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I compared fragrance and karma together.
Fragrance was better for her.
After all, I wonder if it is better to use fragrance - I'm still seeking something.
January 30, 2014
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I felt that this perfume was not directly translated as it was used.
For males, the percentage of pheromone is female: 75% male: 25%, so I think that I feel confident in the inside by attaching female tolerance to myself.
And I think that I have the effect of giving peace of mind to women around by relaxing myself with female pheromone effect. Moreover, I think that there is also a sense of security as a homosexuality by female pheromones.
So it does not have any effect like H and immediate as soon as it is attached.
I think that it is a feeling that draws out charm from inside of myself.
The effect was about 1 hour and half with 2 drop push.
Considering that it is necessary to frequently reattach it, I felt 3980 yen was expensive in 10 ml.
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The holidays are here! Like most of you, I'm excited for the magic that the season brings and to share good food and great conversation with my wonderful family. But the holidays also bring anxiety, especially about affording gifts. In Monday's blog, I wrote about how to purchase and make thoughtful yet inexpensive gifts. Just as I sent it off to my editor, I got an email from my friend Aspy telling me how much she enjoyed reading my blogs and asking me how to give her children a good Christmas in this economy.
"Is it possible?" she asked.
Like me, Aspy is a divorced mother of three and works tirelessly to provide for her children. She is one of the most hard-working people I know and makes many sacrifices to provide for her family. So I promised her that I would share what I've learned about being bargain-savvy when shopping for kids. And you don't have to be a single mom to take advantage of the ideas below––just willing to put in a bit of extra time and effort.
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-Don't forget your local dollar store. It's amazing what you can find to fill stockings for only a buck. Make-up, army men, stationery, colorful fuzzy socks and toy cars are just some of the things I've stocked up on.
-Lastly, as Laura Rowley, a Financial Expert with Yahoo Finance reminds us, don't forget to align your spending with your values. Don't buy your kids things that will just end up in the trash next year. Think of thoughtful gifts that will make them happy and bring you closer together as a family.
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This unique and flavorful wine was made from our Semidry Riesling Wine and Northern Michigan Cherry Wine. Simply put, this enchanting semidry wine displays crisp, fruity style with a delicate hint of cherry.
CHATEAU GRAND TRAVERSE RIESLING ‘DRY"
A classic-style dry Riesling, with crisp flavors of green apple and honeycomb
CHATEAU GRAND TRAVERSE SELECT PINOT GRIGIO
This wine is juicy with layers of star fruit, lemon zest and Bartlett pear. Think bright acidity, beautiful mineral qualities and fresh herbs. Its floral-citrus flavors and herbaceous style will make this a very food-friendly wine, perfect for summertime.
CHATEAU GRAND TRAVERSE VIN GRIS
“Our Vin Gris is a medium-bodied, salmon-hued wine made from the white juice of black grapes. It was fermented to near dryness and then allowed to mature for six months in seasoned French oak barrels. This wine combines the best of two worlds: The crisp verve of white Pinot with the textured mouth feel and berrylike flavors of a red.
CHATEAU GRAND TRAVERSE CHARDONNAY ‘BARREL AGED"
This exceptional quality Chardonnay is bright with flavors of ripe pear, melon, citrus, and vanilla. Matched with the rich complexity of11 months aging in French and American oak barrels
THE ROBIN THEATRE
CHATEAU GRAND TRAVERSE SELECT SWEET HARVEST RIESLING
This sweeter-style white wine displays flavors of apricot, melon and honey with a sweet finish.
CHATEAU GRAND TRAVERSE GEWÜRZTRAMINER
Robust and spicy with a pronounced aromatic style. Exhibiting floral, ginger, citrus and earthy nuances.
REO TOWN PUB
CHATEAU GRAND TRAVERSE RED BLEND ‘SILHOUETTE’
Silhouette is fruity and rich in body, with subtle mellowing from aging for 22 months in new and seasoned French and American oak barrels.
TRAVERSE BAY WINERY CHERRY WINE
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“All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.” – E.B. White
Lately I have been digging into the final dummy revisions for SQUEAK, a picture book which will be published by Philomel in 2019. It is a chain-reaction story; a Rube Goldberg alarm clock that starts with the squeak of a small mouse and ends with the biggest bison’s bellow billowing out over mountains and meadows and waking everybody else.
Along the way I get to draw chipmunks, trout, elk, eagles, bears, wolves, and big horned sheep, as well. Also the landscape and the plants where they live.
I am illustrating SQUEAK with my sister Kate Harvey McGee. I wrote the story and will create a black and white gouache layer, like the wolves above, for the illustrations. She will provide the color, as she did for LITTLE WOLF’S FIRST HOWLING. One of the benefits of this collaboration is we talk over possibilities. For instance, tree choice.
We were hiking on the Oregon coast and came by this lovely Sitka spruce. It had the perfect opening at the bottom for a small mouse nest – and great checkered bark. But the big cast of animals in SQUEAK requires the ecosystem of a place like Yellowstone. That sent me scampering through the internet to see if there is a similar spruce in the Rockies – Yes! The Englemann spruce. I gathered screen grabs of the pine cones and needles, branching habit, etc. of this particular tree. And photos of the inside of stumps, too, for the final spread.
For LITTLE WOLF, Kate captured the colors of the hours from evening to night, painting moonlight. But SQUEAK takes place just before the sun comes up, the whole story happens in about 15 minutes. She is experimenting with possible palettes, auditioning various pinks and oranges to suggest the pre-dawn.
To find the images and the colors to illustrate this story we tune into the beauty and wonder of the natural world: from the thick brown shag of a bear’s coat to the silver scales of trout, from grass-choked meadows to conifers hugging the bottom of rocky cliffs.
We were raised in Sonora, CA, in the Sierra foothills, and spent many happy days hiking the Emigrant Wilderness, about an hour up Highway 108. On backpack trips into the high country, we sometimes woke in the chilly pre-dawn when a few stars still lit the sky. We lay awake long enough to note the beautiful mountains, meadows and towering trees all around. Then, like the small mouse in SQUEAK, we snuggled down with our friends and went back to sleep. | <urn:uuid:12630979-278b-4709-b76b-c1e824783863> | CC-MAIN-2019-04 | https://booksaroundthetable.wordpress.com/2018/03/ | 2019-01-21T16:58:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583795042.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20190121152218-20190121174218-00143.warc.gz | en | 0.941268 | 601 |
The world is moving towards a global economy that deals less with paper and more digitalized data. Electronic payments have made substantial inroads among consumers in some developed countries, and many of these markets have been building the infrastructure for cashless transactions for a long time. However, even in the most cashless developed countries, such as the Netherlands, cash is still used in 40% of all consumer transactions.
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After a ten-minute delay, Vincent Gillespie welcomed the fashionably late delegates to the afternoon’s conference, What is the library of the future? Not only are there attendees present at the Martin Wood Lecture Theatre in Oxford, but also in Second Life; and coverage of the day is available via this blog and Twitter.
He handed over to Dr Sarah Thomas, of the University of Oxford, for the formal welcome. She talked about the foundation of the Bodleian library, the collections available in Oxford, and the importance of libraries in the future. She argued that the past and the future are not polar opposites, but need to be integrated to move forward.
Malcolm Read, executive secretary of JISC, thanked Dr Thomas for her welcome. He expected this conference to shed light on the ideas currently circulating and hoped that it would shape both libraries and librarians of the future.
Perspective: librarian – Dr Sarah Thomas (Bodley’s librarian and director, Oxford University Library Services)
The container of the content has changed, but the content itself lives on. What will be obsolete in the next few years? Getting lost; house keys; ugliness; cosmetic surgery; death – and libraries, circa 2018? Google contributes to confusion with its mission to organise information and make it universally accessible and useful – something no single library or consortium has achieved – but it doesn’t actually serve all the roles of a library. There is a fallacy that everything is digital, and that what is digital is freely available, and that libraries only store books – this fails to recognise the library’s real role.
The library’s central core of identity has stayed the same over centuries. Although methodology changes with technology, this stays the same, and meeting user needs remains crucial in the library of the future. Physical libraries will serve as destinations for people who wish to engage with other people and artefacts in the pursuit of understanding; but technology makes it possible for almost anywhere to become a library. Library buildings can include traditional reading rooms – cherished by all ages of readers, and likely to remain over time, but undergoing transformations as students and scholars use computer technology in their creative work. Less formal rooms with soft chairs, coffee, conversation and consumer devices are developing in the future – libraries won’t just be silent. Group study spaces will bring students together to work on team assignments according to the curriculum, supporting peer learning. Masterclasses will reach new groups of users. In the physical library environment, fewer books will be housed in immediate proximity to readers. Outreach work will become a greater part of the librarian’s role.
Today, libraries devote their budget to managing their print inventories. In future, libraries will receive batches of content from suppliers with appropriate meta-data. Text-based information will be augmented by visual and aural media. Users will expect seamless integration. Geographical references will be linked to maps and atlases. Some digital publications are already pointing the way to this state, and some libraries are already using this concept – it will become ubiquitous and pervasive.
For some time now, devices have become smaller – the iPhone points the way. Kindle is available on the iPhone. Phones are data-enabled, and libraries can be wherever that phone is, streaming data at requests. There will still be a need for hardware and software to enable editing of multimedia compositions. Against the backdrop of social networking tools, libraries will offer their services via those media.
Librarians have been active in the world of scholarly communications. Placing academic work in open-access repositories is likely to become more common. There is a growing recognition that research data should be accessed and re-used.
Partnerships will become more prevalent – sharing cataloguing, sharing responsibility for preserving materials, integration across institutions (eg a common service for cataloguing mutual acquisitions). Today, institutions find that resource sharing is making shared collection building a desirable alternative to costly duplication. There is a trend towards shared storage – in the UK, universities are collaborating to decide which journals should be held by the British Library.
As the library develops, it will need new skills – lawyers to assist in interpreting intellectual property; MBAs to support entrepreneurial activities; audio-visual experts; statisticians to prepare surveys as part of evidence-based managements; IT skills will be essential.
Rumours of the demise of the book are greatly exaggerated. Special collections will rise in importance. Library buildings will remain at the centre of the university, bringing people to explore exhibitions, to house teaching, to provide spaces for study. Libraries will be for collaboration, learning, and creating new knowledge. Staff will expand their skills, but most important will be their ability to collaborate with many partners.
If you’re standing still, change looks fast. If you go with the flow, it will seem effortless. Libraries remain thrilling places. The future of the library is bright. Libraries will continue to evolve but remain true to connecting knowledge-seekers with the accumulated knowledge of the past for the advancement of individuals and society.
Perspective: public sector – Chris Batt OBE, head of Chris Batt Consulting
It’s more important to talk about librarians of the future, not libraries of the future.
First, which future are we talking about? Clay Shirky (in Here Comes Everybody) and Susan Greenfield (in Tomorrow’s People) have different visions. Are we talking about social networking changing the production of books? Or are we talking about e-book readers? Why haven’t we all tried them? It’s different to reading a book, but it’s just as engaging. We need to understand how to react to change – but making sense of today is also difficult.
Different sectors respond to change at different speeds. Traditional print media is disappearing. The music industry is trying to deal with ideas like iTunes. In the third sector, we see rays of light – people are applying themselves to trying to change the world. On TheyWorkForYou.com, people work together to change policy.
A SWOT analysis of libraries –
Strengths – public libraries are still very popular; libraries can target particular audiences, and targeted offerings are vital parts of the future; the reading group movement; experimenting with new technologies.
Weaknesses – fragmented service (credit cards can be used everywhere; library cards can’t be, and the rules and regulations are different); the leadership paradox (too much leadership means nobody can agree what to do); lack of resources to explore a collective present, let alone a collective future.
Opportunities – all institutions have the chance to respond to government reports, and be part of learning for life; public libraries have a strong network and brand potential, and act as community interface.
Threats – the public good value is not recognised; there is a lack of national coherence; private sector creep (moving into areas traditionally covered by libraries, eg Amazon renting DVDs); failure to plan for change (you can prepare for uncertainty).
So what? What does that mean for us and the future? I can offer some things to do. Library workers of the country unite! We used to have Inspire, but that was trying to get libraries to work together and share resources – this ought to be the norm everywhere. Start to be reflective. My experience is that library workers tend not to – they are focused on doing things. Stop and think about what the future could be like, and do some practical scenario planning. After that, build a common narrative. Find some new friends – friends that matter. The Chancellor. The Prime Minister. Whoever it’s necessary to talk to. Other sectors do it.
We must shift from “librarian” to “knowledge warrior” – people committed to wanting to change the relationship between the information and the people who want it. We need a knowledge sector that can define, mediate, manage and lead the public landscape of the learning society. This will lead to people with new skills, new organisational structures, and new partnerships.
The mission needs to be to remove all barriers to access. In terms of public access, we need to forge a universal right to knowledge. That means integrating knowledge into everyday life, and empowering everyone to want to learn.
Perspective: scientific researcher – Peter Murray-Rust
What is happening in the world is bypassing university libraries. I talk to colleagues and the feeling is that libraries for STM (science, technical, medical) are not useful. That’s not my polemic view – that’s reporting on having spoken to people. When I got feedback from technologically-aware librarians, they informed me that they are doing a good job that is not being appreciated, and I should stop criticising. I wasn’t criticising – I’m trying to tell it as it is. The librarian of the future will not come from the librarian of the present. The librarian of the future will be a revolutionary.
What do scientists want? They want quality peer-review. They want immediate access to published information, and to access it electronically, and possibly in chunks, rather than the entirety of a paper. They want help in writing papers and grant applications. They want a personal collection of papers. They want recognition for their work.
In the future, all information will be free and online, and everyone will be pervasively connected. Things change on the web through evolution, not through planning. Neglect the major players at your peril (Google, Yahoo, Microsoft).
Putting information and research (including code and demonstrations) online in open-access repositories is vital. If your repositories don’t look like SourceForge, you’re not doing it right.
Publishing giants govern the direction of scholarly publication. We had the chance to control scholarly publication through the university presses, and we didn’t. Vice chancellors need to feel that they are losing the plot, because they are. Google may Do No Evil today, but what will happen in the future?
Tim Berners-Lee’s phrase is “Just do it”. Why are universities not helping Wikipedia become a teaching and learning organisation? The bit of Wikipedia I wrote is in my view correct. Wikipedia is all versioned. Stamp it at a point in time and say that a page is fit for purpose. I don’t know how librarians of the future will do it, but they need to get out there, and just do it.
Questions and answers
Q: Chris, when you talked about the fragmentation and the lack of national coherence, I had a strong view – it’s not a problem for Tesco and M&S. Why can you not have different types of the same thing?
Chris: The issue is that the range of difference between libraries is quite significant, but it’s not clear to the users. Services need to interoperate much more.
Q: I asked librarians to become informaticians.
Sarah: Rhymes with mortician! I don’t worry about labels, it’s more important what you do.
Chris: Knowledge is an important word because it means something. The government are interested in the knowledge economy. Informaticians is something you’d have to explain.
Q: What role do university presses have to play?
Peter: I don’t think they can recover. I have great praise for some organisations that publish and research, but others see themselves as profit-making organisations.
Q: Can you each give us one skill a librarian will need in the future?
Q: What about the library as a collaborative workspace and the role of 3D virtual worlds?
Peter: I am a great believer in virtual worlds. I have a Second Life avatar with no clothes on. I say go for it, make it work.
Chris: It’s something that has to play a part in the future.
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Inside at the party, the group talks about Carter and Maya's web series. Rafael seems reluctant, but Caroline pushes him to offer a sneak peek. He cues it up. It starts out funny and cute, but Rick looks peeved when it takes a turn toward sexy. Marcus grins. "I've never seen a kitchen get that hot." Carter stammers that he doesn't remember it being that steamy when they shot it. Rick asks Maya to talk privately while Dayzee glares at Marcus who is angling for a cameo.
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- April 24, 2012
The competition recognizes print excellence in 21 categories across Labels and Packaging, Sign and Display, and Commercial Print applications. Submissions were open to users of HP Indigo, Inkjet Web Press, Scitex, and Designjet systems. The competition attracted entries from 364 customers from 47 countries.
Judging was conducted by an international team of experts: Yolanda Simonsis, editorial director, PFFC, USA; Jean Poncet, editor in chief, Etiq & Pack, France; Eric Pierre, creative director, BBDO Paris, France; Stan Kilpin, publisher, Cygnet Publications Pty. Ltd., Australia; Boaz Rossano, CEO, Video Dubber, Israel; David L. Zwang, president, Zwang & Co., USA; Stephen Sonnenfeld, VP advertising & brand integration, Thomson Reuters, USA; Nir Navot, art director, Amdocs Israel; and Sophie Matthews-Paul, independent consultant, UK.
“It was my honor to participate as a judge,” said Yolanda Simonsis. “I believe the ’tipping point’ for digital in the label and packaging industries will arrive sooner than others anticipated. Digital easily executes complex designs with perfectly registered type so fine you need a loupe to read it, vignettes so subtle and skin tones so lifelike that it now certainly surpasses analogue technologies that struggle to replicate effectively without waste.“
“The HP Print Excellent Awards concentrate on innovation,” said judge Sophie Matthews-Paul. “However, they also look at environmentally responsible printing. We considered how entrants demonstrated creativity and skill. Seeing how the criteria were interpreted in the submissions from different parts of the world was very interesting.” Awards were categorized by device category and by application type. The judges said that after lengthy discussions, the decisions on all winners were unanimous.
“It was exciting to see the way print service providers and their customers were able to push the envelope with the HP print technologies, especially the Indigo,” said judge David Zwang. “Offset print has always been the benchmark that people use to set their expectation for quality print. There is no doubt in my mind that the Indigo print entries we saw not only met that level, but exceeded it.”
“The response to this competition exceeded our expectations. The quality of the submissions reflected how creative agencies and enterprises benefit from a wide range of applications that PSPs are producing on HP digital presses and printers,” said François Martin, worldwide marketing director, Graphic Solutions Business, HP. “Receiving submissions from nearly 50 countries demonstrates the spread of digital printing around the world as well as confidence in our technologies and innovations.“
HP will present the awards to winners at a celebratory evening in their honor in Düsseldorf on May 3. First place winners are listed below.
Label and Packaging First Place Winners
|Wine & Spirits Labels||Graficas Varias||Spain||Miguel Torres||HP Indigo|
|Food Labels||Label Apeel||UK||Long Clawson Dairies||HP Indigo|
|Health & Beauty Labels||Digital Labels Ltd.||Israel||LA-labels apps||HP Indigo|
|Pharma & Neutraceutical||Coreti||Spain||Escritorio Digital||HP Indigo|
|Industrial Labels||Springfield Solutions||UK||John Myland||HP Indigo|
|Shrink Sleeves||CMC Group||USA||SJ Creations||HP Indigo|
|Flexible Packaging||Essel Propact||India||HP Indigo|
|Folding Cartons||Promographic & Design||Mexico||Nattura Labs||HP Indigo|
|Specialty||Boyallgraphics & Print||UK||Corporate Hard Hats||HP Indigo|
Sign and Display First Place Winners
|Outdoor Advertising||CLM BBDO||France||Mercedes-Benz France||HP Scitex|
|Retail POP/POS||Next Printing||Australia||Next Printing||HP Scitex|
|Innovative Application||Dpod Ltd.||New Zealand||Pea Pods (MacKay Distribution Ltd.)||HP Scitex|
|Vehicle Graphics||Union Inks and Graphics Philippines||Philippines||Brushstroke Creatives||HP Scitex|
|Exhibitions & Events||JMD Digital Art Xchange||India||HP Scitex|
|Environmental Responsibility||Golden Touch Color Lab & Photo Supply||Philippines||Coca-Cola||HP Scitex|
Commercial Print First Place Winners
|Direct Mail & Transpromo||Straub + Medien||Germany||Straub + Medien||HP Indigo|
|Photobooks-Wedding||Kisah Publishing||Indonesia||n/a||HP Indigo|
|High Volume Inkjet Printing||One to One Digital Solutions||USA||New Era Inc.||HP Inkjet Web Press|
|General Commercial||Kubilay Offset Ltd.||Turkey||Our Own Product||HP Indigo|
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Natural Gas Drilling Company Announces Partial Disclosure of its “Fracking” Chemicals
Pennsylvania Residents Will Benefit, but What about Texas?
Fort Worth, Texas – Natural gas drilling company Range Resources announced today that it would voluntarily disclose the chemicals it uses in Pennsylvania in the hydraulic fracturing process used to extract natural gas. But the company did not agree to disclose the large amount of chemicals it uses elsewhere, including Texas.
“We call on Range Resources to bring the same level of transparency to Texas that they have announced for Pennsylvania,” said Jennifer Powis, Sierra Club’s Senior Regional Representative in Texas. “While we are glad to see the company announce this first step, it’s only through full, nationwide disclosure and tough regulation of fracking chemicals that we can protect water and communities.”
Fort Worth-based Range Resources is an active driller in Texas’ Barnett Shale, boasting on its website that it makes its "highest rate of return" in Texas.
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a process in which oil and gas companies try to get at hard-to-reach natural gas by pumping millions of gallons of water, chemicals and sand into a well at high pressures to create cracks in underground geological formations, freeing trapped gas and letting it flow to the surface. Currently there's a loophole in the Safe Drinking Water Act that allows oil and gas companies to
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Previously on Gossip Girl
, Blair (Leighton Meester
) dismissed Jenny (Taylor Momsen
) for good for keeping secrets from her; Jenny found out that Ma Humphrey was having an affair and asked her to come back home; Vanessa (Jessica Szohr) came back to New York just in time to complicate Serena (Blake Lively
) and Dan's (Penn Badgley
) relationship; Nate's dad was charged with drug possession, fraud, and embezzlement; Nate (Chace Crawford
) and Blair broke up; and Blair and Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick
) did it in the back of his limo.
You know you love me. XOXO, Gossip Girl
Tonight's Gossip Girl
begins with Blair going to confession. She's not even Catholic—Veronica Mars calls her a WASP princess—butt she confesses to the priest that not 20 minutes after breaking up with Nate, she gave up her virtue to Chuck Bass. She asks for penance appropriate for an Opus Dei member. She also asks for him to grant her a wish: to have Nate come back to her. She walks out of church only to find Chuck, wearing his trademark scarf, riding by in his limo. He reminds her how much he enjoyed removing her chastity belt in the back of that same limo, but she tells him that no one must know of it and that she's going to fix things with Nate. It's the day before her birthday, and Blair officially uninvites him to her party tonight.
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Serena and Dan are making out at a cafe, when Vanessa, who is now working at the cafe, interrupts them. They make awkward, and she asks how the thing (read: the sex) went last night. Later, Serena confides in Blair about the awkwardness with Vanessa. Blair covers up the fact that she broke up with Nate.
Jenny comes home with mom Alison. Jenny perkily asks them to talk and make up. Rufus (Matthew Settle
) makes passive-aggressive comments toward Alison about how loyal he is. Dan comes home from his breakfast date to find the Humphreys assembled at the breakfast table. He's not very happy.
Eleanor is furious to find Dartmouth dad's dirty laundry in the business section of the New York Times
. She is panicky about what his charges will affect her company's IPO, but Blair is only worried about how Dartmouth dad's troubles are affecting Nate.
Nate's mother was able to pony up the cool million to spring Dartmouth dad. Nate goes off to sulk by himself with his earphones on. His mother finds him and asks him to give Blair the Archibald family engagement ring as a birthday present in order to appease Eleanor. The Archibalds are putting all their eggs in Nate's basket. He bows to their wishes and calls Blair to see about getting back together. Blair tries to play it cool and is excited when Nate seems to go along with her. Nate says he has a special birthday present for her as well. Blair thinks that it's a diamond necklace that she had put on hold at the jewelry store for Nate to buy for her, but it's the engagement ring. This means, obviously, that Chuck bought her the diamond necklace.
