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Who doesn't long for locally grown succulent blueberries, firm plums, and crisp apples all year round?
Well, you can, and it's as simple as popping them in the freezer. Okay, okay, it's a little more complicated than that, but we promise—freezing fruit is still ridiculously easy.
Most fruits are best frozen just as they become fully ripe. Choose seasonal, fresh produce at the peak of flavor—that natural sweetness will stick around in the freezer.
Here's how to get started.
Step 1: Wash everything
If you would wash it before eating it, wash it before freezing it. Give all your fruit a thorough wash, and allow them to drip dry.
Step 2: Pitt, stem, and clean the fruit
If you're freezing stone fruits, pitt and slice them. If you're freezing strawberries, remove the stem and slice them, if necessary. You get the idea.
Step 3: Prevent darkening
You know how some fruits, like apples, will start to brown if left out? That's oxidation, and it can also happen to fruits in the freezer. The most effective way to prevent darkening is by tossing the cut fruit with some ascorbic acid (vitamin C). You can also use vitamin C crystals dissolved in a little cold water.
Lemon juice may also prevent darkening, but doesn't work as well as ascorbic acid. Mix 3 tablespoons of lemon juice into one quart of cold water, and soak the fruit in this solution for 2 minutes. Drain the fruit and freeze it however you like.
Some fruits—like whole pears or rhubarb—can even be steamed or cooked for a few minutes to stop them from darkening.
Step 4: Pack it up
With your fruits all prepped, now it's time to pack them into sealable containers, bags, or jars. You can try a few different methods here: syrup, sugar, unsweetened, or tray packed.
If you want to eat a handful of frozen blackberries at a time, tray packing is probably best. Lay out the fruit on a baking sheet, and freeze for an hour or two. Once the fruit has frozen solid, remove the tray from the freezer and pack the fruit into bags, jars, or sealable containers.
If you plan to use your frozen fruit in a pie or cobbler, a syrup pack might work for you. Make a simple syrup of sugar and water (the University of Georgia offers a handy guide to the different concentrations of syrups you can use). After placing the fruit in the container, pour over 1/2 cup or so of the syrup—you want to just cover the fruit. Leave at least a 1/2 inch of headspace and freeze away.
You can also mix dry sugar into the fruit for a sugar pack. Mix gently until the sugar is dissolved, and freeze in airtight containers. This draws some of the juice out of the fruit, and makes its own kind of syrup.
To skip the added sugar altogether, simply freeze the fresh fruit in airtight jars, bags, or sealed containers. If you're trying to avoid excess sugar, unsweetened packs or tray packs are certainly the best methods.
Like with any other frozen food, you'll need to take precautions against freezer burn. Make sure not too leave too much excess room in each container, and when using a tray pack or unsweetened pack, be careful to thoroughly dry the fruit before freezing.
Et voila—you've got a freezer full of fresh, perfectly in-season fruit. A cobbler's sounding pretty good right now, isn't it?
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WHO WE SERVE
WHO WE SERVE
StandGuard Aquatics has a Management Program that fits all aquatic facilities. We serve clients of all stripes. The flexibility of our program makes are services affordable and accessible to all types of clients. We serve all types of clients including the following:
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Last week, it was announced that RuneScape developer Jagex had been acquired by US private equity firm The Carlyle Group. According to Jagex CEO Phil Mansell, the acquisition will allow the company to expand its current franchises.
“We’re looking at doing more with RuneScape and Old School — some of that is new platforms, some of that is more high-quality content on both of the games. There are new RuneScape games, as well as third-party publishing. So there’s a lot going on, and it was important for us that whoever [acquires us] bought into that and really believes in those growth opportunities we have,” Mansell told GamesIndustry.biz.
RuneScape, a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game first released in January 2001, has been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world’s largest and most-updated free MMORPG. The game, which received the Role-Playing Game award at The Independent Game Developers’ Association Awards in 2018, has reportedly generated over $1 billion in lifetime revenue.
Meanwhile, Old School RuneScape, an MMORPG released on February 22, 2013, has a larger player base. Last October, after the release of RuneScape 3 on Steam, it was announced that Old School would arrive on the platform in 2021. Both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape generate revenue through a membership subscription that gives free-to-play members access to the game’s full pay-to-play content.
“We’ve dipped our toes in mobile, we’ve got mobile versions of our MMOs, but we haven’t fulfilled that potential fully. As we look at the next few years, I would like us to be bringing our games where players are, and not thinking so much about narrow platform differences but how we can be ubiquitous across them,” Mansell said.
“We have started development for platforms beyond mobile, but we’re not quite ready for announcements yet. We’ve had nearly 300 million players come through, so we know there’s a level of fondness for this universe and the adventures players have had within it — but not everyone plays MMORPGs anymore. There are different ways of realizing those adventures and characters, and that’s what we’re exploring. We’re looking forward to getting those towards announcements and launches in the coming years,” he added.
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Lyle E Wilson (1919 - 2005)
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Lyle E Wilson (1919 - 2005) was born on July 4, 1919. He was born into the Wilson family.
He died on November 24, 2005 at age 86.
Lyle E Wilson's last known residence is at Pioneer, Amador County, California.
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Born: November, 1966 Primary Instrument: Guitar
I began playing saxophone at age 11, and added guitar a few years later. From 1984 to 1988, I attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. At Berklee, guitar became my principal instrument. I majored in Commercial Arranging, studying many different composition and writing techniques for all styles of music. During my time at Berklee, I also was introduced to film scoring, jingle writing, and using computers in music.
After leaving Berklee, I stayed in the Boston area, writing music for several independent films, playing guitar (and singing) in rock bands, and also doing live sound mixing for other bands. I also had the opportunity to write and record program music for performers and presentations of other artistic disciplines, help several singers/songwriters arrange their material for bands of various sizes, and to perform in live theater productions. Recently I have focused on composition, production, and film scoring work, while remaining available for live performances.
My personal music has turned in a jazzier direction, but with a rock edge influenced by artists such as John Scofield and Mike Stern. I am also influenced by old-school fusion like the original Mahavishnu Orchestra, and the ethereal style of Bill Frisell.
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Willing to teach:
Educated at the world-renowned Berklee College of Music, I'm offering private instruction on the guitar for students of any ability, age 8 and up, in the north suburban Boston area. My lessons combine guitar technique with music theory, encouraging students to learn not only how to play guitar, but how to make music. I believe that learning music theory beyond only the guitar allows students to more quickly understand the instrument, and strengthens their ability to learn and play the guitar. Beginners: Learn how to get in tune, get rhythm, find your way around the fretboard, and build your technique on the instrument with basic scales and chords. Learn to read music and connect with the guitar. Intermediate: Expand your fretboard knowledge with additional scale and chord forms. Understand music theory and how to apply that knowledge on the instrument. Advanced: Learn how to bring new life to old songs. Connect scales and chords in new ways by studying deeper harmonic theory and my own take on the scale modes. Convenient times available. Reasonable rates based on level of ability. Music is a universal language and learning an instrument can be a lifelong enjoyment. e-mail today to begin: firstname.lastname@example.org | <urn:uuid:e76ad6d0-3d7a-42fa-baab-3955fb9b1292> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/musician.php?id=18187 | 2013-05-23T22:28:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704007597/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113327-00075-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950826 | 562 |
Galvanizing with low acid (in drums or on devices)
The automatic galvanizing installation (MANZ)
Electrochemical galvanizing with low acid based on chlorides (zinc chloride, potassium chloride, boric acid, high-performance system of glossing agents).
Surface preparation prior to galvanizing is done by chemical degreasing, electrochemical and acid etching.
Electroplating galvanizing is done by immersing the parts in the electrolyte bath and exposure for 72 ÷ 400 hours, depending on the zinc coating required. Thickness obtained 5-20 µm.
Passivation of the zinc layer in trivalent chrome based solutions (white passivation with iridescences) or solutions based on hexavalent chromium (yellow passivation).
The coating gives corrosion resistance according to EN ISO 2081.
To ensure special requirements of corrosion resistance (salt spray test according to ISO 9227: 400 ÷ 600 hours without rust) there is applied an additional coatings on polymer basis.
Alkaline Zn-Ni alloy electroplating line for steel, with passivation and post-treatment, in racks and barrels
- min. 8 µm thickness layer
- Salt spray test cf. ISO 9227:
- 480h without red rust
- 720h without red rust (passivation and sealer/top coat)
Types of parts: machined parts; stamped parts; bushings and pipes; small coil springs (tension, torsion , compression); rods (max. length 150 mm); bolts
Phosphating with zinc phosphate; phosphating with manganese phosphate.
Phosphating is achieved by immersing the parts placed in baskets / drums / devices under a stream that includes degreasing, etching, phosphating, neutralizing, conservation with emulsified or not emulsified oil.
The method consists in etching the parts before painting process, while applying at the same time the phosphate coating 1-2 μm, which provides a better grip of the paint on the parts.
– Wastewater resulting from this process are treated and neutralized in own neutralization installation so that it falls within legal limits.
Browning is done in a mechanized browning installation by immersing the parts (placed in baskets) in a stream comprising:
– Degreasing, etching, browning, oil conservation.
Painting with liquid paint / powder coating installation
- Transport parts: belt conveyor
- Maximum size of suspended assembly: (LxlxH) 2000 x 1000 x 1500
- Maximum weight / suspended assembly: 500 kg
- Type part: metallic
- Paint type / mode of application:
- thinner based paint / manual spray gun type airmix
- powder coating / manual spray painting with paint gun in electrostatic field
- Preparing the surfaces before painting parts is done by:
- Automatic sandblasting in sandblasting booth
- phospho-degreasing on iron phosphate basis + rinse by pressure spraying by manually operated spray gun in a tunnel booth.
Uscare la cuptor cu incalzire electrica a peliculei de vopsea lichida/pulbere pulverizata si depusa pe suprafata pieselor la 60 – 80 °C/180 – 210 °C în urma vopsirii suprafetelor pieselorDrying in oven with electric heating of the liquid paint layer / sprayed powder and deposited on the surface of parts at 60-80 ° C/180 – 210 ° C after painting.
Installation of powder paint coating
- Transport parts: belt conveyor
- Maximum size of suspended assembly (LxlxH) 1500 x 1000 x 300
- Maximum weight / suspended assembly: 40 kg
- Part type
- Paint type / mode of application: Robot painting sprayers OPTIGUN type 2-A (X) and manual painting workstation.
- POLYMERIZATION powder coating – in oven with gas burner.
- Preparing surfaces before painting parts is done in a tunnel booth by sprinkler and consists of sandblasting, degreasing, phosphating with iron phosphate, rinsing, drying.
Cataphoretic painting installation (priming) KTL
- manufacturer Eisenmann AG
- serves as cover (painting, priming) for parts with a coat of paint thus ensuring high corrosion protection.
- The wastewater is treated and discharged at the rate imposed by environmental legislation in force.
Installation of electrostatic painting
- Manufacturer Eisenmann-Wagner
- Makes final coating of part surfaces, while providing protection from UV rays and a leveled surface of the end layer of coating.
- It is one of the most modern installations in terms of painted surface quality and paint consumption.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the USDC for the Middle District of Tennessee on behalf of investors who purchased Quorum Health Corporation (NYSE: QHC) securities (1) pursuant and/or traceable to the Registration Statement issued in connection with the Company's spinoff from Community Health Systems, Inc. effective on or about April 29, 2016; and/or (2) on the open market between May 2, 2016 and August 10, 2016.
Click here to learn about the case: http://www.wongesq.com/pslra/quorum-health-corporation. There is no cost or obligation to you.
The complaint alleges that during the Class Period, Quorum made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (a) several of Quorum's hospitals were under-performing at the time of the spinoff from Community Health Systems, Inc.; (b) there were numerous other signs of deficiency at the time of the spinoff; (c) Quorum omitted/and or failed to inform investors of the above-mentioned concerns; and (d) as a result, Quorum's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On August 10, 2016, Quorum filed a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, decreasing its 2016 guidance revenues due to impairment charges, goodwill loss from divesting certain hospitals, and carryover allocation of goodwill at the time of the spinoff.
If you suffered a loss in Quorum you have until November 8, 2016 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff. To obtain additional information, contact Vincent Wong, Esq. either via email email@example.com, by telephone at 212.425.1140, or visit http://www.wongesq.com/pslra/quorum-health-corporation.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney that has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Here are five reasons on why it is practical to invest in a condo especially if you’re still in your 20’s or 30’s
Safety is one of our primary concern when choosing a place to stay in, and condos assure that their residents receive maximum safety and security. Aside from tight security, condos are equipped with 24/7 CCTV features, gated entrances, and exclusive amenities. Also, you don't have to worry much when you are leaving home for short out-of-town trips.
Supports the Millennial Lifestyle
Millennials are the busiest generation out there. But they always find ways. They like to optimize their everyday lives, so they have access to anything they want at an instant. Today, condo owners are given easy access to exclusive amenities like sports facilities (gym or tennis court), recreational facilities (swimming pools) and tropical landscapes. With these, relaxing just a few steps away from your home can become an everyday experience.
Closer to Life Goals
When it comes to trending locations, choosing a condo appears to be the best housing option. Condominiums are built in ideal places that are near commercial areas, malls, universities, and transportation hubs.
Save More Money
Living in a condominium means all major expenses are shared thus it is more cost-efficient compared to renting out an apartment. The fees condo owners pay monthly goes for basic maintenance of the place like gardening, snow shoveling, window cleaning, and repair.
Also, the strategic location of condos will let you save money and time for transportation costs.
Have a Solid Investment
For millennials, buying a condo seems like a smart investment. As prices for residential property keep on rising, a condominium would offer affordable housing with added amenities. Moreover, condos have good income potential. If you suddenly decide to move elsewhere, you can rent out your property.
In today’s fast-paced world, it makes a lot of sense to live in a place where it is safe, cost-efficient, and closer to our life goals. Owning a condo might be your best choice. Once you decide to have one, it is best that you secure your property with insurance.
At Brad Spurgeon Insurance Agency Inc., we do our best in making sure that our clients are well-protected with affordable and comprehensive policies. We make sure to go the extra mile to help you with your needs. To learn more about how we can help you, please contact our agency at (409) 945-4746 or Click Here to request a free quote. | <urn:uuid:0a16f92f-a0bf-4f19-9c9b-bf6186a7efda> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://www.privatewindstorm.com/blog/5-reasons-condo-living-is-the-right-choice-for-millennials | 2019-05-22T23:02:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256980.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20190522223411-20190523005411-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.94817 | 526 |
More squats! – Thu 6.16.16
More squats today. Goal: beat each set by only 5 lbs more from Monday. You should have it written down from Monday! If your work sets were 100-110-120-130-140# on Monday, then the goal for today should be 105-115-125-135-145#.
Strength: Back Squat 3-3-3-3-3
Conditioning: For time:
– 3 Rope Climbs (Performance: legless, Fitness: rx’d, Health: 5 pullovers from flat on back to standing)
Then, 5 rounds:
– 7 Deadlifts (Performance: 315/225#, Fitness: 275/185#, Health: AHAP)*
– 21 Double Unders (Health: jump rope running in place 1:1)
Rest 3:oo, then:
– accumulate 2:00 in a L-sit
*for the Deadlifts, the goal should be heavy enough that you can’t do all 7 reps non stop all 5 rounds. The first 2-3 maybe, but not all 5. If you do, then just keep in mind for the next workout that you could have gone higher! Similarly, if you are doing 1 rep at a time the entire workout, you went to heavy. | <urn:uuid:e9fd3a1a-26d0-4676-a79b-fce6605f6e0b> | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | https://crossfitvvn.com/more-squats-thu-6-16-16/ | 2018-12-17T08:37:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376828448.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20181217065106-20181217091106-00096.warc.gz | en | 0.915815 | 279 |
PLBC disappointed at return of secretive policing bill
PHILADELPHIA, March 20 – State Rep. Jordan Harris, D-Phila., chairman of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus, said the PLBC is disappointed at the return of the police secrecy bill the House passed today and is calling for Gov. Tom Wolf to veto it again.
Similar to a bill Wolf vetoed at the end of last session, H.B. 27 would block the release of the name of a police officer who discharges his or her firearm or uses force that results in death or serious injury until the completion of an official investigation that is not defined and that could take up to 30 days after the incident.
"This bill would further erode the trust between citizens, specifically people of color, and our police forces at a time when police-community relations are too often strained," Harris said. "Hiding the name of a police officer involved in a potentially deadly encounter is not the way to improve trust between law enforcement and communities that have historically been marginalized by those in power.
"We need more trust between police and the people they serve, not less."
Rep. Donna Bullock, D-Phila., vice chairwoman of the PLBC, said, "Transparency is a goal we strive for at all levels of government. Police departments perform a highly skilled and dangerous job for the people, but they also should remain accountable to the people. I believe those ideas are not mutually exclusive and that acknowledging this will help build better relations among communities and departments."
Rep. Chris Rabb, D-Phila., treasurer of the PLBC, said, "The public especially needs to know if an officer involved in a death or serious injury has a pattern of being involved in those types of incidents."
However, the Republican-majority House voted against two amendments by Rabb and PLBC member Rep. Joanna McClinton, D-Phila./Delaware, to require releasing an officer's name if the officer was subject to another official investigation resulting from use of force or discharge of a firearm in the preceding 18 months, or if the officer was subject to another official investigation into use of force or discharge of a firearm resulting in serious bodily injury.
Harris said, "This legislation would insert state government into the realm of telling local police departments how they need to run their offices. In the interest of transparency and openness, the Philadelphia Police Department specifically has a policy to identify anyone involved in an officer-involved shooting within 72 hours. I’m glad Governor Wolf realized how damaging this bill would’ve been and made the correct choice in vetoing it last year. I urge him to veto it again if it reaches his desk." | <urn:uuid:9d230850-03ad-4a8d-b4a4-9c3d68790f81> | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | http://www.pahouse.com/Bullock/InTheNews/NewsRelease/?id=83128 | 2017-12-11T04:10:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948512121.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20171211033436-20171211053436-00462.warc.gz | en | 0.96786 | 551 |
Better Bodies Basic Gym Belt Black/Red | XL - 40 - 44 Inch
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Wherever you go, bring along your SmartShake. Its three compartments mean you can store several servings of your nutritional supplements – creatine, protein, vitamins, capsules, pre- or post-work supplements… whatever you like!
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A buddy of mine came to me early in December and asked whether I could help him build his model of the Star Wars X-Wing. His modelling skills is developing and he didn’t want to ruined the model. Fair enough then. When he said it was the Bandai kit, I didn’t hesitate to say YES! (I really wanted to leap out as this kit has been getting top notch reviews on the web!).
He handed two kits, both from Bandai and both are X-Wing fighters. one is a 1/72 scale and the other is the 1/48 movable kit. Between the two, I would prefer working on the smaller scale just so that I can get acquainted better. If there are any hiccups, then I would have to deal with it in a smaller scale.
A really cool project to end the year of 2015. This Bandai X-Wing Starfighter in 1/72 scale is a blast. A very well engineered model. I seldom do snap-tights but this was a blow of fresh air from all my scale building project. It comes with a base so that you can display it in a ‘flying position”. I completed this about 40 minutes prior to midnight December 31, 2015. very close call but I made it alright.
The Build: Highlights
Not your ordinary plastic model. The way the Bandai kit works is a bit unique. You have to approach it differently than your ordinary aircraft model (though this is still define as an aircraft – albeit a space craft).
If you opted to paint this thing, than you need to do some choreography. for example:
- Painting Wings. You need to paint the inner side of the wing first, before they are attached. this is because there is very little space for you to work with an airbrush. it just wont get all the deepest corners. and also, if you want to do weathering and washing of the inner side of the wings, do it NOW too.
- Wing-Fuselage. Keep this later after the wings are painted first. Then you can put the lower fuselage together with the wings. the upper part is a different affair. see text below.
- Pilot. If you opt to show it as if it is flying, then you need to put a pilot inside. Bandai gives you two – standing position and sitting in the cockpit. if you opt for the flying style – then you have to paint the pilot first, and insert it into the cockpit before you can install the cockpit’s dashboard and close the fuselage halves. They way that Bandai has engineered is that the pilot’s legs acts as a locking mechanism so it just has to go in first.(unless you want to sow it off). Now this was a bit of a throw off on my mojo. I was just about to close the halves when I realized that I can’t fit the pilot in (still unpainted). I am glad that I did not glue any of the parts so it was a very easy fix.
- R2-D2. This goes for the R2 unit as well. the instruction says you can install it LATER. but in fact you need to insert the droid well BEFORE the top and rear end of the X-Wing is installed. The R2 Unit details were hand painted. the chrome dome receive Mr. Color 8 Silver while the blue panels got XF-8 Flat Blue painting using a ‘0000’ Windsor&Newton pointed brush.
Painting. I decided that I will paint the X-Wing and weathered it just so it looks as if it escaped the Death Star. I spend approximately 11 hours in total. the construction went from only about 2 hours. the rest is the painting, weathering and finishing process.
All paints are Tamiya enamels. they ‘greys’ are a mix of Tamiya XF-20 Medium Grey, XF-21 Sky Grey, and XF-2 Flat White. They were airbrushed in layers, or in a mix of either of the two combination. once they are sprayed on top of each other, they build opacity and a very rich blend of greys.
While the panelings are provided with decals and stickers, I prefer to paint all of them. The paints are XF-60 Dark Yellow, XF-8 Flat Blue, XF-63 German Grey, XF-7 Flat Red.
The “Death Star” base is a layer of XF-63 and XF-20 misted over Gunze’s Mr. Surfacer 1500 Black. and it didn’t take more than 15 minutes to do it. its a very straight forward affair.
Weathering. Is done by making streaks using thinned XF-1 Flat Black (ratio of 1:7 thinner). While the chipping effect is by dabbing foam on to certain areas of the panels, with a bit of a thinned-down version of the base color. I use the same technique to do the ‘metallic’ chipping, using Tamiya XF-16 Flat Aluminum.
I used Tamiya Panel Line Accent (TPLA, black) for the washing of panel lines. never use the brush in the bottle! A better alternative is a good quality ‘0’ or ’00’ pointed brush with natural sable. its worth the investment.
The only problem with the TPLA is that my paint is enamel and those two do not mix. I have tried putting a gloss layer of Future on top, but still I did not work well. It was hard to clean up the Panel Accent wash. I had to use cotton buds wet with Mr. Leveling Thinner. even that, it was a bit too strong for the Future. Some of the base paint lifted and diluted under the swab. I would better stick with acrylic washes in these cases.
Handling. To my surprise, the plastic seems to be a bit brittle. I had three cases where some of wing-mounted laser canon parts cracked. This is pretty much how I do my aircraft builds and I thought it was just the same way with an X-Wing. proved me wrong. Looking back, I might have opened or closed it too much during the painting process. may be its just best to detach the laser canons when the kit is almost complete. | <urn:uuid:d159cea0-f33e-4be7-8914-9c57c25e5318> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://dmminiatures.com/2016/01/01/bandai-x-wing-starfighter-ep-iv-vi/ | 2020-09-24T07:28:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400214347.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20200924065412-20200924095412-00449.warc.gz | en | 0.965633 | 1,332 |
Focus Your Efforts (Or How to Stop Multitasking and Start Growing)
As a business owner you probably feel pulled in about a million different directions. And that’s on a good day.
