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Carrington Jr. destined for the Ducks
Horizon senior took initiative in earning a scholarship to Oregon’s high-flying program
Darren Carrington Jr. comes from a family of athletes. As such, he has developed into a blue-chip football player entering his senior year at Horizon Christian Academy.
His father played safety in the NFL for eight years, four with the Chargers, playing in two Super Bowls that included San Diego’s appearance in Super Bowl XXIX.
His mother ran track at Northern Arizona and used to be a body builder. His older sister plays Division I basketball at New Orleans. His younger sister is ranked as one of the top freshman basketball players in the country. Darren also plays a little hoops.
While the 17-year-old wide receiver has been offered more than a dozen Division I football scholarships since March, there was only one that he coveted. When he received the offer from No. 5 Oregon in June, he immediately accepted it.
Despite the recent attention, Darren Jr. said it was a challenge at first to get noticed by college scouts. Horizon, located in Clairemont, is a small school with an enrollment of 300. There are only a couple dozen players on the football team that went 4-8 last year in Division V. Most on the squad play both ways, including Darren Jr.
Darren Sr. said by the end of his son’s junior year he still was under the radar of most college recruiters.
“Nobody really knew him,” the father said. “But he had big goals.”
Horizon coach Chris Johnson described his star wide receiver, who also saw time at cornerback and quarterback last year, as the top football player in San Diego County.
“Explosive, incredible hands, great route runner, physical,” he said. “He does it all.”
Horizon has produced other successful wideouts, including Ray Harrington (Baylor), Robert Ortiz (SDSU) and Anthony Johnson (Arizona).
“We’ve had some really good receivers at Horizon, and hands down, Darren’s the best,” said Johnson, who played one season with the Minnesota Vikings. “He is light years ahead of them coming out of high school.”
Darren Jr. wanted others to know what his coach knew. He set out on a path this summer to display his wares. He attended seven football camps, including the Nike Football Training Camp in Oakland, where he earned MVP honors.
National recognition followed, including an invitation to the prestigious Nike Opening in Beaverton, Ore., limited to the top 150 players. This led to other high-profile, invitation-only football camps across the country, including the Champion Gridiron Kings in Orlando, Fla., for the top 64 skill position players and the Under Armour Rivals in Atlanta for the top 100.
“Once he got invited to the Nike Opening, he couldn’t stop there,” said Darren’s mom, Vickie Carrington, who has been the Horizon girls basketball coach for the past 10 seasons.
Darren Jr. had another reason for attending the all-star camps — he wanted to show others that a small-school player can succeed.
“I was trying to prove myself to San Diego,” said Darren Jr. “And show that private schools do have good kids that can compete with the top players in the nation.”
Johnson said his assessment of Darren Jr. played out this summer.
“That says a lot about his ability,” he said. “You’d be hard-pressed to find a kid in San Diego who traveled the country to play the top players in the country as Darren did. And he performed well (against) all.”
His summer travels were to include a few college visits. The family’s first stop was Oregon State, followed by Oregon, which runs a spread offense like Horizon. The Carringtons had planned to tour Cal, Washington, Michigan and the Arizona schools, but never made it. Their tour ended in Eugene, Ore., where he’s considering sports business management as his course of study.
To be fair, the other schools never really had a shot. Darren Jr. has had his sights set on Oregon for years.
“From the beginning, I just loved Oregon,” said Darren Jr., noting the Ducks’ swagger on the field. “I have good game speed. I like moving fast. I like offenses that run fast.”
Darren Sr. said his 6-foot-3, 186-pound son, who runs a 4.56 40, is faster than he was at his age.
“It’s not even close,” said Darren Sr., who has been a pastor at The Rock Church for 11 years.
Darren Jr., who admires the Ducks’ flashy Nike-designed uniforms, also had it on good authority that Oregon was the place to go. His god-brother Jairus Byrd attended Oregon. The second-round draft pick is now in his third season with the Buffalo Bills. Byrd’s father, Gill, who is an assistant coach with the Chicago Bears, was a two-time Pro Bowl cornerback for the Chargers and played with Darren Sr. The families conferred before making the decision.
Darren Jr. was sold. His mother was also impressed, particularly with Oregon’s rehab program.
“The facility in and of itself is phenomenal,” she said. “They care about their athletes. For me as a mom, it gave me peace of mind.”
Darren Jr. could use its rehab facility now. The extensive summer workouts didn’t come without a price. He is nursing a sprained left MCL and might miss the Panthers’ first game.
There’s been some chatter online of late suggesting Darren Jr. might decommit from Oregon because he had expressed an interest in taking a few trips to other campuses. His father quashed those rumors.
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The Iowa Therapies: Secondary Behaviors and Acceptance
Modern stuttering treatment began in 1927 with the formation of the University of Iowa Speech Clinic. Lee Edward Travis, Bryng Bryngelson, Wendell Johnson, and Charles Van Riper developed what are now referred to as “the Iowa therapies,” including indirect therapy for children and stuttering modification therapy for adults.
Indirect therapy for childhood stuttering aims to reduce a child’s fears and anxieties about stuttering by altering the parents’ behavior. It’s based on a theory that stuttering begins “not in the child’s mouth but in the parent’s ear.” Parents are instructed to not react to the child’s stuttering, but instead to speak slowly to their child, to pause before answering the child’s questions, to reduce the number of questions they asked of the child, and to slow the pace of family life.
Stuttering modification therapy for older children and adults is focused on accepting stuttering, reducing stutterers’ speech-related fears and anxieties, and helping stutterers to communicate better despite stuttering. Because they couldn’t treat the core behaviors of stuttering, speech-language pathologists of this era managed the secondary symptoms associated with stuttering to improve stutterers’ ability to communicate, while accepting stuttering.
Indirect therapy has been proven ineffective for helping children. Efficacy studies have found that stuttering modification therapy has little or no long-term effect on stuttering.
Fluency Shaping: Treating Core Stuttering
The second era of stuttering treatment began in 1965 when Israel Goldiamond discovered that delayed auditory feedback (DAF) induces stutterers to speak slowly and fluently. This discovery led to the development in the 1970s of fluency shaping, which has been proven efective in many studies with adults and school-age children.
Fluency shaping treats the core behaviors of stuttering, training even severe stutterers to talk fluently. Fluency shaping programs typically ignore secondary stuttering behaviors, including speech-related fears and anxieties, assuming that these will disappear if the stutterer learns to speak fluently.
Fluency shaping therapy trains conscious awareness and control of speech processes that are normally automatic. Too often the result is that a stutterer can think about how he is speaking, and speak fluently; or think about what he is saying and revert back to stuttering (a dual-tasking problem). Fluency shaping therapy has a reputation for producing fluency in low-stress conversations in speech clinics, but failing to transfer to high-stress situations outside the speech clinic.
Neurological Treatments: Getting at the Roots of Stuttering
The neurological era of stuttering treatment began in the 1990s with brain imaging studies of adult stutterers. These studies found neurological abnormalities during stuttering. Some of these abnormalities, such as underactive auditory processing, were unexpected.
In 1993, Joseph Kalinowski, Andrew Stuart, Michael Rastatter and colleagues published a seminal study finding that DAF and a newer technology called frequency-altered auditory feedback (FAF) reduced stuttering at normal and faster-than-normal speaking rates, without conscious effort or control. This challenged the belief of the fluency shaping era that slowing down was the key to fluent speech. The research instead suggested that altered auditory feedback (AAF) corrects a neurological abnormality, likely the auditory processing abnormality found in the brain imaging studies.
In 1996 David E. Comings and colleagues correlated stuttering to three genes related to the neuroransmitter dopamine.
Medications have been tried with stutterers beginning with tranquilizers in the 1950s and the dopamine antagonist haloperidol in the 1960s , with severe side effects and minimal improvement in speech. Beginning in 1999 Gerald Maguire and colleagues published studies finding that the newer dopamine antagonist medications risperidone and olanzapine reduced stuttering with fewer side effects.
In 2005 Ehud Yairi and Nicoline Ambrose published the results of longitudinal studies examining young children soon after the onset of stuttering, and following the development of the disorder for five years or more. The results dispelled many myths and suggested that stuttering begins when the speech and language areas of a child’s brain develop at different rates.
The aim of neurological treatments is to reduce stuttering without conscious effort, control, or training. Neurological treatments ignore both core stuttering behaviors and secondary behaviors, including speech-related fears and anxieties, in the belief that correcting the neurological abnormalities leads to fluent speech and the disappearance of secondary behaviors.
As an example of
neurological era thinking, Joseph Kalinowski and Tim Saltuklaroglu wrote the following letter in 2007:
For the last 40 years, practitioners of stuttering therapy have advocated systematic retraining of the peripheral speech mechanism in an attempt to create speech movements believed to be incompatible with stuttering. Such re-training has often resulted in “pseudofluent” or “labored” speech, characterized by unnaturalness, droning, and conspicuousness. Further, these new speech patterns have shown a strong history of instability and propensity for relapse, despite the countless hours taken to establish them…
…the major corpus of current evidence suggests, and most “experts” now concur, that stuttering is an involuntary central neurological disorder. Therefore, logically speaking, attempting to combat the disorder by altering speech patterns without attacking the source of the pathology seems only to provide temporary relief from the overt symptoms of stuttering. As such, these methods appear to be largely inefficient in treating the disorder, a contention that is obvious to most and most notably to the person who stutters.
Our research group suggests that stuttering can be inhibited at a central level, closer to its source, [with the result that] disruptions of stuttering are usually totally absent [by using] delayed auditory feedback (DAF) and frequency altered feedback (FAF)…
Prosthetic devices (e.g., all-in-the-ear fluency aids) that emulate choral speech (by using DAF and FAF) seem promising, and pharmacological agents for general inhibition also show potential…The data is irrefutable—current stuttering therapies have fallen short of their promises, and stuttering inhibition should be further explored.
Neurological era treatments tend to be more promise than proven. Too often the neurological processes of stuttering are barely glimpsed or poorly understood. The early childhood research has not yet led to a new, more effective treatment for early childhood stuttering. Genetic research is controversial. Anti-stuttering medications are not highly effective and have side effects. Electronic devices are too often years ahead, in technology or marketing claims, of efficacy research.
Each era of stuttering treatment has contributed to the field. Each has shortcomings and each treatment alone is insufficient. Successful treatment of adult stuttering requires combining ideas from all three eras.
Bloodstein, O. & Bernstein Ratner, N., A Handbook on Stuttering (2007; ISBN 978-1-4180-4203-5), pages 58-59.
Bothe, A., Davidow, J., Bramlett, R., & Ingham, R. Stuttering Treatment Research 1970–2005: I. Systematic Review Incorporating Trial Quality As-sessment of Behavioral, Cognitive, and Related Approaches. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 15, 321–341, November 2006.
Bloodstein, O. & Bernstein Ratner, N., A Handbook on Stuttering (2007; ISBN 978-1-4180-4203-5), page 376.
Bloodstein, O. & Bernstein Ratner, N., A Handbook on Stuttering (2007; ISBN 978-1-4180-4203-5), page 377.
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Asian markets declined on Thursday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates, a widely expected move, and indicated two more rate hikes were likely in 2018.
The Nikkei 225 slipped 0.53 percent, paring steeper losses seen earlier in the session. Mining stocks fell 1.79 percent as most other sectors declined, although banks and shippers clung to gains.
In Seoul, the Kospi fell 1.59 percent, lagging other major markets in the region. Automakers were also lower, with Hyundai Motor falling 2.85 percent.Technology stocks were a mixed picture, with Samsung Electronics dropping 1.92 percent and LG Electronics bucking the trend to rise 3.89 percent.
Elsewhere, the S&P/ASX 200 sank below the flat line once more, trading lower by 0.14 percent. Gains in materials and telecommunications were offset by declines in the financials subindex. Utilities stocks fell more than 1 percent after jumping in the previous session.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index shed 0.62 percent, with the consumer goods and materials sectors leading losses. On the mainland, the Shanghai composite erased early gains, slipping 0.28 percent in the afternoon.
MSCI’s index of shares in Asia Pacific excluding Japan sank 0.85 percent in the afternoon.
The Federal Reserve raised rates by 25 basis points and signaled two additional rate hikes later in the year. Wednesday’s interest rate hike pushed up the funds rate target to 1.75 percent to 2 percent. The central bank’s first rate hike this year took place in March.
“The rate hike was a forgone conclusion, so did little to stir. But the decisive vote to shift up 2018 ‘dot plot’ to four rate hikes from three was arguably the real, and more distinct hawkish trigger,” Vishnu Varathan, head of economics and strategy at Mizuho Bank, said in a morning note.
U.S. stocks ended lower after the Fed raised interest rates, with the Dow Jones industrial average declining 0.47 percent, or 119.53 points, to close at 25,201.20.
U.S. Treasury yields rose on the back of the Fed’s move, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year note crossing the 3 percent level, before later receding. The two-year Treasury note yield, meanwhile, hit its highest level since 2008 in the last session.
The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of currencies, rose as high as 94.028 on Wednesday, before easing to last trade at 93.487.
Markets will next focus on the European Central Bank, which could yield hints on the winding down of its quantitative easing program at the end of its meeting later in the day. The Bank of Japan’s policy meeting, meanwhile, will end on Friday.
Trade tensions, which had recently yielded some of the spotlight to nuclear negotiations, could also make a return to the fore. U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to meet with members of his administration to make a decision on whether or not to activate billions in tariffs on Chinese imports, Reuters reported, citing a source. | <urn:uuid:421d611e-374b-453e-94e3-54787c48fbc0> | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | http://freeamericanetwork.com/asian-shares-decline-after-fed-signals-more-hikes-ahead-kospi-leads-losses/ | 2018-10-19T20:54:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583512434.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20181019191802-20181019213302-00269.warc.gz | en | 0.945698 | 738 |
Essentials in Magic Sponge Balls
DVD by Daryl Easton ($7.56 - normally $9.95)
The Essentials in Magic™ collection gives you the opportunity to enjoy one-on-one instruction from Daryl, the Magician's Magician™. Internationally known and respected as one of the world's finest teachers of magic, Daryl personally mentors you through clear, easy-to-understand video segments and helps you to develop and perfect classic sleight-of-hand skills and techniques, in a way never before available without private lessons. As a World Champion Magician, creator, and teacher of magic, Daryl has distilled decades of experience and study into each DVD to bring you everything you need to know to perform miracles with sponge balls, trick decks, linking rings, cups and balls, and many other classic illusions, right away! Daryl is waiting to share these secrets with you in the Essentials in Magic.
This DVD focuses on Sponge Balls, an amazing magic effect, that is easy to do! In it you will learn...
- Passe Passe Sponge
- Producing the Ball
- Sawing a Ball in Two - Poi Yung Chong
- Passes and Vanishes
- Retention Passes
- Ball to Spectator's Hand
- And much, much more!
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: 1hr 11min
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Book DescriptionAn estimated 45 million Americans suffer from headaches, accounting for some 8 million office visits per year and a 13 billion dollar cost to employers. Through the use of guided imagery, Dr. Martin Rossman has helped thousands over the past three decades find safe, effective relief from headaches without drugs or other costly treatment. On Headache Relief, listeners join Dr. Rossman to learn proven guided imagery exercises that work with both simple tension headaches and severe migraines. Three guided sessions on CD cover body-mind relaxation, pain relief, plus a dialogue with the "inner healer" ? a key to understanding how thoughts, feelings, and actions impact health. | <urn:uuid:a30c5494-3e1b-40de-997b-88c91967c4bb> | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | https://en.readrate.com/eng/books/headache-relief-guided-imagery-exercises-to-soothe-relax-and-heal-guided-self-healing-practices | 2019-02-16T16:41:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247480622.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20190216145907-20190216171907-00289.warc.gz | en | 0.880325 | 131 |
“Before he created the McCabe and Cody series – [Or is it Cody and McCabe? It depends on whom you ask, and it’s an interesting point to ponder … .] Dan Andriacco had written a variety of Sherlockian items – essays, plays, and even a pastiche. Fortunately, instead of being forced to seek each of these out in their various original points of publication, they have all been collected in “Baker Street Beat”.
There’s something here for every Sherlockian. There are a couple of radio plays – one of “The Speckled Band”, and one with a more contemporary feel. For those that like Sherlockian Scholarship, the book includes several essays, including one which is of particular interest to me, “Writing the Holmes Pastiche”. Another of equal importance is “You Know My Methods, Watson”, examining the connections between Holmes and Dr. Thorndyke, another of my heroes. And then there’s “Reichenbach Pilgrimage”, which means a lot to me since I haven’t been able to get there yet – and in the meantime this essay helps to provide valuable information until I do.
As a devotee of Holmes Adventures, what I want most is MORE adventures. And this book has a real winner, Dan Andriacco’s own version of “The Peculiar Persecution of John Vincent Harden”. As much as I enjoy his McCabe and Cody [Cody and McCabe?] books, I want him to write more Holmes pastiches! Are you listening, Mr. Andriacco?
This book has been around since 2011, but it certainly hasn’t gone out of date. Add it to your Holmes collection today!”
Reviewed by David Marcum
Baker Street Beat is available through all good bookstores including in the USA Amazon USA, Barnes and Noble, in the UK Amazon and Waterstones, and for all other countries Book Depository who offer free worldwide delivery. In electronic formats Amazon Kindle, Kobo, Nook, and iTunes for the iPad. Available on Audio. | <urn:uuid:b8c3ac00-35cf-4021-991e-3319ff054a8d> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://mxpublishing.me/2018/11/19/review-of-baker-street-beat-an-eclectic-collection-of-sherlockian-scribblings/ | 2022-01-18T13:13:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320300849.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220118122602-20220118152602-00316.warc.gz | en | 0.952101 | 450 |
Tamil industry is too much popular for it’s love birds and proposals from past few years. Indian film industries best love stories are seen off screen in Tamil industry. But most of them end up with sad ending and few continue in their love track.
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After some serious love affair rumors with Nayatara Aarya is now in hands of one more heroine saying that she is reayd to marry him. Tamil actress pooja says in public that she is interested in Aarya and she would like to marry him. After these shocking words she also adds some masala from Aarya’s side saying that Aarya also knew all my wishes and he takes care of me all the time.
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When you choose to study English in New York, an important consideration is where you will live. EC New York offers residence, apartment, and homestay accommodation options for its students. Homestay accommodation offers students a unique opportunity to practice their English outside of a classroom setting in daily activities and truly gives students a true New York experience. When you live in one of our host family’s homes, you are able to share meals with them, have daily conversations, and really immerse yourself in the culture and lifestyle of a true New Yorker. This truly rounds out the language learning experience and can help you in meeting your English goals. Nassera, a student from France shared, “I’ve made a good progress, because of the courses combined with my life in host family in particular. I was lucky to be welcomed by Arelis, everything was perfect: the welcome, the room, the good advice, and her good cooked dishes.”
Many of the hosts used by EC New York have been hosting for several years. They really enjoy the cultural exchange and enjoy showing parts of New York to their international students. One of EC New York’s hosts, Evelyn, enjoys taking her EC New York 30+ students, who stay in her home, to her favorite restaurants and local shops. One of our students, Frederic from France praised his host mother, “I had a great stay in New York and Evelyn, with her kindness, her dynamism and the many conversations we had, greatly contributed to my success here.”
So if you’re considering studying English in New York City, make sure that your living conditions also support your English goals. By choosing to living in a homestay or residence offered by EC New York, you will not only have an unforgettable experience but also the opportunity to really improve your language learning experience. | <urn:uuid:45e8b5de-1640-44d8-9d7b-c7c4a4ea2ce8> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.ecenglish.com/en/social/blog/new-york/2019/08/26/homestay-living-enhances-the-language-learning-experience | 2020-11-25T22:35:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141184870.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20201125213038-20201126003038-00175.warc.gz | en | 0.971922 | 384 |
Glass is a non-crystalline, often transparent amorphous solid, that has widespread practical, technological, and decorative use in, for example, window panes, tableware, and optics. Glass is most often formed by rapid cooling (quenching) of the molten form; some glasses such as volcanic glass are naturally occurring. The most familiar, and historically the oldest, types of manufactured glass are "silicate glasses" based on the chemical compound silica (silicon dioxide, or quartz), the primary constituent of sand. Soda-lime glass, containing around 70% silica, accounts for around 90% of manufactured glass. The term glass, in popular usage, is often used to refer only to this type of material, although silica-free glasses often have desirable properties for applications in modern communications technology. Some objects, such as drinking glasses and eyeglasses, are so commonly made of silicate-based glass that they are simply called by the name of the material.
Although brittle, silicate glass is extremely durable, and many examples of glass fragments exist from early glass-making cultures. Archaeological evidence suggests glass-making dates back to at least 3,600 BCE in Mesopotamia, Egypt, or Syria. The earliest known glass objects were beads, perhaps created accidentally during metal-working or the production of faience. Due to its ease of formability into any shape, glass has been traditionally used for vessels: bowls, vases, bottles, jars and drinking glasses. In its most solid forms, it has also been used for paperweights and marbles. Glass can be coloured by adding metal salts or painted and printed with vitreous enamels, leading to its use in stained glass windows and other glass art objects.
The refractive, reflective and transmission properties of glass make glass suitable for manufacturing optical lenses, prisms, and optoelectronics materials. Extruded glass fibres have application as optical fibres in communications networks, thermal insulating material when matted as glass wool so as to trap air, or in glass-fibre reinforced plastic (fibreglass).
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4 Cylinder Getrag Transmissions
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The Getrag 265 TransmissionE28 5 Series, E24 6 Series, E23 7 Series ’80 ≧ ’82, ’85 & E30 M3 ’88 ≧ ’91 Find 280 to 265 Transmission Conversion Information below this article
Stating the Issues
Rather than just “rebuilding”, we have actually ‘re-engineered” the BMW Manual Transmission. This is true of our 265 build as well. In general, the BMW Getrag transmissions are quite strong but they have had two areas where improvements are possible. In solving these two problems we have produced a very strong, long lasting transmission.
- Lay-shaft Bearing Failure
- Short Synchronizer Life
We re-engineered the synchronizer assembly for improved clutching action (a synchronizer is actually a form of clutch) and we’ve greatly extended the wear limit of the synchronizer as well. This allows our transmissions to be shifted more aggressively without the fear of premature synchronizer failure which has the effect of making the transmission miserable to shift.
To cure lay-shaft bearing failures, we’ve substituted tapered roller bearings for the ball and/or flat roller bearings used in new and rebuilt gearboxes. We’ve come to respect tapered roller bearings as the absolute best bearings to complement our Ultimate Transmission philosophy. When a lay-shaft bearing fails, it can become quite serious. The bearing can come apart and quickly destroy the transmission.