The pressure is too great for young Nate to handle, so he goes over to Chuck's hotel suite to talk. He confides that his mother pressured him into giving Blair the engagement ring so that the Waldorf's don't back out of their business deal. Chuck advises him not to cave to his parents' wishes.
Alison tries to talk to Dan, but he's nothing but hostile and resentful toward her. He leaves and spends the day hanging out with Vanessa. They end up talking about how he wishes that she and Serena would get along better, so Vanessa invites herself over to Blair's birthday party with him.
At the party, which is an awesome harajuku-themed shindig, Blair is unpleasantly surprised to discover that Chuck actually has feelings for her. He isn't happy about it either, especially because of the foreign feeling of butterflies in his stomach. Blair adores all of God's creatures and the metaphors that they inspire, but she insists to Chuck that those butterflies must be murdered. Serena is excited when Dan arrives at the party, but then is immediately dismayed to see that Vanessa is there also. Vanessa gets a cold welcome from Blair, Kati (Nan Zhang) and Isabel (Nicole Fiscella) as well.
Nate finally arrives at the party, and finds Jenny lurking outside. She apologizes for telling Blair about what happened at the masked ball. She's hesitant to enter the party, since she's currently on the Queen B's blacklist. Nate asks her to go for a walk with him instead of going inside. This gives Chuck ample opportunity to stalk Blair. Chuck insinuates that Nate is only pretending to like her and is only using her for the sake of his dad's business deal. Blair insists that Nate loves her and will call her; Chuck asks her to put her money where her mouth is. Veronica Mars snarks that betting on a Bass just might make her lose her shirt. And her pants.
Serena tries to make an effort to bond with Vanessa, and asks her to play Guitar Hero. Vanessa schools her, so Serena steps up her game with Freebird. But it looks like she's only on the easy level, so what's the big whoop? Thankfully, they cut out, like, 20 minutes of the song. Then, Vanessa lets slip that Dan's mom is back, which upsets that Serena. She's hurt that he told Vanessa, but didn't think to tell her. Serena lays it on the table that she doesn't want to be second to Vanessa in anything, and Dan promises to make it up to her.
Nate and Jenny are sitting on a stoop somewhere, spilling their guts to each other. He is actually having a good time with her, and I think this is a 'ship I can get behind, although, I'm still holding my breath for Chuck and Nate. He hails a cab for her, and as they hug goodnight, one of Gossip Girl's minions snaps a photo of them. Jenny's face is not visible in the photo, however. At the party, Blair is devastated that midnight of her birthday came and went without even so much as a call from Nate. And then, to make matters worse, Gossip Girl immediately texts the photo of Nate and the Mystery Woman to Blair and everyone else at the party. Blair breaks down in front of everyone and admits that she and Nate broke up.
Alison tells Rufus that her whole adult life has been about him, even when he was on the road on tour for months, and now she needs him to try. He breaks down and tells her that he cares about her. Jenny comes home to find Rufus and Alison snuggling amidst a million lit candles. She goes to her room and smiles. Nate also goes home to his parents. He finally grows a pair and tells them to shove it, tossing the ring on the table.
The ice finally begins to thaw between Vanessa and Serena, which culminates in Guitar Hero one-upmanship.
Chuck attempts to salvage Blair's ruined birthday party by giving her the diamond necklace that he bought for her. He puts it on around her neck, and offers his sincere sympathies for her breakup. Serena secretly sees them making out.
-Debbie Chang, BuddyTV Staff Writer
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The Oregon Ducks, who ended their season with a 30-7 win over Texas in the Alamo Bowl, took 3rd in the AP's preseason college football poll.
The AP preseason poll stacked six PAC-12 teams in the top 25. The SEC is the only conference with more at 8.
The defending national champion Florida State was No. 1 in The Associated Press poll.
Florida State received 57 of 60 first-place votes Sunday from the media panel. No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Oregon and No. 4 Oklahoma each received one first-place vote. Ohio State is No. 5 and Auburn is No. 6.
The Seminoles will start the season No. 1 for the sixth time — the first since 1999 when they became the first team to hold the top spot for the entire season.
Winston, the Heisman Trophy winner last season as a redshirt freshman, led Florida State to a 34-31 victory against Auburn in the last BCS national championship game.
This season the Bowl Championship Series is being replaced by the College Football Playoff. A selection committee will pick the top four teams in the country for two national semifinals.
The rest of the top 10 is UCLA at No. 7, followed by the Michigan State Spartans, who visit Autzen Stadium the second week of the season, were ranked at 8.
The Southeastern Conference matched its own record for most teams in the preseason poll from one conference with eight. The Pac-12 is next with six, the best showing for that conference.
The AP preseason poll started in 1950 and since then 10 preseason No. 1 teams have gone on to finish the season ranked No. 1, including Florida State twice (1993 and '99).
The OSU Beavers received 10 votes.
Full poll list can be found online at: http://collegefootball.ap.org/poll
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Specialty firm transaction activity in the first quarter of 2021 came out swinging with 37 transactions in the first quarter of 2021.
Specialty firm transaction activity in the first quarter of 2021 came out swinging. While transactions in the broader insurance distribution system were slow to get to the plate, specialty firms recorded 37 transactions in the first quarter of 2021 compared to 20 transactions announced for the same period in 20201. This is an 85% year-over-year increase and reflects a continued blistering consolidation trend of specialty firms that resulted in 125 announced transactions for the 2020 calendar year, a 29% increase over activity in 2019.
To highlight the rate of consolidation of specialty firms, MarshBerry estimates over 6% of such firms were acquired in 2020. If you annualize the 37 transactions announced in the first quarter of 2021 you arrive at 148 transactions. Should these numbers be achieved, which we think is likely, it would represent a 7.5% consolidation rate of specialty firms in 2021.
However, the number of transactions is not the only headline of note impacting specialty distribution.
The size of the firms transacting is impressive in its own right. For example, the past quarter saw Amwins, Inc., one of the largest specialty firms in the U.S. according to Business Insurance, announce plans to acquire Worldwide Facilities, LLC, a wholesale broker and delegated authority company distributing approximately $2 billion of premium on an annual basis. Some in the marketplace believe this transaction is a retaliatory response by Amwins, Inc. to an even larger transaction that occurred in 2020 where Ryan Specialty Group, also one of the largest specialty firms in the U.S. according to Business Insurance, acquired All Risks, Ltd., which is estimated to have been distributing approximately $2.6 billion of annual premium.
The implications of this activity are likely to translate to more pressure on smaller specialty firms, specifically those firms with $150 million and less in premium. To put it into perspective, MarshBerry estimates that after the transactions stated above, the four largest specialty firms will influence over 80% of the more than $80+ billion in premium in this space in 2021.
Historically high valuations and the challenges smaller specialty firms are experiencing in competing with their larger counterparts represent two significant influential factors driving transaction activity.
With 37 specialty firm transactions announced in the first quarter of this year, the pace is set for a homerun with a record number of transactions that will likely exceed last year’s results.
If you have questions about Today’s ViewPoint or would like to learn more about trends in value for specialty firms, please email or call George Bucur, Director, at 440.392.6543.
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Source: MarshBerry proprietary deal tracking database.1
MarshBerry generally defines specialty firms as niche focused brokers and agents often referenced in the industry as program managers, program administrators, managing general agents, managing general underwriters, wholesale brokers, and/or general agents.
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No ways to charge your phone, even if you have a power bank , you can't use itIt makes no sense, is the first time that I heard something like that more +
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I'll take either Fanning sister, I am not too fussy
The Golden Globes are tomorrow night, do you fancy doing some predictions?
I like A Star Is Born
to win that one although I wouldn't be shocked if the HFPA threw a curve ball and awarded Bohemian Rhapsody
It's really strange how the two films with music in them ended up in the drama category
Musical or Comedy
(An absurd category I know)
should have this one in the bag. I give a slim chance to Crazy Rich Asians
since it is the HFPA after all/
Poor Glenn Close must be fuming that she's being overshadowed by Lady Gaga this year. Rosamund Pike arguably deserves to win but she's got no chance unfortunately.
I've just got this gut feeling that Rami Malek is going to win here. If not then it should be Bradley Cooper.
Olivia Colman is finally getting recognised in Hollywood, it's about damn time
This is a tough one
Viggo Mortensen seemed to be running ahead of everyone then catastrophically dropped an N-bomb during a Q & A for Greenbook
, has he now blown his chances in this sensitive climate? His only real competition here would be Chrisitan Bale IMO.
Regina King seems to be the clear shoe-in for this category. Rachel Weisz & Emma Stone should cancel themselves out going head to head.
Mahershala Ali seems to be another shoe-in although Richard E. Grant has been steadily gaining momentum in recent months.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
looks like it might become the first comic book movie to truly be appreciated by awards committees. I am just happy that Phil Lord was able to quickly wash away the stink of being fired from Solo
. From what I heard Netflix actually chose to put it up for this category instead of the big ones. I wonder if they'll do the same for the Oscars?
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Well, it's just after Christmas and Bruce Gandy Music is back in full swing today. A few people had opportunity with days off or school out to get a chance and I have a couple of free days here before traveling up to Ontario for the New Year so I figured I'd make some time and teach a few hours here and there. Besides , it keeps me out of the crazy stores for now with all the boxing day madness.
As I searched around a few of the websites that I often frequent, I was back onto the Captains corner and it got me to thinking. I remember the captain making a post last year about my trip to Hawaii , a how life must be good yada yada yada so I thought it only right to honor him back after his recent excursion to the Caribean. Just in case you were getting a little soft Captain , or thought that perhaps I was for giving you a hard time about your trip, I"ll post a couple of wee photo's that I've downloaded. Down here in the Maritimes, we're a pretty tough group and while you were on your cruise ship sipping marguerita's etc, It was my son Alex's 21st Birthday here and being that our rule for the birthdays is for the person to choose what to eat, Alex chose his favorite,,,,,,Bar B Que steaks so your's truly was out grilling in the minus 5 weather with the flurries coming and going. Of course, a nice pint of Kilkenny helped out in dealing with the elements and with the timing so as not to burn things. Then it was a sit down for a couple of tunes and a good night for us all later. Well, it must be time to get ready for the next student. Back to you soon.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Well, it's December 20th and I have awoken to realize that it's now 33 years since my dad passed. Each year, I generally take an hour or so and go off by myself to a pub or a lounge and just sit and think. I quietly recite many of the thoughts of the year,think about my family and what went on in the piping arena once again.
My father was a huge supporter of all things piping, from helping the kids to enjoying listening to the best tunes from the top open players. I find it to be very good therapy to do this each year. Just going away on my own and sitting and thinking, often giving my dad a hard time and practically yelling at him under my breath for not being around and missing all of this. It's a tough couple of days until I go out for my therapeutic session but i"m always glad I do.
Wish he was still around, he only got to see me perform as a grade one amateur but he did get to see me play with the grade one band City of Victoria. It's all relative though really, had he not passed away, my life would be completely different, I may not have ever met my wife, or have the two children that are changing the world in their own way, as every person does. So, it is what it is and I'll just continue to take my couple of hours each Dec 20 to remember, what is, what could have been, what should have been and hopefully, can end up back at the beginning with what is a current reality.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Well, it’s coming up for the end of the calendar year and there is so much that can be talked about I don’t know where to start. Instead of just thinking of all that we should have or could have done over the past year, I think we’ll just look to the future.
I’m very excited about the music program here. I am always working on ways to better serve all the students and the customers of brucegandymusic. One such item that will be coming up in the early New Year is the music collection which will now be available on CD. This is an easy to read PDF form E-book with ease of navigation and all of the tunes from the 4th volume of contemporary and traditional music right there on your computer screen so you can practice with ease while sneaking a break at work if you like. Also, for the new year, I am hoping to have it all recorded as well as many people have requested to have all the tunes in mp3 form. I now have the new finale 2010 music writing program but even though I used older versions previously, this one seems to have quite a learning curve, but we’re working away typesetting the older tunes as well as lots of new tunes coming.
I hope, perhaps will feature some in the near future as I have quite a stack of traditional tunes in the ¾ , 4/4 and easier march type tunes . The tunes for commission part of the site has been very busy and I have tried to fill the orders but sometimes, producing a quality tune that can hopefully stand the test of time is just not easy, but we’ll manage with a bit more time. Where ever your piping travels take you over the next year, I hope they are more rewarding and successful than the last.
Finally, a very proud day for me this year recently on November 21st as I had 3 students out of an invited 10 playing for the top amateur prize in piping at the George Sherriff Memorial Contest in Hamilton. This was a great day of piping that I enjoyed with my long time friend Ken Eller. He kept busy most of the day recording the contest for the archives from up in his own special place at the church. Finally, I am happy that I decided to go up to hear and more happy that I will have the memory of the contest and the picture of these three young men to remember it by. This picture and is now up on my bulletin board at the office showing off my students, Richard Gillies ( holding the presentation set of pipes) Chris Lee and Thomas Harrington. All the players played well and I know that these three put in a tremendous effort to be ready for the day. This is what makes our art form so good and shows a very positive future ahead of us | <urn:uuid:6ebd6342-211c-471a-ab42-a889aae7dd98> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://brucegandymusic.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html | 2017-10-18T12:45:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187822966.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20171018123747-20171018143747-00007.warc.gz | en | 0.981225 | 1,283 |
The barbell deadlift is a staple of muscle and strength development. This exercise will hit your posterior chain like no other movement, which is why you will find it in every single workout plan. However, at home, it might be difficult to perform these deadlifts, as you probably don't have enough weights, and you might damage the floor even if you have a barbell. Fortunately, there are some great barbell deadlift alternatives you can do just with a pair of dumbbells, which we will discuss here.
Doing Romanian deadlift with dumbbells is a great way to develop your hamstrings, glutes, and lower back muscles. You won't get a full-body workout only with these dumbbells move, but it is a deadlift with lighter weights, much better for beginners. This exercise is much easier to perform than the classic barbell:
● Hold a pair of dumbbells while standing up straight. They should be in front of your body, against your thighs.
● Start the movement by breaking at the hips, pushing them back as far as you can.
● Imagine that you are trying to touch a wall behind you with your glutes without lowering your hips.
● The dumbbells should slide down your thighs as you perform the movement.
● Slowly continue lowering them and pushing your hips back until you feel a stretch in your hamstrings.
● Squeeze your glutes, and reverse the movement to the starting position.
Single-leg dumbbell deadlift has many benefits, as it trains your stabilizer muscles, which can translate well into other activities. Plus, if you don't have a dumbbell set, you can do this exercise with only one weight, which is the case with most dumbbell deadlift variations:
● Stand straight up, holding a pair of dumbbells in front of your body, over your thigs.
● Initiate the movement by lowering the weights straight down towards your toes, flexing at your hips, while simultaneously raising the non-standing leg behind you.
● Keep your knees and back straight. The idea is to hinge at the hips.
● Maintain full control, and go as far back with your free leg as you can, and then reverse the movement to the start.
● To perform a sumo deadlift, you need to take a wide stance, with your feet twice the shoulder-width apart, toes facing slightly outwards.
● You should hold one heavy dumbbell with both hands, letting it hang between your legs.
● Start flexing your knees while simultaneously pushing your hips back, lowering the dumbbell towards the floor in a straight line.
● Once the dumbbell touches the floor, reverse the movement.
This exercise will hit your quads more than the other two dumbbell deadlift variations, which will develop nice looking legs.
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One man and a suitcase filled with the past, uncertainty, high heels, brokenness, African dancing shells and hope.
Ishmael has been outed, along with his lover, David. He has sought sanctuary in the UK, but is this evidence enough? As Ishmael waits to hear his fate, he encounters new friends – and enemies, all the while looking for a place to call home again. Zodwa Nyoni threads together humour and humanity to tell the real personal story behind asylum headlines.
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This blog documents the Asian models (male and female) in the fashion media.
What fabulous costumes! I especially love those boots on the left. They're gorgeous!
Thats a weird wig they got on Gwen. But hey she's getting paid for it.
there you found it!great to see an asian model being included in an italian campaign...
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Monday, September 04, 2006
We all know what happened to the ancient dude who attached wings to his arms with wax, only to have them melt off when he flew too close to the sun. It remains an important lesson about the importance of planning and the dangers of over-ambition. Or something like that.
I'll quietly sidestep the physics of temperature and altitude and all the other scientific explanations that render this slice of mythology about as believable as cold fusion. But when this bird flew overhead while we sat on a quiet lakefront beach, I was glad my lens was already pointing in the appropriate direction.
Oh, and when they tell you to never shoot into the sun, ignore them. Some photographic rules are made to be broken. Repeatedly.
Your turn: What words come to mind as you first see this picture (don't think it over...just write whatever words pop into your head.) Moreover, how does an image like this make you feel?
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Former Wings VP indicted by FBI
Posted 11 May 2010 - 10:09 PM
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We need this pinned/sticky'd.
Edit: Oops. *smacks above post*
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Posted 11 May 2010 - 10:56 PM
"We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas
of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage" --H.P. Lovecraft
Posted 11 May 2010 - 11:10 PM
Yea no s***, i heard they pee in a cup and then throw it on you.
I wonder if this guy realizes what happens to guys like him in prison. Oh well-- he's about to find out.
Posted 11 May 2010 - 11:16 PM
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it must be tough to skate with flippers and a snorkel cause these ******* be divin'
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Raja Ampat homestays are not homestays in the usual sense. You won’t be sharing a family’s home if you stay at one.
You will however, be the guests of a Papuan family, staying on family-owned land in what was once the only type of housing built in the islands. We’re going to continue using the term “homestay”, because that’s how this type of accommodation is referred to by both their owners and Indonesian tourism promotion agencies.
Raja Ampat homestays are the cheapest accommodation available in the islands. On the majority of islands they are the only accommodation available. Raja Ampat homestays are not, however, as cheap as similar accommodation elsewhere in Indonesia or SE Asia. Why? Read this article. Homestays also do not provide hotel or resort style amenities and services.
Before deciding to stay at Raja Ampat homestays, there are the things you should know:
- Homestay room construction and amenities are in most cases very basic.
- Bedding at some homestays is a mattress on the floor.
- Electricity at most homestays is only available at night.
- Only some homestays have internet access available. (Free WiFi is extremely rare.)
- Homestays do not offer the level of amenities and service you might expect when comparing prices with other destinations.
- At most homestays, no organised activities that depend on boat transport (tours, diving etc) are available on Sundays. (Waisai transfers for inbound/outbound guests are always available.)
- All homestay prices include 3 meals a day and unlimited drinking water, tea and coffee. Vegan and vegetarian meals can be provided on request,
- For most families operating homestays, their business is their only experience of the hospitality industry. The majority have no experience in business of any kind. Adjust service expectations accordingly.
The following are currently not available at the majority of homestays. If you regard any of the following as essential, then homestay accommodation is definitely not for you.:
- Air-conditioning (Some homestays provide electric fans.)
- Free internet connections (See this page for more about internet access in Raja Ampat.)
- Alcohol sales (Homestays are not licenced to sell alcohol, so if a cold beer at the end of the day is a must, then you’ll need to organise supplies from Waisai.)
- Spotless, insect-free rooms (See more about this below.)
- Showers (Most homestay bathrooms provide what we refer to as “dip mandi” or bucket bathing: A tub of water with a ladle for washing.)
- Restaurants with a-la-carte menus and drinks lists
- Room service
Read on for a more detailed description of what to expect, or skip straight to the accommodation page to check out individual homestay amenities. An overview is provided by each homestay’s feature list. See the photo gallery on each homestay page for more.
Raja Ampat Homestay construction style
A completely traditional homestay, whether it’s a stilt house over the ocean or a bungalow on dry land, will be raw or sawn timber framed, floored with sawn planks and have palm thatched walls and roof with no ceiling.
Construction styles of the typical traditional homestay range from a single room with one window, to large four-roomed multi-windowed bungalows with verandahs and perhaps a common room. Windows are often openings with thatched panels hinged at the top and held open with a stick. Doors are either sliding or hinged thatched panels. (You cannot lock your room at most homestays.) Floors are almost always sawn or split timber, but there are a couple of places with sand floors, and – at the other end of the spectrum – a few that sit on concrete pads and have tiled floors.
Fully traditional homestays have bedrooms and living areas only – you won’t find a kitchen, bathroom, toilet or laundry in a traditional Papuan house. As their businesses develop, homestays upgrade their bungalows to include features like ensuite bathrooms, real beds, bathrooms with showers, glazed windows, lockable doors and so on. See the features list on each homesty’s page for a quick overview of these.
Even in the best available rooms, construction materials and style means you’ll be sharing your room with some of the local wildlife. Insects and small lizards inhabit the thatching, termites will be quietly moving in somewhere and the buildings’ many small gaps and cracks allow easy access for all kinds of tiny critters. Rodents are often mentioned in reviews, and can be a problem in some areas. Always keep food (and anything that smells like food) in sealed, airtight containers to avoid attracting rodents and any other opportunistic scavengers that may live nearby.
Detailed information and photos of each homestay’s bungalows and rooms are provided on individual homestay pages.
Take care if using portable stoves or other naked flames indoors, and be extra careful if you use mosquito coils: Palm thatch huts are obviously highly combustible!
NOTE: If you want a bungalow with the best amenities available, use the “Has ensuite bathroom/toilet” search filter on the accommodation page.
Chairs & tables: With the exception of bedding and a (usually separate) dining area with bench seating, many new homestays have very little furniture except for a couple of chairs or bench seats and a small table. This varies from place to place. Bungalow verandah furniture is always provided in established homestays. Some homestays have plenty of chairs and perhaps hammocks. Many provide beachside table settings with seating and dining shelters with a large tables and benches. Some have decks over the water with hammocks and table settings. Each homestay page and photo gallery shows what was available at our last visit.
Storage: There might be some simple shelving in your room, or there might not. Don’t expect to find cupboards or wardrobes. (Although there are a couple of places that have them.) If you want to guarantee being able to hang stuff inside, then it’s wise to bring a line and pegs with you. There’s also no secure storage for valuables at any of the homestays we know of, but in the past 12 years, we’ve received only a few reports of theft. The highest risk of theft is almost certainly from unscrupulous other travellers. You’re unlikely to have a problem in a private bungalow of your own where local people are always around, but if staying in an isolated homestay you might be more comfortable keeping your cash and valuables with you.
Bedding: Many homestays, especially new ones, don’t have “real” beds – just mattresses on the floor. Mattresses are usually equipped with a sheet, pillows and bolsters. Mosquito nets in good condition are almost always provided, but you might want to have a needle and thread with you in case mending is required. Some homestays have rooms with mattresses on freestanding wooden bases, but you won’t find any with hotel style mattress and base ensembles.
There’s quite a lot of variation in how rooms are furnished. Some homestays have floorcoverings, mirrors, shelves and bedside lamps and fans. Individual homestay page feature list, descriptions and photo galleries will show the details.
Bathroom and toilet facilities
With the exception of homestays with VIP bungalows, toilet and bathroom facilities are in separate buildings which are shared by all guests. Some huts combine bathroom and toilet, some have them in separate rooms. Floors in bathroom buildings may be sand, timber, crushed limestone or (less commonly) concrete. As mentioned above, some homestays provide ensuite private bathrooms. You can quickly find those by using the accommodation page search filters. Individual homestay page photo galleries illustrate the available facilities.
