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Memorial Day weekend is a highly anticipated and well-deserved break for many of us. Millions of Americans will stick close to home with friends and family to fire up the grill, while others will hit the road for vacations or head to sea on cruises. And while it’s good to relax, the break from everyday life that Memorial Day gives us is also an opportunity to start the summer season on a solid financial footing.
With all the craziness of the holiday season, its financial aftermath and the slow recovery from our overspending, the first half of the year can easily slip by before we even take notice of it. Memorial Day weekend is a great opportunity to gather your thoughts and create a plan to make your money start working for you again – think retirement contributions, saving for a new car, or funding your kids’ college. And to help you reach your financial goals we’ve gathered our 9 favorite money-saving tips.
We’ve all had the experience of looking back at something we spent money on and wondering what we were thinking. With all the modern conveniences of online shopping and credit cards, it’s far too easy to let our whims rule us. One of the most important factors in effectively saving money is cultivating your impulse control so you only spend money on things you need or truly want.
One way to reduce your total expenses is to make a necessity like shopping earn money for you. How can you achieve that? Lucky for you, we wrote an entire blog on it. The simple version is that there are a lot of avenues that you can explore that will pay you for shopping: cash-back credit cards, rebate apps, mystery shopping, and couponing. While the savings may seem negligible, they could add up to big money over time.
This may sound counterintuitive on the surface, but trying to save money in the short-term can actually cost you more in the end if you compromise on quality or durability on certain items. Before you automatically buy the cheapest product at the store, think about how much you’re going to use it and how quickly it’s going to wear out.
Another counterintuitive way of saving money in the long-term is to learn to use loans strategically and to your advantage, not as an option of last resort. Auto title loans, for example, can be a great way of boosting your short-term finances or handling an unexpected cash emergency before it spirals into a larger expense.
There’s that old saying that knowledge is power, and when it comes to saving money there’s no truer statement. For example, in the point about not settling for poor quality products, how do you determine if an item you buy is going to last and perform well enough to justify the extra expense? You take the time to do your research. Even a quick Google search can save you more than you think.
If you don’t play the lotto you can skip this point, but if you do we have bad news: if you want to save money you need to shake this costly habit. Statistically, you have a better chance of being struck by lightning while being attacked by a shark, and with odds like that, you are much better off holding on to that money and allowing it to mature with compound interest.
While it’s not a new or innovative way of saving money, using coupons can actually shave off a pretty penny from your monthly grocery bill. And that’s just from maybe ten minutes of cutting a week. Not a bad return on your time investment.
You may spend more or less on eating out than the national average, but regardless of how often you eat out, you can always benefit from minimizing this unnecessary expenditure. Not only is it cheaper to pack your own lunch for work or school, but in the long run, it’ll positively impact your health, which means fewer doctor bills and medical expenses in the long run.
This is the last and most important point. All of the strategies listed above are useless if you’re not committed to saving money. Saving money is a mindset, and if you’re not willing to embrace it, then all the advice in the world can’t help. So, think about what you find important in life, and if saving money is what you need to do to achieve it, make the commitment. | 2019-04-26T16:30:37 | https://wisconsinautotitleloansinc.com/9-tricks-for-kicking-off-a-summer-of-savings-this-memorial-day-weekend |
Using BuildBot for Drizzle has been a great way to help in the verification of the sometimes rapid code changes that are being committed.
Curious why the IRC notifier within BuildBot only joined and exited the #drizzle channel in IRC, some further investigation of the IRC Documentation lead to more information to share.
By default, the following configuration is not much help in any automated notification.
However, within IRC you can query using several commands. My first trials.
[3:11pm] drizzle_buildbot joined the chat room.
The docs list the following commands.
To use the service, you address messages at the buildbot, either normally (botnickname: status) or with private messages (/msg botnickname status). The buildbot will respond in kind.
Announce the status of a specific Builder: what it is doing right now.
If the given Builder is currently running, wait until the Build is finished and then announce the results.
Return the results of the last build to run on the given Builder.
Describe a command. Use help commands to get a list of known commands.
Announce the URL of the Buildbot's home page.
Announce the version of this Buildbot.
Tell the given Builder to start a build of the latest code. The user requesting the build and REASON are recorded in the Build status. The buildbot will announce the build's status when it finishes.
Terminate any running build in the given Builder. REASON will be added to the build status to explain why it was stopped. You might use this if you committed a bug, corrected it right away, and don't want to wait for the first build (which is destined to fail) to complete before starting the second (hopefully fixed) build.
I don’ want to flood the IRC channel with messages, so delving deeper into the documentation via the following commands gives me more tips.
By defining categories against the IRC notification, and assigning builders to a given category, in theory you will get notifications just for these builders. I didn’t seem to produce the desired results, so for now it needs to be manual interaction until I get additional time to investigate. | 2019-04-25T18:19:01 | http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/tag/buildbot/ |
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My report is on the Renaissance Indianapolis North hotel located in Carmel, IN. The length of my stay was just one evening.
In my eyes of the hotel guest, there was not much being done that I could tell in regards to water conservation. There were no low flow toilets in the room or in the lobby restrooms. The shower head and faucets in the hotel were standard as well. My bathroom sink and tub faucet both had a leak that were called in (and not tended to) during my stay. I had asked an employee if there was anything done to conserve water at the hotel, she said not that she was aware of (that employee might really not know either way). One incentive (that helps with water conservation) was presented upon checking in. Since I am a Marriott Rewards member, I was able to receive 500 bonus points by refusing housekeeping during the length of my stay. This does save on the washing of all room linens and prolong the linens life. There could be efforts of conservation, behind the scenes that I was unable to obtain information about, within the kitchen/ bar areas, a possible grey water system, laundry system or grounds (summertime). I did go on this specific hotels website and could not find any sustainability information.
On Marriott’s corporate website it does state that their environmental goals for the company were to: further reduce energy and water consumption 20% by 2020 (Energy 20 percent per kWh/conditioned m2; Water 20 percent per occupied room (POR). Baseline: 2007), to educate and inspire associates and guests to conserve and preserve and to address environmental challenges through innovative conservation initiatives including rainforest protection and water conservation (Marriott Hotels , 2018).
The property could improve their conservation by installing low flow faucets on sinks and shower heads. Offer incentives for all customers to refuse housekeeping services during their stay, not an incentive to just Marriott Reward members. Instead of points customers could receive a dollar amount off of their bill or maybe a free menu item from the restaurant or bar. Education cards and/or signs, with facts about water conservation or tips that customers can do to conserve water during their stay, could be placed at key point locations (ice machines, by sinks, bathrooms, drinking fountains, etc.). In the company’s environmental goals it is mentioned to educate guests, there was no education anywhere within the hotel. If the hotel does not have an efficient ice machine, they could be turned off at night or at low occupancy (one is not needed on every floor). Ice machines use more water than what is just frozen.
Hotels can be wasteful in several areas including basic (hotel staff and guest) trash, recyclables, food waste, administrative offices, furniture/fixture disposal, light bulbs, etc. I was not able to interview anyone, with my short stay and limited staff available. It would have been insightful to see what the hotel does (if anything) behind the scenes to help with waste reduction in the areas mentioned above. From what was visible to me as the guest, not much was being done. The hotel needs to have recycling bins within the public areas and/or in the guest rooms. I did not see one recycling bin anywhere during my entire stay. There were newspapers delivered to every room. This is a huge waste, as many people do not even read the paper. There were magazine and newspapers also throughout the lobby area of the hotel. A reduction in this waste could be to just keep several in the lobby or to simply not have a newspaper delivered to everyone. The lobby restrooms had paper towels to use instead of hand dryers. That could be (and typically is) a debate though of hand dryers using electricity.
Marriott properties have made mention to reduce food waste by 50% by 2025 (The Rockefeller Foundation , 2018), but at the hotel I could not find an answer of what was being done with their food waste (donations, etc.).
As noted above in the water conservation section, there should be signage at key areas throughout the hotel with education for the guests about waste reduction facts and what they can do to help.
This hotel could definitely reduce their plastic use in several areas. Upon my arrival, a guy next to me ordered a Coke at the bar. The server gave the can of Coke, a plastic cup along with a straw. This could be very simple elimination of two forms of plastic. It was at a restaurant, so there were glasses available (if did need one). One plastic use at this hotel that was interesting, was plastic cups offered at the water cooler in the workout room. A water cooler usually is offered to eliminate the cost and use of water bottles. Most water coolers offer small paper cups (which is still wasteful). A water cooler does not need to be offered at all or offer small recyclable paper cups at the water cooler to eliminate the plastic cup use. In the guest rooms were the standard small travel size plastics shampoo, conditioner, lotion and body wash bottles. One option could be having the shampoo, conditioner and body wash in refillable containers that are installed on the shower walls. Another option to help recycle this particular plastic use is to partner with a program like Clean the World, which recycles our guests' leftover toiletries to reduce waste while simultaneously providing essential items to impoverished communities. Some hotels keep all toiletries at the front desk to have more “control” over the wastefulness of the toiletries. Guests can request what they need at check-in or call down.
For water conservation, waste reduction and plastic elimination, this hotel could improve immensely on just doing very basic simple things to start with. The main key is topic related education within the property and offering avenues that the customers can take to help in those particular areas. The company has items listed as environmental goals for their properties in their sustainability report, specifically recycling and topic related education postings throughout properties, but this particular property is missing these very important items.
The Rockefeller Foundation . (2018, February 21). Food Waste. Tackling Food Waste in Hotels: Q&A with Marriott International . | 2019-04-18T21:28:22 | http://www.bluecommunity.info/view/blog/5a92325e0cf26bc6ab8f37f3/ |
Energy Enhancement gave me clarity from old memories which did not give me the impulse to grow and lightness in my being from the painful experiences of the past. Every day I dedicate time for meditation and think of you. Immediately I feel better. It is like I have protection, a new light which follows me always. I feel my heart chakra is growing. I was thinking before of all the difficulties I have had to really love again.
Now I feel a strong energy, Pure, positive and shining. I thank my friends. Never will I forget you and I am looking forward to meet you again quickly. The twenty-five days with you was an island of peace, a good motive to be alive. It gave me the inspiration to take me on the Path of the Light, the Path of Peace.
I thank you for your help and your wisdom. I’ve always been looking for a real Spiritual Master and finally I’ve found you. Now in my heart of hearts I’m feeling the purity of your deep thoughts and I’m fine! You and Devi are the perfect unity of beauty and wisdom, grace and energy, love and compassion. I was very impressed by your positive energy , your kindness and tenderness. I do hope to see you soon! Thank you again. | 2019-04-23T08:14:54 | http://www.energyenhancement.org/DANIELE_EXPERIENCE_MEDITATION_ON_ENERGY_ENHANCEMENT.html |
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Residents of the MCC district have lived in the Carson City-Crystal, Central Montcalm, Greenville, Lakeview, Montabella, Tri County or Vestaburg public school district for at least six consecutive months prior to the last day of registration for the term for which the student is enrolled. Students are required to furnish proof of residency such as a driver’s license or tax receipts.
Non-district residents are those whose legal residence is established within the state of Michigan for a period of six consecutive months prior to the last day of registration for the term for which the student is enrolled. Students are required to furnish proof of residency such as a driver’s license or tax receipts.
Out-of-state residents are U.S. citizens whose legal residence is established outside the state of Michigan for a period of six consecutive months prior to the last day of registration for the term for which the student is enrolled. Students should be prepared to provide proof of residency at each registration. Acceptable documentation includes a valid driver’s license, Michigan ID card, voter registration card, lease agreement in the student’s name, business mail such as utility bill or bank statement, in the student’s name.
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The DIY Kitchen renovation is coming together! Today we go through the simple process of how-to install Ikea base cabinets (from the Akurum kitchen line).
Like the upper cabinets, the first base cabinet we installed was the one in the north-west corner because it’s much easier to spread out from a corner than it is to start mid-wall and try to get everything to fit in from there.
The great online reference I used as a guide for installing Ikea kitchen cabinets mentioned that they levelled everything on a base of wood boards; but we decided to use the Ikea adjustable legs. Our kitchen/house is not level at all, so it would have probably been more of a hassle to try and shim it all with wood pieces (rather than twist the little legs up and down).
The Husband was probably tired of having me remind him that everything had to be super level – a need for a proper countertop installation (that our counter suppliers mentioned to me). Either way, we spent loads of time slowly adjusting the little feet for one cabinet, then attaching another cabinet to it, then adjusting the feet again, etc. Once everything was all set and level for one cabinet section, we then secured them to the walls.
Eventually we got to a point where we could bring in (and hook up) the dishwasher, then continue the cabinet installation on the other side. Once again, we made sure it was level across the whole surface since the countertops would be going all the way over.
Remember back what our kitchen used to look like? Everything was starting to come together and take shape now that the cabinets were in! Here is the view (above) from the entrance looking towards the north wall.
And here (above) is what it looks like from the dining room facing west (that gap is where we will be putting the oven FYI).
Remember how we had to demolish this wall where the oven used to be? It was one of the first cabinet sections we actually had completed (probably because there were less cabinets on this wall).
It’s a much more open space since we removed the wall between the dining room and kitchen! For some reason, I don’t have any pictures showing how we integrated the peninsula section (see where the little floating cabinet is in the photo above?) but hopefully I can explain it properly.
Basically, the corner (lazy susan) cabinet used, and was attached to, the legs from the cabinet to the left of it and was also secured into the wall on the north side. For the right side of the cabinet, where it was jutting out, it was screwed into 2x4s into the ground along with the little floating cabinet. We had to make sure to buy a special drill bit that could screw into tile because we didn’t want the tiles to crack (well, at least not anymore than they were already).
And again, after installing all the wall and base cabinets, our big Ikea pile got much smaller! We still have lots of panels, and filler pieces – most of which I will be discussing next week when I talk about installing the doors and drawers. | 2019-04-19T10:32:35 | https://www.madnessandmethod.com/installing-ikea-base-cabinets/ |
Headaches are very common. Studies show that chiropractic care can help reduce the frequency of headaches.
Many people associate Chiropractic care with the treatment and prevention of back pain. What they don’t realise is that it can offer so much more.
At Brookvale Chiropractic we provide high quality Chiropractic care to people actively seeking to improve their health and wellbeing. | 2019-04-23T00:38:33 | http://brookvalechiropractic.com.au/blog/headaches/ |
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which journal it is for though.
> author is first author, and those are also sorted chronologically.
> that broke this rule in this short paper).
> citations to be sorted chronologically.
> preferably a sorting of my choice?
> Nickerson 1978; Scott & Scott 1988; Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002).
> Firth 1935; Nickerson 1978; Scott & Scott 1988; Wheeler 1969).
> Wheeler, A. C. 1969.
> which journal it is for though. | 2019-04-18T14:57:35 | http://xbiblio-devel.2463403.n2.nabble.com/Fwd-Bibdesk-users-references-and-bibliographies-td5926188.html |
In this thread, post a list or pictures of What You Carry in your Checkpoint Flyer (http://www.tombihn.com/page/001/PROD/700/TB1701). We will add your packing list to the Checkpoint Flyer page to help give other people a better idea of what the bag can hold.
- Sony noise cancelling headphones, in pouch; this pocket seems to have been made for them. Batteries, small MP3 player free-riding in this pouch, too.
NOTE: My work-issued laptop is a MacBook Pro; its battery has gotten bad, though. And since I knew I’d be carrying this bag quite a bit, I chose to take my smaller laptop (with a good battery). the Neoprene case made it a tight fit, but once it was closed, all seemed fine. Sometimes that case lived instead inside my larger packpack. | 2019-04-21T04:31:52 | https://forums.tombihn.com/archive/index.php/t-1746.html?s=9ddaf2bb65d401dfb3ab7c02d83784e2 |
Samples The doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder.
Samples The files are in complete disorder.
Samples She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill. | 2019-04-25T19:45:35 | http://www.onlineordbog.dk/wordnet/en/63/disorder.php |
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Browns Taekwon-do is a Martial Arts School offering Tae Kwon Do classes in Maidenhead, UK for kids, men and women. Browns Taekwon-do is Located at Holmanleaze. If you are associated with this Dojo, please provide additional information such as class schedule, Website address etc. There is no cost.
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Tae Kwon Do classes are available for children and adults. Daytime and evening classes offered all year round on various weekdays. After school Martial Arts Program, Summer & Winter Camps etc. may also be available. Please contact Browns Taekwon-do for exact class hours for different age groups.
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If you read my blog regularly, you will know that myself and Lola organised and hosted #BBloggersxmas, a beauty blogger networking event. It was held at the gorgeous Reebok Bar in Canary Wharf in London. The idea behind the event was for beauty bloggers, brands and PRs to network. It was also a great opportunity for brands to display and market their products to the bloggers.
On the day, bloggers were treated to lovely OPI manicures courtesy of the Reebok Spa team. The lovely Anna from Aromatherapy Associates was also on hand to provide complimentary hand massages and consultations to the bloggers. They also had the opportunity to have their hair styled by a representative from Diva Professional Styling. All in all, it was a major pampering opportunity afternoon. Soapbox PR, Slendertone and Aromatherapy Associates had their products on display for the bloggers to try out too. We also has beauty competitions running throughout the event with great prizes up for grabs.
I thought I would share some pictures with those of you who were unable to attend. Hope you enjoy the pictures (If you're not a fan of pictures, it may be good idea to scroll to the bottom of the post).
We had two photographers on the day: Stephanie Marie and Amal. Thank you both.
All in all it was a great day. The turnout was fantastic. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors who provided amazing products for our goody bags for the bloggers to take home to review. Thank you also to all the bloggers who attended, it was great meeting so many of you. I know some of you travelled all the way down from places such as Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester. We are hoping to organise another event next year in March, so please stay tuned.
Looks like you had a good day! Pictures look amazing. | 2019-04-18T23:00:54 | http://www.kokosecrets.com/2012/12/bbloggersxmas-success_20.html |
Inserisci la forma affermativa corretta del past continuous, poi premi il tasto "Controlla" per verificare le tue risposte.
I (lie) in bed at ten this morning.
John (sleep) , while his wife was having (have) a bath.
You and John (mend) your bikes yesterday afternoon.
They (chat) about the match yesterday afternoon.
Sheila (slice) some tomatoes when she cut herself.
We (make) cakes Sunday morning.
Carole (wash) the floor yesterday morning.
You (run) very slowly yesterday.
Peter (shave) this morning at seven am. | 2019-04-26T13:56:01 | https://www.tuttoinglese.it/past-continuous-affirmative-34.html |
Ahlstrom-Munksjö has completed the acquisition of U.S. specialty paper producer Expera Specialty Solutions for an enterprise value of $615 million (Euro 526 million) on a cash and debt free basis.
The transformative acquisition will expand the company’s presence in North America and further strengthen its offering of advanced custom-made fiber-based materials. The earnings enhancing transaction will almost triple Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s net sales in the U.S. and provide a platform for growth.