Blueprinting the Ultimate Transmission
There is considerably more to what makes our rebuilt transmissions so sound than simply substituting superior parts and re-engineering. Even two gearboxes of the same year and model can be quite different, not only with respect to how they shift but also as to the actual dimensions of their parts. That’s why each gearbox should be “set up” to its own particular specifications – to insure that it performs at it’s individual best.
Bearings and their Shimming
Just as no two transmissions perform or “feel” the same, neither should they all be shimmed alike. At Metric Mechanic, we assemble and shim each transmission according to the exact dimensions of the parts actually involved. Also, we use Viton Seals on the Input and Output shafts of our 265 Rebuild – not the neoprene seal.
24 Machining Steps
We are frequently asked to sell various parts used in rebuilding our transmissions. Aside from the fact that we are not a parts seller, parts alone will not result in a Metric Mechanic 265 rebuild. We have devised an entire sequence of machining steps that we have used since the 1980s and these, we hold “close to our vest”.
MM 265 Conversion for the 280 Getragfor the M5 & M6 from 1987 – 1991 or Euro models from 1985 to 1991
Signs of Problems
The 280 Getrag transmission was used behind the S38/S88 engine in the first generation E24/M6 and E28 & E34/M5 from 1985 to 1995. Back in 1987 when the BMW M Cars were first introduced to the United States, BMW’s warranty was something like: 2 years or 24,000 miles – whichever came first. Just out of warranty, we started started getting 280 transmissions in for rebuilding. Most of the same tools and methods we had developed to build the earlier 265 Getrag applied to the 280. By this time, we had established a good reputation and had a better warranty than BMW.
Early on, we saw two major problem areas in the 280 Getrag transmission: The aluminum shift forks would wear out prematurely and synchronizers problems in 2nd and 3rd gear. To fix these problems, we made brass shift forks to replace the problematic stock aluminum shift forks and we made tooth type synchronizers to replace the stock Moly synchronizers.
More Aging Problems
Once, the 280 transmissions started getting up in age, we started getting a number of these transmissions coming in that had run out of oil. The input shaft bearing along with 4th gear would be burned up and the transmission would be junk (not rebuildable). Often, the 280 Getrag was run out oil, because the oil fill plug put the oil level too low in the transmission and the Neoprene output shaft seal tended to leak. We fixed the leak by going with a Viton output shaft seal, that we use in all of our Ultimate transmissions. The oil level being too low in the transmission due to the oil fill plug location, takes a bit of explaining: The 280 Getrag uses the front and rear case sections from a 260 Getrag with an intermediate case sandwiched in the middle. The oil fill plug instead of being in front case section, as it is in a 260, is located in the intermediate case and sits lower. So, the oil level sits slightly lower in a 280 than it does in a 260 Getrag. This reduces the amount of oil that can be splash fed to the gears and bearings, making it more prone to failure when combined with a leaking output shaft seal.
The Final Straw
After awhile, we could not find any good used 280 transmissions that could be rebuilt. A transmission rebuild is only as good as the core. In other words, you can’t turn a loud burned up 280 into a quiet perfect transmission. Also, it was just not worth it to make custom brass shift forks and tooth type synchronizers for such a limited transmission. At this point we stopped building the Getrag 280 Transmission. Alias: “280 GET-TRASH”.
Enter the MM Getrag 265 Conversion
In 1995, one of our employee’s bought an M5 with a bad 280 Getrag transmission. We looked at converting to a 265 Getrag. The internals of the Getrag 280 and 265 are very similar. The Getrag 265 is about 5/8″ (15mm) longer than a 280. During the rebuild of the 265 transmission, the output shaft was shortened, so the driveshaft wouldn’t need to be cut. We developed and fabricated parts to do the conversion. In the end, we made a conversion from the stock 280 to a MM Ultimate Getrag 265 that was a straight forward swap. What makes this conversion so good is that the 265 has a history for being reliable, gets rid of all the problems found in the 280, and they’re available.
Getrag 280 & 265 History and Design
The 280 Getrag was used in all first generation M5/M6 & M635 (Euro) models that used the S38/B35&B36 and S88 (Euro) engines. The Getrag 280 can best be described as a hybrid of a Getrag 260 and 265 transmission. The front and back transmission case sections come from a later 260. Like the 260, the shift forks are aluminum and wear out prematurely. Also, like the late 260, the teeth on the operating sleeve and gear engagement teeth on 2nd and 3rd gear are asymmetrical. This design makes for weaker up shifts, causing the synchronizers to grind in 2nd and/or 3rd, but does promote better synchronization when down shifting. The gear set layout looks similar to a 265 Getrag. BMW no longer sells the 280 Getrag.
Over our 40 year life span, we have done thousands of BMW Getrag transmissions and if you ask us what model of Getrag transmissions is the most reliable, the vast majority of us would say the 265. Looking at the transmission’s history, it looks like BMW also, had a high regard for the 265 Getrag.
The 265 Getrag was first used in the 1980 BMW 528i and continued to be used in all 5/ 6/ & 7 series BMW models up to and including 1982. In 1982 the BMW 325e had the Getrag 260 and the following year all BMW 6 cylinder models got the 260 up until 1985. These early 260 transmissions were a bit problematic. In 1985 BMW made an unusual move, they switched back to the Getrag 265 in the 5/ 6/ & 7 series. All, 1986 models got a revised 260 Getrag. The 325e/i all used the 260 Getrag but when BMW came out with the E30 / M3 they once again went back to the Getrag 265. BMW going back to the Getrag 265 at two later dates, indicates they believed in the 265.
The 265 Getrag uses brass shift forks that never wear out. The operating sleeves have symmetrical teeth, along with the gear engagement teeth. Because the 265 was used in more mainstream models, it’s much easier to find rebuildable transmission cores.
MM Ultimate 265 Getrag
Our MM Ultimate 265 Getrag transmissions can be shifted more briskly and have a stellar reputation for reliability. They are not to be confused with a conventional rebuild.
To properly build a Getrag 265 takes a lot of skill and special tools. We have developed the following tools; Front case puller, rear case puller, a 20 ton pulling fixture to remove 5th gear, an alignment shaft sleeve to install 5th gear, a detent ball installation tool, bearing drivers, input shaft seal driver, shift seal driver, and rear seal installation tool.
When building an MM Ultimate 265 Getrag transmission we do the following extra steps beyond a conventional rebuild.
-We perform up to 24 machining steps, that make the synchronizer clutch in harder on the gear cone. *This not only allows you to go into gear quicker, but it also greatly extends the wear life of the synchronizer.
-We “blue print” each synchronizer to it’s respective gear cone. We check the synchronizer for rock. We then deglaze the synchro and cone to create the right drag coefficient.
-We “blue print” the shimming on all bearings for zero end play.
-Viton input seal, Viton output seal, and upgraded shift seal. *Viton seals are far superior to stock factory seals at preventing leaks.
-Tapered roller bearings can be added ($300 up charge) to the lay shaft for greater load carrying capacity, when used behind high output or boosted engines. With optional tapered roller bearings, our Ultimate 265 Getrag can take about 650 ft/lbs of torque going into the input shaft.
*The MM Ultimate 265 Getrag transmission comes with a 2 year warranty.
The Getrag 280 to the MM Ultimate Getrag 265 conversion come with the following:
For E28/M5 and E24/M6
-MM Ultimate 265 Getrag transmission with a 2 year warranty.
-Bell housing with pick up sensor mount.
-Bell housing bolts.
-Shift counsel adapter.
-Cross member mount.
-Two rubber rear transmission mounts.
-Center support bearing.
MM Ultimate 265 Getrag transmission with a 2 year warranty.
-Bell housing bolts.
-Shift counsel adapter.
-MM cross member mount.
-Two rubber rear transmission mounts.
-Guibo with bolts and nuts
*The Getrag 280 to the MM Ultimate Getrag 265 conversion, with a 2 year warranty, sells outright for $4995 plus shipping.
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Catena Media said it was able to handle the first-stage complexities of the COVID-19 market, as the company posted a strong opening to year-trading.
Reporting top-line growth through key metrics, Catena, listed in Stockholm, posted a 2 percent rise in corporate revenues to €26.7 million (Q1 2019: €26.1 million).
Revenue performance was sustained by its casino division, which contributed 61% of sales during trading in the first quarter – sports betting (33%) and financial services (6%).
Continuing to work under the cost-effectiveness criteria set out in its Strategic Review for 2019, Catena reported that it had made ‘no major investments’ during the opening months of 2020.
Minimizing expenses across its publishing network, Catena was able to trade on a dramatically improved profit margin of 47%, with EBITDA rising by 12% to €12.5 million (Q12019: €11.2 million).
Catena Media CEO Per Hellberg said: “Our business remains strong and I am happy to see that revenues in the first quarter increased compared to last year and that April has continued to develop well, despite weaker performance from the Sports segment.
“Our measures to improve cost efficiency – especially during these difficult times – allowed us to increase profitability by 15 percent compared to last year. Further, it makes me proud to see that our employees continue to achieve great things while working remotely.”
Catena clarified that their attention on Q2 has changed completely and will now deal with COVID-19 impacts, in which the operator clarified in depth that certain European jurisdictions will ‘enforce temporary limitations’ on igaming operators.
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How do I control the light brightness on the instrument panel?
Your car is equipped with several instrument panel lights designed to illuminate the gauges, dials and readouts so you can see them when driving in low-light conditions or at night. You can adjust the brightness of your instrument panel lights as well (whether the headlights are on or not). Here’s how:
Locate the instrument panel dimmer switch on the left side of the steering wheel (it’s a dial control).
Turn the dial down to dim the instrument panel lights.
Turn the dial up to brighten the instrument panel lights.
When you turn on the headlights, the instrument panel lights will dim slightly. This is normal. Turn the dial up to brighten the lights if necessary.
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PM 488 Experimental Therapeutics (CRN: 78681) 3 Credit Hours
Instructor: Karl Kieburtz, MD
This course is designed for individuals interested in the process for identifying novel interventions for diseases, and for their eventual introduction into humans. Topic areas covered will include: Preclinical laboratory techniques useful in assessing an intervention’s ability to modulate a disease mechanism and to potentially influence human disease; the preclinical safety data needed before initiating human experimentation, the appropriate techniques for extrapolating dosages from animals to humans; types of human experimentation (Phase I-Phase IV clinical trials) and the level of animal and human evidence necessary to progress from one phase of experimentation to the next; and ethical underpinnings of human experimentation.
Tuesday, CTSI lecture 12:15 – 3:15 p.m. (including CTSI seminar), Saunders Research Building (SRB) 1.402
Please note that scheduled class times and rooms may change prior to the beginning of classes. Updated information will be placed on our departmental web page as it becomes available: Public Health Sciences
For more information about the courses listed below, please contact the instructor or Pattie Kolomic, Graduate Programs Administrator, (585) 275-7882, Pattie_Kolomic@urmc.rochester.edu.
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When Sadie Liberato is cajoled by her brother to attend a costume party a month before Halloween, she had no idea she'd fall for a handsome devil in a mask. Or that she'd have one hellishly fine encounter in the dark. But when her masked devil turns out to be Gear Blackstone, fallen TV reality star of the super popular show, Motorcycle Madnezz, she wonders if this is a match made in heaven or hell...
‘All I want for Halloween’ starts out fun and gossipy in a way about celebrities that had me laughing at the parody, then made it work by introducing a female lead who seemed to know just what she was doing, and yet was funny and gutsy to boot. And I’d thought there and then, that we had a winner.
After all, who can say that they’ve looked with disdain from afar, then came face to face with the very person you’ve been seeing on screen and been judgemental about? As someone watching from the outside, Sadie Liberato’s own reaction to the whole mess of a cheating ex and Motorcycle Madnezz’s end of an era on tv closely mirrored mine…minus the incidental meeting and the sexy times.
But past Gear’s and Sadie’s first (rather acrobatic) public, masked-sex at the party, it was hard to sustain interest in a pairing because I couldn’t tell just what direction their relationship was going to take. Throw in the sudden influx of characters in the midway point and the copious number of sex scenes—I really did get the point early on that sex between them was hot and stratospheric and got bored when that just went on and on—, it started to fall flat at the quarter-mark of the story, when Gear and Sadie find themselves in a semblance of dating but are convinced that they’re nothing more than that while their actions prove otherwise. Adamant that their ‘relationship’ is casual, much of it felt like lust masquerading as love still, even as both eventually do come to the conclusion that they are already there with their emotions.
Overall, I feel as though I should have liked this better than I did, but throughout it all, I simply found myself impatiently wanting to see the story get somewhere and was disappointed when it didn’t quite. Instead it dragged on and I finally started to skim, almost relieved when Gear/Sadie got it into their heads that they were on the same emotional page because that was where the story also ended. | <urn:uuid:5efb5eec-3d73-4d78-bf83-578d013d61db> | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | http://unstuckpages.com/reviews/authors/marie-harte/ | 2018-01-16T17:29:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084886476.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20180116164812-20180116184812-00477.warc.gz | en | 0.980065 | 555 |
So I'm quite a bit behind on everything at the moment and am too scatterbrained to condense my thoughts into a proper Weekly Sitrep update. However I wouldn't have traded the experience for anything - it was a blast and I thank the Bullrun peeps for letting us tag along on a $20k rally while only paying for our gas and hotel. Awesome. I'm planning on doing the full rally next year.
If you're into this kind of stuff, keep an eye on my personal blog for more on my rallying adventures, including more video soon.
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Craig Shirley Reagan biographer and president, Shirley and Banister Public Affairs :
In 1976, after a disastrous triple loss to Ronald Reagan in the GOP presidential primaries Gerald Ford’s campaign manager, Rogers C.B. Morton, was asked if he was going to change his campaign operation.
Morton gave American politics one of the greatest (and most self-indicting) quotes of all time.
“I’m not going to rearrange the furniture on deck of the Titanic.,” he too candidly told reporters.
After that, Morton was slowly eased out, to be eventually replaced by James A. Baker as the chief of the Ford operation.
The problem with the SS Obama isn’t the crew, it is the wrong heading of the ship. The SS Obama could have Dennis Conner at the helm, and it would still be taking on water.
Obama could have Milton Friedman as his executive officer, but if the policies are no good, then there is
really nothing Friedman could do to change things. The problem with Washington is that it is too hung up on personalities rather than policies.
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Bath Spa University offers many professional development opportunities for both staff and students.
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Umar Ibn Al-Khattab
The second khalifah of the Muslims, Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA), was a leader who trusted in Allah completely. It was under his leadership that the Islam expanded enormously and he was known for establishing justice within this rapidly expanding Ummah. Illustrated in colour. Recommended for ages 8 and over.
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Author Syrie James (The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen) offers readers a breathtaking new perspective on Bram Stoker’s classic tale of the king of the vampires with Dracula, My Love. In these “Secret Journals of Mina Harker,” the object of Dracula’s desire relates for the very first time the shocking story of her scandalous seduction and sexual rebirth. This is not the chaste vampire romance of Twilight—Dracula, My Love celebrates a passionate obsession in all its hot and sensuous glory.
James (The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen) tepidly reboots the Dracula story, reimagining the classic from the point of view of Mina Harker, a minor victim. Here, Mina is torn between two men dependable Jonathan Harker and darkly enigmatic Nicolae Dracula. While the men of the story enact the plot from the original, Mina secretly meets her lover, Dracula, and conspires to have the best of both worlds keep Jonathan as a husband for the term of her mortal life and keep Dracula as a lover for eternity. The mood and material may put readers in mind of Coppola's Dracula movie, though James does the narrative a disservice by waiting until too late to force Mina to make a choice the buildup isn't exactly riveting, and the hurried decision comes across as contrived. A few unexpected twists along the way offer pleasant surprises (Van Helsing, for instance, recast as a comically inept buffoon), but otherwise, this will have a hard time standing out on the increasingly packed vampire romance shelf.
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I couldn't put it down, please tell me there will be a sequel! I read Stoker's book so many times because I was trying to read between the lines, convinced that the love and passion between Dracula and Mina was hidden in there somewhere. Syrie James echoes his style and fills in all the missing pieces so artfully. You know a book is great when you are totally captivated by a story and walk away convinced that it was not fiction. And the end...all I can say is when will you share volume 2 of Mina's private journals?
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They say to write what you know. Write what you feel. So, here are some thoughts from yesterday.
I stepped outside to walk to the Post Office this afternoon, and like a fog, the scents of damp earth and wood smoke surrounded me. Added to the sixty-four degree temperature, it made me think of spring, not the last day of January. It also made me remember springtime at my grandparents’ house.
Memories are funny things. Sometimes, they bring feelings of sadness, especially when you’re remembering a loved-one who has passed away. Other times, memories bring joy. Just like people, memories are different. Yesterday’s memory makes me a little sad and a little happy, too.
Springtime at Mamaw’s. Faint wood smoke lingering in the air from the chilly morning a few hours before, damp earth just waiting for something to be planted in it, the smells of homemade beef stew or Pinto beans cooking on the gas range in the kitchen, the sound of split logs hitting the walls of the wood house as my papaw prepared for the next winter, I remember like it was yesterday.
Knowing I was home, I’d hurry from the car and up the front steps. I’d grab the handle of the screen door and walk right in, knowing I was welcome. The screen door would bang shut behind me, as I made my way toward the kitchen where homey smells of cooking food and Mamaw waited. I’d open the microwave, and sure enough, left over biscuits or cornbread would be arranged on a plate inside. Once, when there was only one biscuit left, my cousin and I fought over it, eventually tearing it in half so we both could get some.
Pulling out a chair, I would sit at the table and sigh. Usually, no one was interested in hearing about a twelve-year-old’s daily account of what her friends and latest crush had or had not said at school, but not Mamaw. She’d listen and give her advice, all the while making me feel like I was the most specialist girl in the whole wide world. And to her, I was, along with my sisters and my cousins. You’d have thought we kids hung the moon or turned in to God’s perfect angels over night. I miss being loved like that.
Sometimes, Mamaw and I would sing together. She was the one who taught me to hear the alto part in a song, and to this day, I can still hear her singing alto when I sing “Amazing Grace”.
Every time I catch a whiff of wood smoke, fresh snow or damp earth, I think about being at my grandparents’ house. I’m there, hearing dogs bark close by, remembering how the sun goes down behind the mountain around six P.M. in the summertime. More than anything, I want to go back home. I want my kids to play in the yard I played in. I want them to peel boiled eggs, just like we did one Easter, and leave their colored egg shells in the yard for me to find, just like Mamaw found our mess. I want to sit on the porch in the morning with a cup of coffee and listen to the song of birds and the occasional whoosh of a passing car. But, time is elusive, and I can never go home again.
These memories are unique to me. No one else can have the exact same memory as I have. But, like an album of pictures, I can pull the memories out and cherish them time and time again. Probably the best thing about my memories is I can share them. Sharing them keeps them alive, and in my memories, Mamaw lives. | <urn:uuid:bb1f962f-ada3-4828-8030-79b0ba0cb01a> | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | http://oldtimechristian.blogspot.com/2012/02/writing-wednesday-memories.html | 2017-12-15T02:32:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948563083.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20171215021156-20171215041156-00789.warc.gz | en | 0.971254 | 786 |
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In order to honor the talented worshipers who have helped build RoiHOP, we are providing access to some of their worship albums. Please enjoy these examples of the worship state of Utah. Our past and present worship leaders have graciously offered permission to include their albums. We invite you to come worship Our LORD in the Splendor of His Holiness.
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Out of the Blue
On the Eastern Shore of Lake Michigan, a Home is Memorably Shaped by Color and Geometry
It’s called Harbor Country now—a trademarked appellation coined nearly 30 years ago by boosters who envisioned their picturesque sliver of land, only 60 minutes from Chicago, as a future vacation home haven. Their work paid off, their hopes came true, and the term caught on. But architect Margaret McCurry, a native Chicagoan, recalls a time when the string of quiet, family-friendly communities along Lake Michigan didn’t have a marketing plan. “Back then,” she says, “this part of southwest Michigan was just called Southwest Michigan.”
With her husband, Stanley Tigerman, McCurry is a principal of Tigerman McCurry Architects and a bona fide member of architectural royalty in Chicago, a city so justifiably proud of its design history that it named a downtown street after Mies van der Rohe. But she also has roots in this tiny corner of Michigan, near the Indiana state line, where she and Tigerman have maintained a home for many years. She first began building here—for friends, and then later for friends of friends, as word spread—20 years ago; now she can’t take a leisurely drive through the wooded lanes of Harbor Country without frequently passing one of her creations.
One of them, a lakeside getaway for a young family, isn’t too hard to spot: It’s the only three-and-a-half-story, metal-roofed, sapphire-blue house on the block. McCurry’s clients wanted to make a bold chromatic statement; when she showed them a nearby house she’d built, whose tongue-and-groove cedar siding was painted a bright lipstick red, they loved what they saw (see Architectural Digest, May 2005). But copying the color would have been a faux pas. “That pretty much left yellow and blue,” says McCurry.
Blue it was, and blue it is: a shade that celebrates the joyous meeting of lake and sky. This is a house that encourages—one might even say insists upon—engagement with its environment, thanks to a profusion of windows and glass doors that soak practically every square inch of the interior in light and allow for fantastic views: not only of the lake but also of the Galien River, which feeds into it, and the surrounding protected wetlands.
The views inside are impressive, too. McCurry—who majored in art history at Vassar before becoming an architect—knows how to achieve dramatic effects by framing her spaces, forcing the eye to take in various elements one at a time rather than all at once. A visitor entering from the front door, for example, looks up a small flight of stairs and sees, at eye level, the dining table, which sits at the intersection of the house’s north-south and east-west axes; the image is cropped tight so that one has no choice but to regard it independently before ascending the stairs and situating the dining area in the context of the larger axial plan.
McCurry takes great pride in providing what she calls “little encounters, little surprises,” and here they abound. There probably aren’t many houses, for instance, where a dinner guest would be happy to spend the entire meal staring at the underside of a staircase; in McCurry’s hands, however, it becomes a bold architectural element, hovering over the space between the entrance hall and the dining area, every bit as hypnotizing as a Donald Judd sculpture. Or consider the way she turns an ordinary walk up a flight of stairs into a mini-event, with clever window placement that creates an atrium-like effect in the main stairwell and gives brief, tantalizing glimpses into other rooms. When was the last time architecture inspired you to pause, appreciatively, along a staircase?
If this house could be said to have a unifying geometric element, it would have to be a grid. Small, square windows—which have become a sort of McCurry signature–pop up regularly on all the floors. “Often we’ll use square windows without muntins, and if you pile up a bunch of them, it gives you the effect of a single oversize muntin–so you get a kind of modern version of the old-fashioned window grid,” she says.
On the second floor, a master suite and a pair of children’s bedrooms open to a lake-facing deck that runs the full length of the house. The rooms are simply designed and just as simply decorated; these are spaces for relaxing after a long summer’s day spent walking along the dunes or wading in the gently lapping waves. But just above this floor is yet another surprise: The attic isn’t an attic at all, but a loftlike wing containing two guest rooms and a family room. The clients’ young children—and anyone with a childlike love of small, cubbyhole spaces—can’t help but thrill over the unique touches McCurry has added up here, including a string of knee-level windows just below the eaves and a pair of window seats, the perfect spot for a kid’s afternoon nap.