Bathrooms: Bathing is most often by bucket and ladle, using fresh water drawn from a large container. This style of bathroom is referred to in the accommodation detail pages as a “dip mandi” or “bucket bathing” bathroom. Many homestays have piped water to replenish the large container. Waste water from most bathrooms is not plumbed, but channelled away to seep into the ground, so try to stick to environmentally safe biodegradeable soaps and shampoos. Very few homestays have real showers, but these are becoming more common. Towels are provided at most homestays, but travelling with a light pack towel is a good idea.
A note about bathing water: Most homestays are on islands that have fresh groundwater, but on some of the smaller islands (Kri for example), the groundwater is brackish due to proximity to the ocean. If you can’t bear the thought of bathing in slightly salty water, avoid these islands.
Toilets: Homestay toilets will be either western pedestal or squat style and are flushed by hand, using a bucket and ladle as in the bathroom. Toilets are connected to septic tank systems in all the homestays we’ve visited. Toilet paper is usually provided, but it’s a good idea to have some with you in case supplies are low and you can’t cope without it.
Meals and dining facilities
Homestay prices are for full board: Accommodation prices include supply of three meals a day. All homestays can cater to vegan and vegetarian diets. If you have a serious allergy, we recommend that you do not stay at homestays, as communication difficulties could create a danger, and medical services are lacking in the islands.
Most homestays have communal dining facilities. Dining rooms are usually roofed areas or buildings with bench seats and tables. Some new homestays will serve guest meals on bungalow verandahs until they are able to build dining shelters.
All homestays provide flasks or urns of hot water and free tea and coffee making supplies for guests. Drinking water is also always freely available. Note that lack of a permanent electricity supply means that very few homestays have refrigerators.
See this Raja Ampat homestay food and drink article for details of what to expect regarding meals and drinks.
Electricity and internet
All Raja Ampat homestays supply electricity for lighting and charging devices, but most do so from their own generators. Because of fuel prices in Raja Ampat, this means that most can only afford to operate the genset from sunset until around midnight. Bring LED light sources with you if you want room lighting outside that period. A few homestays supply electricity all night, but almost none have it available around the clock. Some homestays have supplementary solar power supplies that allow room lighting after the genset is switched off. Power points for charging devices are usually provided in your room, but will be available elsewhere if not.
Internet access is only available at homestays that receive a good mobile phone signal. Very few homestays provide WiFi access to this service. See this Raja Ampat electricity, telephone and internet information for details about standard electricity voltages and plug types and internet access in the islands. Phone signal and data connection availability is described on each homestay’s page.
No homestays have laundries and there’s only one we know of that has a washing machine available. You should be prepared to wash your own clothes by hand, although many homestays will perform the service for you for a small fee. As with bathrooms, laundry water is usually disposed of by ground runoff, so if you’re doing your own, be sure to use biodegradeable laundry detergents.
Homestay service standards
Your Papuan hosts will almost certainly have had no hospitality training or experience of the expectations of tourists to more developed destinations, so you shouldn’t expect service like you might receive in a guesthouse or hotel in Bali or Thailand. Additionally, many homestay owners have very little English – although there’s almost always somebody around with enough to enable communication. If you don’t speak any Bahasa Indonesia, bringing a phrasebook or translation app will definitely help.
Your hosts will want you to have a great holiday and all are able to organise guides, boat hire, transfers and excursions, but they won’t be available around the clock to cater to your every need. You’ll need to be fairly independent, especially when it comes to maintaining supplies of things like toiletries and any other consumeables you’ll need. It’s best to bring all those with you, as shops out in the islands are few and far between and only stock a limited range of basic supplies.
In the event of a service problem that needs raising with your host, always do your best to stay smiling and polite. A rude or overbearing attitude or raising your voice is extremely unlikely to result in a positive outcome. (This is nothing more than common decency and really shouldn’t need to be said, but we mention it because we’ve seen a few instances of folks trying it on and finding that there’s very little you can do in Raja Ampat without the goodwill of your Papuan hosts!)
Sundays are a day of rest and church and community activities for your host families. There are no organised activities available on Sundays. If you are at all culturally sensitive, you’ll resist the temptation to pressure your hosts to take you anywhere on Sundays.
All homestays provide Waisai transfers for arriving and departing guests on Sundays, but if you want to be especially considerate, avoid scheduling arrivals and departures on Sundays if possible. Everybody deserves a day off!
Read this Raja Ampat local culture article for more information to help ensure you have the best time at Raja Ampat homestays.
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Raheja residents vs miscreants
Residents of Raheja Vihar spearheaded by Adv. J.P. Shetty held a dharna at the MCGM ground opp Lakeside Building on Jan 20th 2019 in protest against the unruly behaviour by outsiders. It has become an haven for drinking, drugs, smoking and other nefarious activities.
As per the BMC rules, the ground cannot be used for cricket, football, cycling etc. Senior citizens have been hurt due to the aggressive play by the miscreants. An official police complaint has been lodged. The matter is also been taken up with the BMC.
JKIP celebrates 70th Republic day
The eighth session of JKIP was a tribute to the nation on the occasion of 70th Republic day. True to the purpose, the poets came prepared with patriotic verses.
The National Anthem set the tone for the evening. Making a new year wish, Dr Ruchi, anchor earnestly requested all present "dekhte rehne se tasveer nahin badaltee, naya varsh aane se taqdeer nahin badaltee" & shared "Chiragaan" a nazm of the eminent shaayar late Kaifee Azmi written on jan 26th, 1974 in the backdrop of a struggling nation, which lit the evershining "deeya" of hope for the future of the country.
Sahitya Academy awardee Gulshan Madaan aroused emotions of gratitude towards families of our Jawaans "desh tumhen taakta hasrat se tum ladnaa himmat ke saath". Satish Shukla "Raqeeb", a veteran shaayar, was in a sombre mood "ek khabar aayee thee khushhaali kee, ab tak ham akhbaar sambhale baithe hain."
Dr.Farooq Rehmaan, senior pedagogue with a remarkable ability to measure the depths of Ghalib, enthralled everyone. Hte unconventional poet Javed Nadeem shared his experimental expeditions with Ghazal writing. "Bahadur Shah Zafar" awardee, Ajay "Agyaat" reminded " keemat hamaare mat kee yahaan khaas hai bahut".
Guest of Honour, Nivedita Bauntiyal, Vice President, IPTA, thespian & playwright, shared hair raising incidents of freedom fight from her mentor A K Hangal's autobiography. In April 1930 the unsung hero shaheed Chander Singh Gadhwali (Gadhwal regiment) defied the orders of British commander to open fire on the protesting Indian freedom fighters at Qissa Khwani Bazaar, Peshawar. The rendition of the scene where, Hangal for the first time saw the pathan farmers, followers of "Khudai Khidmatgaar" led by the tall, well built, red-kurta clad leader Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan ('Frontier Gandhi') follower of non violence on the foot steps of Mahatma Gandhi, recreated the moments of the everlasting impressions of the great leader cast on a school going child.
The martyrs were given a soul stirring salute "ae mere watan ke logon" by radio artist Priya Uniyaan, ‘Sangeet Prabhakar’ (Alahabad), ‘sa re ga ma’ ‘antakshri’ paticipant.
Open mic: Special Moushmi, energetic Versha, thought provoking Promila, elegant Ashawadi, man with a velvetty voice Deepak Kher.
Organiser Hempushpak (#9892618127) ensured an unplugged, gadget free evening (USP). Next forum Feb. 16, 2019 (saturday); 5:30 to 7:30 pm, same place.
NGO launched in Chandivali to address local citizens concerns
On 13 January 2019, MLA Shri Arif Naseem Khan presided over the launch of a new NGO in Mumbai, the Chandivali Citizens Welfare Association (CCWA). CCWA’s aim is to discuss and call attention to the different concerns and issues faced by local citizens and table them in front of local representatives and public authorities so as to bring about effective and faster resolutions. Present at the launch,the MLA praised the creation of a platform that gives citizens an opportunity to voice their concerns and help create a better environment for the area. As part of the interactive session, citizens present highlighted some of the key issues they faced, which included traffic congestion, illegal parking, and safety issues like lack of drainage covers and alcohol consumption at bus stops. Sanitary and hygiene issues related to the BMC were also discussed.
“This is a good start for the NGO,” said MLA Shri Arif Naseem Khan. “NGOs work with the people and are helpful for authorities as they draw attention to civic issues and we can coordinate with them to find solutions.” He thanked Mandeep Singh, XXXX, for taking the initiative and forming the association to bridge the gap between citizens and their elected representatives. He also assured the CCWA of his support and a faster resolution of the issues it highlights. To kick-start things, he asked the association to submit a list of the various issues citizens faced.
Mandeep Singh explained, “Our aim is to take problems big and small to the local councillors and MP, find solutions and get them executed as fast as possible. We will point out problems and solutions.”
As part of it’s social initiative CCWA donated a LED smart TV to M.B.A Foundation, an NGO based in Sangarsh Nagar that takes care of special kids, at the launch. Those interested in connecting with CCWA can write to firstname.lastname@example.org.
Orchid kids paint the trees with color and zeal
Orchid Enclave CHS, nestled in the Nahar’s Amrit Shakti complex, boasts of a number of majestic trees, each more resplendent than the next. These trees are amazingly adaptable, providing protection for its residents and a host of other species. Year after year, they have witnessed the Annual Day function held by this society, where in a host of multi-cultural activities take place. On the 20th of January, for the first time ever, these trees became part and parcel of the Annual Day event.
Painting tree trunks white is a time- honored method of young tree protection often found in farms. There are several purposes for doing so, but chief among them is to prevent splitting of the bark, which can allow introduction of disease, insects and fungus. Keeping in mind the need to protect these trees, the members decided to make painting them a fun activity for the kids and adults alike. Asmira Paints Pvt Ltd. sponsored this activity and made the paints child and tree friendly to use.
At 11 am, kids by the dozen, armed with enthusiasm, started painting the trees. The adults were so taken up by their passion that they pitched in too. Vibrant colors, slogans and various animal species were painted on the tree trunks. All the painters worked in unison, no one bickered with another and it seemed as if they were one with nature. It took the organizers a great deal of effort to tell them that there was no more paint and that they needed to disperse. Looking at the beautifully painted tree trunks one can truly say, “There is pleasure in painting which none but the painters know."
Hiranandani Powai Run - Season 8
On Sunday, January 6 Powai witnessed a wave of energy from 15000 runners that took to supporting the cause of women empowerment through an initiative by the Rotary Club of Mumbai Lakers. All it takes is a few positive steps to start a positive movement. What started as a small community event seven years ago for the residents of Hiranandani, Gardens, Powai has now grown to have 15000 + participants from all over India, large charity funds, corporate participation and media amplification across the leading online and offline media,
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His Holiness Jagadguru Sankaracharya of Dakshinamnaya Sringeri Sharada Peetam, Sri Sri Vidusekhara Bharati Sannidhanam graced the occasion of Community Birthday Havan in Mumbai Temple, on Sunday morning 6th January 2019 | <urn:uuid:ee84d859-5553-47ba-88fb-d82a52b36079> | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | http://mypowai.in/single-post.php?id=933 | 2019-02-20T21:30:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247496694.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20190220210649-20190220232649-00358.warc.gz | en | 0.947076 | 1,798 |
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A new breed of warrior has come to fight a global plague of coups, kidnappings and assassinations: the commando. Follow these soldiers on covert missions to take on the world's worst villains.
The Green Berets: The Battle of Lang Vei
Eight U.S. Army Green Berets must band together to escape certain death after they are trapped inside a concrete bunker that has come under siege by enemy tanks and mortar fire.
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The British SAS: Attack in the Desert
British SAS commandos parachute into Iraq to covertly hunt out scud missiles during the Gulf War. They must march 120 kilometers to escape enemy soldiers intent on capturing and killing them.
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Crack German commandos must retake a plane full of tourists that has been hijacked in Frankfurt by deadly Arab terrorists and forced to fly to Somalia.
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Released: 2012, Metalbolic Records
Reviewer: Metal-Rules.com UK Team
Suffering is the Seed, the new album from Colombian death/black metallers Nepente and is a digital release on MetalHit.com.
The band were founded in Manizales (Colombia) in 2002 by José Fernando Ospina (Vocals), Mauricio Aristizábal (Drums), Wilmar Correa (Bass), Esteban Daza (Guitar) and Juan Pablo Buitrago (Guitar). The band played their first shows with some of the most important bands in the colombian metal escene in that moment like Masacre, Luciferian, Twilight Glimmer, and so on. In 2005 Recording of the Mcd ASCENSION in EL PEZ Studios in Medellín (Colombia). 2006 The band concentrates in the writing of the songs for their first album and get the contact to get in two compilation cds of the labels METALBOLIC RECORDS and METAL WAR PRODUCTIONS in the United States. 2007 Nepente opened the show of the norwegian band Ancient in Pereira city and played some headlining shows in other Colombian's cities. Later in that year get a contract for their first album with the american metal label METALBOLIC RECORDS. 2008 METALBOLIC RECORDS releases the album ATONEMENTS, mixed and mastered by Jean Francois Dagenais (KATAKLYSM guitarist and producer of cds of KATAKLYSM, MALEVOLENT CREATION, EX DEO, and other bands) in his J.F.D. Studios in Canada.
Nepente opened the show of the greek Black Metal band ROTTING CHRIST in their home town Manizales. 2009 The band had their first international tour in Ecuador and Perú and get the opportunity to open the show of the american metal legend OMEN in Lima (Perú). Later the band makes their first official video clip of the song PROCESSION. Guitarrist Juan Pablo Buitrago left the band. in 2010 Nepente play with the big Brazilian death metal band KRISIUN in their Colombian tour. Guitarrist Pablo Vasquez joins the band. In 2011 the band continued in the writing process of their forth coming album and plays a show with the influential black metal band INQUISITION. In 2012 the ban enters in Ethylic Studios to record their next album later the album is mixed and mastered in the famous polish studios HERTZ RECORDING STUDIO the band is looking for a label to the album that will be called "Suffering is the Seed"
Just from their bio you can see how hard these guys have worked to get to where they are now & yet their sound just seems to get stronger and stronger with no sign on them backing down!
The album certainly starts off with an impressive kick, filled with aggressive riffs and screams starting off with the typical death metal sounds, before varying off to Black Metal style vocals, which I definitely preferred.
The album was mixed and mastered at Poland's Hertz Recording Studio (VADER, HATE, BEHEMOTH, DECAPITATED, etc) so it’s no wonder these guys stand out and aren’t lost with so many other Death/Metal bands that seem to release the same stuff over and over again.
This was one album I personally really enjoyed and I loved the insanity and aggression of every track, which ended just as it started with no breaks inbetween!
I hope the band manage to get this out on CD as this is one album many metallers would love, esp those who like their Death Brual with elements of Black Metal and these guys deserve much more recognition, so I hope they are signed soon!
The band would like to state that they are currently seeking a record label to release CD and vinyl versions of Suffering is the Seed, so interested parties should contact email@example.com.
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I was talking to a man the other day about some of his worst dates and he remembered this girl he dated a while ago. I will call her Miss Camp Follower.
And coincidentally I just read a blog about what men hate in dating. One of their biggest problems with girls in dating is money issues. Men do not like it that a woman, who works, expects them to pay for everything. (Modern men, I suppose, I am still sort of old fashioned, though I’d offer to pay, it is polite when I don’t have to…)
“She expected me to buy her cases of wine and all her food. And everything just seemed to be automatically on me. She had her photo taken one time and told the guy to just get the money out of me. That’s when I knew she was just using me for money.
It was automatically assumed that I would pay for everything. At one time she told somebody that I was gonna buy her a car. I wasn’t gonna buy her a car. It’s the assumption that they guy is gonna pay for everything, even though he’s not getting anything. No extra curricular activities expected from me.
She basically had little honor. She would sleep with anyone who wanted her too. Last time I saw her she had basically doubled in size. She was just expecting it because I was so nice.
She would go over to people’s homes with her wash and she expected to be able to do her laundry ~ trashy!”
This woman just sounds plain selfish. Like most selfish people they tend to have a wider circle of friends, or acquaintances, that they take advantage of or USE. So they only have to come around to you, once in a while. Uggggh!
Watch out folks, for leeches! They come in all sizes and genders. People who are selfish or mean will only get worse. Don’t try to reform them, just move on.
A little sound advice from,
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Over the winter it’s perfectly natural for a hamster to go into a state of hibernation. During the winter months when temperatures drop, hamsters can slow their metabolism and just go to sleep. Breathing can reduce and the heart rate will drop.
To check their vital signs:
* Watch your hamster closely for several minutes. Breathing reduces to one breath every two minutes.
* Place your forefinger and thumb on either side of the hamsters chest above the elbows. Apply the same amount of pressure you would to stop your hamster running away without hurting it. After a minute or so you should start to feel a pulse.
* To help warm your hamster up, hold them close to your body for heat or fill a hot water bottle up and wrap your hamster in a blanket and place him next to it NOT directly on it.
* If your hamster feels cold don’t assume he’s dead as they adapt their body temperature to match the environment.
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The Dallas Mavericks wrap up their season series against the Toronto Raptors in Canada on Saturday afternoon. It is a 4 p.m. CT tipoff, so be prepared for a bit of early basketball. The Mavs won the first meeting behind a 35-point game from Luka Doncic. Can Dallas make it a season series sweep on Nov. 26?
The Raptors will be shorthanded against the Mavericks. Pascal Siakam remains out after he suffered an injury when he slipped on the floor in Dallas. Scottie Barnes, Precious Achiuwa, and Otto Porter Jr. are also out with Fred VanVleet listed as questionable. Toronto will be searching for minutes and production on Saturday.
Can the Mavericks take advantage and snap their two-game skid? Here is a look at the odds, how to watch, some predictions, and more on the contest.
Dallas Mavericks at Toronto Raptors odds, spread, over/under
According to the FanDuel Sportsbook, the Mavs are 2.5-point favorites on the road in Toronto, and they sit at minus-138 on the moneyline. The over/under for the contest is 216.0.
FanDuel will have all the player props fans desire as well, so be sure to check back closer to tipoff for all the latest.
Dallas Mavericks at Toronto Raptors injury report
Maxi Kleber has missed four straight games, but he was upgraded to probable ahead of Saturday’s game as he recovers from a back injury. He is the only player listed on the Mavs injury report.
Fred VanVleet (illness) and Dalano Banton (ankle) are both listed as questionable for the Raptors on the NBA’s official injury report. Toronto will be without Pascal Siakam (adductor), Scottie Barnes (knee), Otto Porter Jr. (foot), Precious Achiuwa (ankle), and Justin Champagnie (back) on Saturday afternoon.
Be sure to check social media just before tipoff for updates on Kleber, VanVleet, and Banton, and to get any late-breaking news.
Dallas Mavericks at Toronto Raptors how to watch
Start time: 4:00 p.m. CT or 5:00 p.m. ET
TV channels: Bally Sports Southwest- Dallas (Mavericks' local market), SportsNet (Toronto’s local market)
How to watch online: Bally Sports-plus or NBA League Pass
Dallas Mavericks at Toronto Raptors predictions
Raptors head coach Nick Nurse loves to throw exotic defenses at Luka Doncic, and the 23-year-old takes that challenge personally. Expect number 77 to be locked in on Saturday afternoon as he goes for 33 points and eight dimes in a Mavericks victory. Dallas needs to win on the first of a back-to-back set, and Doncic wills them to victory in Toronto.
Christian Wood makes it two straight stellar games as he goes for 24 points and 11 rebounds in the win. Dallas starts to find their shooting stroke against the Raptors, which push the game over 216 points.
Dallas Mavericks' next game and schedule
The Mavs complete their three-game road trip with a difficult back-to-back before going home for one game against the defending champion Warriors. Then, it is back on the road for two more against Eastern Conference foes. Here is a look at the Mavericks' next three games after Saturday afternoon.
Nov. 27 at Milwaukee Bucks at 7:00 p.m. CT
Nov. 29 vs Golden State Warriors at 6:30 p.m. CT
Dec. 1 at Detroit Pistons at 6:00 p.m. CT
The Dallas Mavericks have lost two straight games and three of their last four. They need a win in Toronto or that losing streak could quickly jump to four in Milwaukee on Sunday night. Expect Luka Doncic to be locked in and ready to face the Raptors, and fans won’t want to miss the show, so please tune in and enjoy.
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Canadian merchants near arenas suffering over NHL lockout: report
Great Waters Brewing Co., owner Sean O'Byrne is shown in St. Paul, Minn. outside his brewpub located near the Xcel Center, home of the Minnesota Wild. O'Byrne's business is down 20 per cent since the start of the NHL lockout. A new report says Canadian merchants are facing the same fate. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
The Canadian Press
Published Tuesday, December 4, 2012 10:30AM EST
Last Updated Tuesday, December 4, 2012 1:40PM EST
The NHL lockout is forcing some merchants near hockey arenas into the penalty box but giving power plays to others further afield as fans spend their money closer to home, says a report issued Monday.
The report by credit and debit card processor Moneris found that overall spending at venues near arenas in Winnipeg, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Calgary has decreased more than 11 per cent from a year ago on a game day.
Drinking establishments are being hit the hardest with business falling nearly 35 per cent.
Restaurants are taking a nearly 11 per cent hit, followed by fast-food outlets which are down almost seven per cent compared to a game day in 2011.
Edmonton is facing the largest impact with business falling 27 per cent.
Spending near Montreal's Bell Centre is down more than 21 per cent, followed by a 17 per cent drop in business near Toronto's Air Canada Centre.
Merchants away from arenas, however, have been benefiting from the 11-week labour dispute, with spending up 5.4 per cent from a game day in 2011 as Canadians stick closer to home.
"While overall spending at establishments near hockey arenas is down, it would appear that Canadians are simply choosing to stick closer to home," said president and CEO Jim Baumgartner.
Spending in bars is up nearly 19 per cent while fast food business grew 11.5 per cent and was up nearly five per cent in restaurants, in line with overall spending increases in the third quarter.
Molson Coors Brewing Co. (TSX:TPX.B) and owners of the La Cage aux Sports chain (TSX:SPS.A) have both recently noted that the labour dispute has reduced revenues.
As a league sponsor, the brewer said it will seek financial redress from the NHL once the dispute is resolved.
The Montreal Canadiens won't discuss the financial impact of the lockout but vice-president Donald Beauchamp noted that all 100 employees, including president Geoff Molson, have taken a 20 per cent pay cut by working four days a week. Some 1,000 part-time employees who normally work during home games now only work during other events at the arena.
The Moneris report only tracked food and drink spending, but the lockout is hurting hockey merchandise vendors and parking lot owners near arenas as well.
La Capsule sportive, which sells licensed NHL clothing in Quebec, has been in creditor protection since Oct. 19 as its debts grew in part due to the lockout. The chain hopes to survive by closing 60 per cent of its 13 stores.
BMO Nesbitt Burns deputy chief economist Douglas Porter has estimated that a cancelled NHL season would trim just 0.1 per cent from the gross domestic product as people spend their hockey money elsewhere.
A University of Montreal professor specializing in sports business said the lockout is having a painful impact on workers and businesses near arenas, but the broader financial impact is minimal.
"The net loss, if there's a loss, it's very small. People make a big fuss about it but certainly this impact is quite small in the aggregate," Michel Poitevin said in an interview.
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The world has witnessed an unprecedented day of protests against ACTA. Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered in dozens of cities around the globe to protect what is left of the freedom of expression on the internet.