With the enormous amount of things you have to manage and always a few fires to put out, it’s easy to get distracted from the big things. And by the big things we mean your main offer, your short and long term goals, and what your audience really wants and needs. In other words, the foundations of your business.
Never fear, there is a solution. And the solution is … focus.
Easier said than done, right? Let’s walk through what it looks like to ditch multitasking, say goodbye to distractions, and finally make progress on your goals.
Why a lack of focus is hurting your business
As an entrepreneur, you’re no stranger to hard work. And that’s something to be proud of. You’re a doer. And the world needs more people like you.
But all that doing—especially doing all the things in your business (and doing them forever because you’re convinced you do them best) is one of the biggest stumbling blocks we see our clients facing.
Staying busy is not inherently good.
We don’t doubt you’re serious about growing your business, but … how do you spend your days? Switching tasks every 20 minutes? Taking a few steps forward on a project before turning your attention to the next thing? Staying in creation mode instead of research or marketing mode? Busy doesn’t always equal good. As a business owner, your job is to identify what matters most and work on that.
Listen, we love a good tangent. Hours of ideation and daydreaming. Sometimes those “unproductive” days can help you stumble upon a new idea. But if you want to hit financial marks, scale your business, and reach big goals, you have to focus.
To do anything else can quickly turn your passion into discouragement, anxiety, and stagnation.
Keep it simple
So many people associate simplicity with “basic.” With “not good enough.” We actually take the totally opposite approach. Simplicity is beautiful. It’s effective. And it’s impactful.
When it comes to scaling your business, first and foremost consider how simple you can make the steps to getting there. When the path is clear and defined, you tend to travel it a little more quickly.
We recommend focusing on one goal at a time. Just one primary objective. That might be building your list and engaging your audience ahead of a launch; or it might be finally systematizing, automating, and refining your email campaigns. Or maybe it's conducting research and optimizing your offer.
What’s the one thing you’ve been wanting to make moves on? Maybe ten things spring to mind. But just choose one for now.
There’s a season for everything
After you’ve chosen your one thing, commit to it.
If you're a commitment-phobe, don’t worry. This isn’t a until-death-do-us-part situation. We’re just asking you to commit to focusing on that one thing for a season.
A season can be three months, it can be a quarter, it can be half of the year, or even a whole year if you want. The point is to set aside a reasonable amount of time to dedicate to the one goal you’ve chosen.
Everything else? Eliminate it or delegate it if you can. Say no to new things (or at least “not right now.”) And then commit your energy, effort, and focus to your goal.
We promise, you’ll build a lot of momentum. And probably a whole lot faster than you think.
Where you focus matters
When you select one goal to focus on for a season, here’s a bit of advice: don’t choose the easy thing. Choose the thing that truly needs to get done.
We see a lot of entrepreneurs avoiding some of their most essential work. The stuff that could springboard their company from so-so to through-the-roof.
Why does this happen? Most of the time it’s a result of fear.
Maybe you know that you need to connect with your people—your audience. And they’re on LinkedIn. But you agonize over posting original articles and networking. It’s time to put your anxiety aside and get yourself out there so the right people come to know and trust you.
Or maybe time and time again you put all your energy into building out new offers instead of optimizing your main one. There’s nothing wrong with creating multiple revenue streams! In fact, we encourage it.
But before you tack on more products and experiences, make sure that your main one, the big one, your flagship, is optimized to generate the revenue you need . Put your energy there first.
Why focus is a game changer
We swear, focusing on a single goal for a set period of time will revolutionize how you make progress in your business.
But you might be wondering why this works better than multitasking for eight hours a day.
Because when you focus on one thing at a time, you master it. Not only do you make progress in your business, but you become something of an expert in the area you’ve been pouring your energy into.
And guess what?
Your mastery of that thing tends to make every goal you tackle after that a little bit easier. It allows you to go deeper.
Say hello to a whole lot more confidence.
Offering you tips, tricks, tools, and methods to streamline your business so you can skip the trial-and-error and get straight to more freedom, cashflow, and momentum is kind of our thing at Encore Empire.
We want to see you step into your role as visionary, confident business owner.
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Have you ever read Little Men by Louisa May Alcott?
Written as a sequel to Alcott’s critically acclaimed Little Women, Little Men was a beautifully written book which chronicled the lives of a group of boys who were being “homeschooled” by Jo March. More than once, I was completely inspired by the curiosity, energy, and love of nature that “Jo’s boys” had and wished I could instill in my own children.
So when I was given the chance to read My Eight Brothers, by Martha Morton Alexander, I was interested in whether this true story about eight homeschooled brothers (amongst several sisters) would be anything like it. Continue reading “My Eight Brothers: A Sister’s Memoir – Review”
Come on, admit it.
As a parent, there have been times – lots of times – that you’ve wanted to “lose” one of your kids’ books simply because you couldn’t take one. more. reading.
One of my favorite things to do with my children is to sit and read aloud to them. As much as I’ve adored reading The Foot Book with each of them, after reading it dozens of times a day for months at a time, I did grow a little weary.
Shh! Don’t tell my kids!
Recently, however, I came across a colorful, comical picture book that I’ve been enjoying as much as my kids… Continue reading “A Picture Book You’ll WANT to Read Over and Over Again”
Have you ever imagined a world parallel to our own? A world in which whimsy and magic are as commonplace as electricity is to us?
Such a place can be found in Jorie and the Gold Key by A.H. Richardson. The second installment in a fanciful series, Jorie and the Gold Key picks up where the first book, Jorie and the Magic Stones, left off. Continue reading “Jorie and the Gold Key by A.H. Richardson- Review” | <urn:uuid:09d94a71-a303-44d2-9ca9-43219747bfa9> | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | https://redheadmom8.wordpress.com/tag/book-review/ | 2019-08-18T02:59:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027313589.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20190818022816-20190818044816-00155.warc.gz | en | 0.973772 | 449 |
So here we are, about to begin the second week of Advent. Have you taken the spiritual lead this year as the man of the house, as the priest, prophet, and king that God has called you to be? Or are you sitting back, listening to old crusty Christmas tunes on the radio, putting up Christmas lights, and celebrating the Christmas season before it even begins?
This Advent has been encouraging thus far, even a couple of bishops in the U.S. have reminded their flock that Advent is a time for preparation and penance, not a time of partying and decorating. We only have to look at the bareness of most Catholic church sanctuaries and the color of the vestments to be reminded that this is something akin to the season of Lent. However, without male leadership in the home establishing the proper order and traditions, it is too easy to be caught up in the emotional tide of shopping, decorating, and baking. Let us men re-establish the true way to celebrate Christmas...and patiently wait for the Day of His Nativity, the 25th!
It is so difficult for men these days to establish themselves as the spiritual leader in the home. Spiritual matriarchy has reigned for so long that most men see praying and devotions as womanly. The truth lies in the traditions of our faith. St. Francis celebrated Christmas with the first official Nativity scene, or Creche. Moses, Joseph, David, and St. John the Baptist were spiritual giants and were definitely not effeminate!
This idea that real men only know how to pray while hunting or fishing is a bunch of excuses made by weak men that refuse to lead their families to holiness and sanctity. These men only know how to serve themselves and forget how important it is that they leave behind their own desires and stretch themselves as servant-leaders. As I have said before, it is not optional for the man to be the spiritual leader in the home...it is a God-given calling. Let's make this Advent a time to grow our own spiritual life by dedicating time to prayer, reading, and penance, so that we may become the leaders we know God is calling us to be. | <urn:uuid:1dc8e4dd-08cb-4f75-8241-022bef0e901f> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | http://www.christianmanhood.org/blog/be-a-man-this-advent | 2019-11-15T18:11:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496668699.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20191115171915-20191115195915-00135.warc.gz | en | 0.969618 | 452 |
Luxury Beach Lodge
Cove, Argyll and Bute
So close to the water you actually feel within it, chance to escape to an award-winning luxury Lodge with its own private beach on Loch Long in stunning Argyll
Overlooking the mysterious waters of Loch Long and the Firth of Clyde, this exquisite property is a winner of numerous architectural awards. With an enviable waterfront location and exclusive use of a sheltered beach and jetty, there’s plenty to see from the comfort of the property. If you fancy a stroll, just 1.5 miles away is the tiny hamlet of Cove with a welcoming pub; ideal for a delicious pub lunch and a wee dram of whisky.
Framed by seamless glass walls, the open-plan living space overlooks the beautiful Loch Long, creating the illusion of walking on water. On stormy days, the roaring wood burner adds to the dramatic atmosphere, creating the perfect backdrop for dining in style at the table or spotting porpoises, seals and amazing bird life in the waters below. The well-equipped kitchen is designed to cater for a full house and dinners can also be enjoyed from the stunning glass-fronted dining area or out on the covered teak deck which also features a state of the art BBQ. From the entrance hall, you’ll find three of the double bedrooms, the twin bedroom and the family bathroom, each carefully finished with soothing contemporary decor. The utility room and a handy cloakroom are also on this floor, with stairs leading down to the final double bedroom, sitting area and shower room all leading to a slate deck and seawall.
To the north, there is another terrace with sun loungers, a shelter with an outside shower and superb hot tub overlooking the pebble beach. Enjoy sunny days, cold water dips or nights beneath the stars, whatever you choose, the hot tub makes them all invigorating. Fish for mackerel from the mini pier, arrange a charter boat to fetch you and go sailing on the word famous Firth of Clyde, or arrive by your own boat and moor up at Cape Cove. From the beach you can walk up to Tighe Choin, a micro gym with beautiful views before taking the boardwalk to the north of the land to Smiths Lookout where you will find an outside fire pit with seating and storage.
Please note there is a refundable £500 security deposit for this property payable closer to the start of your holiday.
Sleeps 10, Sorry no pets
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Jason Moodley joins Pretty Technical in new compliance role
Pretty Technical has bolstered its leadership team after confirming that Jason Moodley will become the company’s new Technical Compliance Manager.
In his new role, Moodley will help Pretty Technical to navigate “the increasingly complex space” within iGaming by drawing upon his experience in certification product management, jurisdictional management and QA compliance management.
“Pretty Technical has already shown immense growth within the last year and the company already contains an impressive staff complement,” Moodley commented.
“My intention is to assist this amazing team in navigating the regulatory world, ensuring our compliance with the multiple jurisdictions in the least disruptive way possible, thus providing more competitive and beneficial services and solutions to our clients.
“It is my pleasure joining Pretty Technical, and I feel it benefits me in completing my overall industry exposure. From starting my career in a compliance certification test house to now being on the side of the applicant seeking compliance certification. I look forward to the new challenge and opportunities.”
Prior to his new role, Moodley had a seven year tenure at testing agency eCOGRA, which specialises “in the certification of online gambling software and systems”.
Upon confirming his appointment, Pretty Technical highlighted Moodley’s compliance experience which it believes is as valuable to the market right now as ever, with Pretty Technical’s divulgence into emerging markets such as the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark with our Domino Data Vault product”.
Pretty Technical’s CEO Andre Marenke added: “Having Jason join our rapidly expanding team adds to our efforts to further strengthen our position in regulated markets. We’re very excited to have him on board and continue with the great success we have been having so far this year.
“Jason is one of many new starters at Pretty Technical, joining our growing team of developers, project managers and sales staff. All of us here at Pretty Technical look forward to continuing this exciting, positive growth.” | <urn:uuid:11365153-dd68-4890-a8b6-f6483fd969c7> | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | https://aytomallen.com/united-kingdom-gambling-commission/jason-moodley-joins-pretty-technical-in-new-compliance-role/ | 2023-06-02T13:08:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648635.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20230602104352-20230602134352-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.943871 | 421 |
My first post yeah!! This whole thing started when a book caught my eye the other day. It was The Red Queen dies, by Frankie Y Bailey. It was written in 2013 and is set in 2019.
The book is an easy to read mystery, that had no problem keeping my attention. There is a serial killer on the loose with three victims that don’t seem to fit together. Hints from Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of are spread through out the book. Even after finding the common link I had still not settled on who I thought the killer was. In the end it takes a slightly unexpected turn, and leaves you with a small “ah-ha” moment.
Over all it was a great book, that I was able to relax and somewhat mindlessly read. The beginning throws you off with an alien attack that doesn’t seem to fit, and isn’t mentioned but maybe one or two more times and is irrelevant. Another thing that bothered me, because I thought that I had missed the explanation, were the ORBS. These I’m guessing are cell phone like projectors of the new age. I wanted to know if they were “orbs” or O.R.B’s. After some googling I found that I was not the only one who felt like they needed further explanation. Often the futuristic parts seemed awkwardly placed in, but I don’t feel like it made the book less enjoyable.
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|Mallik, M.A.B - LANGSTON UNIV.|
Submitted to: Proceedings of Southern Weed Science Society
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: November 1, 1999
Publication Date: February 1, 2000
Citation: Williams, R.D., Hoagland, R.E., Mallik, M. 2000. Phytotoxicity of mimosine and albizziin on weeds and crops. Proceedings of Southern Weed Science Society. 53:204. Interpretive Summary: Abstract Only.
Technical Abstract: Mimosa, or silk tree, can be used as an inter-cropped woody species in pastures to provide additional forage for sheep and goats. Mimosine and albizziin are non-protein amino acids produced by certain legume species. Both compounds are inhibitors of pyridoxyl phosphate, an important cofactor of various enzymes, including transaminases. Mimosa contains mimosine, but the activity of this compound on seed germination and seedling growth is not well documented. Both compounds were tested for effects on seed germination, seedling growth and cotyledon greening of hemp sesbania, sicklepod and wheat. Albizziin did not inhibit germination. Mimosine (10^-3 M) significantly reduced sicklepod and wheat seed germination. Shoot lengths of all species were reduced by mimosine (10^-3 M). Sicklepod and wheat shoot length were reduced by albizziin (10^-3 M). Mimosine (10^-3 M) reduced root elongation of all species, but only albizziin (10^-3 M) reduced sicklepod and wheat root length. There was no effect of either compound at 10-5 M or 10-4 M on seed germination or seedling growth. Albizziin reduced chlorophyll content in hemp sesbania by 20%, 27% and 32 % at 10^-5 M, 10^-4 M and 10^-3 M, respectively. Similar results were obtained with sicklepod. Mimosine reduced chlorophyll content in hemp sesbania by 10%, 52%, and 99% at 10^-5 M, 10^-4 M and 10^-3 M, respectively. However, the effect of mimosine on sicklepod was slightly less, and reduced chlorophyll content by 10%, 32% and 64%. Generally, both compounds exhibited allelopathic activity on these species. Overall, mimosine was the more active compound in these bioassays. | <urn:uuid:59aab635-bc6b-4398-ac25-0e9c375bb06e> | CC-MAIN-2015-14 | http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=109997 | 2015-03-30T20:39:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131299877.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172139-00002-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915541 | 555 |
The essay Piracy is good? explores the Battlestar Galactica phenomenon and makes a case that it has essentially destroyed the broadcast television model. The television series has been incredibly popular and has been the SciFi network’s most successful show. That’s not really cause for concern, it’s a pretty good show, the issue is how it became popular.
All 13 episodes aired on SkyOne, the BBC affiliate that partnered with SciFi to produced the show, back in October last year. Within hours, each episode made it onto the internet and into the hands of eager fans around the world, mostly through Bittorrent distribution channels. This generated a word-0f-mouth buzz that induced a lot of people to watch the US premier in January and tune-in to subsequent episodes. So, it’s an interesting new way to test out the market for a television show but it’s not really the most effective way to generate revenue for your station (who wants to download a show with commercials?).
Towards the end of the article, Mark points out that all of the ripped episodes from SkyOne had the broadcaster’s logo overlaid on the screen at all times, fairly common practice these days. That screen realestate can be ignored for the most part, but it is a constant reminder about whatever’s there. It could provide an effective means of advertising in the future, a sort of picture-in-picture thing.
Persistent advertising is nothing new, they’ve been doing it in soccer for years (unlike hockey and baskeyball, they don’t stop the clock and provide commercial time). It’s not the worst thing in the world and short of pirates blurring or blanking out the ad, you can’t really remove it from the content. In my mind it’s a step above product placement shills.
I’ve seen Battlestar Galactica, it’s damn good. Which model did I use for watching the show? The SkyOne rips of course ( I live in Canada and don’t get SciFi, so they were the next best thing). That said, the audio was pretty hollow and I can’t wait a better copy. I’d recommend the show to anyone who likes scifi, I’ll be buying it when it hits dvd. The first season is currently airing in the US. If you find yourself in my situation and already watched all the episodes, check out the production blog for some clues to where they’re headed.
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For the duration of the Stop BBC Bias crowdfunding appeal which we are promoting on TCW, we are republishing a number of our previous reports of BBC bias. Today we take you back to the severe blow Donald Trump’s arrival in the White House was for the BBC, which it took little trouble to conceal. From that moment there was no attempt at impartiality. The BBC launched its war against Trump and his halt to climate change zealotry in one go, as DAVID KEIGHLEY explained at the time. This article was first published on December 10, 2016.
PRESIDENT Barack Obama, frustrated by the pesky American voters who during his second term refused to give him a majority in Congress, has flagrantly tried to concentrate more powers in the hands of the presidency.
One of the measures he rammed through using presidential powers related to the all-powerful Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), whose 150,000 repressive regulations already cost the US economy overall a staggering $353billion a year.
He ordered the body to issue draconian carbon dioxide emissions limits for new and existing power stations. At a stroke, this in effect banned coal-fired power across the whole of the US and sentenced hundreds of coal communities to suffer, and many to a lingering death.
Arguably, it was a significant factor that led to the election of Donald Trump because voters in the affected communities rebelled against the Democratic party. Obama’s climate change zealotry was a step too far.
The appointment on Wednesday by Donald Trump of Oklahoma’s combative but brilliant Attorney General Scott Pruitt as head of the EPA was clearly a sign that he is planning to tackle and perhaps reverse this unconstitutional and economically damaging climate alarmism.
But it was cast by the BBC Today programme as a disaster.
The Corporation’s US correspondent Laura Bicker, talking to presenter Justin Webb, first posited that the appointment of Pruitt was (her words, but filtered through the phrase ‘seen by many’) ‘a terrible choice’ because he was a ‘climate change denier’, and (boo, hiss) ‘a friend and ally of many in the fossil fuel industry’.
Bicker conceded that Pruitt’s backers believed that in the war on coal the EPA had ‘overstepped the mark’, but she put that in the context of President Obama being a ‘big and vocal’ opponent of ‘polluting industries’, and being ‘successful’ in limiting fossil fuel emissions.
There was no doubt from the tenor and construction of her report whose side she was on – Pruitt, a ‘denier’, was a threat to the achievements of both the EPA and President Obama.
For good measure, to make sure her partisan message hit home with maximum effect, she threw in that this was being seen as a sign that Donald Trump, ‘who was once a climate change denier himself’, had not changed his spots.
Later in the programme, Justin Webb conducted a second interview about the Pruitt appointment, with David Rivkin.
He was introduced only as a ‘friend’ of Pruitt, but in reality is a distinguished lawyer who served in government under Presidents Reagan and Bush Snr. Between 1990 and 1992, he was associate general counsel at the EPA itself, where he took a lead role in deregulating energy markets. Since then he has carved out a major media role as a commentator on Republican party developments.
Webb’s combative mission with Rivkin was to challenge strongly any idea that President Obama had exceeded his powers through the EPA and to ram home the message that Pruitt’s appointment was sabotage in the battle against CO2. Not only that, Pruitt’s approach to climate change was ‘against the balance of scientific opinion’.
To ensure that the audience understood what a grave crime against science and humanity that was, Webb (as a conclusion to this sequence) next interviewed US political journalist – and climate alarmist – Daniel Lippman. He duly warned that if Pruitt (and President Trump) tried to ‘backslide’ on Obama’s ‘carbon reduction targets’ there would be a backlash from ‘environmental groups’.
Thus overall, Today’s take on Pruitt’s appointment was that it put Obama’s achievements in limiting CO2 emissions seriously at risk, was against the scientific consensus, and would trigger an enormous backlash from environmentalists.
In BBC terms, of course, the war on coal makes Obama a hero, because in their book, the pursuit of climate alarmism is unquestionably the Highest Good. The Corporation’s Trustees said so in 2011, when they disgracefully declared that – in effect – climate alarmism is proven, incontrovertible science and cannot be challenged on BBC airwaves except on an extremely limited basis.
Pruitt’s appointment could have been used by Today as a peg to discuss whether the anti-coal drive initiated by Obama is in the best interests of the US economy, whether it was a key factor in Hillary Clinton’s defeat, and whether the so-called ‘consensus’ on the negative impact of CO2 is justified.
Pigs might fly. The reality is that in this respect, the BBC has long since abandoned impartiality and now acts in effect as a conduit for the views of climate alarmist groups. The bandying about by Bicker of the provocative word ‘denier’ in connection with a serious agenda-setting move by Trump especially underlined that crude partisanship.
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Last month, I wrote to you about quality of life. What you did not know was that I was facing one of the most important decisions of my life. Truth is, I write what I live. I can only be me and that's transparent. At any rate, I took the plunge. There was an area of my life where I was weighed down! I had no quality of life and was determined that, that was not how I wanted to live.
At first, I wasn't sure if my decision was the right decision. But then, I felt this overwhelming peace. Then, I embraced my newfound freedom. It was over! I mean, freedom looks so good on me! It feels good! I can breathe better and think clearer. Man! In hindsight, I wish I had took the plunge sooner. However, I have to ask myself, "Would that have been wise?
Nevertheless, it's over and I must be careful with the time I have. I must resist the urge to fill my "to do" list. This freedom I have is meant to be enjoyed. I have more time to take purposeful pauses to listen to my inner voice and to the voice of God to better understand what's next for me so I can serve others. What do you need to bring to an end so you can have a better quality of life?
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SB 258 (BR 2079) - J. Denton
AN ACT relating to health benefit plans.
Create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require that a health benefit plan provided to individuals through an association not related to employment be considered coverage in the individual market; provide that an insurer issuing or renewing a health benefit plan on or after January 1, 2005 until December 31, 2007, not be required to include any additional mandated state benefits; require an insurer that is not a managed care plan but provides financial incentives for a person to access a network of providers must notify the covered person that certain information is available at the time of enrollment and upon request; amend KRS 304.17A-095 to restrict retroactive reduction of rates to filings containing misrepresentations or based on fraudulent information; amend KRS 304.17A-250 to permit, rather than require, insurers in the individual and small group market to offer the standard plan after July 15, 2004; delete the benefits comparison; amend KRS 304.17A-330 to exempt from the annual data reporting requirement insurers, employer-organized associations that self-insure, and health purchasing outlets that insure less than 500 persons; amend KRS 304.17A-500 to change the definition of "enrollee" and other terms; amend KRS 304.17A-527, 304.17A-550, 304.17A-520, and 304.17A-532 to make technical changes to eliminate certain requirements for non-HMO insurers; amend KRS 304.17A-545 to provide that the medical director of a managed care plan may be licensed in the state where the insurer is domiciled or in any state in which the insurer is licensed to do business; amend KRS 304.17A-600 to define "urgent care"; amend KRS 304.17A-607 to delete requirement of rendering written notice of utilization review decision within one (1) day of decision and delete other time requirements for preadmission review of hospital admission, preauthorization for a treatment, procedure, drug, or device, and receipt of requested information when a retrospective review is initiated; amend KRS 304.17A-617 as to the internal appeal determination letter to delete requirement that letter contain a description of alternative benefits, services, or supplies in cases retrospective review; amend KRS 304.17A-623 to provide that external reviews which are not expedited must be conducted by the review entity and a determination made within 21 days from the receipt of all information required from the insurer rather than from the receipt of the request for external review; amend KRS 304.17A-627 to delete requirement that the independent review entity annually submit certain information to the department in a form acceptable to the department; amend KRS 304.17A-722 to exempt, with approval of the commissioner, an insurer from the data reporting requirements if the total number of insureds is less than 500; amend KRS 304.17A-700 to conform; repeal KRS 304.17A-533.
