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Levi Johnston’s New Girlfriend is Pregnant
4:20 pm, April 3rd, 2012
A rep for the Alaskan tabloid figure confirmed the news on Tuesday.
The couple has been dating since December 2010.
Johnston’s new romance follows an epic on-again, off-again relationship with Palin, the daughter of onetime Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Their son, Tripp, was born in 2008.
Johnston was recently “honored” by Forbes as one of the Most Overexposed Celebrities in America.
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There are lots of ways to deal with being the new kid in school, but most of them don't eventually lead to you running a tech company that hit $44.8 million in revenue in 2014. But that's what happened to Catherine Cook, who founded a social networking site in high school that would eventually become MeetMe, a mobile-friendly program designed to help users meet new people. Oh, and as for Facebook? Grownups are ruining it.
Where did the idea for MeetMe come from?
The whole idea for the company actually started as a way for my brother and I — we were both new in our high school — as a way to make new friends. We were a sophomore and junior in high school, so it was like one of those schools where everyone else seems to have been there maybe kindergarten, so it was hard breaking into the groups.
How long did it take for it to turn into an actual business?
We were kind of unlike other teens because we had watched out oldest brother, Jeff, start and grow a company while he was in college, so when we had this idea we were like, "Oh, we have to go for it." When we launched in our high school, the way we got people to sign up was from wearing funny T-shirts to school every day that said something like, "Answering the questions that matter most: Who are your friends' friends, and are they hot?" We got to 400 users in a couple of months, and then nine months after that we had our first million members. And now we have a million people logging in every day.
How important is it to keep the company so mobile-focused?
It is 80 percent of our traffic. We are completely mobile-first in how we think about what we're doing with the company and everything. Being in that demo myself — I'm 25 — I get, like, panic attacks if I'm not near my phone. (laughs) It's pathetic, but that's the state of things. We know that our mobile users actually will log into our app more than 100 times a month. These are short bursts, generally — like when they're in line at Starbucks or throughout the day. Mobile is just so much more engaging.
I don't want to think about how much I'm on my phone.
I had one of those apps where it tells you, and I was like, "Oh, I don't want to know." (laughs) Like, "It confirms I do use my phone too much." I'm not going to change that, so I basically deleted it because it was depressing me. I do try to not use it at the dinner table and things like that.
What about Facebook, the social networking juggernaut, and its future?
Well, I love Facebook. It's where you go to connect with the people you know — friends and family. But at the same time, I think it's very different from something like MeetMe, where the whole goal is to meet new people.
What about how younger users are approaching it?
It feels like they still sign up because they have to, but they're not posting as much. It does make sense in the sense of as a teenager not wanting to be where all of your parents are, and so gravitating to things like Snapchat and Instagram makes sense because it's a different type of thing.
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The carefully made facade is a showcase of every building – residential, office, intended for warehouses or for rent. Regardless of the type of property, it is worth investing in an elegant and solid wall finish with the highest quality materials that will not only guarantee a great look of the entire facade but also protect the building from the harmful effects of weather conditions and moisture absorption. High-performance render, used in the construction industry, are an ideal way for a long-lasting, functional and resistant facade finish, while properly matched and installed insulation will make the building maintain optimal temperature inside much longer, and prevent the formation of mold and fungus on the walls of the building. Despite the use of high-quality materials during the installation of external wall insulation, after a while you should opt for a delicate renovation to minimize the risk of defects and damage. So when should you decide to repair your insulation system?
When do damage and defects occur in the insulation of external walls?
Insulation of external walls allows not only to absorb the heat obtained inside the building, but also prevents the absorption of moisture, and thus – the formation of mold on the walls. Despite the use of high-quality materials that are characterized by durability, flexibility and resistance to damage, over time our insulation of external walls is exposed to cavities. So it is worth regularly checking the condition of our facade from time to time, observing any scratches or indentations that arise, e.g. during careless transport of furniture or cleaning the garden – strong impacts with tools or heavy objects result in the appearance of indentations and cracks not only of the facade, but also of foamed polystyrene , which is part of the insulation system. If we notice larger defects in plaster, protruding polystyrene or a protective mesh, or notice deep cracks or abrasions, then it is worth making a decision to renovate and repair the system insulation for external walls.
Long-term effects of harmful atmospheric factors on the insulation of external walls
Even if we try to take care of the external walls of our property on a daily basis and avoid situations that could promote damage or cracks, over the years, the condition of the facade may unfortunately deteriorate slightly. Negative effects of sudden rainfall and snowfall, humidity, high temperatures and UV radiation – all these factors have a detrimental effect on the condition of the facade. Numerous cracks, scratches, which over time cause water to penetrate inside the walls, up to the insulation, are the first signal to decide on the renovation or repair of the building’s insulation system. Of course, such situations occur when the insulation of external walls serves us for a very long time and over time ceases to protect the property against the harmful effects of weather conditions. It is worth reacting as soon as possible in order to minimize the risk of deepening cavities and new ones.
How to prevent deepening of defects and damages of insulation of external walls?
The easiest way to extend the period of functionality of the insulation of external walls is to avoid situations that generate the risk of damage, e.g. careless use of heavy tools or machinery near the building, leaning bulky objects on the walls or careless moving of furniture, hitting the facade. When it comes to the effects of ultraviolet radiation or heavy rainfall, we are not able to inhibit their operation, but it is worth regularly monitoring the condition of our building from the outside and in the event of any damage or cracks, react immediately to minimize the risk of deepening cavities. | <urn:uuid:194afd0f-6d5b-4c6c-9b45-50f47f04d70a> | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | https://www.webpatogh.com/when-should-you-decide-to-repair-the-insulation-of-external-walls.html | 2021-01-15T14:11:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703495901.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20210115134101-20210115164101-00321.warc.gz | en | 0.932539 | 703 |
HERMOSA BEACH (CBS) — A 43-year-old Hermosa Beach woman is dead and now detectives are trying to determine if it was a murder or suicide.
Deputy Mark Pope of the Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau says officials are wavering.
Authorities were called to the 600 block of Eighth Street in Hermosa Beach at 11:10 p.m. Tuesday, according to Deputy Mark Pope of the Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau.
The woman was taken to a hospital where she was declared dead, Pope said. Her name was not released.
The deceased woman’s husband reportedly told officials his wife committed suicide about 11 a.m.
She had a gunshot wound to the upper torso.
The husband was questioned and reportedly released.
Witnesses reportedly told police that they heard an argument, shortly followed by a gunshot, according to Pope.
Authorities say the investigation is continuing.
Neighbor Ryan Deihl told CBS2 and KCAL9 reporter Serene Branson that the violence hit close to home. “It’s very scary. This is like a small neighborhood. People know each other, always walking around. It’s very scary stuff.”
When Deihl left for work Wednesday morning, he knew something was wrong. “The eastbound side of E street was closed. And at first I thought maybe it was some mild disturbance.”
Another neighbor, Karen Griet, who was interviewed by detectives said the couple only moved into the residence several months ago. “We live catty-corner behind them,” she told Branson, “and they would sometimes have parties. But they were done with their parties fairly early.”
The couple did not have any children.
Police describe the husband as “cooperative.”
Anyone with information on the death was asked to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.
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New Year's Eve 2013 at San Ramon Marriott
San Ramon Marriott
New Year’s Eve in the East Bay!
What: Huge, Elegant New Year's Eve Party inside newly remodeled ballrooms of the San Ramon Marriott -- hosted by Professionals Guild
Where: Inside the beautiful newly remodeled ballrooms of the San Ramon Marriott Hotel, 2600 Bishop Drive, San Ramon, CA 94583
Who: Upscale singles (couples welcome on this special occasion) -- Eligible Bachelors and Bachelorettes
Two Ballrooms for dancing, plus casino gaming in huge hotel foyer. 2 Free drinks included. Optional hotel package deals including room, dinner, breakfast available --hotel package deals must be purchased directly from hotel
For hotel deals where you can save more than $100 call 800-266-9432 and mention Professionals Guild!
Hurry! If you would like to attend, it is best to get tickets in advance. General admission tickets are still available. VIP tickets are sold out.
What does this East Bay New Year's Blast include?
* Live Band: the Floorshakers -- the Floorshakers played for last year's NYE party and they were awesome!
The Floorshakers are the Bay Area's Premier Party Dance band. They specialize in "Funk, Soul & Rock 'n' Roll."
You can see a video of the Floorshakers at www.pguild.com.
* DJ: Area's hottest DJ plays in a separate ballroom. Dance to your favorites!
* Two Free drinks from the bar. (Note: underage drinking is not tolerated.)
* Casino Gaming for Prizes: Enjoy blackjack and craps for fun. No charge to play, but you could win some nice prices!
* Party Favors
* Beautiful NYE decor and a Big Balloon drop
* Professional Photographer
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Please view the short video of a documented nozzle failure while training. I feel it is imperative that all engine companies check and inspect their nozzles, to ensure they will function when needed.
I must also add that this particular nozzle is a great tool, and in no way is this a dig on the nozzle itself, or nozzle manufacture. This is simply something that happened to me, that I am sharing to highlight that most everything we have goes under an inspection process (apparatus, PPE, SCBA, face pieces, hose, our bodies) yet the tool that provides actual fire extinguishment (the nozzle) goes uninspected sometimes for months! Think about when was the last time you used the nozzles on your engine? Are you training with them daily? Are you running fires daily? For most the answer is no. Even as aggressive as I am about training, we do not flow water through nozzles every shift day. Inspecting the nozzles will ensure that they are in good working order for when you need them most.
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This past weekend we went down to visit Michelle and Justin down in Utah. We always have such a good time when we go and we love spending time with them. Our weekends consisted mostly of this.....
And heres me when i got back. I was probably shaking a little i was so afraid i would crash it! haha
And on a Side not, look how cute this little girl is!(she just ate chocolate)
While we were in Utah, Aaron Brought me my bike I bought a few weeks ago. I cant wait to use it if it ever stops snowing here :(
One last thing, I forgot I had pictures of this, but Brandon and some of our friends had a rec. Volleyball team this semester. They had a lot of fun, and even though they never won, they had some really close games. | <urn:uuid:ef36ed73-6004-4b51-82d0-b5a8742a3329> | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | http://baplunkett.blogspot.com/2011/02/ | 2018-04-24T17:59:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125947033.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20180424174351-20180424194351-00581.warc.gz | en | 0.987385 | 173 |
In the midst of work today, it dawned upon me – it’s 5th of July… it’s 5th of July!
Happily texted Bren and he replied, “Hohoho. 12 years.”
Indeed, it has been 12 years since we got together..wow.
Came home, cooked dinner and we’re now watching tv and fiddling with our techy stuff. Life’s good. | <urn:uuid:8ef99b60-4fd8-4db6-81a0-b41217e9372e> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | https://cookiesrainandlove.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/5-july/ | 2017-05-23T04:57:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607369.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170523045144-20170523065144-00132.warc.gz | en | 0.907954 | 97 |
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Jake has invented a game!
Everyone else has to close their eyes while he goes away to find a toy which he then hides under some paper.
Once hidden away we’re allowed to open our eyes. Next he tells us the sound that the object’s word starts with, & what colour it is.
We then have to guess what it is, asking questions if we’re not sure:
“Is it soft or hard?” “Can you eat it (in real life)?” and the like.
Once guessed it becomes someone else’s turn to find & hide a toy for the rest to guess.
He came up with this completely unbidden, all by himself, with no help at all from anyone else.
I’m proud as punch!
I wonder if there’s time to get the board game out for Christmas? Mr Hasbro?
By the way, games marketers: it’s copyright already, so don’t go getting any funny ideas, OK?
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How to Talk Money with Your Spouse
Description:You vowed to stay together through richer and poorer, so why fight so much about money? Stacey Tisdale, author of The True Cost of Happiness, is here with practical advice on how to talk about money with your spouse.
How to talk money with your spouse
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Honestly not sure how I, or my 3 girls, lived without this brush for so long. It is THE BEST and I won’t use anything else on our hair.
Between this texture powder and my dry shampoo, I’m not spending a lot of time washing and drying my hair 😉
Not only do I LOVE this polish by Olive & June (it’s “7-free” which means we are free of the seven harmful chemicals commonly found in nail polishes), I’ve been to the beautiful Hollywood location for a pedi and LOVED it.
I honestly think this man is the KING or branding and have read every single one of his books- some more than once.
Her books changed my life. I had no idea what money blocks were or how to fix them until I was 34 years old and read one of her books.
It’s difficult to find Christ centered business books, but this one is a WINNER for sure!
I love learning about health and anti-aging and Suzanne is really great at finding and interviewing experts in both areas.
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Sec. 13-13. Restrictions on operation and use of residential apartment complex swimming pools.
(a) Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for any person to use, or for any person to operate or to keep open, any swimming pool on the premises of any residential apartment complex or building between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(b) It shall not be unlawful for any swimming pool at a residential apartment complex or building to be open or used between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. if a certified lifeguard is present at the swimming pool during the period in which the pool is open between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., for the purposes of supervising the users of the swimming pool and of maintaining order at the pool.
(c) Violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both. In addition, the court may assess costs against the defendant, if convicted, not to exceed costs allowed in other courts in this state, in misdemeanor cases. Each day of violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense. | <urn:uuid:af7c5207-adc7-481c-8b89-549b3c333b67> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://www.stupidlaws.com/lifeguards-must-be-present-at-apartment-complex-pools-but-only-after-1100-pm/ | 2023-12-05T08:33:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100550.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20231205073336-20231205103336-00185.warc.gz | en | 0.9515 | 269 |
I just re-watched the Pure Sweet Hell trailer for the millionth time over at www.race.cx. If ever there was a video that instantly got me motivated to ride, this is it - and I've never even seen the full thing.
Momentum is gathering, anticipation is building, autumn is coming.
Then I rewatched the Superprestige from Hamme-Zogge. Ugly name and ugly conditions. I love this video though. Pity the riders, but pity the spectators and the cameramen more. It looks like hell.
I've been talking to Geoff Waugh about going to the Koppenberg Cross this year. It looks great - cobbles, mud, two bike changes per lap, riders vigorously shaking their hands to dry their gloves out. It all adds up to a classic. Nathan Spear is hosting footage of the full race - ideal for keeping you going through a hard turbo session.
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BGMEA support for families of workers
Speakers at a function on Thursday sought cooperation from all sectors, including administration and media, for development of the readymade garment sector.
They said the garment workers have been playing a major role in earning foreign currency for the country ever year.
They were addressing a function on the occasion of handover cheques to the families of dead readymade garment workers by the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers' and Exporters' Association (BGMEA) at its regional office.
Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner M Akbar Ali was the chief guest in the ceremony chaired by the BGMEA First Vice President MA Salam.
Akbar assured the BGMEA leaders of all cooperation for development of the sector.
Salam said the BGMEA made the group insurance mandatory for the employees for welfare of the workers.
He also briefed about facilities BGMEA provides to the workers.
CMP Deputy Commissioner (Port) Mohammad Habibur Rahman, BGMEA Director Ershad Ullah, Mohammad Ferdous, M Mohiuddin Chowdhury, SM Abu Toyab, Moinuddin Ahmed Mintu, AKM Saleh Uddin, SM Sajedul Islam and ANM Saif Uddin also spoke at the function.
Later, the chief guest handed over cheque for Tk 1 lakh to each family of 17 dead workers.
'Build students as ideal citizen'
Prize giving ceremony of literary and cultural competition of Chittagong Residential School and College was held on its Chandgaon campus on Thursday.
Prof Ali Hossain, inspector of schools of Chittagong Education Board, was present as the chief guest at the function with the institution Principal Prof Golam Mustafa in the chair.
Prof Ali urged the teachers to be dedicated enough in teaching to build the student as ideal citizens of the country.
He also emphasised the need for taking care of children by the guardians at home.
Former Secretary AFM Solaiman Chowdhury, Zainul Abedin Jamshed, Jahedul Islam Bhuiyan, SM Ariful Haque Tipu, Rawshan Ara Yasin, KM Abdur Razzak and Dr Kazi Shafiqul Alam also attended the function.
The function was followed by a cultural programme participated by the students of the institution.
Urban Garden Show ends
A three-day “Urban Garden Show” organised by the Chittagong Club Limited concluded on the club premises on Saturday.
Former chairman of the club Dr Mainul Islam Mahmud inaugurated the show at a ceremony on Thursday.
Dr Mainul in his speech said the natural beauty of the country has been defacing gradually due to increase in industrialisation.
He said such a show will inspire the next generation.
The Club Vice President Dr Omar Faruk Yusuf, former chairman Engineer Ali Ahmed, members Jamal Uddin Ahmed, Aftab Rahim Chowdhury Ferdous, Asgar Ali, Mainuddin Ahmed Mintu and Dr Masud Ahmed were present at the inaugural ceremony.
Huge varieties of plants, medicinal orchid, sapling of flower and fruit, related books and equipments were displayed at the show.
Call to end discrimination in promotion
Speakers at a meeting on Friday emphasised the need for addressing discrimination in promotion and transfer and fulfilling the vacant posts of teachers at the colleges for quality education.
They were addressing the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and reception of Chittagong District BCS General Education Association at Chittagong Government College auditorium.
The association President Prof Iftekhar Ahmed Khan was the chief guest at the function with Chittagong Chapter President Prof Farid Ahmed in the chair.
Speakers also urged the government to appoint the education cadre officers at all institutional posts, including education ministry, for bringing positive changes in the education sector.
Central Vice President Prof Fahima Khatun, former president Prof Mohammad Kafil Uddin, Secretary General Prof Masume Rabbani Khan, Joint Secretary General Prof Nasrin Begum, Dhaka College Principal Prof Bashirul Haque and Chittagong Chapter General Secretary Prof Mohammad Amirul Anwar spoke at the function.
Later, the associate and assistant professors, who received promotion recently were accorded reception.
Reception to bankers
The new and outgoing general managers of Sonali Bank Chittagong division were accorded a reception on the Agrabad Office premises on Sunday.
The new General Manager Mushtaq Ahmed replaced Pradip Kumar Dutta.
Pradip in his speech urged the employees to be more active to accelerate the ongoing activities of the bank for development of Chittagong division.
Mushtaq sought cooperation from new colleagues and assured them of all help.
Deputy general managers, assistant general managers and managers of different branches of the bank participated in the reception.
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Chittagong Education Board Chairman Prof Dr Muhammad Yusuf said the new 'creative question system' is a timely step and it would help the student to be efficient and qualified citizen.
He said education brings behavioural changes among the students and the new system will make the students creative.
He was addressing a seminar on “Creative Question System” organised by Raozan Club at the upazila Public Hall auditorium on Friday as the chief guest.
Raozan Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mohammad Jasim Uddin presided over the seminar while Chittagong Collegiate School Headmaster Mohammad Aziz Uddin presented the keynote paper.
Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry Director Ferdous Khan Alamgir, Raozan RRAC Pilot School Headmaster Harun Al Rashid Chowdhury, Gohira AJYSS School Headmaster Mrinal Kanti Das Gupta, Nandipara Girls Pilot School Headmaster Indrajit Kishore Roy and other headmasters from different schools attended the seminar. | <urn:uuid:72740852-edba-4553-a262-2ca287939130> | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=42818 | 2014-03-17T21:13:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1394678706211/warc/CC-MAIN-20140313024506-00041-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944675 | 1,252 |
STOP D.C. VOUCHERS Urges You to Join the Anti-voucher Community At this Critical Moment:
Please Call Congress Now to Defeat the September 4th DC Voucher Bill in the House:
STOP D.C. VOUCHERS Announces
(www.stopdcvouchers.org for more information)
Status of D.C. Vouchers: Call Now! We Still Have A Fighting Chance!
September 2, 2003. Vouchers are not dead in Congress yet, but we still have a chance to defeat them! If the voucher bill passes, it will herald the erosion of public education for poor, disadvantaged and minority children starting in Washington DC and then across the nation.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Call Your own Congressman AND call key members of the Senate to stop D.C. vouchers. See telephone numbers below.
Tell your friends and colleagues. Forward them this email, or use the form at www.stopdcvouchers.org/callcongressnow.htm.
WHAT SHOULD YOU SAY TO CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES WHEN CALLING?
Here is what you may consider saying to the staff of congressional offices:
"Hello. My name is ……. I live in ...... . .. My zip code is .... I am calling to urge the Member of Congress to vote against school vouchers for Washington, D.C. Thank you."
WHAT ARE THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS?
D.C. Metro area congressmen. Please urge your member to stop the voucher bill on the floor of the House or call (202)224-3121, for the Capitol switchboard to connect you.
Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.-8th)Phone: (202)225-4376
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D Md-5th)Phone: (202) 225-4131
Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.- 11th District)Phone: (202) 225-1492
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA 10th)Phone: (202) 225-5136
Rep. Albert Wynn (D-MD 4th)Phone: (202) 225-8699.
If you live in Washington DC, please do your best to call all of the above.
Call these Senators to register your opposition to the voucher bill in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Senator Feinstein (D- Ca) Phone: (202)224-3841.
Senator Specter (R-Pa) at (202)224-4254
Senator Mary Landrieu at (202) 224-5824.
Senator Durbin (D- Ill) at (202)224-3121
Senator Robert Byrd (D- WV) at (202)224-3954
Senator Conrad Burns (R-Mt.) at 202-224-2644
Senator Christopher Bond (R-Mo.) at (202)224-5721.
Senator Ben Campbell (R-Co) at 202-224-5852
Why Call Your Congressman (Representative in the House)?
When Congress returns from its summer recess, the full House will vote on the D.C. voucher bill, which has been attached to the FY 2004 D.C. budget bill. We are making such headway against the bill that the conservatives pushing the bill failed to get it past the House before the summer recess and held up the entire D.C. budget bill because of it. CALL NOW. Tell your Congressman to vote 'no' to the voucher program, and to vote yes to amendments to eliminate it from the bill. See above for a sample message to give when you call Congress.
Why Call Key Members of the Senate?
Senator Dianne Feinstein is a Democrat who is considering reversing her 30 year record of opposition to vouchers. She is a swing vote on the voucher issue; without her, WE WILL LOSE the voucher battle in the Senate Appropriations committee. Sen. Feinstein believes that Mayor Williams speaks for the D.C. community. Senator Arlen Specter, a Republican from Pennsylvania, is committed to voting with Democrats against vouchers.
Call the Senate and tell Senator Feinstein that Mayor speaks only for himself. Thank Republican Senator Arlen Specter for opposing vouchers for D.C. schools. Let's stop the vouchers in the Senate, right in the Senate Appropriations committee!
Why Lobby Both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate?
A bill becomes a law by either the House or the Senate passing the bill and then getting the other chamber (the Senate or House) to approve the same legislation that they have. (Once it passes both Senate and the House, it then gets approved by the President and becomes law).
So, we must focus on stopping the voucher bill in both the Senate and the House; passage in either could mean the bill becomes a law because much of our battle has been lost by that point. Let's not lose, let's keep fighting. CALL NOW!
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In my view, Sean Connery, the first cinema James Bond, was the best Bond.
And the first three films, Dr. No, From Russia With Love and Goldfinger, are the best of the Bond films.
The three films from the 1960’s are the best of the film series chiefly because of Sean Connery and the fact that the films followed the novels of the late, great Ian Fleming so closely.
To prove my point, you can watch a video of Sean Connery’s four best moments from those three films via the below link:
The films are great, but one should also read Ian Fleming's James Bond thrillers, which are darker and more complex than the films.
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Everyone has probably noticed some redness in the white of their eyes at one point or another. This condition is appropriately called red eye, and is the main sign of eye inflammation. The majority of the time, painless red eye is caused by conjunctivitis, which is inflammation of the thin layer of tissue covering the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids. For this article, we’ll focus on the causes and treatments of conjunctivitis related red eye. Any time you have red eye, it’s recommended you go see your family doctor. However, if there’s pain associated with redness, it could be a sign of a more serious condition, and a visit to your family doctor or optometrist is necessary.
Contact Lens Intolerance
One of the most common causes of red eye is contact lens intolerance. If you wear your contact lenses for too long, don’t replace them frequently or don’t care for them properly, then there’s a good chance you’ll develop contact lens intolerance—which essentially means you can’t wear contacts without them causing discomfort. Where there’s contact lens intolerance, there’s usually a case of red eye.
Contact lens related red eye can be controlled by keeping your lenses clean and disinfected. It’s also important to follow the wearing instructions—which usually means don’t wear them overnight! Finally, your eye doctor may recommend a daily disposable lens or perhaps a different type of material, such as rigid gas permeable lenses.
Allergies and Irritants
Your reaction to common respiratory allergens like pollen, pet dander, dust mites and mould can often lead to red eyes. Keeping your allergies in check with antihistamines or immunotherapy can go a long way to helping reduce the likelihood of an itchy allergic reaction. Optometrists can also prescribe an allergy eye drop to be used daily throughout the worst allergy months. Keep your allergies in check and your itchy, red eyes will follow.
Another common cause of red eye is irritants such as smoke, pollution, chlorine in swimming pools and ingredients in cosmetic products. All of these things can come in contact with our eyes and cause red eye. The best way to prevent red eye from these irritants is avoidance. You may have little control over pollution, but you can definitely try to avoid hanging out with people while they’re smoking cigarettes. When swimming in a pool, don’t open your eyes under water, or better yet, wear goggles. Be careful when applying makeup around your eyes and replace your products often because old makeup can cause bacterial infections.
Bacterial and Viral Infections
When an eye infection is viral and causes redness, it’s called pink eye. Viral eye infections are very contagious and extremely common among school-aged children. With this form of conjunctivitis, the blood vessels in the white part of the eye swell and give it a pink appearance. Viral conjunctivitis is most often accompanied by the common cold. Therefore, the most common method of getting a viral eye infection is through exposure to someone who has a cold and coughs or sneezes. Like a common cold, the virus just has to run its course, which may take two to three weeks in some cases. Symptoms can usually be kept in check using artificial tear eye drops and cold compresses. In the worst cases, topical steroid drops can be used to minimize inflammation and reduce discomfort.
