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Gambia Community Project
For the three weeks I spent out in the Gunjur, Gambia, we worked on a project for the local women. We built a fence around a mango plantation to start a larger project for the women to work at a mango factory. The mango plantation was located a 20 minute walk away from where we were staying. Each day we walked with all our equipment in wheelbarrows. | <urn:uuid:f9d26235-cb67-4f89-96fe-784715dd5cf9> | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | https://www.kretrust.com/single-post/2019/04/06/gambia-community-project | 2021-09-20T16:39:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780057083.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20210920161518-20210920191518-00689.warc.gz | en | 0.978641 | 84 |
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Introducing to charming a place for young gamers where collected online SpongeBob games for boys. Honey and cheerful friend lives in the underwater village Bikini Bottom, along with other cartoon characters. Among them are a longtime friend amazing and lovely starfish Patrick, grumpy cartoon character Squidward and squirrel Sandy. Merry hero good and friendly hero, in relation to Bikini Bottom environment. During play SpongeBob arcade fun games online for free you’ll innumerable amusing levels plenty of funny episodes in stormy life glorious Bikini Bottom. | <urn:uuid:6b026370-f691-468c-89e6-303d93ecc9d8> | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | http://www.trtgames.com/blog/spongebob-cool-funny-games-for-free-invasi-voyage/ | 2018-12-10T09:26:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376823320.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20181210080704-20181210102204-00169.warc.gz | en | 0.859667 | 114 |
How good is Gran Turismo 3? Well, consider this: I don’t like racing games – they’ve always seemed repetitive and boring. I don’t drool of cars, and aside from my Jeep Wrangler, I’ve never had much interest in them. I’m your typical geek, more interested in computers and RPGs than horsepower and RPMs.
And I love this game.
For those who – like me – have been oblivious to the genre for the last few years, Gran Turismo 3 is a racing game based on real-world cars. It features over 100 vehicles from dozens of manufacturers, and prides itself on accurately reflecting the look and feel of each car, from the slick little Mazda Miata to the drool-worthy Dodge Viper.
It has two primary modes, Arcade and Simulation. In Arcade, players compete in dozens of races – including rally (off-road) and road events. Winning races allows players to unlock more cars and hidden tracks.
In Simulation mode, players start with a small amount of cash, which allows them to buy one of the low-end cars. They then compete in races to win cash and buy parts to upgrade their car, or ditch their old vehicle entirely in favor of a new higher-end model. The upgrades should throw car junkies into ecstasy – just about ever part of the car, from the tires to the power train to the gears – can be upgraded. The shear quantity of options was overwhelming to an automotive neophyte such as myself, but each part was clearly labeled with an explanation of what it was, what it did, and how it would help my car.
There are a couple of things that make this a killer game, one so good that it even has an avowed geek like me drooling over cars:
- Awesome graphics: This game looks and feels better than any racing game ever made. Period. I have never played a game so jaw-droppingly beautiful that I “killed” myself looking at the scenery. The first few days I had the game I was constantly smashing into things, partly because I was a terrible driver, but partly because of the awe-inspiring sunsets that would burst upon me while navigating turns. Sunlight rains down through trees, peaks behind clouds, and paints the world orange and red, all the while glinting off the perfectly reflective paint jobs of the racing cars. It’s a beautiful, beautiful thing.
- Teeth-grinding realism: GT3 is not designed to be a 100% accurate car simulator and it makes certain compromises to remain playable. Never you mind that though – this game feels real. Different cars handle in radically different ways depending on whether they’re four-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, front-wheel drive, or have a big freaking Stage 3 turbo under the hood. Flying down the road, with the eye-stunning scenery wiping by, the chrome of your fellow races reflecting the passing trees, it’s almost possible to suspend one’s disbelief about the game. You can almost feel the speed … and the bone-crashing deceleration as you fly into a barrier.
- Wonderful toys: Who hasn’t seen a Viper and thought …man I’d love to drive that? Or how about a tricked out Corvette? Or even one of those weird little PT Cruisers? Well with GT3, you can drive all those cars … and even a few you didn’t even know you wanted to drive (like the Ford Escort Rally Car).
- Upgrades, upgrades, upgrades: I competition, and I love winning races. But most of all, I like large cash prizes that allow me to turn my humble little Lancer Evolution in to a ass-kicking, gasoline-gurgling king of the God damn road!
- Customization: The high-end GT upgrades do far more than just make your car go faster. They also allow you to tweak almost all of the car’s settings, from how high it rides off the road, to how much force each brake has to the transmission’s gear ratios. It’s really astounding stuff, especially for those of us who will almost definitely never get to play with these sorts of options in the real world.
Now all this praise aside, GT3 does have a few limitations, and their worth mentioning.
- Missing Cars: First and foremost, there’s no Porsche or Ferrari cars and some cars I was really hoping to race – like BMW’s Z3 Roadster – aren’t in the game.
- Limited Multi-Player Options: One of the best things about GT3 is the ability to customize your cars to your heart’s content in Simulation mode. Unfortunately, all that hard work is blown to pieces when you import your favorite car into Arcade mode – instead of getting your car, you get a generic version of your car. And what really sucks is that this makes it impossible for you to race your tricked-out monster against your friend’s own creations, thus killing any hopes at bragging rights. It’s a glaring oversight and it’s something that I hope will be remedied in GT3. I was also disappointed that the multi-player mode is limited to two racers with no computer-driven cars. I realize there are undoubtedly hardware/software limitations to rendering that many cars, but a little more competition would have been welcome.
- No Damage Model: In GT3 you can crash into a wall going 210 mph, and – aside from dropping almost instantly to zero – nothing bad will happen. Your car shakes off the impact and continues on. The same goes for giving the other racers a little lovetap to send them into an overpass – no damage to your car (and absolutely none to your unlucky opponents). I’ve heard speculation among friends that this is because the car companies in GT3 don’t want to see their cars banged up. I’ve also heard that getting the mechanical models down is hard enough without adding in the damage factor. Nonetheless, I would love to see that level of realism in that game.
GT3 is more than just a really good racing game. It’s one of the definitive reasons for buying a PlayStation 2. It’s also a really good way to get yourself on a fast track to divorce, so if you’ve got a non-gaming spouse, you’ll need to be mindful of the hours that GT3 will gobble up. And if you’ve got a spouse who’s a gamer … buy a second PS2 and GT3 just for them. | <urn:uuid:4ce77468-a1e0-46bb-8caf-5925cb39f0d8> | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | https://www.nuketown.com/gran-turismo-3-a-spec-roars-to-victory-on-ps2/ | 2018-10-21T08:45:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583513804.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20181021073314-20181021094814-00418.warc.gz | en | 0.959932 | 1,390 |
The product labeling information includes all published material associated to a drug. Product labeling documents include information like generic names, active ingredients, ingredient strength dosage, routes of administration, appearance, usage, warnings, inactive ingredients, etc.
Indications And Usage
ACUVAIL® ophthalmic solution is indicated for the treatment of pain and inflammation following cataract surgery.
Patient DosingOne drop of ACUVAIL® should be applied to the affected eye twice daily beginning 1 day prior to cataract surgery, continued on the day of surgery, and through the first 2 weeks of the postoperative period.
Use With Other Topical Ophthalmic Medications
ACUVAIL® ophthalmic solution may be administered in conjunction with other topical ophthalmic medications such as alpha-agonists, beta-blockers, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, cycloplegics, and mydriatics. Drops should be administered at least 5 minutes apart.
Dosage Forms And Strengths
4.5 mg/mL ketorolac tromethamine solution (0.45%) in a single-use vial.
ACUVAIL® solution is contraindicated in patients with previously demonstrated hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients in the formulation.
Topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may slow or delay healing. Topical corticosteroids are also known to slow or delay healing. Concomitant use of topical NSAIDs and topical steroids may increase the potential for healing problems.
Cross-Sensitivity Or Hypersensitivity
There is the potential for cross-sensitivity to acetylsalicylic acid, phenylacetic acid derivatives, and other NSAIDs. There have been reports of bronchospasm or exacerbation of asthma associated with the use of ketorolac tromethamine ophthalmic solution in patients who either have a known hypersensitivity to aspirin/non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or a past medical history of asthma. Therefore, caution should be used when treating individuals who have previously exhibited sensitivities to these drugs.
Increased Bleeding Time
With some NSAIDs, there exists the potential for increased bleeding time due to interference with thrombocyte aggregation. There have been reports that ocularly applied nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may cause increased bleeding of ocular tissues (including hyphemas) in conjunction with ocular surgery. It is recommended that ACUVAIL® ophthalmic solution be used with caution in patients with known bleeding tendencies or who are receiving other medications, which may prolong bleeding time.
Use of topical NSAIDs may result in keratitis. In some susceptible patients, continued use of topical NSAIDs may result in epithelial breakdown, corneal thinning, corneal erosion, corneal ulceration, or corneal perforation. These events may be sight threatening. Patients with evidence of corneal epithelial breakdown should immediately discontinue use of topical NSAIDs and should be closely monitored for corneal health.Postmarketing experience with topical NSAIDs suggests that patients with complicated ocular surgeries, corneal denervation, corneal epithelial defects, diabetes mellitus, ocular surface diseases (e.g., dry eye syndrome), rheumatoid arthritis, or repeat ocular surgeries within a short period of time may be at increased risk for corneal adverse events which may become sight threatening. Topical NSAIDs should be used with caution in these patients. Postmarketing experience with topical NSAIDs also suggests that use more than 1 day prior to surgery or use beyond 14 days post-surgery may increase patient risk for the occurrence and severity of corneal adverse events.
Contact Lens Wear
ACUVAIL® should not be administered while wearing contact lenses.
Because clinical studies are conducted under widely varying conditions, adverse reaction rates observed in the clinical studies of a drug cannot be directly compared to the rates in the clinical studies of another drug and may not reflect the rates observed in practice.
Clinical Studies Experience
The most common adverse reactions were reported in 1-6% of patients and included increased intraocular pressure, conjunctival hyperemia and/or hemorrhage, corneal edema, ocular pain, headache, tearing and vision blurred. Some of these reactions may be the consequence of the cataract surgical procedure.
The following adverse reactions have been identified during postmarketing use of ketorolac tromethamine ophthalmic solutions in clinical practice. Because they are reported voluntarily from a population of unknown size, estimates of frequency cannot be made. The reactions, which have been chosen for inclusion due to either their seriousness, frequency of reporting, possible causal connection to topical ketorolac tromethamine ophthalmic solutions or a combination of these factors, include bronchospasm, exacerbation of asthma, corneal erosion, corneal perforation, corneal thinning and corneal melt, epithelial breakdown [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2, 5.4)] and ulcerative keratitis.
Teratogenic Effects.Pregnancy Category C: Ketorolac tromethamine, administered during organogenesis, was not teratogenic in rabbits and rats at oral doses of 3.6 mg/kg/day and 10 mg/kg/day, respectively. These doses are approximately 600 times and 1700 times higher respectively than the typical human topical ophthalmic daily dose of 0.35 mg (4.5 mg/mL x 0.04 mL/drop, twice daily) to an affected eye on a mg/kg basis. Additionally, when administered to rats after Day 17 of gestation at oral doses up to 1.5 mg/kg/day (approximately 300 times the typical human topical ophthalmic daily dose), ketorolac tromethamine resulted in dystocia and increased pup mortality. There are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women. ACUVAIL® solution should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus.Nonteratogenic Effects: Because of the known effects of prostaglandin-inhibiting drugs on the fetal cardiovascular system (closure of the ductus arteriosus), the use of ACUVAIL® solution during late pregnancy should be avoided.
Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised when ACUVAIL® is administered to a nursing woman.
Safety and effectiveness in pediatric patients have not been established.
No overall clinical differences in safety or effectiveness have been observed between elderly and other adult patients.
ACUVAIL® (ketorolac tromethamine ophthalmic solution) 0.45% is a member of the pyrrolo-pyrrole group of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for ophthalmic use. Its chemical name is (±)-5-Benzoyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrolizine-1-carboxylic acid, compound with 2-amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol (1:1), and its molecular weight is 376.40. Its molecular formula is C19H24N2O6. Its chemical structure is:ACUVAIL® solution is supplied as a sterile isotonic aqueous 0.45% preservative-free solution, with a pH of approximately 6.8. ACUVAIL® solution contains a racemic mixture of R-(+) and S-(-)- ketorolac tromethamine. Ketorolac tromethamine may exist in three crystal forms. All forms are equally soluble in water. The pKa of ketorolac is 3.5. This white to off-white crystalline substance discolors on prolonged exposure to light. The osmolality of ACUVAIL® solution is approximately 285 mOsml/kg.Each mL of ACUVAIL® ophthalmic solution contains: Active: ketorolac tromethamine 0.45%. Inactives: carboxymethylcellulose sodium; sodium chloride; sodium citrate dihydrate; and purified water with sodium hydroxide and/or hydrochloric acid to adjust pH.
Mechanism Of Action
Ketorolac tromethamine is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug which, when administered systemically, has demonstrated analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-pyretic activity. The mechanism of its action is thought to be due to its ability to inhibit prostaglandin biosynthesis.
Two drops of 0.5% ketorolac tromethamine ophthalmic solution instilled into the eyes of patients 12 hours and 1 hour prior to cataract extraction achieved a mean ketorolac concentration of 95 ng/mL in the aqueous humor of 8 of 9 eyes tested (range 40 to 170 ng/mL). One drop of 0.5% ketorolac tromethamine ophthalmic solution was instilled into 1 eye and 1 drop of vehicle into the other eye three times daily in 26 healthy subjects. Five (5) of 26 subjects had detectable concentrations of ketorolac in their plasma (range 11 to 23 ng/mL) at Day 10 during topical ocular treatment. The range of concentrations following three times daily dosing of 0.5% ketorolac tromethamine ophthalmic solution are approximately 4 to 8% of the steady state mean minimum plasma concentration observed following four times daily oral administration of 10 mg ketorolac in humans (290 ± 70 ng/mL).
Carcinogenesis, Mutagenesis, Impairment Of Fertility
Ketorolac tromethamine was not carcinogenic in either rats given up to 5 mg/kg/day orally for 24 months or in mice given 2 mg/kg/day orally for 18 months. These doses are approximately 900 times and 300 times higher respectively than the typical human topical ophthalmic daily dose given as twice daily to an affected eye on a mg/kg basis. Ketorolac tromethamine was not mutagenic in vitro in the assay or in forward mutation assays. Similarly, it did not result in an in vitro increase in unscheduled DNA synthesis or an in vivo increase in chromosome breakage in mice. However, ketorolac tromethamine did result in an increased incidence in chromosomal aberrations in Chinese hamster ovary cells.Ketorolac tromethamine did not impair fertility when administered orally to male and female rats at doses up to 9 mg/kg/day and 16 mg/kg/day, respectively. These doses are respectively 1500 and 2700 times higher than the typical human topical ophthalmic daily dose.
Two multicenter, randomized, double-masked, parallel group comparison studies including approximately 500 patients were conducted to evaluate the effects of ACUVAIL® on anterior chamber cell and flare, and ocular pain relief following cataract extraction with posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. Results of these studies indicated that patients receiving ACUVAIL® had a significantly higher incidence of clearing of anterior chamber inflammation 53% (167/318) versus patients receiving vehicle 26% (41/155) at day 14.ACUVAIL® was also significantly superior to vehicle in resolving ocular pain. On Day 1 post cataract surgery, 72% (233/322) of patients in the ACUVAIL® group were pain free compared to 40% (62/156) of patients in the vehicle group.Results from clinical studies indicate that ketorolac tromethamine has no significant effect upon intraocular pressure; however, changes in intraocular pressure may occur following cataract surgery.
How Supplied/Storage And Handling
ACUVAIL® (ketorolac tromethamine ophthalmic solution) 0.45% is available as a sterile solution supplied in clear, LDPE, single-use vials packaged in 6 foil pouches, 5 vials per pouch:30 Single-Use Vials 0.4 mL each: NDC 0023-3507-30Storage: Store at 15o-30º C (59o-86º F). Store the vials in the pouch, protected from light. Fold pouch ends closed.
Slow Or Delayed Healing
Patients should be informed of the possibility that slow or delayed healing may occur while using nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
Avoiding Contamination Of The Product
Patients should be instructed that the solution from one individual single-use vial is to be used immediately after opening for administration to the affected eye. The remaining vial contents should be discarded. The use of the same single-use vial of topical eye drops for both eyes following bilateral ocular surgery is not recommended. In these circumstances, advise patients to use one vial for each eye immediately after opening and discard the remaining contents after use.Patients should be instructed to avoid allowing the tip of the vial to contact the eye or surrounding structures because this could cause the tip to become contaminated by common bacteria known to cause ocular infections or cause injury to the eye. Serious damage to the eye and subsequent loss of vision may result from using contaminated solutions.Store the vials in the pouch, protected from light. Fold pouch ends closed.
Contact Lens Wear
Patients should be advised that ACUVAIL® solution should not be administered while wearing contact lenses.
Intercurrent Ocular Conditions
Patients should be advised that if they develop an intercurrent ocular condition (e.g., trauma or infection) or have ocular surgery, they should immediately seek their physician’s advice concerning the continued use of ACUVAIL®.
Concomitant Topical Ocular Therapy
Patients should be advised that if more than one topical ophthalmic medication is being used, the medicines should be administered at least 5 minutes apart. © 2014 Allergan, Inc., ® marks owned by Allergan, Inc.Patented. See: www.allergan.com/products/patent_noticesMade in the U.S.A.72555US12
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As part of the Canada 150 celebrations in 2017, we’ve been exploring Canadian food from coast to coast. In our Canada's Chefs series, Tiffany Mayer profiled Canadian Chefs from every province, embracing Canadian cuisine. This month she interviews Chef Sousanh Chanthalangsy, who owns what may be Canada's northern-most food truck, One of a Thai in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
Some people might think extreme cooking involves a box of random mystery ingredients and a tight time limit to make something palatable from them.
But how about cooking Thai food in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories? If you’re not convinced, meet Sousanh Chanthalangsy, the owner and operator of One of a Thai.
Twice a year, Chanthalangsy has to travel from the territorial capital to Edmonton, AB, to stock up on ingredients for her three-person operation that serves up Pad Thai, spicy grilled beef salad with rice, curries, and satay skewers.
It’s a 15-hour drive, partly on an ice road because it’s impossible to go during “break-up season” when the frozen artery is thawing. Until five years ago, the trip also included catching a ferry across the Mackenzie River. Fortunately, the Deh Cho Bridge opened in late 2012, making that leg of the journey a little easier.
Chanthalangsy’s other option is flying to the Alberta capital to shop, but flights can sometimes push $1,000.
In between her semi-annual treks to the big city for shrimp paste, kaffir lime leaves, galangal, rice noodles and fish sauce, Chanthalangsy relies on a neighbourhood convenience store to flesh out her menu. It’s her source for produce like green papaya to make a toothsome salad that boasts the salty, sour, sweet and spicy flavours so distinguishable in Thai cuisine.
But it’s “hit and miss,” she says. There are days when there’s nary a green papaya to be had in Yellowknife and mango salad fills the void instead.
“It’s, ‘Sorry, everybody,’ ” Chanthalangsy says with a laugh. “ ‘Today’s special isn’t papaya. It’s mango.’ ”
Oh, and if that’s not extreme enough, she cooks and serves authentic Thai food with her mom, Thip, and cousin, Lisa, in a tiny galley on wheels.
Chanthalangsy is a food truck chef in a place where food truck season starts mid-May, a reasonable sounding proposition, save for the fact that daily highs are still comfortably below freezing.
“Winter here is about eight months long, but for us, once it hits -5°C, that’s like summer for us. If the weather goes like that, we try to launch,” Chanthalangsy says.
If she’s lucky, Chanthalangsy can ride out the season for about five months, pushing it to October like she did this year.
“It was cold,” she recalls. “There was snow on there ground, and we were like, ‘We got this.’ We had our gloves and our toques but people actually came. If I could go longer I would, but I can’t make people stand out there in the cold.”
So why bother being what may be Canada’s most northern roving outpost for Thai food? Mostly because no one else was doing it, and there was a hunger for the seemingly exotic flavours that were the norm for Chanthalangsy while growing up in Winnipeg, MB.
“When we came, there was only one Thai lady in Yellowknife. She had a babysitting service. There was no Thai cuisine when we came up here, so it was exciting,” Chanthalangsy remembers.
Still, starting a Thai food truck — or a bricks-and-mortar Southeast Asian eatery — in the Northwest Territories wasn’t even a thought when an adventurous Chanthalangsy moved just 400 kilometres shy of the Arctic Circle 14 years ago.
She was 22 and managing a McDonald’s in Winnipeg when she was offered a year-long post in Yellowknife with the fast food monolith.
“It was, ‘Hmmm, Yellowknife. I don’t even know where that is,’ ” Chanthalangsy says.
Something compelled her to take a chance, though. She and her boyfriend, Alex, packed whatever would fit in their small SUV, and headed north with only two weeks' notice to friends and family.
“We were going to do it for a year. For some reason, after the first year, we fell in love with the place. It was smaller than Winnipeg but the people and the environment alone made us stay.”
Soon enough, she convinced Thip and Lisa to make the move, too.
For professional development, Chanthalangsy signed up for a marketing course in which she created a mock catering business as a final project. She presented the idea to her class, serving her mom’s Pad Thai to make her point. Her classmates loved it. One of them even asked if Chanthalangsy would be up for selling the noodle dish at a local music festival later that year.
She said yes with no sense of what was involved to feed hungry masses.
“That was a big learning curve for us. It was a big event. Next thing, a woman came up to me and said, ‘Can you cater my retirement party?’”
