemina WILHELM were married about 1863. Children were: George ANDRE, Adelia ANDRE.
Barbara WILHITE. Parents: Oliver B. WILHITE and Lucille TEEGARDEN.
Carolyn WILHITE. Parents: Oliver B. WILHITE and Lucille TEEGARDEN.
Celia C. WILHITE. Parents: Stephen Barnett WILHITE and Elizabeth McKinley ROLES.
Chester Leland WILHITE was born on 22 Jul 1921 in Chillicothe Twp., Livingston, Missouri. He died on 13 Dec 2001 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri. He was buried on 15 Dec 2001 in Elmwood Cemetery, Jackson, Missouri. Parents: James Francis WILHITE and Myrtle Irene HAAS.
Clifford Arnold WILHITE was born on 7 Jan 1924 in Livingston Co., Missouri. He died on 15 Mar 2001 in Linwood, Leavenworth, Kansas. He was buried on 19 Mar 2001 in Basehor, Leavenworth, Kansas. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II. Parents: James Francis WILHITE and Myrtle Irene HAAS.
Spouse: Ruth. Clifford Arnold WILHITE and Ruth were married about 1957.
Cora Belle WILHITE was born on 7 Nov 1897 in Missouri. She died on 14 Nov 1985 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. She was buried in Edgewood Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: Stephen Barnett WILHITE and Elizabeth McKinley ROLES.
Spouse: Jewell Price MILLER. Jewell Price MILLER and Cora Belle WILHITE were married on 11 Jun 1916 in Livingston Co., Missouri. Children were: Russell Jewell MILLER, Richard R. MILLER, Harold S. MILLER.
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After reading Siana Bangura’s truthful collection of poetry about her experiences, I was thrilled to be able to attend the launch event that she had been so excited about in the weeks leading up to the release of ‘Elephant’. On Friday 20th May, a special moment took place in the heart of Hackney at the renowned Hackney attic, a venue which provided the right atmosphere and tone for an intimate and surprisingly emotional evening.
Siana’s attention to detail did not only apply to the creation of her book ‘Elephant’. We were given more than we expected when the show started with a call and response performance by special guest, Usifu Jalloh, a performer from Siana’s home country, Sierra Leone. During this performance the audience were taught phrases of empowerment and liberation in Krio (Sierra Leonean creole) as we prepared to be taken on a journey to where the story of ‘Elephant’ began.
Siana was soon welcomed on stage and the screams, claps and foot stamps were still not enough to demonstrate the love and energy in the room. Wasting no time, Siana delved into the first section of her book and literally brought these poems to life! Having never seen Siana perform in such a way, I was compelled to keep my eyes and ears fixated on the stage. Her first selection of poems acted as a teaser for what was to come as she introduced another guest act, Ayelle, who performed a number of tracks relating to an unspoken theme of womanhood and identity. Her songs were all original and gave us an insight into who Ayelle is as a person and as a performer.
Following the sounds of Ayelle, Siana returned to the stage with soul singer Nia Ekanem to perform a number of poems including ‘Scorched Earth’, ‘Denim’ and ‘How does one learn to write tenderly?’. Siana and Nia made a near perfect combination and gave the poems a life beyond the page! During the night, Nia performed his own set, sharing songs such as ‘Changes’ and ‘Travellers’ which is his latest release. The acts Siana selected to support her on the night all carried the underlying messages within and of ‘Elephant’ throughout the event. Each performer took the audience on their journey and welcomed us into their world.
With a short break half way through the night, the tone was still intimate and guests were seen mingling and getting to know each other. Perhaps Siana had created a safe and friendly space for her audience that night – it certainly felt that way. Following the break, Siana had more guests join her on the stage to round off the show. These guests included Jules Vaughan on viola and Marcus Joseph on sax, who both accompanied Siana on closing performances of ‘Elephant’ and ‘Halo’.
The launch of ‘Elephant’ was a huge success, and not only that, but Siana’s specially curated night demonstrated the love, care and energy put into creating the right vibe for both the audience and her guest performers. Regrettably, those who did not attend missed out on a magical evening of honesty, vulnerability, history, transparency and great poetry.
‘Elephant’ was officially released on 21st May and debuted at number one in Amazon’s women’s fiction category – a spot well deserved. If you missed this event then definitely look out for more from Siana Bangura – a name one shouldn’t forget any time soon!
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Most virtual reality is about looking. Remembering is about listening. By building a world based on sound instead of visuals, we have created a place that relies on association rather than observation.
In an effort to bring people in a more open receptive physical state, the game can be played lying down. This open, more vulnerable body posture helps the experience become even more dreamlike. The connection between embodiment and sound in VR has been our main focus. Embodiment, or the sense of physically being somewhere, can be heavily influenced by sound. By connecting associative sounds to various forms of physical impact, we explore how sound can play a bigger role in the sense of being ‘here’.
Remembering is a creation of Monobanda Play, SonicPicnic, Lizzywanders and Rik de Rooij.
It has received funding from Creative Industries Fund NL/ Game Fund for its development.
For us, Virtual Reality is a Full Body Medium. Its greatest strength, is not visual, but the very real illusion that your whole body is present in this world. VR is the first time in history the viewer is inside the visual medium. There are no more edges of the theatre stage, frame of the painting or 16:9 ratio edge of the plasma screen. No longer are we outsiders merely looking in. We now actually feel our whole body is in this world. This is a very important development. This powerful sense of physically being there is really important for us.
But most VR is still about looking. We try to avoid that. Remembering is about listening and feeling. Through abstraction of the visuals we place a greater emphasis on listening, and the physical placement of your body in this world. In an effort to bring people in a more open receptive physical state, the game is designed to be played lying down. This open, more vulnerable body posture helps the experience become even more dreamlike. The connection between embodiment and sound in VR has been our main focus. Embodiment, or the sense of physically being somewhere, can be heavily influenced by sound. By connecting associative sounds to various forms of physical impact, we explore how sound can play a bigger role in the sense of being ‘here’.
Remembering is a joint venture between Monobanda Play, Lizzywanders, Rik de Rooij and sound studio SonicPicnic. Urging to create an interactive experience in which sound takes center stage, we started out on an expedition where all parties involved set aside their traditional roles and way of working. Gradually, the roles of sound designer and game designer became less distinct. This unorthodox way of collaboration brought about many valuable insights and has played an important role in making Remembering so special.
With Remembering we created an abstract environment that is open to interpretation and that relies on association rather than observation. This abstraction is not only a stylistic choice, but rather an important part of a bigger process where we shift the attention of the viewer away from looking and towards feeling. The level of abstraction in the visual design is a conscious balance. On the one hand the visuals have to be vaguely familiar and comforting. We designed a lot of soft and organic shapes, since abstract environments can be clinical and we wanted players to feel an emotional connection.
On the other hand, the visuals need to be abstract enough to be open to interpretation. It is this poetic openness that triggers our fantasy to fill in the meaning and make it our own and make it personal. We were constantly balancing a thin line between showing too much and showing too little. Keeping that balance in mind while designing, we ensured that players are able to interpret the world in their own way, and that the visuals evoke imagination and curiosity. We wanted to invite the player in and keep them invested.
In Remembering, sound is one of the major aspects to convey the experience.
We've tried to capture difficult concepts like consciousness and awareness in sound, building the shift of primordial senses towards more refined perception. We've combined different techniques to lure the player into the experience, like interplay between concrete and musical sounds and subtle shifts between causal and reduced listening.
Puzzlingly, not a lot of VR games/experiences explore the impact of sound yet. There is background music, there’s ambience, and there are location based sound effects. Business as usual for any game.
What is different in Rememberings approach is that we remove most visuals. There is less to look at, and because of that sound takes center stage. By extension, the location of sound becomes more pronounced, which in turn, makes it a more powerful tool for designers to work with.
For a detailed explanation, we would urge the jury to read our development blogs, where we describe what ideas and what research underlies the soundtrack, and where you can listen to and read about our approach concerning the audio. Research and techniques aside, our main focus in creating the sound was to create an emotional journey that would be fascinating and open to many interpretations, a soundtrack that could be both beautiful and harsh.
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Just like an artist prepping a canvas for a masterpiece, makeup perfection begins with a base that’s primed to deliver a radiant presentation. This is where Mirabella’s Prime comes in. This silky, smooth primer flows on easy to create the ideal base for any of our luxurious, mineral-based foundations.
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Geographical memoirs on New South Wales, by various hands... Together with other papers on the Aborigines, the geology, the botany, the timber, the astronomy, and the meteorology of New South Wales and Van Diemen s Land. London, J. Murray 1825. 8°. XVI, 504 S., mit Aquatinta-Frontispiz, 2 gest. Tafeln u. 4 (gef.) Kupferkarten, Ldr. d. Zt. mit Rsch. u. Rverg.
Ferguson 1009 - Greenway, Australian Aborigines 3477.- Erste Ausgabe, sehr selten.- Die Tafeln mit botanischen Darstellungen, die Karten zeigen "The River Brisbane", "The River Boyne Port Curtis", "Country between Bathurst and the Liverpool Plains", "The Country South of Lake George". Das Frontispiz mit einer Ansicht von Campbell s River. - Mit Beiträgen zu Aborigines, Botanik, Entdeckungen und Expeditionen, Astronomie u. Meteorologie etc., in New South Wales und Van Diemens Land.- Leicht gebräunt u. etw. braunfleckig, 1 Karte mit kl. Tintenfleck, Vorsätze erneuert, Ebd. leicht berieben.
# First edition.- With aquatint frontispice, 2 engraved botanical plates and 4 folding engraved maps.- Collection of material relating to major expeditions and discoveries in New South Wales and eastern Australia (notably the only published account of Oxley s 1823 expedition to survey the Queensland coast, along with a second narrative of the expedition by one of the participants, John Uniacke).- Slightly browned and somewhat brown-spotted, preliminary pages renewed, cover slightly rubbed, overall good copy bound in contemporary calf.
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Thickness gauge is a simple, direct reading thickness caliper with an expanded scale which measure from 1/32" to 2" (0-55mm). Use the tool as a go/no-go gauge. This new tool completely eliminated the tedious and constant measuring associated with planing and surfacing..
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! Buy ARICEPT online !
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Glaucomas sculptures under the undauntedly sporting annulus.
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The bat activity survey season may be finished for the year, but the team at Scarborough Nixon Associates Ltd will be carrying out hibernation surveys for bats throughout December, January and February.
Sites to be surveyed include Tattershall Carrs, a Woodland Trust site, recently seen on BBC Countryfile! Over the last couple of years, Ian Nixon has led a project to transform some of the Stanton shelters and remaining wartime structures within the woodland to provide winter roosting features for bats. The features include bat boxes and the specially designed Lincolnshire Bat Brick. These features have now been in place for 18 months, and hibernation surveys in winter 2015/2016 showed that the structures were being used by small numbers of bats, including brown long-eared and Natterer's. This winter, further hibernation surveys will take place to monitor the population of hibernating bats within the woodland, and all data will be submitted to Bat Conservation Trust as part of the National Bat Monitoring Programme.
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A friend of a woman accused of helping Donald Graham fleece an heiress and her family said she was besotted with the alleged killer and hoped to marry him.
Elizabeth Todd, described as a “Mrs Cannybody”, was working as a kitchen assistant at a Tyneside nursery when she confided about her married lover to cook Brenda Brown.
Mrs Brown said Todd told her Graham had bought her a house, a car and jewellery, including an engagement ring.
Prosecutors claim Todd helped Graham defraud Janet Brown and her parents out of their Hexham estate after Graham allegedly murdered her.
The school cook said Todd told her Graham asked her to wear her best clothes and jewellery, take off her glasses and go into a bank pretending to be someone else, prosecutors say Janet.
Mrs Brown also revealed that Todd had a tattoo saying “Don” on the top of her arm, which she had covered up after their arrest.
The witness told the court she thought Graham was manipulative and that he was paying “besotted” Todd to keep her hair blonde and told her he would give her £1 for every pound in weight she lost.
Mrs Brown said she got to know Todd in 2006 when the pair were working in the kitchen at Riverside Nursery, in North Shields.
She said: “She told me about her relationship with Don and that he had bought her a house and a car and jewellery.
“She said he had promised they would get married when he was divorced.
Mrs Brown said it was in 2009 that her friend told her about Graham’s request she pose as another woman.
She said: “He asked her if she could get dressed in her best clothes and jewellery and she said Don asked her to go without her glasses to pretend to be somebody else at the bank. I said she was silly if she went ahead with it.
Mrs Brown agreed with Glenn Gatland, for Todd, that Todd was normally a “Mrs Cannybody” figure.
Graham, 60, of Elsdon Avenue, Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, denies murder and perverting justice but admits fraud. Todd, 51, of Elsdon Avenue, denies fraud, forgery and perverting justice.
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Technology has changed the way people do just about everything. For example, vinyl records, Polaroid cameras, pay telephones, and typewriters have all suffered technological obsolescence. Now technology is changing the way people invest by allowing individual investors to pursue strategies wealthy investors and large institutions have used for decades. Now, you can invest according to endowment principles using institutional money managers while employing separately managed accounts (SMAs). Many of the advantages of this approach over mutual funds and other pooled retail investment vehicles are explained below.
To help pursue increased risk-adjusted return, our technology can help your financial adviser design a portfolio that can be diversified across many dimensions including asset class, company size, value/growth stocks, geographic regions, emerging/developed markets, strategic/tactical investment philosophies, dividend rate, and others.
Money managers have all survived our stringent analyses of their methodologies, management, and return versus their benchmarks.
You can own a portfolio of individual securities globally diversified across North America, Asia, Europe, and Latin America that are professionally managed by institutional-style money managers.
You can invest according to your conscience by excluding companies that are inconsistent with your values and beliefs. You may also choose to eliminate individual companies, industries, and entire sectors at no additional charge.