Mar 2-introduced in Senate
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1. The Hangover, Part III is better than Part II, but not by much, and really only because it didn't just recycle, almost beat for beat, the plot of the first film. The plot it lands on this time isn't much better, though, and all told, it doesn't have much more energy than that film did. The two sequels to The Hangover don't even have the energy to try to recapture the lunacy of original; they can barely muster up enough juice just to bring the cast back together into the same shot every once in a while. These movies have become such a franchise—it amazed me to see a Hangover-themed slot machine at a St. Louis riverboat casino—that people are starting to forget what made the first film so funny and so fresh. These two sequels are doing their part in that as well.
2. The plot this time is so dull and derivative that you wonder if they should have just gone ahead and remade the first film again, as some sort of Dadaist stunt. The gimmick: After the death of his father, Alan needs to be transported to some sort of mental health facility, and Phil, Stu, and Doug agree to accompany him there. But lo! Turns out a mobster (John Goodman) is trying to find their old adversary Mr. Chow, and he takes Doug hostage until they can locate Chow. The rest of the film is them finding Chow, losing Chow, finding Chow again, losing Chow again, and then the movie finally ends.
3. What's strangest about The Hangover Part III is how, well, not funny it is. I don't mean that it makes a bunch of jokes that don't work; I mean that there are not a lot of jokes. It's basically a series of action set pieces—our heroes in a car chase! our heroes in an armed standoff! our heroes rappelling down a building!—that contain little to no dialogue other than "look out!" and "oh shit!" I guess we are supposed to laugh, out of simple muscle memory and because of all the goodwill built up toward these characters, but the movie never even bothers to give them amusing things to say. Director Todd Phillips has an ear for comedy and a surprisingly sharp visual eye—these movies always look better than they have to—but he is not an action director, and you find yourself yawning through the car chases, waiting for these characters to start interacting with each other again. And it never happens.
4. The movie is wise enough to focus itself almost entirely on the Alan character, who in the second film was weirdly peevish and cruel but is a little more recognizably Alan this time. Galifianakis slept through the second film but brings a tad more effort this time, particularly in scenes with Melissa McCarthy, who plays an unlikely love interest. Out of nowhere, though, the movie turns oddly mawkish in its last 20 minutes, as if this were, like, an arc or something. Bradley Cooper and (especially) Ed Helms look lost and narcotized in this version too, as if they know they have to do this for contractual reasons but would really love it if this could get wrapped up by 7, if possible. They're not too taxed, though: The movie gives them little to do other than react to a car crash, or something wacky Alan did. Also, it is worth noting that the appeal of Ken Jeong, particularly as this repellant character, is an absolute mystery to me. I guess I'm not sure what the joke with him is supposed to be.
5. More than anything, though, you'll find yourself looking for jokes in The Hangover, Part III that aren't there. Remember, the fun of the first film was in the discovery of these archetypes (the smug handsome asshole, the nerd, the underdeveloped space alien) and the mystery of what, precisely, happened last night. There has been none of that in the last two movies, and this one, in particular, seems to be straining for any possible reason to exist. Phillips and company know they might have undercooked this one, too. There's a "shocking!" after-credit coda that seems to admit, oh yeah, we forget to put in any actual COMEDY. Sorry about that. Try this, maybe? The gag isn't that hilarious, but after 90 minutes of everybody just killing time, you at least appreciate the half-hearted attempt. Finally.
These movies are surely done now, and for that we should be grateful. They haven't had any new ideas in two films. By Part IV, we'd just see these actors sitting around a table, occasionally waving to the camera, checking their cellphones, stretching from time to time. That'd be an improvement, actually. That might be fun.
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As we all know, hormones play an important role in your body’s ability to maintain optimal health and achieve longevity. Having balanced levels of key hormones is essential for the body to effectively repair, regenerate and thrive. Most people only think of hormones after they start feeling deficiency symptoms. Here are three of the most important hormones for longevity. Use these as markers, but know that there are lots of other hormones we can look at. For more details, contact the clinic and make an appointment for a free consultation.
Growth Hormone (GH)
This hormone is integral for the body’s growth and development, and plays a key role in metabolism, cell regeneration and managing body composition. It also helps to manage healthy blood glucose levels, as well as reducing inflammation and oxidative stress within the body. At BioCure, we use various peptides to help achieve optimal levels of GH, from IGF1-LR3 to CJC1295/Ipamorelin, all of these are a more natural approach to stimulating your body to produce more of this fountain of youth hormone.
This hormone helps to stimulate muscle growth, increase energy levels and maintain a healthy libido. In addition, it has been linked to improved cognitive function, better sleep and boosting the immune system. Please be aware that not all Testosterone Replacement Therapy is created equal. At BioCure, we only use non-gmo base oils and formulated combinations of various hormones. We also offer non-hormonal Testosterone Restoration programs which our longevity experts have carefully formulated and crafted specifically for our patients.
These are 2 hormones primarily responsible for maintaining appropriate blood glucose levels. Insulin is produced by the beta cells of the pancreas, which is stimulated to release insulin as blood glucose levels rise. Glucagon’s role in the body is to prevent blood glucose levels from dropping too low. To accomplish this, it acts on the liver and stimulates the conversion of glycogen (stored fuel) to glucose which is released into the bloodstream. At BioCure, we offer various therapies to keep your blood glucose levels under control and hovering at optimal levels.
Maintaining healthy levels of these hormones can benefit your overall health and wellbeing. Eating a nutrient-dense diet, exercising regularly, engaging in activities like yoga or meditation, as well as getting enough sleep, are all important for keeping your hormones in balance. Additionally, many physicians recommend hormone replacement therapy (HRT) if you suffer from any type of hormone imbalance or deficiency. Ultimately, balancing your hormones is essential for achieving long-term health and wellbeing. Contact BioCure by calling or texting us at 754-206-0838 to schedule a complimentary call with one of our specialists. | <urn:uuid:6afdfa61-266b-4896-86f4-a6a8194b330a> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://getbiocure.com/blog/most-important-hormones-on-longevity/ | 2023-10-04T13:24:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511369.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004120203-20231004150203-00659.warc.gz | en | 0.925006 | 566 |
Big Data's Big Value: How Broadcasters Can Get an Upper Hand
The amount of data generated every day is continuing to grow, with the collective sum of the world’s data expected to increase from 33 zettabytes in 2018 to 175 zettabytes by 2025. In line with this, broadcasters are handling more big data than ever before, both in the form of video content which they are creating, and also in terms of the information they are capturing on their audiences. The latter can be hugely beneficial to broadcasters, but only if they are able to store and manage it in a way which will allow them to access and analyze the data. Once they have done this, it will be possible for broadcasters to extract value from their data by using it to inform business decision and get ahead of the competition.
Informing Business Decisions
Historically, broadcasters looked to firms such as Nielsen or surveys to provide the insights they needed to understand viewing habits. However, with the rise of OTT streaming platforms, broadcasters are no longer reliant on these external parties and can capture data themselves detailing the programs users watch, how long they watched for, and their favorite genres. Once they have this information, it’s possible to maximize its value by using it to inform business models and to drive engagement. For example, Netflix and YouTube use algorithms to turn data into content recommendations to try to further engage users and encourage them to stay on the platform. Netflix has been using big data in this way successfully with its recommendation system reportedly influencing 80% of the content watched on the platform.
Another way in which Netflix is extracting value from big data is by using predictive analytics to inform decisions about which shows to commission and for how many seasons. For instance, Netflix used big data to form its decision to commission 26 episodes of House of Cards, despite not having seen the pilot, basing it on information such as the subject matter, the fact that there was an existing fan base due to the original British series, and the appeal of the actors and director attached to the project. Broadcasters including Netflix also reportedly used big data in their decision to cut the standard length of a season from the traditional 13 episodes to 10 episodes or less. It is thought that big data revealed that 10 episodes are optimal and any more do not add value, making them an unnecessary expense for the broadcaster.
Using Data to Get Ahead of the Competition
The second half of this year is set to see the launch of a number of new streaming platforms, including Disney+, Apple TV+, and BritBox, which will intensify competition within the market. As the more established players within the industry try to cement their place in the face of this competition, it is likely that they will use their expanse of big data to increase engagement, as outlined. However, the anomaly among these emerging services is Disney+, which has a massive amount of data at its disposal, with information collected over more than 80 years. After all, the first Disney film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, was released almost 60 years before the launch of Netflix and 68 years before Amazon Prime Video.
Yet, despite Walt Disney Pictures having gained vast amounts of data about which films and programs are the most successful, which themes resonate the most, and which demographics it should aim at during this time, this data is now outdated. Although this data will have been extremely useful to the organization when making decisions regarding new films to commission or which films should have a sequel, for example, it is unlikely to be as valuable when it comes to its new platform, owing to the fact it will have aged substantially. In this scenario, Netflix and Amazon will have the upper hand as the data in their possession is based on current users which will be more beneficial for personalizing the platform for each individual user, for example, which Disney+ will be unable to do—at least not immediately. Consequently, in some ways, Disney+ will have to start afresh when it comes to capturing data on its viewers and build up this information over months and years. That’s not to say its existing data will go unused. Instead, it will have to be combined with new and up-to-date information to provide any real value.
The Real Value of Big Data
Not only is competition increasing, but so too is the number of subscribers to video on-demand services, set to reach more than 700 million globally in 2022, compared to 474 million in 2018. As a result, broadcasters will begin to create even more content to cater to the differing tastes of such a vast audience and get ahead of the competition, while the amount of data captured from the audience will increase exponentially. Therefore, it is vital that broadcasters are able to store and manage their data effectively in order to derive as much value from it as possible. These insights can then be used to inform decision-making about everything from which time of year to broadcast certain types of programs to which are the most popular types of content and how long a series should run. It will also be possible to create more algorithm-driven personalized viewing experiences tailored by the information gathered on individual users. By maximizing the value big data has to offer, broadcasters will be better placed to get ahead of the competition and gain a larger segment of the market.
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This session discusses how advertisers can more effectively and efficiently reach a buyer of a product or service with OTT than any other media.
Without reliable third-party data on everything from quality of service to viewer behavior, OTT SVOD services like CBS All Access face difficult odds
If you've got lots of video, you've got lots of data, and the best way to maximize the value of that data is with a "strategy first" approach
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The dearth of female directors in the film industry has been loudly pointed out this awards season, from Natalie Portman announcing the "all male nominees" for best director at the Golden Globes to Emma Stone congratulating "these four men and Greta Gerwig" at the Oscars.
With only one female director for every 22 male, the crusade marches on. To celebrate International Women's Day, here are eight excellent films by female directors that will change your life.
1 | Ladybird
Gerwig might not have won the directing category at the Academy Awards this year, but her masterful and touching coming-of-age story and directorial debut is an endlessly impressive watch. The story of Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson's last year of high school is a restrained look at relationships and adolescence. As Chris O'Falt noted in IndieWire, "Lady Bird is every inch as painstakingly planned out and precise in its complexity as Dunkirk, but without an inch of the directorial flex."
Out in cinemas now.
2 | The Hurt Locker
To this day Kathryn Bigelow is still the only woman to win a directing Academy Award for her 2008 film about a bomb-disposal team in Iraq. The unbearably suspenseful The Hurt Locker picked up a further five Oscars that year including Best Picture. Bigelow has also directed the similarly excellent Zero Dark Thirty and last year's Detroit.
3 | American Honey
British filmmaker Andrea Arnold is a two-time Cannes Jury Prize winner for her filmmaking. She followed up her electric 2009 film Fish Tank with the story of a teenage girl who runs away with a group selling magazines in the Midwest by day and partying by night. A pulsating and wild film that glows with energy and feels reckless at every turn.
4 | American Psycho
A terrifying and maniacal reimagining of Brett Easton-Ellis' now iconic businessman and serial killer Patrick Bateman. From the painstaking morning shower routine to the unbearably tense business card scene, American Psycho is a beautifully constructed thriller. Canadian director Mary Harron has more recently directed the TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel 'Alias Grace'.
5 | Lost In Translation
Sofia Coppola's jet-lagged journey through Tokyo via two travellers who meet by chance is a mesmerising and moving story which captures the strange feeling of being lonely in a crowd of people. At last year's Cannes Film Festival, Coppola was the first woman in 50 years to win the Palme d'Or directing prize for The Beguiled.
6 | Selma
Ava DuVernay's retelling of the fight for black suffrage in Alabama and Martin Luther King's historic march from Selma to Montgomery brings America's violent path to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to life. DuVernay has since directed 13th, a powerful Netflix documentary about modern iterations of slavery in the US, and this year's sci-fi live action film, A Wrinkle in Time.
7 | Mudbound
This Netflix film follows two men who return from WWII to Mississippi and find their service hasn't erased the racism and isolation they feel from society. Director Diandrea "Dee" Rees creates a world wounded by war in which two men are trapped by what they have seen. This year, Mudbound's cinematographer Rachel Morrison was the first female to earn a nomination in this category from the Academy.
8 | Monster
The story of serial killer and prostitute Aileen Wuornos is presented in all its dark complexities by American director and screenwriter Patty Jenkins. Monster makes us empathise with Wuornos before questioning who we've put our faith in. Jenkins last year broke records with her long-awaited take on Wonder Woman, which became the highest grossing superhero origin story of all time. | <urn:uuid:3001eca7-b095-428d-bf48-d7faf40b6fa2> | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/a19152679/films-with-female-directors/ | 2019-03-27T00:21:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912207146.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20190327000624-20190327022624-00397.warc.gz | en | 0.952881 | 788 |
Fatigued truckie cops $600 fine for driving 12hrs straight
A TRUCK driver learnt the hard way about fatigued driving when he received a $600 fine after his log book showed he had been on the road for 12 hours straight when he was pulled over at Gatton.
Queensland man Jason Paul McGown, a former military man, was sentenced at Brisbane Magistrates Court yesterday after pleading guilty to operating a prime mover by himself for more than the 12 hours within a 24-hour period.
The court heard the 40-year-old was pulled over for a check on September 5 this year at Gatton and officers looked at his log book, which showed he had worked over the maximum amount of time.
The prosecutor said fatigue laws were in place to ensure people had enough sleep when operating dangerous machinery and that McGown's offence was considered "critical".
McGown was on his way from Brisbane to Bundaberg via Gatton.
His lawyer, Melbourne barrister Sharon Kermath, said McGown was new to the industry at the time.
She said he was previously a heavy rigid driver and would drive to local destinations and was never required to fill in log books.
Ms Kermath said McGown was in Wodonga, Victoria, the day before he was pulled over and believed he was OK to drive because he had had a seven-hour break.
The court heard he had a perfect driving history.
He was fined $600.
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If there was any doubt in my mind that data deduplication is a mainstream technology, it was wiped out when I saw--in the business section of The New York Times last week--a full-page ad from Symantec touting its deduplication technology. Even so, I still occasionally run into people who consider deduplication to be a dangerous form of black magic that is likely to mangle their data and end their careers. This attitude represents an overestimation of the likelihood of a hash collision in deduplication and of the reliability of more traditional backup media.
First, let's look at the reliability of the other components in your storage system. Today's hard drives are rated to fail to read a sector once every 10^14 to 10^16 bits (100 to 10,000TB). As a backup to detect read errors and allow the array controller to rebuild the data from an Error Checking and Correction (ECC) stripe, enterprise drives add a 16 bit CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Check) in the T10 Data Integrity Field (DIF) that will itself fail to detect one in 64K (65536) errors. As your data travels across an Ethernet or Fibre Channel network, it is error-checked using a 32-bit CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Check), which will return the right value for the wrong data 1 in 10^9 times.
Finally, if you're avoiding deduplication because you don't trust it, you write the data to an LTO-5 tape, which has an error rate of one in 10^17. Well, one in 10^17 sounds great! I mean, the odds of winning the Powerball lottery are two in 10^8. LTO-5 error rates are a billion times better than that! Of course, the spec sheet also says that that's for non-media errors, so errors caused by tape mishandling, overuse and the like aren't included or calculable.
So how do those reliability levels compare to a typical deduplicating backup target? Among hash-based deduplicating systems, SHA-1 is the most commonly used hash function. With a 20-byte hash value, the odds of any two blocks generating the same hash from different data are about one in 10^48, which anyone will admit is a really big number. Of course, what we're worried about is the odds of two blocks in our data center generating a hash collision, and that depends on the amount of data in the deduplication universe.
As my friend W. Curtis Preston says, it's more likely that, on any given day, Jessica Alba will come running to me to be mine forever than that two blocks in my data will wrongly generate the same hash. The former is possible, after all. Ms. Alba and I are both alive, but, given the fact that I'm an old, fat, geeky guy in New Jersey and she's, well, Jessica Alba, it's highly improbable.Howard Marks is founder and chief scientist at Deepstorage LLC, a storage consultancy and independent test lab based in Santa Fe, N.M. and concentrating on storage and data center networking. In more than 25 years of consulting, Marks has designed and implemented storage ... View Full Bio | <urn:uuid:264d7e74-94f5-47d0-a561-41b8764f19ce> | CC-MAIN-2015-27 | http://www.networkcomputing.com/storage/when-hashes-collide/a/d-id/1232351?piddl_msgorder=asc | 2015-07-07T00:21:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-27/segments/1435375098924.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20150627031818-00019-ip-10-179-60-89.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933026 | 681 |
Translating functions can be fun when you know what to do. This tutorial helps you practice translating a function and writing the new function and graph!
Ever slide something across a table? If so, then you have performed a translation! In this tutorial, learn the definition of translation and see some really neat examples. Take a look!
Translating a figure on the coordinate plane is easier than you might think! In this tutorial, see how to use the graph of the original figure to perform the translation. Take a look!
Translating a figure on the coordinate plane is easier than you might think! This tutorial shows you how to translate coordinates from the original figure. Then, simply connect the points to create your new figure. This tutorial shows you how!
A great way to better understand how to translate a function is to practice! This tutorial takes you through the steps of graphing a function that's been translated up and to the right. | <urn:uuid:35e81d1c-52e2-4eca-a717-bac3838cfb37> | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | https://virtualnerd.com/algebra-2/polynomials/functions/graphing-functions/translate-vertically | 2023-06-02T18:59:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648850.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20230602172755-20230602202755-00145.warc.gz | en | 0.883169 | 194 |
Rugby World Cup 2011
Habana braced for onslaught
Bryan Habana (File)
Auckland - Bryan Habana rates his only Test against Samoa as pretty special but also one of the toughest physical beltings he has experienced with the Springboks.
The former IRB player of the year scored four tries in the Springboks' 59-7 win over Samoa in the pool stage in Paris on the way to lifting the 2007 World Cup.
Left-winger Habana, 28, became the Springboks' all-time greatest try-scorer at this tournament with his 39th try in his 72nd international, and knows the defending champions are in for another physical test against Samoa on Friday.
"It was pretty special, it is also unique scoring four tries for your country," Habana told a press conference in Auckland on Thursday.
"But in that first 20 minutes I wasn't really interested in taking any collisions after seeing their number eight (Henry Tuilagi) running into Danie (Rossouw) and Schalk (Burger).
"That first 20 minutes against Samoa in 2007 was some of the toughest Test match rugby I've ever played, it is pretty tough.
"I reckon tomorrow it will be no different. The structure that Samoa have come into with a lot of their players playing in European leagues has seen them become a much-improved side than what they were in 2007.
"They are going to lay down a big challenge for us, not only physically, but in their structure.
"So we have to make sure we are playing our best rugby if we're going to have any chance of success."
Habana, who equalled Jonah Lomu's tournament record of eight tries at the last World Cup, said although the All Blacks are the team to beat, the Springboks believe they can win back-to-back Webb Ellis Cups.
"There is a belief within the team that we can definitely go and win this World Cup," Habana said.
"The outside influences are not really important but the pressure we put on ourselves as a team and as individuals to perform.
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It has been a busy few weeks. I took part in Race for Life in Basildon, have started raising money for the Alzheimer’s Society and have a few birthday cakes to also bake!
Race for Life
Youngest sister, her friends and I took part in the Basildon Race for life. Out team name was ‘The Flying Squirrels’ and we managed to raise £470 through our Just Giving page.
Fortunately, apart from a few drops of rain the weather improved with the sun showing its support! I have been one of the lucky ones who have not been touched by the big C, but seeing all the other runners and their families supporting them you can’t not help but feel some kind of empowerment. We’ve decided we will take part in next year’s Race For Life but will try and run a bit more of the 5km.
London Memory Walk
One of the girls who I walked the Race For Life course with, her nan sadly has Alzheimer’s. To support the Alzheimer’s Society we’re all going to be taking part in the London Memory Walk, 3rd September 2016. At work I had tried to take part in this charity’s cupcake day but things got in the way, that hasn’t stopped me starting the fund raising efforts though! I started 4th July by putting 12 cupcakes in the reception area at work, 50p each to see how they would sell. Within 40 minutes all cupcakes had been bought!
I don’t want people to get baked treats overloaded so have decided to make it a weekly thing, have something in reception at the beginning of the week and once it’s gone, it’s gone until the following Monday or Tuesday depending on when I have time to bake.
I had a biscuit stall over the weekend, with some of the left over biscuits I put together some biscuit bags with a mixture of gingerbread and shortbread biscuits. A friend brought in a selection of muffins, all of which we put in the reception area for this week. So far they have done well with all biscuit bags sold out and only one muffin left! I will see what ingredients I have in the cupboard and decide what to make next week.
As I mentioned I had a biscuit stall over the weekend at a school fete. Kingswood Primary Schools is the only school I do anything like this with, last year I had a stall at their Summer and Christmas fetes, with biscuits selling out on both occasions. They must have liked me and had good feedback as a member of the PTA contacted me asking if I wanted to have a biscuit stall again this year. My friend Christine has always helped me with the stalls in exchange for a selection of biscuits. For a pair of short people it is always an experience putting up the gazebo, though it didn’t rain the wind definitely made things that little bit more challenging! One of the things I really like about this school and the stall holders they offer spots to is how friendly and polite they all are. We didn’t have enough pegs to secure the gazebo and another stall holder selling homemade jams and cakes loaned us some. Without those extra pegs I definitely don’t think our gazebo would have survived!
Even though I didn’t sell out of everything this time it was still enjoyable and a few people remembered me from last year and bought from me again, plus I had some biscuits to sell at work.
