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We do it all the time on Beer Advocate. Personal exchanges of beer, mead and wine happen all the time without incedent.
I'm game. For all that are interested, let's set a date to swap one sample. How does the first week of August sound? What size sample?
Thailand officially observes 23 national holidays and several religious observances.
Buddhism is the predominant religion, practiced by around 95 percent of Thai citizens. The majority of traditional holidays are based on Buddhist culture and beliefs.
Government offices and immigration offices in Thailand are closed on these days so keep that in mind if you need to extend your visa or require consular services. Thai embassies and consulates outside of Thailand may also be closed on these dates. Where the actual date of the holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, a substitute holiday has been granted on the Monday.
Raging floodwaters accompanied by strong winds have totally destroyed a part of the Tha La dyke and threatening to inundate thousands of hectares of autumn-winter rice crops in An Giang Province.
The 8km-long dyke runs across Vinh Chau and Vinh Te communes in Chau Doc Town and protects nearly 6,000 hectares of rice growing area.
Floodwater levels reached 3.65 meters, 1.66 meters higher than previous years. They are expected to rise further because of high tide in September and October.
Local authorities are cooperating with residents to protect the dyke and salvage thousands of hectares of rice crops.
Heavy rainfall caused a massive landslide along a 70m-long stretch of land along the Tien River in Vinh Lac hamlet of Vinh Hoa commune in Tan Chau town on September 21.The local government moved swiftly and evacuated three households to a safe place.
There is so much happening at Citrix these days it can be hard to keep track. To help out, next month for Synergy SFO, the CTO Office is organizing a session with three of our CTO’s.
Sheng Liang – CTO Cloud Platforms Group.
In this session we hope to give you some detail on what has been going on, and project that foward, to give you a better perspective of where we see the market headed, and how we intend to help you make the most of it.
This will be a great session for product strategists and architects as your thinking about how your future may unfold.
If you have got any real hot items drop me a line and I will make sure we try and get it covered. If not feel free to hang out after the session and we can talk more.
Western Sahara is on the Atlantic coast of north-west Africa, between Morocco to the north and Mauritania to the south and east and Algeria to the north-east.
The area of Western Sahara is 266,000 sq km of which 180,000 sq km (68%) is occupied by Morocco and 86,000 sq km (32%) is controlled by SADR, the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic.
In the eighties Morocco divided the territory with a 1,800 km wall or berm made of sand, stone, landmines and barbed wire. The wall is watched over by radars, artillery, and air force, and is protected by 160,000 armed soldiers. Another 920 km of walls have been built inside the occupied area.
Western Sahara is rich in mineral resources, including phosphate mineral rock which Australia imports contrary to international law. Western Sahara has one of the best fishing grounds in the world. Currently its off-shore oil resources are being explored.
Morocco invaded Western Sahara in 1975 when Spain abandoned its former colony. Mauritania seized part of the land, but soon made peace with the Polisario Front, the Saharawi people’s political organisation, which continued the fight against Morocco.
Many Saharawis fled the tanks and aerial bombardments of napalm and cluster bombs of the Moroccan invaders and set up refugee camps near Tindouf in south-west Algeria where more than 165,000 of them now live supported by the UN Food Program and other humanitarian aid.
Those who remained in their homeland have constantly faced arrest, imprisonment, death and “disappearance” at the hands of Moroccan occupying forces. Their escape is blocked by a 2,400km wall dividing Western Sahara into the coastal zone occupied by Morocco and the interior part held by the Polisario Front.
In 1975 the International Court of Justice held that Western Sahara was not terra nullius at the time of its colonisation by Spain and that neither Morocco nor Mauritania had sovereignty over it at that time.
The war between Morocco and the Polisario continued until an UN-African Union brokered a ceasefire in 1991.
The UN has arrangements in place for a referendum of self-determination of the Saharawi people but Morocco refused to allow the referendum to be held.
While life is scarcely viable in the harsh Hamada desert where the refugees live, as there are no means for self sufficiency, the Saharawis living in occupied Western Sahara suffer the terrible oppression already noted.