Protesters from over 200 European cities consolidated their efforts to hold rallies across Europe. The controversial ACTA treaty was signed by the majority of European countries and now there is a battle to dissuade parliaments from ratifying the agreement.
Massive strikes took place in Germany with organizers saying that a total of some 100,000 people have gathered in many cities across the country, including Berlin, Hanover, Hamburg, and Cologne. Just the previous day Germany put on hold its joining the ACTA treaty after its Justice Ministry decided to wait until the issue is discussed in the European parliament.
In Paris hundreds of masked protesters marched against ACTA, which they say infringes on people’s personal freedoms.
Up to 8,000 people marched in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, carrying signs carrying such slogans as “ACTA la vista, baby!”
In Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius, despite the freezing cold, hundreds of protesters rallied in front of the government buildings. Lithuania is one of the EU countries which signed the ACTA agreement, and the protesters are demanding that the government calls off its ratification.
A reasonably large protest was staged in Malta’s capital, Valetta, where more than 500 young people gathered to urge the state’s parliament not to ratify ACTA.
About 1,500 people gathered in the capital of Estonia, Tallinn, while several hundred staged a protest in the university city of Tartu.
The earlier mass discontent over ACTA in the streets and on the Internet has already delivered some tangible results. Some EU countries, including Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Latvia and Germany, have decided to halt their joining processes until the European parliament reaches an agreement on the issue in June.
Last month massive rallies took place in Poland and the Czech Republic, as the countries signed the ACTA agreement. On January 26, the controversial ACTA treaty was signed by the 22 of the 27 European Union member states (excluding Germany, Cyprus, Estonia, the Netherlands and Slovakia), and the EU itself.
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As March 16, 2013 comes closer, companies and inventors together with their patent attorney need critical assessment of the changes to come concerning the America Invents Act to construct the best IP enforcement strategies.
The Knowledge Group has assembled a panel of intellectual property (IP) experts who will help you understand up-to-date changes and navigate the potentially tricky waters of the America Invents Act. They will also share best practices in protecting your IP. A live interaction with the audience in a question and answer format is also included in this event.
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Final attendance guarantee must be received no later than noon three (3) business days prior to your function. If we have not received a guarantee by noon three (3) days prior to your function, you will be billed at the contracted number listed in the agreement or the actual number of guests served, whichever is greater. The hotel does prepare a 3 percent allowance over and above the number guaranteed. The hotel will not set for more than 3 percent over the number guaranteed.
Discounted parking is available in the hotel garage for all persons attending the function during the contracted event times. Valet is available for guests. 5 hours or more is $42, 1 hour or less is $6 and $3 every 20 minutes after the 1st hour. Parking in the garage is based on availability and is not guaranteed. The standard garage rate of $20 per car will apply for overnight guests.
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I argued on Twitter, and still believe, that Allos' disappointing Folotyn U.S. sales and lower-than-consensus 2011 guidance outweigh the upfront cash and potential for European Folotyn royalties from Mundipharma, for now. Folotyn was approved as a treatment for peripheral T-cell lymphoma in September 2009, but Allos has found the market for the drug to be smaller and tougher to penetrate than initially anticipated. Part of the problem is that doctors are using less Folotyn on more advanced, or sicker PTCL patients. Allos will also soon be getting competition in the PTCL market. Celgene ( CELG) is expecting to receive expanded FDA approval for its drug Istodax in June. Two months later, Seattle Genetics' drug Adcetris will also likely receive FDA approval. Back to Kevin's point, I agree with him that Allos is not overvalued. The stock is reflecting Folotyn's lackluster performance and not giving much credit, if any, for an uptick in sales that may come from the U.S. or Europe. With that said, I'm not sure Allos deserves any optimism about Folotyn, at least until the company starts putting up better sales numbers. Regarding MannKind, I'd argue that the disparity in its $500 million-plus market value relative to Allos is due to MannKind being grossly overvalued. Angie D. emails, "Adam, thanks for the great job on the FDA advisory panel blogs for Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Merck. They were very helpful, and many of us value your opinions. Where do you see Optimer Pharmaceuticals going this month?" Optimer should go higher as long as 1) FDA approves its antibiotic Dificid for the treatent of C. diff infection on time (May 30) and 2) FDA grants the company a Dificid label which includes data or language about lower C. diff recurrence rate compared to vancomycin. If you recall, the FDA advisory panel on April 6 voted unanimously to recommend Dificid's approval but the same panel was split on how best to characterize the drug's recurrence benefit. I do believe the data demonstrating Dificid's recurrence benefit are clear, it's more a matter of how best to describe it in the label. I predict Optimer and FDA have had enough time to hammer out the Dificid label in time for the drug to be approved on May 30. --Written by Adam Feuerstein in Boston. >To contact the writer of this article, click here: Adam Feuerstein. >To follow the writer on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/adamfeuerstein. >To submit a news tip, send an email to: firstname.lastname@example.org. | <urn:uuid:fc610782-759e-4458-91f7-45de52dabcca> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://www.thestreet.com/story/11117453/5/biotech-stock-mailbag-celsion.html | 2016-10-21T11:24:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988717963.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183837-00113-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947977 | 577 |
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Iran Responds to Attack on Military Parade
Four gunmen opened fire on a military parade in Ahvaz, Iran, on Saturday, killing 24 people and wounding at least 70. Many of the dead were soldiers from the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps, but also among them were civilian spectators and at least one child. Ahvaz is situated in Khuzestan Province in southwest Iran; the area has a large Sunni population and was hit particularly hard by the country’s war with Iraq in the 1980s, which Saturday’s parade commemorated. Two militant groups have claimed credit for the attack. The more credible claim comes from the Ahvaz National Resistance, which one spokesman for the group told Reuters is an umbrella group for separatist Arab militants in southwestern Iran. The Islamic State also claimed credit, but the group has a history of trying to claim responsibility for attacks in which it was not involved.
On Monday, Iran’s Intelligence Ministry said it had arrested 22 people in connection with the attack and seized weapons and communications equipment from the house where the terrorist cell was based. Iranian diplomats have also summoned officials from Denmark, the Netherlands, and Britain to discuss the attack, claiming that the Ahvaz separatists who committed the shooting have ties to supporters in Europe. The brunt of Iran’s anger, though, has been directed at the Gulf states, Israel, and the United States. In a statement posted online, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called the attack “a continuation of the plots of the regional states that are puppets of the United States,” and a military spokesman claimed that the gunmen were trained by the Gulf Arab states and had ties to the United States and Israel.
Though there’s no evidence to support that link at present, the Wall Street Journal noted on Sunday that the Saudis have warm ties with ethnic and religious minority groups in Iran, and that a spokesman for the Ahvaz separatist movement posted pictures on social media of a 2016 meeting with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman. The Journal also noted that John Bolton, before becoming national security adviser, wrote a policy paper on Iran (supposedly at the behest of Steve Bannon and published by National Review in August 2017) advocating U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and a campaign to create external pressure and internal discord in the country, including “assistance to Balochis, Khuzestan Arabs, Kurds, and others.” State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert offered a statement of solidarity against terrorism, saying, “We stand with the Iranian people against the scourge of radical Islamic terrorism and express our sympathy to them at this terrible time.” Other officials took a different tack: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, responding to accusations from President Hassan Rouhani of U.S. complicity, said Sunday, “He can blame us all he wants. The thing he’s got to do is look at the mirror.”
Both Khamenei and IRGC officials have called for swift revenge. One statement from the IRGC read on state media promised that, “Considering (the Guards’) full knowledge about the centers of deployment of the criminal terrorists’ leaders ... they will face a deadly and unforgettable vengeance in the near future.”
U.S. and Iranian diplomats have spent recent weeks trading threats while leaving a window open for diplomatic talks. After anti-government protesters in Basra, Iraq, set fire to Iraqi political party offices and the Iranian consulate and attackers lobbed rockets at the U.S. consulate, U.S. and Iranian officials accused each other of ginning up the unrest. Last Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told CNN, “We will not let Iran get away with using a proxy force to attack an American interest; Iran will be held accountable for those incidents.” The next day, in a speech commemorating the start of the Iran-Iraq War delivered before the attack in Ahvaz, President Hassan Rouhani vowed that Iran would resist and outlast U.S. pressure the way it had Iraq during that grueling, stalemated conflict a generation ago. “The same will happen to Trump. America will suffer the same fate as Saddam Hussein,” he said.
But even as U.S. and Iranian officials warned of confrontation, others were laying out conditions for de-escalation and diplomatic talks. In a speech last week at the Hudson Institute, Brian Hook, the State Department’s special representative for Iran, said that the Trump administration would like to negotiate a treaty with Iran to address the country’s nuclear program, currently constrained by the JCPOA, and other issues, including Iran’s missile development. That was a sticking point in previous negotiations, though, and Hook acknowledged that “the Ayatollah, the president and foreign minister have all indicated they are not interested in talking.” On Monday, Rouhani issued his own conditions for negotiations while in New York ahead of the U.N. General Assembly this week. “If Trump wants to talk to Iran, then he first should return to the nuclear deal,” he said.
Remaining Parties to Nuclear Deal Propose Plan to Evade U.S. Sanctions at U.N. General Assembly
The future of the JCPOA is expected to be a point of contention at the U.N. General Assembly. Leaders from around the world are in New York this week for the opening session, which will feature speeches from presidents and prime ministers, diplomatic meetings, and a U.N. Security Council meeting on Wednesday chaired by President Donald Trump. The Security Council session was originally slated to focus on Iran, but was changed to the broader subject of “nonproliferation, constitutionalism and sovereignty” to circumvent a rule that would have allowed Iranian diplomats to attend and directly rebut Trump’s comments. It is unclear whether the substance of Trump’s plans have changed, though; after the switch was made, Trump tweeted on Friday, “I will Chair the United Nations Security Council meeting on Iran next week!”
Even without the Iranian delegation in attendance, Trump will face pushback from the other members of the Security Council—all parties to the JCPOA, which Trump withdrew from earlier this year. Those countries are working to buttress the agreement and insulate it from the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions. In a statement issued on Tuesday morning, Germany, France, Britain, Russia, and China reaffirmed their commitment to the nuclear deal and agreed to set up a “special purpose vehicle,” a financial instrument designed to allow businesses to circumvent U.S. sanctions to continue doing business with Iran. European diplomats have been discussing potential ways of evading the sanctions regime for months, but Tuesday was the first time the measure was formally agreed to by the remaining parties to the agreement. As the statement circulated on Twitter on Tuesday morning, though, some experts suggested that the special purpose vehicle would not prevent the United States from penalizing companies that do business in both Iran and the United States. “The question is whether this will work, because of course the U.S. will continue to exert colossal pressure on the European Union and, with a strong desire, can easily trample down any mechanism,” Vladimir Yermakov, Russia’s top non-proliferation diplomat, told the Financial Times. “Everything depends on how far the Americans want to go and how far our European colleagues will allow them to go.”
When asked about plans to circumvent U.S. sanctions on Iran on Sunday, Amb. Haley said that the United States would not issue exemptions and would enforce the penalties it sets out. “We’re not going to give exemptions to Iran. We’re not going to give them any- allow them any money to continue to build their nuclear weapons and so we’re going to continue to stay tough on this,” she said. As Daniel Larison noted for the American Conservative, Haley’s claim that Iran has a nuclear weapons program is baseless and contradicted by the assessment of the International Atomic Energy Agency and other experts who affirm that Iran is abiding by the JCPOA and has not worked on nuclear weapons development in more than a decade.
In his General Assembly speech on Tuesday morning, Trump did not claim that Iran has an active nuclear weapons program, but described his policies as a bulwark against its nuclear development, missile program, and broader regional policy. He called the JCPOA a “windfall” for the Iranian government and stressed that other Middle Eastern countries—presumably meaning Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel—supported the U.S. withdrawal from the deal.
Tensions Simmer Between Russia and Israel over Syria
Tensions between Israel and Russia remain heightened a week after a Russian military plane was shot down by a Syrian air-defense system that was targeting Israeli jets conducting airstrikes on regime targets in Latakia. In the days after the Russian IL-20 was downed, killing the 15 crew aboard, both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to defuse the diplomatic crisis; on a phone call on the day of the crash, September 17, Netanyahu told Putin he would share Israeli intelligence on what happened and stressed the Assad regime’s culpability, and Putin told reporters that it appeared to be “a chain of tragic accidental circumstances.” But over the weekend, Russia’s Defense Ministry hosted a press conference placing the blame for the crash “entirely with the Israeli air force and those who made the decision to carry out such actions.” According to the account given by Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, a spokesperson for the ministry, Israeli officials deliberately misled the Russian military about the airstrikes and that Israeli jets purposefully shielded themselves with the Russian plane. “This is an extremely ungrateful response to all that has been done by the Russian Federation for Israel and the Israeli people recently,” Konashenkov told reporters.
On Monday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced Russia would be delivering S-300 air-defense systems to Syria, upgrading the S-200 systems that shot down the IL-20 last week. As AFP reports, Russia had planned to deploy the S-300 to Syria in 2013 but did not at Israel’s request. "We are certain that the realisation of these measures will cool the 'hot heads' and will keep them from poorly thought-out actions which threaten our servicemen,” he said. After Shoigu’s announcement, Netanyahu spoke with Putin by phone and warned against supplying the S-300 to “irresponsible players.”
It’s a dramatic pivot in Israeli-Russian relations. Just last month, the Financial Times was noting that Israel’s pragmatic approach, praised by Russian diplomats for being “non-ideological,” had brought the two countries closer together despite their occasionally conflicting interests in Syria. The downing of the Russian plane, Al-Monitor’s Maxim Suchkov writes, “a wake-up call for Moscow to rethink the security of its personnel” as it enters this complicated late phase of the Syrian civil war. “We should have seen it coming,” one anonymous Russian diplomat told Suchkov. “When you have that many forces that close to one another the risk of an accidental mistake is high. You think the war is coming to its end but parties are acting in an even more uncompromised way and we, sadly, may end up seeing more of such incidents.”
Russia is also concerned about another flashpoint in Syria. Last week, Russian and Turkish officials finalized their plans for the demilitarized zone they are jointly implementing around rebel-held Idlib province. At least one prominent rebel faction, Huras al-Din, has declared that they will resist being cleared from the DMZ, calling it part of a plan “to eliminate the jihadist project” in Syria. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the most prominent rebel group in Idlib, has expressed skepticism about the plan. “A lot of provisions fall directly in the interest of the murderous regime in Damascus,” the group said in a statement, and the Wall Street Journal reports that it opposes plans for disarmament.
On Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested that Turkey plans to also create safe zones farther east, where Turkish-backed forces have captured territory from the Islamic State. Those forces have at times clashed with U.S.-backed forces, prompting U.S. and Turkey to agree to joint patrols near Manbij to prevent conflict. U.S. officials signaled earlier this month that it does not have any plans to withdraw from Syria anytime soon. “We’re not going to leave as long as Iranian troops are outside Iranian borders, and that includes Iranian proxies and militias,” National Security Advisor John Bolton said on Monday. Later in the day, Secretary of Defense James Mattis said that he and Bolton were “on the same sheet of music,” but stressed that the U.S. mission in Syria is focused on counterterrorism, not Iran. “Right now our troops inside Syria are there for one purpose, and that’s under the U.N. authorization about defeating ISIS,” he told | <urn:uuid:d13be01c-5c0d-4607-b913-23c53b9015bd> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://www.lawfareblog.com/iran-attacked-separatists-nuclear-deal-takes-center-stage-united-nations-israel-and-russia-spar-over | 2021-03-03T03:32:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178365186.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20210303012222-20210303042222-00199.warc.gz | en | 0.964531 | 2,765 |
Every month, the “Color Team” here at HGTV headquarters meets to battle it out. Our mission? Pitch a color for the upcoming color of the month, and stop at nothing until your color gets the crown.
We come armed with our Pinterest pinboards and even wearing our colors. And after debating the merits of every color under the sky (a Pantone Cerulean Blue sky, of course), one color reigns supreme. Or, in the case of June…several colors. Because this month? We’re breaking the rules and setting your retinas ablaze with neon hues.
Via: Jenni Juurinen
Neon! It was the pinboard that ruled supreme, and it’s everywhere right now. Our own Briana was ahead of the curve this spring with her neon accent round up, and Farima just rolled out a gorgeous neon photo gallery. Erin Loechner has us eying neon spray paint with her latest how-to. Even some of our favorite design bloggers are on board the neon train—everyone from Oh Joy! to Coco + Kelley have been inspired by these highlighter tones. And me? I have a neon yellow pedicure and just picked up a neon pink retro style swimsuit for the pool. It’s very Cyndi Lauper-meets-Esther Williams, trust me.
Via: House to Home
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First off I would like to say this car has been in the family since new, that said, I know most of the service/maintenance history.
The taillight died on me around 78K miles, this was about $400 for a new OEM (original equipment manufacturer) assembly.
The splash guards under the front end before the wheels were damaged, and replaced at 78K miles for about $100.
The little button on the seatbelt that makes it so when you take it off the belt only falls half way, and not to the floor fell off. It was only approx. $20 to replace, but while it was broken it was hard to reach between the door and the seat to find the little seatbelt head!
Front brake assemblies needed replaced at about 76K miles, and ran approx. $800 installed.
About 45K miles the front left headlight needed replaced, and while I don't recall the cost, but I know it was high!
All air filters (cabin air purification system) were replaced at the 80K mile service, as well as a lot of other basic maintance. The cost was pretty high, but they also tuned everything up, new air filter, and a bunch of little things like that.
I also somehow cracked the radiator side (it was a cheap piece of plastic and it broke along the molding). This little crack was in the side of the retaining tank. The entire radiator was pulled, and new reinforced composite components were installed onto the sides. This whole procedure with reinstallation was about $600, but should not have to be done again. Apparently this is a fairly common BMW flaw... I don't really know.
Hood emblem needed replaced, as the paint all started to chip off around 68K miles, the installation would run about $150 with parts. This you can do yourself with a flat head screw driver, and a cloth. It takes about 10 minutes, and you can buy the parts from any bmw auto supply company, or even on ebay for about 20-25 bux! I supplied my own parts, and they put it on for me at the 80K mile service for $21. I figured let them mess with it!
This car rides very nicely. Unlike the 740iL models the 740i from 96-98 came standard with a lowered front end, and sport suspension. The sport package upgrades the 16 inch wheels to slightly larger "M-parallel" rims, normally found as stock on the M5 of those years. The 740iL was not set up the same as their shorter wheel base counterparts, so if you wanted the lower, more aggressive look, then you needed to go with the sport package.
The 740i weighs in at 4250 with a spare tire and a full tank of gas. At that weight the little 4.4L V8 is still capable of getting 282 HP down to the wheels, and shooting the car off like a rocket. Stock wheels and tires will get you from 0-62 MPH (0-100 KPH) in about 6.7 seconds. If you upgrade tires this can drop down to about 6.1 seconds, and even less if you get the proper wheels. Change your air intake, or even upgrade to a high performance, low resistance, K&N air filter and you can enhance it even more!
Today I have seen people changing exhaust on the e38 (1996-01 7 series), as well as doing several other modifications. From the facelift with the 99-01 style headlights on the 96-98 models, to full out Hamann body kits and wheels.
I find this car to be much more comfortable than most, yet much more sporty than the 745i or 745Li.
If you want the V12 engine then BMW offered the 750iL (now replaced with the 760Li) and while it has over 300HP its acceleration is a little slower than the V8. It is heavy, guzzles gas, and is not as fast, but has a great sound to it! Not to mention the V12 is amazingly smooth and refined, obviously more so than the V8 once you start cruising at around 150 MPH.
The 7 series are all about the same in price, so you can decide if you want the V8 or the V12 now for about the same price tag. Just keep in mind the bigger engine is about 75% more expensive to maintain, and is less reliable. Not to mention the fact that it has the normal BMW maintenance costs for the rest of the car!
The steptronic transmission is nice, and allows you to shift if needed while still being in automatic. This means for faster stopping or acceleration it can be used. Left in automatic it will still shift and not cause engine or transmission damage. If you switch it to manual it will allow you to over rev if you aren't careful, and it is easy to forget to shift! I have found a car you dive in auto normally is hard to shift as a manual as there is no clutch, and you are not used to the extra thought involved in shifting. If shifted into 4th gear in automatic it automatically goes into "sport mode" which is more more sport oriented driving (ie, more aggressive). It can be left in 4th at all times for a better RPM range and acceleration, as well as faster downshifting, and some braking assistance when letting off the accelerator. It is, on the other hand, a much fuel efficient mode and not for the driver looking to be green friendly!
This is a very easy to drive car with the advanced traction system left on and is pretty forgiving. Take the traction computer off and it is a very different machine! You notice the overpowered steering associated with most Porsches! The back end can break loose (especially if you take the traction off as well as use the sport mode/steptronic), and it is no longer designed for use by an amateur road driver!
For you power heads I have a story... after prom night at 2AM I went to the local Home Depot parking lot. It was empty completely, and there was no risk of an accident so I figured it was safe. Putting the car in low gear sport mode, and switching the traction off I turned the wheel and nailed the gas. I did 3 complete 360's before I decided I wanted to keep my tires intact! These were full burn outs... smoke everywhere, the tires screaming the whole way around! This was not anything you could do in a Honda, that's for sure! This car is a true RWD rocket!
The hardest thing I have found with this car is keeping the supreme sound package on low, and not speeding! A great, fun, fairly reliable car! The repairs are pricey, but what you would expect from any BMW.
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From the Vent Collection, this LBL Lighting swivel light is perfect for multi-functional spaces. The swiveling head allows you to direct and redirect your light whenever you want, whenever you need it. It comes with several options for a more customized look.
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At about 4:15 AM on Sunday, May 31, 2015, officers from District B-3 (Mattapan) made two arrests for firearm related offenses in the area of 95 Spencer Street in Dorchester.
About an hour prior, plain-clothes officers established surveillance in the areas of Spencer/Wheatland/Talbot Ave/Millet Street due to recent and ongoing issues of shots fired and gun activity. Officers observed a group of males exhibiting suspicious movements and hostility at the mere presence of police officers.
Two of these males separated themselves from the group, and after a brief conversation with the officers in a cruiser, walked away on Spencer Street. Additional officers continued surveillance on these males and observed them continuously look back over their shoulders at the officers’ cruiser while one male adjusted an object in his waistband. Officers then observed the two males duck quickly into an alley in the area of 95 Spencer Street and emerge about 30 seconds later only to walk back in the direction they came.
Believing the males had just discarded a firearm, officers exited their cruiser and investigated the area. Shortly, officers located a loaded silver Jennings 9mm firearm with a black handle on the ground in between two trash cans. Based on the officers’ observations, as well as statements made by witnesses in the area, officers placed 23-year-old James Mendes of Dorchester under arrest and charged him with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Carrying a Loaded Firearm, and Armed Career Criminal.
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Journey [Confirmation] ministry is a ministry that is all about helping our middle school aged youth understand the relevance of living the “L” shape of faith: Learning, Loving and Lending a hand. It’s a ministry that continues to get everyone involved in helping to shape and live a vibrant faith; youth, parent[s], mentors, pastoral staff and the congregation. That’s what oureducation ministry is all about partnership. In partnership with one another we build and strengthen relationships with one another and with God.
Journey is held Wednesday evenings. Our time together begins with an optional event -Journey Open House. Journey Open House is a social time for the Journey kids as well as mentors before class begins. It provides an opportunity for fun, laughter, talk, even a snack, Open House is held from 6:00-6:30 pm.