I have been asked to make a few birthday cakes for people I know. I’ve decided that baking as a business isn’t for me, even though it didn’t ever really take off, the few cakes for strangers that I did make, it was too stressful for me alongside a full time job. I like to bake for fun and to make the odd cake for someone here and there. It won’t ever make me a millionaire because I don’t charge the earth for the things I bake but I somehow manage to make people happy enough that they’ll come back and ask me for a cake or bunch of biscuits again or raise money for a good cause which in turn makes me happy, that’s good enough for me. 🙂 | <urn:uuid:3be53b2f-7d1f-427b-84c7-3fc1b7ddf3a1> | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | https://foziasaeed.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/charity-and-baking/ | 2017-08-20T09:37:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886106367.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20170820092918-20170820112918-00416.warc.gz | en | 0.980196 | 899 |
A Northern Virginia woman who claims that doctors at the National Institutes of Health were negligent in diagnosing her lung cancer, is suing the federal government for $10 million in a malpractice suit in federal court in Alexandria.
In her suit, Virginia C. Waffen, 39, of Manassas said that when she was released from an NIH clinic in March 1981, Dr. John L. Decker, then chief of rheumatology at the Clinical Center, signed a discharge summary stating that her chest X-ray was "within normal limit."
Decker, now director of NIH's Clinical Center, discovered seven months later that the X-ray had showed a tumor in her lung, the suit alleges. Waffen, who underwent surgery that month after her regular physician detected the tumor, was not informed of the correct reading of her March 1981 NIH X-ray until February 1982, the suit says.
She said in an interview that the X-ray apparently was briefly lost.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Nash Schott, who is handling the case for NIH, and Decker declined comment. A spokesman for NIH also declined comment.
In a deposition taken in connection with the case, Decker said that when he signed the discharge summary he did not know Waffen's X-ray showed any abnormality.
Waffen, who has two teen-age sons and takes in foster children, said it was difficult for her to file the suit. "I always liked NIH . . . . I have a hard time saying anything against it even now . . . . Dr. Decker is one of the nicest doctors you'd ever want to meet," she said.
" . . . But if it happened to me who else could it happen to? . . . I don't know how my X-ray got lost. The doctors never saw it. It wasn't with my records."
Waffen's suit charges that, as a result of this incident, she was denied opportunity "for early treatment of a then existing lung cancer which increased the risk of danger and damage from that existing lung cancer, and substantially reduced the possibility of her survival."
The suit also charges that Decker and supervising staff "failed to adequately supervise and control medical care in their facility" and cites the lack of procedures "to assure that X-ray reports are properly placed in the charts of the patients."
Waffen said she does not know how much longer she may live. "It could be one year, it could be three years, it could be six months."
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Ensure that Your Wishes are Fulfilled
The subject of mortality is never easy. Yet death is part of life and it makes sense to plan ahead. You can also be confident that in the event of your death, everything will be taken care of in accordance with your wishes.
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Book launch: Vadim Rogovin's Was There an Alternative?
Mehring Books and the World Socialist Web Site announce the book launch of Vadim Rogovin’s Was There an Alternative? 1923-1927, Trotskyism: A Look Back Through the Years. This webinar features an online discussion with David North, chair of the International Editorial Board of the WSWS, and close friend and comrade of Rogovin, to discuss the book and the remarkable life of its author. It also features never-before-seen footage of David North’s tribute to Rogovin, given on the occasion of Rogovin’s 60th birthday.
Was There an Alternative? is the first volume of the Russian Marxist historian’s monumental series on the history of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1940. Its publication in English is a historic event. The book traces the complex inner-party struggles of 1922-27, analyzing contemporaneous official documents, speeches and articles, Soviet archival material, memoirs of participants in political life, and documents by members of the Left Opposition that were suppressed in the Soviet Union for many decades.
Rogovin’s work brings to light the rich and complex history of the Marxist opposition to the usurpation of the Russian Revolution by the Stalinist bureaucracy. It unearths from beneath the lies, piled high by the Stalinists and post-Soviet academics for nearly a century, the fight of Leon Trotsky and the Left Opposition for an alternative, revolutionary course for the Soviet Union.
Moderators:Joseph Scalice is a historian of Stalinism in Southeast Asia. He is the author of The Drama of Dictatorship: Martial Law and the Communist Parties of the Philippines (Cornell, 2022).Andrea Peters is a sociologist and writer for the World Socialist Web Site whose work focuses on the Soviet Union and Russia.
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** OUR HOTTIE OF THE WEEK **
STAR SIGN: Taurus
ONE THING I ALWAYS CARRY WITH ME IS: My phone!
MY FAVOURITE FILM: Oh tough one…. Contact!
FAV SONG: Reflekt (Adam K and Soha remix) need to feel loved
FAV MALE SINGERS: Anthony Kiedis probably… but more as a general performer
FAV FEMALE SINGERS: Florence Welch
MY MOTTO IS: “Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today” & “I’d rather be optimistic and a fool, than pessimistic and right.”
FAV FOOD: Goats cheese… that’s weird isn’t it?
BAD HABITS: I’m rather eccentric… people consider my whimsicalness a bad habit, but it’s just who I am! Oh and my very selective hearing.
I WOULD DESCRIBE MYSELF AS: Direct, straightforward, hard working, daring, down to earth but a bit mad and always up for the craic!
SINGLE OR TAKEN: Depending on the day… Single
BIGGEST TURN OFF: delusions of grandeur, flashy people, men afraid of growing up and SMOKING!
DREAM CAR: Oh… Land rover 4l V8 tomb raider edition! or Porsche roadster 356.
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Don't spend another half-hour eating lunch at your desk and fading under the office's fluorescent lighting as a computer screen melts your eyes out of their sockets. Grab your keys and get outside. Feel that? It's the sun. Finally, your body is getting the vitamin D it's been craving for weeks.
6. Bubble Café & Tea Lounge
In a hidden corner of a far-flung strip mall, Manny Sulbaran serves a thoughtful, concise list of fare that won't send you back to the office in a coma. Perhaps you know Sulbaran. He was once chef de cuisine at Michael Schwartz's Harry's Pizzeria in the Design District. It may seem odd to find him all the way out here, but you'll be happy he is, especially when you get a glimpse of his burrata and panzanella salad ($7), as well as curried coconut rice ($6) with lentils, Virginia peanuts, raisins, scallions, and cilantro. Don't forget to grab a sweet bubble tea ($4 to $8) for the ride back to the office.
5. Maido Japanese Restaurant
At first glance, Hiroshi Horai's Maido might look like another stamped-out Miami sushi spot. Upon closer inspection, it's anything but. The onetime cook from Coral Gables favorite Su-Shin Izakaya moved out here a decade ago and has grown his loyal following thanks to spot-on sushi and an extensive menu offering everything from the sticky fermented soybeans called natto ($3.50) to grilled pine mackerel ($8) sprinkled with a touch of salt. Or opt for the oyako-don, a classic lunch of chicken and egg over warm sushi rice. Finish it off with a few pieces of nigiri, and you'll be set for the day.
4. La Esquina del Lechón
Some days you just don't care. It's been a hell of a morning, or it'll be one of those afternoons. You need something satisfying, something fatty, a quick escape. Traipse over to this palace of pork and tell your problems to a welcoming basket of buttered bread with chicharrones. Then order the large pan con lechón ($9.45). It's a savory symphony that washes over you with ample bits of pork skin peeking out through shreds of luscious shoulder meat. Lay on some of the crisp plantain chips called
3. Mi Lindo Ecuador
Head here when you need something else in your diet besides endless arepas and patacones. Life is about variety, and this family-run Ecuadorian spot offers filling, hard-to-find dishes. Try the bolon mixto ($6), a mofongo-style meatball that blends green plantain, shrimp, and chicharrones. Keep the theme going with bollo de pescado ($9.63), which packs mashed green plantains, peanuts, tomato, coriander, and fish in a banana leaf that’s steamed and served like an ultra-hearty tamale.
2. Pepito’s Plaza
There's a good chance you'll find someone from your office complex here, relaxing on the shaded patio, perhaps sucking down a beer or soda from the attached gas station. Don't let the strange surroundings fool you. You're here for an orgy of meat, and it's everywhere. Find it in their parrilladas ($9) stacked with grilled chicken and steak covered with potato sticks and painted with tangy avocado relish guasacaca, a favorite in Venezuela. Pay your respects to the neighborhood with the Doralzuela burger ($12), featuring a column of beef, chopped grilled chicken, and thick-sliced ham. A fried egg, an avocado crescent, and a smattering of potato sticks are piled on top for good measure. Summer is approaching, so you'll likely want to show up early to get yourself a seat in the shade. The meat sweats are real.
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1. Las Mercedes Cafeteria
If you think your desk job is rough, Las Mercedes will give you reason to be thankful. Nestled into a looming strip of Doral warehouses, this hybrid Cuban-Nicaraguan cafeteria is a favorite among the city's blue-collar workers. And here is where you'll find them on one of the few hours they take respite from their backbreaking labor. Take a seat at owner Denise Paredes' counter, and you'll soon know why they're here: for hulking portions of hearty fare to steel them for whatever lies ahead. On Fridays, this pintsize cafeteria turns into a boisterous party. The big black drum that sits out front is packed full of coals, and 55-year-old Manuel Lopez lays on hulking slabs of pork ($17) and beef ribs ($12.50). Grab an order to go with sides such as supercrisp tostones and rich black beans. | <urn:uuid:795f9176-dd66-4f30-8034-8880b34ff4ab> | CC-MAIN-2017-39 | http://www.miaminewtimes.com/restaurants/the-six-best-doral-lunch-spots-goat-sushi-and-everything-in-between-8391014 | 2017-09-26T15:19:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818696182.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20170926141625-20170926161625-00096.warc.gz | en | 0.933095 | 1,060 |
FZAJ - Lukandu
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This course provides the student with an in-depth study of the Hebrew Scriptures and an introduction to the Christian Scriptures.
Concepts to be covered include: Explanation of terms: Word of God, Revelation, Salvation History, and Covenant. Additional topics include: An overview of the structure of the Bible and its literary forms, a look at the correlation between Biblical covenant and God’s call to all humanity to covenant relationships, a development of a reverence for Sacred Scripture as the Word of God, as well as the life of St. John Baptist De La Salle.
OBJECTIVE: To appreciate the meaning of the Sacraments, prayer, worship and faith throughout the history of the Catholic Faith.
ACTIVITIES: Delve into the nature of the Sacraments, explore the meaning and role of liturgy and Para liturgies in celebrating the Sacraments, participate or observe several Eucharistic liturgies and communal ceremonies of Reconciliation, discuss the role of Sacraments, prayer and worship in our own spiritual life and how they compare with other religions, and define faith and evaluate its effect on individuals.
OBJECTIVE: To understand the Christian vision of morality, with Jesus as our model.
ACTIVITIES: Understand the steps in the decision-making process, acquire a foundation from which to reach decisions on contemporary moral issues and confront them in the light of Christian values, explore possible influences on decision-making, such as: survival, need, group affiliation, peer pressure, law and conscience, develop positive attitudes about oneself, life, other persons, and things that stem from the Christian interpretation of life, and study of current events as related to morality.
OBJECTIVE: To provide an analysis of the social teachings of the Catholic Church as they pertain to many contemporary issues of social justice.
ACTIVITIES: Participate in student-led seminar discussions; discuss current events and issues in social justice; examine several teaching documents and letters issued by the Catholic Church, especially the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops; explore the meaning of the 7 Themes of Catholic social teaching. | <urn:uuid:ea3b7937-a7b9-4e32-9b0b-d85add78d9c9> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://cbaalbany.org/theology/ | 2023-03-29T12:52:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296948976.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20230329120545-20230329150545-00458.warc.gz | en | 0.927306 | 468 |
A festival style wedding in the meadows is a truly unique celebration
SAY ‘I DO’ WITH A VIEW
Getting married in the meadows is a truly unique experience.
We turn all of the meadows into your wedding venue for the entire weekend. Transforming your "I do" from an hour to a full weekend you, your friends and family will never forget.
We help make your wedding a real event for family & friends. We work with caterers, marquee companies , bands and entertainers to create the wedding of your dreams, whether that's a country fete style or a festival wedding.
We work with you to make your day, it is your day after all, but our suggestion is to start with a full weekend wedding. This is the most fun and memorable. We work with a marquee supplier and set up two: a large one for the evening function and a smaller one for the bar and afternoon. We position them either side of the secluded meadow by the stream. They frame the bales laid out to be your pews underneath a 400-year-old oak tree.
We suggest your guests arrive on Friday afternoon, the guests of honour stay in the glamping units and everyone pitches their own tents in the meadow around the pond festival style. After getting settled in your guests start the fire for a BBQ in the meadows by the stream. Saturday morning starts with breakfast cooked al-fresco before your big day starts.
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ASPEN AG FOODS
Aspen Ag Foods
Groceries, Foods, Bakery
On top of our large selection of groceries, premium meats, quality produce and bakery and deli goods Aspen AG foods is pleased to provide a variety of services to our customers.
Aspen AG Foods offers free delivery to customers in the town of Boyle.
To take advantage of this service simply call us at (780) 689-3757 and place your order. Deliveries are made daily at 11:00 am and 4:00 pm.
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color-theme is an emacs-lisp mode for skinning your emacs. Features are:
- Huge and extensible theme library
- Easy to use
- Works on pretty all emacs flavours
- Mature source code
Current stable release is 6.6.0 available at our download site.
2009-04-16 Homepage launched !
color-theme is currently licensed under the GPLv2 (and later). I am preparing to switch to GPLv3. I am trying to contact all theme makers in order to have a license for each theme.
You can download color-theme from:
There are both tar and zip files.
Note these files are gpg-signed (mandatory) against my key.
To verify the integrity of the files, just do:
gpg --verify <file.sig> <file>
More precise instructions to come
We recommend users to install color-theme using their respective distribution package manager.
Here are examples:
# Debian and derived apt-get install emacs-goodies-el # Gentoo emerge color-theme # Slackware via SBo sbopkg -i color-theme-el
For further specific post-configuration steps, ask directly to them
This section suppose you have already installed color-theme-el either using the tarball or using a package manager.
All you need to do in order to configure your color-theme-el package is to add this to your .emacs.el file:
(add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/color-theme.el/file") (require 'color-theme) (eval-after-load "color-theme" '(progn (color-theme-initialize) (color-theme-hober)))
Development is hosted on savannah color-theme project.
color-theme is using GNU Bazaar to ease interaction between developers.
In order to submit your patches, you will need to branch from our repository and either send your patch or commit directly (provided you have been granted to do so).
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For bugs (or patches), please try to avoid using it and prefer using savannah's tools (see left menu).
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Joseph Campbell once said, “If you want to help this world, what you will have to teach is how to live in it”.
To begin our Journey together, we’ll start with gathering on Saturday May 9th, at 12:00 noon ET. Watch for the Zoom link to arrive to your inbox! This first session is an introduction and and an overview to our “basecamp” – it’s open to anyone considering joining the online Journey, so feel free to invite a friend.
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It has often been said that we are living in unprecedented times. But now there can be no doubt about this fact. We are living in an un-ignorable and inevitable reality of a global pandemic, experiencing an invisible and uncertain threat to our way of life, and to our very lives. We are at the unfolding edge of a new way and time, as it persistently moves us forward, revealing a future that has never been here before.
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The South African Communist Party (SACP) has publicly endorsed Jacques Pauw's book "The President's Keepers". SACP secretary-general Blade Nzimande on Sunday called on SACP members to buy Pauw's book because it exposed the abuse of the intelligence services.
According to IOL, Nzimande said: "We want to officially say as the SACP, go buy and read that book by Jacques Pauw, because half of the things he says are things we have been saying as the SACP, including the abuse of our intelligence services.
You can't use intelligence [services] against your own allies. We know we are being listened to."
Apart from startling revelations such as how President Jacob Zuma allegedly earned a R1-million per month salary from a security company during his first four months in office, the book also reveals how intelligence services infiltrated the #FeesMustFall protests.
Nzimande warned that the SACP is not prepared to campaign for the ANC "until Jesus comes". He reportedly warned that the ANC did not campaign alone for previous elections, and therefore it could not make decisions alone, according to News24.
"There is a man who wakes up and changes the Cabinet as if he was the only one who was campaigning. We campaigned, not him alone. There is no election that the ANC has campaigned for alone. We have campaigned together, so therefore we must all make decisions," Nzimande reportedly said, in a veiled reference to President Jacob Zuma's recent Cabinet reshuffle.
Nzimande was addressing the SACP's Red October rally in Durban on Sunday. He was fired as higher education minister during the reshuffle, amid complaints that Zuma did not consult the alliance partners before reshuffling Cabinet.
He said the ANC could not expect the SACP to campaign for it forever.
"To be honest, as the ANC, did you think we would campaign for you until Jesus comes? Especially after we have suffered so much under the ANC? We are kicked out of council because we are communist and our names are left out of branch lists because you say we are communists but you expect us to campaign, no."
Nzimande reiterated threats made by the SACP to go it alone in 2019 by contesting the elections, should relations with the ANC not improve.
"...You have a lot of work to do. Go and build on the ground... because if the ANC makes a mistake in December and comes out with muddled decisions and leaders we don't approve of, it means we will have a lot of work to do," he reportedly said.
Nzimande also called for an end to corruption in the state, and said the legacy of apartheid and colonial rule needed to be dealt with.
According to TimesLive, he said: "Firstly‚ we must eliminate the persisting legacy of colonial rule‚ apartheid oppression‚ capitalist exploitation and its imperialist domination. We must solve the resultant problems of inequality‚ unemployment‚ poverty and social insecurity.
"Secondly‚ we must deliver ever greater political‚ economic and social progress through democratic transformation‚ development and delivery of quality services to the people.
"Thirdly‚ we must bring to an end malfeasance in our state. We must deal decisively with state capture and corruption both in the public and private sectors."
He said that the crisis of patronage accompanies the crises of "cancerous corruption" and "the crisis of governance decay".
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Good and Evil only lies at the perspective of the observer and storyteller. It is, therefore, a mathematical variable. An “X” that marks the spot for improvement, to a better judgement – Neutrality! It is energy, nevertheless, an imbalance imposed into our natural state of Being. A matrix of constant distress and adrenaline, the eight or eighty, all or nothing. And what a way to keep us busy!
From the primordial Neutral state, the Source singularity, polarization was “born”, and given “Space” and “Time” to play! And the “negative” and “positive” came to Life, along with their better synonyms, the “female” and “male” energies, the Hydrogen and Oxygen of primordial waters! The “Ground” was set for Life, and Manifestation began, allowing all sorts of creations.
The truth is that in every existing thing, Being, or Consciousness, lies every possibility, all poles, and its conjunction – Its Neutral Field. We eternally wave within the “poles”, learning, recreating alternatives. It is we who create the rules, define the set ground and its baselines; For we are Creators of the on-going matrix flow. Yes, we can choose sides, one side and get stuck in only one small perspective of a universe of infinity, (… what a waste of “time” and “space” of existence), or we can transcend the “little game”, graduate from kindergarten and grow up to full potential.
Good and Evil scientifically do NOT exist! Pure and simple! What does exist is negative & positive, female & male, electromagnetic forces with specific purposes and functionalities, of expansion and contraction, entropy & syntropy.
The good and evil concept was created to influence our manifestation, confuse us and keep us controlled within the “black box”, a current FAKE energetic matrix that blinds us through trust in fake and unconscious agreements named “faith” and spiritual “higher” missions, keeping us in a perpetual dormant state of hypnosis while using us to create reality at their will, serving nothing but an A.I. agenda, which is the reason why everything that it’s happening and is already planned is against life (life force = vitality = Consciousness).
It is only an illusion, a Program. Not based in our natural state of co-creation or natural reality. Energy is always pure and clear of judgement. Energy only serves to Life with neutral purpose and functionality.
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Most people feel comfortable encouraging friends and family members with a pat on the back, a little hug, or a squeeze on the arm. But touching people has no place in the office, right?
Wrong, actually. Though a strict hands-off policy has reigned in the workplace since the early 1980s, when the threat of sexual harassment made touching taboo, new evidence is building that some forms of physical contact provide compelling signals to colleagues that would otherwise be missed.
Touch is one of the biological mechanisms that helps us form and sustain intimate bonds, bonds essential to our survival in groups. It also cements our relationships in the workplace, research shows.
One soon-to-be-published study from a lab at the University of California at Berkeley demonstrates how consistent physical contact predicts which people will shine in competitive environments.
Led by research scholar Michael Kraus, psychology student Cassy Huang and social psychologist Dacher Keltner, the study focused on the "high fives," shoulder bumps, hugs, and team huddles exchanged among National Basketball Association players during their 2008-2009 season.
When the researchers analyzed what transpired between players during and after their games, they discovered that moments of physical contact indicated more than simple bravado: The amount and the type of non-verbal communication between players was clearly tied to the performance of the group. The more team members bonded via fist bumps and group hugs, the more success they experienced.
The most physically demonstrative ball players turned out to be the best performers, the researchers discovered. And the effect wasn't only at the level of individual players. A team's late-season success could be clearly predicted by the amount and type of early-season physical contact within the group. Even after controlling for other factors, such as a player's status, the pre-season expectations of a team, or a team's margin of victory, more early-season signs of physical bonding between players spelled greater team performance later on.
So what's going on?
"Touch is a really good way to indicate who is on your side. We essentially distribute our neural processing of stress across other people," said University of Virginia research psychologist James Coan, who studies the effect of touch on the brain's response to stress and fear.
Being with someone you trust allows a person to "contract out" his or her stress management, Dr. Coan explained, and touch is simply a shortcut to communicating that trust.
In business, where to be successful you not only have to monitor the bottom line but also regulate your negative emotions and level of stress (all of which are executive tasks involving your pre-frontal cortex), any reliable sign of trust means that you don't have to monitor your environment as much, Dr. Coan said.
The result is you free up your pre-frontal cortex for problem solving, decision making, or creative tasks.
One might be tempted to conclude, then, that reaching out to touch someone leads to better performance and a more effective team. But there's a catch.
In correlational studies such as the one from the Berkeley team, which track the relationship between two factors, we don't really know what comes first. Is it talent and self-confidence that prompt a person to high-five his or her teammates? Or does the increased trust fostered by a group hug make it easier to co-operate, and then reach a common goal?
We don't really know. But it's safe to say that strong players tend to be more touchy-feely than weak ones. And groups that aren't afraid to use physical signals tend to be more cohesive.
"When people work together in close proximity, touch - with the caveat that the touch is comfortable for everyone involved - should improve team performance by building trust between co-workers," Dr. Kraus wrote in an e-mail.
So reach out and touch someone. Just keep it in the neutral zone so you score points, not a personal foul.
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The easiest and quickest way to get from the Millbrook Proving Ground, where I’ve just spent another day speed-dating cars, to the bit of the north west I call home is to head up the M1. Unfortunately, a nasty accident meant it was shut, so my photographer and I ended up snakng through the nation’s favourite New Town instead, through what must be the world’s longest traffic jam. But I didn’t care, because it ended a day of motoring moments I’ll never forget.
In true Life On Cars tradition, there’ll be full road tests of each of the 15 cars I tested appearing on here in the coming weeks but for now I can tell you that:
- I’ve finally found an electric car I like, after driving the remarkably unremarkable Citroen C-Zero.