The acquired operations form Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s fifth business area and financial reporting segment, named North America Specialty Solutions.
Russ Wanke, the former President and CEO of Expera, has been appointed Executive Vice President, North America Specialty Solutions and a member of Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s Executive Management Team.
Ahlstrom-Munksjö is a global leader in fiber-based materials, supplying innovative and sustainable solutions. | 2019-04-22T16:36:42 | http://www.pulpapernews.com/20181012/10048/ahlstrom-munksjo-completes-acquisition-expera-specialty-solutions |
In October, we put out a call for help, explaining the many changes we had made and asking patrons for a second chance. We are so grateful that our community pulled through for us: after publishing the post, we saw an immediate 40% increase in sales. Our hard work is paying off: after fixing parking, rebooting our menu, rearranging the social hall and updating our service practices we are serving more patrons, receiving better reviews, and have a firmly established business model that is making gamers happy.
Vigilante’s biggest inherent challenge has always been turning tables. A successful restaurant will seat 3-5 parties at a single table over a busy night (about 45 minutes per party). Our average patron stays at Vigilante for 2-3 hours. Fundamentally, playing board games at a restaurant means that we can seat 1-2 parties per table, per night. This halves our effective seating capacity (especially during peak times), while also increasing our per patron service costs, which presents a huge challenge.
During year one, our strategy to counteract this was to serve quality food and drink to increase our patron’s average spending to support the business. Our scratch kitchen, four-course meal deal and relentless pursuit of higher food quality (plus the best beers Texas has to offer) have empowered us to compete with other Austin restaurants. However, now that we have a full year’s worth of data under our belts, it has become clear that the core value of adding board games to a restaurant is not in a game library, but in the space we provide and the duration of your stay. To ensure our long term health, we need to sell our actual core value.
We have never and never will ask a table to leave, because (as gamers) we hate the idea of interrupting someone’s experience with arbitrary limits. However, we must acknowledge that part of our core value is in the space we provide and the length of time our patrons enjoy that space. We believe this fee is commensurate to the value we present, and we hope our community agrees. For Vigilante to continue to serve Austin, we must adjust how we do business.
We have an incredible group of core regulars that make Vigilante who we are, from the community members that supported our journey to the backers who funded our construction. Originally, we thought the Secret Society would be a great tool to help these patrons enjoy Vigilante. Unfortunately, The Secret Society didn’t give a lot of real value to our patrons, and was operationally challenging to maintain. Now that our original backer memberships have expired, we are replacing the Secret Society with a general loyalty punch card: for every 4 Game Night Fees you purchase, your 5th will be on us!
Finally, we will also be implementing a Full House Fee. If Vigilante has a waitlist of patrons who desire a table (e.g. busy Friday and Saturday nights), tables who wish to stay for longer than 3 hours will be charged an additional $3/person. When in action, this policy will be clearly posted throughout Vigilante. We will warn these tables at the 3-hour mark and give them a 20-minute grace period to complete any game they are playing.
Vigilante is closer than ever to being a strong, sustainable business. The biggest contributing factor to this has been our patrons’ feedback. We work hard to listen to your wants/needs, and will continue to be transparent about how we are working to better serve Austin. Thank you all for your support, and we look forward to many more game nights in the future!
This all seems good and reasonable. I think the idea of a blanket fee that covers me for the night for whatever I might want to do. The only thing that makes me go there far far less than I would like is the lack of fresh-brewed iced tea. My business partner and I tried it for working lunches a few times, and really want to bring in all our friends for an RPG event, but we’ve got two who are picky about iced tea. It’s never good from a bottle. As a result, all our working lunches in the area take place at the competition’s join. They have an utterly maddening music rotation that consists of 2 Irish CDs, and the Conan soundtrack, but we STILL go there. No fresh iced tea, no me. There are likely more people who feel this way than you think.
You might want to consider a minimum spend “game night fee” exemption, when not during peak hours. I typically spend on average $30 in food and drinks (over an average 2 hour period) and bring my own games. Not sure how willing I am to spend another $5 on top of that (when I can get another beer instead at the competition around the corner).
Yeah a pre-purchase for food and drink is the way Ive seen some bars handle that. Basically you buy a credit or token at the door.
Thank you for the feedback. Unfortunately, a minimum spend does not solve the challenges we are experiencing. Our primary goal is not to oust tables that don’t spend, our goal is to reconcile our pricing model with the fact that the space itself is costly and provides its own value, and that we need our patrons to share in those costs and pay for that value.
Many board game cafes charge covers for the use of their space and games; many of the costs of restaurant operations are covered by people who spend money on food and beverage. However, the costs of operating a board gaming restaurant are not. Gaming needs to have its own charge, as its costs are separate from those of the kitchen and bar.
I agree with Kris, we’ve been having our bi-weekly game night here for about 6 months now. Looking back at my bank statements, I’ve spent on average $53 a night and I’m pretty sure the other 4 in our game do the same. We typically play for 4 hours, meaning we may need to pay the additional $8 per person for our game night. I feel like this will have the opposite effect, as I’ll now most likely eat beforehand and maybe only have a beer or two, for an average much closer to $20 total. Or even worse, I could see us going back to our original game at someone’s house and bring our own beer. I understand there are people who just order a coke and play games all night. But for those of us who typically spend $50 a night, it feels like nickel and dime-ing. Especially when the service tends to be pretty hit or miss (with a lot of miss recently).
Heard! First: it is currently unheard of for Thursday night to be so full that the $3 fee would apply. We will only approach tables with the Full House fee when Vigilante is on a wait, which (98% of the time) happens only on Friday and Saturday nights. We are also reigning back on our Thursday night events to make more space for gamers (and so they contend less with noise). I’ve also responded to Kris above, re: a minimum.
I agree with Kirs and Brandon… I would rather have an item limit option as opposed to a flat $5 fee per person. I usually come on Thursday evenings when it’s not always that busy. It’s not like there is a line of people waiting for tables that are not turning over. I typically order the four course meal and two beers, paying an average of $30 when I come. I really enjoy the food and and beer so I look forward to it. However, pushing it to $35 is on the edge of me wanting to skip food all together at Vigilante. Of course, the $5 fee has no overhead cost, so it’s much more money back than getting a $5 beer… So maybe if you have spent at least $X already, the cover fee can be reduced some?
Just want to express the same thoughts as others have said. Having a minimum spend amount that could cancel out the “Game Night Fee” would be nice. Plus it seems like this would encourage people to buy more food and drink instead of discouraging them by knowing that there will be an extra $5-8 added to that last bit of beer or food a person is on the fence about ordering.
I do see how this could be difficult to manage if multiple people are on the same bill or if groups are splitting food and drink.
What about adding more snack foods to your menu and more non alcoholic drinks, i.e. soda. I get having kitschy drinks, but sometimes I just want a coke. What you guys have is great, but I know from listening to some of my players they’d rather have chips and cheese, popcorn, a slice of pizza. Where these players aren’t spending anything, having these smaller, less pricey items might bring them to order something.
Yes, I suggest an ESPRESSO machine!
We moved our biweekly game to Blackstar Coop. It’s in the same parking lot and their beer/food prices are actually more affordable. They seemed to be very friendly to us having our game there as well. Just figured I’d pass that along.
I think having a purchase minimum (or requiring a gift card or credit purchase on busy nights) or having a fee for spending more than 3 hours during busy times would be much more reasonable.
I agree with the above posts, the $5 cover seems high considering Austin. I think starting with a full house fee on busy nights and a per person/party minimum purchase would have been a better start.
You might want to consider updating your FAQ to also reflect this information. For example the question,” can I bring my own games,” says,” Patrons may bring their own games at no cost. Our game library is available for convenience and selection. “ Which is a bit misleading as there is still a cost with your per person fee and as someone looking for information on your website the FAQs are the most likely place to look. Also the question,” what does the game library cost,” also lacks this information.
Just want to say (obviously I’m a little late to the party), I think the cover charge is great and makes me feel much better about going to Vigilante and not ordering food, as someone who really just wants a comfortable, nice gaming space to come with my friends or bring out of towners to.
One suggestion, though–offer some lightweight candies or snacks as well as the fancier foods. | 2019-04-26T14:27:29 | https://vigilantebar.com/one-year-update-business-health-pricing-and-loyalty-cards/ |
We have several A+ or A Best Rated insurance companies available to shop for the best fit for each vessel owner and their needs. Our staff can explain the difference between Actual Cash Value or Agreed Value forms and why you might choose one over the other. All forms are not the same and you should want to understand exactly how your coverage would respond if and when a loss should occur.
With the depth of the agency’s personnel, the yacht and boat department enjoys expertise that is invaluable in assisting our customers with claims, adjusters, surveys, repairs, and other marine related issues for which a boat owner might need advice. It isn’t just about price and selling a boat policy here at Blackadar Marine. We are an agency who takes pride in being available to answer questions and provide friendly, dependable service for our customers. Heather Davis, along with Debbie Fournier make up our our excellent Recreational Marine division. You will always get a “real” person to talk to when you call not an answering robot or recorded message. | 2019-04-19T19:05:02 | http://www.blackadarmarine.com/yachts.html |
Forum Energy Technologies are a global oilfield products company that service many sectors in the oil and gas industry, including subsea, drilling and production.
Each business unit in Forum Energy Technologies (Forum) subsea division used to have their own way of tracking quotes, including using spreadsheets. Over the course of a year hundreds to thousands of quotes were generated per business unit, and this became steadily more difficult to manage in spreadsheets. Coupled with the variations of quotes per business unit and the challenge of monitoring and reporting across all businesses, Forum decided they required a more robust and centralised system.
Having engaged with Codify, a solution was established that would meet their needs on a global scale. The new application, Prosper, is a web-based application which allows users to manage opportunities from a prospect through to an order.
The other modules within the application provide management for companies and contacts. Several pre-canned reports have also been added to further streamline and standardise the process.
The home page acts as a "to do" list for users, outlining incomplete actions such as preparing a quote for an opportunity, and unread news items.
Prosper has been in use for a number of years and is deemed an essential tool by the majority of Forum's subsea division for tracking quotes.
Mike Scott, Subsea Commercial Manager, comments: "Prosper is easy to use and navigate compared to other CRM systems. It has simple search and filter functions and it is easy to output the data to spreadsheets for additional analysis." | 2019-04-22T02:55:00 | https://www.codify.ltd.uk/case-studies/forum-energy-technologies.aspx |
Tombot looks at you with soulful eyes. It wags its tail and makes an "arf" noise, raising its eyebrows as you pet it. The fact that Tombot could almost pass at a glance for a real dog is a testament to the work of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, which provided the artistic design for the bot.
Tombot is an intriguing Kickstarter project. It wants to turn out affordable, adorable robot puppies to help soothe seniors with dementia, and to act as companions to anyone who can't have a real pet. As with all crowdfunding efforts, keep in mind that not all projects deliver on time or as expected.
Tombot co-founder Tom Stevens was inspired to create the robo-pup after having to rehome his mother's dog when her Alzheimer's became too severe for the beloved pet to safely stay with her. He hopes Tombot will provide a sense of emotional support and affection and improve the quality of life for seniors with dementia.
Tombot's primary purpose seems to be to hang out and interact with people as a robotic lap dog. Jim Henson's Creature Shop, famous for building Muppets and developing creatures for Labyrinth and Where the Wild Things Are, provided the artistic design services for the Tombot prototypes.
Tombot says the puppy will use a companion smartphone app for upgrading the robot's software.
There are plenty of questions to ask about the eventual finalized production design. Tombot doesn't know yet how cleaning the battery-powered robot will work. The fur may be removable, or it may have to be cleaned in place. The final product will also have to undergo durability testing, since the robots may not always be treated gently. | 2019-04-19T13:34:38 | https://www.cnet.com/news/robot-dog-for-seniors-made-cute-by-jim-hensons-creature-shop/?ftag=CMG-01-10aaa1b |
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Wix is fast becoming one of the leading CMS’s from which to develop websites custom to the needs of businesses and other organisations. We know this only too well and we to date have extensive experience in offering Wix Web Design and Development in Preston on the Hill Cheshire much to the great advantage and convenience of businesses small and large. The websites we have been able to roll out have all been easy to manage, easy to run and easy to grow and control from a content point of view.
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Character development is not an “add-on” at Hyde, it is the foundation upon which our college-ready curriculum is built. While many schools support character growth, what distinguishes Hyde is our holistic approach to character development and our distinct character-building practices.
Also, while our primary goal is the development of each child, our experience has taught us that all constituents, including students, families, and teachers, must strive for personal growth in order for Hyde’s students to achieve it. For this reason, 100% of our community members regularly participate in Hyde’s character program, from family members to school directors to faculty.
Our collective effort, authentic partnerships with families, and consistent self-reflection attend to the greater humanity of the children we serve, something we believe other urban schools too often miss.
School Meetings convene the entire school to learn about an element of the Hyde philosophy, to strengthen the school’s character-culture, to celebrate success with one another, and to respond to current events. This meeting is an opportunity for students and faculty to reflect on the progress and direction of the larger school community, and is led by a consistent school leader.
Discovery Groups create a physically and emotionally safe place for students to grow in their understanding of themselves. Under the guidance of a consistent faculty mentor, these small groups develop a sense of trust, support, and challenge among our students. Discovery Groups promote students’ self-reflective skills, meta-cognitive thinking, and personal growth based on a cycle of action and reflection.
Seminars are a powerful tool for personal growth. Typically utilized in Discovery Groups, we use the Seminar structure to examine our personal habits, attitudes, and emotions, in an effort to become the best version of ourselves. In Seminars we have the opportunity to share our thoughts and feelings with one another, and we support each other through constructive feedback based on personal experience. | 2019-04-21T20:38:51 | http://www.hydebronxny.org/our-approach/character/ |
Goals require a plan of action. Sometimes the thing (goal) right in front of us takes the cake. I mean, whatever the goal is, that’s the one thing that makes the earth move. There will always be tasks list, objectives, strategy and tactics. At the end of the day you must be able to measure accomplishments, measure progress towards an established goal.
In the spirit of getting that one thing accomplished here are some proven applications (apps) that set in motion a method for accomplishing the goal at hand. The links below will take you to the website for the app.
Stickk.com This goal-setting app has attached monetary outcomes to action steps. Now THAT is getting to the heart of the matter.
Any Do This app is task oriented. While it may seem plain, over ten million people have used the app to go deep into their “to do” list.
Smart Goals Great name for an app that guides its users towards short and long-term goals.
Optimize Me This app has its very own vocabulary. It talks in terms of “life logging” and “quantified self”. Seems a bit self-absorbing to me but for those interested in measuring multiple layers of your daily living activity here is a place to dive in.
Checkmark. This app focuses on assisting with the accomplishment of “daily goals”.
Consider these apps as potential tools for gaining traction to accomplishing goals; big and small. In our business everyone is always looking for an “edge” to _____ (fill in the blank; market share, leases, lower turnover). Check out these apps as one potential source to gaining that edge. | 2019-04-25T10:54:09 | https://www.applyconnect.com/blog/5-goal-setting-apps/ |
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Before the advent of modern preventive dentistry, tooth loss was considered a natural part of life, largely to be expected with age. Although many people are now keeping their natural teeth longer than ever before, there are still many factors that continue to cause some degree of tooth loss for millions of Americans every year, according to the American Dental Association. Even with good oral hygiene habits and regular care from a dentist, illness, accidents and sports injuries can lead to tooth loss. In addition to potentially ruining a smile, missing teeth can also contribute to oral and general health problems.
Dr. John Stockdale, your dentist in Rancho Cucamonga, CA recommends dental implants for qualified adult patients missing anywhere from one to just a few, or even all of their natural teeth.
Implants restore missing teeth in two stages. Unlike other methods, which only replace the visible, cosmetic portion of the tooth below the gums, dental implants also restore the root, which helps to preserve and grow healthy new bone tissue. They also securely anchor the cosmetic dental crown in place, making implants the most secure and permanent dental replacement available.
The implants, made of a small, biocompatible titanium screw, are surgically placed in the gums, where they fuse with the surrounding bone tissue. Once the implant has healed, the cosmetic crown is attached, completing the restoration. Implants can be used to restore a single tooth, bridges or an entire set of dentures, with just a few implants. Adults in good overall health with enough oral bone density may qualify for dental implants. Once in place, implants require rigorous oral hygiene care at home and regular follow-up visits with a dentist.
Tooth loss can happen to anyone, but the negative effects on oral health and the cosmetic appearance of your smile no longer have to be permanent. For more information on the benefits of implants and whether they are the right tooth replacement option for you, contact Renaissance Dental Care by calling (909) 987-0040 to schedule an appointment with Dr. Stockdale today. | 2019-04-26T11:59:07 | https://www.renaissancesmile.com/blog/post/what-dental-implants-do-for-your-smile.html |
The Raspberry Pi is capable of recording audio through its USB 2.0 ports using the advanced Linux sound architecture (ALSA). The RPi can sample at 48kHz at a bit depth of 16-bits, which allows the user to record and playback fairly good quality audio. For this tutorial, I will demonstrate the process of enabling a USB audio device and using it to record and analyze acoustic signals using Python 3.x. The Python audio analysis is a great tool for engineers interested in acoustic or audio processing and even signal processing techniques.
Below are a few links for USB microphones compatible with the Raspberry Pi. Depending on the application, the user may want to buy a nicer microphone (higher bit-depth, larger dynamic frequency range, higher sampling audio card, etc.) or a cheaper one may suffice. Cheaper and mid-tier microphone links are listed below.
This output lets us know the Pi is reading the USB microphone because of its response: “Class=Audio, Driver=snd-usb-audio” - and if you are seeing a similar response, then congratulations! Your USB mic is ready to go. The Pi isn’t quite ready to use the USB mic, but I will discuss this in the next section.
Assuming the two installs above have been successful, open Python 3.x and import pyaudio. If everythin has been successful, we are ready to head to the next section and ensure that the USB mic is functioning and the Pi has selected the correct device.
Take note of the index of the USB device, because we will need to adjust the pyaudio device index according to the sequence above. For example, our USB device index is “2” (index 0 is ALSA blank, index 1 is IEC958/HDMI, etc…).
Take note of the index of the USB device, because we will need to adjust the pyaudio device index in reference to the sequence above. For example, my USB device is located at index 2 (index 0 is ALSA main, index 1 is IEC958/HDMI, etc…).
Now that we’ve identified the USB mic’s index, we can record a test sample with pyaudio. For in-depth information about the use of pyaudio, find its documentation here.
The output .wav file should be 3 seconds long (assuming the code above is unchanged) and is sampled at 44.1kHz with a maximum resolution of 16-bits. Depending on the microphone used, the sample rate can be increased to 48kHz. The bit-depth can be changed as well, though I’m not entirely sure of the limitations on the Pi’s capabilities there.