Our learning and discover time happened in both large and small group. At this time Pastor Darin and myself are evaluating which curriculum will meet our needs. Whichever material we select you can be assured that it will be an innovation confirmation curriculum that will invite students to ask their toughest questions and encourage them to work together to find answers as they explore their faith and examine how to live their faith.
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east asia minerals corp (EAS:Venture)
J. T. Lionel Martin Bsc., P.Geo.
Former Chief Operating Officer and Vice President, East Asia Minerals Corporation
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Mr. J. T. Lionel Martin, BSc., P.Geo. served as the Chief Operating Officer of East Asia Minerals Corporation from October 19, 2007 to October 14, 2011 and served as its Vice President. Mr. Martin joined East Asia Minerals in 2005 as Vice President of Business Development. He has 30 years of diversified exploration and business experience in Asia, North America and Africa. Prior to East Asia Minerals, he began his career with Eldorado Nuclear Limited (Cameco Corporation), ...
609 Granville StreetPhone: 604-684-2183
Vancouver, British Columbia V7Y 1G5
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O'Reilly, Ward win XTERRA Richmond Half Marathon Trail Run
Jason Dowdy and Laura Welier of Richmond take XTERRA Fugitive 10km Titles
(Richmond, VA) - Blaine O’Reilly (24, Williamsburg) and Emily Ward (31, Richmond) captured the XTERRA Richmond 20K, while Jason Dowdy (37, Richmond) and Laura Weiler (31, Richmond) won the XTERRA Fugitive 10K trail runs in cool, rainy conditions around James River Park this morning.
The courses for both races were changed to protect the trail system – eliminating the Forest Hill Park and “Dry Way” sections that have been pummeled with rain over the past two days - and replacing them with alternate routes on service and gravel roads.
O’Reilly, who ran for the Army Black Knights' track and cross country teams from 2007-2011 before graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 2011, led from start-to-finish and crossed the line in 1:11:37 (5:43 mile pace), more than four-minutes ahead of runner-up and last year’s 20K winner Ryan Middleton of Hanover.
“It was fun, my first XTERRA,” said O’Reilly, the two-mile record holder at Gloucester High School. “My brother wanted me to come over and run and glad I did. I’ll have to come back next year so I can get on those trails everyone raves about.”
In the women’s race Ward, a track and cross country star at the University of Richmond ten years ago, was equally as dominant despite getting a side-stitch that had her walking for the first time ever in a race. Her winning time of 1:26:44 was good for eighth overall, and nearly seven minutes ahead of runner-up Jaclyn Shokey.
“Aside from the side stich I had a good time splashing through all the puddles today,” said Ward, who works for Chesterfield County Parks and Recreation.
In the XTERRA Fugitive 10K, Dowdy defended his title and has now won this race three times (it was way back in 2002 when he won his first). Russell Reed stayed close early but Dowdy ran away at the famous Manchester Stairs, aka “Mayan Ruins” section.
“I wanted to set the tone early and I could hear the guy behind me until we got to the stairs and started dropping him there,” said Dowdy, who ran at Virginia Tech until 1999.
Women’s 10K winner Laura Weiler finished more than six minutes ahead of runner-up Lucas Daley, and said she was happy to see the course re-routed to protect the trails.
“Had a lot of fun today. The course was a little different than normal but they did a great job re-routing us and keeping everyone safe and the trails in good shape,” said Weiler, a regular runner at James River Park. “I love these trails, Buttermilk, North Bank, they are so much fun and such an asset to Richmond. Maintaining the integrity of the trails is far more important than just one day and we were still able to have a great race and a lot of fun so it worked out.”
Tomorrow, the XTERRA East Championship will take place in Richmond for the 15th consecutive year starting with the pro race at 8am.
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Unwanted guests can enter our systems through our food, water, and air, so it's a good practice to complete the Para Cleansing Kit at least once a year.
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Understanding the life cycle of parasites and the difficulty in getting rid of them completely, how many cycles of parasite cleanse should I go through?
Killing parasites depends of course on how severe the symptoms of infestation exists and may take 2-3 trials over a course of time with pausing between trials to be successful. Parasite organisms can usually be diagnosed with stool samples with the help of a skilled alternative healthcare practitioner.
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Why GCC nationals are rushing to buy property in this unexpected MENA country
Amid the booming realty market in Oman, there is a huge rush among the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) nationals to buy real estate properties in the country. Experts believe that Oman is a safe country for investment.
The environment is also conducive for investment and the property prices are cheaper compared to other GCC neighbours.
An official at the Ministry of Housing told Gulf News that the number of the real estate properties owned by the GCC citizens in various governorates of Oman totalled 3,521 in 2013.
By acquiring 1,850 properties, Kuwaiti nationals come in first place, the Emiratis are second with 1,211, Qataris third with 261, Bahrainis fourth with 117 and Saudi nationals with 82 properties appear last in the list, the official added.
The official affirmed that the number of people wanting to own a property in Oman is going up due to good returns and cheaper market as compared to their neighbouring states.
He added that Emiratis own properties in all the governorates of Oman, while other GCC nationals have properties only in some governorates.
The GCC nationals bought 1,615 properties in North Batinah governorate which represents half of the properties bought by them. Economic experts attribute it to the growing number of infrastructure projects under execution in North Batinah which include Sohar Port, Free Zone and the Railway project.
Dhofar governorate comes second with 494 properties, followed by Muscat, South Sharqiyah, South Batinah and Dhakilyah.
Meanwhile, Emiratis own 34 properties of the total 35 properties in the Dhakliyah governorate.
The GCC citizens are allowed to purchase property in member states without restrictions, while expatriates can only buy in freehold areas in states that have such provisions.
The properties given by the Ministry of Housing to the GCC nationals stood at 226 in December 2013 alone, says the official.
With 107 ownerships, Kuwaiti nationals come first, followed by Emirati nationals with 88 ownerships.
Ahmad Al Balsuhi, a real estate expert, told Gulf News that the realty sector in Oman is free of fluctuations due to stability and an ideal investment destination due to the government policies in Oman.
Al Balushi added a series of mega projects across the country for diversifying income sources, especially Sohar Port, Sohar Airport and other infrastructure and tourist projects, have all attracted GCC nationals to own property in Oman.
Meanwhile, to regulate the skyrocketing prices of the land plots, especially in Muscat that have witnessed a huge demand particularly from Omani couples, the Ministry of Housing is going to issue a real estate Index to monitor the undue hike by the unlicensed real estate brokers.
According to Omani Penal Law, those unlicensed real estate brokers would be liable to a jail term of six months and a fine not more than O3,000 Omani riyals.
The volume of real estate transactions in 2013 stood at more than 2 billion riyals, a 34 per cent increase from 2012.
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- MENA eyeing up North Cyprus property
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so what's up guys. basically, i got my droid2 last week, and finally got it rooted. well, i finally got gummyjar on my sdcard, and i unzipped and installed it via bootstrap. well, when i hit reboot, it sent me into a bootloop, with the gummyjar logo. i backed it up before i did this, but i can't get to that menu. is there anyway i can get to the menu to restore? i need your help asap, this is my only phone. thank you very much for help! | <urn:uuid:6bbb3b1a-d264-4aa8-9dd4-9229c36d4496> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.droidforums.net/threads/aahhhhhhhh-help-please.113354/ | 2017-05-25T21:24:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608416.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170525195400-20170525215400-00541.warc.gz | en | 0.958911 | 119 |
The Wolves women’s soccer team lost its semi-final game at nationals today, 3-1 to Champlain College from Saint-Lambert, Quebec.
The Wolves will now face NAIT Friday at 9:30 a.m. Alberta time.
The winner there will advance to the bronze medal game.
Soccer nationals are taking place in Halifax.
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Victoria to get second international airport
Avalon Airport near Geelong will be upgraded so it can take international flights.
Source: 7pm TV News VIC | Duration: 1min 34sec
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Apex Legends Season 8 Introduces Fuse and 30-30 Repeater
Apex Legends fans have a lot of new content to look forward to coming in Season 8. Respawn recently revealed Fuse, a spontaneous character who prefers improvising instead of planning, and a new 30-30 Repeater that packs a powerful punch.
The new season will also feature an Obliterated Kings Canyon, a new ranked season, and a new Mayhem battle pass to grind.
A new explosive Legend
Fuse was revealed in the latest Stories from the Outlands video, which showed his intense life on Salvo. As a child, Fuse and his friend Mags found a golden grenade that belonged to Salvonian freedom fighters. They traded the item constantly back and forth throughout their lives.
Both characters participated in illegal activities to survive. They pulled off heists, fought armed soldiers, and attempted to steal a prized belt. Fuse eventually joined the Bonecage, where he established himself as the best fighter on Salvo.
Mags and Fuse eventually went their separate ways when Fuse joined the Apex Games. Mags is against the Syndicate and was disappointed to see her friend join and eventually detonated their prized golden grenade. Fuse lost his arm in the blast and departed to make a name for himself as an Apex Legend.
Respawn has not revealed Fuse’s abilities, but fans have received a few hints. Bombs recently started dropping into the final rings in matches and cover the surrounding area in fire when shot. This is likely a tease for one of Fuse’s abilities, just like the gravity lifts that teased Horizon in season six.
The rest of Fuse’s abilities are unknown, but his cybernetic arm and love for explosives will likely be involved.
The end of Kings Canyon?
Respawn also announced how Fuse’s entrance has “dramatically reshaped” Kings Canyon but has not revealed further details. Fuse is a fan of explosives, and some of the most popular points of interest in Kings Canyon might be destroyed in Apex season 8.
A new rifle, battle pass, and ranked season
Salvo’s most popular weapon, the 30-30 Repeater, is also coming in Season 8. The weapon is a lever-action rifle that deals massive damage to enemies from a distance. Respawn has not revealed the full details for the Repeater, but fans can expect another option for mid-to-long range fights.
Fans can also expect the new Mayhem battle pass, which will include Legendary skins, Apex Packs, Holo-Sprays, and other cosmetic items. Competitive players will have a new Ranked season to enjoy and prove their the best in the world.
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The Land of Fire and Ice comes complete with volcanoes, glaciers, and of course, the Northern Lights, Iceland is renowned for its natural wonders. Reykjavik, the island's capital by contrast is a bustling vibrant city, filled with restaurants, shops and spas, and has a chilled music and arts scene.
Maybe it's because of its stunning natural beauty, its shifting tectonic plates or its volcanic landscape but Iceland is a land of constant surprises. Look to the skies and you'll be able to see the Northern Lights, look to the ground and you'll notice geysers or even a geothermal field.
Perhaps it's not so unusual that the flamboyantly individual singer and musician, Bjork, comes from Iceland. After all, this is a country that was settled by the Norse and has retained its spirit of originality and rugged determination.
What type of holiday in Iceland are you looking for?
The nation's capital is also its biggest hub of activity. The city is home to fantastic hotels, soothing spas, a busy harbour area and countless nightspots.
As well as the culture and community of the city, Reykjavik is a great base to explore the surrounding nature of Iceland. From Reykjavik you're encouraged to discover the waterfalls, caves and volcanoes that are all accessible via car hire, taxis or guided tours.
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I launched from Huntington Beach Park tonight, and I think I found my new favorite playground. I sailed mostly within a 1/4 mile radius of the beach area because the W NW wind seemed to have a stronger band through that area. Most of the night was spent sailing back to shore, relaxing, then heading back out over-powered on 6.5, 95l for some 3-4′ ramps. I have no clue how to jump, but having a captive audience on the beach, pier, and in the restaurant pushed me to get a few feet of air on a couple of the runs. By the end, I started to figure out the whole jibing in waves thing, but I was otherwise able to touch sandy bottom all but one of the fails. I also managed to pop out of the harness line over a wave and somehow launched into a complete sumersault before hitting the water. (mental note to remember GoPro) I think the van is going to remain loaded up from now on for more after work sessions. | <urn:uuid:a0615d71-91f6-42bf-b5cb-9f357f069394> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.sailwet.com/2021/04/30/huntington-beach-newport-news-va/ | 2023-09-25T18:39:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510085.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20230925183615-20230925213615-00238.warc.gz | en | 0.970642 | 208 |
When deciding on a staircase contractor it can be very confusing what the difference is between contractors. First… are they licensed? Second… do they have insurance? You can see all of this information on www.cslb.com
What I would recommend is to do your homework on what exactly changes you are looking to make. Find out if the contractor has experience doing that scope of work. One thing I would highly advise agianst is, deciding on a contractor soley based upon price! I really hate it when I get the call asking to fix a bad job that we originally bid on in the first place.
Why Beach City Stairs.
With Beach City Stairs, We are committed to providing you with professional service, excellent quality, with friendly customer service. We always try to go above and beyond “industry standard”. From the way we design to the materials we hand select. We offer a large verity of stair designs from traditional to contemporary style staircases. Materials ranging from domestic woods to exotic, stainless steel balusters, Iron balusters and even glass. Our Gallery is only a glimpse of what we have to offer and we have a full portfolio to show when we come to your home.
Services include: New construction, Remodels, Re-finishing and repairs. Baluster exchanges from wood to Iron balusters is one of the most common applications and typically can be done in three days from the day we start.
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The English surname Higginbotham, found in Lancashire and Yorkshire, is an habitational name from a place in Lancashire now known as Oakenbottom. It is composed of the Old English elements cen or acen meaning “oaken” and botme meaning “broad valley.” During the Middle Ages this name became successively Eakenbottom and Ickenbottom, the first element becoming associated with the dialect word hicken or higgen ‘mountain ash’ or the personal name Higgin. The name is recorded in the New World as early as the 17th Century when John Higginbotham arrived in Barbados in 1680. Henry Higginbotham, aged 25 years, arrived at Ellis Island, New York from Macclesfield England in 1896. Today there are approximately 14,000 bearers of the name Higginbotham in the United States. | <urn:uuid:657ff35e-41ab-4635-880e-bd1934270f2c> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://heraldicjewelry.com/pages/higginbotham-family-crest | 2024-02-24T03:42:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474482.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20240224012912-20240224042912-00165.warc.gz | en | 0.944727 | 187 |
One evening, I went to see the show of Apollo circus with my parents and sister. It was held under a very large tent. My father bought four tickets. We entered through the gate and took our seats. We saw clowns and dwarfs siting in the arena.
The show began at 9 p.m. with a parade of all performers. Then a group of men and women performers, dressed in brightly cultured clothes, cycled on wires, fixed on poles. The spectators clapped, as they enjoyed the sight.
The horse riders were the next to follow. They rode on horses and performed feats all around the ring. There were feats performed by lions and elephants too. Clowns and dwarfs made the spectators laugh with their funny tricks; there was a fantastic performance by a motor cyclist, who drove in full speed inside the well of death.
Children clapped and clapped when a monkey came driving a small train, hoists passengers were some small animals and birds like rabbits, cats, dogs and parrots. Some animals enjoyed playing football and other games.
List of all, we saw the acrobats. They were swinging from the root of the big tent. The spectators were clapping at their performance. An acrobat stood on a ladder and threw cups and saucers into the air. He grasped each of them, when they came tumbling.
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NRDC/Move L.A. Push Governor on Smart Growth Bill, Praise Regional Plans
Over the last year, three large regional transportation authorities have passed regional transportation plans that tie together transportation, land use, greenhouse gas emissions and public health mandated by S.B. 375 in 2008. Today, a new study by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Move L.A. praises the Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego regional planning areas for passing these plans and promotes legislation that could make future plans even better.
Despite the passage of the first regional plans and the continued enthusiasm of S.B. 375, NRDC isn’t happy with the current state of plan. “…a plan is not enough,” writes Amanda Eaken at the NRDC Switchboard. “From the very beginning, we knew that we needed to bring new resources to these communities if we wanted to see the real change SB 375 envisions.”
As Streetsblog has discussed in the past, the new regional plans in San Diego and Los Angeles have significant drawbacks. In San Diego, local advocates filed suit against the plan arguing that transit, walkability and bicycling projects are pushed to the end of the thirty year plan so that highway projects can be funded earlier. They were joined in their lawsuit by State Attorney General Kamala Harris. In the Greater Los Angeles region, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health estimates a $40 billion need for bicycles and pedestrian projects. The plan allocates less than 3% of that need.
However, the authors have a solution: Governor Brown needs to sign Senate Bill 1156.
SB 1156 gives local governments a way to finance the projects and plans mandated by S.B. 375, save Californians money and help stop global warming. For example, projects within a “transit priority area” that received different benefits, approvals and government funds would have to be within a half-mile of a transit stop. It also would continue the requirement that cities spend 20 percent of subsidies for development projects for low- and moderate-income housing.
S.B. 1156 is authored by Senator Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), the same Senator who authored 2008’s S.B. 375. It has already passed both the Senate and Assembly and awaits the Governor’s signature to become law.
“When Governor Schwarzenegger signed SB 375, we knew the law had the potential to significantly improve the California way of life,” explains Steinberg in a statement. “Four years later, the first round of regional plans have strongly embraced this vision. Governor Brown can help to ensure that California communities pivot permanently in the direction of sustainability by signing SB 1156, to give local governments the tools they need to implement these great plans.”
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DescriptionThe 20,000mAh Waterproof Powerbank from Sprout brings incredible power in a stylish, waterproof housing to ensure you can charge up your devices anywhere at anytime, regardless of the environment!
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Whitecaps coach Martin Rennie will open training camp on Sunday with 24 players signed to MLS deals and a host of trialists looking to crack the roster.
The list of hopefuls includes Tom Heinemann, the former Columbus Crew forward who played for Rennie in Carolina, and forward Corey Hertzog, New York Red Bulls’ 13th overall pick in the 2011 SuperDraft.
There’s a Kenyan international, 24-year-old midfielder Crispin Olando. That connection was likely through Rennie’s friendship with longtime Kenyan international Musa Otieno, who played briefly for Rennie in Cleveland. The two were recently in Nepal together, and Rennie hinted then something was in the works.
Jamaican forward Dever Orgill showed flashes of promise during his first stint in Vancouver, but he also had discipline issues. He was released in the summer of 2010 after a bad red card in PDL play and a nasty tackle on a teammate in training.
Local boy Jacob Lensky trained with the Caps for much of last season and returns for the preseason. Paulo Jr., the former Real Salt Lake winger-forward, is listed on the camp roster, though he hasn’t agreed to terms. The Caps picked him in the second stage of the re-entry draft and have made him an offer.
Vancouver’s Ben Fisk, a product of the Caps’ residency program, is among a group of young Canadians seeking an MLS deal. A handful are away with Colin Miller’s national team and will join the Caps later on in training camp.
One of those is right back Andrés Fresenga, who belongs to Racing Club de Montevideo in Uruguay, but could play this season on loan as a back up for Y.P. Lee (Red Nation).
According to the Whitecaps, they had eight players with MLS experience in camp in 2011. That increased to 19 last season and 25 this year. Players from 13 different birth countries are in camp, including 10 Canadians, four signed and six on trial.
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2011 was a year of deadly and devastating tornados, and an earthquake that shook the east coast. One of the largest tornados hit a suburb in my county in the Birmingham Alabama area. We are also only one state over from the New Madrid earthquake zone that starts in the Memphis area. After taking several closer looks at the foundation and basement of our 50 year old house, I realized we were living with a false sense of security.
After researching online, I learned that in certain large events, mainly earthquake, but also from high winds, if the house gets shaken, the metal [pier] poles holding up the center of the house in the basement may or may not move in unison with the rest of the house above them that they are supporting. Our house [has a conventional perimeter foundation and aside from the perimeter it] is simply sitting on those poles, and that is it. In large earthquakes, houses with basements can simply fall into the basement below them, if the support poles [or posts and piers] do not stay intact. I set out looking for an easy fix, and discovered nothing readily available on the market for this situation. Maybe in frequent earthquake territory like California, there might be something on the market, but I did not find anything at the big box hardware stores or online.
It appeared it was time to get creative. I am not in the construction business, but I’m guessing I do have a few more tools than the average household. My small shop has a miter-saw, table saw, drill press, chop-saw, and a small, bottom of line wire-welder. There are lots of people with way more tools than this, but this is a modest amount and I’m comfortable using them. I spent a much of my time staring at the rafters and those metal poles, knowing there had to be way to tie them together.
The goal is not to keep the house from swaying, but rather, if the house is swaying, the poles sway in unison with the house. This way, when the house stops swaying, the metal poles are still in position as there were intended, holding up the center of the house. The metal poles of our old house are 4-1/2 inches in diameter. A double row of 2”x10” rafters run lengthways of the house, with 2”x10” rafters attached perpendicular to them. These perpendicular rafters run from the center of the house out to the foundation. I would like to have been able to tell you that all of the rafters are evenly spaced, but they are not. Wiring and plumbing run along the bottom of the rafters, and it appears that plumbing had a major say-so in what rafters went where. Sure, there are a few rafters that are evenly spaced, but quite a few that were placed very close to another rafter to accommodate the plumbing.
So, in staring at the poles and rafters, I obviously needed something to attach to the pole, and something that could be attached to the rafters, and each of these had to be able to be attached to each other. Oh, and in my case, cost was an issue. To explain: most of those tools were bought before we had kids. Now my paycheck is spent before it gets home. And in this economy, it’s not getting any better either. I wanted to make the house a little bit safer than it was before I started, and yet still not break the bank. Besides being on a tight budget, time is precious these days too, and I can only work on this project on the occasional, rare, weekend free from other events begging for priority on the calendar.
I knew I could drill holes in the wood, even if I have to use a right-angle attachment to do so, to mount some type of brace. As is ‘just my luck’, some of the closest together rafters were the ones near the poles I was going to be working on. But, what kind of bracing to use? Flat aluminum or steel [stock] is readily available at the hardware stores, but in an earthquake, you never know for sure what direction the house is going to be shaking in. Nature has a tendency to keep that thing called the ‘epicenter’ to herself and let the scientist figure that one out later. Angle iron has support both vertically and horizontally. Luckily, and beloved neighbor, ‘Joe’ had given me some scrap angle iron before he passed away a couple of years ago. I still had the rusty angle iron in the shop, and I would need to clean it up with a portable electric grinder and a wire wheel attachment on a drill, but it was free, and I had plenty of it to do the job. I love to recycle, and re-using this free angle iron for my project is better than it getting sold for scrap. I wanted to clean up the surface rust and paint it to roughly match the gray color of the poles. The drill press would eventually come in handy for the angle iron too.
I did some research on eBay, and found that the do make U-Bolts in the needed size, but due to the size and weight, the shipping and handling were going to cost more than the U-Bolt. I discovered that one of the auto parts chain stores carried the 4-1/2” U-Bolt on their web site. The highway nearby has just about a half dozen auto parts stores within a 15 minute drive. The auto part store that had the U-Bolts had them at a very attractive price, and they would ship them to your local store for free. Bingo. This way I could get the U-Bolts at basically the same price as I’d seen on ebay, but without the shipping and handling costs. The auto parts store only needed a couple of days to get them to the store. This worked out great for me, because I ordered them early in the week, and wouldn’t be using them until the weekend anyway.
The large 4-1/2” U-Bolts are made out of steel that is 3/8” diameter. I could drill 3/8” inch holes in the angle iron, to attach it to the U-Bolt, and additional holes to attach it to the rafters. I wanted angle iron on each side of the pole, where-ever possible, for the push-pull effect that an earthquake might cause. I also wanted to put two holes in each piece of angle iron where it attached to rafters, so that it would be rigid enough to move the poles with the house. If I were to only put one hole in each piece of angle iron where it attaches to the rafter, it would like just be a pivot point and the angle iron could easily let the pole shift away from the center of the house.