- The car everyone was itching to get a go in wasn’t a Bentley or a Jag, but a Vauxhall. After finding out what the VXR8 (pictured) feels like under full throttle, I now know why.
- The Audi A1 is one of the year’s big surprises, but probably not for the reasons you might expect.
- Suzuki could have a hit on its hands with its first ever big saloon, the intruiging Kazashi.
- I don’t understand why there aren’t more Infinitis out there, after I discovered the G37 Convertible is not only a cosseted cruiser, but surprisingly good fun to drive.
- Peugeot, the people who brought you the cracking RC Z last year, are still on a roll. The 508 is a motorway machine par excellence.
- I think, after much searching, I’ve found the true successor to the slightly loopy Bond Bug of the Seventies.
- The Citroen DS3 Racing, which is one of my favourite cars of last year fitted with an enormous turbocharger, an absolute blast to drive. So much so that one of the other journalists crashed it.
But the real star of the day, unbelievably, was the Rover 200 I’d used to get there. Sure, it doesn’t have the polish, the precision or the punch of any of the new cars I drove but it didn’t complain once, munching up hundreds of motorway miles quietly and comfortably.
I’d set off from Southport at 4.30am, snaked through traffic for hours on end in Bedfordshire and covered more than 400 miles, but when I finally rolled up at 11 ‘o’ clock last night I was unruffled, relaxed and full of praise for the Rover. On a day where I’d had all sorts of shiny new cars at my disposal, it was a comfy cruiser which impressed endlessly.
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I've been down tinkering in the folds of my mind... yes, my mind has folds, and not I don't think that's strange. The unfolded mind isn't a very useful mind, in my opinion. Of course my opinion matters. I'm the only one here, besides Snaps, and she's trying to sleep... what do you mean? Yes, I'm the only one here, I just said so. No, Snaps isn't talking to me, she's sleeping. Besides, she's a dog. Dogs don't talk. Why I'm talking to you. You're... umm... you are... well, I don't know what you are, but I know what you're not. You're not Einstein because if he were here, he wouldn't argue with me about something as silly as minds having folds. He KNEW that minds have folds and if he were here, he would be telling me something very intelligent about now... either that or sticking out his tongue at me. Yeah, whatever. Be that way. Maybe you should just leave. Well I never liked you either. I don't even know who you are anyway.
Good, now that he's gone, we can get back to business.
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Letters to the Editor Saturday
This letter is in reference to the most recent landlord problem in Savannah.
I am a victim of a foreclosure on West 41st Street in Savannah. My units were located next to a crack house, which is in the news as I write.
I could not keep tenants in these units, whatever means needed. I requested the city of Savannah on many occasions for help and they always referred me to the police precinct on Bull Street.
It was a merry-go-round.
I was contacted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and I offered my bottom unit for surveillance for about four months. I paid mortgage and utility bills on my own, hoping it would help the community.
Boy, I was wrong to venture out on my own, with no back-up from the city.
I gambled and lost several thousand dollars with a foreclosure stamp.
A citizen needs all the backing and support if his intentions for the community are good. I will pursue compensation through any means as I wasn't treated right and overlooked.
MURRIS E. SUTTON, JR.
Chambliss should stand for states' rights
Georgia is not the type of state to let an Iowa congressman take away our rights, or the rights of our state's farmers.
The provision in the Farm Bill authored by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, would do just that; it's a dangerous and underhanded effort to crush states' rights when it comes to agriculture.
During its meeting in Atlanta, the National Conference of State Legislatures hammered the "King provision" for damaging farmers and removing power from locally elected officials. Fortunately, Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss is on the Farm Bill's conference committee that will decide if the King provision makes it into the final draft.
As a states' rights proponent, I'm counting on him to remove the King provision before it can forever damage our state's sovereignty.
Math on insurance fraud doesn't add up
A senior policy analyst for the Heritage Foundation expresses concern for anticipated insurance fraud resulting from a reduction in training for enrollment advisers under the new health-care law ("A fraudster's dream," Savannah Morning News, Aug. 19).
In what is presumably a nationally published article, he emphasizes the substantiality of the planned reduction: "The (Obama) administration recently announced that (it) was reducing (the training) by 50 percent - from 30 hours down to 20…"
Could it be that neither our federal administration nor a major think tank in Washington has done the elementary math to know that the cited reduction is 33-1/3 percent, not 50 percent?
New civic center costs money to run
Let's see the recurring costs of a new civic center that the taxpayer is going to have to pay, as well as the cost of building it.
We won't be getting any state money for the ongoing costs. What are the yearly projections of revenues and costs for the new center?
Pitts isn't concerned about saving lives
Columnist Leonard Pitts sees the war on drugs as he sees everything: Racially biased ("War on Drugs," Aug. 15).
Contrary to what he implies, the war on drugs was not a devious plot hatched and implemented by a committee of white men for the sole purpose of incarcerating blacks. The war on drugs did not put black fathers in prison. They are the reason they're in prison and their families destroyed. They were suppliers and consumers of drugs. They are the criminals, not victims.
Kemba Smith is not in prison because she's a black college student, had no criminal record, had a drug dealing boyfriend or the war on drugs.
She's in prison because she was an active and willing participant in the drug business. The incident that led to her incarceration was not a first-time thing. It just happens to be the first time she was caught. Kemba was a criminal, not a victim.
Just as Kemba Smith and black fathers are not victims, neither are those who are stopped and frisked under New York City's stop-and-frisk policy. Mr. Pitts totally disregarded all the statistical data that fostered this policy. He was not surprised that 84 percent of those stopped and frisked were black and Hispanic and weapons and drugs were found in only 2 percent of the searches.
The reason only 2 percent of the searches found anything indicates the policy is a very effective crime prevention tool. Why? Because no criminal or anyone with criminal intent is going to carry a gun or drugs knowing there is a high probability they may be stopped and frisked.
Pitts is not concerned about saving lives, only profiling.
Mr. Pitts and Michelle Alexander would like for the war on drugs to end and direct the money to the black communities. Why? Just to be spending money.
Billions of dollars have been pumped into the black communities and yielded minimal positive results. Billions more are not going to transform them into thriving healthy communities. Money is not the answer. "Ownership" is the key to solving the problems, but that's never going to happen. Playing "victim" is easier.
County chairman ignores a simple question
Several months ago, we sent an email to County Commission Chairman Al Scott questioning the validity of Commissioner James Holmes voting on issues pertaining solely to the Special Service Tax District (unincorporated Chatham County.)
Mr. Scott has yet to answer us even after his office requested our home address. Commissioner Holmes represents District 2, located in the city of Savannah, with no constituents living in the Special Service Tax District.
We, in the unincorporated area, have no opportunity to vote for or against Mr. Holmes, yet he can be the deciding vote on issues pertaining only to us.
We feel he should abstain from those issues that do not involve the entire county.
Why has this simple question on the part of two voters been ignored by the person who is supposed to represent all of the people in Chatham County?
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Apple's yearly developer conference should see iOS 8, OS X 10.10, and likely some hardware.
Next iPad Mini Likely to Have Retina Display, Possibly Multiple Colors of Back Covers
The piece also claims that Apple is considering offering multiple colors of back covers for the device, possibly complimenting the rumored lower-cost iPhone which is expected to have plastic back covers in a number of colors.
Apple is working with suppliers in Asia on its next iPad mini with a high-resolution "retina" display, unlike the current iPad mini that comes with a lower-resolution screen, the people said. The size of the new tablet will likely be the same as the current 7.9-inch model, which was released in November last year. Apple has also been contemplating multiple color back covers for the new tablet, they said.Apple plans to use screens from not only Samsung, but LG and Sharp as well. According to the New York-based financial newspaper, Apple initially planned to use LG and Sharp but decided to add Samsung to the mix in order to ensure an "adequate supply of screens." The current iPad mini uses displays from both Sharp and Taiwan's AU Optronics.
The paper does warn that Apple routinely tests various designs and has been known to make changes late in the design process, and there is no mention of a potential release date. It notes that Apple is more likely to add Retina after the announcement of Google's new high-resolution Nexus 7.
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Here's my take on JLA #50 blank cover for Hero Initiative.
Done with markers.
The Hero Initiative, a charity dedicated to helping comic creators in medical or financial need, most proudly announces their new partnership in the Justice League Of America #50 project with DC Comics. This is the first collaboration with DC comics ever and Hero is chomping at the bit to pull the collection together. The call has gone out and dozens of artists are putting pen to paper. DC has generously donated 100 blank-covered cardstock copies of Justice League Of America #50 to Hero, and work is being created by well-known stars such as Jim Lee, Alex Ross, George Perez, Jason Bone, Jim Valentino, and many many more.
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I pray to Sweet Baby Jesus that neither I, nor any of my friends or family, fall victim to some scamming asshat. These ingrown ball hairs need to legit get a job and stop taking from others.
But I must give this loser some props. Because a majority of us haven't fallen for the Nigerian prince thing, or the "one of your long lost relatives put you in their will".
But Billie, from China has quite the proposition for me:
Hello kathy (Names are capitalized in this country)
Hope you are doing well. (You don't give two efffs. Drop the b.s.)
I am Billie for China.I was going through your website (Which one?), and I'm writingtoexplore (So excited you're slurring your words together?) possible business opportunities.
Joawa Plastic Mould Company (Shouldn't this be a lead company? It is China...) is medium and small-scale accurate plastic mould company,We accept all kinds of molding tool design & manufacturing, plastic production and assembles etc. (Nice punctuation.)
We have been the supplier of many European andAmerican factoriesfor 10 years. we could also have good cooperation withyou. (I don't cooperate with known dbags.)
If you areinterested in a protential (Is a pro-tential project for pros only?) project,Please email us to get afull proposal. (What's afull proposal? Sounds tedious.)
Thanks & Regards,
I don't know what to do here. Such an obvious wonderful opportunity here. There was a document attached to this email that I obviously refused to open. I'm sure that's where the phishing would take place.
Kudus to the not-obvious play of not asking for my bank account info right away. Nor telling me how much I "inherited."
But all I could think about while reading was this:
1. How many people in China are named "Billie"? Are there a plethora of Billie Wangs and Billie Dongs and Billie Hungs running around Tiananmen Square?
2. And is this the true identity of Billie Jean from Jacko's song? The song was running through my mind while trying to take this all seriously... not.
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This week Google announced that it has now passed 1bn cumulative activations. This is what that trend looks like.
Google generally releases these numbers at scheduled events, and they're pretty round, so we can't take them as exact. My model makes some allowances for the overall trend rather than trying to hit the exact number on the exact day of the announcement (since the figure might actually have been passed a week earlier anyway).
If we aggregate this by quarter and split out tablets (also provided by Google recently), we get this chart, showing rapid but slowing growth and tablets as a pretty small share of the total.
This base, as everyone knows, is somewhat fragmented, with a wide mix of versions in use.
The interesting thing is that if you apply these percentages to the active base (on the assumption that trailing 24m activations are active), it appears that there is very little upgrading of existing devices: the growth of new versions of the OS seems to come solely from new devices.
Of course, what's missing from this data are the devices that are used in China and do not have any Google services on them, and hence do not activate with Google. There is, obviously, no good data on this, but most people in the Chinese market think that only, say, 20% of Chinese Android devices have Google on them. That means the overall Android market is rather bigger than 1bn, with well over 200m extra devices in China, and run-rate 'unactivated' Android making up perhaps a quarter of total Android sales.
Meanwhile, as Ars Technica points out, Google is starting to get around fragmentation by putting all its services into a software layer on top of Android that it can update remotely. This solves the fragmentation problem for Google (their services are on every Android device outside Amazon and China), but doesn't help Android developers trying to work out why their app crashes on one Samsung model but not another. | <urn:uuid:c79ce769-a21e-46f3-9890-a97c6a9a8a54> | CC-MAIN-2015-35 | http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2013/9/8/androids-route-to-1bn | 2015-09-03T08:48:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-35/segments/1440645310876.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20150827031510-00131-ip-10-171-96-226.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97268 | 393 |
Purdue wind energy park would offer research, education
February 7, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue's Board of Trustees on Friday (Feb. 4) permitted the university to pursue leasing land as part of a 60-turbine commercial wind energy park to create and enhance Purdue research and educational opportunities for Indiana students.
The project of the university, Purdue Research Foundation, General Electric Co. and Performance Services Inc. is proposed for Purdue's Animal Sciences Research and Education Center (ASREC) and adjacent private property. The location was selected for its ideal wind conditions.
Performance Services would develop the Purdue Energy Park at ASREC as a commercial venture, leasing the property from the foundation. The operation would be available to Purdue for research and education.
"Renewable energy has been a focus of the College of Agriculture for many years," said Jay Akridge, Glenn W. Sample Dean of Purdue Agriculture. "This project presents an excellent opportunity to explore bringing wind energy to our animal sciences farm, and we look forward to investigating the research and education activities this new park would make possible."
The Purdue Energy Park at ASREC would be powered by GE's 1.5 Series wind turbines, the most widely deployed wind turbines in the world. The 100 megawatts of electricity the total operation could produce - enough to power 25,000 U.S. homes for a year - would be sold to a utility. Some of the power would be a potential additional energy source for the university.
GE and Purdue, which would collaborate on research and development programs to advance wind turbine technology, have a strong history of working together on projects that support innovation, education and industry, said Jim Suciu, vice president of sales and marketing for GE Energy.
"We are excited about this partnership and the potential it holds not only for Purdue students interested in careers in renewable energy but also for the real-time testing and development of our wind turbine technology in a wind park setting," Suciu said.
Development of the energy park is contingent, in part, on replacing ASREC's animal-waste management system - center pivot irrigation - with a state-of-the-art animal waste treatment facility that would have potential for a methane digester to generate electricity. The energy park could create research opportunities into animal waste management systems for Indiana farms.
Other key provisions necessary for the project to move forward include obtaining state approval for leasing Purdue property and ensuring there is only minimal disruption of existing research.
The project would require final board approval.
The wind park aligns with Purdue's "New Synergies" strategic plan to provide field-defining research opportunities and partnerships to address global needs.
The partnership represents an unprecedented opportunity to improve the energy capture and reliability of wind turbines while simultaneously researching how wind energy affects the environment and agriculture, said Douglas Adams, Kenninger Professor of Renewable Energy and Power Systems in Purdue's College of Engineering.
"We as researchers hardly ever get to do tests on an entire system, in this case, an entire wind farm that is connected to the power grid. And that is what this opportunity will allow us to do," Adams said. "Imagine how much we could learn inside of a commercial wind farm operation. We could take data we've never even dreamed of taking before for days, months, even years."
Purdue Research Foundation would handle leasing arrangements for about 1,600 acres of Purdue land 10 miles northwest of campus off U.S. 231 in northern Tippecanoe County, where half of the turbines would be built. The other half would be erected on more than 2,400 acres of private property north of ASREC known as Performance Park, a proposed Performance Services wind farm.
The combined operation would be among the first large-scale commercial wind parks with a focus on research and education.
Performance Services would serve as the design-builder on both properties. It is conducting negotiations with a major financial investor for the commercial venture.
Construction requiring about 200 workers would begin in April 2012, and the wind park would be in operation by the end of that year. There would be six full-time, permanent jobs for ongoing operations and maintenance.
An important component would be a Welcome and Innovation Center, with a focus on graduate, undergraduate and kindergarten through 12th-grade education. Students, for example, could read live wind data and engage in other educational activities there. Such outreach conforms to Purdue's land-grant mission to serve the public through discovery, extension and learning.
The wind park is a landmark project for Indiana public education, said Tim Thoman, Performance Services president and founder.
"We have a unique opportunity to create relevant and engaging learning experiences about renewable energy for generations," he said.
The project helps place Indiana as a leader in addressing global challenges, said Joseph B. Hornett, senior vice president, treasurer and chief operating officer of Purdue Research Foundation.
"What's significant about the partnership is that it breaks new ground in developing collaborations between higher education and industry with common goals of supporting current and future research, creating jobs, and enhancing education," he said.
About General Electric:
GE serves the energy sector by developing and deploying technology that helps make efficient use of natural resources. With nearly 85,000 global employees and 2009 revenues of $37 billion, GE Energy is one of the world's leading suppliers of power generation and energy delivery technologies. The businesses that comprise GE Energy - GE Power & Water, GE Energy Services and GE Oil & Gas - work together to provide integrated product and service solutions in all areas of the energy industry, including coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear energy; renewable resources such as water, wind, solar and biogas; and other alternative fuels.
About Performance Services Inc.:
Performance Services is an Indianapolis-based design-build engineering company that specializes in constructing and renovating schools, universities and health-care facilities to deliver optimal environments through both the Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract and Design-Build procurement methods. Innovative wind power and geothermal systems are integral to the energy services portfolio. The company has provided energy solutions to schools since 1998 and is the leading service provider of guaranteed energy savings projects and Energy Star labeled schools in Indiana.
About Purdue Research Foundation:
The Purdue Research Foundation is a private, nonprofit foundation created to advance the mission of Purdue University. Established in 1930, the foundation accepts gifts; administers trusts; funds research, scholarships and grants; acquires property; and negotiates research contracts on behalf of Purdue. In the 1990s, the foundation was charged with helping the university in the realm of economic development. The Purdue Research Foundation oversees the Purdue Research Park, which is the largest university-affiliated business incubator in the country.
Writer: Keith Robinson, 765-494-2272, email@example.com
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Douglas Adams, 765-496-6033, firstname.lastname@example.org
Milissa Rocker, global communications manager for GE's renewable energy business, 518-385-2381, email@example.com
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Joseph B. Hornett, 765-588-1040, email@example.com
May 18, 2015
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Ever since they got casted in the show, they hang out together and spend time with each other on the sets as well.
Take a look at celebrity costars who’ve fallen in love on set — including Jen and Justin, Ian and Nina, Miley and Liam, and many more!While actress Jesseca Liu and comedian Jeremy Chan are tight-lipped about their relationship, actor Shane Pow and radio DJ Kimberly Wang (both above) have no qualms sharing blissful wefies on social media.While actress Jesseca Liu (above) and comedian Jeremy Chan are tight-lipped about their relationship, actor Shane Pow and radio DJ Kimberly Wang have no qualms sharing blissful wefies on social media.Whether they accept or not, it is up to them, but we surely would not want to stop speculating!Do Check Out: Top Most Talked About Famous Bollywood Star Kids The two have been rumoured to be dating each other since a very long time. Their social media accounts give us a clear glimpse of them being together on more than one occasion.
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Procurement is an important aspect of the development process and plays an important aspect of nation building. Major portion of the budget of any organisation is planned for the procurement, every year. eProcurement has proven itself as one of the more effective and efficient tools for bringing good governance and transparency to the procurement process and initiatives in this field have received significant support from the donor community including the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and the African Development Bank. Various initiatives have already taken place, spearheaded by different organisations to define best practices and strategies for the implementation and development of the eProcurement systems and many countries have already introduced eProcurement into their business practices through various business models and approaches. Legislation and political will also plays a very important role in the roll out of eProcurement. The implementation of an eProcurement system is not a short-term ICT project but a business process re-engineering project that should have a long term plan over 10 to 20 years period; it is not just a “quick-fix” system implementation plan. eProcurement requires the highest level of IT expertise. It requires the highest level of physical security, understanding of the procurement procedures, digital security, digital signatures, payment integration, delivery logistics, password protection with captcha, prevention against cyber attacks, backup policy, time stamping syncronisation, solution availability, high speed reliable data circuits and 24 x 7 x 365 secured, safe and reliable hosting environment with Tier IV or above green data centres. The book tries to cover all such aspects in details. The concept of digital marketplace has been discussed in great details. This was possible due to my discussions with many experts in their respective domain areas, who were all more than willing to share their wisdom with me at all levels. | <urn:uuid:66faf78e-6658-490c-913b-c43298c8f0dd> | CC-MAIN-2019-51 | https://www.shroffpublishers.com/books/management/purchasing-and-inventory/9789352134526/ | 2019-12-07T13:31:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575540499439.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20191207132817-20191207160817-00452.warc.gz | en | 0.945532 | 375 |
Having run the Henderson County Sheriff's Department for almost two years carrying out a pledge of reform and professional standards, Charlie McDonald might have gone into the election season confident that no one would oppose him.
No, he said in an interview, he always expected opposition.
Families had not even put away the Christmas decorations before the candidates started popping up.
A Democrat, Marty Katz, and a Polk County deputy, Robert Sieber, had opened campaign accounts already.
Then suddenly last week, McDonald had two more rivals — Michael Brown, who has run twice before, and Erik Summey, a former sheriff's detective who is now Fletcher police chief.
"One of the things I noted was that as an incumbent sheriff you really try not to be distracted by those things," said McDonald, who was appointed in February 2012 after Sheriff Rick Davis resigned the previous December amid questions about an insurance claim to a female deputy. "I figured more likely than not we would be challenged."
No matter what, Henderson County seems to get up for a good sheriff's race, and candidates oblige voters' appetite for a good race by filing.
The May ballot — and in Henderson County the Republican primary in May invariably does decide local offices — will contain choices for three seats on the Board of Commissioners, judges and other constitutional offices. But no race has the power, the appeal and the intrigue of a good sheriff's race.
"Some of it is just ambition. People feel like they'd make a good sheriff," said state Rep. Chuck McGrady, who has observed sheriff's elections since he moved to the county in the early 1990s. "And this sheriff not having been elected, it feels like if you're going to take an opportunity you better do it now."
"I wasn't puzzled until Erik Summey got into it," he added.
Law enforcement connections
George Erwin was the last sheriff who presided as the county's top law officer for a stable 12-year stretch. Erwin stunned the local political scene when he upset six-term incumbent Ab Jackson in 1994. Erwin won re-election by comfortable margins twice before deciding to leave the job, handing the office to his chief deputy, Eddie Watkins, before the 2006 election.
It's the nature of sheriff's election politics that rivals tend to know one another well.
McDonald is married to Erwin's sister, Jennie. Both McDonald and Summey worked for Erwin when he was sheriff. Brown, a former probation officer who is now a State Highway Patrol trooper, ran against him in 2002 and ran again in 2006, when Davis, with Erwin's endorsement, was elected sheriff.
"When I decided to retire I sat down with all the command staff and the guys that were interested in running and we had a roundtable discussion," Erwin said. "I told them you need to work it out what you're going to do. My recommendation is just one of y'all run. Someone said 'you need to pick one of us,' and I said, 'I'm not picking anybody.' Unfortunately (in Davis) we made the wrong choice of who to support."
Davis left his job on medical leave in November 2011 and resigned the following month after the county paid to settle a discrimination claim a female deputy brought against Davis.
Morale was low when McDonald came, the new sheriff has said, and he has worked to restore trust in the department and its personnel process.
Davis declined to swear in Summey when he took office. In 2008 Davis brought on Griffin, the longtime Hendersonville officer who finished second in the 2006 primary, and named him captain. When McDonald produced the list of deputies that would be sworn in, Ben McKay, who had been a captain, was not on it.
Sheriff's Department politics giveth and taketh away.
After Griffin applied for the sheriff's appointment in 2012, McDonald demoted him to lieutenant. The second place finisher in voting by the Republican Executive Committee, retired Highway Patrol officer Frank Stout, fared far better. McDonald hired him as a captain, later promoted him to major and, just last month, promoted him to chief deputy.