MINURSO was established to organise a referendum for self-determination of the Saharawi people in 1992 as part of peace process between Morocco and Polisario.
By 1996 the peace process was in stalemate.
In 1997, James Baker (George H. Bush’s Secretary of State) became a UN envoy and drew up a new plan for the referendum, the Framework agreement on the Status of Western Sahara. Morocco refused to co-operate.
In 2003 Baker made a new plan, known as Baker Plan II – Peace plan for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara. This was accepted by the UN and the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). Morocco still refuses to allow UN sponsored referendum to take place.
Since May 2005, there has been an increase in this oppression. Peaceful demonstrations have been brutally put down. Many Saharawis have been arrested and imprisoned. Some have been tortured and some have “disappeared”. Women and children have been assaulted in their own homes and their property stolen by Moroccan police and soldiers. Outsiders, including parliamentarians from the European Union, Spain and Norway have been refused entry to Western Sahara. So have human rights bodies from Norway and elsewhere.
The Saharawis have their own democratically elected government, the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), with men and women ministers and parliamentarians. Its officials run the camps. SADR is recognised as the legitimate government of Western Sahara by at least 80 countries, most recently by the Republic of South Africa and Kenya. It is a member of the African Union.
In May 2005 in preparation for the full recovery of all of the Western Sahara territory SADR announced the commencement of a licensing initiative to enable international oil and gas companies to participate in the exploration of its offshore territory.
This licensing initiative is open to all competent and qualified companies and has been arranged in accordance with the UN legal opinion regarding commercial activities in Western Sahara.
SADR believes that development of its significant natural resources will play an important part in developing a self-reliant, democratic and progressive nation in Western Sahara.
The present situation cannot continue. The oppression of the Saharawis in occupied Western Sahara must stop. The refugees in the camps must feel safe to return to their own country after the referendum to be ruled by a government that they elect directly.
The UN, the African Union, the European Union and nations individually must act to ensure that Morocco no longer precludes the referendum on self-determination for the Saharawi people from taking place.
The Saharawi people must be allowed to determine their own future through a free and fair UN sponsored referendum.
Alphitonia blossom Red Ashis derived from the Greek αλφιτον (alphiton), barley meal, and refers to the dry, mealy quality of the mesocarp in the fruits; excelsa is from the Latin excelsus, elevated, high.
The Red Ash grows in eucalypt forests, eucalypt and acacia savannas, gallery forests and rainforests of NSW from Mt Dromedary northwards along the coast through Queensland and the Northern Territory, into the northwest of Western Australia. It is also found in New Guinea and on some of the Pacific Islands. It is a small to medium tree, up to about 20 m tall, is a natural colonizer or pioneer in a huge range of conditions, and can sometimes regenerate from underground stems. It has a spreading, shade-producing habit where it is able to grow into a large tree, and has an overall greyish green appearance.
detail of blossom blossom, fruits formingThe trunk and larger branches have fissured grey bark, with smaller branches having smoother grey or white bark. Lichens are often found on older specimens. The entire, simple, alternate leaves are 5 – 14 cm in length and 2 – 5 cm in width, elliptic in shape, and are dark glossy green above and silvery with fine hairs underneath, making an attractive contrast on windy days. Venation is prominent and yellowish below, and sunken above. In the dry season, many of the leaves are shed, and the remaining leaves hang vertically to reduce water loss. The tree bears small greenish white 5-petalled flowers in late autumn and early winter, followed by globular dark fruit about 1.5 cm in diameter, with a raised ring around the middle. The powdery red flesh of the drupe covers 2 hard cells, each containing a single seed. Seeds can persist on the branches for several months. When young shoots are bruised, they give off a typical odour of sarsaparilla. The flowers are fragrant in the evening.
fruits ripe fruits When grown under cultivation, this is quite a quick-growing tree, and can have high visual appeal, especially as a street tree. Its tough timber is light brown to reddish in colour, and has been used in boat building and cabinet-making, particularly in Samoa, where the tree is known as toi.
mature fruits Aborigines used the crushed leaves and berries as a fish poison. For medical use, they crushed the leaves into a paste, mixed that with water and applied it as a head bath to reduce headaches and treat sore eyes. Infusions of the bark and root were rubbed on the body to reduce muscular ache, and gargled to cure toothache. The leaves contain saponin, and so when crushed can be lathered to produce a bush soap. In Borneo, the sap from under the bark is collected, and used to treat skin diseases by mixing it in the bath water.