All of it rekindled a dream that Chanthalangsy had as a young girl. Her friends adored her mother’s cooking, and because of that, Chanthalangsy grew up wanting to start a business with Thip after graduating high school.
She took the party catering gig after the music festival. Not long after, she was putting in days at McDonald’s, and spending her nights cooking Thai food at the local curling club for a clientele that included the curious and those throwing rocks.
By the summer of 2011, she traded the Golden Arches for steel axles. Chanthalangsy bought a trailer, making One of a Thai mobile between May and October. Come winter those first few years, she’d park herself in the curling club kitchen, doing lunch and dinner there.
Three years ago, she drove a souped up courier cube van from Vancouver along that ice road to Yellowknife, and One of Thai officially became one of city’s tiny but mighty fleet of food trucks. Her cousin takes orders while Chanthalangsy and her mom cook.
“We just couldn’t keep up with demand,” Chanthalangsy remembers. “The kitchen we have (in the truck) is way, way bigger than the trailer. We all have our own space.”
And a cooking style all their own. Since opening One of Thai, spring rolls and other Thai-inspired dishes have sprung up on the menus of local Yellowknife restaurants. But the quality and authenticity of Chanthalangsy’s food was untouchable.
In 2013, Canadian Living ranked One of a Thai among the top eight food trucks in Canada.
Three years later, Chanthalangsy put her extreme cooking skills to the test when she landed a spot on Chopped Canada.
Business boomed. Chanthalangsy was prepared for it, though. She was used to the hustle at McDonald’s, and all the food safety requirements of running a restaurant. Health inspectors knew her, and knew they didn’t have to worry, she says.
“Without my McDonald’s experience, I don’t know if I’d be able to open and be as organized,” she explains. “I know a lot of people who open restaurants or food trucks and say, ‘I don’t know how you do it.’ McDonald’s is where I came from and I’m always proud of where I came from.”
That includes being the kitchen-creative daughter of a single mom. Growing up, Chanthalangsy often made dinner for her brother while Thip was at work. Her inspiration came from the hours watching the family matriarch make something out of nothing at the stove.
“Growing up, I always wanted to make sure there was food for her and my brother. Even if it was macaroni and cheese, I’d add cilantro and green onions. I’d always ask if this is OK and she’d say, ‘No, add this.’ Your mom’s your worst critic,” she says with a laugh.
These days, she still loves rolling with it in the kitchen. Other than the crowd favourite Combo No. 1 — Pad Thai with a chicken skewer and spring roll for $14 — the menu changes regularly at One of a Thai.
“That’s one thing that makes us stick out. Other food trucks, it’s a set menu.”
Also unlike other food truck operators, Chanthalangsy has no intention of giving up her meals on wheels. Catering indoors gets her through winters but so does counting down the days until food truck season starts again.
“If I open an actual restaurant, it means more employees. Having the three of us work together is more feasible in a food truck. I just want to work with my family,” she says. “You get to know your community more. You travel, you get to go music festivals and weddings. Having a food truck, it’s more a part of the family, a part of the community.”
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Canada’s Chefs is written by Tiffany Mayer, a freelance journalist and author of Niagara Food: A Flavourful History of the Peninsula’s Bounty (History Press, 2014). She blogs about food and farming at Grub by Eating Niagara. You can also listen to her newly launched food podcast, Grub. | <urn:uuid:19ebbd6f-8b35-446b-8c29-98454584ab96> | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | https://www.foodbloggersofcanada.com/sousanh-chanthalangsy-of-one-of-a-thai/ | 2019-02-23T07:13:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550249490870.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20190223061816-20190223083816-00627.warc.gz | en | 0.95862 | 2,225 |
Immigration reform: Boehner says it's down to a matter of 'trust' (+video)
Speaker Boehner says that what's holding up immigration reform is a 'trust gap' with President Obama. But that doesn't mean the door is shut on action in the House, even in an election year.
WASHINGTON — Immigration reform, long stalled in the US House, is coming down to this: Republicans don't trust President Obama to enforce immigration laws and won't act on new legislation until that trust gap narrows.
On Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner (R) of Ohio said that distrust is “one of the biggest obstacles” to getting reform done.“There's widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws," he said. "And it's going to be difficult to move any immigration legislation until that changes.”
Democrats dubbed this new focus on "trust" a dodge to get around the fact that Boehner can't control his fractious caucus. But some close observers of Congress's difficult and protracted struggle over immigration debate see some promise in this turn in the debate.
For the first time in a very long time, policy differences are not at the heart of the immigration dispute – at least among many Republicans in the House, where immigration reform hit a wall after the Senate passed a bipartisan bill last year.
In an aside, Mr. Boehner commented Thursday that Republicans “by and large” support principles that he released at a private GOP retreat for House members a week ago. Both the president and key Democrats in the House have expressed openness to the principles, which allow for a path to legal status for some 11 million undocumented immigrants in America, but no “special” path to citizenship.
That said, the trust issue is a mountainous obstacle, depending on whose trust the president needs to win. If “trustees” include the faction of Republicans who will never agree to immigration reform, who dislike Mr. Obama so intensely that they can’t bring themselves to support anything he supports, then, no, he is unlikely to ever win their trust. But if it refers to the Republican leadership – and if it is the leadership that is driving reform in the House – it is not mission impossible, according to some observers.
“Certainly, some Republicans, no matter what, say ‘We can’t trust this guy and we can’t negotiate with him.’ But they’re not the head of the party and they’re not the kingmaker,” says Lanae Erickson Hatalsky, director of social policy and politics at Third Way, a moderate Democrat think tank. She, and others, can think of several ways that Mr. Obama can respond on the trust front.
Hold the line on deportations. The president is under tremendous pressure to ease up on deportations, even stop them altogether, especially given his State of the Union emphasis on using executive orders, when necessary, when Congress fails to act. But the president has so far held the line on these anti-deportation demands. There may be no better way to show that he’s enforcing the law than by reminding Congress that he’s doing that now in the face of huge pressure.
Keep working on the personal. Trust gets built through personal relationships – and as America has learned by now, schmoozing is not this professor-in-chief’s strong point. As Ms. Erickson Hatalsky points out, he may not be able to build relationships with the “backbenchers” but he can at least improve them with Republican leaders in the House. “He’s begun to do that,” she said, and if there is continued progress on issues such as a noneventful raising of the debt ceiling, that could continue.
Get others to reinforce the enforcement message. Republicans complain that Obama has ignored the law by blocking deportation action for children of illegal immigrants who meet certain criteria and by prioritizing enforcement for those who are considered of highest risk to America. But this is well within the president’s authority, says Doris Meissner, director of the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank that studies global migration. Not only that, she says, the Obama administration has continued a 20-year trend of increasing spending and action on enforcement of US immigration laws. In fact, spending on immigration outpaces all other federal criminal law enforcement combined, she says.
This positive record of enforcement and its benefits should be voiced by police chiefs and mayors around the country, as well as leaders of other countries who are receiving record numbers of deportees, not by a toxic president who's made the case before, says Ms. Meissner. Many in Congress weren’t around for the last big immigration push and aren’t aware of the two-decade upward trend in enforcement, she adds.
These, however, are the views of outsiders. Democrats on the Hill and the White House don’t see the president as having to respond – the ball is in Boehner’s court, they say. He needs to follow through on his repeated line that he wants to get immigration reform done.
White House spokesman Jay Carney dismissed the trust issue as irrelevant. "The challenges within the Republican Party on this issue are well-known, and they certainly don't have anything to do with the president," Mr. Carney said.
A key House Democrat, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D) of Maryland, echoed that sentiment: “I see this as a sad and desperate attempt by the speaker to blame the president for the speaker’s own inability to persuade his caucus of the importance of taking action on immigration reform,” he said, in an interview.
“I interpret this as the speaker throwing in the towel with his own caucus,” he added. Democrats had hoped – and “still hold out hope” – that House Republicans will move forward on immigration reform. “But these kinds of comments just poison the well” with Democrats.
In fact, many Republicans oppose taking up immigration in an election year, period. At his press conference Thursday, Boehner acknowledged the "difficulty" of getting immigration reform done in the House this year.
But Third Way's Erickson Hatalsky suggests that if Boehner is sincere in wanting immigration reform – and many Democrats, even minority leader Nancy Pelosi, believe he is – he has plenty of cover to push an unpopular position, including from the business community and Evangelicals.
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Systems Architect, Web Applications¶
Hello! I'm Vince Veselosky, a systems architect and builder of web applications. In my career I have focused on software systems, but I am interested in dynamic systems of all types, especially complex adaptive systems. I love the media business, because multi-sided markets are complex systems by nature.
My career has given me the opportunity to play many roles in the course of technical product development, including software developer, solution architect, and product manager. No matter the role, I always place my emphasis on great customer service. My manager, my peers, and my employees are customers too.
As an architect, I have built communication bridges between business and technology, providing solution designs in the form of diagrams and prose documents which facilitate shared understanding of the business goals and product design.
As a "product owner" in Agile parlance, I have broken down projects into epics and stories, written user stories and acceptance criteria, prioritized backlogs, assisted with estimation, and contributed to project planning.
As a product manager, I have consulted with customers to generate strategic roadmaps, tracked and prioritized feature requests, managed customer support and communications, and focused on business outcomes over technology checklists.
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- Slideshare presentation: New Relic in Action at Cox Media Group
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- Efficiency: Enemy of Innovation?
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Youths enter pleas in Sandy Bay case involving woman's death 0
The two youths accused in the death of Roberta McIvor last July on Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation appeared in Court of Queen's Bench in Portage la Prairie to enter their pleas Tuesday.
Crown attorneys Carli Owens and Joyce Dalmyn are seeking to charge the two youths, aged 15 and 17 at the time of the incident, with theft of a motor vehicle and manslaughter, but will not be seeking an adult sentence. The two youths pleaded guilty to both of the charges.
While the Crown is aiming for the maximum youth sentence of three years, the defence lawyers Cam Pauls and Greg Brodsky are looking for the minimum youth sentence.
It was argued by the Crown that it would not be appropriate to charge the girls with murder because they did not possess the state of mind necessary for it to be considered murder.
Judge K. Curtis presided over the meeting and heard the details explained by the Crown.
Crown attorney Joyce Dalmyn said Roberta McIvor had been drinking the night of July 30, 2011 and had a designated driver drive her car from a party to another party in Sandy Bay. The driver left McIvor passed out and strapped into the car's front seat, with the keys still in the ignition.
The two accused allegedly attempted to steal the car later that night. After driving a short distance, the girls were said to have pushed the victim out of the car, and thought they left her on the side of the road. But they did not know McIvor's neck had become entangled in the seatbelt and she was being dragged behind the car. McIvor was dragged behind the car for about a kilometre before she was decapitated.
When the girls finally abandoned the car after it ran out of gas, they had no idea they had killed McIvor. The Crown added the accused were telling people they had stolen the car, but did not know they had seriously injured McIvor.
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[dev-context] \usemodule and prtcatcodes
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Am 17.01.2011 um 17:00 schrieb Hans Hagen:
> much of this goes back a long time .. we used to have only m-* and styles were normally environments; and when defining interface independent environments unprotect makes sense ... we can consider removing that (but then need to check for environments on our machines that use ! etc)
Remove prtcatcodes from modules and environments or only environments?
If such a change happens we can do this for mkiv only because mkii hasn’t a problem with _
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The sixth largest exchange traded fund in the United States, SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSEARCA:GLD), follows 1/10th of price of one ounce of gold. SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSEARCA:GLD) is also among the top ten largest holders of gold in the world. As of Feb. 29, the ETF has given a YTD loss of almost 11% to its investors. Talking about other ETFs that follow gold prices, Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) tracks the price of gold plus the yield performance of NYSE Arca Gold Miners. Due to the recent decline of gold prices, Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX)’s YTD loss stands at almost 48%. On the other hand, the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) follows the price and yield performance of Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners’ index. Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) has yielded a YTD loss of 74% to its investors.
Now, the million dollar question is what’s in store for these ETFs and gold prices in the coming years? The answer appears to be a complicated one. However, I still remain bullish about this precious metal in the long run—the reasons are discussed below.
Continuation of QE3 Program
The U.S. economy shrunk by 0.1% in 4Q12, which was the first time in more than three and a half years. With the budget deficit hovering around $1 trillion, the odds of Fed discontinuing its QE3 plan looks highly unlikely. However, as costs related to buying more debt from the market keep on increasing, Fed might lower its monthly target of buying $85 billion worth of assets. Otherwise, with no asset buying program on the cards, the U.S. economy could face another economic recession.
With the QE3 program staying, money supply is bound to go up, creating inflation in the long run. With inflation on the cards, people would hedge themselves through gold and fuel its prices.
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Federal Reserve’s Chairman, Ben Bernanke has recently defended the low interest rate policies of the central bank. According to the Chairman, the recent bond purchases are essential in lowering the interest rates, which in turn will stimulate growth. Moreover, because of these low interest rates, people have been able to get auto loans and mortgages at cheaper costs. The chairman didn’t give any indication about discontinuing the QE3 program.
As the world’s major countries battle with the economic downturn, the developing countries are bound to get affected. During the past few years, hedging with gold during the economic downturn has been the norm in most of the emerging economies. In the future as well, people in these economies would continue to hold significant amount of gold in their portfolio, driving the gold prices up. | <urn:uuid:ddc53151-2134-48cf-9a79-ad0a9a702bfd> | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | http://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/have-faith-in-yellow-metal-spdr-gold-trust-etf-gld-market-vectors-junior-gold-miners-etf-gdxj-market-vectors-gold-miners-etf-gdx-76617/ | 2014-04-18T00:29:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609532374.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005212-00159-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957444 | 640 |
Getting organised: 5 tips for efficient Christmas holiday preparations
Finally, after a hectic few months, it’s time to get everything wrapped up (see what I did there?) and head home for my Christmas holidays. I’ve left my plans late this year so everything’s a bit last-minute and I only have a few working days to get organised, so I need to be smart and efficient with my pre-holiday prep. It is reassuring though to think there are so many other people in the same boat who will form part of a mass exodus home for Christmas over the coming week, and in support of the poor disorganised souls like me, I’m sharing my top tips for efficiency and reduced stress during a mad dash!
1. Make gift shopping a military operation
I have made a list of each person, what I want to get them and which shop/mall I need to go to for it. Unfortunately I don’t have the luxury of time to be able to wander around the malls seeking inspiration and ‘getting a feel’ for what’s out there and picking up things as I go. This approach did mean I had to take an hour to sit down with a cup of tea and think about it (and send a few messages to my mother for advice) but it means that I now have a clear shopping list, sorted by mall/shop, which should enable me to go out and get it all done in one evening (and without giving people thoughtless gifts out of desperation). And I created the list on Workflowy so I can update and review on my iPad mini whilst I’m actually out doing the shopping too.
2. Make a packing list
Yes, hands-up, I am into lists in a big way! But, I know I am not going to have a lot of time to pack and as with the gift shopping, I don’t have time to mess around thinking about new outfits and combinations, so… I have a rough plan of what I am doing each day (nothing too detailed, but at least letting me know which days/nights I am out, when I’ll be in places I will be walking/running, etc) and I have written a rough idea of the clothes needed for each of these days. In theory, this will stop me from making the age-old mistake of packing too many clothes that I never wear (something I need to avoid when taking back so many presents), and will ensure I can get all those winter clothes washed and ironed this week before I leave, plus I can be certain I haven’t forgotten the UK essentials such as my SIM card, umbrella, gloves etc (in practice, I have a feeling there may still be too many clothes in the case!)
3. Be prepared and exchange money
Normally the money is the last thing I worry about when travelling, choosing to just use my card when I arrive to withdraw money, but I have been struck one too many times in places where there is no ATM or where they don’t work and it’s proved ridiculously stressful. Now I don’t expect England to have these issues, but I am going to be jetting around the country like Santa and his crew and I don’t want to have to think about where and when I can get the next withdrawal (whilst getting charged each time), nor do I want to be stuck behind queues of desperate last-minute shoppers at an ATM, especially if it runs out of cash (so frustrating, and always seems to happen just as I get to the front of the queue!) Travelex has outlets at Terminals 1 and 3 of Dubai Airport which saves an additional chore in advance of the trip (I always have plenty of time once I get to the airport so it’s a good use of time).
4. Prepare entertainment whilst working
Travelling at this time of year is always hectic and emotions are generally high, and whilst I could quite easily get swept up in the atmosphere at busy airports and train stations, I choose to try to be patient and calm and let those who are stressed charge ahead. This is not the easiest thing for me to attempt, but I am generally aided in my quest by my iPad, whether it’s for writing, reading, listening to music or watching movies. This year I had been worried that I was running out of time to sort out some new entertainment, but when I sat and thought it through, I have identified a couple of hours when I need to do some admin work from home before I go, and realised that during this time it would only take a few minutes to identify what I want to download and leave it running in the background while I work (and yes, I have made a list to be downloaded!)
5. Make sure eGate is still valid
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With these tips in mind, I should be able to get myself organised in time for my departure in a couple of days (providing I take my own advice of course!) and before I know it I’ll be sitting in the departure lounge, enjoying some liquid refreshment, feeling content with a case full of presents that Father Christmas himself would be proud of… That is if I stop procrastinating and writing blog posts!! Good luck to everyone else with the last-minute preparations! | <urn:uuid:4be3272f-c6ac-4bca-bb65-76fbd411a5f8> | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | http://www.footstepsofawanderer.com/preparing-for-the-holidays | 2018-10-23T02:11:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583515564.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20181023002817-20181023024317-00381.warc.gz | en | 0.965174 | 1,258 |
The 49ers (10-3) returned home after their third loss of the season to face the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers. Some things to note from this game were the suspension of James Harrison and ankle injury to Ben Roethlisberger - it's what most Steelers fans whined about after this one. However, most of them forgot that San Francisco's best defensive player, Patrick Willis, was still out due to a strained hamstring.
The Steelers received the opening kickoff with the Tony Montana Squad hoping around, vibing and pumping the crowd up.
Rashard Mendenhall took the handoff on the Steelers' first offensive play, but he was wrapped up by Ray McDonald for only a gain of 1. From the shotgun on 2nd and 9, Roethlisberger delivered a screen to Mendenhall who was stopped by Justin Smith just short of the first down. On 3rd and 1 with an empty backfield, Roethlisberger from the shotgun hit his tight end Heath Miller, just enough for a first down.
On first down, Mendenhall took the carry up the middle for maybe a yard. On second down, Roethlisberger hit Mike Wallace on the slant, who slipped a tackler, turned on the jets and took it down the right sideline for a gain of 36-yards before he was knocked out of bounds.
On 2nd and 7, Roethlisberger dropped back and threw to the end zone for Wallace - undercut by Carlos Rogers for his 6th interception of the year.
On 1st and 10, Frank Gore took the handoff up the middle for a gain of 4. On 2nd and 6, Smith hit Vernon Davis on the in-route for a first down, before he was taken down by Troy Polamalu. On first down, Smith sprinted right and threw to Michael Crabtree for a medium gain. On 2nd and 5, Ted Ginn Jr. took the jet sweep left for a first down.
On 2nd and 10, Gore took another handoff for a 5-yard gain. On 3rd and 5, with time, Smith from the shotgun hit Kyle Williams on the out-route past the first down marker for a fresh set of downs. On first down, Smith went right back to Williams for another completion on the out-route for a medium gain.
On 2nd and 4, Gore took a handoff for a first down before he was tackled by Polamalu. On 1st and 10, Gore took a handoff left, and with a great block by Bruce Miller, sprung free for 14-yards. In the red zone, Kendall Hunter was brought down after a short gain on 2nd down to put the 49ers in third and long.
On 3rd and 10, Smith made a big-time throw to Michael Crabtree who ran an out-pattern in front of Polamalu, and Smith put it on the money for the conversion. On 1st and goal, Gore was brought down for a loss of 2 inside the PIT-5. On 2nd and goal, Smith went through his progressions, and missed a wide open Kyle Williams who was coming on his route underneath the goal post.
Smith with pressure from a blitzing Polamalu, threw an incomplete pass on 3rd down to force the field goal attempt by David Akers. Akers came on and hit the field goal to take an early 3-0 lead.
On 2nd and 6, Wallace had Tarell Brown beat down the left sideline and Roethlisberger overthrew his receiver. On 3rd and 6, with pressure, Roethlisberger hit Antonio Brown on the crossing route who made Chris Culliver hesitate enough to take it for the first down.
Roethlisberger with all kinds of time threw to his tight end Miller past the first down marker, but it was too high, off the fingertips of Miller and into the hands of Dashon Goldson who secured the interception.
On 1st and 10, Crabtree made a catch that went just short of the first down marker.
B. Roethlisberger: 4/8, 53 yards and 2 interceptions
On 2nd and 1, Bruce Miller took the handoff up the middle for a first down. On 1st and 10, Gore took a carry up the middle for a gain of 3. With pressure in his face on second down, Smith threw the football away. On 3rd and 10, Smith from the shotgun threw to Davis who stayed in bounds, and lunged for the first down.
On 1st and 10, Smith had Crabtree wide open in the end zone. Crabtree beat his man on the go-route and Smith overthrew him. On 3rd and 7, Smith threw incomplete to Gore in the flat.
BLOWN TRANSFORMER - SORRY FOR THE DELAY
On 1st and 10, Ray McDonald received an encroachment penalty. On 1st and 5, Roethlisberger checked it down to Mendenhall who danced for a first down and a little more before being taken down. On 3rd and 1, Roethlisberger from the shotgun stepped up and hit Miller in the middle for a first down.