Though she’s filled this house with delightful details, Margaret McCurry has also made sure to instill it with the logic that is fundamental to her ethos. “Axiality is a very important part of my work,” she says. “I want it to be the case that you can always sense where you’re going when you walk down the stairs or turn a corner. It creates a sense of calm. But I also like to play with it—just a little.” | <urn:uuid:c8f86a01-1072-42d4-afad-7add6c4b93df> | CC-MAIN-2014-49 | http://www.architecturaldigest.com/AD100/2010/margaret_mccurry/mccurry_article_062007 | 2014-11-23T21:14:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-49/segments/1416400380037.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20141119123300-00064-ip-10-235-23-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950431 | 1,223 |
There’s a lot of attention being focused on the centennial anniversaries of Ireland’s revolutionary period, 1912 to 1923, which continues to reverberate through the island’s politics, economy and society.
But the death and misery of the period did not subside after the civil war ended in May 1923. A new report by online historian Fin Dwyer at irishhistorypodcasts.ie details the “forgotten famine” of 1924-1925. He writes:
The harvest in 1923 and, in particular, 1924 was nothing short of disastrous. The weather, while not particularly cold, was unusually wet. Crop yields collapsed. The potato – still the main food source for many rural poor – rotted in the fields. Fodder was impossible to find and animal stocks died in large numbers from hunger related diseases. To compound this crisis, it was not possible to dry out turf – the main fuel source for the rural poor. ….
Even though the government voted through £500,000 in aid, the crisis continued to deepen and by early January 1925, the worst predictions began to materialise in the west. … President W.T. Cosgrave described the situation of distress as “considerably greater than normal, but comparison with 1847 is, I am glad to say not justified. There is no question of famine in that sense.” Using the worst famine in modern European history as a bench mark nevertheless illustrated the depth of crisis.
But Dwyer goes on to detail how the governing Cumann na nGaedheal party engaged in a “callous and dangerous denial and cover up” as news of the starvation, especially in the West of Ireland, began to attract international attention. He writes:
Concerned with the interests of large farmers and their emerging new state, this fear of international rebuke touched a nerve with Irish politicians. After only three years of Independent rule, they were nothing short of hypersensitive about the country’s international image. When faced with a choice of downplaying the starvation or risking their international reputation, the choice was simple for the politicians of Cumann na nGaedhael.
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Traveling in the Left Lane January 20, 2021 Legal Tip: How fast or slow a vehicle travels in the left lane is often a hot topic among drivers, but Florida law requires all drivers to treat the left lane as a passing lane. Even if you’re driving the speed limit in the furthest left lane, another vehicle – driving faster than you – ...
Cohabitation Now Legal in Florida April 7, 2016 Finally, the 1868 Florida law prohibiting unmarried couples from living together is repealed. Click the below link to read more in the Tallahassee Democrat.
Governor Scott Signs Repeal of Shacking Up Law
“A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words” February 15, 2016 As the saying goes: “A picture is worth a thousand words.”
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LOVE AT THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN
A YA ROMANCE ANTHOLOGY
Stars and Stone Books
Featuring: M.T. DeSantis, A.E. Hayes, Serena Jayne, Cara McKinnon, Mary Rogers, and Kylie Weisenborn.
It's never easy to go through the fraught transition into adulthood, but the teens in this anthology have more to deal with than most: super powers, magic, illness, and prejudice against sexual orientation and gender identity. Fortunately, they all find love at the edge of seventeen.
M.T. DeSantis – “Be Null, My Heart” Teen love…with superpowers.
A.E. Hayes – “Her First Fever” Can a smart, stubborn girl look past the things she desires the most in life to help out her annoying, enigmatic biology partner – even if helping him comes with an emotional price?
Serena Jayne – “Dead Man’s Party” Despite formidable evidence to the contrary, Xander was magic.
Cara McKinnon – “Three Jagged Pieces” Boy meets girl meets boy.
Mary Rogers – “The Crayon Thief” The last time they talked, he stole her crayon. Now he wants to take her on a date. But why?
Kylie Weisenborn – “Now I Am” Annalyn is dead…so what is she waiting for?
~Attend the Facebook release party
~And check out the anthology website
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In his masterpiece, The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor (Columbia Business School Publishing), Howard Marks mentions some books that had a great influence on his way of thinking. In the introduction to the book, Marks’ states that these books “each did a great deal to shape my thinking.: Marks is the CEO of Oaktree; an$80billion distressed value asset management company. Readers can learn more about Marks on our resource page.
He mentions the following three books:
Winning the Loser’s Game by Charles Ellis. Another great book recommended by many others. The book talks about how hard it is to beat the market, and provides
A Short History of Financial Euphoria by John Kenneth Galbraith. We have not read this, but heard great things. It is about the history of investment bubbles.
Of course we assume Howard Marks would recommend his own book; The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor. The book was endorsed by Seth Klarman, Warren Bufett, Jeremy Grantham, and John Bogle among others.
Finally Marks does not specify any further books but states in the introduction “I’ve been extremely fortunate to learn directly from some outstanding investors”, his list includes the following people:
Warren Buffett, whose reading list can be found – http://www.valuewalk.com/books/warren-buffetts-recommendations/
Charlie Munger, whose reading list can be found – http://www.valuewalk.com/charlie-mungers-list/
Seth Klarman, whose reading list can be found – http://www.valuewalk.com/books/seth-klarmans-recommended/.
Joel Greenblatt, who is a master author himself, and has recommended other books, which readers can find http://www.valuewalk.com/books/joel-greenblatts-recommended-reading-list/.
John Kenneth Galbraith, as mentioned above.
Jim Grant, whose writings are revered by many other great investors.
Jack Bogle, who has written many fantastic books on asset allocation.
Peter Bernstein, another great author on on finance.
Jeremy Grantham of GMO, who has yet to author a book. | <urn:uuid:22a0a457-00ce-454d-ad5a-7d94c35430a2> | CC-MAIN-2015-18 | http://www.valuewalk.com/howard-marks-books-recommended-reading-list/ | 2015-05-07T08:39:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-18/segments/1430460924971.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20150501061524-00032-ip-10-235-10-82.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934805 | 489 |
Wash dal and rice separately until water runs clear. Soak them separately in lot of water for at least 5 to 6 hours.
Soak poha for about 2 hours, if using. Note:- you can use fenugreek seeds instead of poha or, add them to the dal. Soak well. or you can use both. but don't skip both use at least one of them.
After 4-5 Hours drain the water from the rice and dal.
Add dal, poha, salt and required cold water to a grinder. Grind till smooth, bubble and frothy.Note:- If using fenugreek seeds add them as well to the jar.
Add urad dal batter to a larger bowl.
Add rice to the grinder with a little water and grind little coarsely. pour this to the dal batter. Mix both well.
Set the batter aside in a warm place for at least 6-12 hourd until the batter ferments and rises well.
People living in high altitudes and cold climate can keep this in 100 Degree C preheated oven.
On high flame bring enough water to boil in an idly steamer or a pressure cooker. Grease your idly plates lightly. Mix the batter gently a few times. Do not over do as the aerated batter will turn flat. Fill the molds with batter.
When the water begins to bubble and steam up, place the stand in the steamer.
Steam on high for 5 minutes. Reduce the heat and steam on low for 10 minutes.
Open the steamer carefully and checm idli by inserting a clean knife. If the knife comes out clean idli is done. Else steam it for another couple of minutes or so.
Remove the steamer from heat and let it stand for 5 minutes. Open and remove the idlis from the mould with a knife.
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Answered By: Sarah Morehouse Last Updated: May 01, 2015 Views: 4
We commonly get questions about the assignment where you need two articles about "The Two Faces of Power," which is an article from the 1960s about how sociologists and political scientists view power differently.
All of the articles you need are in the JSTOR database. You can get to it by going to the library web site and clicking Article Databases. Then either use the search box at the top to search for your database by its name, or scroll down to JSTOR, click it, and log in.
- Original article is "Two Faces of Power" by Bachrach and Baratz in 1962
- Bachrach wrote another article, "Decisions and Nondecisions: An Analytical Framework," expanding on the content in 1963.
- Response article is "Nondecisions and Power: The Two Faces of Bachrach and Baratz," by Debnam in 1975
The easiest way to find them is by searching each title, in quotation marks, in JSTOR.
These can be challenging articles to read. It may help you to print them out*** so that you can mark them up in the following ways:
- First, skim through the article. Then go back and read it more carefully and start marking it up with a pen.
- Draw [brackets] around sentences that express the main ideas.
- Underline key words and concepts.
- As you read, questions may arise in your mind, or opinions contrary to what the author is saying. Write them down in the margins of the page.
- Use the back of the last page to write the gist of the article in your own words.
*** Printing in JSTOR is a little tricky.
- Get to your article.
- Click View PDF in the upper right corner of the page. It will open in a pop-up window.
- Hover your mouse over the window until the strip of icons appears at the lower left. Click the one that looks like a printer.
- Go through the usual print dialog that your computer uses.
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All the materials we use for our Haute Confection pieces are natural and noble, therefore inherently fragile.
Be sure to take care of them and maintain them with care.
The sunglasses & the Glasses
To wipe your glasses, use your microfiber square.
Cleaning with clean water with soap or dishwashing liquid.
If your glasses are not straight, you can have them adjusted for free at an optician.
You can tighten your glasses with a small screwdriver.
Unless indicated / pictogram "Dry wash", we advise you to wash your scarf in machine and not by hand. Indeed, the movement will be more regular and respectful of the fiber, unlike a manual wash where the room may be bent and / or crumpled.
In the machine, choose a "wool" program (usually short, of the order of 30 min, and limited to 500 or 600 rpm) and cold. Use a "special wool" detergent - without fabric softener!
If you want to protect your scarf in the machine, slip it into a net or pillowcase.
Once washed, dry your scarf flat, away from a heat source.
In case of severe work, we recommend a dry cleaning in the laundry.
Tip # 1: If pills are forming, do not pull on them. It is a natural process that is nevertheless possible to limit. For this, use a special razor.
Tip # 2: except in case of task, we advise you to wash your scarf 1-2 per season maximum. If necessary, do not hesitate to air it for 24 or 48 hours.
In the machine, choose a cold program or at 30 ° C maximum, if possible limited to 600 revolutions / min.
Wash your socks upside down.
We strongly advise against ironing or drying. Flat drying is recommended.
In general, the tie is a piece requiring very limited maintenance. However, if you wish to clean it, we advise you bring it to the drycleaner.
Leather (belts, card holders, gloves)
Our pieces are crafted in full grain leather of the highest quality. It will skate perfectly with time. It does not require or very little maintenance. You can still apply a colorless cream to nourish the leather from time to time.
However, be careful with gloves, which lambskin leather is particularly delicate. Avoid water. The "classic" model benefits from a treatment during tanning, which protects the glove from traces of water (without being impermeable). Conversely, the Pilot glove - in velvet leather - can be waterproofed. If you want to maintain them, choose a nourishing cream "special delicate skin" or "special lamb", Famaco for example.
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Michael Cart continues his report of the 2007 ALA conference in this podcast, recapping YALSA’s celebration of its fiftieth anniversary and reporting on the explosion of events related to young adult literature.
Infopeople’s book guy Michael Cart reports on his experiences at the 2007 ALA conference in Washington, DC in his latest podcast. Expect particular attention to be given to the many faces of young adult literature represented at the conference.
Comics and graphic novels were a major presence at this year's Book Expo America trade show recently held in New York. Infopeople's Michael Cart tells you all about it in this podcast recorded on June 20, and he brings you up to date on other news from the ever-expanding world of graphic publishing.
In his latest podcast, Infopeople's book maven Michael Cart discusses the recently announced nominations for the 2007 Eisner Awards, the Oscars of the comics industry, and related trends in the publishing of comics and graphic novels.
In his latest book-related podcast Michael Cart discusses the recent demise of the stand-alone newspaper book review section and what you can do to help revive this vanishing form of essential journalism.
In his latest podcast, Michael Cart mourns the recent death of Captain America so you don’t have to! But, hey, the Captain is a Marvel comics superhero, and those superheroes do have a way of coming back (and back and back and . . .) | <urn:uuid:ddd029c0-e645-48b2-b0a5-5346150b2cef> | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | https://infopeople.org/blog-categories/michael-cart?page=12 | 2017-03-29T05:17:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218190183.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212950-00334-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947937 | 297 |
There is something to be said about a band that still kills it after almost 25 years at it. Californian death/grind aficionados recently unleashed their sixth full length album to date, on August 6, 2013, and they have brought with them more aggression than ever on this release. Thrashy, technical, and adrenaline filled are just a few words that come to mind upon listening to “Necrocracy”. This LP will pump you up, plain and simple.
Listeners are hooked within the first few seconds of the album, as it immediately breaks into a groove filled, thrashy riff on the track “Coins Upon Eyes”. The brutality doesn’t end here however. Throughout the album, Exhumed exhibits fun filled, death/thrash excellence. These are the kind of songs that both incite a circle pit and get guitar nerds talking. The solos we find here are clean, melodic and technical. The choruses are anthemic and catchy and the riffs are creative and groove-filled.
The LP flows well, each track melding into the next, but remains exciting throughout, never sounding repetitive. Clean, acoustic breaks, found on tracks like Dysmorphic, break this album up nicely. Overall, Exhumed has managed to write an album filled with tracks that stick with you quite easily. Tracks like “The Rotting”, bring me back to the moment I first heard the greatness that is death metal, with the classic down tuned guitars, appropriate blast bleats and melodic and passionate solos.
Exhumed has not only written an incredibly memorable album, they’ve outdone themselves a bit by including five bonus tracks at the end of the LP. The bonus tracks don’t disappoint either. From “The Beginning After The End” to “Go For The Throat”, these tracks rip hard as fuck. Necrocracy is simply the must have album of this year. Go out and fucking buy it! For now though, join me in the circle pit with Exhumed. Happy Listening. Hails! | <urn:uuid:2e5c2a84-5393-44e7-a8b1-28fef8624b27> | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | https://underworldzine.com/2013/08/23/exhumed-necrocracy/ | 2019-02-20T21:16:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247496694.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20190220210649-20190220232649-00485.warc.gz | en | 0.955996 | 445 |
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The team at Sutherlin Nissan of Fort Pierce is excited to announce that the 2020 Nissan Maxima is now available! With new standard features, including advanced driver-assist technologies, this new Maxima is now even more prepared for anything that comes its way on the roads around Vero Beach, Florida, and beyond.
Beyond its recently refreshed exterior styling that included a new front-end design with revised LED lighting and Nissan's V-Motion grille, the Maxima returns for 2020 with an array of safety systems that now come standard on every version of this sedan.
If you're in the market for a high-powered new car around Port St. Lucie, FL, then you'll want to tour and test drive the new Maxima lineup soon. Sutherlin Nissan of Fort Pierce is your local source for the 2020 edition as well as every other new Nissan automobile!
2020 Maxima Trim Levels
The 2020 Nissan Maxima S trim is the most affordable version of this premium sedan and gets a 300-hp V6 engine and LED headlights as standard. For 2020, every Maxima now comes standard with the Nissan Safety Shield 360 suite of driver-assistive technologies, including:
Automatic Emergency Braking
Rear Automatic Braking
High Beam Assist
Lane Departure Warning
Blind Spot Warning
Rear Cross-Traffic Alert
Motorists who step up to the SV edition are treated to the added safety and convenience of driver-assist features like Intelligent Cruise Control and Traffic Sign Recognition. The Maxima SV cabin is also decked out in leather-trimmed seating with heated front seats. The SR version is the sportiest model in the bunch, with its 19-inch gloss black alloy wheels, paddle shifters and a sport-tuned suspension that together provide an enhanced driving experience.
With editions like the Platinum and Platinum Reserve also available, you can upgrade to upscale amenities like premium leather-appointed seating with diamond-quilted leather inserts and even available heated rear seats.
More Maxima Amenities
Nissan's flagship sedan comes loaded with advanced technologies, including a NissanConnect® 8" touch-screen display, integrated RearView Monitor and Apple CarPlay® and Android Auto™ capability. Nissan's famed Intelligent Around View® Monitor is also available and provides a bird' s-eye view of your surroundings while in reverse gear.
From its Advanced Drive-Assist® Display and Sport Mode to its available Bose® Premium Audio System, you'll be ready to take to the road and enjoy every journey with the Maxima's array of advanced features. Remember that every version of the 2020 Maxima comes fitted with Nissan's legendary 300 horsepower, 3.5-liter, VQ V6 engine that delivers breathtaking performance.
Secure Your Powerful New Maxima Today
Ready to upgrade to a powerful and refined new Nissan? Then get into a 2020 Maxima sedan at Sutherlin Nissan of Fort Pierce, where we proudly serve motorists from nearby Port St. Lucie. The full lineup of new Maxima sedans for sale can be explored online or on-site through our Fort Pierce, FL, dealership.
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A contractor plans to start work on the First Avenue Area drainage improvement project while school is out for Spring Break.
Hawkins Groundwork will start on North Houston Street by Athens Elementary on Monday, March 18. Public Works Director James Rich said crews will block North Houston Street north of Pryor Street to through traffic but will make it accessible for residents.
Spring Break for Athens City Schools is March 18 through March 22.
The City of Athens received a $450,000 Community Development Block Grant through the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs to improve drainage in the area between Athens Elementary and Athens-Limestone Hospital. The city’s match is $159,560.
The project involves improvements to the drainage system along First Avenue, Horton Street and Hobbs Street in the First Avenue neighborhood. The project will improve drainage for over 150 single-family homes, two multi-family housing buildings, Athens Senior Center, a few medical businesses and Athens Elementary School. The work includes new reinforced concrete pipe, over 30 inlets and pavement work.
As the project progresses, it will impact various neighborhood streets. The contractor has 120 days to complete the project.
“During the major rainfall we recently received, the issue with drainage in this area from surface water was readily evident,” Mayor Ronnie Marks. “This area has issues even on a rainy day, much less a rain event.”
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Rum Raisin Hot Cross Buns
Happy Easter everyone! Here is a fresh take on a classic recipe that has always been a herald of spring! I grew up loving hot cross buns, but had never entertained making them until I bought the March/April 2017 issue of “Bake From Scratch”. The issue has several drool-worthy variations of classic hot cross buns, and this year I made this more boozy one stuffed with marzipan, and drizzled with a rum glaze. I meant to post the classic recipe last year, but we devoured the buns before I got to take pictures of them! This year I was determined to share my efforts. Please don’t be daunted by all of the ingredients and sub-recipes! You can make the marzipan well in advance, as with the Golden Syrup and Rum Glaze. Or, you can skip the glaze altogether. It adds a sweeter touch to the buns, but is not necessary. I hope you enjoy the recipe as much as we did here. Your family will be so impressed that you made your own.
I will be sharing this post over at Angie’s Fiesta Friday this week, which is being co-hosted by Abbey @ Three Cats and a Girl, and Angie. Please pop by to see what other treats everyone has posted!
Rum Raisin Hot Cross Buns
1 2/3 cups (213 grams) raisins
¾ cup (180 grams) aged rum, warmed
1 tablespoon (12 grams) granulated sugar
1 ¼ cups (300 grams) warm whole milk (105°F to 110°F)
14 grams active dry yeast
½ cup (100 grams) granulated sugar, divided
5 2/3 cups (709 grams) all-purpose flour, divided
1 teaspoon (3 grams) kosher salt
1 teaspoon (2 grams) ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground allspice
1/3 cup (76 grams) unsalted butter, melted
2 large eggs
6 tablespoons marzipan (96 grams) (recipe below)
½ teaspoon rum extract
1 large egg
2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons whole milk, divided
Rum glaze (recipe below)
1 ½ cups (180 grams) confectioner’s sugar
In a large bowl, combine raisins, warm rum, and ¼ cup (50 grams) sugar. Cover with plastic wrap, and let stand for at least 40 minutes. Strain, and discard excess liquid.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine warm milk, yeast and ¼ cup sugar. Let stand until the mixture is foamy, about 10 minutes.
In a large bowl, whisk together 5 1/3 cups (667 grams) flour, remaining ¼ cup sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice.
Stir raisins into the flour mixture.
With mixer on low speed, add half of the flour mixture to the yeast mixture, beating just until combined. Beat in melted butter and eggs. Gradually add remaining flour mixture, beating until a soft dough forms.
Switch to the dough hook attachment. Beat at medium speed until smooth, about 4 minutes, adding remaining 1/3 cup flour as needed. Dough should not be sticky.
Spray a large bowl with cooking spray. Place dough in bowl, turning to grease top. Loosely cover and let rise in a warm, draft-free place, until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
Line a 12-cup, jumbo muffin pan with parchment paper liners.
Lightly punch down dough and let rise, covered, for 5 minutes.
In a small bowl, combine marzipan and rum extract, kneading until smooth. Roll marzipan into 12 balls. Divide dough into 12 pieces.
Place one ball of marzipan in center of each piece of dough, pinching to seal seam. Roll each pieces of dough into a ball, and place in prepared muffin cups. Cover and let stand in a warm, draft-free place until puffed, about 20 minutes.
Preheat oven to 375°F.
In a small bowl, whisk together egg and 1 tablespoon milk. Brush buns with egg mixture.
Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Brush with rum glaze (recipe below).
In a medium bowl, whisk together confectioner’s sugar and remaining 1 tablespoon and 2 teaspoons milk until a thick paste forms. Using a pastry bag fitted with a Wilton #10 piping tip, pipe paste over top of cooled buns to form a cross.
1 ½ cups (216 grams) almond flour
1 ½ cups (183 grams) confectioner’s sugar
1 egg white
2 teaspoons (10 grams) rosewater
2 teaspoons (10 grams) almond extract
In the bowl of a food processor, combine almond flour and confectioner’s sugar. Pulse until combined. Add egg white, rosewater and almond extract. Process until mixture holds together. If the mixture is too dry, add a bit of water. Store marzipan wrapped tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerated for up to 1 month.
Makes about 1 cup.
1/3 cup Golden Syrup (recipe below)
1 tablespoon (15 grams) spiced rum
In a medium saucepan, heat Golden Syrup over medium-high heat until warmed. Remove from heat, and stir in rum. Return to heat, and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Let cool to room temperature.
2 ½ cups (500 grams) granulated sugar, divided
2 tablespoons room temperature water
1 1/3 cup boiling water
In a medium saucepan, stir together ½ cup sugar and 2 tablespoons room temperature water. Cook over medium-high heat, without stirring, until deep amber coloured. Remove from heat, and stir in remaining water and sugar. Return to medium-low heat, and simmer, without stirring, until thickened, about 20 – 30 minutes. Let cool to room temperature.