Accounts are monitored and rebalanced as necessary to help assure an ongoing match between your investments and the objectives your adviser conveys to us.
You can see every directly owned security and every trade made in your account. Even our fees are transparent.
When investing in bundled products such as mutual funds, embedded capital gains are a common problem (8). This consequence can have a seriously negative impact on your overall returns. When equities are directly owned, embedded capital gains can’t occur, and individualized tax lot harvesting can even reduce taxes.
8. Bergstresser, Daniel. "Do After-Tax Returns Affect Mutual Fund Inflows?" Journal of Financial Economics (2002): 381-414.
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Isolated chronic sphenoidal sinusitis is extremely rare. One major medical center in New York City reported only 132 total cases seen in over two decades. Following sinus surgery, a 24-year-old female presented with isolated chronic sphenoid sinus disease. Somato-visceral reflexes, cervical and thoracic hypertonicity, blocked lymphatic drainage and restricted cranial movement can exacerbate any chronic sinusitis. After removing these somatic dysfunctions, her classic symptoms of chronic sinusitis (postnasal drip and inability to equalize pressures in both ears) resolved, and her pain, tenderness, and asymmetry either decreased or completely resolved. Use of these techniques in an individual with chronic sinusitis proved to be beneficial. Applied to any patient presenting in the primary care setting with symptoms of acute sinusitis, allergy, or asthma, this may reduce the chance for development or chronic sinusitis and the attendant risks associated with isolated chronic sphenoidal sinusitis.
This article was published in the American Academy of Osteopathy Journal, Volume 21, Issue 1, March 2011, Pages 24-27.
Shah, Rani and Berkowitz, Murray R., "Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment of Isolated Chronic Sphenoidal Sinusitis in a Post-sinus Surgery Patient: A Case Report" (2011). PCOM Scholarly Papers. 8.
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New reports by the advocacy group Privacy International found that as consumers, we may be extremely naïve about how much data are still being collected about us. The group tested 34 apps, and according to the results, 61 percent of these apps automatically tell Facebook whether we have opened or closed the app as well as our location data and highly sensitive personal information. More disturbing, the report found that Facebook collects these data even if we’re signed out of Facebook or don’t even have a Facebook account.
The European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) ISO/IEC 27001–Information Security Management Systems regulations were supposed to put a stop to companies harvesting sensitive data, putting users’ security at risk, and sharing these data without users’ consent. The GDPR applies exclusively to EU citizens, but the ruling extends to any US business that has users and customers who access their websites in the EU.
Is This Really Private Info?
Knowing whether an app is closed or open may not seem like a significant violation of privacy, but this status is sent with a Google advertising ID, making it possible to link the data to a profile. The data come from a diverse set of apps, including travel app Kayak’s departure and arrival dates and whether children are traveling to job search data from Indeed and religious preferences on apps for religious organizations or practices. Taken together, vast amounts of data collected over a series of apps create a clear picture about our routines, activities, location, and interests. Many of these apps are free, which implies that their monetary value from data sharing and advertising is high. The data also hold valuable competitive insights. For example, the UK parliament revealed how Facebook used its Onavo virtual private network app to gather usage data on competitors.
We’ve all had the eerie experience of talking about a particular subject only to see ads appear on our phone for the same product minutes later. How this information is discovered, gathered, and used seems to be a mystery that even tech reporters at The Wall Street Journal were unable to nail down. No one seems to want to take responsibility for making those apps appear. Clicking the disclaimer, “Why I’m Seeing this Ad,” reveals vague information about general demographics, which may sometimes be true. When you see ads that are familiar to your specific activities, you are likely being targeted with data that are stored in multiple places.
App Developers: Who Holds the Cards?
The Facebook software development kit (SDK) is a powerful tool irresistible to app developers. The code it contains ensures that developers’ apps will seamlessly integrate with the popular Facebook platform, provides valuable user analytics, and gives apps the ability to display ads. Any information collected through an SDK could fall under user data specially protected by the GDPR.
But, What if the SDK Has No Opt-Out Option?
Privacy International found that several Android apps send data to Facebook the instant the app is opened—before it asks the user for permission. In response to the pressure and backlash Facebook faced regarding the default setting in data collection, it has finally released a feature that delays automatic event logging, intended to give developers an option to allow users to turn off event logging. Signals are still sent even when sharing settings are set to off, however. Developers, believing that they are giving users power over their data, don’t have the control that the patch promised.
Understand the legal requirements of the GDPR and ISO/IEC 27001. Fines for GDPR noncompliance are steep.
Do not use the default implementation of the SDK. It is likely not compliant.
Be explicitly fair and transparent about how you are collecting the data.
Be sure you fully understand what the SDK does and how it works.
We are just beginning to understand how personal data could be harvested on an unprecedented scale. App developers must take responsibility for the privacy risks of the apps they develop and clearly explain the potential loss of privacy for their users.
Would you build "creep technology" into your product?
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Last night we had such a fun evening at the Metro Stage Theater in Alexandria. The show was a compilation of the songs of the Gershwins, Jerome Kern and Rogers and Hart. We had a great time and some of us knew all the lyrics!!!
Molly and "the other Marsha" - Molly cracks us up!
Molly and Dee looking young and gorgeous!
Dining with the cutest boy ever!!
Something to Warm You Up!!!
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After analyzing the budgets of over 1,000 government agencies, a right-leaning think tank found that governments in New Jersey are raising more than $86 billion annually from taxes, fees and other revenues. That number does not include federal funds or the revenues of authorities and independent bistate agencies like the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (which alone has annual operating expenses of $3.3 billion) or the Delaware River Port Authority ($301 million).
The report, “Adding it All Up” by the Garden State Initiative, was a difficult endeavor. The decentralized governing structure of the state — with its hundreds of governments, municipalities and authorities — makes it virtually impossible for residents to get a sense of exactly how much the system costs to run on an annual basis. GSI had to analyze the budgets of numerous agencies, ranging from state and county all the way down to local sewerage authorities.
The total haul soars to well over $100 billion after funds provided by the federal government are added in. And it tops out at $121 billion once investment gains by the public-worker pension funds and revenue from all authorities that operate in New Jersey, including bistate entities like the Port Authority, are factored in.
The goal of the Morristown-based group’s complicated accounting exercise was to determine just how much it costs to deliver government services in New Jersey. The report also sets the table for a deeper analysis of whether residents are getting bang for their buck. The group is promising to issue follow-up reports exploring ways governments can save money with specific efficiencies. GSI believes it will be able to identify opportunities for at least $1 billion in potential cuts in the coming weeks.
“Taxes are already too high and cutting expenditures haphazardly just to lower costs will cause us to lose the great public services of our state,” according to the report, which was provided to NJ Spotlight in advance of today’s official release.
“The key is to find efficiencies that make government work better for everybody,” the report said.
The release of the comprehensive revenue data comes as Gov. Phil Murphy and state lawmakers have been engaged in separate exercises aimed at finding ways to save money in a state that’s well known for levying sky-high taxes.
Murphy’s effort has been focused largely on finding efficiencies in the delivery of healthcare for the hundreds of thousands of current and retired public workers whose expenses are funded, at least in part, by state, county and local governments. He has also appointed two shared-services “czars” to help local governments identify other savings opportunities.
Meanwhile, state lawmakers, led by Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-Gloucester), have been pitching a series of recommendations put forward last year by a nonpartisan group of fiscal-policy experts that analyzed existing state policies. Their recommendations include changing public-worker health and pension benefits and forcing some school consolidations.
GSI looked at the issue of government spending from a more holistic perspective by first trying to get a sense of what it costs to deliver the many services that New Jersey’s roughly 9 million residents rely on, no matter which agency is providing them. It breaks down revenues by individual sources, like property and income taxes, and expenditures by category, such as education and healthcare.
“The common thread of this analysis is a focus on function,” the report said.
The group’s researchers took pains to make sure they didn’t double-count revenue sources and to also highlight those that often get overlooked or are not included in the annual state operating budget. For example, after tabulating the state’s many “off-budget” accounts — like the Transportation Trust Fund that pays for road, bridge and rail capital improvements — GSI found that total state government revenues are $47.5 billion. That’s about $10 billion above the reported annual budget.
School districts and municipal governments generate another $18 billion and $14 billion in revenue, respectively, according to GSI. County governments and local authorities have revenues of $6.25 billion and $1.9 billion, respectively. State authorities, including bistate agencies, generate $9.5 billion, and federal aid to New Jersey accounts for another $14 billion, GSI found.
To be sure, not all the revenues raised by the governments that operate in New Jersey comes from state residents as portions of major taxes like the state sales and gas taxes are paid each year by out-of-state residents. Each year, residents of other states also pay some share of the tolls, fares and fees levied by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and the Port Authority and other bistate agencies that operate in New Jersey.
But some governments rely almost exclusively on New Jersey residents to sustain their spending, including local school boards, which generate much of their revenues from local property-tax bills. While Murphy recently lauded slowed growth in the size of New Jersey property-tax bills last year, they remain among the most expensive in the nation at an average $8,767.
School-district spending is among the areas where GSI is promising to provide a more in-depth analysis in future reports. Student-transportation services and spending on school facilities will get scrutinized in those upcoming reports, as will the government inspection and road-maintenance processes.
“We chose services that present the best combination of potential cost savings, based on overall magnitude of spending and efficiency potential, service improvements, and ability to actually get (the spending reforms) done,” the report said.
Regina Egea, the group’s president, said the goal is to make as many recommendations as possible by early March, when Murphy puts forward a new state budget proposal. That event usually triggers a deeper discussion of fiscal policy in the run-up to the June 30 deadline for the adoption of a new state budget.
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Daviess County is rebounding from the most severe flooding of the Grand River since the 1947 flood. Pattonsburg was hard hit this time with three-fourths of the community under water for about three days; farmers all along the river are suffering varying degrees of crop damage.
Accurate estimates of flood damage are hard to come by. Figures suppied by the ASC office to government officials indicate $3 to $4 million in crop damage and another million in damage to property, machinery, etc. But at least one bank official in the county said that, in his opinion, the total damage could approach $10 million or more.
This aerial photo was taken when flooding was near its crest with 9 uptown businesses and homes throughout Pattonsburg damaged by flood waters.
The American Red Cross made a tour of Pattonsburg and came up with 35 homes with major damage, 70 homes with lesser damage, and 14 mobile homes with major damage.
The crop damage is not confined only to those crops in the bottoms — but also to those crops on higher ground which were thoroughly soaked by the heavy rain which caused the flooding. The flooding resulted from heavy rain to the north wne west which descended on the county via Grand River, Grindstone, Sampson and Big Creek. The amount of rainfall above Daviess County varied from 4 to 6 inches on ground previously saturated from heavy rain.
A number of people were evacuated by boat while some merely walked through the water; in some areas of Pattonsburg the water rose to about four feet or higher. During the height of the flooding, the only entry into Pattonsburg was by boat or walking the railroad tracks. Hundreds of sightseers gathered.
A wide area of Northwest Missouri was declared a disaster area by Gov. Kit Bond and federal government designations are also anticipated.
At Gallatin, the water rose into the MFA and also into Froman Elevator areas east of the river for the first time since it was built. Water crept into the city’s sewage treatment plant settling basins. A sand plant and new ready-mix plant equipment were all under water.
The river’s crest nearly equaled the mark set in 1947 in some locations but fell short in others. It is believed this is due to the location of the tributaries which fed the flood, as well as the contour of the land which has drastically altered since 1947 by drainage projects and commercial uses.
At Jameson, the high water makres of prior floods in 1909 and 1947 were not approached — the level of the water at the Lewis Mill Bridge, for example, lacking 32 inches of hitting the 1947 mark.
Leland Stitt looks on the rising flood waters of the Grand River, standing on the Lewis Mill Bridge near Jameson. On the bridge beam, above the arm of Dale Alexander, is the high water mark of the 1909 flood; below his arm is the high water mark of the 1947 flood. The 1973 flood crest was approximately 32 inches lower than the 1909 mark.
The major flooding has left the county and areas from Livingston County south to the river’s mouth at flood stage. Fortunately, the rain to the south was not nearly as heavy as in the north — had it been, the losses would have been far worse. As it is, the Grand River was spread all over the bottom from Albany to Brunswick.
There are two ironies connected wit the flood. The first was that Congress approved an immediate start on the reservoir project on Friday, not being aware that a serious flood was in progress as they voted.
The second irony was that the S.O.S. organization, which had invited city people to come up Sundy for a tour of the area as part of their strategy to get public opinion against the reservoir, had to postpone the even because of flooding.
Congressman Jerry Litton has kept in close touch with the river situation, having suffered personal losses in the past floods himself. He flew over the flooded areas last weekend and had photos taken of the flood. He has requested President Nixon to declare the region a disaster area and provide federal disaster relief programs and benefits.
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Alyangula wind forecast issued today at 4:41 pm. Next forecast at approx. 4:41 am.
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Malloy, Montague, Karnowski, Radosevich & Co., P.A. (MMKR) is a full-service public accounting firm serving the Twin Cities audit and tax needs. For more than 60 years our focus has been on our clients and our people.
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Period: The End to Menstruation?
As millions of women and girls take shots and pills to stop their periods, Period: The End to Menstruation? explores the cultural and medical side effects of menstrual suppression.
Erin struggles to balance her life between law school and her relationship. However, she is repeatedly interrupted and overwhelmed by a visit from her monthly friend, Vivian.
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This morning, as I did my final stretch, sweat dripping from my nose, my chin, my elbows, I was filled with gratitude. Gratitude for my body–limitations and all, gratitude that I made it– that I showed up, gratitude for my breath and my mind, gratitude for doing something good for myself. I signed up for a month. I’m hoping to go three times a week.