"That happens from time to time," McGrady said. "You either bring your rival really close or you send them into obscurity."
The sheriff's job is powerful, and not just because of the prestige. It has the power of numbers.
"It affects more people," McGrady said. "You get a really a powerful state senator and he has only one or two people that report to him and he has the ability to hire and fire. A sheriff is the only one that has a patronage system with deputies and their spouses and children and their parents. It's sort of old school in terms of the ability to make decisions" about the lives of employees who also happen to be voters.
"What's always striking to me is when you get a new sheriff, everybody gets sworn in again. When you get a new county manager that doesn't happen. You get a new library director and everybody keeps their job."
There's enormous power in that. The dark side of that power is an atmosphere of anxiety and fear during an election. There is no question, say observers of the local political scene, that the power, however negatively it might be viewed by good government types, gives an incumbent sheriff an edge.
"You have a couple hundred deputies and 50 reserve officers," Erwin said. "In the past I've seen it that they don't get on board with the sheriff. There is that patronage, and an incumbent does have somewhat of an advantage. I've told people when you get in politics you have to give people an excellent reason to change."
If voters don't sense something is wrong, he said, they're unlikely to throw out the incumbent. A challenger has to answer the voter who says "give me a good reason why I should switch," the former sheriff said. "It has to be compelling. That all comes into play. I know with Charlie, being sheriff was not high on Charlie's list. He was recruited to come in. He didn't seek the position, people asked him to apply for it. Others, of course, Brown, this is his third time in running."
'Part of the process'
When he was off the list of officers to be sworn in by newly elected Sheriff Davis, Summey wasn't all that surprised.
"I wouldn't say a victim," he said, when asked about it. "North Carolina is an at-will state. They do have that authority and they do have that right, and that's something that occurred to me. That's part of the process."
Summey landed on his feet, even prospered.
Tim Christol, whom the Fletcher Town Council had hired to clean up the troubled Fletcher department, hired Summey as a captain. After Christol returned to his home state of Tennessee, the town appointed Summey chief. (McKay, another rival that Davis vanquished, is now a detective with the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office.)
Over time, though, wounds heal.
Davis and Summey worked together as top officers.
"It's just one of those things that can happen," he said. "I don't think it's right. I don't think it's fair but that's their right. You either get sworn in or you get the other letter that comes in. Being on the other side I understand it.
"I'm going to look at the employee work record," he said. "Everybody has the right to support who they want to support. I would prefer to look at the employee's work record, and look at the performance aspect not the political aspect."
There's a government efficiency angle, too, he said.
The county has invested 15-20 years of training in an experienced officer. It would be pennywise to let that go for the way a deputy voted, he said.
Security and safety
Brown, in announcing his candidacy for the job last week, promised to "implement a policy that will shelter the employees of the department from demotion or dismissal without due process."
In an interview this week, he said deputies need more protection against politics.
"I think people get passionate about the sheriff's race because they want to feel secure," he said. "People want to feel secure in their homes and in their businesses. They want a leader they can trust to bring that security not only to the community but to the men and woman that work at the sheriff's department.
"We've had five sheriffs in the last 10 years and that's remarkable. The men and women of the Sheriff's Department deserve a sense of security along with the people," he said.
Brown's charge hits McDonald in an area that he probably emphasized more than any other — professional standards and fairness in hiring, promotion and disciplinary action.
"He has really no idea what we've put in place in the last two years," McDonald said of Brown. "Really for the first time in my involvement with Henderson County we actually do have processes in place that are used by professional law enforcement and other organizations around the nation. I really don't see him as a credible voice in what we've done."
Brown said he thinks his past two runs for sheriff have made him better known and have helped prepare him for what he hopes will be success on the third try. His grandfather was chief of detectives and his father was a deputy, both under Sheriff Jackson.
"I've got a long history and a family history in law enforcement, being the third generation, so it's definitely in my blood," he said. "I've got a diverse background, from probation and parole work and then going to the State Highway Patrol. I also have a formal education, with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice.
"We accomplished a lot in our last campaign but there's more to be done. If I'm fortunate enough to be elected, at least the employees can say, 'Hey, Michael Brown's going to be around for a while. I can see myself retiring here.'"
'It's a big deal'
Whatever candidates say about the power of the office, and whether they would misuse it or not, the campaign is sure to be hard-fought because the stakes are high and the prize is big.
"I think the sheriff has, as far as public safety, the third highest budget in the county," Summey said. "It's 25 percent of the budget. It's a lot of money. It's a big department, responsible for the jail, the courts, serving civil papers and answering calls for service. I think in the history of the county it's always been kind of a hot topic because it is very important position to lead a department of almost 200 employees. It's a big deal."
Erwin said called it the highest elected position in the county, and it is the most visible one.
"The office of sheriff is the oldest law enforcement office in history," he said. "It goes back to I think 1056 AD. George Washington's father was a sheriff. There's been a lot of prominent people throughout the country that have been sheriff.
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Floods is colorful strategy game. You target is to fill whole game screen with one color.
You are starting on left bottom corner.
To conquer new territory, just select color which you want to join you, by tapping color button on the top of the screen.
All bricks of this color sharing border with you will join your team.
There are 2 game modes: Puzzle and Strategy.
In Puzzle mode you need to fill whole screen and get as many points as you can. You are getting points for filling bricks with your color.
You are getting more points for each brick in bigger groups.
Strategy mode is similar to Puzzle, but you have limited number of steps to fill screen.
You can see current results on the top of the screen.
There is a local leaderboard to track your best scores
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Police search for motive in shooting
After hours of evidence processing and interviews, investigators still are looking for a clear motive and suspect information in a shooting that took the life of a 2015 Richmond High School grad early Wednesday morning.
Caleb Stevens, 18, was struck in the chest by a single gunshot at about 2:25 a.m. Wednesday in his home in the 1600 block of South 13 Street, just north of Wernle Road.
He was pronounced dead about an hour later after being transported to Reid Health, said Richmond Police Department Sgt. Mike Britt.
Stevens shared the single-story home with three roommates, two of whom were home when Stevens was shot. They reported seeing two dark figures in the residence who battered Dillan Delucio and shot Stevens, Britt said.
Delucio, 19, sustained a laceration on his forehead.
He and the other roommate home at the time, Kelsey Boatman, 18, were arrested and charged with maintaining a common nuisance (a Level 6 felony) after officers found illegal substances in the home, Britt said. Each posted $750 of a $7,500 bond and was released from the Wayne County Jail.
The final roommate arrived at the home later in the morning and was not arrested, Britt said.
RPD detectives received a search warrant before dawn and went through the home and detached garage, remaining at the scene until about 10 a.m. collecting evidence.
“Several items of evidence were taken regarding the incident that occurred,” Britt said.
Detectives finished processing the evidence and interviewing the roommates by mid-afternoon, but there still was no clear motive or suspect information, Britt said.
“The investigation is active and ongoing,” he said.
Evidence collected inside the home was loaded into a detective’s vehicle that backed into the gravel driveway after three vehicles were impounded by police. A black Toyota Highlander SUV and a blue Jaguar X-Type were loaded onto a Stamper’s Wrecker Service flatbed from the home’s driveway and taken to the police garage. A silver Chrysler Sebring also was taken from the street at the end of the home’s front walk.
After the wrecker removed the three vehicles, it returned to transport a safe that detectives wheeled from the home to the truck on a dolly.
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Manu DiBango, Friday, August 19, at the Ogden Theatre, has a lot of famous friends, many of whom appear on his latest Giant Records release, Wakafrika. But in spite of the presence of Peter Gabriel, Sinead O'Connor, King Sunny Ade, Youssou N' Dour and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, DiBango holds the spotlight throughout, thanks to compositions that effortlessly fuse African and Western-pop influences. So don't stay away from this show because DiBango is set to be the biggest star on the stage. In fact, that's one of the best reasons to go.
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Move comes amid political tensions between Turkey and Arab states over its support for the Muslim Brotherhood
Dubai: MBC, the region’s biggest pan-Arab satellite network has decided to stop airing Turkish drama series starting from last Friday, an MBC spokesperson told Gulf News.
No official announcement was made, but viewers noticed the halt of several Turkish series.
There was also no formal explanation for the move. However, it seems it was aimed to put an end to nearly 11 years of promoting Turkey’s image in the region.
The Saudi-owned channel’s move comes amid sizzling Arab-Turkish tension over several political issues.
“Starting from March 2nd at 1am Saudi Time ( 2am Dubai time), We have stopped airing the Turkish drama on the different channels of MBC, including MBC 1, MBC 4 and MBC Drama,” said Mazen Hayek, MBC spokesperson.
“The decision involved 6 series, and we replaced them with other Arab and Gulf content, while we are looking for other replacement in the short, medium and long term.”
Hayek continued “let this decision be an incentive for all of us to produce more premium content Arab drama to broadcast it across the board on our airways.”
Such a decision should enhance Arab production of dramas, the allocation of budgets for production and marketing, as well as hiring writers and directors to produce dramas that surpass the quality and standards of Turkish soaps, he said.
The average cost of producing one Turkish drama episode is $250,000 (918,000 dirhams) compared to Arab drama spending which ranges anywhere from $40,000-$100,000 per episode, according to producers.
MBC was the first to introduce Turkish soap operas dubbed in classical and colloquial Arabic to the Arab audience when it began in 2007.
The dramas were so popular that Arab tourism to Turkey increased as a result.
One of the most popular Turkish soaps “Noor” garnered nearly 92 million viewers in the Arab world during the series finale.
Time magazine has described the export of Turkish soap operas as “Erdogan’s secret” while Turkish media has touted that such dramas boost Turkey’s soft power in the region.
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Elegant Floral Letters & Shapes
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Elegant & personal
In this fun & friendly early evening class, not only will you master some beautiful buttercream flower piping, you'll learn how to construct elegant designs in shapes, numbers and letters too.
Bubbles on arrival
Enjoy creating amazing blooms in your very first class with a glass of bubbles when you arrive to welcome you.
(Non alcoholic options also available)
You'll explore all the basics including essential equipment, piping and colouring techniques and you'll be given simple, tried and tested recipes, guaranteed to ensure great results for even the newest baker.
The personal touch
Then we'll get straight to it as you learn to create elegant, personalised letters, numbers & shapes so you'll be able to create wonderful displays at home with ease.
Your class will include your choice of wooden heart shape, letter or number to take home.
(Specific letters & numbers can be pre-ordered, ready for the class)
Different flower techniques
Next, it's onto the piping practice mats as you learn to master a variety of simple yet wonderfully effective petal strokes and techniques before piping your first flowers: delicate apple blossoms & tiny rose buds.
Next, you'll learn how to use icing nails and flower scissors to create more professional, detailed arrangements and master the timeless individual petal rose, plus two colouring techniques that will elevate your flowers to another level.
A special treat
After all that 'hard work' it must be time for tea! So, sit back and relax as you enjoy a little something special with scones, clotted cream and strawberry jam and lashings of tea and coffee too, of course, all enjoyed from vintage china.
(Special dietary requirements can happily be accommodated with prior notice)
Fabulous foliage & beautiful buds
Feeling refreshed, we'll look at the wonderful world of leaves and simple buds and how they can breath life into your flowers (& hide a multitude of mishaps ;-)
The finishing touches
Finally, we'll add those finishing touches & then it's time to stand back, take lots of fabulous photos and feel generally pleased with yourself and your new found baking brilliance!
All this, set amid a quaint little craft village you can explore before your class making this a wonderful day out to share with someone special or to come and enjoy while making new friends.
Any questions? Just get in touch and i'll be happy to help in any way.
The Sugarcraft Contessa
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The School of Art Museum and Galleries
Welcome to the School of Art Museum and Galleries at Aberystwyth University. In addition to up-to-date news on the collections and exhibition programme, this site provides an introduction to our Art and Crafts Collection, outlining its development and the individuals whose personal enthusiasms have shaped the Collection since 1872.
The School of Art houses an extensive teaching and research collection of fine and decorative art that spans from the 15th century to contemporary. Our public galleries display an interesting and varied selection of changing exhibitions from the fine art collections, by invited artists and touring shows. Only a small proportion of the artefacts we hold is on display at any one time; the study collections are available by appointment. | <urn:uuid:d995f741-1621-4132-bfad-1e39c7b2b1b1> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/art/gallery-museum/ | 2019-05-26T22:30:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232259757.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20190526205447-20190526231447-00310.warc.gz | en | 0.943017 | 153 |
Ray Harryhausen was frequently called on to re-create creatures from ancient mythology. Pegasus was a creation of the gods, a horse with the ability to fly with large eagle-like wings.
Secret Compass and Star Ace are proud to present the Pegasus Statue, which has been brought to life in a sixth scale polyresin format with detachable wings. Posed as if striding through the air, Pegasus is sculpted by the renowned artisans at Kaibutsuya, each piece meticulously hand-painted.
Pegasus ships with a polyresin display base with a nameplate.
11.81" H (299.97mm) x 12.99" W (329.95mm) x 16.53" L (419.86mm)0.98" H (24.89mm) x 7.87" W (199.9mm) x 13.38" L (339.85mm)
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No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy tells the story of a down in his luck ordinary guy (Llewlyn Moss) who stumbles across the scene of a major shootout in a middle of nowhere section of scrubland down near the border with Mexico. Finding a briefcase full of money amongst the dead bodies, he makes a run with it, along with his girlfriend. Soon, of course, the missing money is noted by one or more of the people involved in the ‘business transaction’ gone wrong and a killer in the shape of Chigurh is dispatched to retrieve it. Into the fray enters Sheriff Bell as he follows a trail of destruction left by Chigurh in his pursuit of Moss.
The novel tells the story from the points of view of Moss, Chigurh and Bell. Moss’ desperation is palpable as he tries to keep ahead of Chigurh. The relationship between Moss and his girlfriend is fraught as they yearn for a better life for themselves and slowly realise that the theft of the money is not going to deliver this to them. Chigurh is the most chilling fictional killer I’ve come across in a long time, exemplified by a number of scenes in which he dispatches (or doesn’t) several people in the most clinical way imaginable. Sheriff Bell brings the light of reason to the story as he longs for the old days when life was not so brutal.
While the basic elements of this story have been used before by many writers, what makes No Country for Old Men so effective is the radically pared back prose. There is an economy of style and usage that suits the locale and the characters perfectly. The sense of place is wonderfully evoked. The dialogue (once you get used to the lack of quotation marks, punctuation and apostrophes, etc.) is spot on. You can practically smell the decaying bodies at the scene of the original shootout, hear the defective air conditioning units in the decrepit motel rooms and feel the hot, dry sun beating down on your shoulders.
As an exercise in pure storytelling and gripping tension, No Country for Old Men can’t be beaten. Highly recommended. | <urn:uuid:6961c7e7-c706-4d88-ac3c-fb38eeadcdb7> | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | https://johnrichardkenny.com/reviews/no-country-for-old-men-by-cormac-mccarthy/ | 2021-01-25T20:59:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703644033.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20210125185643-20210125215643-00323.warc.gz | en | 0.959053 | 449 |
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One of the great things about Forex trading is that it can be done from anywhere. But due to regulations and different lifestyle factors, some countries are a cut above the rest for forex traders.
We’ve pulled together the data on the best countries for forex traders, focusing on countries that have no capital gains tax, and taking the following into account:
- Cost of living
- Crime rate
- Healthcare rating
- Broadband speed
- Road traffic
- Forex regulations
You can see the top findings in this table, or read on for our analysis on each country.
Although many of these countries have a high cost of living, which will not be an issue for most professionals, there are also some with a relatively low cost of living which are great options for those who are early in their trading journey.
It’s important to keep in mind that traders aren’t always tied to local regulations – somebody who lives in the Bahamas, for example, doesn’t have to use a broker regulated by their local regulatory body unless a regulation states otherwise.
16. Turks and Caicos
At the bottom of our list is the Turks and Caicos Islands. This country is known as a tax haven and has undergone rapid economic growth over the last two decades, mostly thanks to the rise of tourism and offshore financial services.
The cost of living in Turks and Caicos is lower compared to some others on this list – it costs around $2641 a month for a single person to live there.
The crime rate here is rated at 51.78 out of 100, positioning it as the third least safe country on our list. Crime has increased in the past three years – specific crimes include corruption and bribery, homes being broken into and items being stolen.
Broadband speed in Turks and Caicos isn’t the fastest, which is not ideal for traders. The average speed is 39.8 Mbps, putting it in twelfth place for broadband.
Forex trading here is regulated by the Turks and Caicos Islands Financial Services Commission (TCIFSC). The pros of trading here include flexibility and high leverage accounts – this means there’s a higher chance of earning more money. Cons include negative balance protection not being mandatory and the risk of scammers due to the location.
15. The Bahamas
The Bahamas is lower down on our list for a few different reasons. Firstly, the Bahamas has the highest crime rate of the featured countries with a rating of 62.06 out of 100 with a risk of vandalism and theft, violent crimes such as armed robbery and assault, corruption and bribery, plus more.
The cost of living is also high with the average monthly cost being around B$3304 ($3305). The Bahamas also came last on our list for healthcare with a low rating of 40.43 out of 100.
On a more positive note, the Bahamas has a decent broadband speed of around 55.89 Mbps, a wide range of attractions for good work-life balance, and has little traffic – the average time spent in traffic (one way) is just 25 minutes.
The Securities Commission of The Bahamas regulate Forex trading here and are said to be one of the stricter bodies of the Caribbean Islands. Similarly to other offshore trading accounts, positives include high leverage options and that the SCB has banned binary options for traders. Although, the Bahamas is known as a ‘tax haven’ which could attract scammers.
14. The British Virgin Islands
The British Virgin Islands (BVIs) are known for their offshore financial services sector – they are one of the most attractive places in the world for establishing an offshore business as a ‘tax oasis’.
Despite this being one of the wealthiest countries in the Caribbean, the cost of living isn’t as high as the above countries. It costs around $2441 a month for a single person to live in the BVIs, putting it seventh on our list. The crime rate is also significantly lower, with a rating of 37.50 out of 100.
Unfortunately, work-life balance may be an issue here with relatively few tourist and leisure attractions, putting the BVIs in the fourteenth position of these featured countries. Broadband speed is also further down the list, with the average speed being just 24.9Mbps.
Similarly to the above, Forex trading here has the same pros (high leverage, flexibility) and cons (negative balance protection not being mandatory and risk of fraudsters due to the location) as the other offshore countries.
Vanuatu is in the sixth position on our list for cost of living – it costs a single person around 236,475 VUV (Vanuatu Vanu) a month, which is equivalent to around $2126. The lack of traffic is another positive factor of Vanuatu, with the average time in traffic being just fifteen minutes!
Most worryingly for a forex trader, Vanuatu has the worst broadband connection out of all the countries looked into, with the average connection being just 15.44 Mbps.
Vanuatu is the second-worst country for healthcare on our list with a rating of 40.51 of 100. Particular issues include equipment for modern diagnosis and treatment, accuracy in filling out reports, responsiveness in medical institutions, and costs.
Forex trading is overseen by the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission (VFSC). The positives of trading here include high leverage and flexibility. Vanuatu is also one of the easiest places to gain a broker licence. Negatives include negative balance protection not being mandatory, also this location may also attract scam artists.
12. Cayman Islands
Out of all the Caribbean islands we have looked into, the Cayman Islands have a high cost of living, with the average cost being around 6418 Cayman Island Dollars ($7707) a month, making this the second-highest country on our list for cost of living.
Fortunately, the high cost of living stings a little less as the Cayman Islands have a low crime rate level, rated at 33.3. Crime has increased a lot over the past three years, although residents report that they still feel safe walking alone during the day and night.
The broadband speed in the Cayman Islands is quite slow – the average speed is around 16.12Mbps, putting this country in the second to last position for broadband speed.
The Cayman Islands are a relatively easy and well-regulated place to trade forex. The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) sets standards for any broker doing business in the country – they enforce regulations that minimise the risk of fraud and illegal activity. The pros and cons for forex trading in the Cayman Islands are the same as the above offshore regulations.
11. Hong Kong
Known for being one of the most densely populated countries in the world, the traffic in Hong Kong is the worst on our list – people living in the country spend an average of 43 minutes in one way traffic.
Hong Kong is also the third most expensive place to live on our list! It costs around HK$45555 a month for a single person to live there – this is equivalent to $5819.
In more positive news, Hong Kong also has very fast broadband, operating at 254.4 Mbps on average, and little crime – Hong Kong is rated at just 22.08 out of 100, residents feel safe walking alone at night.
Forex is regulated by the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong (SFC). The SFC have a great reputation and are one of the top regulators within the industry – they offer low leverage options, which reduces the risk for traders. The only negative for forex trading in Hong Kong is that negative balance protection is not mandatory.
Belize is the final Caribbean Island on our list and is the third cheapest out of the other featured countries for the cost of living, which is around 2518 Belize Dollars ($1239) a month. As well as the cost of living being lower compared to others, traffic in Belize is also low – the average time spent in traffic is just 20 minutes.
Belize has a higher crime rate than other countries we looked at, with a rating of 50.92. This has risen in the last three years with corruption and bribery, in particular, being a big risk. Belize is the third-worst country for healthcare on our list with skill and competency of staff, speed in completing examinations and reports, equipment for modern diagnosis and treatment, and wait time in medical institutions all being rated low.
Forex trading is regulated by the International Financial Service Commission (IFSC) – an independent self-regulatory agency under the Ministry of Belize Securities and International Financial Services Commission Act. Similarly to other offshore countries, positives include high leverage and flexibility – Belize also has strict privacy laws which can protect traders. Negatives include that the location may attract scammers and that negative balance protection is not mandatory.
Malaysia is the second cheapest country to live in on our list. It costs around 4227RM ($1018) per month. This country also provides a good work-life balance, with a wide variety of tourist and leisure attractions
Unfortunately, Malaysia has the second-highest rate of crime of our featured countries, falling just behind the Bahamas with a rate of 56.74. Crime has increased a lot over the past three years, with the biggest worries including being mugged and robbed, having items stolen from cars, vandalism and theft, and corruption and bribery.
Forex trading is legal, but only recently – there are still a lot of grey areas. Financial Regulatory responsibilities are left with the Securities Commission in Malaysia – Forex trading is only legal if institutions and agencies approved and regulated by Malaysian law are used. If unauthorised agencies are operating, all the Securities Commission can do is warn investors that they aren’t regulated – there is no strict protection.
Brunei has a low cost of living compared to other countries on our list, coming in at the fourth most affordable country. It costs around B$2310 ($1703) a month for a single person to live here. Brunei has the best healthcare of all the featured countries with a high rating of 77 – the main positives being the cost of healthcare and the location convenience of healthcare institutions.
With relatively few tourist and leisure attractions across the country, work-life balance may be negatively affected in Brunei. Also, the broadband speed isn’t the best, with the average speed being around 33.94Mbps.
Forex trading has grown in popularity across Brunei – the volume of Forex traded has increased year on year over the last five years. As long as traders are following and respecting Islamic laws, it’s perfectly legal. However, forex trading isn’t regulated yet which could bring the risk of scammers and shady brokers.