This recipe makes enough glaze for multiple recipes. Cover and refrigerate for up to 6 months.
12 Responses to “Rum Raisin Hot Cross Buns”
What a great surprise and because I love marzipan, I’d prob grab a couple 🙂 I’m about to make mine today, and rum is definitely in my recipe too 🙂 Happy Easter!
Hey Loretta! Well it is easy enough to pop in a bit of marzipan. Happy baking, and Happy Easter to you! 😀
Wow ! What a difference from store bought . Will have to give them a go .. maybe Easter morning. Going to make the traditional saffron laced Easter Bread “paska” today . Happy Easter to you guys .. .. Enjoy the last of your holidays !
Hey Les, Happy Easter to you guys too! I am going to have to try making Paska as well! Maybe you could fire me your recipe, since I’m sure that it is wonderful! Talk soon!
Now this is the kind of host cross buns I like! Spiked! 😄 Btw, is it possible for you to cohost these days? Or is that too much to ask? 😄
Thanks Angie!! Sure, I could cohost . What date did you have in mind? I haven’t done so in awhile.
How about next week? Ginger needs a cohost. Can you do it?
Ahhh I have never had hot cross buns and I need to solve that! They look great!
Thanks for sharing with Fiesta Friday! 🙂
Sure, I can do next week. I may not be able to bring anything to the party, but I can co-host with Ginger. See you then! 😀
Thank you! You don’t need to bring anything!
Awesome, see you on Friday! 😀
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Avillion Admiral Cove
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Avillion Admiral Cove
About the Hotel
With a stay at Avillion Admiral Cove in Port Dickson, you'll be on the beach and minutes from Admiral Cove Marina, and close to Sri Anjeneayar Temple. This beach hotel is within close proximity of Port Dickson Army Museum and Port Dickson Ostrich Farm.
Make yourself at home in one of the 316 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and minibars. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and plasma televisions are provided for your entertainment. Conveniences include safes and complimentary newspapers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities including an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
Enjoy a satisfying meal at a restaurant serving guests of Avillion Admiral Cove. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, a business center, and limo/town car service. Free self parking is available onsite.
- Outdoor pool
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Fitness facilities
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Tennis on site
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Business center
- Laundry facilities
- Total number of rooms - 316
- One meeting room
- Children's pool
- 24-hour front desk
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Free self parking
- Arcade/game room
- Luggage storage
- In-room massage available
- Free WiFi
- Plasma TV
- Daily housekeeping
- Air conditioning
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Free bottled water
- Free cribs/infant beds
- In-room safe
- Free toiletries
- Free newspaper
Know Before You Go
- No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Fee for buffet breakfast: MYR 38 for adults and MYR 19 for children (approximately)
- Rollaway bed fee: MYR 58 per night
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Riva, one of the world’s premier luxury yacht brands and favourite of celebrities, sports stars, royalty and heads of state, has officially arrived in Thailand. Riva’s arrival was toasted at a Riva hosted launch party on the opening day of the PIMEX International Boat Show at Royal Phuket Marina, Phuket.
Photo: Lee Marine Managing Director, Joshua Lee [left] toasts the arrival of the famous Riva brand in Thailand with Riva Brand Manager Paola Procopio [centre] and Area Manager-Asia Pacific for the Ferretti Group, Giuseppe Zecchin at the Lee Marine booth, PIMEX International Boat Show, Royal Phuket Marina, Phuket on 6 January, 2011.
Paola Procopio, Riva’s Brand Manager; Ferretti Group Area Manager, Asia-Pacific Giuseppe Zecchin, both out from Italy for the occasion, and Lee Marine International Marine Brokerage Managing Director, Joshua Lee led a champagne toast.
Commented Ms Procopio: “Riva is excited about bringing our brand to Thailand. We see great opportunities for us to grow in this region.”
Among all the celebrities who owned a Riva were famed actress Brigitte Bardot, director Dino de Laurentis, actors Richard Burton, Sean Connery and Peter Sellers; Prince Rainier of Monaco, the Shah of Persia and King Hussein of Jordan.
Mr. Zecchin said Asia Pacific offers great potential for Ferretti boats, such as Riva, as it has emerged strongly from the recession. “The calmer seas around Phuket are ideal for Riva owners to experience and appreciate the craftsmanship of such high quality boats,” he said.
Commented Mr. Lee: “Riva represents the very best in high quality Italian boat design and technology coupled with 170 years of experience. Lee Marine is pleased to welcome such a prestigious brand into our group.”
Lee Marine joins a Riva dealer network with offices across the globe, including Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong in Asia; Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands; Monaco, Greece, Turkey and the UK and many others in Europe; Scandinavia and the Baltic states such as Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia & Montenegro; Egypt, Kuwait and Qatar-UAE in the Middle East as well as the United States.
In the 1930’s Carlo Riva created a range of mahogany boats featuring an unmistakable design. The Rivas are featured in many of the James Bond movies as well as regularly gracing the covers of the leading international lifestyle magazines from the 1950’s through to today.
These sleek and stylish yachts also became the boat of choice throughout the years for glamorous celebrities such as Brigitte Bardot, Liz Taylor, Claudia Schiffer and George Clooney and remain a celebrity favourite today.
Riva models include the new Aquariva, Aquariva Cucci, a collaboration with the world famous design house; Aquariva Super, Rivarama, Rivale, SportRiva 56, 63 Vertigo, 68 Eqo Super, 75 Venere, 85 Opera Super, 86 Domino, 92 Duchessa and 115 Athena.
Typical of the design input Riva puts into its yachts is the Aquariva Gucci, a made to order model customized by Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini. This initiative will be one of the activities marking Gucci’s 90th anniversary year in 2011.
Lee Marine believes certain Riva models will be ideal for use in the tropics. Riva’s are renowned not just for their exquisite looks, but for their power and dynamics. In almost every parameter they exceed other boats of this type on the market.
Another example of how Riva customizes its yachts for owners is the 115 Athena, an unusual mega yacht because it can be semi-customed by the owner who can actually decide on the interior layout.
Riva describes its creations as “an object of desire for kings and queens from all countries as well as actors and actresses, sports champions, businesspeople and celebrities of all kinds.”
Officina Italiana Design designs both the interiors and exteriors. The studio was founded by Mauro Micheli in 1994, who studied at the Artistic Lyceum in Bergamo and subsequently at the Fine Arts Academy in Milan, and Sergio Beretta, who has a degree in economy and commerce and an avowed passion for design and contemporary art.
The Riva story began in 1842 when Pietro Riva left his native village of Laglio on Lake Como in northern Italy for Sarnico on Lake Iseo where the unique Riva brand began and has prospered in the intervening almost 170 years.
By the end of the 19th Century the very first racing boats joined the fishing boats and steamboats already being built. The racing boats were highly successful in competition.
Riva has been making high quality, luxury yachts at its Sarnico, Italy shipyard since 1842. During the 1950s Riva became popular with film stars, royalty and sports stars from around the world. In the 1970s Riva began building classical mahogany model boats, to create the timeless “wood” boats distinctive to the brand. In 2000 Riva entered a new era when it entered the Ferretti Group.
About Lee Marine International Marine Brokerage
Since incorporation in 1997 Lee Marine has become Thailand’s leading yacht sales and service company, offering a full range of new and pre-owned vessels. Our specialists concentrate solely on yacht sales and services and have refined these processes to be clear, efficient and effective. Lee Marine are authorized distributors in Thailand for Riva, Riviera Marine, Ferretti Yachts, Pershing Yachts, Prestige Yachts and Jeanneau.
About The Ferretti Group
Ferretti Group is one of the world leaders in design, construction and sale of luxury motor yachts, with a unique portfolio of some of the most exclusive, prestigious brands in the nautical world: Ferretti Yachts, Pershing, Riva, Itama, Bertram, Mochi Craft, CRN and Custom Line. Ferretti Group also owns two of companies operating in sectors active in the production of furnishing pieces for the nautical industry, which provide an important competitive advantage, by making it possible to protect the quality of the entire production chain. These companies sell components also to the external market and remain committed to customer satisfaction. | <urn:uuid:0a1002ad-36e8-46f0-83cb-3bba2ae5c07b> | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | https://www.charterworld.com/news/ferretti-group-riva-launches-famous-brand-thailand | 2019-06-19T21:08:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627999041.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20190619204313-20190619230313-00052.warc.gz | en | 0.940696 | 1,378 |
Social media stock Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) has just put a date to its third-quarter earnings release. On Thursday, Oct. 27, the company will give investors an update on the quarter. The quarter's results will be particularly important because they follow a significant recent rebound in Twitter's stock price.
In the last three months, Twitter stock has rebounded about 44%. So investors will be looking for the stock to live up to its higher valuation when the company reports third-quarter results.
When the earnings release goes live later this month, here's what to look for.
Twitter's revenue growth will likely be a key focus when the social media company reports third-quarter results. When Twitter provided guidance for Q3 in its second-quarter earnings release, the forecast was significantly below analyst expectations and implied a sharp deceleration in year-over-year revenue growth. The company said it expected third-quarter revenue in the range of $590 to $610 million, while analysts had been anticipating revenue of $681 million. The midpoint of this guidance range implied just 4.6% year-over-year growth -- down from 20% year-over-year growth in the prior quarter, 36% growth two quarters ago, and 56% three quarters ago.
With Twitter's revenue growth expected to decelerate this rapidly, you can bet investors will be interested in what actual revenue for the quarter will be. Investors should look for Twitter to report actual revenue near the high end of this bleak guidance range, close to $610 million.
Expectations for the company's profits are just as uninspiring. For the company's EPS, analysts are expecting Twitter to report a non-GAAP EPS of $0.09, on average. This is down from $0.13 in the prior quarter and down from $0.10 in the year-ago quarter.
Competing with Facebook is difficult
Twitter's weak revenue growth environment in Q3 seems to suggest that the recent success of competitor Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) has been taking a toll on Twitter.
In its second-quarter earnings release, Twitter cited "increased competition for social marketing budgets" as a key challenge for the company, and said it needed to deliver higher performing ad products and, more specifically, improved ad products for marketers' mobile video budgets. Just as Twitter was pointing to this increased competition, Facebook's ad revenue soared 63% during the same quarter, and the company cited its video ad products as a boon for its business.
"Our community and business had another good quarter," said Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the company's second-quarter earnings release. "We're particularly pleased with our progress in video as we move toward a world where video is at the heart of all our services."
If Facebook really is eating into Twitter's opportunity, this is an unfortunate narrative for Twitter, since Facebook's long track record of consistently deploying effective ad products at a much faster rate than Twitter is only improving.
Investors should read between the lines when Twitter reports results to see if Facebook's success is still negatively affecting the company.
Finally, investors should see if Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses any speculation regarding a potential buyout. In late September, buyout rumors sent shares soaring about 20% in a single trading day when CNBC reported Twitter was receiving "expressions of interest from several technology and media companies and may receive a formal bid shortly." Alphabet and Salesforce.com were two of the "potential suitors," CNBC said.
And now WSJ is reporting that Twitter is "expected to field bids this week," sending shares up 6% on Wednesday at the time of this writing.
Overall, investors should look for signs of a turnaround when Twitter reports third-quarter results and a confirmation of whether all this buyout speculation actually means anything.
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I guess about a week and a half ago, John Zerzan mentioned me on his radio show Anarchy Radio, which you can listen to online. I was a bit nervous about what he would say, when a friend told me he’d brought up my article Anarchism Versus Civilization, because he’s had some unfriendly words to say about the whole post-civilization thing in the past. He seems to be mostly favorable of the piece, and takes to task several of the commenters who critiqued my article who hadn’t really read it. This pleases me, because while I disagree with most of Zerzan’s conclusions and ideology, I find his critique to be very useful… and it seems like he returning that favor.
I’m going to cross-post from postcivilized.net for a little while, I hope you forgive me. This version will be more image heavy though.
Last week I had the privilege to witness (and photograph) the first sailing of The Silakka (silakka is Finnish for “baltic herring”), a boat built almost entirely from scavenged materials. Only the rope and some of the screws and bolts were purchased. The pontoons are made from empty drums, the platform is woven with firehouses. The frame is scrap metal and wood, the mast and sail are secondhand. And of course, it’s powered by the wind. They aim to prove it seaworthy this summer (though I believe their plans are sea-, not ocean-, worthy).
These same people built a river raft entirely out of debris in the past, in Lithuania. They collected empty plastic bottles into wooden crates to provide buoyancy. And that journey was photographed by an intensely capable artist.
Lest you think that they are doing this purely for fun, the Silakka’s mission statement will clear everything up for you in a rather surrealist way:
Unreasonably cheap energy is running out, climate conditions are changing radically, paradoxical economy of constant growth will bankrupt itself, governmental fascism will be declared, racial breeding is practiced to embryos, genetic manipulation will get out of hand, Coup d´état of racistic red necks will happen in the name of revolution, the language loses its meaning, virtual schizophrenia is getting pandemic among the Internet users, obsessed disciples of Tony Robins will get at each other´s throats in the search of lost childhood, fourth world war is waiting at the gates, psychedelic-communistic revolution will fly in the ring like a freshly whiten towel in a heavy weight boxing match while the master is beating the breath out of his competition, heavenly escalator is transporting Jesus down in between the supermarkets while aliens will return to planet earth to complete their work of creation, dystopies and utopies will shake hands, up and down will change the place, emerged birds will withdraw back to the shells. Shit is about to hit the fan, even though a good life needs just bearable conditions and a hand full of material mixed with a drop of good will. We are living strange times – are we? But why?
At the moment we are building a wind powered rescue boat out of waste that our contemporary lifestyle is producing. During the summer 2010 we will sail to Baltic sea and archipelago, far from rectangular conventions and dusty tasting logic of the mainland, to rescue some leftovers of endangered wisdom we are still able to rescue. Maybe we will find some time to think, maybe we will discover something that won´t leave us anything else to think about.
The rest of my pictures from the day below, of raising the mast and sails, and of the ungodly beautiful sky that crept up on us that evening.
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I’m crossposting this from Postcivilized.net, a site which is now up and running. Mostly, it features various articles related to post-civilization theory, but it will also include bits related to a sort of post-civilized culture, like the following:
I ran across this today: Route Couture. (site is in Finnish, but there are two galleries of images: fashion photos and art photos. There is also an artist statement in English elsewhere.) Some Finnish radical fashion designers have created “high fashion” clothing out of roadkill. According to google translate, and confirmed by my Finnish friend sitting next to me:
The group seeks to comment on the works for the fashion industry, a market economy and human-animal relationship.
What? There’s a bizarre anarchist magazine that you can buy in comic book shops that talks about guerilla gardening and the end of the world? With a homoerotic cover?
Indeed there is! Dodgem Logic is a counterculture magazine produced by Alan Moore, and I’m proud as hell to be a columnist. Of course, owing to the time lag, of an ocean and lacking a fixed address, I haven’t actually even seen issue #3 yet, but #4 is out already! Free shipping in the UK, what’s more.
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I’ve spent most of the past two weeks or so at a Wagenplatz (link is to a google-translated German wikipedia article) in Mainz. A Wagenplatz, in short, is a squatted trailer part. They’ve got them all over germany, and the two I’ve stayed at thus far are really amazing places. (I’m waiting on permission to publish photos of a different one). This one is behind Haus Mainusch, a venue/socialcenter here.
People here chop firewood, play music, cook communal meals for the residents and at a vokü (people’s kitchen), and drive a tractor to move the wagons or pick up trash to re-purpose. Rent is almost nothing, and large decisions are communal but everyone seems to have a great deal of autonomy.
At looking at these photos, they seem to be mostly of one of my friends being domestic: picking salad from the garden, cleaning, and cooking. I also continue with my strange interest in photographing bathrooms: the red trailer with two doors is the toilet trailer. The photo after it, of the graffiti, is actually of the wall of the garage where shows happen, not of the bathroom wall.
In the panorama, note the awesome pirate fort in the center.
The third issue of Dodgem Logic is almost out (I think it comes out tomorrow, but I’m not sure), and this one features an essay I’ve done about scavenger economics.
here’s the press release:
DODGEM LOGIC: THEY SAY THINGS HAPPEN IN THREES…
With only its third issue just about to be released, Alan Moore’s mystifying neo-underground magazine Dodgem Logic has evidently forced a General Election, brought a government to its knees and secured the release of Twin Peaks Season Two on DVD. Those are the kind of results you can’t argue with and which completely justify hiking our cover price to £3.50, even without our generous increase in size to eighty ad-free pages of wall-to-wall solid content in spectacular full colour.
With a beautiful but nightmarish wraparound cover provided by its increasingly unfathomable founder and this issue’s free gift of a tantalising iron-on T-shirt transfer both delineated and designed by the sublime Melinda Gebbie, Dodgem Logic #3 is our most sumptuous and substantial offering yet. We’ve got more bubblegum-card bios in our series of Historic Hipsters, we’ve got rowdy rationalist Robin Ince exploring the futility of trying to reason with mouthy reactionaries and a genius examination of town planning and its various iniquities by urban spaceman Gary Mills. Britain’s foremost self-defacing comedy darling Josie Long provides some excellent advice, but only if you’re her about ten years ago, while hilltop hierophant Steve Moore serves up a comprehensive absinthe-scented guide to the degenerates, dandies and demi-gods collectively known as the Decadents.
Fulfilling Dodgem Logic’s remit of unhelpful crazy talk, Alan Moore offers a straightforward user’s guide on how to practice hellish sorcery in your own living room, and frowning boy-king Steve Aylett’s sobering Johnny Viable concludes with a display of octopi and flirting Chinese warlords that maybe, just maybe, shows us how to love again. Melinda Gebbie takes us on the first leg of a two-part tour through the delinquent dreamtime of Beat-era San Francisco, the immensely civil but post-civilised Margaret Killjoy walks us through her blueprint for a scavenger economy, and self-sufficient-ish Dave Hamilton sows some genetically modified seeds of discontent. The awestruck reader will discover flavoursome yet frugal recipes, advanced guerrilla gardening gambits and a first-time voter’s unimpressed appraisal of the democratic process. There are trackside chats and snaps from the electrified-rail frontline of graffiti, diatribes from doctors, a cacophony of columnists, the esoteric etchings and embellishments of cryptic Kevin O’Neill or the mighty Savage Pencil, and instructions for the manufacture of those Joy Division oven-gloves you’ve dreamed of.
Currently funding much-needed school holiday crèche facilities in the mistreated but majestic district that it hails from, Dodgem Logic once again delivers on the promises it never made you in the first place, a refreshing contrast to what you’ll be getting elsewhere during this election period. We know that if our preternatural publication were a little human boy and not a magazine made out of paper, you’d appoint him to rule wisely over you in preference to all the flimsier and less coherent options on display. Frankly, thanks to you, we’re looking at a landslide moral victory.
Dodgem Logic ~ the incompetent paranoid despot of people’s hearts.
I haven’t gotten to see it yet (combine international shipping with my itinerant nature), but Dodgem Logic #2 is out now. Dodgem Logic is Alan Moore’s current brainchild, essentially a 60s counterculture magazine for the modern era (replete with strange illustrations of naked people, and advice about how to overthrow the government!). This second issue features an introduction to post-civilization that I wrote, expounding on the Post-Civ zine that Strangers In A Tangled Wilderness put out.
After the appreciative reception afforded to its premier edition, lauded throughout the gutters of the world, the second issue of Alan Moore’s mystifying new underground publication DODGEM LOGIC is available in early February. Delivering 52 pages of full-colour solid content thanks to its flinty-eyed Puritan policy of no advertisements, all for a frankly laughable £2.50, this plucky bi-monthly periodical is stuffed to the gills with wisdom and wonderment.
Behind a choice of three, count ’em, three luscious variant exteriors we have this issue’s cover feature, a sexy yet somehow sinister Burlesque photo spread from internationally acclaimed maestro Mitch Jenkins with an accompanying article on Burlesque past, present and future by our exotica expert, Melinda Gebbie. Former Steampunk supervisor Margaret Killjoy offers a pertinent and practical guide on ways to usefully pass our time before and after the collapse of civilisation, while Fortean Times godfather Steve Moore delivers a surreal survey of Northamptonshire’s bizarre phenomena, from phantom panthers to confused old men in treetops.
In addition to these delicacies, DODGEM LOGIC’s regular contributors continue to work their magic, with the exception of Josie Long who had a flimsy excuse and will be back next issue. Dave Hamilton’s environmental Eco Chamber column looks at the more worrying side of social network groups, while teenage mum Tink takes over our women’s page this time DL_covers_alt:Layout 1 around with an account of life on the disintegrating edge of England’s social services. Guerrilla gardener Claire Ashby dishes out another instructive communiqué from the urban undergrowth, spooky seamstress Tamsyn Paine knocks up an exploitative freak-show sock puppet, the magazine’s Spinning Doctors dispense more healthcare advice, winsome Wendi Jarrett cooks us a Valentine feast while M.C. Illuzion ruins our appetite for it with a discourse on Mechanically Recovered Meat. Meanwhile graffiti goddess Queen Calluz introduces us to three more Great Hipsters in History. Deities of delineation Savage Pencil and Kevin O’Neil continue to enthral, bewilder and unsettle with their subversive scrawls, while the unearthly Steve Aylett poaches the collective mind of the readership in tears of despair with his obscurely terrifying comic strip adventure, Johnny Viable. Then there’s the insurrectionary ranting and refined musical appreciation of eight-page local insert section, Notes from Noho, with the whole enterprise rounded out by Alan Moore’s illuminating dissertation on the history, difficulties and numerous delights of anarchy.
DL_covers_alt:Layout 1 Extending the ingratiating policy of quaintly and nostalgically including a free gift with every issue, and replacing the astonishing free CD of our debut, DODGEM LOGIC’s unkempt figurehead and founder also contributes a questionable eight-page mini-comic, Astounding Weird Penises, being the only solo comic book that he has managed to create in his otherwise lazy thirty year career.
With only one issue beneath its belt, DODGEM LOGIC has already managed to supply each of the sheltered-housing tenants of the area in which it had its origins with a halfway decent Christmas hamper, and is currently sponsoring its own top-rate basketball team from the same neighbourhood. If future issues do as well, the magazine hopes to extend its various activities across the district and then, ultimately, to construct an orbiting missile platform and demand all the Earth’s uranium.
DODGEM LOGIC ~ chuckling and stroking a white cat for a better tomorrow.
Also, comic book author Alan Moore mentioned me in a recent interview with Wired:
We’ve got an excellent article coming up in the second issue by Magpie, Margaret Killjoy, who was formerly an editor for the excellent Steampunk Magazine. She also helped bring out The Steampunk’s Guide to the Apocalypse, which was very useful. It included, and I think she designed it herself, a design for a desalination unit based upon a completely new principle, which was effective and easy to put together.