On 1st and 10, a 6-yard run by Isaac Redman was negated by a holding call on Trey Essex. On 1st and 20, Roethlisberger completed to Jerricho Cotchery for a nice gain, but that was called back by an illegal formation call on Mike Wallace.
On 1st and 25, Aldon Smith stunted up the middle, spooked Roethlisberger who sidestepped and threw the ball away. On 2nd and 25, Aldon Smith with his long arms bull rushed Max Starks, forced Roethlisberger to move, Smith got rid of Starks and took down Roethlisberger for a sack - but an illegal contact call negated the play and gave the Steelers a fresh set of downs.
On 1st and 10, Roethlisberger completed to Wallace for 7 yards, before he was suplexed by Culliver. On 3rd and 2, Roethlisberger threw the underneath route to Wallace for a first down. On first down, with Justin Smith in his face, Roethlisberger put the ball at the feet of Mendenhall.
On 2nd and 10, Roethlisberger looking down field threw but the pass was somehow deflected by Larry Grant, with hang-time. On 3rd and 10, Roethlisberger went deep to the end zone to a double-covered Wallace, incomplete.
San Francisco would get the ball back with a 6-0 lead over the Steelers.
On 3rd and 8, Williams caught the pass from Smith on the hook-route and took it for a first down. On second down, Smith with no open scrambled through traffic for 10 yards and a first down. On 1st and 15, Smith completed down the right sideline to Ginn for a gain of 14. On 2nd and 1, Gore cut up the middle for a first down.
After a chop block penalty, on 2nd and 25, Gore took the handoff up the middle for a short gain. On 3rd and 21, Smith from the shotgun hit Williams for a medium gain on the crossing route. Andy Lee punted, and without much assistance, pinned the Steelers inside their own 5-yard line.
On 1st and 10, Mewelde Moore took a carry for a 20-yard gain. Roethlisberger then threw short to Antonio Brown for another big gainer and a fresh set of downs for Pittsburgh. On 1st and 10, Roethlisberger quick hit Wallace for a gain of 7 yards.
On 3rd and 3, Roethlisberger from the shotgun threw to Brown, who got just enough for a first down. With bad clock management and just out of field goal range, the Steelers were forced to throw a Hail Mary with 4 seconds left - complete to Brown, but tackled to end the half.
On 2nd and 14, Gore took a stretch right for a medium gain, tackled by Polamalu. On third down, Smith put one at Crabtree's feet who was open on his route.
On 2nd and 11, Roethlisberger fired across the middle incomplete to Brown in coverage. On 3rd and 11, Roethlisberger from the shotgun fired to Wallace; Tarell Brown cleanly broke on the ball, getting his hand in there to break up the pass.
The 49ers went three-and-out on the following series for the second time in a row.
On 1st and 10, Roethlisberger hit Miller on the wheel route downfield for a big gain to midfield. On 2nd and 10, Roethlisberger hit Miller at the first down marker, tackled by Whitner. On first down, a Steelers false start backed them up 5.
On 1st and 15, Mendenhall took an inside run, bouncing off tacklers for a gain of 9. Mendenhall got hit seriously hard on second down by both Larry Grant and Justin Smith. On 4th and 2, Shaun Suisham came out to attempt a 51-yarder - hitting it to make it a 6-3 game with 6 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.
On 1st and 10, Smith threw one over the shoulder of Vernon Davis who beat James Farrior across the field for a 20+ yard gain. On 2nd and 11, Hunter took a short pass off the screen for a 27-yard gain into Steelers territory. On 1st and 10, Smith play-faked right, and threw back across to Davis, with a perfectly placed ball for the tight end who took it inside the 1-yard line.
On 1st and goal, Smith on play-action lobbed one over the top of the defense to Davis who beat the coverage on the delay for a 49ers touchdown.
The extra point by Akers made it 13-3, 49ers on top.
On first down, Roethlisberger completed short to Brown for a gain of 4. On 2nd and 6, Mendenhall looked cooked in the backfield but escaped left and went for a first down. On 1st and 10, Roethlisberger hit Cotchery on the wheel route for a big gain down the right sideline into 49ers territory.
On 2nd and 10, Grant broke up his third pass of the game. On third and long, Roethlisberger from the shotgun was pressured by Aldon Smith, forcing an incomplete pass down the middle of the field. Suisham's 48-yard attempt went wide left, no good and the 49ers took over with great field position.
On 2nd and 15, Gore took a handoff right for a 12-yard gain to put the 49ers in third and manageable.
On 3rd and 3, the run by Gore gets stuffed by Larry Foote and the 49ers have to punt.
On 2nd and 10, a short pass to Mendenhall gets stopped by Goldson. On 3rd and 10, Roethlisberger his Cotchery downfield for the first down, who was drilled by Whitner. On 2nd and 9, Roethlisberger from the shotgun gets picked up and dropped by Aldon Smith; accompanied by Ray McDonald and Justin Smith. During the sack, McDonald knocked the ball loose and it was recovered by Justin Smith.
On a 49ers third and long, Smith threw short to Brett Swain who took it just short of the first down to make it a more manageable field goal attempt for Akers. Akers came on and booted a field goal to make the score 16-3, but a leaping penalty on Lawrence Timmons gave the 49ers an automatic first down and took the field goal off the board.
The 49ers ran a sprint right option, incomplete in the red zone. On 2nd and goal, Gore got the carry, found a hole and punched it in for the touchdown, untouched. The touchdown by Gore made it 20-3 San Francisco. On 2nd and 3, Aldon Smith stunted and wrapped up Roethlisberger for another sack. On 3rd and 8 from the shotgun, Roethlisberger threw incomplete, out of bounds over the head of Antonio Brown.
With just over 7 minutes left in the game, Gore was on the sideline with a jacket on, done for the night. With Anthony Dixon in, the 49ers went with the ground game to run some clock. On 3rd and 7, Hunter got the handoff for a short gain.
On first down, Roethlisberger from the shotgun delivered to Brown for a first, but it was called back due to a chop block on Isaac Redman. On 1st and 17, Wallace made the catch for a gain of 13 yards on the pitch and catch.
Aldon Smith stunted up the middle and wrapped up Roethlisberger, throwing him down for another sack. The takedown was his 13th sack of the year which was the most for a rookie in 49ers franchise history. On 1st and 10, Roethlisberger connected with Miller in the middle who took it up for a 24-yard gain and a first down.
On 2nd and 10, Roethlisberger went deep to the end zone to Wallace but Tarell Brown read it the whole way, and leapt in front of it for the interception. The T. Brown pick was the Steelers fourth turnover of the day - San Francisco with 0.
Dixon took two consecutive carries on 1st and 2nd down to run clock. Dixon took a third carry on third down, that went just short of the first down marker.
On 1st and 10, Cotchery made a catch for 9 yards, shy of the first down. On 3rd and 1, Roethlisberger lost a bad snap, and recovered before being touched up by McDonald.
The 49ers came out in the victory formation and San Francisco improved to 11-3, keeping up with the Green Bay Packers with crucial playoff implications at stake.
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Advice from three of our guy friends. This week they answer the following: “Do guys care about what a woman wears, or is she basically just dressing to impress herself and her fellow females (and perhaps her gay friends)?“
Straight Single Guy (Chris): Yes we do. We don’t necessarily care about brand names, the latest or most expensive bags and shoes, or the subtleties of this seasons’ whatevers. We do however, care how our partner looks, what type of style she has, what people think of her, and of course, her sexiness vs. librarian-ness. I think we all want our partners to look attractive to other people, but not appear to be a contestant on “Rock of Love.” We appreciate a girl who can dress appropriately as the situation requires — everything from the right clothes to wear to a football game to the right thing to wear out to a nice restaurant. That means dressing up and dressing down, all while maintaining the right balance between sexy and conservative. (I hate the word “classy” by the way.) There is nothing worse than someone who takes hours to get ready, only to be way too dressed up for the situation. And GOD FORBID you try to tell her…
Straight Married Guy (James Glazebrook): A little from column A, a little from column B. Guys do care about what a woman wears, but the most attractive women don’t care what men (or anyone else) think — they dress for themselves. And I don’t mean the frumps who’ve resigned themselves to a life in sweats and sneaks. No, the best dressed (and therefore hottest) women are well aware of the signals their clothes send out — they just use them to broadcast something different. I’m a sucker for sharp masculine tailoring, the pierced pin-up look… anything that says, “I’m my own person, I don’t need you — but if we got together it could be interesting.”
Gay Married Guy (Jon Ross): Honey, ladies ain’t spending billions on sexy get-ups every year to impress their girlfriends (unless they’re lesbians, and even then. . .). Yes, some women dress to impress for everyone, but others (many) are aiming to attract people of the xy persuasion, and we men are taking notice. Sure, most men may not notice that fabulous contrasting trim on your blouse or how amazing your bag and shoes look together, but they can tell when a woman puts effort into her appearance, and they appreciate it. Granted, I am that “gay friend,” so I’m probably not the most reliable source on this topic.
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Nils Frahm released his next single earlier this week. On Monday in fact. It came out through Erased Tapes records, which is usually a good stamp of approval and indication of quality. It's called 'Unter | Über' and was recorded on Nils' piano in his Berlin studio flat. Now there's a video for the first part of it, 'Unter', which can be viewed below:
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This one dropped this week. If you’re a fan of Relic or otherwise digging his music, check this new release out. Purchase Not For Nothing on Relic’s Bandcamp.
Not For Nothing EP track listing:
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Olivier Messiaen was a romantic who combined in his music originality, sensuality, technical organisation to an extraordinary degree and devotional piety. A US critic remarked how many of his works ended with "an apotheosis to open up the heavens and bring down the house". Genius is not too high praise for one of the half-dozen or so seminal composers of the 20th century.
The authors of this exemplary biography both teach at Sheffield University. Nigel Simeone is professor of musicology and Peter Hill is professor of music as well as a pianist who has specialised in and recorded the music of Messiaen. Hill has also taken many of the photographs that feature in this lavishly produced volume of well over 400 pages. Messiaen's life and music are explored in an easily flowing style, the music analysed as the life proceeds. The authors are clearly devotees of their subject, but they also give opposing views and background details. The price is not high for such an authoritative biography, one not likely to be surpassed for years to come. Notes and indexes are all satisfactory, and there is even a list of some 30 works planned but not executed.
Messiaen was born in 1908 in Avignon, and brought up there, and in Grenoble and Nantes. His father was a translator of Shakespeare into French and his mother, Cecile Sauvage, a poet. At the age of seven, he acquired a score of Gluck's Orfeo and was entranced by it, as he was later by Wagner's Tristan and Isolde , and later still by Stravinsky's Rite of Spring , works that he cherished all his life. At a precocious age he taught himself to play the piano and the organ.
He entered the composing world like a fully armed Minerva. While still only 20 and a student at the Paris Conservatoire (under Charles-Marie Widor and Paul Dukas), he wrote an organ piece called Le Banquet Céleste that is only 25 bars long but directed to be played so slowly that it takes nearly a quarter of an hour. The title refers to the Eucharist, the first of a hundred or more works or movements that have religious titles (three of the most famous are Three Short Liturgies of the Divine Presence , Twenty Aspects of the Infant Jesus and I Await the Resurrection of the Dead ).
The very first chord of Le Banquet takes the listener into Messiaen's special world of incense, sensuality and magic. How does he do it? To be technical, that chord contains the musical interval of the augmented fourth (on the piano C and up four whole tones to F sharp); that interval is called diabolus in musica (the devil in music) and was not permitted in respectable music until taken up by the likes of Debussy and Scriabin. Also heard in this early work is the chord of the added sixth, a gloss on the common chord (C E G with A added on top) often used in jazz and popular music. Both devices are not conducive to development in the classical sense; both tend to hinder the flow. But Messiaen does not proceed in a classical way: his method is to advance by means of juxtaposition and repetition, as opposed to classical sonata form with its structure of exposition, development and recapitulation.
By the time of the Second World War, Messiaen was famous, revered by many and reviled by some as a unique new voice, as important as the other giants of his century. Since he must have been the least soldierly man in the French Army, it was probably just as well that he soon became a prisoner-of-war. His German captors recognised his quality and let him have the wherewithal to compose his only chamber music work, the Quartet for the End of Time , duly given its premiere in Stalag VIII A at Görlitz, East Germany, using a clarinet with defective keys, a piano with notes that stuck and a none-too-healthy violin and cello. On his early release, he returned to Paris to be a professor at the Conservatoire, where his pupils later included the three most famous of avant-garde composers, Pierre Boulez, Iannis Xenakis and Karl-Heinz Stockhausen. He continued to compose, of course, and to be organist at the Trinité Church, where he was renowned for his improvisations, in both classical and contemporary style.
In 1952, Messiaen married a violinist-composer, Claire Delbos, and they had a son. She began to suffer from mental troubles, became an invalid and died in 1959. Two years later, he married Yvonne Loriod, his pupil, 16 years his junior. She was, and is, a pianist of extraordinary gifts, capable of playing and memorising anything her husband put before her. His relationship with her inspired him to compose a trio of works showing a sensuality even greater than he had shown in his religious oriented works, including the vast Turangalila symphony (described by Simon Rattle as "a giant Mars bar of a piece").
Messiaen's love for birdsong increased with the years. Any time he could spare from composing, performing, teaching, playing the organ and attending as many performances of his works all over the world, he spent transcribing birdsong, supported by his clipboard, a tape recorder and the faithful Yvonne at the wheel of their car. The notes on birdsong were recorded in 200 volumes, and the songs of hundreds of birds were transcribed, later to form the basis of compositions, mostly quite long piano pieces, not 100 per cent literally, as I found out when I compared birds and Messiaen side by side or, rather, tape by tape.
Messiaen died of cancer in 1992, having worked until the end. His later works continued to be vast. There is Saint François , an opera with little stage action that takes four hours; there are works for piano, organ, chorus and orchestra in various combinations. Perhaps latterly there was too much repetition of notes and form, even a suspicion of composing on auto-pilot. Of course, the sincerity was never in question, nor the expertise. However, the music of his high noon continues to move the mind and the heart; the spirit of Messiaen shines like the brightest of constellations in our dark creative age.
John Amis, a broadcaster and writer, has recently published My Life in Music in London , 1945-2000.
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Oh, thank the Emperor – it’s actually good.
Dawn of War III is the best Warhammer 40K game ever made.
Not because it’s absolutely the best game to ever bear the Warhammer 40K name – everyone has their own opinion on what that is, and I’m not here to step on any toes. But because no other game has captured the promise of that ridiculous Warhammer 40,000 tagline – “In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war” – as well as Dawn of War III. This is a game about zealots in building-sized mech suits stomping across the map, about the pang of fear you get in your chest when you hear the beginnings of an Orc “Waagh” – a game about unrelenting, constant offense.
The game has flaws, some of which will be pretty hard to ignore for a lot of fans. More flaws than I’d like to admit. But the core of the Dawn of War series, everything that really matters, is back, and it’s better than ever.
Thank the Emperor.
Dawn of War III is meant to be a marriage of the two vastly different previous games, but fortunately, it leans far more on the superior original. Traditional RTS-style base building is back, along with the larger squad-based armies, the collection of resources by capturing strategic points, and even the army painter (which I will only ever use to force the hyper-masculine Space Marines to wear hot pink armor forever.) Though changes have been made to the original formula, I find these changes very welcome – the general rule seems to have been “streamline without dumbing down.” For example: every race now has a small number of buildings, and they’re all basically identical (small infantry building, heavy infantry building, vehicle building, listening post, upgrade building, command center, weird species-specific building.) I actually appreciate this, because it lets you focus on the unit composition (which is still very different for each race) while being a lot less complicated than the original Dawn of War’s seemingly endless redundant buildings and the struggle of trying to remember what the hell an “Adepta Sororitas Convent” does.
The nod to the controversial Dawn of War II is the inclusion of ultra-powerful Elite units. You can choose up to three of these (as well as three “Doctrine” upgrades) to include before every battle, and they’re unlocked with a third resource that you slowly gain automatically as the game progresses. These Elites have two or three very useful abilities and completely change the flow of gameplay, but they’re not overpowered – I’ve never faced any Elite I felt like I couldn’t counter with smart troop management (nor did I ever feel invincible with an Elites of my own.) Rather, they feel like a unique addition to strategy, requiring you both to be aware of where your enemies’ Elites are at all times and forcing you to micromanage their abilities to the fullest possible extent.
Everything about the mechanics of Dawn of War III feels like the natural conclusion of the series’ guiding principle, which is that combat should take priority over everything else. The result is absolutely the single most intense real-time strategy game I have ever played. Since the only way to gather resources is to capture territory, you’ll build one, maybe two workers to build a handful of buildings at start, and beyond that, you’ll be focusing exclusively on your army. There’s no defensive buildings, no turrets, and lots of wide-open map space with multiple avenues of approach. The best and only defense is a good offense, and from the first few minutes of a game you’ll be facing total war on all fronts. What’s more, you can’t just focus on spamming a few powerful units anymore – everything has counters, and you’ll need a smart understanding of all your units and their roles if you want to be successful. So much for turtling until I can Penitence Engine the map into submission.
The one element of gameplay where it feels like the first Dawn of War offered deeper strategy is in the three playable factions. Now, I’ve already written plenty about why Dawn of War III should have had more than three races, but it’s even more disappointing to see the Orks, Eldar, and Space Marines turn into the Zerg, Protoss, and Terrans (even though I appreciate the irony of Warhammer ripping off Blizzard ripping off Warhammer.) The Eldar used to be about easily-killed hard counters that needed to be protected, but now they’re just about expensive and powerful units and strong late-game. The Orks used to have powerful vehicles, but now even their strongest tanks feel weak and toothless next to the Space Marines’. Oh, and they have a strong stealth component now, too, and without including the best part about the Orks’ only stealth unit.
I mean, don’t get me wrong – each race is still very fun to play, and they certainly don’t look or sound like StarCraft. Plus, there are some differences – in particular, I really like the way that the Orks’ WAAAGH! Towers work now, with an active that grants a massive boost of speed and strength to any nearby infantry units. It makes constructing a huge army entirely out of trash and sending them off to destroy enemy power strongholds as quickly as possible a viable strategy. But the obvious mechanical similarities to StarCraft II confirms my suspicions that the design of the three races was motivated not because it was best for the game, but to try and appeal cynically appeal to the fanbase of the current Big Thing in RTSes.
I know some people feel that presentation – “fluff”, if you will – is a trivial part of what makes any videogame good, but I always admire games that put effort into the little details. And you need to understand what it feels like to play Dawn of War III. Marine Drop Pods thud into the ground, leaving a permanent crater, as troops run out of it to reinforce the Imperial Knight Solaria in her hundred-foot-tall towering mech suit. In the distance, they hear Ork screams and heavy metal guitar riffs and realize the enemy’s activated a WAAGH! Banner, but they can’t cut through the green hordes fast enough to stop it, even as Solaria stomps her enemies into green paste and fires missiles which scream through the air. As the supercharged Orks, glowing with rage, bring the mighty mech to its knees, they’re interrupted by the soft hum of Eldar and their buildings warping in, mocking the primitive greenskins as they fall under their heavy assault rifles and the explosive, crackling magical abilities of their Elites.
Every sound cue, every animation, every ability sounds great, looks great, and feels great. I love the way the Ork buildings shudder as though they’re going to fall apart at any moment, clearly designed with coolness in mind first, and I’ll admit I giggled when I first heard the Tankbustaz yell “WHO YA GONNA CALL?” I love the tromp-tromp-tromp of the Marines in their ridiculous power armor, the way their enormous tanks recoil slightly when they fire to give it that extra heft. I love Paul-Leonard Morgan’s incredible, pulse-pounding soundtrack. And most of all, I love how everything can look so good while still running smoothly, even on my laptop.
This is why I say Dawn of War III captures Warhammer 40,000 like no game before it. This is why I can overlook my niggling complaints about the three factions. In these moments, when I’m fighting off endless hordes of enemies trying to push through the lines and I feel like I’m there…in these moments, I remember not only why I love this universe, but why I love videogames.
Unfortunately, that smell you’re smelling is a great big Ork “but” coming up. Multiplayer is great (if you can find good players.) Singleplayer Skirmish is great, too. Unfortunately, it’s laggy.
Yes, that’s right, laggy. And not because of the graphics which, as I said, are very well optimized. Dawn of War III has become the latest victim of the two words every singleplayer fan fears: “always online.” Even when playing a Solo match only with AI, I experienced repeated lag from servers I shouldn’t even be using, which is deeply frustrating for somebody who wants to experience the game’s best mode but needs to pause occasionally to, oh, I don’t know, maybe take notes for a review they’re getting paid to write. But y’know what? I shouldn’t have to have even that good of a reason to expect a game mode that’s been a staple of RTS games for decades to actually work properly.
Of course, singleplayer fans could always try the campaign mode, but only if they hate themselves. The singleplayer campaign is every bad RTS staple crammed into one. You know how a lot of RTS campaigns start with a simple but usually short level where you run through a linear corridor with a handful of troops? That happens multiple times, and it always drags on and on. You know how every Age of Empires II campaign is terrible because they arbitrarily limit the technology and units you have access to to create a false illusion of “difficulty?” Yeah. Rather than coming up with innovative gameplay ideas that wouldn’t be possible to implement in multiplayer (the one thing they should have stolen from Starcraft II) Dawn of War III, a game primarily about using big, awesome units and huge armies with diverse composition, doesn’t let you use any of the big, awesome units or diverse unit composition. Absolutely none of the intensity the Skirmish and multiplayer modes offer is present here, replaced instead by boredom.