Don’t get me wrong. I still hate it. It’s hard, it’s hot. See that little white space underneath the arm of the silhouette? That doesn’t exist for full-figured gals like me. It’ll be a long time before my forehead kisses my knee. Yet I feel so good afterwards. And it makes so much sense to me…stretching and elongating my muscles. I have no idea how many calories I’m burning in the 90 minutes. It doesn’t really matter. I’m moving, stretching, twisting, and for now, I’m showing up.
Made some homemade chicken noodle soup (with gluten-free noodles!). Still eating clean. I breezed through Halloween without so much as a single M&M. It was easy. I had no desire. And I’m convinced if I did have an M&M, I would have been tempted, perhaps beyond my control, to eat more. Such is the poison of sugar.
Hit a milestone last week: 1/3 of the way to my goal at 194 lbs. I’m probably losing some ground, but I’m staying the course.
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Moose monument and Bering Sea in quiet mood.
Andy and Rob. Eternal optimists.
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Series: 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
This section provides a catalog with the auction cost coins Russian Federation series "70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." at 1997 to 2019 years, including the main varieties by the mints. For more information, go to the detailed page coins on it you will learn the basic characteristics, the average cost of the coin, as well as links to relevant auctions.
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Type NA - Non-Automatic: No ball check, suitable for maximum working pressure up to 100 psi.
Type A - Automatic: Unit has automatic ball check, suitable for maximum working pressure up to 300 psi.
Class A - General: Guard rod type protection for gauge glass.
Class B - Sheilded: Tubular brass shield around gauge glass.
Units can be supplied with ASA or military flanges, 150# or 300# in either 1/2" or 3/4" size. Flanges will be "silver soldered" to bodies.
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Submitted by Alya on June 9, 2015 – 11:02am.
bake for 50 to 60 minutes at 350. The result is a good texture, not gooey at all, with the mixture rising approximately 4-5 cm at the middle, the thing is i’m only using all purpose wheat flour so i could get rid of the gooeiness from using an all oats flour but now i wish to add more oats and less wheat without sacrificing the good texture, what do you suggest i do?
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In her speech commemorating the holocaust, the Chairperson of the Albanian Parliament, Josefina Topalli spoke about the benevolent hospitality and generosity of the Albanians, as the two most prominent moral values, of our nation, which helped to save the Jews from the fatal persecution of the Nazis during the II World War.
“Albania was the one occupied country that evaded the Nazi persecution of Jews and had the unique survival rate of 100%. It was the only occupied country to have a larger Jewish population after the Second World War than before.” writes Harvey Sarner in his book “Rescue in Albania”.
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Help needed to move approx 10 boxes of books, shelves, and 2-3 crates of bricks from Drew library to nearby residence. I have a car, just not the muscle. One trip, should go fast. Must be Thursday afternoon. Offering $50. - Grateful grad student/now alumna!
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Send your kid's lunch to school in this funky Bang on the Door Animal Alphabet cool bag! Personalise this lunch bag with any initial and first name up to 12 characters.'is for' is standard text.This bag also has an adjustable shoulder strap which measures 122cm at the longest length and has a white wipe-able interior with insulated lining.
Send your kid's lunch to school in this funky Bang on the Door 'Groovy Chick' cool bag! Personalise this lunch bag with any first name up to 12 characters (please include the 's if required) This bag also has an adjustable shoulder strap which measures 122cm at the longest length and has a white wipe-able interior with insulated lining.
Send your kid's lunch to school in this funky Bang on the Door 'Football Crazy' cool bag! Personalise this lunch bag with any first name up to 12 characters (please include the 's if required) This bag also has an adjustable shoulder strap which measures 122cm at the longest length and has a white wipe-able interior with insulated lining.
Send your kid's lunch to school in this funky Bang on the Door 'Groovy London Chick' cool bag! Personalise this lunch bag with any first name up to 12 characters. The text 'Groovy chick' is standard text.This bag also has an adjustable shoulder strap which measures 122cm at the longest length and has a white wipe-able interior with insulated lining.
This Bang On The Door Groovy Chick bottle can be personalised with any name up to 12 characters.The bottle is made of aluminium and the lid is made of plastic. Bottle hold 400ml of liquid. Not dishwasher or microwave safe. Ideal for Birthdays, Christmas, Nursery Gifts, Back to School.
This Bang On The Door Football Crazy Drinks Bottle can be personalised with any name up to 12 characters.The bottle is made of aluminium and the lid is made of plastic. Bottle hold 400ml of liquid. Not dishwasher or microwave safe.Ideal for Birthdays, Christmas, Nursery Gifts, Back to School.
This Bang On The Door Pony Girl Drinks Bottle can be personalised with any name up to 12 characters.The bottle is made of aluminium and the lid is made of plastic. Bottle hold 400ml of liquid. Not dishwasher or microwave safe. Ideal for Birthdays, Christmas, Nursery Gifts, Back to School.
This Bang On The Door Groovy London Chick Drinks Bottle can be personalised with any name up to 12 characters. The text 'Groovy chick' is standard text.The bottle is made of aluminum and the lid is made of plastic. Bottle hold 400ml of liquid. Not dishwasher or microwave safe. Ideal for Birthdays, Christmas, Nursery Gifts, Back to School.
This funky Bang on the Door 'Dainty Dish' themed clock is the ideal gift for any occasion.Personalise with any name up to 12 characters per line.This plate is 8 inches.Battery not included, requires 1 AA battery.
Our Personalised Bang on the Door Groovy Chick Milk Chocolate Bar is a tasty treat for all groovy recipients! This chocolate bar can be personalised with 3 lines of text with up to 12 characters per line on the front. The reverse of the chocolate bar can also be personalised with 3 lines of text, with up to 20 characters per line. All text is case sensitive and will appear as entered. Please avoid entering your text in block capitals, as this may result in the personalisation being difficult to read. The words 'Groovy Chick' are fixed and cannot be amended. Milk Chocolate Bar 15cm x 7cm x 1cm Weight 100g May contain traces of nuts. Our great value chocolate includes free standard delivery. Ideal for Her, for Kids and for Birthdays.
This Personalised Bang on the Door Unicorn Milk Chocolate Bar is a tasty treat for any recipient! Personalise the front of this chocolate bar with 2 lines of text with up to 15 characters per line and a name of up to 12 characters. The reverse of this chocolate bar can be personalised with 4 lines of text, with up to 15 characters per line. All text is case sensitive and will appear as entered. Please avoid entering your text in block capitals, as this may result in the personalisation being difficult to read. The word 'unicorn' is fixed and cannot be amended. Milk Chocolate Bar 15cm x 7cm x 1cmWeight 100g May contain traces of nuts. Our great value chocolate includes free standard delivery. Ideal for Kids and Birthdays.
This Bang On The Door Animal Alphabet Drinks Bottle can be personalised with any initial and name using up to 12 characters. The text 'is for' is standard text. The bottle is made of aluminium and the lid is made of plastic. Bottle hold 400ml of liquid. Not dishwasher or microwave safe. Ideal for Birthdays, Christmas, Nursery Gifts, Back to School.
This Bang On The Door Animal Alphabet Drinks Bottle can be personalised with any initial and name using up to 12 characters. The text 'is for' is standard text.The bottle is made of aluminium and the lid is made of plastic. Bottle hold 400ml of liquid. Not dishwasher or microwave safe. Ideal for Birthdays, Christmas, Nursery Gifts, Back to School.
This stylish Bang on the Door Pony Pencil Tin with Pencil Crayons is an ideal gift for any fan of horses! The pencil tin can be personalised with a name up to 12 characters long. Please note that personalisation is case sensitive and will appear as entered. Please avoid entering your text in block capitals as this may result in the personalisation being difficult to read. The Pencil Tin comes supplied with 12 pencil crayons (these will not be personalised). Ideal for Back to School, Birthdays and Christmas.
Personalise this Bang On The Door 'Teacher' with any name up to 15 characters and a message one the reverse spread over four lines (20 characters per line).Hand washing is recommended. Material is ceramic. Ideal for Birthdays, Christmas, and as an end of term gift.
This Bang On The Door Godmother mug is cute and quirky - resulting in a smile from the recipient! The mug can be personalised on the front with a name up to 12 characters each. The reverse of the mug can also be personalised with 4 lines of text with up to 20 characters per line. The words 'I'm so glad that you're my Godmother' on the front are fixed. All text is case senstive and will appear as entered, however, due to the font used please avoid entering all your text in block capitals as this may result in the personalisation being extremely difficult to read. Hand washing is recommended. Material is ceramic. Ideal for a Godmother, Religious Gift.
This Bang On The Door Godfather mug is cute and quirky - resulting in a smile from the recipient!The mug can be personalised on the front with a name up to 12 characters in length. The reverse of the mug can also be personalised with 4 lines of text with up to 20 characters per line. The words 'I'm so glad that you're my Godfather' on the front are fixed. All text is case senstive and will appear as entered, however, due to the font used please avoid entering all your text in block capitals as this may result in the personalisation being extremely difficult to read. Hand washing is recommended. Material is ceramic. Ideal for a Godfather, Religious Gift.
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Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models, PMLR 52:511-522, 2016.
Expectation maximization (EM) is a popular algorithm for parameter estimation in situations with incomplete data. The EM algorithm has, despite its popularity, the disadvantage of often converging to local but non-global optima. Several techniques have been proposed to address this problem, for example initializing EM from multiple random starting points and then selecting the run with the highest likelihood. Unfortunately, this method is computationally expensive. In this paper, our goal is to reduce computational cost while at the same time maximizing likelihood. We propose a Genetic Algorithm for Expectation Maximization (GAEM) for learning parameters in Bayesian networks. GAEM combines the global search property of a genetic algorithm with the local search property of EM. We prove GAEM’s global convergence theoretically. Experimentally, we show that GAEM provides significant speed-ups since it tends to select more fit individuals, which converge faster, as parents for the next generation. Specifically, GAEM converges 1.5 to 7 times faster while producing better log-likelihood scores than the traditional EM algorithm.
%X Expectation maximization (EM) is a popular algorithm for parameter estimation in situations with incomplete data. The EM algorithm has, despite its popularity, the disadvantage of often converging to local but non-global optima. Several techniques have been proposed to address this problem, for example initializing EM from multiple random starting points and then selecting the run with the highest likelihood. Unfortunately, this method is computationally expensive. In this paper, our goal is to reduce computational cost while at the same time maximizing likelihood. We propose a Genetic Algorithm for Expectation Maximization (GAEM) for learning parameters in Bayesian networks. GAEM combines the global search property of a genetic algorithm with the local search property of EM. We prove GAEM’s global convergence theoretically. Experimentally, we show that GAEM provides significant speed-ups since it tends to select more fit individuals, which converge faster, as parents for the next generation. Specifically, GAEM converges 1.5 to 7 times faster while producing better log-likelihood scores than the traditional EM algorithm.
AB - Expectation maximization (EM) is a popular algorithm for parameter estimation in situations with incomplete data. The EM algorithm has, despite its popularity, the disadvantage of often converging to local but non-global optima. Several techniques have been proposed to address this problem, for example initializing EM from multiple random starting points and then selecting the run with the highest likelihood. Unfortunately, this method is computationally expensive. In this paper, our goal is to reduce computational cost while at the same time maximizing likelihood. We propose a Genetic Algorithm for Expectation Maximization (GAEM) for learning parameters in Bayesian networks. GAEM combines the global search property of a genetic algorithm with the local search property of EM. We prove GAEM’s global convergence theoretically. Experimentally, we show that GAEM provides significant speed-ups since it tends to select more fit individuals, which converge faster, as parents for the next generation. Specifically, GAEM converges 1.5 to 7 times faster while producing better log-likelihood scores than the traditional EM algorithm.
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Lion King Dance Party: The new Hakuna Matata Time Dance party will be happening on Discovery Island starting in January. It is a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the movie. Timon and Rafiki will be dancing too. It will end in September of 2019.
So Long Planet Watch: According to Cast members, they have been told the attraction, petting zoo and show will be closed permanently on October 21st. This is obviously a stupid cost cutting measure. It is unclear if the space will become empty space or they are planning a replacement. Tune into Radio Harambe soon for an homage to the attraction. Please note Disney has said diddly squat so far on the issue.
Rivers of Light: Disney has really put a hammer down on cast members involved in entertainment. The latest is that the shamans who make the show better, are being cut completely as of September 29th. Really Disney?
Hours: Take a look below at the hours. They are kind of all over the place. So if you're down there, plan accordingly.
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Pre-ride, post-ride, the Dusty Trails Tech Tee can do it all. It uses TruDri fabric to wick sweat and dries super fast. So go ahead. Hit the trails and the pub after; this performance tee will keep you feeling fresh all day no matter where life takes you.
Tee is made with TruDri to keep you feeling cool, dry and comfortable from the bike park to the post-shred drinks after.
MOISTURE WICKING Fabric wicks sweat from the body to keep you dry and comfortable. RAPID DRY TIME Quickly transports moisture to outside layer for evaporation.
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"Wake up" is a phrase often addressed to us. Of course, that is never necessary for you to hear when the priests of your parish are preaching! Perhaps, however, we heard those words most recently after we ate that wonderful Thanksgiving dinner only to be caught dozing afterwards. Perhaps there have been times that a loved one or a treasured friend told us "to wake up" because they saw us drifting from being the person we were supposed to be and encouraged us to come back to our senses.
Today, on this First Sunday of Advent, and out of love for us, Jesus and His Church call us “to wake up,” to be watchful and to stay alert! As we begin this sacred season, we note that the readings are not about the first coming of Christ, His birth in Bethlehem. They are about His second coming, His return on a day and at an hour we do not know. On that day, we must be awake, ready and prepared to meet Our Lord. We must heed that call, not tomorrow, but today!
So perhaps this Advent is calling us "to wake up" and to stop to give thanks for God’s many blessings in our midst each day, that we too often take for granted; "to wake up" to the darkness of sin in our lives and to begin walking anew in the Light of Christ; to wake up to the need to move away from the chaos of daily living and simply to slow down; "to wake up” to the family members, friends, co-workers and those in most need in our community who need our generosity, forgiveness or attention, recognizing that in the end we will be judged to the extent that we loved and served one another.