I wanted to paint the U-Bolt, and angle iron pieces, because they would be in contact not only with each other, but also with the metal pole. Although in this particular instance they are all steel, I’m not sure what kinds of steel they are. I’ve learned that dissimilar metals that are in contact with each other can vastly increase the oxidation (rust) rate of the metal. As a side note, always be aware if you are using aluminum, steel, and any alloys, that are touching or are bolted to each other, as this can oxidation can become a real issue. Don’t think that aluminum oxidizes? Next time you are in a salvage yard, look at the chalky white powder on some of the aluminum parts you see is oxidation. It just doesn’t turn dark like steel does when it rusts (oxidizes).
I made a dry fit of the U-bolt to near the top of the pole, about 3-4 inches from the top. I wanted to keep it near the top for leveraged strength, but not so near the top that if it did attempt to sway in an earthquake that it would try to jump over the top of the pole. Measured the lengths I needed for the angle iron to have a piece on each side, and cut them with the chop saw. Drilled them on the drill press, then painted all of the pieces and let them dry completely. In keeping with the recycling theme, I was able to use up some old cans of [rust preventive] ‘primer gray’ color that matched the existing gray color of the metal poles well.
The U-Bolts come with a bracket that fills in the gap of the opening at the open end of the ‘U’, and with the two nuts needed to hold it all together. When measuring for bolts to use on the rafter, take into account not only the thickness of the rafter, but the thickness of your angle iron, the nut, and washers. I recommend using washers on sides of the rafter, where the bolt head is and on the other side where the nut meets the angle iron. I even painted the washers, in case they are a different metal from the angle iron. Who knows, a few seconds of extra painting could add years to the project and protect the old house for the next generation.
Are there better ways to do this project? Sure. Are there more expensive ways to do this project? Sure. This just happened to be the best fit for my situation, of wanting to build a little more safety into a 50 year-old house, without having to take out a loan to do it. Maybe you can adapt some of these ideas into your next project. | <urn:uuid:75862c3d-0744-4d29-adc1-5bbf5105ca1a> | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | http://www.survivalblog.com/2011/10/earthquake_retrofit_an_old_hou.html | 2014-03-08T23:09:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1393999666921/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305060746-00032-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973186 | 2,012 |
For more than 15 years the Abraham Path Initiative (API) has generated positive social and economic impact in Southwest Asia (“the Middle East”), by developing walking trails for community-based tourism. The trails benefit residents, who may become professional guides, homestay host families, and small business owners who cater to walkers who visit their towns. Along these trails, travelers may enjoy authentic hospitality, make new friends, walk in breathtaking landscapes, and return home with positive stories about the region and its peoples.
Working with governments, communities, civil society organizations, and individuals, API has catalyzed the development of more than 2,000 km of walking trails in Palestine, Jordan, the Sinai, and Turkey.
· We began our work in Palestine in 2008, exploring existing walking trails and reaching out to various NGOs to assess interest and capacity for co-creating a long-distance walking trail on the spine of the West Bank. In 2014 we were awarded a $3.324m grant from the World Bank Group to complete 330 km of walking trails. In the course of five years, that was accomplished, along with developing dozens of homestay opportunities with families in villages along the route, and certifying scores of walking and trekking guides.
· Our investment of expertise and training in the eastern Sinai Peninsula brought three Bedouin tribes together to create a 225 km trail connecting their territories. In 2018, they saw a 66% rise in the number of Bedouin guides (from 16 to 24), while the number of Bedouin workers along the trail grew from 34 to 42. Walkers on the trail increased from 88 in 2017 to nearly 400 in 2018. From that place of strength, the three tribes, in a unified effort, invited five additional tribes to work with them. Together, the eight tribes doubled the length of the Sinai Trail. API’s investment in the Sinai was underwritten by grants from the Flora Family Foundation.
· In 2018-2019, API completed a $260,000 trail feasibility study in the Asir Province of Saudi Arabia. Asir, north of Yemen on Arabia’s Red Sea Coast, boasts the highest mountain on the peninsula -- the 3,000-meter Jabal Sawda.
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Upcoming UCAB events:
- · Thursday 2/23: Massage Night. You desperately need a study break, but you can’t rationally justify one. We can though. Feeling knotty? Need a good back rub? Want to reach a state of absolute zen and focus? Let us knead your troubles away in the most productive break of the year yet. Please arrive at 8:30pm in the Daniel Family Commons to sign-up for a massages. First come, first serve. These spots tend to fill up within seconds.
- · Friday 2/24: The Help. “The Help” a movie about an aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960’s decides to write a book detailing the African-American maid’s point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis. 10pm in the West Dining Bay.
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Struggling to stay connected, technology challenges, unprecedented church closings… These are just a few of the realities for this season of ministry we are navigating. As the spouse of a minister, I have had a front-row view of the roller coaster days of ministering during a pandemic. Our church members run the gamut from believing we are all over-reacting to being genuinely fearful of leaving their homes. How do we support a ministry spouse who is trying to keep a congregation together when we are forced to stay apart?
1. Be a refuge from the criticism while providing encouragement. This may have been a season where opinions from all over the above-mentioned spectrum have been shared freely from well-intended church members. Listen to your spouse, pray together about necessary leadership decisions, and provide that safe place where your spouse can share raw feelings.
2. Keep your spouse grounded. A kite soars because of the constant tension between the wind blowing against it and the person on the ground holding the string. You are the person holding the string for your ministry spouse! When your feet are firmly on the ground, your ministry spouse will be able to face any wind of opposition and fly high. Be the solid and grounded support who is constant in prayer and always willing to provide some much-needed perspective.
3. Understand your spouse’s temperament and specific ministry role. During this season, creative thinkers and problem solvers are probably thriving. But an ordered and meticulous worker may be struggling. Effective speakers who draw energy from an audience are probably having a hard time right now. For pastor-shepherds, it’s a coin toss. On one hand, they may love the opportunity to minister to real-world needs. Or, they may struggle at the difficulties of one-on-one interaction. Second-chair leaders may also be struggling if they think the church is moving faster or slower than they would like. If your spouse is the technical one on staff carrying the load, he may feel stretched thin and weary. Those ministering to preschool and children may wonder when they’ll ever see children again!
No matter your ministry spouse’s position, temperament, or unique situation, God has equipped you to be an encouragement to your spouse. And remember that when you “bear one another’s burdens,” you “fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2
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By Chuck Kim
Originally published on Advocate.com January 04 2002 12:00 AM ET
Brandon Quinton is proud to note that Entertainment Tonight dubbed him the Susan Lucci of the current Survivor: Africa, CBS’s immensely popular reality game show, the 25-year-old Texas bartender is one of only two openly gay men, along with original Survivor winner Richard Hatch, in the show’s three-season history—and he joined up planning to do as much scheming as possible.
In a no-holds-barred interview with Advocate.com, Quinton—who was the ninth person voted out of the show’s competition for the $1 million prize—says he tried out for the show to strike a blow for every young “little fag” who’s never seen himself on television and to let them know that being gay doesn’t mean being promiscuous.
Advocate.com: You were out there how many days?Quinton: 27 days.
Did you have any hesitation about going when you found out you were chosen?No, but when I got out there, I started feeling a little overwhelmed. I had thought a lot about getting on the show, but I hadn’t thought about [the fact that I had] not been camping before. That was kind of overwhelming.
From your CBS interview on The Early Show, it sounds as though your primary draw for competing in this wasn’t the money or the fame.It really wasn’t. Shows like Queer as Folk that are so popular show a really bad image of 20-something gays. Pretty much everything on TV is, either you’re over 30 and you can’t get a man and desperate to find someone, or you’re under 20, super promiscuous, and trying every new fad drug that comes out. I’m 25, absolutely not promiscuous, and don’t do drugs. I thought it would be good to have someone different out there.
How do you feel you were perceived?I’m just myself. I’m not like some super-butch guy; I’m not really worried about what people think about how I act. I can’t help that, I’m just who I am. I think it says a lot that someone on the flamboyant side can last 27 days with very little food and water in very hard conditions.
You went on there to break the TV stereotypes...I didn’t go to break the stereotypes, because that’s impossible for someone on a game show to do. I just wanted there to be an alternative. When I was in high school, there was no one [gay] to see [on TV]. Then the first gay characters I started seeing were not that positive. If some kid in high school is getting teased and called a fag or a queen every day like I was, [and] they could see [on Survivor] that a little fag queer guy outlasted a lot of the butch guys, then maybe I helped them. I didn’t really have a lot of chances on the show to talk about my views on promiscuity and drug use.
Were you out in high school?I wasn’t. When you’re from a really small town in rural Oklahoma like I was, it didn’t matter that I dated girls, I was just different from everyone else. I got to hear “fag” and “queer” nonstop. [In that situation] you can either decide, I’m going to get of this—I’m going to make something out of myself and get away from these kinds of people or you can let it really get to you and it’ll drive you crazy.
I’m certainly not defending anyone, but some of these kids who pull out a gun and wreak havoc, I can almost relate to them. You can only take so much; you can only be pushed so far before you either snap like those kids did or you just get a really strong resolve and say, I’m not going to take it, I’m not going to let anyone bother me. That’s kind of what I did. I wouldn’t trade back then for anything.
Would you say your Survivor experience was a good time?It was a good experience. It was no vacation—it’s very hard. I wouldn’t do it again, because I’ve done it. I found out a lot about myself. It was a good time. I enjoyed it.
What do you think of the other gay contestants, like Richard Hatch?I’m way different from Richard Hatch. I mean, obviously, I’m way thinner and less hairy! And then there’s the Guidos [life partners Joe and Bill] on [CBS’s around-the-world game show] The Amazing Race. Wow, they were something else. They weren’t portrayed in a very likable way, I’ll tell you that. I met them last week. Their finale was the same day I was starting my press tour. They seemed very nice. I don’t know what kind of people they are, but they seem nice enough.
How do you feel you were treated by your fellow contestants? Overall, were they OK with you being gay?For most people in urban areas, I don’t think it’s a big issue. Well, not that I’ve encountered. Most people on the show, they knew gay people. It wasn’t like I was the first one they had met like [I was] with [fellow contestants] Frank and Tom. Tom [a 46-year-old goat and cattle farmer from Virginia] has never ever been around someone who was openly gay. He asked me one day, “What’s the deal? Why are you different?” So I told him.
Frank [a 43-year-old telephone technician] has a military background and he doesn’t think a lot of gay people. That’s fine. You can’t go through life with a chip on your shoulder worrying about if you please everyone. I don’t worry if I please anybody. I’m happy with myself and that’s all that matters.
Have you been back to work since the show started?Oh, yeah. I only work two to three days a week, but I’ve definitely been back to work. It’s still fun. Most of the guys in Dallas, because I’m a bartender, they know me, so it’s not so big of a deal for them. I work in a Levi’s-and-leather bar, and a lot of straight tourists come in—these little straight couples wading through the guys in chaps! When they come to get an autograph, you can just see the look on their faces. It’s pretty funny.
For some reason, I’m super popular in Australia. I guess there’s a ton of gay people there. I get a zillion fan letters from people in Australia. It’s little kids, adults, straight people, and gay people. The people who come up to me from here are all different sorts too, but in Australia it just seems like an unusual amount of people.
Has the bar doing anything special since you’ve been on?[They air the show] on Thursdays. I don’t go to those. I’m not allowed to watch the show in public, because it’s new to me too. If I were sitting next to you and something happened, just my facial expression might give away something that might happen [in the future].
How have the tips been? Actually, right now, they’re probably the lowest I’ve ever made. I was on the show for 10 episodes. The further I made it, the fewer people would hang around my bar, like they were almost scared of me. Like they’re scared to order a drink from me, they’re scared to talk to me.
Dallas has a lot of gay people, but even in our own little gay community, when I go to shop or get a bite to eat—the people behind the counter, even—they’ll just kind of say hi and keep their head down like they’re afraid to look at me. It’s so strange. And it sent my dating life to hell in a handbag, I’ll tell you that. They’re all scared to hit on me now. Plus, I looked like total hell by the time I got voted off the show. At least now people can see me cleaned up. I was kind of a hairy little troll on there towards the end. A month out there turns you into that.
What was the absolute worst part of the Survivor experience?I hate to say it: While the water was really bad, the whiny girls were the worst part of it for me. There were a couple a girls my age out there who annoyed the shit out of me. I’m not used to being around girls, especially that age. I don’t know if they were cycling at the same time, because they just went on—they would just constantly whine and cry.
Who did you enjoy hanging out with most out there?One of those whiny girls. Little Kim, Kim Powell, was my favorite. I [still] hang out with Kelly [Goldsmith] all the time—I’m staying with Kelly in L.A. I’m looking at the new Globe [tabloid] and it has Gay Survivor Falls for Gal He Booted Off Show. This article is talking about Kelly and me having some kind of wild sexual affair. I’m like, “Hello? Did they ever watch the show? Have they met me?”
Was there any friction because of what happened during the show between you and Kelly?Oh, no, because when I got onto the jury, I lied to her and told her it was Frank that voted her off and not me. Then about two weeks before she got voted off [on the broadcast show], I called her and said, “Oh, by the way, the show is going to look like I voted you off, and I did. Talk to you later, bye!” She called me back the next day, and we got over it really quickly.
In watching the show, has your opinion about Frank or Tom [the two openly homophobic contestants] changed any? It’s a game. We were in an extreme situation. I don’t hold a grudge against anyone, certainly not for voting me off. I would have voted me off too. I was such a schemer and causing trouble all of the time. I could forgive almost anything Tom has said because he is so non-malicious when he says bad things. He would say some pretty racist/homophobic stuff, but it’s just the way he talks.
Frank, he’s just kind of malicious and homophobic. It’s funny—he spent a month out there with me and he did not grow a bit by knowing me. Maybe that says more about me than him, I don’t know, but I certainly didn’t change his opinions at all.
I think I changed Big Tom’s opinion. He’s invited me to stay on the farm with him. I’m going to do it just so all of his neighbors make fun of him. I told him, “I’m totally going to come stay with you and tell all of your neighbors I slept with you.”
“Aw, Sugarbear”—that’s what he said.
Are there any good sides to having been on Survivor?I think it’s really great for me. I [used to] think nobody else really cares about what I have to say. It makes me feel good that at least I can say what I feel. The big deal to me is the promiscuity that goes on amongst people my age. At least it makes me feel that one person heard that and realized that you can go out with someone and not have to fuck them. Maybe one person hears that and thinks, “Why am I doing that?”
Are you saying you’re celibate?Absolutely not. I just don’t have intercourse with somebody unless I’m with them. I don’t think dating somebody five times in two weeks allows them to be intimate with me. It’s all respect for me. It’s not even about [sexually transmitted diseases]. You can have pretty safe sex now. It would be much better for me to feel like somebody—even before I was on the show—if somebody’s with me because they want to hang out with me, not because they think they’re going to get a piece of ass. You can do other things to have a good time. If it comes to the point where I’m dating someone I really like and it’s three weeks into it, then it’s three weeks into it. Two months into it is two months into it. What’s the point? You can get off other ways without getting really intimate.
You were actually married to a woman before.I was, for nine months, before I was in college.
Have you heard from your ex-wife since the show?She sold her story to The National Enquirer and the Star. Gotta read all about that. I was 19 years old; I lived in rural Oklahoma. Not to make silly excuses, but I didn’t know what gay was when I was 19. I had never been with a guy. I just thought I was having weird thoughts. I kinda was just doing what everyone else was doing. Then I thought, “I really don’t like the vagina that much.”
So how old were you when you met your first guy?This is going to sound so bad: 19 or 20. I dated for my first time when I separated from my wife.
Was it tough the first time you were with a guy?I don’t have a lot of moral hang-ups about stuff like that. I felt right.
What was the reaction from your family about being on the show?My mom and and my grandma really didn’t want me to do it. My mom might have been afraid that I wouldn’t fare so well. My grandma I think was embarrassed. You know, she was afraid her friends would see. They’re really proud of me now, but they were real apprehensive when I got on there. They hadn’t really watched the show before.
Were they OK with you being out nationally?I didn’t really give them the choice or ask their approval or permission to go on the show, I just did it. I told them, “You can like it, have a good time with it, or not.” They chose to have a really good time with it.
Team Guido, the gay couple who competed on CBS’s The Amazing Race, told me they thought you did a good job with your interview on Letterman. Were you nervous?I was very nervous about that. I was really nervous before all of my TV stuff. Letterman doesn’t really like that he has to do [interviews with contestants from] Survivor. The producers made me super nervous beforehand. Then I thought, Fuck it, I’ll just do what I do.
Was he the toughest?He wasn’t the toughest interview, but I was most nervous for him. Actually, Bryant Gumbel interviewed me [on CBS’s The Early Show], which is weird, because he never interviews any of the Survivors. He sat down with me and asked some pretty hard questions that took me off guard. He was probably the toughest, but he was really nice about it.
Have you met any of the previous Survivors?No! But my absolute favorite Survivor, Jerri [from Survivor: The Australian Outback], called me after my interview with Craig Kilborn. It made my day.
Isn’t Colby [the runner-up from Survivor: The Australian Outback] back in Texas now?No, Colby’s not in Texas now! As soon as he got his check, he packed up and moved to L.A. because he wanted to be an actor.
How about you?I am not any good at any of that. I was so nervous before the TV interviews—I’m just not an actor, I wouldn't be good at it.
Were you ever surprised how you appeared while you were watching Survivor: Africa?I’m a very middle-of-the-road gay person. I’m not the nelliest gay guy you’re going to meet, but I’m not super butch either. I have my moments each way. I was a little surprised [that] when I get overexcited, I got a little flamboyant, but I have no problems with that.
What do you think will happen to the reality show genre?I think the ratings alone show. These were high-rated shows last year, and [their ratings] have just plummeted. The Mole has been [temporarily] canceled; Temptation Island 2 is one of the lowest-rated shows this year. A lot of that is just quality. Those are a whole different quality of show. Survivor is the main “name brand” one. Our viewers have definitely dropped off, but our viewers average about 19 to 20 million people a week. It’s still a top-five show. I don’t really see it affecting Survivor for the next couple [of years]. I don’t know if there’s going to be another one after four; I don’t know if [the show’s creator] Mark Burnett wants to do another one. We’re such mindless TV. Survivor is like a modern-day Dynasty. People don’t really care [anymore] about a couple of rich old broads who have a catfight, but everyone loves it when Frank and I have a catfight on TV. I think it’ll last a couple more years.
So are you Alexis or Crystal?Neither one. Entertainment Tonight called me the Susan Lucci of our show, which made my day. I love her.
Are you going to watch the next Survivor [which begins in February]?Kelly and I are so pumped about it. We were actually on a Survivor 4 spoiler Web site looking for info on it. That’s why we get along so well. We were fanatics about the first two. Australia, I would tape the Thursday night show—watch and tape it at the same time—and see it five times before the next episode. I’d pull it all apart and try to figure why they did this or that...
Did that help you with your strategy?No. I just knew I wanted to be really mean, scheming and have a good time with it. And I did—imagine that!
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Need a break from the classroom? Then get on the field!
GOALSS (Games for Overseas & Local Students & Staff) is a great sports program based at the Callaghan campus with male and female programs featuring a range of global and Australian sports. It's open to all international and domestic students, as well as university staff, and is a terrific way to make new friends from all walks of life – and all while helping you stay fit and healthy.
The environment is relaxed and social, and includes free refreshments. So don't worry if you're not a champion player - this is all about having FUN!
WHAT SPORTS ARE OFFERED?
BOYS' PROGRAM – Soccer
GIRLS' PROGRAM – Soccer, netball and basketball
WHEN ARE GAMES PLAYED?
BOYS' PROGRAM - Every Thursday, from 4pm to 5.30pm.
GIRLS' PROGRAM – Every Tuesday, from 4pm to 5.30pm.
HOW DO I REGISTER?
To sign up for GOALSS, click the below registration link relevant to you and follow the simple online registration form. Once enrolled in the program, you will receive a weekly confirmation email with the weekly game's details.
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Protection of the Kyparassia Gulf in theory and in practice
The Management Agency of Kotuchi-Strofilia and Kyparissia Gulf, ARCHELON, MEDASSET and WWF Hellas call for the adoption of measures for the permanent, official protection of the Kyparissia Gulf area after the recent violations which took place there.
On the same day that the Ministry of the Environment and Energy renewed the temporary measures for the protection of the Kyparassia area (which is the second most important nesting area of Caretta caretta sea turtles in Greece), and despite the fact that nesting had already started, ‘someone’ deliberately chose to flaunt the current protective measures which apply to the area by literally destroying the sand dunes and beach of the Kyparissia Gulf.
Blatantly violating both Greek and EU laws, on 23 May 2018, with the latent approval of the local authorities, 280 motorcycles took part in a race on the protected areas of the sand dunes and the Caretta caretta nesting beaches, causing unwelcome damage to the dunes and endangerment of the sea turtle nests. Despite the immediate attempts by both ARCHELON volunteers and members of the local community, local authorities did not stop the race.
This disastrous event indicates for yet another time the need to adopt definitive, legally-binding protective measures (“a Presidential Decree”) for the area, measures which must be persistently enforced by all the Greek authorities and which must apply to all citizens. It should be mentioned that because of the destructive events which have taken place in the area in the past, Greece has been already been fined by the Court of the European Union, while the Council of Bern has imposed sanctions against the country.
The Management Agency of Kotuchi-Strofilia and Kyparissia Gulf and the environmental groups ARCHELON, MEDASSET and WWF Hellas, have expressed their satisfaction about the extension of the temporary protective measures for this area to the Ministry of the Environment. The new decision indicates the desire of the Ministry to advance and to complete the procedures necessary for the finalization and implementation of the Presidential Decree to protect the area, which is now being examined by the Council of State. However, the window of time is very limited since the law only allows the temporary protection measures to be extended once, which has already been done.
Until the completion of the process and the announcement of the official Decree, the government and the relevant local authorities should enforce and implement existing measures in every case.
Notes for editors:
1. On 23 May 2018, a decision by the Minister and the Deputy Minister of the Environment and Energy was made public, in which the existing regulations (Ministers’ Decision for the protection of the Kyparissiakos Gulf) covering the following areas were extended for one more year: Natura 2000 “GR2330005: Sand Dunes and Coastal Forest Zacharo, Strofilia, Cacobatos”; “GR2330008: Marine Region Gulf of Kyparissia: Cape Katakolo-Kyparissia” and “GR2550005: Kyparissia Sand Dunes: Neochori-Kyparissia” (ΦΕΚ Δ’ 204). The decision of the ministry includes temporary protection until the finalization of the Presidential Decree which is currently being examined by the Council of State.
2. See the letter of the NGO environmental groups ARCHELON, MEDASSET, and WWF Hellas: http://www.wwf.gr/images/pdfs/2018April_ARCHELON_MEDASSET_WWF_LtrYpourgos_Kyparissia.pdf
3. See the letter of the The Management Agency of Kotuchi-Strofilia and Kyparissia Gulf: http://www.wwf.gr/images/pdfs/epistoli_kyparisiakos.pdf
For more information:
Georgia Caraberou, Coordinator of The Management Agency of Kotuchi-Strofilia and Kyparissia Gulf, 26930 31651, email@example.com
Panagiota Theodorou, Conservation Officer, ARCHELON, 6940470194, firstname.lastname@example.org
Loukia Kalaitzi, Communications Officer, MEDASSET, 210-3640389, email@example.com
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Mental health in dentistry – is perfectionism still possible?
Robert Chaffe details the experiences he went through last year that left him fighting a GDC fitness to practise case.