I much preferred the campaigns in Soulstorm and Dark Crusade. Sure, they were basically just comprised of several rounds of Dawn of War in a loose overarching battleground narrative, but as it turns out, I like playing Dawn of War. This game might have more of a story, but it’s a boring story, a predictable plot stocked with paper-thin characters grumbling about their grand duty with less passion than the voice actors who just yell “Right away, Sir!” It’s a boring story and a boring game mode, whose hobbled version of the core gameplay doesn’t even work as a satisfactory tutorial.
A big part of me wants to give this game a 4.5/5, because it’s hands-down one of the most compelling experiences I’ve played this year and the most I’ve fallen in love with an RTS since Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty first dropped. A big part of me also says I should give the game a 3.5 or a 3, to protest the lazy design decisions that have hobbled both of the singleplayer modes and robbed us of the fully-fledged factions we deserved in multiplayer. In the end, I’ve decided to land somewhere in the middle. Let the fact that I can complain so much about a game and still give it an 80% show how much I absolutely adore Dawn of War III as an artistic endeavor. And let the fact that I can gush so much about a game and not give it a perfect or near-perfect score with a clear conscience show how deeply flawed it is as a product.
So, Dawn of War’s back, for better and for worse, filling its eternal niche as a cult hit that may never truly reach its full potential. If you’re a longtime fan and you (like me) were worried about how this new version would turn out, I think that you (like me) will love the game and continue to play it for years to come.
Just don’t even touch the campaign. Seriously. Better to earn all the currency needed to purchase Elites the slow way than to subject yourself to that garbage.
Final Verdict: 4/5
Available on: PC (reviewed); Publisher: SEGA; Developer: Relic Entertainment; Players: 1; Released: April 27, 2017 ; ESRB: M for Mature, MSRP: $59.99
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I am the WPP winner for the coming year…
Just became a camera owner and got a pirated CD of photoshop in my bag. And you bet… I am the WPP winner the coming year.
Well… most of the single images at the WPP this year left lot to be desired. Are they strong single images or those that can just be “part†of a story?
The stories looked a little better… but hey… I forgot the use of photoshop here… in a lot of them…
The WPP-Pic of the Year is far from one telling image.
The only one that told something in RECENT years and was strong enough to fit in that category was the winner in 2004 (I think the guy was from Reuters). Reuters the British Agency? where is it missing this year?
Welcome to the WPP awards for commercial photo-shopped photojournalism…
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Astronomy teacher finds Hubble Telescope's hidden treasure
NASA invited the public to view its vast Hubble image archive, find the best picture they could, and process the image to make it a beautiful space picture.
Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 9:40 AM
Josh Lake's winning photo shows NGC 1763, part of the N11 star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. (Photo: Josh Lake/NASA & ESA)
A Connecticut astronomy teacher has uncovered a dazzling view of a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way while exploring the "hidden treasures" of the Hubble Space Telescope.
The new Hubble photo, released on Jan. 17, shows an intriguing star nursery dotted with dark dust lanes in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 200,000 light-years from Earth. The Hubble observation used to create the image was discovered in the telescope's archives by Josh Lake, a high school astronomy teacher at Pomfret School in Pomfret, Conn., as part of the "Hubble Hidden Treasures" contest that challenged space fans to find unseen images from the observatory.
Hubble officials also released an eye-popping video tour of the Large Magellanic Cloud, which zooms in on the region highlighted in Lake's photo.
Lake won first prize in the Hubble photo contest with an image of the LHA 120-N11 (N11) region of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Hubble officials combined Lake's image with more observations of the N11 region in blue, green and near-infrared light wavelengths to create the new view.
"In the center of this image, a dark finger of dust blots out much of the light," Hubble officials said in an image description. "While nebulae are mostly made of hydrogen, the simplest and most plentiful element in the universe, dust clouds are home to heavier and more complex elements, which go on to form rocky planets like the Earth." [Hubble Telescope's Hidden Treasures: Winning Photos
The interstellar dust in N11 is extremely fine, much more so than household dust on Earth. It is more similar to smoke, researchers explained.
The Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is one of two small satellite galaxies of the Milky Way (the other is the smaller, aptly named Small Magellanic Cloud). Because of its relatively close proximity, the Large Magellanic Cloud has long been used as a sort of cosmic laboratory to study how stars form in other galaxies.
"It lies in a fortuitous location in the sky, far enough from the plane of the Milky Way that it is neither outshone by too many nearby stars, nor obscured by the dust in the Milky Way’s center," Hubble officials said in a statement. "It is also close enough to study in detail … and lies almost face-on, giving us a bird’s eye view."
In addition to the N11 region, the Large Magellanic Cloud is also home to the spectacular Tarantula nebula, the brightest nearby star nursery, Hubble officials said.
The Hubble Space Telescope has been snapping spectacular photos of the universe since 1994 and is a joint project by NASA and the European Space Agency. This month, NASA officials said the long-lived space observatory could potentially last through 2018.
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We believe no produce should go to waste & no person should go hungry.
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By Kevin Jagernauth | The Playlist May 2, 2013 at 10:21AM
Youth, political upheaval, revolt, idealism...it's a heady mix when you're at a certain age, and no doubt those passions -- for the world, for life itself -- can stir up desire. It's that potent blend that Olivier Assayas attempts to capture with his latest effort "Something In The Air."
Premiering last year at the Venice Film Festival where it won Best Screenplay, the film is set in the early 1970s and follows Gilles (Clément Metayer), who is graduating high school, and gets involved in the counterculture movement in Paris alongside his radicalized girlfriend, Christine (Lola Créton). And in this exclusive clip from the film, we see how the passion for politics and for each other blends as they sit in the cinema, with the song "The Preacher and the Slave" -- a working man's parody of "In The Sweet By-And-By" -- accompanying their tryst.
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The purpose of this Industrial PhD project is to elucidate the effects of nanobubble (NB) suspensions, produced by new designed NB generators, and study the nanobubble formation, size distribution, coalescence, stability and dynamic behavior. Aqueous NB suspensions will be examined regarding the properties of nanobubbles and their applications on cleaning and preventing depositions mainly on stainless steel and ceramic surfaces. This project is expected to contribute to the optimization of oil transfer/storage process by developing an innovative method for cleaning the tanks from organic deposits. The oil based contaminants removal, which requires large amounts of surfactants, is a high demanded process because of the required high water temperature and the wastewater has an even higher organic load. The project will provide an energy efficient technology, which follows the principles of green chemistry to mitigate the environmental effects of the cleaning process. | <urn:uuid:5da95ac4-6a74-4cb6-87eb-f0417eb1ec07> | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | https://industrial-fellowships.demokritos.gr/fellows/michailidi-elisavet/ | 2023-06-10T21:20:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646350.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20230610200654-20230610230654-00428.warc.gz | en | 0.933723 | 174 |
The FBB listens to Dispatcher
With innovation becoming a key factor in developing the industry’s trades, the Prospective group representing the Fédération Française du Bâtiment (French construction federation) travelled to the Boucicaut incubator on Thursday to discover the latest digital construction tools.
Within this context, they made a point of meeting Dispatcher, the site-monitoring optimisation tool. The company’s innovation comes from its cloud dimension, which allows users to interconnect their sites in real time, as well as its digital aspect, sought increasingly more by construction and public works companies.
The adaptability and separation of key and SMEs accounts were particularly attractive features to these representatives, working at all levels of construction and public works. Indeed, Dispatcher offers two types of service, the first being bespoke for key accounts in order to perfectly adapt to how they already operate, and another which is preconfigured and designed to adapt to how SMEs operate.
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The ninth day of Christmas: The Actors' Crucible by Angela V. John
Last minute Christmas shopping? On the 9th day of Christmas, Parthian suggests The Actors' Crucible: Port Talbot and the making of Burton, Hopkins, Sheen and all the others, an enlightening study of the Port Talbot and its seminal contribution to the history of cinema.
The Actors' Crucible: Port Talbot and the making of Burton, Hopkins, Sheen and all the others is available in hardback and paperback here.
Richard Burton, Anthony Hopkins and Michael Sheen count amongst the world's most renowned and gifted actors. Yet they have something else in common: they all come from the south Wales steel town of Port Talbot. What is it about this industrial community that has produced such superstars?
Angela V. John, who also hails from the town, explores the lives of these acting legends before they became famous. She presents their emergence as part of a rich culture and commitment to drama long embedded in the town's history. She reveals too a host of other famous Port Talbot faces, from early stars such as Ronald Lewis and Ivor Emmanuel to more recent performers like Rob Brydon and Di Botcher, along with a cluster of young actors starting to make their mark on London's West End stage, and on the big and small screen. Her account culminates in the spectacular three-day event of Easter 2011 when Michael Sheen resurrected Port Talbot's pride and hopes through the unforgettable theatrical experience of The Passion.
This book puts centre-stage the shifting fortunes of a town, its actors and, crucially, its enablers - those unsung heroes who helped to nurture talent in schools, youth centres and youth theatre. Using extensive interviews, it provides a refreshing way of looking at the history of a community and a profession, as well as casting new and unexpected light on the backgrounds of its most famous stars. | <urn:uuid:6e74ae84-c47f-43a9-b374-3019c86e2edf> | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | https://www.parthianbooks.com/blogs/news/the-ninth-day-of-christmas-the-actors-crucible-by-angela-v-john | 2018-12-11T00:25:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376823516.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20181210233803-20181211015303-00366.warc.gz | en | 0.942588 | 396 |
Check out the keys to unlocking an Arizona victory against Carolina today. Cardinals' coaches provided some insight as to the offense's struggles and believe that this could be the week the unit comes together. Injuries carried the NFL news of the day with Rob Gronkowski and Brian Hoyer missing more time.
Cardinals Ready To Be Home
Home, after a couple of road games and the previous week working out of a hotel, couldn’t sound any better to the Cardinals.
Complex offense behind Arizona Cardinals' struggles
"That’s a good defense," Arians said, referring to the Bucs, "but we continually harmed ourselves with mental errors, which sounds very repetitive but it is getting repetitive for me too."
Cardinals' D breaks down team's new left tackle Bradley Sowell
Who else besides the men who face him in practice every day could give an all-encompassing scouting report on the Arizona Cardinals’ new left tackle, Bradley Sowell?
Arizona Cardinals Vs. Carolina Panthers Preview
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Week 5 Preview: Cardinals vs. Panthers
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Brian Hoyer tears ACL, out for rest of Browns' season - NFL.com
Brian Hoyer tore his ACL and will miss the remainder of the season, Cleveland Browns coach Rob Chudzinski confirmed Friday. The quarterback injured his knee in the Browns' win over Buffalo on Thursday night.
Brandon Stokley, veteran wide receiver, cut by Baltimore Ravens - ESPN
The Baltimore Ravens cut wide receiver Brandon Stokley and re-signed tight end Billy Bajema for Sunday's game at the Miami Dolphins.
Rob Gronkowski of New England Patriots won't play vs. Cincinnati Bengals - ESPN Boston
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Former The Stranglers frontman Hugh Cornwell has launched a scathing attack on Metallica for the band's much-publicised lawsuit against Napster… nine years too late. Cornwell is currently giving away his latest solo album, Hooverdam, as a free download.
"The internet is the perfect delivery system for music, so why not use it? I don't see it as being exploited at all - I think we are exploiting the internet," Cornwell told Contact Music.
"It's silly. Come on! It's hysteria. You have got to grow up and move forward" Hugh Cornwell on Metallica's Napster spat
"I think you have just got to find more ingenious ways of generating a living than by ripping people off, charging them £15 for an album that they can get for free. It just means people aren't being ripped off any more."
"To physically print up a CD it costs about 50p. It you're charging £15 for it, that's a huge profit margin. It just means that all these years, people have been ripped off."
And referring to Metallica's 2000 spat with file-sharing website Napster, he said: "It's silly. Come on! It's hysteria. You have got to grow up and move forward. They can't exactly need the money, can they?"
No. But then again, it was almost nine years ago. Perhaps they were financially challenged at the time?
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Hilary Duff is celebrating her first wedding anniversary with a big announcement.
The actress wrote on her website on Sunday that she and husband Mike Comrie are expecting their first child together.
The 23-year-old actress is best known for her role as the lead character on the Disney Channel series "Lizzie McGuire." Duff also had a recurring role on "Gossip Girl" in 2009 and had guest roles on "Community" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."
"We also want to share the exciting news that BABY MAKES THREE!!! We are extremely happy and ready to start this new chapter of our lives," The actress wrote on her site. "Thanks to everyone for the continued love and support throughout the years!"
"Wow! I am just overwhelmed by all of the wonderful messages everyone is sending! Thank you so much! Big hugs! Xxo," Duff later wrote in a Tweet to her fans.
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I noted in a posting last November (February 19, 2017 – Holding President Trump Accountable for “soundly and quickly defeating ISIS”) that Donald Trump should be held accountable for his unequivocal proclamation:
“We are going to convene my top generals and give them a simple instruction.
They’ll have 30 days to submit to the Oval Office a plan for soundly and quickly defeating ISIS.”
Today is February 19, 2017, the date certain by which Trump promised to have a definitive plan to soundly and quickly defeat ISIS. I have a simple question – where is it?
I think the obvious answer is that there is no such plan and to the President, it really doesn’t matter that there isn’t. It was preposterous proclamations such as this one that ginned up his base, fueled the machine of Islamophobia, and ultimately made him the President. He has consistently and artfully exploited the disconnect between truth and facts.
But we should not forget that Trump rode to victory by exploiting the fears and gullibility of his base. We should take every chance to hold him accountable for statements he has made. It will be challenging. When journalists have pressed him for details on his strategy for addressing terrorism and global conflicts, he unapologetically channels President Nixon and hides behind the subterfuge of those plans being kept secret for strategic purposes.
Whether the chaos of the first 30 days of the Trump administration is by strategic design or is merely an expression of Trump’s personality, I fear one consequence is that accountability for unambiguous proclamations such as this one will be lost in the fog.
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Read more about this Hotel
Eagles Nest is not far from the picturesque beach, walking distance from Pefkos centre and 30 meters from the nearest supermarket. Guests can relax on the sun terrace by the outdoor swimming pool and enjoy refreshing at the rooftop cocktail bar. For the little ones there is a kids pool!
How far is the nearest beach?
This hotel is located 800m from the beach.
Distance from Airport
This hotel is located 60km from Rhodes Airport.
All guest rooms feature a flat screen TV, satellite / cable television, direct dial telephone, electronic safe, fridge, bath & personal care amenities with a walk-in shower, premium toiletries and a hair dryer.
Food & Drink
Restaurant and rooftop cocktail bar!
Sports & Entertainment
Guests can relax on the sun terrace by the outdoor swimming pool! There is also a children’s pool and internet service.
- Kids Pool
- Safety Deposit Box
- Satellite TV
- Sunbathing Terrace
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Over three weeks have passed since the Iraqi election, and its resolution seems as uncertain as ever. The top two factions, the Iraqiya bloc of Ayad Allawi and the State of Law party of Nouri al-Maliki remain at each others throats, and neither seems to be making much progress in gaining partners among the smaller blocs.
Instead the Maliki bloc seems to be intent on mounting as many legal challenges to Allawi’s apparent victory as possible, up to and including having victorious members of Allawi’s party arrested. Allawi for his part seems to be spending more time alleging Iranian meddling than looking for partnerships.
The only faction with enough seats to make a suitable partner for either bloc is the Iraqi National Alliance, now dominated by cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who seems so reluctant to make a decision that he is said to be organizing a private referendum. All this seems to be adding up to months of political infighting and rising tensions that will threaten to eventually spill over into violence.
For the Obama Administration, an election which was once touted as a stabilizing event in Iraq is turning into a lose-lose situation. The election seems to be dramatically destabilizing the nation, the delays could throw the already tenuous drawdown strategy into disarray, and leave US troops in the nation far longer than is presently promised.
Even if the government is eventually formed it is certain to include a strong position for Sadr, who has been objecting to the US government’s presence outright for years. It seems unlikely that such a government will be very friendly with the US going forward, no matter what shape it takes.
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Grammarly was introduced back in 2009, so it’s been around for Around about eleven years now and it was really found it founded in Ukraine.|Let’s start out with some of the important realities, so Grammarly was released back in 2009, so it’s been around for Around about eleven years now and it was actually found it founded in Ukraine.}
It was in fact established by Alex Demetriou Max and they all the founders over at grammarly.
Now it is a digital Writing tool that helps you to improve your grammar sentences and improves the chance of you getting caught for plagiarism.
Now you can download Grammarly on ios and android as a third-party keyboard.
You can download it on Chrome, Safari and Firefox in addition to a method to use it through the web browser, However there are also 2 desktop applications.
There’s one for Windows and Also for Mac.
So the principle of grammerly permits you to instantly discover potential grammar, spelling, punctuation, word option and style errors within your writing and obviously what it does is.
It’s got this actually advanced AI database that assists you to enhance your writing as you go, so it does not simply Evaluate what you have actually composed and enhanced it.
It likewise helps to make it a step even more.
Now, according to grammerly, they have more than 34,000 good 4.
5 plus chrome evaluations, Star ranking and over 20 million day-to-day active users.
So before we start, let’s look a little bit at the rates in addition to a few of the features at the same time.
They have three tiers of prices.
You have a complimentary account, a premium account a business account and The bulk individuals listen to this video will probably make the most of the totally free account.
I am a user of this one today and I have actually been the user of the premium in the past, But I can explain my experience of it near completion this video, So in the free account you do get what’s called grammar, spelling and punctuation.
This is actually the essentials and it will assist you to remove any errors.
, So it’s truly concentrating on simply the essentials.
So, for example, if you typed, in effect It would alter it in the context of the phrasing to an impact with an A So it really does attempt to assist you can choose whatever language you are also, So they do US Australian and UK English as Well, So inside of that totally free plan also, you get restricted access to something called conciseness.
Conciseness is generally adapting things so that you can make smaller sized more easy-to-follow sentences, So, for instance, changing it from it may happen that we need to decide.
Tomorrow, too, we may need to choose tomorrow so that you’re simply saving a little bit of Text too.
Now inside of the totally free strategy, You likewise get minimal access to something called tone: detection, which is a fairly recent technology that they have actually launched, but basically when you’re writing.
It will analyze that writing and Generally provide you nearly like this ranking.
It states your text sounds relaxed, official Polite, for example, so that you’ve got a general thesis of what you’re intending Towards with that text and what you’re currently writing on now in some of the premium I’ll mention.
They do allow you to enhance that in fact make actionable enhancements to that, so that you can position your writing in the best style, But I’ll come back to that in a bit inside of the totally free account.
You get all the internet browser, extensions, the MS word and MS outlook and in which is something that Microsoft users will love.
Google Docs support, which is presently in beta, as well as access to the native apps on Windows, Mac and also the keyboard apps on iOS and Android, and You just get standard ideas across the board in addition to an individual license.
However to be reasonable, it’s pretty sensible for a free experience and for those who are just utilizing state, Gmail and Writing bits of text throughout a day or perhaps uploading something directly to the grammarly website, which you can do in the free account.
Really, It’s a respectable bet and a way for you simply to improve some of the standard errors you’re making, however again bear in mind that some Browsers already have a spell checker in so that’s something to acknowledge.
But again the conciseness and some of the punctuation isn’t something.
That’s included in those spell checkers if you’re utilizing the standard sort of default ones.
The premium is $ 11 66 per month, and that is billed each year.
I’ll return to the prices in a bit as we roll through what features are included.
As you can envision, that’s quite a steep quantity, however then, if you’re writing on a regular basis, say you’re, a writer You’re, a student and you’re a freelancer say or a professional, then it’s probably a good financial investment, since you know The possibilities are if you’re improving.
What you’re composing the much better opportunity of your success might be with agreements and Even in e-mails and the method you present yourself online.
It’s becoming increasingly more essential.
Inside a premium you get all that I mentioned in basic.
You likewise get the capability to get consistency in spelling and punctuation.
, For example, if you’re composing Disparities in punctuation.
So if you wrote July the 10th with 25 org, then it would alter that to July 10th August 25th, So that you have actually got a bit more consistency across the board when you’re composing, spelling and format.
They likewise improve the fluency of writing.
It will change some text from say: we have actually been able to do some development here too.
When you’re conversating, we’ve been able to make some progress here so that it appears a bit more natural.
Now the conciseness and I discussed earlier is throughout all the websites, So you’re able to access that with no concerns, and you likewise get something called readability.
For example, determine sentences and give you suggestions to rewrite or Re-read it.
Did you totally understand and that can be exceptionally beneficial in case you have actually written something and it made sense in your head, But possibly not to the end user.
Now something you didn’t enter of the free account is something called engaging Vocabulary.
What’s cool? Is it generally utilizes as a thoris to find various vocabulary? Rather of saying I’m extremely delighted to be part of the group, It could alter it to a few options like thrilled delighted and delighted, And that can absolutely change the result of a message to someone and I really discovered this feature quite useful.
When I was using premium, especially to present new vocabulary to both me in teaching Mir and likewise to the end user, there’s also Lively sentence variety.
For example, if you stated I read an intriguing book recently, It was about computers.
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, I ‘d, generally read novels.
It would provide you some feedback about so your sentence, variety stating 3: comparable sentences in a row consider altering the word order and that’s just based upon the repetitiveness and the Dull passages apparently and permitting you to include some little bit of variety and taste to that Now The tone detection I pointed out is not limited inside a premium, You do get it across all websites And you also get what’s called some enhancements on that shipment.
You get positive language.
For example, if you wrote something like, I think we should be able to fix this problem for you, It would change.
We can fix this problem for you, which certainly sounds a lot more positive and sort of improves the ending, particularly if you were a Customer supporter or somebody that engages with the den customer.
It does sound a lot more positive and it puts their mind at the rest.