Our readings today and the call “to wake up” are not given to us to create fear. Just the opposite! The Word of God at the beginning of this sacred season is assuring us of the Lord’s abiding presence and love. The prophet Isaiah tells us that God never gives up on us and is always faithful. Saint Paul reminds us that, in the midst of recognizing our need to change, we do not have rely on our own efforts, because in Christ Jesus we are not lacking in any spiritual gift.
Thus, in this sacred season and before Christmas, I encourage you, dear friends, to call upon those gifts with complete reliance on God’s infinite love in the quiet of prayer, in the turning to His Blessed Mother for her help, in the celebration of the Sacraments—most especially the Holy Eucharist, the source of our strength, and the Sacrament of Penance. May I suggest that you make a good confession early in this season with assurance that there is no sin greater than God’s mercy. What better way to prepare our hearts to celebrate the birth of Christ!
May I also make a special request to the families who are here today? What our world, our nation and our Church need more than ever are “holy families.” I truly believe that holy families will help to transform the darkness we are witnessing in our midst with the light of Christ. Thus, I ask you, dear families, to make a commitment especially in this Advent season to pray together. Try to do so before meals. Maybe consider praying at least a decade of the Rosary. Perhaps at the conclusion of the day you can pray by thanking God for His blessings and presenting Him with your specific intentions. All evidence points to the fact that married couples who pray together are strengthened and renewed in their promises to each other. In addition, families who pray together help each other to grow in holiness. What better gift could we give to each other!
For all of us, may we turn to Mary and Joseph and ask that, through their intercession, we may stay awake and alert throughout this Advent season and always so that on the day the Lord calls us to Himself we may be ready and prepared so that we may live with Him forever and ever. Amen.
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Posted by Linda C. on September 22, 2014. Brought to you by yahoolocal.
First time I would rate a restaurant this poor.
Posted by Cindy on January 09, 2007. Brought to you by yahoolocal.
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We hope that you are having a successful business year in your business.
We wanted to make you aware of a few things that you may or may not be aware of which you need to know and understand as a business owner with a website.
Serif is no longer supporting their platform so we no longer receive updates to the software nor support.
WordPress allows us to build a website that not only looks good on a desktop but it is also responsive which works well on any screen size, such as tablets and is mobile friendly. Google will downgrade a website if it is not mobile friendly and keeping mobile friendly is important in today’s world since 57% of the online searches in the U.S. are done via a mobile device.
When WordPress came out in 2003 it had many issues, not the least of which was an incompatibility between the various plugins which enhanced WordPress functionality. This made it unstable each time there was an update of the WordPress software. For this reason, we resisted developing websites in WordPress. Now, 15 years later, WordPress and programmers who make plugins for WordPress are much more in synch, creating an environment where conflicts and issues are now rare.
The next item we need you to be aware of is that Google now looks for websites that have an SSL Certificate (Secure Socket Layer) “HTTPS” instead of “HTTP” that comes up in the search bar such as https://www.studio902.com. This assures the user that the website they are looking at is secure. Google will definitely downgrade your website page rank if you do not have an SSL Certificate installed.
So what does something that was implemented in the EU have to do with my business here in the United States?
Since the internet is Global your website can be searched and viewed anywhere in the world. We would like to think that there is an invisible boundary around the U.S. when it comes to our business and especially businesses that are not reaching beyond the borders of the U.S. for marketing of products and services. That is just not the case.
Scenario: Quid in Great Britain might be surfing the internet and comes across your website in the search engine, he is curious. Quid clicks your link and visits your website. At that point, the server that your website is hosted on collects the IP Address (Internet Protocol) from which he surfed. At that point, your website has just collected and stored personally identifiable information (PII). In addition, if the user fills out a contact form, on your website, you are collecting information such as Name, Email Address, and maybe an Address and Phone Number. This is also PII and makes you liable under the Internationally Enforceable GDPR.
What is this regulation and how does it affect my business website?
Offer the website visitor a way to review the PII which was collected on them and provide a method to delete it or have it deleted on their behalf.
Respond within 72 hours to any reports of a breach or compromise resulting in the theft of website visitors’ PII.
Although it’s extremely unlikely for this to occur to websites with SSL encryption and other security measures in place, business owners will be required to inform data subjects of their remediation process and the length of time it will take to fix.
What are the consequences of not complying with GDPR Compliance?
There are hefty penalties for non-compliance. If you are found non-compliant you are looking at a fine of €20 million or 4% of the total worldwide annual turnover of the preceding financial year, whichever is higher. It is important to know that, before it escalates to a fine, a business will receive 1 or more warnings to bring their website into compliance.
Disclaimer: We are not attorneys nor pretend to know every bit of the GDPR Compliance law. Rather we are just giving you this information so you can make an informed decision together with your attorney. We do recommend consulting with an attorney who is knowledgeable in GDPR laws if you have further questions specifically dealing with the intricacies of the law and how in impacts you.
Studio902 Web Solutions would be happy to help you in the re-design of your website and provide you will an SSL Certificate and any other security measures that you would like to implement and as well as the installation of these added security products to your website.
Please contact us as soon as possible either through our website contact form or by email at tmrva@studio902.com. If you have any questions we’d be happy to answer them to the best of our ability.
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Thank you for choosing Prudential and our Prudence Inheritance Bond. We've been helping people with their investments for over 160 years and know how important it is to be financially stable.
Here’s some questions that we get asked by customers who have invested in a Prudence Inheritance Bond. If you still have a question that's not covered or need to make changes, simply contact us via the options shown below.
You can find out more information in the Key Investor Document. Please also see the Key Features document for the Prudence Inheritance Bond - this is a good point of reference for further information. Other useful documents are 'The Policy Rules' and 'The Fund Guide'. They are available from your adviser or direct from us. Our contact details can be found in your Key Features Document.
The Prudence Inheritance Bond Capital Fund, which is linked to the Whole of Life Plan.
The Prudence Inheritance Bond Income Fund, which is linked to the endowment Plan.
More information on this can be found in your Key Features Document.
Where can I find more information on trusts?
For more information on the trusts used within this Bond and their tax treatment please see the customer guide we've included with your illustration pack or speak to your financial adviser.
Can money be taken out of the Prudence Inheritance Bond?
No, this plan has been gifted into trust, which will only pay out on your death.
Yes, please see your Key Features for further information.
Regardless of whether you've taken advice, you can refer any matter to the Financial Ombudsman Service for consideration should you feel that you haven't been treated fairly, or for any other aspect under the Financial Ombudsman Services remit.
Where can I find out the charges for this bond?
How our charges affect your bond are shown in your illustration. You can also find information about how much we charge for each fund in our Investment Options Document and our Fund Guide.
How do I know how my bond is doing?
We will send you an annual statement. You can also get an up to date valuation by calling our Customer Services Department.
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Scope: D&C new cargo building. Working with Built Constructions and airport authorities. Included concrete, electrical, hydraulics and fitout.
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We will transport you to a delicious world of tastes and smells, a true delight for your senses!
Exquisite cousine deserves and demands to be accompanied by equally exquisite wine selections. Exellent wine is a privilege that you will indulge in with every visit to our restaurant.
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After nitrous oxide was first discovered, or isolated, or however it is they managed to first get it into a container so that it could be readily inhaled back in the late 1700s, some poets got their observant hands and lungs on it. Samuel Coleridge, famous British poet, was an early fan, and he apparently wrote extensively about how much it rocked, though he probably worded it a bit differently.
Anyone who's ever done a whippet at a concert knows how Sammy was right, which is why I love my dentist – he lets me have nitrous for my bi-annual cleaning. Seriously. I mark it on my calendar and am excited for weeks before my visit, taking steps to clear my sinuses, cutting down on dairy and pasta and such.
Yesterday was Dentist Day. I am blessed with good teeth, so I never get bad news, just a bit of scraping and a whole lot of deep breathing.
The best part is that I'm unable to record or share my numerous and intense revelations and insights I get while on nitrous, because I'm not in a position to take notes, and speaking is a bit difficult with a dental technician's fingers in your mouth. So I just have to keep quiet for an hour, which is a real treat for everyone involved.
Here I am, pre-scraping, feeling groovy…and counting the days 'til my next visit.
The date on the back, stamped by the Fox Photo developing lab, says 1948. And this is exactly how the photo looks – I haven't added any fancy border or anything in Photoshop.
Pictures were not cheap in 1948, and my grandparents were far from wealthy, but something about these post-war ducks in their unknown pond was interesting enough to sacrifice a frame of film. It isn't like there were a lot of duck pictures, either. At least not from 1948. As film got more affordable, and they had more grandchildren, there were certainly plenty of unnecessary shutter openings.
And suddenly the idea of my grandparents taking a picture of ducks wasn't so strange..
A friend called me today to see if I would be in a video he's making about a local political issue. I'm familiar with the issue, but I'm hardly political, so I declined. I told him when he's making a video about people who tell poopie jokes that he should definitely call me.
…OK, got it. He is, among other things, Canadian. As I suspected.
Someone from the Uno Festival will be picking me up from the airport – I really hope they have a sign that says "SMITH" on it. Or, better yet, "JESUS." For some reason this seems like a real step forward in my career – being met at the airport. Same with being compared with someone I've never heard of, though that just makes me feel a bit uninformed, so I won't be talking about that too much.
It's Sunday morning, almost noon. I'm still in bed, and my computer just gave me the "low battery" warning, but I'm determined to not get out of bed to get the power cord. Seems like a perfectly ambitious start to a blog. I'm imagining a time when this is at the bottom of a long, hilarious and insightful list of posts – won't it be cute, humble and quaint then?
I have big plans, you see. In fact, you could say that my future is so bright that I gotta wear a welding mask under a beekeeper's suit AND a whole bottle of SPF 40. You could say that, but think carefully before you do. And look around to see who might hear you.
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The St. Croix Agriculture and Food Fair is a three-day food, agriculture, art, livestock, and music extravaganza. It is held at the Rudolph Shulterbrandt Agricultural Complex in Estate Lower Love. Virgin Islanders and visitors from around the world look forward to this short, but sweet weekend of cultural exhibits and delicious Virgin Islands cuisine. Savor St. Croix stemmed from a family-owned catering company. This year was our 12th year participating in Agrifest, but it marked Savor St. Croix’s debut. While we usually wear madras to signify our cultural dress, this year was a little different. Our many helping hands and supporters donned signature Savor St. Croix tees. Agrifest 2014 was not just about the cultivation of plants, but Savor St. Croix ripened at the fairgrounds. People everywhere look forward to this annual celebration, but for Savor St. Croix, it felt like a brand new beginning. The emergence of this new venture came in the nick of time. Now, fair-goers near and far don’t have to wait until the next Agrifest to enjoy their favorite Virgin Islands eats. With that said, nothing beats walking the fairgrounds soaking up the sun. In case you missed it, here are some photos from this one-of-a-kind display of food and agriculture.
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In order to improve efficiency in security while reducing IT expenses, mid-market businesses are utilizing the different types of virtualization. The benefits of virtualization are evident, yet some companies are still unaware of the different types and use cases. Let’s dive in to understand some of the common methods and how they are beneficial for your business.
Through desktop virtualization, users can access their desktop environment remotely because it has been virtualized from the physical device. This allows employees to access their data f3 Types of Virtualization from any computer without physically bringing any hardware. Another benefit of desktop virtualization is a reduce in cost and efforts of deploying new software or patch management. Since all desktops are hosted in the same place.
This type of virtualization helps reduce clutter and organize storage more efficiently. By combining different storage devices into a single cluster, you are able to centralize the storage system. In addition, storage virtualization can be beneficial for disaster recovery because of the ability to replicate and transfer the data easily. This type of virtualization is cost-effective and easy to implement.
Similar to the other types of virtualization, network virtualization uses the same method of combining equipment into a single resource. When a business has many users, this is beneficial because it devices bandwidth into independent channels. Each channel will assign a specific set of devices in real time. For companies that value up-time, network virtualization can help keep systems up and running while also increasing network speed.
Any business can benefit from using virtualization, but smart businesses combine different forms to maximize operational efficiency. Because the process of integrating virtualization can be confusing, it’s ideal to partner with an expert to ensure the transition is done properly. Reach out to speak with a reliable virtualization consultant to get started with you business.
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11-12-18 Today’s Tarot is Key 3 Creativity. Today is a good day to start new projects or create anything new. Creative energy flows freely. Use your imagination to generate what you want in your life. This card is about harvesting the fertile mind.
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These are my notes from week 6 of MIT course 7.88j: Protein Folding and Human Disease, held by Dr. Jonathan King on March 12, 2015.
Peter Lansbury’s classic paper on the kinetics of amyloid formation for Aβ39 vs. 40 vs. 42 vs. 43 [Jarrett 1993].
In other words, including residues 40-42 or 40-43 makes it form amyloid much faster, suggesting that the C-terminus of Aβ helps nucleate amyloid formation, and that this nucleation is the rate-limiting step. What’s more, adding even a little bit of one of the “fast” peptides to one of the “slow” peptides makes the latter form amyloid very quickly — again, consistent with the idea that nucleation is what’s rate-limiting.
I was under the impression that high-resolution structures had not been solved for any prion or amyloid other than HET-s. I would be interested if someone could tell me in more detail whether structures such as the one above are considered to represent the “real” in vivo conformation, and if not, why not.
Fowler goes on to review the many reported functional roles of amyloid. Apparently fish and insect eggs are wrapped in an amyloid made of chorion proteins, and the curli protein amyloids in E. coli and other bacteria are thought to help with surface adhesion and perhaps (in the case of pathogenic bacteria) host invasion. These are examples of evolution using amyloid for its structural properties. Then there are examples of epigenetic inheritance, like [PSI+], [URE3], [RNQ+] and HET-s. They go on to talk about fibrin in blood clotting, Pmel17 in apparently sequestering toxic melanin precursors.