This tutorial covers how to record audio using a USB microphone and a Raspberry Pi. Using Python’s pyaudio library, I demonstrated how to prepare the Pi for audio recording and saving the audio as a .wav file. The Pi, with a high-quality microphone, is capable of mid-tier audio recording (16-bit, 48kHz). This method could be used to produce and record podcasts, instruments, or any type of audio recording at that resolution and sampling rate. In the next audio tutorial, I will demonstrate how to analyze the USB audio recorded on the RPi in real-time. That tutorial will involve more in-depth programming, signal processing, and acoustic analysis. | 2019-04-24T18:31:03 | https://makersportal.com/blog/2018/8/23/recording-audio-on-the-raspberry-pi-with-python-and-a-usb-microphone |
These Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins are jam packed with warming fall spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and ginger. Plus, there’s dried cranberries and pumpkin seeds for added oomph and texture. Fall and these muffins are definitely a match made in foodie heaven! | 2019-04-22T02:26:55 | https://girlheartfood.com/category/breakfast/muffins-breakfast/ |
Gait and balance problems are usually related to each other and stem from an illness or some type of abnormality in the body. Gait problems are actually one of the leading causes of falls among older Americans. If something is wrong with your gait (the way you walk), working with a physical therapist can help restore your normal gait. Contact our office if you want to learn more about the gait and balance therapy we provide.
What Are Balance and Gait Disorders?
Balance and gait disorders are often lumped together because the two are related. If something is “off” with your balance, your gait is likely affected. Your gait therapy will depend on the type of gait dysfunction that is impacting you. Treatment for a balance and gait disorder will usually begin with a diagnosis from your physical therapist.
Your therapist will start by simply watching you walk back and forth a few times to observe your gait. Your gait will be also be timed because the speed at which a person takes a step is often related to falling. Balance tests will analyze your risk of falling. A series of strength and range-of-motion measurements will be done to determine if there is a physical component to any gait or balance problems, such as musculoskeletal limitations. Reflex and sensation screenings will also be done because balance and gait disorders frequently have a neurological component.
Here are the most common types of balance and gait disorders, as well as the issues which can cause them.
Antalgic: Otherwise known as “a limp,” an antalgic dysfunction is usually caused by an injured leg or foot bearing weight. People with a limp take slow, short steps and try to keep their weight shifted onto the healthy leg.
Cerebellar Ataxia: People with cerebellar ataxia have a wider stance and their foot movements are often erratic. This condition often has a neurological cause, such as a stroke or muscular dystrophy.
Parkinsonian: As its name suggests, this gait dysfunction accompanies Parkinson’s disease. People with Parkinson’s tend to take shorter, shuffling steps.
Steppage: People with this dysfunction cannot lift their ankle and therefore lift their leg higher to take a step. Steppage accompanies conditions like neuropathy and lumbar radiculopathy.
Vestibular Ataxia: This is one of the common balance problems that can lead to gait disorder. People with this condition walk unsteadily and tend to fall toward one side. Vertigo and inner ear disorders can lead to vestibular ataxia.
Waddling: Waddling often relates to muscular dystrophy and myopathy. It causes a person to walk on their tiptoes while swaying side-to-side.
Once your physical therapist has diagnosed your specific problem, then you can start your balance and gait therapy.
The process will likely start with pre-gait training and gait training. In pre-gait training, your therapist will help you understand how to improve your gait. Then, you’ll begin doing some simple exercises like standing and lifting one leg at a time. Walking in place and practicing how to take a proper step (making your heel contact the ground first) will also be done. Gait therapy will involve retraining your mind and body to walk correctly. The exercises used in this stage will vary, depending on whether your gait disorder is neurological or muscular in origin.
Once your gait is improving, it’s on to balance therapy and coordination training. Your physical therapy will include balancing exercises to help you stabilize your walking pattern. Another option is to use neuromuscular training; this is helpful for people who have inactive muscle groups that are impacting their gait. If your specific gait problem is caused by a ligament that is paralyzed or very weak, the physical therapist will teach you how to use additional equipment to help you walk, such as a brace or a splint.
Balance and gait disorders may be incurable, especially if they are caused by a neurological condition such as a stroke. But if you begin working with a physical therapist as soon as possible, the symptoms can be alleviated and will hopefully prevent falls while at the same time, improving your quality of life.
Contact our office directly at Highlands Ranch & Greenwood Village, CO centers, if you’re ready to do a gait analysis and begin using physical therapy to improve your gait and balance. | 2019-04-26T14:00:27 | https://fitnesslabco.com/physical-therapy-services/balance-gait-disorders/ |
11,206 sf of Religious use space with a spacious Sanctuary, multiple class rooms, large dinning hall, offices, kitchen. 1,426 sf Single Family Residence 1,440 sf Duplex 724 sf Residence (unfinished) on 4,791 sf lot.
103.4 Acres adjacent to the Community of Sutter. 40+/- acres are zoned for Estate Residential with 1/2 acre minimum parcel sizes, while the balance is zoned Agriculture and ready for the development of an orchard. The utilities provided for the ER zoning is provided by the Sutter Community Services District and PG&E. Sewage is accommodated by the development of on-site septic systems. Currently farmed to 18 acres of Walnuts and 83 acres of Wheat.
Excellent opportunity to own two homes on 40 acres. Main residence is 4 bd., with 3 full baths and nearly 3,000 sq ft. Second house is a 2 bd., 1 bath. The yards are fully landscaped with a built-in pool in the backyard, outdoor kitchen area, and sunroom. Property has fully enclosed workshop, a huge barn with horse paddocks, and additional outbuildings. Property has an ag well and residential well.that support it.
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360 Acres Almond Ranch(Approx. 320 Ac Farmable), Live Oak, Sutter Co., California. 20 X 14 planting on Krymsk Rootstock. 58.5% Non P, 16.5% Monterey, 16.5 Carmel, 8.5% Aldrich. Complete Irrigation system with 2 Ag Wells. This ranch has been developed right, from ripping to planting. Excellent location, close to Live Oak. MUST SEE!!
This has new exterior paint in April and roof replaced in late 2018. Originally a 3/2, but a large step-down family room with fireplace added later. Wood floors. The kitchen had a remodel which features rollout drawers for both the pantry and cabinets. The upper kitchen cabinets have decorative clouded glass panels. Window at the kitchen sink gives you a nice bright view of the large shade tree out front. Whole house fan. Wrap around front porch to the side kitchen door allows for a place for the bar-b-que, or just chairs for a nice place to sit and visit. Yard is minimal for those of you who don't want to spend the weekend mowing! Interior photos are old photos in my files. Call for an appointment to see it soon!
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Wow! What a great home at a great price! Centrally located near services. Your new home features a large lot with a beautiful sparkling swimming pool, covered rear patio, lots of parking out front and so much more. The interior features a country style kitchen with lots of cabinet space! The living room has plenty of room to enjoy including a cozy fireplace for those chilly winter nights. The bonus room is spacious and inviting, even complete with a wood burning stove! There is lots of square footage to enjoy, great for entertaining and the water is crystal clear with a reverse osmosis system. Beautiful upgraded flooring, there is so much to love with this house. All of this located in a great neighborhood just waiting for you to call home.
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This home shows pride of ownershipsolar panels on the tile roof are paid for! It has both a family room with 3 sided fireplace, vaulted ceilings, a spacious combo living room/dining room. Updated colors throughout. Bathrooms have been updated with granite counter tops. Master bath not only has a walk in closet but also a large shower & big oval soaking tub. Breakfast bar in the kitchen & built-in pantry. The indoor laundry has a sink & plenty of cabinets. You can't go wrong with this wonderful home.
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This is a wonderful quiet neighborhood of exquisite homes in South Yuba City. This custom built home has a beautiful kitchen with all upgraded appliances and cabinets, including a built in refrigerator to match the cabinets. Shutters cover the windows throughout the home. The master bedroom is spacious with a built in office nook. The master bath has a large soaking tub and separate shower. The swimming pool is large and beautifully done with an attached spa and water fall. The 2 other bedrooms are large and there is an office, off the entry, with double glass doors for privacy. This is a great room floor plan with an open kitchen. The large dining room has space enough for a very large table and chairs.
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What in the world is fisherman soap? It is soap with anise essential oil fragrance in the soap. This soap is dual purpose. It covers up the fish smell from your hands and it attracts fish. Anise smells like black licorice. I was told that black licorice can be used by itself to catch catfish. I am not a fisher woman, but I am a great catch. LOL Anise essential oil can be used to dip fish hooks into for attracting fish. I received some of my information from our UPS man, Bill. He loves to fish and will be giving my soap a try.
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Why are there different COI rules for grant reviews and technical evaluations of R&D contract proposals?
Technical evaluations of R&D contract proposals are subject to federal rules for acquisitions that do not apply to grant reviews.
Do the policies only apply to those participating in initial peer review or technical evaluation?
Yes. Members of NIH National Advisory Councils or Boards, who participate in the second level of peer review, fall under the ethics rules [http://ofacp.od.nih.gov/ethics/index.asp] associated with Special Government Employees.
Can federal staff serve as reviewers?
Yes, certain Federal staff may serve as reviewers. Federal employees serving as reviewers in NIH peer review also must comply with the ethics rules of their office or agency.
Who is responsible for identifying and declaring conflicts of interest in peer review?
Reviewers are responsible for declaring COI, and SROs are responsible for explaining the rules to their reviewers and screening for COI to the extent possible.Unlike members of NIH Advisory Councils or Boards, reviewers in the initial level of NIH peer review are not appointed as Special Government Employees and do not submit financial disclosure forms. Therefore, SROs are not in the position to collect financial information from reviewers, but can ask about professional relationships and roles and make determinations about potential bias in the initial peer review process.
What is the cutoff on the number of authors that make a publication “multi-authored”?
The NIH policy does not specify a specific number of authors that renders a publication “multi-authored”. Of greater significance are the roles that the authors played in the research that is reported in the publication. The SRO must also be aware of the appearance of a conflict of interest. | 2019-04-25T05:47:25 | https://grants.nih.gov/grants/peer/peer_coi_faqs.htm |
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If one were to inspect the general research regarding the effectiveness and physiological acceptability and safety of the modern dental implant tooth replacement, one is met with a mixed bag of information on their real success rates, systemic biological impacts, and advisability as a method of single or multiple tooth replacement.
For example, in various credible peer reviewed journals for the years 2016 and 2017, we see that, contrary to the touted 98% success rate asserted by the implant manufacturers, it is widely held that “success” can vary from about 91 % to 49% over a three to five year period or longer depending on the opinion of the clinical observer(s). The main issue that has been identified for implant degradation and ultimate re-treatment or removal of the implant is PI— Peri-implantits.
We would like to present biological plausibility not only relating to the implant post or fixtures locally but to the oral systemic biota—the total human.
We are not “academics” but clinical scientists. We shall not enter discussions of the “life-span” of implants, their functionality, their being the so-called “gold standard” of tooth replacement in our profession—prosthetic dentistry—but we shall offer a brief clinical scientific review of our observations and research.
The first biological factor is that of microbial infection within the soft tissues and bone about the dental implant. The second biological factor is that of the direct currents (DC electrical currents) generated by the implant fixtures, post, abutment, and replacement crown. Let us explore both of these factors that fulfill the parameter of biological plausibility in the ensuing conversation and be open to our further exploration.
In the early 1980s, we began to remove infected root canal teeth and associated soft tissue and bone (Odonton) and send them for pathological inspection by a board certified histopathologist. The findings were remarkably revealing to date.
In brief, for all of the 349 “odontons” inspected, it was found that acute-chronic inflammation—sometimes marked, reactive bone, dead bone, osteomyelitis, granuloma, cyst, abscess and other attending abnormalities – was present in the jaw below the tooth in question. Having carried out this root canal research since about 1983, we have also extended this methodology to implant removal due to infections or otherwise.
As we know, the dead tooth has no circulatory system internally. In a sense, this is the definition of an endodontically treated tooth. As the dead tooth degrades, it gives off various chemicals such as putresciene, cadaverine, thioethers, and what we call endotoxins. This fact is no longer disputed in the scientific clinical profession, nor in academia.
Another factor for inflammation is bacterial presence in tissues where they should not be. As a habit, in the early days of our research, the pathologist noted what he called “star-like microganisms” in colonies, with rays in the bone and soft tissues. He noted that they were certainly colonies of actinomyces that surrounded the root canal. However, it must be understood that we had not asked for a determination of bacterial review; it was an incidental finding in his pathology reports to me.
Actinomyces has been known from the 1800s as the “ray fungus,” mistaken as a fungus until about 1938. It is currently identified a bacterium: Actinomyces is a genus of the Actinobacteria class of bacteria. They are all gram positive. Actinomyces species are facultatively anaerobic, and they grow best under anaerobic conditions. Actinomyces species may form endospores, and, while individual bacteria are rod-shaped, Actinomyces colonies form fungus-like branched networks of hyphe.
They are implicated in decay and periodontal disease in the oral cavity in normal residents. However, it is not normal to find actinomyces in bone or connective tissues deep in the other jawbone or in the blood vascular system. If found in the jawbone, it may lead to a condition known as “lumpy jaw”—an abscess from either dental or peri-dental origins, or both.
Many Actinomyces species are opportunistic pathogens of humans and other mammals, particularly in the oral cavity. In rare cases, these bacteria can cause actinomycosis, a disease characterized by the formation of abscesses in the mouth, lungs, or the gastrointestinal tract. Actinomycosis is most frequently caused by A. Israeli, which may also cause endocarditis, though the resulting symptoms may be similar to those resulting from infections by other bacterial species. Aggreatibacter actinomycetemcomitans has been identified as being of note in periodontal disease.
The genus is typically the cause oral-cervicofacial disease. It is characterized by a painless “lumpy jaw”. Lymphadenopathy is uncommon in this form of the disease. Another form of actinomycosis is thoracic disease, which is often misdiagnosed as a neoplasm, as it forms a mass that extends to the chest wall. It arises from aspiration of organisms from the oropharynx. Symptoms include chest pain, fever, and weight loss.
Abdominal disease is another manifestation of actinomycosis. This can lead to a sinus tract that drains to the abdominal wall or the perianal area. Symptoms include fever, abdominal pain, and weight loss. Some Actinomyces species have also been shown to infect the nervous system of some animals without apparent trauma.
The bacteria Actinomyces are ubiquitous and abundant in soil. They are known for the important role they play in soil ecology; they produce a number of enzymes that help degrade plant root debris and waste materials. Thus, their presence is important in the formation of compost. They are also known for causing diseases in humans and livestock, usually when they get an opportunity to gain access to the body’s interior through wounds. As with other opportunistic infections, people with immunologic issues are at higher risk. In all of the preceding traits and in their branching filament formation, they bear similarities to Norcardia causing Norcardosis a similar illness as Actinomycosis.
It is well established that actinomycosis is an endogenous infection. The causative Actinomyces species reside on mucosal surfaces and gain access to deeper tissues via trauma, surgical procedures, or foreign bodies, which disrupt the mucosal barrier. Inside the tissue, these bacteria form masses consisting of aggregates of branching, filamentous bacilli. Actinomycosis is defined as a hard mass-type lesion with a specific histopathological structure. There are a large number of case reports of actinomycosis in the literature, but in most cases, diagnosis has been based solely on clinical and histopathological findings. In the majority of early reports, microbiological confirmation of diagnosis was lacking. Even when microbiological assessment was included, culture was typically the only method used. If, however, antimicrobial treatment had been started before sample collection, the results of culture may be falsely negative. The increasing introduction of molecular bacterial detection and identification methods is helping to overcome such problems.
An internal abscess is more difficult to identify, but signs include pain in the affected area, a high temperature, and generally feeling unwell. Internal abscesses rarely heal themselves, so prompt medical attention is indicated if such an abscess is suspected. This is important in the resolution of infected abscessed teeth: that they be surgically removed and bone cleansing—cavitation—accomplished.
Rarely mentioned in any research in this day is the impact of direct currents on the tissues around the metal implant—corrosion impact. Human cellular structures operate electrically in all actions in pico-ampers, 10-12 amperers. Tiller related in Vibrational Medicine by Gerbber 1987 that currents greater than pico-amps (in the direction of nano-amps 10-9 and micro-amps 10-6) will cause cell destruction while currents smaller than pico-amps stimulate cellular growth.
In our measurements of this phenomenon in titanium implants, we have recorded amps -36 uA (uA = micro-amps) and even higher—over -100uA—when the coupled anode and cathode is put to gold crowns, metal bridges, metal partials and amalgam fillings. This is an area ripe for investigation for both titanium and zirconia dental implants. Galvanic impacts on human tissues are well known but little studied.
In the removal of infected and problematic dental implants, we have found also the deleterious impact associated with deep dental structures beyond the post above the gum, deep in the bone crypt. Again, we have over the past 17 years removed various dental implants (about 30) in 20 patients and sent them to the histopathologist at Queen’s Hospital Honolulu, Hawai’i. We present the data of both the “root canal teeth” study and the “implants” study in two tables. The first table will show implants alone and the second all teeth and implants removed since 1986.
10 of the 19 had Actinomyces, infecting attachment tissues (bone ligaments).
It is common in this year 2017 to read in our dental journals and hear our media extoll the modern advancements of dental implants as being the natural replacement for the failed root canal tooth. It seems that we go from the frying pan to the fire in this regard.
As our two tables reveal, the microbiologic factor from both are the presence of actinomyces; and the mirco-currents from dental metals in these oral tissues that may not only play a significant role in failures of implants and root canals but may migrate to other parts of the human biome and play their mischief.
We, as biological dental practitioners, caution the misuse of these two methods, root canals or dental implants, for treatment, particularly in our youth and seniors who may have compromised immunity.
It is common knowledge that mircroorganisims are a risk factor for peri-implantitis since disease is bacterially induced…Unfortunately the bacterial role is disease pathogenesis has been underrated because no specific bacteria have been implicated in the apical migration of the ‘barrier’ epithelium, equivalent to the junctional epithelium around teeth.
We might now humbly suggest that there may be a specific bacterium present and that it is prevalent in the oral environment with significant virulence, whose primary function in nature is the reclamation of dead and dying matter, including the human biome. Due to the microbiological difficulty of showing actinomyces odontolyticus or any of its family members in peri-implant tissue through testing methods in the lab, we may have a sub-clinical factor revealed by this clinical research as presented. We have shown that in over 50% of the implants removed and histologically inspected that colonies of actinomyces were present associated with the pathological picture. One may not conclude that actinomyces alone is a causative agent but that, perhaps, they are one of the elements to be investigated more comprehensively.
The second equally unknown factor not looked at much at all is the implication of electrical currents in tissue surrounding metal dental implants and their corrosion products/toxins. Given the fact that body cells operate on pico-amps in normal states and that the currents generated by metal implants are in the micro-amps range, about three-fold higher, this fact may give pause to our understanding of cellular destruction due to corrosion (acid base balance) and the need for immune cell phagocytosis and bacterial phagocytosis in the deep surrounding tissues of implants.