LANSING — State Rep. Darrin Camilleri (D-Brownstown Township) has introduced a bill to help counteract the latest round of vehicle registration fee increases for Michigan’s senior citizens. The legislation would exempt those aged 65 or older from having to pay the increased fees as a result of the controversial road funding package that was passed in 2015.
As of Jan. 1, registration fees for passenger and commercial vehicles increased by 20 percent. Michigan would join Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and South Carolina as states that offer vehicle registration discounts to senior citizens, while Alaska waives the fee for seniors altogether. Camilleri’s bill is a reintroduction of House Bill 5939 from the previous legislative session. Despite bipartisan support, the House majority declined to hold a committee hearing on the bill.
This entry was posted in Front Page News, Government on January 12, 2017 by Scott Bolthouse.
Standard dialogue tags are said and asked. The mind skips over them, so they are invisible.
"It is hotly debated whether you should ever use colorful or adverb tags," she muttered. "Some editors don't mind a few creative tags."
"Some may allow adverb tags," she said skeptically. "Adverb tags are generally frowned upon."
" Break this rule at your own peril," she said mischievously.
Your dialogue should look like one of these examples. Note the correct formatting. Commas, periods, and question marks should fall within the quotation marks.
A comma separates the dialogue from the standard tag. A period separates the dialogue from an action tag.
The same formatting for the standard tag applies to a creative tag or action tags.
Standard tag in the front: Sherlock said, "I see."
Standard tag in the middle: "I see," Sherlock said. "I have been misinformed."
Standard tag at the end: "I see," Sherlock said. (or) "I see," said Sherlock.
Action tag in the front: Sherlock cleared his throat. "I see."
Action tag in the middle: "I see." Sherlock cleared his throat. "I was misinformed."
Action tag at the end: "I see." Sherlock cleared his throat.
Action combined with a standard tag: Sherlock pointed to the clock and said, "I must be off."
For more tips on how to make your dialogue work for you, check out our previous posts.
Dialogue, just the way we talk?
This is a great topic, Diana, one that trips up a lot of writers. It reminds me of some manuscripts I've edited where a page is filled with short exchanges between two characters, and the writer identifies each bit of conversation with "he said" or "she said". Overuse of dialogue tags--whether standard or action--diminishes the power of a scene, while proper use enhances it. All writers need to remember that.
Great reminders that "said" and "asked" are invisible to the reader. The only other one I like to use (sparingly) is "whispered."
Good post. I don't like adverb tags, either. The content of your writing should tell you if your are acting mischievously or skeptically. You see these tags a lot in older books.
I don't mind the occasional adverb tag, as long as it's not over used. Great post.
On a long trip, I listened to a bestselling author's book, filled with adverb tags. Hearing them throughout was more than annoying. For that reason, I never use them. If you adhere to Elmore Leonard's rules, you'd never use them at all. I disagree. Adverbs have their place, just not as a dialogue tag. My rule is whatever works for the sentence is what I do. Bah humbug on the rules.
Adverb tags are most 'famous' as Tom Swifties.
These days, Harbour View Hospital is full of activity. But it wasn’t always that way.
In early 2016, Harbour View – a long-term care and rehabilitation facility in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia – came to the realization that change was needed to enhance quality of care.
At that time, it was felt that staff were working in silos and that interprofessional collaboration between staff could be improved.
The facility’s diverse client population is served by an equally diverse multidisciplinary team that includes nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, recreation, social work, orthotics, hearing and speech, dietary, and others.
Based on the perceived need to address problems with internal communication, Harbour View used funds from an innovation nursing grant to work on improving inter-professional collaboration on its rehabilitation unit.