You likewise had something inside of there in delivery called politeness.
For example, if you stated it’s a VBAC, I hated the proposition.
You Might alter it to something.
Like I wouldn’t state, I liked the proposal would probably be a much better way to handle it, However it likewise assists you to enhance that Automatic reaction that you may have.
It also enhances the rule levels.
For example, if you composed something like, is there anything else, I can do for you, Whether you just being you on its own.
It would alter it to you to enhance that procedure.
Again it truly depends like if you’re sending a message to a pal.
That’s quite unwinded, But if you’re sending it to somebody else, then it’s going to be able to catch those mistakes.
Say your messaging in between 2 people.
It’s also got Inclusive language.
So, for example, If you composed, the location is accessible for guests who are restricted to wheelchairs, and you would possibly change that To the location is accessible for visitors, who are wheelchair users, and that might be helpful particularly for website copy And drawing up Components of your Site to help improve it now for trainees There is a popular feature inside a premium called plagiarism and they really have actually a website called plagiarism.
The plagiarism checker allows you to submit a file or a bunch of text that you have, and It will provide you a standard report, but you you need premium for this, so if you would get premium, um you ‘d have the ability to check analyze.
Whether Graham has been taken, whether resources or perhaps the way that you’re formatting, your bibliography, has been You know, stolen throughout the web.
, So you’re simply covering your bank, and I understand a great deal of students have found gain from the plagiarism Experience and apparently gramley checks against.
Sixteen billion websites.
, So that’s again And again, that’s something that actually does assist.
If your school or university doesn’t have a plagiarism tool, then this is a great bet for Improving that now, taking a look at the premium rates.
, It is quite high If you were to opt for that eleven dollar 66 per month.
That would be billed yearly and come out at a pretty high one hundred and thirty 9 pound 95.
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My husband told me about a peanut butter and jelly cookie he had at a bakery once. They sounded so good that I decided to give it a try. They were surprisingly easy to make. Simple directions below.
Start with a basic peanut butter cookie recipe (I use this Martha Stewart one). Prepare the cookies as directed. Bake them for only half of the time directed on the recipe. Take the cookies out and push a deep indent in the center of the cookies. Then fill with about a 1/4 tsp of grape jelly. If you add too much jelly, it will melt all over the cookie. Place the cookies back in the oven and bake them for the remainder of the recipe time. Let cool and serve with a tall glass of milk. | <urn:uuid:b8fcf614-8b98-40c6-858c-e3c8eb732fd6> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://zakkalife.blogspot.com/2008/11/peanut-butter-and-jelly-cookies.html | 2017-01-23T21:06:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283008.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00123-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968119 | 151 |
DEL MAR - A 56-year-old man died after being struck by a pickup truck while crossing a Del Mar roadway, authorities said today.
The pickup's 32-year-old driver swerved and slammed on his brakes but was unable to avoid hitting the man in the 2200 block of Jimmy Durante Blvd. at about 5:20 p.m. yesterday, said San Diego County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Randy Webb.
The driver then stopped and used his vehicle to block traffic until paramedics arrived, Webb said.
The man was taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, where he later died, Webb said. His name was withheld pending notification of his next of kin.
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I have loved books and reading since that first Janet and John book in Primary 1. When I was a child, my mum joked I had square eyes because my nose was always buried in a story. (Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five was my favourite!) Until a few years ago, I always had several books on the go; one by my bed, one in the bathroom, one in the kitchen and one in my bag.
And then my husband left me and I could no longer concentrate on the printed page. I tried to, but would find myself reading the same paragraph over and over again, the words refusing to connect with my brain, so I walked away from one of the passions of my life.
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Shortly before I turned 18, I moved to San Francisco, a place I had lived before as a teenaged runaway. After setting myself up in an apartment with two male roommates, a decent job as a switchboard operator for a hospital, and a circle of friends, I invited a college friend from Vermont to join me. When she arrived, I surprised her with a place to stay and a job cleaning the house of an attorney—a confirmed slob and cocaine abuser. But I knew that she could handle him well enough and she did.
Some months later, she invited me to come join her at a new nightclub being that she was dating one of the independent entertainers therein and he offered to not only waive our cover charge and take care of our two-drink minimum, but guarantee us front row seating for the entertainment. Of course, I agreed. It was a male exotic dance performance.
In holding the position of the lead table, my girlfriend and I had a responsibility to perform. We were to show the other ladies in the audience the proper protocols. After watching our “performance”, the other ladies in the audience might be inclined to follow our lead in their comportment with the dancers—most of whom happened to be gay. For the dancers, this was just a job not an invitation to be mauled by lathered up gropers unaccustomed to the amount of liquor they would be consuming and unaccustomed to the presence of scantily clad male bodies in close proximity. It is unfortunate that even back then, in the 80’s, women could not be expected to properly comport themselves when out for a debauched and drunken evening with the girls. They treated those poor dancers like pieces of meat. The myth that all men welcomed such mauling—including professional entertainers—resulted in some truly appalling behavior—so I was told. It rang true. I had found myself in the position of “rescuing” men from unwanted advances by some uncouth female slobs in the past and so was well-acquainted with the phenomenon.
Although I had never had quite the same opportunity before, I took to my responsibility like I was born to it. I was not one of those to have swallowed the myth of constant male sexual availability even if my own experiences—a hot, blond, teen-aged runaway, hitch-hiking, early college student—might suggest that the myth was actually true.
As each dancer arrived, I would pull my chair slightly away from my table with my hands at my sides. This would allow the dancer to straddle me, shake his junk in my face, etc. At some point I would extract a dollar bill from my pocket, place it in my teeth and then maneuver it into his gyrating G-string. Great fun. The dollars were my own.
It should be noted that being that we were both under 21, my girlfriend and I were patronizing the establishment illegally.
There was one other thing going on and that was this, my girlfriend’s date told me that I could have for my own pleasure the private company of the dancer of my choice—provided that he was straight and otherwise agreed to the arrangement. To that end, my girlfriend’s date would regularly come out and chat with us, in his civilian clothes, to check on my progress in that endeavor.
I would make mention of my appreciation for the various dancers, however, each one who I found attractive enough to take to bed was gay. Finally, in desperation, I asked my girlfriend’s date to just come out and tell me who the straight ones were. For what it is worth, the straight men were decidedly less fit and otherwise less put together than the gay ones. Nevertheless, I was able to make a selection.
Meanwhile, there was a commotion in the back of the club with shouting and shrieking. It turns out that one of the patrons had—for purposes of economy—cut her dollar bills in half. She was literally “stretching her dollars” in order to obtain maximum coverage of the G strings of the exotic dancers. How dreadfully embarrassing for my gender.
As I got ready to leave, I gave my girlfriend’s date my address and then went home. An hour or so later, I heard a knock on the door, and my “date” arrived.
I suppose he fucked me silly. I don’t actually remember. There wasn’t anything particularly remarkable about the experience.
I suppose it shouldn’t have surprised me that he hit me up for $20 “gas money”. That’s the funny thing about being a responsible adult—one attracts whores. This wouldn’t be my first time on this end of the bargain albeit a little negotiation ahead of time would have saved me from the experience. It wasn’t as if I was hurting for offers! Meanwhile my current level of income barely kept a roof over my head and so the notion that I would budget for whores just wasn’t realistic. Besides, if I had wanted to hire a whore I would have specified what I wanted as opposed to just being “a good sport” with the man taking the lead.
Whereas my girlfriend continued to date the dancer, I didn’t avail myself of any more “free” evenings at the nightclub. Even if it took some years to discover that most straight men in San Francisco engaged in deliberate “ugly-fying” in order to distinguish themselves from the well-groomed gays, I lost interest in professional “pretty boys”.
However, the point I wish to make in this story is that women have been behaving badly for quite some time and therefore protests that the “modern” version of feminism—whatever one wants to call it—is somehow “worse” than other forms of feminism doesn’t stand up to my experience. Rather, I would say that fetishizing femininity is the conceit of mama’s boys if demonizing masculinity is a fine sleight of hand accomplished by our aristocracy investor-class for the purpose of lowering the value of labor. | <urn:uuid:f11528d5-9e31-48da-8d1b-208a064f47e0> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | https://caprizchka.wordpress.com/2014/08/ | 2017-04-24T17:01:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917119642.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031159-00296-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981495 | 1,286 |
- Clairaut , Alexis Claude
- (1713–1765) French mathematical physicistThe Parisian-born son of a mathematics teacher, Clairaut was introduced to the subject at an early age. By the age of ten he was studying L'Hôpital's work on conic sections and two years later he read a paper to the French Académie des sciences. He was elected to the Académie at the age of 18 following the publication in 1731 of his Recherches sur les courbes à double courbes.Soon after, in 1736, he accompanied Maupertuis on an expedition to Lapland to determine the length of 1° of a meridian within the Arctic circle. The aim of the expedition was to determine the shape of the Earth by measuring its curvature at the places where it differed most – the equator and poles. A similar expedition under the direction of La Condamine measured the equatorial curvature in the Andes. Behind the expeditions lay a crucial test of Newtonian mechanics that the Earth's rotation should cause it to bulge at the equator and flatten at the poles. Cartesian science predicted that the reverse position should hold. As Clairaut revealed in his Théorie de la figure de la terre (1743; Theory of the Shape of the Earth) the Earth had, as Newton had claimed, a larger diameter through the equator than through the poles, a shape known to geometers as an oblate spheroid.In 1747 Clairaut turned his attention to the Moon and once again the issue was the accuracy of Newtonian mechanics. The motion of the lunar apogee – the point in the lunar orbit furthest away from the Earth – differed from Newton's predicted value by a factor of two. At first Clairaut was tempted to question the validity of Newton's inverse square law, but in 1749 he discovered that no such drastic step need be taken; several factors of the lunar orbit had been ignored. When these were included in Newton's lunar equations the correct value for the motion of the lunar apogee was obtained.Clairaut was also involved in the dramatic events surrounding the return of Halley's comet. Halley had claimed that the comet of 1682 would return in 1758. Clairaut realized that if Newtonian mechanics was to be an exact science it must make a more precise prediction. He informed the Académie in November 1758 that the comet would be at perihelion on April 13, 1759; the actual date was March 13, just within the allowed-for margins of error.Clairaut also collaborated with the Marquise du Châtelet in her French translation of Newton's Principia.
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We don’t know much about Marvel’s plan for Agent Carter, its televised spinoff of both the Captain America movies and Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., but that’s fine. We don’t need official Marvel-sanctioned press releases when Hayley Atwell, Agent Carter herself, is totally cool with casually filling in those holes for us.
Speaking with The Telegraph, Atwell mentioned how excited she is to get on the Agent Carter set and start playing pranks on Dominic Cooper, who she says is “incredibly naughty.” Cooper, of course, played Howard Stark—Tony Stark’s father—in Captain America: The First Avenger, and this is actually the first seemingly official confirmation that he would reprise that role in Agent Carter.
It took Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. almost its entire first season to realize that it should directly tie into the Marvel movies if it wants any actual stakes, but it seems like Agent Carter is going to be a little more conscious of that from the beginning. All we want to know is if Howard Stark’s appearance on this show will solve the mystery of why he looks so completely different in Captain America than he did in Iron Man 2.
Was it just because he was played by two different actors, or is this all part of some nefarious Hydra plot to replace the real Howard Stark with an impostor? We’ll have to wait until Agent Carter premieres next year to find out, but—spoiler alert—it’s because he was played by two different actors.
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RIM: Walking Together
By Tamica Smith Jeuitt, Senior Communications Specialist, Mississippi Conference
Photo right: Clergy couple, Rev. Bess Perrier and Rev. Austin Hoyle has three small children and serving at different churches.
Photo below right: Residency in Ministry participants during a discussion on balancing family and church.
Photo bottom right: Guest lecturer, Dr. Don Saliers is the author or co-authored of at least 10 publications.
Never say, never -- is the message that one can learn from the Rev. Bess Perrier, pastor of Cedar Lake United Methodist Church in Biloxi, Miss. Her husband is the Rev. Austin Hoyle of Gautier First United Methodist Church in Gautier. The distance between their churches is about 17 miles.
"I have always said, I was never going to be a pastor and was never going to marry a pastor. And then I married Austin," said Perrier.
"We've done a pulpit swap already. They (the church members) say, 'Austin we like you, but we love your wife,'" said Hoyle cheerfully.
Recently the couple attended a Residency in Ministry (RIM) retreat with about 35 other clergy. RIM is a three year program designed by the Mississippi Conference Board of Ministry to provide provisional members of the Mississippi Annual Conference with support and guidance that will nourish continued theological education, spiritual formation and practical skills for ministry.
"Provisional members are on trial in preparation for membership in full connection in the annual conference as deacons or elders. They are on probation as to character, servant leadership and effectiveness in ministry" (Book of Discipline).
Perrier is at the beginning of the RIM process and Hoyle is at the end of it.
"He is a guide for me. He's very organized and administratively minded, I am not. So the process for him was easy. He's helped me discern paths best for my gifts. He's just really encouraging," said Perrier speaking of Hoyle.
The way the clergy couple supports each other is exactly what the board of ministry wants for all of those in the RIM program. The participants are encouraged to bond, stay connected and assist each other.
At age 60, Rev. Dexter Ware is in the program. He said the mentorship component of RIM has been a tremendous gift. He is a former Southern Baptist preacher who converted to United Methodist. Ware currently serves at Harrisville and Rexford United Methodist churches.
"I felt The United Methodist Church focuses more on grace and I really appreciate that. I found a lot of affirmation in the RIM process and one of the things I really enjoy is the mentorship, the acceptance and the support I get from my district superintendent," said Ware.
The Guest Speaker at RIM
Dr. Don Saliers, distinguished author and professor of theology and worship was the guest speaker for the RIM retreat. He has made several presentations to various groups related to the Mississippi Conference over the years. On his last visit, he was in concert with his daughter Emily Saliers. Many may know her as part of the American folk rock music duo, Indigo Girls.
Saliers stated that when he comes to Mississippi, his eyes and ears are always open for social progress, and justice work and explained why this is case.
"First of all it has difficult history, but also there is a surprising resilience in Mississippi. Not everywhere is equal but there are some really good things going on here and the church has to be a part a big part of that," said Saliers.
He also summed up his advice to RIM attendees, "Support one another in faith. Get a real substantial sense of your own spiritual disciplines, because they are going to last your whole ministry long. See that you are a collaborative person and that you work with others in a way that is fruitful."
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Emergency Management Program at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Emergency management in the Ontario Public Service is based on a risk management approach and includes activities in five components: mitigation, prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery. Ontario's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) emergency and response plans follow this model.
Under the direction of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, R.S.O, 1990, c.E.9, OMAFRA has developed an emergency management program that addresses both agricultural emergencies and continuity of operations. OMAFRA's Food and Agriculture Emergency Response Plan (FAERP) and Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) have been combined into a single Emergency Management Program (EMP) Plan.
Under Order in Council (OIC) 1157/2009, OMAFRA has been assigned responsibility for emergencies related to: farm animal disease, food contamination and agricultural plant disease and pest infestation.
OMAFRA maintains a number of supplement plans under the ministry Emergency Management Program. These plans outline OMAFRA's role in various incidents, including: Human Health Pandemic, Nuclear Incident, Border Closure, Foreign Animal Disease and Food Contamination.
A Ministry Emergency Management Program Committee (MEMPC) oversees the development of OMAFRA's emergency management program, in accordance with Ontario's Emergency Management Program standards. The work of the MEMPC is supported across the ministries by different divisions. Various working groups address specific topics as needed.
OMAFRA have a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week notification protocol to ensure prompt notification and response to any agricultural emergency or business continuity incident. The response to all emergency incidents is directed by the Ministry Incident Management Team (MIMT) that coordinates activities and makes decisions regarding emergency responses and ensures proper internal and external communications with government, stakeholders, and the public.
The Ministry Emergency Operations Centre (MEOC) provides an integrated environment of information management and communication tools required to respond to emergencies in a time when speed and efficiency are critical.
The ministries have a dedicated Corporate Planning and Projects Unit (CPPU) that operates as a team and engages in emergency planning and response activities. The CPPU works with experts from within each ministry and a variety of stakeholder groups to prepare for agricultural emergencies involving farm animal disease, food contamination and agricultural plant disease and pest infestation. As well, they also engage other divisions and branches throughout the ministries to ensure that response plans are in place to facilitate the delivery of time-critical services in the event of a business continuity interruption.
For more information:
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MIAMI — So Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and LeBron James all are hovering around 20 points on average through the first two games of their opening-round playoff series against the Knicks.
“They do that, we’re tough to beat,” said reserve Mike Miller. “That’s why I like being on this team.”
But then when you factor in three other double-figure scorers — like Miller and Shane Battier, who each went for 11 points while combining to shoot 6-of-10 on 3-pointers — and Mario Chalmers, who dumped in nine of his 13 points in the fourth quarter, the Heat is whatever is right beyond tough.
“We talk about that relationship all the time,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said after his gang dropped the Knicks into an 0-2 series ditch with a 104-94 victory last night.
“We’re a much better team, much tougher team to defend when the ball is moving freely and you don’t know where the ball is going.”
Like last night. You try to stop LeBron early and Wade sets the first quarter tone. Then Battier and Miller come in off the bench. Try to stay close and Chalmers cuts your heart out in the fourth quarter.
“I felt comfortable,” Chalmers said. “My teammates found me in good spots for a couple of easy baskets and a 3-pointer.
“It takes a lot of pressure off of them [Big Three] and give them more trust in us [subs]. Then we feel good about ourselves and they feel good about us.”
And leaving the Knicks to feel simply wretched. But that’s just how the Heat draws it all up — with adjustments along the way.
“It evolves,” Wade said. “We come into the game with a game plan and then obviously depending on how the flow is going for a guy or two guys.
“That’s a luxury we have. Last game, LeBron had it going and we got out of his way and let him dictate the game. Today we were all involved in different times.” | <urn:uuid:60c2b0c4-f33e-47a9-ab20-e7401f195dc1> | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | https://nypost.com/2012/05/01/bench-marks-spot-for-heat/ | 2018-04-20T13:02:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125937780.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20180420120351-20180420140351-00263.warc.gz | en | 0.967816 | 461 |
Delighted Shrewsbury boss Graham Turner felt his side deserved their 2-0 derby triumph over local rivals Hereford at Edgar Street.
First-half strikes from Terry Gornell and James Collins kept Town's promotion push from League Two on track on Saturday.
"It's another three points for us - I thought we won the game in the first half," Turner said.
"In the second, it had got a bit scrappy when we didn't pass the ball particularly well, but I thought we deserved the win.
"Our strikers have had a lean time of late but we scored two goals - the first was well worked and the second an individual strike. Overall it was a good result for us.
"We knew it was going to be difficult, being a local derby, and sooner or later Hereford are going to start winning a few games. So we are pleased to have got the game out of the way and have got the three points.
"Our aim is to get promotion this season and our win keeps the pressure on the top three, so the points were very important." | <urn:uuid:78904735-d2fc-468f-a79d-f3a6a0ede80a> | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11750/7462988/ | 2013-12-12T12:40:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386164583115/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204134303-00081-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986929 | 227 |
Shows with Jameszoo 4
29th July – Chamonix, Cosmo Jazz Festival
9th August – NTS show, London
3rd September, Nantes, France
Read an interview with me and Julian here and stream my remix of “Speak Low”:
Gard Nilssen – Drums
André Roligheten – Sax
Petter Eldh – Bass
Two recording sessions with Hayden Chisholm at DeutschlandFunk.
Hayden-Sax, Jonas Burgwinkel-Drums and me.
for the second session Achim Kaufmann replaces Jonas.
Will be part of a massive CD-box.
Great record. I´m the Producer!
Amazing playing by Kit Downes,Chris Montague and Joshua Blackmore.
Looking forward to some upcoming releases I´ve contributed to this year:
My next 7inch vinyl on Galatea Records
Troyka – Ornithophobia, Naim Records, I produced the album.
Marius Neset – Pinball
Django Bates – Tenacity
Amok Amor feat. C.Lillinger/P.Evans/Wanja Slavin
and a lot of other things. | <urn:uuid:87166c91-f1ca-4a21-955a-a56bddcf7090> | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | https://pettereldh.com/category/records/ | 2020-04-05T22:40:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585371611051.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20200405213008-20200406003508-00271.warc.gz | en | 0.745636 | 259 |
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The Advising Success Center makes available to you the toolboxes in this section to aid you in gaining the skills you need to be successful at the task at hand, your education.
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Articles, documents and tools on Time Management, Skills Assessment, Study Strategies, Exam Preparation, GPA Calculators and Planning Sheets.
Four steps to help you choose your major
This toolbox cuts through the confusion and walks you through four easy to follow steps from self examination to making one of the most important decisions of your life. | <urn:uuid:f2d653b1-f98b-4fdb-95f4-63a71635af17> | CC-MAIN-2016-22 | http://www.bemidjistate.edu/services/advising-success-center/resources/ | 2016-05-29T23:09:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-22/segments/1464049282275.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160524002122-00020-ip-10-185-217-139.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.902694 | 151 |
I have been using 3CX for a few months and have great success, however we struggle with communication to our other site. The current config that we use is: Local LAN in our main site (A), all phones talk without issue. Site (B) has a VPN to our internal LAN at (A). The extensions are simply routed to (B) like they are part of the LAN. The issue we have is the call quality is choppy at times and constantly looses voice. If (B) calls (A), it won't connect on first go, but will on the second time. If (A) calls (B) it will connect everytime, but sound quality is low and drops out at random times. What we are trying to acheive is simply communication between our employees, nothing more. I do not need to talk to external lines, etc, just office communication. We have decent DSL in both locations. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. | <urn:uuid:645a47f3-5d90-4c84-89d2-1fd25b7ee5aa> | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | https://www.3cx.com/community/threads/vpn-between-sites.39455/ | 2018-12-11T03:08:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376823550.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20181211015030-20181211040530-00360.warc.gz | en | 0.971357 | 198 |
Chanctonbury Ring Legion Fit Hike 10km.