Bacterial eye infections are caused by bacteria from your own skin or respiratory system. Infection can occur through various means, such as from insects, physical contact with other people, touching your eyes with unclean hands or using old makeup and facial lotions. Unlike viral eye infections, red eye caused by a bacterial infection can be treated with antibiotic eye drops or ointments, with most people showing improvement within three or four days.
Whether your red eye is caused by contact lens intolerance or a viral infection, it’s important to stay on top of it so that it doesn’t become more serious. For this reason, it’s recommended that people visit their family doctor or an optometrist whenever they notice a persistent case of red eye.
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Selah Drops the Lyric Video for "God Leads His Dear Children Along"
CCM veteran trio Selah releases the official lyric video for "God Leads His Dear Children Along," which can be viewed HERE. The song is taken from their new album, Step Into My Story (3Cre8tive).
"For the next few weeks we're going to be focusing on how our loving God leads us through life - during wonderful times, difficult times, confusing times, victorious times, and during ALL seasons," the group shares about the new video. "This beautiful hymn, 'God Leads His Dear Children Along,' conveys these thoughts in such an eloquent way. Wherever the Lord is leading you right now, we hope this song brings you encouragement and peace."
Selah means "pause" in Hebrew - a concept which plays a thematic role in this group's new album, Step Into My Story (Nov. 6, 2020 via 3Cre8tive). Released on their newly-formed label, the group's 16th album invites listeners to pause, reflect and share their own stories.
"Our band name means 'to pause' - we borrowed it from the Psalms, and it's appropriate for us right now because we literally paused, reevaluated our past, thought through next steps and are moving forward with the most incredible team and fan base anyone could ask for," says Selah's Todd Smith.
Allan Hall agrees, "These songs are personal and, because of COVID-19, we had time off the road to tighten things up - both personally and professionally. My personal journey includes losing more than 75 pounds and feeling healthier than I ever have; all of us have taken steps to see and create positivity during this time. We're looking forward to hearing our fans' stories!"
"I never thought I'd be homeschooling while releasing an album, and moving - but here I am!" says Amy Perry. "This record is our debut as label founders and there's such a freedom and joy in this. Like seeing your child take their first steps. Like Allan said, we are here because of more than 23 years of music and incredible fans who allow us to do what we love doing."
It's not just a job - it's a calling. Todd was raised in Congo, Africa, and is still involved with the Laban Bible Institute that his family founded over 40 years ago, and whose students have planted over 400 churches. His parents also started a medical dispensary, a women's literacy program, and a radio station that has a potential reach of 8 million people. In addition, he and the band also support OneChild.org, a child sponsorship organization based in the U.S. that, to date, has served more than 14,000 children across 14 countries.
One of these children is Marcus Rixon. Now 33, Marcus was born into poverty in Kolkata, India. He was sponsored through OneChild for 14 years, and received an education, food and clothing. In August 2010, he bought a plane ticket to the U.S, and with only $50 in his pocket, boarded his first-ever flight - traveling from Kolkata to London, London to Chicago, Chicago to Louisville, and then drove to Wilmore, KY where he attended Asbury University and earned a Bachelor's degree.
10 years later, Marcus Rixon - a husband, father, and proud U.S. citizen as of August 2019 - owns Rixon Entertainment Group which manages artists... including Selah.
"Talk about full circle!" says Marcus. "Being sponsored by the same organization that the artist you manage helps raise funding and awareness for - it's incredible. If anyone ever doubts the validity of a sponsorship program, OneChild is the reason I'm here and I'm beyond grateful to Selah for their diligence and constant support on behalf of children like me."
With Step Into My Story releasing the same week as our nation's presidential election, the 8-time GMA Dove Award-winning band is hoping its songs offer a sense of unity and a reason to pause, take a breath and reflect.
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Implant retained crowns represent the latest development in restorative dentistry and are, perhaps, the gold standard way of replacing a missing tooth.
At the front of the smile implant retained crowns can provide stunning aesthetic results where teeth have been lost through trauma or disease. They have replaced bridges as the treatment of choice for tooth replacement as, unlike bridges, implants do not require any adjustment to adjacent teeth and do not rely on these teeth for their success.
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The restorative stage. Once the implant is fully integrated it can be uncovered and restored with a crown that is screwed or cemented in place. This stage takes a minimum of two visits and can take up to four.
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Today is Wednesday, June 25, 2014. This is day thirteen since three Jewish boys were kidnapped.
Two of the boys were 16 years old. One was 19. All three are students in Yeshiva (religious school).
As a result, the Jewish people in Israel continue to unite. We unite to pray.
Last night, youth groups gathered at the Kotel—the Western Wall--to pray for the boys. This morning, as with all other mornings since the kidnapping, special prayers were repeated in synagogues all across the land.
These boys are our children. They are our brothers. We beg our G-d to return them to us.
As each day goes by without good news, our fears grow. With each passing day, we fear to speak the unspeakable. We fear to think the unthinkable.
We pray for their safe return.
But each passing day brings a different emotion to the Arab. Today, especially, the Arab has much to smile about. He has read yesterday’s late news. Ramadan starts on Saturday—and the Jews say they know what that means.
Ramadan brings the Arab pleasure because Ramadan causes the Jew to be afraid. The Jews know that Ramadan is often a time of Arab rioting on the Temple Mount. It is often the time of increased Arab attacks against IDF soldiers. It is often the time for Arabs to line highways and hurl rocks at Jewish cars passing by.
Ramadan is a time for Arab religious celebration—and Jewish fear. We know that because the Israeli government just announced late yesterday afternoon that it will cut back its Operation Brother’s Keeper. It will diminish its ongoing operation against the Hamas infrastructure in Judea-Samaria that created the ‘incubation farm’ for the kidnapping. It will, it says, maintain only its search for the boys.
It will alter its course because it doesn’t want to provoke Arab riots that commonly occur on Ramadan (“Security Cabinet Reduces Hamas Crackdown for Ramadan”, Arutz Sheva, June 24, 2014). It will alter its course also because, government officials say, international pressure against Israel is rising (ibid).
Israel backs off because of the fear of Arab riots and international pressure. Has Israel lost its courage?
Israel has a strong position here. It can defend itself. It can defend the IDF.
When the kidnapping first occurred, and the IDF went into the Palestinian Authority (PA), Arabs tried to accuse Israel of ‘mass arrests’. But it quickly became obvious that those ‘mass arrests’ were virtually all related to Hamas and other virulent anti-Israel groups in the PA. The accusation disappeared.
The same thing happened with the ‘arbitrary detention’ accusation. As Israel announced each day who was arrested, it quickly became obvious that there was nothing arbitrary about those arrests.
The only outstanding accusation against Israel is ‘collective punishment’. But here, too, Israel has a strong position. Because of the behaviour of both Hamas and Fatah after the kidnapping, Israel can make the case that its investigations, while no doubt aggressive, are legitimate—and not a war crime. In addition, the actions of the IDF in the PA are neither arbitrary nor disproportionally cruel, key characteristics of ‘collective punishment’. Moreover, IDF actions in the PA are not random—another characteristic of ‘collective punishment’. IDF activity in the PA is focused and specific.
But Israel’s officials wilt before this accusation. They answer it, then appear quickly to shut up once the accusation is repeated (“The appalling reaction to Israeli teens’ kidnapping”’ Jennifer Rubin, easybranches.eu/european-news, June 24, 2014)
It looks like Israel was unprepared for international criticism. It looks like Israel naively believed there would be no need to defend itself here. It looks like Israel ignored history and simply assumed that the world would allow it to search for the boys who disappeared, and arrest the people who agitated for—and might have acted for--the kidnapping.
Israel was wrong.
The UN has been only mildly concerned about the missing boys. The UN’s main concern since the June 12th kidnapping has been the response of the Israeli government to the kidnapping (ibid). That response has not been positive or supportive.
Instead of aggressively defending itself, Israel has chosen to back off. It bows submissively before its enemies.
Clearly, this is a ‘win’ for the Arab. It demonstrates that the ends—to demonize Israel—justify the means—kidnap Jews, then accuse Israel of crimes when it responds.
Israel’s Jewish leadership has lost its courage. It no longer understands courage. It gives up its courage because it has given up its religion.
Jews are not like everybody else. They are different. For the Jew, courage comes only from G-d. If you reject or ignore G-d, you lose your courage.
It’s that simple. If you want proof, look at how Israel responds to the Arab and to the UN.
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The husband of 'killer clown' suspect Shelia Keen and former Kingsport restaurant owner Michael Warren was interviewed by police Wednesday in connection to the case, police said.
During a news conference held Thursday morning, officials said the former proprietor of the Purple Cow was questioned about details of the May 1990 murder of his then-wife Marlene Warren. They noted he has not been charged in the case.
Police reiterated that Michael Warren and Shelia Keen were having an affair at the time of Marlene Warren's death. Michael and Shelia did not marry until 2002.
"Both denied being involved in relationship at the time," said a detective at the briefing who also noted that Shelia Keen Warren had a "nonchalant" attitude at the time of her arrest when asked about Warren's smiling mugshot. Shelia Keen was taken into custody on Tuesday in Abingdon by officers with the Washington County, VA Sheriff's Office.
A grand jury returned an indictment against Shelia Warren for first-degree murder last month. The detective said that the suspect purchased the balloons given to the victim before her death at a Publix supermarket that was located just a mile from Warren's apartment.
State Attorney General Dave Aronberg said new DNA technology was key in breaking the 27-year-old cold case and linking Warren to the crime.
Investigators said Warren dressed as a clown and went to the home of Marlene and Michael Warren with two balloons and a flower arrangement. Eyewitnesses said Warren knocked on the door, presented the gifts to Marlene Warren and then shot her in the face and calmly walked back to a rented car and left the scene.
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So you have decided you want to buy an LED torch?
Easy, just go and buy the one that has the 'most lumens' right?
Read more: How to select a torch?
Burn time, is the definition of how long in minutes or hours the torch will produce a useful amount of light.
Lumen is the standard unit of measure for total amount of light from a source, in all directions.
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This post is inspired by a conversation with a poker friend last week. In addition to the usual umming and ahhing about the games getting tougher, the talk moved to the effectiveness of specific ‘moves’ at the tables. Now we can all look back fondly to the ‘golden age’ when continuation betting actually worked and 3-betting was only done with aces or kings – but I was interested enough to make a mental note to blog about the subject.
Here are 5 poker moves which are less effective in 2013 than they would have been 5 years ago! To make this an all-round more positive post, I have included my thoughts on counter-strategy for the modern game in each instance.
2016 Update: Looking through these old articles is entertaining, the thing is that all of these still work to some extent even now. It really depends on where you play, with some sites (PokerStars in particular) home to 10000's of pro grinders, and other sites far more recreational in nature. To keep up to date with where to find the fish, check out my Fish-O-Meter tool, which finds the softest poker sites for your bankroll, location and favourite games.
#1 – Stealing Blinds:
Yes, there was a time when buttons, cut-off’s and highjacks would raise only with good starting hands. You could fold your blind safe in the knowledge that playing out of position and with a hand which was not in great shape was an unprofitable play. Nowadays people see failing to raise the button when folded to as some kind of admission of weakness!
Counter: Fortunately those same people who know it is a ‘good’ play to auto-raise that button make huge mistakes when they are re-raised by the blinds, calling too often and defending too light on later streets. Identify who will be willing to build a big pot with junk to ‘defend’ their button and punish them when you have the goods!
#2 – Continuation Betting:
These really were the golden goose of online poker back in the day. Almost everyone would play fit-or-fold on the flop, maybe calling with mid-strength hands which would fold to pressure on the turn. Now a continuation bet is expected, in fact people expect you are trying to check-raise if you do not make them on certain flop textures. The float is so popular (particularly as a good excuse by calling stations) that it has almost expected that you call at least one c-bet.
Counter: You need to know how often your opponents fold to c-bets - either by taking notes of using a HUD Tool whether this is high or low makes it super-easy to determine whether you should go ahead and bluff, or stick to a value range. If someone is ‘float happy’ then check your value hands on the turn after they call your flop bet, they will bet and help you build a nice big pot.
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#3 – Slowplaying:
What, he did not continuation bet? Must have a monster! Since these bets are expected, someone not making them raises all sorts of alarms, especially if they usually make this bet as a matter of course. Combined with your pre-flop 3-bet people spot your slowplayed aces while the stacks are deep, and *boom* take that free card to try and beat them – ever wondered why you always lose the big pots with rockets yet win the small ones?
Counter: Bet anyway, since everyone calls continuation bets you might as well build the pot for yourself – anyway, it disguises the fact that next time you will probably be bluffing.
#4 – Semi-Bluff All-In:
Ah, those were the days, when an all-in over someone’s flop c-bet got the respect it deserved. Nowadays it gets a snap call from almost any made hand, since nobody does this without a flush draw, like, ever. Not to mention that tendency (at least in tournaments) to overshove those Ace-King / Ace-Queen hands rather than face missing the flop against 5 opponents.
Counter: Since people now expect this to be a bad draw, surprise them now and again by doing just that with the stone-cold nuts – it will have your opponents making notes on you very quickly indeed!
#5 – Limp Re-Raise:
Believe it or not, you used to be able to limp those monsters, wait for a bet, re-raise and still get called by hands which you dominated. Try this in 2013 and all the ace-jack hands will fold, leaving those with suited connectors and small pairs looking for a flop which will take your entire buy-in. Remember, if you raise almost all hands you play, then suddenly limp from early position, players in 2013 will know exactly what you have and will happily limp behind looking to eat your lunch when the situation comes right.
Counter: Just raise aces like any other hand, your best disguise is to play these hands like any other holding.
I’m sure there are several more (raising 3x and 4x pre springs to mind), this is long enough for one blog post though.
GL at the tables, Mark
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“You need to go and pray! I am not going to listen to this anymore!” Elle stormed out of the room and I sat, shocked, in the wake of her absence. The other children looked from me to the door and back again, eyes wide with astonishment.
Moments before, I’d called a “family meeting” and yelled at my children about things they weren’t doing right, ways they weren’t meeting my expectations, problems they were causing. Angry, I paced before them, yelling and threatening, until my second daughter, the gentle one, stood and left the room. That brave little girl stopped me in my tracks and refused to allow me to hurt her feelings any longer. She, my quietest child, found her voice and used it to defend her tender heart. I have never, ever been so proud of her as I was in that moment.
I called her back to me and I apologized. Then told them all a story…
A father set his little boy on something high, and said: “Jump! I’ll catch you!”
But the boy was afraid.
So the father stepped a little closer and said again: “Jump! I’ll catch you!”
But the boy was afraid.
So the father opened his arms wider and said again: “Jump! I’ll catch you!”
And the little boy gathered all his courage and jumped.
The father stepped away, and the little boy fell to the ground.
“That will teach you,” said his father.
I was horrified when my friend told me this story. But in that moment, there with my hurting children, it all made perfect sense.
Maybe my kids don’t need to trust that I will never hurt them, because that simply isn’t true. No relationship between human beings will ever be free from struggle, anger, or pain. Maybe my children need to see me not as a perfect role model but as a fallible sister in Christ, walking along beside them, muddling my way along the road just like they are, injured from my own falls but limping heavenward, nonetheless. Maybe what they need to trust is the fact that I’m as perfectly imperfect as they are and need forgiveness and redemption just as much as they do.
I’ve heard it said that children get their image of God from their parents. God forbid! I pray my children see me as weak, uncertain, faulty, face down on my knees in humility, seeking forgiveness for the ways I fail <every. single. day.> Maybe if they see that, they won’t be tempted to base their concept of God on their perception of me. Maybe they’ll understand how little I resemble their Savior on a day-to-day basis and maybe, just maybe, they’ll base their understanding of God on personal revelation, realizing that while I—and every other human being they will ever encounter—am imperfect, untrustworthy and sinful, HE IS NOT.
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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Tommy Henry, Portage Northern baseball
After losing five straight games, Portage Northern needed a rebound this past week with possibly eight games on the schedule.
The Huskies responded, winning all eight games last week, and Henry was a big part of their success.
In a doubleheader against Kalamazoo Central, Henry pitched five shutout innings, while giving up only one hit and striking out eight batters in a 13-0 win. Henry also recorded four hits, one run and one RBI.
"Tommy was nothing but strikes all game long," Portage Northern coach Chris Andrews said after sweeping K-Central. "It was really impressive seeing his control today."
In a doubleheader sweep of Niles, Henry knocked in five RBI.
Henry picked up another win against Battle Creek Harper Creek, striking out eight batters in five shutout innings, while also recording four hits and one RBI.
In the Huskie Invitational, which Portage Northern won, Henry scored two runs and knocked in one RBI.
“He’s only a sophomore, but he’s really having a great season,” Andrews said. “I knew he was going to be a good player for us but he’s come out and really exceeded my expectations.”
Livia Christman, Allegan girls tennis
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Livia Christman was a big part of Allegan’s success as the No. 1 singles player, winning all of her matches.
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UPDATE APRIL 29, 10:09 A.M.: President Donald Trump on Friday tweeted about the test.
ORIGINAL STORY: North Korea doesn't seem to be backing down from President Trump's threatening rhetoric to back down from testing ballistic missiles. On Friday, a South Korea news agency reported that North Korea has launched another ballistic weapon from an area north of Pyongyang. CNN reported that this is the eighth missile test since Trump took office.
"North Korea fired an unidentified missile from a site in the vicinity of Bukchang in Pyeongannam-do (South Pyeongan Province) early this morning," the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement.
News of the launch of the ballistic missile came on the same day as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on the international community to increase pressure on North Korea. Otherwise, he warned, the results could be "catastrophic."
"All options for responding to future provocations must remain on the table," Tillerson said. "Diplomatic and financial leverage or power will be backed up by willingness to counteract North Korean aggression with military action, if necessary."
WATCH | Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered remarks at a special US-hosted UN meeting.
And, on Thursday, in an interview with Reuters about his first 100 days, Trump said a major conflict with the country is possible, though, he added that he would prefer a diplomatic outcome to the nuclear standoff.
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Meditation is most often associated with Eastern thought, but forms of meditation appear all over the world. This is probably no coincidence. Regularly practiced meditation can be beneficial to your heart as well as your spirits, reducing your blood pressure and possibly lowering your risk of heart attack or stroke. Read on to find out more.
How Can Meditation Help Improve Heart Health?
The mind-heart connection is a complex and powerful relationship. Though the precise mechanism is still unclear, it has long been known that chronic, poorly managed stress is associated with an increased risk of high blood pressure and heart disease.
Meditation may reduce these risks by helping you manage stress. People who meditate routinely report better concentration, improved overall mood, and increased tolerance for situations they once found stressful. In 2012, researchers found that people who practiced Transcendental Meditation twice daily for 20 minutes had lower blood pressure, reported less stress and anger, and were less likely to have a heart attack or stroke.
What Is Meditation?
While many religions incorporate meditative practices, medita- tion itself is an activity, not a belief.
There are many different ways to meditate. The element they share is calm, focused attention for a sustained period of time. The object of your focus can be internal, such as your breathing, heartbeat, thoughts and feelings, or an image you picture in your mind. Or your focus can be external, such as a meaningful word or phrase (a mantra) or an object. There is no specific or recommended length of time to do this; you can spend anywhere from just 10 minutes to an hour or more to meditate. Likewise, there is no right or wrong method. The only real requirement is a genuine desire to relax and shed your cares for a time.
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- Meditative movement. If the idea of sitting still doesn’t appeal to you, you might try walking meditation or tai chi. Some forms of yoga also involve meditation.
- Guided visualization. Led by an instructor or a recording, this technique involves picturing in detail a peaceful place, time, or scene.
- Transcendental Meditation is a specific type of meditation where you spend 20 minutes twice daily sitting comfortably with eyes closed. For more information, visit www.tmforwomenshearthealth.org.
- Mindfulness meditation focuses your attention on the sen- sations of the present moment.
- Make your own meditation. Whether it’s relaxing and lis- tening to quiet music, breathing deeply, or just closing your eyes for a moment and picturing a peaceful scene, you can find your own way to meditate.
Questions to Ask Your Healthcare Provider About Meditation
- Do you recommend meditation for my heart health?
- Do you recommend a specific type of meditation to your patients?
- What are the benefits of meditation for patients with my heart disease risk factors?
Additional Resources on Meditation
What Should I Do If I Have Other Questions?
Ask them. Contact your healthcare provider and ask all of your questions. Any time you have health questions, the conversations you have with your doctor are the key to successful results. Ask every question you have.
We hope you will use SecondsCount.org to learn more about your cardiovascular health and treatment options. SecondsCount.org was developed by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), the medical society for interventional cardiologists.
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Choose batch mode when you want to enter multiple addresses for verification and receive one result for each input address. If you have multiple addresses to verify, you can create a text file that contains the addresses and provide the file as the input. You can submit 1000 addresses in a single call in batch mode.
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Do biosolids (treated sewage sludge) contain SARS-CoV-2 virus and can they be land applied safely?
Existing requirements and guidance help ensure that biosolids are processed, handled, and land-applied in a manner that minimizes the risk of exposure to pathogens, including viruses. We have no evidence that biosolids contain infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus when requirements under 40 CFR part 503 are met for Class A biosolids. Generally, pathogens may exist when requirements are met under 40 CFR part 503 for Class B biosolids, which is why EPA’s site restrictions that allow time for pathogen degradation should be followed for harvesting crops and turf, for grazing of animals, and public contact. All requirements under 40 CFR Part 503 should continue to be met. Additionally, per CDC’s Guidance for Controlling Potential Risks to Workers Exposed to Class B Biosolids, employers should prevent work-related illness by providing proper personal protective equipment (PPE) and supporting other health and safety practices for persons hauling and land applying biosolids. While no additional COVID-19–specific protections are recommended for the land application of biosolids, consider checking for advisories from your local health department.
COVID-19 & Drinking Water Q&A
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
EPA Expands Research on COVID-19 in the Environment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to make COVID-19 issues a top priority. The Agency has been actively supporting response efforts across the country to protect public health. As part of these efforts, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is asking for a rapid review with the Science Advisory Board (SAB) to provide feedback on research needs identified by EPA’s researchers. This research will enhance and build on the Agency’s capabilities to address the environmental and human health impacts from the virus that causes COVID-19. Read more here.
Essential Critical Infrastructure
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What can science tell us about composting and the virus that causes COVID-19?
US Composting Council
What do composters need to know to control the disease and prevent it from spreading? In this webinar our friends at the US Composting Council will review safe handling procedures and meeting pathogen reduction standards (PFRP) at compost sites. Learn more.
Information and Resources on COVID-19 and wastewater processes and biosolids
Virginia Biosolids Council
As COVID-19’s impact continues to escalate and anxiety rises, it can be difficult to know where to look for accurate information, specifically related to the functionality of existing municipal utility processes to protect public health and safety. Municipal utility treatment processes are rigorous, the wastewater is subjected to physical, biological, and chemical processes during treatment before clean water is returned to local waters or recycled. Read more here.
Do not flush paper towels, wipes, or facial tissues—they clog your pipes and our pumps!
Do not flush paper towels, wipes or facial tissues—they clog your pipes and our pumps! Read more here.
Virginia DEQ response to Covid-19
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CA Says Recycled Water and Treated Wastewater Is Safe from COVID-19
California Water Boards
Wastewater treatment plants treat municipal wastewater to standards that protect the beneficial uses of the waters into which the treated wastewater is discharged. Some plants treat wastewater to more stringent standards so that the highly treated water can be reused for landscape irrigation, dust control at construction sites, and groundwater recharge for future use as a drinking water source. The level of treatment required depends on the beneficial uses of the receiving waters and ultimate use of the treated wastewater. Read more here.
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Out of toilet paper during the coronavirus pandemic? Don’t flush anything else you might use.
The Daily Press
America is experiencing a shortage of toilet paper. People began hoarding it shortly after the first cases of coronavirus appeared in the United States, and now most stores are sold out or running low. But lack of toilet paper can create another problem: Massive clogs caused by people flushing things they shouldn’t. Treatment plants are constantly dealing with this issue, said Lacie Wever, a spokeswoman for Hampton Roads Sanitation District. Read more here. | <urn:uuid:791328fc-9896-4c08-820a-912ad02e6995> | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | https://www.virginiabiosolids.com/health-and-safety-issues/covid-19/ | 2021-11-28T18:37:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964358570.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20211128164634-20211128194634-00566.warc.gz | en | 0.908912 | 940 |
Eagle Consulting Partners Leadership
Gary Pritts, Founder and President
Gary consults in the areas of physician practice management, medical information systems, HIPAA compliance, health and productivity management and general business management. Gary serves on the board of Lakewood Hospital, one of the Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospitals, and is a founder and past president of eHealth Ohio, and is active with numerous professional organizations. He served as product development manager for the EDI clearinghouse division of Quadax, a regional clearinghouse, and understands provider organizations from his 6 years as President and owner of Premier Rehab, a Medicare Certified Rehab agency with two Cleveland locations. His computer background includes 15 years in various computer and computer service organizations. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from Purdue University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
About Eagle Consultants
The experts at Eagle Consulting Partners offer the best in management and technology consulting services to community health centers, hospitals, physician practices, developmental disability agencies, health payers and technology vendors around the country. Our results-oriented approach has been creating value for healthcare organizations since 2001 and truly sets Eagle Consulting Partners apart in the healthcare IT industry.
Jacob is a consultant at Eagle Consulting with a legal background and strong focus on HIPAA-compliance obligations, state privacy laws, and other compliance requirements. He graduated from University of Akron School of Law in 2015 and has a BA in history from Westminster College. He has worked as a law clerk for the International Institute of Akron, and brings research, client service, and management skills to the team.
Mike is a consultant at Eagle Consulting helping hospitals and medical practices protect their patients through risk analysis and HIPAA information security consulting. He brings experience in managing operations for the logistics and supply chain systems of a federal government agency, helping over 36,000 users worldwide with business process training and related system needs.
Alex is a consultant and account manager for MIPS-related matters, including pathology sales support, MIPS services sales, and delivery of MIPS services. She is a certified compliance technician with the American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management. She has an MBA in health care administration from Cleveland State University and a BA in history from Ohio University.