Today’s lecture is organized around five stages of our scientific understanding of Alzheimer disease. At present there are estimated to be 4-5 million Americans with Alzheimer disease.
For a long time, what we now call Alzheimer disease was simply known as “senile dementia”. Diagnosis was behavioral, based on loss of memory and loss of face recognition in the absence of any loss of motor function.
Dr. Alois Alzheimer is recognized as having first described a particular neuropathological signature associated with the “senile dementia” package of phenotypes. In the autopsies of the early 1900s, people were cutting relatively thin sections of brains and looking at them with light microscopes. In Alzheimer disease brains there were “plaques” that stained with iodine. Iodine stains starch, so these plaques were referred to as being “starch-like”, which translates into Greek as amyloid. It was later discovered that these plaques also stained with Congo red (which stains starch, too), and that they exhibited birefringence - bending polarized light - which meant they must be made of a fibrous material. The material that was binding the dye was highly insoluble and protease-resistant (proteases were used back then to get rid of proteins so you could study chromatin, or whatever other non-protein molecule you were interested in). When electron microscopy was invented, it was recognized that when these plaques were present, there was also neuronal death.
Up until now, the whole literature of Alzheimer disease was written by physicians and pathologists, correlating neuropathological features with behavioral signs. There were almost no biochemists or cell biologists involved in the field. That all changed with the landmark paper sequencing Aβ [Glenner & Wong 1984a]. Glenner and Wong knew from electron microscopy that there were neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) distinct from the extracellular plaques seen in Alzheimer disease. They used GdnHCl to purify the extracellular plaques, and found that the plaques were composed of a 4.2 kDa peptide they dubbed “beta protein” or amyloid beta or Aβ. They injected the purified protein into rabbits and were able to raise antibodies, which proved to be reactive not only against Aβ but also against a ~700-residue protein they called the “amyloid precursor protein” (APP). Their work led to eventual cloning of the APP gene, and the realization that it was on human chromosome 21, and thus duplicated in Down syndrome, which is associated with early onset Alzheimer disease. They soon found that Down syndrome brains also contained plaques made of Aβ [Glenner & Wong 1984b].
Subsequent structural studies using X-ray diffraction revealed that Aβ plaques were made of straight, linear fibrils <100nm in length. Dennis Selkoe and colleagues found that the fibrils must have a cross beta structure, meaning that they were composed of beta strands pointed perpendicular to the long axis of the fibril [Kirschner 1986]. They also found that the spacing between these beta strand rungs was 4.7Å.
Peter Lansbury had studied in one of the first laboratories that worked on solid state synthesis of peptides. He was the first person to figure out how to produce >40-residue peptides at >95% sequence purity. This gave him the ability to study Aβ fibril formation in vitro in a way that no one else could do before, because it was too difficult to obtain sufficiently pure protein from brains, and recombinant protein purification from bacteria had not yet been perfected. Lansbury put synthetic Aβ1-40 into solution, and monitored turbidity as a marker of polymerization. If you were patient enough, you could observe turbidity after several days, and analysis of the resulting material revealed that it was fibrous in nature. He then discovered that if you used Aβ1-42 instead, the turbidity would arise an order of magnitude more quickly. Experiments cross-seeding between the two peptides (and other peptides, as summarized at top) showed that the kinetics of fibril formation involved nucleation and growth — two distinct events, with nucleation as the rate-limiting one. The intellectual and experimental framework for these experiments came from earlier studies of the polymerization of flagella proteins in bacteria.
One example model for how nucleation and growth could differ is as follows. Perhaps monomers very rarely and only transiently misfold. Even more rarely, they laterally associate to form an oligomeric ring with radial symmetry - this is nucleation. Once that ring is formed, it templates additional monomers to add onto its top and/or bottom - this is fibril growth, with the original ring becoming a cross-section of the fibril or perhaps not being preserved in the final structure at all.
The Tycko group did important work identifying different fibril conformations and the possible ways in which different oligomers or “protofibrils” give rise to them [Petkova 2005].
Guest lecture by Peter T. Lansbury, Jr.
Dr. Lansbury’s lecture is entitled Synuclein as a therapeutic target for Parkinson’s disease: 20 years and counting.
Alpha synuclein was first discovered by [Maroteaux 1988]. It turned out to be one of the ten most abundant proteins in the brain, but no one knew what it did or why it was important. At the time, Lansbury was interested in the question of whether one protein could seed or nucleate a different protein to aggregate. Therefore it caught his notice when Tsunao Saitoh reported that a protein he called “NAC” (what we now call synuclein) was involved in Alzheimer disease (as far as I know, this was actually incorrect) [Ueda 1993]. Saitoh was later murdered, so Lansbury felt it was on him to take up the torch of studying this protein [Weinreb 1996]. Soon thereafter, the causal mutation in the Contursi pedigree - a large family with inherited Parkinson disease - was shown to map to the locus of the SNCA gene [Polymeropoulos 1996], and alpha synuclein was shown to be the major component of Lewy bodies, the chief pathological feature of PD [Spillantini 1997]. Lansbury soon discovered by biochemical methods that the A53T substitution of the Contursi pedigree accelerated fibril formation in vitro [Conway 1998].
Lansbury became optimistic that, because PD is quite slowly progressive, drugs that inhibit alpha synuclein aggregation could make a difference in patients’ quality of life even if not administered until symptom onset. The disadvantage, of course, is that it takes a very long time to see whether an already-slow progression has been made even slower by a drug. The prototype model for clinical trials in PD is an 18-month clinical trial of 500 patients, at a price tag of about $200 million, with no success stories in this or any other neurodegenerative disease to inspire investor confidence. This combination of challenges has proven to be a hard sell for some pharma companies.
Lansbury partnered with a fly lab to express alpha synuclein in Drosophila and screen FDA-approved drugs to find compounds that reduced synuclein toxicity measured by an eye phenotype. They found that tocainide was highly effective, but it is a fairly toxic sodium channel blocker. They next asked whether they could find a small molecule that would stabilize a non-aggregating conformer of alpha synuclein. They began with an in vitro screen of FDA-approved drugs, and identified three hits: fluoxetine (Prozac), nortriptyline (Pamelor) and indatraline (all antidepressants). In a secondary screen they found that indatraline and nortriptyline also alleviated the eye phenotypes in the transgenic flies. They then tested some analogues of these in an alpha synuclein mouse model [the mouse model is reported in [Masilah 2000]] and in rat neuronal cell cultures, and got positive results.
Nortriptyline has a terrible side effect though: postural instability. This side effect would be considered unacceptable in Parkinson disease patients. Lansbury and colleagues therefore put this effort on hold for a while. Interestingly, though, a couple of years ago a retrospective study reported that PD patients who happened to take antidepressants had a slower disease progression [Paumier 2012].
Lansbury’s next move was to try to increase autophagy, with the goal of increasing turnover of all soluble proteins including alpha synuclein, theoretically giving it less time to aggregate.
A series of candidate genes studies proposed the UCHL1 S18Y variant as a modifier of Parkinson disease [meta-analysis in Maraganore 2004]. The proposed mechanism was that the protective genotype reduced farnesylation. Lansbury therefore acquired a patent on a farnesyltransferase inhibitor, called CP-609,754 from an oncology company, which had developed this compound for bladder cancer. It had an excellent safety profile but had failed on efficacy in cancer. Lansbury moved a compound, LNK-754, into clinical trials for Alzheimer disease. There were several major problems with the trial. First, the compound causes hypospermia, so they had to recruit only women for the clinical trial. Second, mild-to-moderate Alzheimer disease was the indication, but cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers indicated that many of the recruited patients had been misdiagnosed and did not actually have Alzheimer disease. Third, one woman died of a cerebral hemhorrage - a common complication in Alzheimer disease and probably unrelated to the compound - on day 3 of the phase 1b. Finally, Lansbury gave up and sold the assets to AstraZeneca, which tried to position it for Huntington disease. Sadly, by this time, much of the drug’s patent period had already passed, and the commercial incentive to get it to market was on the decline.
Lansbury next turned his attention back to lysosomes. He became glucocerebrosidase, encoded by the GBA gene. Mutations in GBA cause autosomal recessive Gaucher disease, which can be treated with intravenous recombinant glucocerebrosidase, which Genzyme makes. Gaucher disease is highly comorbid with Parkinson disease - about 10-20% of Gaucher patients eventually get diagnosed with PD (over an 0.5% baseline risk, so an odds ratio of 20-40). Heterozygous carrier parents have increased risk of Parkinson disease, too, with an odds ratio of about 8. (Also, GBA is a significant locus in Parkinson GWAS -EVM). Finally, the causal allele for Gaucher has an allele frequency of about 6% in Ashkenazi Jews, which Lansbury realized makes it possible to gather enough people for a clinical trial by recruiting mutation carriers in just three cities: Tel Aviv, New York, and Boca Raton, FL.
There is cell culture evidence that the relationship between synuclein pathology and reduced glucocerebrosidase activity has bidirectional causality [Mazzulli 2011]. Genzyme therefore took a mouse model of Gaucher and a mouse model of Parkinson disease, and showed that expression of GBA via a viral vector injected into the mouse brain could alleviate synucleinopathy [Sardi 2011, Sardi 2013]. Lansbury and his company, Lysosomal Therapeutics Inc., screened for compounds that could increase glucocerebrosidase activity. They worked from a lead compound, NIH-758, which at 10μM substantially increases glucocerebrosidase activity and decreases total alpha synuclein in iPS-derived neurons from Parkinson disease patients. They were able to obtain analogues that are more potent, have better pharmacokinetics, and are sufficiently chemically distant from the initial lead so as to be patentable. The mechanism of action is still unknown.
Don’t bother trying to repurpose already FDA-approved drugs, for three reasons. First, they’re unlikely to be highly effective for your indication. Second, paradoxically, many of them actually have terrible safety profiles and would not be approved by FDA today, especially for a chronic, slowly progressive disorder, where you would need to take the drug for years. Third, there’s no way to make money off of them, so it will be hard to raise money for a clincial trial.
You need the right target.
You need a wide enough therapeutic window.
You need a fresh patent with 20 years of life on it in order to maximize commercial potential.
Glucocerebrosidase activity is appealing as a target because it offers a route to initial approval for Gaucher disease, and then later going after the Parkinson disease market.
Q. How does membrane association affect synuclein aggregation?
A. Chris Dobson just published a paper arguing that membrane association nucleates synuclein aggregation [Galvagnion 2015]. However, this is inconsistent with the A30P mutation, which is known to cause Parkinson disease.
Q. How could NIH-758 or its analogues be effective in Gaucher disease if their mechanism of action is to increase glucocerebrosidase activity and those patients lack glucocerebrosidase?
A. Most patients have one of two missense mutations: N370S or L444P. Total loss-of-function mutations are far rarer. In N370S, the protein is translated and localizes correctly, and has some residual enzymatic activity and we would seek to increase that activity. In L444P there appears to be no residual enzymatic activity, so it is less clear whether the compounds would work for individuals with that variant.
Q. Would NIH-758 or analogues work for Parkinson disease patients without GBA mutations?
A. There was a study that found decreased glucocerebrosidase activity in brains of Parkinson disease patients who lacked GBA mutations, so there is some evidence that decreased glucocerebrosidase activity is a more general problem in PD, and therefore these compounds could be broadly effective.
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Area ( Sq.Ft. ): 5000 Sq. Ft.
Custom Georgian home with hand-molded brick on 4 sides. 9 ft ceilings on main level,plantation shutters on all front windows both levels and wood blinds on back windows, hard wood floors on main with carpeting in den and bdrooms. Open two story foyer with tray ceiling, brass chandelier, and custom spiral staircase. Living room boarded by 4 Doric columns; banquet-sized dining room w/brass chandelier. Large kitchen w/maple cream color-pickled cabinets, granite countertops and backsplash, Island with Thermador down-vented cooktop seats four. Stainless steel appliances incls. Samsung Frch door refrigerator, Jenn-Air convection dble ovens and microwave. KitchenAid dishwser with paneled front. Breakfast room w/bay window. Maple panled family rm w/bltin bkcases,glassed in sunrm;in-law suite on main;back stairs between kitchen and den; 2nd fl, lge master suite w/3 closets,Jacuzzi tub,shower and dble sinks. Other BR's have walk-in closets and showers. Lg laundry rm w/W&D,walkup access to attic; Finished basement w/ trey ceiling and 3 rms. 3 car garage w/2 door access.
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LA2M (Lunch Ann Arbor Marketing) Marketing Education.
LA2M is open to client and agency side marketing professionals, and anyone else who wants to learn about marketing. It’s a chance to exchange ideas and get to know other professionals during lunch in a relaxed and friendly environment.
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Seattle boasts so many amazing activities all year round, but none are more fun to partake in than when the sun is brightly shining and summer is in full effect. We’ve created a list of unique activities you can enjoy during the summer months!
Paddle Boarding is all the rage and we have a great location for you to board to your hearts content. Navigate the local waterways to the University of Washington, the Ballard Locks, through local houseboat communities, or to our beautiful arboretum. Moss Bay offers hourly rentals and is located near the heart of downtown Seattle.
Love to buy local? Then head down to the Evening Farmers Market, Wednesday’s at Pike Place. Stop by after work to shop, mingle with local farmers and enjoy delicious samples of just picked-that-morning fruits and veggies.
A short plane ride away, Kenmore Air can jet guests up and away to the San Juan Islands where they will enjoy amazing food, fun activities and even have the opportunity to get up close and personal with some of the island’s larger friends.
Looking to experience more of the Puget Sound? A great and amusing activity is to hop aboard the King County water taxi from downtown Seattle and head to West Seattle’s Alki Beach. The route is the cheapest boat ride in town and it offers magnificent views of the Seattle skyline. Once you arrive on Alki, the possibilities are endless on activities and dining. Mosey up and down Alki’s boardwalk where you can peruse through shops and grab some delicious grub or wade through sands and water of the Puget Sound on the shoreline.