As an advocate of mental health in our profession, and in men, I wanted to share a story with you of what happened to me towards the end of last year.
Only my family and colleagues know what went on. But it shows a massive problem we have in our profession in modern times.
I feel it is our duty to speak out to help others where possible.
Being a total perfectionist myself is why I ended up getting an eating disorder in my teenage years. But this trait also helped me to get over it.
I put my heart and soul into everything I do; whether that is playing with my kids, trying to be a good husband and father, being a good dentist to all my patients, and striving to be as good as I can be.
It led my down another rabbit hole towards the end of last year.
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Riding the wave
I was a finalist for six Aesthetic Dentistry Awards in 2021. And I felt all my hard work, courses and effort finally paid off.
I was elated, and so happy to be recognised by my peers in so many categories.
It was a little gut wrenching to have your name read out six times and not win anything. It was a feeling like ‘Always the bridesmaid and never the bride’. But after a while I just felt so happy to have been there.
Following that my mother got quite sick. And finally the sucker punch, what we all dread as dentists.
It was a November Monday morning, and an email popped in my inbox from the GDC marked as ‘urgent’.
It was the dreaded GDC complaint. I have always strived so hard throughout my career to treat all my patients as family members. I put my soul into my job, regardless whether it’s a check up or a huge treatment plan. Every patient is the same to me.
My mind was going at one million miles per hour. I wanted to pack up and go home. I was thinking: ‘Who would think I was so bad at my job I am subject to fitness to practise complaint?!’
The dreaded complaint
After opening the email I discovered it was from a patient who was unhappy with a check up I gave them.
I do such big cases now, I was expecting an implant case, or a smile design. Nut no, this was a check up.
The way the GDC works is any patient can go to its online platform and tick boxes to select a complaint.
This patient’s motives were purely financial. She was unhappy with the service I gave at the check up. She wanted her money back.
The GDC does not deal with finance disputes. On its tick boxing form there is no mention of: ‘Have you contacted the practice in question to request a refund?’ Instead you just select your issue from a drop down menu, a little like booking a holiday.
Then it goes to the GDC panel, which opens an investigation.
‘I felt like the worst dentist in the world’
Ultimately, this all came down to one instance of the patient failing to reply to an email and the fact she did not like the service she received. It left me with a three-month investigation by the GDC.
Dental Protection always says on its courses that patients who do not like you will be the ones who will take this course of action. And that miscommunication is the main reason for complaints in the UK.
During the three-month wait, I felt like the worst dentist in the world.
My passion had gone, my love for the job went and I just felt each check up was another one to reach the GDC.
With a history of mental health issues, I am not sure if this led to it impacting me more.
I became withdrawn, from my colleagues, friends, family and on social media. I lost my confidence, even though my colleagues told me not to.
My boss called to say I should not let this get to me. But it really did.
No matter what anyone said, it’s part of my personality as a perfectionist. This patient felt I was so bad this was the correct course of action.
I don’t think patients know what a fitness to practise complaint does to a dentist; how it impacts them, their family, their health.
All this patient needed to do was ask for her money back, which I would have given her.
All charges dropped
After months of stress I got an email in March saying all charges were dropped, as well as confirmation that I acted impeccably.
I felt vindicated, that all my hard work, staying late, getting my notes as perfect as I can, pretending each patient was a secret shopper from the GDC stood me in good stead. That all the learning, courses, passion and professionalism I try and display worked in my favour in the long term, despite the stress.
The reason I wanted to raise this, is that complaints are on the rise.
Our job is stressful, so ensure you do everything you can to protect yourself. Understand the law, get your notes completed fully, work hard, keep the passion and drive to be the best you can. This is what keeps you going.
Fitness to practise
I want to raise awareness to the flaws in the fitness to practise complaints procedure at the GDC.
The months of stress I went though could be avoided by a simple paragraph when the patient was making the complaint to understand why the patient had contacted the regulator in the first place. This way the GDC can act in the patient’s best interests, just like the GDC expects of us as dental professionals.
This was a simple case of giving her the check up money back. Not a fitness to practise case.
I know now I am more that fit to practise, as the vast majority of us are.
But we need to be aware our standards need to be high and fit with the GDC ideals of what acting in a patients best interest are.
The system is far from perfect. But so long as you follow best practise, this is proof we can overcome it.
Sticking together and striving for perfection is the way to succeed. Together as a profession we will prevail.
John Cullinane, GDC executive director, Fitness to Practise, said: ‘We know that fitness to practise is an unpleasant experience for everyone involved and we understand how this can impact on dental professionals.
‘I’d like to thank Mr Chaffe for sharing his own experience so candidly and talking about how it impacted on not just his professional life but also his personal relationships. Feedback from those involved in fitness to practise is important to us and we want to hear more.
‘I also thank Mr Chaffe for highlighting that fitness to practise is not for those seeking refunds for their treatment. We agree and make this clear when people come to us to raise a concern. We also recommend that problems are first raised directly with the dental professional wherever possible as this is often the quickest and best way to a positive outcome for everyone.
‘In addition, if there’s something to put right, it gives professionals the opportunity to do so.’
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The ANLN gene plays an important role in the cell division and development of intercellular... altro
In Dalmatians, a familial juvenile respiratory disease could be found that is very similar to the Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in humans. The autosomal recessive inherited disease is caused by a mutation in the ANLN gene. The ANLN is mainly expressed in the lung and plays an important role in the cell division and development of intercellular junctions of the epithelial cells. The clinical signs of ARDS in Dalmatians are progressive tachypnea, dyspnea, respiratory distress, pulmonary lesions and some affected puppies also showed renal aplasia and hydrocephalus. The typical age of onset is about 5-10 months. The puppies usually have to be euthanized 1 6 weeks after the appearance of first symptoms. The described mutation is so far not found in other breeds than dalmatian.
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Let’s say that, like most Australians, you live in a grid-connected home. You’re thinking about installing batteries for your solar PV system, but aren’t clear about how much storage capacity you need.
While you may have preferences and goals that go beyond simply saving money, you’ll still probably want to choose a battery system with a decent return on investment. We’ve taken a look at the numbers using PVSell and determined that a smaller battery bank is probably a better investment than a larger one (at least for now).
Making batteries make financial sense
Although solar PV systems are quite affordable on their own, battery storage is still on the pricey side. For virtually any battery product with a 10-year warranty, you’re looking to pay in the range of $2,000 per every kilowatt-hour (kWh) of storage capacity. These costs are likely to fall sharply in the near future (especially for lithium batteries), but are unlikely to move much during the remainder of 2016.
Let’s say you want batteries now, but in addition to the many other reasons a battery bank might already be attractive, you also want to ensure that they’re a solid investment. Fortunately, there are a few situations in which batteries already tick both of these boxes; in the case of a grid-connected solar system, the key is keeping it small.
To determine this, we looked at how an example home would fare with a range of battery bank sizes with two popular lithium battery storage products (Tesla Powerwall and Enphase Energy’s AC Battery), both of which have a 10 year warranty.
The sample home has the following features:
- Average electricity consumption of 30kWh per day (on the high side for a residential property).
- Located in Sydney, with north-facing roof and no shading.
- Is going to install (or already has) a 4kW solar system, costing approximately $5,250 (incl GST and incorporating the federal solar ‘discount’).
- Some people in the home during the day, but energy usage peaks in the evening.
- The home is on a time-of-use billing arrangement, so it can ideally benefit from cycling the batteries up to twice a day.
- Electricity rates: 41c/kWh peak, 16c/kWh shoulder, 10.5c/kWh off-peak, daily supply charge of 80c, and solar feed-in rate of 5c/kWh (from a plan on EnergyMadeEasy).
- When batteries are installed, they’re discharged only during peak & shoulder times in order to maximise the value of the stored energy.
(N.B. All scenarios and outcomes below are indicative only and do not constitute financial advice.)
Situation A: Solar system with no batteries
Solar shines on its own with a payback period of 6.5 years. This could easily be shorter if the home finds a way to put all of the solar energy to work (currently, about 40% would be exported to the grid at a meagre rate of 5c/kWh). Installing a home energy management system or hot water divertercould do the trick. Even without one of these devices, however, the home directly meets about 47% of its electricity needs with solar – although it generates enough solar energy in total to meet nearly 60% of its needs if all that solar energy were put to direct use.
Situation B: Tesla Powerwall (6.4kWh usable storage capacity)
Now let’s add one of Tesla’s Powerwalls to the mix – an additional cost of $9,000, assuming that the system’s inverter is battery-compatible (a retrofitmight be more expensive). The Powerwall’s capacity comes in at 6.4kWh (usable) at least for the first year, and it’s ability to discharge power at a high rate allows it to match peak afternoon demand with relative ease. Since the Powerwall is only intended to be cycled once daily, it should really only be charged with the sun (i.e. no or only minimal grid charging).
In this scenario, according to PVSell’s outputs, the payback period for this system would be about 12 years. The battery covers a good portion of the home’s peak energy demand, allows the home to generate and use roughly half the energy it consumes. However, since it only charges with the sun, there may be parts of the year where the battery never reaches a full state of charge – and the less the battery works, the less value it delivers to the home. Ideally, you want your battery that will do useful work (full charge/discharge cycle) 365 days of the year.
One way to improve the rate of battery usage is to do some off-peak ‘pre-charging’ with the grid. This is not the job of the battery itself, but rather the system’s inverter, which may be able to do this either now or in the near future (let’s assume it can). But how much should you charge up the battery with the grid, especially considering the fact that you’d probably want to charge it up as much as possible with the sun? Exploring some different scenarios, we determined that charging it up to 100% would likely deliver the best returns – although a ‘smart’ energy management system that can make decisions based on weather forecasts would probably deliver more nuanced performance and better value on the system.
In effect, grid pre-charging means that only a portion of the charging is done with solar – something that would be counter-intuitive to most of us who assume that the whole point of having batteries is to charge them with the sun. We should also note that it might mean that the Powerwall is cycled more than once per day over its lifetime (equal to about 3,600 cycles over 10 years), which is not explicitly allowed by Tesla.
First, let’s see what happens if we pre-charge in the morning to 30%. As the table below shows, the payback is now down to about 10.5 years – a definite improvement. This gives a hint of what ‘smart charging’ could do to improve the system’s payback.
What happens if we now increase the pre-charging rate to 100%, just as an experiment? The results get even better, with a payback of just under 10 years and even bigger electricity bill savings. But again, keep in mind that this could mean that the Powerwall is not really intended to be charged/discharged more than once a day.
Situation C: Enphase AC Battery (1x – 1.2kWh usable capacity)
Now let’s look at the smallest battery bank available on the market. Enphase Energy’s AC Battery has a capacity of 1.2kWh and its own in-built inverter (i.e. no ‘doubling up’ with the solar inverter). A single unit may cost roughly $3,000 to install, given the one-off communications infrastructure that might be necessary to make it work with the rest of the system (each additional unit would cost less). Because the battery is so small, it can theoretically be pre-charged to 100% and fully cycled twice a day (although in practice this may not happen every day). Its peak output is significantly lower than the Powerwall’s, even with multiple units in place, which means it has a hard time ramping up to meet full peak demand (see Exhibits D & E below).
As the table below shows, a single Enphase AC Battery would have a payback of about 9 years for this home, but the overall annual savings would be significantly lower. Off the bat, we can see that while this is nominally a better investment and does make a notable impact on electricity bill savings, it actually has very little impact on the home’s energy independence. One benefit of the AC Battery, however, is that it would be very easy to install more of them at any point in the future – and they are expected to cost quite a deal less in the near future.
Situation D: Enphase AC Battery (2x – 2.4kWh usable capacity)
When we double the battery size to 2.4kWh (2x Enphase AC Battery units) at $5,000, the bill savings and energy independence ratio both increase – but the so does the payback period (albeit just a little bit, and it’s still under 10 years). This appears to be due to the fact that the battery bank – fully charged by the grid before the family wakes up – does not have the chance to empty itself out before the sun comes up for a full solar refill. Interestingly, reducing the pre-charging rate only extends the payback period further – a function of the big difference between off-peak & peak electricity rates.
Exhibit E: Enphase AC Battery (4x – 4.8kWh usable capacity)
In this scenario we see annual savings jump again, but a payback period (almost 11 years) that is now longer than the warranty period (about 10 years). As with the scenarios above, the extension of the payback period has to do with the battery bank’s inability to fully discharge before the sun kicks in to charge it again (less available battery capacity during the day).
Key takeaways: Battery storage sizing for grid-connected homes
- First off: Remember that we’ve only modelled one scenario here: Your home could have different energy consumption levels and patterns, as well as a different solar system size. The best thing to do is consult an installer and/do some investigations of your own. (You’re welcome to play around with our own Battery Storage System Sizing Estimator, which is free.)
- A solar PV system on its own currently promises better returns and a shorter payback period than a solar-plus-storage system.
- If you’re primarily concerned with increasing your energy independence and reducing your energy bills, get a larger battery bank. However, a smaller one will most likely deliver better returns.
- Being on a time of use billing arrangement will help you maximise the value of your stored energy – you can buy energy from the grid when it’s at its cheapest and rely on your solar & stored energy when grid energy is expensive.
- Currently, it is possible to get payback periods under 10 years for a solar & battery storage system – but you’ll stand a better chance of doing so if you do some ‘pre-charging’ of your batteries with the grid, which not all systems are equipped to do (ask your installer).
- Cycling your battery twice a day will help to reduce your system’s payback period. This means: charging during cheaper, off-peak times with the grid, discharging during the morning peak, and then charging again with the sun so that you have some energy stored for when the evening peak comes around.
- In reality however, twice daily cycling may not be easy to achieve unless you have uncommonly high electricity usage, especially in the morning. A good approach would be to ensure that your inverter or energy management system is ‘smart’ enough to know when to pre-charge and when to not.
- Once battery storage prices get down to half of where they’re at now (asEnphase has predicted they will by 2020), returns will look significantly better, and payback periods well under 10 years will be commonplace.
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I know that I am a bit late, but as it is December tomorrow (finally!), I thought that a post on advent calendars would be perfectly festive! As some of you may know, beauty advent calendars are on the rise and so I have not been able to resist and bought three! These are probably the most affordable ones, so if you are on a budget like me you may be able to get them too, and we can share in the Christmas excitement! It's like a present to yourself!
No 7 '25 Days of Beauty Wonders'
This is the most expensive at £38, but the overall price of the product is actually £148 so it is quite the bargain! I also split the price half way with my mum as we are gonna share it because she likes skincare and I like makeup and this has got both. All of the boxes are quite large so you can tell that the products inside are of a decent size, which is also good value for money.
This is £20, the cheapest of the bunch, which I think is a really good price as you get 24 tea light candles, all with different Christmassy scents, and a votive candle too for an extra treat, which would normally be a lot more money buying them individually. I am addicted to candles, especially from Yankee Candle as the scent payoff is so good! In the autumn and winter months, as soon as I get home and it is dark, I light candles, and it instantly makes my house so much cosier. I will definitely use this advent calendar every day.
Tanya Burr 'Deck The Hauls'
This advent calendar is by the beautiful Youtuber Tanya Burr and is £25. If you don't know who she is, I would highly suggest that you watch her videos as she is a marvel to watch and amazingly skilled at makeup! She recently came out with a makeup line, and this is her own advent calendar. The only draw back to this one is that it only goes up to 12 days, but I am just going to open it every other day as an extra little pick me up. This could also mean that the products inside are possibly bigger, meaning more value for money again.
I am now extremely excited for these cold mornings throughout December coming up! If you would like me to tell you my thoughts after Christmas of these advent calendars for next year, just let me know!
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At the end of summer, I ventured to a beautiful place I hadn’t been to in a very long time – Massachusetts. My friend Diane, whom I’ve known since college, was getting married. A group of us made the voyage across the states for the event. After a smooth flight, my fellow travelers and I were ravenous, so our lovely hosts and friends, Jen and Keith, took us to an impressive restaurant in Cambridge called Abigail’s.
Situated on the first floor of a stylish apartment building in Kendall Square, Abigail’s stands out due to the dynamic orange umbrellas that adorn the dining patio.
The restaurant boasts a full bar with a choice beer and wine selection, gourmet food offerings including many BBQ specialties, and a raw bar. Their brunch menu also looks tantalizing.
As the night was beautiful and tranquil, we chose to sit outside. This was the view across the street from where I was sitting. Notice the healthy, thriving trees – a prime example of the wood element.
The vision in fuchsia above is the lovely Diane, whose wedding I attended later on in the week.
Dark and Stormy – This is one of my favorite beverages. Dark rum and ginger beer served over ice, with a lime wedge as garnish. A simple classic, but Abigail’s does it very well; I ordered two. The Moscow Mule is similar, except that it uses vodka instead of dark rum. Sweet and refreshing.
Seaweed Salad – A selection off of their Raw Bar menu, I had to try it. Unlike most seaweed salads, this rendition had pieces of edamame mixed throughout. Light and invigorating.
Fresh Ground Burger and Gouda Fries – American cheese melted onto a ground beef burger, with grilled onions, pickles, and iceberg lettuce on a delicious potato bun. Their special sauce is served alongside, similar to a savory aoili. Satisfying and filling. For $3.00 more, one can swap standard fries for Gouda Fries. Small pieces of bacon swim throughout a river of chicken gravy that cover thick-cut fries. Decadent and addictive.
Another item on the menu that caught my eye was a side dish called Summer Chi. In feng shui, we refer to positive energy as chi. Summer chi = summer energy. It turns out the chi dish is a medley of seasonal summer vegetables, which I found intriguing. (No one at the table ordered it, hence there is no photograph of said chi.)
Inside, a long bar extends nearly the whole length of the establishment. Cool bucket lights hang over the bar, while very industrial sconces take residence in front of the windows. I really like the metal energy the window fixtures encompass. Somewhat like a cage housing a rare light source. I’ve love to have two or three of these lining the balcony of my home in Los Angeles.
I was fascinated by this enigmatic art piece, which hangs near the main entrance. I love how the grays, blacks and yellows all mix together in a beneficial way. Earth, metal, and water elements harmonize here in thought-provoking fashion – an ideal example of good feng shui art in a highly modern style.
Shades of yellow and gray, with a little black here and there, are the main colors used throughout.
In feng shui, the color orange is a dynamic, cheerful shade symbolic of the west. There is debate as to whether it is representative of the fire element or the earth element. I would actually say it works for both. The hue is representative of creativity, fertility, organization, and social interactions. The color orange can be used in a variety of positive ways:
- Add some orange pillows or an orange throw to a living room sofa. This will foster a more social, creative energy in the space.
- Use as a paint color for kitchens, dining rooms, and children’s play areas. The color used in these rooms creates a warm, social atmosphere with good conversation.
- If one is trying to have a baby, add more orange to the bedroom. The walls can be a painted orange, but it should be an earthy or muted orange, or change some of the curtains or bedding to an orange shade.
- When used in small doses, orange is excellent for offices as it increases productivity and helps to establish an organized environment.
- To stimulate creativity, wear the color orange in any shade you desire. It should be an item you like that is comfortable and stylish. (I have a rust color cardigan that suits me perfectly.)
- Eat oranges! They stimulate one’s immune system with vitamin C and other healthy nutrients.
Personally, I consume a lot of oranges in the form of orange juice. (I can’t seem to get enough of it.) My next trip to the Boston area will hopefully be sometime next spring or summer. But one thing is definitely certain – I will be visiting Abigail’s again where I plan on eating some oysters underneath one of those vibrant orange umbrellas.
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Emily C. Watkins was remembered as an inspiring educator, dedicated member of the community and loving family member during the unveiling of a portrait that will hang in the school that was named for her.
Watkins worked in the St. John the Baptist Parish public school system for 50 years, serving in her last post as principal of Woodland Elementary School. The Booker T. Washington High School graduate also attended Southern University and Xavier University before beginning her career in education.
Watkins passed away in 2003, and six years later Emily C. Watkins Elementary School in LaPlace opened its doors.
School Board member Keith Jones, who grew up with Watkins' grandsons and who was instrumental in the naming of the school, said Emily C. Watkins stood for academic excellence.
Pincipal Antoinette Robinet, said during the unveiling that she remembers listening as a child to her grandmother and Watkins solving the problems of the world and how the educator spoke passionately about her school and her students.
“Her nickname was Queen Bee for her strong beliefs in family and an equitable education for all students,” Robinet said.
“I'm very proud tonight to finally unveil her picture where it will forever hang in Emily C. Watkins Elementary.”
Watkins is the matriarch of a family that has now served the students of St. John the Baptist Parish for three generations. Her son, Charles "C.J." Watkins, who died in 2008, was a teacher and then St. John the Baptist Parish School Board member for nearly 30 years. Her grandson, Orlando Watkins, is a 28-year employee of the school system and currently serves as the supervisor of transportation.
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This page contains a selection of popular funeral hymns. If you would like to use different hymns that aren't included in the list,…
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“He’s probably looking down, totally flabbergasted that all these people were at his funeral.” With hundreds of voices joining in to sing hymns during the service. It’s just nice to see a community.
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Aug 23, 2018. 21 Beautiful Funeral Hymns. First, here is the list of the funeral hymns. Continue scrolling down to see the full text and a music video for each of.
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We chose a couple of hymns, then went to the. back to the UK where we could have had a nice little memorial ceremony on the allotment where he grew vegetables, or on his favourite golf course. My m.
What are the most popular hymns in the UK? In 2013 Songs of Praise conducted a nationwide survey. Tens of thousands of people voted for their favourite.
Mr Mowle said currently only one passage from the First World War hymn was read at the funerals of ex-servicemen and women. "I think it’s really nice that we can have the opportunity at doing it,".
There are a number of good gospel songs for funerals. If you're in need, List Rules Vote up your favorite gospel hymns for funerals. Funerals are emotional.
The funeral procession was led by piper Cameron McKay, 21, who volunteered his services for free, playing the hymn ‘Amazing Grace’ among others. turning out to give him a nice send off. "The underl.
Story: In the Christian church there’s a hymn for every occasion and that’s a good thing. There are hymns of praise and thanksgiving; uplifting the heart.
Authoritative information about the hymn text Abide with me: fast falls the eventide, with lyrics, PDF files, printable scores, MIDI files, audio recordings, piano resources, and products for worship planners.
popular funeral hymns, this page is an introduction to our collection of popular and traditional funeral hymns.
Apr 27, 2017. We've created a comprehensive list of Christian funeral hymns, We've linked to the most traditional versions & popular scorings of each of the.
Funerals are the best places to see people. —Cornelia Guest “Rest his soul, he was a nice man,” one woman said. For his good friend Saul Steinberg, trumpets played the Battle Hymn of the Republic a.
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Funeral Poems. Funeral poems can express our innermost thoughts and feelings at a time when the right words can be hard to find. You may wish to include one of these in your funeral program or memorial handout. You will be sure to find a poem suitable to read at a funeral and we shall shortly be adding a beautiful Irish funeral blessing too.
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At Fausett Mortuary, "WE CARE" embodies our core values and philosophy, which has served families for over 50 years. All of us at Fausett Mortuary have found our efforts to be of great value in helping families to arrange funeral services that are most meaningful and appropriate for those who remain, while incorporating the wishes of the loved one who has passed on.
Some popular funeral hymns are only really appropriate at the funeral of a committed Christian, and perhaps even then only when a significant proportion of the.
Popular Funeral Readings. When I Think Of Death – Maya Angelou When I think of death, and of late the idea has come with alarming frequency, I seem at peace with the idea that a day will dawn when I will no longer be among those living in this valley of strange humors.