Peggy Congin has been a project manager for over ten years and holds certification as a Project Management Professional from PMI. She also has multiple EPIC certifications. She has directed EPIC implementation projects dozens of hospitals and health systems, and as an RN, brings an excellent understanding of clinical workflows and the associated design and build with the EPIC system. | <urn:uuid:7046c8c7-9806-431d-9e1d-3e08e2a81004> | CC-MAIN-2018-39 | https://eagleconsultingpartners.com/about/leadership/ | 2018-09-24T03:43:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267160142.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20180924031344-20180924051744-00289.warc.gz | en | 0.948872 | 525 |
By Chris Scott Barr
“I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.” These are words that almost every geek knows, and hopes that they never hear from a computer system. If they don’t ring a bell, they were the ones uttered by HAL 9000 to Dave Bowman in 2001: A Space Odyssey. HAL was an intelligent computer that was capable of making decisions, as well as (usually) following commands. Naturally, since Siri was introduced earlier this month, there have been a lot of HAL references. In fact, if you ask her about him, she will refuse to discuss the matter.
Well thanks to the bright minds at ThinkGeek, you’ll soon be able to transform Siri into HAL. This IRIS 9000 docking station features a remote with a single button that activates Siri. The station’s built-in microphone will pick up your voice commands, and Siri will respond as usual. The only difference is that the light in IRIS’s eye will flicker while she speaks. I don’t know about you, but I find that both creepy and awesome. For $60, this will also act as a normal docking station, a speakerphone and music player. | <urn:uuid:1e10ac9c-42f1-4b7a-bf33-3ad1778bc3f3> | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | http://www.ohgizmo.com/2011/10/27/iris-9000-lets-you-control-siri-from-across-the-room/ | 2017-02-27T23:23:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501173866.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104613-00376-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969339 | 260 |
In today’s digital world, SMS reselling is a growing industry with increasing opportunities for businesses to capitalize on. There are numerous advantages of selling Short Message Service (SMS) services that can benefit companies in various ways. It can either provide customers with enhanced customer service or more cost-effectively reach new audiences.
However, there’s no denying that it comes with its unique challenges and limitations—but many organizations have successfully navigated these issues and reap the benefits of the SMS reselling market.
You will look at the opportunities afforded by SMS reselling and some potential obstacles that any business should be aware of when considering entering this space.
Overview Of SMS Reselling
It’s fairly easy to become an SMS reseller. It’s a popular way to make money without investing much upfront. Simply put, it’s buying SMS credits in bulk and reselling them for a profit.
What’s great about SMS reselling is its scalable business model that you can easily customize to fit customer needs and preferences. You can build a loyal customer base and generate recurring revenue by providing reliable and efficient service.
SMS Reselling: 7 Factors That Make It Different
There are benefits, opportunities, and at the same time, challenges in SMS reselling. Let us try to build a discussion around the subject.
SMS reselling has numerous benefits that can help businesses be more efficient and save money.
Firstly, it enables businesses to communicate with their customers without investing in expensive communication infrastructure. SMS reselling also allows for easy integration with existing platforms, making it a cost-effective solution for businesses of all sizes.
Additionally, resellers often offer competitive pricing and flexible plans that cater to specific business needs and budget constraints. With cost, engagement, and flexibility benefits, SMS reselling is ideal for businesses looking to improve their communication strategies.
2. Challenges Of SMS Reselling
In the world of SMS reselling, these challenges are numerous. One of the biggest hurdles is the constantly evolving telecom industry. With frequent updates and protocol changes, SMS reselling requires a level of adaptability and flexibility on the reseller’s part.
Also, staying ahead of the competition is crucial, as the market has many resellers all vying for the attention of potential customers. Yet despite these challenges, those who thrive on the fast-paced nature of SMS reselling can succeed by staying informed, being innovative, and prioritizing customer service.
3. Strategies To Overcome Common Challenges
Navigating obstacles while striving for success can be a daunting task. However, identifying common barriers and developing strategies to overcome them can significantly reduce the stress and frustration associated with achieving goals.
Adopting practical approaches such as creating a schedule, segmenting large projects, and seeking support from friends and family members can make a significant difference in overcoming these obstacles.
4. Monitoring The Market
Keeping up with the latest trends in SMS reselling is essential for success. Monitoring the market will also enable you to identify gaps in services or products that could benefit from new solutions.
Furthermore, this approach will help you assess the competition and determine how to differentiate your offerings best. In addition, setting small attainable goals each day and rewarding yourself when they are met can be beneficial in ensuring progress continues over time.
5. How To Get Started With SMS Reselling?
SMS reselling is a competitive market, but it can be a lucrative venture with the right approach.
- You’ll need to find a reputable SMS aggregator to provide the services you need to resell messages.
- You must identify your target market and design a marketing plan that speaks directly to them.
- You’ll need a solid plan for tracking your sales and managing your finances. SMS reselling requires significant research and planning before getting started.
Therefore, follow these steps to get started. Ensure that you invest your time in research. It will help you attain your aim.
6. Good Practices
As we discussed earlier, there are loads of challenges and, at the same time, obstacles to SMS reselling. But as someone looking to encash this business, you have to know the good practice that can eliminate fraudulent activities and enforce the legalities of it. Here we try to build an understanding of it. Let us see what they are.
Modifying The Frequency Of The Database
You must take the initiative to modify the frequency of your messages. It is one of the good practices for sure. Understanding more than two weekly communications on the produce sale can have the opposite effect on them. They might think that you are pushing for sales out of desperation.
Checking The Legality Of Database
Check the legality of the database, especially of the personal contacts. It is quite a simple step yet very effective. If you brought the database, take responsibility for eliminating the issues with numbers.
Clear And Transparent Identification
Transparency is one of the elements that is associated with bulk SMS reselling. It is one of the important aspects associated with it. You can take the help of another company and get your SMS written by them. But at the same time, you must ensure that you receive and then respond to them.
7. Build Your Own Business
SMS reselling presents a great opportunity for entrepreneurs to build a solid and lucrative business model. It has the potential to bring multiple streams of revenue while eliminating complicated technical deployments from the backend.
Yes, this sector has wide opening opportunities, so people are driven towards it. The SMS reselling is filled with opportunities, especially for those with a business mentality.
Understand your potential and work consistently to build your business. Make use of this opportunity, and you can create your own business. It’s always important to measure your steps in the initial period. It best suits those who are looking to start their own business.
Ready To Start?
If you’re ready to get started with SMS reselling, take the first steps by researching your competition and assessing your customer needs so that you can hit the ground running.
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A projected five percent increase in the budget for the regional emergency dispatch center based in Hingham hasn’t altered local opinions of the entity’s worth, with local managers still confident that operational gains have outweighed monetary losses.
Budgets have been a concern for most of the four communities that joined the South Shore Regional Emergency Communications Center between 2011 and 2013, with planned savings and cost efficiencies never really materializing.
Despite that trend continuing into the next fiscal year, town administrators said the center has provided tangible value.
"I think it's working fantastic," said Norwell Town Administrator James Boudreau. "We can point to at least two if not three incidents where [emergency medical dispatchers] saved someone’s life over the phone. We’re providing a much higher level of service than was provided by the tour towns individually."
Boudreau also said the dispatch center's metrics were above state averages.
He isn't alone in his support. In Hingham, town officials said the ability to handle multiple emergencies at the same time has been invaluable.
“The ability for dispatchers to handle a multitude of calls, emergencies at the same time, to provide emergency med dispatch abilities, to have the same equipment in four towns for larger scale issues - there are a tremendous amount of benefits,” said Hingham Town Administrator Ted Alexiades in a phone interview.
Hingham has seen the biggest budgetary difference. In fiscal 2014, which began last July 1, Hingham’s allocation for the dispatch center was $675,000.
That compares with about $456,000 in fiscal 2011, the last year Hingham ran a separate dispatch center. (The fiscal 2011 number was about $50,000 lower than usual, due to one-year cutbacks.)
In Cohasset, the emergency dispatch operating budget totaled $239,353 in fiscal 2011 (the cost of benefits was not available) and was set to total about $250,000 in fiscal 2014 (which does include benefits).
In Norwell, operations and benefits costs will fall from $465,000 in fiscal 2011 to $325,000 in fiscal 2014. These numbers, however, do not reflect a related $200,000 increase in the police budget.
Hull is the only community that has seen substantial savings. Its dispatch center spent more than $486,000 for operations and benefits in fiscal 2011, and that number has dropped to $355,000 in fiscal 2014.
Each of these budgets is expected to increase approximately five percent in fiscal 2015, largely due to the settling of a union contract with the dispatchers and the need to buy additional software.
Hull Town Administrator Phillip Lemnios has said previously that cost was not the primary driver for the center, and he wasn't surprised by the recent increases.
“There are some technical issues that need to be addressed. Some of the items purchased are coming off warranty, we need to make [plans] for those things,” he said.
Cohasset Town Manager Christopher Senior was not available for comment.
Increases won’t only be limited to the first few years. Because software and technology is so heavily utilized, some aspects will have to be updated every three to five years.
“This is a unique operation, in that a lot of this stuff is in use constantly,” Lemnios said.
Alexiades agreed that budgets will likely be on the rise for some time. “The only way to save money on the center long term is to grow it, which is a benefit to us and the new member communities that join,” Alexiades said.
No discussions have begun on expanding the dispatch center, though those conversations may begin in the next year.
“The state has provided us with over $5 million to build out that [center] with the newest and best technology. I do think that other communities will look at that for the resource it is, if we can match the cost of their or beat the cost of their service they are expending,” Alexiades said.
Costs may go down for some present communities in the center through discussions over the budget allocation, though those discussions are still a ways off, Alexiades said.
Photos by Jessica Bartlett, Boston.com staff
US Senator Elizabeth Warren visited Marshfield on Jan. 21 to discuss potential changes to flood-insurance regulations that have sharply raised premiums for many South Shore residents.
Click here to see photos from Warren's visit.
A year after four South Shore towns combined their emergency dispatch operations, managers said emergency response is finally working as intended.
“Calls are up, complaints are down,” summarized Hingham Town Administrator Ted Alexiades.
The progress is a far cry from where things started in August 2012, when Hingham, Hull, Cohasset, and Norwell finalized the multi-town initiative.
Though regionalization was intended to generate efficiencies, the dispatch center budget was higher than anticipated for three out of the four towns in fiscal year 2014 – the first full year the center would be in operation.
Difficult transitions with new software and new operating procedures intensified training difficulties and personnel issues, officials said. Managers also reported that dispatcher contract negotiations resulted in morale issues.
Negotiations are still ongoing, but Maureen Shirkus, executive director for the Center, said other growing pains have all but dissipated.
“Training issues have turned the corner,” Shirkus said in a phone interview. “…There was a learning curve we all had to go through with the equipment we were using. You had to learn the geography of every town. You can teach someone that but it takes time and exposure to it.”
While the proposed fiscal year 2015 budget has not lessened – Alexiades reported a 5 percent increase in the requested budget due to increased staffing requests and software upgrades, other measures point to success.
Staff said improvements have been seen in emergency medical dispatch – requiring medical instruction to be given on the phone while police or fire is being dispatched – due to increased staff. Response times have also improved due to centralized operations and new technology, staff said.
Complaints from staff are also down as internal problems have dwindled, Shirkus said.
Repetition has helped solve many of the problems, but internal changes have also created improvements. Shirkus said dispatchers are now assigned by department, rather than dispatching all calls by town.
“One day you’re a fire dispatcher, the next you’re a police dispatcher…that has helped,” Shirkus said. “If you’re doing Hingham and Norwell Fire Departments, they do a lot of mutual aid, you know who is where and what’s going on.”
Fire and Police chiefs have also made an effort to familiarize themselves and their crews with dispatchers, developing relationships with the new people on the other end of the phone line.
Turnover has also helped bring in new dispatchers who are more adaptable than legacy employees, and work load redistribution has dispatchers multi-tasking less.
“[There were] little things like that we needed to learn, because no one had done it before… We’ve come a long way since we first opened the door,” Shirkus said.
Emergency responders outside the dispatch center agree that change has been for the better.
“We’re making good progress and we’ve made a lot of significant changes that have made life a bit better,” said Hingham Deputy Fire Chief Robert Olsson. “It’s to be expected when you take four towns and combine into one thing … you take a bit of time for people to adjust.”
In addition to streamlined operations, new technology - $5 million total given to the regional group from the state – has improved record management, Olsson said.
“The data has always been captured but our ability to use that data is significantly improved,” he said.
Hingham Deputy Police Chief Glenn Olsson also pointed to the technology as merely one of the new system’s benefits. Unlike before, officers can read calls on their computers before they are spoken over the radio, and respond faster to emergencies, he said.
Monthly meetings between all four towns have also increased communication and collaboration, he said.
Improvements are especially noticeable within storms, Olsson said, when call volumes are high and dispatch is able to operate unimpeded.
“Sometimes people get impatient. You want to turn the switch and have everything work. In real life, things never go as smoothly as you want to,” he said. “As long as people stay positive and keep moving forward, you end up with a good product. And it’s starting to show.”
The following is a press release from the office of auditor Suzanne Bump:
State Auditor Suzanne Bump today referred an audit report of a Quincy dentist to the Massachusetts Attorney General for further investigation into possible Medicaid fraud. The audit uncovered signs of pervasive fraud by the MassHealth dental provider, Dr. Shahrzad Haghayegh-Askarian, including $154,019 in unallowable and sometimes medically excessive procedures.
“It is clear to me that Dr. Haghayegh systematically bilked the MassHealth dental program,” said Auditor Bump. “Her operation was an affront to the taxpayers and her clients. I hope the Attorney General can use this audit as a tool to uncover the extent of her wrongdoing and obtain justice for the Commonwealth.”
A review of MassHealth payment information and the files of just 40 of the 357 MassHealth members seen by Dr. Haghayegh between 2008 and 2011 found repeat patterns of the dentist obtaining payment for dental procedures contrary to MassHealth regulations.
· 1,429 unallowable detailed oral screenings, intended for patients receiving radiation therapy, chemotherapy or organ transplants. The dental patients for which Dr. Haghayegh submitted claims were not undergoing any of these procedures;
· 865 claims for dental services including X-rays, fillings, and denture repairs that were not documented in member files;
· 259 oral evaluations in excess of MassHealth limits;
· 176 claims for “dental enhancement fees,” payments meant for more general health centers to improve their dental services;
· 13 cases of Dr. Haghayegh circumventing MassHealth limits on denture replacements by instead replacing every tooth in the denture individually;
· 98 tooth restorations in excess of state limits.
In addition, the audit identified 95 claims for medically excessive fluoride treatments. In one specific example, Dr. Haghayegh billed 53 fluoride treatments in a 12-month period for a single child-aged member. According to guidelines set by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, a dentist should provide no more than four fluoride treatments in a year.
During the four year audit period MassHealth paid Dr. Haghayegh $912,167 for more than 10,000 claims of service.
In addition to the report, Auditor Bump’s Bureau of Special Investigations has conducted an investigation into other potential fraudulent activity and has forwarded its findings to the Attorney General as well.
Unrelated to the audit, and acting on patient complaints about her dental treatments, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Dentistry suspended Dr. Haghayegh’s license to practice for one year, effective May 31, 2013. MassHealth has terminated her participation as a MassHealth provider based on its own review of Dr. Haghayegh’s billing.
“Given the egregious findings of our audit and investigative work I believe the Board of Registration should review its current suspension and consider a further disciplinary action,” said Auditor Bump.
Today’s report comes after Dr. Haghayegh denied state auditors access to her records for nearly a year. Dr. Haghayegh was the first MassHealth provider to challenge the State Auditor’s authority to obtain such records. Auditors were only able to begin the review after a May 2012 decision by Suffolk Superior Court required Dr. Haghayegh to allow access.
“We appreciate the Auditor’s partnership with MassHealth in working to hold this individual accountable,” said MassHealth Director Kristin Thorn. “MassHealth initiated an internal audit that identified program violations with this provider, we ordered her to repay inappropriately billed funds to the Commonwealth, and terminated her participation in MassHealth.”
As highlighted in earlier audits released by the Office of the State Auditor over the past four years, MassHealth’s dental claims processing system, which is administered through the subcontractor DentaQuest, has not contained adequate controls to identify and reject unallowable claims for certain dental services. Since 2010, the Office of the State Auditor has identified $7,678,115 in total questionable Medicaid dental claims. In response to audit work, MassHealth has implemented many changes to its claims system to better prevent similar unallowable billings in the future.
The Office of the State Auditor conducts technical and performance assessments of state government’s programs, departments, agencies, authorities, contracts, and vendors. With its reports, the OSA issues recommendations to improve accountability, efficiency, and transparency.
Local author and Boston University Journalism chairman William McKeen posts this on Facebook:
Attention citizens of Boston's South Shore! I will be signing books during the Cohasset Holiday Stroll, Dec. 14, 4-7 pm at Twist, on Main Street in Cohasset Village. Come share a mug o' nog. To get a signed book, of course, you must buy it. Do';t forget that I have many children and they'd like to go back to three meals a day. Click on the post for more details. God bless us everyone!
Lawmakers waded back into a battle waged for years between environmentalists who want to shorten the permitting process for smaller wind energy projects and residents who say their health suffers from living near a turbine.
During a legislative hearing Tuesday, residents who live near turbines accused environmental activists of persistently pushing legislation to make it easier to permit land-based wind energy projects without acknowledging health effects. Environmentalists argued benefits of the renewable energy outweigh some of the negative impacts.
George Bachrach, president of the Environmental League of Massachusetts, told lawmakers on the Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Committee they need to have the political will to pass legislation streamlining the permitting process.
“Wind energy is the future,” he said. “And to think that progress in this area can come without any harm is a misconception.”
Bachrach argued that when highways were built some people were hurt when they lost property, but there was “overall common good.”
“Somehow there is this notion in Massachusetts that we cannot build wind energy unless no one is hurt,” he said.
Two bills before the committee (H 2980 and S 1591), filed by Rep. Frank Smizik and Sen. Barry Finegold, would institute comprehensive siting reform for land-based wind projects.
Similar legislation made it all the way through the House in 2010, but the Senate failed to finish work on the bill. Senators in favor of it attempted to get it passed during informal sessions, but it was repeatedly blocked by opponents during that summer.
Supporters of that bill, including the Patrick administration, said it would have helped expedite wind-based turbine projects while preserving the ability of municipalities to reject unwanted projects. No one from the Patrick administration testified on the bills Tuesday.
During the hearing, some opponents argued Massachusetts is too densely populated to allow wind turbines to be built anywhere on land.
Residents from Falmouth who live near a wind facility urged lawmakers not to pass the bill.
Neil Anderson, a Falmouth resident who lives one quarter-mile away from a turbine, described his suffering. Along with headaches, Anderson said he has trouble concentrating and memory loss. He said he has to leave his house when the winds are high.
“My life has been torn upside down. All I do now is fight wind turbines,” he said.
Anderson refuted claims by some environmentalists who say the wind turbines do not cause health problems.
“They just don’t have a clue about what is going on,” Anderson said. “This is about massive wind generators that are just too close.”
Anderson argued that Massachusetts is too densely populated for turbines to be sited anywhere in the state. “They don’t belong anywhere in Massachusetts,” he said.
He invited lawmakers to sit on his front porch and “see what these turbines can do.”
“Maybe one of you will get a headache, start feeling the pressure in your ears, because it’s real,” Anderson said.
In January 2012, an independent report commissioned by the Patrick administration concluded that wind turbines present little more than an "annoyance" to residents and that limited evidence exists to support claims of devastating health impacts. Falmouth and western Massachusetts residents argued at the time that the report was biased and based on "cherry-picked" information that ignored the real-world impact of turbines.
Smizik, a Democrat from Brookline who chairs the House Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change, said current law favors large fossil fuel plants because only energy plants larger than 100 megawatts can go to the Energy Facilities Siting Board for a consolidated permit. Land-based facilities tend to be much smaller, so they do not have the “luxury” of the fast-tracked permitting option available to fossil fuel plants.
Smizik said the legislation he filed would streamline the process for on-shore wind energy only if the project met strict public safety and environmental standards.
“This bill does not give special interest to the wind energy industry, it just levels the playing field,” Smizik said.
The legislation establishes clear standards and timely and predictable permitting procedures, Smizik said, reducing the time and cost for wind projects.
Smizik said the legislation does not take away local control, something opponents contend it does. There is opportunity for public input, he said.
Rep. Timothy Madden, a Democrat from Nantucket, opposed the bill, saying it takes away a “great deal” of local control.
“My opposition on this bill has not changed over the last several years,” Madden said.
Madden filed a bill (H 2957) that would allow coastal communities to create exclusion zones for wind turbine development.
Smizik said one area of opportunity for wind energy that is being missed is in agricultural land. Farmers struggling to maintain viable farmlands could develop wind farms on their land as a way to power farms and increase profits by selling the energy, he said.
Michael Parry, a sheep farmer who owns 220 acres in Shelburne, said he would never put a wind facility on his property after researching the effects of turbines.
“I would never subject our neighbors to that. I wouldn’t subject my family to that, and I wouldn’t subject my livestock to that,” he said.
Parry mentioned a wind facility located near a dairy farm in Glenmore, Wisconsin where the farmer reported reduced milk production from his cows after the turbines went up. Parry said he favors renewable energy, but feels environmentalists are pushing projects before the impacts are understood.
By Shujie Leng BU Washington News Service WASHINGTON — Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-South Boston, Tuesday afternoon asked the director of Federal Emergency Management Agency to delay a rate increase arising from recently enacted flood insurance legislation…
If sea level rise projections become reality and high tides a century from now resemble what today are major floods, the Aquarium Blue Line Station would likely be underwater while across the harbor the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital will be better prepared to weather frequent incursions of harbor water, according to Boston Harbor Association Executive Director Julie Wormser.
“By mid-century, every year the T’s going to have to deal with a foot and a half of seawater. By the end of the century it’s dealing more with five feet of seawater,” said Wormser, who said the Aquarium Station would need to be moved.
She said, “People have mentioned doing giant sea dams across our Boston Harbor Islands. I don’t know what that would do for all the money we spent on the cleanup, for one, but it also would sap all of our money to do anything else. What do you do with the water? You can’t keep back the tide?”
Officials from San Francisco, Louisiana and the Netherlands traveled to the JFK Library Tuesday, carrying with them schematics and animations that depicted flooding scenarios that in the case of the Netherlands nearly swallowed the whole country, and discussed ways to reroute floodwaters and build large, protective sandbars.
In the Netherlands, parkland has been built to serve as temporary retaining ponds, or polders, during major floods; rivers have been reconfigured; and a city provided beach parking and reinforced the sand dunes at the same time by constructing an underground garage by the shore, said Royal Dutch Embassy Senior Economist Dale Morris.
“They get it. They get it. We don’t. It’s as simple as that,” said William Golden, executive director of the new National Institute for Coastal and Harbor Infrastructure, who said the impending sea level rise will be “the biggest business opportunity for engineering firms in this country.” He said, “The Dutch are coming over here and they’re eating your lunch.”
Boston does not face the altitudinal problems borne by much of the Netherlands and New Orleans, where substantial areas lie below sea level, however the sea level is projected to rise faster in Massachusetts Bay than the North Sea, where storms are less violent as well.
Much of Massachusetts has a hilly landscape and solid bedrock beneath, unlike southeastern Florida, which has little high ground to seek safety and sits on porous limestone, as Broward County official Jennifer Jurado described, saying water can rush up the Everglades flooding homes inland on the peninsula state.
The shape and makeup of Boston Harbor provides better protection from a massive storm surge than New York City, which was inundated with water when Super Storm Sandy’s landfall coincided with high tide a little more than a year ago.
“We located our state’s capital in a very, very good harbor. It doesn’t mean that the rest of Massachusetts doesn’t get hammered. So during Sandy while Boston was getting 2-foot waves, Scituate and Gloucester were getting 25-foot waves,” said Wormser.
“No one likes to hear it but the fact of the matter is we’re not going to be able to armor everywhere; we’re not going to be able to drain everywhere. There are going to need to be very real, hard choices about what areas we’re going to need to protect and what areas we are in fact going to have to walk away from,” said Scituate Selectman Richard Murray, who is a Boston University professor of oceanography. He said, “We’re not talking about next Thursday at 3:15 everybody’s going to get out.”
Murray said federal incentives for restrictive zoning should be used and areas should seek “managed retreat” from the sea, as was the case in the period since the Blizzard of 1978 when the roughly 50 homes on Peggotty Beach before the storm dwindled to 15 today, he said.
The talk took place at the presidential library, which sits on the harbor’s edge, next to UMass Boston, where a new academic building is also under construction. The talk also coincided with news of the devastation wrought late last week by Super Typhoon Haiyan’s path across the Philippines, which a few speakers referenced.
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Senior Advisor Josh Sawislak, who was a member of the President’s Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force, said, “We don’t know what the next storm will be like.”
Sawislak, who worked on the Big Dig project, said the task force recommended regional collaboration, fiscal sustainability, and efficacy when undertaking projects to handle rising seas and storms.
“Starting with recovery is the loser’s game,” Sawislak said.
The Spaulding Center has prepared for its perch near the harbor by putting electrical systems on the roof, keeping its vital program areas on the upper floors, while conference rooms occupy the bottom levels and the landscaping outside is well designed to handle flooding, Wormser said.
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Advisory Board Executive Director Joe Favoloro said the Deer Island Waste Treatment Plant had been protected and built at enough elevation to keep it out of the surf, and said, “Most of the MWRA projects are not at a severe risk.”
As revelers get ready to gather in Boston to celebrate the Boston's World Series win, South Shore MBTA routes are preparing to amp up service.
Service on the Red, Orange, Blue and Green lines will operate with rush hour levels of service beginning at 7 a.m. Saturday.
Previously scheduled diversions between Kendall/MIT and Park Street Stations on the Red line have been canceled for Nov. 2 and 3. The commuter boat out of Hingham will also be running at maximum capacity.
“Please be advised that each boat trip has a maximum capacity of 149 passengers. Parade-goers may start purchasing the $16 round trip tickets this afternoon at the Hingham Shipyard ticket window,” said MBTA spokesman Joe Pestaturo on Friday.
Customers are also encouraged to buy round trip or return tickets prior to their inbound trips to avoid long lines on their way home.