She’s moved on from that to the post-civilization movement, which is arguing that increasingly it is not becoming a matter of if civilization breaks down, it’s becoming a matter of when civilization breaks. She’s saying that when that happens, we’re probably going to have to do a lot of work to get things going again. She suggests that perhaps it will be a good idea to start doing this work before civilization has broken down, so that we still have some resources [laughs]!
I didn’t actually design the desalination unit, though… can’t take credit for that.
Well, the first issue of Dodgem Logic is out, the new “underground magazine” published by Alan Moore. It’s an attempt to bring elements of the ’60s counter-culture into the current era, I believe, and I’m pretty excited to get my hands on it. The second issue will feature an article I’ve written expounding upon post-civilized theory.
Earlier on Birds Before The Storm, I posted about Big Dog, a military-friendly quadruped robot that is kind of frightening. But fortunately, our attention has been brought to Lrry-1, the video of which appears above, by the boulevardier: (from our comments)
we have our own robodog too! and it is bigger and scarier than theirs and made entirely of scrap metal… i wasn’t savy to mutoid waste until kanye west (of all people) introduced me to this video and they are fucking rad! They were organizing illegal parties in the 80’s, fleeing from police raids in the 90’s and now are building giant monsters, i sort of have a crush going!
So yeah, this is where it’s at. Scrap-metal DIY monsters that spit fire, ridden by mohawked mad scientists, and in real life. Yes.
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Yes, the bob is so versatile that’s why it’s one of the best-loved short layered hairstyles with bangs. And, it can be wispy, too. But you’ll need a good hairstylist to achieve the hair of the woman below. Yes, those are wispy layers, not curls. Her stylist was just too adept in using the razor- thus, the wispy look!
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International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 36545, 8 pages
Closed conformal vector fields on pseudo-Riemannian manifolds
Departamento de Matemática, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, Aveiro 3810-193, Portugal
Received 1 March 2006; Revised 24 July 2006; Accepted 8 August 2006
Copyright © 2006 D. A. Catalano. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Update: The first official photo of Reynolds on the cover of EW has been revealed!!!
Next week will be a big deal for fans of the comic book genre and as usual Entertainment Weekly plans on kicking it off. San Diego Comic Con will be open for business starting Wednesday night, July 21st, and to get you ready the magazine will have Ryan Reynolds aka the Green Lantern on its cover. We’ll get our first look at the actor in his intergalactic, superhero suit!
According to Comic Book Movie, Entertainment Weekly Managing Editor, Jess Cagle recently made an appearance on Gale King’s talk show on AM 1150 and dropped a major bomb. At the end of the visit, King asked if Mel Gibson was going to be on next week’s cover due to his latest controversial rants and he replied, “no actually, next week’s cover will be Ryan Reynolds as The Green Lantern so that should be pretty cool”.
It’ about freakin’ time! We’ve seen the actor in costume before but it consisted of a black and gray spandex suit with motion sensors all over it. We want the real deal. He better be in full Green Lantern garb and not some vintage T-shirt with a logo on it! Don’t forget, last year’s Comic-Con issue gave us our first real look at Black Widow and Whiplash from Iron Man 2 so they’ve got to stick with tradition.
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It was bound to happen at some point; the first clear indications of what Nokia’s Windows Phone 7 debut looks like have been leaked.
These pictures and videos come courtesy of technet.hu, who uploaded the goods despite Stephen Elop kindly asking the assembled to put their camera phones away at a recent press event.
Wishful thinking! Luckily for everybody who wasn’t there, the technet guys have uploaded a video, from where the pictures were screengrabbed.
The device is described by Elop as being a ‘fully functional Windows Phone 7 device’ with a Gorilla Glass screen, 8-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and a ‘pillow-shaped backing’ curved case.
Codenamed ‘Sea Ray’ (or See-Wray? C-Rey?) for now, we’re guessing that Nokia will come up with a snappier title before it hits the shelves. Still, it’s nice looking no? A bit like a Nokia N9 running WP7 - not a bad thing at all in our books.
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Residents of Rangpuri Pahari in South Delhi are facing a water crisis due to the current nationwide lockdown. “There is not a drop of water left here,” said Rekha, a local resident. The past few days, she said, her son and nephew have been unsuccessful in reaching a nearby, privately owned borewell from where they […]
Residents of Rangpuri Pahari in South Delhi are facing a water crisis due to the current nationwide lockdown.
“There is not a drop of water left here,” said Rekha, a local resident. The past few days, she said, her son and nephew have been unsuccessful in reaching a nearby, privately owned borewell from where they get their daily supply, because of police heavy-handedness.
“My son tried to get water a couple of days ago but ran into police officers midway, who hit him with lathis and asked him to go back home,” said Rekha.
Also, unable to wash their hands, the residents are worried that they may contract coronavirus.
“There are more chances of my family getting affected with coronavirus. We take bath once a week because of a shortage of water”, said Chandrashekar, a waste picker in the area.
The slum is not connected to the water network of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and has not been receiving water tankers for around four months.
“There is no water available in our area. I walked till the ‘Jal Board’ office but still didn’t get any water. Where should I bring the water from? How will I take care of my children?” said Sushila Devi, another waste picker.
There are also no takers for waste that has accumulated at the site — such as plastic, rags, and cardboard because of the lockdown.
“Because of the lockdown, we are not able to work. And we don’t have soap and water, what should we do?,” said Sunil Kumar, a waste picker.
Their only appeal to the government is to help them and provide a simple, basic thing – water.
“We need water urgently. It is my request to anyone listening, please provide us water.” Sunil added.
VICTORY: The people of Rangpuri Pahari finally got water the next day. The moment we shared, action was taken and a water tanker reached there area. Here’s how it happened.
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12-01-09 - SOAS students occupy university building
Thursday, 15 January 2009
Military recruitment? Not on our campus.
One of our demands when we occupied the Brunei Suite at SOAS was to get assurance from the school that military propaganda will not be allowed on campus in the future. The school responded by saying that they would not allow any military on campus in the futuree without prior approval from the Students' Union.
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08 Feb Undue Hardship: The Limit of Accommodation
In a previous blog post, we looked at the principles of accommodation, namely: dignity, individualization, integration, and full participation. In this post we will explore the limits of accommodation.
Employment equity is essential for any business to remain competitive in today’s modern, global economy. Fostering an equitable workplace will allow you to take advantage of the top skills and talents of all workers.
Equitable treatment does not necessarily mean equal or the same. In order to create an equitable work environment, an employer may need to treat some employees differently in order to accommodate their unique needs and give them fair access to employment opportunities.
For example, having only stairs into your building does treat everyone equal, but it is not equitable. People who require a mobility device such as a wheelchair do not have equal access to a building without a ramp.
The Duty to Accommodate
Many workers will, at one time or another in their careers find themselves in need of an accommodation and, as an employer, it is your duty to accommodate their needs to ensure they have equal opportunities for, access to, and benefits from employment.
There are many reasons why an employer may need offer an employee accommodation(s) in the workplace. For example, you may need to accommodate an employee’s health, caregiver responsibilities or pregnancy with modified facilities, job duties, training, or even hours or location of work.
The Limits of Accommodation
While there are many accommodations most any employer would be willing to implement (installing a wheelchair ramp, allowing an employee to work from home if their child is sick for example), there are also times when an employee’s accommodation needs may seem untenable for even the most generous and empathetic employer. What then, are the limits of an employer’s duty to accommodate?
In the event that an employer finds accommodating the needs of an individual untenable for the continued reasonable operation or function of their business, they must demonstrate that they have attempted to accommodate to the point of undue hardship.
Factors in determining undue hardship include: cost, outside sources of funding, as well as health and safety requirements. According to the Ontario Human Rights Commission, “evidence needed to prove undue hardship must be objective, real, direct, and, in the case of cost, quantifiable.”
In most situations, this means an employer must demonstrate that there is a specific financial cost directly related to the necessary accommodation and that this cost is unsustainable for the employer’s business.
If you believe that providing an accommodation will cause you undue hardship, you will need to be able to present facts, data or expert opinions to support your claim. Inconvenience, customer preferences and employee morale are not considered undue hardships.
Flatt v Treasury Board (Department of Industry) (2014)
This 2014 case concerning an employee’s request for alternate work arrangements to accommodate her breastfeeding provides useful insight into the extent to which employers must accommodate their employees in order to honour their human rights obligations.
In March 2013, after a year of maternity leave, Ms. Flatt extended her leave on a without-pay basis until July of the same year. During the extended months of her maternity leave Ms. Flatt began negotiating a telework arrangement with her employer, Industry Canada that would accommodate her desire to continue breastfeeding.
Flatt initially asked to work full-time from home. Her position with the company was largely administrative but did require regular field work and the company’s policy clearly stated that, while employees were allowed to telework on occasion, or from offices closer to their homes, that teleworking was not permitted long-term.
When this request was denied, Flatt sought a telework arrangement of working from home two days per week and having a modified work schedule the other three days in which she would take two 45-minute paid breaks from the office to breastfeed her baby at his daycare.
Her employer was generally agreeable to the terms but took issue with the need to have her reach 37.5 hours of work (excluding lunch breaks and breastfeeding) and that Flatt desired this accommodation for the entirety of a year. The employer offered Flatt the options to work part time, continue her leave without pay until she had finished breastfeeding or to work from home one day per week. Ultimately Flatt and her employer were unable to come to an agreement to accommodate her breastfeeding schedule.
The Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board found the requirement for the employee to be physically present in the workplace was not discrimination on the basis of sex or family status and that Industry Canada had fulfilled its obligation to accommodate to the point of undue hardship.
Professional Advice for Employers
An adaptive and inclusive workplace is of benefit to everyone. It allows employers to harness their employees’ full potential towards their company’s mission. However, an employer’s ability to accommodate certain employee needs do have a limit. If you are an employer in the uncomfortable position of being unable to accommodate one of your employees, you should consult with an experienced employment lawyer at KCY at LAW to review the situation and your accommodation options or lack thereof. Call us at 905-639-0999 to book your consultation today! | <urn:uuid:2b954852-06a9-485d-b638-1aa540a1de94> | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | https://www.kcyatlaw.ca/undue-hardship-the-limit-of-accommodation/ | 2021-05-11T07:21:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243991904.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20210511060441-20210511090441-00137.warc.gz | en | 0.969037 | 1,084 |
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Eek, who is currently working on a number of architectural projects in the Netherlands, said many architects do little more than produce drawings and leave others to work out how to build them.
"I think most architects are in fact not architects, because most buildings are drawings which are filled in by engineers trying to achieve the drawing of the architect," he told Dezeen. "So they are not interested in terms of building."
"I don't mind if I insult architects," he added.
Dezeen met Eek at his Eindhoven workshop – a former Philips ceramics factory in the city's Strijp R district, converted by the designer in 2010. The result attracted requests to collaborate on further architectural projects.
In response the designer set up Piet Hein Eek Architecture in January 2015 in partnership with Iggy Dekkers – an architect who'd lost her job during the recession after being told she "made architecture like a designer".
In addition to renovating an old mill in France's Dordogne region into a pair of holiday homes, Eek's architectural offshoot has redeveloped two disused industrial buildings in Strijp R – in walking distance from the designer's own workshop.
The most recent of these is the RAG building – a former pump house which has been converted into ten apartments. The designer purposefully retained the building's original structure, keeping its distinguishing industrial elements and constructing a central "pathway" with apartments arranged either side.
"The RAG building has a lot of details that are quite different from standard procedures in architecture, but the building is already there so you can't use the standard all of the time, you have to adjust to the building," said Eek.
"I try to highlight the quality. The difference between most architects is that we try to be efficient and pragmatic with what's available, and the other thing is that we like the whole process."
"A lot of the redevelopments are quite nice as long as it's well done with respect for the old building," he added. "As soon as the architects try to do something nice that's the thing we try to get rid of immediately after it's delivered, you know, because they need to do something special."
Eek's partner Dekkers took responsibility for selling the homes herself – in line with the practice's "whole process" philosophy.
All of the RAG apartments were sold before renovation began, meaning prospective buyers made purchases with only orange strings to mark out the proposed floor plans. The studio then worked with the future inhabitants to customise the apartment layouts.
"You build for somebody but they're not involved in the building. It's totally idiotic," commented the designer, who told Dezeen his approach to architecture is more collaborative - allowing both developers and residents the chance to contribute to the concept.
Eek also rejects the idea of renderings, explaining that a previous successful pitch for a project relied on sketches that had been completed in just ten hours.
"We just organically develop a huge building," he said. "As an architect you want to make a building, and we say we don't want to make that building. We want others to do their thing and we take care of the infrastructure and facilitate people's dreams, and that's incredibly nice."
Piet Hein Eek Architecture is currently in the running for what Eek called "the biggest project in Eindhoven at the moment", although details are still under wraps.
Eek isn't the only designer who's made ventures into the world of architecture. Thomas Heatherwick – who claimed designing a building is "exactly the same" as designing a Christmas card – is creating a Maggie's care centre in Yorkshire, England.
Other designers-turned-architects include Karim Rashid, who has designed a seven-storey structure in New York, and Nendo founder Oki Sato, who is working on a shopping centre, station and series of private homes.
Dror Benshetrit, founder of Studio Dror, recently caused heated debate in the Dezeen comments section when he claimed that there was no need to be an architect to be capable of designing buildings.
Eek also believes the movement of designers towards architecture is inevitable, citing architects' lack of technique.
"It's not strange at all and these days it doesn't even make a difference because most architects won't do anything in terms of technique – they have engineers to actually see if it is possible," he told Dezeen.
"We're quite extreme because we actually think about the details of the flooring, the thickness and the concrete and steel, and we try to solve all those details, because we think that it is important that all those are taken care of in a way we like."
He also attributes his architectural success in part to his ability to think "totally freely" about the problem and the solution.
"I don't like standard," he told Dezeen. "If things are standard, I get irritated. If somebody says I make it like this because I always do it, that's a lot of the buildings now. They do it, and every time they do it stupid."
"I would say if it's stupid try and do it again next time better because then you can create a better standard."
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Some people may rent limousines in order to go to and from the airport on time but there are also some who hire limousines in order to ride in style and comfort. No matter what your reasons are, you know that you like to hire the right Pearson airport limo but it can be highly complicated to make a choice. If you feel like you are being pressured into something that you do not like, take time to check if you truly want to hire a limo. Think about your reasons. Do you think that hiring a limousine is necessary? If you think that this will only be a waste of money then do not bother but if you believe that it can help you, then go ahead and get to know the different benefits of hiring Limousine Pearson Airport Toronto.
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The driver of the limousine will be aware of the roads that you have to take in order to get to your destination on time and at the same time, avoid the traffic in certain areas. This can be helpful if you are not familiar with the place that you are in.
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First 55 traffic signals in the area connected with Cellular Vehicle to Everything technology
ATLANTA (February 12, 2020) –Applied Information, Inc., the leading provider of intelligent transportation infrastructure solutions, today announced deployment and testing of Cellular Vehicle to Everything (C-V2X) connected vehicle technology is underway on public roads surrounding the Infrastructure Automotive Technology Laboratory (iATL).
The deployment and testing began after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an experimental license for infrastructure and mobile C-V2X deployments within a five-mile radius of the iATL, located in Alpharetta, GA north of Atlanta.
“The grant by the FCC enables, for the first time, automakers, technology companies and roadway operators to collaborate and to test a wide range of safety applications provided by C-V2X on public roads and in real traffic,” said Bryan Mulligan, Applied Information President. “With the opportunity to connect to well over 150 traffic control devices, this is a unique opportunity to make real improvements in safety and mobility on our streets and highways.”
Testing and deployment will occur throughout an approximately 78.5-square-mile area anchored by the iATL in the City of Alpharetta, GA. The experimental license “will allow testing of V2I applications for potential benefits, and systematic improvements of the technology.”
Within the area covered by the license, there are approximately 130 traffic signals and 11 school zones, all of which can provide safety messages to connected and autonomous vehicles through C-V2X. Additional use cases include developing and testing safety applications involving vulnerable road users, temporary work zones, school and transit bus stop safety and proximity alerts to emergency vehicles on a call.
The iATL is the world’s first private-sector facility for developing connected vehicle applications for both vehicles and traffic control devices such as traffic signals. The primary function of the iATL is to serve as an engineering technical facility for testing connected vehicle application functionality and performance between the transportation infrastructure and motor vehicles, the infrastructure and vulnerable road users, motor vehicles and vulnerable road users and other configurations. The iATL also serves as a training center for transportation professionals and first responders using connected vehicle technology. The iATL is sponsored by Applied Information. | <urn:uuid:e9e75a33-9849-4f46-85a6-a2ec75cf397f> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://appinfoinc.com/applied-information-cv2x-testing-in-metro-atlanta/ | 2020-09-22T06:50:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400204410.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20200922063158-20200922093158-00117.warc.gz | en | 0.936223 | 469 |
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These extra chewy chocolate covered pretzel cookies are a delightful twist on traditional chocolate chip cookies. Super soft and loaded with chocolate covered or chocolate-dipped pretzel pieces, they’re the perfect combination of salty, sweet, and scrumptious.
These chocolate covered pretzel cookies are a variation of our popular and beloved chocolate chip cookies. Have you tried them yet? We have the recipe memorized, and know many of you do too!
For today’s recipe, I swapped the chocolate chips for chocolatey pretzel pieces. They’re perfect for those of you who crave a salty-sweet combination in your dessert. We like to top them off with a sprinkle of sea salt to help bring out the pretzel’s salty flavor. So good!
Tell Me About these Chocolate Covered Pretzel Cookies
- Texture: These chocolate covered pretzel cookies are soft-baked and buttery with chewy centers and slightly crisp edges. The crunchy pretzel pieces lose a little crunch during the baking process, but you’ll still enjoy all their salty chocolate flavor.
- Ease: We’re using melted butter in this cookie recipe, so there’s no mixer required. The rest of the ingredients are straightforward and simple including the chocolate covered pretzels. Feel free to use store-bought (we like the Flipz brand) or make your own.
- Time: Prepping the dough is fairly quick, but make sure you set aside enough time to chill the cookie dough. This is an imperative step and prevents the cookies from over-spreading into greasy puddles.
Recipe Testing: Chewy Cookie Success
The following tips will help give your chocolate covered pretzel cookies the perfect amount of chewy goodness. For further reading and if you’re interested, readers have also found these cookie baking tips helpful too!
- Chill the dough. The refrigerator is your cookie’s best friend because it helps firm up thinner cookie doughs and also gives the flavors in the dough a chance to settle and mingle together. Do you ever notice that some cookies taste even better on day 2? Some call that “aged” cookie dough and it always produces more flavorful cookies.
- A little cookie science. Did you know that melted butter gives cookies a chewier, denser, and more buttery texture? It depends on the recipe, but I make a lot of cookies with melted butter instead of softened butter for those very reasons. As a bonus, when using melted butter, you can just use a whisk instead of an electric mixer. 1 extra egg yolk also promises a richer, chewier cookie. Don’t skip it.
Chocolate Covered Pretzels
You can use homemade chocolate covered pretzels or store-bought chocolate covered pretzels in these cookies. We suggest the brand Flipz, but really any store-bought would work. Break up the pretzels into smaller pieces, about the size of (or a little larger than) chocolate chips or chunks. You need about 1 cup of chocolate covered pretzel pieces.
More Cookie Recipes
- Salted Caramel Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
- White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
- M&M Cookies
- Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Deliciously chewy chocolate covered pretzel cookies are a fun, salty sweet twist on the classic chocolate chip cookie!
- 2 and 1/4 cups (281g) all-purpose flour (spoon & leveled)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (1.5 sticks or 170g) unsalted butter, melted
- 3/4 cup (135g) loosely packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg + 1 egg yolk, at room temperature
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 heaping cup chocolate covered pretzel pieces (homemade or store-bought)
- sea salt for sprinkling
- Whisk the flour, baking soda, cornstarch, and salt together in a large bowl. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk the melted butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar together until no brown sugar lumps remain. Whisk in the egg, then the egg yolk. Finally, whisk in the vanilla extract. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix together with a large spoon or rubber spatula. The dough will be very soft, yet thick. Fold in the chocolate covered pretzel pieces. They may not stick to the dough because of the melted butter, but do your best to combine them. Cover the dough and chill in the refrigerator for 3 hours or up to 3 days. Chilling is mandatory. I highly recommend chilling the cookie dough overnight for less spreading.
- Take the dough out of the refrigerator and allow to slightly soften at room temperature for 10 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 325°F (163°C). Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Set aside.
- Roll the dough into balls, about 3 Tablespoons of dough each. The dough will be crumbly, but the warmth of your hands will help the balls stay together. Roll the cookie dough balls to be taller rather than wide, to ensure the cookies will bake up to be thick. See this post for more clarity and a photo. Place 8 balls of dough onto each cookie sheet, then sprinkle each with sea salt. Bake the cookies for 12-13 minutes. The cookies will look very soft and underbaked. They will continue to bake on the cookie sheet. As they cool, feel free to press a couple extra pieces of chocolate covered pretzels into the tops of each cookie. It’s best to do this when the cookies are still warm. This is only for looks! Not mandatory at all. You can also sprinkle a little more sea salt on top of each cookie at this time, if desired.
- Allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Make Ahead & Freezing Instructions: Cookies stay fresh covered at room temperature for up to 1 week. You can make the cookie dough and chill it in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Allow to come to room temperature then continue with step 5. Baked cookies freeze well for up to 3 months. Unbaked cookie dough balls freeze well for up to 3 months. Bake frozen cookie dough balls for an extra minute, no need to thaw. Click here for my tips and tricks on freezing cookie dough.
- Check out my top 5 cookie tips and my tips to prevent cookies for spreading before beginning.
- Adapted from chewy chocolate chip cookies.
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This is just more proof that David Cameron has a really deep problem with women.
The Cabinet's Coalition Committee, which manages the “business and priorities” of Government, is comprised entirely of male Tory and Lib Dem MPs.
Not even Home Secretary Theresa May, the most powerful female MP in the country, is a member, but there is room for lower ranked male colleagues such as Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude and Policy Minister Oliver Letwin.
Other research by Express Online has also found that of the 357 seats on all cabinet committees, only 47 are filled with women – just 13 per cent.
The terms of reference of the Coalition Committee are to “meet as required” and to manage the “implementation of the Coalition Agreement” which includes pledges to strive for more gender equality.
Yet, with six Tory men and six Lib Dems, it is the most male-dominated committee in the heart of Westminster.
As well as Mr Letwin and Mr Maude, the other Tory members are David Cameron, William Hague, George Osborne, and Michael Gove, while the Lib Dems include Nick Clegg, Ed Davey, Vince Cable, Alistair Carmichael, David Laws and Danny Alexander.
The members were all chosen by Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg, who co-chair the committee.