- 12 British pounds£12
- Chanctonbury Ring Road, Wiston, West Sussex, BN44 3DN
Chanctonbury - a prehistoric hill fort that also once situated a Roman temple. Very in keeping with the legion hike series! Starting in Wiston we warmup hiking along the base of Chanctonbury Ring before heading up through beautiful forests to the peak. After taking in a little time to admire the views we hike East along the South Downs Way towards Steyning. Just before we approach the village, which has existed since Anglo-Saxon times, we drop through dense forest on the side of the South Downs before heading back. Depending how we are for time, maybe an explore through some more forest could be in order.... Just because. Time: 1830 Duration: Allow 3 hours. Cost: £12 Meeting Point Address: Wiston Car Park, BN44 3DN - Opposite Hollow Way Cottages. What3Words: lonely.childcare.unlocking
Evening fitness hikes - to cancel or reschedule evening fitness hikes please give us at least 24 hours notice in advance. Day hikes - to cancel or reschedule day hikes we require 48 hours in advance. Multi day tours - please discuss with staff. Whilst we will do our best to accommodate changes this depends on how far in advance we have been given notice in relation to our payments to third party suppliers i.e accommodation etc.
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Twenty-two studies (n=4,760 patients) were included in the review. The median sample size was 97 patients (range 30 to 1,007). Nineteen studies enrolled patients consecutively, although in one further study, recruitment of patients took place from the cohort. The liver biopsies were obtained blinded to transient elastography, but the results of transient elastography were not explicitly reported to have been obtained blind to liver biopsies.
Diagnostic cut-off levels: The weighted mean kilopascal of significant liver fibrosis (up to F2) was 7.81 (95% CI 7.77 to 7.85; n=3,514 patients) and liver cirrhosis (F4) was 15.56 (95% CI 15.50 to 15.70; n=4,430 patients) in studies that reported cut-offs (22 studies).
Liver fibrosis diagnosis (up to F2): In 17 studies that provided diagnostic accuracy data of transient elastography, the pooled sensitivity of the kilopascal score for significant liver fibrosis was 71.9% (95% CI 71.4 to 72.4; n=3,066 patients) and the specificity of the score was 82.4% (95% CI 81.9 to 82.9; n=3,066 patients). The kilopascal score for significant fibrosis was 7.71 (95% CI 7.67 to 7.75).
Liver cirrhosis diagnosis (F4): In studies that evaluated diagnostic test data of liver stiffness measurements by transient elastography for liver cirrhosis, the sensitivity was 84.45% (95% CI 84.2 to 84.7; n=4,052 patients) and the specificity was 94.69 (95% CI 94.3 to 95.0; n=4,052 patients). The kilopascal score of 15.08 (95% CI 15.0 to 15.10). | <urn:uuid:954c0060-0cf0-4f4c-a7c0-5b621ff91998> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/crdweb/ShowRecord.asp?LinkFrom=OAI&ID=12010002666 | 2013-05-22T21:53:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00088-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932059 | 412 |
I always like to let my students know how their REAL data is being used by REAL scientists. I also like to arrange video conference or Skype meetings with scientists from other citizen science programs I use in my classroom.
I didn't know your network has been online since 2012. I used to send aurora data into another site out of University of Alaska, Fairbanks, I think.
Of course, a great thing to tell your students, real life applications. These crowd-sourced reports serve as ground truth observations and help validate the predictions by aurora forecast models such as OVATION (used by NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center.) Your reports will help Aurorasaurus to significantly improve tracking the current location of the aurora by documenting the “view line”, that is the furthest equatorward extent of the visible aurora. Predicting the aurora accurately is also important for scientists to learn about the geomagnetic storms that often lead to auroras and other space weather threats.
Are you asking if you can arrange a skype call with members of the Aurorasaurus team? If so please let us know and we can try to set something up :) | <urn:uuid:dcf46d6c-0b34-4dc2-af1f-a332e4403c8d> | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | https://aurorasaurus.desk.com/customer/portal/questions/16782352-how-are-our-observations-used-by-auroral-scientists-in-real-life- | 2018-04-25T10:27:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125947795.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20180425100306-20180425120306-00263.warc.gz | en | 0.947342 | 241 |
Today, the athletic body is also staged outside of sport as a symbol of performance. This is no coincidence. For example, modern society is characterized by the idea that the social structure is not based on property and origin, but on individual achievement. This idea is still widespread in public perception today. People not only wait for prediction in sports betting but also wait for the next fashion trend in sports.
The idea that social and professional positioning is primarily based on individual performance. A performance-related distribution is the most equitable fits perfectly with the idea of fair competitive sport with equal opportunities for all participants.
Athletes on the fashion stage
The analogy is a very simple one. A trained body demonstrates discipline and a willingness to perfect through practice. Top-class sport is an almost ideal example of this. Just as you can’t win a competition without training hard, in a society where power and influence no longer exist a priori, you have to work hard for power and influence. You have to work just as hard to acquire power and influence keep. In this view, performance and success in professional contexts is an extremely dynamic process coupled with hard training.
The physical staging of this readiness for toughness and absolute performance outside of sport is not only reflected in the fact that in management circles the stomach has now become a no-go. Managers train today to express their performance physically. Many business coaches claim that you can no longer take the assertiveness away from an untrained manager.
This phenomenon of sporting the staging of the body in a non-sports social area is also reflected in the development of fashion in the business world. So today it’s also important for the banker, for example, to come across as sporty. The fact that the suit expresses respectability is no longer enough in times when investments can no longer be planned so well in the long term. The suit must also symbolize dynamism and the ability to get things done quickly.
Sporting nature of fashion
An important reason for the sporting nature of fashion is the close coupling of an athletic body and sexual attractiveness. This is in the reality of the mass media and thus also in public discourse. Today it is suggested that the trained body is the most sexually attractive.
This representation of top athletes is basically a logical consequence of the sporting of sexuality. Against the background of equating sexual attractiveness and a well-trained body, top athletes usually have the greatest credibility. | <urn:uuid:2f3533f4-ff58-4e43-9e88-5c4db986c4f0> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://www.lidiabedman.com/2022/08/sport-and-fashion-sporting-society.html | 2023-12-01T06:55:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100276.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201053039-20231201083039-00451.warc.gz | en | 0.955503 | 494 |
Dakar 2018: KP Aravind out of the rally after crash on Stage 5
Sherco TVS Factory Rally team's KP Aravind had been making steady progress in his second attempt at the Dakar. However, Stage 5 that headed from San Juan de Marcona to Arequipa, changed all of that. The Indian rider suffered a crash early on in the stage that left him with an injured ankle. Aravind is now being brought to La Paz, Bolivia, for further treatment.
KP Aravind tackling Stage 3 of the 2018 Dakar
This is the second casualty in the 2018 Dakar rally for the Sherco TVS Rally Factory team. The first being Adrien Metge whose campaign ended after the event's second stage.
KP Aravind after the first stage of Dakar 2018
The Sherco TVS campaign at Dakar 2018 is now down to Joan Pedrero Garcia. The Spanish rider is currently ranked 15th overall in the Moto class, after five stages of rallying.
- Near-production Skoda Slavia spied ahead of early 2022 launch
- Shopping on Indian Highways
- Top 10 best selling cars in India 2021 - Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai dominate
- Audi India start local production of Q5 SUV
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freelance collaborators in Warsaw
Seeking freelance collaborators for a communication agency in Warsaw.
Teampany is a young and innovative communications agency opening new ways for businesses to promote their products and services across borders.The agency is establishing itself in all European capitals, major cities and university towns. It was created by the Experimental Center, an incubator for new ideas, based in Brussels, Belgium.
- You live and want to work in Warsaw;
- You have a degree in management, communication and/or
- You are organised and autonomous;
- You have a good general knowledge;
- You are fluent in English (the knowledge of a second language is an
- You have interest in being part of international activities and projects.
What we offer:
- Involvement in an international project;
- Work with a small team in Warsaw (3 or 4);
- Work with a big team in Europe;
- Event management and promotion;
- Communication strategy for startups and pioneering projects;
- Public relations for clients and partners;
- Products activation, Marketing and Advertising
If you are interested, send us your CV by email to Protected content | <urn:uuid:19294e96-5e2e-454b-8ad5-5a07db2267b2> | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | https://www.internations.org/warsaw-expats/forum/freelance-collaborators-in-warsaw-816833 | 2018-06-24T05:31:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267866358.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20180624044127-20180624064127-00141.warc.gz | en | 0.936264 | 240 |
Stephen Bishop, Ray Oldhafer, and Matt Atchity
Adam opens the show talking about that great scene in Animal House when John Belushi smashes Stephen Bishop’s guitar. Adam’s buddy Ray is in studio, and the guys talk about his B.O. and inappropriate bathroom habits. Adam then talks about an epiphany he had involving booze and people with Down syndrome. The group also talks about why you shouldn’t use wealth to gauge happiness. Before heading out, Ray provides Just The Tip.
Stephen Bishop is in studio next, and Adam asks him about his appearances in films like Animal House, Blues Brothers, and Kentucky Fried Movie. Speaking of movies, Matt Atchity is also in studio, and the guys play a round of the Rotten Tomatoes game. After that, Stephen plays an acoustic version of a song from his new album. Alison then reads news stories about Adam’s exciting Catch a Contractor debut, Colorado’s recreational pot taxes, and a horrible car accident at South by Southwest. As the show wraps up, the guys watch a new PSA about banning the term ‘bossy’.
Click through our Amazon link to get your copy of ‘Be Here Then’: http://www.amazon.com/Be-Here-Then-Stephen-Bishop/dp/B00HSNXAGS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394753689&sr=8-1&keywords=be+here+then+stephen+bishop
You can also follow Stephen on Twitter @StephenBishop
Gone in 60 Seconds
Producers: Mike August, Mike Lynch, and Mike Dawson
Co-Producers: Gary Smith, Chris Laxamana, Matt Fondiler and Jeff Fox
Newsgirl: Alison Rosen
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From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Perry and Paul are off to Hawaii, the land of sun, fun, expensive beachfront property—and murder. Perry is tending to the legal problems of a land sale for Jarvis Logan, who wants to lease his beach to the Pan-Pacific hotel chain. Trouble is, he needs to gain control of Kamehameha Point, a peninsula that splits his holdings in two.
The disputed property will soon belong to a local girl named Anona Gilbert, as part of her inheritance. Anona is engaged to shady beachbum-surfer Douglas Kelland, who breaks off their engagement, but then calls Anona and asks her to meet him at his beach cottage. She arrives and finds Kelland dead, skewered with a spear. Paul arrives just in time to see Anona run away. The police think the girl killed Kelland over the jilt. | <urn:uuid:04dff2a0-87b4-4f35-b05f-535c67704d38> | CC-MAIN-2018-13 | http://www.perrymasontvseries.com/wiki/index.php/SummaryPages/Show230 | 2018-03-19T04:54:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257646375.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20180319042634-20180319062634-00626.warc.gz | en | 0.954233 | 192 |
Roku – Summer – Win one (1) Roku Streambar Pro
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The Keep the Faith Sharing Project was a mystery to me until I listened to Bonnie Hession, the project's founder, explain how she got the idea and inspiration to start a local movement of giving.
She started the project last fall amidst a series of personal and family trials. She knew Keep the Faith was the message she was supposed to share with others.
In a nutshell, the project is about delivering faith, hope and love in the disguise of a small gift, designed to enable individuals to journey toward healing. She encourages people to join the simple but profound movement.
"It's now my new life's mission," she said. "My heart is in this project. People have responded so positively that I feel like I'm only the messenger."
Judging by the growing list of gifts to deliver, Hession's Keep the Faith Sharing Project is gaining momentum week by week. She remains organized but isn't stressing about controlling the project to the nth degree.
"I'm not as fearful any more about wanting everything to be perfect," she said. "I feel blessed to be a part of a lot of different people's journey. Keep the Faith is an ever-evolving story."
Keep the Faith Sharing Project seems to be an extension of the way she's lived her life for decades. Much of her story goes back to her alma mater, the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau. In one way or the other, the school's spirit and influence seems to have remained with her since the day she graduated, leading her to serve others in a variety of ways.
She's also challenging others to serve. Specifically during Lent, she's challenging others to visit someone who's homebound or in a nursing home 30 minutes a week.
In fact, that spirit of sharing led to our paths crossing recently. Earlier this month, my father became quite ill on a visit to Lafayette and ended up spending nine days in the hospital. Hession messaged me via Facebook after my dad went to the hospital and asked if she could stop by and visit my parents. She said an anonymous donor had given a Keep the Faith token that she wanted to deliver.
"I find out on Facebook about a lot of the people in need," she said.
Rather than simply reading those posts, Hession reaches out.
"There's always somebody in need. You have the opportunity to reach out and make a difference," she said.
What happened during Hession's visit with my parents remains a mystery to me, but I know something special went down. By the time I got to the hospital, both of my parents were in great spirits and couldn't stop talking about the incredible visit they had had. My dad was wearing his Keep the Faith baseball cap in his hospital bed. While they appreciated the gifts, it was mainly Hession's visit that lifted their spirits.
I wanted to learn more.
"What exactly is the Keep the Faith Sharing Project?" I asked her.
She explained that people contact her to sponsor gifts for others. On what she calls Giving Mondays, she either mails the gift package or personally delivers them to local recipients. Either way, all gifts remain anonymous.
"I just knew that it had to be anonymous. In being anonymous - as a recipient - people are like, 'Wow, who's thinking about me?'" she said. "And our prayers go with it, which makes them wonder, 'Who's praying for me?'"
"From December to now, I've delivered every Monday," she said. "It's rained and stormed six of those Mondays, but it doesn't matter what the weather is like, I'm always received in joy - this whole project is about reaching out to people."
She encourages others interested in the Keep the Faith Sharing Project to start by reaching out to their own families. Liking Keep the Faith Sharing Project on Facebook keeps you updated with new giving challenges and updates.
"When someone is down and out, there aren't many words to say that make a difference," she said, "But if people know that I'm praying for them - or if they choose to share on our Facebook page, they know that others are praying for them too - it makes a difference."
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A Canadian Lobster-palooza!
You can’t visit the Atlantic Provinces of Canada without trying their amazing lobster – you just can’t! Lobster is Canada’s most valuable seafood export and, while the vast majority of these go to the US, there was absolutely no shortage of this delicious crustacean for me to try while in Canada earlier this year. There are 45 lobster fisheries throughout the Atlantic Provinces, all of them using carefully managed and tailored conservation measures to ensure the sustainability of the catch.The American Lobster differs significantly from the Australian Rock Lobster and is distinguished by their enormous pair of edible, fat claws and their smooth shell – as opposed to the smaller claws and very spiny shell of our own tasty shellfish (who are not true lobsters at all, according to my somewhat limited research). The American Lobsters can live for decades and can grow to over 60cm with the largest weighing in at over 18 kilograms – and they taste wonderful.
I like to mind my manners when travelling, so was most careful to never refuse such a noteworthy food when it was on offer – one does not wish to seem ungrateful, after all! 😉 I discovered it is possible to eat lobster for every meal of the day while I was in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and I was happy to go with the flow. We were presented with lobster dishes in just about every form you can imagine – all of them splendid.
The lobster roll is practically a staple in this region in the summer months and is traditionally made with a soft bun similar to a hot dog roll, mayonnaise and chopped celery and/or spring onions. They are available everywhere, are affordable, simple and a fresh, delicious way for everyone to enjoy a proud local food product.
I think our lobster feasting peaked on the day we went out with Anna-Marie Weir of Roads To Sea Tours. Picking us up early in the morning (and I mean really early, 0600 hrs) she loaded us on to her bus and we headed to Hopewell Rocks in the Bay of Fundy, to see the worlds highest tide, firstly at low tide and then later in the day at high tide. Here, it is possible to walk on the sea floor at low tide and come back later in the day when the tide has risen. The tides vary in height from day to day, but they can be as high as 16 metres!
In between tides we stopped off for lunch at the Bay Of Fundy fishing village of Alma. This town is famous for it’s seafood and most particularly noted for it’s seafood chowder and – yes, you guessed it – lobster. We were able to meet up with one of the local fishermen who was lunching before going out to get the day’s catch and then to embark of something of a lobster feeding frenzy of our own.
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Review for STARelief and Pet Assistance, Stamford, CT, USA
This review is in direct response to the change in my life that STAR (Stamford Animal Rescue) has been able to provide in my personal life. I reside in my home alongside my younger brother who has Moderate-Severe Autism and Neurological disorders. Throught his childhood, my brother has led a somewhat difficult life with the inability to interact well with others his age and lacked the social ability to reach out to any individual in his life! This changed two years ago in a drastic manner! A family friend of ours was the owner of three beautiful kitties! One was Blade, the other Princess, and the third, in particular, was especially attached to my brother, his name is TUX! Tux is a long-haired, black/white tuxedo Manx kitty! He does not have a tail. This fascinated my little brother to the extreme!! He was so intrigued by how soft and fluffy appeared, and most of all he was intrigued by his lack of a tail, which is a genetic trait of his breed. Tux was immediately attached to my brother. Our family friend decided that Tux would be better off in my home alongside my brother. It was settled, Tux moved in with cat carrier and litter box. He decided to make my brother's room, his own. Unfortunately, until this point in my life, I have had numerous expenses that were out of pocked, therefore, caring for Tux was somewhat of a burden! After a year I found out about STAR and through their Pet Food Pantry, I realized that Tux will not be a burden on our family. The kitty food and litter provided to us by STAR has truly allowed me to comfortably keep Tux in our family, because I honestly can not see a life without him in our household.
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Advanced Diploma of Industrial Data Communications, Networking and IT
Course at a Glance
Course Name - Advanced Diploma of Industrial Data Communications, Networking and IT
Course Code - DIT
VET Code - 52782WA
Qualification - Advanced Diploma
Duration - 18 Months
CEU/CPD* - on enquiry
BY COMPLETING THIS 18-MONTH INTERACTIVE LIVE ONLINE PROGRAM, YOU WILL GAIN:
- Skills and know-how in the latest industrial data communications, networking and IT including Ethernet, field buses, fiber optics, DNP3, TCP/IP, VoIP, PLCs, SCADA and much more
- Practical guidance from experts in the field of data communications and networking
- 'Hands on' knowledge from the extensive experience of the instructors, rather than from only the theoretical information gained from books and college reading
- Credibility as a data communications expert in your firm
- Networking contacts in the industry
- Improved career prospects and income
- An accredited Advanced Diploma of Industrial Data Communications, Networking and IT
Contact us for more information and future start dates.
Gain indepth skills and knowledge by undertaking this Advanced Diploma in Industrial Data Communications, Networking and IT over 18 months (intensive, part-time). Delivered by live distance learning and presented by some of the leading industrial data communications and IT instructors in the world today. There is a serious shortage of industrial data communications and industrial IT engineers, technologists and technicians in the world due to these new technologies only recently becoming a key component of modern plants, factories and offices. This critical shortage of experts in the area has been accentuated by retirement, restructuring and rapid growth in new industries and technologies.
Who should complete this program?
Anyone who wants to gain solid knowledge of the key elements of industrial data communications to improve their work skills and to further their job prospects, such as:
- Electrical Engineers and Electricians
- Maintenance Engineers and Supervisors
- Energy Management Consultants
- Automation and Process Engineers
- Design Engineers
- Project Managers
- Instrument Fitters and Instrumentation Engineers
- Consulting Engineers
- Production Managers
- Chemical and Mechanical Engineers
- Instrument and Process Control Technicians
The course is composed of 21 modules, which cover four main engineering threads to provide you with maximum practical coverage in the field of industrial data communications. It is deliverd over 18 continuous months (intensive, part-time). The engineering streams are:
- Data Communications, Networking and Protocols
- SCADA, PLCs and Data Acquisition
- Industrial IT and Programming
- Project Management for Industrial Data Communications and IT
The modules are completed in the following order:
- Module 1: Physical Media
- Module 2: Industrial Data Communications
- Module 3: Ethernet
- Module 4: Wireless Communication Systems
- Module 5: TCP/IP and VoIP
- Module 6: Routers and Switches
- Module 7: Field Buses
- Module 8: MODBUS
- Module 9: DNP3 and IEC 60870-5 for SCADA
- Module 10: Fundamentals of OPC
- Module 11: PLCs and IEC 61131-3
- Module 12: SCADA and Data Acquisition
- Module 13: E-Manufacturing, MES and Supply Chain Management
- Module 14: Fundamentals of Professional Engineering
- Module 15: Industrial Network Security
- Module 16: HTML/Web Design
- Module 17: Algorithm Design
- Module 18: C++ Programming
- Module 19: SQL: Databases
- Module 20: Microsoft Windows Administration
- Module 21: PC Hardware and Troubleshooting
Learning and Teaching
Benefits of eLearning to Students
- Cost effective: no travel or accommodation necessary
- Interactive: live, interactive sessions let you communicate with your instructor and fellow students
- Flexible: short interactive sessions over the Internet which you can attend from your home or office. Learn while you earn!