Dr. RS Carlson graduated from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry in 1969 and completed Post Graduate training in pediatric dentistry with Strong-Carter Dental Clinic, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1970—71. He is a founder of Kokua Kalihi Valley Dental Clinic in 1973 and volunteered from 1973 to 1980, serving low-income families and immigrant populations from the South Pacific Islands and Asia. He has maintained a private practice in Honolulu since 1971, emphasizing Bio-Logical Dentistry. He can be reached at (808) 735-0282, ddscarlson@hawaiiantel.net or carlsonbiologicaldentistry.com. Disclosure: Dr. Carlson is the inventor of the Carlson Bridge® “Winged Pontic” tooth replacement system, a noninvasive approach to replacing missing teeth, with patents issued in November 1999 and October 2001. | 2019-04-23T14:14:50 | http://journal.iabdm.org/actinomycotic-oral-infection-modern-dental-implants-and-root-canals/ |
Mudra is a very popular buzz word in the world of yoga. There are various mudra’s available in the yogic practices and each symbol resemble a specific meaning which have a direct or indirect association with the kind of practice being performed. It is believed that practicing mudra during meditation or just having a mudra(Sign) has the capability to influence directly and bring benefits to us.
It is believed that our five fingers resemble five elements in nature. The physical body is made up of five elements namely - Air, Water, Fire, Earth and Aakash. The concept is that imbalance among these will create disturbances in the immune system and causes diseases of various kinds based on the levels of imbalance. Most of the mudras are practices by joining of fingers in specific manner or having the hand in specific posture that creates electromagnetic vibrations in the body which in turn is proved to have vital medical and curing effects in our physical and psychological aspects. | 2019-04-24T21:47:42 | http://gofreeza.blogspot.com/2010/02/signatures-for-every-action.html |
Total Bin Roye Movie 1st Week 7th Day Box Office Collection : Bin Roye was released on 18 July 2015 and getting very good response form public. Bin Roye movie is directed by Momina Duraid, Shahzad Kashmiri and produced by Momina Duraid. The Star Casts of this movie are Mahira Khan, Humayun Saeed, Armeena Khan, Zeba Bakhtiar, Javed Sheikh and others. Now below get complete details of Bin Roye Movie 7th Day Box Office Collection.
Bin Roye 1st week box office collection report is below and this is the total sum of the 7 days Bin Roye box office collection report. Bin Roye movie gone very well and all the fans of Mahira Khan, Humayun Saeed, Armeena Rana Khan, Zeba Bakhtiar and Javed Sheikh are watching the movie repeatedly for their good performance. | 2019-04-23T09:18:38 | https://www.dekhnews.com/total-bin-roye-movie-1st-week-7th-day-box-office-collection/ |
The Manager, Adaptive Design is responsible for leading the development and execution of package design with various internal teams, including Brand Marketing, Regulatory, Legal, R&D, Insights and Production. This role requires strong project management and communication skills and is responsible for translating the business and technical requirements of a package design initiative into a clear design assignment. The Manager, Adaptive Design will bring a blend of hands-on graphic design capabilities and management skills, helping to take existing creative concepts and successfully extending it to new products and line extensions. This role will oversee roll out and adaptation for the Pet SBA. | 2019-04-24T04:12:27 | https://cdpug.org/jobbankjob/mngr-des-031719/ |
We are f-i-n-a-l-l-y in our new house. Moving is hectic. Oh my goodness, I have a new resect for people who do this regularly. Seriously, wow. There are still boxes that need unpacking and pictures and towel rails to be put up but we are in at last. And it feels SO good. My biggest tip for moving is this – have one box that you paint in neon pink and adorn with glow in the dark stickers (making sure it can be found, day or night) and pack it with 1. Your toiletries 2. A change of clothes 3. Toilet paper 4. TEA. And if we had to be super picky in terms of priorities, we could just narrow it down the toilet paper and tea. Or just the tea. I will be giving you a grand tour of our new house, starting with the farmhouse kitchen in the next few weeks. Yes, you can be excited about that, stay tuned friends..
You can get real excited about this recipe too. Its homemade FRUIT ROLL people. YEEEEESSS!
And it requires 2 ingredients. TWO.
Apologies about the overuse of the ALL CAPS today but I CANT HELP IT. I’m so EXCITED.
And before we get into the recipe here, you must know that I have made this twice already. And I did a Guava Roll version too which was a crowd favourite amongst my Sanders Boy Clan.
This is how you do eeeet.
Cut them in half and place on a baking tray..no oil or butter necessary. Just place em there.
Then bake them for 20 minutes at 200°C. And then let them cool.
Take the pips out and place the plums in a blender. Add 4 Tablespoons of castor sugar. Blend. You can add more sugar if you feel like it is not sweet enough.
At this point you can strain the mixture to get rid of the lumpy/skin bits and create a really smooth fruit roll. I left mine in to add some texture but feel free to strain away.
Spray the baking tray with a little cooking spray and then spread the mixture on the tray using the back of a spoon.
Now you’re ready to put it in the oven to dry out. Turn the oven to 70°C (if you have a thermofan, use that setting or alternatively, a standard convection oven will be just fine), close the oven door and leave there for 10-12 hours to dry out.
And then you have fruit roll!!! Cut into slices whilst still warm. Keep in an airtight container or in the fridge.
Perfect for snacks and lunch boxes!
You can try this same recipe with guava, mango, strawberries, pear…the list goes on. Enjoy!
Delicious, healthy fruit roll – make it yourself at home so you know exactly what goes into it. This recipe is easy and nutritious!
Cut 12 ripe plums in half and place on a baking tray. (no oil or butter is necessary).
Bake for 20 minutes at 200°C and then let them cool.
Take the pips out and place the plums in a blender. Add 4 Tablespoons of castor sugar and blend well until a smooth, creamy consistency. Note: You can add more sugar if you feel like its not sweet enough.
At this point you can strain the mixture to get rid of the lumpy/skin bits and create an ultra smooth fruit roll. I left the lumps in mine to add some texture but feel free to strain away.
Spray the baking tray with a little cooking spray and then spread the mixture on the tray using the back of a spoon. It should be approximately half a centimeter in thickness. Now you’re ready to put it in the oven to dry out.
Turn the oven to 70°C (if you have a thermofan, use that setting, alternately just use the standard convection), close the oven door and leave there for 10-12 hours to dry out.
Voila…you have fruit roll!!! Cut into slices whilst still warm. Keep in an airtight container or in the fridge.
The same recipe can be used with other fruit too. Try guavas, mangos, strawberries and pears.
Brilliant! Preservative free – yayy!
I’ll definitely be giving this a go.
Just wondering if the fruit is sweet enough on it’s own could it me made with less sugar or a healthier sugar substitute?
who you’re but definitely you’re going to a famous blogger if you happen to aren’t already.
I’ve just made some of your fruit roll. Unbelievable! It’s so easy to make and super yummy!
I am seriously going to try this, wanting to go away from lots of sugar for my little one, so this has got a small amount of sugar, that will work for me.
Super recipe, i presume this can be done with all pip based fruits. Just a question on the last step.
are you saying the oven needs to be on at 70°C for 10 – 12 hours. | 2019-04-24T10:45:47 | https://justeasyrecipes.co.za/2015/09/23/homemade-fruit-roll-step-by-step/ |
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Fishing Monthly Magazines : Crab-eaters venture out "
A CRAB, either whole or in pieces, makes one of the best baits this month.
Groper, drummer, bream, trevally and morwong all love crabs, which are one of their main food sources, especially off the rocks.
June can be a funny month. Crystal-clear water with no wind seems one of the worst situations to fish but as I found a few years ago, it isn’t always so. Groper love calm days and often lurk over patches of kelp and rocky foreshores looking to pick off crabs.
At times you can even see them swim past. Places with vertical drops into the washes are good spots to drop a whole crab on a 4/0 to 6/0 hook. Your gear has to be robust and strong enough to hold these hard-pulling tanks but with a little patience and endurance you will succeed.
If Mother Nature helps and adds a little swell and a small wash forms around a headland or rocky outcrop, the fishing can become really great.
Drummer, groper, morwong and bream all love fresh crab and will never pass it up, especially if it’s wafting under a whitewater wash. Make sure you match the hook size to what you are chasing.
The rougher the sea, usually, the better the fishing, especially for drummer and bream. Be careful to place yourself somewhere safe away from where the whitewater is lapping over the rocks, though, as no fish is worth an accident or your life.
Some bread as berley with cut-up cunjevoi, crab legs, and a little sand mixed in all you need. The numbers of fish that will come to you is amazing when berleying around the washes.
A six- or eight-wrap beach rod is heavy when matched with a large threadline or Alvey but this is what most rockhoppers prefer. Drop your hook baited fresh crabs, whole or in pieces, into the back of the wash and then get ready to strike.
This sort of fishing isn’t at all hard but when the bait is grabbed you must strike hard and lift the fish away from the edge of the rocks fast. Drummer and groper pull very hard and any slack you give will usually see them get away.
Good spots where you will bump into the rock species around Newcastle are fairly limited but with a little effort you will find them.
Probably the best of them would be the rocks from Newcastle ocean baths right down to the Merewether baths. Some great fish have been taken there in the past. I rarely mention these spots throughout Summer as they both are very packed and a lot of snorkellers and surfers are about, but as Winter is upon us, the water is a bit cooler and you will have a lot more room.
I know collecting crabs around here isn’t the greatest but you will, with a little effort, get enough to fish for a few hours.
It’s not only the rocks that fish well throughout June. Winter is snapper time and the reefs north and south of Newcastle produce a lot of squire and snapper. The salmon are in near-plague proportions on some of the reefs at times but among them can be tailor of good size as well as large bream.
The Hunter river still gives up good-sized jewfish for the live-baiters and it’s probably the last of their run, so getting out there now may pay off.
This can be a funny month and predicting what will happen around here is hard, but if we had it all figured out, the fun of fishing just wouldn’t be there.
Former NSWFMEditor Peter Horrobin with a nice drummer taken around rocky washes of the Hunter Coast.
A washy gutter with tidal flow is a great spot to drop crab baits, bream, drummer and groper all love these sorts of area’s. | 2019-04-22T21:26:53 | http://fishingmonthly.com.au/Articles/Display/4946-Crab-eaters-venture-out |
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Vladimir Lenin is Another Fake.
Second anniversary celebration; Lenin at the top of the stairs, Trotsky saluting.
Idolatry Fitting they stuffed him.
V. I. Ulyanov during his arrest in connection with the case of the St. Petersburg "League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class." Dec. 1895 mugshot. | 2019-04-23T10:23:03 | http://whale.to/b/lenin.html |
Have you ever considered why you need water to mop a floor?
If so, you may have thought that the water doesn’t really help clean the floor – it just turns the dirt into mud. Mud that then must be cleaned from the mop.
That’s exactly what a small research design team realized when Proctor and Gamble directed them to explore how, when and why people mop their kitchen floors.
Not only did mopping floors with water mean more time was actually spent cleaning the mop than cleaning the floor – but better mops required even more mud cleaning from the implement.
That’s when the research team questioned P&G engineers: Isn’t there something better to clean up the dirt? Their answer: dry cleaning cloths that use electrostatic forces to pick up dust – no water necessary.
The Swiffer was born. The disposable pads and the tool to hold them have made the company billions of dollars. | 2019-04-25T20:36:33 | http://onthejob.45things.com/2017/12/how-to-be-truly-innovative.html |
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“Smile!" Everyone’s heard it. You hear it right before school photos. Family pictures. Groupfies. Photographers coax it out of models, and for good reason—it makes the photo look good! Why? Because a bright, confident smile is possibly the most beautiful thing that a person can wear.
But a smile does more than just show someone’s best features. A smile lifts a person up and gives her the power to lift up everyone around her. This is especially true if the smile comes from a real, beautiful, and empowering experience.
This truth provides the inspiration for a photo series called “Ngiting Tagumpay”. Produced by Tala Philippines in celebration of Women’s Month, the campaign features real Tala users who were photographed while remembering their real-life victories. The photos celebrate the countless other women who fight—and win—very real battles day in, and day out.
Some entrepreneurs give up on their dreams when their livelihood loses momentum. But not Bea, an independent mother and budding businesswoman from Taguig. A year ago, her small garment business almost folded due to lack of capital. But she persevered, thanks to a lender that recognizes emerging players like herself.
“Nung una kong nakita yung Tala, inisip ko kung totoo ba ‘to,” (When I first learned about Tala, I wondered if it was legit) explains Bea, who says she is extra careful with anything that has to do with her venture as the smallest mistake could end it. “Nabigyan ako ng pag-asa nung natanggap ko yung unang loan ko,” (I regained hope when I received my first loan)she adds.
With that small loan, Bea was able to breathe new life into her apparel business. She’s incredibly proud when customers wear her garments, and it shows in the smile that she wears on her face.
Moms make amazing sacrifices when it comes to their child’s welfare. For Andy, it meant giving up a lucrative overseas job to take care of her son at home. She did a bit of freelancing to support her kid. But despite her efforts, money still fell short at times.
Luckily, Andy discovered Tala, which helped her find a way around her problem. Since loan approvals take just a few minutes, she was able to beat payment deadlines without having to redo her budgeting. She smiles all the way to the bank, knowing that she makes her son’s future a little bit brighter every day.
There are good entrepreneurs. There are good housewives. Aimee is the special type of woman that’s good at both, and she represents the growing number of women that have been empowered by microfinance.
Aimee grew a small loan into a business venture that made her a financially independent housewife. She invested her first P1,000 to sell packed food, then reinvested what she earned until her business took on a life of its own. Now, her business has grown to include frozen food, beauty products, and even a small micro-lending operation of her own. She has many more ideas in her head, and none of them include asking her husband for money. That keeps her smiling every day!
Tala is a company with a dream to build a world where underserved people have financial access, choice, and control. Founded in 2014, the California-based company analyzes data from one’s smart phone to gauge an individual’s ability and willingness to repay loans. As of today, Tala has already provided loans to over 2.5 million people worldwide.
This system of radical trust has proven particularly helpful for women, especially in countries like Mexico, India, Kenya, Tanzania, and the Philippines—cultures where women have traditionally limited roles in the family’s income generation.
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Tala is a money lending app that underwrites borrowers in real time using non-traditional data from the customer’s phone. The company seeks to provide financial services to people left behind by traditional credit channels, providing loans that help customers build a digital credit history in the long run. Visit Tala.ph or check out Tala Philippines on Facebook and Google Play for more information. | 2019-04-25T12:09:46 | http://www.whatshappening.com.ph/post/this-women-039-s-month-little-wins-are-behind-these-big-smiles |
hendley elementary school | cox graae + spack architects.
Flora Hendley Elementary School received a Phased Modernization as part of the 2010-2016 Capital Improvement Plan to bring the School into compliance with the current Educational Specifications (EdSpecs). Unique to the project is the aggressive plan approved by the city’s Chancellor, Kaya Henderson, to renovate six schools over the short summer break in 2013, Hendley Elementary School being one of them. A full renovation of the building’s entry, academic, administrative and support spaces was completed in the Ward 8, Washington, D.C. School. The concrete frame and brick elementary school structure built in 1957 is a four-story classroom wing with a one-story lobby and a two-story lunch room / auditorium wing. In 1964, a two-story classroom wing (the Annex) was built at the south side of the site and five years later in 1969, a one-story kitchen addition was completed. The original building plus additions total 75,500 sf. | 2019-04-24T16:37:35 | http://cgsarchitects.com/project/hendley-elementary-school/ |
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ACTIVATE PEACE, HARMONY, FUN, HIGH VIBRATIONS AND PROSPERITY IN YOUR SPACE.
Your space is like a sponge. Whatever transpired in your environment is absorbed into the walls, furniture, carpet, ceiling and objects and can accumulate heavily in the corners, nooks and crannies.
I offer in-person and remote space clearing for homes and businesses.
√ A feeling of gloom, plants dying, no one calling with good news... you get the picture.
FOR YOUR HOME: I will perform an energetic assessment of your space and tune in using healing Reiki energy and the law of attraction. During this session I will clear out any bad vibes that are a left-over residue from visitors, phone conversations, heavy thoughts and the accumulation of day-to-day toxicity from the outside world that sticks to the walls of your home when not cleared regularly. Regular space clearing in your home invites and activates abundance and prosperity on all levels: money, love, opportunities, and relationships. Using white sage, I will go through each room with Reiki and high vibe divine light releasing all that no longer serves the space. I will attune each room for success and love. Your home to be a place where energy flows freely and the air is light with the touch of magic.
FOR SELLING A HOME: Do you need guidance preparing yourself and your home to sell using staging, Reiki energy and the law of attraction? By energetically clearing the home with Reiki and cutting chords and emotional attachments to your home, I can design a stage and sage your home to assist with releasing it from you to new occupants with ease!
FOR YOUR BUSINESS: Space clearing for your business immediately elevates the vibration for your customers/ clients to experience your space. Any tension, fear, anxiety, and negative conversations patrons may have encountered during their day and brought in sits stagnant and heavy in your place of business. This affects sales, customer satisfaction, atmosphere, employees morale, business opportunities and much more.
Schedule a space clearing to cleanse out all the toxic energy and immediately start inviting increased profits, happy employees, positive high vibes, and prosperity.
Keep the current positive energy flowing in, a space clearing AMPLIFY the momentum for continued happiness! Contact me about space clearing today. | 2019-04-25T16:34:12 | https://karen-massey.squarespace.com/space-clearing-with-karen-cay/ |
- Beyond the Wasteland: The world of New Vegas is more expansive than ever. Each new distinct area presents a fresh set of branching-quests, remarkable personalities and more chances to play the Savior or the Pariah to the natives of New Vegas.
- Shiny New Toys: Each add-on pack increases the mountain of armaments already at your disposal. Whether you’re an in-your-face brawler or a long-range gunner, weapons such as the Two-Step Goodbye (unique ballistic fists) or Sleepytime (a handy 10mm Sub-Machinegun) will give that warmonger in you a chance to flex your ammo-filled muscles.
- Room to Grow: With each of the four main add-on packs, the maximum levelcap is increased by 5 levels, ultimately raising the ceiling to Level 50. | 2019-04-24T03:02:27 | https://www.ekeys.us/en/fallout-new-vegas-ultimate-edition.html |
If you use PayPal for your payment, you will want to make sure the charge states "completed" for your account. If the charge lists as "pending," that means that no money has been sent and your order has not been processed. You may want to reach out to PayPal to ensure there are no issues with your PayPal Account. If you place your order, and still see a "pending," charge that authorization will usually resolve and drop off after a few business days. Please reach out to PayPal support with any issues regarding your PayPal accounts and transactions.