Whatever you chose, you can’t go wrong when it comes to enjoying activities during the beautiful summer months of Seattle.
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One of hard rock's most exciting young acts, SANTA CRUZ, has returned with a new single, “Changing Of Seasons”. The song – which was co-written and produced by Kane Churko (OZZY OSBOURNE, DISTURBED, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH) – is now available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp and other digital platforms. A lyric video designed by Rafael Ortega of Ecliptic Visions can be seen below.
“Changing Of Seasons” provides the first taste of SANTA CRUZ's new album, which will be released in the fall. The group will celebrate its launch with a performance alongside GUNS N' ROSES at the Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, Kentucky, which takes place from Sept. 27-29. In the months prior, the band has a number of high-profile European shows scheduled, including a German date with WHITESNAKE and several festivals in the group's native Finland. A complete list of the band's upcoming shows appears below, with more to be announced in the coming weeks.
“Changing Of Seasons” marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter in the story of SANTA CRUZ, who made impressive waves on both sides of the Atlantic in the five-year period following the release of their acclaimed 2013 debut. In Europe, the group scored two Top 5 albums in their home country, supported the likes of AC/DC and delivered memorable performances at major events such as the UK's Download Festival. In America, meanwhile, the band appeared on the AXS TV program “Breaking Band,” played notable gigs such as Rock On The Range and the inaugural Motörboat cruise and toured alongside I PREVAIL, AMARANTHE and SEBASTIAN BACH.
Halfway through an American tour with FOZZY last spring, however, founding member Archie Cruz and his then-bandmates parted ways. Soon after, Archie vowed that “the saga ain't over yet” and temporarily relocated to Las Vegas to write and record the band's new album with Churko at the city's Hideout Recording Studio (IN THIS MOMENT, PAPA ROACH, HALESTORM).
"The 'Cruz 4' project – from doing demos in Finland, to the Las Vegas studio sessions with Kane, to the audition and rehearsal period in Hollywood – has been an amazing journey,” says Archie. “I am super-exited to continue the journey and hit the road with Pav, Ero and Toxy. The band is sounding amazing and better than ever, and we will hit the festivals like a hurricane."
More information about SANTA CRUZ's new album will be revealed in the coming weeks.
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Surely every young girl’s diary starts with her writing her name, address and probably age on the front page? Tantalisingly, not this one!
Each entry is very short and I started by typing out all the little diary entries so that I could get more of a feel for the life it portrayed. Also, another aunt has written three books about family history on this side of the family so I had these by my side. I sifted through my aunt’s writing and family trees, trying to find the name of the girl. The surname Dalbiac seemed to be the link, as my aunt’s middle name is Dalbiac and this name appears in the diary. Of course, I was also soon diving around on the internet, following this or that tangent. Louisa Dalbiac seemed to be my girl – she was my Gt Gt Gt Gt grandmother and had married a Peter Luard – Auntie Helen, who gave me the diary, was a Luard – this had to be my girl!
I found Louisa online on various ancestry sites. But I soon learnt that history can be mis-written and re-written with surprising ease, especially inaccuracies and omissions in family trees. My diary-writing girl never married (or had children) and her name is therefore left off a number of online family trees – a side-track grumble on women’s place in history to be researched there!
But, eventually, after much to-ing and fro-ing, I pinned her down: she was my Gt Gt Gt Gt Aunt, SUSANNAH DALBIAC, born 14th May 1762, died in 1842, and aged 14 in 1776.
Her very first entry mentions 5 people and I wondered who they all were: who was Mrs Martin? And, much more to the point, who were Mama, Papa, Lucy and Cousin James?
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This 2.4G 6-Axis Air Mouse is a remote controller with the function of mouse, keyboard, multimedia android control and Motion Sensing Game Support. It can provide people a unique and capable tool to operate their PC, smart TV, android TV Box, media player, set top box simply by moving it directly in the air. It is plug and play, simple and smooth. The mini keyboard allows for convenient typing. With infrared learning function, it can learn different remote controller, to control TV and other media players.
5 in 1 Super Combo: Air Mouse + Wireless Keyboard + IR Learning Remote Control + Motion Sensing Game + Backlight.
Backlit Function: With backlight function, very easy and convenient to use the keyboard in the dark to control your media player or to play games.
6-Axis Inertia Sensors: With 6-Axis inertial sensor, it can sense the change of the direction and speed, and moving it directly in the air to play somatosensory games.
Wireless Keyboard: 2.4G wireless keyboard input, 38 keys, comfortable to slide from key to key, easy to operate. Supperts the systems of Android, Windows, for Mac OS, Lilux.
Note 1: This is a universal controller. It is normal that a few keys might not be applicable to your device because of different codes by different manufacture.
Note 2: Please buy 2 AAA batteries yourself to power the controller.
A Sorry, there is no Button to activate backlight, thanks.
Q Does it have a microphone built-in?
A it comes without microphone built-in.
This is an amazing remote. It works right away, I love the back light since I can use it in the dark. The full keyboard is much better and faster than using the onscreen keyboard. It has a very solid feel. The only downside is the backlight drains the battery and you might get 2 or 3 months of usage before having to replace them. I recommend using rechargeable batteries. Overall nice remote.
Very nice control, the featrury of move the mouse cursor is very cool.
Arrived in good shape. Thanks!
Good product. Specs as announced. Fast delivery.
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The Atomic Punx Skis are the park ski choice for pros like Gus Kenworthy, Byron Wells, and Andreas Hatveit. The Punx features Atomic's Park Rocker, rocketing the tip and tail with camber underfoot. This type of profile gives a play feel, perfect for pressing, and butters, but still maintain precision control with camber underfoot. Add in the world-cup inspired Step-down Sidecut 2.0 and the Punx will arc GS turns like a racer. The Punx have a Power Wood Core, made from combination of Ash and Poplar, that give the ski a predictable flex and tons of pop. The 2.2mm thick Impact Edges on the Punx were made to hit any box or rail in sight. The Punx is a competition ready park ski that will take your skiing to the next level!
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Celebrate one year of LOT Polish Airlines flights between Luxembourg and Warsaw at this Luxembourg-Poland Business Club reception.
Since the first flight on March 2016, LOT has been operating six weekly between Luxembourg and Warsaw.
In response to the success of the route, LOT Polish Airlines is increasing from mid-May 2017 the number of weekly flights to eleven.
Find out more about their plans and celebrate with them at this reception.
Anyone wishing to attend should email [email protected] before May 25.
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Customers are the most important people for any business.
At iControl AV our clients range from private individuals who may be renovating or building a dream house to professional property developers. Our commercial clients include Hotels, Interior Designers and Architects.
Size, scope and budget are always different but our approach to each project is the same – deliver the most professional service and surpass expectations.
Our success depends on us building lasting relationships and delivering amazing projects – time and time again.
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Why is it important to start budgeting while you’re in college?
Build and explain the components of your college budget.
“We are particularly excited about our scholarship question this year because it’s inspired by our recent survey showing local high school students vastly underestimate their cost-of-living expenses,” says Benchmark Federal Credit Union President and CEO Daniel J. Machon, Jr.
“We are committed to financial literacy across Chester County and want to support financial success strategies from childhood through our financial literacy programs in more than 60 public, private and parochial schools, as well as our 2019 scholarship competition,” says Machon.
For almost a decade, Benchmark Federal Credit Union has been presenting scholarship checks to students across the region. A total of five scholarships are available. Three graduating high school senior students will each receive a $4,000 scholarship ($1,000 disbursed during the fall semester of their first four years of higher education). Two students currently enrolled in an accredited higher-education institution will each receive a one-time $1,500 scholarship toward their fall 2019 tuition.
All scholarship applicants must successfully answer the question: Why is it important to start budgeting while you’re in college? Build and explain the components of your college budget. Essays of up to 750 words are due by Monday, April 15, 2019. The essays will be judged by an independent panel of community and education leaders.
The scholarship program is open to students who already are, or are eligible, to become Benchmark FCU members, and do so prior to the contest deadline. The minimal membership fee to join the credit union is $5.00. Rules, Official Cover Sheet, and membership information can be found at https://www.benchmarkfcu.org/.
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Francis Xavier "Moose" Goheen Born Feb 9, 1894- in White Bear Lake, Minnesota - Died November 13, 1979). American Amateur ice hockey player. Along with Hobey Baker, Moose was considered one of the best American born players of the early part of 1900's. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1952.
Amateur Hockey champions but he did not play in 1917-18 and 1918-19, choosing instead to serve in the United States Army during the First World War. After being discharged, he became a member of the 1920 United States hockey team that played in the Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, bringing home a silver medal. Goheen was named to the 1924 United States Olympic hockey team but he elected to stay home because of job commitments and did not join his countrymen in Chamonix, France. Goheen turned professional with the St. Paul Saints Hockey Club starting in the 1925-26 season after having turned down offers from Boston and Toronto of the National Hockey League because of a reluctance to leave his employment in St. Paul with the Northern States Power Company. In an age when the almighty dollar sign rules, it’s difficult to imagine an athlete turning down a professional contract to stay close to home. But it was a different time in the early 1900s, when Francis Xavier “Moose” Goheen laced up his skates to practice his craft on the outdoor rinks of White Bear Lake and St. Paul, Minn. He was a gifted football and basketball player, but turned his focus to hockey in 1915, when he joined the St. Paul Athletic Club, a team that boasted players such as Tony Conroy and Nick Kahler, both future inductees into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. Goheen was a defenseman, but the boisterous crowds at the St. Paul games delighted in Goheen’s offensive abilities. He also gained the approval of the Minnesota fans by throwing his 6-foot, 200-pound body at opponents in bone-crushing checks.
St. Paul captured the MacNaughton Trophy (now the league championship trophy for the WCHA) in 1917 and 1918. They won it again in 1920, once Goheen returned from serving with the U.S. Army in World War I. The U.S. first fielded an Olympic hockey team that same year, and Goheen helped solidify the team’s blueline corps – as well as a silver medal finish in the tournament. St. Paul achieved professional status in 1925, and Goheen turned pro right along with them. He played parts of seven seasons as a professional in the Central Hockey League and the American Hockey Association for the St. Paul Saints and the Buffalo Majors, tallying 52 goals and 39 assists in 187 games. There was no professional hockey in U.S. at that time; the U.S. Amateur Hockey League included Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Duluth, Eveleth, Sault Ste. Marie and Portage Lake Houghton, Michigan. Despite having the talent to play in the National Hockey League, Goheen twice turned his back on NHL teams. He was drafted by the Boston Bruins and was offered a contract by the Toronto Maple Leafs, but chose to stay in Minnesota due in part to his responsible position with the Northern States Power Commisssion for which he was employed and later skated with after the St. Paul AC and Saints teams ended play.
Recognition for Goheen’s achievements didn’t come until several decades after his retirement in 1932. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1952, Goheen was only the second American to be so honoured, and is the only hockey player in the Hall of Fame who never played in the National Hockey League. Frank was also honored by his induction into the Minnesota Sports Hall of Fame in 1958, and also into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame as a charter member in 1973, six years before his death. Halsey Hall, sportswriter of the day for the St.Paul Pioneer Press and Minneapolis Tribune and Journal was a great admirer of the "Moose". He wrote, "Nothing in sports could ever beat the sight of Moose Goheen taking the puck, circling behind his own net, and then taking off down that rink, leaping over sticks along the way."
The achievements of the St. Paul Athletic Club hockey team in the early 1900's, and by Captain Moose Goheen go unrecognized by many people today, Author Roger Godin's book titled: Before the Stars sheds a fascinating history of the evolution of the sport from its amateur days to the arrival of the professional version as we know today. Before the Stars brings it's readers back to a time when players skated seven-man teams using rovers, angry skaters swung at opposing coaches and referees. Goal umpires raised white flags to signal goals, and fans watched games in massive Hippodromes and celebrated their teams in torchlight parades. In the words of Roger Godin; "If not for Frank "Moose" Goheen and the rest of his teammates on the St. Paul Athletic Club team, there might not have been a "State of Hockey" for which the Minnesota Wild have coined.
Neither money nor fame could pull Moose Goheen away from the state that he loved so dearly. Minnesota showed Goheen that the feeling was mutual in 1958, when the Minnesota Hall of Fame named him the greatest hockey player ever bred in the state. He was called "the best all-round player of his time" by many astute hockey followers of that period, according to "The Hockey News" of August, 1952, which reported his election.
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Mussels can be a one-pot meal – just be sure pick up some crusty French baguette to sop up the cream based sauce. I love making mussels for a large group of people, whether steamed or grilled, it’s fun to see how your friends may toss or stack the shells neatly.
I found a pretty good video on youtube that demonstrates cleaning and de-bearding the mussels. I do not recommend de-bearding and storing the mussels, as you will lose more mussels. If you need to purchase the mussels the day before cooking, just rinse them off, place them in a large bowl, cover with a damp towel and refrigerate. I also recommend finding smaller mussels, versus larger ones, they tend to be more flavorful – ask your fishmonger! REMEMBER: Discard any mussels with cracked shells, or any open mussels prior to cooking, and after cooking if there are any mussels that don’t open, throw them away!
Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven med-high heat. Add shallots and garlic, cook until lightly browned, about 2 minutes. Add wine and scrape up any browned bits off the bottom of the pot, stir in red pepper flakes and salt.
Add the mussels to the pot, cover and steam until they just begin to open, about 3 minutes. Pour cream on top, cover and cook until all the mussels are open, about 5 minutes.
Remove the cover and turn the mussels out into a large serving bowl, or divide among individual bowls, and top with cream mixture. Sprinkle with tarragon, and serve with a large glass of white wine and some crusty baguette.