- Practical: perform exercises by remotely accessing our labs and simulation software
- Expert instructors: instructors have extensive industry experience; they are not just 'academics'
- No geographical limits: learn from any location, all you need is an Internet connection
- Constant support: from your instructor(s) and a dedicated Course Coordinator for the complete duration of the course
- International insight: interact and network with participants from around the globe and gain valuable insight into international practice
Benefits of eLearning to Employers
- Lower training costs: no travel or accommodation necessary
- Less downtime: short webinars (60-90 minutes) and flexible training methods means less time away from work
- Retain employees: keep staff who may be considering a qualification as full time study
- Increase efficiency: improve your engineering or technical employees’ skills and knowledge
- International insight: students will have access to internationally based professional instructors and students
How Does it Work?
EIT eLearning courses involve a combination of live, interactive sessions over the Internet with a professional instructor, set readings, and assignments. The courses include simulation software and remote laboratory applications to let you put theory to practice, and provide you with constant support from a dedicated Course Coordinator.
Practical Exercises and Remote Laboratories
As part of the groundbreaking new way of teaching, our online engineering courses use a series of remote laboratories (labs) and simulation software, to facilitate your learning and to test the knowledge you gain during your course. These involve complete working labs set up at various locations of the world into which you will be able to log to and proceed through the various practical sessions.
These will be supplemented by simulation software, running either remotely or on your computer, to ensure you gain the requisite hands-on experience. No one can learn much solely from lectures, the labs and simulation software are designed to increase the absorption of the materials and to give you a practical orientation of the learning experience. All this will give you a solid, practical exposure to the key principles covered and will ensure that you obtain maximum benefit from your course.
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In Company Online Training Solutions
Special class groups can be arranged on request to match your own schedule. If you have a large number of staff who should complete any of our programs, read more about EIT's In Company Online Training HERE and contact us to assist you further.
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The Engineering Institute of Technology (EIT) provides distance education to students located almost anywhere in the world – it is one of the very few truly global training institutes. Course fees are paid in a currency that is determined by the student’s location. A full list of fees in a currency appropriate for every country would be complex to navigate and, with today’s exchange rate fluctuations, difficult to maintain. Instead we aim to give you a rapid response regarding fees that is customised to your individual circumstances.
We understand that cost is a major consideration before a student commences study. For a rapid reply to your enquiry regarding courses fees and payment options, please enquire via the below button and we will respond within 2 business days.
EIT Advanced Diploma Course Payment Options
Two payment options are available for the Advanced Diploma courses;
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This option allows for even monthly payments. The first payment is required at least four weeks before the course starts, then one on the same date every month for the remaining period. For the duration of the program, you receive access to the complete electronic library of technical manuals published by IDC Technologies which contains over 160 manuals with more than 40,000 pages of useful content.
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Other courses available from EIT's School of Data Communications & Industrial IT
- Advanced Diploma of Industrial Data Communications, Networking and IT
- Professional Certificate of Competency in Advanced TCP/IP-Based Industrial Networking
- Professional Certificate of Competency in Cybersecurity for Automation, Control, and SCADA Systems
- Professional Certificate of Competency in Engineering and Industrial Mobile Application Development
- Professional Certificate of Competency in Industrial Data Communications
- Professional Certificate of Competency in Modern SCADA Communication Systems including DNP3 & IEC60870
Industrial data communications, networking and IT systems are key components of all modern plants and facilities and industrial infrastructure. Robust and reliable communications links are now critical in almost every industry. There are daily reports of viral and hack attacks on industrial computer systems and there is an extraordinary need for up-to-date training and education in these areas.
To address the shortage of well-trained industrial data communications, networking and industrial IT personnel, EIT has developed an Advanced Diploma in Industrial Data Communications, Networking and IT. The short courses that form part of EIT's professional development series are designed to provide students with critical knowledge and practical tools that can be immediately applied to the workplace. They are ideal to up-skill and/or cross-skill in a particular area or technology.
Typical subjects that are taught and researched in the EIT School of Data Communications and Industrial IT include: computer systems engineering, data communications and networking protocols and standards, troubleshooting systems, Fieldbus, DeviceNet, Ethernet, Radio telemetry systems, fiber optics, DNP3, 61850, routers and switches, SCADA, Modbus, programmable logic controllers, RFID tagging, industrial network security and programming.
Reviews & Frequently Asked Questions
Here is what some of our past students have said about this course:
"Overall a good course which I am happy to have participated in. I have no doubt it has enhanced my effectiveness within my current job. J. Lord (Australia)
"Very good program and am so proud to have completed it. Thank you EIT." E. Tutu (Botswana)
Tales from the Trenches – Don’t Mind the Gap! Fill It!
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What to do if you believe someone has had, or is getting, an electric shock?
It may not be immediately clear, but if you think someone is suffering from electricshock, approach with extreme caution.
The first step is to separate the person from the source of electricity as quickly as possible. The best way of doing this is to turn off the supply, for example, by unplugging the appliance or by turning the mains off at the fusebox (consumer unit).
If this isn’t possible, then try to remove the source of electricity from the person using a piece of insulating material, such as a length of wood.
NEVER touch the person receiving the electric shock, or you could suffer one too.
After removing the person from the source of electricity, if the person is unconscious call for an ambulance immediately. Only those with the necessary knowledge and skill should carry out first aid.
Where the person is conscious and seems well, it is still advisable to monitor their condition, as the effects of an electric shock may not be immediately obvious. In worst case conditions, an electric shock may lead to a condition known as electroporation, where cells within the body rupture, leading to tissue death. Additional problems might include deep-seated burns, muscle damage and broken bones.
Use an RCD. Using an RCD will help to protect you from dangerous electric shocks. Although not a guarantee of absolute safety, it limits the time current can flow through the body if a person comes into contact with a live source of electricity.
We strongly recommend that anyone using electrical appliances in the garden ensures that they are protected by an RCD, preferably one fitted in the main household fusebox.
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Discussion in 'Pictures & Stories of My Chickens' started by amandarey20, Jan 27, 2011.
Comeon. I wanna see all your BR pics and stories.
Hit me with em.
She's a few weeks older now, but typical fashion for my Queen Bee.
I don't have alot of stories, but I have alot of pictures. I can tell you that my Barred Rocks love to forage and free range!
Check out the adventures of barbara (BR) She is AMAZING!
This is Marbles, we got him from this lady along with four others... but Marbles is kind of challenged ( ) But he's a very good boy, causes no trouble, doesn't crow, and protects everyone! Oh yes, he also tries to mate with everyone.. even the tiny bantams who he squishes...
This is him trying to mate with ourr broody and cranky Jewels.. (She's not broody anymore!
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I have some more.. but I gotta go.. GO BARRED ROCKS!
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وَإِنَّهُ لِحُبِّ الْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ
Indeed, he is an avid lover of wealth.
(Surat al-‘Ādiyāt, No.100, Āyat 8)
The Quran describes the human being in this sūrah as an ungrateful being who loves wealth and other material things intensely. He is deeply attached to them. It is because of this strong attachment to his wealth that he becomes ungrateful and greedy for more. He is miserly with it and refuses to share with others. These undesirable characteristics are rooted in his intense love for wealth.
The interesting thing to note is that the word used in Arabic is ‘khayr’. Most translators have given its equivalent in English as wealth. But Tafāsīr brings out the fact that khayr can refer to anything that is good or is perceived as good. Tafsīr-e Namūneh acknowledges this meaning but says that because the human being is being rebuked in these verses, it would most likely be referring to wealth and the attachment to it. It also says that wealth can be good, but only when it is used for good purposes. Its essence is good, but it is often used wrongly.
Tafsīr al-Mīzān notes that it is very possible that khayr here refers to all that is good for the human being. There is an instinctive love for good in human beings and they incline towards it. Because wealth is thought to bring about worldly comfort and prestige it is seen as a source of good. This perception stems from a worldly worldview which is focused on the life of this world. Thus, wealth and attachment to it is a perceived good rather than actual good. The concept of wealth as a perceived good is also mentioned in Tafsīr Majma‘ al-Bayān. Wealth could be harām wealth, obtained through evil ways. But it is termed ‘khayr’ here, in line with the perceived thinking of the human being.
Love and attachment for good has been placed in the human being so that it propels him on the path towards perfection. Good attracts him and he works to achieve it, is reluctant to part with it, and will overcome challenges to obtain it. This leads him towards eternal happiness if he has understood good correctly. That is what Divine guidance came for, to show him clearly where good lies. But the veils of this world cover his senses and he sees an illusion of good in that which is shallow and transient.
Love for the right type of good has been praised in the Quran and Hadith. Allah ‘azza wajall tells us about how the Prophet sallal-lāhu ‘alayhi wa-ālihi wasallam was intensely attached to the guidance of people. He says in the Quran: There has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves. Grievous to him is your distress; he has deep concern for you and is most kind and merciful to the faithful (Q 9:128). Allah also tells His Prophet (s): Most people will not have faith however eager you may be [for that]. (Q 12:103) Imam Ali ‘alayhis-salām praises this type of love and greed for the right type of good. He says: There is no greed like wanting to outdo others in ranks [with Allah] (Tuhafal ‘Uqūl, p 286).
Let us understand good properly and see where it truly lies. In the holy month of Ramadan let us avidly love acquiring the blessings and mercy from the Lord and be intensely attached to whatever good we can gain in it. May the Almighty help us to be strong in love for what is good per Quranic worldview.
Sources: Shaykh Tabarsī, Tafsīr Majma‘ al-Bayān; ‘Allāmah Muhammad Husayn Tabātabā’ī, Tafsīr al-Mīzān; Āyatullāh Nāsir Makārim Shirāzī (Ed.), Tafsīr-e Namūneh
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Florida A&M’s board of trustees voted Thursday to remove university president Elmira Mangum in a 10-1 vote witnessed by scores of students, faculty, alumni and others in the grand ballroom.
They all wanted to share their thoughts about Mangum’s performance before trustees took that critical vote that ultimately ousted the president who has been at the helm of the university for three years.
Business professor Clyde Ashley said, “At the last meeting, there were opportunities with the grad students you could have resolved, opportunities with parents you could have resolved, opportunities with collective parking, opportunities to work with the board of trustees to extend your contact. Board of trustees, it's time to move on. FAMU must move forward.”
The board agreed. In the 10-1 vote, acting student government president Jaylen Smith was the lone holdout.
Smith, Student Government Association Student President Brandon Johnson and other students attended a town hall meeting Wednesday and held a sit in protest throughout the night before the vote.
“I, trustee Smith, and other student leaders sat and slept outside these doors last night as you once again did not answer our call. You all have a fiduciary responsibility for the best interests of FAMU; yet, you do not consult with the number one stakeholders of this university repeatedly — over and over again," said Johnson as students behind him echoed their approval.
Trustee Thomas Dortch wanted Johnson and others to know that the board’s decision wasn’t an abrupt one.
"There is a difference between forcing out and an agreement that's been negotiated, “Dortch said. “But let me be clear, the board of trustees — according to contract — did not have to negotiate."
After the vote, Mangum said she will be going on sabbatical. During that time, she will be paid her salary of $425,000. Once she returns, she will be given the choice of whether or not she would like to serve as a tenured professor.
She added that there was clearly no way forward, but she put in a word of advice to the board: "I would just suggest that going forward, the board try to place honor and integrity as part of its negotiation with the future president."
Trustees also approved the terms of which they will look for a new president. The board agreed that they would find a potential presidential candidate and will offer a one-year contract if deemed appropriate.
"It is my executive privilege to propose a motion based on this person's experience,” said Trustee Chairman Kelvin Lawson. “They have demonstrated their leadership position over a number of years … With that being said, I propose a motion that we make Larry Robinson our interim president."
FAMU Professor Larry Robinson, who has served as interim president for the university on two different occasions, stepped in after Mangum left the board meeting. Robinson thanked trustees for their vote of confidence and jokingly said perhaps the third time’s the charm.
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Wa, (U/W) Dec 6, GNA - Mr Ebenezer Aggrey-Fynn, Director of Public Affairs, at the Electoral Commission on Saturday called on polling agents not to turn themselves into political or polling pugilists on December 7 at various polling stations.
Instead, he urged them to be critical and vigilant to stem skirmishes that undermined democracy and brought misunderstanding and violence.
Mr Aggrey-Fynn said this when he addressed two separate training programmes for polling agents at the Wa School for the Blind and the Wa School for the Deaf at Wa.
He advised them to place Ghana first in their roles and responsibilities before any political or partisan consideration. "Any small problem that you cause in your area of operation could be replicated in other areas to create general instability." Mr Aggrey-Fynn urged them not to engage in physical assaults but report any misunderstanding to electoral officers for redress to give credence to transparency in the elections.
"Ghana is now seen as one of the safest countries to do business in Africa and I do not want your activities to mar that reputation." Mr Aggrey-Fynn advised against alcoholism on the voting day as that could help derail the progressive agenda of the polling agents. "Whoever violates the electoral rules on December 7, will be made to face the full rigours of the law", he warned.
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How to Prepare the Cake: 1. Grease and flour a 15 x 10 x 2 inch pan and set aside. 2. Place margarine and sugar into bowl and mix. 3. Add eggs, each beaten in one at a time. 4. Add flour, baking powder and baking soda and mix. 5. Add salt, sour cream, vanilla and chocolate chips to bowl and mix. 6. Place mixture into pan. How to Prepare the Topping: 1. Place sugar and cinnamon into bowl and mix. 2. Sprinkle mixture over top of cake. 3. Bake at 350 F for 45 minutes. 4. Cut slice of cake and enjoy. Lisa G is a DJ for New York Citys WQHT-FM 97.1 ? 1997 Lisa G ? 1997 Lifetime Entertainment Services. All rights reserved. MC formatted using MC Buster br Barb at PK
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|Protein 194.1g||277 %|
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As one of famous Chinese painting artists in the contemporary era, Zhao Zhunwang was born in 1945.
He is the member of the China Artist Association, Researcher of art academy of literature-history research institute of the CPC’s central committee，
the national senior fine artist, as well as a visiting professor of American North-western University.
Due to the influence of his family, he desperately loved painting when he was still a kid. Two Chinese painting maters Wu Guangzhong and Cui Zifan used to be his teacher. During studying in the Chinese Painting Institute of Jiangsu, he ever learned from Ya Ming.
Mr. Zhao gets many awards in a lot of art competes both domestic and overseas. He used to hold more than 30 private painting exhibitions almost all over the world, including Europe, America and Pacific-Asia area.
Parts of his works are collected by the China National Museum of Fine Arts, Singapore National Museum, National Museum of Australia, MAC (in France), and Nemzeti Muzeum (in Germany). And the other ones are sold publicly by Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Hanhai, Guardian, Rongbao, Poly and Sungari in good price.
Zhao Zhunwang’s biography as well as his works are signed and sealed in Directory of Contemporary Famous Chinese Artists, Dictionary of International Biography(published by International Biographical Centre of Cambridge，England), and Biography of Celebrities and Leaders Worldwide (America).
More than thirty different editions of his painting collections have been published so far, for example, the Ttrials of a Long Journey: Zhao Zhunwang’ Sketching Works Exhibiton, Beautiful Countryside: Zhao Zhunwang’s Paintings Collections, and The Charming Four Seasons in Beijing: Zhao Zhunwang’s Paintings Collections as well. | <urn:uuid:f278a5ba-9090-42ad-9077-c73875a9e502> | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | http://www.bs2005.com/bbs/thread-22729-1-1.html | 2017-02-19T23:20:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501170286.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104610-00362-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955457 | 393 |
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The Opportunity of Opportunity ZonesBy Abe Schlisselfeld | December 18, 2018
Last week, my colleague Michael Hurwitz and I had the privilege of speaking at DC Finance’s Real Estate and Family Office special meeting on Opportunity Zones. If I could sum up the sentiment at the event about this hot new topic, it would be: “Opportunities exist, but they are complex.”
Mike and I were joined by Richard Catalano, a Tax Partner at Clifford Chance US LLP on a panel called the “Opportunity of the Opportunity Zone.” Our panel, ably moderated by Jay Bernstein, a partner in the REIT/Capital Markets practice at Clifford Chance US, was a fast-moving overview of the opportunities in front of real estate owners and high-net-worth investors, including family offices and REITs.
As with any presentation that purports to shine light on tax-based investment opportunities, we could barely scratch the surface, but, as was clear from the questions we received, the topic is of significant concern to real estate investors and calls for close scrutiny as informed investors look toward exploiting opportunity zones. Let me set the stage by quoting directly from the IRS advisory:
“Opportunity Zones, created by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, were designed to spur investment in distressed communities throughout the country through tax benefits. Under a nomination process completed in June, 8,761 communities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories were designated as qualified Opportunity Zones. Opportunity Zones retain their designation for 10 years. Investors may defer tax on almost any capital gain up to Dec. 31, 2026 by making an appropriate investment in a zone, making an election after December 21, 2017, and meeting other requirements. (See the full advisory: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/whats-hot)
With that said, we see three primary areas of tax benefits to investors:
- A temporary deferral until tax year 2026 when tax is due on the appreciated gain on the sale of assets (artwork, real estate, cash, stock) that are invested in a qualified opportunity zone;
- A basis adjustment that allows for an exclusion of 10% after five years of holding the investment, an additional 5% after 7 years, finishing at a total of 15%. So by way of example, if the opportunity zone asset was sold after Year 7 the gain on the appreciated asset would be adjusted to 85%.
- Any appreciation from the day of investment to the day of sale incurs 0% income tax.
When I speak with clients about this new law I always remind them that the regulations are still being finalized but that in general the law as written to be tax-payer friendly. I tell them to keep in mind as well that the law is designed for new investments post-2017.
So, what are some of the initial steps real estate investors might consider? First, generate a gain by selling real property or equities to an unrelated entity. This is key as the buyer and seller may not have more than 20% common ownership. Second is to be able to reinvest the gain into a qualified opportunity zone fund within a 180-day period.
Importantly, the Opportunity Zone Fund has a 31-month period from the date of fund formation to complete its development project. This is challenging given the complexities of development projects, but the intent of the law is to encourage investments in qualified opportunity zone properties or land that are close to “shovel ready.” A written property improvement development plan with goals and timeframes is going to be a must-have.
As I stated earlier, there are complexities, but along with them are some opportunities. Among these are the differences in how the regulations treat the taxation of investments in different types of funds – basically single and double tier funds.
- Single tier funds are set up to purchase properties, land or businesses where 90% of the investment is directed to qualified opportunity property.
- Double tier funds are established to purchase stock or partnership interests that own qualified opportunity properties, and they carry a lower requirement for investment into property renovation or improvement of just 70%. The remaining 30% can be invested elsewhere.
Other complexities abound: for instance, the treatment for tax purposes of opportunity zone investments that are combined with investments outside a zone. Also, what are the characteristics of single asset funds as opposed to multi-asset funds, and how are they treated? And, to make things even more complicated, the opportunity zone assets must be reassessed for valuation every year, which poses internal management challenges.
Real opportunities await from opportunity zone investing. For family office investment teams, REIT investors and their advisors, my recommendation is to educate yourselves as quickly and thoroughly as you can now in order to take advantage of the new regulations, understanding that they are still being finalized. Seek out the appropriate tax and legal advice and see if it makes sense to make 2019 a zone of opportunity.
About Abe Schlisselfeld
Abe Schlisselfeld, CPA, EA, is the Co-Partner-in-Charge of the Real Estate Group at Marks Paneth LLP. With more than 20 years of experience in public accounting, Mr. Schlisselfeld’s concentration lies in the real estate industry, where he advises commercial and residential real estate owners, real estate management firms and REITs (real estate investment trusts) on all facets of accounting and taxation. He is a member of the Executive Committee of Marks Paneth, which sets policy and strategy... READ MORE +
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- The instructor. Is he/she encouraging or slightly judgmental? Does she/he clearly have favorites and only pay attention to them?
- The playlist. Do the songs match the mood of the workout or do you want to cringe the umpteenth time you've heard "Moves Like Mick Jagger"?
- Continuity. Is this something you can actually see yourself sticking to? Do you find it enjoyable?
If the sound of lunges, burpees, crunches and flying pushups makes you cringe, as it does for me, you may get exhausted just thinking about the workout even before it begins.
I prefer the option of dancing myself silly (getting into shape is an added bonus). Zumba, Hip Hop, Belly Dance, African, Bhangra/Bollywood, and Yoga. These are all methods to fitness I revel in and if you're like me, you may want to de-stress/balance out all that yummy food intake with classes at these places:
M Dance Fitness has several locations in Midtown, Chelsea, and Union Square. All the instructors here are super nice and the Zumba and Hip Hop classes are equally fun and the best playlists (for Zumba) I've heard so far in New York. The three main instructors have their own unique style, but all are worthwhile talking. With her small frame and short haircut, Diana Dove puts me to shame when she teachers her hip hop class. I mean, yeah, I wasn't trained in it, but her movements are just so fluid that I'm jealous. The one class I took with Gina Masulla was high-energy too. And Misty's classes, instructor and owner, are always a good time.
While many Zumba moves are repeated no matter what class you take and who's teaching it, I've found I definitely like certain teachers' styles and playlists a lot more than others. Some classes mix in a bhangra or Middle Eastern song or something unexpected and that's usually great fun. Aside from the classes at M Dance Fitness, I quite enjoy the Friday night Zumba at Pearl Studios with Jessica from R.i.S.E. It's high energy and so fun. I sweat more than I have in awhile (partially because the room was super hot, but it was also a good workout). Her playlist my first class was great. It was all Latin except for "Rock around the clock" and included Danza Duro and some Shakira, winning choices in my book. The Monday night class with Julie gets you pumped too. She's a lot more peppy but not overly so and "Jai Ho" seems to usually be on her playlist, which I'm a big fan of. I'm not sure if it's because I've sweated so much by the time she gets 'round to playing it or because the song gets in my bones, but I always feel like I'm going to take flight when we dance to it.