When Wade Bowen set out to record an album of hymns for his mother. playing songs from the album at funerals, and friends have told him the project has impacted them deeply. “One of my buddies sent.
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Funeral ceremonies in Christian churches will generally be required to only have religious music and hymns during the service. A selection of suggested hymns.
Historically, spiritual songs for funerals were confined to hymns that would be sung. In fact, there are many beautiful music selections that have their basis in.
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I was able to adapt When I Survey Ensemble to a two piano arrangement. I know not every church has three pianos in addition to flute and clarinet but hope this arrangement of When I Survey will be more feasible for the church pianist(s).
What better way to kick it off than with the latest installment of "Funeral Doom Friday. of the song close on shrill vocals and cleaner tremolo picking. It puts a nice, pseudo-blackened bow on "San.
"Abide with Me" is a Christian hymn by Scottish Anglican Henry Francis Lyte most often sung to English composer William Henry Monk’s tune entitled "Eventide".
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But we provided a 12-person choir, sang lots of lovely hymns and she was really pleased. Funeral costs: The facts For me. you think ‘God they sounded nice’ and I can be on the verge of tears but, w.
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Jun 27, 2016. Hymns remain a popular choice of music for funerals in the UK, and not just for devoted church-goers either. Many people find comfort in.
Suggested music for the Funeral Mass. Entrance Hymn. I'm on a journey, I'm going home. I watch the sunrise (Listen to Hymn on YouTube) Softly and tenderly.
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A collection of the most popular hymns for funerals including both traditional and modern hymns.
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Explaining The Funeral / Memorial Service to Your Children If this is your family’s first experience with death, you may be wondering how and even whether to include your children in the rituals of grief and mourning for the person who has died.
Today, some of the most active groups of hymn singers are on the White Earth, Red Lake and Leech Lake reservations. Vizenor estimates there are more than 400 people who sing at funerals and wakes.
A selection of popular funeral hymns to sing during the funeral service. These Christian hymns for funerals are ideal for a religious service for your loved one.
Funeral hymns are a popular choice of religious music for funerals. There are dozens to choose from that can represent different tones, emotions, and.
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Most have given up on hymns. Where they have not. is going to stand up and say what a nice bloke this was, when he has laid waste to his own and his family life? • One of my parents had a secular f.
For many Ojibwe people in northern Minnesota, hymns are much more than an expression of religious devotion. They represent a unique. Vizenor estimates there are more than 400 people who sing at fun.
Jul 21, 2017. Music is an important element of a funeral ceremony because it helps. one, you may want to consider using one of these 10 beautiful hymns.
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Jul 25, 2018. Discover the UK's favourite Christian hymns for funerals. Find the perfect funeral hymn for your loved one with these 20 most popular funeral.
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Both have pleasant gardens with a plentiful supply of benches for rest stops and they usually have a nice tea room. One day during a conversation about hymns, Tony started talking about his funeral.
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Today we discuss about the highest rating Windows Phone games of all time.Entertainment is perhaps one of the most important things that an individual looks for in a Smartphone.
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The town possesses the remains of a Cluniac priory, a Benedictine nunnery, and a large medieval mound known as Castle Hill. Excavations have revealed traces of an Anglo-Saxon town of about 4,000 inhabitants with considerable industry and a mint.
Officially designated an “expanded town” for London’s overspill population, Thetford has grown since 1960. It has a number of industries, including paper and pulp manufacture, canning, and light engineering. Pop. (2001) 21,588; (2011) 24,340. | <urn:uuid:360dc2b2-2e8a-469f-a5b1-a5e1b81e67aa> | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | https://www.britannica.com/print/article/591912 | 2020-07-07T16:58:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655893487.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20200707142557-20200707172557-00396.warc.gz | en | 0.956619 | 121 |
“Why are my child’s letters so impersonal?”
Communication between a sponsor and a child is an important part of the sponsorship experience. While it is always a joyous occasion to receive something from your sponsored child, it may be difficult at times to understand why there isn’t a greater connection. You may sometimes wonder, “Why are my child’s letters so impersonal?” or, “Why don’t they mention the gifts I send or answer my questions?”
Personal, cultural, and economic differences make every day interaction and communication difficult. The same is true when it comes to communication within sponsorship. The children that live in these developing countries sometimes have a hard time grasping the fact that their sponsor wants to know more about them, much less have a conversation with them! This is a totally foreign concept.
Culturally speaking, most countries are not nearly as open as the United States. In these situations, it takes the donor to develop a trustworthy relationship through ongoing correspondence before the child may feel comfortable enough to open up. For example, in Asian cultures, it is traditionally frowned upon to be too open or personal. The children that participate in sponsorship may have a hard time expressing gratitude, joy, and other emotions, especially in a letter. But they are continually encouraged by our staff to share about themselves, their families, and their faith.
While there are many difficulties and time involved to develop trust in a sponsorship relationship, it is worth it. Sponsors may never see the impact their commitment, words of encouragement, and prayers have on their child, but these are things that are highly treasured, and their impact is real, lasting, and genuine.
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Sisters, Sisters, there were never such devoted sisters.
We can’t wait to see that number!
VOS recently asked Marlena Sculthorpe and Mackenzie Russell (Betty and Judy Haynes) to tell us about their experiences preparing for the VOS Theatre production of White Christmas, running November 6 to 15 at Victoria Hall in Cobourg.
VOS: So ladies, Judy and Betty in White Christmas, huh? Normally a pairing onstage is with the romantic interest. I bet it’s fun to have a sister.
Marlena Sculthorpe: Especially if you’re an only child and never had a real sister! Betty and Judy are a dynamic pair. Betty is the older, more conservative and often protective sister, while Judy is the fun loving, free spirited younger sister. Nothing sums up their relationship better than in their famous number, “Sisters”.
Mackenzie Russell: It is fun! Marlena has been so awesome to work with and has really helped me as this is my first time ever in a musical where I have a principal role. The most I’ve ever had is about 5 lines – not to mention the songs! So this has been a huge challenge and Marlena is a great mentor, and sister! She has really just been awesome to work with.
VOS: Mackenzie you’re doing double duty as choreographer. It’s a huge undertaking and yet the cast just raves about the three hour choroegraphy session. No complaints. They’re loving it. How do you do it and how long have you been dancing?
Mackenzie: I don’t know how I do it! It’s been a crazy challenge but it’s a lot of fun. I have the best group of dancers to work with which makes the whole process so enjoyable. They are at a variety of skill levels but they all work so hard and help each other. It’s a great atmosphere. I’ve really tried to push the dance chorus to reach their full potential and do things they never thought they would. I also try to keep the rehearsals as fun as I can while whipping them into shape! I want each person to feel successful and accomplished after wowing the crowds and hearing the applause. Hard work does pay off and I can’t wait to see the final products.
As for me, I’ve been dancing since about age 4 At studios and schools, university and now as a high school dance teacher. I try to spread my love of dance onto future generations. I can’t get enough and am glad to have the opportunity to have this exciting new challenge with VOS.
VOS: So, Marlena, second time around; same role. You were spectacular in this show. What’s it like taking on the role of Betty for a second time.
Marlena: Taking on the role of Betty for a second time around is much different than I expected. I assumed it would feel and look a lot the same, but it really doesn’t. We have amped up the dance numbers and this time around I get to participate in 2 of them that I wasn’t onstage for in 2010. It is nice to come back to a role because things like the lyrics and the lines come back a lot faster than learning something from scratch. My blocking is different, my costumes are different , and even parts of the show that I’m onstage for are different. It’s a whole new fresh take on the show.
VOS: Ladies – what’s the greatest challenge with this show and these roles?
Marlena: I would say the challenge this time around is in the dance numbers. Mackenzie has put together some stellar choreography and we have a great dance chorus. One of my favourite parts of musical theatre is the dancing – as an audience member and as an actor. It really livens up a show. These dance numbers will be an audience favourite, I can guarantee.
Mackenzie: I’d say my greatest challenge is actually the acting as well as the ballroom partner dance because it’s a style I don’t have much experience with. But both are going well so far!
VOS: Did you watch the movie when you were a kid, Marlena? Was it a part of your family tradition.
Marlena: I didn’t… I did watch the film once before the production in 2010. I was more of a “Meet Me in St. Louis” kinda gal. The story line in White Christmas remains the same, but there are some great Irving Berlin tunes thrown into the stage version that don’t appear in the movie. If you’ve watched the movie a thousand times, you’re going to find new things to enjoy in the stage production. If you haven’t seen the movie, you won’t be lost!
VOS: So, Mackenzie – so you’re working with your Dad again. You were both in the cast of Shrek but is this the first time you’re worked with him as a director?
Mackenzie: Yes. This is the first time I’m working with him as a director. I’ve actually had him as my teacher before but never as director. It’s lots of fun to see him in action doing what he loves. It’s a great bonding experience and he’s very encouraging and has had great advice throughout the process which is always helpful.
VOS: Marlena – you’ve worked with Mr. Varty (Bob) on Vimy, Oklahoma, Shrek, On the Rooftop since you met him in 2010 the first time you played Bob and Betty. How is this rehearsal process different for the two of you?
Marlena: The last time we did this show, it was only my second major role and I hadn’t done musical theatre in 8 years. I was more uptight and nervous about the rehearsal process, remembering lines and not looking like an idiot on stage. For me, it feels more organic this time around. Because the lines came back much faster, we were able to get into character much faster. It’s also easier to work opposite an actor that makes you feel comfortable. We are able to say to each other “that doesn’t work” and no one is getting their knickers in a twist. I always tell Joel what I’m thinking and I think he does the same to me. I’m very much like that in real life. I’m a very bad liar.
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Your 4 flavors of Whey Protein Blend 10 ?
- 03-05-2007, 01:48 PM
- 03-05-2007, 01:55 PM
Damn, you beat to it! Ah well, lets hear em!!
I cant wait to try the Vanilla, Banana, and PB. Or mayber the Mint Choc with a hint of Mocha. Or maybe the......aah hell I could go on and on...
In case people are wondering, the website is now up and you can order the new flavors now!!
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- 03-05-2007, 02:48 PM
You have i think 6 flavors... I was trying to bounce around some flavor combs. Because 2 flavors will be out in the cold...
PB b/c it can mix with a lot of things
04-04-2007, 11:59 PM
04-05-2007, 02:00 PM
04-05-2007, 02:39 PM
04-07-2007, 11:39 AM
Just ordered the 10 lbs special (AIs prices are unbeatable) and I got along with it Chocolate, Vanilla, PeanutButter, and Banana. I am pumped to try some variations and then probably venture out onto new limbs with some flavoring sytems I would have never bought if the entire protein bag was that flavor.
04-07-2007, 11:48 AM
04-08-2007, 01:20 PM
Yea I Saw Renegade's review and it only made the anticipation build up even more. I mean Ive had the flavored protein from AI but yet to try the flavor system.
Second to the numerouse flavors however Im really pumped to have a protein powder that is byu itself unflavored so I can use it in recipes if I need to, thats an unbeeatbale combo to offer and my mouth is already eager for the arrival of the package.
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hey crowler......anyway we could get a deal going here for say 5lb isolate w/ say only 2 flavors (3 if your feeling realllly nice)....for say....$40?? sounds like a winner!!
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Larry Dignan blogged earlier today HP has finally wrestled control over Autonomy having bought 87% of shares despite analysts second guessing that it had paid too much for the company. This comes after news came last week that HP had hired in the top guns from Goldman Sachs to develop a strategy to fend off potential hostile shareholder activist moves on management given the sharp decline in shareholder value now trading at 54% below the 12 month peak.
Yet, none of the drama surrounding HP has dampened the spirits of minority sustainability investors, many of whom are into HP for the long haul vested in public pension funds which often carry stringent ethical investment criteria. And according to HP, it's shares are among the fifteen most widely held by ethical investors with 100 separate ethical funds holding shared. Michael Muyot, President of CRD Analytics - the firm behind the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index ratings - said in an email recently:
HP's ESG performance declined significantly from 2009 to 2010. It had one of the largest across the board annual declines for large cap tech firms, 9%, based on SmartView 360 measurement of 175 ESG performance metrics. They now have multiple red flags indicating critical areas for improvement within Board Structure, Compensation and Vision & Strategy for the Governance dimension. HP's environmental footprint also went in the wrong direction, UP, while its global tech peers were predominately reducing their total GHGs, electricity purchased and waste generated. An important lesson is the undeniable connection between strong ESG performing companies and sustainable shareholder value. Savvy long term investors will most likely return to HP when they've raised the bar both internally and amongst their global peers.
Andrea Moffatt, Vice President at Ceres, an influential sustainability investment think tank, weighed in also:
Sustainability issues are critical to business success and board members have a responsibility to understand the risks, opportunities and ask management the tough questions. HP's board of Director's Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for identifying, evaluating and monitoring social, political and environmental issues that could impact the business. I hope the board continues to take this mandate seriously amid all of the upheaval at the company. ......Additionally, the board should ensure that sustainability performance results are a core component of compensation packages and incentive plans. In the end, we all are responsive to our pay checks.
Interestingly, CERES is home to the BICEP, the business lobby pressuring for US government regulatory intervention on climate change with members including Nike, Starbucks, Symantec, Timerbland, Gap Inc and Whitman's alma mater, eBay. No doubt CERES will be watching with interest to see how HP’s previously progressive policy on climate change consolidates and reconciles under the new board’s leadership. Because at least on California’s own controversial climate change regulation, AB32, HP’s Executive Chairman Ray Lane & CEO Meg Whitman are on the record with near polar opposite viewpoints. Compare and contrast Meg Whitman with Ray Lane in these two short videos.
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Our Very Own
Starring: Jason Ritter, Cheryl Hines, Allison Janney and Keith Carradine
I wonder how she did it. Figured out how to be somebody.
--Melora [Autumn Reeser]
Another coming-of-age story, this one about five friends in a small town in Tennessee. They learn that a famous actor from their town may be coming back for the annual "Walker [Standard bred horses] Horse Show." Instantly, this could be the escape route the teens crave. What happened to planning college or learning a trade?
Clancy [Jason Ritter] seems to have the most complicated home life: when his alcoholic father loses his job, it effects the entire family as his mother's furniture gets repo-ed and she can no longer write checks at the grocery store. In this small town, everyone knows what is going on with everyone else. Melora [The O.C.'s Autumn Reeser] obsesses on the starlet's arrival. Clancy seems more interested in Melora than in getting out anywhere.
Reeser shines with expressive eyes and melding into the bubbly Melora. She and Ritter have a natural, easy chemistry. The film has a musical/town production of Our Town to many of its scenes.
Stereotypes abound: quirky kids toggled by the ennui of a small town life, nagging mothers and waiting for something or in this case, someone, to catapult their lives out of the small town. It is almost a teen dramatization of Waiting for Guffman [less humor, wit and originality and more angst]. The dreams and ambitions of the youth are juxtaposed with the stagnant lives of the adults.
There is never enough character development to become invested in these characters and I felt like I was watching a Lifetime movie with talented actors [Cheryl Hines, Allison Janney and Keith Carradine are also in Our Very Own].
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Currently just outside the top eight, the Storm remains a glimmer of hope to make the cut with eight games remaining, three of which are at home.
In a much-improved performance to last week's game against the Northern Eagles, the Storm showed its true class to send a clear warning it remains a genuine threat.
Leading 10-4 at the half time break, the home team pushed out to a convincing 26-8 buffer late in the second term thanks to some poor decisions and ball handling errors from the Tigers.
Two late tries in the final three minutes made the score line more respectable for the visitors.
Despite the sluggish finish, Storm captain Stephen Kearney said he was delighted with his team's opening 30 minutes of the second half.
“We showed some desperation and proved that we are still a chance to go further,” Kearney said.
“We know we have the players to do it and I hope we can learn from the past few months and continue today's good form against the Sydney Roosters next weekend.”
Melbourne coach Mark Murray also praised his players, whom he believed had responded to the call to improve on recent efforts.
“We got the job done effectively,” said Murray.
“Defensively, it was very pleasing and with the score line sitting at 26-8 it was a good day's work.”
The opening 10 minutes saw a scrappy affair with both teams dropping plenty of ball and conceding several penalties.
The Storm were let off the hook early when flying winger Lipina Kaufusi made a dazzling break for the Tigers, however his off load went to ground and ended a certain try. But it was Storm's inspirational leader Stephen Kearney who set up the first points, making a powerful run before off-loading to the revitalised Robbie Kearns, who waltzed across the line.
With a strong wind in its favour, the Storm continued to surge forward and when Steven Bell crashed over the line, the Storm held a handy 10-0 advantage.
But the Tigers hit back within minutes. A high ball saw second rower Anthony Laffranchi rise above the pack and score with several Melbourne players left in his wake.
It only took eight minutes in to the second half for lock Willie Leyshon to make an impact and score with a twist and turn to plant the ball down in the left hand corner. Orford converted to put the Storm ahead 16-4.
However, the Tigers stuck to the cause and continually threatened to strike. Their persistence paid off when a cross kick from Tigers half back Ben Jeffries landed beautifully for centre Daniel Fitzhenry, who somehow managed to get an arm free and off-load to replacement Steve Crouch, who crossed untouched.
With the score at 16-8, Tigers big second rower Willie Manu crossed the line but scrambling Storm defence prevented him from forcing the ball down. The Tigers continued to push closer and closer to scoring again but Storm's defence remained relentless.
Again it was Leyshon who did the job for Melbourne, breaking the Tigers hearts when he squeezed through a soft tackle to post his second try and put the home side up 22-8.
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Year Completed: 2019
John Burns Construction Company of Texas completed a gas line extension and service for the Medical City of Plano Hospital in Plano Texas in the first quarter of 2019. This project enabled a new gas line to service an additional hospital wing for new patients.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Today I finished my first dress using the McCall's M4444 pattern. This was a pattern I had already and I thought it looked easier than the swing dress, so I decided to make it. I used a cotton fabric that actually worked out nicely. I actually did not make any adjustments, except that I only hemmed it 1/2".
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
I have a strange affinity for bacteriophages, which are viruses that attack bacteria. I think I like them so much because they look like mini robots. I have wanted to do a science inspired embroidery project for a while. I think I will stitch it onto muslin and then frame it or make a little pillow, but I am leaning more toward framing it. Aren't they just so cute?!?!?!
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The Contract Doctor
The Contract Doctor is a legal consultancy aimed at start-up and SME recruitment agencies who require legal, compliance and back office services. The Contract Doctor take pride in breaking down complex and technical issues and giving you easy to understand solutions. With a relaxed culture and a friendly service, The Contract Doctor can soothe your legal headaches.
Services we offer:-
- Terms and Conditions
- Data Protection
- Shareholders Agreements
- Bespoke Articles
- Employment Contracts
- Staff Handbooks
- Contract Reviews
- Shareholder agreements and corporate services
- Data protection advice
- International compliance
- Outsourced legal services
- And lots more!
Key features and benefits:
The Contract Doctor offers a range of services aimed at start-ups and SME’s. Should you require a specific contract, advice or need to have a contract reviewed, The Contract Doctor can assist you with all of the above and more. The Contract Doctor offers selection of contract packages catered to your business needs ( Please see price guide attached)
Who are the product and services aimed at:
Start ups and SME businesses
Who would use the services? (Recruiters, managers, owners, finance, marketing…?)
Business owners, directors, contract managers, operational staff. Generally, anyone wanting to start a business or in need of contract and compliance assistance and advice.
The Contract Doctor will provide 30minutes of complimentary credit once full payment has been received on a confirmed order. Credits have a validity of 12 months and can be used for contract and compliance queries.
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Detroit Hip-Hop legend Stretch Money is back with The Drunken Master EP. Presented by Rebel Nation and produced by DubMuzik, world-renowned Detroit MC’s such as Guilty Simpson, Kuniva & Switfy McVay of D12, J. Nutty of Rock Bottom, Moe Dirdee, and Valid all make an appearance on The Drunken Master EP.
Now streaming on all platforms!
In the final installment of valid313.com’s “A Day With Ellie” exclusive interview series, Ellie sits down with none other than platinum credited producer and Grammy award winning DJ HEAD! Head has worked on classic records with Eminem and Dr. Dre during his time under the Shady Records brand. Peep this exclusive interview where he breaks down how it all happen for him, as well as shows of some Hip-Hop hardware that any Hip-Hop head would love to get their hands on!
Also, make sure to check out Valid’s new album “Reach High” which features two tracks with cuts from DJ Head, AVAILABLE NOW! (more…)
On November 9th, the Detroit Hip-Hop community will come together to help those less fortunate. The Majestic Theater will be hosting DETROIT HIP-HOP ELEVATION where you will be able to catch some of Detroit’s best MC’s for a small donation of gently used clothing or canned foods. Come check out Kuniva of D12, Big Herk, Finale, 7 The General, Awesome Dre, Miz Korona, Ron.D, Sheefy Mcfly and many more as you help those in need!
Valid313.com hostess Ellie Sandiego sits down with none other than Highland Park’s own SUPAEMCEE! Catch him discuses why he enjoys working with the youth, being a part of the J Dilla European Tour, recording with Eminem, his new album, and much more!
Friday Night, August 31 at The Mars Bar (10001 Jos Campau, Hamtramck) come celebrate the release of Valid & Topp’s “US-12 Experience” at the weekly event “The Realness”! Hosted by DJ Sicari and J-Mac, the event will feature live performances from Kid Boom Box, Konphlict & Slautah, SupaEmcee, Fat Ray, and of course, Valid & Topp! To top it all off the entry fee is absolutely ZERO DOLLARS! Free all night for everyone 21+… So come enjoy a free show with a great line up, and celebrate with us! | <urn:uuid:c1c12df6-7d45-4a08-b277-bbfd702ee593> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://valid313.com/product-tag/d12/ | 2021-10-24T14:42:13Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323586043.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20211024142824-20211024172824-00256.warc.gz | en | 0.918691 | 554 |
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I have already been an energetic internet user but recently established an internet business solution internet site. I have already been hearing recently countless advertising and marketing experts using about the utilization of social networking having better company scalability and was keen on knowing how can social networking benefit my company?
The results that I came across have become overwhelming. It has entirely changed my potential on what effortless it is to grow your company by using the numerous social networking tools offered. I’m these days planning to give out the things I have discovered so far.
What’s social internet marketing?
Basically it is a process used for advertising your site or company using the numerous social networking stations. It helps in operating all of the relevant traffic to your website and is a strong online strategy device.
Once we talk about some great benefits of social internet marketing to company, these are typically unlimited.
· on the web Conversations: making use of a social station helps in creating a brand name worth on the web. A powerful personal message can cause a massive effect on creating brand for your internet business. Its more like a viral advertising and marketing which keeps multiplying alone without having to make much energy once initiated using the correct practices.
· Quick Turnaround: If you prepare your social internet marketing strategies appropriate, you can see a quick response. Immediately you can see a rise in your website traffic. But it doesn’t mean that the transformation price will increase nonetheless it will surely produce the momentum.
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· search engine results positioning: whenever you get it done the correct way it brings massive amount backlinks that also impacts your research engine ranking.
· suitable for various other advertising and marketing strategies: you can easily run the old-fashioned advertising campaign additionally the other advertising together with your social internet marketing promotion.
Connecting along with your audience using the social networking tools is the best method to have a far more saleable internet business. Not only does it can help in building traffic but also helps in improving your search engine exposure amount.
Social networking web sites alongside personal ways of advertising and marketing have helped numerous small company homes to quickly attain their company goals. It will be the easiest way of developing website link baits and having well-known. You’ll have both main and secondary traffic to your website while increasing your odds of getting prospects changed into lucrative company.
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