Monaco, also known as ‘the billionaire’s playground’, is known for its casinos, lavish wealth, and glamour. Given its nickname, it is not surprising that it came at the top of our list for cost of living, costing around €10,075 a month for a single person to live in Monaco, this is equivalent to $11674.
Another downside is that residents could struggle with work/life balance – there are just a few tourist and leisure attractions across the country, putting Monaco at the bottom of our list for this category.
Monaco is the third safest country out of all featured countries, with a lower crime rate ranking of 20.82. This country is also third on the list for the best healthcare with a high rating of 75.
Finances in Monaco are regulated by the Commission for the Control of Financial Activities (CCAF). Forex trading has been growing in population over the years but there are still some unclear aspects. A positive of trading in Monaco is that there aren’t too many regulations. However, a negative is that not all Monégasque customers not always accepted by EU brokers.
The cost of living in Oman is low compared to other featured countries – it’s the third most affordable country on our list. It would cost around 591 Omani Riall ($1535) a month. Oman’s crime rate is also low, putting it as the second safest country on our list – the crime rate is rated at just 20.13.
The healthcare system in Oman is fairly low on the list with a moderate rating of 58.23 out of 100.
There aren’t many forex traders residing in Oman, but with regulations being relaxed, forex trading is growing here. Forex is regulated by both the Capital Markets Authority and the Central Bank of Oman. Pros for trading in Oman include high leverage and flexibility. Whilst high leverage is great, Oman has no limitation on leverage which can increase the risk for traders massively! Also, negative balance protection is not mandatory.
The cost of living in Belgium is at the lower end of our list – it costs around €1571 ($1818) a month to live there. As well as the cost of living being lower compared to other featured countries, Belgium’s healthcare system is rated at an impressive 75.27 – putting it in second place. The work-life balance in Belgium is also considerable, with lots of tourist and leisure attractions across the country.
The crime rate in Belgium is rated at 45.06, putting them in twelfth position for crime, with crime increasing in the past three years.
Forex trading is regulated by the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), who are part of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). The ESMA set up any regulations and rules, and the local EU regulators, such as FSMA, must apply them. As well as having such a great regulator, other pros include the opportunity for high leverages for professional traders. Negatives include that you have to be a professional trader to trade forex, standard EU customer protections aren’t mandatory for professional traders meaning some brokers will revoke negative balance protection from them.
Singapore is renowned for its strict local laws and prides itself on stability and security – words forex traders love to hear.
The cost of living in Singapore is quite high compared to others on this list – a single person would pay around S$5003 ($3708) a month to live here. It’s also the second-worst country for traffic on our list, with the average time spent in traffic being 41 minutes.
The broadband connection in Singapore is very fast, operating at an average of 262.2Mbps. It is also a safe country with a low rating of 27.87 for crime – residents feel very safe walking alone in the day and at night.
Forex trading here is regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) – one of the most respected and influential regulators in the entire region. The MAS prohibits unregulated brokers from operating there, protecting against fraud, corruption and bad practice for traders. If brokers aren’t MAS regulated, they can risk being banned from the country. There aren’t too many negatives when it comes to trading in Singapore!
3. United Arab Emirates
When you think of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), you think of money! The UAE is the third richest country in the world, yet surprisingly, the cost of living here isn’t as high as you might expect – it costs around 9618 UAE Dirham ($2618) a month for a single person to live here, bringing it lower than some other countries on our list.
The crime rate in the UAE is very low, making it the safest country on this list with a ranking of just 15.21 and all aspects being rated either low or very low. Residents feel very safe walking alone during both the day and night.
Traffic here can be bad, with an average time of 36 minutes being spent in traffic.
Forex trading is completely legal – most brokers will typically register in Dubai as it’s a special economic area within UAE and home to the DFSA – one of the most respected regulators. Outside of Dubai, traders should look for brokers regulated by the UAEs federal securities commission authority, or the central bank of Dubai.
Positives for forex trading here include high leverage options for professional traders and low leverage for others – reducing the risks for non-professionals. The main ‘negative’ of forex trading here is that spread betting is illegal – whilst this isn’t a negative in itself, people may still offer it which can cause issues for traders if not careful.
2. New Zealand
A huge positive for forex traders is that New Zealand tops the list for broadband speed! Operating at an average of 264.16Mbps, traders will never have to worry about a bad connection.
The cost of living in New Zealand is bang in the middle of our list, costing around NZ$3696 ($2657) a month.
Forex trading is legal in New Zealand and is regulated by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA). The main duty of the FMA is to ensure forex brokers follow strict guidelines enforced by the organisation – if brokers don’t follow these regulations, the FMA can revoke and cancel licenses, induce fines, and give other penalties. These requirements protect traders and provide confidence – one requirement is that only FMA authorised brokers can be used. New Zealand brokers are reputable for being safe and secure. The only real ‘negative’ to trading in New Zealand is that negative balance protection is not mandatory.
Switzerland tops our list due to the low crime rate, substantial healthcare, fast broadband and great forex trading.
The crime rate here is rated low at 21.68, with all aspects being rated low to very low – residents feel safe during the day and night. The healthcare system is rated highly at 74.02. A huge positive for forex traders considering relocation to Switzerland is that the broadband speed is very fast, with an average speed of 222Mbps.
However, Switzerland does have a high cost of living – for a single person to live here, it costs around 3500 Swiss Franc ($3833) a month, making it the fourth most expensive country on our list.
Forex trading in Switzerland is great as they have strict local regulations which can protect traders and are regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) – brokers must be authorised by FINMA to operate in Switzerland. There are no clear negatives to trading in Switzerland!
To work out each countries position, we put them in order for each category and then worked out the average position based on their place within each category. To work out the score for each country, we took all of the different factors into account to create a score out of ten.
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Turgutreis climate guide, Aegean Coast
Welcome to the Turgutreis climate guide, which shows average weather for Turgutreis, Aegean Coast, Turkey. Check maximum temperature, the number of days with rainfall, sea temperature and daily hours of sunshine for each month of the year.
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The Turgutreis climate guide is provided by Weather2Travel.com. For more information about the weather in Turgutreis, Aegean Coast, Turkey including monthly rainfall, mininum temperature, UV maximum, heat & humidity and daylight hours visit the Turgutreis climate guide page. | <urn:uuid:d42320ec-64fd-4fd8-a1bb-6342c63dc145> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.worldclimateguide.co.uk/guides/aegean-coast/turgutreis/ | 2017-06-28T10:39:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323604.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628101910-20170628121910-00010.warc.gz | en | 0.743859 | 237 |
There’s plenty of options when you’re looking for a fibroid fix. But, when you have fibroids, that can make it hard to pick a treatment plan. After all, there are so many different options. Some involve surgery, some don’t. Of course, you want to relieve your symptoms and minimize your down time. And one great option is Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE). That’s because it’s an intervention that doesn’t require overnight hospital stays or surgery. But, like any medical procedure, it isn’t for everyone. How can you know if UFE is right for you? Let’s explore this quick checklist.
Who Should Have UFE?
By the time they’re 50, most women will develop fibroids. But we’re not doing a great job teaching women about this common condition. Because up to 57% of women think they don’t need to worry about fibroids, according to new survey results.
Then, the problem gets worse when it comes to diagnosing fibroids. For many women, fibroid symptoms such as heavy periods are embarrassing. That makes it harder to talk about your health concerns…and harder to get a fibroids diagnosis. In fact, 37% of women living with fibroids haven’t yet been diagnosed. Plus, even after getting diagnosed, the sea of treatment options may be overwhelming. And that’s before you realize many treatment options never get discussed by your doctor.
For some women, myomectomy (surgery to remove a fibroid) will be the right choice. Others may need a hysterectomy (removal of uterus.) But, you may be a candidate for UFE if:
- You have fibroid symptoms
- Keeping your uterus is important
- You want to avoid surgery
- Surgery would be dangerous for you
- You are not pregnant
Finding Your Ideal Fibroid Fix
We hope you now understand who may be a good UFE candidate. But there are other factors to consider when it comes to UFE, which is why we’ve included this easy checklist. (Pictured at right)
Are you looking for your best fibroid fix? Download and fill out this form honestly. Then, bring it in with you to your next doctor’s appointment. As you review your answers, know this: if you’ve responded yes to one or more of the categories, you may be a good candidate for UFE! And if that’s the case, we invite you to schedule a consultation with our Houston area fibroid specialists, Dr. Fox and Dr. Hardee. That’s the best way to see if UFE can help resolve your fibroid symptoms! | <urn:uuid:bdefafe5-b204-4657-bfc2-8ca96d1f843e> | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | https://houstonfibroids.com/posts/category/ufe/page/2/ | 2021-04-15T14:28:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038085599.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20210415125840-20210415155840-00591.warc.gz | en | 0.910482 | 587 |
Women's basketball gets outshot against Concordia
By Jadon Frank
Briercrest women’s basketball played the Concordia University College Thunder Saturday night, losing 70-43.
Briercrest came out of the gate strong to start the game, finding themselves up 10-8 after the first quarter, but Concordia stormed back in the second quarter to build a 30-19 lead at halftime.
Concordia continued to hold the momentum in the third quarter, building a 48-26 lead. Briercrest had their strongest quarter offensively in the fourth quarter, but were unable to contain Concordia in the process and fell to the Thunder 22-17 in the fourth quarter.
Game notes: Player of the game for Briercrest was rookie Hannah Klassen who came off the bench with 7 points, and 1 rebound. Leading players for Briercrest were Tracy Frimpong with 10 points in her second ACAC start, Claire Richardson with team leading 8 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 steals to go with her 6 points. Laura Wild had her first ever ACAC start, while fellow rookie Karly Goertzen had a strong game off the bench with 7 points, 3 steals, and 1 rebound in a strong 20:13 playing time.
Briercrest was very strong on the defensive boards and with blocks collecting 33 and five to Concordia’s 22 and one. Concordia collected their boards on the offensive end with 20 offensive rebounds to Briercrest’s four. Briercrest was more efficient with their shots, but Concordia was able to outshoot Briercrest 73 to 39 and took 33 free throws to Briercrest’s 16.
After going on the road for the two longest road trips of the season on back-to-back weekends Briercrest will be back home for games against NAIT Nov. 16 and Grant MacEwan Nov. 17. Both games will be played at 6:00 pm. | <urn:uuid:f1a2ff56-c41f-4bed-95ba-70d2be323d1f> | CC-MAIN-2016-07 | http://www.briercrest.ca/athletics/multimedia/news/article.aspx?id=1674&type=20 | 2016-02-14T03:54:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-07/segments/1454701168998.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160205193928-00029-ip-10-236-182-209.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96803 | 406 |
Marine Jeff Fangman, his wife and their daughter went fishing, and when he felt he got a bite, they started recording video. Fangman, an experienced shark fisherman, knew this wasn't a regular fish.
"Low and behold it ended up being a great white," Fanman said.
He reeled in the young female great white shark, the first he's ever caught from a U.S. beach.
"Seeing it in the water was just... it was almost mind blowing. It's taken several weeks to get the whole ordeal to sink in," Fangman said. Great white sharks are illegal to fish, so he released his biggest catch back into the water.
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Available in three color options with three rear chassis designs and a choice of hosel options, the EV5 series of putters epitomize the versatility of the V-Series line from Evnroll.
3 x 3 Versatility
Each putter design features a precision CNC Milled 303 stainless steel face and front section along with a choice of three interchangeable 6061 aluminum back chassis designs to suit a multitude of golfers.
- EV5.1 is an artistic shape for the simplest aiming option with a standard single top sightline along with linear rear wings that curve back towards the center for macro aimers.
- EV5.2 offers a standard single top sightline and two cavity sightlines that draft off the rear center line for those players who prefer multiple sightlines in their setup process along with linear rear wing for macro aimers.
- EV5.3 provides a standard single top sightline coupled with a clean rear linear shape that provides a rectangle aiming window for both parallel and perpendicular aiming.
The EV5 series is offered in three color options: satin, duo and black. The duo color option benefits from macro and micro parallel and perpendicular aiming through the use of dual color front and rear sections.
Tradition meets Technology
Essentially the shape of a blade putter, the stainless steel face and front section of each putter provides the feel of a blade from the hitting area while the rear aluminum chassis and four tungsten weights positioned deep and low offer the CG and MOI benefits of a mallet.
Adjustable six-point weighting
The addition of six weight ports provide precision weighting for targeted swing weighting as well as dynamic toe flow options and perimeter weighting MOI benefits.
As a member of the V-Series line from Evnroll, this clean, modern design offers six different hosel options to accommodate your desired stroke path.
This patented face groove technology delivers consistent ball speeds from center and off-center hits with virtually zero dispersion for award-wining accuracy.
- CNC Milled in USA
- Head Material – 303 stainless steel (face/front) and 6061 Aluminum (body)
- Color – Silver satin finish, Black Ceramic or Duo
- Weight – Tour preferred D7 swingweight at each length
- Loft Angle – 2 degrees
- Lie Angle – 70 degrees
- Stock Grip – EVNROLL white TourTac grip (satin) and EVNROLL Black TourTac grip (Black). Both 90 grams
- Length – Measured from center of leading edge to top of grip
- Shaft – Chrome stepless shaft with .370 tip (satin), Black stepless shaft with .370 tip (Black)
- Shafting – Straight shaft mounted into an overfit hosel
- Toe Hang Specs EV5.1
- Short Slant = 36 degrees of toe hang
- Inline Slant = 55 degrees of toe hang
- Short Plumber = 25 degrees of toe hang
- Mid Slant = 24 degrees of toe hang
- Long Plumber = 16 degrees of toe hang
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This license applies to all individuals or entities that want to operate any taxicab within the Village of Palatine. There are very specific requirements that must be adhered to before a license can be approved. Annual licenses expire on December 31st.
To obtain a license, complete the Public Passenger Vehicle Operator License Application and return it with a Certificate of Insurance for each vehicle, Inspection form for each vehicle, supporting documentation and the appropriate license fee to the Village of Palatine Cashier’s office. Licenses will be issued upon approval of the application. Compliance with all laws, ordinances and regulations of the Village of Palatine as well as the State of Illinois is required. | <urn:uuid:cb84aaad-c1ca-4832-b84b-1db9b25036a6> | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | https://www.palatine.il.us/352/Taxi-Driver-Information-Permits | 2019-04-24T02:44:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578624217.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20190424014705-20190424040705-00167.warc.gz | en | 0.932679 | 139 |
Jim Lampley, who took a detour from sports reporting to anchor at KCBS in the late 80s and early 90s, doesn’t regret his time covering the news in Los Angeles.
“I have no regrets about everything I experienced as a television news anchor. I think it was a very productive part of my process,” Lampley told mediabistro recently. “At the end of the day, that job was not as satisfying to me. I didn’t get as much out of it as some of the other things in my career. I had to do it to learn that so I couldn’t honestly say I was disappointed or regretful about that. I did what I did and it was good for me at the time. It helped me grow.” [FishbowlLA] | <urn:uuid:58e30e3b-7cc2-4233-b838-c980652418e0> | CC-MAIN-2016-30 | http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/jim-lampley-on-time-at-kcbs-it-helped-me-grow/52270?red=ts | 2016-07-29T15:43:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257830091.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071030-00188-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.995595 | 174 |
Busboom Castle is located near Dewey, Illinois, It was built by Bruce Busboom. I received E-Mail from Mr. Busboom that said:
The castle is 4800 GSF, with a poured concrete foundation 5 feet deep, 3 feet wide at the bottom and 15" thick at the top. It took 272 cubic yards just for the foundation. The castle walls are 15.5" thick, with 8" split-face block veneer (similar to Jim Dupont's), 1 1/2" air space, 2" EPS foam insulation, 2X4 studs with fiberglass, 1/2" OSB sheathing, aluminum foil and 1/2" drywall on the inside. The interior framing is 8"x 8" posts and 9"x 12" oak girders. The Great Hall is 50 feet long with a 22' ceiling - the drawbridge is at one end and a fireplace/entertainment center at the other, with a long dining table between. A trumpet fanfare actually plays when the drawbridge is lowered (for guests only - I normally use the 'servant entrance'), and gargoyles spit water some 30 feet down into the moat.
The north tower contains a three story staircase (pictured in "Vertigo") that tops out at an observation deck and a walk-out door to the main roof. This way I can stand behind the battlements and launch water balloons or hot oil. From the main roof, access to the tower roofs is gained by stainless steel pegs and handrails.
I wanted to make the castle ADA accessible, so all the doors are extra wide and there is an elevator in the south tower. I also built a stone shower that can be accessed by wheelchair, in the shape of a "9" so no glass doors or shower curtain is required. There are four bedrooms, 3 full and 2 half-baths, hobby room, parlor, large kitchen, pantry and laundry room, plus a secret 'owner's retreat'.
I did most of the work myself, but one of the best days of my life was a Saturday morning when 14 friends showed up to help notch, drill, and stand up the posts and beams that form the basic inner structure. We were done by 2:00 PM. It was probably a lot like an Amish barn-raising only we drank a lot of beer afterward!"
To get to the official Busboom Castle webpage, go here: http://www.busboomcastle.com/
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Coconut oil should really be called butter, but then we’d confuse it with a skin cream. It is the perfect nondairy fat to use for scones and other baked goods. These have the same rich, flaky texture that scones made with butter have, along with a subtle and pleasing coconut flavor.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment. Sift together the flours, salt, baking powder and baking soda and stir in the sugar. Place in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade or in the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle.
Add the coconut oil to the food processor or mixer and pulse several times or beat on low speed until it is distributed throughout the flour and the mixture has the consistency of coarse cornmeal; if you’re using a mixer, it will still have some lumps.
Beat together the buttermilk and agave or honey in a small bowl and add to the food processor or mixer. Add the ginger and process or mix at medium speed just until the dough comes together.
Scrape out onto a lightly floured surface and gently shape into a rectangle, about 3/4 inch thick. Cut into 6 squares, then cut the squares in half on the diagonal to form 12 triangular pieces. Place on the baking sheet. Bake 15 to 18 minutes, until lightly browned. Cool on a rack.
Advance preparation: These keep at room temperature for a couple of days and freeze well. | <urn:uuid:ac0858cc-2564-4ecb-8297-af8038e48dc0> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/12394-whole-wheat-ginger-scones | 2019-05-25T09:10:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232257939.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20190525084658-20190525110658-00327.warc.gz | en | 0.927565 | 310 |
|This JB concert was set up by my 9 year old daughter|
10 years ago when the technician said 'it's a girl' my first thought was 'one day that baby girl would love a boy'.
The thought gripped my heart with fear. How could I stop her from loving him too young? What experience could I draw from to advise her to forget him, focus on your art, your studies, anything but him?
I was that girl with a boy shaped hole inside. I was that girl who lived only to know him, see him, be with him. The girl I don't want my little girl to become. The power of it scares me.
So now it has begun to seep into my home how do I move? Do I deny it or hold her hand? Do I run and hide? Do I trust the foundation we have built beneath her? The ground I did not have. The ground with roots deep in the Word. Not blowing in the wind. Not unchained.
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Planning Amendment C97 inadvertently removed from the Schedule to Clause 51.03 permit requirements in relation to earthworks. This earlier amendment had enabled earthworks to occur in the rural areas of the Shire up to 1m in height/depth without triggering planning permit considerations. This had resulted in some properties taking the opportunity to place Clean Land Fill earthworks across their properties without requirement for planning permit.
Planning Amendment C166 has been recently approved by the Planning Minister & adopted into the Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme. This re-introduces the Earthwork Planning Permit triggers into the Schedule of Clause 51.03, meaning Earthworks in excess of 1m height, and/or earthworks which exceed 4000m² in area (irrespective of height) will again trigger planning permit consideration. This amendment came into effect on 29/08/2019.
If you are considering Clean Land Fill Earthworks, or are in the process of Clean Land Fill earthworks on your property, I recommend contacting Council to determine the effect of this recent planning amendment to your proposal. My office could assist with any planning application, should it be required. | <urn:uuid:5c06a9fc-3559-4097-be2a-085e36f7e5db> | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | https://www.tgsurveys.com.au/blog/845091 | 2020-08-13T00:09:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738950.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20200812225607-20200813015607-00445.warc.gz | en | 0.934529 | 229 |
STARRING: ART VAN HARVEY, BERNARDINE FLYNN AND BILL IDELSON
- It's the Fourth of July and Rush wakes Vic at 5 in the morning. Vic had said he wanted to get an early start so Rush is being helpful. His parents are horrified at the earliness of this wake-up call. Sade's furious and Rush tells her he only meant to wake Vic. Sade wants to know why. He wants to ask Vic how to light a Chinese Choker. It's got fuses on both ends.
- Sade's horrified that Rush intends to shoot off fireworks so early. She sends him back to bed. Vic insists he wanted to rise at seven. Rush said he doesn't remember that. Rush protests, saying that it's patriotic to celebrate early.
- Sade mentions he'd likely wake up Mis' Fisher. Rush says you have to expect to get woke up early on the Fourth of July.
- Vic's tired of listening to this debate. Sade tries to send Rush back to bed again. She warns: just don't shoot off any firecrackers. He wants to know what time he can start -- he then suggests 5:45 would be reasonable. Sade says he can start when the alarm clock goes off at seven. Rush intends to wait in the hall outside their bedroom so he's sure to hear the alarm.
- Sade's awake and muses aloud, wondering what Mis' Brighton will wear at the exhibition baseball game. Vic's fed up and suggests he'll call Mis' Brighton at five a.m. to ask her. Rush returns to check the alarm clock.
- Vic's disgusted, and Sade reminds him that when he was a boy he and Adolph Walters put a chunk of dynamite in a water-spout an' … Vic: "You can pick out one sin in everybody's life." Sade: "How about the time you an' the farmer boy stood out behind the minister's house at midnight an' pounded on a tin washtub til the constable… or how about the Fourth of July you kids took the bunch of roman candles an' went up on the roof an' shot ‘em at…"
- Vic and Sade settle to return to sleep when Rush is heard from the other room: "Hi, Joe! Happy Fourth of July!"
Sade: "He's talkin' to the milkman." Rush lists his fireworks inventory for Joe; the milkman leaves.
- Rush returns to check the time again. Sade tells him not to holler anymore. Rush agrees to sleep on the floor outside their room so he'll hear the alarm.
- Sade raises an issue with Vic: whether Mis' Brighton will feel slighted being invited to eat at the park rather than at the Gooks' home.
- Sade points out Rush is asleep on the floor. She's afraid he'll get a crick in his back and be lame all day.
- Sade suggests they set the alarm off and shoot fireworks.