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Dr. Sana Amir did B.Sc Civil Engineering in 2006 from University of Engineering and Technology Lahore (UET Lahore), Pakistan with distinction (seven gold medals). Soon after graduation, she started working as a Lecturer in UET Lahore and taught a variety of subjects related to Structural Engineering. She completed M.Sc. Civil Engineering (structures) from University of Engineering and Technology Lahore in 2008. In 2009, she came to Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, to do her PhD on Compressive Membrane Action in Prestressed Concrete Deck Slabs. She has presented her work in many conferences around the world for example in Scotland, Germany, Austria, Denmark, India, Netherlands, Pakistan etc. After completing her doctorate, she returned to Pakistan and worked as an Assistant Professor in UET Lahore before joining American University in Dubai (AUD) as Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering in Fall 2015. Her research interests include compressive membrane action, prestressed concrete, punching shear in concrete slabs and deck slabs, seismic design of structures, durability of concrete etc. Some of her published work is listed below.
Nonlinear finite element analysis of transversely prestressed concrete deck slabs, The Second European and Mediterranean Structural Engineering and Construction Conference, Euro-Med-Sec-2, Beirut, Lebanon, July 23-28, 2018.
Structural safety and reliability of old bridges, The International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, IABSE 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 25-27, 2018.
Numerical investigation of the bearing capacity of transversely prestressed concrete deck slabs, The Ninth International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference, ISEC-09, Valencia, Spain July 24-29, 2017.
Nonlinear Analysis of the Bearing Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Structures considering Structural Deterioration, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Civil and Environmental Engineering (ICACEE-17), Late G. N. Sapkal College of Engineering, Nashik, India. 10-11 February 2017, 447-456pp.
Experiments on Punching Shear Behavior of Prestressed Concrete Bridge Decks, ACI Structural Journal, Volume: 113, Issue: 03, 627-636pp, May 2016.
Experimental and numerical investigation of the bearing capacity of transversely prestressed concrete decks, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, Cape Town, South Africa, 5-7 September 2016.
Punching shear capacity of bridge decks regarding compressive membrane action, HERON 2015, Volume 60, Issue 3; Special issue: Shear in Concrete, Netherlands, 2015.
Experimental Investigation of the Bearing Capacity of Transversely Prestressed Concrete Deck Slabs, ISEC-8, Sydney, Australia, November 2015.
Structural safety of typical transversely prestressed concrete bridge decks in the Netherlands, fib 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2015.
Effect of confinement on bond strength and slip in high strength concrete, Mitteilungen Klosterneuburg, Volume 65, Issue 3, March 2015. | 2019-04-25T12:11:11 | https://www.aud.edu/aud-school/school-of-engineering/faculty-staff/sana-amir/ |
Home / News / Birds and Beasts are taking over at Wild Saffron!
Bright colours, cheeky eyes and plenty of personality by local artist Meg Mader.
Join us for the opening event of this SALA exhibition in Clare’s newest exhibition space with a glass of Teresa Riesling on arrival, compliments of Good Catholic Girl Wines, with more available to purchase during the event.
Wild Saffron will also be providing delicious light refreshments. | 2019-04-18T17:22:11 | http://www.vapaa.org.au/birds-and-beasts-are-taking-over-at-wild-saffron/ |
January 22,1984 featured a Super Bowl game in which the Los Angeles Raiders beat Washington's team, 38-9, in Tampa Bay, Florida. Marcus Allen of the LA Raiders was named the game's Most Valuable Player.
But what that day is really known for is a commercial, Apple's famed "1984" commercial with its dark, Orwellian world torn ashunder by a bright and shining vision. The advertisement, considered one of the best ads ever made, is a genuine work of art.
Compare these with Apple's revised commercial, released in January 2004 to mark the 20th anniversary of the Macintosh computer. | 2019-04-23T15:00:26 | https://www.wap.org/events/jan1984/ |
One of my greatest privileges of being a Rabbi is to share sacred moments with individuals and families as they mark special transitions in life through Jewish ritual. I take this great responsibility to heart, and I truly treasure the time I spend with people during these unique and beautiful moments.
Whether I am helping a family to welcome a child into this special covenant, or celebrating the coming of age of a young Jewish man or woman, or standing under the chuppah with a wedding couple as they commit themselves to one another, or helping someone to find Judaism as they connect to our Jewish faith, or sharing prayers and thoughts in times of healing, or helping individuals and their loved ones as they bid farewell to their life on earth, I do so with Jewish tradition and the needs of each individual and family as my top priority.
I am a rabbi who embraces our Jewish tradition, but also recognizes the need to alter and adapt our rituals for today’s ever-changing and ever-developing Jewish community. I work with individuals and family members to create meaningful moments for all stages and ages of life. I incorporate the needs of your family into our conversations and planning, so that you feel the personal touch and attention you so rightly deserve.
I invite you to click on the links below and learn more about our wonderful Jewish rituals, as well as hear some reflections from recent families with whom I have been blessed to share sacred moments. | 2019-04-24T16:38:37 | http://www.rabbibravo.com/cycles-of-life.html |
In the fall of 2017, the Mexican Ministry of Energy awarded funding to the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara in collaboration with the University of California Davis to establish a lighting technology and design research center known as the Centro de Tecnología de Iluminación (CTI). This is a multi-year, public-private investment focused on addressing growing climate change concerns through translational research committed to clean energy and sustainability in Mexico.
LD+A—Researchers in California are developing a standard methodology for conducting field demonstrations to better inform energy codes and standards. | 2019-04-25T18:32:25 | https://cltc.ucdavis.edu/publication-type/media-link |
Current AZ02 Congresswoman Martha McSally currently leads the survey at 48.1% with former Arizona State Senator Kelli Ward coming in at 22.1%. Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio polls the lowest with voters at 17.6%, leaving 8.4% of voters currently undecided.
As national surrogates start to make appearances for candidates in the Grand Canyon State's late primaries, the survey shows that 39.9% of voters have already cast a ballot in early voting. With a history of early voting in the state, returns continue to climb as election day approaches.
Comparing these latest numbers with Data Orbital's daily track polling of the three-way race, McSally's support continues to grow with her margin over her opponents growing 16.4 percentage points since August 8th.
George Khalaf, President of Data Orbital, issued the following statement on these results: "With early voting returns significantly up from previous election cycles and 39.9% of respondents in the latest survey having already voted, McSally's lead is only getting stronger as we get closer to election day. As all three candidates increase their campaign efforts targeting voters who have not voted, this race will continue to be one to watch to confirm the trends we are seeing of McSally as a strong front-runner. Data Orbital will continue to track the US Senate and other statewide races through election day."
This poll of 600 likely Arizona Republican Primary Election voters was conducted through a live survey that collected 70% of the results from land lines and 30% from cell phones. It has a margin of error at plus or minus 4.00%, with a 95% confidence interval. Respondents were weighted on a number of different demographic figures based off historical Arizona general election turnout. The poll was conducted on August 21-22 and was compared to polls conducted from August 8th to August 21st. All non-released questions prior to questions released would not reasonably be expected to influence responses to all released questions. The questions released are verbatim from the survey provided to respondents. Toplines and demographic data can be found here. | 2019-04-18T10:32:14 | https://www.dataorbital.com/the-blog/az-senate-gop-082218 |
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We hope our space is as special to you as it has always been to this community. Whether you are here for one night, an extended trip, alone or with your family, or attending a special event, you are sure to enjoy all that La Grande has to offer. From the beauty of the outdoors to the local art, music and theatre community, you are sure to be enchanted by La Grande. The builder of this 1920's home, August Stange, was known for his generosity and he would welcome you all here to his home.
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Astronomy Adventure (DVD)—Here's your chance to learn both the history and principles of Astronomy, and have a lot of fun in the process. Whether you're interested in our solar system or the celestial sphere, the ancient theories or the accepted laws of the universe, this DVD has it all. The material is presented by actors and comedians, and is remarkably entertaining—you will be pleased with this product. Total runtime is approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Planetarium 3D (CD-ROM) is a screensaver unlike anything you've ever seen. It is nothing less than a complete tour of the Solar System, with special effects that you would expect in a sophisticated animated feature film. Your journey begins at the outermost region, and then you'll zoom in to orbit each planet and discover fascinating facts as you get a close-up view. You'll pass through an asteroid belt, and even race toward the Sun, where you'll experience the majesty of our unique star. I've never seen a screensaver that's anything at all like this one, and I guarantee you'll like it. | 2019-04-25T11:48:40 | https://store.ohio-distinctive.com/products/2-disc-set-astronomy-adventure-dvd-planetarium-3d-cd-rom |
I arrived in the darkest hour of the night. The streets were silent but for the swaying silhouette branches – it took me a moment to realise there was a blackout in the streets. It was midnight and I closed the car door quietly. Sound was now my greater sense, the trees sounded like waves in the ocean. The breeze was cool and a shiver ran up my arm as I opened the front door.
I fumbled for the torch near the door, outlined in the previous text from Dawn. I felt my way down the hall and shone the torch into the ceiling to find Beau curled up in his bed, arms up on his pillow near his face. I went to the spare room and undressed and lay in bed listening to the sounds of the house and the trees outside.
‘Mum? Mum, Mum…’ I sat up in bed. My ear was facing the door. Beau was calling out and his words followed each other closely. I looked at my phone, I’d had half an hour of sleep. I walked into his room.
‘Dad! Where’s Mum?’ he was upright.
‘She’s in bed sweetheart, I just got here’ I kissed his forehead. ‘Lay back down and sleep’, he turned over and I stroke his back.
I went back to bed, the trees were scratching the roof and the wind was trying to open the blinds in my room.
I must have slept through the night. I woke up as Beau was climbing into the spare bed beside me and immediately he describes his soccer triumphs from the night before and how he saved a goal – all the while holding my hand in bed. It was barely light outside.
As weekends go, it wasn’t extraordinary. There was backyard soccer, cheese and tomato toasted sandwiches and wrestling with brushing teeth and homework, but he was constantly at my side. Leaning his head on my shoulder watching tv, clasping my fingers into his hand and when I gave the final cuddle in the back yard and said good bye, he silently walked into the house and sat down next to his mother.
I clicked my fingers to get Dawns attention and she immediately realised what was wrong just by looking at him. We both jovially moved about the kitchen, both fake.
He followed me down the stairs to my car and stood while I put my bag on the front seat. I made small talk – perhaps for my sake.
‘Ok my love’ I pulled him in for one last hug. Chicky tiptoed across the patchy grass to join his brother.
I drove up the road and two little boys ran alongside on the curb waving. The autumn sun shining onto their faces as they waved. I drove slowly and watched them run back home, the cool breeze seemingly pushing the sun down faster.
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Sharks of various species occur in all waters of the state, including those off Waikiki. However, to date there has never been a confirmed shark bite off Waikiki. Given the large number of ocean users in Waikiki waters, this suggests that the normal behavior of sharks is to avoid interactions with people. | 2019-04-21T02:37:24 | https://governor.hawaii.gov/newsroom/dlnr-news-release-eel-confirmed-as-animal-that-bit-waikiki-surfer/ |
Almost every state is facing a serious budget crisis in the current economy, and Kansas is no exception. Kansas’ governor projects a $750 million shortfall in the coming year. Last month the Kansas Supreme Court did what it could to help by deciding that Mary Miller would not qualify for Medicaid assistance because of a trust set up by her husband.
When Edward Miller wrote his will in 1978, he may have been thinking about the possibility that his wife might go into a nursing home sometime in the next quarter-century. That may have been why he directed that a trust be established for her benefit, with their daughter as trustee. Mrs. Miller would be entitled to receive all the income from the trust, but principal distributions would be controlled by the trustee. Mrs. Miller signed a document at the time consenting to the trust arrangement.
Mr. Miller died seventeen years later, and the trust was set up as he directed. Mrs. Miller went into a nursing home four years later. Although she had no assets, her husband’s trust was valued at $190,000 and she was receiving monthly income payments of $1,000.
Mrs. Miller applied for Medicaid assistance with nursing home care, but Kansas’ Medicaid agency decided that the trust should be counted as an available resource despite the fact that she had no control over it. The agency reasoned that she would have been entitled to insist on receiving about half the trust principal when her husband died—if she hadn’t consented to the terms of his will seventeen years earlier.
After the Medicaid agency denied her eligibility Mrs. Miller appealed all the way to the highest court in Kansas. Last month that court decided that the Medicaid agency was right, and that Mrs. Miller had effectively created her own trust by acquiescing in her husband’s estate planning arrangement. The Court, quoting itself from an earlier decision, noted that “public assistance funds are ever in short supply, and public policy demands they be restricted to those without resources of their own.” Miller v. State of Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, March 7, 2003.
The approach implemented by Mr. Miller is, despite the Kansas Supreme Court’s disapproval, quite plainly contemplated by federal law. The Court’s zeal to save taxpayers dollars is also shortsighted. Mr. Miller did have another option when he wrote his will. He could have simply disinherited his wife, which would have resulted in her achieving Medicaid eligibility; without the trust contained in his will, the couple’s children would also have saved the monthly income checks now being made to the nursing home for the rest of Mrs. Miller’s life. The other cost forced on individuals by the Kansas decision is less clear, but it becomes increasingly important to secure good legal advice in order to protect as much of an individual’s (or a couple’s) estate as possible from the high cost of nursing home care. The cost of that legal advice itself ultimately comes from nursing home payments and therefore increases the cost to Medicaid programs. | 2019-04-23T02:26:47 | http://issues.flemingandcurti.com/tag/mary-miller/ |
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The young man behind the top selling wine so far this year (Fleurs Maceration) will be joining us at Midfield for another Meet Your Maker event. He’ll be serving up a great range of their beautiful wines including the popular skin contact whites. New vintages are being released and will be poured this evening so don’t miss out! We and our co-hosts Bogie’s Best Imports are looking forward to seeing you!
Domaine Brand, Alsace, France, was founded by Lucien Brand in 1956.
At that time, the farm grew several crops. There were over 15 hectares of wheat, tobacco and pastures for livestock, with just 53 acres of vines. It gradually began to specialize in viticulture, allowing the vineyard to expand over the other areas until 1970.
Later Charles Brand sealed the estate’s reputation by vinifying the premium dry wines popular with locals.
In 2001, he revolutionized the production methods, launching a three-year conversion period and having his vineyard certified organic.
Philippe partnered his father in 2006, injecting a new impetus into their company, which they renamed Domaine Brand & Fils.
In 2015, a new direction was taken: as Philippe wanted to go further in their journey, he obtained Biodynamic Agriculture certification from the organization Demeter. He also took the opportunity to extend the range of Natural Wines.
Meet Your Maker is a continuing series of evenings spent with some of our favourite winemakers. Designed to buck the trend of formal winemaker dinners, MYM is a way to provide our customers with a casual and fun way to meet the winemaker while they themselves hang out at Midfield, eating and drinking, pouring their wines and chatting with anyone who cares to chat with them. MYM is a non-ticketed event; come for dinner, come for a snack or just drop by for a drink. While this is a non-ticketed event, space is usually limited so we recommend making reservations if you are coming in for dinner. Cheers! | 2019-04-20T00:31:32 | https://www.midfieldwine.com/calendar/2018/11/3/meet-your-maker-domaine-brand-amp-fils |
Dr. Dean Raffelock was a quadruple board-certified integrative clinician with over 4500 hours of training, who retired in 2013 after treating over 10,000 patients in 37 years of medical practice.
But, curious and passionate men like Dr. Raffelock never “really retire,” and he’s found great joy guiding, formulating, and testing Natural Health Sherpa’s performance-grade metabolism-enhancing supplements and protein powder.
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– About-Face means a reversal of direction, attitude, or point of view. They aim to equip women and girls with tools to understand and resist harmful media messages that affect their self-esteem and body image.
– an international professional organization composed of individuals committed to the Health At Every Size principles. ASDH’s mission is to promote education, research, and the provision of services which enhanced health and well-being, and which are free from weight-based assumptions and weight discrimination.
–located in Hamilton Ontario, this organization offers individual psychotherapy, workshops, and support groups for those struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, and/or body image, as well as their friends, family and caregivers. The website provides further details about these services as well as a blog and online store.
– helping adults and children be joyful and confident with eating.
– author of Anorexia and Other Eating Disorders: How to Help Your Child Eat Well and Be Well: Practical solutions, compassionate communication tools and emotional support for parents of children and teenagers.
– an international organization of and for caregivers of eating disorder patients. F.E.A.S.T. serves families by providing information and mutual support, promoting evidence-based treatment, and advocating for research and education to reduce the suffering associated with eating disorders.
– trade book publisher specializing in eating disorders since 1980.
– Linda Bacon created the HAES pledge, Registry, and Resource List with support and advice from members of the HAES community. The intent is to strengthen the HAES movement: to help support people in adopting HAES and to help those in the HAES community get better connected and develop ideas.
– Dr. Robison specializes in health promotion and human behaviour, with a particular interest in why people do what they do and don’t do what they don’t do. He has served as co-editor of the journal Health At Every Size and has been helping people with weight and eating-related concerns for more than 20 years.
- this video provides strategies to help parents and families provide structure and support to youth with eating disorders before, during and after meals.
- a website with information regarding the eating continuum (healthy eating, distorted eating and eating disorders), as well as blog containing various topics one may deal with during recovery.
- a volunteer organization of parents who have helped their children recover from anorexia and bulimia through the use of Family-Based Treatment, also known as the Maudsley approach, an evidence-based therapy for eating disorders.
– a resource page providing up to date information on eating disorders including treatment options and eating disorders statistics.
- a not-for-profit coalition of health care professionals, counsellors and parents with children suffering from Eating Disorders. NIED aims to increase the awareness and education of Eating Disorders to sow the seeds for change in the understanding, treatment and funding of the disease in Canada.
– A site managed by Candy MacNeil, an Individual and Family therapist in Guelph, Ontario and dedicated to providing accurate information about the prevention and treatment of eating disorders. | 2019-04-22T10:00:45 | http://www.eatingdisorderscoalition.ca/links/ |
The Fox network is reportedly developing a one-hour series about the Centers for Disease Control.
Reuters reports the ensemble drama will explore the lives of people inside and outside the CDC, the nation's lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people at home and abroad. The CDC has gained prominence in recent weeks in its role reacting to anthrax attacks and preparing for other potential bioterrorist activity.
The Fox project is being developed by director Mimi Leder (Deep Impact) and scribe Anthony Peckham (Don't Say a Word). Leder is close to signing on as executive producer and director; Peckham would serve as executive producer and writer. | 2019-04-21T08:49:21 | https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/fox-dramatizing-disease-control-center-90312 |
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The purpose of this policy is to outline the use of photographs, videos and other personal information that may be used in promoting the activities of the church, including print publications and our church website or Facebook page.
In church publications and online, we list names, work email addresses, and office phone numbers of the pastor(s) and staff.
The person is requesting that his/her own name and/or contact information be published online.
Exceptions do not apply to minors age 17 or younger unless a signed release is obtained from the parent or guardian.