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Home Gaming NVIDIA G-Sync vs. AMD FreeSync: The Best Variable Refresh Rate Solution?
NVIDIA G-Sync vs. AMD FreeSync: The Best Variable Refresh Rate Solution?
When it comes to gaming, there is nothing that beats the PC Master Race. Allow me to explain. The level of customizability, as well as the raw power that a perfectly designed custom gaming rig can achieve, is something consoles can only dream of. That being said, even PC gaming is prone to certain loopholes and these loopholes can ruin one’s gaming experience. If you’re an ardent gamer or someone that keeps a keen eye on gaming forums, surely you must have heard about one the major troubles for any gamer – screen tearing. While there is a traditional solution to it in the form of V-Sync, newer technologies have brought on other solutions in the form of NVIDIA’s G-Sync and AMD’s FreeSync. Today, we’ll pit these two G-Sync vs FreeSync to see which one comes out on top. But first, let us throw some light on what the exactly the problem here is.
If you’ve been gaming on a rig that doesn’t have a very powerful monitor, surely you must have come across this annoying phenomenon that’s screen tearing. Screen tearing is an effect that occurs on a video source where 2 or more frames of video are shown together in a single frame causing a torn effect. You see, as the GPUs become more and more powerful, they’ll want to push as many frames as they can in the shortest span. While this sounds great, if your monitor’s refresh rate is fixed at say 75Hz, even if the multiple frames for an animation are pushed, your monitor won’t be ready for it.
For instance, consider you’re playing a game on a GPU that is able to push 100 frames per second. That means that the monitor is updating itself 75 times per second, but the video card is updating the display 100 times per second which is 33% faster than the monitor. What happens is that in the time between screen updates, the video card has drawn one frame and a third of another one. That third of the next frame will overwrite the top third of the previous frame and then get drawn on the screen. The video card then finishes the last 2 thirds of that frame, and renders the next 2 thirds of the next frame and then the screen updates again.
You will only see a portion of what’s happening: a part of the current frame and a part of the next frame(s). As a result, it looks as if the picture on your screen is split into multiple parts, thus disrupting the entire look of the game. Another reason that this might be taking place is when the GPU of the system is under pressure from large amounts of graphical processing or poor programming. When the GPU is under a lot of pressure, it will fail to keep the output video in sync causing the screen to tear.
For any gamer, screen tearing is an annoying occurrence. A perfectly-rendered title can totally be ruined by gross horizontal lines and frame stuttering. Developers soon realized this problem and brought out V-Sync. Vertical Sync or V-Sync aims to solve the screen tearing issue with the help of double-buffering.
Double-buffering is a technique that mitigates the tearing problem by providing the system with a frame buffer and a back buffer. Whenever the monitor grabs a frame to refresh with, it pulls it from the frame buffer. The video card draws new frames in the back buffer, then copies it to the frame buffer when it’s done. As per V-Sync’s predefined rules, the back buffer can’t copy to the frame buffer until right after the monitor refreshes. The back buffer is filled with a frame, the system waits, and after the refresh, the back buffer is copied to the frame buffer and a new frame is drawn in the back buffer, effectively capping your framerate at the refresh rate.
While all this does sound good and helps in removing screen tearing, V-Sync comes with its own set of drawbacks. In V-Sync, your frame rate can only be equal to a discrete set of values equal to (Refresh / N), where N is some positive integer. For example, if your monitor’s refresh rate is 60Hz, the frame rates that your system will work in will be 60, 30, 20, 15, 12 and so on. As you can see, the drop from 60 fps to 30 fps is a big one. Also, using V-Sync, any frame rate between 60 and 30 that your system could probably push would be dropped down to 30 only.
Furthermore, the biggest problem with V-Sync is the input lag. As mentioned above, in the case of V-Sync, the frames that the GPU wants to push will first be held in the back buffer and will be sent to the frame buffer only when the monitor gives access to it. This means whatever input you give to the system will also get stored in that back buffer along with the other frames. Only when these frames will get written to the main frame, will your input be shown. As such, systems can suffer input lags of up to 30 ms, which can really disrupt your gaming experience.
You see, be it traditionally or be it with the help of V-Sync, it has always been the monitor that has caused the issues. The main power has always been given to the monitors, and they’ve misused it to limit the frames being pushed to them. No matter how many software level changes you make, the hardware will always have its limits. But what if there was a different solution, something that made the GPUs get the supreme power? Cue – Variable Refresh Rate Monitors.
As the name suggests, variable refresh rate monitors are display monitors with refresh rate cap value, but without a fixed refresh rate. Instead, they rely on the GPU front to alter their refresh rate. Now, this feat is achieved with the help of either of the two technologies – NVIDIA G-Sync or AMD FreeSync.
Launched back in 2013, NVIDIA’s G-Sync aims to solve the problem by giving the GPU the ultimate right in deciding how many frames will be pushed onto the screen. The monitor, rather than having a fixed refresh rate, adapts to the GPU’s processing speed and match the outputted fps rate. So, for example, you’re playing a game at 120 fps, then your monitor will also be refreshing at 120 Hz (120 times per second). And in the case of high graphical processing requirement, where your GPU drops the frames to 30fps, the monitor will accordingly change its refresh rate to 30 Hz. As such, there is no loss in the frames, and the data is being directly pushed to the display, thus eradicating any scope for tearing or input lag.
Now, while NVIDIA is the king when it comes to gaming, its biggest competitor AMD is not that behind. So when NVIDIA brought out G-Sync, how could AMD stay behind? To stay in the competition, AMD brought out their solution to V-Sync technology – FreeSync. Brought out in 2015, AMD’s FreeSync works on the same principle as NVIDIA’s G-Sync by allowing the GPU to be the master, and control the refresh rate of the monitor. While the aim of the both G-Sync and FreeSync is the same, the difference between the two lies in how they go about achieving it.
G-Sync vs FreeSync: How They Work?
NVIDIA designed the G-Sync to fix problems on both the ends. G-Sync is a proprietary adaptive sync technology, which means that it makes use of extra hardware module. This additional chip is built into every supported monitor, and it allows NVIDIA to fine-tune the experience based on its characteristics like maximum refresh rate, IPS or TN screens, and voltage. Even when your frame rate gets super low or super high, G-Sync can keep your game looking smooth.
As for AMD’s FreeSync, no such module is required. In 2015, VESA announced Adaptive-Sync as an ingredient component of the DisplayPort 1.2a specification. FreeSync makes use of the DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync protocols to allow the GPU to take control of the refresh rates. Furthermore, it later on expanded its support to HDMI ports as well, making it appealing to a higher number of consumers.
In the aspect of displays, ghosting is used to describe an artifact caused by a slow response time. As the screen refreshes, the human eye still perceives the image previously displayed; causing a smearing or blurring visual effect. The response time is a measure of how fast a given pixel can change state from one color to another color. If your display’s response time is not in sync with the frames that the GPU is pushing, you are most likely to experience ghosting. This effect is prominent amongst most LCD or flat-screen panels. While it’s not essentially screen tearing, ghosting is not far away from the concept, considering the fact that new frames are overlayed on the previous frames without them completely disappearing from the screen.
Since NVIDIA’s G-Sync module operates with the help of an add-on hardware module, it allows the G-Sync to prevent ghosting by customizing the way the module operates on each and every monitor. With AMD’s FreeSync, these adjustments are made within the Radeon driver itself, taking the task away from the monitor. As you can see, it is a hardware vs. software control module here, and NVIDIA easily wins here. While ghosting isn’t common on FreeSync monitors, it is still there. On the other hand, since each monitor is physically tweaked and tuned, the G-Sync experiences no ghosting on its panels.
In the pursuit to solve screen tearing, the solution has been to give ultimate control to the GPU. But as Uncle Ben once said, “With great power comes great responsibility”. In this case, the GPU takes away all the powers from the monitor, more or less. For example, you must be aware of the fact that most monitors, aside from normal brightness and contrast adjustments, also come with their own functions which allow the display to dynamically adjust the settings based on the input being supplied to them.
Since NVIDIA’s G-Sync makes use of an extra proprietary module, it takes away this function from the display screen, by giving the ability of dynamic adjustments to the GPU. On the other hand, AMD’s FreeSync makes no such changes and enables the screen to have a dynamic color adjustment feature of its own. Having your personal modifications as an option is important for any manufacturer, as it helps them get the edge over other manufacturers. That is why many manufacturers prefer opting for FreeSync over G-Sync.
For any device to be compatible with NVIDIA’s G-Sync module, it must embed NVIDIA’s proprietary module chip within their displays. On the other hand, AMD’s FreeSync can be utilized by any monitor that has a variable refresh rate and either a DisplayPort or HDMI port.
That being said, your GPU also needs to be compatible with their respective technologies (yes, you cannot mix and match the GPU of one manufacturer with the sync technique of the other). Having been introduced almost 2 years earlier than its competitor, the NVIDIA G-Sync has rather a lot of GPUs under the supported tag for G-Sync. All the mid to high-end GPUs from the 600 to the 1000 series, carry the mark of the G-Sync on them.
Comparatively, at the time of this writing, AMD supports only 9 GPUs which make use of the FreeSync technology, as compared to NVIDIA’s 33. Furthermore, NVIDIA has also extended its G-Sync support to laptops and notebooks as well, a feature currently missing from AMD’s FreeSync.
NVIDIA’s G-Sync makes use of an extra hardware proprietary, which basically means that display makers are required to make more room inside the monitor enclosure. While that may not seem like a big deal, creating a custom product design for one type of monitor raises development costs considerably. On the other hand, AMD’s approach is much more open, in which display makers can include the technology in their existing designs.
To show you a bigger picture (no pun intended), LG’s 34-inch Ultrawide monitor with FreeSync support will only cost you $397. Whereas, one of the cheapest ultrawide monitors currently available, the LG’s 34-inch alternative with G-Sync support will set you back at $997. That’s almost a $600 difference, which can easily be a deciding factor while making your next purchase.
SEE ALSO: 4K vs UHD: What’s The Difference and How It Affects You?
G-Sync vs FreeSync: The Best Variable Refresh Rate Solution?
Both NVIDIA G-Sync and AMD FreeSync successfully eradicate the problem of screen tearing. While the G-Sync technology is definitely more expensive, it is supported on a wider range of GPUs and it offers zero ghosting as well. AMD’s FreeSync on the other end is aimed at providing a cheaper alternative, and while the number of monitors that support it is quite high, not many mainstream GPUs are supported, as of now. Ultimately, the choice is in your hands, though you couldn’t go wrong with either of the two. Tell us about any other queries that you may have in the comments section below, and we’ll try our best to help you out.
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März Die klassische Anstoßzeit einer Champions-League-Partie ist eigentlich Uhr. Warum müssen die Bayern am Mittwochabend bei Besiktas. März Im Schongang marschiert der FC Bayern beim Gastspiel bei Besiktas Istanbul ins Viertelfinale der Champions League. Das spannendste am. März Tore nach zwei Partien: Der FC Bayern ist souverän ins Viertelfinale der Champions League eingezogen. Dabei hatte Gegner Besiktas.
The Pole sends his effort over the bar and catches Medel in the process. Besiktas clear the delivery into the six-yard box, but Alaba gathers the rebound and steers his effort towards the bottom corner.
However, the ball is blocked by red shirts on the line and the visitors manage to scramble it away. Besiktas clear the delivery into the six-yard box, but Vidal gathers the rebound and steers his effort towards the bottom corner.
Quaresma is booked for his challenge. Quaresma slides late to bring down Coman on the charge down the left. It hands Bayern a free-kick on the edge of the box on the left flank.
Yellow card Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo. The Turkish outfit are continuing to hold firm under a overwhelming pressure from Bayern.
Medel and Pepe are getting through a lot of work. Fabri makes a brilliant save to deny Hummels. Either side of the keeper then it hits the back of the net, but Fabri is able to react tor turn the ball over the bar.
However, Pepe gets across to make a vital block to divert the ball behind for a corner. Muller latches on to a loose ball in the box and goes for the smash at goal.
Fabri goes for quick kick out from the back, but he sends the ball straight into touch, much to the delight of the home fans. Lewandowski sends the ball back to Martinez for a strike from 25 yards, but Fabri gets down to make a comfortable save.
Medel has dropped into the back four. Hummels lifts the ball over the top of the Besiktas backline and Kimmich almost cuts it back for Muller, only to be denied by a good challenge from Erkin.
Vagner Love attempts to latch on to a lofted forward pass, but on this occasion Hummels makes a well-timed challenge to stop the attack.
Vagner Love surges through the Bayern back, breaking past Hummels and Boateng to break into the box. However, he loses his composure at the last moment, stabbing his strike over the bar.
James goes for goal from the resulting free-kick and he curls his effort over the wall, but the ball curls inches past the post.
Hutchinson plays his team into trouble at the back and Lewandowski seizes on the ball. A huge moment in the game. Pepe takes a huge risk at the back by trying to drubble his way out of trouble.
Alaba takes possession and goes for the strike, only to see his effort hit a wall of white shirts. Talisca takes the free-kick, but hits his strike straight into the bottom of the wall.
A poor effort from the midfielder. Vagner Love is brought down on the charge by Hummels and it hands the visitors a free-kick in a decent position to fire at goal.
Talisca brings down Coman in the final third and James lifts a cross into the box for Vidal to attack. The midfielder gets up to head at goal, but he guides his effort wide of the post.
Coman creates space as he cuts in from the left flank to shoot on his right foot. His effort appears to be heading towards the bottom corner, but Fabri gets down to make a quality save.
Kimmich sends a low ball into the box and it forces Fabri to come off his line to push it away ahead of Lewandowski.
Kimmich goes for the follow-up, only to be denied by Vida. Talisca causes problems for the home side in the final third and offloads down the right to Quaresma.
The Portuguese goes for the low cross into the box, but Ulreich is able to get down and gather. Alaba sends a cross into the box from deep and Muller rises to head at goal at the back post, only to glance his effort wide of the post.