These classes were much better than say the time I took an evening Zumba class at the New York Sports Club in Midwood and endured two country western songs. I have no problem with country music (well, good country music that is) but I feel like it just didn't fit. It's like the swing dancing to rap.
A trial class at M Dance Fitness is $15. The normal drop-in rate is $20 with class passes available for varying costs. Zumba drop-in at R.i.S.E is $16 at the door, $13 if purchased online.
Perk: Last time I checked, M Dance was looking for someone to stay at the front door at one of their studios and let people in in exchange for classes. Not sure if this has already been filled but check back. Many studios offer classes in exchange for volunteering at the studio.
Dhoonya Dance five or so years ago during college. I was searching for a space with a less competitive atmosphere than say GW University's bhangra scene/dance teams. I wasn't too keen on the Joy of Motion Bollywood/bhangra option either. I started off doing DhoonyaBasics and basically retook it four times in a row, sometimes with the same instructor, but always with new routines. I liked the idea of mastering something. No need to challenge myself. It felt nice to know what I was doing and not have to hide in the back of class. Then a few years ago, they added DhoonyaFit--an intense and fast workout. The first time I took it, I felt like I was going to pass out from being out of breath. But in comparison to other feelings I've had during/post some workouts, I decided this was something to continue. While it was fast-paced and challenging to keep up at first, it didn't make me want to cry like the thighs and tris class I attempted at Triomph Fitness in Park Slope. When Dhoonya expanded to NYC, I was not only ecstatic for the ladies I saw grow a small business into an awesomely marketed/visible dance/performance school, I was glad that if I moved, I could continue my dance education.
NYC Belly Dance with R.i.S.E
Wednesday night class was fun. I've taken belly dance classes before (and in Spanish too) and been confused. Especially about making figure 8s with your hips but now I get it. Instructor broke it down in away I understood. Something I can do with my hips and not feel limited by them or that they're too big. I know it sounds cliche to say, but knowing that you can indeed move in ways you didn't makes you feel a bit better about yourself. I'm an accessories girl, so the instructor having extra hip scarves for students to wear was so much fun.
I know yoga isn't dancing, but it's just as graceful (ideally anyway.) That's why I've included it here. There are so many yoga spots in NYC and Brooklyn, that I won't even attempt to go to all of them. Here are a couple I have gone to.
Yoga Vida's Union Square location is beautiful. The dark hardwood floors, big windows and crimson drapes are so inviting. I was lucky enough to have work off on a day when some classes were still going on and take the Friday noon Flow class with Amanda. She explained transitions very well and was supportive of students taking any modifications they needed (not like some other yoga instructors I've had who expect people to go into crazy bendy things without checking out their level of experience first). Amanda's playlist was so chill and unexpected: Alicia Keys, Ray Charles, Nina Simone, and Joss Stone (since the rest of it was so good, I won't discredit her for the inclusion of Joss Stone). Zoe's Flow class is pretty awesome too. I enjoyed her transitions and positive attitude.
Perk: Newbies can take as many yoga classes their first week for just $10.
YogaSole in Park Slope has an awesome, laid-back vibe, which is actually hard to achieve for studios in New York--at least you can tell the difference between a Manhattan and a Brooklyn studio. I recommend Merav as an instructor. She introduced me to this starfish pose I had never done before but found it a great stretch. This is very tranquil space, quiet. Classes weren't too big and there's no sense of competition here.
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Rules: Standard Kakuro Rules. Also, no two consecutive numbers (i.e., numbers that differ by 1) can be in cells that share an edge.
Answer String: Enter the values in each cell in the 2nd row from left to right and then in the 10th row from left to right, separating the two entries with a comma. Ignore black cells.
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Because of millennials’ level of tech-savvy – they did grow up with computers and the Internet at their fingertips – firms are constantly needing to evolve how they speak to young professionals through targeted email content and a range of devices to see the biggest benefits from this shopping group come the holiday months.
After you have your targeted email lists in hand, it’s up to you to create effective, exciting marketing campaigns that will attract customers.
When sending out an email, organizations will need to communicate exactly what they want recipients to do with the information provided in the message.
One strategy that companies and organizations can implement to better manage and tailor their email marketing lists involves handing over some degree of control to recipients.
You’re competing for inbox space. Craft a subject line that will get you noticed in the clutter! Email Subjects Lines That Will Get You Noticed If you’ve read my last couple of posts, you’ve figured out that I’m on a mission to share with you all that I know about email marketing. Since this is…
Following several key email marketing tips can reduce the chances that outreach efforts go unnoticed.
A big mistake many online stores make is trying to cram too much information into one email.
Is a picture really worth a 1,000 words? Yes, it is. This is why I want to talk about using images in your emails. It does not matter how good of a descriptive writer you are, words alone will not grab your reader’s attention quite like words and images will. It’s a simple fact: In…
It seems that everyone has advice for organizations and businesses looking to turn their email contact lists into revenue-driving, engagement-boosting workhorses.
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I have spent way too many hours on Pinterest ogling various DIY crafts. I am obsessed with everything from mason jar candles to newspaper lanterns. Sadly, I seem to spend way more time whipping egg whites than pasting construction paper...
However, here is a craft that even I could complete. A homemade gift bag. I am always shocked at how much they charge for one of those special sparkly gift bags at the store -- $3.99 for something I get at Nordstroms for free?! This is a quick and easy way to make your own super-cute gift bag from wrapping paper and an old shopping bag. It's cheap. It's eco-friendly. It's so easy. Check out the tutorial here. I am never buying a gift bag again!
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Handles: Cut from the bag they gave me at Container store.
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Hey you guys! Welcome back to another episode.
Nothing crazy this week. Just throwing around some movie and tv show philosophies and chatting about how they have been grooming us since birth.
You wanna come hang out? You need company on your way to work? I will make house chores go by a little faster. And, just so you know, if you use this to sleep, I will not be offended.
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When Raja Ramanna turned down Saddam Hussein
The Iraqi dictator approached Indian nuclear physicist Dr Raja Ramanna in 1978 to help build a N-bomb.
Saddam Hussein approached Indian nuclear physicist Dr Raja Ramanna in 1978 to help build an Iraqi nuclear bomb.
The offer came while Ramanna was in Baghdad for just under a week as Hussein’s personal guest, according to a new book about Iraq’s covert nuclear weapons programme, Saddam’s Bomb, by British journalists Shyam Bhatia and Daniel McGrory.
Ramanna, who was minister of state for defence in 1989-90 and is currently with the National Institute for Advanced Studies in Bangalore, could not be reached for a comment — the incident is apparently not something he wants to talk about any more.
However, the physicist’s friends said he had been shocked by the Iraqi proposal, and fled Baghdad at the first opportunity.
Saddam was apparently annoyed when India — a poor Third World country — conducted a nuclear test in 1974. “If the Hindis (sic) can do it, why can’t we?” the book quotes him as saying. The dictator, however, quickly swallowed his contempt for Indians and personally tracked Ramanna, finally inviting him to Iraq.
Ramanna was given a tour of Baghdad and Iraq’s main nuclear facility at Tuwaitha. At the end of the trip, Saddam invited him to his office.
“You have done enough for your country,” Saddam told him. “Don’t go back. Stay here and take over our nuclear programme. I will pay you whatever you want.”
Ramanna was scared. He reportedly could not sleep that night, worried that he might never see India again. He took the next flight out.
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American Bank of the North is privately held. It operates from 12 branch offices and 3 administrative offices in Northeastern Minnesota. In 2002, three Mesaba Banks merged to form the current American Bank of the North.
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- Website: https://www.ambnk.com/
- Routing Number: 091214960
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- Mobile App: Android | iPhone
- Telephone Number: 218-327-0818
- Headquartered In: Minnesota
- Founded: 2002 (21 years ago)
- Bank's Rating:
The internet is not only great for getting the latest in sports but also you can use it to perform much more. American Bank of the North provides online banking to serve the needs of its customers who need to get up-to-date account information. With online banking, you can manage your American Bank accounts anytime free of charge. The online banking service allows you to check your balance, transfer funds, view recent transactions, view past checks, and much more from your web-enabled PC. The following guide will help personal account holders access online banking service.
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Personal online banking users at American Bank of the North can access their accounts after providing their online banking credentials. To log in, please follow the steps outlined below:
Step 1- Click this link https://www.ambnk.com/ to access American Bank of the North website
Step 2- In homepage, please enter your User ID and Password, then click Login
After the system approves your online banking credentials, you will access your online banking account.
FORGOTTEN PASSWORD/LOG ID?
If you have forgotten your online banking password, please follow the steps outlined below to reset it:
Step 1- In the homepage, click Forgot Password? link to begin the reset process
Step 2- Please enter your American Bank ID, E-mail Address and Email Subject, then click Continue
After the system approves your account details, you will receive an email with details on how to reset your password.
HOW TO ENROLL
If you are a personal account holder at American Bank of the North, please follow the steps shown below to enroll for online banking service:
Step 1- In homepage, click Enroll link to initiate the enrollment process
Step 2- Please review the Online Banking Agreement, then click I Agree to proceed
Step 3- Provide your Social Security Number, Account Number and Email Address, then click Continue
After validating your account details, the system will allow you set up your online banking account.
MANAGE AMERICAN BANK OF THE NORTH ONLINE ACCOUNT
Online banking allows you to:
- View account summaries
- Transfer funds
- Check balances
- View processed checks
- Make loan payments
- Stop payments
Federal Holiday Schedule for 2022 & 2023
These are the federal holidays of which the Federal Reserve Bank is closed.
American Bank of the North and other financial institutes are closed on the same holidays.
|New Year's Day||December 31||January 2|
|Martin Luther King Day||January 17||January 16|
|Presidents Day||February 21||February 20|
|Memorial Day||May 30||May 29|
|Juneteenth Independence Day||June 20||June 19|
|Independence Day||July 4||July 4|
|Labor Day||September 5||September 4|
|Columbus Day||October 10||October 9|
|Veterans Day||November 11||November 10|
|Thanksgiving Day||November 24||November 23|
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University Communication to Students
Distributed: September 10, 2020
Posted: September 11, 2020
We are now past the drop add period, and I am hopeful that this week is
bringing some degree of routine to your semester. Allegheny County and the
state of Pennsylvania are both reporting an increase in COVID-19 cases.
So, it is important that we remain vigilant.
The new academic format has raised some questions that we will address in
As a reminder, information is regularly being updated on the COVID-19 landing
page of Carlow’s website.
In response to some of your recent questions, answers are noted below:
Use of Common Campus Spaces
common areas, including computer labs and University Commons study
areas, are open and available for student use. To facilitate social distancing,
modifications have been made limiting the amount of space available.
If coming to campus, we ask that you are screened upon arrival and that you
follow guidelines (wear a mask, social distance, practice good hand hygiene,
and clean spaces you use before and after use). Additionally, library study
spaces are open 24 hours a day in University Commons, where there also are
private study rooms available. Library doors are unlocked all hours except the
hours between 4:30 p.m. on Friday until 2 p.m. on Sunday. It is staffed from
10 a.m. - 7 p.m. on Monday thru Thursday and from 2-9 p.m. on Sunday. No staff
is in the library on Saturdays.
COVID-19 Policy Clarification
To provide greater clarity, we have updated the COVID-19 student handbook
policy. Included is the following:
Given the extreme threat to health and safety presented by the COVID-19
virus, the University reserves the right to use of interim residence hall
and campus removal measures immediately while alleged violations are
investigated. Students choosing not to follow these policy guidelines
below can expect to be directed to vacate campus for quarantine or
isolation, shift to digital-only class attendance, and cease internship or
practical training attendance while the matter is being reviewed. Those
found in violation of the policy may have their housing contracts revoked,
including on a first offense, be directed to digital class attendance
only, or face suspension from the University.
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) will be doing tracing and has
assured us they are able to provide the contact tracing for smaller
universities, such as Carlow University. If someone tests positive, they are
the only one who can disclose their medical status to the University. If
students, they are advised to inform all their instructors.
If there is a positive case in a class, the class may or may not proceed. If
there has been adequate social distancing in the classroom (minimum of 6
feet), and everyone has been regularly screened in every class (i.e., they
have their "I've been screened" sticker proudly showing), and everyone is
ensuring that all students are wearing their masks throughout the class, class
would likely not have to be cancelled. ACHD will contact everyone who would be
considered a close contact of a positive case (within 6 feet of a positive
case for at least 15 minutes, regardless of the presence of face masks). So,
if you have tested positive for COVID-19, please cooperate fully with the
contact tracing efforts.
Modifications to pedestrian flow have been made on campus to help with social
distancing. However, if students find they are unable to access spaces for
learning or accessibility, accommodations are available. One such example is
walking from Curran Hall to the upper campus.
Students who need to request access or
accommodations, or who have questions, should contact Jackie Smith, Director
of Disabilities Services, at
Every request will be assessed on a case-by-case basis and according to
current evaluation protocols in each office.
Our hope is that these updates will assist your success during this
Timothy P. Phillips, PhD
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#ThrowbackThursday to Halloween with these lovely ladies! After countless hours of brainstorming costume ideas, we all decided to dress up as Disney villains. Some of us ended up dropping the Disney theme and simply going as any villain, but two of my friends and I were determined to remain committed! From left to right in the picture below, is Scar (The Lion King), Zorro (The Legend of Zorro), the Queen of Hearts (Alice in Wonderland), Cruella DeVille (101 Dalmations), and the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz).
Some of our costumes aren’t obvious, so I’ll explain the reasoning behind them…
For Scar, my friend chose neutral colors and curled her hair to simulate a mane. She painted her nose brown, drew whiskers on her face, and used some eyeliner to imitate a scar across her left eye.
For the Queen of Hearts, my friend obviously went with a red dress, but went a step further and taped some playing cards to the top of it. My hall mates and I also helped draw fake heart tattoos up and down her arms. Clearly she was going for a tougher rendition of the classic character.
For Cruella, I borrowed my friend’s bright red dress and invested in some cheap fishnet tights at Party City. I also bought a pretend cigarette holder and a plain white scarf with some black polka dots (to resemble Dalmatians). I refused to spray paint half of my head white… So people had a harder time deciphering who I was dressed as, but, hey, it was still a hit!
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Name of Costume
Styrofoam (a big sheet)
Spray paint (whatever color you want the board to be)
Some way to cut the Styrofoam
A way to glue the Styrofoam
Something to write with
Cut the Styrofoam to the size you want the board. Create two four-faced shapes, like a box with the back cut off with the cut off Styrofoam. Glue these to the Styrofoam sheet near the bottom. Spray paint the board (if you want plain white, don't spray paint). Attach the ribbon to the top of the Styrofoam so you can hang it around your neck. Fill one pocket with paper, and the other with thumbtacks. If you want to keep messages family-friendly, stick a note on there that says so.
Tips and Tricks
- Do NOT use regular glue! It will eat away the Styrofoam releasing toxic gasses! The glue cannot have a solvent, and must be suitable for a non-porous material. Hot glue will not work either.
- You might want to arrange the thumbtacks across the top of the board for easier access (and to avoid pricked fingers). If you do this, omit one of the pockets.
- You might want to have your writing utensils on the board. Just poke holes in the Styrofoam and use that!
- The paint can make it a little harder to stick the thumbtacks in. Just leave that off if you're concerned about that.
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The CLIX Universal Seat Belt Adapter is the perfect solution when travelling with your dog. It is a simple strap which allows you to secure your dog whilst on the move.
The trigger hook means you can attach the adapter directly to any regular dog harness and it is designed to be easily secured by pluging straight into the existing seat belt socket. The strong material strap is fully adjustable, from 50cm-75cm in length to ensure a good fit for different breeds of dog. Should a longer length be required, the seat-belt can simply be threaded through the adjustment loop. This product should only be used in conjunction with a body harness and not with a regular neck collar.
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Start your Hot Wheels® adventures with a collection of big vehicles that are revved and ready for action! Kids will love re-creating real-world style thrills with a collection of large-scale vehicles that are easy for little hands to grasp. There's a Hot Wheels® Jet Refueler vehicle, SWAT Helicopor and the Hot Wheels® Whiplash Hauler. Each vehicle has unique features like real moving parts, storage for up to one car and comes with an additional 1:64-scale vehicle to build imaginative storylines. Collect them all! Each sold separately, subject to availability. Colors and decorations may vary.
- Find big adventures with these large-scale vehicles!
- Larger size makes them easy for little hands to grasp.
- Features real moving parts to add to the excitement.
- Hidden storage in the rear holds up to one car.
- Includes an additional 1:64-scale vehicle for added fun.
- Collect them all.
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On Friday, 26 May, Australia ARMYs had the opportunity to see BTS perform live at Qudos Bank Arena for their Sydney leg of their BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour. Their energy overflowed on the stage – here are 5 things we learned about BTS from their performance in Sydney!
1. This was the first performance they did after they won at the Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) so they were extra hyped.
Jin, when introducing himself, said, “Hello, I’m worldwide handsome,” referencing the moment during an interview when he was asked about the #thirdguyfromtheleft trend, and he declared himself worldwide handsome. Rap Monster, at the ending stage, also mentioned that this performance was important to them: “Tonight is very special to us because this is, today, in Sydney, is our first show after our Billboard Music Awards.”
2. All of them have improved leaps and bounds on their English.
Instead of communicating to the fans with Korean and having a translator there, their speeches were done entirely in English at the concert – which shows their dedication to communicating with the fans. They each introduced the show fluently as they were delivering their opening speeches, and their closing thoughts were also entirely in English.
3. They are easily amused by small things.
In the middle interval of the concert, there was a pile of fake money on the stage, and J-Hope picked it up and sang the chorus of ‘Blood, Sweat, Tears’ (wonhae manhi manhi), making a play on the Korean word for ‘a lot’ (manhi) which is homophonous with the English ‘money’. V started collecting the paper notes and inspecting them to see if they were real (sorry, buddy, they weren’t).
4. Rap Monster thinks Australia is a beautiful country and he’d be living here if he wasn’t living in South Korea.
He mentioned that he had fun the day before the concert exploring at the Opera House and the Royal Botanic Gardens – thankfully they came when the weather was sunny and not pouring down! Rap Monster also mentioned that he has lots of friends here and is thinking about moving here later!
5. The fan interaction and acknowledgement was on point.
Right before they jumped into their throwback medley of songs (N.O, No More Dream, Boy In Luv, Run), they encouraged the left side of the crowd to make some noise, and then the right side, with Suga shouting “Louder!” as the stadium burst into cheers. At the very end, during the encore, they used the entire stage set-up, each of the members running to the very ends of the stage extensions and waving for a long time to the ARMYs who had travelled to see them. All of them posed for the fans, made cute faces, gave us finger-hearts, and of course, worldwide handsome Jin blew us multiple kisses.
What an unforgettable night! LEGIT!
BTS continues their BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour in Osaka, Japan, on 30 May, where they will perform over three nights.
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Our Library Tables
don't bend or break when it comes to handling piles of heavy books day after day. Library Tables are great for any library or research area that has scholars, researchers, writers, and readers.From the Library Circulation Desk
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in comfortable seating. Go around and gather up their unwanted materials onto your Book Cart
that makes it easy to carry many books at once from place to place.Did you know our Library Tables with Grommet Holes make it easy for everyone to plug in their laptops and other electronics without making a mess and knocking things over? These Tables with Casters also move around easily when itís time to rearrange the room or make space for a mock Shakespeare play to begin.These Library Tables are great for big city public libraries or small offices where people are cataloguing. GREENGUARD certified tables are just one more Eco-Friendly
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The beauty of natural stone has often been used to remarkable effect in historic towns and gardens. Natural stone is a popular choice for your driveway, paths, patio and courtyard where the aesthetic element is essential.
Areas can be personalised by using different designs, for example incorporating coloured borders or brick edging, curves and circles to create a unique effect.
PICSBOND combines the flexibility and strength of resin and the aesthetic appeal of natural stone without the problems with loose gravel. This process a tough and durable dressing to new or existing concrete or tarmac driveways. The flexible nature of the PICSBOND system allows it to be installed on new or existing concrete, tarmac, wood and steal surfaces. With minimal maintenance required, PICSBOND offers exceptionally low life time costs. PICSBOND adds colour and individually using natural stone finishes. A combination of colours can create amazing finishes including bespoke designs and features.
PICSBOND special properties/benefits
- Non-slip/high skid resistance values
- Creates a natural coloured aggregate appearance
- Wide range of colours available
- Rapid installation
- For use on internal and external paving and on a wide Variety of surfaces
- Allows creation of aesthetically pleasing colour designs and logos
- The sealed surface will greatly reduce staining, algae growth and reduce maintenance
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Bicycle wheels come in a wide range of sizes from 12" wheels found on smaller Kids Bikes to larger 29" Mountain Bike and 700c Road Bike wheels. Larger wheels are normally faster and more stable at speed and their larger contact patch improves grip too. Smaller wheels are normally lighter, more manoeuvrable and have quicker acceleration.
Wheel sizes are defined by the country that first popularised the style of bike that used them - so you'll see some imperial and some metric measurements listed. Wiggle includes the ISO standard in brackets after each for ease of comparison.
We have an extensive range of road bicycle tyres designed for road racing and triathlons. We carry a huge range of the best road bike tires and triathlon bike tyres for top brand triathlon bikes. Offering superb choice and excellent value for money it's easy to upgrade your road bike tyre to be prepared for all weather conditions and road riding surfaces. Having a professional set of triathlon bike tyres and road bike tyres can make a difference on your performance! Check out our tyre guide for more information.
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There are no facilities for customer collections or returns at this address. Please ensure any returns are processed as instructed on the Help page - Returns. Executive Director: Stefan Barden.
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