Last night, Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper raised concerns over the issue, and today she said: "Why is Theresa May, the most senior woman in Government, not sitting on the Coalition Cabinet Committee, mediating between Conservative and Lib Dem policy priorities?
“Why is there only one woman and seventeen men in the main Economic Affairs Committee? Even the few women that there are in the Cabinet aren't included in the key decision making meetings.
“This is just more proof that David Cameron has a really deep problem with women."
Her comments came after the embarrassment Mr Cameron suffered at Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday when Ed Miliband pointed to the all-male make up of the Government’s front bench in the Commons.
Express Online research shows that of the Government's key 26 cabinet committees, only one has at least half female members - the Social Justice Child Poverty sub-committee.
Six have no female representation whatsoever, including the influential Public Expenditure and Banking Reform committees.
Mr Cameron admitted yesterday more female representation on his party’s front bench was needed.
The revelations come as Tory MP Margot James, a parliamentary aide to trade minister Lord Livingston, criticised Mr Cameron for not promoting female backbenchers fast enough.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, she said: "I do think you have put your finger on an issue which I hope the Prime Minister will resolve, which is that women are not promoted fast enough into government.
"If you look at the exact statistics, they are promoted in exact proportion to their numbers in the House.
"But if we have got less than 20 per cent Conservative women in the House, and the Prime Minister wants a third of his government to be female by the time of the next election then clearly he is going to need to promote at a faster rate.
"I would try to influence the Prime Minister to look at the lower ranks of his government and make sure there are more women from those roles that he can then consider for promotion later."
The Conservative Party has more female MPs than at any other point in history - 48 out of 256 - an increase from 17 in 2005.
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by Lilian Mercado
Next week, the leaders of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam will gather for the third Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in Siem Reap. A key aim is to enhance joint efforts and partnerships to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The summit’s focus on SDGs presents an opportunity to put gender equality and social inclusion at the centre of Mekong River Basin management. It is widely recognised, regionally and globally, that space for women and girls to stand up, speak up and take action is central to achieving the SDGs.
Last year, Asean leaders adopted a declaration acknowledging that gender equality is a “precondition for the realisation of sustainable development”. Globally, the High-Level Panel on Water states that achieving SDG 6 on water requires action which listens to the needs of women, men and all social groups including those who are often left without a voice.
In the Mekong, women play important roles in the use and management of water and aquatic resources and are key contributors to local economies. Women and girls farm and fish, work in agriculture and fisheries throughout the river basin, manage household water supply, undertake cleaning and washing duties in rivers, grow riverbank gardens, collect aquatic resources for food and income, are involved in value-added processing of aquatic products, and are the primary sellers of produce at markets.
Despite the multiple roles women play in water management, they remain under-represented or excluded from decision-making on how water resources are shared, developed and managed. Oxfam’s experience of working with farming and fishing communities in the Mekong region has shown that when women are involved in decisions regarding the use of their resources, development benefits are more likely to be stronger, equally shared and sustainable.
Targeted, committed and continual efforts are needed to create an enabling environment for women’s participation and leadership in water governance. This includes addressing underlying causes of gender equality; increasing women’s knowledge, skills and confidence to take a more active role in decision-making; and creating opportunities for women to participate and have their voices heard.
The Global Water Partnership (GWP), a global network with over 3,000 partner organisations, has identified four areas where urgent action is needed to drive gender equality and inclusion in water resource management.
• The partners and MRC must show commitment and lead the way to gender equality and inclusion; they must act urgently and commit resources needed to make this happen. While the MRC adopted a gender policy in 2000 and endorsed a gender action plan last year, there is still a gap between policy and practice. For example, a vast majority of the speakers and panellists at the MRC International Conference, which precedes the summit, are men, and “gender” or “women” are not mentioned once in the agenda. MRC and member countries need to ensure greater representation and participation of women within their own programs and activities, including major forums, if they hope to inspire others towards positive change.
• They must conduct gender analysis to understand women’s needs. Women and men use rivers and water resources in different ways, and they have different roles and responsibilities. Gender analysis is a critical first step towards designing and carrying out policies and programs that benefit women and men equally, and support longer-term positive change in gender relations.
MRC’s gender policy, adopted almost 18 years ago, calls on MRC to make every effort to disaggregate data by sex and include gender analysis in program design and implementation. Yet, according to the recently published MRC Council Study, which assessed impacts of water resource developments in the basin, a reliable gender analysis was not possible due to a lack of data and information.
• Women must have a say in decisions that affect them and be a part of all partnerships, through adopting a “nothing about them, without them” approach. Planning and decision-making on hydropower and other water resource developments in the Mekong lacks public participation, transparency and accountability. While the MRC has taken some steps to improve community engagement, much more can and needs to be done to respond to the priorities and needs of women and men that rely on the river for their livelihoods.
• Women, men, and their communities must have equal and inclusive access to and control of resources. This requires changing policies and practices that currently exclude women’s access to and control over water, land and natural resources.
The MRC Summit will provide direction for MRC and member countries’ priorities going forward. Gender equality and women’s participation must be at the forefront of enhancing efforts to achieve the SDGs in the Mekong River Basin. It is time for the MRC and member countries to walk the talk by acting upon the commitments they’ve made for more inclusive and sustainable management of the Mekong River Basin.
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A Quick Review of State and Local Ballot Issues
November 9, 2011
The results are in, and the winner is…well, that is complicated. Voters went to the polls across the country yesterday and NTU tracked the results of statewide and local ballot measures in 10 states. While the headlines are focused on the defeat of Issue 2 in Ohio, there were more positives than negatives, and the 2011 elections on the balance show a continued voter preference for lower taxes and less government.
All the results from last night should also be colored by the enormity of the victory in Colorado last week. Proposition 103 in Colorado was the only statewide tax increase in the country and it went down by a 2-1 margin. The policy choices expressed by voters last night do not necessarily reflect a tax preference. That preference is still very much clear by looking at the number of local tax hikes which went down in defeat.
In Ohio, Issue 2, the repeal referendum on the state’s collective bargaining reform law, went down handily. However, those same voters were even stronger in their antipathy for President Obama’s health care law, voting to protect health care freedom of choice by a 65%-35% margin. The early message from big government apologists seems to be that this vote was only symbolic. However, even as a symbol it shows continued strong disapproval of the federal health care law. When coupled with similar actions by states such as Missouri shows that federal overreach will continue to be an issue for voters going into 2012.
Additionally, a majority of the local tax and bonding measures went down in defeat. Thus, while voters said no to the state’s collective bargaining reform efforts, they sent an even stronger message that the solution to Ohio’s budget woes will not be found in tax hikes and government mandates.
Another potential harbinger of things to come can be found in California. San Francisco residents voted for Proposition C, which would save the city over $1 billion in public employee pension costs. While voters rejected a more expansive proposal, Prop C shows a basic recognition by even the most liberal of cities that pension costs are quickly reaching unsustainable levels and reform, not higher taxes, are the answer. On the tax front, Bay Area residents also rejected a .5% sales tax increase to pay for public safety programs.
Washington State also provided a solid win for taxpayers. Voters approved I-1183 to privatize state liquor stores and sell off the related assets. In the process, I-1183 became the most expensive ballot campaign in the state’s history. They also voted to strengthen the budget stabilization fund. However, I-1125, which would ensure transportation revenue goes to transportation needs only, was narrowly defeated 49%-50%.
On the local level, results were also mixed. For instance, residents in Seattle approved a $32 million property tax increase, but rejected a $20 million vehicle fee increase. In San Juan County, voters narrowly decided to extend the real estate excise tax and decisively shot down a new solid waste disposal user fee.
While NTU is still in the process of compiling the results of the hundreds of elections last night a couple basic trends can be found. Voters did express a willingness to raise taxes if the measure delineated what the funds would be used for and was for a set period of time. However, overall, far more tax increases were defeated than passed. I think the big story is that despite the spin over Ohio's Issue 2 from proponents of big government, voters were in no mood to write blank checks to big-spending public officials.
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A few years back, I had a patient who needed lab work. I had my medical assistant draw a "profile"â a blood screen that included 18 tests. The patient had no insurance, but I reassured him we'd do the lab for our costâ which I thought was $38.52.
Three or four weeks later, he returned to go over the test results. From the moment I walked into the room, I sensed he was not happy. The fact that he was snarling was my first clue. He threw a piece of paper at me. I picked it up off the floor and saw that it was his bill from the commercial laboratory that had performed the blood work. The bill was for $879.25.
That's a smidge more than $38.52. After looking at the bill for a moment, I realized that the lab had charged him an individual fee for each of the 18 tests.I had never seen that doneâ anywhere.
I began to snarl.
I paged my office manager and had her come to the exam room. She entered, flashed one of her sunny smiles, looked at the two of us, and said, "As soon as you boys stop snarling, I'll try to help you."
I handed her the bill. She perused it, began gnawing on her lower lip, and said, "Oh my"â her equivalent of a snarl.
She pivoted, left the room, and returned after about ten minutes. She cleared her throat and said, "The commercial lab we have been using for three years was recently purchased by a large corporation. They no longer allow us to bill for patient's labs. They bill for all labs. If a patient has insurance they bill insurance. If not, they bill the patient.
"That's inappropriate," I said. Well, actually I snarled something substantially earthier, but my editor here at the paper frowns upon earthy language.
Following negotiations with a representative from the commercial lab (involving further snarling, aggressive desk pounding, facial curling into really angry expressions, and long, sarcastic sighs) I was able to get my patient's bill reduced to $40.00. On principal, I gave him $1.48. We also changed labs for private pay patients.
People who don't have medical insurance are vulnerable. The medical industry reacts to that vulnerability with the sensitivity and compassion of jackals attacking a wounded gazelle.
Two weeks ago, I worked at events that might have had signs posted at their entrances reading "No Jackals Allowed." The events were health fairs at the Wiley Medical Clinic and the Eads Elementary School. For $56.00 people could get a full profile, a diabetes check, an EKG, a hearing test, and men could get a PSA and a manual prostate exam. I estimate that for someone without medical insurance this would cost between $800 and $1,000.
An honest to goodness health care deal. Yikes.
Listen all you wounded gazelles, find yourself a health fair and make yourself less vulnerable. When you get the results of your tests, you can take them to your doctor and for the price of an office call alone end up with a very complete physical.
The health fairs in Eads and Wiley served about 25% of their populations. That's an impressive numberâ higher than past years. I hope the other 75% have medical insurance.
The folks in Washington and at our state capital are not going to fix health careâ at least not in the near future. To be honest, they're afraid the jackals will attack them instead of the wounded gazelles. That means that weâ the gazelles of this countryâ are going to have to care for ourselves.
Health fairs are one way of doing exactly that. They are a unique opportunity to get sophisticated testing at a fractionâ less than a tenthâ of what it would cost as a private patient. If this is the only way you can get such testing, please get it done.
I'm not sure when the next health fairs are taking place, but your local hospital will know. Even if you have to travel a bit, it's worth it. I met a fellow who had come all the way to Eads from Denverâ eight years in a row, "Nothing like this around there," he said.
I don't know if that's true, but I do know that I experienced a profound sense of community at the fairs that I never experienced in the city. I guess that's because most folks from the high plains realize that life can be pretty doggone rough. People helping people can help smooth out some of those rough edges.
It's also easier for communities to fend off the jackals than it is for any one of us gazelles standing alone.
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Worth the trip: the High Class A Florida State League Brevard County Manatees and Lakeland Flying Tigers are playing a single game at Historic Dodgertown’s Holman Stadium on Tuesday, April 15 at 6:30 p.m. in celebration of Jackie Robinson Day in baseball.
This will be the first time that a Florida State League game will be played at Holman Stadium since August 30, 2008. Dodgertown formerly hosted spring training for the Brooklyn Dodgers and then the Los Angeles Dodgers between 1948 and 2008 before the team shifted spring operations to Arizona. Today Dodgertown is managed by former Dodger owner Peter O’Malley since 2012. O’Malley, whose family developed and expanded the site formerly known as Dodgertown for nearly 50 years, partnered with his sister Terry O’Malley Seidler and former Dodger star pitchers Chan Ho Park and Hideo Nomo.
“Historic Dodgertown is truly the cradle of baseball’s racial integration,” said Minor League Baseball President & CEO Pat O’Conner. “The activities on those hallowed grounds and the exploits of Jackie Robinson changed not only baseball, but America and the world.
“There is no more fitting tribute to Jackie Robinson’s legacy and Historic Dodgertown’s place in history than to play a professional baseball game in Vero Beach on April 15. I applaud the efforts of Peter O’Malley and the Florida State League in giving Minor League Baseball a role in the celebration.”
“We would like to thank the Lakeland Flying Tigers for participating in this year’s Jackie Robinson Day event,” said Manatees General Manager Kyle Smith. “There is no greater way to pay homage to Mr. Robinson than to play the game he loved at Historic Dodgertown.
“Historic Dodgertown is thrilled to host a regular season Florida State League game between the Manatees and Flying Tigers,” said Historic Dodgertown VP Brady Ballard. “This is a great community event that brings professional baseball back to Holman Stadium for a night and provides an exciting event to benefit the United Way of Indian River County. We would like to thank both teams and their management, the Brewers and Tigers organizations, the Florida State League and Minor League Baseball for helping to bring this event to Vero Beach.”
Holman Stadium is a classic throwback spring-training facility, with no dugouts (players sat on benches) and a ton of ambiance.
Image from Los Angeles Dodgers spring-training game in 2007.
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World's oldest running car sells for $4.62 million at RM
By Larry Edsall
RM's autumn auction at the Antique Automobile Club of America's annual fall meet at Hershey, Pennsylvania did more than $10 million in sales, and nearly half of that total was accounted for by the winning bid on a single vehicle.
But what a vehicle!
In our last posting, we featured the 1894 De Dion Bouton El Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos Steam car, the oldest still-running car in the world.
The opening bid was half-a-million dollars and the second bid doubled that amount. The gavel finally fell at $4.2 million, or a final sales price of $4.62 million with commission.
"We were honored to have been entrusted with the sale of this most important motor car from the renowned collection of the late Mr. John O'Quinn," said Rob Myers, chairman and founder of RM Auctions. "The world's leading automotive collectors recognized the incredibly rare opportunity the sale represented, as was reflected in the spirited bidding and impressive result."
Although the car is some 117 years old, the new owner is only the fifth.
Other top sales at Hershey were $253,000 for a 1912 Mercedes 28/50 PS town car; $203,500 for a 1938 Lincoln Model K convertible Victoria; $181,500 for a 1935 Packard Twelve coupe roadster; and $165,000 for a 1930 Cord L-29 boattail speedster.
Auctions American by RM does $2.79 at Carlisle
The RM Auction at Hershey was the second in Pennsylvania in a matter of weeks. Auctions America, the RM subsidiary, posted $2.79 million in its inaugural Fall Carlisle sale, where 58 percent of 273 cars sold.
Top sale at Carlisle was $99,000 for a 1959 DeSoto Firedome convertible. A 2001 BMW Z8 roadster brought $90,200. Other top sales included a 1959 Chevrolet Corvette convertible for $63,800, a 1998 Bentley Brooklands for $46,750, and a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air for $46,200.
Stutz, Hispano-Suiza pace Fairfield concours
A 1929 Stutz M-8 won best in show for domestic marques while a 1926 Hispano-Suiza H6B took honors among vehicles of foreign origin at the eighth annual Fairfield County concours d'elegance at Westport, Connecticut.
Also on view were Formula One racecars, Chrysler Hemi-powered vehicles, CCCA Grand Classic 100 Point Winners, Porsche, Jaguar E-type, Woodies, Barn Finds, and Preservation Vehicles.
An E-type search brought the lowest serial number, 006, a 1961 Roadster owned by James Strickland, and the longest single-owned E-type, a 1963 Coupe owned by Avron Coleman.
Petersen honors Phil Hill
The late Phil Hill -- the only American-born Formula One champion, the first American to win the 24 Hour of Le Mans, automotive historian and classic car restorer will be honored by the Petersen automotive Museum with tribute night November 10 and an exhibit -- Phil Hill: The Life of a Legend -- which runs from September 3-November 26.
California racers reunion
The annual California Racers Reunion, a celebration of drivers, car owners and fans of post-war oval track racing on the West Coast, has outgrown Parnelli Jones' museum and is being moved to the Riverside International Automobile Museum this October 22.
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PGC News & Announcements: October 17, 2018
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REMA and ArcticDEM Release Recap
PGC successfully produced high-resolution elevation data for 20% of the land on Earth. Both REMA 1 and ArcticDEM 7 were released last month. Here are some of the highlights:
- Added depth to the temporal archive. Each pole is covered an average of 8 times
- Mosaics released at multiple resolutions
- Over 350 TB of data between both poles
- New cartographic and hillshade maps available in our Map Catalog
- New York Times article about REMA
PGC Acknowledgement Policy and Citations Update
We recently updated (October 3, 2018) our Acknowledgement Policy and Publication and Citation Approval to include our newest published dataset citations. Due to the decision to release datasets before citable, data papers are published for ArcticDEM and REMA, we created Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) using Harvard Dataverse to cite ArcticDEM, REMA and PGC Map Catalog. Please cite these datasets in the following way:
Porter, Claire, et al., 2018, “ArcticDEM”, https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OHHUKH, Harvard Dataverse, V1, [Date Accessed].
Howat, Ian; Morin, Paul; Porter, Claire; Noh, Myong-Jong, 2018, “The Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica”, https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SAIK8B, Harvard Dataverse, V1, [Date Accessed].
PGC Map Catalog
Polar Geospatial Center, 2018, “PGC Map Catalog”, https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/6R8F7U, Harvard Dataverse, V1, [Map Referenced ID], [Date Accessed].
By accepting PGC’s services, including access to data via the PGC website, users agree to cite PGC and its sponsorship by the NSF. Acknowledgement and citation of PGC’s data and services provides PGC with valuable feedback and a measure of its success in the scientific community.
PGC Antarctic On-Ice Support Changes
The Antarctic science season is now underway! For the past few months, PGC has been preparing Support Information Packages requests, satellite tasking and collection, and so on. We are excited to continue our on-ice support to Antarctic science and logistics in McMurdo again this year.
Our originally planned early deployment schedule has changed and we will not have a staff member present in McMurdo from October 22 – November 14. Therefore, unlike previous seasons PGC will begin its on-ice support until mid November.
In the meantime, please direct any requests to your PGC point-of-contact and we will make them first priority and complete in our Minnesota office. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. We will work to ensure all priority science and logistic requests are handled appropriately from our Minnesota office during our early-season absence.
AGU Geodesy Session
Mark your calendars for an invigorating geodesy session, G51B: “An Ongoing Transformation: High Resolution Topography in the Geosciences” at this year’s AGU Fall Meeting on Friday, December 14.
Learn and discuss the use and development of high-resolution topographic observations to examine dynamic natural and anthropogenic processes that shape the Earth’s surface. Posters will cover a range of disciplines including landslides, drone photogrammetry, ice sheet surface elevation change, coastal environments, and more.
- When: 08:00-12:20 p.m. on Friday, December 14, 2018
- Where: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Hall A-C (Poster Hall), Washington, D.C.
- Section: Geodesy, G51B
- Neighborhood: 2. Earth Interior
- Conveners: Michael Willis (primary), David Shean, Paul Morin
- Abstract & Papers: see session description here
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Scams cost businesses $7.2m last year: ACCC
A new report from the ACCC shows that Australian businesses were hit by more than 5800 scams during 2018.
This cost businesses over $7.2 million throughout the year, which was a 53% increase on losses in the previous year.
According to the Targeting scams report, much of the increase is due to the $3.8 million reported lost to sophisticated ‘business email compromise’ scams. When combined with losses reported to the Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network, these scams cost Australian businesses over $60 million.
“Scammers are hacking business email systems and impersonating the intended payment recipient. The scammers request changes to bank account details so that the business makes the payment to the scammer instead of the legitimate business,” ACCC Deputy Chair Mick Keogh said.
“Depending on how long the scammers get away with this and how large the transfers are, this scam can be devastating to a business’s bottom line — to the extent of forcing small and medium businesses into closure.”
This scam targets businesses of all sizes and even small local sporting clubs and community groups. Any organisation that transfers money via bank accounts is a potential target. Scamwatch has even received reports of the hackers intercepting house deposits that have been sent to conveyancers, real estate agents or law firms.
Small businesses with fewer than 20 staff were most likely to be targeted by scammers and accounted for more than 75% of reports to the ACCC. Businesses were most likely to be targeted with false billing scams (1819 reports) but investment, hacking and phishing scams also caused significant losses.
“Australian businesses must protect themselves by ensuring their staff are aware of these scams so they can identify and avoid them. Every business should have clear processes for transferring money and a procedure for verifying requests to change bank account details that uses multiple modes of communication,” Keogh said.
Australian businesses are encouraged to visit www.scamwatch.gov.au to learn more about scams targeting them and how to protect themselves.
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Take a moment to just think about how great and amazing your big sister truly is. She is always going to be the most ardent supporter in your life. She is going to be your wildest cheerleader.
She is going to be your fiercest defender. And she’s going to be your best friend. Sisters can actually be the best gifts you can ever receive in this life. They manage to drive you crazy.
They make you cry. They fight you a lot and they abuse you with both their hands and their words. But in spite of all of that, you always know that your sister is going to love you more than anyone in the world.
There’s just a certain irreplaceable aspect of a sister’s love. That is why if you happen to have a big sister, you always have to make sure that she knows how grateful and appreciative you are of her.
And if you’re still not convinced, then this is definitely the article for you. Give this article a read and by the end, you will gain a more profound appreciation for your big sister. Here are 8 reasons why she is your true best friend and your soulmate.
1. She knows all about your deepest fears and grandest dreams.
She is a woman who knows about all of your deepest fears and grandest dreams. She knows everything that you want to get out of life.
And she also knows about the things that strike fear right into your heart. You know that you have someone who understands you more than anyone else in this world.
2. She is your absolute best friend.
You know that she’s your real best friend. She is the person you turn to whenever you need someone to talk to. You know that she’s always going to come to your side whenever you need companionship.
You know that she’s someone you can always have a lot of fun and be comfortably at ease with.
You practically grew up in the same living space with one another. And that’s why you have a really strong bond and connection. You know so much about one another.
You have the kind of connection that two people only have when they devote time and effort to actually building it over the course of many years.
4. She is your teammate whenever you go against your parents.
Growing up, it’s always common for kids to have a few scuffles with their parents. And for most girls who have big sisters, they know that they always have teammates during these conflicts.
A big sister is always ready to jump to her little sister’s side when they start to argue with their parents.
5. She will always tell you the truth.
You know that she’s always going to keep it real with you. You might get frustrated at her a lot of the time when she’s being so rude and blunt. She might hurt your feelings often.
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She is going to serve as a perfect date for you. Whenever you are craving for Taco Ball on a random Tuesday at 2 in the morning, then you know that you can always knock on her door to drive you there to get you your fix.