Information, including but not limited to personal data, that we collect will not be sold, rented, lent, exchanged or used by an individual or entity other than SMCC. This includes, for example, the information you provide when you register for an event or conference, order resource materials, request other services, or when you send us your comments or requests for information.
We use the information you provide for the purposes for which it was originally collected, for example, to respond to your email or to provide the programs or services you requested. We may also use this information to help us improve the content and functionality of our website, to better understand the needs and interests of the people and organizations that use our website, and to improve our programs and services. This information may be used to contact you in the future to tell you about SMCC programs and services.
In order to collect the anonymous data described in the preceding paragraph, we may use temporary “cookies” that collect the first level domain name of the user. For example, if your email address is “name@xyz.com,” the cookie collects the “xyz.com” portion of your email address and the date and time you accessed this Web site. Cookies by themselves cannot be used to discover the identity of the user. A cookie is a small piece of information that is sent to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies do not damage your computer. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie. This enables you to decide if you want to accept it or not. Our Web site only uses temporary or “session” cookies. These “session” cookies expire when your browser window is closed.
In order for certain applications on the website to function properly, if at all, it is necessary for your computer to accept cookies.
Volunteers photographing events for SMCC should let potential subjects know that photos may be used on the church website and/or Facebook page, and that they have the option to “opt out” if they so choose.
Anyone who does not wish to have his or her photograph or video image, or that of a minor child, used or published by SMCC in any of its printed materials, website, or Facebook Page, may fill out the Photo/Video Opt Out form available at the parish office. | 2019-04-24T20:48:13 | https://stmarylanesville.org/news/st-mary-catholic-church-privacy-and-photo-video-use-policy |
1. Apologies received from David Thomas, Ron Kidson, John Bulmer and Peter Leigh. PW and PI advised that Michael Ward was not now the ex-officio committee member representing Albrighton PC.
2. Minutes of Meeting of 6th June 2016 were approved.
3. Treasurer’s Report.– MP reported a bank balance at 27th May 2016 of £1816.04. Alb PC had awarded a grant of £150 for plants etc for the Planters which was to be taken up by presentation of invoices - ACTION:PW would check the APC financial year from which this grant was made.
a) Entrances Scheme. PW reported that JB’s working party last week had carried out weeding at Patshull Rd/A464.
b) Eyesores. BH tabled an updated list. Benches are being refurbished by RAF Cosford (organised by Sandra Kirkland). Some discussion of possibility of Society volunteers carrying out some work cleaning some street furniture. ACTION: MP to check the cover of the Society insurance policy.
It was reported that Michael Ward had confirmed that Alb PC was responsible for cleaning street name signs, some of which were looking scruffy, and that the PC workman would clean them during the winter period when he was not occupied with grass cutting.
ACTION: BH will ask Sandra Kirkland if it is possible for the RAF to clean & paint the bus shelter on the High St opposite the Shrewsbury Arms.
PI & PW proposed, and it was accepted, that the last 3 items on the list relating to private house be removed as we unlikely to achieve any improvement.
ACTION: PW will write to the owners of the old Barclays Bank building to ask if they would put a cover over the window and a note to explain what development is being undertaken. PW will find out when the current planning approval will expire.
ACTION: ALL to send any new items to BH for discussion and possible listing.
a) Front Garden/Window Box/Hanging Basket Competition – PW reported that winners had been notified and awards to be presented at the AGM.
b) No real progress by those who were to phone round to recruit the volunteers.
c) MP reported that he would contact Alex Straney to see if the RAF were able to make a plastic plaque for the Planter.
d) Development behind Shaw Lane. Phase 2 originally included proposed additional station parking but that land is not now shown in Phase 2. RS and PW to meet Boningale Homes to learn what the intention is. We are waiting for them to agree a date. ACTION: PW will chase up Boningale Homes for meeting date.
e) All entries are now displayed in the Library. Cup won by Albrighton Primary School and the runner up Shield by Birchfield School.
f) ACTION: PW had contacted Bill Wilkinson (Carpenter) and Marstons regarding the WC building and would follow up to see if anything came out of the discussions.
a) Fayre Day 9th July. PW would now be available with RS to man the stall. We meet at 8am.
b) PI noted that there may be funding available for capital purchases and wondered if there were any items we could buy which could then generate an income.
Next meeting: 2pm. Monday 1st August at 31/32 High St. (Peter Woodman’s house).
Following Meeting will be at 2pm on Monday 5th September 2016. | 2019-04-23T14:18:50 | http://albrightonanddistrictcivicsociety.co.uk/Minutes%2016.07.04.html |
Hallett Sydney Ward ( born August 31, 1870 Gatesville, Gates County, North Carolina, † March 31, 1956 in Washington, North Carolina ) was an American politician. Between 1921 and 1925 he represented the state of North Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Hallett Ward attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent law studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his 1893 was admitted to the bar he began in Winton to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1899 and 1901, Ward was a member of the Senate of North Carolina; in the years 1902 and 1903 he was mayor of Plymouth. From 1904 to 1910 he served as a prosecutor in the first judicial district of his state. Since 1904 he was in Washington in Beaufort County resident and worked there as a lawyer.
In the congressional elections of 1920, Ward became the first constituency of North Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Humphrey Small on March 4, 1921. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1925 two legislative sessions. In 1924 he abandoned a bid again. After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Ward again worked as a lawyer. In 1931 he moved again into the state Senate. He died on March 31, 1956 in Washington, where he was also buried. | 2019-04-20T16:14:12 | https://memim.com/hallett-sydney-ward.html |
Solkan represents a suburb of the Municipality of Nova Gorica. The city of Nova Gorica lies along the Soča River and borders with Italy. The cities of Nova Gorica (Slovenia) and Gorizia (Italy) blend into one multicultural city inhabited by Slovenians, Italians and Friulians.
The location of this property offers you almost unbelievable options. In the month of June, for example, you can enjoy morning ski adventure in the mountains (on Slovenian Kanin or 80 km away Italian Sella Nevea, which is located at an altitude of 2,300 m) and then in the afternoon enjoying swimming in the Adriatic Sea (20 km from Nova Gorica).
The size is 309 m² on a plot of 554 m². The house was built in 1982 and is regularly maintained.
The house has four levels: basement (95 m²) with a hobby room of 30 m², internal storage, outdoor storage, boiler room, cellar, toilet and garage.
Ground floor (95 m²) consists of a covered terrace, balcony, living room, toilet, utility, office, kitchen, dining room and living room (30 m²).
On the first floor (70 m²) there is a terrace, three bedrooms, bathroom with massage shower with sauna.
The attic (50 m²) is unfinished.
The house can be easily re arranged to provide two separate apartments. | 2019-04-25T16:28:22 | https://tranio.com/slovenia/adt/1711550/ |
Alongside the “world’s fastest” Huawei Ascend D quad, Huawei also announced an additional two phones to its line-up, the Huawei Ascend D quad XL and the Huawei Ascend D1.
Of the two, it’s easily the Huawei Ascend D quad XL that most appeals to us. It’s a basically the exact same phone as the Huawei Ascend D quad, but with a slightly fatter frame – 10.9mm – and a massive 2500 mAh battery.
Huawei is saying hand on heart that the Huawei Ascend D quad XL will give you two to three days of normal usage.
For an Android phone, we think that’s pretty incredible. We’ll have to get hold of one ourselves to test the claim but we’re very happy about the prospect of being able to leave our phone chargers at home for once. And 10.9mm doesn’t exactly make it a brick either.
We’d take those extra millimetres if it means we can get up to three days of juice.
The Huawei Ascend D1 again, is very similar to the Huawei Ascend D quad on the outside and in – save for the fact that it’s running on a dual-core CPU (1.5GHz) and has a 1670mAh battery. So while the Ascend D1 won’t be as powerful, this undoubtedly means it’ll be priced a little lower.
We’re not seriously expecting it to be priced as low as last year’s Huawei-made Vodafone Smart but we can but hope.
Like the Huawei Ascend D quad, the Huawei Ascend D quad XL and the Huawei Ascend D1 will he heading to European markets in Q2 of this year, as well as practically everywhere else in the world. | 2019-04-22T00:44:56 | https://recombu.com/mobile/article/huawei-announces-huawei-ascend-d-quad-xl-and-huawei-ascend-d1_m17000-html |
Although i didn't pass any official putonghua exam , i am no doubt a qualified putonghua speaker.
I can't speak cantonese .
My English is not as good as my putonghua , but i think it won't be difficult for me to just teach a lesson.
Because i am a year one student i have enough free time to teach or prepare for lesson .
I am now live in chu hai college of higher education's dormitory.
It's free for me to go everywhere in tuen mun . | 2019-04-19T03:06:29 | http://hkmandarintutor.com/Index/chineseteacher/id/12018/translate/en-us.html |
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Original artwork now made accessible for everyone. Curatorial and Co. is an online art gallery in Australia exhibiting wide spectrum of original artwork for sale. Discover some creative curated art created by the chosen established and emerging artists from around the world. The collection is simply colossal and inspiring. Buy your favourite artwork and bring aesthetic appeal in your home or office interiors. Immerse in a dramatic experience.Curatorial showcases abstract paintings, oil paintings, drawings, printmaking, sculptures, mixed media art, textile arts and photography. Every creative work is one-of-a-kind. No need to wait for any art exhibition, in this digital era you can explore art online at anytime, from anywhere and shop as per your convenience. This online store also strives to get bespoke pieces that suits your space and taste. Curatorial is an ultimate platform for artists to showcase their work as well as for art lovers to buy art online, effortlessly.
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Some of the best featured products that in demand and you can check over the website mariasilverbutterfly.com include sterling silver turquoise earrings, turquoise/ coral sterling silver cross pendant, golden freshwater pearls crystals turquoise wired necklace and much more. You can check the product categories available online that include necklaces, bracelets, earrings, gifts, collections, accessories and special collection for wedding/birthday. Among necklaces you can find long and unique necklaces while accessories offer watches, belts and purses. You can also come across hair accessories and other special collection. The unique collection of jewels that you can find available includes brooches and pendants, turquoise, pearls, ancient roman glass and sterling silver. Among wide range of collection it is sterling silver brooches and pendants that are in maximum demand among the buyers who are interested in buying royal looking jewels. You can also subscribe to the online newsletter letter option by adding your email, as it will keep you updated with the regular updates about the latest jewels and discount offers available. If you still have any queries you can contact the jewelry store, as phone call and email options are available for the same on the website. | 2019-04-23T21:50:06 | http://company.fm/Gifts-Crafts_Dt/?p=9 |
SHE PREPARES OUR FOOD AND KEEPS OUR PRESCHOOL BUILDING CLEAN AND TIDY.
The buffet-style snacks with a plentiful selection of fruit and vegetables allow the children to choose to their own taste.
EVERY NOW AND THEN WE PLAY COOKS! | 2019-04-20T22:10:32 | http://tetty.cz/en/dining-room.html |
In this post I will show you different scenarios of stopping the timeline in Actionscript 3. Lets suppose you want to stop the timeline in the last frame, you can simply use the stop() method in the last frame. Alternatively, if you want to keep all your code in the first frame then you can use the code below. The code uses the enter frame event to detect when the current frame on the timeline has reached the total number of frames, and stops the timeline.
When you’re creating a banner ad, you sometimes need to stop the timeline after a certain number of iterations. The code below will stop the play head when three iterations of the timeline have played.
//Stops after three timeline iterations.
You might need to start the timeline again after a certain number of iteration, so the code below stops the timeline after three iterations then starts again after three seconds.
You may wish to stop the timeline after a certain number of seconds. You can use the getTimer() method to tell when you have reached a particular time. Simply, use the code below to stop the timeline after 30 seconds. If you want to stop at a particular frame you can place the code in that frame.
This is the same code as above but you can assign the frame you want to stop at. | 2019-04-24T06:37:21 | http://www.ilike2flash.com/2010/07/stopping-timeline-in-actionscript-3.html |
No one wants an adult who abuses children in the classroom, and existing laws and policies work when adults actually enforce them. In fact, in the wake of several high profile cases in Los Angeles Unified School District, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing admonished District officials for failing to do just that—follow existing reporting guidelines.
When workers express a desire to stand together to improve wages and job conditions, far too often the employer responds with a vicious retaliation campaign. That’s the case at Taylor Farms in Tracy, where the immigrant workforce is being subject to threats, harassment and even firings simply for standing up for their rights. Today, the workers are fighting back.
Teamster members and fired Taylor Farms workers were joined today by community allies, faith leaders and elected officials to launch a one-day Unfair Labor Practice strike to demand respect for workers and the reinstatement of those who were fired unjustly.
“Unfathomable”: Why Is One Commission Trying to Close California’s Largest Public College?
To appreciate the value of a community college education, consider the transformation of Shanell Williams. By the time she was a teenager, Williams was constantly getting into trouble on the streets of San Francisco’s Fillmore District. Her abuse of drugs and alcohol, along with a difficult family life, would lead her into the juvenile justice system, drug treatment centers and foster homes.
“I was a juvenile delinquent,” she admits.
Today Williams, now 29, hardly resembles that troubled youth. She is a hard-working student at City College of San Francisco, taking urban studies courses and hoping to transfer to Stanford University or the University of California at Berkeley. She has served as president of the student council at CCSF’s Ocean campus and was elected to be the student representative on CCSF’s Board of Trustees.
Some background: Of the approximately 12,000 port truck drivers in Southern California – about 110,000 nationwide – the overwhelming majority are improperly classified as “independent contractors.” This has dramatic repercussions, as these low-income, mostly immigrant drivers are thereby denied basic workplace rights and protections: no minimum wage or overtime or OSHA protections, no disability or workers comp or unemployment insurance, no legal right to organize a union.
On International Human Rights Day, business and labor came together to make a statement: Economic opportunity is a human right.
Nearly seventy union members travelled from Los Angeles to join small business and community leaders in Bakersfield to tell Rep. Kevin McCarthy that without comprehensive immigration reform, too many immigrant workers are taken advantage of and are denied the opportunity to truly make a better life for themselves and their families.
As negotiators for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) missed yet another deadline for completing the pact in Singapore early on December 10th, labor, environmental, consumer and Congressional leaders held a media briefing that called the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR’s) agenda for the pact into question. Pointing to the TPP’s significant threats to jobs, the environment and consumer safety, they called for release of TPP texts and voiced strong opposition to “Fast Track” authority for the pact.
Over the last week, a broad coalition of California business, labor, community, and faith groups have been ramping up the pressure on House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield), to allow a vote on immigration reform (HR 15) by camping out at his office all day, every day, from sun up to sun-down. Check out highlights from the first half of the “11 Days for 11 Million” campaign, which is still going strong in Bakersfield through December 13th. | 2019-04-23T16:52:45 | https://calaborfed.org/2013/ |
Tektelic Kona Home sensors are small but powerful LoRaWAN devices, full of sensors to cover all kinds of applications. With a battery life of up to 10 years, depending on configuration, these sensors are ideal for home and office use.
The Kona Home sensor is available in two variants, this Base version and a PIR version.
Temperature & Relative Humidity: Transducer reports temperature and relative humidity of the local environment.
Accelerometer: Configurable triggers allow the sensor to report if it has been moved. Applications include monitoring the opening of doors/drawers/cabinets.
Light Detection: Light transducer reports the presence or absence of light using a configurable intensity threshold.
Magnetic Switch: Digital On/Off sensing with an internal magnetic switch. Fix the sensor to a door frame and add a magnet to monitor activity.
External Connection: External contacts connected with a short cable can be monitored for on/off states or used to count events. Add extra sensors here, or connect to water/electricity meter pulse outputs.
Moisture Detection: Capacitive transducer mounted in the sensor case detects pooling water under the device, for flood or leak detection. Mount the sensor close to the floor in your basement to detect flooding.
The sensor is highly configurable, and settings are changed by LoRaWAN downlink payload. The measurement intervals, and uplinks sent on each trigger can all be fully configured. The device can be set to measure and transmit only the parameters of interest, maximising battery life.
We have created a payload decoder function for the Things Network, available here. | 2019-04-22T16:06:43 | https://connectedthings.store/gb/tektelic-kona-home-sensor-base.html |
The concept of high refractive index subwavelength dielectric nanoresonators, supporting electric and magnetic optical resonance, is a promising platform for waveguiding, sensing, and nonlinear nanophotonic devices. However, high concentration of defects in the nanoresonators diminishes their resonant properties, which are crucially dependent on their internal losses. Therefore, it seems to be inevitable to use initially crystalline materials for fabrication of the nanoresonators. Here, we show that the fabrication of crystalline (low-loss) resonant silicon nanoparticles by femtosecond laser ablation of amorphous (high-loss) silicon thin films is possible. We apply two conceptually different approaches: recently proposed laser-induced transfer and a novel laser writing technique for large-scale fabrication of the crystalline nanoparticles. The crystallinity of the fabricated nanoparticles is proven by Raman spectroscopy and electron transmission microscopy, whereas optical resonant properties of the nanoparticles are studied using dark-field optical spectroscopy and full-wave electromagnetic simulations. | 2019-04-22T04:32:22 | https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/nr/c5nr06742a |
A Change Is Gonna Come ... It's been a long time coming.
For some unknown reason, I can only post from a very ancient iPad today. I can type a heading, but the comment box has disappeared completely from my up to date laptop. I suspect the same has happened to the two members who tried to start new posts earlier.
Okay, everyone, this site will migrate to a new server on Wednesday, the Fourth of July.
Prepare for a couple of bumps in the road, but hopefully it'll be an invisible transition. We'll start working on righting the forum immediately thereafter.
CPNhelp has now migrated to Scotland, right in the middle of the midge season!
So will the site now have a Scottish accent? ?
Did you not consider an English county; Kent perhaps?
Oh, I just pasted in that link above! Yes, I can now paste again. ?
So you don't mind the accent?
I imagine it was probably the mountains, lochs and glens which attracted it to Scotland. You don't get many of those in the south - though I would have happily introduced it to the Dungeness lighthouse. Possibly put off by the house prices down there, too.
It might not like the midges though: they can be a pain until September.
It hasn't yet migrated ANYWHERE!
At this point, it's simply packing its bags and writing its 'to-do' list, in preparation for its move.
I assume all our old messages have disappeared without a trace and won't be packing their bags, buying their sunscreen and travelling to Scotland. Is the right?
Post changes that you would like here!
I am thinking that since the site is moving comparatively smoothly at the moment, we had better leave it where it is and get on with building the new site: I don't want anything that we still have to get lost in the move, and doing it this way will only result in one period of downtime rather than two.
I would like everyone to post here what they would particularly like to see on the new site, then in a week or so, I can make out a list and send it to the people building the new site. Please post everything on this thread to make it easy for me to find it!
Will joining a new site be acceptable?
Of course, a new site means that everyone will have to re-join. Is everybody okay with that?
No problems about re-joining a new site.