Commuter line trains will not be running out of Greenbush, Kingston, or Stoughton. However, patrons can catch commuter trains out of Worcester, Franklin/Forge Park, Providence, Middleboro/Lakeville, and a number of North Shore trains.
“Commuter Rail's Saturday schedule has been modified to provide special, pre-parade service with extra inbound trains in the morning,” MBTA officials said on their website. “In addition, capacity is being significantly increased along each line. Please expect variations in scheduled times due to increased ridership and allow extra time for your trip. The MBTA strongly urges parade-goers to take advantage of the earliest trains to avoid very heavy volume on subsequent trains.”
Each of those lines will return to their regular Saturday schedules at approximately 4 p.m.
Commuter Rail tickets can be purchase electronically via the mTicket mobile ticketing app at www.mbta.com/mticket beginning Friday, November 1 at 1:00 p.m.
For more information or train and boat schedules, click here.
The Red Sox parade will start at 10 a.m. at Fenway Park.
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Though things are under control, concerned residents have called in record numbers.
On Tuesday, a wind change blew smoke across Route 93, causing visibility problems. Later that day, smoke from the fire blew into Quincy, causing some residents to think there was a fire in their neighborhoods.
“We were getting calls everywhere, trucks would drive around and not find anything because it was smoke from Blue Hills. But we can’t ignore it,” Fenby said.
City Councilor Brian Palmucci also said people were concerned about safety. Dozens have called, emailed, or sent messages on Facebook to the councilor wanting to know what was happening.
“It’s clear here is something going on,” Palmucci said. “There is a strong smoke smell in West Quincy right now and there has been since Tuesday night…I smelled it about 8:30 on Tuesday and I thought the house was on fire.”
Palmucci said he issued an automated call on Wednesday to inform approximately 9,000 households of the fire and to let them know that there was no danger.
“My fear is there are seniors in the home by themselves and they don’t know what’s going on and may not have access to a computer…and are nervous about the smell,” Palmucci said. “It’s more letting the public know that there is no public safety threat.” | <urn:uuid:433ad9e7-a38d-4de2-bf8e-eedd83aa87bf> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/hull/ | 2014-12-20T07:42:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802769581.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075249-00137-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96124 | 6,007 |
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Photo Collections of Swimwear
Besides being well written with a stellar cast, for me, it's also a cool trip back in time, with loads and loads of nostalgia, familiar cultural references and styles.
Amidst the chain smoking and heavy drinking, the men and women of Stirling Cooper (with the later additions of Draper Pryce) doggedly pursue companies with advertising campaigns for everything from Clearasil to Mountain Dew. Some they win, some they lose, some they toss away. One of the latter was a company that made two-piece bathing suits. They were fighting against 'emerging' competition from the bikini. The firm sent them packing as a lost cause when they rejected the demo ad as being too provocative for their family-oriented business.
The ad in question, showed a young woman in a modest bathing suit bottom, with the slogan covering her breasts. While it suggested she was topless under the band of text, in this day and age it would certainly be a long way from provocative. Barely there bikinis are today's fashion trend for the beach, it's more conservative two-piece cousin pretty much a distant memory. And even provocative today seldom offends.
Of course, there are people who prefer a little more coverage. Like the folks who wear them, swimsuits come in a variety of shapes and styles all designed to keep cool and play cool in the summer. From the slightly risqué to the demure, you can find them here in these photo collections;
iCLIPART.com Swimsuit Photos
iPHOTOS.com Photos of Swimsuits
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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Monday that Silver Spring-based Acentia will move its headquarters to Fairfax County where the company will invest $3.1 million and create 60 new jobs.
"Fairfax County gives us access to the highly-skilled technical staff and management consultants we need to continue to provide essential services to our customers," said Todd Stottlemyer, the CEO of Acentia in a statement.
McDonnell, a potential GOP vice-president, said in statement that he "warmly" welcomes the Maryland company to his state.
The loss is a blow to Gov. Martin O'Malley, who is going to great lengths to nurture and expand the high-tech industry in Maryland. Acentia is a IT consulting firm with a focus on federal government contracts.
Virginia and Maryland are locked in competition for jobs and companies. The Commonwealth has scored a number of recent victories, picking off 650 jobs jobs from Bechtel Power Corp in Frederick and winning the corporate headquarters of defense contractor Northrop Grumman after a fierce fight. | <urn:uuid:f10761d3-72d6-4c61-a622-56a4c80bdff6> | CC-MAIN-2015-18 | http://www.sun-sentinel.com/bal-virginia-scores-maryland-tech-firm-20120109-story.html | 2015-05-06T16:12:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-18/segments/1430458866468.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20150501054106-00076-ip-10-235-10-82.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94597 | 216 |
Storm Damage News
Has Your Katy Roof Sustained Hail Damage?
Amstill Roofing Storm Damage
As we enjoy the spring weather, be mindful that we are also in peak hail season through May. Although we have yet to experience severe thunder or hail storms, we won't be out of the woods for a while, so it’s a good idea to know what to look out for so you can address your Katy roof damage in a timely manner. Because of this, this article will break down some of the most common signs that hail damage has taken place on your roofing and what you can do to protect it.
Hail Damage On Your Roof Gutters and Downspouts
Hail primarily inflicts damage on structures by denting them due to the force at which the hailstones are falling. Contrary to what most homeowners believe, a small piece of hail can inflict damage. In fact, hailstones only need to be the size of a quarter to damage your gutters and downspouts.
Shingles Suffer The Most Katy Roof Hail Damage
We install multiple types of roof shingles on Katy homes, each of which is designed and built to withstand different levels of Katy weather damage. Hail damage to your roof shingles appears in different ways, but you can easily identify Katy roof hail damage if you see chipped areas/bald patches on your roof shingles. If you spot roof shingle granules in your gutters, this also suggests that hail may have struck your roof shingles and damaged them.
Addressing Katy Roof Hail Damage
Keep in mind that once your roof has been dented or shows bald spots anywhere, this means that the material has been compromised, making it easier for greater damage to take place. Roof damage tends to snowball, so it is imperative that you address it as soon as possible.
If your neighborhood experiences a hail storm, we recommend you first contact us for a free roof inspection. This gives us a chance to evaluate your roof for any damage, such as roof leaks, torn or curled roof shingles, bald spots, and even sagging areas.
Katy Hail Damage Roof Replacement By Our Houston Roof Experts
Once we complete our free Katy hail damage roof inspection, we will make a recommendation on whether your roof needs a complete Katy roof replacement, or if your roof will last a few more years without the need for any roof work. If you think your home has Katy roof hail damage, then please contact us so we can schedule a free roof inspection. Rest assured that if hail damage is found, we will recommend the best course of action on how to safeguard your roof and your loved ones quickly. | <urn:uuid:deee4232-7c96-48e4-810e-b3634dd71198> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://www.amstillroofing.com/storm-damage/has-your-katy-roof-sustained-hail-damage | 2023-12-09T15:14:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100912.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209134916-20231209164916-00144.warc.gz | en | 0.938514 | 549 |
Discovering Bigfoot - Debunked
Discovering Bigfoot, written, directed and produced by Todd Standing is one of 2017's top cringe worthy films. Although not as bad as Tommy Wiesau's
Are Incels Just Misunderstood?
The incel movement has been tied to many mass shootings. Is their community, their frame of mind, similar to that of a drug addict, depression, or obesity?
Modern Game Reviews Suck
Video game reviews today are long essays and diatribes that are written like something guided by an Olympic judge handbook.
Is there a solution to violence?
With the concentration on mass shootings in the United States, I think we forget that it is our cultural issue with violence itself.
The Dangers of New Media Celebrities
New Media means independent creators acting with no intermediaries between them and their audience. Is this a good thing? Or is it a dangerous movement?
Paradoxicalism as a Political Belief
Human nature is full of paradox. Which is what makes it so hard to find order and stability. Is there any answer at all to how we should govern ourselves? | <urn:uuid:2d50046b-1f33-4ede-8153-cf4428c48d6f> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://cognitame.com/user-sitemap.php | 2019-07-21T06:47:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195526931.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20190721061720-20190721083720-00526.warc.gz | en | 0.963861 | 233 |
Jack Benny Estate
USDA subsidy information for Jack Benny Estate
Addresses on file with USDA for Jack Benny Estate
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Beverly Hills, CA 90210
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Cute and Dirty and Innocent and Experienced
The Exorcist, Warner Bros., 1973
From The New York Times:
In her candy-colored new memoir, “Priestdaddy,” Patricia Lockwood describes her father’s conversion this way:
“Put yourself in his place. You’re a drop of blood at the center of the ocean, which plays a tense soundtrack all night long, interspersed with bright blips of radar. Russians are trying to blow up capitalism and you’re surrounded by dolphins who know how to spy and the general atmosphere is one of cinematic suspense.
“All of the sudden you look up at a screen and see a possessed 12-year-old with violent bedhead vomiting green chunks and backwards Latin. She’s so full of a demon that the only way to relieve her feelings is to have hate sex with a crucifix. You would convert too, I guarantee it.”
These sentences are prime examples of Lockwood’s looping and elastic style. She injects whimsical imagery (spying dolphins, “violent bedhead”) into weightier reveries in a manner that can make your head, like the unlucky little girl’s in “The Exorcist,” perform what in ice skating they call a double axel.
Lockwood’s prose is cute and dirty and innocent and experienced, Betty Boop in a pas de deux with David Sedaris. When her stuff is good, it is very good. Witness her poem “Rape Joke,” which put her on the map, and much of the other verse in her sexy and endearing bummer of a collection, “Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals” (2014). | <urn:uuid:6afc9bf3-798a-408f-9d45-937337fe2c92> | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | https://www.berfrois.com/2017/05/cute-dirty-innocent-experienced/ | 2021-06-20T06:10:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487658814.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20210620054240-20210620084240-00453.warc.gz | en | 0.918168 | 373 |
Hopefully the semester will be over before she has a breakout. Then I can just avoid the situation entirely
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You can't get herpes if you have butt sex
aaaand that's how people get shot
i seriously hope you're talking about a zit. because otherwise that's just nasssstayyy.
Coward..... Grow some balls. What a crappy person you are
Motherfucker, when I find you, you're dead!
3:45, no harm no foul?!?! If I ever got herpies from some chick (and yes I always use a condom), I'd be pissed as fuck!
What are the signs that you're dating a douchebag with herpes, 4:39?
This will give every girl fear and make them get your information now lol
That's just bad on the chick since she didn't use protection. At least a condom could help a hell of a lot more when he didn't have an outbreak then by not.
And people like you should be shot. It's thinking like this is how HIV/Aids had gotten spread as bad as it did. I hope your dick falls off, you waste of skin.
This is how it keeps getting spread, by dumbf%*ks like you who don't INFORM their partner...
Guys, mayb he was talking about her acne.
thats just fuckin wrong
Hahaha, no need to sweat a breakout, alls you gotta do is act like those guys who can't handle fucking their girl on the rag: settle for BJs or get laid elsewhere til she's back to "normal" There's also the hope of finding people like 1:33 to spare you the trouble altogether.
I hope he gets AIDS and dies a horrible death. Sick fuck
This is my take: the guy has herpes and fucked a girl without a condom and now he's hoping she won't have a breakout (and realize she has herpes) until the semester is over (when he won't have a chance of bumping into her). Did someone molest you as a child and now you're trying to get back at the world? Cuz that is some evil shit.
whhhaaaaat??? you can still get the herp without her having an oubreak fyi
I think this is fake.
If by some slim chance it isn't, the OP is an irresponsible fucktard.
People like this fuckhead deserve to be castrated for being a giant fucking prick. Jesus Christ.
3:48- please... This is primarily a 'im fresh out of hs and out on my own for the first time ever in college' site. I highly doubt the two geniuses used condoms.
423 is more than just bristol, I wanna say this is probably at etsu where I go to school. skanks all over this place!
There's always a chance he didn't know he had herpes before he started banging her, but the responsible thing is still to tell her.
I said, I hope it shrivels up and falls off.
@3:32, it's 1 out of 4 adults
there are way to many of you idiots out there who believe using a condom is like a bulletproof vest....they help..they are not a guarantee...think about all the pussy youve had and remember how many time your balls touched vag...presto...the herps
DICK! that shits fucked up. i hope you hve a gad damn fortress growing on your dick.
wow you're a douche.
3:16 you dumb fuck. Op is saying HE has herpes and the girl won't know it until semesters over hopefully.
1 out of every 5 adults has the herpes virus.
Chill out, don't take it so serious. It's fuckin hilarious
3:44 they never said they didn't use a condom
Look at it this way: They both already have herpes now and all he's talking about is when she'll experience a breakout. No harm, no foul.
Could I possibly get the name of the irresponsible skank who failed to properly investigate the dirty cock's sexual background....gotta make sure to stay away from that bitch
You deserve herpes. Even with a condom you're not always protected.
Eewwwww that's nasty
it's extreme, but this is exactly why I'm super careful about who I get with. I demand the "yellow slip" (lab results). We have a little date where we go to the sliding scale city health clinic and pay to get a full set of tests. The tests are NOT perfect, I know, but it's about as thorough as possible. It would weed out a loser like this one for sure.
I'm worried about the fact that I live in this area code. I don't screw douchebages and I use a condom, but still. Geez.
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"Amaradeepam" a.k.a. "Amara Deepam" is a Tamil film is directed by T. Prakash Rao. The film features Sivaji Ganesan, Savitri and Padmini in lead roles. The film, produced by Venus Pictures, had musical score by T. Chalapathi Rao and G. Ramanathan and was released on 20 June 1956.
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All About Android 139
From The Official TWiT Wiki
Guest: JR Raphael
Topic: New Google Edition devices by Sony and LG, Android 4.2.2, the economics of Moto G, Chromecast gets an app infusion, and more.
Recorded: December 10 2013
All About Android 139: Sportsball Edition
- Android 4.4 upgrade list
- Fixing the Nexus 5: with a new version of Android, Google tackles the camera
- 4.4.1 is upon us! Oh wait… 4.4.2 is upon us now! Apparently, the former, which had a primary purpose of addressing the downsides of the Nexus 5 camera with speed improvements and auto-focus tweaks, contained a number of glitches. As such, 4.4.1 was halted, and now a 4.4.2 update is apparently hitting devices.
- Improvements to the camera on the Nexus 5 had to do with Google "relying too heavily on the OIS to keep things in focus" making shutter times too long and resulting photos soft and unclear. Also, a progress bar for HDR+ operation.
- Google Pushes Android 4.4.2 To Nexus Devices
- Ten Million More Android Users' Text Messages Will Soon Be Encrypted By Default
- CyanogenMod Inc announced that TextSecure will be integrated into its text messaging function, which means anyone running a supported version of CM will have encrypted text messages with the encryption key stored on the device. This means that it won't be accessible by external forces, and also by using the data connection, it also masks WHO a text message is being sent to.
- Marlinspike of Whisper Systems, the makers of the open source code service TextSecure, claims that with the CM user base, this could be one of the biggest deployments of end-to-end encrypted messages to date.
- CM counts around 10 million users who opted into tallied statistic. Many more went uncounted.
- Google Reader
- Google Shopper
- Google Currents
- Google Play Magazines
- Google Talk
- Google Catalogs
- Movie Studio
- Cloud Print (not gone yet but might be)
- What about Voice?
- A California Glass Explorer, Cecilia Abadie, was pulled over on suspicion of speeding, while wearing Glass, and the police officer issued her a citation for driving with a video/TV in the car, in view.
- Cecilia has plead not guilty, claiming that the screen wasn't in fact on while she was driving. The officer claims he saw the screen when he went to her window, and Ceclilia reminded of the fact that Glass has a setting for activating the scene when tilting up a certain angle.
- The case will be heard in court in January and could have wide implications to wearables.
- An anonymous Google employee tells the Information that a Nexus TV device capable of streaming video from the usual suspects and also play videos games is in the works.
- Back when we first heard of secret CES 2013 meetings showcasing a device like this, we also heard about possible Kinect-like motion detection. This report mentions nothing of the sort, but does include a touchpad remote that would likely be included with the box. No support for live broadcast is likely as well. Expect an aggressive price.
- Google Play Edition of the LG G Pad 8.3 gets a new color, pure version of Android 4.4
- It's a Google Play Edition twofer with a bonus round!
- LG G Pad 8.3 with STOCK 4.4. The original version released a few weeks ago.
- $349 with
- 16GB storage
- Snapdragon 600
- 2GB RAM
- 5mp RFC
- 1.2mp FFC
- The Sony Z Ultra with stock 4.4.
- 6.4" 1920x1080 display
- 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800
- 2GB RAM
- 16GB storage
- 8MP RFC
- 2MP FFC
- Google released a white Nexus 7. 32GB only.
- Google pumps out another: Sony Z Ultra Google Play Edition, now available
- Nexus 7 tablet now comes in white, Wi-Fi only
- Moto G a profit pariah as Google sacrifices margins
- Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside spoke with friend of the show MKBHD and revealed a few things about the future of Motorola:
- Moto Maker and Project Ara may converge at some point.
- Prototype for Project Ara exists, but gave no timeline
- The Moto G was designed to be as good as iPhone 5s but a third of the cost
- Chromcast support widens!
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|General Manager||Jai Robinson.|
The Green, Great Stainton, Stockton on Tees, Co Durham TS21 1NA
|Contact Us||Tel. 01740 631407 email. firstname.lastname@example.org|
|Map||Click Here For Map.|
|Type||Pubs in Great Stainton, Stockton on Tees.|
|Pub Explorer Reference||32399.|
|Pub Opening Times||Monday 5pm - 11pm.|
Tuesday - Saturday 12noon - 3pm & 5pm - 11pm.
Sunday 12noon - 6.30pm.
We can cater for parties in an area of our restaurant which is a quite more private area. We offer tailor made menus to suit your occasion. Please ring to discuss your requirements.
|Drinks on Draught||Carling, Fosters, San Miguel, John Smith's Extra Smooth, Guinness, Strongbow Cider & Symonds Founder's Reserve Cider.|
|Real Ales||3 Regularly changing Guest ales.|
|Other Drinks||Range of Wines, Hot Chocolate, Tea & Coffee.|
DINING AT OUR PUB
Freshly prepared, cooked to order food using local produce. Regular changing Specials also available. Children's Menu available.
|Bookings||We are happy to take reservations.|
|Meal Times||Monday 5pm - 9pm.|
Tuesday - Saturday 12noon - 2.30pm & 5pm - 9pm.
Sunday 12noon - 5pm.
|FREE DESSERT OFFER|
Available Tuesday from 5pm.
Free Dessert with every full priced main meal.
|CURRY & A DRINK|
Available Thursday from 5pm.
Enjoy a curry & a drink from a selection for only £8.95.
Available Tuesday & Wednesday from 5pm.
Enjoy a grill dish & a drink from a selection for only £13.95. Two people £25.00.
Traditional carvery will be available from mid October.
|OUTDOOR FACILITIES||Beer Garden with seating, Patio Area at the front, Car Park - 35 spaces.|
|GENERAL FACILITIES||Wheelchair Access, Easy Access Toilets.|
|OTHER||Children Welcome, Dogs Welcome outside in the garden on a lead, Coach Parties Welcome preferably by appointment, Cash Back available, Debit and Credit Cards accepted.|
The Kings Arms is located in the village of Great Stainton, or Stainton-le-Street as it was originally known, due to its position on the old Roman road from Pountney's Bridge to Old Durham. This 17th Century Coaching Inn has been tastefully extended over the years with old beams and real looking fireplaces. It is the only pub in the village and has a snug area, lounge, restaurant and bar. Outside there are hanging baskets to the front and a beer garden to the rear. Our meals are freshly prepared and cooked to order, using locally grown produce wherever possible. As well as our varied menu we also offer regular changing specials. This destination food house also offers a warm welcome to local regulars and visitors wanting to taste a quality drink from the bar. If you are looking for a place to celebrate an occasion we are happy to cater for it, offering a tailor made menu. Contact us to discuss your requirements. This is a pub well worth the effort to come and find. Give us a ring if you take a wrong turn and we'll talk you in! See you soon. | <urn:uuid:fe3117a2-146a-4faa-96b1-a1db3d7dcd13> | CC-MAIN-2015-14 | http://www.pub-explorer.com/durham/pub/kingsarmsgreatstainton.htm | 2015-04-01T07:59:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131303523.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172143-00092-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.853545 | 743 |
Nest Bedding Coupon Codes – Something you need to KNOW!
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Pack's Williams should be ready for Sunday
Posted March 17, 2012
N.C. State guard C.J. Williams should be ready to go when the Wolfpack takes on Georgetown in the NCAA Tournament.
Williams turned his ankle late in the 'Pack's second-round win over San Diego State, but he expects to play against the Hoyas.
The Pack can ill-afford to lose one of its starters, and Williams says while his ankle was a little stiff when he woke up in the morning, it felt fine during practice.
State tends to play a 7-man rotation. Fatigue and foul trouble are always concerns - and an injury to a senior leader would only magnify State's depth issues. But Williams has waited a long time to play on this stage - and I doubt he'll let a stiff ankle keep him from playing in his second NCAA Tournament game. | <urn:uuid:aa3349fc-dd08-4831-bb8d-5274ea2cb244> | CC-MAIN-2015-11 | http://www.wralsportsfan.com/voices/blogpost/10870817/ | 2015-03-02T01:10:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-11/segments/1424936462577.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20150226074102-00080-ip-10-28-5-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97828 | 181 |
Things I Would Be Thankful to Have Less of:
–Cancer steals the life of the one with the diagnosis and rips away pieces of the lives of all those who love and care for them.
–Jeans Size, seriously if the junk in my trunk expands any further I’ll need my own zip code.
–Stuff, which at one point I thought I needed and then forgot why I needed it and now just stare at and wonder how it came to rest underfoot.
Things I Am Thankful to Have More of:
–Time with the one with cancer. We are months ahead of the curve, every day is a bonus
–Comfy Wool Socks in the frozen hinterlands where I live, obnoxious wool socks are the difference between a cranky night and cozy one.
–Faith is a precious commodity I ceded to bitterness and an attitude with God because things didn’t go my way (an understatement-they didn’t just go another way, they stomped on my heart and stole my life). Faith is nibbling at the crusty, hard baked shell around my spirit. Would like to have more of it.
Things I am Thankful to Have in Abundance:
–Laughter at and with my kids, they are so weird they make me feel normal.
–Friends who text when I can’t remember how to turn the phone on and who always ask me how I am because they truly want to know.
–You reading my blog. Of late I am learning harsh lessons on the value of time, sharing yours with me is a gift for which I will always be thankful.
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The 2005 Celebrating Knowledge NLB Conference
This was the official website for the 2005 Celebrating Knowledge NLB Conference, held in Singapore.
National Library Board, Singaporeorganised a 2-day Conference on 14-15 November 2005 in conjunction with the official opening of the new National Library at Victoria Street, Singapore. This Conference provided a platform for information and knowledge professionals, librarians, academics and consultants to exchange views and ideas on the future and the impact of new digital technology on the library and learning. As a prelude, a Welcome Gala Dinner was held on 13 November 2005 to promote networking opportunities.
Content is from the site's 2005 archived pages.
It gives me great pleasure to invite you to join us in Celebrating Knowledge, an NLB Conference which will be held as part of a series of programmes to mark the official opening of the National Library.
The opening of the National Library at its new location is an important milestone in the history of Singapore. As a key pillar in a nation's transformation into a global cosmopolitan city of excellence, the libraries of today and the future continually recreate themselves to lead change so as to meet the vast information and knowledge needs of the modern business age.
This 2-day conference is expected to bring together more than 300 information and knowledge professionals and business leaders from all parts of the world to engage in insightful exchanges on the theme 'Celebrating Knowledge: The
Power and Potential'.
Today, libraries have harnessed the power of technology and innovation to create new possibilities for the sharing of useful information and knowledge in our knowledge-driven economies. Highly acclaimed specialists in their respective fields will offer a peek into the libraries, knowledge institutions and its workers of tomorrow.
I welcome you to join us at this international gathering of business leaders and information and knowledge professionals from around the world.
Dr N Varaprasad
National Library Board, Singapore
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
About Celebrating Knowledge
National Library Board, Singapore is organising a 2-day Conference on 14-15 November 2005 in conjunction with the official opening of the new National Library at Victoria Street, Singapore. This Conference will provide a platform for information and knowledge professionals, librarians, academics and consultants to exchange views and ideas on the future and the impact of new digital technology on the library and learning. As a prelude, a Networking Night will be held on 13 November 2005 to promote networking opportunities.
Objectives of the Conference
To create a forum for looking into the future of knowledge institutions and workers
To provide a platform for establishing and promoting Singapore as a regional knowledge, research and business centre
To foster international relationships between libraries and players in the knowledge world
Who Should Attend
Why You Should Attend
Gain insights into the technological advances and industry developments of participating countries
Network and discover opportunities for collaborations
Director and Roy Amara Fellow Institute For The Future
Paul is a forecaster and strategist with over two decades of experience in exploring long-term technological change and its practical impact on business and society. His essays have appeared innumerous publications including The Harvard Business Review, Fortune and Newsweek to name a few. He serves on a variety of boards and advisory panels like the Stanford University Library Advisory Council, the Stanford Advisory Council on Science, Technology and Society and the Long Now Foundation. As a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, he has been an advisor for the Forum Fellow to the World Economic Forum. In the late 1990s, he was named one of its “100 Global Leaders For Tomorrow”. Paul holds degrees from Harvard College, Cambridge and Stanford University. IFTF is a 30-year old foundation that provides strategic planning and forecasting services to major corporations and government agencies.