Quaresma gets too much height on his delivery and Hummels is able to clear the danger out for a throw-in. Martinez sends Talisca to the deck and the visitors have a decent position to knock a cross into the box.
Babel raids down the left and tries to get past Kimmich, but he nudges the full-back, who is sent tumbling to the deck. The referee awards a free-kick to the home side.
Besiktas are the only side to have won all three of their away games in the Champions League this season. Bayern Munich have reached the Champions League semi-finals in six of the last eight seasons.
Meanwhile, this is the first time Besiktas have reached the knockout stages of the competition. The Bavarians won both games Besiktas drew with Konyaspor in their last league outing.
Gunes has made three changes to his side from their last match. Adriano comes into the team at right-back, while Vida comes into the middle of the defence.
Quaresma starts ahead of Lens on the right flank. Heynckes has made nine changes to his side that defeated Wolfsburg at the weekend. Only Ulreich and Martinez retain their places, with the majority of the senior players coming back into the fold.
Ribery and Robben played against Wolfsburg and have to settle for places on the bench this evening as Coman, Muller and Lewandowski lead the three-man attack.
Besiktas topped Group G by remaining unbeaten in their four matches. The Turkish outfit were handed a favourable group, which was arguably the weakest of the eight.
However, they recorded four victories and drawing twice at home againt Monaco and Porto. They finished off their campaign with a solid win over RB Leipzig on the road.
Jupp Heynckes have been a force in the Bundesliga and are on course to win yet another league title. They have been made to work hard in their last two matches, defeating Schalke by a narrow margin.
Heynckes will want to see a stronger performance tonight. Bayern finished behind Paris Saint-Germain on goal difference in Group A, winning five out of their six matches.
The only game they lost came against PSG on the road, although the German outfit were able to inflict revenge on their rivals at the Allianz Arena in the final group game.
Good evening and welcome to the live commentary of the round-of Champions League clash between Bayern Munich and Besiktas at the Allianz Arena.
Assisted by Joshua Kimmich with a cross. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski. Assisted by David Alaba. Boateng meets a corner near the penalty spot, and he thuds a header over the bar.
Free kick for Quaresma, on the left of the box and about 25 yards out, but it curls well over the bar. Lewandowski has a great chance, slipped in between and behind the defence, and he drags an awful shot at Medel and out for a corner.
Alaba races onto an overhit pass down the left wing after Vidal kickstarts a move with a quick free kick in midfield, and the ball goes out of play for a goal kick.
Yes, before you ask, I am a trained body language expert. Vidal is on hand to stick out a leg and trap a fiercely hit cross from the right before clearing.
Ribery receives the ball in the box, dragging it with him and waiting to open up his body to shoot, only for Uysal to slide in to cut it out.
Gokhan catches Ribery in midfield, and is quick to apologise. Besiktas win the ball back though and Quaresma flicks in a cross for Wagner Love, waiting in the box, and Hummels races back to cut it out.
A cross from Bayern hits a defender and Besiktas retain possession as Bayern drop back to their own half. Besiktas attack down the right wing, nothing doing as Alaba is on hand to defend before winning a throw with his clearance.
Bayern are pinned back in their half for now. Ulreich collects the ball by the touchline, but sadly in not as revolutionary a way as Neuer would have done.
Besiktas ride their luck after Vidal goes close, and play the ball around in defence and midfield. Besiktas have the enjoyable Ricardo Quaresma, so should he be in sparkling form and hit early, he might demand some concentration, at least, from his opponents.
There are 20 minutes until kick off, and the players to watch out for are Ribery, in presumably his final season, probably the pick.
Thomas Muller has been in inconsistent form, but that never stops him hitting seven out of nowhere. Bayern Munich have a lead over Besiktas and so the game is largely a dead rubber.
Nonetheless, Bayern have fielded a strong team. Find here all your favorites sports, events, teams and players for a quick access.
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Well, here goes nothing. It was mentioned that I should start a blog. You see, I’m starting a new adventure so now I’m going to write about it.
I’m going to try to write at least one post a week, and maybe even start some tutorials on YouTube… because I LOVE FACE PAINT!!
So who am I?… I’m a professional project manager by day and inspiring face painter by night. I have two small children, E, who is 5 and e, who is 3.
So why do I paint?…I love to bring joy to each person I paint. Watching faces light up when they become someone or something else, even if for just a short while. AMAZING.
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Hey Zel! Read the PM I Sent you. It's About Our Game.
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We’re a diverse collection of curious people with a shared purpose: to transform the world around us. We come from different backgrounds and cultures, have an array of unique talents and interests, and love learning new tricks. We take fun seriously with weekly hosted happy hours, monthly salons with speakers in everything from AI to Interactive Opera, and annual retreats to reflect and sketch out what’s next. No matter what you do, Potion is a place to get better at it.
Is your ideal position not listed here? Shoot us an email introducing yourself and telling us about your interests. Maybe the right opening is on the horizon.
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Want it Custom painted like your Pyrenees?? No problem ! Select that option on the drop down menu after clicking the ORDER BUTTON !
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Welcome to Discount Furniture! We are the #1 source for quality home furnishings in the Aurora, IL area. Since 2008, our family-owned and operated business has been delivering brand name products at exceptionally low prices. We offer furniture from top name brands, like Ashley, Coaster, Simmons, and more, at prices lower than any other business in the area. Want to see all the fantastic products and services our home furniture store has to offer? Stop by Discount Furniture today!
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Special guest post from Microsoft Research Connections Director Kristin Tolle, who has been working with the Mayan community to enable them to preserve their language. Microsoft Translator Hub provides a means for communities and businesses to build custom language translation systems.
At X’Caret, the Mayan eco-archaeological park in Carmen Del playa, the Rector of the Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo, Professor Francisco Rosado-May and I along with Governor of Quintara Roo, Roberto Borge Angulo, unveiled the custom Mayan to Spanish translation system to demonstrate it to the community on December 21st, 2012—a date that coincided with the end of the 13th b’ak’tun and the beginning of the 14th. A fitting beginning for the Mayan-Spanish translation system.
I mentioned what an honor it is in a Microsoft Research Connections blog to work with local communities to create new translation models. What is special about the Microsoft Translator Hub is that it enables this capability “at home” by putting the power of developing a translation system into the hands of the organizations that care about it the most—the communities themselves.
It takes a great deal of effort to build a translation model between two languages. One of the features of the Microsoft Translator Hub is that one can do this directly—create a translation model between two languages without having to go through a “pivot” language (usually English). And this is what the local university, Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo, has set out to do; to translate from Mayan to Spanish and vice versa.
The process began in May of this year when the Rector of the University, Professor Francisco Rosado-May, met with us at the LATAM Faculty Summit held in Cancun to discuss how it might be possible for his institution to work on Yucatec, a local Mayan dialect, as well as other related languages.
As we entered into the 14th b’ak’tun on December 22nd energized and engaged; the possibilities for the impact of the Hub and the impact of language preservation throughout the world are limitless.
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You can take advantage of several tax benefits associated with land leases.
A land lease offers many opportunities for tenants and owners to reap tax benefits that help them save money. While most land leases occur with properties associated with retail or commercial endeavors, residential and agricultural leases exist throughout the United States. Tax laws vary from state to state, but most land leases yield protection for both parties involved in the transaction. To obtain the most beneficial tax breaks, tenants and landowners should seek help from tax professionals.
A land lease is a legal agreement between a landowner and a tenant that allows the tenant to use the land and build structures upon it for a set number of years. Owners enter into land leases to capitalize on valuable property values and still retain ownership of properties in prime locations. Leases are typically long-term agreements, lasting from 50 to 99 years or more. They occur more often in large metropolitan areas where commercial property prices are at a premium.
Tenants who enter into land lease agreements benefit from not having to pay property taxes on the land they've leased. Property tax obligations revert back to the owner, unless otherwise stipulated in the lease paperwork. Land that is valuable and located in highly valuated commercial districts have exceedingly high property taxes. Instead of being obligated to pay taxes on the land itself, tenants are only obligated to pay taxes on the structures or improvements they make to the property.
When a landowners sells his property, he is responsible for reporting the money he receives for the property as income. Because the property is not sold when a land lease is activated, there is no income to report to the Internal Revenue Service. He can avoid the recognition of gain through his land lease. Any rent he receives from the land lease is taxable, but the landowner still reaps benefit from this; the rent income is taxable at the normal income rate instead of the capital gains rate, which would have applied if he had sold the land.
Tenants can report their rent payments on both their federal and state income tax statements. These payments are tax deductible and reduce the amount of taxes a tenant must pay.
Tenants may claim several deductions for any structures they build on the property, in addition to depreciation on the buildings. Improvements that increase energy efficiency can be deducted on the tenant's income tax claims, and any expenses she incurs as a result of a business endeavor may be deducted, too.
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I talk about the principles (Mind, Consciousness, Thought) in the articles I write. I didn’t discover them myself. I learned this approach from many people including George Pransky, Keith Blevens, Sandy Krot, Dicken Bettinger, Valda Monroe, Mavis Karn, Jack Pransky, Roger Mills, and others that I’m certain I’m forgetting. The realization of the Principles themselves, however, began with Syd Banks. Syd (who died a few years back) was an ordinary man living and ordinary life on Salt Spring Island off the coast of Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Syd had one of those epiphanic moments that some human beings have that suddenly made everything very clear for him. Syd really saw the nature of reality in a very deep and lasting way. Following that experience, he began talking to others about how the principles of Mind, Consciousness, and Thought are the building blocks of all human experience. The more Syd talked to people about these principles and the more those people began to see the reality of the principles in their own lives, the better they felt. Slowly, word spread and others began to see what Syd* saw and incorporate it in their own lives and work.
In this article, I want to explain my understanding of the principles to hopefully clarify some of the questions I’m getting from readers. Before I do, let me say something about the word ‘principle’ and why it is used here.
A ‘principle’ in this understanding is roughly equivalent to what a scientist might call a ‘law’ – such as the ‘law of gravity’. The word ‘principle’ is used in this understanding to indicate that Mind, Consciousness, and Thought are irreducible. The principles of Mind, Consciousness, and Thought are always at work creating our moment-to-moment experience. These principles are the essential ingredients for all human experience, just as atoms are the essential ingredients of what we know as the physical universe.
In this understanding, Mind is not what we typically think of when we hear the word ‘mind’. It isn’t referring to our thinking apparatus/brain or whatever the current understanding of ‘the mind’ is.
– vast ecosystems blend and support one another to maintain a nearly infinite variety of life on earth.
Mind is this vast, infinitely deep intelligence that grows our bodies, beats our hearts, and breathes our lungs. There is a lovely and intelligent design that creates, animates, and guides our little life and the seemingly infinite life of the universe.
The principle of Consciousness refers to the capacity to simply know that you are, and to be aware of all of the ‘objects’ that coalesce and dissolve in awareness. Consciousness is the capacity to be aware of life.
The principle of Thought points to the fact that thinking is happening all the time and takes the form of language and image. All thoughts are either language or image. All thoughts carry feeling with them. Thought-Feeling might be a better way of phrasing it. We don’t experience feeling without thought – they are two sides of the same coin. Feelings are the physical experience of thinking.
While Mind powers life, Thought and Consciousness combine to create our moment-to-moment experience of living. Without Thought there can be no ‘flavor’ to experience. Without Consciousness there can be no awareness or knowing of experience. Without Mind, Consciousness and Thought can’t exist – there is no ‘power source’.
Sandy Krot is the first person I ever heard refer to the ‘inside-out nature of life’. I had no idea what she was talking about! My current understanding of what Sandy was attempting to point me towards is that we are always experiencing the effects (feelings) of our thinking moment-to-moment. Our feelings don’t come from our circumstances but from our thinking! We are always and only – EVER – feeling our thinking.
We have been taught to believe that the world ‘out there’ causes how we feel ‘in here’. For example, “my job bums me out” is a version of the outside-in world view. It says that my circumstances (out there) make me feel a certain way (in here). The inside-out view of the world recognizes that it is my thinking about my job that bums me out. The good news is that my thinking is always in flux, always changing without my needing to do anything about it. Seeing that can make a big difference in how we experience our lives.
*You can find a lot more about Syd and purchase his books and talks at http://www.sydneybanks.com.
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(Breitbart) – Appearing Friday on the Fox News Channel’s The Five, guest panelist Geraldo Rivera defended Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for downplaying the terror attacks of September 11th, 2001, claiming the freshman congresswoman doesn’t have the “language” to adequately express herself about the tragedy.
JESSE WATTERS: [Omar] was very dismissive about 9/11, and a lot of people take that very seriously. Especially the newspaper in Manhattan, and if any newspaper is going to put that on the front page, I think the New York Post has complete license to do that. What I don’t like is that she never really acknowledges what she says once she’s attacked. She says you’re only attacking me because of my identity, not what I actually said. That’s like playing sports and they’re always complaining to the ref. You know, they’re getting dominated play, after play, after play, and they’re also whing to the referee. She just does not have the talent, I don’t think, to stand in the ring and fight.
GERALDO RIVERA: This is not whining. She’s being attacked. This is an existential threat. She’s getting death threats on a daily basis.
WATTERS: What’s an existential threat?
RIVERA: She’s getting death threats on a daily basis. […] I’m a New Yorker. I understand you speak with solemn hush tones when you talk about 9/11. I lost friends and neighbors on 9/11. I get it. It is awful. 343 firefighters, 71 cops. I get it. It’s a mass murder, mass grave downtown. She doesn’t have the glibness, the language of a veteran that knows this is the proper response when you talk about as horrific as, as dramatic as 9/11.
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This week has been more then a little hectic. I spent easily over 2 days on planes and trains. Having to go through boarders is always fun… GOD I loath them so. But, in the end I’m back in canada and will soon be settled, which will give me a solid foundation to work on my book and create content for the website.
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