She’s also going to be a really great shopping date because she will give you advice on what to buy for yourself. She might even buy some stuff for you.
7. She is essentially ready to give you free therapy anytime.
She is always going to be ready to give you advice about various things in life. Whenever you feel like you are lost, you know that you can always turn to her for guidance.
She is the kind of girl who would always be willing to give you some advice whenever you need it. And if she doesn’t have anything to say, you know that at the very least, you know you can always get a hug from her.
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At the end of the day, you know that she’s the type of person who would always show up for you no matter how inconvenient or difficult it might be.
She’s always going to be there for you even during the dark times – especially during the dark times. You can always rely on her to be there for you even when you don’t ask her to. She’s all that and more for you. That’s why you should never take her for granted. | <urn:uuid:1e36bed5-dc5f-48d9-b251-9becf4f250c0> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.relrules.com/8-reasons-why-your-big-sister-is-also-your-true-best-friend-and-soulmate/ | 2023-09-26T10:04:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510179.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20230926075508-20230926105508-00390.warc.gz | en | 0.980305 | 991 |
For some reason today people think that a company exists to virtue signal, and not to make money.
Take the fast-food behemoth McDonald’s for example. The company makes burgers, and earns billions of dollars in the process. Now, activists want them to change their business model to appease a small percent of the population.
When asked why their London branch did not serve food that met Halal standards, McDonald’s simply responded that it didn’t make financial sense to change things up:
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We are a small team cranking big things. Each of us at The Social Dept. bring a ton of expertise to the table and play a huge part in putting it all together for our customers. Below is a little list to help you get to know our team. We have a lot of pride in this brand and hope you will enjoy what we are creating!
Owner, Basketball Junkie, and Cat Freak
Andy is a Grammy-nominated graphic designer by trade with over seventeen years in the biz. Andy currently owns and operates both a work-for-hire design studio, Ohioboy Art & Design (ohioboy.com), and this here t-shirt brand, The Social Dept.
In the past Andy has worked for Platinum Design Inc. NYC and MTV Networks. He has had the privilege of working with many great people throughout the years and has been a part of many award-winning projects. Clients include: Time Warner Books, Art Directors Club of NY, MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Chip Taylor, ESPN, Travis Pastrana, Matt Hoffman, KISS, Elvis, The Beatles, Platform Beer Co., Newburgh Brewing, Growler Magazine, Black Dog & Leventhal, Reader Link, Sterling Publishing, NBC Universal, Square Records, Gannett, Viacom, Le Grand Magistery, American Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Folkways, and a few others.
Work responsibilities include: Team Dad • Designer • Illustrator • Typographer • Point Guard • Litter box changer • Beer supply stocker • Supply manager • Ink specialist • Squeegee dryer • General social specialist
Studio Manager, Gardener, and Team Mom
Christy is a fashion designer by trade with over seventeen years in the biz. Christy worked for Ralsey Group Ltd, Lord & Taylor, and Ann Taylor before switching gears a bit to raise a family and help run the biz. Christy currently splits her days—and nights—as the studio manager/order specialist with The Social Dept. and raising two adorable little kiddos. Pretty much two full-time jobs that run 24/7/365.
Work responsibilities include: Office Manager • Order/return specialist • Illustrator • Shipping department • Resident fashion designer • Screen prep gal • Meal planner • Eggnog maker • Supply manager • Daily emailer • Cat and child maintenance
Illustrator / Printer / Shop Boy
Work responsibilities include: Heavy-duty printing • Illustration Wiz • Horror Film Encyclopedia • Concept developer • Beer supplier • General social specialist
Printing Assistant and Movie Junkie
Work responsibilities include: Screen maintenance • Resident film expert • Concept developer • Screen prep guy • Heat-setter • Beer supplier • Craft show Carnie • General social specialist
Printing Assistant and Comedy Relief
Work responsibilities include: Screen maintenance • Key & Peele enthusiast • Heat-setting specialist • Legendary storyteller • General social specialist
Friends & Helpers
In order to pull all this together we have had an insane amount of help along the way. We can’t thank these folks enough for their contributions to bringing this all together and making it a really fun brand to be a part of. So let’s give thanks to: June, Nolan, Griggy, Papa, Oma, Opa, Amy, Mike T, Lisa, Laurie, Eric, Abby, Larry, Leah, Ella, Rufus, Annie, Ben, Robyn, Rob, J, Ryan, Kelly, Natalie, Anna, Christian, Elaini, Mike J, Criswell, John C, Tristan, Dave, Micah, Nick, Matt B, Matt S. You are all lifelong members of this team as we couldn’t pull it off without ya! | <urn:uuid:892de293-0c55-4b3e-9dc1-468e87cd3d05> | CC-MAIN-2019-51 | https://www.thesocialdept.com/pages/meet-the-team | 2019-12-11T16:25:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575540531974.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20191211160056-20191211184056-00116.warc.gz | en | 0.878527 | 780 |
The glam rock look remains the most favored of current musical styles. Its rebellious and indomitable touch has given it a front seat in wardrobes of all kinds. Indeed, men and women alike are leaning towards this style that does not hide the elegance and delicacy of everyday styles. Thus, the glam rock trend adapts to different situations, except that some criteria of clothing combination are necessary for a better look.
Glam rock look: style and attitude
Let’s not put the cart before the horse and say that “glam rock” is more than metal, black color and outrageous leather. Belonging to the urban fashion of “trash” rock, it implies a thought, a philosophy and principles of life that are based on a more free and rebellious vision. To be a rock is to be on the move, to be daring and to be always in search of supremacy. For more information, visit IRO PARIS.
For a more mellow principle, here is glam rock! It doesn’t deviate from the values of authentic style, but sprinkles in a little femininity and even more elegance. Here, we spare the extravagance of studs and metal jewelry, we value ourselves as rebels and respectful. Just pull up your skirts, adjust your jewelry, remove a few studs, add a few touches and you’re glam rock.
Be feminine and imposing with the glam rock style
Often the subject of public debate, glam rock is not seen as a look for everyone. However, the expression “the devil is in the details” unravels this misconception. The bottom line is to wear the right clothes and accessories, because all women deserve to be both stylish and rebellious.
The most popular glam rock getup starts with a black lace top and a leather mini skirt in the summer. This style is lightly complemented by a leather jacket and studded boots for casual outings. Casual, the woman can adorn herself with a pair of worn, holey or ripped skinny jeans, popularly shrugged with a rock t-shirt.
Men: distinguish your taste through the rock and glamour look
The men who opt for a glam rock style are, most often, those who assume their musical styles. Yet, they choose the muted finery either for reasons of social opinion or belonging influence. Fortunately, there are several glam rock men’s clothing styles that are available in addition to studded leather suits.
The most popular of these men’s looks is achieved, mainly through rock t-shirts and plaid shirts. Men often accentuate them with ripped black jeans, directly reflecting the emblem of rebellion. The most daring wear massive chain necklaces and studded boots, while it is possible to remain discreet with simple high-top sneakers. | <urn:uuid:04400e90-a5c5-4f6c-b380-8cf1b43901a8> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://www.lovelylittlestyle.com/how-to-look-rock-and-glamorous/ | 2022-09-25T20:56:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030334596.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220925193816-20220925223816-00724.warc.gz | en | 0.92294 | 577 |
This is an autumn flower festival held at Hangang Park in Topyeong-dong, Guri. Nothing compares to taking a peaceful walk or riding a bike along a huge cosmos field near the river. Merry-making programs are also provided.
Period: Sep. 23 – Sep. 25, 2016
Location: (Topyeong-dong) 829, Topyeong-dong, Guri-si, Gyeonggi-do
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Tim Hortons: Canada and USA
I finally had the chance to try the Tim Hortons Grilled and Steak Panini and it was awesome, I will definitely have another one someday soon.
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Tim Hortons Inc. (known internationally as Tim Horton's Cafe and Bake Shop) is a Canadian multinational fast casual restaurant known for its coffee and doughnuts. It is also Canada's largest fast food service with over 3,000 stores nationwide. It was founded in 1964 in Hamilton, Ontario, by Canadian hockey player Tim Horton and Jim Charade, after an initial venture in hamburger restaurants. In 1967, Horton partnered with investor Ron Joyce, who assumed control over operations after Tim Horton died in 1974, and expanded the chain into a multi-million dollar franchise. Charade left the organization in 1966 and briefly returned in 1970 and 1993 through 1996.
Tim Hortons franchises spread rapidly and eventually overtook McDonald's as Canada's largest food service operator. The company opened twice as many Canadian outlets as McDonald's and system-wide sales also surpassed those of McDonald's Canadian operations as of 2002. The chain accounted for 22.6% of all fast food industry revenues in Canada in 2005. Tim Hortons commands 76% of the Canadian market for baked goods (based on the number of customers served) and holds 62% of the Canadian coffee market (compared to Starbucks, in the number two position, at 7%).
In November 2010, Tim Hortons extended Interac debit payment system acceptance to most of its stores. The company previously began accepting Interac in its stores in Western Canada in 2003 and, later, MasterCard and MasterCard PayPass across most of its stores in 2007. The company often indicated the delay of broader or wider electronic payment acceptance was to "ensure speed of service." In 2012, Tim Hortons began accepting Visa cards, and in 2013, began accepting American Express cards.
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IndianWeddingSite.com presents the highly sought after cinematographers at Fandango Studios
. With a personal goal to never make two films that are anything alike, Fandango Studios guarantees to deliver a film that is uniquely your own. Find out more about the team and view some of their wedding highlights in our Vendor Spotlight.Where are you based and do you travel for weddings?
We are based in Miami, Florida. Yes, we travel. How long have you been in business?
I come from a filmmaking background and 2010 is our second full year producing wedding films. (We're proud to have won The Knot's Best of Weddings for 2010, and I just learned we won again for 2011. We also won the 2010 Bride's Choice Awards at WeddingWire/Martha Stewart Weddings.) Describe a memorable wedding you covered.
Wow. That's hard to do. I guess it would have to be my first South Asian wedding. Blew me away. I felt like I was in another country. I fell in love shooting South Asian weddings. I love the colors, the ceremonies, everything.What sets your cinematography apart from others?
I've been told no two of our films are alike. This is because I edit from the heart and I try to capture the essence of the couple, party, energy, etc. I prefer this than following a set approach, which would pretty much bore me. I love the fact that all weddings are different. I use high end graphics, the kind you see on TV, quality wise. I'm also an award winning filmmaker, and my feature Phoenix Falling is currently in post production. Here's the trailer:What is your favorite part of an Indian wedding?
That would be different for each wedding. I always like discovering something new; like when I shot my first Baraat. I liked embellishing the footage with stock sound effects like the horse neighing, trotting, etc. Anything to bring the footage to life.
What should South Asian couples look for when choosing a cinematographer?
Look at lots of samples. Make sure they're recent. Do they have backup equipment? Do you like their style? Does it move you?What can couples do during the planning process to assist you in delivering the most optimal results?
Tell me what type of music they like. Preferably provide me with a bunch of favorites on a CD, so that I can choose. Also, tell me which of my samples they liked, and which they didn't. Give me a schedule of the day. Give me a list of their vendors. Be themselves.What is involved in creating a SDE (Same Day Edit)? Is this a popular option?
A well done SDE is quite challenging, yet very rewarding. I start days or even weeks before by studying the schedule, talking to the couple, attaining a handful of music to choose from, and creating the opening "credits." During the morning prep / ceremony / baraat shoot I'm actually editing in my mind as I shoot. I pay attention to what my partner is shooting so I can look for certain shots later on. Then I need several hours to edit a nice cinematic clip on my laptop. I burn a DVD and screen it during the reception. It's fairly popular. This is a recent SDE we produced:What equipment do you use when creating your films?
DSLR cameras, which use interchangeable 35mm film lenses. They use these in broadcast TV shows and in films. I use a glide cam for fluid movement, a slider for slow camera movement and a crane if it's wanted or needed. Broadcast quality digital recorders are used to record the vows, toast, etc.What is your favorite reaction from a couple after they have received their wedding film?
When they cry watching their movie.
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Name: Cleveland Billiard Club
Location: 185 Inman Street East, Cleveland
Hours: Monday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 3 a.m., Sunday 12 p.m. to 3 a.m.
Contact information: 423-790-7887
Products/services: Cleveland Billiard Club is a pool bar that serves lunch and dinner. They also sell a variety of cigars.
Age: Almost one year
Cross-generation location: Cleveland Billiard Club is the third CBC in the area. The other two Chattanooga Billiard Clubs, all under the same owner, have similar layout and atmosphere. Hal Killam, a manager at the Cleveland site, said the club draws a variety of people, from the younger Lee University college students to the community's experienced billiard pros.
Professional players: CBC occasionally brings in professional pool players to show off to or play against its customers. The bar has drawn large crowds to play against some of the pros, even though Killam said almost everyone loses.
Selling cigars: Killam's favorite part of the business is the cigar shop. Killam, a cigar aficionado, fell in love with the high-end product when traveling in Switzerland. He uses his passion to curate the shop's selection and help customers pick the right cigar for them.
Future goals: Continue to increase nighttime customers while drawing a bigger lunch crowd. CBC serves plenty of pub food, including hamburgers made from beef ground on-site, but getting people into the space has been challenging. "It's slowly growing," Killam said. "People work. They're not going to be at a bar during the day." | <urn:uuid:e7c1a050-9fbd-47b9-b751-49215367a43a> | CC-MAIN-2014-23 | http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/aug/24/smallbiz-bar-boosts-cleveland-billiard/ | 2014-07-30T07:25:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1406510268734.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20140728011748-00082-ip-10-146-231-18.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962527 | 340 |
Four years ago staff in a Surrey heating supply company were disturbed at discovering the extent at which impoverished students in their neighbourhood were suffering.
“We were reading The Vancouver Sun about what was happening and decided we had to provide an inner-city school with emergency funds,” says Ashley Bouchard, general manager of Raven Hydronic Supply.
Raven isn’t a huge company – it has only seven employees – but the $5,000 it provided that year (and every year since) was transformative for some students at Frank Hurt Secondary, said principal Mike Stickley. This act of corporate concern and social responsibility has enabled the school to help students in ways it could not have done before, he said.
“We have students living in profound poverty,” Stickley says.
“There is no food in the house, clothes are hard to come by, it’s usually a single-parent household with multiple dependents – nothing but the bare necessities, no extras.”
However, rules govern how schools spend money, and poverty relief isn’t in the rules.
“Raven has given us the discretion to help these students with their simple needs, with food, clothing – we’ve even been able to help parents with things like a hydro bill.
“It puts us over the top in terms of being able to help these kids out,” Stickley says.
Of his school’s 1,280 students, about 40 per cent could be described as needy, with 10 to 15 per cent “profoundly impoverished.”
This year Raven is increasing its grant to $5,500 as there seems to be greater need, Bouchard said.
“At the end of the year we get a report on how the money was spent and it’s just heartwarming, some of the stories,” she says.
For instance there’s the student who wanted to take a carpentry course but couldn’t because he needed steel-toed work boots, but had no money to buy them.
“That student has now graduated from Kwantlen (Polytechnic University) and he still has the workboots and the carpenter’s belt we bought him,” Stickley says.
Then there are the prom dresses and graduation expenses that have been paid for, the money that sends Aboriginal students to seminars each year, or buys cleats and pays sports team fees, or grocery cards when there’s no food in a home and no money.
And then there’s the tragedy of the seven children who lost both parents.
“The kind hearts of the Raven employees … well, we’re pretty proud of what they did here,” Stickley says.
“Both parents passed away and now seven kids are living with an auntie and uncle. We helped them out with Safeway gift cards and things, but they have a van that needed repairs.
“Six of the children go to different elementary schools so they need that van. We used Raven funds to pay for parts to get it running and our shop did the work and fixed the van.
“It’s an incredible story,” Stickley says.
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World Economic Review
Devil: world banks hold most of their reserves in US$-based investments. A lower dollar hurts these banks and puts the world’s shaky banking system at risk again.
Deep Blue Sea: the US economy is the engine that powers the world’s economy. It’s sputtering and coughing right now because of the collapse of the American real estate market. A lower US$ would help the American economy recover because it makes US exports more competitive in other countries.
The May 26 G20 meeting will face this devil-deep dilemma. Let’s see what we can glean from the trend of the US dollar vs. the basket of international currencies. In late April and early May it looked like the banking system was going to be sacrificed to help the US economy because the US dollar kept going down. It was sinking toward the ultra low level it hit when the banking collapse was in full bloom in 2008. Then, seemingly out of no-where, on May 5, 2011, the US dollar rose dramatically and began a zigzagged up trend. Are the economic powers that be trying to control the word’s currencies as May 26 draws near? Will they try to hold the US dollar where it is for the next few weeks?
Let’s review this devil-deep scenario from the Canadian perspective. Canada gets economic enjoyment when America has a modest amount of inflation. Our resource based economy thrives on other nations’ inflation. The 17% decline of the US dollar in the past 50 weeks has been accompanied by a rise in commodities such as grain prices, fuel prices and metals prices. This has been good for Canada. But, some analysts look at the recent collapse of gold and silver prices as a sign that this game is over. And they suggest that the current blow off in gasoline prices will be the final blow-off in the current inflation game. If the commodities inflation game really is over, that would not be a favourable development for Canada. Toronto stock market investors would want to sell their natural resource investments and stock up on health care or consumer staples investments. Yesterday’s leaders, the Canadian resource stocks, would become tomorrow’s trailers, if the US dollar starts to rise and American inflation cools off.
And it’s your portfolio of investments that hangs in the balance. That part of your RRSP or pension fund that is invested in the Canadian stock market depends on the price of the US dollar. In my investment book, Beyond the Bull, I explain the importance of getting experience in the investment world. Getting experience means taking action based on your knowledge of changes in the world’s economic situation. The devil-deep scenario outlined above has been with us for quite a few years now, following the 6-year devaluation of the US dollar from 2002 to 2008. And it’s still with us. But it seems easier to express an opinion about the market than to take action. It’s easy to think about economic things; it’s not so easy to do something in reaction to economic things.
When the financial press starts to report the important news that will flow from the G20 meeting a few weeks, remember how important it is for them to find balance among the various currencies. And remember how important it is for you to take action to protect your own investments in response to G20 currency policy.
To order your copy of Beyond the Bull and the Five Levels of Investor Consciousness CD, or to sign up for Ken’s free monthly webinar, visit www.gobeyondthebull.com (Bullmanship Code = SS32).
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Located in the HEART of Clarendon half a block from the Metro
Named after the Spanish city famed for the annual Running of the Bulls, Pamplona is a Spanish tapas and sangria restaurant that draws its inspiration from Ernest Hemingway’s travels throughout the Basque region of Spain. Pamplona, features an innovative take on traditional Spanish fare paired with an extensive sangria program.
We offer $35 all you can eat small plates 7 nights a week and we offer a bottomless brunch for $35 including mimosas.
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Half Off Sangria Pitchers
50% off any of our six sangria pitchers! Make sure to ask your server about our seasonal sangria.
Terms and Conditions:
Valid For: 1 - 20 people
Starts: September 30, 2019
Ends: October 1, 2118
Availability: Wed 4:00PM-9:00PM
Half Price Wine Night
Enjoy 50% off every bottle of wine each and every Tuesday
Terms and Conditions:
Valid For: 1 - 20 people
Starts: March 12, 2019
Ends: March 13, 2118
Availability: Tue 4:00PM-10:00PM
Enjoy our famous burger only $9.99! Each and every Monday
Terms and Conditions:
Valid For: 1 - 20 people
Starts: March 1, 2019
Ends: March 2, 2118
Availability: Mon 4:00PM-9:00PM
Large group of 13 people. Staff was prompt and the food came out effortlessly on time. Perfect!
The food was absolutely fantastic. My wife and I both got the "Taste of Spain." We sampled through a large number of the small plates and were not disappointed by a single one. The Toffee Cake with salted caramel ice cream was one of the best we've ever had.
Enjoyed the half price bottle of wine deal. Service and food was good but not mind blowing. Very small plates and still pretty expensive.
My friends and I were here for Sunday brunch. The food and drinks were superb! Service was slow and we had to check on our food with our server several times. Drink refills took a while, too, and we had to request them multiple times. The restaurant wasn't too crowded (although there were several large groups), so I was a bit disappointed with the speed and quality of service. It was really loud and we had to raise our voices to talk. But the food was just so good, and it was so nice to linger and order multiple dishes that it was worth it. We'll be back, but hopefully Pamplona will be more equipped to serve our table more quickly and without constantly forgetting to check for our food and drinks.
Service was outstanding and food was equal. Mary was engaging and informative in her presentation of menu and food and even remembered we were there for anniversary and brought dessert! A+ and highly recommend it.
Everything about the restaurant was great. Food, friendly service, reasonable price. I'm not a big sports fan so the TV noise was not something I enjoyed but it was tolerable. I would definitely recommend this place and would go back in a heartbeat!
Excellent experience and food!! The $35 variety offering is a great value!!! Will recommend this place to others as well.
This is one of my go to spots with friends. I like the taste of Spain, which allows you to select from a number of different options. I wish they had a little bit more variety and was more creative with the dishes. But that doesn't stop me from going. The sparkling rose is fantastic.
Wow, my husband and I were both impressed with the clientele, the decor, the vibe, but especially the food. Service was exceptional, too. I ordered the scallops and he had the steak frites. Excellent choices. Well done, Pamplon!
The ribs were the absolute best thing I’ve had in dc period. Unbelievable a must try. We will be coming back to try their all you can eat brunch.
An average and pricey tapas restaurant; however, the food was very good. The waiter had zero personality and at points bordered on rude. I know it must be a pain to keep going back and forth for more tapas. They offer a $35 special for unlimited tapas but everyone at the table must order it. It is a good deal, but adds up quickly.
Great place. Great food. Friday night and really busy and loud, but I had a great time. Really hard to find good parking spots nearby and public parking fills up really fast. The ding here is on Clarendon (Arlington). Streets are dark and signs are not well placed. You car is at risk of getting towed and fined if not careful where you park.
We tried the “taste of Spain” it was all you can eat small plates for $35 it was a great value and service was great. The new fall menu is very good !
Went for brunch with a big party. Food was great, as were drinks! Desserts were a little on the smaller side, but we had great service and they were accommodating!
Lovely plave for weekend brunch. Food is interesting and creative, the service is helpful but the noise leel is difficult to handle.
We had an issue with the food, they took care of us without hesitation. My other visits were great
We did all you can eat small plates which was completely worth it! The taste of the food was really great.
The portions of small plates were sufficient neither little nor a lot, greatly proportioned.
Service on the other hand was weak. We waited to be asked if we were ready to order 10 mins after we got seated. We did not get our drinks until our first dishes came out which was approximately 20 mins later after our orders were taken. If the service gets better, this place would be superb.