T.R. Hamzah & Yeang International
Kenneth Yeang is an architect who specializes in the design and planning of signature 'green' ecologically-responsive large buildings and masterplans. His firm Hamzah & Yeang*, has offices in London, Kuala Lumpur, and Beijing. He was born in Penang in Malaysia, and studied at the Cheltenham College in Gloucestershire. His architectural education was at the AA (Architectural Association School) in London, followed by doctorate at Wolfson College, Cambridge University in the UK. Dr Yeang's Cambridge doctorate work on 'ecological design' was published by McGraw-Hill (USA) as 'Designing With Nature'. This has been the agenda for his life's work. He has lectured on ecological design to audiences in over 30 countries worldwide. His firm's expertise is in designing high-quality large buildings that are ecologically "sustainable". In this field, he has pioneered the "bioclimatic skyscraper" as a new genre of tall buildings. Hamzah & Yeang was formed with his business colleague, Tengku Robert Hamzah in 1976. The firm employs over 80 staff in Kuala Lumpur in addition to the UK office (in
association with Llewelyn Davies) and in China. The firm has associate offices in Singapore, Australia and Germany. The firm has received numerous awards including the Prinz Claus Award (Netherlands), the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (Geneva), the Royal Australian Institute of Architects International Award (Australia), and others. Dr Yeang is the author of several books on ecological design and skyscraper design. His latest is "Ecodesign: Instruction Manual", John Wiley & Sons (UK) in 2005. Dr Yeang is an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and has served on the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Council, as President of the Malaysian Institute of Architects and as Chairman of ARCASIA (Architects Regional Council Asia).
|Michael A. Keller
University Librarian and Director of Academic Information Resources
Michael A. Keller is Stanford’s University Librarian, director of Academic Information Resources, founder/publisher of HighWire Press, and publisher of the Stanford University Press. He has been at Stanford since 1993, coming there from Yale, UC/Berkeley and Cornell. Keller serves on the boards for both profit (Ebrary, Alibris, and Groxis) and non-profit (Long Now Foundation, Cisco Learning Institute, and Hamilton College) organisations. He has been a consultant on facilities, programs and recruitment to numerous institutions including NewsWeek, the Singapore Management University, Princeton University, Indiana University and numerous scientific societies. He co-founded in 1999 the Stanford-California State Library Institute on 21st Century Librarianship, which focuses on issues of leadership and technology in libraries.
Professor and Director
Moving Image Archive and Preservation Program
New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts
Howard Besser is a Professor at New York University, where he is Director of a new Masters Degree program in Moving Image Archiving and Preservation. Previously he was a Professor of Library Science at UCLA, where he taught and did research on multimedia, image databases, digital libraries, metadata standards, digital longevity, web design, information literacy, distance learning, intellectual property, and the social and cultural impact of new information technologies. He has authored dozens of articles in a wide variety of information technology and cultural heritage journals. Dr. Besser has been active in the development of metadata standards for resourced sharing in digital libraries, archives, and museums. He has served on 2 joint US/European Community metadata standards work-groups. He was an organizer of both the Dublin Core discovery standard meeting on digital images, and the US National Information Standards Organization/Digital Library Federation meeting to develop and promote technical digital image standards. Besser has been in the forefront of issues of digital longevity for cultural heritage materials. He served on the 1995 "Commission on Preservation and Access Task Force on Preservation of Digital Information", he wrote the background paper on digital longevity for the Getty's 1998"Time & Bits" Digital Longevity Conference, and he was a member of the prestigious National Research Council panel that earlier this year released their recommendations on electronic records preservation at the US National Archives.
Christine Burblies (M.A.) works in the vascoda office at the National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) and University Library Hannover, Germany. She started working for GetInfo, which later became part of vascoda, in 2000. She studied German Philology and Linguistics, American Literature and Journalism. She has several years of experience in publishing, working in marketing and as a trainer.
|Assoc Prof Abdus Sattar Chaudhry
Head, Division of Information Studies
School of Communication and Information
Nanyang Technological University
Abdus Sattar Chaudhry is Head of Division of Information Studies at the School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University of Singapore. He had earlier held several managerial and professional positions at different types of information organizations in USA, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Malaysia. . Dr Chaudhry holds a master’s from University of Hawaii and a PhD from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His areas of teaching and research include organization and management of information and knowledge.
|Chan Yeng Kit
Chief Executive Officer
Infocomm Development Authority
Chan Yeng Kit is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). The IDA is a statutory board of the Singapore Government. It operates under the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA). Among IDA's main responsibilities are fostering a competitive world-class infocomm industry in Singapore, preparing residents for living and working in the digital age, spearheading the delivery of citizen-centric e-Government services, and building and operating the Government's IT infrastructure. Prior to his IDA appointment, Mr Chan was the Deputy Secretary (Policy) in the Singapore Ministry of Education. His responsibilities in the Education Ministry included the formulation of educational policies, strategic planning, organisational development and corporate communications. Mr Chan's career has spanned a range of appointments in Government, the labour movement, and the private sector. He joined the Singapore Civil Service in 1989 as an Assistant Director in the Public Service Division of the Ministry of Finance. In 1991, he was seconded from the Civil Service to the National Trades Union Congress, an umbrella labour organisation to which over 90% of labour unions in Singapore are affiliated. He served as the Assistant Director of its Research and Planning Department. In 1993, he was seconded to Keppel Corporation, where he served as the Executive Committee Secretary to the Singapore consortium developing the Singapore-Suzhou Industrial Park in China. Mr Chan assumed the appointment of Director, Industry Division in the Ministry of Trade & Industry from 1995 to 1997. He served as the Director of Manpower in the Ministry of Defence from 1998 to 2002.
|Choy Fatt Cheong
National Committee of Library and Knowledge Professionals
Choy Fatt Cheong is the University Librarian at Nanyang Technological University and Chairman of the National Committee on Library & Knowledge Professionals in Singapore (NCLIKPS). He has working experience as an educator and librarian in technical and senior management positions with a number of institutions, including the National University of Singapore, Ministry of Defence and Temasek Polytechnic. He has also worked for 4 years as a consultant in his own companies, FC Choy Consultancy and Choy Info-Libs Pte Ltd prior to his present appointment. He was President of the Library Association of Singapore from 1997 to March 2005 and served as a Board member of the Singapore National Library Board for 6 years until 2003. He obtained his Masters degree in library and information science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA and his BSc(Hons) in Engineering & Social Science from University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in UK.
Professor & Vice Dean
Nanyang Technological University
School of Communication & Information
Schubert Foo is Professor and Vice Dean of the School of Communication & Information at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He received his B.Sc., M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Strathclyde, UK. He is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered IT Professional, Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and Fellow of the British Computer Society. He is a Board Member of the National Archives of Singapore and the National Library Board. As a specialist in big data and as a recognized DevOps architect, he has demonstrated the power of using sophisticated tools to aid in the simultaneous development and testing of powerful applications, shortening development cycles and improving both performance and error stats. Dr Foo has over 140 publications in the research areas of multimedia technology, Internet technology, multilingual information retrieval and digital libraries. He is also a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Information Science and Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, among others.
||Olaf D. Janssen
Web & New Projects Manager
Royal & National Library of The Netherlands
Olaf D. Janssen (1973) has worked in the National Library of the Netherlands since 2001. He started as the editor in chief for Gabriel, the web service of the 43 European national libraries and the precursor of TheEuropeanLibrary.org. In 2004, he joined The European Library and has since been involved in launching the site and managing the networks across Europe. With the advent of TELMEMOR - a project aimed at bringing the 10 new member states of the European Union into The European Library - he moved into project management & planning, involving 10 more national libraries. He has given presentations & lectures across Europe and has recently spoken at the Digital Resources for the Humanities conference in the UK.
Director of Media & Technology
Mankato Area Public Schools
Doug Johnson has been the Director of Media and Technology for the Mankato Public Schools since 1991 and has served as a faculty member of Minnesota State University since 1990. His teaching experience has included work in grades K-12 in schools both here and in Saudi Arabia. He is the author of four books: The Indispensable Librarian, The Indispensable Teacher's Guide to Computer Skills, Teaching Right from Wrong in the Digital Age, and Machines are the Easy Part; People are the Hard Part. His regular columns appear in Library Media Connection and Leading & Learning journals and his articles have appeared in over forty books and periodicals. Doug has conducted workshops and given presentations for over 130 organizations throughout the United States as well as in Malaysia, Kenya, Thailand, Germany, Qatar, Canada, Dubai, and Australia and has held leadership positions in state and national organizations, including ISTE and AASL.
Senior Associate, International Projects
Maki and Associates
Gary Kamemoto was born in Tokyo in 1961. After graduating from the School of Architecture, University of Southern California in 1984, he joined Maki and Associates and is currently Fumihiko Maki’s Senior Associate of International Projects playing a central role in the office. Having had extensive experience working in Japan and abroad, he is currently assuming a leading role at Maki and Associates in the design of the new campus for the Republic Polytechnic in Singapore. Other projects he is involved with are the United Nations Consolidation Building in New York, the MIT Media Laboratory in Cambridge Massachusetts, the Sam Fox Arts Centre at Washington University in St. Louis Missouri, and the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat for His Highness the Aga Khan in Ottawa Canada. He is also academically active as a lecturer at Hosei University in Tokyo since 1999 and has served as a visiting critic at several Universities in Japan and the United States.
|Kan Siew Ning
Information & Knowledge Management Society
Kan Siew Ning is also the Director of Technology in the Singapore Police Force. He was previously Deputy Director of Knowledge Management, and General Manager, Cap Vista Pte Ltd, in the Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA). Before joining DSTA, he was in charge of KM in the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA). He graduated with a B.Sc. in Computer Science and a M.Sc. in Management of Technology, both from the National University of Singapore. Prior to doing work in KM, he worked on infocomm projects for the Ministry of Defence, and the Ministry of Home Affairs. Mr Kan is an Assistant Professor (Adj) teaching in the Master of Science in Knowledge Management program at Nanyang Technological University. Mr Kan has served on Exco as Treasurer and Vice President.
||Joseph E. Kasputys
Chairman, President and CEO
Global Insight Inc.
Joseph E. Kasputys formed Global Insight, Inc. in March 2001 to acquire and join together the world's premier economic information and forecasting firms, consisting of Data Resources (DRI) and WEFA (formerly Wharton Economic Forecasting Associates); DAFSA, a European market research company; and GlobalInTech, a software company specialising in data applications. In April 2003, he acquired the London-based World Markets Research Centre, adding daily coverage of country and industry intelligence on a global basis. Kasputys serves as Chairman, President, and CEO of Global Insight, Inc. Prior to his formation of Global Insight, Kasputys served for fourteen years as the Chairman, President and CEO of Primark Corporation, a leading New York Stock Exchange listed company specialising in financial and economic information. Before Primark, Kasputys served as Executive Vice President of McGraw-Hill. From 1977 to 1984, Kasputys held positions at Data Resources, culminating in his election as President and Chief Executive Officer. From 1972 to 1977, Kasputys served in the U.S. Department of Commerce, rising to the position of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Policy and Administration. He holds both master’s and doctor’s degrees from Harvard University.
Principal Consultant & Partner
Patrick Lambe is a consultant, researcher and writer on knowledge management. He is author of "The Blind Tour Guide: Surviving and Prospering in the New Economy" and his articles can be found at www.greenchameleon.com. Patrick is past President of the Information and Knowledge Management Society Singapore, and Founder of KM consulting and research firm Straits Knowledge. He has spent the past fourteen years working in learning, general management, and knowledge management roles in Singapore. He is a member of the Singapore government's Management Systems Standards Committee, and is Adjunct Professor for the Hong Kong Polytechnic University's MSc in KM programme.
|Ngian Lek Choh
Deputy Chief Executive
National Library Board
Ngian Lek Choh graduated from the University of Singapore with a B.Sc (Honours) in Physics in 1976, took a postgraduate diploma in Library Science from the University of Wales, UK, in 1981, and a diploma in System Science from the Institute of Systems Science, National University of Singapore in 1985. She also spent a month at INSEAD, France to study Advanced General Management in 2000. Ms Ngian is currently the Deputy Chief Executive of the National Library Board and the Director of National Library. She played a leadership role in the transformation of the NLB libraries, by increasing the accessibility, reach and convenience of libraries. She believes that library services will continue to evolve, to make library resources more accessible to customers, and to ensure that the use of library services remain as hassle-free, painless, relevant and compelling as possible. She is also confident that libraries will continue to remain useful and relevant to people so long as we professionals keep up-to-date with the fast-changing needs of our customers.
Singapore Management University
Ruth A. Pagell started her academic career with Drexel University Library in Philadelphia. She then moved across the street to the Lippincott Library of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where she served for over 12 years, rising to the rank of Associate Director. In 1994, she joined Emory University as Executive Director of the Goizueta Business Library. During her final year at Emory, Ruth also acted as the University Libraries Strategic Planning Coordinator. Ruth spent 1999 at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand where she was seconded by the American Library Association (ALA) and the then United States Information Agency to assist AIT and other Asian libraries in developing new information technology in relation to library management. Ruth has also been very active in publishing and teaching. She taught graduate courses for Drexel's College for Information Studies and Clark Atlanta University's School of Library Studies and she also taught in Wharton's evening school. She has published articles and given presentations on business research and library issues and has taught numerous short courses on these topics in the United States, Europe and Asia. Along with her co-author, Michael Halperin, she published two editions of "International Business Information: How to Find It, How to Use It".
School of Technology for the Arts
Graham has been working within the design and media industries for over 28 years. He started his career and worked in the days of computer-less environments, through to the birth and revolution of Desktop Publishing, and into the pervasive age of technology today. His experience covered areas such as design, management of departments, infrastructures and workflows, and further across the technology chasm to include 2 years at Adobe, and 3.5 years at Apple. Graham has spent the last year as an external consultant on various creative projects for organisations such as Apple, The Idea Factory, Levi¹s and MTV Asia. He is now the Specialist Consultant for the School of Technology for the Arts at Republic Polytechnic with an external connection with MTV Asia. During his nine years in Singapore, Graham has been involved in many creative related activities.
Chief Executive Officer
Concurrent Computing Limited
Bruce Royan is CEO of the e-Culture and e-Learning consultancy, Concurrent Computing Ltd, whose clients include the British Council, Tate Gallery and the BBC. He has been Interim Director of Knowledge and Information at the Robert Gordon University, and University Librarian and CIO at the University of Stirling. His career in Library and Learning Technology has included British Telecom, the London Borough of Camden, The British Library and the National Library of Scotland, and during the mid-80s he established the Singapore Integrated Library Automation Service (SILAS). Outside Singapore, he is best known for founding SCRAN, a networked multimedia learning resource base of millions of objects, digitised from libraries, museums, archives and the built heritage, and licensed for educational use. Bruce is also Visiting Professor of Communication Arts at Napier University, Edinburgh.
|Tay Kheng Soon
Tay Kheng Soon has been a professional architect since 1964. He was the Chairman of Singapore Planning and Urban Research Group (SPUR) and the President of the Singapore Institute of Architects. His professional activities included a specialisation in high density, lowrise, low-cost housing in Malaysia. He did pioneering work in Urban Design and shopping centres in the 70’s to the present. Tay is currently practising as sole proprietor of his own firm. His abiding concern is sustainable urbanisation and the evolution of a proper design process factoring in human dimensions within the Asian context. His scope of thinking and design compasses politics, education, economics, the environment, culture and modernisation. His enduring concern is in engendering modernity though integrating human motivation, planning and space design in a design language that is firmly based on the local reality of climate, vegetation and life. Mr Tay is currently the Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the National University of Singapore. In 2003, he was elected a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS), a global community of intellectuals dedicated to considering, "The social consequences and policy implications of knowledge". Mr Tay is also a member of the World Ekistics Society, (WES) which focuses on the study of human settlements.
Director, The Dunhuang Project (IDP)
The British Library
Dr Susan Whitfield is an historian of Tang China and the Silk Road in the first millennium AD, with extensive experience in managing digital projects. In 1994 she started the International Dunhuang Project (IDP) at the British Library, a collaboration to make manuscripts, artefacts, textiles and paintings from the eastern Silk Road and dispersed in library and museum collections worldwide fully accessible on multilingual websites. IDP now has centres in China, Russia, Japan and Germany as well as more than ten international partners and is the largest digitisation project of its kind. Susan Whitfield continues to research, publish and lecture widely on the Silk Road, China, digital projects and world history. Her latest book is ‘The Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and Faith’, the catalogue to a major international exhibition she curated at the British Library in 2004.
|Paul Wu Horng Jyh
Division of Information Studies
School of Communication and Information
Nanyang Technological University
Paul Wu is a Senior Fellow with the School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University. Presently, he teaches and researches on the general areas of Archival Informatics and Information Management Systems, with particular emphasis on Web Archiving, Digital Preservation, Web Annotation, Web Intelligence and Dialogic Web. Before joining NTU, he was co-founder and principle consultant of Mustard Technology, which specialises in multilingual search and data quality technologies. He has two decades of experiences in the theoretical and practical aspects of information technology and information management. A graduate of University of Michigan with majors in Artificial Intelligence and Computational Linguistics, he became a Senior R&D Member of Kent Ridge Digital Labs in the 90’s, during which he gained two US Patents for his invention on search and language technologies. Professionally, Dr. Wu has also provided IT consultation service to several government agencies, banks and telecommunication companies in Singapore and around the region.
Sylvia has participated in many of the NUS Libraries milestone projects. Among others, in 1998 she led the implementation of the Digital Library initiatives and in 2000, she spearheaded the RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Technology) project. The Digital Library initiatives have had a major impact on the University community resulting in convenient desktop accessibility for staff and students to full text articles from journals, books, conference proceedings and newspapers, as well as many index databases and reference sources. The RFID project resulted in self-service borrowing and returning, with better shelf management and shorter queuing time for our users. Sylvia also had extensive experience in the building of new libraries and the renovation of existing libraries. She was responsible for the layout and the selection of furnishing for the Science Library, the Chinese Library and the CJ Koh Law Library as well as supervising the building of the Central Library Annexe. The upgrading of the Central Library is her latest project. She started work at the Library in 1973 as a library officer in the Cataloguing Department. In 1975, she obtained her diploma in Library and Information Science from the University of London. Departments and special libraries that she had worked in, throughout her 30 years of service, included Medical Library, Science Library and the Reference Department in Central Library. Sylvia was promoted to Deputy Librarian in 1991 and was in charge of information technology, human resource management, space planning and building maintenance in the NUS Libraries. In recognition of her services, she was awarded the Efficiency Medal in the National Day Awards in 1988.
Deputy Executive Director
National Library of China
Zhan Furui has been the Director of the National Library of China since January 2005. After his graduation from the Chinese Language & Literature Department of Hebei University in 1978, Dr Zhan studied at the Institute of Ancient Book Preservation at the same university for his M.A. and Ph.D. Since May 1991, he has been the Communist Party Chief, Professor, and PH.D Advisor at Hebei University. He is a celebrated scholar in China, with considerable influence in academic circles. Dr Zhan has a leading position in the research field of the literature of Han, Weijing Nanbei, Sui and Tang Dynasties, and in the field of ancient Chinese literary theory. In recent years, he has published more than 50 papers in prestigious Chinese journals, including “Literature Comments”, “Culture Study”, “Literary Heritage” and “Studies on the Literature of the Tang Dynasty”. In addition, he has published several books, including “Towards Secularity --- the Trend of Poetic Thoughts in the Nan Dynasty”, “Categories of the Ancient Chinese Literary Theory”, “Elegy of the Feudal Families”, and has written in collaboration with others “Annotation and Comments on the Collected Editions of Libai” and “Complete Interpretation of Libai’s Poems”.
The Networking Night marks the start of the conference and is a separate ticketed event. The Networking Night Speech will be presented by Prof Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore. He will be presenting on the topic 'Knowledge, Culture & Globalisation.
Delegates who wish to attend the Networking Night can register by completing the online registration form. Two-way free shuttle transfer on air-conditioned coaches from Hotel to CHIJMES and back will be provided for delegates who booked their accommodation through the Official Travel Agent, Orient Explorer (S) Pte Ltd. Please contact the Official Travel Agent for more details.
Date : 13 November 2005
Time : 1900hrs to 2130hrs
Venue : CHIJMES Hall
CHIJMES, 30 Victoria Street, Singapore 187996
Located in the heart of the city, CHIJMES is just 10 minutes walk from the Conference Venue and the National Library. After almost five and a half years of painstaking conservation and construction work, CHIJMES which was once the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) and the seat of education for generations of Singapore girls, will provide a unique ambience conducive for networking.
We invite delegates to sign up for free special guided tours to visit the state-of-the-art libraries in Singapore. These tours are open to conference delegates only on a first-come-first-serve basis. Choose to join one of the tours by completing the online conference registration form.
Date : 13 November 2005
Time : 1400hrs to 1700hrs
Tour 1 : National Library and library@esplanade
Tour 2 : Jurong Regional Library and National Library
Contact: Stephanie Tan
Tel : +65 6332 4734
Storytellers Showcase 2005
All delegates are invited to attend the Storytellers Showcase 2005 organised by the National Book Development Council of Singapore. Special discounted ticket prices have been negotiated and are offered to conference delegates only.
First introduced in 2003, the Showcase is entertainment at its purest with the best in storytelling. It brings together some of the biggest names in storytelling on stage to tell their fascinating tales. Storytellers Showcase 2005 promises a journey through a world where Asian tales come to life. More information can be found on http://www.bookcouncil.sg/showcase.htm.
Date : 14 November 2005
Time : 1900hrs to 2100hrs
Venue : DBS Arts Centre
(Home of Singapore Repertory Theatre)
Special Price: S$17.00 per ticket
Contact: Azrina Aziz / Anita Paul
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The role of the various national and state bodies is to implement the following objectives:
- encourage the provision of reformed, evangelical and orthodox ministry of Word, sacrament and pastoral care in Confessing Congregations;
- encourage reformed, evangelical and orthodox Christian Education for leaders and lay people;
- bring a vigorous biblical perspective to contemporary public issues in a society that is increasingly ignorant about or hostile to orthodox Christianity;
- foster relationships of reconciliation and cooperation with members of indigenous
- foster relationships of cooperation and partnership with members of migrant ethnic congregations;
- provide lines of communication with members of the National Council of Churches in Australia, Partner Churches in Pacific and Asian Region, and encourage local inter-church cooperation;
- create an association of Confessing Ministry Workers and assist in the placement of suitable ministry agents in Confessing Congregations;
- assist and encourage the establishment of new Confessing Congregations;
- develop a simple administrative structure which serves to liberate the congregations to fulfill Christ's mission.
- distribute a regular publication for communication, education and encouragement;
- be a faithful steward of the resources entrusted to it from the Confessing Congregations.
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The prop firm has signed the lease on a
new office at 26 Finsbury Square, and plans to relocate over
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By: Markus Stein based on the original article byJean-Claude Colrat
Translator: Justin Howard
This article previously appeared in Issue 1 of the German-language magazine Depesche, which is published by our partner, Napoleon Online. We appreciate the kindness of the editor, Markus Stein, for giving us permission to publish the translation. It is based on an article in the French-language magazine Le Briquet.
Author’s Note: I would like here to publish an article from our French friends’ collectors’ magazine Le Briquet Issue 3/1984. This deals in great detail with the czapka in the French army, which constitutes a mixture of the traditional Polish headgear and the French shako and therefore serves as a reminder of the origin of the Chevau-léger Lancers of the Grande Armée.
When Napoleon I marches into Warsaw in December 1806 as “Liberator of the Polish People”, several Polish nobles assemble to serve as his bodyguard, or rather guard of honour. Inspired by this “Noble Guard”, Napoleon orders a unit of Polish cavalry to be raised, which is soon incorporated into the Imperial Guard as the 1st Chevau-léger Regiment. As already mentioned, its nationality is indicated by the headgear, namely the czapka.
When the Dutch army of King Louis Bonaparte is disbanded and the former Guard hussars are integrated into the French army, they also adopt the czapka, although there is nothing typically Dutch about it.
And in 1811, when the first six lancer regiments have to put up with the crested helmet as sign of their French origin, the last three – Polish – regiments receive the czapka.
Although the czapka couldn’t compete with the helmet in terms of stability or durability, it was still preferred due to its imposing appearance.
Description of the common model
The czapka has two main components: the upper and the lower parts, whereby according to the regulation of 1812, the total height of both together adds up to 22 cm. The lower part (B) is made from a single 7 cm wide band of blackened cow leather. The upper part, which lends the headgear its typical appearance, is set on top of this.
This upper part is made from card, held together at the sides by means of connecting rods and completely covered with cloth. This cloth is sewn at the edges using a straight stitch. The top of the upper part is flattened and forms a square, which according to the regulation of 1812 should have a length per side of 24.5 cm. Piping (C) decorates both diagonals of the top as well as the edges of the top and the upper part.
“Petal studs” (D) are used for stability at all four of the top corners, with the stud on the right side having a hook to hold the chin strap.
The joint of both parts is hidden by lace (E), which according to the regulation of 1812 should be 3.5 cm wide.
On both sides, in the middle of the lower part, there is a holder for the chin strap (F), which generally took the form of a stylised lion head boss.
The chin strap, or rather the chin chain, (G) consisting of 32 rings (giving a total length of 40 cm), is lined with cloth and fixed on the left side, and can be fastened to either the hook on the right side (the so-called use position) or the hook on the top of the upper part (the so called raised position).
At the front of the lower part, there is a fixed peak (H), which is made of black leather, though the underside is coloured green. The angled peak measures 7 cm at its widest point, and has a metal rim.
Above the peak, there is a plate (I), which reaches to the middle of the upper part. This plate depicts a brass sun with a white metal centre, which is decorated with a brass emblem.
On the left front side of the upper part, there is a tricolour cockade (J), which also covers the loop which holds the plume (K) or pompom for parades.
In addition, the czapka is equipped with a cord (L), which ends in a flounder with tassels. This cord is doubled, knotted at the base of the plume, wrapped twice around the upper part and by forming a sling is fixed again at the base of the plume, so that the flounder hangs down on the left side (M).
On campaign, the czapka is covered by a waxed cloth cover with neck flap.
1st Chevau-léger Regiment of the Guard
The upper part of the other ranks’ czapka is covered with crimson red cloth and decorated with white piping. Plume (height: 47 cm) and cord are also white. The first examples, manufactured in Poland, have brass fittings. From 1808, however, all czapkas were manufactured at Chardon in France and the following fittings were silver-plated: studs on the top of the upper part, peak rim, chin chain and its bosses. The bosses are each decorated with a lion’s head. The tricolour cockade is partly covered by a silver-plated Maltese cross. Only the sunburst plate is brass, though its centre is silver-plated and depicts a stamped crowned “N” in brass.