Part of the grant work included conducting a survey of all the clients in the rehab program. The survey asked clients what they felt could be improved at Harbour View.
The results were, in a word, surprising.
Resident Dennis Westin, centre, with niece Jen Boutilier and her partner Brittany Jones, enjoy some quality family time at Harbour View with their beloved pets.
“All along, our focus had been on what we thought was an inter-professional role issue, so we were expecting feedback on that,” says Angela Stairs, Director for Rehabilitation Services for the Nova Scotia Health Authority Eastern Zone.
However, the overwhelming message was that clients wanted their families and loved ones to be more involved in their care.
“The issue did end up being about communication – not between professions, but with clients and families,” Angela explains. Families wanted more information on the day-to-day routine and treatment plans for their loved ones, and recommended that they be given more notice when clients were to be discharged. Clients and families alike also wanted flexible visiting hours.
Armed with this information, one of Harbour View’s first tasks was to do a full walk-about of the facility to identify areas for improvement in client-centred care. “We discovered right away that we had some challenges,” says Lorna O’Grady, manager of resident care for Harbour View site.
The building has a single entrance that splits off into two hallways: one leads to the long term care side of the facility, and the other to rehabilitation/restorative care. No signs were posted on the long term care side indicating what the visiting hours were, whereas the rehab side had signs posted at the building entrance saying that visitors were allowed in the rehab unit between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
In March 2016, CFHI launched a pan-Canadian family presence e-collaborative initiative. The e-collaborative built on the work of the Better Together campaign and was designed to encourage organizations to examine and modify their family visiting policies.
Harbour View began its participation in CFHI’s 11-month e-collaborative in May 2016, along with 11 other sites from across Canada. Particularly valuable, according to Angela, were the regularly scheduled affinity calls that provided opportunities for all the organizations in the e-collaborative to share best practices and talk about solutions to common challenges.
Almost right away, Harbour View began to make some changes. They designed a new client and family information booklet and implemented revised visiting guidelines to include 24/7 visiting hours for families and loved ones. Education sessions and focus groups were delivered by former clients to give staff, families and clients an opportunity to ask questions and suggest improvements.
Angela and Lorna admit that change is not always easy. There were some concerns expressed by clients, families and staff about issues such as privacy breaches and interruptions to treatment. “Some worried that the floodgates would open and that families would be there all night, all day, potentially compromising the delivery of care,” Angela explains.
However, almost immediately it became clear that having family members present was helpful for everyone. Staff are now reporting that having an extra pair of hands and eyes helps to provide consistency in care, and is especially valuable when it comes to transitioning care from facility to home.
Harbour View Hospital has seen lots of changes since implementing its 24/7 visiting hours. The recreation department, for example, has ensured that the facility is equipped with family-friendly activities such as a newly purchased a shuffleboard that is used daily by clients and their families. Family members are regularly attending care plan sessions and the facility is seeing many more visitors – of all ages – all day, every day.
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After a torturous climb in freezing conditions our brave teacher achieved her ambition and reached the summit of this great mountain in Africa.
Miss Fremault wanted to raise funds for the Africa 100 charity. The final total of funds raised will be announced when all the sponsorship money has been collected. She is hoping to achieve her target of £500.
Siri can secretly record audio if you are pulled over by police or any other law enforcement officer.
Cam stopped by the Big D and Bubba studio to perform her new song and find out how she teamed up with Sam Smith.
I'm so excited! I'll finally get to play Super Mario on my phone!
Could These Features Be on the new iPhone 7?
A company in China created a mock up of what they think Apple will roll out as the new iPhone 7. They sent it exclusively to Unbox Therapy.
You know I'm a major fan of all things Harry Potter, and several things seem to be happening in the Potterverse lately, including new versions of the books.
New games are released for phones all the time, and the one that seems to be sweeping the world by storm recently is called 2048. And no, i'ts not as ominous as it sounds.
Say "Bye-bye" to all of your previous commitments as soon as you download this game. It's overwhelming and captivating - and will make you crave playing all the time.
When it comes to Siri, we finally have some insight into what makes her work.

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