As for the new site, pretty much as it was with categories for discussing aspects of different diseases and the blogs where we can tell and talk about our individual journey's.
And lets not forget a good search tool.
PLEASE update your email address in the 'My Account' section, everyone!
I'm thinking we may have to send an email to each member of the site, asking them to re-join (down the road, once we start the new page).
I think that will be the case in a couple of months since no web builder over here likes Drupal8: Suhail advises a new start all round and I tend to agree.
Thinking about various things we ought to do, I have been very concerned that I have been making my own sites rather uncomfortable for people with vision difficulties. I am gradually changing things, but I would like to hear of people's ideas for this site.
My idea is that text size should remain as it is, because it can be adjusted for an individual's preferences on their own PC or phone. Text should be largely san-serif, because that is easier to read on a screen for anyone. Also, we keep line length so that we don't get whole chunks running the whole width of the screen.
I was told that dark black text on a brilliant white background is not comfortable, and brilliant white text on a black background even more so, so how about dark grey on pale cream? I'll do a few mock-ups.
Oh, so that's where those dim-to-the-point-of-nearly-unreadable sites come from: they've been listening to that sort of advice. Not that I think you, Sarah, would be so dumb as to drop the contrast that far. But really, if people have screens that are too bright, they should turn down the brightness. Not only does that work for every website, it saves energy -- and if they happen to go out into the sunshine, where one needs all the brightness one can get and then some, they can reverse the setting.
Sarah ain't dumb, take it from me. She may be an unrelenting taskmistress (I should know) but she ain't dumb.
I'm not quite sure whether to take that as a compliment or not!
No, Norman, I hate those dim-to the-point-of-unreadable sites as much as you do! I was just thinking of some sort of compromise which could look classy at the same time. I will post what I have in mind in a few days, probably at the weekend, so please let me know what you think: I'm sure you will!
Jim has given me the password so Easyspace are going to migrate the site next week. They will then check the site over and start building a replacement as soon as we decide what should be done The new site will be built using a dev. file so the current site will be usable whilst work is being done.
Many thanks to Jim for allowing us to use all the old helpful cpn information built up since the start of the site.
Hopefully you will look at the site one day and it will be new and everything will work: simple as that. I will, of course, tell you when that will be! But, first things first, the migration will be next week.
Remember: site built in Scotland, server nearer me, but nowhere near Kent.
I can view how many 'reads' this post has had, but no one is posting in response.
Could you take a moment, please, to post something on this thread, so we can keep the changeover info up at the top? Thanks!
Thank you Mac: maybe tomorrow I plan to post an idea on visuals so would like a bit of talking on that.
Barcelona - YES! Any reply, just to keep this topic fresh in people's minds, thank you.
I'm afraid the building of this site may have hit a terminus. Starting fresh may have to be the ultimate choice, but options are being mulled and fleshed out.
Mac, I am shortly to pass on the magic number to Jim which will free us all. Jim seems as keen as us! | 2019-04-21T20:40:35 | http://cpnhelp.org/node/13952 |
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Swing State TV Stations Spiking Ad Rates As Campaign Cash Pours In : It's All Politics Someone once said that owning a TV station is a license to print money. Now, that was before the advent of cable TV and computer screens and streaming video. But these are clearly good times for some stations, especially the ones in presidential battleground states.
President Obama at a stop on his bus tour of Ohio in Port Clinton on July 5.
Someone once said that owning a TV station is a license to print money. Now, that was before the advent of cable TV and computer screens and streaming video. But these are clearly good times for some stations, especially the ones in presidential battleground states.
While the November election is still four months away, President Obama, Republican Mitt Romney and outside groups are advertising in record amounts.
"If you are a television station in a media market in one of those handful of [swing] states, there's an incredible amount of demand for your inventory from political buyers," says Ken Goldstein of Kantar Media CMAG, which tracks political ad spending.
This ad by the Obama campaign, airing in Ohio, charges Mitt Romney with outsourcing jobs.
In Ohio, for example, TV viewers are being treated to lots of ads from Obama and Romney.
"Both presidential candidates are running [ads]. A variety of PACs and superPACs are running," explains Dan Bradley, president and general manager of NBC affiliate WCMH in Columbus, Ohio.
According to one media buying group that provided its figures to NPR, last week alone the Obama campaign and its outside supporters spent some $345,000 on TV ads in the Columbus market, while the Romney campaign and its supporters spent around $220,000.
This ad funded by the Mitt Romney campaign has aired in Ohio.
With all that demand, prices will go up, says Bradley.
"It's a commodity business. And when there's a large demand on that commodity and a lot of people trying to buy the same thing, the natural forces of the market cause the price to rise," says Bradley.
Bradley wouldn't say how much ad rates at his station have risen.
Jane Peters, president of Media Management Services, a Columbus firm that buys TV time for a range of clients from car dealers to local garden centers, says she is telling those clients to expect to pay up to 50 percent more for TV time in the coming months.
"We usually spend about, oh, $6 [thousand] or $7,000 a week, like in Dayton Ohio," says Peters. "It'll look like we'll need about $10 [thousand] or $15,000, you know, just to make that same impact once we get into the political window. But we'll be pre-empted. It probably won't even run."
Those spots may get pre-empted by political ads whose buyers are willing to pay top dollar to ensure their spots are seen at key times, such as adjacent to the local news or on popular shows like Jeopardy.
Setting TV ad rates is a complex equation. Kantar Media's Ken Goldstein says what you pay depends on who you are.
"Part of political advertising is very highly regulated, and part of political advertising buying is absolutely the Wild West," he says.
The regulated part pertains to candidates for federal office like president or the U.S. Senate.
Within 60 days of an upcoming election, in accordance with Federal Communications Commission rules, presidential and Senate candidates have to be given the lowest rate the station has charged for a similar ad in the past year.
Outside groups, on the other hand, are charged whatever the market will bear. That's not likely to slow the deep-pocketed advocacy groups.
But local businesses, just like many TV viewers, will be glad when November has come and gone. | 2019-04-25T03:28:35 | https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/07/09/156503721/swing-state-tv-stations-spiking-ad-rates-as-campaign-cash-pours-in |
So we now have direct flights to Australia from Europe. The London to Perth Qantas service started earlier in the year and has been a great success. There is now talk that Sydney and Melbourne will also be linked to London, maybe as early as 2021.
Non-stop flights between Heathrow and Sydney have moved a step closer, with Qantas vowing to operate “direct flights from the east coast of Australia to London and New York by 2022”.
The revelation came as the Australian airline announced record full-year profits.
Previously Qantas had said only that it had asked Airbus and Boeing to put forward proposals for aircraft to serve what would be the world’s longest routes.
In March, the Australian airline launched the first scheduled nonstop flights between Heathrow and Perth. It says the new route “is the highest rating service on our network”.
WHEN Qantas launched its direct flights from Perth to London, some praised it as a history making, game-changing event, while others cringed at the idea of 17 relentless hours in the air.
So in news that will thrill the first lot of people and raise eyebrows among the rest, Qantas now plans to do one better.
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has revealed plans for a 20-hour non-stop flight between Sydney and London, which he said was likely to reach the friendly skies within the next four years.
A year ago, Mr Joyce threw down the challenge to jet makers Boeing and Airbus to develop passenger planes capable of flying ultra-long routes from Sydney to London or New York by the early 2020s.
Now, in a new interview, Mr Joyce said he’s convinced they’ve done it.
If you are heading downunder then insure you have a good level of Australia travel insurance because medical costs there can be very high.
There is good news for fans of long-haul travel as Qantas has confirmed its plans to implement direct flights from Sydney to London and New York by 2022 are advancing. Its confidence will have been buoyed with the news that its new London to Perth service is the “highest rating service” on its network, and the flights have been 92% full since launching in late March.
Qantas’ Perth to London service is setting more records but this time it’s for passenger load factors and profitability.
And Perth and WA are the big winners with 78 per cent of passengers terminating in Perth or flying on to a destination in WA.
Speaking exclusively with The West Australian Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said that the load factor on the service is 92 per cent and for premium classes 94 per cent making it the airline’s most profitable service say analysts.
Mr Joyce was responding to data released by the Civil Aviation Authority, the British aviation regulator which stated that the flight were only 78.1 per cent full.
However, what the CAA numbers do not count are those passengers going on to Melbourne or any other destination in Australia.
Times are a changing! There are many ways in 2018 for finding cheap long haul flights and we are going to list some super tips for saving money on your next plane ride!
For all of the changes in the transatlantic flight market, many pricing factors remain the same—as do the strategies for getting the cheapest airfare possible.
Be flexible. Summertime is still peak season, yet flights generally cost less if you avoid the season’s true peak and opt instead for departures in early June or late August. For example, in one of our searches Aer Lingus was charging $1,146 for a round trip from Los Angeles to Dublin in mid-July, compared to around $800 for departures at the tail ends of the season. For that matter, flexibility in general boosts the odds of snagging cheap flights. Switching departures from the weekend to the middle of the week can save you hundreds.
Be indirect. Connecting flights have always tended to be cheaper than nonstop to Europe, and that’s largely still the case for 2017. We couldn’t find direct flights from Washington, D.C., to Rome for anything less than $1,700 throughout the summer, for instance. But routes with one stopover could readily be had for under $1,000.
Book strategically. CheapAir.com crunched months of search data to conclude that the optimal time for booking flights to Europe for the least amount possible is roughly four months before departure. (That’s too late for you if you fancy a June getaway, but perfect if you’re targeting an August escape.) Travelers probably have more leeway when flying during non-peak periods; we’ve seen plenty of deals to Europe available for under $400 round trip at the last minute this winter and spring. And if you’re hoping to get ultra-cheap airfare, pay attention to when carriers like Norwegian Air announce new routes—and insane introductory prices as low as $65 to go along with them.
It’s a good idea to check multiple flight search engines before you book a ticket. You never know which site may show you the best price and cheapest flights.
Generally, my first stop is Skyscanner when searching for cheap flights. When I find a good deal, before I book it, I’ll also double check Momondo, Google Flights, Kayak, and finally the airline’s official website.
The best time to book a flight has been found to be 4-10 weeks in advance of your trip. The best days to depart seem to be Tuesday, Wednesday, or Saturday because they’re off-peak with less passengers and lower fares.
Early morning flights or red-eyes (overnight) will usually be cheaper too.
Flights with long layovers are less expensive. Another way to save money on tickets is by flying during the off-season, or shoulder seasons, when there will be less demand.
For example? Iceland in the Fall/Winter, or Mexico in the Summer.
If you happen to live near a few airports, remember to check the fares for each of them, as well as alternative airports or large hubs near your intended destination.
Sometimes traveling by bus to or from a different airport can save you a lot of money on flights.
In the past I’ve saved a few hundred dollars choosing a $10 bus ride to New York rather than flying directly out of Boston. It takes longer, so you’ll have to weigh the opportunity cost.
Long gone are the days when it was always cheaper to book a return flight on the same airline. Our research indicates you can frequently save by being disloyal. When we checked flights from London to Gran Canaria in August, we found savings of £76 for a family of four by going out with one airline and back with another.
But doing a comparison of all the flight options on the airlines’ own websites would take hours. But on Skyscanner.net, every search scours all the airlines and brings you the best deal, whether it’s flying out and back with the same airline or mixing it up – or even flying into and out of different airports.
Finally don’t forget holiday cover particularly if you are over the age of 80 as insurance has never been more important!
Lots of New Players in 2018 so there’s way more competition.
There’s a secondary effect of declining fuel costs: The lower prices have allowed established airlines to boost transatlantic routes and encouraged low-cost upstarts to get into the game. Both Norwegian Air and Iceland-based WOW Air have jumped into the transatlantic market in recent years and expanded rapidly, with new routes from the U.S. and special introductory fares under $100 seemingly announced every few weeks. Norwegian, in particular, uses the exceptionally fuel-efficient 787 Dreamliner on transatlantic routes, and passes along the cost savings to passengers in the form of cheaper airfare.
Larger carriers like Aer Lingus and Icelandair are likewise bumping up U.S. routes and advertising flight deals left and right. Even British Airways is expanding service, with new flights this year connecting London to New Orleans, Oakland, Calif., and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. And Level, a low-fare corporate sibling to British Airways, launches this summer, offering flights from California to Spain for as little as $149 too.
While the biggest airfare declines are generally for destinations frequented by the low-cost competitors, prices are cheaper almost anywhere you want to go in Europe. Data from Kayak.com shows that median airfare from the U.S. to 20 major European airports is down at least 20% this spring and summer compared with 2016 fares, with much bigger declines in flight search results for cities like Barcelona (down 31%), Paris (35%), Amsterdam (36%), and Zurich (43%). The flight search app Hopper reports similar data, with average European airfare prices down 18% for the summer of 2017, following a decrease of about 14% between summer 2015 and 2016.
“Cheap fuel is by far the most important factor” in the sharp decline of airfare to Europe, says Seth Kaplan, managing partner of the industry newsletter Airline Weekly. Beyond the general cost of owning or leasing aircraft, the largest expense for the low-fare airlines is fuel. So the huge drop in prices over the past few years is what’s made the current golden era for low-cost Europe flights possible. “In inflation-adjusted terms, it’s about as cheap as it’s ever been,” Kaplan says.
That’s been a game-changer. During the mid-’00s, fuel prices spiked and airlines added fuel surcharges onto flight prices to pass the costs on to passengers. Until fairly recently, these surcharges averaged $450 round trip on transatlantic flights, and taxes and fees tacked on another $165 or so, according to FareCompare CEO Rick Seaney. “So you’re in the low $600s even before charging for airfare,” Seaney says.
It’s official. We’re living in a time where airlines you’ve never heard of are giving the airlines we’re all loyal to a run for their money. Travel can be expensive, for instance the cost of travel insurance for the over 85s can seriously eat into a budget!
Well, I guess we shouldn’t see this as much of a surprise, but Scandinavian leisure airline Primera Air will add flights from London, Birmingham, and Paris, to Newark and Boston, as of spring 2018. They will operate these flights with a fleet of brand-new Airbus A321neos, while working on more routes for the near future. They have a total of eight A321neos on order, plus two A321LRs (they’re even the launch customer for this plane type).
Transatlantic flights are just getting cheaper and cheaper!
Non-stop flights from Denver to London, UK for only $199 one-way.
Or fly roundtrip for only $449.
The Norwegian website conveniently provides the prices in a monthly view, so there is no need for a list of example dates from us.
Simply click the “Fare Calendar” button on the Norwegian site.
Ever wondered what the longest flights in the world are? Well here is the current top 10 list as of April 2017.
Amazing flight price! Only EUR 79 for a flight from Athens to Sinapore, that’s seriously long haul on a budget!
Very cheap flights from Athens, Greece to Singapore for only €79 one-way.
Finally, always take out appropriate travel insurance over 85 or any age. | 2019-04-21T18:18:06 | http://budgetlonghaul.com/ |
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Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury Los Angeles Press Conference.
In anticipation of the December 1 heavyweight world title showdown between World Boxing Council champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder (40-0-0, 39 KOs) and lineal champion Tyson “Gypsy King” Fury (27-0-0, 19 KOs), the fighters hold a three-city international press tour that began on monday in London where the two larger-than-life personalities faced off, yesterday the boxers were in New York City and today they end up the tour in Los Angeles, California.
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Del Estero, the very charming premium stallion of the 2011 Westphalian main licensing, has impressed everyone with his ideal pony type, harmony and absolutely persuasive character.
After the 2012 riding pony championships in Luedinghausen, where he decisively won with an 8.66, he took part in the finals of the Westphalian state championships and was nominated for the Bundeschampionate placing there in the top ten of the 3 year old riding ponies.
The following year, he earned the title, "Westphalian champion of the 4 yr. old riding ponies" and placed 5th in the finals of the 4 yr. old riding pony stallions at the Bundeschampionate in Warendorf adding to a highly successful 2013 show season which continued in 2014.
He finished his stallion performance test in Muenster-Handorf with the dream score of 9.06., and he didn't stop there. Aside from victories in A and L level classes, he was once again the Westphalian state champion, this time of the 5 yr. old dressage ponies, and at the Bundeschampionate in Warendorf, he brought home the silver medal.
His sire, Dance Star AT, was celebrated as the 2006 licensing champion and confirmed his quality directly under saddle in the 2007 and 2008 Bundeschampionates where he was the vice champion of the 3 and then 4 yr. old stallions. Dance Star was the clear winner of his stallion performance test in Muenster-Handorf with the score of 8.53. He then went on to bring home the gold medal in the 2009 Bundeschampionate with a dream score of 9.0!
Dance Star AT is one of 8 licensed full brothers. The most successful of them is the European dressage champion and sire of licensed sons, Der Feine Lord AT.
Del Estero's grandsire, Dressman I is a successful sire throughout Europe and a guarantee for brilliant types and rideability. His own success in sport is hard to beat. He was the 4-time Bundeschampion and multiple European dressage champion.
Del Estero's dam line is also exceptional. His dam, Madonna is one of the most successful Westphalian riding pony dams without a doubt. She has already produced 5 licensed sons and many State Premium Mares. Her most well-known son is Don Joshi AT. He was the 2001 Vice Bundeschampion of the 5 yr. old dressage ponies, the 2002 Bundeschampion of the 6 yr. old dressage ponies with the score of 9.3, and the winner of the German Pony Dressage Derby. Following this he had many victories in Nation Prize competitions and won the bronze medal in the European dressage championships. His offspring include the 2002 Westphalian licensing champion, Depardieu AT, the 2005 Hanoverian riding pony licensing champion, and the champion mare of the Westphalian mare show, Donna Dendera AT. | 2019-04-25T00:00:26 | http://www.superiorequinesires.com/stallion.php?Del-Estero-792 |
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Sometimes the easiest things to cook are the tastiest, and these ground beef recipes are all simple, easy and budget friendly!
Ground beef has a ton of flavor, it’s easy to cook and almost impossible to mess up. Plus, it’s one of the more affordable proteins you can buy, making it very budget friendly. Ground beef can be used in a ton of different recipes from chili to burgers to meatloaf and pairs well with a variety of flavors.
While recipes usually call for simply “ground beef,” a quick trip to the meat department of your local grocery store could leave you feeling completely unsure of what to buy. There are usually 3 different types of ground beef available and they range in fat content from 7 to 30 percent.
I usually use ground chuck because it is always tender and juicy and has great flavor. It runs about 15-20 perfect fat, which can easily be drained off after cooking.
Ground sirloin is the leanest, and ranges from 7 to 10 perfect fat. It is tender and has a good flavor for chilis and spaghetti sauce, but can be a little dry for burgers.
Basic ground beef can have as much as 30 perfect fat, and the flavor suffers for it.
HOW CAN YOU TELL WHEN GROUND BEEF GOES BAD?
Ground beef is usually good for 3-4 days in the fridge before it needs to be cooked or frozen. If it’s beginning to spoil, you will notice a gray or brownish color throughout the meat (not just on the top) and a distinct. foul odor.