The troops of this regiment carried the flounders of the cord “long”, the cords being passed under the chin strap.
When the regiment was initially raised, the trumpeters wore the same czapka as the other ranks, except that the cord was 1/3 with silver interwoven. In 1810, probably to mark the marriage of Napoleon and Marie-Louise, a new model was issued. Here the upper part is covered with white cloth, the piping is crimson and the lace is silver. The cord is interwoven with crimson. This model was supposed to be introduced together with the new white kurtka – the lancers’ coat - , was however worn with all trumpeters’ uniforms.
The upper part of the officers’ czapkas are covered with crimson cloth or with crimson ribbed velvet, for the higher-ranking officers this is even sewn with silver thread. All models have silver piping.
The edges of the upper part are protected by polished silver studs, the stud at the front being decorated with a lion’s head and a ring. The plate is gold and silver. The fixings of the chin chain match those of the other ranks, except that they are silver. The peak rim is either plain or decorated with intertwined lines. The white of the other ranks’ cockade is replaced by silver for the officers. The junction of the upper and lower parts is covered by 55 mm wide silver lace for the lower-ranking officers. For the higher-ranking officers, this is achieved by means of a 55 to 65 mm wide crimson cloth band, which is edged with silver and has silver embroidered laurel and oak leaves. The plume is made from white cockerel’s feathers. The Colonel’s czapka has an egret plume over a tuft of red feathers. The cord is silver. The cover for the officers is a slightly transparent oilcloth.
2nd Chevau-léger Regiment of the Guard
The other ranks’ czapka is identical to that of their comrades from the 1st Regiment, although the colours crimson and white are replaced by scarlet and jonquille (a bright lemon yellow). Originally, the bosses for the chin chain were decorated with a gargoyle head, and in addition the flounders of the cord were shorter.
For the Young Guard squadrons, the sunburst plate is replaced by a simple brass plate with cut-out “N”.
The trumpeters wear a czapka with white upper part and scarlet piping. In addition the czapka is decorated by a scarlet/gold cord and a white plume with red tip (see also the article by M. Baptiste, which appeared in Issue 1 of Depesche).
The officers’ czapka is also scarlet, but here the piping is gold and with gold decorative lace for all officer ranks. Except for the centre of the plate, which is silver-plated, all metal parts are gilt. The plume of the lower-ranking officers is made from white vulture feathers, that of the higher-ranking officers is from egret feathers.
The Line Chevau-léger Regiments
The 7th, 8th and 9th regiments had the czapka as headgear, the upper part being covered with a cloth of imperial blue and decorated with piping and lace in the facing colours. These are jonquille for the 7th and 8th and chamois (pale yellow) for the 9th regiment. For all three, the cord is white. The plate is a copper sunburst with stamped crossed lances. The peak rim is copper, as are the chin chains. Pompom in the squadron colour.
This headgear is an evolved form of the czapka and was worn with the undress uniform by Chevau-léger officers as well as sometimes by light cavalry officers.
It is a simple, tight-fitting cap with square top. The upper part consists of smooth cloth and, as for the czapka, has piping. The lower part could also be made of cloth, but was mostly fur – often lamb skin – bordered by lace or embroidery. The cap does not have a peak.
Description of the Plate
1 – Field uniform with beige-coloured linen cover
2 – Czapka of the 7th Chevau-léger lancers: imperial blue with jonquille-coloured (bright lemon yellow) piping and lace, metal parts are copper; green pompom (collar jonquille)
3 – Field uniform with black waxed linen cover
4 – Czapka of the 2nd Chevau-léger of the Guard: scarlet with jonquille-coloured piping lace and cord; metal parts are copper
5 – ditto, except here for the Young Guard, the plate being replaced by a simple “N”
6 – Officer in field uniform with a slightly transparent oil cloth cover, so that the colour of the czapka can faintly be seen
7 – 1st Chevau-léger of the Guard: crimson with white piping, lace, cord and plume and silver-plated metal parts (except for the sunburst and the crowned “N” of the plate)
8 – Officer of the 1st Chevau-léger of the Guard: as number 7
9 – Kettle-drummer of the 1st Chevau-léger of the Guard: lower part from black fur; crimson upper part with gold lace, gold cord, short white plume and white, red and sky-blue ostrich feathers.
10 – Confederatka of a hussar officer: lower part from pale yellow fur; sky-blue upper part; white lace
11 – Using the chin chain to hold the cord, 1st Chevau-léger of the Guard
Collections of the Musée de l’Armée, Paris.
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Trends in Ecommerce and E-retail based on year-on-year comparisons
The world of ecommerce seemed to go through a more major mainstream media awakening in 2012 with most focus being on the bearing of fruit of mobile commerce which finally proved, then exceeded longstanding hopes.
In 2013 we can expect to see a rush of retailers attempting to get ‘mobile’ to try and capitalize on the mobile revenue stream. SME and enterprise level retailers will most likely opt for mobile optimisation of existing sites through third party solutions such as Mobify, with only the larger retailers or retailers with a very specific tactical reason opting to go native with apps. See the recording or slide deck of the Smart Insights webcast by mobile specialist Rob Thurner on mobile priorities for 2013.
This recent data from network Affiliate Window across their range of UK retail clients shows the growing importance of handset sales - useful for benchmarking your mobile sales against. Note that desktop is on the left axis and still 72% of sales on Christmas day, when mobile device sales (right axis) peaked with 28% of total.
Christmas 2012 - New Year 2013 Sales by device. Source: Affiliate Window
The 2012 ecommerce landscape was also a tough one commercially, with even many experienced online retailers finding it more difficult than before to reach growth targets based on adoption of the channel. They were up against more online competitors, greater pressure for the levelling of international offerings and greater price sensitivity from frugal online shoppers. That said there was a continuation of the growth trend we have seen over the past 10 years or more highlighted by this IMRG data.
UK E-retail market growth in Ecommerce 2000 2012. Source IMRG.
Channel Advisor recently reported on interesting month-by-month variation in online growth indicated by same-store-sales (SSS) levels. If you're working in retail it's worth comparing your online sales trends to Amazon and eBay as bellwethers of consumer spending.
Year on Year online sales growth 2012 Amazon eBay. Source: Channel Advisor.
This data seems to suggest December was sluggish compared to the previous year before.
Channel Advisor also points out that Search was down 18% as it continued to suffer the new paid from Google Shopping / Product Listing Ads (PLAs) click cannibalization with the importance of Comparison Shopping Engines (CSEs) increasing.
Renewed focus on customer retention and loyalty in 2013
But with more difficulties of achieving growth, many online retailers were looking carefully at their forecasts and strategies for future growth given the Economic conditions In many cases I am seeing a re-emergence of priorities focused on customer retention and loyalty for 2013.
So, I believe we are likely to see greater focus on and usage of personalisation, greater CRM integration, retargeting and customer service based retail technologies such as loyalty programs, online chat initiatives and customer rewards to try to encourage existing customers back into their arms.
As part of this shift, we will begin seeing greater investment in multichannel retailing and the technology to support this in 2013. We will also being to see many retailers moving up or making plans to move up from multichannel retailing into the realms of omni-channel retailing, along with the growth of cross-channel basket technologies.
There are some good UK retail examples of companies maintaining online growth.
- Marks and Spencer reported 18% online sales growth overall in their 2012 report with mobile-enabled site sales up 200%
- John Lewis performed even better with 44% Internet sales growth in December with Internet sales now accounting for 25% of the company's sales
- In October Argo, owned by Home Retail Group, announced that at least 75 of Argos' 700 shops are likely to close over the next five years. This as part of a "five-year transformation plan", where Argos will be 'reinvented' as a "digitally-led business", focusing on online sales and reducing use of it's catalogue which is still a biannual print run of 17 million copies. Computer World UK reported in June 2012 that Retailer Argos has revealed that multichannel sales now represent 51 percent (£418 million) of its total sales. The majority of the multichannel sales were made online, with total internet sales at Argos growing 17 percent to represent 41 percent of total Argos sales. Sales via Argos’ online Check & Reserve service – where customers check stock and reserve products online to collect in store – also grew by nearly a quarter (24 percent) to represent 29 percent of total Argos sales.
Multichannel analytics is needed to drive performance
But to keep track of all of these channels, we need analytics- and not just basic analytics. We’re talking sophisticated tagging and attribution modeling software. Therefore we are likely to see companies such as Google and their Multi Channel funnels at the lower end and TagMan or Quibit at the higher end introducing more sophistication.
I expect use of attribution modelling to grow in 2013 as more and more small and mid-size retailers particular start to realize that they need to be aware of how their audience interacts across ALL of their media channels and the value of knowing about all campaign touch points.
Off all of the trends however, I feel that the greatest push will be in ‘joining up’ online to offline technologies (and vice versa). We will see online strategies emerge to support offline store trade in a response to the downward trend of high street retail revenues. There will be much greater focus on meeting the lifestyle needs and demands of the consumer and the bridging of the online offline commerce gap.
Already we are seeing the likes of Walmart innovate their offline store formats to accommodate demand along with varying the standard click and collect model to a buy online today from a specific store and pick up immediately.
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Major commodities prices moved in an unclear trend on the penultimate business day of the week: the prices of Brent oil and WTI oil slightly increased on Thursday; natural gas Henry Hub future (short term delivery) changed direction and fell yesterday; silver and gold were traded down on Thursday; the Euro changed direction and slightly appreciated against the USD on Thursday. Conversely, other currencies including the Australian dollar slightly depreciated against the U.S dollar.
Here is a summary of the daily changes of precious metals and energy commodities as of March 28th, 2013:
Forex and Precious Metals Markets:
On Thursday, gold declined by 0.71% to $1,594.8; silver also declined by 1% to $28.29. During the month, gold rose by 1.08%; silver slipped by 0.36%.
On Thursday, the Euro/USD changed direction again and rose by 0.28% to 1.2816; the U.S Dollar appreciated against several currencies such as Aussie dollar by 0.28%.
WTI oil price increased again by 0.67% to $97.23 per barrel; Brent oil also rose by 0.3% to $110.02 per barrel;
Thus, the gap between Brent and WTI slightly shrank to $12.79/bbl. During March, WTI rose by 5.63%; Brent oil decreased by 1.22%.
Finally, the Henry Hub future (short term delivery) changed course and fell again yesterday by 1.08% to reach $4.02/mmbtu.
A Summary for March 28th:
The table below includes: closing rates, daily percent changes, and daily changes:
For further reading:
- Gold and Silver Outlook for March 25-29
- Weekly Outlook of Financial Markets for March 25-29
- Will The Gold Market Continue to Cool Down?
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Electric car manufacturer Tesla will price its flagship Model S at 734,000 yuan (US$121,259) in China, Shanghai Securities News reported Friday. The car has an US$81,070 base price and nearly half that amount in added costs such as transport, tariff, value-added tax and other levies. The price, described by Tesla as fair and right, came as a surprise to many as the car had been expected to fetch more than 1 million yuan, the report said. Tesla will build a supercharger network in China in addition to a showroom and a service center in Beijing. It plans to expand the network to Shanghai. Last year, Tesla sold 22,300 Model S worldwide but chief executive Elon Musk is cautiously optimistic about the Chinese market, the report said.
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Men in black: Kanye West & Big Sean
And here we have the monochrome photo for the cover of Big Sean‘s smash single “Marvin & Chardonnay” featuring Kanye West and Roscoe Dash (not pictured). The song is a club banger and the cover is laid back swag. It always amazes us when we see rappers dressed up without having to make a court appearance. At first glance the picture almost reminds us of when two guys stumble out of a bar into an alley to piss with their backs turned to each other to prevent one from looking at the other’s peen. Tell us what you all think of the cover and the song.
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Sony Music Entertainment Australia is pleased to announce that Earl Sweatshirtis back to surprise fans with his new record I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside and the release of his latest video ‘Grief’.
Fans didn’t need to wait long after the initial announcement, as the album was released digitally on March 23rd and will see physical releases on CD on April 17th in Australia with vinyl to follow. Earl Sweatshirt’s new album, was only announced a week ahead of its March 23 release. The album, along with the “Grief” single, was announced on Monday night, March 16, while the video for “Grief” was released on Tuesday morning. Now, in an interview with NPR Music, Earl says his label, Columbia, messed up the entire launch. (Read more here).
In 2013, Earl released his debut album Doris, one of the most anticipated Hip Hop albums of the year. Doris was critically acclaimed with perfect scores by The Guardian and LA Times and debuted at #1 on the Australian iTunes album charts, #23 on the ARIA chart and #5 on the Billboard Top 200.
Doris included big name features from the likes of fellow Odd Future members Tyler, The Creator and Frank Ocean; as well as RZA and The Neptunes.
I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside Tracklisting:
5. Off Top
6. Grown Ups feat. Dash
7. AM // Radio feat. Wiki
9. DNA feat. Na-kel
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RE: CLDAP with IPv6: address storage
>which seem to suggest that there is or could be such a thing as
>CLDAPv3. And the description of the ldapext IETF working group
>mentions "defining transport of the LDAPv3 protocol over
>connectionless UDP transport". There is even an Internet-Draft about
>this (expired since long ago though). Is this project abandoned for
>good or just dormant?
There was a now-expired Internet Draft, draft-ietf-ldapext-cldap-00.txt.
LDAPv3 over UDP is supported by Active Directory (albeit only for
searching the root DSE); likely any revised document should align
itself with this protocol, which is more similar to the original
RFC 1798, and is widely deployed.
(OpenLDAP HEAD slapd supports "Microsoft" CLDAP; it is the default
disposition for LDAPv3 over UDP. Look for LDAP_CONNECTIONLESS.)
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A game for everyone
Cricket Victoria's (CV) Harmony in Cricket celebrates the message that cricket is a game for everyone.
We proudly acknowledge that Victorian cricket clubs are a place where everybody, regardless of their cultural background, religion, gender, age or ability feels welcome.
If a person has a passion for cricket; our clubs have a place for them.
Keep up-to-date via:
2013 and 2014 Harmony in Cricket Magazine
Victorian community cricket stories
All Abilities cricket
About Harmony in Cricket
CV has long understood the power that sport possesses to bridge cultural divides.
It has the unique capacity to bring together people from all walks of life be it on the streets in India, the beaches in the Caribbean or the alleyways in Melbourne.
For years now, the game of cricket has fostered greater harmony, respect and understanding of people from all cultures.
The impact that can be achieved by sharing a field together, and the camaraderie that is developed between teammates and opponents alike, remains the calling card of our sport.
The Harmony in Cricket message is about celebrating our commitment to embracing traditional Australian values - justice, equality, fairness and mateship and represents the bonds that hold us together.
All cricketers regardless of who they are, play not just under the laws of the game but under the Spirit of Cricket which embraces the Harmony message.
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RE: [xml-dev] RE: W3C Rants (was: RE: W3C as Golden Goose ...)
- From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <email@example.com>
- To: Dave Winer <firstname.lastname@example.org>, email@example.com
- Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 10:39:53 -0500
I hope earnestly for your success, but my experience
is that by dint of how they have organized themselves,
without RAND, they won't get the support they need. Do
we need the W3C? I think so. Corporations still need a
place to come together and search for consensus. Does
the web need the W3C? I think so. Without a means
and a place to seek consensus, we will have only the
naked competitive forces to drive the evolution of
the technologies we metaphorically call "the web".
I see the W3C being balanced by other organizations
such as OASIS. Where one puts support for some
given work should be selectable. We should preserve
options. Many forces are at work here and by
submitting to the delusion of the W3C as all powerful,
as somehow morally majestic, we have created this
current circumstance and made certain results predictable.
The web is not an entity. It has no will. There is
just us. We should recognize that. I restate a
belief taught by the Buddha, a practical belief.
Three things contribute to what is loosely
termed evil, but perhaps are just bad results: greed,
ill will, and delusion. It is easy to attack the
first under the aegis of the others, but the outcome
will still be bad results and we become the thing
we resist. We have to find the middle way.
I see RAND as some trying to do that.
Is it the right way? As Simon asked, for whom?
That said, let me read your position paper to see what
course you have in mind.
From: Dave Winer [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.org]
When it was time to submit SOAP 1.1 to the W3C, there was an issue of
assignment of IP rights. I gladly turned over all our rights in the SOAP
protocol to the W3C without a second thought. In the future, I will not do
that if it means contributing for free something that other W3C members are
trying to control.
I joined the Web because it stood against the kind of control that it is now
flirting with recognizing. I'm in favor of smoking out the greed, make the
W3C incompatible with patents because the Web is incompatible with patents.
If the W3C turns away from the Web, the Web will go on without the W3C. It
stands for something -- that's why I got involved.
I wrote a position paper on this on Sunday that I would like to now insert
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(2) Sat Jul 28 2007 10:25:
Not enough people and things are "the celebrated". Basically the only thing that's "the celebrated" is the jumping frog of Calaveras County. But almost anything that's appreciated by a medium-sized group of people can be described as "the celebrated". Or you can just declare something "the celebrated" by fiat, like Mark Twain did.
Sat Jul 28 2007 15:31 Job Interview Karaoke:
Derived from Powerpoint Karaoke. You're given someone's resume and role-play a job interview pretending to be that person. The job you're interviewing for may also be chosen randomly. For higher stakes, submit someone else's resume to a real job listing and try to get the job.
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Anne Perry’s A CHRISTMAS VISITOR is told primarily from the perspective of Henry Rathbone, a well-known mathematician and inventor in Victorian England. Aficionados of Perry’s work will be quite familiar with Rathbone from his appearances in her William Monk novels, though an intimate or even passing acquaintance with him is not necessary to enjoy this book.
The story opens with the distinguished Dreghorn family gathering from the four corners of the world to the family estate in the Lake District of England. The purpose of the reunion is a Christmas celebration, which is preempted by the apparent accidental death of Judge Judah Dreghorn. Judah’s widow, Antonia, summons Rathbone, her godfather, for emotional support. As the family gathers, however, it becomes obvious to them, and to Rathbone, that Judah’s death was the result of a deliberate act against him. It appears to be linked to a judicial decision he made over a decade before, which resulted in the incarceration of a man named Ashton Gower for forgery. Gower, having served his sentence, maintains that he was unjustly imprisoned by Judah and that Judah knew of Gower’s innocence at the time of the trial. All of the evidence appears to point to Gower as the murderer. Rathbone begins an investigation, and what he uncovers puts him and the Dreghorn family upon the horns of a dilemma.
Perry’s plotting here is nothing less than amazing; she paints a relatively simple picture in which the right course of resolution is ultimately quite clear yet extremely difficult for those involved to execute. The result is a quietly effective morality tale that is unforgettable.
A CHRISTMAS VISITOR is a story not to be missed. Just under 200 pages, it easily can be read in one sitting, a practice that you’ll undoubtedly want to incorporate into your annual holiday schedule. Very highly recommended.
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"EXCLUSIVE: ‘Anti-Earmark’ Senator Tim Scott Sought Federal Funds For Pet Projects In South Carolina"
In May 2011, just months after Scott was sworn in as a U.S. Representative and the new Republican House majority opted to ban earmarks, Scott joined four other South Carolina Congressmen in writing to Secretary of Energy Chu on behalf of a South Carolina manufacturer.
The purpose of this letter is to express our support for Robert Bosch LLC (Bosch) and the company’s recent response to DOE Funding Opportunity Number FOA000023900219 (Recirculated Exahust Gas Intake Sensor – REGIS). In addition, we are aware that Bosch’s partner in this application is Clemson University’s International Center for Automotive Research (ICAR). Bosch has been a committed and active member of the South Carolina manufacturing community since 1974.
The Department of Energy approved the application as requested, giving Bosch a $550,000 federal project.
But publicly, Scott backed a ban on earmarks, arguing that they were corrupt and wasteful. “Washington is filled with politicians who promise that they will deliver goodies to the folks back home. What those politicians don’t tell us is that by playing that game, they force the taxpayers of our district to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars in wasteful pork projects all over the country,” he observed in his 2010 campaign. He told his future constituents, “The earmark system leaves us with crumbs while others get the loaves.”
According to Taegan Goddard’s Political Dictionary, “lettermarking” occurs when lawmakers send letters to federal agencies requesting money for projects in their home district. While agencies are not obligated to comply with the requests, Reason’s Jacob Sullum notes, “agencies are loath to antagonize the legislators who approve their budgets, especially when they have added extra money with a specific project in mind.” These letters are only available to the public if someone happens to request them under the Freedom of Information Act. | <urn:uuid:e7d0345e-6b20-498e-805e-c807200ad808> | CC-MAIN-2015-22 | http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/12/19/1356911/tim-scott-lettermark/ | 2015-05-29T22:46:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-22/segments/1432207930443.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20150521113210-00244-ip-10-180-206-219.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954106 | 435 |
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An album of songs based on the taboo-busting fin-de-siecle plays of Frank Wedekind that opens with a lyric in which the female protagonist offers to "cut my legs and tits off" clearly isn't intended to be a barrel of laughs. Even so, it's impossible to over-emphasise just how gruelling the hour-and-a-half you spend in the company of Lou Reed and Metallica is. That's partly because the lyrics are harrowing, and furthermore sung from a female viewpoint: this means that, at one juncture, you're confronted by the sound of Reed – and there's no polite way to put this – begging to be fisted, an image you fear will still be with you on your deathbed. But it's mostly because the collaboration doesn't gel. There's an insurmountable disjunction between the sound of Metallica doing their nut in the background and Reed's papery old voice rambling away upfront. Still, as a defiant, up-yours gesture, it tops even Metal Machine Music, besting not only Reed's long-suffering fanbase but millions of Metallica fans, which makes it a triumph of sorts. | <urn:uuid:566e5d26-17d8-4e9e-a886-467f253d8868> | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/oct/27/lou-reed-metallica-lulu-review?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 | 2019-10-15T11:18:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986658566.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20191015104838-20191015132338-00095.warc.gz | en | 0.960067 | 246 |
[Ansteorra] Celtic Harvest Bardic Competion
jhirling at gmail.com
Wed Oct 6 19:52:11 PDT 2010
I have the privilege of judging the bardic competition for Gates Edge's
Championship at Celtic Harvest.
The competition will require
1. Your best piece;
2. A song, story, or poem based on two elements drawn at sign in and
incorporating the event theme, and;
3. A third piece at the ready in the event there is a tie.
Sign in will be at 11:30 am
Competition will begin at 1:00 pm
Baron Ihon Vinson macFergus, OL
Titled Bard of Gate's Edge
"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass . . .
it's about learning how to dance in the rain!"
Unknown (but I wish it had been me)
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Beans are now recognized as one of the healthiest foods we can eat, filled with protein, fiber, and deep nourishment. This Black Bean Soup is a classic, inexpensive and simple to make but so satisfying.
1 pound dried black beans, rinsed and sorted
1 cup chopped onion
2 large carrots, peeled and chopped
2 large celery stalks, diced
2 or 3 large garlic cloves, crushed or minced
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
2 bay leaves
2 teaspoons salt-free seasoning
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 cup dry red wine or sherry, optional
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large onion, quartered and thinly sliced
1 lemon, thinly sliced
Finely chopped fresh parsley
1. Soak the beans overnight in a large pot with plenty of water, covered. Or cover with water, bring to a boil, then let stand off heat for an hour for a shortcut version of presoaking.
2. In either case, drain the beans after soaking, and rinse. Place in a soup pot with fresh water in a ratio of approximately 3 parts water to 1 part beans. Bring to a simmer, then cover and simmer steadily for 1 hour.
3. Add the onion, carrots, celery, garlic, parsley, bay leaves, seasoning mix, nutmeg, and optional wine. Simmer for another 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until the beans are soft.
4. Scoop out about 1 1/2 cups of the beans with a slotted spoon, avoiding as much as possible scooping out the other vegetables. Set aside.
5. Discard the bay leaves and transfer the solid ingredients, in batches, to a food processor or blender. Use about 1/4 cup cooking liquid per batch. Process until smoothly pureed, then return the puree to the soup pot along with the reserved beans. Or, insert an immersion blender into the pot and process until smoothly pureed. Season with salt and pepper and return to low heat for 15 minutes.
6. Just before serving, heat the oil in a small skillet. Add the sliced onion and saute over medium heat until golden brown.
7. Garnish each serving with some of the sauteed onion, 2 lemon slices, and some chopped parsley. This soup keeps very well for several days, and the flavor improves as it stands.
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Proud doesn't cut it.
What a fabulous achievement to come to our lessons, practice, learn and rehearse, and then sing in front of families and friends. I see a vast improvement for those who have been here a while. Even new students should pat themselves on the back!
Here's to even more learning and outstanding performances!
Well done to Georgie Hendry who sang and danced at Katrina Earley School of Dance production of 'The Snow Queen' at the Poole LightHouse Theatre! Gerogie is a super girl who sings and dances with so much grace and ease, she is always a pleasure to teach!
Keep it up Gerogie!!
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Approved MOT Centre Edinburgh
Abbeyhill Garage offers MOT Edinburgh services to the surrounding area. An annual MOT (Ministry of Transport) is a legal requirement for all vehicles over three years old. A MOT test checks all aspect of your car to make sure it is roadworthy. It provides you with peace of mind and allows us to fix any problems for you immediately.
We are recognised by the Government VOSA that oversee the tests and ensure high standards. We have dedicated MOT bays in Edinburgh where our team of qualified mechanics work hard to provide you with a comprehensive MOT. This allows us to promptly diagnose any faults and provide you with a quote for any work required to pass the MOT.
Do you need to renew your MOT certificate? Come down to our Abbeyhill MOT testing centre, we have a reputation for being Edinburgh’s most reliable testing centre and our staff are happy to help. We can issue certificates right on the spot if your vehicle passes the relevant tests. There’s no hidden cost and if we do find any problems with the MOT test, then the second test will be free of charge.
MOT Testing centers
Our Edinburgh MOT testing centre is one the best in the area. We have a growing reputation as one of the best testing centres in Edinburgh, Abbeyhill Garage is proud to provide you with MOT testing.
We are also one of Edinburgh‘s best value MOT testing centres offering the best base rate price in the area.
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2014 SPRING SOFTBALL (U10-U14 Girls)
Registration for CYO 2014 Spring Softball Soccer will again use the SportsPilot on-line registration .