She reminds Vic of "the time you and Herman McGillicuddy an' Wheeler Evans took a milk bottle full of gunpowder an' put it underneath…" Vic concedes. Sade sets the alarm off. Rush wakes: "Here's that doggone Chinese Choker! Got a match?!" - compiled by Barbara Schwarz, edited by Jimbo Mason
___________________In a 1934 world where about the most fun a kid could have was to go to the movies or listen to the radio, imagine having a stock of fireworks for the Fourth of July! It must have been like Christmas. | <urn:uuid:ae0d4be3-546f-4324-8176-7076de81d1d5> | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | https://vicandsade.blogspot.com/2012/08/34-07-04-but-mom-its-4th-of-july.html | 2019-09-20T05:15:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514573832.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20190920050858-20190920072858-00059.warc.gz | en | 0.967765 | 754 |
Make a statement on the road in the new 2017 Nissan Altima. Thanks to its redesigned grill and available LED headlights, you’ll make your presence known no matter where you travel. Step inside the spacious interior, and you’ll appreciate the premium comforts, stylish design and modern technologies delivering everything you need to make your next road trip unforgettable. Plus, you can leave your cares behind courtesy of the Nissan Safety Shield® featuring an impressive array of standard and available safety features like Blind Spot Warning and Predictive Forward Collision Warning protecting you from the unexpected. Discover even more when you test-drive a 2017 Nissan Altima in Beech Island, SC, at Bob Richards® Nissan, serving customers from Augusta, Bath and Clearwater. Outstanding service and customer satisfaction is what Bob Richards® Nissan is known for around town at our North Augusta area Nissan dealership.
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The tornado was on the ground for less than a minute early Wednesday morning, causing damage in two stretches. The first was a tenth of a mile long and 175 yards wide and included the Dutch Village apartment complex where three units had their roofs blown off. The second began a half mile north and was a third of a mile long and 250 yards wide centered on the Perring Parkway Shopping Center in Parkville. The weather service says evidence includes video showing debris blowing in different directions.
The storm damaged more than 350 apartments and townhouses, and 16 buildings, and 54 residential units were condemned. | <urn:uuid:a720b808-0986-468d-9e50-952dbbe4706e> | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | https://www.nbcwashington.com/weather/stories/National-Weather-Service-Confirms-Tornado-Hit-Baltimore-109075999.html | 2018-10-22T15:35:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583515088.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20181022134402-20181022155902-00421.warc.gz | en | 0.986131 | 118 |
Location5438 Six Forks Road
Raleigh, NC 27609
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INDY Week Best of the Triangle 2014 for "Best Place to See an Independent Film" Finalist!
The Colony is a quiet, cozy little theater located on Six Forks Road. It holds two screens that show mostly independent and foreign films. Our lobby features plush couches and paintings by local artists, where you can wait for your friends to meet you, or you can sit to discuss the film you just saw.
Among our other delicious concessions, we serve beer and wine!
If you have a special event or meeting, want to show a movie to all your friends, or are planning a performance, consider having it at the Colony. Go to our rent a theater page to find out more.
Ambassador Entertainment is proud to announce the following special 35mm screenings at the Colony. Look for a retro classic on second and third Wednesdays of the month. Admission is $5.00.
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Nonsurgical/Office-Based Sleep Treatments
Snoring is often the first sign of sleep apnea and the treatment of snoring begins with the determination of whether sleep apnea is present (see the Sleep Apnea Diagnostics page). The consequences of allowing sleep apnea to go untreated can be grave. However, if sleep apnea is determined not to be a factor, snoring can be treated with a multitude of nonsurgical (in-office) options. These include:
Oral appliances (mandibular advancement devices): similar to a mouth guard, these can be made specifically for your bite to bring the jaw forward and open the airway further. An evaluation in the office can gauge the possible improvement in the airway via jaw advancement and determine your candidacy for the appliance. These devices can also be helpful in treating sleep apnea in some patients.
Medications/nasal sprays/nasal strips: Nasal obstruction can cause dysfunctional airflow in the upper airway and can play an important role in sleep apnea and snoring. The cause of nasal airflow problems can be a deviated nasal septum, enlarged nasal turbinates, a narrowed nasal opening, nasal polyps, allergies or other irritants causing swollen mucosa, or commonly a combination of them all. Medical treatment options are typically the initial approach to target nasal obstruction; these include nasal saline irrigations, nasal steroid sprays, oral allergy medications, and an allergy evaluation. External nasal dilators such as the Breathe Right® nasal strips can be used for some cases with narrowed nasal openings. When medical treatment alone is not successful, surgery or an office procedure can improve the nasal airway. The most common nasal procedures include turbinate reduction, septoplasty, septorhinoplasty, and sinus surgery.
Radiofrequency technology: this short office procedure, performed under local anesthesia, tightens the tissue of the soft palate and uvula to reduce the vibrations that cause snoring. This technique does not require any loss of work or restrictions in activity post-treatment. The procedure takes approximately 30 minutes and does not change speech or swallowing function. Radiofrequency in the office can also be used to open the nasal airway to improve breathing at night. This is also done under local anesthesia and takes approximately 30 minutes. Heavy lifting and straining is generally limited for 1-2 weeks. Surgery is an option for severe cases of excess palate or uvular tissue and nasal obstruction.
Pillar implants: this office-based procedure aims to stiffen the palate through implanted silicone rods that cause scarring, thereby decreasing the vibrations related to snoring.
The sleep surgery team has vast experience diagnosing and treating all stages and types of conditions that lead to snoring. We work in a multidisciplinary team of experts, including dental sleep specialists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, pulmonologists, endocrinologists and bariatric surgeons. Our team strives to treat each patient’s snoring complaints to better improve their and their bed partners’ sleep quality with the least invasive modality possible. | <urn:uuid:892bd051-dd2e-4805-b319-ecdd24063776> | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | https://www.mountsinai.org/care/ent/services/sleep-surgery/nonsurgical-treatments | 2021-05-12T14:03:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243990929.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20210512131604-20210512161604-00393.warc.gz | en | 0.914886 | 630 |
Artist Will Barnet decides which paint he will use while working on an abstract painting. During the last years of his life, he painted every day in his live-in studio at the National Arts Club in Manhattan, across the street from Gramercy Park.
Will Barnet, the painter and printmaker who watched John Singer Sargent paint the murals in the Boston Public Library as a boy, helped found the Indian Space Painters group in the 1940s and taught Mark Rothko lithography shortly before the abstract expressionist committed suicide, died Tuesday. He was 101 years old.
“I saw him just a couple of weeks ago,” says Gail Stavitsky, curator at the Montclair Art Museum, which hosted “Will Barnet: A Centennial Celebration” last year. “Right up to the last minute, he was still reinventing himself. ‘I’m working with a whole new palette,’ he told me, moving into purples. He was loved by so many people in the art world and really everywhere, it’s a real loss.
“His work was diverse,” Stavitsky continues, “but it was unified by stability, harmony and grace, all these classical qualities that I think he himself exemplified.”
Barnet was best known to the public for a series of paintings, many of which were turned into popular posters in the 1970s, that showed New England women waiting by the sea or on American vernacular porches and widow’s walks, often accompanied by cats or crows. But throughout his life, he alternated between representation and abstraction, making a switch, he said, every “10 years or so.”
At the end of his life he was in abstract mode, painting boldly patterned pictures in teals and tans every day in his live-in studio at the National Arts Club in Manhattan, just across the street from Gramercy Park.
Barnet was born May 25, 1911, in Beverly, Mass., where his father worked as a machinist in a shoe factory. He drew constantly as a boy, often using animals as his subject. After attending classes at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Barnet left for New York City in 1931, bringing a portfolio of portraits of the family cat to meet a friend’s relative who was already working as an artist in the big city. The artist turned out to be Arshile Gorky.
In the beginning, Barnet did social realist paintings and prints, sympathizing with the downtrodden during the Great Depression. He became the official printmaker at the Art Students League, he had told me, “because printmaking was most like a job.” He made prints for radical Mexican muralist Jose Clemente Orozco and satirist William Gropper, and for the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Arts Project.
In the 1930s and ’40s, his work became increasingly abstract, influenced by Pablo Picasso but focused on his family. Barnet married a fellow art student, Mary Sinclair, in 1935. They had three sons: Peter, a painter and professor at Montclair State University, Richard, a sculptor, and Todd, a lawyer.
“He had begun to be much more open lately about how radicalized he had been when he first came to New York in the 1930s, during the Depression,” Peter said of his father. “He was very passionate about that. And he said he was so glad to see Obama elected again, that it was an essential part of the country finally reasserting itself.”
Barnet’s work with the Indian Space movement was inspired by the interest of Picasso and other early Modernists in so-called “primitive” art, including African carvings or Papuan totems. In a similar way, Barnet drew on Native American abstract patterns to make original, contemporary American paintings.
In 1953, he and Sinclair divorced, which he described as “the worst time of my life.” But he soon married Elena Ciurlys, with whom he had a daughter, Ona. She now runs an inn in Maine where her father often painted in the summer.
Barnet taught at the Art Students League and at Cooper Union for 33 years, beginning in 1945, doing stints as a teacher at Yale University, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and many other institutions. Last year, President Obama awarded him a National Medal of Arts in a White House ceremony.
To the end, Barnet remained loyal to painting and drawing as the essence of art, saying the hand of an artist always “puts blood on the canvas.” He never accepted pop art. “Come ask me about pop in 40 years,” he said in 2010; Barnet didn’t think there’d be much to talk about by then.
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Critic Robert Johnson
Critic Dan Bischoff
Critic Ronni Reich | <urn:uuid:44f2f760-f839-4370-8ef0-60f16862d37b> | CC-MAIN-2015-18 | http://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2012/11/will_barnet_an_artist_with_a_d.html | 2015-04-25T19:12:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-18/segments/1429246650671.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20150417045730-00235-ip-10-235-10-82.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986641 | 1,065 |
January 2018. A lifetime ago! I sent JediJeff a few decent cards in exchange for a Carlos Correa 2017 Panini Diamond Kings dual relic he had recently pulled. And then I waited. And waited. Real world stuff can be a bitch, and I know Jeff is a solid dude, so I tried to have patience and not bug him too much about it.
And a pretty legit smattering of random Padres.
Thank you, Jeff! This is a trade I'll never forget (partially because it lasted a fair chunk of my life, lol, but also that sweet Trout surprise). Dare I say it was worth the wait!
Now let's start work on another trade that takes nearly 3 years for that orange Tatis. ;)
Remembering that time you bought in a 2016 Bowman case break for $5 and going back to your team sets cuz you recall getting a few Tatis Jr cards...... pic.twitter.com/9uasc35T5G— Jeff Wilk 🏳️🌈 (@jedijeff13) September 26, 2020 | <urn:uuid:b864e02d-b611-412f-8bbb-b4ad988ea499> | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | https://baseballcardbreakdown.blogspot.com/2020/09/ | 2021-05-15T07:57:13Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243991378.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20210515070344-20210515100344-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.94897 | 221 |
Showing that increased immigration tends to benefit natives reduces resistance on the margin, which is worth doing. But, in my experience, laying out clearly the immense benefits to the immigrants is extremely powerful. It highlights the needless misery caused by the heartless status quo. Even then, it is more powerful still to illustrate clearly how the status-quo system of borders, passports, visas, and citizenships systematically violates basic human rights to free movement and association. Will Wilkinson (source)
The statement that migration benefits the migrants is largely self-evident. Migrants wouldn’t migrate if staying home would be more advantageous. Hence, poverty reduction and development aid can benefit hugely from more open borders. What is less clear is that migration can benefit the population of the destination country. There’s a lot of political rhetoric, especially on the extreme right, about the adverse consequences of migration, both economically and culturally. Take for example the talk about unfair competition in the labor market, “importing poverty” and profiteering from social safety nets, the “criminal immigrant” stereotype, Eurabia hysteria etc.
So it’s encouraging to find this useful study:
Using the large variation in the inflow of immigrants across US states we analyze the impact of immigration on state employment, average hours worked, physical capital accumulation and, most importantly, total factor productivity and its skill bias. We use the location of a state relative to the Mexican border and to the main ports of entry, as well as the existence of communities of immigrants before 1960, as instruments. We find no evidence that immigrants crowded-out employment and hours worked by natives. At the same time we find robust evidence that they increased total factor productivity, on the one hand, while they decreased capital intensity and the skill-bias of production technologies, on the other. These results are robust to controlling for several other determinants of productivity that may vary with geography such as R&D spending, computer adoption, international competition in the form of exports and sector composition. Our results suggest that immigrants promoted efficient task specialization, thus increasing TFP and, at the same time, promoted the adoption of unskilled-biased technology as the theory of directed technological change would predict. Combining these effects, an increase in employment in a US state of 1% due to immigrants produced an increase in income per worker of 0.5% in that state. | <urn:uuid:b6561838-911a-4bea-949b-aa17de5a3687> | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | https://cosmologicallyinsignificant.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/human-rights-quote-149-immigration-restrictions-2/?replytocom=7933 | 2020-02-17T09:11:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875141806.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20200217085334-20200217115334-00248.warc.gz | en | 0.947154 | 490 |
Psycho, the Movie
Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, and John Gavin
The shower murder scene is justifiably famous, but Psycho
has much more to offer thrill-seeking moviewatchers. Perkins is outstanding as quirky Norman Bates, devoted to his mother, and enamored of visiting thief Leigh who just wants a motel room for the night. Bernared Herrmann's score is entirely composed of string instruments. A classic that stands up to repeated viewings.
When it was first released, Hitchcock's promotional gimmicks included not allowing theaters to let any one in once the movie had begun. And they stuck by his request. Followed by two sequels (Psycho III
was directed by Perkins), and a television movie. Based on the novel by Robert Bloch.
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Followed by online conversation with the director and with the producer.
Samuel, a homosexual man from Kenya, must balance his duties to his family with his love for his partner Alex in a country where his love is criminalized. Samuel grew up on a farm in rural Kenya, where traditions are valued above all else. In search of a new life, he moves to Nairobi, where he finds belonging in a community of queer men, where he meets and falls in love with Alex. Their love thrives, even though Kenyan laws criminalize anyone who identifies as LGBTQ and they face threats of violence and rejection together. Samuel’s father, a preacher at the local church, doesn’t understand why his son isn’t married yet, and Samuel must confront the very real risk.
Director Peter Murimi says of his film, “This is a love story of two men, Samuel and Alex, who feel deeply connected. It is also a film about the resilience of love between father and son. Samuel’s relationship with his father is very similar to my relationship with my father. Both of our fathers had expectations of us that we couldn’t meet. In my case, my father wanted me to have my own children and have a business instead of making movies. Samuel’s father Redon really wanted him to marry a woman and live the same life he did – as a farmer, pastor, husband and father.
Redon is a retired painter who has been married to his wife Rebecca for 50 years. He is also a pastor at the local church and a small farmer in rural Kenya. At any time of year, the couple plows their two-acre farm and plant corn and beans to eat at home. They also keep two cows for milk. Redon, who is deeply religious, struggled with the discovery that his son was gay, and the film follows the family as they adjust to this difficult new reality.
Kenya is a country with extreme wealth inequality. Money and privilege can buy some privacy and security if you are gay. But most Kenyans are poor and live in rural areas or informal urban settlements where they cannot afford to hide dangerous secrets like their sexuality. Their voices are unheard, and their issues are rarely discussed in the media or by policy makers. For this film, it was very important to capture the reality of being poor and gay in Kenya – an experience shared by millions of LGBTQ+ people around the world.” (Source: I AM SAMUEL film website)
The film, which is banned in Kenya, launched in Africa on Africadocs on October 14, 2021.
The film premiered at Canada’s Hot Docs Documentary Festival in 2020 and has screened at more than 25 festivals around the world, including the BFI London Film Festival, the New York Human Rights Watch Film Festival, and the Durban International Film Festival in South Africa in 2021.
Peter Murimi is a multi-award winning documentary filmmaker from Kenya specializing in explosive social issues. His film I AM SAMUEL has screened at numerous international festivals from Hot Docs in Canada to the British Film Institute in London. Murimi has conducted numerous investigative research for the BBC’s Africa Eye program, including THE BABY STEALERS (2020), a film about a child trafficking syndicate that led to numerous arrests of perpetrators. The documentarian has worked for broadcasters such as Al Jazeera and Channel 4 News in 30 African countries. Back in 2004, he was named “African Journalist of the Year” by CNN for his sensitive film WALK TO WOMANHOOD about genital mutilation in Kenya’s Kuria community. (Source: Africa Film Festival Cologne) | <urn:uuid:65dee403-cdd5-4960-8261-6e4f0c6c1bf7> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://www.unlimited-hope.net/en/filme/i-am-samuel-2/ | 2022-05-25T17:26:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662588661.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220525151311-20220525181311-00467.warc.gz | en | 0.979692 | 762 |
This thesis explores the contemporary phenomenon of dark tourism, defined by Lennon and Foley as the visitation of sites associated with the themes of death, dying, and atrocity. I present an analysis of identified patterns in the use of photography and film, the manipulation of landscape, and general exhibit presentation at dark tourism sites that focuses on dark tourism concerned with the events of the Holocaust, with particular attention given to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and the Holocaust Museum of Southwest Florida. These patterns contribute to the overall effect of distorting the history and compartmentalizing both spatially and temporally the events presented at dark tourism sites. This effect creates an artificial distancing between the tourist and the events depicted by situating them in a past more distant than to which they actually belong, in turn fostering a perspective that the events central to dark tourism are irrelevant to contemporary society. This artificial distancing, in conjunction with prevalent attitudes toward the tourist community, impacts the potential and purpose of dark tourism sites. Drawing on Nietzsche and Todorov, I conclude that the incorporation of alternative approaches to the presentation and use of history, integrated with the educational methodology presented by Freire and Reardon, may assist in developing the positive potential of dark tourism sites as well as transforming the negative reputation with which dark tourism sites are currently associated. | <urn:uuid:91480ae6-5d54-4398-9c2e-02fb70ffb6e4> | CC-MAIN-2015-48 | https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record?id=uuid%3A7c57f594-d587-4ec8-96b7-02eab4e45215 | 2015-11-28T14:54:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-48/segments/1448398453553.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20151124205413-00122-ip-10-71-132-137.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941929 | 267 |
Red Pine Scholars Program
The Red Pine Scholars Program offers high-performing high school seniors and recent graduates from Massachusetts the chance to attend competitive colleges anywhere in the United States. The Program is dedicated to making college affordable for Massachusetts families and helping students to reach their full potential. If accepted into the program, students receive a four-year scholarship of up to $20,000 annually, plus individual mentoring and funding for enrichment opportunities.
Applications for the 2017-2018 Red Pine Scholars Program are now available. Please click here to start your 2017-18 application process. See below for additional required guidelines and forms. Applications are due Wednesday, February 15, 2017 by 5:00pm.
Questions may be directed to Robin Baird at redpine [at] tpi.org.
Complete applications are due February 15, 2017 by 5:00pm. Only complete applications submitted online will be reviewed.
- Essays – one long and two short. Essay questions are located within the online application form.
- Official High School Transcript
- Transcript information from school official (section 1 of the Teacher/Counselor Recommendation Form)
- Pages 1 and 2 of parent(s)’ or guardian(s)’ 2015 or most recent IRS 1040 tax forms
- Complete Student Aid Report (SAR) from FAFSA. This document will be approximately five pages long. You must submit the ENTIRE document
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Date & Origin
England, c1880. Period of Victoria.
Excellent, age-related wear as shown.
Height: 11.5cm Bowl diameter: 6.7cm Foot diameter: 6.3cm.
235 grams combined
A pair of 19th century cut wine glasses. A cup bowl with two bands of slice cuts. The facet cut stem features a cut swelling knop and rests upon a conical foot with a polished pontil.
Hand-blown around the time the Egyptian obelisk commonly known as Cleopatra’s Needle was re-erected in London.
This item is out of stock.
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In life, there's acquired wisdom which stems from practicality, doing things, making mistakes and learning from them. Then there's the gifted wisdom. This one is harder to come by since it's given. The best thing about this is that it is always passed on from one to another - verbally.
I'm lucky to say that today I did receive some sensible wisdom from none other than my mother. Today we talked about general topics but we came up on one that really stuck out to me and got me thinking today.
See, when a man is down bad - either starting out or just hit a rough patch in life, he tends to withdraw and the signs are as clear as day. The sluggishness in his walk, the dejection in his gait, the stooped shoulders, the eyes constantly focused on the floor and that chin that's always down.
I don't know how but during this time, this man will rarely have a lady that is interested in him. It's like a perennial stench wafts from his person(whether or not he took a shower). The loneliness propagates into self-doubt and the esteem gets drained away in an almost vampiric fashion (reference made to the greatest game of all time. The Witcher 3, which had the freakiest vampire experience I've ever played in a game in my entire life.
👇🏽 this character would pop up in my dreams and scare the heck out of me - it was always so real)
But, in some divine way, there are some who see past the present state of this man and choose him like a farmer would choose seeds to plant before the rain. This farmer doesn't know how the yield will be but based on intuition and no small amount of hope, they choose to embark on a journey of nurturing these seeds. Fact is, it's the same way for a lady who sees potential in this man.
Fast forward, the man does something with his life(can't be down forever, right?) and starts making money, starts a family and sees success. This is when his true self comes out on full display. There's two types of men:
The real man - A man who, regardless of the amount of success, chooses honor, loyalty and vision to the woman who was with him when he was coming up.
The "fugazi"(fake) man - A man who, when he considers himself successful, chooses to cheat, lie and dishonor the partner who walked with him when he had jack shit to his name.
In my life I've picked up a lot of my life lessons from sport and sport figures and there's a few that I look up to in terms of life's decisions. LeBron James and Stephen Curry. I consider the two real men who all men should choose to model their life around. Despite the fame and all the wealth they've accumulated for themselves, they and their spouses have had 0 controversy on fidelity. If that's not impressive, I don't know what is. Especially when people, both men and women are literally throwing themselves at them. Now if they can do it, why can't you and I do it (not throwing shade but we don't got it like they do).
See when I, or any man makes money, we tend to become "peacocks". We want to show off to the opposite sex as being capable of being a worthy partner and the more we make, the more we want to increase their numbers. Some say that it's a natural inclination - man was created to have many partners, some say it's a choice. The debate continues.
From my observation, it does more harm than good. The lack of self-awareness from a man and retrospective inspection that suggests, without a shadow of doubt, that the one who was with you from the beginning, is the ONE. As a man, when you want that Instagram model who satisfies your fantasies, you are fanning the flames of destruction(not only financial but also emotional, spiritual and mental) because you are looking to use her as an object of your desires and she intends to use you as a means to an end. Purely transactional. For the guy, it always costs more. Period.
I am a firm believer that love is not a noun. It's a verb. It's an act of doing. The more you do it, the more you feel it. Loving a spouse or a partner is just that and couples that make it through the ups and downs are those who tend to do things, not the ones who speak things.
A woman is like a flower, shower her with love, affection and attention, just like you would a real flower and she will blossom right before you. It's a simple calculus that every man can do and when we focus and double down on that one that we NEED and not the one that we WANT, well, good things tend to happen.
I'm not writing this to show how enlightened I am. Hardly. I'm writing this to reach out to my inner real man, to remind him that the sanctity and honor that a relationship requires is within reach. It only takes a decision to stick and commit to something, like going to the gym. The results - fitness and a well toned body. The results of staying honorable in a relationship/marriage - happiness and all the success in the world. Who wouldn't want that for themselves and their family.
In closing, I want to reference 2 Chainz on a YouTube video that I can't seem to find today to share here. He said:
"Instead of finding the right one, be the right one."
Till next time! | <urn:uuid:13d39aa9-9480-4e94-8bfc-86ca16d2697d> | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | https://www.stompymwendwa.com/post/what-it-means-to-be-a-real-man | 2021-06-21T15:34:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623488286726.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20210621151134-20210621181134-00358.warc.gz | en | 0.981497 | 1,166 |
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