CAN YOU FREEZE COOKED GROUND BEEF?
You absolutely can! In fact, you can buy ground beef in bulk, cook it with some onions and garlic and then freeze it in batches so it’s always on hand for making chili, spaghetti, soup and more! In the freezer, ground beef will last about 4 months if properly stored in an airtight container.
Cook ground beef in batches and freeze to always have some on hand for soups, sauces and more.
Add ground beef, diced onion and minced garlic. Break up ground beef with a spoon.
Cook until the onions are translucent and beef is tender; about 7-10 minutes. Drain any extra grease.
Cool meat completely, then portion into freezer bags. I usually will portion 2 1/4 cups of meat per bag, which equals about a pound. Be sure to label with a date - frozen cooked ground beef will last about 3-4 days in the fridge and up to 4 months in the freezer.
Don’t miss my tips for how to portion and freeze raw ground beef so you can thaw it quickly!
I buy ground beef when it’s on sale and cook 5 lbs at a time in my instant pot, drain, then put in 1 and 2 lb increments in Ziploc bags then put as many as I can in a big labeled Ziploc bag and put in the freezer that way I can pull a pack out to thaw for supper and its already cooked!
That’s a great idea Alicia! Thank you! | 2019-04-23T11:55:21 | https://www.yellowblissroad.com/27-simple-ground-beef-recipes/ |
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Spectroscopic study of “magnetic tornadoes"
Tornado-like prominences were first described by Pettit (1932) but have not been paid much attention thereafter. Recently, several groups (e.g., Su et al. 2012; Wedemeyer-Boehm et al. 2012) observed “magnetic tornadoes” with the AIA instrument onboard SDO, and pointed at possible connections among vortex motion on the surface, filament barbs, and solar tornadoes. They proposed a new idea of filament formation and eruption, in which vortices and the rotation of magnetic structures in the corona (“solar magnetic tornadoes”) play a central role. However, whether these magnetic structures are indeed rotating, is a key question in this respect. In order to observationally determine the rotational motion against alternative interpretations and to relate them to the overall filament dynamics, spectroscopic observations in combination with imaging data are necessary.
Alternative interpretations of the imaging observations include oscillating motions and plasma motions on helical magnetic fields. Recent observations by Orozco Suarez et al. (2012) show some evidence of rotating plasma motions in filament barbs, but the evidence is still not solid enough to confirm such general tornado scenario. Therefore, Doppler observations of filament barbs and tornado-like structures on the solar limb are essential for distinguishing rotating motion from oscillations and plasma motions along twisted structures. If the barbs are indeed rotating, the Doppler maps are expected to show: a) blue shifts on one side and red shifts on the other side of the “tornado” axis, and this pattern not periodically reversing (which would hint at oscillations); or b) blue shifts when the structure moves to one side and red shift when the structure moves to the other side (off axis rotation).
We have guaranteed observing time at CoMP-S and Kanzelhoehe for the period 2013 September 9 - 29, and ask for EIS support during one week of this campaign. According to the long term meteorological statistics of the atmospheric conditions at the Lomnicky Peak Observatory, September is the best observing period for the coronographic observation by CoMP-S at Lomnicky Stit. Preferred observation time is from 5:00 to 9:00 UT (valid for the period mentioned above; the best observing conditions are shifted to 7:00 UT - 10:00 UT during the winter time).
2) SDO/AIA: The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA; Lemen et al. 2012 ) on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO; Pesnell et al., 2012 ) is an array of 4 telescopes that together provide full-disk images of the solar corona in 10 UV and EUV wavelengths with a high temporal cadence (about 12 s) and spatial resolution (about 0.6 arcsec; 4096x4096-pixel images). AIA data available at Level 1.0 (corrected for bad pixels and spikes) are processed to Level 1.5 data ready for further scientific analysis by using SolarSoft routines.
The “tornado” funnels are observed best in the AIA Fe IX 171 A (0.63 MK) passband, where they appear as dark, cone-shaped column structures connecting the solar surface and the top of the prominence.
3) The CoMP-S is a 2D multi-channel spectro-polarimeter installed at the Lomnicky Peak Observatory (Slovakia). It is attached to a 200/3000 ZEISS coronagraph. The coronagraph is diffraction limited from 530 nm to 1083 nm by changing focus of the objective lens only within a range of 80 mm. This allows us to take the sequential scans in wavelength through the profiles of several spectral lines, namely: Fe XIV 530.3 nm, Ca XV 569.5 nm, Fe X 637.5 nm, Fe XI 789.2 nm, Fe XIII 1074.7 nm, 1079.8 nm, He I 587.6 nm, H I 656.3 nm, Ca II 854.2 nm and He I 1083.0 nm. The spatial resolutions of the coronagraph at the wavelengths 530 nm, 656 nm and 1083 nm are 0.67“, 0.82“ and 1.36“, respectively. Two 16-bit detectors with 2560 × 2160 of 6.5 micron square pixels are used to record the images.
For the observations of the solar tornadoes we plan to perform high cadence 2D spectroscopy in the Hα line (the cadence of the full spectral scans will be at the order of 20 seconds). We plan to scan the line profile in 11 points allowing us to detect Doppler shifts up to ± 35 km/s.
4) Kanzelhoehe Observatory (Austria; www.kso.ac.at) performs high-cadence imaging of the full solar disk with a refractor with d/f = 100/2000 and a Lyot band-pass filter centred at the H-alpha spectral line at 656.3 nm with a full-width-at-half-maximum of 0.07 nm. The images are recorded by a CCD camera with 2048 x 2048 Pixels, 12 bit dynamic range, and include frame selection. The spatial resolution is ~ 1 arcsec. In order to support of the magnetic tornado campaign, H-alpha imaging sequences with a time cadence of 6 seconds will be performed in order to get insight into the overall context and dynamics of the filaments/ prominences under study.
Wedemeyer-Boehm, S., Scullion, E., Steiner, O., Rouppe van der Voort, L., de La Cruz Rodriguez, J. Fedun, V., Erdelyi, R. 2012, Magnetic tornadoes as energy channels into the solar corona, Nature 486, 505-508.
Orozco Suarez, D., Asensio Ramos, A., Trujillo Bueno, J. 2012, Evidence for rotational motions in the feet of a quiescent solar prominence, ApJ Lett. 761, L25.
- Veronig, A.M. - Gomory, P. - Kienreich, I. W. - Muhr, N. - Vrsnak, B. - Temmer, M. - Warren, H.P.: Plasma Diagnostics of an EIT Wave Observed by Hinode/EIS and SDO/AIA. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 743, Issue 1, article id. L10, 7 pp. (2011).
- Harra, L.K. - Sterling, A.C. - Gomory, P - Veronig, A.M.: Spectroscopic Observations of a Coronal Moreton Wave. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 737, Issue 1, article id. L4, 6 pp.(2011).
The PI of the HOP-237, i.e. of the programme we are asking for support now, is Dr. Yang Su. The HOP-237 was run only once.
- Su, Y. - Gomory, P. - Veronig, A. M. - Temmer, M. - Wang, T. - Vanninathan, K. - Gan, W. - Li, Y.: Solar Magnetized Tornadoes: Rotational Motion in a Tornado-like Prominence. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 785, Issue 1, article id. L2,6 pp. (2014).
During its first run in 2013, we obtained a good dataset that allowed us to identify the rotational motion within, a key characteristic of tornado-like prominences. Two papers have been published from this dataset.
During the second run in 2014, we made a small modification to the list of spectral lines to better understand plasma density inside tornado. However, due to the presence of coronal loops along the light of sight, we didn't get a clear structure of the tornado itself. However for the first time, we observed one close to disk centre, which allowed us to study the magnetic field and plasma motions at the feet of tornadoes. The work is still in progress.
Recently, Terry Kucera and Peter Young informed us of an issue with EIS, that the PSF function may have caused the signature of rotational motion. However, it is difficult to identify/remove its effect. A simple way is to observe more tornadoes. All we need to do is to find a structure above the limb that is rotating oppositely to the PSF effect. We also hope to study plasma density within tornadoes.
Therefore, we request the third run, using the same selection of spectral lines as from the second run. We will also inform the ground observation team and IRIS team. | 2019-04-25T17:49:40 | http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/home/solar/hinode_op/hop.php?hop=0237 |
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Are these ingredients curly girl friendly?
Yes, this is perfectly fine. I'm not sure what the difference is between deionized water and normal water, but water based products are always good. I have seen some things about that kind of coconut oil causing allergic reactions, but it would be fine on hair. The vegetable glycerine is going to define and moisturize your hair. Olive oil is good oil to put in hair, as is shea butter. Keratin might sound a little sketchy because of keratin treatments for straightening hair that will really damage your hair, but most of those are actually done with formaldehyde, a dangerous chemical, while actual keratin is what your hair is made of. Polyquaternium-7 could possibly be problematic, because for some people it causes build-up, but it is used to coat the hair and reduce static electricity. Hybiscus is pretty beneficial to your hair. Silk protein is a great protein, especially if you have low porosity hair and it's hard to get things into your hair. Sucrose laurate is used to keep all the ingredients from separating, and make it easier to spread, while also moisturizing. Neem oil is fine, essential oils are great, and potassium sorbate is a preservative that is pretty safe. Citric acid is also good. I'd say, try it out, and if it doesn't work, then it doesn't work, and it's not the end of the world.
YES. Just about all SheaMoisture products -- certainly all you will find in stores -- are CG friendly, and I have found that the Coconut and Hibiscus product line provides very weightless definition, moisture, and slip to my 2c whirls. The co-wash from that line has a small amount of kaolin clay, which is especially helpful to this end. Happy curling from a fellow 2c CG whirly girl! | 2019-04-19T09:29:46 | https://www.naturallycurly.com/questions/hair-product-ingredients/ingredients-curly-girl-friendly-12914 |
I'm seeing the first results!
Another week has gone by, and despite massive stress here at home, I've still managed to get all my goals done. My husband recently had surgery on his shoulder to repair a tendon, and can't drive, so I've had to take over all the chauffeuring duties. And we've discovered that our bathroom walls have been affected by a leak in one of the pipes, so we've had to call in the professionals to find the leak, repair it, and now dry out the walls. It seems as though we are living in a major construction site, because everything has been cleared away from those walls and put wherever there is room. I have to sidle almost everywhere I go in the house, except in the kitchen, thankfully.
I think my walks are helping. I used to have pain in the sides of my hips when I lay on my side, but it's getting better now. I'm also sleeping somewhat better, and I'm not quite as tired during the day. I still need rest periods, but fewer, and not quite as deep. Now if I could just cut down on that chocolate ... I also wish I could develop more strength and more endurance, but hey. One thing at a time, eh?
My fanfic is coming along very nicely. I think about it all the time, it's always running in my head. I love it when stories do that, when they practically write themselves and all I have to do is provide the fingerwork. But I'm worried about what will happen when I'm finally finished with it. I want to go on to something new and original, but so far, I haven't had any ideas yet. Well, there's still a bit of time yet.
And I've reached the halfway point of the book I'm translating! Yay for me!
I've also noticed that it really helps to have my one-a-day goals written down and taped to my computer where I can see them every day. I really feel a sense of obligation that makes me get up and go out for a walk every other day, whether I want to or not. And even at the end of a busy day, I force myself to get the translation done, despite the temptation to claim I've done enough and to put it off.
If only the same strategy worked for the weight-loss goal. Maybe I should change it from "lose ten kilos" to "eat no more than 100g of chocolate a day."
I haven't even dared get on the scales this week, so I think my hope of losing weight is definitely dead. It seems I've been eating more than in the weeks previous to my decision to make weight loss one of my goals. What sort of effect do you call this? Some kind of rebound thing? Or just plain fear and desperation? The merest hint that there could be any kind of rationing seems to send my body into major hoard mode, and I gobble up anything and everything sweet. I'm definitely worse off than when I started.
So in the interest of self-preservation, I'm putting that goal aside for now. I've crossed it off the list of goals that I have taped to the top of my computer monitor. And yes, I hate myself. I no longer lay in bed at night and purr contently because I'm actually doing something positive. Suddenly, the other goals don't seem to matter as much. I still do them, but ... much of the joy that I found in achieving them has disappeared. I feel like I never should have tried this goal in the first place, because it seems like my failure in this one area is dragging everything else down with it. And yet, after I'd been riding the wave of success for two weeks, I felt like I could conquer anything.
I got my three walks in last week; Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. My writing is coming along well, too. And the only day I didn't translate was on Tuesday, because it was an absolutely maggoty day full of unexpected things to do and places to go Should maggoty have one "t" or two, do you think? Maggotty? Maggoty? One "t" looks slightly better. Yeah, my brain wonders about such things. No doubt it's related to maggots somehow. Maybe I am a maggot. I sure feel like one sometimes.
The last thing I wrote last week was "hope dies last of all," and when it comes to my weight-loss goal, I can definitely feel my hope slipping away. It seems like the minute I wrote down my goal, I promptly gained a pound. Not only that, but the chocolate and sweets suddenly tasted twice as good and called to me twice as loudly. So, no progress there. I am discouraged, and am thinking about giving up and removing the goal from my list. I really thought that the momentum of succeeding at my other goals would help carry me along, but I guess that's not how it works, or at least not with me.
Technically speaking, I did get three walks done last week. But two of them were on Monday, and one on Wednesday, so I'm not sure that it counts. I wanted to go on Friday, but we were having a bit of a storm, with heavy wind and rain, so I chickened out. Saturday was the same.
The translation is making great strides, however. I'm already on page 104 of the original book! My fanfic is also coming along nicely, if not quite as fast. There's a little more depth to it, however, and I feel that if I can get it finished, it might just be one of the best things I've ever written. Now if I could just come up with an original idea and flesh it out into a book, I might just achieve something. | 2019-04-22T04:12:05 | https://melaniegoldmund.weebly.com/blog/archives/02-2011 |
The latest musical gem from legendary producer Joaquin “Joe” Claussell is the delicious double CD, Hammock House Africa Caribe – released on May 17 (May 30 in the UK) by the infamous Fania Records.
Hammock House Africa Caribe tantalises us with a soulful blend of African and Latin grooves. The first CD includes an epic thirty songs that effortlessly interweave into each other. Presented on the CD are Claussell’s reworking of the music of various infamous figures such as Ray Barretto, Mental Remedy, Celia Cruz, Lou Perez, Eddie Palmieri, Jaidene “Jai” Veda, Mongo Santamaria, Willie Colon, Ruben Blades, and Ismael Miranda. The diversity of tracks distinctly reflect Claussell’s upbringing as a Puerta Rican in NYC or more precisely a “nuyorican” – so much so that his mixes seems to be over-shadowed by Latin rhythmic flavour.
What is particularly exciting in Hammock House Africa Caribe is Claussell’s spell-binding blending of old and new. The old being his formidable use of 70s recording tapes that arrived at his NYC studio one morning. As the DJ himself explains, “When the carrier came to my place with all these boxes, I had an Indiana Jones moment, like when he opens the treasure chest and the glow of gold light shines up on his face.” The new sound being his infamous history as New York’s leading DJ of the soulful house scene. Responsible for some of the best deep and soulful house NYC has heard, Claussell’s Sunday night Body & Soul DJ gig is one of the most legendary house parties of the 90s. Former owner of the landmark record store Dance Tracks, and long associated with the house labels Spiritual Life and Ibadan, they all reflect his deep love for and his eclectic and multicultural taste in dance music. Much of the global dance movement can be traced back to Claussell’s highly percussive style that incorporates Latin, African, Brazilian and other world rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, disco, and live instrumentation.
The first CD also displays Joe Claussell’s approach to the music, creating an epic journey from Africa and across the Atlantic to New York. As the DJ quotes, “I wanted to mix it live so you get more of a human feel from it, to stay true to the texture of this music. And I really wanted it to reflect on the process of working on this whole project”. Moving from the opening track “African Fantasy” – with its jungle-inspired sounds, melismatic flute (taken from the original multi-track) and jazzy-Latin piano solos to the final song, “Me Voy Ahora”, reflect Claussell’s sheer genius in recreating a fresh new sound, whilst retaining the original features of the 70s archive material.
The second disc features nine classic Fania tunes from Lou Perez, Celia Cruz, Eddie Palmieri, Ray Barretto and more – all re-worked with the Joe Claussell touch. The deluxe CD set also comes with detailed album notes where each track is described in detail by Claussell himself that display his distinct passion for his musical treasures. Yet again, this is another musical mirth that never becomes tiresome on the ears. In fact, it’s sheer level of production as well as complex and carefully considered use of styles and sounds gets even better the more you open your ears to Claussell’s legendary skills.
You can buy Hammock House Africa Caribe from Amazon and iTunes. | 2019-04-26T13:36:20 | https://soundsandcolours.com/reviews/music-reviews/hammock-house-africa-caribe-remixed-by-joaquin-joe-claussell-7629/ |
The lyrics, over the rock anthem’s pounding heartbeat, are gruesome – and likely horribly familiar to anyone who has ever worked with victims of domestic violence.
She won’t give him what he wants. So he’s tied her to the railway in the path of an oncoming train. And so on. The night of crime only comes to an end when he throws her off a cliff.
How many times have I, or anyone else, used the expression ‘third degree’ at someone who’s asking too many questions and sort-of wondered what it meant, but not thought any more of it?
‘Third degree’, meaning the extreme of something, is a term with a long pedigree. It turns up in places as varied as Shakespeare’s plays and old medical manuals – ‘Rue is hot and dry in the third degree…’ (1578). It’s also a term in Masonic ceremonies, and in the Spanish Inquisition.
Aha: now we’re getting closer.
New York at the turn of last century was a brutal place. Crime rates in the USA at the time were said to be anything from four to ten times those in Europe. Into this den of iniquity strode the impressive figure of one Thomas F. Byrnes. A former engineer and firefighter, he became notorious for beating suspects in order to extract confessions from them. His colleagues – or possibly himself – awarded him the nickname ‘third degree’ as a pun on his surname. All right, officer I confess: I can’t resist a story with a pun.
With such an impressive record of finding and putting-away the guilty he rose rapidly through the ranks.
As Inspector, he faced a case not unlike that of London’s ‘Jack the Ripper’. Unlike his counterparts across the Pond, though, he caught his man.
Eleven years later, the evidence against him being his confession and hardly anything else, Ameer ‘Frenchie’ Ben Ali was pardoned. Meanwhile Byrnes had been forced to resign. Better ways of catching criminals – ones which would not also indiscriminately sweep-up witnesses and other innocents – were needed.
Sad to say that incidents like the one that opened this story are still with us and so – and not always in the metaphorical sense, either – is the ‘third degree’.
But we’re one step nearer to Portsmouth – and to Kate. | 2019-04-20T11:07:37 | https://insurrealtime.wordpress.com/2018/09/17/early-chapters/ |
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