Ø PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED FOR WINTER 2013-14 BASKETBALL? You
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***(if you registered for basketball your info is still there...)****
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U10 (Rookie) = $85
U12/U14 (Junior Varsity/Varsity) = $95
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Softball Evaluation Sessions for Grades 3-8
Sunday, February 23, 2012, from 5:15-7:30 p.m. at the Georgetown Prep Fieldhouse.
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In this article we will go through how to use the Two-Factor-Authentication feature and thereby improve your security.
Do the following steps to activate Two Factor Authentication:
- Go to settings.
- Type in your phone number.
- Verify it with the sms code you receive.
- Press the activation button for Two Factor Authentication.
- Press save.
How to use the two factor authentication:
Sign in with your credentials at https://whistleblowersoftware.com/secure/auth/login?locale=en
You will now receive an sms with a 6-digit code from "WSAPP".
Type that in to the field.
Now you should be logged in to the system and have the authenticator activated!
We hope the article was helpful!
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Chase enters the base to find Kendall
alone. He approaches her. It’s been about six months since his break up with
Kaylee and as time got further and further away from it he was actually anticipating the talk with
Kendall more and more.
Kendall looks up from her work station and
see’s Chase approaching her and smiles at him. She wonders to herself when he
will bring that conversation back up, especially now it’s been about six
months. The further it gets away the more she anticipates the conversation, due
to the long gap she’s thought more and more about it and when he’s ready she
would really like to give them a try.
Chase stands before her and Kendall turns
to face him. “You remember how after Kaylee broke up with me we discussed
talking about us at some point in the future”
“Yes” Kendall answers him hopefully
“Well I was hoping we could have that
conversation” Chase tells her hopeful
“I would like that” Kendall answers barely
able to hold in her excitement and hope for where this conversation might go
“Well as it got further and further away I
actually found myself looking forward to the day we could have this conversation”
Chase tells her
“As have I, time seems to have convinced
me” Kendall tells him
“Me as well” Chase tells her time was a
great thing for this
“I want to give us a try” Chase says at the
same time Kendall tells him “I would like to give us a try”
With that answer Chase pulls her into his
arms and kisses her passionately.
When they pull apart they rest their
foreheads against each other. Chase asks her “Will you be my girlfriend
“Yes!” She answers before kissing him again
After they pull apart this time he leans
against the work bench beside her and puts his arm around her and pulls into
his side and leans in.
“Aw crap” Kendall says
This worries Chase for a second but she
doesn’t pull away only leans into him more. “What?” Chase questions her
“Now I have to tell Shelby” Kendall replies
“What? Why?” Chase asks even more confused
Kendall laughs and it vibrates though Chase.
“I told her, I would tell her after we had
this conversation” Kendall tells him
“Why?” Chase questions, after this conversation. How did she know? Why
did she know?
“It was the only way to get her to shut and
stop squealing, she told me right after her and Tyler finally got their act
together” Kendall answers
“They told all of us” Chase interrupts
“She told me before they told us, she also
noticed I had a thing for you before I did” Kendall tells him
Chase laughs at this “yet she took forever to
get together with Tyler”
“I know right” Kendall says
Chase kisses the top of head and they stand
there content and finally together. They have long time together ahead of them considering
neither of them will age.
I mean, they were extremely common until just recently - historically recently, not recently like "metrosexual is a word now" recently, but recently.
Are we still talking about anvils?
Yes, where did all the anvils go?
You're talking about those big, heavy, metal things?
That blacksmiths hammered horseshoes and stuff on. Everyone had them. They were everywhere in my time, so where did they all go?
I don't know that they were that common.
Wile E. Coyote used them. That's how common they were.
The cartoon. He was always trying to drop an anvil on the Road Runner's head or shoot it at him out of a giant slingshot or fire it at him out of a cannon. Inevitably, the cannon tilted up, shot it in the air, it fell down, and made an anvil-shaped impression on Wile E. Coyote's head.
This is a cartoon?
No, no, this just happened to me the other day. I was walking down the street, and this giant anvil - yes, Ivan, it's a cartoon.
I know she sounds nuts, but it's a very common cartoon.
But that doesn't prove that anvils were so common.
It does. It proves that anvils were so ubiquitous at one point - is that the word, ubiquitous?
It depends on where you're going.
That they knew that children would know what they were and delight in them. That's how common they were - children watching cartoons.
That was the word!
I've forgotten your point.
Where are all the anvils? I mean, is there some sort of secret anvil storage facility the oligarchy is keeping from us?
Or they fell into disuse with the advent of other technologies, and so they melted them down and they're gone.
But they're not supposed to melt. They were made to withstand the red-hot hammer of the town blacksmith.
This is easily the most pointless conversation we've ever had.
This was meant to be platonic familial Riley-centric OT6, but Chase apparently doesn’t like to share. Do you disagree with my choice of house placement? Come talk to me here. I also made graphics that don’t look like complete shit: yaaaaaaaay! [Quotes on the graphics are taken from the first and fifth books’ Sorting Songs]
Since Koda woke up from that nightmare in episode 4, we’ve known that Koda’s experiences were traumatic. Also, given that Chase and Kendall were the only ones around before the series started, we could guess that they were the ones who revived Koda. But until this episode, we didn’t know anything for sure.
I never expected them to give us these flashbacks, but I’m thankful for them because they fill in these gaps.
Also, they tell us something about what Koda’s revival was like. I mean, this episode drove home just how traumatic Koda’s revival was for Koda, but look at Chase and Kendall’s expressions in these scenes. It’s clear that Chase and Kendall were impacted emotionally as well. I’m fascinated by that sidelong glance that Chase gives to Kendall just before he frees Koda. It’s a look that says “I’m terrified”, “are you sure this is going to work?” and “what are we doing?” all at the same time.
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HackCollege Interviews: An Industrial Electrical Estimator
If you’re looking for a run-of-the-mill, traditional success story, this is not it. But if you’re looking to be inspired, you’re in the right place. I was able to get in touch with a man by the name of Ryan Manuel, an industrial electrical estimator, and upon hearing what I was up to at HackCollege, he agreed to give me an interview about his recent professional pursuits. I’ve detailed all his answers below.
What is your professional job title?
Industrial Electrical Estimator for analytical and process control buildings in plants.
How did you get into your industry and how long have you been in it?
Right after I graduated high school in 2007, I went to work at a sawmill. My job was stacking lumber. It was on a shift work schedule. I had no real trade to speak of at the time. Due to some personal circumstances and concern over working a shift job schedule, my father offered me a job as an electrical helper. That way, I would be able to learn a valuable trade. I agreed and started working in that capacity, and then continued until I became a journeyman electrician. In April 2014, I was asked if I was interested in becoming an estimator. I said I was, and I have been in this role ever since then.
Can you tell me what your typical day is like?
It depends on the day, some days we have so much to do that we barely have time to think.
On other days, when we are not super busy, I use an Excel spreadsheet to make material and labor takeoff sheets that will help with any pre-engineering tasks my company may need, which helps speed up my estimates. Because my job deals with proposing multimillion dollar projects to clients, we try to always be descriptive to explain to the customer exactly what we are offering with no gray areas. The less confusion the better. It isn’t easy work, but it is meaningful work.
Have you had a job in the same industry that you didn’t enjoy as much? Why?
I have been offered a position in sales but refused the job due to the fact that I’m more of an introverted person–and sales would not have suited my personality at all. I think it’s very important for people to consider their natural personalities before taking on a job. Sometimes, you might be offered a position because someone else thinks you may be good at it, but really you ultimately know yourself the best. So, don’t be afraid to say no to opportunities you think aren’t a good fit for you.
Do you have advice for students looking to get into your industry? Do you have specific advice for women?
My advice to students would be that this industry has great opportunity for advancement; all one needs is the will to want to learn. I would specifically suggest women strive to get into engineering or project management, those specific jobs are the best paying jobs across the board with the least amount of hassle. This industry welcomes women with open arms.
Which certifications and skills should beginners possess if they hope to work in your industry?
I would say a basic knowledge of business helps anyone trying to get into the oil and gas industry. There are a lot of different certifications you can get to help you get into the industry depending on what area you want to enter. There is anything from basic field work, estimating, scheduling, safety, or general supervision. It all really depends on what you enjoy doing.
So what’s inspiring specifically about Ryan? He never went to college. While I don’t discourage people from going to college, as I most certainly want people with the desire to go to be able to attend, not going doesn’t mean you’re reduced to a life of poverty or need. If you don’t believe me, check out the numbers for yourself. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has statistics reports on every type of engineering and estimating job there is, so that’s the first place to look for information. Payscale puts them at anywhere from $38,680 – $90,850. That’s not a bad salary at all. | <urn:uuid:5752247c-5d7a-4b00-b843-5dd96d9dc7f8> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://www.hackcollege.com/blog/2016/10/04/hackcollege-interviews-an-industrial-electrical-estimator.html | 2019-05-26T17:20:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232259327.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20190526165427-20190526191427-00397.warc.gz | en | 0.973544 | 890 |
The beaches north of the Umgeni River will partially reopen
SEVERAL beaches will be significantly, but not completely, reopened as of next week (November 2).
This follows recommendations from a peer review of the Beach Safety Specialists Report.
The beaches north of the Umgeni River have been closed for more than 80 days due to a toxic chemical spill from the United Phosphorus Limited (UPL) warehouse in Cornubia.
The warehouse was burnt down during the KZN unrest which led to an environmental disaster and beach closures.
Related Story: Cornubia Chemical Spill Forum Launched
âThe specialists’ report recommended the reopening of beaches for recreational purposes, but that an exclusion zone of one kilometer north and south of the mouth of the estuary of uMhlanga and one kilometer to the wide, in which all activities remain prohibited, should be maintained. This means that 96% of the beaches that had been closed will now be open for recreational purposes only, but not for fishing or harvesting marine resources, âsaid the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (EDTEA ), Ravi Pillay.
He added that all fishing and harvesting of marine resources (angling and the harvesting, use and consumption of shellfish) between the mouth of the Umgeni River and Salt Rock and one kilometer offshore, remains prohibited. .
The peer review was carried out by British Professor Jason Weeks, a highly respected and eminently qualified expert with extensive experience in the assessment of toxic spills.
You might be interested: Beach closures north of Durban continue to hurt the hospitality industry
âWe understand that the beach closures have had a negative impact on businesses and subsistence fishermen. We decided to approach the issue with extreme caution given the impact that any irresponsible decision could have on public health. We are satisfied now, as the specialists have said in their reports, that there is little or no danger in reopening the beaches for recreational purposes. Of course, in the future there will be a constant review of the situation, âhe said.
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WHEY ISOLATE helps you quickly develop tight and well-shaped muscles while increasing your capacity for recovery after a tough and intense workout. It is rich in Glutamine and BCAA amino acids and nutrients that elevate glutathione (the body's natural antioxidant) and enhance the immune system in order to address common health problems.
Recent researches have also shown that the correct amount of whey protein helps increase the IGF-1 growth factor, which makes the body able to burn fat and increase lean muscle mass simultaneously.
The WHEY ISOLATE is ideal even for athletes who have specific allergies to milk, it contains a minimal amount of lactose.
Why is it important BCAA's and Glutamine, with which it is enriched by Whey Isolate;
The glutamine levels, immediately after training dropped dramatically and even takes many hours to rise to normal levels. Also glutamine spent in times of stress and illness. It is necessary therefore, after training to supply sufficient amounts of glutamine, to have a complete muscle recovery and growth.
With BCAA amino things are little more complicated. They are the first ones to decompose into skeletal muscles. Thing devastating for our muscle growth and recovery. Although the BCAA amino acids should be taken as individual before training its presence in Whey Isolate largely directly assists in restoration and growth.
Protein WHEY, regardless of the brand, is suitable mainly for post workout. Any other time of the day and before bedtime, you will see better results using a protein of many sources. One such protein is the COMPLETE 8 wherein gradually absorbed by the body thereby providing a constant flow of amino acids. This does not mean that it is not suitable for post workout.
Just in this drink, use a higher dose than in WHEY and benefits are manifold.
Of course both products are also available in small packs for when you want a combination of both. That is WHEY for after training workout and COMPLETE 8 for any other time.
1) Breakfast: 1 scoop (30gr) in 150-200ml of water or milk. 2) After training: 1 full scoop (37gr) in 200-250ml of water right after training. Mix it properly in a shaker and drink immediately.
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Diesel Price in Mangalore
The diesel price in Mangalore encompasses the state levies charged by the local government of Karnataka and the excise duty charged by the Central Government of India and the cost of unrefined oil. As on 3 February 2018, the tax levied on diesel by the Government of Karnataka was 19% and the excise duty levied on diesel by the Central Government was Rs.15.33 per litre.
After the daily price revision on 5 February 2018, diesel traded at Rs.64.84 per litre at Indian Oil Company and almost the same price was observed at Hindustan Petroleum. In fact, you can expect a minute flux in fuel rates in Mangalore from one diesel station to another. All diesel consumers from the city of Mangalore are required to make a note of daily varying fuel prices before they buy. Even slight price variations shall make a noticeable difference to billing amounts especially for heavy diesel users.
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The Union Budget 2018 vs the Diesel Rate in Mangalore
For the fiscal year 2018-2019, the Union Budget was presented on 1 February 2018 by Arun Jaitley at the parliament. This budget was believed to have been very decisive with respect to diesel prices. As demanded, Finance Minister unveiled the decision to wane the central levy on diesel by Rs.2 per litre. The budget further proposed to withdraw the additional custom duty of Rs.6 a litre, but additionally levied a road cess of Rs.8 per litre. Eventually, diesel prices in Mangalore were left unchanged.
Current Fuel Pricing methodology in Mangalore
Prior to June 16 last year, all public-sector oil marketing corporations used to revise the diesel price once a 15 days, i.e., on 1 and 16 of every month. This fortnightly-based fuel pricing system is no longer in practice. There has been a paradigm shift in the way fuel pricing is done. Today’s diesel price in Mangalore is determined under the dynamic fuel pricing mechanism.
Quarterly Diesel Price Trend in Mangalore Between January and March 2019
|Opening date price||Rs.62.54/litre||Rs.67.17/litre||Rs.68.66/litre|
|Closing date price||Rs.67.36/litre||Rs.68.52/litre||Rs.67.82/litre|
|Highest price||Rs.67.56/litre recorded on 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th||Rs.68.52/litre recorded on 28th||Rs.69.20/litre recorded on 5th, 6th and 7th|
|Lowest Price||Rs.62.20/litre recorded on 4th, 5th and 6th||Rs.66.97/litre recorded on 5th and 6th||Rs.67.82/litre recorded on 29th, 30th and 31st|
Quarterly Diesel Price Trend in Mangalore between October and December 2018
|Opening date price||Rs.74.94 a litre||Rs.73.59 a litre||Rs.67.14 a litre|
|Closing date price||Rs.73.59 a litre||Rs.67.52 a litre||Rs.62.54 a litre|
|Highest price||Rs.75.94 a litre booked on the 1st||Rs.73.59 a litre booked on the 1st||Rs.67.14 a litre booked on the 1st|
|Lowest price||Rs.73.66 a litre booked on the 29th of October||Rs.67.52 a litre booked on the 30th||Rs.62.54 a litre booked on the 31st|
Quarterly Diesel Price Trend in Mangalore between October and December
- Fuel prices will change regularly in sync with the changes in the rupee-dollar exchange rate and the rate of petroleum per barrel.
- Sometimes, the same price is retained if there are no changes in the factors influencing fuel rates (exchange rate and crude oil cost).
- When we observe diesel price movements in October in Mangalore, we can observe fuel prices moving downwards.
- As of 2 October, fuel price stood at Rs.75.09 a litre and the same price was offered on the following day.
- As the government reduced the excise duty, which is also included in the retail selling price, by Rs.2.5 per litre on 4 October, oil companies also reduced diesel rate in Mangalore by Rs.2.5 per litre the following day.
- On the 23rd and 24th, the fuel was sold at a rate of Rs.74.67 a litre and Rs.74.55 a litre on 26th, 27th and 28th of October respectively.
- For the first fifteen days of November, the average diesel price in Mangalore was reported to be Rs.72.83 a litre, and for the last fifteen days of the month; the average fuel price was just above Rs.70 per litre.
- While diesel prices were down by 1.80% in October, fuel rates fell by over Rs.8 per litre in November at HPCL, BPCL and IOCL fuel stations in Mangalore.
- In tandem with falling petroleum rates, oil enterprises continued to decrease the selling price in December.
- Therefore, the highest fuel price was noted at Rs.67.14 a litre at the beginning of December and the lowest price at Rs.62.54 a litre at the end of the month.
- In December, diesel was bought at an average price of Rs.64.52 a litre, which is lower compared to the previous months.
- During this quarter, crude oil rate per barrel, decreased over $20 per barrel. Thus, diesel rate in Mangalore slid by over Rs.12 per litre during the same tenure.
- Prior to the Central Government announcing an excise duty cut on 4 October, the State Government of Karnataka had reduced its sales tax to make diesel and petrol cheaper for consumers.
Note: The dollar-rupee exchange rate had no influence on fuel pricing this quarter ending on 31 December 2018.
Quarterly Diesel Price Trend in Mangalore between July and September 2018
|Opening date price||Rs.67.91 a litre (As of 7 July 2018)||Rs.69.51 a litre||Rs.71.88 a litre|
|Closing date price||Rs.69.39 a litre||Rs.71.88 a litre||Rs.74.27 a litre|
|Highest price||Rs.70.03 a litre||Rs.71.88 a litre||Rs.74.27 a litre|
|Lowest price||Rs.67.91 a litre||Rs.69.51 a litre||Rs.71.88 a litre|
Diesel Price Trend in Mangalore in July
- Dynamic fuel pricing has been in use since 16 June 2017. It has been deployed in India to bring transparency in fuel pricing like other advanced countries such as Japan, Australia, the USA, etc.
- The revision of diesel prices will happen completely on the basis of the USD/INR rate (exchange rate) and the market price of oil per barrel.
- Diesel price in Mangalore, a major town in Karnataka, was minutely different from other cities in July. It is due to the transportation overhead.
- In July, in Mangalore, diesel retailed between Rs.67.91 per litre and Rs.70.03 a litre. These were the lowest and highest fuel prices for the month.
- The growth rate in diesel prices (2.17%) in Mangalore has been higher than in petrol prices despite the changes in the overseas influencers.
- Except for a few initial days, the price of diesel was increased and decreased in line with the regular influencers.
- Fuel pricing is also impacted by the domestic aspects like the central tax and the sales tax. But, there were no changes in the tax forms.
Diesel Rate Trend in Mangalore in August
- It has been important to notice that the movements in diesel rates in Mangalore were completely different.
- They were increased by a few paise per litre in the first three days of the month and reached the price mark of Rs.70.1 a litre by the first week’s end.
- Oil selling enterprises such as IOCL, HPCL and BPCL did not change the price of diesel until the end of the second week.
- Fuel prices in Mangalore have seen a big jump of Rs.29 paise per litre. They were at Rs.70.47 a litre on the 17th, 18th and 19th of August.
- At Rs.70.81 a litre, the fuel was traded on the 24th, 25th and 26th of this month. Fuel rates were not changed because of the pricing strategies of the oil companies.
- The entities might or might not reduce the price of diesel per litre even though there exists a steady drop in crude oil rates.
Diesel Price Trend in Mangalore in September
- Needless to mention again, the revision of fuel rates happened the way it was done the previous months. Trends were decided accordingly.
- At the month’s beginning, the revised price stood at Rs.71.88 per litre. The same price was provided on the day 2.
- The average price for the week stood at Rs.72.71 per litre whereas the average price for the next week stood at Rs.74.42 per litre.
- The average fuel price fell in the week 3 and week 4 as the State Government of Karnataka declined the sales tax in response to the nationwide strike.
- Because of this fact, the rate of growth in diesel prices in Mangalore was just 3.32%. In other cities, it was in excess of 6%.
- Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and even Rajasthan have declined the sales tax to make petrol rates and diesel rates cheaper to some degree.
Quarterly Diesel Price Trend in Mangalore between April and June 2018
|Diesel price||Rs.66.50 a litre as on the 24th||Rs.69.88 a litre as on the 31st||Rs.67.79 a litre as on the 26th|
|Highest price||Rs.66.50 booked on the 24th||Rs.69.88 a litre booked on the 31st||Rs.69.83 a litre booked on the 1st|
|Lowest price||Rs.65.22 as on the 2nd||Rs.66.71 a litre booked on the 14th||Rs.67.79 a litre recorded on the 26th|
Diesel Price Trend in Mangalore in April 2018
- Diesel prices have been on the rise since the introduction of dynamic fuel pricing, which is a fuel pricing methodology used to review the prices of both petrol and diesel regularly.
- Under the system of dynamic fuel pricing, the exchange rate and the price of crude oil per barrel will determine the trend, which can be an upward trend or a downward trend.
- Considering the exchange rate and the crude oil price per barrel, diesel was valued at Rs.65.22 a litre in Mangalore as on 02 April 2018. The fuel rate remained unchanged at Rs.65.37 a litre on the 3rd and 4th.
- The fuel price was revised to Rs.65.48 a litre on the 9th, Rs.65.51 a litre on the 10th, Rs.65.48 a litre on the 12th, Rs.65.51 a litre on the 13th and Rs.65.73 a litre on the 16th in the city.
- For the month, the highest diesel rate stood at Rs.66.50. The diesel price, which was offered on 01 April 2018, was also the lowest price for the month.
- Diesel prices in Mangalore, a notable city in Karnataka, produced an upward trend caused by the crude oil cost, which was up marginally this month.
Diesel Price Trend in Mangalore in May 2018
- Triggered by the assembly election in Karnataka in May 2018, diesel rates in the city of Mangalore were consistent between 01 May 2018 and 11 May 2018.
- Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum, the three state-run fuel companies, continued to increase the fuel rate in sync with the global parameters after the second week.
- As on 14 May 2018, diesel price in Mangalore was Rs.66.71 a litre. It further increased to Rs.66.94 on the 15th, Rs.67.38 on the 17th, Rs.68.69 on the 22nd, Rs.69.80 on the 28th and Rs.69.88 on the 31st.
- In May 2018, the average crude oil price per barrel increased by $6 to $75.31 and as a result, diesel rates in the city increased rapidly. The same trend was observed throughout the state of Karnataka this month.
- The highest fuel rate was booked at Rs.69.88 in the city of Mangalore in May 2018. The opening date price was also the lowest fuel price for the month.
Diesel Price Trend in Mangalore in June 2018
- The crude oil market was reported to be sluggish and therefore, crude oil prices kept falling throughout the month of June 2018.
- As on 08 June 2018, a barrel of crude oil was valued at $74.89. It dropped to $74.49 on 15 June 2018, $72.84 on 25 June 2018 and $76.42 on 29 June 2018. The average crude oil per barrel was booked at $73.85.
- In sync with the crude oil rates, the revision of diesel rates in Mangalore was done throughout the month of June 2018.
- By the end of the first week, the fuel rate per litre was Rs.69.35. It decreased to Rs.68.17 on the 21st and Rs.67.79 on the 26th.
- As the cost of unrefined oil fell, the fuel marketing companies reported a downward trend for the month.
- For June 2018, the highest fuel price stood at Rs.69.83. It was also the highest fuel rate for the whole quarter.
- Between April 2018 and June 2018, both forms of taxes remained unaffected. Other domestic aspects were also steady during the quarter.
Dynamic Fuel Pricing
This new fuel revision mechanism is also referred to as daily revision system. The mechanism considers the cost price of unrefined oil and the exchange ratio of USD/INR to reread the diesel rate in Mangalore every day. The revision is either mechanically or manually done at 6:00 a.m. by oil marketing entities, including Shell Oil, Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL), Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) and Indian Oil (IOL) in the city. Therefore, we observe the price of diesel varying on a daily basis.
How do I check the latest Diesel Price in Mangalore?
It is very simple! Fuel consumers have three options to do so. The first option is to get the customised mobile applications downloaded on your mobile phones. The second option is to make use of SMS services and the third option is to make use of customer care services offered by each oil marketing company. Most fuel consumers prefer checking the current diesel price in Mangalore through online means.
Why Dynamic Fuel Pricing?
- Dynamic fuel pricing is beneficial from the perspective of both, fuel users and marketing entities.
- It does not have a waiting period of 15 days like before. The downs and ups in the rate of crude oil and the exchange rate are quickly transmitted to consumers.
- It helps OMCs to reduce operational expenses and time.
- OMCs can maintain an optimal level of stocks.
- Cash inflows and outflows remain unchanged for OMCs.
- OMCs can easily strike a balance between liquid assets and current liabilities.
Computation of the Retail Selling Price of Diesel in Mangalore as on 3 February 2018
The following table explains the computation of the retails Selling Price of Diesel in Mangalore:
|Cost Elements||Diesel Rate per litre|
|Crude oil rates including freight||$65.5 per litre or Rs.4,200|
|1 Barrel||159 litres = 1 barrel|
|Crude oil rate a litre||Approximately Rs.26.41 per litre|
|Computation of OMC overheads|
|Overall operational overheads||Approximately Rs.7.5 per litre|
|Profit margin of OMCs||Approximately Rs.2.87 per litre|
|Cost of Fuel after refining||Approximately Rs.36.79 per litre|
|Excise duty plus road cess levied on 1 February 2018||Approximately Rs.15.33 per litre|
|Dealer price||Approximately Rs.52.12 per litre|
|Commission imposed by diesel dealers||Approximately Rs.2.51 per litre|
|Diesel cost before VAT||Approximately Rs.54.63 per litre|
|VAT on diesel in Karnataka||19%|
|RSP of diesel||Rs.64.07 per litre|
Why has the Diesel Price in Mangalore increased over the last one year?
- The cost price of Brent Crude oil has increased by almost 10%.
- The commission charged by dealers has increases by Rs.1 per litre.
- The profit margin of OMCs has increased marginally.
Which factors affect the Diesel Price in Mangalore?
- INR/USD conversion rate: It is a most commonly traded exchange rate in the Forex market. Since the cost of crude oil is traded globally, the exchange rate directly affects the buying price of unrefined oil in India. Eventually, the RSP gets affected.