This was my second time dining at Pamplona, and all I can say is WOW. Everyone in my party of 4 chose the Taste of Spain option for bottomless small plates. We tried almost everything on the menu and every single item was delicious - especially the gambas, pulpo, and truffled mac and cheese. Our server, Miriam, was fantastic. This place is a seriously amazing value and a perfect spot to catch up with friends over a great meal!
The staff were great and attentive.
Good food with family and kids. All you can eat option was fun for all.
Great small plates and Tomahawk steak. attentive service. If you sit inside, it is very noisy. Better to sit outside if you are on a date.
Wonderful experience with delicious food and even better company!
Not to an Spaniard friend. For Americans is okay. This place still have a lot of homework to do and learn about our flavors and seasonings.
If you like to have a social night with friends, this is your place to be. Customer service satisfactory.
Doing the all you can eat small plates is the way to go. Everything was amazing!
Had an amazing dinner (the $35 dollar unlimited Tapas is a great deal). Plus Tuesday is half price on bottles of wine night, can’t beat that! Chad was wonderful and fun. My friend and I really enjoyed our evening.
Fabulous service. Tasting menu for small plates great deal. Food really great!
Looooved it. Food was amazing and service was great! The food came out pretty quickly and everything was so tasty. 10/10 would eat again. I definitely wanna check out their regular menu though! I only was able to try the brunch items :(
Unfortunately we got off on the wrong foot because our waiter was combative and rude. He was annoyed that our party of six wasn’t ready to order a minute after we sat down. We were also waiting for my husband to join as he was parking the car. In response to my question about describing the watermelon sangria special, he immediately made a face and grudgingly described it. Then he stated “I don’t lie, I’m not going to tell you it’s good if I don’t like it” fair enough- not asking for lies but there’s a way to guide a guest. He didn’t listen to our order - twice - missing dishes from the tapas and dessert. He snapped at questions about the menu and food preparation.
The place itself is cute, drinks are delicious and the food was tasty. However it’s not typically Spanish - it’s a bit of fusion so some items are prepared a bit differently than a typical Spanish place. It’s a bit pricy and the serving size varies - ie lots of mussels for the value but not so much for the shrimp ceviche.
I’d like to give it another try and hope we get a different waiter.
Great! Service, food, drinks. Highly recommend. Our server was super friendly and knowledgeable. Everything we had was so good.
It was one the best brunches in DMV area. Every dish that we ordered was delicious and we were able to finish our plates. This is from now onwards our favorite go to bottomless brunch place.
EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. RESTAURANT WAS NOT BUSY, SERVICE WAS SLOW, ORDER WAS WRONG, FOOD WAS SO-SO. WILL NOT RETURN
We went for our anniversary and had all you can eat tapas. Everything tasted incredible. The gun drinks were the best I’ve ever had. Looking forward to going back for the paella.
We have now done the "taste of Spain" unlimited small plates for brunch and dinner and would highly recommend both. The small plates are SMALL so it's worth it and you get to try many things. We will definitely be going back.
A revisit of a favorite local spot. The new summer menu is great - the core is unchanged, but some new dishes (seared tuna, roasted cauliflower) were both excellent. Pamplona has always had great cocktails, but I've started enjoying Gin and Tonics more, and their offerings were superb with interesting gins and delicious herbs and fruits. Service was excellent and the vibe, as always, very energetic.
We didn’t know it was half price wine night! Great deal and excellent food. Service was good as well
Stopped in for a quick bite great food great service
A great place for a casual meal. Our waiter informed us that is was burger night and it didn’t disappoint. Food was quick and service prompt.
Tried the Tomohawk steak for the first time! It was cooked perfectly and was a great combination of flavor! Paired really well with the Cabernet that our server recommended.
Was disappointed with our experience at Pamplona. We ordered 2 small plates and a paella right away. A few minutes after placing the order we saw there was a deal for all you can eat small plates and paella (was never mentioned by the waiter). When we asked if we could do this, we were told we couldn't because the order was already placed and they didn't like voiding things - keep in mind this was maybe 5 minutes after he had taken our order and wouldn't have changed our original order at all. When the paella came out it had breaded calamari, however the menu says it is gluten free. When we asked about this they said they had changed up some dishes but just haven't changed the menu. If I had eaten this, assuming the menu was correct, I would have gotten extremely ill. Our waiter was apologetic and got us a new paella. The food was very good, however the management and staff were very disappointing and really ruined the experience for us. We would definitely not go back nor recommend it to anyone. | <urn:uuid:276219b2-c243-4e1b-936b-0cdeccb3f067> | CC-MAIN-2019-51 | https://www.opentable.com/r/pamplona-arlington?avt=eyJ2IjoxLCJtIjoxLCJwIjowfQ&corrid=3ea4a95b-e495-4460-90fd-59a1c66cd05b&p=2&sd=2019-11-19%2018%3A30 | 2019-12-09T01:23:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575540515344.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20191208230118-20191209014118-00459.warc.gz | en | 0.984889 | 2,495 |
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Four things happened recently that have me thinking about the whole access vs ownership debate…
1) I listened to Bernard Herrmann's score for "Vertigo" on Spotify.
2) Netflix arrived in the UK… and I took them up on their 1 month free trial.
4) I went to my local public library in Motherwell and borrowed a couple of cookery books.
4) I bought four Alfred Hitchcock DVDs from my local supermarket.
I have developed a thing for Alfred Hitchcock and his movies. I love the titles, the styling and, most importantly, the music. I was reminded of this when Kim Novack complained about the recontextualisation of the love song from "Vertigo" in the new film "the Artist". She made me think of the Bernard Herrmann score, which I do not have in my collection… so I went to Spotify and had a listen. It is a great score and it set me off on a bit of a Hitchcock tangent.
Netflix then arrived in the UK and I took them up on their 1 month free offer. The intention is to actually pilot the service and see if it has anything to offer me, my family, and my lifestyle. So far it does not have anything to offer except for the fact I can start TV shows like "Twin Peaks" or "Dexter", shows I have missed or haven't seen in ages, from the start. The content is older than that on offer via Sky… a service I already pay for… for the Kids TV, movies and the cookery shows. Yes, I know Sky is parasitic to the UK economy but its the best fit for my family unless we take the road of watching even less TV and having less choice.
One of the many shows I could not find on Netflix was "Vertigo". When I looked, the only Hitchcock film on there was "The 39 steps". If I am to pay £6 per month to watch anything I wanted… I would like the assurance that what I wanted was there. It wasn't.
Yesterday I went to my local public library. I went with Miriam to return some CDs and a graphic novel (Miriam had books she needed to return too). I didn't see "Vertigo" there either but I did pick up a couple of cookery books to drool over.
The library visit was really pleasant - the staff there are awesome, the selection of content is usually top notch and the ambience of the space is excellent after the refurbishment last year.
Afterwards, Miriam and I heading to our local supermarket (we don't have a farmers' market nearby in Motherwell) to buy some salad for lunch. Whilst in there I picked up a boxset of Alfred Hitcock films (Psycho, The Birds, Vertigo and Rear Window) for £10 (it should have been £12 but someone stacked it wrong). This was the last of my Christmas money and I had fancied the boxset for a while.
This whole experience got me thinking about access and ownership… and I thought I'd try and get these thoughts coalesced into something tangible.
First off, my behaviour is changing but hasn't changed yet
I didn't automatically reach for iTunes, Amazon or, dare I say it, the Torrents to get a copy of Herrmann's "Vertigo" OST… I went to Spotify. In this regard, Access trumped Ownership. I didn't need to 'own' the OST… I just needed to hear it (it's playing now… as I type).
Similarly, before I bought "Vertigo" I looked for places to access it - I looked for it on Netflix and in the DVD section of my library. I didn't look for it on Sky's schedule and maybe I should have… but I wanted to see the film now and not have to wait. This again is Access trumping Ownership.
I did, however, revert back to old behaviour when I saw, by chance, the boxset containing "Vertigo" in my local supermarket. Price was important and I probably wouldn't have bought it if it was over £10, if truth be told, but it wasn't so I bought it.
I believe behaviour is changing towards access over ownership but it isn't there yet… better choice is needed. Sky provides access but not necessarily at the most convenient times. Its not instantaneous. Whereas Netflix provides instant access but doesn't have the range. We need range AND convenience before access will trump ownership... that is unless we take the road less travelled and downsize our TV consumption.
Secondly, libraries will continue to have a place in our lives
I was asked recently where I see libraries being in the coming age of Kindles and iPods… and this is my response… libraries will continue albeit they may need to change.
The digital age is having a toll on publishers of content, not consumers of content. The library is not a publisher of content - it does not tell you what to read, listen to or watch - but an aide to consumption - the library stocks that which is deemed to be popular along with that which is deemed to be important. Whilst I am not sure who makes these decisions or the factors they consider when considering at the content to stock, I know they do not stock only popular content.
Not only that but they stock content that only those with the willingness or disposable income to buy can own. Take, for example, cookery books.
I love cookery books or, to be more specific, I love looking AT cookery books - I aspire to the level of their level of quality in terms of design, especially type, and photography. I would love to photograph food for a cookery book. For all my love for cookery books, I am not a cook and the recipes are wasted on me. I do intend to rectify this but at the moment cookery books are all visual to me. To this end owning cookery books is a bit of a waste of money for me… which, to be honest, is something I know to my shame having about a dozen books on my shelf not doing anything other than looking pretty.
The ability for me to borrow cookery books from the library means I do not waste my money… at least initially. I can try before I buy or, more importantly, I can record those recipes that I actually try and work for me… and create my own collection. If there are sufficient recipes in the book then I will buy a copy but if there aren't then there is no point.
Libraries, in this regard, provide a form of analogue streaming. Streaming is all about access without the ownership and libriaries provide this in an analogue form… I have the artefact for a short time to consume but do not own it forever.
In addition, there is no need to own obscure content. I remember from my days at Napier University the frustration in having to buy a reference book for a single class… I much prefered to borrow but could never borrow for the term I needed. Libraries provide access that whilst available to own we do not need to own but only need to access for a limited time.
I hope there will always be a library for as long as we want analogue streaming.
Where libraries will need to change is the notion of 'inconvenient access'… I have to access them at times which may not be convenient for me. I usually go on a Saturday morning to bring back and load up… this is because I am not home and fed in time to get over to my local before it shuts at 7pm. I could do it when it shut at 7:30pm but times have changed.
Yes, I can renew online and I am grateful for this… but I can not browse in my underpants at 7am unlike Amazon. Could this be the future? An Amazon-like interface for the library? Browse online and then receive your order through the Post? Maybe we could save the libraries AND the postal service with this notion?
With a library the institution owns, on your behalf as the taxpayer or as a contributing member, the item you wish to have access to. They are the inbetween stage between Access and Ownership… and for this fact I forsee not only their continuing survival but their strengthening position through their positioning as a provider of the niche, the obscure and the expensive.
A club that shares expensive Vintage cars is a library of sorts… as is a garden tool cooperative. You could argue that Netflix and Spotify are libraries too albeit I am not sure if they 'own' the content they stream. It is in the common good for people to come together and share their resources so that access to an object or range of objects can be guaranteed. In this way those who could afford to access specific content are not the only ones who can.
Thirdly, technical all-in-one-ism is leading to greater specialisation and improvements in specific stand-alone devices… which means the artefact will continue
Frog Design point to this in a recent article…
For the past decade we have been seeing a convergence of multiple pieces of hardware into fewer generalist devices. The smart phone is the almost perfect example of the convergent digital device as Swiss Army knife. It has absorbed much of the most common use cases for portable devices, like music and video consumption, digital photo and video capture, email and calendar, and simple things like time keeping. I read countless blog posts proclaiming that dedicated devices, like the camera and the watch, would rapidly shrivel and die. Instead, I think new technologies will provide opportunities for them to get better. When users do purchase a dedicated device, they are gravitating towards products with higher quality and better design to elevate their experience. It turns out that the convergent device is killing the commodity digital product while forcing everything else to improve.The iPod and the Kindle will take the commodity content but the specialist content will remain and improve… consider the upturn in vinyl sales, for example. What we will see is better hardcopy books, such as the cookery books I borrowed, being produced. Kindles and iPods won't kill books or physical media but make them better… the pop and the pulp will go the way of digital… whereas the artefact will remain.
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All over the U.S., states are passing legislation banning employers from asking for their employees’ social media login information. However, an amendment to the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA, which Facebook no longer supports) shunning this practice was shot down by the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Huffington Post reported that the amendment to CISPA was voted down 224-189, with Republicans taking up the majority of the “nay” vote. CISPA passed the House previously, but it has yet to be approved by the Senate.
The amendment was proposed by Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.), who made a statement before his fellow representatives before the vote:
This is a very simple amendment that really does two things. It helps the individual protect his right to privacy, and it doesn’t allow the employer to impersonate that particular employee when other people are interacting with that person across social media platforms.
Most recently, Oregon and Colorado have taken this under consideration, and the movement has spread throughout the country.
This is not the first time Perlmutter has had a social media privacy bill rejected. Last year, the House rejected a similar motion by the Colorado politician.
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Arson Defense Law Firm in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Have you been charged with arson in Fort Lauderdale, Florida? Arson is defined as the intentional decision to burn a property, either for economic gain through insurance fraud, because of revenge or anger, or to cover up another crime, or for thrill-seeking purposes. Arson may involve the commission of another crime. For example, if a person commits arson to get money from an insurance company, this is insurance fraud and arson. If a person commits arson to cover up a murder, the person could be charged with murder and arson. If a person lights property on fire as an act of revenge or to destroy property, this too, is arson. Arson investigations can get complex. Sometimes people might end up being charged with arson, even though they didn’t set fire to anything. If you are being charged with arson, Michael D. Weinstein, P.A. is a criminal defense law firm in Fort Lauderdale, Florida that may be able to help you.
There are two degrees of arson. Arson in the first degree is when a person is charged with setting fire to a building where there may be people present or where it isn’t clear whether there will be people present. Arson in the second degree is when a person is charged with arson in a building where there won’t be people present. Second degree arson, for example, can include charges that a person set a fire to a building after hours where there were no workers present. Conviction of arson in the first degree can result in felony charges and up to thirty years in prison, as well as fines up to $10,000, community service, and other collateral consequences. Conviction of arson in the second degree can result in a person being sentenced to up to 15 years in prison, fines up to $10,000, and additional collateral consequences. If someone was hurt or injured in an arson, individuals could also face charges for these injuries and harm.
While these penalties are understandably frightening, you are innocent until proven guilty. If you have been arrested for arson, you have the right to remain silent and have the right to ask to speak to an attorney. Michael D. Weinstein, P.A. is a criminal defense lawyer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida who may be able to assist you if you are being charged with arson.
Possible Defenses for Arson Charges
What are some possible defenses for arson charges in Florida? There are several valid arson defenses. First, investigators might have wrongly declared a fire the result of arson. Fighting such a claim might involve you presenting evidence to show how the fire could have occurred accidentally. Forensic investigators often look at the patterns of burning to see whether fuel might have been used or involved in a fire. Sometimes these patterns occur because someone intentionally threw fuel onto a fire, but sometimes these patterns might occur because there was a spill that the homeowner or building owner may not have addressed or been aware of. Investigators can see where the fire started. Did it start from one source or multiple sources? Multiple sources would be suspect. How the fire was fueled can also play a role. Did there appear to be kindling used or not? Sometimes what appears to be kindling might just be unusual items in a home. For example, one investigator might think that the presence of newspapers is because a person wanted to commit arson, but what if the person was a hoarder? All of this evidence must be taken into account.
Fires that started in error—a lit cigarette, a candle, a kitchen fire—are not arson. If you can prove that the fire started in error (multiple lit candles, for example), you may be able to show that a fire wasn’t the result of arson. Arson is a very serious criminal charge. If you are being wrongfully accused of arson, consider speaking to Michael D. Weinstein, P.A. a criminal defense law firm in Fort Lauderdale, Florida today.
Facing Arson Charges?
Sometimes individuals are wrongfully accused of arson. If you have been arrested for arson, you have the right to remain silent and have the right to ask to speak to an attorney. While a public defender may be available to you, these lawyers are public attorneys and may not always have extensive time to devote to your case. If you are facing the damage of your reputation, prison time, and other serious consequences, you may want to speak to the private criminal defense lawyer at Michael D. Weinstein, P.A. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida today. | <urn:uuid:deb7b855-8fc3-4814-858f-bb021ca8a1f4> | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | https://mdwlawfirm.com/practice-areas/fort-lauderdale-arson-defense-law-firm/ | 2020-02-27T03:06:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875146643.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20200227002351-20200227032351-00250.warc.gz | en | 0.959274 | 927 |
Sweet Water — the Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust is accepting applications to its 2018 Water Quality Mini-Grant Program.
The program is designed to support local grassroots efforts that employ green infrastructure practices and water quality-related activities to improve water quality, enhance conservation efforts, restore habitat, and educate people about water-quality issues and associated stewardship actions.
To that end, grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to nonprofits, youth organizations, and community and civic groups for projects or activities that promote healthy and sustainable water resources in the five watersheds of the greater Milwaukee region: the Kinnickinnic, Menomonee, Milwaukee, and/or Root Rivers/Oak Creek. Priority will be given to projects that address one or more of the program's goals, including making measurable progress in improving regional water resources; supporting land-use practices that improve water quality; forging relationships to leverage additional funding; and implementing cost-effective projects resulting in measurable improvement.
Grants may be used for a single project or for an ongoing program, but preference will be given to projects with the potential to make a direct impact on water quality in the region.
To be eligible, organizations must be tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The trust will be hosting an informational workshop on October 12 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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The Road to Recovery
Admitting that you have a problem is hard. We've all been there in one way or another. But the one thing that's harder than admitting is actually taking that first step to a new life.
And that's why we're here to help.
There are many different programs that can help you break the chains of addictions but we believe firmly that only God can free you from those chains in a way that your whole life is changed for the better.
Our program, Foundations Life Recovery, is designed not just to help you defeat your addictions but also to help you mend broken relationships, build confidence, grow spiritually and get you back on the path to living a full and happy life the way you were created to do.
But it isn't easy. It's a challenge that will test you. We are here to help but the real change is all you. We will support you, help you, and most importantly, pray with you.
Thinking that this may be the right plan for you? Before you make this decision, please read some basic info about Foundations Life Recovery:
This is a 13-month program. You may leave at any point if you feel that this is not the right fit for you.
Foundations is a FREE recovery program. You and your family will not be asked for a down payment or any type of forced monthly payment.
Food and lodging are provided as a part of the program.
Men will partake in various jobs at The Hope Center.
Smoking is not permitted on The Hope Center property.
Each new program resident has 30 days to quit smoking
Again, this program is free for anyone seeking help but we do not force anyone to complete the program. While we work hard to make sure each of our program residents has the resources needed to succeed as well as the opportunity to have fun and gain new skills for their future, it is up to that individual to commit both their heart and their mind to their recovery. We will help them along their journey, encouraging them, praying with them, cheering them on but we cannot change them without their consent. The only path to victory is the one where each person makes the choice to follow God on their own.
We are here to help you or someone you love break the addictions that have been destroying them. Our goal is to guide each of our residents down the path to a life of purpose, fulfillment and victory in Christ.
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Welcome to Queensbury Parks & Recreation
Queensbury Parks and Recreation is happy to provide you with our new Activity Registration System. To get started please Create an Account with all of your household information. The data provided - emergency contacts, medical information, etc. - will help us to better serve you. This household and family member information will also be automatically placed into your registration forms. When you’re ready to start registering for activities, be sure to review the How to Register for an Activity page. Also check out our HELP menu, by selecting "Help". With this convenient registration method, we can accept credit card payments, on-line or at our Department Office. A $3.00 or 3.5% Convenience Fee will be charged for all credit card payments. The $3.00 or 3.5 % fee, whichever is greater based upon the transaction total, will be automatically applied at payment.
Department web-site - recreation.queensbury.net OFFICE CONTACT INFORMATION:
742 Bay Road, Queensbury, NY 12804
Office Hours: Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Office Phone: 518-761-8216
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New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei’s e-only smartphone brand ‘Honor’ is aiming to double sales, and in turn, double profits with a strong focus on India, a top company official said.
“Honor, which started in 2013 as a $100 million brand, scaled up 22 times in 2014 to become a $2.4 billion company. Now we are looking to double our profits to touch $5 billion by 2015-end,” Zhao Gang, vice-president, Honor International Business, told IANS on the sidelines of the Honor 7 flagship smartphone launch event.
“India is the most important market for us and over 300 engineers are working on the brand from India’s research and development centre in Bengaluru,” he added.
Huawei’s Bengaluru research and development centre is the largest overseas centre for the company and houses 3,000 of an approximately 7,000 engineers working for the company.
The company’s spokesperson hinted at evaluating a local manufacturing facility to cater to Honor’s local demand.
The company has sold 20 million handsets globally and wants to achieve a sales volume of 60 million by selling 40 million handsets this year.
According to the company, having presence in over 57 markets, a Honor smartphone is sold every 1.5 seconds.
The company on Wednesday also launched its flagship Honor 7 smartphone and the Z1 smart band at Rs.22,999 and Rs.5,499, respectively. The phone will be sold with an exclusive partnership with domestic e-commerce portal Flipkart.
The smartphone is powered by a Kirin 995 processor and a 3GB RAM unit. It also sports a fingerprint sensor in the back which the company claims has the fastest response time of 0.5 seconds.
Honor 7, which comes with a 5.2-inch display, features a 20-megapixel rear and eight-megapixel rear camera unit. The camera comes with interesting modes like time-lapse, beauty face and selfie-oriented features and effects.
The front camera also supports a new technology called soft light to make clicking pictures easy.
Honor has also included a smart key at the side to tap open any three apps or functions. The phone will be available for sale from October 15 and comes with a 3,100 mAH battery.
“As a global pioneer, Honor travels wide and this is currently demonstrated by its efforts in key markets such as India, Russia, Germany, France and the United Kingdom. The device’s precise dimensions and metallic finish offer an optimal form-factor and premium feel, while its smart and multimedia capabilities inspire action and creativity,” Zhao Ghang said.
The company also launched the waterproof Band Z1 which can work as an activity tracker, health band as well as an extended device. Interestingly, the wearable device comes with no buttons.
“Honor is created for digital natives and is dedicated to meet the audience’s needs… Honor will continue to seek feedback from its customers, which it will factor in the development of future products,” said P. Sanjeev, director of sales (devices business), Huawei Telecommunications. | <urn:uuid:03765162-63a5-4198-ba2e-d276567aa2bf> | CC-MAIN-2017-39 | http://www.mangalorean.com/huaweis-honor-to-double-profit-with-strong-india-focus/ | 2017-09-20T14:55:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818687324.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20170920142244-20170920162244-00522.warc.gz | en | 0.947918 | 665 |
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