- Taxes: Diesel is taxed domestically. If the government reduces the tax, the diesel price also reduces and vice versa. We can take the example of the central tax, which was lowered by Rs.2 per litre in the month of October 2017.
- Crude oil rates: We have seen crude oil rates growing consistently in the last 12 months. It is a primary cost component that directly affects the RSP of diesel. In overseas markets, if crude oil rates increase, the RSP of the fuel increases and vice versa.
Diesel Price in Mangalore Today vs GST
Is diesel taxed at the GST rates? No, it isn’t! The Goods and Services Tax (GST), which has been a new tax system, imposes tax at 5%, 12%, 18% and 28% on all types of commodities and services. But, diesel is not taxed at the GST rates. So, the present tax system leaves the diesel rate unaffected. The opposition parties are continually building pressure on the GST Council to tax diesel at the GST rates.
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News About Diesel Price In Mangalore
Petrol Prices Hiked by 7 paise per litre across the Metropolitan Cities
State-owned Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) on Thursday hiked the rates of petrol across the major cities of the country. The increase in the rates came after two days of the prices being kept constant. Following Thursday’s hike, every litre of petrol was retailed for Rs.70.12 in the national capital. In the other three metropolitan cities of the country OMCs charged Rs.75.82, Rs.72.38, and Rs.72.84 respectively for one litre of petrol. In non-metro cities of the country like Noida and Gurugram, the rates were increased by 6 paise per litre. Consumers residing in these cities were required to shell out Rs.70.03 and Rs.70.61 respectively for a litre.
In the international oil market, crude prices dropped on Thursday. The futures of Brent crude oil were down by 19 cents or 0.3% since the last close to be trading at $66.30 per barrel. It needs to be mentioned here that the prices of Brent crude went up by more than 2% on Wednesday to touch its highest levels in about a month. The rates of fuel in the country are revised daily after state-run Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) adopted the dynamic pricing scheme in the month of June 2017.
28 June 2019
Rise in Fuel and Food Prices Influences Increase in April Retail Inflation
Higher fuel and food prices increased the country’s April retail inflation to 2.92% compared to 2.86% recorded in March, as per official data reflected on Monday. However, year-on-year, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in April was less than the corresponding period of previous year when retail inflation was recorded at 4.58%. The Consumer Food Price Index (CPFI) inflated to 1.10% in April from an expansion of 0.30% recorded in March. Product-wise, vegetable prices, meat, eggs, and fish influenced the rise on retail inflation on a year-on-year basis. In contrast, the drop in prices of pulses and sugar kept the overall food inflation stable. Accordingly, vegetable prices increased by 2.87%, cereals and its products by 1.17%, milk-based products by 0.42%, and meat and fish by 7.55%. In contrast, prices of pulses and its products was down by 0.89%, and sugar and confectionery by 4.05%. The sub-category of food and beverages recorded a 1.38% incline in last month compared to April 2018. Among the non-food category, the light and fuel segment’s inflation inclined by 2.56% in April. This is fourth straight incline in retail inflation.
15 May 2019
Diesel Prices Drop to Rs.67.38 per litre in Mumbai
Oil Marketing Companies on Monday cut the rates of diesel for the third consecutive day. In the financial capital of the country i.e., Mumbai the rates charged for a litre of diesel on Monday was Rs.67.38. While in the other three metro cities of the country i.e., Delhi, Kolkata, and Chennai, the rates charged for a litre of diesel were Rs.64.38, Rs.66.14, and Rs.67.97 respectively. The recent cut in the prices of diesel comes in line with the decline of crude oil prices. It needs to be mentioned here that the domestic fuel prices are revised on a daily basis as per the dynamic pricing mechanism. This is done after taking into account international fuel prices on a 15-day average, the value of rupee against the US dollar, central excise duty, dealers commission and value-added tax (VAT) to the base price.
It is noteworthy to mention here that as per the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the Petroleum Ministry, India’s fuel demand fell by 1.8 per cent in November. The data released by the cell shows that the consumption of fuel in the country totalled 17.27 million tonnes.
19 December 2018
Petrol and Diesel Prices Continue to Incline
Petrol and diesel prices continued to rise, not reflecting any signs of decline as State-run oil companies hiked fuel prices again on Tuesday. Petrol price was increased by 10 paise per litre to stand at Rs.82.16 and diesel prices rose by 9 paise to stand at Rs.73.87 per litre in Delhi. In Maharashtra, petrol prices breached Rs.90 mark in several of its districts. In Mumbai, petrol costs Rs.89.71 a litre, up by 23 paise, while diesel price is being sold at Rs.77.39 a litre. Petrol prices have been increased by Rs.3.58 per litre in the last 17 days in Mumbai, while diesel rates have risen by Rs.3.57 per litre. Fuel prices have been touching record highs with the rise in the global crude oil price coupled with the fall in the Indian currency over the US dollar. Crude oil global benchmark Brent Crude is hovering around $78 per barrel and the rupee has touched its lowest of Rs.72.91 over the US dollar. With oil companies revising petrol and diesel prices on a daily basis, the rise in crude oil price and the decline in rupee has resulted in the incline in fuel prices across the country.
19 September 2018
Diesel Rates were cut on Monday by 14 paise per litre
Diesel rates were cut on Monday by 14 paise per litre in Delhi. This is the sixth cut in a row. Indian Oil Corporation Limited, a well-established fuel company in India, over the past 6 days, cut the diesel rate by 34 paise a litre in the national capital. Similar price cuts were observed in other states as well. On Monday, the price of non-branded diesel was reduced to Rs.68.97 a litre, Rs.71.52 a litre, Rs.73.43 a litre and Rs.72.81 a litre in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai respectively. The fuel company soared diesel rates by Rs.3.38 per litre in Delhi between 14 May and 29 May.
5 June 2018
Diesel Prices Hiked by 8-9 paise
With International crude prices on the rise, diesel prices in the country were hiked in the range of 8 to 9 paise on Sunday. Following the rise in the prices, diesel prices reached an all time high in the country. The cost for every litre of diesel in Delhi was Rs.65.09 as it saw a hike of 8 paise compared to the previous day. In other metros, diesel prices were Rs.67.78 in Kolkata, Rs.69.31 in Mumbai and Rs.68.67 in Chennai. In other places of the country, diesel prices were as follows: Rs.68.49 in Bhopal, Rs.63.19 in Chandigarh, Rs.70.72 in Hyderabad, Rs.65.24 in Lucknow, Rs.68.41 in Srinagar etc. It needs to be mentioned that as per reports international oil prices on Friday made the largest weekly gain since July 2017.
15 April 2018
The Diesel Prices continues to drop in the domestic market while the cost price of diesel goes up
The diesel price in the domestic market was down by 19 paise per litre on Thursday even though overseas crude oil rates increased. Oil marketing companies priced diesel at Rs.63.32 per litre in New Delhi, Rs.65.98 per litre in Kolkata, Rs.67.43 per litre in Mumbai and Rs.66.77 per litre in Chennai respectively on Thursday. On 14 February 2018, diesel was sold at Rs.66.17 per litre in Kolkata, Rs.66.96 per litre in Chennai, Rs.63.50 per litre in the national capital. Diesel retailed at a 4-month high price of Rs.66.89 per litre in Kolkata, Rs.67.73 per litre in Chennai, Rs.64.22 per litre in Delhi on 7 February 2018. The price of diesel during the second week of the month produced a fall of 90 paise per litre.
15 February 2018
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Giva is proud to showcase the essays of its Student Scholarship and Worldwide Community Ambassador Award winners. Below is an essay from Shila Vardell, University of Phoenix. Giva's hope is to inspire others through these essays. We hope that sharing these essays will help others realize the joys and benefits of service.
by Shila Vardell
Have you ever wanted to make money and feel good about yourself at the same time? There are tons of jobs in the world but not all of them are rewarding. During my undergrad I needed to earn extra money to pay my bills but I didn't want to work in the retail or restaurant industry any longer. I was looking for something completely different. I really wanted a job that I found rewarding. Volunteering was something I found to be rewarding but it wasn't allowing me to pay my bills. One day I sat down and started brainstorming all of the things that inspired me and made me feel good about myself. My list was full of things; cleaning up the environment, feeding and clothing the homeless, caring for the elderly, and donating blood. The problem with my list was that none of these things generated a profit.
After much thinking and determination I finally thought of something. I was going to tutor children who were struggling in school. Not only was I going to tutor children but I was going to tutor less fortunate children at low cost. I would offer my tutoring services on a sliding scale. Meaning, parents who did not make a lot of money would get a discounted rate. This would be beneficial for me because I would make a little extra money. The parents would also benefit because they could pay a very low rate for my tutoring services and the children would benefit by getting extra help with school.
As soon as I figured it all out I went straight to Craigslist. I posted my services and immediately got responses. I had no idea there was such a high demand for tutors to help low income families. I started tutoring right away. The families were so appreciative that someone would take the time to tutor their children and for such a low cost. There were a few instances where I didn't even charge for my services because I knew the families could use the money more than I could. A few months into tutoring I noticed a significant improvement in the children's reading and mathematics skills. It felt so good to actually see an improvement and know that it was because of my help.
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Sidcup churchgoers enjoy festival of Christmas trees
CHURCHGOERS in Sidcup were treated to a festive display of decorative Christmas trees this week.
Visitors to the St John the Evangelist Church, in Church Road, were able to enjoy a collection of 32 decorated trees during the 10-day Christmas tree festival.
Each tree was sponsored by a different school, club or organisation and the display included artificial and real trees.
The display, which is the first ever to be staged at the church, was officially opened by the Mayor of Bexley, Councillor Alan Downing, and MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup James Brokenshire on November 20.
Choirs from Orchard Primary School and Merton Court School were among the performances at the closing ceremony on Sunday (December 2).
The Mayor of Bexley said: “This is a wonderful occasion and I wish the church every success in this, their first Christmas Tree Festival.”
Funds from the festival will be split between the upkeep of the church and Demelza Children’s Hospice.
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Optimize your nutrition – feed yourself like a baby.
Any good nutritionist will tell you that all of the processed and chemical-laden foods are aging us. The stuff is pumping our bodies with hormones and pesticides that our bodies weren’t meant to process. Our systems end up working much harder and longer in order to protect our critical organs from the poisons.
As you think about how to eat, think about how you would feed a newborn baby… only the best. We think carefully about what goes into their mouths, opting for vegetable purees and whole grain cereals.
Try it yourself! Switching to a mostly organic and whole food diet (and if that’s not possible, ditch the fast and processed foods in favor of food that you can prepare yourself) will help you to feel better and allow your body to focus on what it needs to focus on, rather than protecting itself. Read labels on the food products you buy, or better yet, focus most of our grocery shopping on fresh foods that don’t have labels on them! Fruit, veggies, and meats and fish from humanely treated animals.
Give yourself the encouragement – just like that positive feedback you give your kids.
As we have aged and gone through years of school, we often focus on what we’re not. We didn’t get the A because we’re not smart enough. We didn’t make the team because we’re not fast enough. And it doesn’t end there – we beat ourselves up til there’s no energy or motivation to move forward. And when we actually do achieve something formidable, we take it for granted and move onto the next challenge. We don’t do the opposite of beating ourselves up – we don’t celebrate or dole out any positive feedback.
Carol Dweck wrote one of my favorite books on life – Mindset. In it, she talks about how to praise the process, whether you are talking to a child or anyone you manage (and that anyone includes you!). Instead of focusing on intrinsic talents, you give encouragement on the effort being made. “I like how you chose multiple colors for your drawing” instead of “great drawing!” Or “I really appreciate how hard you worked on that pitch” instead of “amazing pitch!”
If you start giving yourself some well-earned pats on the back for efforts that you make, and even for accomplishments achieved, you will find it so much easier to pave your path forward. You’ll be energized by your own work!
Exercise – dance, move, run, skip like you’re back on the playground.
Remember when you were 19, ahem 21, years old and hitting the clubs on a regular basis? Or even just the fraternity party down the road? How much fun was it to dance all night long? Or even before that, remember skipping as a child or riding your bike til your legs were about to fall off?
So fun. Exercise can continue to provide you with that amazing child-like energy. Find activities you enjoy, friends you like and time in your day. Incorporating regular exercise into your life will chop years from your life.
If you despise exercise, just turn up the music in your kitchen in the middle of – or at any point during – your day. Blast your favorite song and just move! At our house, we have regular dance parties, and the kids LOVE it. I love it.
Laugh – the average child laughs 150 times a day… the average adult, five.
We take ourselves too seriously. With so much to get done personally and at work, we are totally objective driven, often failing to stop and smell the roses, and worse, to laugh at the funny stuff.
Create time where you can laugh. Book dinners with girlfriends to talk about the absurdity of certain situations. Go to a comedy club. Roll around and play with your kids who naturally incite laughter. Not everything is a serious matter!
You’ll work your ab muscles and create joy at the same time!
Play – entertainment value is critical for keeping us young.
When was the last time you took a ride on a skateboard or played Scrabble or sang at the top of your lungs… just for fun? Yes, there are the moments on the spin bike or the run through the park, but my guess is those happen for exercise.
Give your bike a whirl outside with no particular destination. Rollerblade after you’ve exercised. Hula hoop. Dribble the ball around and play HORSE. Tennis. Give play no purpose other than fun!
Try out a few of these tips and see how you age in reverse. I have seen it work! Happy unbirthday to you!
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Where does the yurt ?
The yurt or Ger, is the traditional habitat of nomads from Asia. There are two types of yurts according to the country it belongs to: Mongolian yurt and Kyrgyz yurt. They differ in small details of structure.
The Mongolian yurt has existed for over 2000 years. It is characterized by his ability to be mounted and dismounted. Mongolian nomads change their living place every season so their cattle can eat. The yurt is often moved and rebuilt on a new place.
The yurt is made of : several walls forming the curve of the yurt, a wooden door, a large number of poles forming the frame of the house giving a beautiful decoration in the sun, two central pillars in the middle which is traditionally the place for wood stove, a circle of roof (toono) that allows the evacuation of the stove's smoke and lets the sun light coming in, insulation with felt encompassing the entire yurt very efficient against cold and hot weather, an outer fabric of cotton placed on the felt.
The yurt is a family home where several generations are living together. It includes a single circular room centered around the stove in which children, parents and sometimes grandparents live, eat, sleep and pray.... Beds / benches are arranged in a circle nearby the wall, a low table often provides the possibility to sit and have a meal, an altar to worship and for the veneration of ancestors is traditionally set up on the opposite side of the door.
All items and furniture of the yurt is richly adorned. Each symbol and color represents one aspect of their belief.
Rituals and behaviors in the yurt
The yurt is a sacred where rituals take place. It requires rules of conduct for anyone entering it. Few examples: always enter first the right foot without walking on the threshold of the door, do not remain standing once inside, do not pass between the two central pillars representing the link between sky and earth, do not throw waste into the fire, symbol of life and purity. Men must keep their hat on. Guests will sit on the right hand side while elder people will sit in front of them, nearby the altar.
The gestures are also important: any food or object offered must be taken with the right hand or both hands. It is not allowed to refuse the cup of Airag (fermented mare's milk) repeatedly offered to the guests. Mongolian people drink it very often. The taste is unusual for someone who never drunk it before, women are allowed to taste only but men should drink the three cups traditionally offered to them. | <urn:uuid:a0b88ce0-7ae3-48fd-acc9-bd3ee38a3447> | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | http://gandan-yourte.com/en/home/what-is-a-yurt | 2018-01-19T17:37:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084888077.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20180119164824-20180119184824-00039.warc.gz | en | 0.961359 | 539 |
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Bara Bhangal Trekking is limited to people experienced in travelling in the rugged backcountry and with solid know-how of hiking and camping. One of the more challenging routes, it takes one from the lush green Kullu valley to the stark landscapes of Bara Bhangal range. But for the trouble taken, it is a very fruitful trek for the people who are looking for isolated and in-tune-with-nature routes.
The eleven days Bara Bhangal Trek commences from Manali where we traverse through Indrasan and Bara Shigri glacier. We trek through Lama Dugh crossing Thanpri Tibba, glimpsing Manali on the run, just in time to reach our destination for the day-Riyali Thach.
You spend the rest of the day trekking through various routes, glimpsing various beautiful sceneries and on the 7th day reach our final destination.
The Bara Bhangal Trek climb is through thick forests but there is no water point after departing from Manali. As one gains height in this steep climb, the distinct views of different faces of Indrasan, Deo Tibba and peaks of Bara Shigri glacier open up. In the last leg, the path turns to the right and one traverses the ridge horizontally and enters the campsite on an alpine plateau studded with thick growth of alpine flowers.
The height gained on this day is approximately 1 km. The trek is through a steep ridge below Thanpri Tibba (4000m). From this point, one can have a magnificent glimpse of Manali, situated on the left bank of River Beas and the whole upper Kullu valley, which appears swathed in the different colors of the season.
This day is a long day in your Bara Bhangal trekking. The trail proceeds over open meadows initially followed by a steep descent to a stream. Crossing it, the path continues in a steep climb for about three hours till you arrive at the camp, at the base of the Kalihani Pass. Make sure you catch the views of Deo Tibba and Indrasan peaks from the campsite.
The day will be a long, arduous day with a steep climb to the pass crossing a stretch of scree, a moraine and the Kalihani glacier. Take time off at the pass to get a splendid 360 degree view of hanging glaciers, the Pir Panjal and Dhauladhar ranges. A steep descent across another glacier and four beautiful glacial lakes will bring you to the camp at the gaddi campsite of Devi ki Marhi.
The trail first crosses over the Kalihani Nullah and descends into the oak and birch forests. Most of path then is flat with few ups and downs. Just before the end of day there is a steep climb before you arrive at the Dal Marhi campsite
The trail now continues down the Ravi river into the deodar forest, to the only large village in the valley, Bara Bhangal.
This day will be spent in resting at Bara Bhangal. Explore village and surrounding areas. Bara Bhangal is isolated and seldom visited. Members of the Gaddi tribe inhabit it.
After a rest day, you will start climbing towards the next big pass, Thamsar. The trail winds up through pine, deodar and birch forests with mountain streams to break the monotony. The campsite at Mardh is near the base of the Thamsar glacier.
Another day of steep ascent over moraine, scree and glacier. The climb is broken by a small lake just below the pass. From the top of Thamsar, you will get your first glimpse of the lush Kangra valley. On the other side of the pass, it's a steep, long descent till you reach the campsite at Plachak, well below the tree line.
This day is the easiest day of the Bara Bhangal trek so far. The path is flat and easy, passing through pine forests with many mountain streams. The valley widens and you get great views of the open Kangra valley. The campsite is just after the small village of Rajgundha.
Another easy day of walking through the pristine pine forests over an easy and wide track till you arrive at the forest guest house at Billing, the end of the trek. A vehicle will pick you up at Billing and drop you to Bir or Dharamshala.
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Rated : 4.0
The climb is through thick forests but there is no water point after departing from Manali. As one gains height in this steep climb, the distinct views of different faces of Indrasan, Deo Tibba and peaks of Bara Shigri glacier open up. once the view starts you would just walk more and more. it was an amazing experience for me and my friend. we were in love with this place and will always cheriesh this place.
Rated : 5.0
More than the trekking part, I liked camping amidst the lofty and sno-capped peaks. For someone seeking total soliditude and peace of mind, this is a must. Starting from Lama Dugh to Bara Bhangal, I and the other group members were very excited. The routes were pretty challenging. But the time spent in the Bara Bhangal made us forget all the pains to reach there.
Rated : 5.0
There are many different aspects to the amazing trek that we went on for and the nature strewn all around us was just one of them. The place is simply breathtaking and so calm and wonderful in so many ways than one. We got to see Thanpri Tibba and the amazing Manali hills as well.
Rated : 5.0
The Thanpri Tibba is tricky to trek on, but it was beautiful once we got there. Lovely place and the company we had along the trek was a bunch of amazing people. Really nice folk and company worthy of the memories that we made while we were here.
Rated : 5.0
Kullu Valley, Beas River, Manali, Kalihani Pass, Pir Panjal, Dhauladhar Range and other such stunning sites - all in one trek! Had the best time trekking from Manali to Billing last year. Thank you Thrillophilia for making such an amazingly-wonderful trek to happen.
Rated : 4.0
The village remain cut off from outside world for almost six months in a year and it is only accessible from June to October when Thamsar Pass is open. During this trek we cross over two high mountain passes and come across only one village and rest of the days we walk in the wilderness on high alpine pastures. the high passes climb is difficult and will test you. but its worth the pain and climb it. i had my guide who was motivating me alot. that was the difference. an life changing experience.
Rated : 4.0
If anyone asks me about paradise, this is one place I would love to be in time and again. Our Bara Bhangal Trek at towering heights of more than 10000 feet was worth all the exertion. We treked from Manali to Kalihani Pass via Lama Dugh and Riyali Thach which took us through Devi ki Marhi and Dal Marhi to Bara Bhangal where nature stood in all its glory. It was an absolute treat for me since I have always been on the lookout for an isolated escape. Simply put, Bara Bhangal will test your grit in case you are not a hardened treker.
Rated : 4.0
Bir Bhangal Trek is one of the nice treks to take in the Kullu Valley. Recently, most of my travel plans are trekking. I was looking for a really interesting trek and that’s when a colleague of mine suggested this. I was glad to take it. I was a little bit hesitant as this trek was not that famous and even that colleague who suggested this didn’t try it as such. However, once I took the trek, right from Day 1 the trek was meant to be. It was an immensely overwhelming trip of my life. I can never forget this.
Rated : 4.0
This 11 day trek is not for the faint of heart and requires some level of prior experience with trekking if you need it to go smoothly. The rustic countryside will make you fall in love with the place, it is very beautiful and we enjoyed our stay here.
Rated : 4.0
The trek took us to so many peaks from Manali to Kalihani that we lost count, we just kept climbing! The nature is untouched here and the scenery is so pristine and lovely that we were in complete awe of the place. It was very peaceful and a wonderful experience!
What is the best time to go?
This village remains cut off from the outside world for almost six months in a year and is only accessible from Mid June to Mid October when Thamsar Pass is open. This is one of the most remotest villages in Himachal.
What is the level of fitness expected from the participants?
The fitter you are the more you'll take away from the experience. Take as much time as you can for cardio exercise and strength training, including core strength. This will make it far easier for you to trek and explore the terrain with your guide. Moreover, exercises aid in acclimatization for the trip. Experience of walking for long distances with heavy weights (at least 15 Kg) will be a useful preparation.
What clothing and equipment should I carry from my side>
Make sure to carry warm and comfortable clothing as temperature can drop, pack good quality trekking shoes, slippers and extra pair of socks. It’s advisable to carry sunscreen lotion or any other skin moisturisers as the sun at the top can be harsh. Water bottles and energy bars/snacks are advisable. A Flashlight (with spare batteries) will help once the sun goes down and it’s always smart to carry insect repellent and emergency medical kit.
What shoes should I carry?
Good quality and sturdy trekking shoes that cover your ankles. Refrain from usong sport shoes for your own safety and the trails are uneven and tricky hence requiring good grip trekking shoes. If you are buying new shoes for your Indrahar Pass Trek, please remember to use them for at least a month before you commence your holiday.
Does one feel altitude sickness over there? If yes, how to avoid it?
Altitude sickness is very common among trekkers during himalayan treks, it is wise to consult your doctor for the right medication before your trip. Drinking lots of water can also help stabilize the body along with resting at regular intervals. The best rate of acclimatization is to gain no more than 300m (1000 feet) per a day. If you increase this rate you will be much more susceptible to Elevation Sickness. Getting adequate sleep also can help avoid this.
Can I have liquor or smoke while we're on the trek?
No, These practices are strictly prohibited.
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I am bone-weary. I don't know why. I haven't accomplished much at all this weekend. I got a few errands and some chores out of the way, but nothing major, and not nearly as much I'd like. I never do—especially on weekends. I don't have the energy. It's all I can do to stay awake past seven p.m. some nights. I try to get a few small things done every day and hope they add up.
I've been drinking tea again. That helps a lot. My stomach seems OK with black tea in quantity, but even small amounts of green tea and caffeinated coffee make me sick within fifteen or twenty minutes of drinking either. I've given up on speculating as to why. My stomach has been doing well for over an entire year now, so whatever I'm doing is mostly working.
Tea helps considerably in keeping me energized. I've read that quitting caffeine will ultimately lead to higher energy levels. I don't think that's true. It wasn't true for me anyway. I was on decaf for the better part of a year, and my energy levels have never been lower. Now that I'm back on the juice, I can usually stay awake until at least ten p.m. These articles recommending you go off caffeine never seem to cite a significant body of scientific work to make their case. This leads me to suspect such advice may reflect a tendency toward Puritan teetotalitarianism on the part of the author moreso than a reckoning of hard data. Or so I like to imagine.
I recall having more energy when I was a teenager, but that memory may in fact be a lie my mind tells myself. It does seem like I had more energy. I ran around a great deal; that's for sure. Of course, I also slept oodles and oodles. When you're a teenager, people expect you to sleep a lot and generally leave you to it. Sure, adults give you grief now and again, but you're growing and all that, so two hour naps in the afternoon are expected behavior. Sometime in your twenties sleeping becomes a sign of weakness and poor moral character. Who comes up with this stuff? Calvinists, that's who.
Maybe I need more exercise. That certainly couldn't hurt. Come to think of it, I'm a man of a certain age at which exercise generally does hurt a fair bit. I wonder if I could split the difference by taking a multivitamin and watching sports on television? No. I suppose not.
Perhaps I work too hard. It's possible work coupled with the commute takes a toll on me. I suppose stress might be an issue too. Nearly everyone commutes to work too hard and be stressed. There's that "Protestant work ethic" again. Everyone else seems reasonably alert, but I'm not a good judge of much after five-thirty. You may all be as worn out as the synthetic concept "I".
Could I be over- and under-stimulated simultaneously? What are the odds on that? It seems possible. Too much social media and not enough conversation is the curse of our age. Well, it's one of them. Another is political corruption. And catastrophic climate change. Student debt. And so on. The worst of all current curses is the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, but I digress.
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